Chapter 564: Exploration of the Dark Lair and Approaching Crisis

Chu Tian and others summarized the clues obtained from their respective investigations. Although they did not know the exact location of the headquarters of the new dark forces, several possible locations had surfaced. They knew that time was running out and they had to stop the new dark forces from opening the door to the dark world as soon as possible, otherwise the martial arts world would fall into an irreparable situation.

"According to the information we have received so far, the headquarters of this new dark force is either in the valley shrouded by dark soul power, or in the stronghold of the dark abyss, or there are other hidden places that we have not yet discovered." Qin Feng analyzed with a frown.

Zhang Meng waved his fist and said, "No matter where they are, we can find them one by one."

Xiaohua hugged Xiaobai and said worriedly, "But we don't have much time. What if they are about to open the door?"

Ye Li comforted her, "Don't worry, Xiaohua. We will set off now and find their headquarters as soon as possible."

Therefore, they decided to go to the valley shrouded by the dark spirit power. This valley is located on the edge of the martial spirit world, and few people usually set foot in it. Now that it is occupied by the dark forces, it is full of danger.

When they approached the valley, they felt a powerful dark soul force coming towards them. That force was like a real dark wave that made it almost impossible to breathe.

"This dark soul power is very strong, everyone be careful." Chu Tian reminded, his expression became very serious.

The entrance to the valley was shrouded in a layer of black fog, with red light flashing from time to time in the fog, as if countless pairs of eyes were hidden and peeping at them.

"This fog looks very strange, there might be a trap." said a soul master from the Xingmang tribe.

Zhang Meng volunteered: "I'll go explore the way first, Giant Rock Bear, follow me!" He led Giant Rock Bear and walked carefully towards the entrance of the valley.

As soon as he stepped into the black mist, Zhang Meng felt a huge suction force trying to pull him deeper into the valley. He quickly stabilized his body and let the giant rock bear release a soul force to resist the suction.

"Everyone be careful, this mist has a suction force, and it seems to be weakening my soul power." Zhang Meng shouted loudly.

Chu Tian flew into the air and tried to check the fog from the air. He found that there were some soul power vortices in the fog, which were the source of suction and weakening soul power.

"I saw it. There are soul power whirlpools in the fog. Everyone follow me and move forward avoiding these whirlpools." Chu Tian commanded in the air.

Everyone followed Chu Tian's instructions and carefully shuttled through the mist. Suddenly, the ground under Ye Li's feet suddenly cracked, and a huge black claw stretched out from the ground and grabbed her.

"Ye Li, be careful!" Qin Feng shouted. Holding the Dragon Shadow Sword in his hand, he rushed over and cut off the black claws with one sword.

However, more black claws emerged from the ground and attacked everyone. These black claws seemed to have life, waving flexibly, making it difficult to defend against them.

"It seems that this valley is full of traps and mechanisms. We need to speed up to pass through here." said the leader of the Star Tribe.

While resisting the attacks of the black claws, they quickened their pace and walked towards the inside of the valley. After a difficult journey, they finally passed through the black fog area.

The scene inside the valley shocked them. There were buildings everywhere that exuded dark soul power. The architectural style was very strange, and the twisted shapes seemed to be the embodiment of dark power. In the center of the valley, there was a huge black tower that exuded strong dark soul power fluctuations. The fluctuations seemed to be the gate to the dark world from here.

"That tall tower must be the key. We have to find a way to go up and take a look." Chu Tian said.

However, the road leading to the tower is full of various dark soul beasts. These soul beasts are huge, exuding a strong dark aura, and their eyes are full of bloodthirsty desires.

"With so many dark soul beasts, it looks like it will be a fierce battle." Zhang Meng said excitedly. He couldn't wait to fight.

The battle broke out instantly, and Zhang Meng ordered the Giant Rock Bear to rush towards a group of dark soul beasts. The Giant Rock Bear's huge power allowed it to rampage through the group of soul beasts, and every attack could make the soul beasts fall down.

Chu Tian flew into the air and fired his soul blades at the flying dark soul beasts. His soul blades flashed in the darkness and hit the target accurately, but these dark soul beasts had strong recovery abilities and quickly pounced on them again after being hit.

Ye Li and the Frost Fox released cold air, freezing a large number of dark soul beasts. Then she controlled the ice spikes and shot them at the soul beasts that were still struggling. The ice spikes penetrated the bodies of the soul beasts and completely destroyed them.

Qin Feng held the Dragon Shadow Sword and moved freely among the dark soul beasts. His sword moves were sharp, and each sword could pierce the soul beasts' vital points. He found that although there were many dark soul beasts, they did not cooperate well with each other, so he took advantage of this weakness, created chaos among the soul beasts, and defeated them one by one.

Xiaohua and Xiaobai were not idle either. Xiaohua used her soul power to command Xiaobai, and Xiaobai used her speed advantage to run behind the dark soul beasts, releasing a beam of light from time to time to interfere with the attacks of the dark soul beasts.

The soul masters of the Xingmang clan released their starlight soul power one after another, and their soul power turned into starlight chains and shot towards the dark soul beast. The starlight chains tightly entangled the dark soul beast, and then the soul masters of the Xingmang clan concentrated their strength to destroy the entangled soul beast.

After a fierce battle, they finally cleared the dark soul beasts on the road leading to the tower.

When they arrived at the foot of the tower, they found that the gate of the tower was closed and there were some strange runes carved around it. These runes exuded a strong dark soul power, which made people dare not touch it easily.

"These runes look very complicated. I have never seen such runes before." Ye Li said as she observed the runes carefully.

The leader of the Star Tribe stepped forward. He had done some research on runes. “These runes are an ancient dark seal rune. If you want to open the gate, you must crack these runes in a specific order.”

Everyone began to study the runes together. After some effort, they found the order to crack the runes. According to the order, Chu Tian injected his soul power into the runes. When the last rune was injected with soul power, the door of the tower slowly opened.

They walked into the tower, which was dark and damp, and filled with a pungent smell. There were many floors inside the tower, and they walked up the stairs one floor at a time. On each floor, they encountered some dark soul traps or obstacles from dark soul masters.

On one of the floors, they encountered a huge maze made of dark soul power. The maze was filled with black smoke, making it difficult to see the direction.

"This maze looks tricky. We can't waste too much time here." Qin Feng said.

Chu Tian flew into the air and tried to find the exit of the maze from the air. However, the walls of the maze were very high, and the smoke in the maze interfered with his vision, making it difficult for him to find the exit.

"I have an idea." Xiaohua suddenly said, "We can let Xiaobai lead the way. Xiaobai has a very keen sense of smell and should be able to find the direction of the exit."

Everyone thought this method was feasible, so they let Xiaobai lead the way. Xiaobai walked carefully in the maze, sniffing the ground from time to time, and then moved in one direction.

Under Xiaobai's leadership, they successfully walked out of the maze.

Continuing up, they came to the top floor of the tower. In the room on the top floor, there was a huge dark soul power formation. In the center of the formation was a man in a black robe, who was performing a mysterious ritual.

"You are finally here, but it's too late." The man in black robe sneered when he saw Chu Tian and others.

Chu Tian asked: "What are you doing? You want to open the door to the dark world, which will destroy the entire Wuhun world!"

The black-robed man said disdainfully: "The Wuhun World is supposed to be ruled by darkness. We are just doing what is in line with destiny."

At this moment, they discovered that the dark soul power formation had been activated, and the door to the dark world was slowly opening. On the other side of the door, there were waves of terrifying roars, and a powerful dark force surged out from behind the door.

"We must stop him!" Qin Feng shouted.

They rushed towards the black-robed man, but he was protected by a powerful dark soul shield. Their attacks only caused ripples on the shield and could not break it at all.

"Your attack is useless. This is the shield given to me by the God of Darkness. You can't break it." The man in black robe said arrogantly.

Chu Tian observed the shield carefully and found that although the shield was powerful, it seemed to be maintained by multiple dark soul power nodes.

"Look, this shield is maintained by those nodes. If we concentrate our strength on attacking those nodes, we may be able to break the shield." Chu Tian said.

Following Chu Tian's instructions, everyone gathered their soul power together and attacked the nodes of the shield. After some effort, the nodes of the shield were successfully destroyed, and the shield broke.

When the black-robed man saw that the shield was broken, his face turned very ugly.

"Do you think you can stop me like this?" the man in black robe said angrily.

He waved his hands, and the dark soul power gathered in his hands into a huge dark sword, which stabbed towards Chu Tian and others.

Chu Tian flew into the air, dodging the attack of the Dark Sword. He also fired his soul blade at the black-robed man. Ye Li and the Frost Fox released cold air, trying to freeze the black-robed man's movements. Zhang Meng let the giant rock bear rush towards the black-robed man, and the giant rock bear's huge force hit the black-robed man.

Qin Feng held the Dragon Shadow Sword and moved freely among the attacks of the black-robed man. He saw the right moment, rushed forward, and stabbed the black-robed man in the chest with his sword.

After being stabbed by the sword, the man in black robe took a few steps back, but he did not fall down. His wounds healed quickly, and then he became even crazier.

"You have angered me, and now you all must die!" the man in black robe roared.

He began to cast a powerful dark magic, and the entire tower began to shake. The power of the dark magic swept towards Chu Tian and others, and wherever it went, everything was swallowed by darkness.

"We can't be swallowed by this force. Let's concentrate our strength to resist!" Chu Tian shouted.

Everyone gathered their soul power together to form a huge soul shield to resist the attack of dark magic. However, the dark magic power of the black-robed man was too strong, and cracks began to appear in their shield.

Just when they were about to be unable to resist, suddenly, a mysterious force was injected into their shields from the outside. The cracks in the shields were instantly repaired and became even stronger.

"What's going on?" Zhang Meng asked in surprise.

Everyone looked around and found that it was the mysterious visitor from before.

"You are really tenacious. But you alone are not enough. Let me help you." said the mysterious visitor.

With the help of the mysterious visitor, they successfully resisted the dark magic attack of the man in black robe.

"Why do you want to help us?" Ye Li asked.

The mysterious visitor said: "I have said before that although I am in the dark, I don't want to see the Wuhun World being completely destroyed. Now is not the time to talk about this. We have to quickly stop the gate from opening."

They rushed towards the black-robed man again, and this time, their attack was even more fierce. Under the combined attack of everyone and the mysterious visitor, the black-robed man was finally defeated. He fell to the ground and his body gradually dissipated.

However, the door to the dark world has been partially opened, and dark forces are still pouring out.

"We have to find a way to close this door." Chu Tian said.

Everyone gathered around the gate and tried to close it with their soul power, but the dark power of the gate was too strong and their soul power was simply unable to compete with it.

"This won't work. We need more power." Qin Feng said with a frown.

Just when everyone felt desperate, they suddenly felt a strong soul power coming from all over the world. It turned out that the soul masters of the entire world felt the crisis, and they all transferred their soul power to support Chu Tian and others.

With the support of the soul power of the entire martial soul world, they finally succeeded in closing the door to the dark world.

As the gate closed, the dark forces gradually disappeared.

"Phew, that was a close call. It almost caused a disaster." Zhang Meng wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Chu Tian looked at the mysterious visitor: "Thank you for your help, who are you?"

The mysterious visitor smiled and said, "It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that the Wuhun World is preserved. However, you must remember that the dark forces will not disappear so easily. You must continue to protect this world."

With that, the mysterious visitor disappeared.

After this incident, Chu Tian and others gained more prestige in the spirit world. After they returned to the spirit master academy, they worked harder to teach the young spirit masters, hoping that they could become powerful spirit masters and protect the peace and tranquility of the spirit world. The people of the spirit world also became more united, as everyone knew that only by uniting as one can they resist any possible dark threats.