Chapter 264 (1/2)
The distant ancient aura skyrocketed from the mountains, piercing the dark skydome. But it suddenly converged and went back when it was nearly about to touch the sky. Floating snow on the top of Snow-capped Peak gradually flew and the aura of the green valley came to chaos. Powerful winds danced in the air and annihilated all things in the twinkling of an eye.
Tao Addict's numerous ice swords, Calligraphic Addict's Half Divine Talisman, the Restriction Fu released from the embroidered purse by Ning Que and boiling water were all swallowed by the fog driven by the powerful winds and disappeared without a trace.
Ning Que and Mo Shanshan were tossed away by the soaring aura and woke up after a short moment of dizziness. He looked at the heavy fog encircling the heaven and earth and could not help but feel a little cold. Such a horrible aura was completely unlike a power a human being could exert. Even a powerhouse in the peak of Knowing Destiny State could not make it.
His quiver and luggage were still beside him. He was shocked as well as very puzzled. Because this wild aura directly devoured everything, including the aura of the Tao Addict. But why was he still intact, and not suffering any harm?
”What talisman... is this?”
Ning Que found it difficult to suppress the shock in his heart, so he looked at Mo Shanshan and asked.
Mo Shanshan lifted up her sleeves and wiped the fresh blood shedding from her lip corner and then shook her head.
Previously, she used her blood to write a Half Divine Talisman and threw it towards the Daming Lake, triggering a mutation in the valley. But she did not seem to have thought of such a consequence. When she found that she could no longer hear the waves of the Daming Lake in the silent surroundings, fear appeared in her black eyes and she said in a trembling voice, ”It has nothing to do with me.”
The two supported each other by the arms and stood up with difficulty. All they could see was water mist and they did not know exactly where they were. Ning Que did not understand her words very well, so he looked at her confusedly.
Mo Shanshan coughed twice gently and felt the distant ancient aura still lingering in the heavy mist. She said in an awe-stricken and longing mood, ”This aura is a vented power when the Front Gate tactical array of Devil's Doctrine opens. Previously I only tried to open the tactical array. But I really didn't expect the tactical power to be so powerful when it was opened.”
The Front Gate tactical array of Devil's Doctrine opened?
Ning Que felt very surprised.
Prince Long Qing had said, a few days ago, on that snow cliff that it would take time to open the door of the Front Gate of Devil's Doctrine. These days he had been in Tao enlightenment besides the Daming Lake and did not feel any sign of the opening of the Front Gate of Devil's Doctrine. Unexpectedly, Mo Shanshan actually had the ability to see through the Front Gate big tactical array of Devil's Doctrine and made it open in advance!
In view of this, he looked at Mo Shanshan with a bit more admiration in his eyes. He thought the three Addicts really deserved their well-known reputation. Mo Shanshan looked gentle and quiet usually and did not demonstrate any special abilities. But in a critical moment, she could always bring many surprises to others. The Calligraphic Addict girl was actually able to reach the utmost talisman tactical array state.
Under Ning Que's fervent gaze, Mo Shanshan felt it uncomfortable to see the admiration and praise in his eyes. She bowed her head shyly and explained in a low voice, ”These days you enlightened Tao and broke the realm beside the lake. I had nothing to do, so I looked at this big tactical array of the Front Gate for a long time and understood it a bit.”
She bowed her head and kept whispering. ”And it's not an original array tactical. It's just a hidden one outside the Front Gate.”
Although Master Yan Se once said that the talisman was a tactical array. Ning Que had also been used by Seventh Sister as a coolie to repair the tactical array at the back of the mountain of the academy, but his knowledge of tactical arrays was still extremely poor and he could not fully understand what was an original tactical array or a cover one. However, he was well aware that the situation had already come to a dead end at the moment when Tao Addict, Ye Hongyu, launched an attack. Later, Mo Shanshan opened the Front Gate of Devil's Doctrine, which directly broke the dead end. It was more important than anything else.
Ning Que lamented, ”The Tao Addict is really strong. Both you and I cannot compete with her after she entered Knowing Destiny State. But unfortunately you're here, then the Daming Lake is a wrong battlefield for her.”
Mo Shanshan looked up and showed joy in her eyes. From the frontier fortress of North of the Yan Kingdom to the depths of the Wilderness, she had always felt she did not deserve the t.i.tle of Calligraphic Addict compared with Ning Que, for she could not help him too much. So she inevitably felt somewhat sad. But when Ning Que praised her usefulness at this time, she said softly, ”I just gave it a try.”
Ning Que laughed and said, ”Excessive modesty is considered prideful.”
Mo Shanshan nodded smilingly.
Ning Que looked at the heavy fog around them and frowned slightly. He asked, ”What do we do next? If the Front Gate of Devil's Doctrine has been opened, how can we enter?”
The fog was too thick, covering all that was before them. And the aura of heaven and earth was in a turmoil so that his sense of perception could only perceive something chaotic. It was hard to find the Front Gate of Devil's doctrine in this environment. He did not even know where they were at this time. Were they still in the verdant valley or somewhere else after they were tossed away by that aura?
Mo Shanshan closed her eyes and stretched her slender fingers out of her cotton sleeves into the fog. She bent her fingers to count and perceive. A moment later she opened her eyes and said with knitted black brows, ”Let's wait for the fog to dissipate first.”
Fogs always converged and then dispersed. After a short time, the change in the Qi of Heaven and Earth caused by the opening of the big tactical array of the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine was gradually appeased by the real world. The fog in mid air first dispersed and one could vaguely see the sky at a high alt.i.tude. For an unknown reason, the original gloomy snow cloud had already dispersed, exposing a corner of the blue sky.
The fog spread faster and faster. From the blue sky to Snow-capped Peak and green lush trees on the peak, all of them entered Ning Que's vision. Because he had seen Snow-capped Peak for a few days, coupled with his relative position, he was stunned to find that they were in the heart of the Daming Lake at this time!
However, there was clearly real ground beneath their feet. How could they be in the lake? Where had the Daming Lake water gone? If the water had directly evaporated with the opening power of the Front Gate big tactical array of Devil's Doctrine, there should be mud at their feet. But the ground felt hard and solid at his feet, which was obviously somewhat strange.
The fog continued to disperse from the sky to the ground. Ning Que was able to see the tip of green broad-leaved forest branches in the lakeside. Judging from the height of the tip of branches, he was more and more certain that they were at the bottom of the lake, and doubt grew in his heart.