The Devil's Name

Lin Chucheng was wearing an orange-red short-sleeved shirt and knee-length jeans.

When he takes flight and hovers in mid-air, anyone can see him clearly.

His arms and calves were covered with a multitude of fantastical patterns.

These bluish-yellowish light marks spread from his skin into the air, seemingly imprinting themselves deeply into the very fabric of the atmosphere.

The ends of the light trails constantly forked, like the roots of a large tree.

The area of the entire light pattern instantly exceeded one hundred square meters.

Lin Chucheng was tiny, only ten years old.

It becomes like a diamond set in a root-like pattern.

Xu Ziqian and the other two were not far from Lin Chucheng, but they felt their speed inexplicably slowed down many times over.

They noticed that Chu Tianshu's speed had also noticeably slowed down.

Moreover, behind Chu Tianshu, the wooden houses and plank paths seemed to move like real pythons.

The wooden plank path didn't actually turn into a living snake; that was just an illusion caused by the distorted environment.

Therefore, both sides, and everyone in the flower field, felt that the place where they were standing was becoming uneven.

Millions of petals, startled into the air, all rose along strange, wavy lines.

There wasn't a single straight path.

The scenery was dizzying, filled with a surreal and bizarre atmosphere.

"The Secret Realm of the Elixir of Immortality?!"

In mid-air, the usually composed Joe suddenly became furious.

"I spent half a month recalling and studying before I finally pieced together a way to enter the secret realm."

"Who is it that possesses a greater knowledge of unlocking various secret realms than I do?!"

No matter how furious he was, the secret realm had already been opened.

The distorted flower field scenery shifts abruptly.

Everyone who was in the plantation just now felt their bodies sink and they found themselves standing on hard rocks.

Many people lost their balance and staggered.

Many petals floating in mid-air were also brought into this space, finally returning to their normal state when petals were flying around.

Xiong Zhengsan, who was on the stretcher, was jolted awake. He barely opened his eyes and saw a sky full of strangely shaped rocks.

Purple-red, pink, and white petals were still falling from the sky.

He was stunned, feeling like he was dreaming.

"Where am I...?"

This is an extremely large cave.

The top of the cave is at least thirty or forty meters above the ground.

Hundreds and thousands of stone pillars support this cave, each of them being thick at both ends and thin in the middle.

It appears as if it wasn't sculpted by human hands, but rather as a stalagmite that grew simultaneously from both ends and connected in the middle.

However, even the narrowest part in the middle has a diameter of at least forty centimeters.

Despite the large number of stone pillars, the area still appears sparse and spacious.

The sheer size of the cave is unimaginable.

The environment was dim, but not completely dark; the lighting conditions were similar to those in the early morning.

Despair!

Chu Tianshu stepped onto the uneven ground, petals fluttering around him, and looked ahead.

Once inside this secret realm, the distance between people seems to increase.

While outside, Chu Tianshu was already almost over the hostages; once inside, he landed between the hostages and the enemy.

The strange phenomenon surrounding Lin Chucheng had disappeared, and he was now standing beside him.

Mo Xiaoyu and Tang Nu, who had entered while squatting on the ground, suddenly stood up and shouted to their colleagues behind them.

"Find cover!"

A single word awakened me from my dream.

Everyone was jolted awake from the strange and shocking sensation of the sudden change in the world.

Those who were taken hostage, and even those who were not considered combat-ready members of the cookhouse and medical team, were actually highly skilled individuals who frequently participated in training.

The moment they heard the words "find cover," they scattered in a chaotic yet orderly fashion, each carrying their wounded companions to search for the nearest cover.

The environment here is completely different from that of the flower field, and the cover is so easy to find.

At the base of each stone pillar was a huge shelter.

Xu Ziqian and the others, however, did not rush to make a move.

Belial and the others were entering the secret realm for the first time and were observing this unfamiliar environment.

Those men carrying weapons discovered that their firearms were ineffective and drew their daggers.

Joe's gaze lingered on Mo Xiaoyu and Tang Nu, finally settling on Mo Xiaoyu's face.

It should be you!

He noticed something, his tone surprised, "Your eyes... Well, it seems I've had an unexpected discovery today."

Xu Ziqian played a harmonica tune with delight.

"Just to give his men a better chance of survival, he actually sent us into the secret realm on his own initiative."

Xu Ziqian laughed, "Brother Chu, you've made things so much easier for us, I almost feel bad about ganging up on you."

"I told you, stop putting on airs!"

Chu Tianshu sighed and said, "Because everything you said was nonsense."

"It's so stupid it's irritating to my ears..."

As he spoke, a faint sound of war drums drifted from the cave.

The sound came from afar and grew closer, from sparse to dense, all within a few seconds.

Only upon closer inspection could one see that those were not war drums at all, but rather the footsteps of more than two hundred beautiful women running.

Those who came from Qiaoyue couldn't help but glance at the beautiful women.

Chu Tianshu didn't seem to care and continued talking.

"I drink sweet wine and floral liqueur not because I'm in a refined mood, but simply because I'll sweat a lot afterwards."

"Drink something light and refreshing first, so it won't smell too much blood later."

When these jade beauties gathered, some of them brushed past Xiong Zhengsan.

Although Mo Xiaoyu was confident in her abilities, she still couldn't help but take a look.

As expected, the jade beauty had absolutely no interest in those people.

As they rushed over, all eyes were fixed on Lin Chucheng.

"I brought you in because..."

Chu Tianshu spoke at a steady pace, without any pauses.

No matter how close those beautiful women got, even raising their swords, it was as if they were merely accompaniment to his speech.

Xu Ziqian's brows furrowed slowly, his eyes darted around, his gaze shifting rapidly between the group of beautiful women and Chu Tianshu. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he shouted out.

"Don't let the beautiful woman get close to him!"

When these words were spoken, Belial and the others were still somewhat confused.

They had heard Joe describe the general situation inside the secret realm.

In the entire secret realm, only that unique seated statue possesses abundant and wondrous power.

Because of their abundant power, at the crucial moment of the battle between Lin Chucheng and Qiao, they were affected and each gained a portion of their power.

All the other jade figures were merely creations resembling mechanical puppets.

Neither in Joe's account nor in everyone's current perception does it carry the alluring divine power of an elixir of immortality.

What's the point of stopping these cumbersome puppets once they've gotten close to the enemy?

So at that moment, only Xu Ziqian moved.

As soon as Xu Ziqian moved, Mo Xiaoyu's Li Fire Blade Qi and Lin Chucheng's Purple Blood Fist Imprint, like a storm, all rushed towards him.

At this moment, Chu Tianshu spread his arms wide, flipped his wrists, and turned his palms backward.

His fingers curled, and a ferocious murderous intent, no longer concealed, appeared on his face. He then uttered the last sentence of what he had just said.

"Because this is the perfect place to kill you all!!!"

The tone rose sharply at the end of the sentence, so high that it seemed to resonate with the sound of metal and stone.

The rushing beauty emitted a buzzing sound like the ocean waves.

The bluish-white light spots, like a swarm of bees covering the sky, broke off from them and surged toward Chu Tianshu.

It was like a raging tide, rushing towards Chu Tianshu.

Chu Tianshu, standing at the forefront of the tide, instantly unleashed a dense barrage of palm prints so numerous they were invisible.

At this moment, all he wanted was speed.

The internal force contained in each of those transparent blue palm prints was actually not that much.

However, under the influence of the Nanhua Origin Canon, the surging Yuan Qi that had just arrived would all be covered in the palm print.

Belial and the others suddenly changed color.

They all saw countless dense, transparent blue palm prints fly out with a roar.

It's like the scene of fish swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, or the endless migration of birds in the sky.

Each palm print was followed by a trail of light-like flames, tracing a stunning trajectory as it shot towards the target.

Of the leaders' subordinates, only those standing in the front row were killed by the poisoned needles; the number who followed them in was still considerable.

However, when they were left with only daggers in their hands and their eyes met those bluish-white lights, they were already in despair.

"Mangmu..."

Boom!!

From the very first bombing, the number of bombs that followed became too numerous to count.

Explosions of light, one after another, overlapped and swirled in a chaotic and disorderly manner.

They blasted every inch of the ground and the base of every stone pillar in the large fan-shaped area in front of Chu Tianshu.

Those so-called elite henchmen, who were actually thugs who killed for money, were all crushed to death, their brains and bodies torn apart, amidst a continuous barrage of palm prints.

Even among the leaders, most of them were tripped up by the palm prints.

If they dare to block the first palm strike, they won't escape the subsequent palm strikes!

Moreover, Chu Tianshu's palm print also contained some Four-Leaf Seal, which allowed him to bypass the stone pillars and attack.

Even the wounded soldiers hiding behind Chu Tianshu were terrified, their hearts pounding.

A large amount of frantic air currents, carrying debris, blew past them and carried them further away.

Once inside the secret realm, the enemy's firearms will become ineffective.

Mo Xiaoyu was anxious to get her companions to take cover, not only to guard against the enemy, but also, more importantly, to prepare for the current situation.

To guard against Chu Tianshu's frenzied bombardment attacks, which would generate various debris and air currents.

Even after the explosions stopped, many people still had a buzzing sound in their ears, as if the blasting hadn't stopped.

"Call!"

Chu Tianshu let out a gasp, his forehead covered in sweat.

In front of him, there was hardly any smoke or dust, only a chaotic flow of transparent air.

The ground and pillars of the secret realm have peculiar properties; after being bombarded like this, only numerous shallow craters appeared.

Only three or four pillars were broken, leaving gaps in the middle.

However, precisely because it's tough, some scenes seem even more terrifying.

On the surface of some stone pillars, there are palm prints several centimeters deep, many of which are blood-red and contain fragments of weapons.

Thick blood plasma seeped slowly down the edges of the palm print.

There's also the skull of one of the leaders, which is quite hard and is embedded in the palm print.

The bones were completely smooth, with no flesh or blood left.

"Three more!"

Chu Tianshu's voice was a little hoarse, but very clear.

Lin Chucheng hid behind Chu Tianshu, and at some point, he cut a slanted wound on his right forearm.

As soon as the blood gushed out, blue light spots appeared and were absorbed by Chu Tianshu.

"Sucking human blood and slaughtering people directly, you consider yourself upright? You're still a member of the Special Investigation Bureau?"

Xu Ziqian seemed to be able to see Lin Chucheng's actions; his voice was erratic, like a venomous snake slithering into one's ear.

Joe's voice rang out, still carrying a sense of shock. "Chu, you're a devil!"

"Are these the kind of creatures your Special Investigation Bureau's new generation really?!"

Tang Nu, who was hiding behind Chu Tianshu, turned red with anger upon hearing such shameless words, so angry that he didn't know what to say.

"I'm sorry, I'm just an advisor."

Chu Tianshu raised his head, beads of sweat clinging Shangdu his eyebrows and eyelashes, with more than a dozen streaks of sweat quickly flowing down his neck.

He didn't have the patience to stand before the group of beasts and explain who was right and who was wrong.

However, his hand was already on the hilt of the knife.

"Besides, we've even used the blood of our comrades; if we still can't wipe you all out, we'll be too ashamed!"

If it's said to kill them all, then it must be done. Not a single body or soul can be missing!

The three people in the shadows ultimately dared not stand idly by while Lin Chucheng continued to replenish Chu Tianshu's blood.

A golden hand suddenly flew out.

Just as Chu Tianshu's gaze was about to focus on that direction, his field of vision suddenly widened.

Then, from behind several different stone pillars, three golden hands and four silver hands flew out one after another.

Four gold and four silver, a total of eight hands.

As soon as it appeared, eight hands, each with a different gesture, formed a large circle in mid-air.

Gold and silver are arranged alternately, and a blood-red light shines through, converging into a heavy ring of blood-red light.

Blood Wheel struck suddenly, eight palms attacking simultaneously.

(End of this chapter)