The Unexpected Transmigration (Continued)
The two people inside the ice pillar showed expressions of fear, frantically urging their internal energy, their Blood Qi surging like waves, causing the cracks to expand rapidly, trying to break free as soon as possible.
But in the end, it was still too late.
Boom!
With a deafening explosion, the figures of Yama Blood Child and Blood-Handed Butcher vanished, leaving only a pile of mangled flesh and shattered ice on the ground.
After using her ultimate move, Si Jingyu felt as if her body had been completely drained. Fortunately, her Paired Wing Twin Swords contained some vital Primal Qi, which replenished her strength, allowing her to regain the ability to move. She then quickly used her lightness skill to rush towards Si Ming's direction.
Si Shuiyun was the first to set off and the first to arrive, but what she saw was Hongdou striking out with a palm, shattering half of another stranger's body.
Amidst the splattering blood and flesh, something was tossed towards Si Shuiyun. She instinctively caught it and discovered it was a manual with the words "Void Shadow Killing Technique" clearly written on it.
"There are actually people who carry martial arts manuals with them."
Si Shuiyun always thought that only a lone wanderer who roamed the world and had no fixed abode would do such a thing. Generally speaking, once a martial artist had learned a martial art, he would find a safe place to keep the manual. Carrying it on his person was troublesome and could easily attract prying eyes.
In fact, the Crimson Shadow King had been carrying this martial art with him all along in order to combine it with his own Power of Anomalies. There are many annotations in this manual, all of which are new moves that he deduced. This manual is quite different from the original "Void Shadow Killing Technique".
At this moment, Si Ming had already beheaded the Crimson Shadow King with One Sword strike.
Seeing this, Si Shuiyun quickly reminded, "Cutting off the head only destroys the physical body, it doesn't truly kill the Anomalies. It has condensed its primordial power into a core, hidden somewhere in its body. Only by destroying this core can it be considered eliminated."
She discovered this information when she killed the Netherworld Blood Slave. After all, before that, people knew very little about the Anomalies, and even if they did, it was based on the Anomalies's original form, not the "monster" form after being possessed by the Anomalies.
Why didn't you say so sooner?
Si Ming turned his head and saw a ray of light fly out from the head of the Crimson Shadow King, rushing into the broken magic array in mid-air, completing part of it and enabling it to function normally.
Instantly, everyone within the area of the Tea-Tasting Manor felt a tremendous suction force emanating from the formation, drawing away their Essence Blood and vital energy. No one was exempt, whether they were members of the Crimson Eye Society or members of the Lu Lineage. Some ordinary people with weak constitutions fainted instantly, while martial artists with certain cultivation levels desperately locked their acupoints to prevent their vital energy from leaking out.
This sacrificial array was ultimately incomplete. If it were according to the Crimson Shadow King's plan, the complete array, upon activation, would have drained the flesh and blood of all ordinary people within its range, leaving only a skeleton. Martial artists, depending on their cultivation level, could only endure it for up to fifteen minutes at most, with those below the Spirit Transformation.
The amount of energy absorbed so far is like a drop in the ocean, far from enough to open a wormhole.
"All show and no substance, that gave me quite a fright."
For Si Ming, this amount of absorption power was like someone holding a straw to his body and sucking in a lot of air; at most, he would suck up a piece of skin, which was completely negligible.
But just when Si Ming thought the ceremony would end without any progress, two enormous streams of energy rose from the ground, straight as smoke, and rushed into the magic array, causing the runes to shine brightly.
One of the vital energies came from the corpse of the Crimson Shadow King. Although his head was separated from his body and he was blasted into pieces, he had just died, and the vital energy contained in his flesh and blood had not yet dissipated.
The other source of energy came from the corpse of the Spirit Transformation senior from the Lu Lineage. After killing him, the Crimson Shadow King did not destroy his body, but preserved it using Secret Method. All the extracted blood was hidden underground in the center of the magic array, so as to provide energy to the magic array as soon as possible.
After absorbing the blood and essence of two Spirit Transformation experts, the magic array immediately changed. The runes that covered the entire Tea-Tasting Manor contracted inward, turning into a heart the size of a fist. Then, the heart beat, spreading out ripples that shook the void and generated strange phenomena of lightning and thunder.
"Do you think I'm dead, doing nothing and just obediently waiting for you to complete your transformation? If you're so capable, make it an invincible time like a magical girl's transformation!"
With a loud shout, Si Ming unleashed the "Divine King's Wrath" from the Radiant King Fist. Holy light condensed into a giant fist, which slammed into the heart in mid-air and shattered it with a single punch.
However, after the heart exploded, a wormhole appeared in mid-air, about two meters in diameter, and was slowly shrinking.
Everyone else was stunned. After all, no one had ever encountered this situation before and didn't know how to deal with it. Moreover, judging from the speed at which the wormhole was shrinking, it would disappear in less than half a minute, so it seemed that they didn't need to do anything.
Only Si Ming didn't wait around; he immediately fired True Qi Beam Cannon at the wormhole.
Two beams of True Qi shot out angrily, just before entering the wormhole, they crossed paths with a giant ghostly hand that was just extending out. Soon after, a violent explosion came from inside, mixed with countless screams and roars.
The giant ghostly hand passed through the wormhole, grabbed the slow-reacting Hongdou, and tried to pull her back to the other side.
"What kind of bastard dares to steal my girl?!"
Si Ming hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the ghost hand, and pulled it backward with all his might. Unfortunately, this tug-of-war contest was a test of friction, and the only factors that mattered were a person's weight and friction. He couldn't exert his superhuman strength, and after a slight delay, he was also dragged inside.
The temperature of the Vermilion Flame Sword had long since cooled, so Si Ming grabbed the Crimson Blood Divine Blade that had fallen to the ground and slashed at it fiercely, but sparks flew everywhere and it was difficult to cut through.
Si Shuiyun rushed over to help, but her weight was negligible.
At this moment, Si Jingyu and Si Huaruo also arrived from afar. The former still had True Qi, so she quickly used the Divine Arts "Lingering Lotus Breaking the Waves" to bind the ghost hand with the turbulent water.
Si Ming finally had a chance to catch his breath. He gathered his strength and used the "Thousand-Jin Drop" move, sinking his legs into the ground. He finally had a medium to rely on and immediately activated his divine power, not only holding back the ghost hand but also pulling it back towards him.
As the wormhole shrank to only half a meter in diameter, causing the giant ghost hand to crack and shatter, suddenly, a purple evil eye appeared from the other side, shooting out evil light that shone on Si Ming, Hongdou, and Si Shuiyun. The three of them froze, as if they had been frozen in place, unable to move.
Taking advantage of the moment, the ghostly hand pulled the three of them inside, and without support, the wormhole immediately began to shrink rapidly.
Having just arrived at the scene, Si Jingyu gritted her teeth, used her Bone-Shrinking Art Shrinking Technique to shrink her size, and accelerated her flight with her twin swords, successfully catching the last train and passing through.
"Wait for me!"
With only a wisp of True Qi left Si Huaruo arrived late and, following Si Jingyu, used the Bone-Shrinking Technique to rush quickly toward the wormhole.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The wormhole collapsed and disappeared less than three inches away from her. Si Huaruo only bumped into air before falling to the ground, leaving a landing mark in her wake.
"That's so unfair! Why did you leave me all alone?"
"Open it quickly, I need to get there too!"
"Hey, can anyone hear me over there? If you can, open the hole right now!"
Ultimately, no response was received.
(End of Volume 5)
Zhaizhu: The next volume is the Barbarian Continent volume, inspired by Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons". The Nation of Beauty volume devoted a lot of space to describing the Si Clan sisters, resulting in the protagonist's low presence. The Barbarian Continent volume is going to revive its glory, at least that's how the outline is arranged. Also, the next chapter is the usual parallel world, please skip if you don't want to read it.
PS: Parallel worlds are not the same as side stories. Side stories have no impact on the main story, while parallel worlds are used to reveal secrets that cannot be revealed in the main storyline for various reasons. At least, that's what I intend to use them for.