Chapter 90

The pressure actually came from such a 'dead object'!

Although it was not alive, its size was enough to make people afraid and breathless.

It was clearly standing in front of them, but standing in front of it made people feel unbalanced, as if it was the real earth — artificial, simple, black iron earth.

Sang Yuanyuan closed her eyes and calmed her mind, exhaling: "Where is the light coming from?"

"Over there."

You Wuming took her hand and led her to the side.

The seven-colored light came from the gap of this black iron giant.

A thin crack, as wide as a pinky finger and about a foot long.

The seven-colored light shone through the crack and shone on the glacier, penetrating into the ice layer and scattering in all directions.

Sang Yuanyuan bent down, wanting to take a closer look.

You Wuming pulled her back: "It's dangerous."

He used his arms to protect her behind him, covered the surface of his body with black flames, and moved closer.

When the seven-colored light came into contact with the black flames on his body, it immediately made a fine sizzling sound.

Sang Yuanyuan took a light breath.

This was the extremely rich 'power of destiny'.

Her heartstrings trembled, and she couldn't help but look up at the giant beast in front of her again.

Don't tell me that it's filled with the power of the rainbow?!

You Wuming straightened his back.

His beautiful eyebrows knitted together, and he said: "It's very deep, I can't see the bottom."

"This crack, you can't see the bottom?" Sang Yuanyuan gasped again.

"Yes." You Wuming quickly nodded. "This wall is thicker than I imagined."

As he spoke, he slashed his blade at the black iron in front of him.

"Clang —"

The blade didn't pierce through, only leaving an inch-deep cut on the surface of the black iron.

"It's much harder than the Great Wall." You Wuming said calmly.

Sang Yuanyuan felt her mouth go dry.

"Then where did this crack come from?"

"It should be an oversight during the construction."

"Construction." Sang Yuanyuan gasped again. "Such a project, who did it?"

You Wuming shook his head: "Let's go and see how big it is."

On this indescribable black iron creation, there were rough marks everywhere. It looked like it was chiseled out by a giant axe in the legends. The width of each dent was more than ten feet. As for the length, it was hard to tell, because they always followed a certain direction, stretching to the end of one's vision.

The two of them flew along the edge of the black iron creation for an unknown amount of time.

It was covered in ice, and You Wuming used his own strength to use the black flames to open a passage on the ice, and continued to explore, to see what it was.

Sang Yuanyuan gradually felt sleepy.

On one side was a glacier, and on the other side was a flat and boundless black iron. Shuttling between them was like sitting on a train moving at a constant speed. The scenery on both sides was the same, and it was very hypnotic.

There was no time.

After an unknown period of time, the seven-colored light once again appeared on the glacier in front of him.

"There are other cracks?" Sang Yuanyuan looked shocked.

"No, we went around it." You Wuming knocked on the black iron wall beside them with the tip of his knife.

"Clang —"

Sang Yuanyuan recognized the knife mark he left behind.

You Wuming nodded: "This thing is about one thousand five hundred miles in diameter, perfectly round.

Under Cloud Crossing, Ji Prefecture, and Tiandu.

Its height is unpredictable, but from the direction of its texture, it doesn't look like a short, flat fatty. "

It was too big. No matter from which angle, only an endless surface could be seen. It was really difficult to guess its overall shape.

So it could be a ball, it could be a bucket, or it could be a cauldron.

Sang Yuanyuan suddenly realized a problem: "So there are glaciers under Ji Prefecture and Tiandu!"

You Wuming nodded lightly: "The depth of this place is far beyond imagination."

Sang Yuanyuan: "…" This trip was really like falling into outer space.

After a little imagination, he only felt his hair stand on end.

Under the center of the continent, there was actually such a huge black iron object hibernating. Its diameter was more than a thousand miles, and its height was unknown.

"I have a bold idea." Sang Yuanyuan said: "I'm afraid the Underworld Demon is coming for 'it'!"

"That's right." You Wuming weighed the knife in his hand and said: "If we go up, we should be able to reach the mouth of the abyss."

Sang Yuanyuan nodded silently.

He held her with one hand, spread his wings, and leaped up.

Every time he was exhausted and fell, he would stab the black knife diagonally into the nearby glacier, and then squat on the knife like an owl to rest.

In some areas, there was no gap between the glacier and the black iron object. Sang Yuanyuan cooperatively threw the man-eating flower upwards. The man-eating flower opened its mouth and stuck to the ice layer like a suction cup. A series of strange 'puji puji' and 'kacha kacha' sounds were heard, and a round tunnel was immediately eaten out of the thick ice layer.

With a flip of her hand, she put away the man-eating flower, and You Wuming brought her forward.

When they reached a seemingly stable ice platform, Sang Yuanyuan tugged at You Wuming: "Wait."

"Hm?" He retracted his wings and stopped.

Sang Yuanyuan looked around and found a bottomless ice cliff.

"Hm, this place is not bad."

You Wuming: "?"

She waved her hand, and one after another, huge red fat men with bulging bellies appeared on the edge of the cliff. Their five large and thick petals separated, and they spat at the bottom of the ice cliff.

Large and small pieces of ice poured down, and You Wuming's mouth twitched.

"The ice can't be digested, so I can only spit it out.

With so much ice in the belly of the flower, it's so cold that my head hurts. "Sang Yuanyuan spread out her hands innocently.

You Wuming: "…"

The red fat men lined up, and one by one, they emptied the ice in their bellies.

The two continued to climb.

The higher they went, the more shocked they were.

This black iron object had no flaws at all. You Wuming deliberately did not walk in a straight line, but used a spiral path around it and kept diving upwards. No matter where it was, it was delicate and fine, and the obvious traces of artificial patterns were not broken.

"It's decorative patterns." He said calmly.

Sang Yuanyuan took a deep breath.

"So, the person who created this black iron mountain also carved patterns all over the mountain?"

"It's not necessarily a person." You Wuming's lips curved into a smile.

"Hm." Sang Yuanyuan sighed. "This is probably a miracle."

Some 'patterns' were so large that their width and shape could not be seen with the naked eye.

"Let's leave here first." You Wuming spread his wings and continued to climb.

He did not give up on exploring, and continued to walk the spiral path.

The black iron wall was exactly the same from beginning to end. Sang Yuanyuan had an illusion that he was like a little bug fluttering next to a huge cauldron. Perhaps in his entire life, he would only fly to the waist of this cauldron.

He was very small and at a loss.

Suddenly, a jade scroll flashed.

"My lord!"

A Gu's voice sounded. "Huangfu Xiong has mobilized eight hundred thousand troops, crossed Tu and Jin Prefectures, and forced their way into Qin Prefecture's territory. They say they want to avenge their capture, and help the King of Ji Prefecture recover Ji Prefecture at the same time!

The letter of challenge has already been delivered to me. My lord, how should I deal with it? "

Sang Yuanyuan only felt a moment of absent-mindedness, as if he had been pulled back to the human world from the heavens.

"Then give Ji Prefecture to him." You Wuming's voice was calm.

A Gu was slightly worried. "Hasn't my lord already succeeded in instigating Huangfu Xiong and Tiandu to oppose each other?

At this time, why is he attacking us instead?!

Has he gone mad?! "

"Just don't accept the letter of challenge." You Wuming lightly replied.

A Gu was still worried. "Then what if he insists on fighting?"

You Wuming: "Then we'll just wait for death."

A Gu: "…"

You Wuming sighed. "Eat more good food."

A Gu: "…"

The jade scroll shattered.

You Wuming muttered somewhat helplessly, "Little Sang Guo, people say that one is marked by the company one keeps. A Gu has been with me for so long, how come he hasn't become the slightest bit smarter?

Huangfu Xiong said he wanted to hit me, and he really believed it? "

"He's straightforward." Sang Yuanyuan said, "This kind of person lives the simplest way."

You Wuming narrowed his eyes. "Huangfu Xiong was originally this kind of person.

Now he knows how to play tricks. "

"It's precisely because he was originally this kind of person that others would be defenseless against him." Sang Yuanyuan sighed in his heart.

Huangfu Xiong had mobilized eight hundred thousand troops to attack Kang Yanji, of course.

He had been misled by You Wuming by Huangfu Jun's last words, and already hated Kang Yanji to the core.

At that time, when he heard Huangfu Xiong's voice, he almost vomited blood. Who knew how he managed to suppress his temper later on, pretending to be stupid and pretending to test the waters, and mobilizing his troops in the direction of Jizhou.

He knew that he wasn't the kind of person who was good at strategy. If he went to test Kang Yanji in a roundabout way, it would be easy for him to give himself away. Thus, he simply gathered his troops and used the excuse of attacking Jizhou as an excuse to set off in the direction of Jizhou — from Jizhou to Tiandu, it would only take half a day's time!

This could also be considered an open conspiracy.

If Kang Yanji really thought that Huangfu Xiong was going to attack You Wuming, then Huangfu Xiong would kill her without warning.

If Kang Yanji was prepared, then Huangfu Xiong would wield these eight hundred thousand lions and fight her head-on!

Speaking of which, in this entire matter, Kang Yanji was the one who was truly kept in the dark from the beginning to the end.

Until today, she probably still didn't know that her son, Huangfu Du, was already dead, and that she had killed him herself.

She also didn't know that a few days ago, her lover, Huangfu Jun, had already died in her hands.

The fact that she could go to Huangfu Xiong to ask about Jiang Shisan's bow already proved that she didn't have any suspicions about the Eastern Province at all — if Kang Yanji found out that the Eastern Province was disloyal, with her insidious and treacherous personality, she would never provoke Huangfu Xiong at this time.

When Huangfu Xiong's troops arrived at the city and announced her crime of killing Huangfu Jun and Huangfu Du, Kang Yanji would only feel that it was the biggest joke in the world. It would be impossible for her to think carefully about whether there was any misunderstanding in this matter. She would only be extremely angry and tie the originally messy misunderstanding into a dead knot.

A dead knot that couldn't be untied could only be solved by fighting.

"Huangfu Xiong will die." While flying, You Wuming suddenly said in a soft voice.

Sang Yuanyuan thought for a moment and nodded.

When Kang Yanji found out that Huangfu Xiong had really gone crazy and wanted to fight to the death with her, she would definitely find a way to kill him and stabilize the situation.

Huangfu Xiong had been well protected by Huangfu Jun all his life. His temperament still retained its naivety, straightforwardness, and romance.

Huangfu Jun was both a brother and a father. He protected his naivety and left a lot of space for him to soar. The relationship between the two brothers was as deep as the sea.

The passion for revenge for his brother was enough to blind Huangfu Xiong's eyes, making him greedy and reckless.

If Kang Yanji wanted to kill him, she would definitely succeed. Huangfu Xiong was too easy to plot against. For example, during the Battle of Jizhou, You Wuming could easily capture him.

Once Huangfu Xiong died, the Eastern Province Army would be like a dragon without a leader. Their morale would definitely fall, and it would be very easy for Kang Yanji to defeat them one by one.

"We must protect Huangfu Xiong!" Sang Yuanyuan said resolutely.

You Wuming smiled and said, "It seems like Little Sang Guo already has an idea."

"Let Ou Zi go."

She thought for a moment. "With Huangfu Xiong's current state, he won't listen to any advice. If we find another way, we might be able to achieve a miraculous effect.

Besides, Ou Zi is small in stature. It would be best for him to guard against assassinations. "

You Wuming laughed and said, "Little Sang Guo, you really are a genius.

Huangfu Xiong and I will definitely get along very well. "

Sang Yuanyuan contacted Sang Bu Jin.

Sang Bu Jin already knew about Ou Zi's existence, so he didn't ask much. He immediately went to the animal pen to look for the dog and the doll.

"We have to hurry."

You Wuming stopped spiraling forward. Her figure was extremely nimble as she shuttled between the layers of ice.

After an unknown amount of time, the layer of ice above her head once again emitted a dense rainbow-colored halo. The huge black iron wall and the dazzling rainbow of ice intertwined together, creating a strange yet magnificent sight.

"Could it be that there's a crack here too?

It seems to be more serious than the one below. "

As she spoke, she didn't stop moving her hands and feet, throwing man-eating flowers upwards.

Amidst the cracking sounds of the flowers chewing on the layer of ice, there was suddenly a very discordant crunch, as if they had bitten into something else.

In the next instant, bits of frozen soil fell down.

"We've left the layer of ice!" Sang Yuanyuan was overjoyed.

The man-eating flowers did their best to open their mouths and continue sucking upwards.

Suddenly, a familiar feeling spread over. A warm current seeped into the flower's plump petals.

"I ate the nether demons!"

Suddenly, the light above her became even brighter!

You Wuming pressed Sang Yuanyuan into her embrace. Black flames ignited around her body as she leaped upwards. Her feet firmly stepped on the black frozen soil.

With a flip of her hand, she protected Sang Yuanyuan behind her. Then, she focused her gaze in front of her.

On the huge black iron wall, there was a triangular opening. It was very big, like the gate of a palace. The three sides were extremely neat. With a single glance, one could tell that the creator had purposely left it there.

The nether demons had crawled through the web-like tunnel and frantically rushed towards the opening that was overflowing with rainbow-colored light.

The strange thing was that the nether demons were originally not transparent. However, the rainbow-colored light was able to directly penetrate their bodies and reach the outside.

The triangular opening that was filled with nether demons was filled with 'rainbow-colored' nether demons.

They squeezed into the black iron wall one by one.

The nether demons here had completely lost interest in You Wuming and Sang Yuanyuan's flesh and blood. Even if they were to crawl past them, they would not divert their attention to look at them.

Their goal was the triangular opening on the black iron wall. Their single eyes were lifeless and their tongues drooped. They did not feel anything when their tongues were stepped on. They only knew that they were crawling towards the rainbow-colored light.

"Doesn't this look like a furnace?" You Wuming suddenly asked softly.

"A furnace to refine nether demons?" Sang Yuanyuan felt her hair stand on end.

"That might not be the case." He smiled and held her shoulder. "What this is doesn't seem to be important."

Sang Yuanyuan pondered for a moment. She deeply agreed.

No matter what this thing was, or what was inside it, it was not something that could be obtained by humans.

It was clear that the thing inside the black iron wall was the source of the nether demons' desire.

"This is the entrance to the abyss." Sang Yuanyuan turned around to look at the spiderweb-like tunnel.

They came from everywhere and converged here.

Once they found the entrance to the abyss, they would not be too far from the surface.

Sang Yuanyuan finally found a sense of security.

"Do you want to go in and take a look?" You Wuming pointed at the rainbow-colored triangular opening on the black iron wall and asked.

Sang Yuanyuan took a deep breath and said, "If you have the confidence."

You Wuming laughed loudly. "Little Sang Guo!

In this world, there is nothing that can stop me! "

As he spoke, he closed his arms and tightly protected her.

Black flames ignited. He raised his foot and casually stepped. His body was like an arrow as he shot into the triangular opening!

If one had to ask Sang Yuanyuan how she felt at this moment, it would be like being protected by a block of ice as she passed through a layer of rainbow-colored steam!

The black flames sizzled as they resisted the rainbow-colored power.

The black iron wall was as thick as she had imagined.

You Wuming flew at high speed, but it took him a while before he reached his destination and stopped abruptly.

The triangular passage was nearly three thousand zhang long.

Three thousand zhang as a 'wall', how shocking was this?

Standing at the entrance of the passageway and looking inside, no matter up, down, left, or right, there was endless black iron. There was an endless amount of black iron.

It was as if this black iron was the entire world. She and You Wuming stood at the window of the world and looked outside.

Everything in front of them was rainbow-colored light.

They could vaguely see that this light had a core. It came from a similarly huge object that they could not see the end of.

This unimaginably huge object was located at the center of the black iron wall. It was something like a core.

The distance between the core and the wall was too far to reach.

You Wuming closed his eyes and focused on sensing it for a moment.

"It's dead."

Sang Yuanyuan nodded.

Such a huge object, if it was alive, it could really flip over the entire Cloud Realm in an instant.

It was really too big. Even if You Wuming had the ability to fly around it, it was impossible to determine what it was.

Just like this black iron wall. At most, they knew that it had a diameter of one thousand five hundred li and was circular.

Sang Yuanyuan only felt her hair stand on end. She did not know if her body was hot or cold. The blood in her body was not listening to her. Sometimes it rushed around randomly, and sometimes it seemed to be stagnant. Her head was dizzy.

Who would have thought that one day, the mystery would be right in front of them. It was not mysterious, and there were no obstacles. But because it was too big, they could not understand it?

She could not help but sigh. "In front of the vast universe, humans are like tiny ants."

You Wuming glanced at her from the corner of his eyes. He wanted to laugh, but he suppressed it.

The Nether Demons squeezed out from the side and crawled forward. One by one, they followed the edge of the tunnel and fell straight into the bottomless abyss.

"Hiss —" Sang Yuanyuan felt a toothache. "What is this, a suicidal pilgrimage?"

The two of them looked down.

How high was this place?

For thousands of years, the Nether Demons had been falling and falling like this, but they still could not fill up this huge hole?

"This trip was worth it."

Sang Yuanyuan muttered. "Now I know why the Nether Demons would riot when the Temple of Heaven moved and the seven-colored power was activated.

The Nether Demons and this so-called 'Mandate of Heaven' are really closely related! "

You Wuming rubbed his hands. "Interesting."

When he retracted his gaze, Sang Yuanyuan's eyes suddenly froze.

She sucked in a breath of cold air and grabbed You Wuming. "What's that?"

Her voice changed.

You Wuming looked in the direction she was pointing.

On the edge of the smooth black iron passage that seemed to have been molded, there were three clear finger marks imprinted on it.

It was extremely thin and long, and it was almost two inches deep into the black iron.

Sang Yuanyuan's scalp went numb, and a chill ran down her spine.

She remembered clearly that when You Wuming drew his sword and slashed at the black iron wall, he only left a mark of less than an inch.

You Wuming still had that indifferent look on his face. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and stretched out half of his body to look around.

Soon, he found many more marks.

Scratch marks, finger marks.

Following those marks, he could immediately imagine a person using his hands to grab the black iron wall and climb up and down.

A person with long fingers and long nails.

Sang Yuanyuan's neck felt cold.

"Someone lives here?" She unconsciously lowered her voice and asked carefully in You Wuming's ear.

He narrowed his eyes and looked carefully for a while, and the corner of his lips curled up.

"Back."

You Wuming's body flew back, and quickly retreated from the black iron triangle.

"It doesn't look like a person, but more like …" He nodded slowly, his white teeth rubbing against each other.

"More like what?"

"Cough, cough, cough." Not far away, there was suddenly a few coughs.

With a whoosh, Sang Yuanyuan's hair stood on end.

She didn't hear wrong, it was indeed the sound of coughing!

She nervously grabbed You Wuming and took a few deep breaths.

It was really too frightening.

Even with You Wuming by her side, it was still hair-raising.

You Wuming raised his head slightly and looked around.

His gaze quickly locked onto a place.

Sang Yuanyuan followed his gaze and saw a cave in the middle of the two abyss passageways. The sound seemed to be coming from there.

"Be careful." She carefully held You Wuming's hand.

"Pfft." You Wuming still didn't think much of it. "Little Sang Guo, with me, there's nothing to be afraid of."

He hugged her, and with a light leap, they landed in the cave.

Sang Yuanyuan: "…" Did he just barge in like that?!

Her heart hung in the air as she looked around nervously.

She was stunned on the spot.

The person in the cave also slowly raised his head.

The seven-colored light couldn't reach here, and the cave was like the light of dusk. The person leaning against the cave wall had a yellow complexion, and his eyes were dim. When he coughed, yellow blood spilled out of his mouth. He was already on the verge of death.

It was a familiar face.

Han Shaoling.

Sang Yuanyuan stared at him in a daze.

She felt that it was inconceivable, but also reasonable — Han Shaoling and Meng Wuyou had fallen into the underground river at the mouth of the abyss. At that time, she and You Wuming had guessed that it would be difficult for the two of them to drown, and that they would probably follow the river and reach the place where the Underworld Demon was rushing.

Wasn't it here?

Sang Yuanyuan didn't know how to react. She looked at Han Shaoling, and Han Shaoling also looked at her.

There was only Han Shaoling.

He didn't see Meng Wuyou.