parentshiftbook Chapter 1980 Crisis 4 lurks
Chapter 1980 Crisis 4 lurks
Chapter 1980 Crisis lurks everywhere
"call!"
The wind howled fiercely in my ears, and my body plummeted like a meteorite towards the vast, unfamiliar land below.
Chen Fei's mind was calm and still. He could clearly feel an unimaginably powerful force of world rules, like countless invisible chains tightly binding him.
His essence, spirit, primordial power, and even his formidable physique honed through countless trials, as well as the Void Realm, all the Qiankun Bags, and all his power seemed to be bound by heavy shackles.
"The suppression is incredibly powerful!"
Chen Fei felt a chill run down his spine; his power was suppressed by more than 99%, and he couldn't even use his spiritual treasures.
This means that Chen Fei can now only mobilize one-tenth of his power, and much of his power is in a state of being untouchable.
"Congeal!"
Chen Fei silently recited an incantation, and the Yuan energy within his body, which had been flowing with difficulty like a stream, was mobilized and rapidly circulated along several specific meridians.
A faint halo, almost invisible to the naked eye, quietly emerged from Chen Fei's back.
The halo rapidly expanded and deformed, eventually transforming into a pair of translucent, invisible wings formed from pure elemental energy.
These wings appear illusory, yet they contain a strange and ethereal Daoist charm.
The moment the wings took shape, Chen Fei felt a lightness all over his body.
The terrifying gravitational pull acting on him was largely neutralized by the wings, and his speed, which had been plummeting like a meteor, suddenly decreased.
With the crisis temporarily averted, Chen Fei controlled his body and slowly descended while scanning his surroundings.
Below lies a vast, boundless forest, with ancient trees reaching for the sky and lush foliage covering the earth completely, exuding a primitive and wild atmosphere.
Above the sky, apart from the crimson sun formed by Kuang Yezhou's power and the faintly visible specks of other falling cultivators, there seemed to be nothing unusual.
However, just a dozen breaths after Chen Fei had descended, a sudden and intense feeling of palpitation struck him without warning.
Chen Fei suddenly raised his head, his gaze shooting like lightning towards the distant sky.
As far as the eye can see, the sky is still the same sky.
The clouds were sparse, and apart from the bright sun, there was nothing else in the sky.
But Chen Fei's almost instinctive intuition for danger was frantically sending him warnings.
There is something.
Something extremely dangerous is approaching, and it's moving incredibly fast.
Without the slightest hesitation, and without even having time to carefully investigate where the danger came from.
Based on absolute trust in his own intuition, the invisible wings formed from Yuan energy behind Chen Fei instantly vanished.
"call!"
Without the wing's deflecting effect, the terrifying gravity of the world acted upon Chen Fei completely once again.
Chen Fei's body crashed heavily into the forest below, the wind whistling sharply in his ears, and the surrounding scenery began to blur.
It's getting closer and closer to the ground.
Five hundred zhang, one hundred zhang...
Just as Chen Fei's body was about to collide violently with the dense tree canopy below, the pair of invisible Yuan Force wings unfolded once again and flapped sharply downwards.
"Oh!"
A muffled blast of air rang out, and a powerful upward force suddenly emerged, forcefully halting Chen Fei's rapid descent.
Then, Chen Fei's figure, like a falling leaf, drew a graceful arc in the air and finally landed silently on the thick trunk of an ancient tree that required several people to encircle.
After landing, Chen Fei did not pause at all. His figure flickered and he silently disappeared into the dense shadows of the ancient tree.
Chen Fei raised his head, his gaze fixed solemnly on the sky that had just made his heart pound.
The sky remained empty, as if the palpitation I had just felt was merely an illusion.
But in just a breath or two, Chen Fei's pupils began to fluctuate.
Above the seemingly empty sky, a few extremely fine, almost imperceptible wrinkles appeared at some unknown time.
Like ripples on a calm lake surface caused by a gentle breeze, but these ripples appeared without warning and are spreading at an astonishing speed.
In just a few breaths, the entire sky was covered with countless dense folds.
"What is it?"
Chen Fei narrowed his eyes slightly, focusing all his attention on perceiving the essence of those wrinkles.
Finally, behind the constantly rippling spatial waves, Chen Fei vaguely saw a series of blurry shadows.
It was the outline of a bird, not very large, but there were so many of them it was terrifying.
They seemed to be composed entirely of shadows and nothingness, and the flapping of their wings did not stir up the airflow, but directly caused subtle distortions in space.
Chen Fei frowned. With his severely suppressed senses, he was completely unable to determine the cultivation level of these strange birds.
They did not emit any obvious energy fluctuations, as if they were a natural part of this world.
But Chen Fei's intuition was frantically warning him that once he was discovered by these strange birds, or caught in their flight path, he would probably be instantly overwhelmed and torn apart by the endless swarm of crows, leaving not even a trace.
Chen Fei slowly lowered his head, his gaze sweeping over the boundless primeval forest around him, and an indescribable sense of oppression welled up in his heart.
If he were outside, with his cultivation at its peak, he could traverse every corner of such a forest in an instant with just a thought.
But at this moment, under the powerful and unique rules of this vast world, Chen Fei could only rely on his own two feet to measure this land.
This is the absolute difference in power levels; here, he must abide by the rules of this world.
Just as Chen Fei's thoughts were churning, a gentle female voice suddenly came from under a large tree not far behind him.
"This gentleman..."
Where is this place?
"who are you?"
"And who am I?"
Why are we all here?
The voice was soft and melodious, seemingly carrying an indescribable sorrow and confusion. But to Chen Fei, it made his gaze turn serious.
Before the sound rang out, Chen Fei had not sensed any sign of life at all.
It was as if the "person" who spoke had appeared out of nowhere.
Chen Fei slowly turned around, his gaze fixed on the direction from which the sound came.
Beneath an ancient locust tree that required several people to encircle, a slender figure in red stood, seemingly out of nowhere.
She was a woman dressed in a bright red dress, the style of which was quite ancient. Her face was extremely beautiful, with skin as white as snow and lips as red as blood.
However, the woman's features bore a faint resemblance to Liao Ruiheng, the demonic cultivator leader they had previously met in the outside world.
However, Liao Ruiheng is androgynous and unpredictable.
The woman in red in front of us, though she also had an eerie air about her, at least clearly showed that she was a woman.
When the woman in red saw Chen Fei turn around, an even brighter smile appeared on her face.
But that smile didn't bring warmth; instead, it carried an indescribable chill and eeriness.
"This gentleman..."
She spoke again, her voice still gentle, but her tone seemed to have changed slightly: "Where is this place?"
"who are you?"
"And who am I?"
Why are we all here?
The same question was asked again, but as soon as she finished speaking, Chen Fei keenly sensed that the temperature of the surrounding air began to drop sharply.
"Click...click...click..."
A faint freezing sound rang out, and from the woman in red, the grass beneath her feet, the trees beside her, and even the dust floating in the air were all rapidly covered with a thick layer of pale white frost at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A chilling, bone-deep cold swept towards Chen Fei like a tidal wave.
Chen Fei frowned deeply as he stared at the woman in red.
"What kind of rules does this Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm have?" Chen Fei's mind raced.
Because his essence, energy, spirit, and soul were severely suppressed, Chen Fei's perception was as if covered by a thick veil, becoming extremely blurry, making it impossible for him to clearly perceive the trajectory of the laws of heaven and earth as he did in the outside world.
This put Chen Fei in an extremely passive situation. He knew almost nothing about the world, and danger suddenly appeared.
The woman in red before them was clearly part of the rules of this world, or rather, a manifestation of some kind of rule.
Intuition told Chen Fei that if he didn't answer her question, or if his answer didn't satisfy her, then what he would face next would probably be more than just a little bit of frost.
"This gentleman..."
Seeing that Chen Fei did not answer, the woman in red spoke again.
The smile on her face was still there, but it had completely lost its initial gentleness, leaving only a bone-chilling coldness like ancient ice.
Where is this place?
"who are you?"
"And who am I?"
Why are we all here?
The same question was asked a third time, in the same tone.
As the question was asked for the third time, the surrounding chill suddenly intensified.
A large amount of pale white, icy mist surged from the woman in red, instantly enveloping an area of several dozen feet around her.
Chen Fei's vision quickly blurred, and in the blink of an eye, he could no longer see the scenery ten feet away, as if he were in a cold, misty hell.
"This is the Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm."
Chen Fei looked at the woman in red and spoke calmly.
"I am just a passerby."
"As for who you are and why you are here..."
Chen Fei paused slightly, his gaze suddenly sharpening, and his voice rising: "Shouldn't you be asking yourself that question?"
"I asked you..."
The woman in red seemed to be enraged by Chen Fei's unusual question. The cold smile on her face instantly twisted and became ferocious and terrifying.
Her mouth suddenly opened wide, to a degree completely contrary to human anatomy, as if it were about to tear her entire skull apart.
A sharp, piercing, terrifying demonic sound, seemingly capable of tearing apart the very soul, was about to erupt from that gigantic maw.
"Whoosh!"
Chen Fei's figure vanished from the spot, and in the next instant, he appeared in front of the woman in red, less than three feet away.
Without any fancy moves, Chen Fei's right fist, carrying all the power he could muster at that moment, slammed into the red-clad woman's distorted face like an exploding meteor.
The terrifying demonic sound that the woman in red was about to unleash was abruptly interrupted, almost at the moment Chen Fei's fist was about to strike.
Ice shields radiating bone-chilling cold instantly condensed in front of her, layer upon layer, forming a total of nine layers in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, the dense, pale white mist around him seemed to come alive, surging wildly towards Chen Fei's body, trying to freeze and imprison him.
Chen Fei remained unmoved, his fist continuing its relentless momentum.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
Those seemingly impenetrable ice shields shattered like paper before Chen Fei's fist, turning into countless ice crystals.
In the blink of an eye, all nine layers of ice shield were destroyed.
Chen Fei's fist passed through the last layer of ice shield without any hindrance and landed hard on the red-clad woman's forehead.
"ah!"
A sharp, piercing scream burst forth from the red-clad woman's mouth.
The sound was not a physical sound wave, but rather it acted directly on the depths of Chen Fei's soul, causing a violent ripple to spread through it.
But it was just a ripple.
After the woman in red let out that scream, her body, along with the thick, cold mist around her, began to become transparent.
In the blink of an eye, the woman in red vanished completely, and the surrounding pale white mist also disappeared without a trace.
It was as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.
Chen Fei slowly withdrew his fist. His gaze swept around, and the trees were still the same trees, and the grass was still the same grass. There was no trace of the frost freezing the ground.
Only a faint, lingering chill remained in the air.
Just as the figure of the woman in red, along with the surrounding chilling aura, completely vanished without a trace, a very faint sound, like a dewdrop falling on the surface of a lake, suddenly rang out.
Chen Fei's gaze suddenly sharpened, and a point of vibrant green light quietly appeared where the woman had originally stood.
The radiance initially appeared to be only the size of a grain of rice, but in the blink of an eye it rapidly expanded and condensed, eventually transforming into a perfectly round, emerald-green lotus seed that emitted a soft glow.
The lotus seed floated quietly in mid-air, surrounded by a layer of dreamlike, ethereal light.
An indescribable, boundless vitality, and a profound aura that seemed to contain the very laws of this world, emanated from it.
"Original Lotus Seed..."
A hint of surprise flashed in Chen Fei's eyes. He hadn't expected that he would encounter a strange test of rules and successfully obtain a lotus seed so soon after landing and before he even had time to carefully explore his surroundings.
Despite the thoughts swirling in his mind, Chen Fei's movements did not falter at all. He extended his right hand and gently made a gesture in the air.
The emerald green lotus seed seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, and floated lightly into Chen Fei's palm.
The lotus seed felt warm and smooth to the touch, as if I were holding not a hard seed, but a ball of vibrant life energy.
Chen Fei's gaze swept over the spot where the woman in red had disappeared again, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
"It seems that to obtain this 'Origin Lotus Seed,' one must pass some kind of 'trial' set by the rules of this world, and the woman in red is the manifestation of that trial..."
Thinking about this, Chen Fei's understanding of the "Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm" deepened.
After carefully putting away the first lotus seed, Chen Fei did not rush to leave. He first carefully surveyed the surroundings and, after confirming that there were no other abnormalities, he chose a direction and began to move forward cautiously.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, which made a soft "rustling" sound when you stepped on them. The ancient trees around you were towering and their branches and leaves blocked out the sun, making the light in the forest seem a bit dim.
A primal, damp atmosphere filled the air, and the occasional rustling of unknown insects and beasts could be heard in the distance.
Chen Fei walked through the dense forest for about fifteen minutes, trying his best to conceal his presence and avoid attracting any unnecessary attention.
During this time, he also encountered several strange-looking and ferocious creatures, but Chen Fei skillfully avoided them all.
Just as Chen Fei was crossing a relatively open clearing in the woods, a clearly audible tremor suddenly came from his sleeve.
"Huh?" Chen Fei stopped in his tracks instantly.
The emerald green lotus seed that he had hidden in his sleeve suddenly became active on its own without warning, and a strong energy fluctuation was continuously emanating from inside the lotus seed.
What made Chen Fei's heart sink even more was that this energy fluctuation was not contained, but transformed into emerald green ripples that spread outwards from him in concentric circles into the surrounding void.
Chen Fei was surprised that the lotus seed would automatically reveal its location, whereas there had been no such sign just now.
In this perilous forest, such conspicuous energy ripples could probably be clearly sensed by other cultivators or demonic cultivators from a great distance.
Possessing a treasure is a crime; if a powerful figure is drawn to this fluctuation, Chen Fei's situation will become dangerous.
Chen Fei's first instinct was to put the lotus seeds into the spatial compartment, but he immediately rejected the idea.
Because this is the Thousand Lotus Demon Realm, a vast world controlled by the sixteenth-level Tai Cang Realm, every move here is under their watchful eyes.
Furthermore, the great sun in the sky also allows Kuang Yezhou to observe the entire Thousand Lotus Demon Realm. If Chen Fei were to store the lotus seeds in his spatial grid at this time, it would be tantamount to exposing all the secrets.
Chen Fei's eyes flickered as he considered how to solve the problem at hand. Throwing away the lotus seeds was a barely feasible option.
But when Chen Fei carefully sensed his own condition, his expression turned somewhat grim.
Chen Fei discovered that an extremely subtle yet incredibly tenacious rule imprint had adhered to his body like a bone-deep infection.
This mark seemed to be formed from the original rules of the Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm, and Chen Fei's power was simply unable to remove or shield it.
This mark means that even if Chen Fei throws away the lotus seed now, that unique fluctuation will still exist, only its intensity will be much weaker than that emitted by the lotus seed itself.
This is like a person covered in a strong floral fragrance; even after the bouquet is thrown away, a faint scent will still linger on their body.
Thinking of the powerful demonic cultivators who might be attracted, Chen Fei felt a strong sense of urgency.
In this Thousand Lotus Demon Realm, there are many fourteenth-level demon cultivators, but there are also quite a few powerful late-stage and peak fifteenth-level demon cultivators. If Chen Fei encounters even one, he will be in great danger.
Fortunately, because the Thousand Lotus Realm suppressed 99% of its power, the gap between the two sides was actually narrowed.
Chen Fei didn't know why the Thousand Lotus Demon Realm wanted to suppress the power of all cultivators and demon cultivators. Perhaps it was to make the fighting more intense, or perhaps Liao Ruiheng, that demon cultivator, didn't want his Thousand Lotus Demon Realm to be destroyed too badly.
But this suppression has subtly altered the power structure of the area.
"When an individual's absolute strength is severely limited, the importance of methods such as formations, talismans, and puppets, which may be regarded as 'heretical' by outsiders, will become apparent!"
"Because they can often rely on external forces or make advance preparations to unleash power that surpasses their own capabilities."
A clear idea flashed through Chen Fei's mind like lightning.
Deploying formations involves continuously adding layers of formations to enhance one's own strength.
This idea made Chen Fei's eyes light up instantly. Coincidentally, Chen Fei had integrated all the top techniques of the Xuan Yu Realm into the Myriad Paths Judgment Edict, and he was proficient in all of them, including formations, talismans, and puppets.
Chen Fei made a quick decision, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding environment, and soon locked onto nine ancient trees that were distributed in a rather regular pattern.
Chen Fei pointed his fingers like a sword, and with a swift motion, a faint yet condensed sword-shaped energy flashed by.
"Crack!"
The nine giant trees, each requiring several people to encircle, snapped in two with a resounding crash, leaving a smooth, mirror-like break.
These giant trees did not crash to the ground; instead, they were lifted up by an invisible force and moved slowly, eventually standing upright again around the open space in some mysterious orientation.
With the nine trees as the array's core, and unable to extract other rare and precious materials, they could only use materials found locally.
Chen Fei rapidly formed a series of complex hand seals with one hand, and wisps of weak Yuan energy flowed from his fingertips, weaving and connecting between the nine trees like nimble threads.
A complex formation that conceals one's presence and confuses perception is rapidly taking shape.
At the same time, Chen Fei's other hand was not idle either; he gently waved his sleeve.
"Crash!"
Countless leaves that had fallen from the nine trees seemed to be summoned and gathered in front of him.
Congeal!
Chen Fei let out a low shout, and subtle divine soul imprints were imprinted into the leaves.
In the next instant, the lifeless fallen leaves seemed to come alive, twisting and deforming, eventually transforming into tiny puppet beetles no bigger than a fingernail.
These beetles, entirely emerald green, blended perfectly with their surroundings, silently crawling into every corner of the formation and lurking there.
(End of this chapter)