Chapter 181: The Lost Shrine (1/2)

The ground surface slightly trembled as stamping feet approached, immediately, five enormous and vicious beasts appeared almost at the same time from different directions. Harsh breaths drifted along, congesting the air in the surroundings. Another four spirit had beasts appeared, along with one Heavenly Beast which was multiple times scarier than the other four, simultaneously magnificent and shocking. Their eyes all locked on Ye Wuchen. These ferocious beasts were rarely seen by ordinary people, but in this area, they almost seemed to be everywhere. Ye Wuchen’s eyes glanced at each of them, and his brows knitted more tightly together. This region was strangely covered in darkness, could there be other magical beasts that were incomparably scarier than these?

However, the ruthless air of these five enormous beasts did not last for long, almost simultaneously, their approaching footsteps stopped short, then they started to slowly back off and their limbs were slightly trembling. When the small and thin snake dashed at Ye Wuchen once again, they seemed to suffer from immense shock, and ran away quickly with a speed multiple times faster than their approach… Even the wind element Heavenly Beast whose whole body flashed with a green light.

Their exaggerated reactions had proven the dreadfulness of this Soul Snatcher Line, keeping Ye Wuchen in danger yet away from other dangers. Then, a black shadow swept past him. A delicate and flexible body leaned onto his waist—Tong Xin. Her appearance did not make Ye Wuchen feel relieved, instead it had made his hackles rise.

The speed of Soul Snatcher Line seemed faster than lightning. Outflanked again, but he still managed to evade three consecutive attacks so it shifted its target and dashed at Tong Xin who had just showed up. Tong Xin turned her gaze, dark lights suddenly flickered in her eyes, and suddenly, the Soul Snatcher Line’s body abruptly went stiff. Its leaping body had then directly fallen head first and motionless.

Ye Wuchen was not about its life and grabbed Tong Xin’s shoulder as he impatiently asked, “Where is Xue-er? Was she with you?”

The one who approached was only Tong Xin and no Ning Xue.

Tong Xin shook her head. Just like Ye Wuchen, when she was teleported here, she was all by herself.

Ye Wuchen’s heart beat suddenly quickened. Magical beasts were found throughout the area, and each of them were powerful and savage with Ning Xue all by herself…

He tightly gritted his teeth, compelling himself to remain calm and grabbed Tong Xin’s hand tightly, “Tong Xin, can you locate Xue-er’s?”

Tong Xin did not pause, extending her arms, she pointed towards the east. Having been sent to this place, the first thing she detected was Ning Xue’s weak breath, very very far away. She had floated around that area for a short while, when she had detected Ye Wuchen, so she immediately turned around and rushed towards his direction.

Ye Wuchen’s heart was slightly relieved, but urgently, he said, “Quick! We must hurry, Xue-er might be in danger.”

Ye Wuchen pulling Tong Xin along by hand, using their fastest speed, they ran towards the east. The damp wind whistled by, yet it was not able to calm his anxious nerves. He simply could not be able to maintain the tranquility in his heart if Ning Xue was not safe. As he told Ning Xue before, she was different from all the other important people in his life; she was the other half of his life, if she came into danger, he would already be half dead.

Not long after they left, the Soul Snatcher Line slowly opened its eyes. After glancing around, it panicked then used its fastest speed to move towards their opposite direction. Eventually making its way to unknown bushes, it perfectly concealed its breath. The Soul Snatcher Line also had the special characteristic of being a coward and it perfectly exhibited what was called deceiving the weak ones but fearing the strong ones.

The roaring of the beasts continuously resounded at their ears, since the surroundings were tightly crowded with different types of wild beasts. Evidently, it was not any more peaceful that the place they had just been. Thinking back, his previous location was probably more peaceful because of the presence of the Soul Snatcher Line, which had completely scared away the enchanted beasts nearby. The Cursed Thunder Wolf was most likely out of sorts as it wandered there.

“Tong Xin, move faster.”

Feeling his anxiety, Tong Xin was similarly burned impatiently. She was already at her fastest but Ning Xue’s location was still very far from them. For her to be able to feel her presence was already the extreme boundary of Tong Xin’s strength.

“If Ning Xue came to any harm, even if you are the Heavenly Fire Dragon, I will certainly make you disappear from the face of this world!” Ye Wuchen firmly clenched his teeth until it produced grinding sounds. Holding on to Tong Xin, his hand unconsciously tightened, causing her a little pain.

Waving her small hands, a heartless dark light cut the tremendous wild lion blocking their way in half. Along the path, she was doing everything she could and killed more than ten creatures, she did not dare to dally.

If one had a good view from the the sky, one could see the large patch of the dark ground, with Tong Xin and Ye Wuchen moving towards its center using their fastest speed.

Every second that passed by was like torture for Ye Wuchen; that short minute already felt like a year. Even if he was anxious, he would not dare lose his calmness. Before his eyes, the huge trees became more sparse, and continuing ahead, even the cries of beasts and insects grew fewer until they completely faded away. Aside from the sound of wind in his ears, there was no other sound that could be heard.

For something so unusual, it must have a cause. Ye Wuchen’s brows slowly raised, in a low voice he said, “Tong Xin, do you feel anything unusual?”

Tong Xin casted sidelong glances, baffled as she shook her head.

“Be careful.” Ye Wuchen cautiously said.

What reason could make those tremendous enchanted beasts unwilling to approach this place? The Heavenly Fire Dragon had mentioned the lost shrine, could it be situated there? Ye Wuchen pondered with rapt attention.