287: Chapter 287 Scorching Shadow, Spirit Guardian

"Phew!"

"Phew!"

Pushing open the gates of purgatory, a searing breath rushed at them!

As if it wanted to incinerate everything on the two of them...

Before them was a sea of searing lava!

Fortunately...

The seven emotions seed trembled.

Yin Ming Cold Water poured out, protecting their bodies.

"Stay close to me."

"Mm."

Ling Su focused her mind as the innate dao plate bobbed before her, guiding them toward a safe direction.

The Prison-Suppressing Golden Dragon roared.

Qin Tian could feel that something on the other side of the lava sea was calling to him!

However, crossing over would be incredibly difficult.

He tried to take flight, but the ground beneath his feet seemed to have a giant hand firmly grasping him, making it impossible to fly.

"It looks like we'll have to pass through this lava..."

Ling Su nodded slightly. "This is the only way, but something is likely lurking beneath this lava."

"Just in case, I need to make some preparations..."

Qin Tian was curious. "What are you going to do?"

Ling Su smiled. "Remember the Puppets from the Black Earth Immortal Domain?"

"I actually brought quite a few."

Qin Tian realized and finally remembered those god-like Puppets.

Ling Su waved her jade-like hand.

Ten Puppets appeared at her call.

"Won't using the Dao Heaven Technique to drive these Puppets cause a backlash?"

Ling Su smiled. "You wouldn't know about this!"

"These Puppets were personally refined by Grandmaster Grandmother. When we don't want to reveal our tracks, we must use the Dao Heaven Technique to drive them, but for now, only a little spiritual power is needed!"

"Once these Puppets are activated, disasters cannot destroy them, and heavenly lightning cannot bury them. It's just that their duration is a bit short. I don't know how to refine them, let alone repair them, so I can only use them one by one..."

Qin Tian paused.

"You don't know how to fix them, but I do!"

Ling Su: ?

"These were refined using Grandmaster Grandmother's unique methods; others can't understand the principles at all... Eh?"

"What are you doing?"

Qin Tian approached a Puppet and, with a few quick movements, tapped a connection point in the patterns, immediately activating the entire Puppet.

Ling Su was completely stunned!

"You also know this Heaven-Defying Puppet technique?"

"Just learned it."

Ling Su: ...

"Hmph, you liar!"

She was incredibly surprised, but she knew now was not the time to get to the bottom of it.

With a flick of her hand, the ten Puppets drifted straight into the lava sea to investigate the movements below.

Shortly after, Ling Su's face was full of confusion.

"There seems to be nothing down there..."

Qin Tian was slightly stunned.

"No living creatures?..."

"Let's go down and take a look!"

The two went down hand in hand, surrounded by Yin Ming Cold Water, sinking into the lava.

A searing, suffocating sensation rushed over them.

But besides that, there was nothing else...

"How could this alone stop anyone?"

While he was wondering.

Qin Tian suddenly felt a bout of dizziness.

"Not good!"

"This lava is the real test!"

At this moment, the lava had already turned into wisps of invisible aura, entering Qin Tian and Ling Su's bodies.

The dizziness became more and more severe.

"Qin Tian, what's wrong with you!"

"Don't scare me!"

"Qin Tian! Qin Tian!!!"

Ling Su's cries echoed.

Qin Tian completely lost consciousness and fell into darkness.

"No need to shout anymore."

"He won't wake up!"

A low voice rang out from beneath the lava.

The searing breath condensed, slowly forming a humanoid figure.

It had no face, only constantly flowing flames!

Ling Su's expression changed drastically.

"Who are you?"

"What happened to Qin Tian?"

The Searing Shadow spoke slowly, "My name is the Fire of Original Sin, here to settle the sins within the hearts of living beings."

"He is currently immersed in the sins he has committed and will never come out!"

!!!

Anxiety flashed in Ling Su's eyes.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could he carry any sins?"

The Searing Shadow let out a light chuckle.

"Deceiving his Revered Master and betraying his ancestors, being rebellious—that is his first sin!"

"Defying the Heavenly Dao and creating unnecessary slaughter—that is his second sin!"

"Disrupting the natural order..."

"Enough!!"

Ling Su's eyes narrowed.

"He definitely carries no sins!"

"These are just fragments of memory you've peered into from somewhere, nothing but fabrications!"

"Do you think I'm that easy to fool?"

The innate dao plate floated; Ling Su was now very Life Qi!

"Interesting. Who exactly are you?"

"My flames cannot affect you in the slightest?"

"Or are you simply not human?!"

Ling Su didn't answer, only saying coldly:

"Wake him up, or die!"

The Searing Shadow chuckled, "With just you?"

"Stop talking such delusional nonsense!"

"Here, I am the heavens!"

A hand surrounded by flames was suddenly raised.

The lava churned, kicking up a colossal wave!

Ling Su gave a soft shout.

"Dao Heaven Technique!"

The innate dao plate soared into the sky, emitting a mysterious aura and condensing into a light screen that completely enveloped her and the sleeping Qin Tian.

boom!

The colossal lava wave crashed against the light screen and was completely blocked...

The Searing Shadow spoke in surprise.

"The aura of this Magic Treasure is truly interesting."

"I have seen a similar one..."

"However, no matter how powerful this Magic Treasure is, you are but a mere little Heavenly Lord. How long can you hold out?"

The next moment.

The Searing Shadow waved its hand.

Specks of firelight scattered down, turning into countless flame-shrouded creatures that launched suicidal charges at the light screen!

Bang!

Bang Bang!

With each impact she endured, Ling Su's aura grew a bit weaker.

She looked at Qin Tian, her heart calling out constantly.

"Qin Tian, wake up quickly!"

"I know you definitely won't be bound by such petty tricks!"

"Until you wake up, I will hold on and not let this fellow get a step closer!"

Ling Su gritted her teeth, her mind made up.

Meanwhile.

In the hazy darkness, Qin Tian gradually regained consciousness.

"What's going on?"

[Ding! The Host is enveloped by the Fire of Original Sin and will face the sins in his heart!]

"Sins?"

Qin Tian was stunned.

"What sins do I have?"

Endless doubt rose in his heart.

Suddenly, the surrounding scenery changed abruptly.

Qin Tian returned to an incredibly familiar place—

Divine Firmament Peak

Yun Xi's bedroom...

And at this moment, he was holding a pair of warm Ice silk stockings in his hand...

???

Isn't this...

"Qin Tian!"

"What are you doing here?"

A voice filled with coldness came from behind.

Qin Tian's heart skipped a beat.

Sins... it's referring to this?

Holy crap?

He slowly turned around and met those eyes he had looked into countless times.

That appearance was indeed Yun Xi...

But Qin Tian knew this wasn't the real Yun Xi...

"What are you holding in your hand?!"

The voice grew a few degrees colder.

Qin Tian unconsciously gave them a squeeze.

"Sins?"

"It seems it just amplifies the things one feels guilty about in their heart..."

"Without the System, I probably would have found it hard to maintain my consciousness and would have been completely immersed in this illusion..."

"But unfortunately, I have one!"

A curve formed at the corner of Qin Tian's lips as he looked up at the "Yun Xi" whose gaze was completely unlike his Revered Master's and said calmly:

"You're asking me what I'm doing?"

"Naturally, I'm going to do what Revered Master likes most!"

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