#118 - Chapter 118: Black Mist

The black mist in the passage, of unknown origin, seemed to carry the aura of hell and the underworld. It surged within the passage, with wisps of black mist leaping about. They seemed to be alive, gathering little by little in the passage, and then surrounding Lin Changqing!

"What is this? A contingency left by Qiu Yue?" Lin Changqing's eyes showed vigilance as he cautiously observed the black mist surging towards him.

He remembered that the last time he entered this passage, there was no black mist at all!

He didn't expect that unexpected situations would occur the second time he entered.

Chi!

The black mist became more and more dense, filling the entire passage, as if he had arrived in a world of black mist. Inevitably, Lin Changqing's body came into contact with a wisp of black mist. The moment they touched, with a 'chi' sound, black smoke rose directly from Lin Changqing's body surface, and a large piece of flesh and blood was directly corroded by the black mist!

Lin Changqing was surprised. He was a cultivator at the ninth level of the Golden Core stage, and coupled with his body forging of ten bones and the Five Elements Elemental Body, very few things could harm his body.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he came into contact with this black mist, a large piece of skin on his body surface would be corroded!

"Not good! I must think of a way to resist this black mist." Looking at the black mist frantically surging from all around, Lin Changqing felt a very dangerous feeling in his heart.

Just a wisp had corroded the skin on his body surface. If his whole body was wrapped in black mist, what would happen?

[You entered the black passage, intending to enter the stone house. But unexpectedly, you encountered a sudden situation halfway. Black mist, of unknown origin, surged into the passage leading to the stone house. This black mist has astonishing destructive power. Just a wisp can corrode flesh and blood on the body surface.]

[You frantically circulate the spiritual energy in your body, trying to resist the black mist, but it's useless. This black mist seems to have penetrating properties. The spiritual energy shield you condensed outside your body surface can't stop the black mist at all. In the blink of an eye, one-third of the skin on your body surface has come into contact with the black mist. A large amount of your flesh and blood is damaged, and some bones are exposed.]

[You seem to have no way to resist the erosion of this black mist. You try to return from the passage, but you can't find the way back. The black mist has completely filled the passage. You seem to have arrived in a world of black mist, with only endless black mist before your eyes.]

[Another five minutes pass, and two-thirds more of your flesh and blood is eroded by the black mist. You feel a large amount of your vitality draining away, but you are helpless. You can't figure out where this black mist comes from, and why it possesses such amazing power. You try to use spiritual energy to resist, but it's useless. This black mist seems to be a higher level of power.]

"Is this really a contingency left by Qiu Yue?"

Inside the black passage, Lin Changqing was silent. At this moment, a large portion of his body's flesh and blood had been corroded, and the left half of his body had completely become a skeleton.

He never expected that he would encounter such a dangerous situation in the passage, this sudden black mist, catching him completely off guard.

["Is this the reason for the unease I felt that day?" You think to yourself. You seem unable to escape the erosion of the black mist. It seems that you are about to die from the black mist's erosion. You can't help but think of the inexplicable unease you felt after killing Qiu Yue that day. Is the source of this unease the black mist that permeates the passage at this moment?]

[You don't want to die like this. You want to try every possible way to resist the black mist, but it seems that nothing works. Five or six minutes pass, and more flesh and blood on your body is eroded by the black mist. On the right half of your body, the part below the shoulders has also been eroded into a skeleton.]

[Another 5 minutes pass, and the situation improves. The World Tree fragment spiritual power in your dantian takes effect. When your vitality is about to be extinguished, and the flesh and blood on your body surface is constantly eroded by the black mist, the World Tree fragment in your dantian begins to surge with a continuous stream of cyan power to replenish your body. In the blink of an eye, the flesh and blood that was eroded by the black mist regrows under the replenishment of the World Tree spiritual power!].

[At the critical moment, the World Tree fragment saved you! It's a good thing there's a World Tree, you think to yourself.]

[In addition, you also discovered the wonderful use of the World Tree. In addition to replenishing your vitality, the World Tree fragment spiritual power seems to be able to resist the black mist. Previously, your own spiritual energy shield couldn't stop the erosion of the black mist at all, but now the body surface spiritual energy shield formed by mobilizing the World Tree fragment spiritual power can completely block the black mist.]

At this moment, inside the black passage, the sky was filled with black mist, like a black world of death. Within it, a point of cyan light shone, and in the cyan light lived a person.

This cyan light was the spiritual energy shield condensed by Lin Changqing by mobilizing the World Tree fragment spiritual power.

The black mist tried to erode the cyan spiritual energy shield formed by the World Tree fragment, but it was useless.

The cyan spiritual energy was like the nemesis of the black mist.

The black mist couldn't break through the cyan shield formed by the World Tree fragment spiritual power at all.

[You breathe a sigh of relief. With the existence of the World Tree fragment, it seems that you are naturally safe. The black mist can't do anything to the World Tree fragment.]

[Safe and sound, you begin to think about what the black mist is. You almost died at the hands of the black mist. Previously, you guessed it was Qiu Yue's contingency, but you don't think so. After all, if this was Qiu Yue's contingency, it should have been there the first time you entered the passage.]

[It wouldn't have waited until your second time to appear.]

"What exactly is it?" Lin Changqing pondered.

[Another half an hour passes, and you still haven't figured out the source of the black mist. On the other hand, it seems that seeing that it can't do anything to the cyan shield formed by the World Tree fragment spiritual power, the black mist suddenly changes. You actually see pairs of scarlet eyes appearing within the black mist!]

"Roar!"

[A monstrous wolf howl erupts. The black mist actually condenses into black blood wolves, and they roar and attack you.]

[These blood wolves, each carrying incredible power, you actually feel the power of the Nascent Soul level on them, and even the existence of Transformation Gods. You are shocked, what exactly is this black mist, the condensed blood wolves are all Nascent Soul Transformation Gods!]

["Roar!" These Nascent Soul Transformation God level blood wolves break through the World Tree fragment spiritual power shield outside your body at an extremely fast speed. There's no way, after all, these blood wolves are all Nascent Soul Transformation Gods, and the power gap between you and them is too great.]

[After the shield is broken, the black mist instantly fills your body, and your flesh and blood is swallowed little by little. Those blood wolves stare at you indifferently with their bloody and murderous eyes, quietly watching you being swallowed by the black mist.]

"Am I going to die?"

[Three minutes later, your whole body has been eroded by the black mist, leaving only a skeleton. All the flesh and blood has been swallowed, leaving only a little consciousness. You feel that you are indeed going to die this time.]

[One minute later, your last bit of consciousness is swallowed by the black mist. On the verge of death, you see a figure walking out of the black mist in the distance...]