nownovels Chapter 196 But you didn't win either!
Chapter 196 But you didn't win either!
Chapter 196 But you didn't win either! (4600)
Fight!
These two words burned like poisonous fire in Liu Xuanyin's mind, which was on the verge of collapse.
The last trace of fear and hesitation was burned away, leaving only reckless madness and a determination to perish together!
He knew it was a trap, a trick, but he had no choice!
If he doesn't seize this opportunity for "charity," he won't even have the right to make a final struggle!
"With my blood, I offer sacrifice to my soul! The Nine Netherworlds open, and ten thousand ghosts devour the gods!"
Liu Xuanyin roared hoarsely, his voice as mournful as a night owl crying blood!
He suddenly bit his tongue, and a mouthful of his life essence blood, dark blue-black and exuding a strong, fishy stench and eerie energy, gushed out.
Instead of spraying towards Gu Qingwan, it sprayed all over his rapidly changing hands and the ground beneath his feet!
The dark blue blood seemed to possess a life of its own, instantly merging into the mist swirling around his fingertips and seeping into the rune-carved rock beneath his feet.
In an instant, the dark blue mist around him surged and almost materialized.
It resonated with the dark red evil runes on the ground beneath its feet and the surrounding rock walls with an unprecedented intensity!
The exposed skin on his face and hands was visibly dry and withered, as if a large amount of life had been instantly drained from it.
But those grayish-white pupils burst forth with an almost burning, hysterical, and insane light!
"The earth's veins are reversed! The yin energy returns to its origin!"
"May all ghosts merge with my spirit, and aid me in vanquishing evil!!!"
His hands suddenly froze into an extremely twisted, bizarre pose, as if his fingers were about to break, and he pressed them down sharply!
Boom! ...
This time, it wasn't just the cave that was shaking; the entire mountainside was groaning under the strain!
The pale white earth vein yin energy, more than ten times more intense than before, was mixed with the extremely yin earth evil energy, as thick as ink.
Like an ancient beast that has been completely enraged, it erupts violently from every inch of the cave floor and rock wall cracks!
The yin energy no longer surged forth, but instead formed countless frantically spinning, pale tornadoes connecting the cave ceiling and the ground!
Within the tornado, the countless imprisoned and refined remnants of the Yin spirits no longer howled in pain.
Instead, it was forcibly combined with some evil secret method, emitting a uniform shriek filled with endless resentment and destructive desire.
They converged into a terrifying spiritual torrent capable of tearing apart souls!
The dark red evil runes on the cave ceiling and walls shone so intensely they seemed to be burning.
The frantic flashing, extending, and intertwining pushed the "Spirit Locking Forbidden Zone's" power of confinement and weakening to its extreme.
It even began to subtly draw upon the earth's yin energy and Liu Xuanyin's blood and soul power.
These forces transformed into dark red, chain-like phantoms that emitted a pungent, bloody, and decaying stench, protruding from the void.
Like countless venomous snakes, they coiled around Gu Qingwan, attempting to fundamentally restrict and erode her from the level of rules!
At the same time, the two super evil gods deep in the cave also made a move.
Stimulated by Liu Xuanyin's willingness to sacrifice himself and fully activate the great formation, an unprecedented and frenzied counterattack erupted!
The ever-flickering, eerie green core of the "Thousand-Faced Nightmare" suddenly erupted with a blinding light, like a final burst of light!
Its enormous, amorphous phantom no longer attempted to repair itself, but instead collapsed and coalesced inward in a self-destructive manner!
All the eerie green fog, distorted dreams, and mental pollution were forcibly compressed into a single point.
It transformed into a beam of extremely refined, eerie green light that pierced Lu Yuan's soul like needles, as if it could directly pull his consciousness into the abyss of eternal nightmares.
Silent and stealthy, yet swift as lightning, it struck first despite being delayed, shooting straight towards Gu Qingwan's brow!
This is a pure and ultimate soul annihilation attack launched by burning its own "Nightmare" pseudo-divine essence and abandoning most of its form!
The "Mother of Ten Thousand Bones" let out a silent, violent, and destructive shriek!
Its filthy sac swelled wildly to its limit, and countless holes on its surface burst open at the same time, no longer spewing out a torrent of pus.
Instead, it is a substance mixed with its own core filth and impurity!
Countless remains of "filthy offspring" and the earth's ley lines of poisonous miasma, pitch black as ink, exuding an extreme filth that slightly distorts the space itself—a breath of destruction!
Wherever his breath passed, even the surging earth vein yin energy and the dark red array chains were instantly polluted, corroded, and assimilated!
Meanwhile, countless human faces overlapped within the pale white mist above the sac.
It unleashed a "filthy mantra" that was no longer a wail, but filled with blasphemy and curses, seemingly coming from the deepest depths of the Netherworld and pointing directly to the very origin of existence!
This time, Liu Xuanyin held back, or rather, he had no more hands left to hold back.
He burned his essence, blood, and soul to fully activate the great formation, and even began to subtly shake the foundation connecting the "Spirit Locking Forbidden Land" and the "Nine Netherworld Refining God Formation".
Even at the cost of permanent damage, we must extract every last bit of strength!
Both super evil gods were also driven to the brink of despair, and unleashed a desperate attack that risked severe damage to their very essence and even a drop in their rank!
This combination of a formation manipulator burning with blood and soul, two desperate evil gods, and the power of two evil formations pushed to their limits—
The power of this strike was several times stronger than the previous "deadly blow"!
The cave was completely engulfed by various destructive energies and lights!
A deathly pale, malevolent tornado; dark red array chains; eerie green beams of dreamlike light; pitch-black, foul breath; blasphemous, filthy incantations—
All attacks were no longer scattered, but rather like those of a well-trained army.
Under Liu Xuanyin's precise guidance of burning his soul, a flawless, three-dimensional killing network was formed from all directions, from matter to spirit, from energy to rules.
The moon-white figure in mid-air was completely submerged!
boom-!!!!
Sizzle—!!!
roar-!!!
Awooo—!!
A massive explosion, a mixture of annihilation, corrosion, and mental shock, ten or even a hundred times more intense than before, erupted once more!
This time, even the cave's incredibly sturdy rock walls began to crack and collapse on a large scale.
The boulders, mixed with the filthy, corrosive slime, crashed down with a deafening roar!
The entire space seemed to be torn apart by this terrifying energy collision!
Even though Lu Yuan was quite far away and was slightly blocked by the remaining black and red mist from Gu Qingwan, he was still violently thrown back by the shockwave and crashed into the rock wall again.
For a moment, Lu Yuan felt as if his internal organs were about to shift, his vision went black, and all he could hear was a buzzing sound in his ears.
Despite the excruciating pain and dizziness, Lu Yuan stared intently at the center of the explosion.
This attack was significantly more powerful than the last one!
Can Qingwan still be as relaxed as she was just now?
Why didn't she hide?
Why take the hit head-on?
Under Lu Yuan's bewildered gaze, and under Liu Xuanyin's watchful eyes filled with madness, anticipation, and perhaps a sliver of despair mixed with a sense of relief.
Even after the two evil gods' desperate attack, their auras instantly weakened, yet their gazes remained fixed intently on their target—
Every attack landed squarely and completely on Gu Qingwan's body without the slightest deviation!
The eerie green beam of light from the nightmare struck her between the eyebrows.
The dark, filthy breath engulfed her body.
The blasphemous and filthy truths challenged the very essence of her being.
Countless dark red array chains wrapped around her limbs and torso.
The raging, malevolent tornado completely engulfed and tore her apart.
There was no dodging, no blocking, no defensive actions or flashes of light.
Gu Qingwan remained suspended in mid-air, letting this ultimate attack, several times more terrifying than before and embodying the Liu family's final madness and despair, completely engulf her.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
Then a buzzing sound—
A faint, yet strangely rhythmic tremor came from the center of the explosion.
It was neither the sound of energy annihilation nor the sound of an object shattering.
It's more like—the strings of a musical instrument being gently plucked.
Or perhaps, it is the space itself groaning under the weight of some kind of "pressure" that exceeds its limits.
Immediately following, at the center of that all-consuming energy storm, a mixture of destructive forces.
All the light, shadow, energy, and shockwaves seemed to be gently "wiped" by an invisible hand, resulting in a momentary freeze and distortion.
Then, in Lu Yuan's suddenly contracting pupils, and in Liu Xuanyin's instantly frozen, crazed expression,...
Under the horrified gazes of those two evil gods who suddenly stopped "watching"!
The light and energy of the explosion, like the receding tide, rapidly contracted and collapsed towards the center point!
It was not scattered, nor was it canceled out.
Instead, it was as if it were being forcibly "compressed," "absorbed," and "gathered" by some incomprehensible and irresistible force!
In the blink of an eye, the earth-shattering energy storm vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
Only the lingering smell of burning and corrosion remained in the air.
The surrounding shattered rock walls and the mess on the ground testified to the authenticity of that terrifying attack.
At the eye of the storm, Gu Qingwan's figure reappeared clearly.
The moon-white cheongsam remained spotless, even the flowing cloud patterns were as clear as ever.
The white hair tie still loosely held her dark hair in place.
The thin mist that shrouded my face still lingered faintly.
She hovered there silently, her posture seemingly unchanged from before.
No, there is a very slight difference.
Her body tilted very slightly backward.
It was really only a tiny bit; if Lu Yuan hadn't been watching it intently, it would have been almost impossible to detect.
The sensation wasn't like being struck by a tremendous force and falling backward.
It was more like an ordinary person standing in a gentle breeze, whose body instinctively and very slightly swayed as a slightly stronger gust of air blew by.
Then, things stabilized.
Even the pure darkness that slowly rotated at her fingertips remained perfectly undisturbed, continuing to turn gently according to its inherent rhythm.
She lowered her head slightly, as if glancing at the moon-white cheongsam she was wearing, or perhaps just casually moving her neck.
Then, she lowered her head again.
Those blood-red double pupils, shrouded in a thin mist, looked once again at the other side through the last wisp of fading energy.
He looked at Liu Xuanyin, whose face was no longer just pale, but ashen, and whose last trace of madness and hope had been extinguished, leaving only boundless emptiness and despair.
It also swept over the two super evil gods whose auras were extremely weak, whose enormous phantoms were trembling slightly, and who exuded a strong sense of fear and submission.
A cold, calm sound, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, once again echoed through the deathly silent cave.
Like a final death knell, it tolled deep within the souls of Liu Xuanyin and the two evil gods: "This time, it's acceptable."
She paused, as if giving a "fair" assessment.
"But that's all."
Lu Yuan slumped against the cold rock wall, his back burning with pain, his chest tight and unable to breathe, and the ringing in his ears not yet completely gone.
But he couldn't care less about any of that at the moment; he just stared wide-eyed and his mouth was slightly open.
With an almost blank expression, he stared intently at the moon-white figure that had reappeared in mid-air.
What was that just now?!
That devastating power, which nearly caused the entire cave to collapse, was a combination of Liu Xuanyin's burning blood soul and the life essence of two super evil gods fighting to the death.
And the ultimate attack unleashed by the dual evil array—that's it—gone?
The whole process was eerily calm.
Qingwan's body was only slightly tilted backward due to the "impact," or if that can be considered an impact.
No, that can't even be called tilting.
It's more like standing on high ground, being brushed by a slightly stronger breeze, and the body naturally swaying slightly as the clothes flutter.
And then, everything was fine.
The moon-white cheongsam was perfectly smooth, without a single wrinkle.
The white hair tie was perfectly in place.
The darkness at her fingertips spun at a steady pace. Even the faint mist surrounding her, which seemed to be condensed from the purest darkness, remained completely still.
Lu Yuan knew, of course, that Qing Wan was terrifyingly strong.
but----
Now it seems—
Lu Yuan felt he understood Qingwan perfectly.
It's still far too little —
However, these thoughts only flashed through my mind.
The most important thing right now is to save the old man!
Of course, with Qingwan being this strong, rescuing the old man would be a piece of cake.
Lu Yuan struggled to get up, wanting to urge Gu Qingwan to end this "game" quickly and go down to rescue the people.
But looking at Gu Qingwan's calm and suspended posture, as if she was waiting for something, or perhaps just enjoying her opponent's despair.
Lu Yuan swallowed his words again.
Gu Qingwan's calm, indifferent voice echoed slowly in the cave, like a final verdict.
It was like a bucket of ice water, completely extinguishing the last embers of the frenzied fire in Liu Xuanyin's eyes.
Liu Xuanyin stood there, his body trembling slightly from burning his essence and soul to forcefully activate the great formation.
His skin was as dry as old tree bark, and his breath was extremely weak; he could barely maintain his posture.
But at this moment, the hysterical madness and despair that had been emanating from him vanished in a strange way.
Instead, there is an extreme, deep-seated tranquility.
That calmness wasn't about letting go, but rather a kind of deathly stillness of clarity that remained after completely recognizing reality and abandoning all unrealistic fantasies.
He slowly raised his head, and his gray, lifeless pupils were no longer filled with bloodshot veins and madness.
He just stared blankly at the moon-white figure in mid-air, which seemed to be above everything.
His lips twitched, as if he wanted to smile, but it only pulled at his dry, chapped skin, making him look strange and bitter.
"Heh—hehe—"
A hoarse, dry laugh, like the straining of a broken bellows, was forced out of his throat.
There was no resentment or anger in the laughter, only a numb resignation.
"Indeed—that's all."
Liu Xuanyin paused, his gaze seemingly shifting slightly as he briefly glanced at Lu Yuan, who was struggling to stand up against the rock wall below.
Then he refocused his attention on Gu Qingwan.
"Gu Qingwan————"
Liu Xuanyin's voice was very soft, and he spoke very slowly, as if each word required a great deal of effort.
"The Liu family has lost."
"I underestimated you."
"Or rather, we never truly understood what you really are."
He slowly and laboriously raised a withered hand and pointed to the depths of the cave.
That's the direction leading to the core of the "Nine Netherworld Refining God Array," the direction where Li Xiuye is imprisoned.
"Li Xiuye—is still down there."
He was "locked to the Yin Sha Soul Refining Platform by the Nine Nether Soul Refining Chains," suffering the torment of soul refining."
"His true qi was reduced by seven or eight tenths, and his soul was mostly eroded by yin energy."
Liu Xuanyin's words were clear and calm, as if he were stating a fact that had nothing to do with him.
"The 'Nine Nether Soul Refining Chains' and the 'Yin Fiend Soul Refining Platform' are the core and nexus of the great formation."
"It has deep connections with the earth's veins, the formations, and those two deities."
He turned slightly to the side, gesturing to the two super evil god phantoms behind him, whose auras were weak but still exuded terrifying evil energy.
"As long as I have a single thought, or if I die completely, my soul will be scattered."
"Or perhaps—sensing an irresistible external force crashing down and attempting to rescue—"
The "Nine Nether Soul Refining Chains" would instantly and completely shred Li Xiuye's soul and body, while simultaneously detonating the Yin Sha Soul Refining Platform.
The accumulated negative energy of the earth.
"Although I can't kill you, it would be easy to completely destroy Li Xiuye, leaving no trace of his body or soul."
Liu Xuanyin raised his lifeless, gray-white eyes, calmly looking directly into Gu Qingwan's blood-red pupils behind the thin mist, and slowly said, "I have lost."
"But you didn't win either!"
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