Chapter 445: Stone City
"Th-This is a Celestial Mirror Order!"
Gu Tianyao's eyes lit up, and he was suddenly overjoyed. "Sister, we found a Celestial Mirror Order?"
Gu Muyun nodded.
Gu Tianyao immediately grew excited. "Then what are you guys waiting for? Let's go, let's go get it."
With that, Gu Tianyao leaped up, about to fly into the Stone City.
Gu Muyun was startled and quickly cried out, "It's dangerous!"
She hurriedly reached out to grab Gu Tianyao, but her hand grasped at empty air.
Gu Tianyao had already flown into the Stone City.
Gu Muyun quickly shouted, "Tianyao, come back! It's dangerous inside!"
"Dangerous?"
Gu Tianyao leaped up and landed on a dilapidated stone house, somewhat confused as to why his sister was so nervous. "Dangerous? What's so dangerous?"
And just as the words left his mouth...
BOOM!
Without any warning, the ground suddenly began to tremble.
The next moment, the stone house beneath his feet split open, and a thick, red tentacle, as wide as a man, shot out from within, stabbing straight at him.
"How dare you! What kind of beast are you?! You dare ambush me, the Little Overlord? You're courting death!"
Gu Tianyao bellowed, and with a SHING, he drew the long saber in his hand.
"ROAR!"
A mighty tiger's roar echoed from his saber. An illusory, giant tiger then materialized above the blade, pouncing down along with his strike.
However, when Gu Tianyao's saber struck the tentacle below...
CLANG!
A sound like striking a great bronze bell rang out.
Gu Tianyao felt the web between his thumbs and forefingers go numb.
The next moment.
The saber in his hand suddenly shattered with a CRACK.
"What?!"
Gu Tianyao was horrified.
The next instant, the massive red tentacle was already smashing toward his face.
"Look out!"
Gu Muyun's alarmed cry rang out.
A white shadow flashed before Gu Tianyao, and Gu Muyun suddenly appeared in front of him.
Then, shimmering with a brilliant, flowing light, Gu Muyun raised a resplendent Treasure Sword and slashed down.
In that instant, the temperature throughout the entire Stone City dropped several degrees as a vast torrent of cold energy erupted from Gu Muyun.
As the Treasure Sword fell, everything around them froze solid, turning into a field of azure ice crystals.
And yet, this magnificent strike, which seemed capable of freezing everything, was like paper before the massive red tentacle.
BANG!
It shattered on contact.
The surrounding ice crystals suddenly exploded.
With a WHOOSH, the Treasure Sword in Gu Muyun's hand trembled and was sent flying from her grasp.
Immediately after.
BOOM!
The massive red tentacle slammed down with a deafening crash.
Gu Muyun and Gu Tianyao both spat out a large mouthful of blood in mid-air and were sent flying backward.
At the same time, the sandy ground of the Stone City began to churn violently.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH...
One, two, three... ten, then dozens of bright red tentacles emerged from the sand.
They rose high into the air, then suddenly moved, crashing down on Gu Muyun and Gu Tianyao from all directions—front, back, left, and right.
Seeing this, Gu Muyun quickly thrust a palm into the air, and a vast torrent of cold energy surged from it.
CRACKLE! CRACKLE!
The surrounding air instantly condensed into a sheet of ice crystals. Gu Muyun then slammed her palm against it, launching herself backward and carrying Gu Tianyao with her out of the Stone City.
Fortunately, the tentacles seemed to be constrained by some kind of Restriction, and they did not pursue them once Gu Muyun and Gu Tianyao had flown out of the Stone City.
Gu Tianyao couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale and etched with lingering fear.
Then, Gu Tianyao looked up at the Stone City in stunned disbelief.
He saw terrifying tentacles erupting from between the desolate stone houses, writhing continuously in the sky.
Ten, dozens, hundreds—a continuous stream of bright red tentacles emerged from the ground, writhing densely above the Stone City, as if the entire town had come alive and transformed into a horrifying monster.
Gu Tianyao's eyes widened in astonishment. "Wh-what is that monster?"
Wan Hai, who had appeared at some point, walked forward from the side and said gravely, "That is the Thousand-Eyed Demon Chapter, a demonic beast with the strength of the Refining Dust Realm. It is the most terrifying monster on Pengze Immortal Island."
"So that's the Thousand-Eyed Demon Chapter! The most terrifying monster on Pengze Immortal Island!"
Gu Tianyao jumped in fright, his eyes wide. A shiver ran down his spine uncontrollably.
Meanwhile, Shen Daoxing, who was slowly walking down from the Flying Boat, looked up at the tentacles and couldn't help but feel a flicker of interest. "Oh? So that's the Thousand-Eyed Demon Chapter?"
'I wonder how this Thousand-Eyed Demon Chapter compares to that Flood Dragon in Yun Meng Lake?'
At this moment.
"ROAR!"
Another terrifying roar, one that seemed capable of piercing their eardrums, echoed from beneath the Stone City.
The next instant, without any warning, huge, terrifying red eyes opened with a SWISH on each of the protruding tentacles. They all swiveled their pupils in unison, staring directly at the group.
The group was stunned and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"ROAR!"
Suddenly, the strange monster under the ground roared again in what seemed like a fit of rage. It began to swing its terrifying tentacles wildly, smashing them outside the Stone City toward the group.
Fortunately, at this moment, large swathes of mysterious golden runes suddenly materialized within the Stone City, glowing brightly.
Immediately, a profound golden Restriction appeared on all four sides of the Stone City, blocking the terrifying tentacles' assault and sealing the creature tightly inside.
Yet, even so.
RUMBLE!
RUMBLE!
RUMBLE!
...
The terrifying tentacles slammed against the golden Restriction, creating a deafening series of explosions. The entire ground shook from the impacts.
Just being grazed by the shockwaves of this power caused the blood and Qi in their bodies to churn, throwing their senses into turmoil.
They retreated repeatedly, putting a safe distance between themselves and the Stone City before they felt some relief.
Even the Desert Poison Scorpions hiding beneath the sand were startled by the massive vibrations, scrambling out of their burrows and fleeing for their lives.
Gu Tianyao's eyes widened in horror. "Th-this is just insane, isn't it? With this monster here, how are we supposed to get the Celestial Mirror Order?"
"No. We can wait."
Gu Muyun stepped forward and suddenly said.
Then, after her words fell.
DOOONG... DOOONG...
Inside the Stone City, within the Stone Palace at its very center, a bronze bell suddenly began to sway, emitting a deep, prolonged sound.
Hearing this, the previously berserk red tentacles suddenly grew quiet as if they had been soothed, and they slowly retracted back into the ground.
Before long, the entire Stone City returned to a state of tranquility.
Then, Gu Muyun suddenly looked at the group. "If we want to get the Celestial Mirror Order, our only option is to sneak into the Stone City. We absolutely cannot awaken that monster again. More people isn't necessarily a good thing. It would be best for one person with a superior Body Technique to go in alone."