Chapter 53 Shadows in the Abyss

After successfully destroying a stronghold of the Dark Cult, Qin Feng and his companions returned to the academy and continued their daily practice. However, the tense mood still loomed over the academy, especially after Vice Dean Feng Jian learned all the details of the Shadow Forest incident, his expression became even heavier.

"The Dark Cult's plan goes far beyond this," Feng Jian said to Qin Feng and others, "The ritual they performed in the Shadow Forest may only be part of their larger conspiracy."

Although Qin Feng and his companions completed the task, they knew that the confrontation with the Dark Sect was far from over. A few days later, Feng Jian summoned them and assigned them another difficult task.

"We found a new clue," Feng Jian said. "According to intelligence, the Dark Cult is carrying out a new operation in a place called 'Abyss Valley'. This place is more dangerous than the Shadow Forest. It is said that there are many powerful soul beasts there, and very few people can come back alive."

"What are we facing this time?" Ye Li asked, and her Frost Fox also looked at Feng Jian nervously.

"We don't know yet, but what is certain is that the Dark Cult is conducting some extremely dangerous rituals there, which may be related to the ancient dark power." Feng Jian's tone revealed a trace of undisguised worry, "Your mission is to sneak into the Abyss Valley, find out their plan and destroy it as much as possible."

"How long do we need to prepare?" Qin Feng asked. He was ready to meet the challenge.

Feng Jian shook his head: "Time is running out, you must set off immediately. Remember, this mission is extremely difficult, I don't want you to take any unnecessary risks."

That night, Qin Feng and his companions set out on their journey again. This time, their destination was the Abyss Valley. The name made them feel inexplicably pressured, as if there was endless darkness and danger hidden there.

The Abyss Valley is located between steep mountains and is surrounded by thick black fog. Qin Feng and his companions trekked all the way and finally arrived at the entrance of the valley in the early morning of the next day. Standing at the entrance of the valley and looking inside, several ancient stone towers can be vaguely seen in the darkness. They seem to be the guardians of the abyss, exuding a chilling atmosphere.

"This place is even scarier than we thought." Chu Tian sighed, his storm wolf growling beside him, showing obvious uneasiness.

"We have to be careful, every step here may be a trap." Qin Feng reminded. He gripped the Dragon Shadow Sword tightly and led everyone slowly into the Abyss Valley.

As they entered the valley, the surrounding scene became more and more bizarre. The air was filled with a rotten smell, as if countless lives were buried here. Not long after they walked forward, they suddenly heard a low roar, and then a huge soul beast rushed out of the black fog and rushed towards them.

"Get ready for battle!" Qin Feng shouted, he reacted quickly and swung his sword to meet the attack.

The soul beast was completely black, with red eyes. It was powerful and extremely fast, and was obviously not an ordinary soul beast. Qin Feng and his companions worked together to deal with it, but in the darkness, their vision was greatly limited, and the battle was extremely difficult.

"It's too fast, we must find a way to restrict its movements!" Ye Li shouted. Her Frost Fox continued to release cold air, but in this dark environment, the effect of the cold air was greatly reduced.

Zhang Meng and his giant rock bear tried to suppress the opponent with their strength, but the agility of this soul beast was beyond imagination, and it easily dodged every attack.

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable, Qin Feng suddenly had an idea and thought of the special ability of the Dragon Shadow Sword - the power of thunder and lightning. So, he concentrated all his strength to activate the thunder and lightning energy in the Dragon Shadow Sword, and the sword was instantly surrounded by blue electric light.

"Try this!" Qin Feng shouted, swinging his sword towards the soul beast. The lightning flashed a dazzling arc of light in the darkness, hitting the soul beast's body. The soul beast let out a shrill scream, its body twitched violently, and then fell stiffly to the ground.

After the battle, Qin Feng and his companions panted, looked at each other, and felt relieved in their hearts.

"Our ability to fight in the dark is greatly limited, which is very disadvantageous to us." Chu Tian said with a frown.

"That's right. We must find a more effective countermeasure. We can't just passively take the beating like we did just now." Qin Feng agreed. "Next, we have to be more cautious."

They continued to go deeper into the Abyss Valley, passing through ruins and broken walls along the way, which seemed to be the site of an ancient civilization. As they walked, they found a broken stone tower, and some strange noises could be heard faintly from the tower.

"There may be clues inside, let's go in and take a look." Qin Feng decided.

After entering the stone tower, they found that it was actually an abandoned altar. The surrounding walls were engraved with ancient runes, which seemed to be telling of some terrible curse.

"These runes seem to be used to seal some kind of power." Ye Li said after observing for a while.

Suddenly, a wall inside the stone tower slowly opened, revealing a secret passage leading underground. The secret passage was filled with a strong dark atmosphere, and it was obviously a secret base of the dark sect.

"This is where they are hiding." Zhang Meng said in a low voice.

Qin Feng nodded: "Let's go down and see what they are doing."

They followed the secret passage all the way down and finally came to a huge underground space. In the center of the space, a huge magic circle was operating. A dark energy ball was floating in the middle of the magic circle, and members of the dark sect were standing around it.

"They are using the power of the Abyss Valley to summon something." Chu Tian said in a low voice, with a hint of nervousness in his eyes.

"We must stop them." Qin Feng said firmly. He knew the importance of this mission. If the Dark Cult succeeded, the consequences would be disastrous.

However, just as they were about to act, a powerful elder of the dark sect suddenly appeared and blocked their way. His martial spirit was a terrifying abyss demon, with evil red light flashing in his eyes.

"How dare you little devils break into our holy land?" the elder sneered, his voice revealing endless murderous intent.

"We won't let you succeed." Qin Feng was not afraid at all. He drew out the Dragon Shadow Sword and faced the battle head-on.

The elder was extremely powerful, and each of his attacks was extremely destructive. The shadow power of the abyss demon was even more difficult to defend against. Qin Feng and his companions tried their best, but in this dark environment, their advantages were greatly weakened.

"We must find a way to break his shadow defense!" Qin Feng said gritting his teeth, his Dragon Shadow Sword making a low humming sound in his hand, as if preparing for the next attack.

After a hard fight, Qin Feng finally caught the elder's weakness and struck with a "Thunderbolt". The powerful force of lightning instantly tore through the shadow and hit the elder's vitals. The elder screamed, his body was surrounded by lightning, and finally fell to the ground and dissipated into a cloud of black smoke.

With the death of the elder, the dark energy in the magic circle began to become unstable, and the entire underground space began to vibrate violently.

"Retreat quickly! This place is going to collapse!" Ye Li shouted loudly.

Qin Feng and his companions turned around quickly and tried their best to escape from the underground space. The moment they rushed out of the secret passage, the entire underground space collapsed with a loud bang, raising a huge cloud of dust.

They finally evacuated safely, and when they returned to the ground, they were all exhausted. However, they knew that although an important stronghold of the Dark Cult was destroyed, the battle was far from over. The conspiracy of the Dark Cult was still going on, and their mission had just begun.

"We must go back as soon as possible and tell the vice president everything." Qin Feng said, with a determined light in his eyes.

"Yes, although this mission is difficult, we must keep moving forward." Ye Li agreed, her eyes full of determination.

Without any rest, they immediately set off to return to the academy. Although their bodies were extremely tired, their hearts were full of anticipation for future battles and the belief that they would win.