diskusbooks Chapter 1917 He is wary of us
Chapter 1917 He is wary of us
The grayish-white corrosive power that had been entrenched around Mingchuan seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, emitting a silent shriek and quickly receding!
Mingchuan swayed, almost losing his balance.
But he held on.
"Did it work?"
Chu Huai didn't answer; his heart was in his throat. He felt no joy at the breakthrough. Behind Ming Chuan...
The writhing nothingness had now completely ceased writhing.
It hovered there silently, like a sleeping giant slowly opening its eyes!
Chu Huai's heart almost stopped beating.
what is that?
The writhing nothingness had now come to a complete stop, and in that stillness, something was slowly taking shape.
It is not an eye; it has no eyelids, no pupils, and none of the organs that a living organism should have.
It was as if an invisible force had torn open the gray-white sky, revealing an endless void deeper than darkness itself.
Within that void, it seemed as if countless points lit up and then went out at the same time, each flash of light and darkness like countless worlds in the cycle of birth and death!
Chu Huai couldn't describe what it was.
But he could sense that it was watching them!
Not with the eyes, but with some more essential, more terrifying method.
It was as if his entire life, all his thoughts, his fears and desires, were laid bare and exposed in that crack, without any cover.
"Don't move."
Mingchuan's voice reached my ears; it was hoarse and weak, yet carried a strange calmness.
Chu Huai swallowed hard, suppressing the urge to turn and run away.
He looked at Mingchuan.
Mingchuan stood there, covered in blood, his skin ashen, his breath as faint as a candle flickering in the wind.
But he stood ramrod straight, his eyes still eerily calm.
That calmness wasn't feigned; it was genuine indifference.
Chu Huai struggled to speak, "Mingchuan...it..."
“I know,” Mingchuan interrupted him, his gaze fixed on the crack. “It’s watching us.”
"I'm thinking about it too."
Chu Huai was taken aback: "What are you thinking about?"
"We need to consider whether we are worth it for them to take action. Or rather, whether we are worth the price they have to pay."
Mingchuan's words made Chu Huai pause for a moment, but he understood!
The Void is not a living being; it has no will or emotions. But the laws it contains are inherently inertial.
It wants to devour everything; it's its instinct.
But consuming also requires expenditure.
If it feels that the prey in front of it is too small to be worth the effort, it will hesitate.
It's like a tiger facing an ant; it's not that it can't eat it, it's that it's too lazy to move.
And now, this crack is hesitating.
Because it discovered that these two tiny prey had two things it recognized.
Order of Order and Order of the Vast Ocean.
That was left behind by those pesky gatekeepers 70,000 years ago.
They made Guixu pay the price before, and now they're back!
Mingchuan could sense the complex emotions emanating from the crack. It wasn't anger or hatred, but a more ancient kind of bewilderment, like a programming error.
"It's wondering why we're not afraid of it."
Mingchuan gave a very faint smile.
Chu Huai was stunned.
Not afraid?
He looked at the crack, the endless void, the flickering light that seemed to devour everything, the naked sense of being watched...
He was terrified!
But he didn't run away, not because he wasn't afraid, but because Mingchuan didn't run away!
Mingchuan came in with him. If Mingchuan doesn't run away, then why should Chu Huai run away?
Chu Huai took a deep breath and slowly straightened up.
His legs were still trembling slightly, and his mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation seemed meaningless at this moment, but he stood up straight.
"Mingchuan, what do we do next?"
Mingchuan did not answer immediately. He stared intently at the crack, at the endless nothingness deep within it, and remained silent for a few moments.
Then, he suddenly laughed.
That smile carried a kind of almost insane light that Chu Huai had never seen before.
"Have you ever thought about this: if Guixu is truly invincible, why hesitate at all?"
Chu Huai was taken aback.
"It wants to eat us, it could eat us anytime, but it doesn't, it's hesitating."
"why?"
A sudden inspiration struck Chu Huai, and he blurted out, "Because it has something to fear!"
“Yes.” Mingchuan nodded. “What are you afraid of?”
Chu Huai looked at the Cangming mark between his eyebrows, and then at the Order Token in Ming Chuan's hand.
"Afraid of...us?"
“Beware of what’s behind us, the gatekeeper!” Mingchuan said.
"Seventy thousand years ago, Cangming was able to use the Xuan Shui power of these three giant beasts to support this remnant area at the edge of Guixu. Seventy thousand years later, his successor stands here with his token."
"Do you think Guixu might be wondering what they're planning this time?"
Chu Huai's pupils suddenly contracted.
"You mean..."
“It sees us as the continuation of Cangming.” Mingchuan’s voice was low, with a dangerous excitement. “It doesn’t know that Cangming has fallen. It doesn’t know how weak this generation’s gatekeepers are. All it knows is that those annoying guys from 70,000 years ago have returned.”
"So it's waiting for us to make a move."
Chu Huai's heart began to pound violently.
Make a move?
What tricks can they come up with?
Two defeated soldiers, one seriously injured and the other just having broken through, what tricks can they possibly use against Guixu?
But looking into Mingchuan's increasingly bright eyes, he suddenly realized something—
Mingchuan isn't crazy.
He was genuinely trying to find a solution.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Chu Huai asked, his voice even lower.
Mingchuan did not answer. He slowly raised the Order Token in his hand to the same height as the crack.
Then, under Chu Huai's surprised gaze, he spoke.
"Gui Xu, listen up."
“My name is Mingchuan, and I am the gatekeeper of order for this generation. The one behind me is Chu Huai, and he is the gatekeeper of Xuanshui for this generation.”
"We're not standing here to die."
He paused, a slight smile playing on his lips:
"We're here to tell you that 70,000 years ago, Cangming was able to trap you here for 70,000 years with three giant beasts."
"Seventy thousand years from now, we will use seven tokens to completely shut you out of your hometown!"
"Try it if you don't believe me!"
In an instant, the moment he finished speaking, the entire space fell into an eerie silence!
The rift hovered there silently, and the endless void and flickering within it seemed to be digesting Mingchuan's words.
And then... he actually quit?!
That being, which seemed capable of devouring everything, retreated an inch, extremely slowly and reluctantly!
Chu Huai's eyes widened, almost unable to believe what he was seeing.
Guixu...has retreated?
The Void, which devoured countless worlds and struck fear into the hearts of all realms, retreated when faced with two heavily wounded gatekeepers?!
How can it be? !
Is it really just because of that one sentence?!
This is absolutely bizarre; it completely shattered his worldview!
Just as Chu Huai's eyes widened, still wanting to remain vigilant, before he could even react, he heard Ming Chuan's weak and tired voice.
"Walk."
He suddenly came to his senses and saw that Mingchuan's face was ashen, and his body was swaying precariously, only being held up by the Order Token.
"Let's go before it can react!"
Chu Huai gasped, and without a word, he grabbed Ming Chuan and supported him. The blue light of the Cangming mark between his brows surged, transforming into a stream of light that rushed back in the direction they had come from!
Behind them, the rift floated silently, watching them disappear into the distance, neither chasing nor moving again.
But the endless void and flickering light deep within the crack seemed to be saying, next time... he will definitely crush all these scum to death!