400: The Ancient Ferocious Beast Eclipse (VI)

Bi Yao gazed intently, only to see the ancient runes densely covering the body of the Corrosion Abyss flickering on and off.

Those patterns that had been temporarily extinguished by the golden flames began to glow faintly again.

As the putrid, fishy wind brushed past his ears, Su Han instinctively blocked with his sword.

The ice sword energy shredded by the Corrosion Abyss's front claws plowed deep furrows in the ground, and shattered ice mixed with the mucus from the Corrosion Abyss's body surface fell rustling down.

He glimpsed Bi Yao staggering and steadying herself against the ruins, her fingertips already uncontrollably emitting green Spirit Energy—a sign of the backlash from forcibly overdrawing using the "Cold Jade Art".

"Get behind me!"

Su Han roared and unleashed a sky full of frost blades.

The cold energy exploded into fine ice shards on the Corrosion Abyss's scales, and a certain scale suddenly curled back to reveal stark white fangs.

Intense pain shot up his right arm along the sword hilt, Su Han's pupils constricted, this Abyss demon beast actually displayed self-healing ability under the impact of the sword energy!

Bi Yao suddenly bit her fingertip and pressed it to her brow.

In an instant, nine phantom chains of crimson gold surged from within her, each chain node adorned with leaping flame totems.

Her action of forcibly opening the Meridians in her limbs using a secret technique caused the Corrosion Abyss to let out a threatening growl. Black poisonous mist condensed into sharp arrows that pierced through the gaps in the chains, but strangely ignited upon touching the halo around the girl.

"Flame Spirit Binding Array."

Su Han saw the nascent form of the array behind her and his heart trembled violently.

This forbidden technique required burning life force as fuel, but the array forcibly activated at this moment actually delayed the Corrosion Abyss's actions for half a breath.

He seized the opportunity, flipped and leaped up, his sword tip pointing directly at the demon beast's eye socket:

"Hold your breath!"

Bi Yao hadn't even had time to react when the ice prison formed by countless ice prisms surging from the earth veins had already enveloped an area of ten zhang.

The Corrosion Abyss rolled in agony within the ice prison, sulfurous stench fiercely colliding with the frost.

But just before the ice prisms were about to pierce its demon core, several bloody gashes suddenly bulged on the demon beast's spine, and its originally curled hind claws surged three times in size, piercing the ice prison!

The giant Ice Soul sword Su Han swung out with a spin barely grazed the Corrosion Abyss's sharp claws, and the recoil force caused the skin between his thumb and index finger to split open.

Blood beads splashing on the sword spine actually made a corrosive sizzling sound. He fiercely threw his sword away, turned around, grabbed Bi Yao, and leaped towards the broken cliff.

The Corrosion Abyss's enraged shriek shook the accumulated snow from the peak, but the pursuing black shadow suddenly slowed down upon touching a certain ancient array pattern on the ice surface.

The moment the two fell into the cold pool, the rumble of the mountain collapsing came from behind them.

Su Han held the unconscious Bi Yao as he surfaced, his fingertips stroking the pulsing vein on the girl's neck.

Moonlight pierced through the mist, illuminating the jade token on her chest—that Magical Artifact that had carried a silver glow since the Nether Valley, was now resonating with her heart, producing continuous golden patterns.

"So that's it."

Su Han suddenly remembered the scene he had seen in her Sea of Consciousness three days ago.

In an ancient temple on a stormy night, a white-robed priest pressed a blood-stained jade token into the girl's forehead, and golden patterns surging from underground crawled across her entire body along her Meridians.

Those Origins of flame that should have been suppressed by the Cold Jade Art were now, under the guidance of the jade token, producing a strange resonance with his ice Spirit Energy.

A grating sound came from afar, the Corrosion Abyss, dragging its injured body, was crushing the ice layer and approaching.

Su Han formed a Seal with his backhand and ignited the medicine pouch at Bi Yao's waist. The rising green smoke, mixed with the smell of blood, drifted away with the wind.

When the demon beast turned following the scent, he was already carrying the girl on his back, diving into the underground dark river.

In the intense pain of icy water flooding his lungs, he heard the Corrosion Abyss's earth-shaking roar turn into a muffled sound underwater, and the girl's pale face became increasingly transparent in the eerie blue water ripples.

At the end of the dark river was a massive dragon skeleton, and among the spine bones covered in dark red moss, a sealing array diagram was faintly visible.

Su Han's pupils constricted—this was clearly the "Nine Abyss Demon Suppressing Pillar" recorded in ancient texts, but the shape of the missing gap in the array core clearly matched the imprint on Bi Yao's jade token.

When he broke through the moss and touched the rock wall, the entire dragon skeleton suddenly lit up with blood-colored runes, and the girl in his arms suddenly began to tremble violently.

"Don't touch it! That's the Soul-Devouring Curse."

Bi Yao opened her eyes in intense pain, strands of black smoke somehow entwined in her hair.

She raised her hand and pressed down on Su Han's hand, which was about to withdraw. Her blood-stained fingertip traced the array patterns on the rock wall, and the entire dragon skeleton wall suddenly emitted a clicking sound of bones grinding.

The Corrosion Abyss's roar exploded overhead. It was actually using its main body to ram the underground Seal!

Su Han picked up Bi Yao and dashed into the suddenly appearing passage. Behind them, the roar of collapsing rocks echoed. (End of Chapter)