Late at night...
Ning Xue sat quietly on the tree trunk, while the bonfire in front of him gradually extinguished due to the stopped fuel.
I don't know how long it took? Like a statue, Ning Xue suddenly took a long breath and opened his eyes.
Injury, physical strength, Chakra, have almost recovered.
He thought to himself, and then he had the energy to carefully review everything that happened today.
The encounter and even the battle with Gitai were beyond his expectations.
Even Mōryō Chakra can repair injuries, and can forcibly devour it to produce mutations, exchanging lives for powerful combat power, which exceeded his expectations.
After all, this overbearing Chakra doesn't look like he has the ability to heal.
At this moment, Ning Xue suddenly realized something.
If Gitai could not only fully recover from that serious injury with the help of Mōryō's power, but also mutate into such a terrifying three-headed and six-armed rock monster...
So, what about Setsuna and Kusuna who escaped by chance?
Are they like Gitai able to swallow Mōryō Chakra and become monsters?
Ning Xue's brows frowned slightly under the mask.
He let those two people go, based more on tactical judgment, and believed that they would no longer be capable of combat in a short period of time.
But the case of Gitai clearly told him that letting the two people go was like letting the tiger return to the mountain.
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt bad.
Realizing that he had dug a big hole for himself, he immediately regretted it.
At that time, he should have been more decisive and rushed forward to kill the two people directly.
In the end, he could only sigh helplessly and suppress this worry in his heart.
We have come this far, and we can only take one step at a time.
Sure enough, as the old saying goes, if you cut the weeds but not the roots, they will grow again with the spring breeze.
The next morning, it was just dawn.
Ning Xue has packed up his luggage and put on the slightly outdated ordinary mask again, covering his too conspicuous pair of pure Byakugan eyes.
He called Shion, who was still sleeping in the tent.
And Shion also slept uneasily because of what happened yesterday.
So it was very relaxing, unlike yesterday where I had to resort to some tricks to get up.
The two said good morning to each other, ate some simple food, and then set off on the road again.
Ning Xue is still carrying Shion, but after a night's rest, his speed has obviously recovered a lot, and he is leaping through the forest as if he were walking on flat ground.
There were no words on the way.
Both of them are silently adjusting their state for the upcoming final destination.
Finally, in the afternoon, they arrived at the edge of the legendary Shrine of Sealing.
Looking down from a high place, behind the basin, an ancient stone temple covered with moss and cracks stands quietly.
However, outside the ancestral hall, there is a dense and almost endless Undead Legion.
They were like a black tide, surrounding the ancestral hall.
"This... so much..." Shion stood on Ning Xue's back, looking at the scalp-numbing scene below, his voice trembling.
Ning Xue stood quietly above, observed for a moment using Byakugan, and analyzed.
"They move slowly and have a clear goal of guarding the entrance to the ancestral hall to prevent outsiders from entering.
It would also be unwise to kill directly from the front."
He paused, looked in the direction of the ancestral hall, and made a decision.
"We'll go over there."
"Above?" Shion repeated slightly confused.
"Well, above." Ning Xue nodded.
"Their mobility is not high, and the main defense force is concentrated on the flat ground."
After a brief explanation, no more words.
He adjusted his posture with Shion on his back to make sure it was stable, then gathered Chakra under his feet and jumped.
"Yeah!" Shion whispered subconsciously, and wrapped his arms tightly around Ning Xue's neck.
"Bang!"
Ning Xue's feet stepped firmly on a hard rock head, and the huge falling force instantly knocked the undead soldier down, causing cracks all over.
But Ning Xue took advantage of the force and bounced high again, drew an arc, and landed on the head of another soldier further ahead.
Just like that, he kept jumping above the densely packed Undead Legion.
Undead Legion's response is indeed slow.
They could only raise their heads stiffly and wave their stone arms, but they could not keep up with the ghostly movement trajectory of Ning Xue.
Occasionally, stones came, but they were either easily dodged by Ning Xue or blocked by Ice Armor.
In a few breaths, the two of them had crossed the densest area outside and approached the entrance of the ancestral hall.
After stepping over the last few stone men, in mid-air, Ning Xue quickly Hand Seals with one hand.
"Ice Release, Ice Wall!"
A thick Ice Wall instantly condensed behind him, tightly blocking the entrance to the ancestral hall.
It also temporarily isolated Undead Legion from the outside world.
The "dong dong" impact sound coming from Ice Wall was dull and dense, but it was obvious that it could not break through for a while.
The two landed firmly on the ground inside the ancestral hall, and the light suddenly dimmed.
After passing through the dark tunnel, the view suddenly opened up.
In front of you is a huge underground cave, with hot dark red magma flowing slowly in the ravine, reflecting the sulfurous smell and uneasy red light everywhere.
In the center of the cave, an ancient stone altar stands quietly.
Under the altar, a figure wearing a black coat sat there, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
To his left and right, stood a guard in white with murderous intent in his eyes.
The seated man slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of golden eyes flickering in the light and shadow of the magma under his hood.
The corners of his mouth curved in a cold arc, and he spoke gloomily, his voice echoing faintly in the empty and hot cave.
"Welcome, Miss Miko. And this... powerful guard."
At the same time, outside the ancestral hall.
A white-clothed figure with a sword on his waist stood quietly on the top of the mountain where Ning Xue was standing just now, and said a faint sentence.
"Is this where it is?"