The rain finally stopped.
But the sky still did not pierce the dark clouds, only the heavy gray was evenly spread between heaven and earth. The ruined Nuo Temple, like the corpse of a dying beast, was filled with the stench of burnt, bloody and sweet decay in the damp and cold silence. The rubble was piled up, the broken pillars were collapsed, and only the huge claw marks deeply embedded in the ground, like the marks of hell, silently told the shocking changes just now.
Li Hua leaned against the cold broken wall, half of his body buried in the broken bricks and stones. Every gasp was like pulling the broken bellows, bringing out the hoarseness of blood foam. His right arm was drooping and weak, and the bones were broken. And what shocked him most was that the blue diamond-shaped jade piece in his palm was gone.
It didn't fall.
But... "melted" into his flesh and blood. When the destructive power erupted, the jade piece was like a hot iron or a hungry leech, forcibly embedding into his palm! At this moment, a dark blue diamond-shaped mark appeared under his skin, pulsating slightly. At its edge, a few very thin light golden blood vessel-like lines spread to his wrist. The mark brought a strange touch: cold and hot intertwined, heavy and light coexisting. It seemed to absorb his remaining vitality, while releasing an ancient, indifferent, soul-trembling glimmer.
The severe pain was like a tongue of fire tearing at his nerves, and the aftermath of the fragment's power rushed through the meridians, fighting fiercely with the true essence, bringing a torment like thousands of ants gnawing at his heart. He raised his head with difficulty, his bloodshot eyes piercing through the smoke and dust, searching eagerly.
Not far away, Mei's condition was even worse. She curled up in the corner, like a fallen leaf torn by the wind. The front of her clothes was soaked in blood, her face was gray, and her breathing was so weak that it was almost undetectable. After forcibly performing the "Blood Soul Guidance" to communicate with the remnant of the Nuo God, and bearing the impact of the evil spirit and giant claws of the temple priest, her body was almost collapsed. The trembling eyelashes opened a thin slit, revealing a dim light.
"Mei..." Li Hua's throat rolled out a hoarse syllable, and he wanted to move, but it caused severe pain all over his body.
At this moment-
The shadows outside the temple gate surged, like rocks falling in an ink pool, rippling silently.
A tall figure peeled off from the thick darkness and stepped silently into the ruins. He was dressed in dark black clothes, absorbing all the surrounding light, his face hidden in the flowing mist, with only a pair of eyes, like a cold pool burying stars, cold and deep, sweeping across the wounds, and finally fixed on Li Hua-to be precise, his right hand with a dark blue mark.
It was Mo Li.
He walked calmly, stepping over the rubble and black frost, as if there was no one in the world. The invisible ink field spread out, instantly removing all colors and sounds, leaving only black and white silence.
His eyes fell on the mark on Li Hua's palm, and his expression in the shadows moved slightly, like a trace of wind sliding across the ice field.
"Fragments of the Zodiac Seal..." A low voice like the friction of metal and stone sounded, calm but like a death sentence, piercing Li Hua's ears, "... actually using flesh and blood as a nest, stupid beyond measure."
Mo Li raised his hand, and his cold and slender fingertips lightly drew in the void.
Silently, a very thin and sharp ink line was generated out of thin air, directly hitting Li Hua's right hand! That strike was silent, but it contained the power of the law of annihilation - not cutting his flesh, but stripping his existence!
The breath of death suddenly enveloped, Li Hua's body froze, and he even lost the power to dodge, and could only watch the annihilation ink line approaching.
"Uh...!"
A faint sob came from the corner of the wall. Mei's fingertips were stained with blood, but she drew a twisted rune with difficulty on the cold ground.
Buzz!
A very light blood-colored light film appeared in front of Li Hua, almost transparent.
Puff!
The ink line penetrated the light film without any hindrance, piercing it like a soap bubble. But at this moment!
The trajectory of the ink line deviated slightly-
Swish!
The ink line brushed the outside of Li Hua's wrist, but did not cut his palm, but left a horrifying wound with deep bone visible and charred edges! No blood spurted out, only the black color like ink spread, bringing the soul pain ten times stronger than the flesh!
"Ah--!!" Li Hua screamed, the severe pain made him twitch like a spasm. The dark blue mark pulsated violently, and the cold light like stars instinctively surged out, colliding with the explosion of ink poison!
For the first time, Mo Li showed a fluctuation in his expression, like a stone thrown into a cold pond, rippling. He looked at Mei, the woman whose life force had been exhausted by a moment of obstruction. Her pale face was reflected in her dark pupils.
"A mantis trying to stop a chariot." His tone was indifferent, but with a hint of mockery.
He stopped looking at her and continued to walk towards Li Hua. Every step was like stepping on Li Hua's heart that was on the verge of breaking. The ink poison eroded, the fragments were agitated, and there was a line between life and death. Li Hua had no way out, only the instinct to survive and the anger in the depths of his soul were roaring!
Mo Li approached within five steps, and raised his fingers again-
Suddenly!
Li Hua clenched his right hand violently!
He gave up suppressing it! He completely detonated the two destructive forces in his body-the star power of the zodiac seal fragments and the evil breath of the ink poison!
"Uh ah ah ah--!"
The pale gold lines on his right arm flashed, and the mark on the palm was like a miniature star that was ignited, bright and dark blue! A chaotic, violent, and destructive energy storm suddenly broke out!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The energy turbulence raged like a hurricane! The remaining walls collapsed, the stone pillars turned into powder, and the ground cracked!
For the first time, Mo Li's forward momentum was blocked! His black robe fluttered, his ink domain shook, and he was forced to stop by the turbulence!
His black pupils condensed, staring at the figure in the center of the storm whose flesh and blood were broken but he refused to let go.
He hated this kind of "disorderly" madness.
Right at this moment!
Corner of the wall--
Mei's eyes, like a candle in the wind, suddenly lit up!
She pulled out a round bead the size of a pigeon egg, dark red in color, and engraved with silver lines-the Blood Soul Thunder Bead!
She was unable to throw it, and only injected the last of her true essence and life into it.
"Break... evil..." A weak but resolute shout sounded.
Buzz--!
The thunder bead suddenly burst into light, silver arcs rushed, and the blazing white thunder pillar roared out!
It did not attack Mo Li, but-torn the space!
Boom!
The lightning column hit the space distortion node in the center of the storm!
Crack!
A dark crack suddenly appeared, with lightning flashing on the edge and gray chaos surging!
"Let's go..." Mei's last exhortation was like a whisper in the wind.
The violent energy storm was suddenly attracted, and Li Hua's body was swept into it——
Mo Li suddenly made a move, trying to suppress the crack!
But the evil-breaking thunder was extremely masculine and strong, and it was born to defeat the ink domain!
The suction force of the crack increased sharply!
Boom!
Li Hua was swallowed by the crack under the storm!
Before entering the darkness, he seemed to see Mei's body shaking violently, and the fire of life was completely extinguished.
The dark red thunder bead fell from her fingertips.
And a cold white palm, passing through the confrontation zone between the lightning and the ink domain, reached out to her...
...
I don't know how long it took.
The icy touch awakened Li Hua.
He suddenly opened his eyes, his vision blurred, and his whole body was in great pain. His right arm was burning, and the wound on the broken bone was as black as ink, and the pain penetrated his bones. He lay on the slippery mud, and the cold rain was like needles, hitting his cheeks painfully.
The sky was oppressive as lead, the rainforest was dense, vines were entangled, and the smell of rotten leaves was pungent.
Where is this?
Nuo Temple... Mo Li... Mei... Crack...
Confused memories swarmed in, and his head was splitting.
He turned his head with difficulty, searching for Mei's figure.
However, as far as he could see, there was only the sound of the rainforest wind and his heavy breathing.
She... couldn't come out? Or... was she... Mo Li...
He didn't dare to think.
He looked down at his right hand.
The mark was pulsating in dark blue, and a strange blue light was revealed in the blood...
The ink poison was spreading, and the mark was resonating.
He knew - this was just the beginning.