Chapter 834: Destroying Nine Pillar Island (2/2)

”Lin Gu, there’s no meaning in continuing any further. Our guess was right, Nine Pillar Mountain is a void island. The two of us have been trapped here for years and we’re unable to escape.” The one speaking was the green-robed woman on the left.

The woman called Lin Gu nodded, ”Shuyin, you’re right. We have wandered around for more than a year. We have practically gone to every possible part of this island. Besides those nine peculiar pillars, there is nothing else here. This should be an island hidden within the void.”

These two women were exactly Lin Gu and Cen Shuyin. Back then, they also landed on the Seven World Stone, just like Mo Wuji. They also chose a direction and dove in. However, because the two of them were too weak, Lin Gu had to use the Book of Luo to protect the two of them.

What the two of them didn’t expect was that halfway during their journey, they were swept away by a strong and unknown force. If not for the Book of Luo, the two of them would have been ripped into pieces.

When the two of them finally awoke, they found themselves in this desolate island. This island was extremely rich in elemental energy. Although Lin Gu was from a huge sect, she had never encountered a place with such rich elemental energy. She felt that the elemental energy here was even better than immortal spiritual energy; it was more suitable for cultivation. As for Cen Shuyin, she was even less aware of such things.

The only peculiar thing was that despite the richness of the elemental energy on this island, there weren’t any plants nor any other forms of life. There were some occasional tree roots, but they seemed to have been withered for countless of years.

Because there were nine pillars on this island, the two of them named it Nine Pillar Island. After the two verified that there were no other people here on the island, they decided to start cultivating.

When Lin Gu arrived, she was at the Grand Zhi Immortal Stage. With Mo Wuji’s pills and the rich elemental energy, she was able to reach the Great Circle of the Grand Luo Immortal Stage in just a few short years.

Cen Shuyin’s talent had always been top class. Moreover, her body had been washed by Mo Wuji using the Breath of Hongmeng, and her primordial spirit had been nourished by Mo Wuji using the Underworld Heart Flower. When her fleshly body and her primordial spirit merged back with one another, her talent got even better than before.

Coupled with the rich elemental energy in the area, she also reached the Great Circle of the Grand Luo Immortal Stage in just a few years.

However, there seemed to be limits on the Laws of the Heaven and Earth here. The two of them didn’t have profound insights, nor any pills for advancement. Thus, even though the energy here was extremely rich, the two of them were unable to advance any further. Cen Shuyin was also worried about Mo Wuji, so she was also not willing to continue staying here any further. Thus, the two of them stopped cultivating and began searching for a way out.

A year passed and the two seemed to have searched the entire island. The two of them came to a conclusion: This island was within the void and it was sealed by a natural array; they could only enter but they couldn’t leave.

”Lin Gu, I believe that if we want to leave, we have to begin from those nine pillars. Those nine pillars should be the key to this Nine Pillar Island. If we can break those nine pillars down, we might actually be able to leave this place.” When Lin Gu heard Cen Shuyin mention the nine pillars, she also believed that those nine pillars might be the key.

Lin Gu hesitated briefly before she said, ”Shuyin, where have you refined your Book of Luo to?”

”The 67th seal.” Cen Shuyin replied.

Lin Gu gritted her teeth and said, ”Shuyin, we’ll do as you say. We’ll join hands and attack those nine pillars. However, you need to constantly use the Book of Luo to protect us. I’m worried that when those nine pillars crumble, Nine Pillar Island will collapse along with it.”

”Alright.” Cen Shuyin nodded.

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The Nine Pillar Island truly deserves its name. Besides those nine pillars, there was only murky grey throughout the island.

Over these few years, Lin Gu and Cen Shuyin had already grown used to dangers. They didn’t simply escape from danger once or twice before.

Through their countless escapes from death, the two of them knew that hesitation was the bane of action.

Thus, when the two of them decided to destroy the nine pillars, they didn’t have a single shred of hesitation.

Originally, Lin Gu and Cen Shuyin thought that the two of them might not be enough to destroy the pillars. However, after attacking a pillar with their full force, the two of them knew that they were wrong. The pillar seemed to be lacking a proper support; with every attack, the pillar would crumble bit by bit.

”Shuyin, I understand now. These pillars should have been installed by someone. The reason why we are able to move them should be because they were left without sufficient elemental energy for a long time.” Lin Gu came to an understanding after several attacks.

Knowing that these pillars could be destroyed, the two began to strike with greater fervour. They even began using their sacred arts.

One year later, the first pillar crumbled. At the instant it fell, Cen Shuyin and Lin Gu both felt that the space around them had turned slightly unstable.

The two glanced towards each other and nodded. They knew that this was indeed the way out.

The second pillar only took three months to crumble, then the third, the fourth…

When the two finally destroyed the ninth pillar, the space around them suddenly started to twist and distort. The ground beneath them began to collapse as space itself began to tear. Rumbles reverberated through the air; it felt as though the entire cosmos was collapsing.

Cen Shuyin and Lin Gu hugged each other in fear. They hid within the Book of Luo. At the next instant, the violent spatial distortions directly swept the two of them into the void.

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At almost the same instant, many Great Circle Earthly Immortals from various planets looked up into the sky in astonishment. At this moment, they felt the power of ascension.