As the Universe Turns - Chapter 136

Chapter 136 Kuangsha
“Hurry! Arrange the things quickly!”

The old man put away the compass. At this moment, he was still extremely excited. The other three men and two women did not hesitate and immediately took out eight things from their sleeves.

The eight objects were dark black and had strange shapes, like pestles but not pestles. Each of them had a totem carved on it, but it was something that Xiao Chen could not understand.

Very quickly, the ten people arranged the eight magical artifacts in eight directions: Qian, Kun, Li, Kan, Gen, Dui, Xun, and Zhen. They inserted them into the yellow sand, revealing only half a foot outside. Each magical artifact was about ten zhang apart, as if they had formed some sort of formation.

Next, apart from the two women, the other eight people stood in front of the eight magic tools. They bit the tip of their tongues hard and spat out a mouthful of blood essence onto the magic tool. At this moment, the originally dark eight magic tools suddenly shone with a bloody light, reflecting the nearby sand dunes to a red color.

At the same time, the eight people began to chant incantations, and the formation instantly shrouded in a layer of bloody light. Xiao Chen hid behind Shi Feng in the distance, and the more he looked at it, the stranger he felt. What exactly were these people doing? Why did it look a bit like some evil technique?

After about an incense stick of time, the last glimmer of light in the sky gradually sank. After sunset, this desert of death became even colder and more deathly silent.

Xiao Chen hid behind the stone peak and observed with rapt attention. The bloody light on the strange formation grew heavier and heavier, reflecting the eight people beside the magical artifact like bloodmen. It looked extremely strange.

At this moment, the originally deathly silent desert suddenly seemed to move slowly. Quicksand surged like a river. Even the sand dunes in the distance rose and fell, as if the ground was about to sink.

“What’s going on …”

The ten mysterious people also became nervous at this moment. Layers after layers of black clouds suddenly gathered in the originally dim yellow sky. Layers after layers of black clouds covered the sky, as if an ancient great devil had appeared. It was as if it wanted to devour this desert of death, causing one’s heart to tremble.

“Quick!”

Out of the ten people, the old man in the lead seemed to have sensed something wrong and immediately ordered the others to activate the formation. However, the sand dunes nearby were flowing more and more ferociously. Even the eight magic tools inserted into the sand began to tremble at this moment.

“Rustle rustle rustle–”

Strange voices seemed to come from the endless underground. The faces of the ten people had already changed. They were constantly aggravating their curses. However, the more they aggravated their curses, the more layers of black clouds in the sky became denser and lower, as if they were going to swallow everything up.

“What’s going on …”

Xiao Chen, who was hiding behind Shi Feng in the distance, also felt that something was wrong at this moment. Right now, his divine sense was sharp. At that moment, he sensed a trace of danger. It was extremely dangerous.

“Kid, quickly leave this place.”

At this moment, a young man’s voice suddenly rang in his mind. It was Su Ye who woke up. He had always carried Fuxi Zither with him, but after the last time he was in Xuanqing Sect, Su Ye had fallen into a deep sleep. He recalled that he had also sensed danger at this moment, so he suddenly woke up.

Xiao Chen didn’t expect him to suddenly wake up at this moment. He immediately sent a divine sense to Fuxi Zither, “Su Ye, did you discover something? This place is so strange …”

“I … I can’t remember anything. Leave! Quickly leave this place! Uh …”

“Su Ye? Su Ye!”

There was no longer Fuxi Zither’s voice in Su Ye. Xiao Chen frowned slightly and stood up to gaze at the dark clouds that were quickly shrouding the distance.

The black clouds came quickly and covered his place in the blink of an eye. Just as he was about to leave the vicinity, he suddenly felt that Shi Feng had moved and was being arched up by a few powerful quicksand beneath him.

“Not good …”

Xiao Chen thought to himself. At this moment, it was as if he had been imprisoned by some mysterious power. At this moment, when Shi Feng stood up, the ten people below discovered him.

“Who is it!”

Seeing a figure suddenly appear on top of Shi Feng, the expressions of the ten people below immediately changed. Originally, the accident had caused them to be extremely frightened, but now, they discovered that there was a person hiding far away, and their hearts were filled with waves of shock. How could there be anyone else in the Desert of Death? Didn’t they teach this person to listen and see everything that had just happened?

“Quick! Don’t let that person leave!”

The expression of the old man in the lead changed drastically. No matter who the other party was, he was no longer allowed to leave. Of the ten people, only six were left to support the formation. The other four, two men and two women, immediately unleashed their movement techniques and flew towards the stone peak where Xiao Chen was.

Seeing these four people attack, Xiao Chen didn’t want to entangle himself with them. He just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible because he could feel that the trace of danger was getting closer and closer.

However, just as he was leaping into the air, the yellow sand in front of him suddenly rose to a peak, pressing down on him like a raging sea.

As soon as this force was suppressed, Xiao Chen immediately felt stifled. His body, which had originally rushed forward, suddenly reversed its direction. However, the four people who had rushed up had not expected it. Before they could react, they were blown away by the terrifying sand wall, causing them to vomit blood.

When he landed on the ground, Xiao Chen felt the entire earth tremble. He saw sand dunes rising and falling in all directions. Many places had already begun to sink. If such a large desert were to sink, how terrifying would it be?

Most importantly, the layers of black clouds in the sky were now shrouded. Under the restriction of that mysterious force, not to mention using movement techniques to escape, even the Imperial Sword could not fly out.

Suddenly, he remembered that time when he went to Dongjie. At that time, he happened to encounter a dragon vein shift. It was almost as if the heavens and the earth had changed drastically. He still remembered the terrifying situation of that time. And now, the dragon vein shift in the Desert of Death was no less terrifying than that time, or even more terrifying.

Originally, Dongjie suddenly shifted its mountains because of the shift of the earth’s spirit veins. Now, what was the reason for the drastic change in the Desert of Death?

Xiao Chen looked at the sand dunes that were constantly collapsing in all directions. If such a large area of desert were to sink, it must be something that was 10,000 feet underground. Otherwise, there would never be such a strange situation.

“Boom!”

Suddenly, a loud explosion sounded not far away, followed by a terrifying force that swept up the yellow sand in the sky, almost sending him flying.

After he stood firm, Xiao Chen looked towards the direction where the voice came from. The strange formation of the ten people just now collapsed in an instant, and eight magical artifacts flew out randomly. As a result, the entire desert sank even faster, as if it wanted to bury everything on the ground beneath the tens of thousands of feet of yellow sand.

“Rustle rustle rustle rustle!”

Suddenly, Xiao Chen’s surroundings began to sink. It was like a vortex. There seemed to be a powerful force pulling him down from the ground, causing him to wake up. He kicked his feet and flew into the air.

When the ten people saw him, the black-robed old man suddenly flew over. His eyes were sharp as he coldly shouted, “Who are you?” As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn’t help but say something and struck out with his palm.

Xiao Chen flicked his sleeve, and with a “bang”, he caught the palm strike from him. The two palms collided, causing yellow sand to fly everywhere, causing the ground that was already sinking to tremble even more violently.

The old man’s eyes narrowed. He hadn’t expected this person’s cultivation to be so high. Although he hadn’t used his full strength just now, he could still feel that his opponent’s cultivation might be inferior, but his cultivation was definitely not inferior to his own. This made him even more suspicious.

The rest of them flew over as well. However, Xiao Chen had no intention of tangling with these people at this moment. He only wanted to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible. He kicked his feet and immediately launched the Ling Xian Steps into the air.

However, before he could rush out, the yellow sand on the ground suddenly rolled up and violently pressed down on him like a ten thousand meter tsunami. Such a terrifying power of heaven and earth, to put it bluntly, he would not dare to forcefully barge into the cultivation of the Dao even if he had cultivated for another two hundred years.

“Boom!”

With a loud explosion, the heavens and earth trembled. Even the ten people behind them felt a deep tremor when the 10,000 foot sand wall was pressed down. They were completely unable to resist the power of the heavens and earth. They did not know what had happened, and why the originally fine sand wall had suddenly changed.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen instantly used the Ling Xian Steps to avoid the yellow sand. Otherwise, he would have been buried beneath the sand. At this moment, a hundred kilometers in radius was sinking. At that time, it would be difficult for him to come out again.

“No …”

Xiao Chen looked at the sinking sea of sand. If he couldn’t get out like this, even without the obstruction of those ten people, he might not be able to ride his sword out. He could only test whether the Instant Step Cosmos could break through the envelope of this mysterious power.

“Don’t leave!”

When a black-robed man saw that he was about to escape, he instantly rushed forward. Xiao Chen’s eyes turned cold and he flicked his sleeve back. A withered wood dragon roar struck out, and it immediately rolled up the yellow sand in the sky, forming a dragon shadow. With a roar, it rushed towards the man, causing him to vomit blood and fly backwards.

The rest of the people behind were shocked. Before they could react, Xiao Chen had already executed the Instant Step Universe and disappeared from their sight.

After using the Instant Step Cosmos Technique, Xiao Chen did not know where he had arrived. He had originally thought that he had rushed out, but the scene in front of him caused his expression to change slightly.

The nearby yellow sand piled up layer upon layer, forming countless dunes. However, countless black holes appeared in the middle, making it look extremely strange.

“These are … terrible!”

Xiao Chen suddenly realized something. Just as he was leaping into the sky, the ground within a radius of several dozen kilometers suddenly sank. This powerful suction force forcefully pulled him back.

In the next instant, before he could fly out with his cultivation, the 10,000 foot mad sand had already buried him.