Chapter Thirty-Six: Spiritual Pulse

  Inside the air-raid shelter was deep and dark, if not for Mo Zu Tian Cheng's night vision ability, it would be harder to find any subtle differences here than climbing to heaven.

  Lu Ke and She Ruiwen separated to search for clues on the walls of the cave, one side carefully observing the possible leads, while the other ventured deeper into the depths of the cave. The humid air inside the cave grew thicker and more intense as they went deeper, like a mystical and elusive sea of fog, giving people an illusion of ascending to a fairyland. As the moist air entered their lungs, it was as if a dry pond had been infused with a spiritual spring, suddenly bursting forth with a rich breath of life, and in an instant, new life sprouted everywhere.

  Lü Ke's gaze suddenly deepened, what is this place? An underground air-raid shelter, such a place was built in a hundred-year-old gathering of yin energy, why doesn't the air here have any hint of decay, but instead gives off a vitality. This is clearly abnormal! Is it really related to the water source? Just as Lü Ke was thinking, a pool of murky water appeared in front of him. The murky water didn't know if it was formed by years of accumulated rain or underground water that seeped out of the ground and was stirred up by the mud and bricks inside the cave, anyway, it looked dirty and similar to the stinky ditches commonly seen in rural areas, except that it didn't emit a disgusting smell.

  Lu Ke was now certain that the life force emanating from within the cave was related to this pool of water, despite its appearance as an ordinary body of water without even a hint of spiritual energy fluctuations. Lu Ke crouched down and stretched out his hand to lightly touch the surface of the water, immediately causing shallow ripples to appear on the surface.

  Shi Ruiwen watched Lu Ke's movements, and a wave of nausea rose in his abdomen. Even the most vicious person wouldn't be afraid of getting dirty, so how could the spiritual pulse possibly be in such a nauseating place? However, looking at Lu Ke's serious expression, he suddenly felt that nothing was absolute. So Shi Ruiwen cautiously observed Lu Ke's every move, ready to pounce and seize it as soon as he discovered something. As he came to this realization, Shi Ruiwen's tightly furrowed brow suddenly relaxed, and his usual smile returned to his face.

  The moment Lu Ke's hand touched the water surface, he felt that this water seemed to have life, although this sense of life was very weak. However, Lu Ke could still clearly feel it, and it wasn't the life in the water that gave him this feeling, but rather the water itself had life. Lu Ke had never encountered such special water before - how could water possibly have life? The texture of the water felt like human skin, warm and smooth, with a faint breath contained within.

  It's not because of the water!

  Lu Ke absolutely did not believe that water could contain the essence of life; there must be something else in this water.

  ! Lu Ke swiftly inserted his arm into the water, rapidly feeling around in the water. The water became even murkier under Lu Ke's vigorous stirring, as if countless ink droplets had surged up from the bottom of the water, and the surface turned pitch black. A small whirlpool appeared on the surface of the water due to Lu Ke's stirring, and a more intense life force than before churned out along with the whirlpool. Shen Ruiwen stared at the changes in the water's surface in astonishment, hoping that Lu Ke could really find something from it.

  Lu Ke had been groping underwater for a long time, but still got nothing. He suddenly lost his patience and the anxiety of knowing that the treasure was right in front of him yet couldn't be found invaded Lu Ke's heart. He roared, "Break!"

  "Hong——" A shallow pool of water, infused with a large amount of magical power by Lu Ke, suddenly burst open in an instant, as if a bomb of considerable size had been placed at the bottom of the water, and the force of the explosion caused the entire mountain to shake.

  "What's going on!" Su Qi Ruo was facing the evil spirit at this time, and she was frightened by the sudden earthquake-like shaking of the ground. She thought it was an earthquake. Unexpectedly, after a brief tremor, everything returned to calmness. Su Qi Ruo let out a light sigh of relief, not wanting any more trouble at this moment. However, what Su Qi Ruo didn't expect was that during her momentary lapse in attention, Yu Si Si's palm wind came crashing down on her head. Fortunately, Su Qi Ruo reacted quickly and narrowly dodged it, but Yu Si Si's blow still landed squarely on her arm. "It really hurts," Su Qi Ruo thought to herself, but she was certain that Yu Si Si's hand wasn't feeling much better either. It's just that at this moment, Yu Si Si was being controlled by the evil spirit and had lost all sense of pain; if it were her own self, she would probably be jumping in agony.

  Su Qi Ruo couldn't attack the evil spirit, nor could she attack Yu Si Si, so she could only passively dodge. However, her physical strength was limited, and after this back-and-forth battle, Su Qi Ruo was clearly exhausted. But Yu Si Si still looked the same, attacking Su Qi Ruo with all his might. How detestable! Su Qi Ruo had long wanted to chop the evil spirit into a thousand pieces. Calm down and think carefully, there must be a way, if she could attack from behind, the person's reaction would definitely slow down, then there would be an opportunity to attack the evil spirit and make it leave Yu Si Si's body.

  Lu Ke's sudden move left She Ruiwen unprepared, splashing mud and water all over him. Fortunately, She Ruiwen had been on guard against Lu Ke and had set up a spiritual barrier around his body, which blocked the mud and water from actually touching him. Otherwise, She Ruiwen would have blown up in anger right then and there. However, this move also made She Ruiwen hate Lu Ke even more, thinking that he was intentionally humiliating him.

  The water was not deep to begin with, and after Lu Ke's move, it immediately reached the bottom. The bricks and mud at the bottom of the water also flew in all directions due to the force of the explosion. Suddenly, a vertical pit with a depth of nearly five meters appeared where the pool of water was originally located, as if an eye of a well had been dug on the spot. Lu Ke and She Ruiwen stood side by side at the edge of the pit, looking down, only to see that what was exposed at the bottom of the pit was a pile of white bones.

  A land of accumulated yin energy for a hundred years, where white bones frequently appear, yet the source of this life machine still shows no signs of revealing itself. Must they continue to dig? Without hesitation, Lu Ke and Xi Ruiwen simultaneously activated their spiritual powers, two streams of spiritual power rushing towards the bottom of the pit. The impact caused by the collision of the two incompatible spiritual powers made the entire mountain range tremble, the howling sound generated by the impact was like the roar of a awakened male lion, carrying a chilling intent that pierced the heart.

  This time, Lu Ke and Xi Ruiwen's simultaneous attack was unusual. Su Qi could faintly hear the screams from the girls' dormitory. Su Qi felt that his feet were not on solid ground, but on a small boat sailing on turbulent waves, and he might be swallowed up by the ground under his feet at any time.

  The evil spirit also sensed the anomaly, and two consecutive unusual earthquakes made it vigilant. It no longer entangled Su Qi Ruo, but instead pulled Yu Si Si to turn around and rush towards the air raid shelter. At this moment! The opportunity that Su Qi Ruo had been searching for finally arrived, she didn't hesitate at all, her hands quickly gathered spiritual energy, and fiercely threw it at the evil spirit, this time it must succeed!

  Lu Ke and She Ruiwen's expressions simultaneously turned solemn, suddenly jumping back to maintain a certain distance from each other, with complex expressions tightly staring at each other, on guard against any subtle movement. After a long time, the two finally put down their guard and returned to normal, turning to observe the corners of their surroundings.