277: Exploring the Forbidden Abyss of All Laws

Cao Bu shook his head, his expression carrying a hint of perfectly timed melancholy. "The dream ended abruptly here. As for the ending... perhaps, I will dream of it again in the future."

Hearing this, a flash of disappointment and longing flickered deep within Liu Ruyan's eyes.

In her view, although this poem was beautiful, it was a story without an ending.

And stories without an ending were often the most heart-wrenching and left people the most unreconciled.

Only then did the various emperors gradually snap out of the poetic mood. They looked at each other, the shock in their hearts growing even greater!

To think a single poem possessed such magic that it could cause even these iron-willed Great Emperors to lose themselves.

It even caused the habitually cold Empress Liu Ruyan to lose her composure so!

Great Emperor Xuanji stroked his beard and sighed with deep emotion. "Clan Chief Cao's cultivation is not only heaven-defying, but his literary talent is also beyond the reach of ordinary men."

"With just a few lines, he has fully expressed the obsessions of Reincarnation."

"Today, this old man has truly had his eyes opened!"

"Fellow Daoist Xuanji overpraises me." Cao Bu waved his hand, his gaze turning back to the entrance of the Myriad Laws Forbidden Abyss, his expression returning to solemnity. "It's getting late; it's time to enter."

Everyone composed themselves and nodded one after another.

Under Cao Bu's lead, the emperors walked toward the entrance of the Myriad Laws Forbidden Abyss.

The moment they stepped into the range of the Forbidden Abyss, an invisible, mighty power descended!

Everyone's cultivation rapidly plummeted to the Peak World King Realm!

"As recorded in the ancient texts, there is a terrifyingly mighty power here that suppresses cultivation!" Great Emperor Xuanji's expression was grave. He tried to circulate the power within his body and felt that he could only exert the combat strength of the third or fourth level of the Realm Sovereign Realm.

Cao Bu looked inward and silently sensed his condition.

At the Peak World King Realm, his Physical Body's strength remained unchanged; he was still invincible in the world.

Moreover, relying on his mastery of the Yin-Yang Law, the combat strength he could currently exert was at least at the Realm Emperor Peak.

He didn't say anything and said calmly, "Everyone be careful, follow me closely."

The emperors nodded and followed in Cao Bu's footsteps.

The environment inside the Myriad Laws Forbidden Abyss was treacherous. Evil Qi condensed into various bizarre creatures, spatial cracks were everywhere, and there were even naturally formed lethal Formations.

Cao Bu walked at the front, using the Yin-Yang Law to clear the path and resolve crises.

He acted very casually, often just pointing a finger or striking with a palm to disperse the Evil Spirits that lunged at them, or leading everyone to narrowly avoid those invisible spatial cracks.

Along the way, people continuously found good items.

Great Emperor Xuanji found a broken Jade Ruler at the center of a ruined Formation.

Although incomplete, the Jade Ruler was entwined with Immortal Qi, and its power was clearly stronger than an Emperor Weapon.

"Many thanks to Clan Chief Cao for looking after us along the way!" He excitedly cupped his fists toward Cao Bu.

Great Emperor Myriad Beasts also obtained a cracked Beast-Head Seal in a forest of withered bones, which was also a fragment of an Immortal Artifact.

Cao Bu only gave a faint nod, his face expressionless.

The further they went, the more dangerous the surroundings became, and people began to fall.

Two Great Emperors accidentally triggered a lethal Restriction and died instantly without even letting out a scream.

Another person had an invisible Evil Demon invade their Sea of Consciousness and died in a frenzy.

Eventually, only ten people reached the deepest part of the Myriad Laws Forbidden Abyss: Cao Bu, Liu Ruyan, Su Li, Leng Yue, Luo Qingcheng, Great Emperor Xuanji, War Emperor Chu Kuang, Great Emperor Heavenly Array, Great Emperor Myriad Beasts, and the Great Emperor Shadow.

Before everyone stood a towering black palace.

The entire palace was built from an unknown black stone, emitting an ancient and heavy aura.

In front of the palace gates, ten humanoid Puppets, each ten zhang tall, stood silently.

They wore tattered armor, held various weapons, and ghostly blue flames flickered in their eye sockets.

"Realm Sovereign aura—ten Realm Emperor Peak Puppets!" War Emperor Chu Kuang's expression changed.

If this were the outside world, as Great Emperors, they could suppress Realm Sovereigns with a casual wave of their hands.

But here, they were only at the Peak World King Realm, facing ten Puppets that knew no pain and had power levels at the Realm Emperor Peak.

This was simply a death trap!

"Clan Chief Cao, how about we leave?"

Just as Great Emperor Xuanji finished speaking, the ten Puppets moved simultaneously.

The ghostly blue flames in their eye sockets suddenly brightened, their terrifying auras locked onto everyone, and they lunged forward fiercely!

A great battle erupted instantly.

Seeing this, Great Emperor Xuanji immediately brought out the damaged Jade Ruler Immortal Artifact he had just obtained, thinking to activate it.

But he discovered to his horror that under the cultivation suppression, the meager World King-level spiritual power and Laws in his body were simply not enough to trigger the power of this Immortal Artifact fragment.

In his haste, he had no choice but to switch to his own Life Emperor Weapon, but he couldn't even activate a single strike from the Emperor Weapon.

Finally, he could only barely circulate his Peak World King spiritual power to activate a Sacred Artifact, firing a brilliant beam of light at a Puppet holding a halberd!

The beam of light hit the Puppet's chest, leaving a shallow white mark on its heavy black armor!

The Puppet's movements were completely unhindered, and it swung its halberd down with a whistle that tore through space.

Great Emperor Xuanji hurriedly raised his Sacred Artifact to block.

Pfft!

A massive force struck; Great Emperor Xuanji felt as if he had been hit by a heavy blow. He spat out blood, the Sacred Artifact flew from his hand, and he was sent flying, crashing heavily onto the black stone floor in the distance, his aura instantly weakening.

Great Emperor Heavenly Array tried to set up a Formation to trap the Puppet in front of him, but as soon as the Formation patterns lit up, they were torn apart by the Puppet's brute force.

Suffering from the Formation's backlash, Great Emperor Heavenly Array's face turned pale.

Tragic! It was a completely one-sided slaughter!

In just a short moment.

The Great Emperor Shadow was approached by a saber-and-shield Puppet, which cleaved his body in two, spilling Emperor blood!

Great Emperor Myriad Beasts was struck in the chest by a brawler Puppet, his entire body shattered into a mist of blood!

War Emperor Chu Kuang had his opening exploited by a spear Puppet; a spear pierced through his chest, pinning him firmly to the ground!

Chu Kuang's eyes were wide with rage as his aura rapidly dissipated.

Great Emperor Xuanji exhausted his final Origin, perishing together with an axe Puppet.

In the blink of an eye, of the ten-person team, only Cao Bu, Liu Ruyan, Su Li, Leng Yue, and Luo Qingcheng remained!

And the four freed-up Puppets' ghostly blue gazes instantly locked onto the five of them. With cold killing intent, they closed in from all sides!

Liu Ruyan's white clothes were stained with blood, her beautiful face was frosty, and she brandished her long sword, single-handedly holding back three Puppets!

Her swordsmanship was superb, but under the absolute suppression of power and numbers, she soon became overwhelmed.

She tried to use a powerful Divine Soul secret technique to attack the Puppets' cores, only to discover in shock that these Puppets had no Divine Souls at all; her attack was completely ineffective!

Bang!

A brawler Puppet caught a gap in her sword stance transition and shattered layers of sword light with a punch, slamming heavily into her back!

"Ugh!" Liu Ruyan let out a muffled groan and spat out a mouthful of blood. Her aura weakened significantly, and her steps became staggered.

Another saber Puppet took the opportunity to swing its giant blade, which cleaved toward her snowy-white neck with a piercing sound of breaking wind!

Liu Ruyan barely managed to dodge to the side. The blade's edge brushed past her fragrant shoulder, bringing with it a spray of tragic, beautiful blood.

The clothing on her shoulder was torn, revealing a wound deep enough to see the bone.

The tip of the third sword Puppet's blade, carrying a cold glint, had already reached her face!

Her vision went black, and she completely lost consciousness, her delicate body limply falling backward.

"Ruyan!" Su Li had been watching the battle and cried out in alarm at the sight.

Cao Bu's eyes turned cold. No longer hiding his strength, he took a step forward!

He appeared in front of Liu Ruyan, blocking the sword Puppet.

He threw a very casual punch, meeting the incoming sword tip head-on.

Fist and sword tip collided.

Crack!

Boom!!!

That long sword, along with the Puppet's entire arm holding it, was blown to pieces on the spot by Cao Bu's seemingly light punch!

The violent punch force surged upward along the Puppet's broken arm, slamming fiercely into its body's core!

Bang!

The Puppet's ten-zhang-tall steel body stood frozen for an instant, then its incredibly hard head suddenly exploded into countless fragments. The headless body swayed and crashed to the ground, the ghostly blue flames in its eye sockets completely extinguished.

The other two Puppets that were about to attack Liu Ruyan froze for a moment.

Cao Bu did not stop; his figure flashed again!

Bang! Bang!

Two more muffled, heavy sounds!

The chests of the two Puppets were easily pierced by Cao Bu's fists, revealing the complex and precise core structures inside.

They also stood frozen, then fell, becoming two piles of scrap metal.

In the blink of an eye, four Realm Sovereign-level Puppets were destroyed!

The remaining six Puppets seemed to have finally confirmed the source of the threat. Their ghostly blue flames locked onto Cao Bu, abandoning their other targets. From different directions and with determined killing intent, they closed in on him!