Popping sounds came from the rune as the lightning moved around it. Every time two bolts of lightning collided, the rune would tremble. As it trembled, the rune's veins began to dissipate and the seals began to collapse layer by layer.
Wang Lin's eyes became cold and he raised his right hand. The Wither Dao Pair appeared and the beast bone appeared. There was a flash of ghostly light and killing intent filled the area.
The constantly collapsing rune suddenly trembled and a grey light came from it. It quickly began to petrify. Just at this moment, Ta Shan took a step forward and threw a punch with his right fist!
With a loud bang, the sixteenth level began to tremble, and the rune instantly collapsed. The lightning on it moved even faster, and with a series of popping sounds, it completely turned into countless specks of black crystal light that dissipated into the surroundings.
In that instant, a teleportation portal appeared on the surface of the pool. It flickered with light, and emanated a strange light.
The moment the tunnel to the 17th layer opened, in a sect square on planet Suzaku, the old cultivator that looked like Huang Long looked into the distance. He originally had his hands behind his back and was talking to a few low level disciples.
After a long while, he retracted his gaze and thought to himself, Forget it. There's nothing that can't be seen on the seventeenth floor. This little fellow's cultivation has reached a level where he can understand some secrets. However, with his cultivation, the seventeenth floor is his limit. He won't be able to enter the eighteenth floor.
In the 16th floor of the Forsaken Immortal Clan, Ta Shan stepped into the transfer array and disappeared. Wang Lin waited for a bit. After confirming there was no danger, he stepped in. Shortly after, the big-headed boy, Lei Ji, and Yunque Zi all charged out and disappeared with the transfer array.
The 17th floor of the Forsaken Immortal Clan was completely dark without any light and was filled with a dense death aura. At this moment, the light from the transfer array suddenly appeared at the center of the 17th floor.
With the help of the light, the surroundings became extremely clear!
This was an area about 1,000 feet wide with chains intersecting with each other. At each intersection, there was a corpse hanging. These corpses gave off celestial spiritual energy!!
These corpses belonged to immortals!
Only, this immortal qi did not have the slightest bit of spirituality. It was completely lifeless, as if these corpses had been hanging there for countless years.
In the blink of an eye, the light from the formation dissipated, and several people appeared within the formation.
Ta Shan was the first person to enter this place. The moment he entered, his eyes immediately lit up and he constantly looked around. Even with his indifference, his pupils shrank the moment he looked around.
The entire area was pitch black. However, the darkness was incapable of obstructing Divine Sense. As soon as Wang Lin appeared, he scanned the area with his Divine Sense. Immediately, he gasped, and his face darkened.
He wasn't the only one. After the big-headed boy used his divine sense to check his surroundings, his face turned pale. He had entered the celestial pool and turned his domain into celestial origin energy. It could be said that he had already become a celestial. Therefore, when he saw the 17th level, he was far more shocked than anyone else.
What terrified him even more was that the celestial origin energy in his body, which had always been successful, began to tremble. It was as if it was being suppressed by a mysterious force.
Under this suppression, the big-headed boy seemed to be able to hear mournful screams. His face became pale, his body trembled, and he coughed out a mouthful of blood.
Fortunately, Wang Lin noticed the change in the big-headed boy. After the big-headed boy coughed out blood, Wang Lin's right hand hit his back and a large amount of origin energy entered his body. Only then did the big-headed boy regain consciousness.
He looked around with a gaze filled with awe.
On the other hand, Yunque Zi was completely different from the big-headed man. After he arrived, he immediately felt the aura of the Forsaken Immortal Clan. The black tattoos around his body began to move on their own and rapidly shrank. They actually began to degrade!
The runes flowed around her body like water, and it was as if there was an invisible force squeezing them, causing the runes around Skylark's body to quickly gather towards her chest.
What shocked Yunque Zi even more was that the awe he felt toward the big-headed boy had changed. It was as if there was a force suppressing that awe.
Wang Lin was also affected. The moment he entered, Wang Lin noticed that the celestial beans that Shimizu had given him seemed to sink into water and began to slow down.
The surroundings were completely silent and dark, but for Wang Lin's group of four, they could clearly see everything. This 17th level wasn't very big. Countless chains extended down from the walls and locked the skeletons in place.
These skeletons were all like corpses. Most of them had their pelvic bones pierced by chains, but some had their shoulders pierced and were hanging in the air.
The number of these skeletons was no less than a hundred!
Each skeleton had traces of being whipped before they died. It was obvious that these people had suffered unimaginable torture before dying miserably.
There were also flashing runes on their bodies. Every time they flashed, the celestial spiritual energy coming from their bodies would become stronger.
As for the reason their bodies were emitting celestial spiritual energy, it was because their origin souls had been imprisoned in their bodies by a powerful spell.
However, their bodies were already dead, and the endless death aura was constantly eroding their origin souls. Although their origin souls maintained their consciousness, they couldn't leave their bodies. They could only watch as their bodies withered and the death aura filled the air. In the end, they were destroyed!
This kind of torture revealed a strong hatred for celestials. This endless hatred gave Wang Lin a huge impact.
"This …" Yunque Zi stared blankly at everything around him and couldn't speak for a long time.
"These are celestials. When they were alive, their cultivation levels were all a bit higher than mine!" The big-headed boy felt this the most. He felt inexplicably nervous here.
Just at this moment, the sound of metal chains colliding rang out. In front of them, a mummy suddenly moved. The runes on its body quickly flickered, and in an instant, the runes directly penetrated the mummy's body and fused with it.
At this moment, the corpse suddenly opened its eyes. There was no spirit in its eyes, only an empty void. However, at this moment, there was an unimaginable hatred and killing intent that suddenly erupted from the void.
"Celestial … Die!!!"
A roar echoed and the chains on the mummy's body quickly became transparent. Without the chains binding it, the mummy charged out with a strange celestial force. It formed a storm around its body and charged at the big-headed boy!
The big-headed boy's face turned pale and he subconsciously retreated a few steps. His eyes revealed a fierce gaze as he let out a roar. His hands formed a seal and the celestial origin energy in his body surged. He was about to use a celestial spell!
However, just at this moment, a strange scene appeared!
The moment the big-headed boy activated his celestial origin energy, it quickly dissipated from his body. The speed at which it dissipated was far faster than the big-headed boy could have imagined.
He hadn't even used a celestial spell when a large amount of celestial origin energy disappeared from his body. This scene almost caused him to lose his wits.
Seeing the mummy close in, there was a flash of coldness in Wang Lin's eyes. He took a step and his right hand pressed down. Origin energy surged out from his body and with a bang, the mummy was knocked back several dozen feet.
Ta Shan charged out like a bolt of lightning and clenched his right hand into a fist. With one punch, runes appeared on his fist. When the mummy saw the runes, respect immediately appeared on its face and it quickly retreated, as if it did not dare to fight against Ta Shan.
Yunque Zi stared at the scene before him. At this moment, it was like a flash of lightning in his mind. He immediately remembered a rumor he had heard a long time ago!
"This … This is my Forsaken Immortal Clan's punishment hall!!
Rumor has it that when the oldest ancestor of my Forsaken Immortal Clan came to Suzaku, he created a separate floor outside of the last two floors and named it the punishment hall. If anyone not from my Forsaken Immortal Clan entered, they would immediately be killed by the guards!
I didn't think this … this was actually true! "
As Yunque Zi's voice echoed, the sound of the chains echoed once more. All of the corpses on the 17th floor opened their eyes at this moment.
Bursts of ferocious gazes came from their eyes, and as they let out roars, the chains on the corpses disappeared, allowing them to regain their freedom. They let out roars and charged toward Wang Lin, the big-headed boy, and Lei Ji!
Wang Lin's eyes became cold. He let out a cold snort, raised his right hand, formed a seal, and shouted, "Call the Wind!"
After he spoke, a gust of black wind appeared around Wang Lin's right hand. It quickly filled the entire 17th floor, forming a monstrous, black wind that swept in all directions.
As the black wind howled, two black dragons appeared. They let out angry roars and large amounts of cold wind swept out with Wang Lin as the center.
The charging corpses immediately stopped and quickly retreated. Although they were powerful when they were alive, now that they were dead, they were being controlled by a mysterious force and were far weaker than before.
However, there were too many corpses, so they couldn't be underestimated.
As the black wind howled, runes immediately appeared on the bodies of the corpses. These runes lit up at the same time, and in an instant, they formed a seal. This seal was invisible, but as the countless runes flashed, it immediately pressed down.
This wasn't the first time Wang Lin had encountered this kind of seal. When he fought against the Yao family, it had given him a lot of trouble. Now that he noticed it, Wang Lin's expression changed and he immediately stepped forward. Ripples echoed under his feet and he disappeared without a trace.
The black wind howled and the two black dragons roared. They swept through the surroundings and swept away the countless corpses. These corpses seemed to be trapped by the wind and were bound by it.
There were even a few corpses whose bodies directly exploded with a bang!
Wang Lin's figure appeared beside one of the corpses. With a merciless gaze, two fingers on his right hand contained the will of heaven and earth. As he pointed, endless lightning appeared from the void and gathered on his fingers. In an instant, Wang Lin's fingers landed on the head of a corpse before him!
The corpse trembled violently, and a moment of clarity appeared in the hollow eyes. With a hint of relief, his body collapsed with a bang and dissipated into the surroundings.
However, the moment he dissipated, a gust of Celestial Origin Energy spread out from his body and entered Wang Lin's body. Wang Lin's eyes narrowed. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the Celestial Origin Energy didn't cause him any harm. Instead, it fused with Immortal Lord Shimizu's Senzu Beans in his body.
This discovery made Wang Lin ecstatic.
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