Light Fortress
Chapter 708 - 200: Suppressing the Ominous

Chapter 708: Chapter 200: Suppressing the Ominous

Mr. Shan left the cemetery.

Gu Shen sat alone atop a small hill, with an alloy trunk opened in front of him, from which several diagrams floated out.

Chi Huo’s spiritual power permeated into the diagrams.

These diagrams, arrayed and hovering in front of Gu Shen, shifted with the light touch of his fingertips—one by one passing by—

"The characters recorded on these diagrams... they’re all ancient scripts."

Behind Gu Shen, Chu Ling slightly furrowed her brows.

The Array Patterns of the Qingzhong Cemetery were also in ancient script!

However... ancient characters possess the qualities of being "unrecordable" and "unable to be rub-transferred," requiring a great deal of energy and painstaking effort to understand.

One might interpret that ancient script is a type of "special spirit" that can be intuitively understood but not conveyed in words.

No one knows exactly how extensive these "special spirits" are.

Thus... even though she had learned the ancient scripts from the diagrams of Qingzhong, it was of no help in comprehending the diagrams before her.

Chu Ling tried to deduce through computational power...

But she failed.

In this world, few things Deep Sea could not compute, and ancient scripts were precisely one of those.

After exiting her computations, Chu Ling found Gu Shen had entered a deep, meditative state of reflection.

This was a profoundly tranquil state of spirit.

Chi Huo flickered chaotically.

Was this... a realization?

She silently retreated to give Gu Shen and Chi Huo a space of peace.

Gu Shen stared intently at the diagrams, trying to discern something.

He did not recognize the ancient characters on these diagrams.

But... strangely, Chi Huo, upon contacting these sheets, resonated?

Could it be due to the "Netherworld King’s Spark"?

The diagrams that quietly floated before him, and the characters on them, moved like tadpoles, causing Gu Shen’s pupils to contract slightly as if he saw a swirling vortex.

Within this vortex was an irresistible force.

Chi Huo was slowly drawn into the vortex.

...

...

Chu Ling narrowed her eyes.

She retreated even further, intending not to disturb Gu Shen’s reflective meditation, but... something unexpected occurred.

There was no wind in the cemetery.

The posture of Gu Shen sitting crossed-legged was akin to a stone sculpture.

But she saw Gu Shen’s shadow behind him quivering like a flame.

This was a highly strange phenomenon, the shadow at first only quivering slightly, then gradually intensifying, like a candle flame being buffeted by a strong wind, potentially extinguishing at any moment, and between the fluttering of his robe, the black shadow collapsed like a flood, spreading around to encompass Gu Shen!

A suffocating, gloomy pressure also surged forth.

"Gu Shen!"

At that moment, Chu Ling called out with a mental voice, activating their Spiritual Link!

She was certain she had not seen wrongly.

Gu Shen’s shadow behind him moved!

This was the omen of legend!

Deep Sea had once utilized a tremendous computational power to decipher what the North Continent Cultivators spoke of as an omen, and the ultimate result was... the omen is indeed a precursor to losing control. Indeed, passing this message proved incredibly difficult, as their Spiritual Link seemed to also be buffeted by strong winds.

Chu Ling wasn’t even sure if her mental call had gone out.

The next moment.

Those shadows surged like a flood instantly.

...

...

All of Gu Shen’s focus was attracted by those diagrams.

His initial intent was to comprehend.

But unknowingly, he had fallen into a trance, and when he regained his senses, he found himself no longer at the peak of Inner Ling Mountain and Chu Ling was no longer behind him. Above, below, all around him, was darkness.

This was a Spirit Space.

And those diagrams had transformed into a massive Black Hole, as if to swallow him!

From Heart Lake, a very faint shout was heard.

"Gu Shen..."

Though the voice was quiet, Gu Shen recognized it instantly.

It was Chu Ling’s voice!

Squinting his eyes, he placed his hands on his knees, calmed his breath, and after hearing the faint call from Heart Lake, he more or less guessed what had happened.

"It truly belongs to the Netherworld King..."

Gu Shen coldly said, "If it were someone else, they might have the life to take it, but not the life to use it."

His spiritual power had become unstable.

At this moment, he was likely entwined in misfortune.

Thinking back, Mr. Shan’s earlier eagerness to return the item like a hot potato probably had another reason—aside from the Netherworld King, this thing simply cannot be researched; whoever studies it encounters misfortune.

"Dream, break!"

Gu Shen passed two fingers over the center of his brow.

Chi Huo whooshed out.

From the moment he realized this place was a Dream, Dream Interpretation was but an effortless task... A long trail of fire swept across the center of a few massive Black Holes, directly tearing the entire world into shreds.

He returned to a state of clear consciousness.

And those boiling shadows... also abruptly returned to their places, merely a moment’s pass, and from their originally ferocious appearance, they reverted to a calm state.

The anxious Chu Ling, who had been ready to awaken Gu Shen directly, froze in place at this sight.

She stared at Gu Shen’s shadow, her expression complex.

Gu Shen slightly turned around, caught Chu Ling’s gaze, and asked softly, "Did the shadow move?"

"... Yes."

Chu Ling slowly nodded.

Gu Shen fell into deep thought.

The shadow’s anomaly had not appeared just once... Previously, when leaving the Gu Family Ancestral Hall, he too sensed something amiss.

Initially, Gu Shen thought it was merely a coincidence.

However, it now seemed... nothing of the sort.

Mr. Gu had said, the Netherworld King and "misfortune" are closely linked, so the reason he was plagued by misfortune... might be related to that Spark?