173: Chapter 173 Chen Yuan, Bewitched!

The Lu Yin before his eyes distorted and deformed, transforming into a sneering Abyssal Monster, while countless figures of comrades who had died tragic deaths appeared on the surrounding walls of flesh.

They stretched out their mangled arms, issuing silent accusations.

"It's you... it's all your fault!"

Chen Yuan roared, the cold light on his Tang sword exploding as he slashed toward Lu Yin with peerless, sharp killing intent and zero restraint!

Even before the blade reached him, the bone-chilling killing intent already made Lu Yin's skin sting with pain.

Lu Yin's heart jolted, but his reaction was not slow in the slightest.

His attributes instantly shifted toward Agility and Spirit, and his figure retreated rapidly like a phantom.

At the same time, he summoned Kasa and Yarberna, issuing a defensive command.

Kasa and Yarberna stood on either side of Lu Yin, flanking him.

"Teacher! Wake up!"

Lu Yin attempted to use a shout infused with spiritual power to impact Chen Yuan's chaotic consciousness.

However, the only response he received was Chen Yuan's even more frenzied blade light.

Kasa raised his shield to meet him, but although Chen Yuan's mind was deluded, his strength had increased rather than decreased.

The great shield and Chen Yuan's Tang sword collided violently, erupting in an ear-piercing metallic clash.

The violent force shook Kasa, sending him back several steps, and even the Black Flame on his shield dimmed slightly.

Yet Chen Yuan's offensive did not pause for a moment; the blade light continued to pour down like a torrential storm.

"Master, be careful!" Yarberna gave a delicate shout, raising her giant hammer to clash head-on with Chen Yuan's Tang sword.

Boom!

The explosive sound of metal striking metal echoed continuously through the space, sending sparks flying in all directions.

Chen Yuan's swordsmanship had completely lost its form, yet every move was lethal, each strike carrying a whistle that tore through the air.

The cold light on the Tang sword grew brighter and brighter, almost illuminating the entire space as if it were broad daylight.

"Teacher! Look closely, I am Lu Yin!"

Lu Yin called out to Chen Yuan's consciousness while rapidly dodging.

He could feel a bizarre dark energy permeating Chen Yuan's mental world, entangling his sanity like a spiderweb.

"Die! You all deserve to die!" Chen Yuan's eyes were completely covered in blood-red, and his mouth pulled back in a non-human arc.

Yarberna swept her giant hammer, attempting to force Chen Yuan back, but he dodged with a bizarre sidestep.

Immediately after, Chen Yuan shifted his blade's momentum, aiming straight for Yarberna's neck.

"Watch out!"

Lu Yin's pupils shrank suddenly.

At this critical juncture, a furious shout rang out.

"Thousand Army Charge!"

Kasa's body surged forward like a black meteor, carrying an indomitable momentum.

With his great shield in front, he collided fiercely with Chen Yuan's Tang sword!

Clang!

A deafening explosion resounded through the entire heart chamber, the shockwave causing the surrounding surging sea of blood to momentarily stall.

Kasa's all-out charge managed to barely block that lethal strike.

However, the arm holding the shield emitted a tooth-aching sound of bone cracking, and the Black Flame on the shield instantly dimmed.

His entire person was blown backward by the massive force, smashing heavily into the pulsating wall of flesh behind him.

Chen Yuan's offensive was forcibly interrupted, and a microscopic moment of stiffness appeared in his body.

His blood-red eyes stared fixedly at Lu Yin, his twisted face filled with frantic killing intent.

Lu Yin's gaze hardened, knowing that a simple call would not wake Chen Yuan.

He shifted his gaze to that dark red crystal.

That was the source of this distorted will; perhaps if he could just deal with that thing, Chen Yuan would recover.

"Old Lin! Help me stop him!"

"Kasa, Yarber, follow me across the blood river and attack the Nirvana Crystal!"

Following Lu Yin's whisper, Lin Xiao stepped out from the void, the god slaying sword in his hand instantly emitting a hum.

"Leave it to me."

Lin Xiao's voice was steady and powerful as he took a step forward, intercepting the frantically attacking Chen Yuan.

The god slaying sword tapped forward nonchalantly, meeting Chen Yuan's killing-intent-filled Tang sword perfectly.

Ding!

A crisp, clear ring sounded, not like metal clashing, but rather like a jade chime being lightly struck.

A gentle yet irresistible force rippled out, and Chen Yuan's violent blade momentum was easily neutralized by this single sword strike.

A flash of confusion crossed his blood-red eyes, and his body was pushed back several steps by that force.

"Now is the time! Go!"

Lu Yin seized this fleeting opportunity, his figure shooting forward like an arrow from a bow.

Kasa and Yarberna followed closely behind, charging together toward that surging dark red sea of blood.

Woo!

Countless shadow monsters in the sea of blood emitted silent shrieks, condensing into dark red waves that surged toward the three of them like a blanket covering the sky.

The vortices of their hollow faces generated a powerful suction, attempting to devour the intruders' souls and hope.

"Black Flame Incarnation!"

Kasa roared, his entire body instantly igniting with scorching Black Flame.

The Black Flame exploded, incinerating several of the foremost shadow monsters into nothingness.

But more monsters swarmed forward one after another, the dark red tide almost completely swallowing that speck of black.

"Meteor Strike!"

Yarberna also acted instantly, leaping high into the air and pouring all her strength into her attack.

A phantom of a falling meteor appeared on the surface of the giant hammer, which smashed down toward the surging sea of blood with the force to shatter mountains and split the earth!

Rumble!

The moment the giant hammer collided with the sea of blood, an earth-shattering roar erupted.

The dark red blood waves were forcibly blasted open into a massive hole by the terrifying power, and countless shadow monsters were pulverized under the impact of pure force.

However, the sea of blood seemed to possess a life of its own, as more dark red blood surged from all directions, attempting to fill the void.

The shadow monsters emitted silent shrieks, throwing themselves at the trio one after another.

"Momentary Eternity!"

Lu Yin shouted low, a look of determination flashing in his eyes.

Silver spatial power swept out, freezing the surging dark red blood.

Taking advantage of the instant the frozen blood sea and shadow monsters were stalled, Lu Yin's figure moved like lightning.

Under the desperate cover of Kasa and Yarberna, he finally reached the center of that dark red space.

The dark red crystal was right before his eyes; the nebula swirling inside seemed like a vortex of endless despair, radiating a suffocating sense of pressure.

Just by getting close, Lu Yin felt as if his soul was about to be torn apart and assimilated.

"Destroy it!"

Gripping the dragon bone longsword tightly, he instantly poured all his attributes into Strength and Spirit.

"Dimensional Cut!"

Lu Yin swung his sword; this was the latest technique of the Time-Space Sword Master class.

The longsword no longer slashed out simple sword qi, but a spatial rift so fine it was almost impossible to detect.

This rift spread forward silently, and everywhere it passed, even light was swallowed up.

It left behind only a pure, void-like trajectory.

The dark red crystal seemed to sense a true threat; the nebula swirling inside suddenly accelerated, emitting an even denser, ominous red light.

The entire heart chamber shook violently, and countless blood vessels pulsated frantically, injecting majestic dark red energy into the crystal.

Thick energy barriers condensed from despair and silence formed in front of it.

At the same time, that low, ancient malicious intent became sharp, like countless needles stabbing fiercely into Lu Yin's soul.

"Resistance... is nothingness..."

"Submission... brings peace..."

Lu Yin felt as if his head was about to explode, his sea of consciousness churned incessantly, and multiple phantoms even appeared before his eyes.