ebookland Chapter 296 Fighting against a powerful enemy together
Chapter 296 Fighting against a powerful enemy together
The morning light was dim, and through the gaps in the dense branches and leaves, it cast tiny shadows, adding a bit of weirdness to this forbidden place full of dangers. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen stood back to back, surrounded by the shouts of fellow disciples who were fighting desperately, and the stench of the dark puppets.
Chu Mochen was dressed in a dark suit, his posture was as straight as a pine tree, his brows were furrowed, his deep eyes revealed a resolute look. The long sword in his hand hummed, as if sensing the master's fighting intention, the runes on the sword body flickered, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding darkness. He swung the long sword violently, the sword body cut through the air, making a sharp whistle, and in an instant, the sword energy was as powerful as a dragon, rushing towards the group of dark puppets with the force of thunder.
The giant dragon transformed by the sword energy bared its fangs and claws, and wherever it went, the dark puppets were torn apart like paper, their limbs shattered, and black juice splashed. But these puppets seemed to know no fear, and continued to rush forward, constantly surrounding from all directions.
Yun Yao also did not flinch. She was graceful, and her long white dress fluttered in the wind, like a white lotus blooming in the smoke. Her hands quickly formed seals, and her finger movements were agile, bringing up rays of light and shadows. The mysterious spell bestowed by the system slowly condensed in her palms, and the light gradually grew stronger, turning into a shining rune halo that spread outward.
“Go!” Yun Yao shouted softly, and the light circle surged towards the approaching puppet like a tide. The puppet’s body paused when touched by the light, and then was blown away by a powerful force, crashing into its own kind behind. For a moment, the puppet’s formation was in chaos.
The two of them cooperated perfectly, and every move was in perfect harmony. Yun Yao glimpsed a few puppets behind Chu Mochen breaking through the defense line and trying to attack from the flank. She turned her jade hand, and the magic light was bent, covering those puppets accurately, and when they roared, they were crushed into powder.
Chu Mochen was also paying attention to Yun Yao. When he saw her accidentally being scratched by a puppet while protecting an injured disciple, her sleeve instantly dyed red with blood, he was extremely anxious and shouted angrily, "Yun Yao!" While he was distracted, a puppet seized the opportunity and pounced on him with its sharp claws, almost scratching him. Fortunately, Chu Mochen reacted quickly, dodged to the side, and split it in half with a backhanded sword.
"Everyone stay calm, don't panic!" Yun Yao shouted loudly, regardless of the pain of her wound, trying to stabilize the morale of the army. She knew that if she panicked at this moment, the dark puppets would take advantage of the opportunity and the whole army would be wiped out. When her fellow disciples heard the shouts, they pulled themselves together, the light of their magic weapons became more and more dazzling, and they tried their best to resist.
However, the dark puppets' offensive became more and more fierce, and their numbers did not decrease, but increased, as if they were pouring out endlessly from the ground. Yun Yao thought to herself that this was not a solution, and she had to find a chance to break out, otherwise everyone's spiritual power would be exhausted and there would be only one way to go, death.
"Mo Chen, let's rush to the east. The puppets over there are relatively weak. Let's find an opportunity to retreat back to the sect and ask for reinforcements!" Yun Yao said loudly, her voice firm and full of unquestionable courage.
Chu Mochen nodded in response, swung his sword, drew an arc in the air, and a sharp sword energy split the puppet in front of him, leaving a bloody path: "Go!"
The two of them led the way side by side, leading the other disciples to fight and retreat. Along the way, Yun Yao cast spells from time to time, dispelling the dark fog to make everyone's vision clear; or building a spiritual shield to resist the long-range attacks of the puppets. Chu Mochen was like a god of war, and no one could stop him when his long sword pointed. Anyone who approached was killed by his sword.
When they reached a narrow valley, they stopped in their tracks. The road ahead was blocked by a huge rock. The cliffs on both sides were steep and difficult to climb. The puppets were chasing them closely. For a moment, they were in a desperate situation.
"What should we do?" Some disciples panicked and cried.
Yun Yao looked around and her eyes fell on a protruding rock on the cliff. An idea came to her mind: "I got it! Let's go up the cliff and use the terrain to block the enemy."
Although everyone was worried, they had no other choice but to use their magic weapons to try to climb up. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen stayed at the end to cover the others.
Several huge puppets roared and rushed over. Chu Mochen jumped up and faced them. His long sword danced in the air, dispelling all the puppet attacks. Yun Yao formed seals with both hands, and a rope-like spiritual power shot out from her hands, wrapped around the rocks on the cliff, and pulled hard. After confirming that it was stable, she shouted to everyone: "Quick, follow the rope up!"
The disciples climbed up one by one, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen fought and retreated, and when everyone reached the top of the cliff, the two prepared to evacuate. But at this moment, a puppet with extremely fast speed rushed out from the darkness and rushed straight to Yun Yao's back. Chu Mochen was quick-witted and kicked Yun Yao away, but he was unable to dodge and was scratched on the chest by the puppet's claws, his clothes were torn, and blood oozed out.
"Mo Chen!" Yun Yao exclaimed, her eyes full of fear and heartache.
"I'm fine, let's go!" Chu Mochen gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain, and killed the puppet with a sword.
Yun Yao's eyes were red, and she was full of self-blame. If she hadn't been careless, how could Chu Mochen have been injured? She quickly came to the bottom of the cliff, grabbed the rope, and climbed up. Chu Mochen followed closely behind, and the long sword in his hand was still vigilantly guarding against the puppet below.
After climbing the cliff, everyone found a slightly open area and formed a circle, watching the puppets gathering below with vigilance. Yun Yao came to Chu Mochen and looked at the wound on his chest, tears welling up in her eyes: "It's all my fault. I got you hurt."
Chu Mochen shook his head slightly and forced a smile: "Don't blame yourself, this is not the time to talk about this." He turned his head to look down, and saw more and more puppets gathering, surrounding the cliff and trying to climb up.
"We can't let them come up, otherwise we will all die here." A senior brother said solemnly.
Yun Yao took a deep breath and wiped away her tears. She knew she had to cheer up at this moment. She looked at everyone and saw that their spiritual power had been depleted to varying degrees. She thought about countermeasures. The system reminded her in her mind: "Host, you can gather everyone's spiritual power and cast a large-scale defensive formation to temporarily trap the puppet and buy time."
Yun Yao's eyes lit up, and she told everyone about this plan, and everyone nodded. She stood in the center of the formation, waving her hands, guiding everyone to transfer their spiritual power. For a moment, the light gathered, and a light curtain slowly rose, covering everyone.
The dark puppets climbed to the light curtain, but were bounced back by a powerful force, making bursts of screams. However, they did not give up and continued to hit the light curtain, causing ripples on the light curtain with each hit, and the spiritual power consumption of everyone increased.
"We won't be able to hold out for long if this continues. We have to think of other ways." Chu Mochen said with a frown.
Yun Yao stared at the puppets outside the light curtain and suddenly discovered that although they moved frantically, they seemed to be controlled by a core force, and the source of that power was deep in the forbidden area not far away.
"Mo Chen, look, as long as we can destroy the core control force, these puppets may stop attacking." Yun Yao said, pointing to the distance.
Chu Mochen looked in the direction of her finger and nodded, "That makes sense, but that place must be heavily guarded. We have lost most of our spiritual power now, so it is too dangerous to go there."
“But if we don’t do this, we will be trapped here and die sooner or later. Instead of waiting to die, we might as well give it a try.” Yun Yao’s eyes were firm and resolute.
When everyone heard this, although they were afraid, they knew there was no way out and expressed their willingness to go together.
Yun Yao was moved and looked at everyone: "Okay, then let's rush out together and find an opportunity to destroy the control core. This is a fight for life and death!"
After that, she and Chu Mochen looked at each other, both of them were burning with fighting spirit. Yun Yao formed seals with both hands, ready to remove the light curtain and start this life-and-death breakout... The moment the light curtain was removed, dark puppets surged in like a tide, and Yun Yao and others were like warriors swimming upstream, rushing into the depths of the forbidden area without hesitation, heading towards the ray of hope. Along the way, the light of magic and the sword energy collided violently with the dark aura, and the shouts of killing echoed in the valley. A thrilling life-and-death contest has just begun.
Led by Yun Yao and Chu Mochen, the group rushed left and right. Yun Yao occasionally used special spells granted by the system to interfere with the puppets' actions and clear a path for the group. Chu Mochen led the way with a sword, fighting ten enemies at once, and resolved the approaching dangers one by one.
When they reached a bend in the valley, a group of even more powerful puppets suddenly emerged from the front. They were huge in size, with black chains wrapped around their bodies. When they swung their chains, there was a whistling sound, and the chains hit the ground, causing dirt and rocks to fly.
"Be careful!" Yun Yao exclaimed, and the magic light in her hand shone brightly, turning into a barrier, blocking everyone in front.
Chu Mochen's eyes were stern, and he rushed towards the giant puppets with his sword. He was agile, shuttling between the puppets, looking for flaws. Every time he swung his sword, it was with great force, chopping on the puppet chains, sparks flying.
"Everyone attack together and concentrate your firepower to destroy one first!" Yun Yao commanded loudly.
Upon hearing this, the disciples all summoned their strongest magic weapons. At one moment, various lights gathered and blasted towards a giant puppet. The puppet was hit so hard that its body paused and the swinging of the iron chain became slow.
"Now!" Chu Mochen seized the opportunity, leaped up, and pierced the puppet's head with his sword. The sword sank into the puppet, and the puppet fell to the ground with a bang, turning into a pile of waste.
After the victory in the first battle, everyone gained confidence and continued to move forward. However, as they went deeper, the attacks of the dark puppets became more organized. They seemed to have formed a set of tactics, flanking from the front and back, and attacking from the left and right, making it difficult for Yun Yao and others to cope.
The wound on Yun Yao's arm was intensified by frequent spellcasting, and blood stained a large area of her sleeves. Her face became paler. Chu Mochen was worried when he saw this, but he was too busy to do anything. He could only look at her with concern during the intervals between battles: "Yun Yao, are you okay?"
Yun Yao gritted her teeth and nodded: "I'm fine, don't worry." She forced herself to stay awake, took out a healing pill from the system space and swallowed it, briefly recovering some spiritual power, and then returned to the battle.
At this time, everyone was getting closer and closer to the area suspected to be the control core, but the pressure around them was also increasing. The attacks of the dark puppets came not only from the ground, but also from time to time there were dark shadows passing through the sky, like some kind of flying evil spirit, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
"Everyone, pay attention to your heads!" a disciple shouted in horror.
Yun Yao looked up and saw several monsters that were shaped like bats but were huge in size coming towards them. Black flames spewed from their mouths, and wherever they went, the grass and trees turned to ashes in an instant.
"Scatter!" Chu Mochen shouted, and everyone quickly dispersed and dodged.
Yun Yao quickly formed seals with her hands, and a water curtain appeared out of thin air, blocking the black flames. However, the water curtain quickly evaporated under the burning of the flames, and her spiritual power was greatly consumed, and her body shook.
"Yun Yao!" Chu Mochen flew over and supported her.
"I... I'm fine." Yun Yao panted and looked at Chu Mochen, her heart full of warmth. At this critical moment of life and death, he always guarded by her side.
"We can't stop. We'll be there just a little further." Yun Yao said, trying to cheer herself up.
The two supported each other and continued to move forward. The disciples behind them also supported each other and followed closely. Along the way, they relied on their tenacious will and tacit cooperation to resolve crises time and time again.
Finally, a black stone palace emitting a strange light appeared in front of them. The door of the palace was closed and the puppets were guarding it tightly. Yun Yao concluded that the control core must be inside the palace.
"This is it, everyone prepare for an attack!" Yun Yao shouted loudly with a determined look in her eyes.
Although everyone was exhausted, they also ignited the fire of hope at this moment, and they all offered their magic weapons, ready to make a final fight. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen stood in the front, their eyes met, and they were determined to live and die together. With Yun Yao's order, everyone rushed to the stone hall like a tiger. A final duel to decide life and death was about to begin in the depths of this forbidden area... Outside the stone hall, the puppets fought hand-to-hand with everyone, and the shouts of killing were deafening. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen charged hand in hand, their figures shuttled in the light of the magic weapon and the dark atmosphere, like a pair of war gods fighting side by side.
Yun Yao's spiritual power surged, and her hands continued to form seals. Every spell she cast carried a destructive aura. She locked her eyes on the puppets blocking the road ahead, and the light in her palms gathered, turning into a bolt of lightning, which struck down with a bang. The puppets were instantly hit by the lightning, and their bodies exploded, with fragments flying everywhere.
Chu Mochen waved his sword, and the sound of the sword echoed in all directions. He was agile and moved among the puppets. Every time he swung his sword, he accurately stabbed the puppets' vital points. He had only one thought in his mind, to protect Yun Yao, destroy the control core, and take everyone away alive.
"Kill!" He roared, and the sword energy was rampant. A group of puppets in front were cut in half, and black juice sprayed all over the ground.
Behind the two, their fellow disciples also mustered their courage, their magic weapons shone, and they fought desperately with the puppets. However, there were too many puppets, and although they fought hard, they gradually fell into a difficult battle and casualties began to occur.
"Senior brother, save me!" A young disciple was besieged by several puppets and cried out in despair.
Yun Yao heard the shouts and was extremely anxious, and wanted to turn around to rescue her, but there were also puppets in front of her that were attacking her crazily, and she was unable to do anything for a while.
"I'll go!" Seeing this, Chu Mochen rushed over without hesitation, swung his sword, repelled the puppets and rescued the disciple.
"Thank you, senior brother!" The disciple burst into tears of gratitude.
"Keep up with the team, don't fall behind again!" Chu Mochen reminded, then turned around and rushed back to Yun Yao.
At this time, the door of the stone hall was closed, and runes were flashing around it, which clearly indicated that there was a powerful restriction. Yun Yao approached the door and tried to use her spiritual power to sense the way to break it, but as soon as she touched it, she was bounced back by a powerful force, and her body staggered.
"Yun Yao!" Chu Mochen hurriedly supported her, "How are you?"
"The restriction on this gate is very strong. It will be difficult to break it in a short time." Yun Yao frowned and his face became paler.
"What should we do? We can't be trapped here." Chu Mochen looked around and looked at the puppets that kept pouring in, feeling extremely anxious.
Yun Yao's eyes fell on a protruding black stone next to the door of the stone hall. The system suddenly reminded: "Host, that stone may be the key to opening the door, but touching it will definitely trigger a stronger protective power."
"At this point, there is no other way." Yun Yao gritted her teeth and said to Chu Mochen, "I will touch the stone and open the door. You lead everyone to stop the puppets and buy me some time."
"No, it's too dangerous. I'll go!" Chu Mochen firmly objected.
"Mo Chen, listen to me. I am the only one who can rely on the power of the system to deal with emergencies. You lead everyone to hold the ground. This is our only chance." Yun Yao looked at him firmly, without any doubt.
Although Chu Mochen was unwilling in his heart, he also knew that what Yun Yao said made sense. He clenched his fists and nodded, "Okay, be careful, I will definitely not let the puppet get close to you."
Yun Yao took a deep breath, and rushed towards the black stone. Chu Mochen turned around, swung his sword, and led everyone to build a defense line to resist the puppet's attack with all their strength.
Yun Yao approached the stone and reached out to touch it gently. Instantly, the light around the stone hall shone brightly, and a powerful wave of power spread out. Then, several even larger guardian puppets emerged from the ground. They were surrounded by black flames, their eyes were cold, and they rushed straight towards Yun Yao.
"Just in time!" Yun Yao snorted coldly, and quickly formed seals with both hands, and a golden light curtain enveloped her. The guardian puppet collided with the light curtain, and the light curtain rippled, but did not break.
At the same time, the pressure on Chu Mochen increased sharply. After the guardian puppet appeared, the attack of the ordinary puppets became more and more fierce, and everyone gradually became unable to resist.
"Everyone hold on!" Chu Mochen said
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