386: Breath of the Ancient God

Su Han's fingertips had just touched Bi Yao's wrist when a biting coldness crawled up his spine along his skin.

In the black mist erupting from the greatsword, countless tiny metal fragments floated, piecing together the vague outline of the Armored Man, his voice sounding as if it came from the bottom of the Abyss:

“Three thousand years ago, I couldn't stop it, and now…”

The latter half of the sentence was crushed by a deafening roar, and the entire cave began to shake violently.

Bi Yao gripped Su Han's hand tightly, the dark gold patterns where the rusted sword had integrated into her body pulsed wildly beneath her skin, like burning flames.

Reflected in her pupils was the continuously cracking star chart Seal, the black mist seeping from those cracks twisted as if alive, gradually solidifying into entities.

“It's the aura of an ancient god…”

Bi Yao's voice trembled, “This isn't an ordinary Seal, it's a forbidden technique used to suppress the Lord of Chaos in ancient times.”

Su Han's dagger drew a silver arc in the darkness, he watched his surroundings vigilantly, every floating metal fragment could become a deadly weapon.

Suddenly, he noticed that the dried bloodstains on the rock wall were wriggling again, this time not converging into totems, but transforming into tiny characters, flashing rapidly on the rock wall.

“Bi Yao, look!”

He tugged at the girl beside him.

Bi Yao narrowed her eyes, trying hard to decipher the fleeting characters: “These are… the last words of the star chart guardians.

It turns out that each star chart fragment was infused with the life force of a guardian, and once the fragments are gathered, the power of the Seal will backfire, releasing even stronger chaotic power.”

Her voice was filled with despair, “We've been wrong all along, collecting fragments wasn't for sealing, but for unsealing!”

Just then, the sound of metal clashing from the depths of the cave became clearer, this time it wasn't a single rhythm, but the grating sound of countless metal weapons rubbing against each other.

In the darkness, pairs of eyes glowing with a faint green light lit up, densely packed, like stars in the night sky.

Su Han felt his throat tighten, the number of those eyes far exceeding his imagination.

Bi Yao suddenly let go of Su Han's hand, the dark gold patterns spread from her chest to her arm, transforming into a translucent light sword.

“These are mechanical guards corroded by the power of Chaos, their cores are fragments of the star chart fragment.”

She wielded the light sword, and wherever the sword energy passed, those faint green eyes burst.

“We must find their central hub and destroy the core, otherwise we can never prevent the Seal from breaking.”

Su Han nodded, gripping his dagger, and stood back to back with Bi Yao.

As the mechanical guards approached, he finally saw what these Monsters looked like…

Their bodies were composed of broken armor and twisted gears, black viscous fluid flowed from their joints, and with every step, the ground was corroded into deep pits.

The battle raged fiercely in the darkness, Su Han's dagger accurately pierced the joints of the mechanical guards, while Bi Yao's light sword continuously severed their limbs.

However, these Monsters seemed to possess infinite vitality, their severed limbs quickly grew back.

Su Han felt his strength draining rapidly, his back was soaked with sweat, and every swing of his dagger became heavier.

Suddenly, a silver light shot from the darkness, heading straight for Bi Yao's back.

Without thinking, Su Han lunged forward, using his body to block the fatal blow.

Sharp pain came from his left shoulder, he looked down to see a metal bone spur piercing through his shoulder, blood dripping down the spur.

“Su Han!”

Bi Yao's voice was filled with panic, she turned and cut off the bone spur with her light sword, supporting the teetering Su Han, “Are you crazy?”

“Why did you…”(End of Chapter)