ushernet Chapter 9 Confusion
Chapter 9 Confusion
"What are you looking at? Turn around and face me! If you dare to look at me again, I'll gouge your eyes out!" Seeing Chen Er and Zhang Liao staring at her with puzzled expressions, Lü Lingqi suddenly seemed to remember something and snapped.
"Oh, oh." Chen Er was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know what she wanted to do, he had just caught a glimpse of Lu Lingqi wearing a plain white dress under her armor.
Zhang Liao suddenly realized what was happening, his face turning bright red. He immediately turned around, intending to cover his eyes, but then hesitated, as if remembering the situation. His embarrassment left Chen Er speechless.
What time is it, why are you still worrying about these things?
"Alright, you can turn around now." A moment later, Lü Lingqi's voice came over.
Chen Er and Zhang Liao turned around at the same time and heard a high-pitched bird cry. Then, a huge, colorful bird appeared behind Lü Lingqi.
"I………………" Chen Er stared blankly at the Chongming Bird that appeared behind him.
How did such a big bird suddenly appear here?! Zhang Liao was also puzzled.
"What are you looking at? Be careful, or I'll gouge your eyes out! Get back up here!" Lu Lingqi, now dressed in her battle robes again, glared at the two men with a mixture of embarrassment and anger. If she hadn't felt indebted to them for misunderstanding them before, she would never have summoned the Chongming Bird!
Zhang Liao wanted to ask something more, but just then, a grand, ancient sacrificial sound rang out, a sound that had appeared once before.
Chen Er felt as if the sound had awakened all the creatures in the darkness, and he felt as if someone was staring intently at him from behind. He looked behind Lü Lingqi, who was standing opposite him, and saw that the silent assassins who had been like statues were now moving towards him again.
He suddenly understood why the Chongming Bird had appeared here. Then, he grabbed Zhang Liao, who was still in a daze, and pulled him directly onto the Chongming Bird's body.
Chen Er hadn't realized how enormous the Chongming Bird was when they first saw it, but now he was astonished. The three of them climbed onto the bird's back, and it was able to spread its wings and, accompanied by a gust of wind, soared into the air.
When they arrived, Chen Er and Zhang Liao only noticed the Abyss of Fear, unaware that it also stretched endlessly above them. Now, the three of them, clinging to the Chongming Bird, looked down at the surging tide of death warriors more than ten meters below, and for a moment, they felt a sense of relief, as if they had escaped a catastrophe.
Now that they were high up, Chen Er could finally see the entire space below. Below the narrow passage, which was only three or four meters wide, lay an endless abyss of fear. On one side of the passage was a bronze gate, and on the other side was a structure resembling an altar. The passage was now crowded with assassins.
Despite the immense crowd, not a single sound was uttered; if one closed their eyes, they wouldn't even be aware of their presence. At this moment, although Chen Er couldn't see clearly what was happening below, he felt as if countless eyes were watching him.
Fortunately, there was the Chongming Bird… However, what Chen Er didn’t understand was why Lü Lingqi had summoned it so late, given that there was a Chongming Bird. He looked at Lü Lingqi and realized that in just a short while, her face had turned as pale as paper.
"What's wrong with you?" Before Chen Er could finish his sentence, he saw a sudden flash of bright light appear inside Lü Lingqi's battle robe. Then, something miraculous happened: the light faded, and Lü Lingqi's complexion quickly returned to normal.
Chen Er shut his mouth, and Zhang Liao didn't notice what was happening. Lü Lingqi glanced at Chen Er, and said with a hint of embarrassment and annoyance:
"What are you looking at! Remember this, I don't owe you anything!"
Before Chen Er could even process the meaning of those words, he saw Lü Lingqi, like a female deity, issuing commands to the Chongming Bird:
"Nirvana Flame".
With a clear cry, flames mixed with five-colored light shot out like thin threads toward the assassins in the passageway!
Five-colored flames illuminated the entire space in an instant. Whether it was an illusion or something else, Chen Er suddenly saw a flash of red light in the abyss below.
He didn't notice the girl beside him whose face quickly turned pale, nor did he think about how the Chongming Bird had appeared here.
They didn't even consider that the bird's skill was fire.
This is incredible. It's as if what's burning in the flames is just a pile of sculptures devoid of any consciousness! But how can sculptures move?
Chen Er felt that his understanding had been completely overturned. After arriving in this world, first there were strange beasts, then martial arts skills, then the Warrior Tower, and now he had actually encountered such a group of monsters.
It was unclear how much time had passed before the sea of fire below finally stopped burning. Chen Er looked down at the "suicide squad" who had been burned to a crisp.
A strange unease suddenly gripped his mind.
It's so strange, these "suicide squad" members just turned to ashes like that? The process was so simple.
His intuition told him that something seemed wrong. It wasn't that the "Nirvana Flame" martial skill wasn't powerful enough, but he felt that even if these assassins couldn't face "Nirvana Flame," they shouldn't just obediently wait down there to be burned to ashes.
This feeling was like... like they were deliberately courting death! A strong sense of unease suddenly enveloped Chen Er's heart.
Just then, a thud came from beside him. He turned his head and saw that Lü Lingqi, who had been standing, had suddenly fallen onto the back of the Chongming Bird.
At this moment, the distinction between men and women was no longer a concern. Zhang Liao tried to pull Lü Lingqi up, and Chen Er also reached out his hand, but Lü Lingqi pushed away both of their outstretched hands.
"I can get up on my own, I don't need your help!"
Zhang Liao paused for a moment, then withdrew his hand. Chen Er also withdrew his hand in silence.
He watched as Lü Lingqi struggled to her feet, her gaze fixed intently on her face throughout the process.
Why is her face so pale, without a trace of color? Could it be related to what she just did?
Lu Lingqi felt a surge of embarrassment and anger under his gaze, and glared at him resentfully. Chen Er paused for a moment before shifting his gaze to the passageway.