ccnovels #685 - Falling to the ground
#685 - Falling to the ground
After Lin Yu and Li Nian reached a consensus, the players in their team had no objections to Xuan Yunzi's arrangement.
Although the employer, Flying Knife, seemed unwilling, his opinion didn't matter.
The Supreme Clarity Sect's Hundred Tribulations Forbidden Art, the "Overturning Earth Crushing Mountain Sealing Formation," continued to exert its power, its might growing ever stronger.
Rocks tumbled and the earth cracked; within this formation borrowing the power of heaven and earth, those puppet demons were utterly powerless!
More and more puppets were crushed by rocks and fell into the ground.
Xuan Yunzi was also true to his word. After casting the formation, although he was already very weak, he still braced himself to cast another incantation, protecting the players around him.
A cyan-green light, like an inverted bell, enveloped the top of their heads.
The Taoist temple was quickly smashed and collapsed by the falling rocks. The old bricks, tiles, wooden beams, and rocks that hit the cyan-green protective light were directly bounced away, while also emitting a sound as if a bronze bell was being struck.
"Dang, dang—"
The dense and grand sound rang out, and everyone inside the bell felt their heads buzzing.
"This move is good, Taoist priest," Seagull shouted loudly, giving Xuan Yunzi a thumbs up, "It's just a bit hard on the ears!"
However, although this cyan-green bell could protect them from falling rocks, it couldn't stop the ground from collapsing beneath their feet!
"Rumble!"
Accompanied by a loud noise, Xuan Yunzi also spoke loudly.
"Fellow cultivators, be careful!"
The old Taoist shouted, and then…
The entire ground collapsed!
This wasn't just a sinkhole caused by an earthquake. Lin Yu could even feel an extremely strong pulling force coming from directly below him, from the depths of the earth!
Looking down, between the collapsing sand and gravel, he could vaguely see the flashing red light of talismans.
Old Zheng's sighing voice rang out.
"So that's how it is. This Supreme Clarity Sect's Hundred Tribulations Forbidden Art is indeed more than just creating an earthquake… The formation uses the power of talismans to physically create a brand new space below, and then uses top-tier formation techniques to construct completely independent rules, isolating it from the 'Heavenly Dao', relatively creating a small world relatively independent from the Prison Mountain Realm, like a blessed land—but without setting an exit!"
"Coupled with the fact that it originally triggered an earthquake, it, therefore, 'seals' this entire area, including all the targeted living beings, in both a physical and Daoist sense… Even top-tier great demons will find it difficult to escape."
Old Zheng analyzed Xuan Yunzi's methods, and Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh.
"If I had your knowledge reserves, and the 'Student' ability, I feel like I'd be very strong."
Lin Yu exclaimed, then said, "In short, now that you understand the principle of this Hundred Tribulations Forbidden Art, what should I do now?"
After all…
Lin Yu and the other six were currently in freefall!
Moreover, as they fell rapidly, the surrounding environment became increasingly dim—the light from above gradually shrinking—and not just because of the fall, but also because new mountains were rising as the earthquake shook and the mountains collapsed.
The only visible light sources were the cyan-green phantom light of the great bell around them and the distant light of the talisman formation below.
Just as Old Zheng had said, this formation was "sealing the opening!"
Although this was a situation that Lin Yu already knew would happen, seeing this scene in person still caused some instinctive discomfort.
Darkness and weightlessness both trigger instinctive discomfort in people—the other players were more or less panicked.
Snowy Owl, Tall Mountain, and Li Nian were fine, but Flying Knife and Seagull were already screaming non-stop like two prank toys.
The calmest, of course, was the caster, the old Taoist Xuan Yunzi.
He even had the leisure to sit cross-legged in the air, maintaining the protective spell.
Old Zheng had obviously noticed this.
"There's nothing to do, just wait to fall to the ground—didn't you see that the old Taoist who started it all is very calm?"
"He still needs you, so he definitely won't sit idly by and watch you fall to your deaths… The technique he's using definitely has a way."
Lin Yu nodded upon hearing Old Zheng's words.
"Okay, but if I get hurt from the fall, I'll put you in a blender when I get back."
"Boss, trust me, absolutely nothing will happen."
"It's a pity that 'Death Game' isn't a real game, otherwise… I have the [Praying Water Necklace] now, and landing in water would be very convenient."
Compared to the [Gloomy Corner], the activation of the [Praying Water Necklace] was much faster.
Of course, Lin Yu was just daydreaming and joking to himself.
The things he was worried about didn't happen.
While Lin Yu was constantly using his mental power to sense the space below and staring intently at the light of the talisman formation…
"Rise—!"
Xuan Yunzi, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and formed a new hand seal.
Immediately, everyone felt the speed of their descent slow down and the pulling force below disappear.
Like a high-performance car with an excellent braking system, in just a few seconds, they went from freefall to a slow descent.
Now, Lin Yu only felt like he was sitting on a falling withered leaf or feather, slowly sinking downwards.
After floating like this for a while, Lin Yu felt his feet touch a solid surface again.
The feeling of stability from standing firmly on the ground returned, and Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
On the ground around them, the talismans that had originally been just red dots were scattered at their feet, the patterns on them clearly visible.
The old Taoist Xuan Yunzi said loudly, "Everyone, we have arrived in the talisman formation space!"
Snowy Owl looked around and asked impatiently, "Then… where is that demon? And what about the previous puppets?"
"Why haven't we seen any of them?"
Xuan Yunzi was stunned when he saw Snowy Owl so eager, even more anxious than himself, and then explained.
"This knight shouldn't be too anxious… We are still some distance away from them."
"This old Taoist wouldn't just drop everyone in front of the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord and its puppets right away!"
Xuan Yunzi said somewhat helplessly.