Looking at the altar made of fairy stones in front of him, Xue Chen carefully observed and studied it. He felt that the altar was somewhat mysterious, but he could not completely understand it for a while.
But with his keen insight, he was still able to guess how the altar worked, and took Jessica to the top of the altar.
"What should we do?" Jessica's eyes were full of expectation.
Xue Chen squatted down and placed the palms of his hands on the altar at his feet. The power of the Immortal Lord surged out from his arms and poured into the altar.
Gurgling, gurgling~
Immortal stones cannot absorb any energy, but this altar can, just like a still dry sponge, absorbing water.
With the injection of energy, the entire Immortal Stone Altar gradually began to tremble slightly, which also confirmed that Xue Chen's actions were correct. This altar indeed requires the power of the Immortal Lord to open.
Buzz~
The vibrations of the altar became stronger and stronger, and Jessica looked very nervous.
Suddenly, a fairy stone used to build the altar flew up and exploded! Then came the second, third... more and more fairy stones floated up and exploded.
Every exploding fairy stone will release a strange energy. When he felt that energy, Xue Chen's heart trembled uncontrollably.
"That is!"
The so-called power of the Immortal Lord is the power extended from the fusion of the three powers of body, soul and the laws of heaven and earth. It is with this power that the Immortal Lord can become a being who stands at the pinnacle of the five immortal realms.
But now, even he couldn't see through the energy emitted after the fairy stone exploded. The aura was very ancient, and he felt inexplicably familiar and... kind.
It was a very indescribable feeling, very complicated, and completely incomprehensible. It was unclear why it happened, and Xue Chen was even more confused.
The fairy stones are still exploding one by one, and the ancient energy is also increasing gradually, gathering into a ball, surrounding the altar.
Seeing this situation, Xue Chen didn't know what to do next. Now he could only...wait.
He and Jessica watched the fairy stones flying and exploding, but neither acted rashly, for fear of causing some bad changes and losing the chance to return to Earth.
As time goes by, the speed of the fairy stones exploding is getting faster and faster, and hundreds of thousands of fairy stones explode in an instant. However, there are too many fairy stones here, a total of three billion, and it will take more time.
While waiting, Xue Chen couldn't help but feel a little curious about the energy appearing in the immortal stone again, and secretly thought, is this the real reason why the immortal stone can become the currency of Hongmeng Heart?
No one gave him a definite answer, but he thought that was it.
As he watched the energy in the fairy stone gather more and more, his feelings became clearer. Yes, the feeling brought by the ancient energy was so...comfortable. When he felt it quietly, he was intoxicated.
On the side, Jessica had a similar feeling and whispered to Xue Chen that she felt her mother.
Both of them fell into silence for a long time, waiting.
This is a whole ten years of waiting!
In the past ten years, the immortal stones exploded and evaporated faster and faster. By the tenth year, there were finally very few of the three billion immortal stones left, and they were about to disappear completely, and the ancient energy was also getting stronger and stronger.
It filled up and gathered into a ball, completely covering the two of them inside.
The altar was about to disappear completely, and Xue Chen saw something under the altar again, which was a handful of dirt!
Looking at the soil, Xue Chen was stunned for a moment, and it also aroused his deep thoughts. It was obviously not from the Heart of Hongmeng, but the soil of the earth. That kind of smell was unmistakable.
At this time, the last immortal stone exploded into ancient energy, and the altar completely disappeared. At the same time, the energy shifted and poured into the dirt.
With the injection of ancient energy, the ball of soil also changed, began to squirm, and gradually shrank, from the size of a fist until it turned into a grain of dust, and finally even the grain of dust disappeared.
Both Xue Chen and Jessica held their breath.
Right now.
There was a slight vibration in the ground, and then, a slightly blurry light and shadow appeared in front of the two of them, just like the image of a very backward movie projector on the curtain.
The two people's attention was inevitably drawn to the scene. They looked at the light and shadow that appeared. Just by looking at it, they were able to distinguish the meaning of the picture revealed by the light and shadow.
The light and shadow appeared green, because all the trees were reflected, and between the branches and leaves, a more distant scene was revealed, which was a high mountain and steep peak, the top of which was covered with white snow.
"That's...Everest!"
Xue Chen recognized it at a glance. It was Mount Everest! There was absolutely no mistake. For a moment, thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind. Did the disappearing handful of soil come from the feet of Mount Everest?
Seeing the familiar world, he could not restrain his emotions and reached out his hand to touch the image. However, when his hand touched the light and shadow, something unexpected happened again and his hand disappeared.
"wind!"
He disappeared and felt the refreshing breeze, and also felt...the breath of the earth.
When he retracted his hand, something appeared on the tips of his two fingers. It was a green blade of grass with a little dew on it.
At this moment, he finally understood that this light and shadow was the door, the passage back to the earth!
Now that you understand this, when will you wait?
He held Jessica in one hand, took a deep breath, and took a step towards the light and shadow. His leg disappeared and he felt the wind again. Then, impatiently, he moved his head and upper body along the way.
He looked over at the light and shadow.
After a brief period of darkness, he opened his eyes and saw dense wild flowers, grass and dense forests, familiar wind, fresh air, and right in front of him, a small green snake crawled over...
Everything is so familiar, there is no mistake, this is... the earth!
With uncontrollable excitement, he put his body through again, then the other leg, and finally, his whole body came over, except for the last hand holding Jessica through the light and shadow.
This feeling is so incredible, he is already standing on the earth, but Jessica is still in the heart of Hongmeng!
Under his guidance, Jessica came to the light and shadow in excitement, preparing to travel back to the earth together, return to her hometown, and return to her family and relatives.
However, just as Jessica raised one foot, suddenly, the underground space shook violently.
Jessica glanced back subconsciously, and Xue Chen also looked behind her through the light and shadow, and saw a huge head breaking through the ground from the top of the space and protruding out.
"Nine Netherworld Beast!"
Xue Chen could tell at a glance that it was a rare monster among the demon clan, the Nine Netherworld Beast.
It is recorded in the Demon Hunter Medal that this kind of monster usually lives deep in the earth, traveling through the earth as if it were nothing. It also has a very powerful ability, which is very similar to the earthworm clan, and that is the perception of energy.
Therefore, the Nine Nether Underworld Beast can sense the energy through the thick earth and lock onto the true immortal on the ground, and launch a surprise attack in an instant. It is a powerful assassin among monsters.
"Half-step Demon King level Nine Netherworld Beast? Why does it appear here?" Xue Chen was shocked in his heart and felt that something was wrong!
At this moment, the brown eyes of the Nine Netherworld Beast flashed with emotions of extreme greed and desire. With a boom, its entire body detached from the earth and rushed towards Jessica.
The power of the quasi-demon king was extraordinary. Just the strength of the roll was powerful, which Jessica could not resist. Her whole body seemed to have been hit hard and flew out of Xue Chen's hand.
Xue Chen's hand inevitably returned to the earth, making him completely on the earth.
The Nine Nether Underworld Beast did not harm Jessica, but circled around the light and shadow. Then, it opened its huge mouth and bit into it, as if it wanted to eat the energy in the light and shadow.
This scene made Xue Chen, who was standing on the earth, extremely shocked and angry!
Stab.
The big mouth of the Nine Nether Underworld Beast bit the light and shadow, and the light and shadow trembled and became a little blurry.
Jessica, who was thrown out, has also stood up, but the light and shadow door leading to the earth has been completely surrounded by the huge body of the Nine Nether Underworld Beast, and she cannot get close at all. The difference in strength between the two is too big.
If she gets close, this quasi-demon will be able to kill her.
Of course Xue Chen would not sit idly by and just stretched out a hand through the light and shadow, wanting to kill the Nine Netherworld Beast. As an Immortal Lord, just one blow was enough.
However, when he wanted to use the power of the Immortal Lord, he suddenly realized that he couldn't use it! Although the light and shadow in front of him could allow his body to travel, it made it impossible for his Immortal Lord power to pass through.
And the Nine Nether Underworld Beast bit it again, devouring the energy, and the light and shadow became much blurry again.
Jessica noticed the fluctuations in the aura of the Nine Nether Underworld Beast, her expression suddenly changed, and she exclaimed: "It...it's going to evolve into the Demon King!"
"What?!"
Xue Chen's heart also tightened. Is the Nine Nether Underworld Beast going to advance into a demon king?
Taking a deep breath of fresh air, he took a step and followed the light and shadow back to the heart of Hongmeng, followed by half of his body.
During this period, the Nine Nether Underworld Beast also bit the light and shadow that shuttled between the two worlds one after another, making it increasingly blurry and dim, as if it would break if touched.
"No!" Jessica shouted, shaking her head vigorously towards Xue Chen, her eyes complicated and sparkling with tears, "The light and shadow are going to disappear, don't come back..."
Once the light and shadow are broken, the way back to the earth will be gone again.
Most of Xue Chen's body had passed through. Hearing the sound, he looked up at Jessica, who kept shaking her head with tears in her eyes. Her eyes were calm and pitiful, and without hesitation, the whole body descended into the heart of Hongmeng again. (To be continued)