Chapter 61: The Sixth Door, Crossing the Year in Five Watches, Part 2

  As we walked forward, the front suddenly lit up. After coming out, I saw an astonishing scene. "Is this really a mausoleum?" I couldn't help but exclaim. In front of me stood a very large palace, which would have been stunning even if it were outside in the bright light of day.

  "Don't go yet." I felt like I was staring blankly, and there was a bridge between the palace and me. What can I say? It was like a natural bridge between two mountains, but below it was an endless abyss that made my heart palpitate. I didn't dare to look down, it was pitch black and bottomless. I threw a stone down and didn't hear any sound for half a day.

  "It shouldn't be that easy to escape from Qimen Dunjia." Tang Qi said to himself, and we retreated to the back. He took out an eight trigrams mirror and placed it in his hand: "One energy transforms into three purities, grant me spiritual eyes, sweep away all evil, guard the乾坤. Urgent, as if by order!"

  Where did the light come from? I saw Tang Qi holding a talisman in his hand, pinching it between his forehead and mouth, muttering to himself. The Bagua mirror emitted sunlight, directly illuminating everything around us. "Roar!" I heard a very hoarse roar, feeling the ground beneath me become unsteady and start shaking. I felt myself being knocked down, but Xun Teng pulled me back up. However, in a daze, I saw Tang Qi standing steadily on the other side, not moving at all.

  When the shock disappeared, I realized where the mausoleum and underground palace came from. "What is this!", The first thing I saw was a strange object with an open mouth in front of us, its height at least two meters! I saw the monster slowly closing its mouth, standing up, black body, green eyes, holding something I had never seen before, staring at us.

  "It almost went into his stomach...", just thinking about it makes me feel sick, when Shi Tong said that, if not for Tang Qi being there, we might have rushed over impulsively, "What the hell is this?"

  "It's actually a Raksha!" Tan Qi was excited at this moment, but he didn't know why. What happened to him? Raksha? Why have I never heard of it before. "Good at eating human flesh, the guardian of the Iron Tree Hell in the 18th layer of hell!"

  "What! You're saying this is the Rakshasa, the ghost king who guards the underworld?" Seton was just as clueless as I was about what a Rakshasa was, but upon hearing that it was an envoy of the underworld, he panicked. Not just him, I did too. "The ghost king who guards the underworld... why would it appear here...", I saw that Rakshasa with its ferocious and sinister appearance waving its spear vigilantly at us.

  "It's only when you know who the tomb owner is that you'll understand... What you need to do now is deal with this Rakshasa, and then continue on your way." Tang Qi said it very lightly, as if all of this was something that I and Sheng Teng should handle, he wouldn't be of any help in catching ghosts.

  That Raksha opened its huge mouth, its long tongue frighteningly covered with thousands of holes and bumps, licking its own face. "Zi Chuan big brother! Move aside!" Shi Teng pushed me away, the ghostly Raksha charged over with its spear. It wasn't until it got close that I saw its true appearance, its black body was like a mountain with uneven terrain, and on its nose there was a ring as thick as a neck?

  "The Azure Dragon transforms into earth, the Eastern Palace returns to its position, the Earth Dragon grasps the ground, and the earthly energy beheads the evil! A brown dragon is coiled around his body. The two hands holding the life-taking knife, the dragon head is wide open, roaring towards Luo Sha. One divine object, one ghostly object, the two are in opposition to each other. I don't know what the ghost's fatal weakness is, but he rushes over and stops moving, not attacking, instead licking his tongue and staring at us with a fixed gaze."

  "Brother Zikong! You guys go first, I'll hold it back!", Shitian shouted as he charged towards Luocha. Why wasn't that Luocha moving?! Shitian hovered in mid-air, transforming his life-force knife into a ghostly beheading slash aimed at Luocha's head.

  "What's going on!", I didn't expect this situation, I've been staring at that ghostly figure motionless for a while, but it suddenly vanished into thin air! It's not like it dodged or anything, it just disappeared out of nowhere!

  "Shura hidden!", Can still hide? First, it was from Tang Qi that he knew he was a ghost Luo Sha, this time there is another hiding? Shi Teng's sweat dripped out, perhaps because the ghost Luo Sha had not appeared, he grasped the life knife with all his heart and asked about the ghost's smell.

  "Be careful!", I saw that ghostly figure of Luo Ye appearing and disappearing on top of Shi Teng's head, Shi Teng seemed to have discovered it, I had never seen him look so handsome before, one hand supporting the ground he spun around in mid-air and swung his life-taking knife at Luo Ye, Luo Ye was holding something in his hand that I didn't know what it was, it looked like a knife but made me feel that this knife emitted a chill yet had two more knife shadows.

  Don't get hit by the Dream Slasher! What's this thing called a Dream Slasher? I saw Shitian being brutally suppressed to the ground, but that Dream Slasher split into two knife shadows and shot out a blade of air towards Shitian.

  "Tang Qi! You go first, I'll follow! Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, three births and five elements, shape the golden knife, slay the evil spirits!" My Golden Knife Technique doesn't know why it feels so smooth now, the three golden knives and Luo Sha's knife shadows shattered each other.

  "Still!" I helped Shitian up and retreated a few steps, nervously looking around. Time seemed to have stopped. Shitian's hands were still shaking.

  "Left!" came out, Meng Blade Three Points rushed towards us, "Ah!", it appeared too quickly, I didn't see clearly, Shi Teng pushed me away and I fell to the ground. The dragon energy in the Life Knife seemed to expand after Shi Teng's shout. A clay dragon coiled in mid-air, entwining itself around Gui Sha's body. However, Shi Teng was not doing well either. Even the hilt of the Life Knife had a knife scar on it. I saw Shi Teng's chest heaving violently as if he had been struck!

  "The life knife is nourished by the essence of blood, and it grows with people. Once the life knife is damaged, the way may be lost forever." Ze Heng had told me about the special feature of their sect before, but I never thought it would happen to Sheng Teng like this. He was propping himself up with his knife, but his chest kept heaving up and down. "Sheng Teng..." I felt a sense of panic, I didn't know what would happen to him.

  "It's okay... Zi Chuan, big brother... the sword is fine... you're alright... just...", Sheng Teng propped himself up, but his chest suddenly sprayed out a burst of fresh blood onto my face. He had actually broken open several large and small wounds! Ze Heng was injured for me by Yang Tie... Sheng Teng... At this moment, Luo Sha was being entangled by Tu Long and couldn't move, but I saw that Tu Long seemed to be loosening up, unable to hold on for much longer.

  "Just... maybe I need to rest for a while..." Sheng Teng finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground, but I held him up. "Tang Qi! Are you just going to stand by and watch?" I felt my fists clenching. "I have no choice, I don't want to be a burden to you guys." He said as he looked on from the side.

  "Here! Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, three births and five elements, Li Huo is born! Li Huo burns!", I will let the world spread on the ground, he still has consciousness, just a little weak. I stand up staring at this Rakshasa, the shadow of that earth dragon seems to fade away gradually, Li Huo gathers, damn it, can't burn you to death!

  "What's going on!", why did my fire suddenly stop working! No flames came out, but the powder lit up for no reason. The light emitted by the powder made that earth dragon look even more realistic!

  "Unbelievable!" Tuan's expression was no longer calm, but instead he looked at me with excitement. "Why hasn't Tian Di Lie Huo come out yet?!" I couldn't take his attitude, but he still stared at my Unbelievable Powder. "It seems that this place has been isolated, and it's impossible to communicate with Tian Di Lie Huo." He returned to his calm demeanor, but continued to stare at my forehead.

  Been isolated? Without the fire, how can I deal with it! Fortunately, that earth dragon became more real and entwined tighter, that ghost was constantly roaring, and the dream blade kept striking at the earth dragon. "Take advantage of now, let's go first, otherwise when it breaks free, we won't be able to escape!"

  "Are you not going to help carry Shitian?" He walked forward, ignoring Shitian. "His divine knife may not be destroyed, but it's damaged and will likely be unusable for the next few days. Carrying him is a burden!"

  "You!" I heard him say such an unfeeling sentence and wanted to rush over and hit him, but was held back by Sheng Teng. "It's okay... Zi Chuan big brother, he's right. If we keep going like this, I'll be a burden to you all... You go with him, otherwise there's no way... Get out..." Those bullet holes gradually scabbed over.

  "You call me Zǐchuān Dàgē, would I abandon you?" I disregarded his resistance and carried him on my back, chasing after Tāng Qí. He saw me carrying Shìténg and sighed at me. "A Daoist must know when to take and when to give up; with this attitude, you'll never become a great vessel."

  "You're the kind of person who abandons his own brother, and you dare to say these things!"

  "You will understand later." He didn't say anything either and just kept walking ahead.

  "Brother Zikawa, do you think we can get out of here?" I dragged Shitian along with me as he spoke to me, making me feel a bit sour, "Whether or not we can get out is one thing, but you're pretty heavy..." I joked around trying to lighten the mood. Shitian smiled faintly... "Brother Zikawa, do you know that there are six people in my life who I respect the most? One is my master, and another is you. The others are just fellow disciples...I don't know why..."

  "If something happens... just leave me behind, but you have to take care of Yuqin's side...", looking at Shiteng with his head down, my nose felt sour, "Sorry, I got a runny nose... it's okay, since you respect me, I'll definitely be able to bring you out!", I stopped and lifted him up, supporting him steadily as we walked for a long time on this road. Tang Qi never asked anything, slowly seeing the light in front of us, are we going out?

  It wasn't until I walked out of the cave that I realized I had no idea where I was! A football field-sized space, flickering with countless oil lamps, and what's even more eerie is that many coffins were floating in mid-air! And on the opposite side, could that be the exit? A cave entrance stood there, but to get past it, I would have to cross through this coffin camp!