The gods began by supporting Guo Jing to become emperor

Chapter 367 A Strange Underground Scene: A Demonic Dragon Appears, Swords and Blades Drawn Simultaneously

"My God, Xiaoling, how can there be such a mysterious place in this world?"

Having endured the pain for so long, the sight before him finally made Kou Zhong speak out.

Upon seeing this wondrous place, Lu Miaozi couldn't help but exclaim, "A masterpiece of nature! This place could not have been built by human hands. Could it truly be the work of immortals and gods?"

Shi Zhixuan never believed in such things. Even Cang Qu, the founder of the Demonic Sect, could come out of here. He believed that his talent was no less than the other party's, so what was there to be afraid of?

The group approached the waterfall and hesitated, none daring to make a move, as no one knew what lay behind it.

Just as everyone hesitated, Shi Zhixuan moved. He flashed behind the two monks, subdued them with a single move, and then threw them into the waterfall.

This scene startled the others, who quickly retreated and watched him warily, fearing he might strike again.

He revealed the secrets of the Temple of War, wasn't that all for this moment?

However, after waiting for a while, there was still no movement behind the waterfall. Shi Zhixuan frowned and looked at everyone. "It seems we have to go and explore it ourselves. Everyone, shall we go together?"

Su Ming shook his head. "Let's go. There's no point in testing him." With that, he leaped into the waterfall, with Song Que following closely behind.

Shi Zhixuan glanced at the others and then jumped in as well.

"Young Master Zhong, let's join together."

"it is good."

Immediately, Shuanglong followed suit, along with Wanwan from the Yin Kui Sect. Xu Ziling jumped, and she jumped along with him.

After they went inside, the remaining people looked at each other, their expressions hesitant. But when they thought of the War God's Manual inside, they knew that the opportunity was rare, and their eyes showed determination. One after another, they jumped into the waterfall.

After jumping into the waterfall, Su Ming's vision blurred, and after passing through that layer of waterfall, his speed increased rather than decreased, and he saw a vast and strange world.

His body was suspended in mid-air, below which was a vast underground lake, contained within an enormous underground cavern. The cavern ceiling was at least fifty to sixty feet above the lake's surface. The underground lake suddenly appeared like a boundless sea, with the cave walls only faintly visible in the far distance.

The surrounding walls are covered with exotic flowers and plants in a dazzling array of colors. Large cracks appear in the rock walls from time to time, from which clear springs gush out, forming long, cascading waterfalls that roar and create a spectacular sight.

Parts of the rock wall were riddled with cracks, from which bursts of raging fire erupted, clearly indicating that subterranean fire had escaped through these gaps and illuminated the entire giant cavern. This subterranean fire, capable of melting even the finest pots, was entirely due to the frozen underground lake water. The interplay of water and fire, the balance of yin and yang, created these extraordinary conditions, giving rise to this strange world.

A strong wind blew upwards from below, seemingly endless. Su Ming twisted his body, using the force to move forward. His arms spread out like eagle wings, as if soaring through the void, swirling and turning. His six senses expanded outwards continuously, like a clear mirror reflecting everything, allowing him to perceive every subtle anomaly in all directions.

As he sank deeper, Su Ming suddenly felt a sense of dread, as if there was an unusual energy at the bottom of the lake.

It was filled with an aura of tyranny, coldness, slaughter, and bloodlust, as if it were completely devoid of reason.

Since mastering his martial arts, Su Ming hadn't felt this way for a long time. He focused intently on his spiritual platform, guessing that only the demonic dragon in the War God Temple could reveal this aura.

As he drew closer to the ground, the opening above his head receded into the distance, the light disappeared, and finally vanished completely, leaving only the eternal darkness of the horizon, as if shrouded in night.

Su Ming kept a watchful eye on himself and landed on the ground. At that moment, Shi Zhixuan, Song Que, and the others also landed.

However, just as he was about to speak, he felt a chill run down his spine, as if a malicious gaze was secretly watching him, wanting to swallow him whole.

About five miles away in the middle of the lake, there is a solitary rocky island. The entire island is covered by an enormous building, which is another Yanxiang Palace.

"That's the Temple of War?" Kou Zhong asked, his eyes wide with disbelief.

Who would have thought that there would be such a huge palace dozens of feet underground? It's hard to imagine how it was built; it's all beyond everyone's comprehension.

Su Ming's spiritual senses searched the area within several feet, but he couldn't find the demonic dragon. "Brother Song, Brother Shi, be careful, there's danger here."

Song Que focused his attention and nodded, "I felt it too, a deep and brutal malice, like that of a wild beast."

"My God!"

"Such a place exists in the world!"

"We've finally found the Temple of War!"

……

At this moment, the people who stepped into the waterfall behind them also landed safely. With the help of the strong wind against the current, these masters landed safely; otherwise, some people with poor lightness skills might have fallen to their deaths.

A drop of tens of feet is no joke; a slight misstep could result in being smashed to pieces.

Seeing the surrounding scenery, the group began to search around, but they couldn't find a way to the island in the middle of the lake, which meant they had to enter the water.

Since he couldn't find the demonic dragon, Su Ming simply gave up the search. His figure flashed, "I'll go first!"

The moment the words fell, a tremendous sword intent erupted, and a powerful true energy condensed into a sword aura that shot towards the island in the center of the lake. Su Ming took a step and landed directly on the sword aura, being carried forward by it.

This scene stunned everyone.

Shi Zhixuan muttered to himself, "The sword intent has materialized; Brother Su's martial arts are becoming increasingly unfathomable."

"go!"

Immediately, he dashed out dozens of feet, his toes landing on the water's surface to gain a slight boost, creating ripples. His figure was already dozens of feet away, gradually disappearing from everyone's sight.

Song Que did the same thing as him, walking on water.

Seeing the three of them walking in front, Xu Ziling, Kou Zhong, and a group of experts headed towards the island in the middle of the lake. However, their true energy was not as abundant as that of a grandmaster, and their energy recovery was far inferior.

After running for several hundred feet, his true energy became insufficient, so he had to land underwater and paddle towards the island in the middle of the lake. This was slower, but it conserved his true energy for future needs.

On the lake, Su Ming walked on sword energy, graceful and natural, like an immortal descending to earth, flying on his sword. He would arrive at the island in the middle of the lake in half an hour.

Suddenly, Su Ming sensed something amiss with the water flow. The malevolent gaze magnified at that moment, as if it wanted to devour him.

"Roar!" With a roar, a figure soared into the sky from the lake, waves rolled and water surged. A huge creature leaped out of the lake, swaying its body and tail, its body covered in black scales, and opened its blood-red maw, like a fish leaping out of the water, biting out from mid-air.

Above it, Su Ming was walking on his sword. The moment the monster emerged from the water, he felt the ferocious aura emanating from it, and the malicious gaze also came from it.

In mid-air, the sword energy beneath Su Ming's feet exploded, transforming into countless tiny sword energies that fell like a rain of steel needles.

"Roar!"

The monster's upward momentum suddenly halted, its head colliding directly with the sword energy. Accompanied by the explosive force, the void rumbled and the sound of metal clashing echoed. The monster's momentum was hindered, and it could not advance any further.

Su Ming landed heavily, his feet stomping on the monster's gaping mouth. With his current physical strength, a single stomp of his foot could exert at least a thousand pounds of force, enough to shatter solid rock. But the monster simply sank down, crashing heavily onto the lake surface and disappearing into the water.

Using the force of that kick, Su Ming flew away into the distance again, and after a few breaths, he landed lightly on the island in the middle of the lake.

In the distance, Shi Zhixuan and Song Que witnessed this scene and were utterly shocked. "What kind of monster is that?"

In that fleeting glimpse, they saw that the monster was over ten zhang long and covered in scales, reminding them of the legendary creature, the dragon.

Legends of dragons are common, but no one has ever seen one. How could there be one here? It's truly unbelievable.

Su Ming stood on the island, staring at the center of the lake. His pupils suddenly contracted. This isolated island was actually a volcano, with raging fire beneath it and extremely high temperatures. Yet, within this scorching fire, sat an incredibly enormous stone palace.

The towering walls and massive gates are magnificent and grand, similar in style to the Jingyan Palace outside, but they are much taller and larger than they could have been built by ordinary people. They seem to be the dwelling place of gods and demons. Even from a distance, one can feel an aura of vicissitudes, antiquity, and antiquity.

Those were the marks of time, which greatly shocked Su Ming, even more so than the skyscrapers hundreds of meters tall in later generations.

The entire hall before me seemed to float on a sea of ​​fire, transformed into an isolated island—it was truly unimaginable.

This place has been scorched by subterranean fires for an unknown period of time. The mud, rocks and sand have long since turned into a layer of fantastic and beautiful crystals, each with a different shape and radiating dazzling light.

The closer they got, the more enormous the stone hall appeared, making everyone seem even smaller. Unlike ordinary palaces with double eaves and upturned corners, the hall had a huge, high wall on each of its four sides. It was ancient, weathered, thick and tall, without any trace of splicing. It was a perfect whole, a masterpiece of nature.

"This is the Temple of War?"

Finally, Shi Zhixuan and Song Que arrived. The two were deeply shocked by the palace before them. The huge underground cavern and lake were already impressive enough, but the fire hidden in the water and the yin-yang arrangement made them feel the ingenuity of nature.

The path to the Temple of War is a long stone staircase, rising layer upon layer, stretching straight up to the temple. A rough estimate puts it at least a thousand steps. From a distance, the stone temple appears to be suspended high above a sea of ​​fire, towering and immense.

The rocky island beneath their feet seemed to exist solely as the foundation of this Temple of War, the entire islet almost entirely obscured by this colossal hall. This Temple of War, unlike the Goose Soaring Hall of the Startled Goose Palace, lacked double eaves and resembled a massive, hollow square stone.

Shi Zhixuan stared wide-eyed at the towering palace. "So what the ancient books of the Demonic Sect recorded was true. Jingyan Palace is indeed like this."

The bottom few steps of the stone steps are submerged in the lake water. There is a large stone turtle, more than ten feet long and eight feet tall, lying at the bottom of the steps, as if it is about to leave the water and go ashore. Its hind legs are still in the water, and its head is raised towards the high main gate. The shape is majestic and powerful, and it is a masterpiece of nature.

The three approached for a closer look and saw that there were faint patterns on the stone tortoise's back. They jumped up to take a look and found that the tortoise's back was covered with symbols and patterns, which were intricate and complex. Each of the three was an expert in mathematics and divination, but they were still completely baffled by these symbols and patterns and could not find any pattern.

After watching for a while, I realized that it was not something that could be understood in a short time, so I gave up watching.

Shi Zhixuan glanced at the lake behind him and asked, "Brother Su, what was that monster in the lake just now?"

Su Ming said in a deep voice, "A dragon, to be precise, should be called a demonic dragon."

Song Que's eyes narrowed. "Are there really dragons in this world?"

Su Ming nodded. "The origin of the War God Temple is unknown. Legend has it that Guang Chengzi shattered the void here, which was thousands of years ago, and can even be traced back to ancient times."

"It is said that in ancient times, the primordial energy of heaven and earth was abundant, and rare and precious materials emerged one after another. The powerful environment gave birth to powerful monsters. The many strange and exotic beasts recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas may have actually existed. However, due to the change of environment, these strange beasts could not survive and gradually disappeared."

"The energy here is very active, so it's normal for the demonic dragon to be able to survive here."

"If it weren't for the dangers underwater, which would make fighting difficult, I would definitely tear this demonic dragon apart and skin it alive."

Logically speaking, a Grandmaster is almost always in a state of communion with heaven and man, with an inexhaustible supply of true energy. In ordinary water battles, Su Ming would naturally not be afraid, but this demonic dragon is different. The force of his kick just now would have killed an ordinary wild beast long ago.

But the demonic dragon seemed unaffected; its life force remained undiminished. Such a monster was not to be dealt with easily.

Shi Zhixuan nodded. Even from a distance, they could feel the overwhelming ferocity of the demonic dragon. "We'll kill this beast after we get out of the Temple of War. Let's go, the War God's Manual is more important."

However, just as they were about to step onto the stone steps and head towards the Temple of War, a huge wave suddenly surged up in the lake behind them, and the three of them changed their expressions abruptly.

Suddenly, the lake water surged, and a ferocious beast with flapping wings rose from the water, its imposing presence terrifying.

The three looked up and finally saw the full appearance of the demonic dragon. Its body was covered in black scales, its body was slender like a snake, its wings were bright red like fire, it had a single horn on its head, a pair of sharp claws under its belly that gleamed coldly, and its eyes were fierce and cold, staring intently at the three of them, with water dripping from its sharp teeth.

Song Que's eyes gleamed with excitement. "What a beast!"

"Sword One, break!"

With a thought, Su Ming unleashed the ethereal sword technique once more. His powerful true energy condensed into sword energy, and the sharp sword intent spread through the void, causing pain to the eyes. The sword energy whistled past, piercing towards the huge, ferocious eyes of the demonic dragon.

"Roar!"

The demonic dragon roared, its massive body surprisingly agile. With a flick of its head, its enormous tail lashed out with immense force, sweeping across the battlefield. The burst of sword energy was unparalleled, colliding with the dragon's tail and sparking intense bursts of light.

"Oh!"

The void trembled, a rolling wave of energy exploded, the sword energy shattered with a deafening roar, and the demonic dragon was also blasted back several meters.

However, the three of them suddenly noticed that the scales on the dragon's tail were only slightly damaged, with not a single one missing, demonstrating the incredible strength of its scales.

Song Que couldn't help but exclaim, "What amazing scales! This beast must have lived for countless years. If these scales were made into armor, it would surely be the best armor in the world."

"Perfect, let's test my blade!"

As soon as the words fell, a flash of light appeared, slashing down straight at the dragon's head. In mid-air, the dragon opened its blood-red maw and roared, its eyes seemingly blazing with fire. It twisted its body, and its tail once again rushed forward.

(End of this chapter)