Chapter Fifty-Six: The Willow Tree

  Hu Yun's heart sank as the ominous warning struck again, "Leave here, leave here, or else... die!" Wasn't the previous tomb beast the true source of terror? Now this thing was the real master!

  "Su Qi Ruo! Retreat quickly!" Just as Su Qi Ruo was still in a daze, Xi Rui Wen had already pulled her into the air and burst through the cloudy barrier to make their escape.

  What's wrong? What's wrong? Su Qi Ruo saw Xie Ru Wen in such a flustered and frightened state for the first time, panic and fear revealing themselves on Xie Ru Wen's face that always wore a smile. It made Su Qi Ruo inexplicably afraid too. What exactly happened?

  "When soldiers clash, all arrayed in front, formation! Heaven's net, earth's web!"

  The sudden arrival of the second heavy boundary left She Ruiwen unprepared, "Boom——" She Ruiwen collided with the boundary with his physical body, fortunately, he had protected himself with spiritual power when escaping and did not get hurt. He thought he could break through the boundary by force, but unexpectedly, the boundary's power was incredibly strong. Not only did She Ruiwen fail to break through the boundary, but he was also knocked back to the ground by the rebounding spiritual power.

  "Bastard!" Shi Ruiwen gritted his teeth and cursed, the familiar spiritual energy making his heart ache. The scars that had been hidden deep within him for so long were ripped open once again. That yin-yang master, and the person who had severely injured him, how could they appear here?! And to even set up a barrier to block his way, it's infuriating!

  "These little guys are quite troublesome!" Mokusei Rinro was rather annoyed, stroking his chin as if thinking of a countermeasure.

  "The barrier can't withstand such strong spiritual fluctuations." Sun Bofan's subtle reminder urged him to end the battle quickly.

  "It's not that serious, is it?" Lin Lang lightly changed the subject, as if he didn't care about what was happening inside the boundary.

  Son Bofan adjusted his glasses, "If others find out what's inside the barrier, it'll be a lot of trouble."

  "Just wait and see, I have confidence in these little guys!" Lin Lang smiled brightly, patting Sun Bo Fan's shoulder to comfort him, "You should have confidence in Xiao Qi too!"

  Sun Bo Fan turned his head in discontent, not wanting to face Lin Lang's smug expression again. Mo remained silent, seemingly agreeing with Lin Lang's statement.

  "That Onmyodo master, I'll definitely kill him!" Setsuna Akatsuki said with a scowl, trapped in the barrier.

  The entire mountain body was violently shaking, like a lone boat swaying in the wind and waves, which could be overturned at any time. The originally stable rocks also fell down in large pieces due to the violent shock, Su Qi, She Ruiwen, and Hu Yunteng were trying to stabilize their bodies while carefully responding to the flying rocks that might fall on them at any time, and for a while, they didn't even have time to think about what would happen next. However, their instincts told them that they needed to leave here as soon as possible!

  "What is that?" The sky suddenly darkened, and a shadow that blotted out the sun rose up from the ground, like a mountain range formed in an instant by tectonic plates. The entire surface was shrouded in the shadow of this enormous object, and vaguely visible was a terrifying silhouette. Su Qi was astonished at this sudden change, and also sensed shadows on the ground that seemed to be some kind of creature, under which all humans were like ants.

  The earth shook and gradually calmed down, Su Qi turned around to gaze at the shadow master's body still hidden in the dust and not fully revealed. In an instant, a few words flashed through his mind, "Baqi Great Snake!"

  "Cough, cough..." Lin Lang almost spat out the water he was about to swallow when he heard Su Qi Ruo's words. He had been watching Su Qi Ruo and the others from outside the boundary, so naturally, he also heard her careless remark. However, he didn't expect Su Qi Ruo to say something like that, and he couldn't help but mutter, "How can things from island nations have our majestic aura!"

  "How did you count it as eight?!" Si Ruiwen didn't know what to say anymore, could Su Qi really be so ignorant?!

  "It's Xiang Liu." Hu Yun Teng had somehow appeared beside Su Qi Ruo and She Rui Wen.

  Xiang Liu has a serpent's body with nine heads, its blood is foul-smelling and cannot be used for growing grain. The land is abundant in water and is not suitable for habitation.

  "Xiang Liu was beheaded by Yu, and the platform of the multitude of emperors in the north of Kunlun, how can it appear here?" Xiang Liu is one of the ancient evil gods, let alone Hu Yun Teng being an ordinary fox tribe, even if it were the nine-tailed fox, the supreme ruler of the fox tribe, standing before him would not be enough to look at, Hu Yun Teng had no choice but to join forces with Su Qi Ruo and She Rui Wen to resist the enemy.

  Shi Ruwen's mind was only filled with the thought of escaping, and nothing else. Xiang Liu was also a member of the snake tribe, but had lost his inheritance after being beheaded by Yu. Now that the two snakes had met, their clan's special abilities couldn't be used, and besides, Xiang Liu was one of the masters of the snake tribe, while Shi Ruwen was just a junior with limited inheritance, unable to compare with him. Being able to keep his life intact would be good enough, where would he have the heart to fight again? Shi Ruwen could only blame the Onmyodo for trapping them here, and now breaking through the seal and escaping was the best option!

  "Fox spirit, let's join forces and break through the seal together, or we'll both die!"

  "This barrier is not formed by any power, it contains the power of the gods, I'm afraid breaking through the barrier won't be easy." Hu YunTeng calmly analyzed, "Xiang Liu was beheaded by Yu and buried in the Emperor's Platform, his physical body was destroyed a thousand years ago. What we see now should be his soul and some remaining bones. As long as we take advantage of his physical body not being formed yet and his soul not being stable, we can join hands to kill him! However..." Hu YunTeng coldly glanced at Si Ruiwen, "You won't be intimidated by the ancestor of our tribe, will you?"

  "Nonsense!" Shu Ruiwen was poked in the sore spot by Hu Yunteng and shouted out of guilt. However, after Hu Yunteng's analysis, Shu Ruiwen also calmed down and temporarily put aside his thoughts of escaping. "It's just a residual soul and a useless body, what am I afraid of?" Shu Ruiwen flew a white eye at Hu Yunteng, "I'm reminding you, Xiang Liu is a highly toxic substance, if he touches you, be careful or you'll be reduced to nothing! I'm not afraid!"

  "You're both from the Snake Clan, don't you know his weakness?"

  She Ruiwen stared coldly at Hu Yunpeng, feeling that his words had a suspicious tone, "I don't know!"

  "At this time you still have reservations?" Hu Yun Teng's face turned iron blue from being angered by Ji Rui Wen.

  "Are you sure this is a snake?" Su Qi Ruo had been staring at the changes in the dust, and hadn't listened to Ye Rui Wen and Hu Yun Teng's conversation. When the enormous creature appeared before Su Qi Ruo, Su Qi Ruo was shocked, this thing was as still as a mountain, but when it moved, it was like a dragon emerging from the sea, where was the shadow of a snake? It was actually nine big dragons tied together!

  "What's going on! The barrier is shaking?" The entire barrier was filled with a dazzling golden light, and for a moment, people couldn't open their eyes. Hu YunTeng transformed into his original fox form, alert and vigilant. Did Xiang Liu possess the power to shake the divine tribe's barrier? Or... Hu YunTeng's mind suddenly flashed with insight: could it be that the Thousand Illusions Bone sensed by Xuanshe wasn't an ordinary racial bone, but rather... the skull of the Ancient Divine Tribe?