After repelling the tentacle attack, the scouting team continued deeper into the castle. Passing through the hall, they arrived before a spiral staircase that descended into the castle's depths. A powerful, evil aura faintly wafted up from below.
Chen Siyu took a deep breath and said, "Stay close, everyone. It may get more dangerous the farther down we go." The group carefully made their way down the stairs. The temperature around them steadily dropped, as though countless eyes were watching them from the darkness.
When they finally reached the bottom, a vast underground chamber appeared before them. Thick black mist filled the space, and within it, an enormous dark magic array emitted an eerie glow. Suspended at the center of the array was a black Crystal Ball—the very object the black-robed man had used to initiate the evil ritual before.
A group of mysterious figures stood beside the magic array, led by the black-robed man himself. Seeing Chen Siyu and the others arrive, he showed no panic. Instead, he let out a sinister laugh. "Hmph, you've got some nerve, following me all the way here. But this will be your burial ground!"
With a wave of his hand, the mysterious figures swiftly surrounded them. Chen Siyu and the scouting team immediately took up fighting stances and engaged the enemies in a desperate battle. Under Chen Siyu's control, the Five-Colored Ribbon darted through the enemy ranks like a dragon, knocking mysterious figures down wherever it passed. Chen Ruixuan's Slingshot also displayed tremendous power, firing pellets infused with Chaos Power that dealt heavy damage to their foes. The Lingxi Tribe warriors were equally fearless, charging into close combat with the mysterious figures.
However, there were too many mysterious figures, and none of them were weak. As the battle dragged on, the scouting team gradually fell into a difficult situation. Chen Siyu realized that this could not continue. They had to deal with the black-robed man and destroy the dark magic array as quickly as possible to defeat the enemy completely.
Seizing an opportunity while the mysterious figures were focused on the fight, she quietly approached the black-robed man. Just a few steps away, he seemed to sense the danger. He suddenly turned, a Black Long Sword appearing in his hand as he thrust it toward Chen Siyu. She twisted aside to evade the strike while swinging the Five-Colored Ribbon around the sword.
When Chen Ruixuan saw his sister fighting the black-robed man, he immediately abandoned his attacks on the other mysterious figures and focused all his strength on firing several powerful pellets at the black-robed man. Forced to deal with Chen Siyu's attacks while evading Chen Ruixuan's pellets, the black-robed man was thrown into disarray.
The Lingxi Tribe warriors seized the chance, forcing back the mysterious figures around them and closing in on the black-robed man. Seeing that the situation had turned against him, he tried to escape, only to be tightly bound by Chen Siyu's Five-Colored Ribbon.
"You think capturing me can stop everything?" the black-robed man laughed madly. "Once this dark magic array is activated, it cannot be stopped. The entire Primordial World will be swallowed by darkness!"
Chen Siyu shouted angrily, "Why are you doing this? Why do you want to make countless lives suffer?"
The black-robed man sneered. "I was once a member of a small tribe at the edge of the Primordial World, but I endured nothing but humiliation and oppression. I swore that the entire Primordial World would be buried with me! This dark magic array can absorb all the spiritual power of the Primordial World and reshape it, and I will become the ruler of the new world!"
As the black-robed man raved, Chen Ruixuan suddenly noticed a rune on the dark magic array that resembled one recorded in the Chaos Spirit Rhinoceros Technique. An idea struck him, and he shouted to Chen Siyu, "Sister, perhaps we can use Chaos Power to destroy that rune and stop the array from operating!"
Hearing this, Chen Siyu immediately guided the Chaos Power within her body and, together with Chen Ruixuan, injected it into the rune...
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