The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch. 49 - Quenched Soul
"The sound of these winds... Makes my head hurt."
"It has the effect of disrupting the mind and mentality of people. You can call it the Deathly Rhythm."
"Death Butterfly?"
"This forbidden move should have only been learned by warriors in the past. Although this time is rarely used, but with this style even though your body is immortal, if your soul is extinguished it is just like a dead person."
"A soul that's been extinguished?"
"Yes, be careful." The Lightning Fox replied briefly, for a moment the atmosphere was filled with only the noise of the wind until Xin Chen was fixated on a single point, making the fox also see what the child was paying attention to.
Xin Chen realized on every street had its own emblem. At the door that was before Xin Chen himself had the shape of an ape. The symbol appears because of the wind, located just above the gap of the cave.
Xin Chen's body spun rapidly, seeing all the different shapes in each path.
"Teacher, do you remember not the story of the resident spirit?"
"That long story? I didn't hear it too much because I thought there was no need."
"That's exactly the key," Xin Chen interrupted pointing to one of the streets with the bird emblem. "The Phoenix King has a head like a pelican."
He immediately went inside, with the push of strong winds his running speed also increased. Arrive in a labyrinth-like place with many puzzles in it. It was not wrong for the spirits of the Steel Phoenix residents to hide themselves in a place like this.
In addition to the puzzling puzzle some traps were installed so that no one could carelessly enter it. Not only that, now the sounds of stealth began to be heard in various places.
Xin Chen himself was used to remembering such trivial things as the story of the female spirit, because he had never thought he would be a great warrior and might want to be an official or minister like Yong Tao suggested.
In the science of speaking he is fairly good, unlike the case with Xin Zhan who is more expert in the science of silat aloe. In one breath alone could already make Xin Chen's heart slash into listening to him.
"Head like a pelican, necked like a snake, tailed fish scales, crowned peacock, back-boned like a dragon, skinned as hard as a turtle..."
Unknowingly finally after going through dozens of puzzling streets they arrived at one very deep point, Xin Chen could feel the oxygen supply in his lungs was also thinning.
The Lightning Fox itself took over to protect Xin Chen from behind. The presence of the two of them invited many ferocious insects to come.
A large centipede that seemed to be the king of this cave attacked the ceiling of the cave, making the ruins of the ground fall and almost hit Xin Chen. Unfortunately the stone just rolled, not hit the child's body. Now they both stop because they run out of leads. There is no symbol or anything that can be used as a reference again as before.
"Chen, you have to pick fast!" The Lightning Fox exclaimed, now the number of ferocious insects coming has reached hundreds. With the power of lightning it was not difficult to kill them, but this large amount made the way inside the cave start to shake. Could close the possibility of them getting in there.
"I don't know if this is true or not..." Xin Chen clenched his hands, in between the many paths he actually crawled and entered into a small hole. The Lightning Fox hesitated a little, she could not go inside as it had to withstand these centipedes.
"Hurry back before the door closes!"
"Good!"
While focusing on crawling inside the small hole, Xin Chen felt that his body was becoming increasingly incompetent. When it turned and realized in front of him there was no dead end Xin Chen had thought of returning and taking another path.
Not thinking for long he insisted on entering and breaking through the huge boulder that closed the path with ghost mode, an exit visible was still a bit far away from Xin Chen. The boy held his breath, almost unsure he could reach the door in time.
"Come on the Blood Ghost Mask... At least give me 7 seconds so I can get in there!!" Xin Chen forced himself over and over again, reaching for the crack wall and exiting from there. Xin Chen's heart was beating faster, the side effects when using the Mask's power excessively began to be felt. Disturbing his mind for a moment.
Xin Chen shook his head quickly, as he raised his head how shocked Xin Chen was when he got the figure of a man over a century old sitting there. Along with the light of the campfire and the calm flow of water. Looking at him was equally surprised.
"For thousands of years there has finally been one human being who can get to this place..." Those words just flowed by, the man approached Xin Chen in astonishment. "I'm sure you're not my enemy, before that's who your name is and where are you from?"
Xin Chen still did not quite understand, why there were still humans living in a place like this and how that grandfather could fit into such a small cave passage. He who is only 10 years old can not get into it.
"My name is Xin Chen, the second son of the Demon Sword from the White Mist Valley."
"Ah, that sect I haven't heard of for a long time. Fortunately, as long as you're not just people of that class, I can rest easy."
"Those you mean those guys from the black stream?"
"Yes... Those who change the power of the Phoenix Steel willfully, I will not forgive them. If I find just one of them, I'm sure I'm ripped to pieces in the stomach."
"Wait, Grandpa. I came here indeed for Steel Phoenix. There were so many people who were eyeing him–" Xin Chen said to a halt as his hand instead pierced through the grandfather's body while trying to touch him.
"You surprised? Can't you do it too?"
Xin Chen laughed awkwardly, knowing this grandfather was not a human, but rather a spirit. "Where did grandpa know?"
"You can only come to this place after having the Blood Ghost Mask. Have you seen for yourself, right, how's the path?"
"Yes... With the Blood Ghost Mask alone I don't think I can still reach this place."
"Indeed, enough with great determination and a little madness you'll be able to get in here." The grandfather raised his hand, closed his eyes and brought out a piece of steel in his hand. "Take it, and don't make this Steel Phoenix fall into the hands of the enemy. It could be your stomach that I'm unloading."
"good. Understood." Xin Chen gulped his saliva as he replied, imagining that threat alone he was already shuddering in horror.
Having figured out how to enter this place was not difficult anymore to get out, Xin Chen caught up with the Lightning Fox who had already finished off all the centipede demons. Take him out before the cave will collapse.
Xin Chen took a deep breath when he made it out of the cave, filling his lungs with air before opening his eyes. Suddenly the hand of the Lightning Fox moved, telling him to look ahead.
"Something seems to have been waiting for us..."
A loud applause rang out, feeling proud when he saw a piece of Steel Phoenix had been successfully brought out.
"The heirloom will be mine."
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