The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 1710 - 1705: Dark and Gloomy

The three of them, Shen Luo, quickly sneaked close to the Royal Palace and found the Big Gate slightly open, leaving a gap just enough for a person to pass through.

All along the way, the originally heavily guarded castle was devoid of any people, the guards that should have been everywhere vanished without a trace, and an inexplicable deep darkness filled the area, giving a sense of unfathomable eeriness.

"Cousin, be careful, there’s something strange in the Royal Palace," Nie Caizhu looked towards the pitch-black palace door, speaking in a low voice.

"Cai Zhu, have you noticed something?" Shen Luo’s gaze focused as he sent a message asking.

"No, just a sense that the darkness in the Royal Palace gives me a feeling of unease," Nie Caizhu said after a moment of silence.

Upon hearing this, Shen Luo nodded slightly. He knew Nie Caizhu had a far superior sense of the darkness using the Kunlun Mirror compared to ordinary monks.

He dared not be careless; immediately he sent a wisp of Divine Sense to probe inside.

But as soon as his Divine Sense entered the Royal Palace, the darkness inside pounced like a ferocious beast, swallowing that wisp of Divine Sense in one bite.

Shen Luo’s complexion paled slightly but quickly returned to normal.

"As expected, there’s a problem," he said coldly.

At that moment, the darkness within the Royal Palace suddenly intensified several-fold and surged towards the outside, dozens of giant dark tentacles shot out from within, with just a slight wave, a loud explosive sound filled the void, and dozens of pale white gusts swept in.

Then, those dark tentacles somehow immediately spanned a distance of more than ten feet, appearing in front of the three and lightning-fast, violently striking down.

Shen Luo’s expression changed dramatically; he couldn’t care about revealing their whereabouts. His hands formed a seal and pointed out, several hundred dazzling red Sword Qi suddenly blossomed, condensing into a red sword mountain, with an extremely astonishing momentum, slashing towards those dark tentacles.

Nie Caizhu’s Kunlun Mirror shot out a wide black light, which flashed into a hundred-foot-long black Flood Dragon, stretching its claws to block more than a dozen tentacles.

Hu Bugui also summoned a white whip covered with countless bright blades, the whip shadow roaring horizontally, seemingly like white pythons winding around, entangling seven or eight dark tentacles.

Bang, bang, bang!

The attacking dark tentacles all exploded, turning into countless Black Qi drifting around.

"Demonic Qi..." Shen Luo’s eyes narrowed; these scattered Black Qi actually contained Demonic Qi.

But this Demonic Qi was very concealed, and there were special things mixed in, undetectable by ordinary monks.

"Could it be that the Qingqiu Fox Clan is really colluding with the Demon Clan in secret?" Shen Luo inwardly thought.

Before he could think further, the darkness again changed inside the palace, dozens of black Spear Shadows shot out, emitting a piercing shriek and attacking the three, causing a shocking void vibration.

Shen Luo summoned the Blood Essence Banner, and amidst the sound of sea waves, a thick blood-colored light curtain blocked in front of the three.

Those black Spear Shadows struck the blood-colored curtain hard, only penetrating a little into the curtain’s surface before being stopped.

Seeing this, Shen Luo was secretly delighted.

The defense of the Blood Essence Banner exceeded his expectations, truly deserving of being praised by the Fire Spirit Child as a pinnacle Blood Dao treasure.

He was about to activate the Blood Essence Banner to test its Blood Source power, when a black light shot from the side, coiling around those black Spear Shadows and spreading wide.

A pitch-black light domain appeared, enveloping all the black Spear Shadows within it, which trembled slightly and disappeared silently inside the domain.

In the deeper part of the Royal Palace, the tall Grey-clothed Person stood within a giant magic array, with a dozen black formation flags spinning around him.

This person’s hands formed seals, and the Black Magic Array quickly operated; the surrounding darkness surged, and hundreds more black Sword Shadows formed and shot towards Shen Luo and the others outside, albeit slightly slower, showing a hint of decline.

On either side of the palace underground, two figures lay in ambush, the other two grey-clothed individuals, slowly surrounding Shen Luo and the others from behind.

The two were enveloped in a mist-like black light, isolating all breath.

"The prohibition inside the hall is waning. I’ll block these sword shadows, while you two take the opportunity to sneak inside and investigate!" Hu Bugui showed a joyful expression, spitting out.

A white silk web Magical Treasure shot out, with a flash of spiritual light transforming into a giant white net covering dozens of feet, intertwined with many silvery lightning bolts, encompassing all the black Sword Shadows within.

The white thunder net appeared flimsy, yet when the menacing black Sword Shadows struck, it only quivered violently before stabilizing.

Seeing this, Shen Luo’s feet flashed with lightning, about to escape into the Royal Palace, when Nie Caizhu’s Kunlun Mirror suddenly had two grey shadows pass over it.

"Not good, there’s someone lurking below, this is a trap, retreat quickly!" Nie Caizhu exclaimed.

Shen Luo’s expression dramatically changed, shooting out two beams of Golden Light from his hands, wrapping around Nie Caizhu and Hu Bugui, pulling them to his side.

At the same time, on his feet, the Cloud Chasing Lightning Boots burst with purple lightning, transforming into a purple lightning bolt and disappearing into the void.

The two grey-clothed men below heard Nie Caizhu’s shout, their expressions changed, knowing their ambush failed, and they immediately formed seals without hesitation, casting spells.

The originally thin black air around suddenly thickened rapidly, forming a black Fog Wall in an instant, blocking all sides.

Countless black runes surged within the Fog Wall, appearing to be a mysterious prohibition.

Inside the black Fog Wall, a dazzling purple lightning flashed, and the three figures of Shen Luo staggered out, their Thunder Escape Technique unexpectedly blocked.

The surrounding black fog emitted rumbling sounds, undergoing another transformation; countless blood shadows emerged out of thin air, instantly forming a blood-red toad the size of a small mountain.

An endless ferocious Qi soared, enveloping the three.

Shen Luo’s ears echoed with thunderous roars, his body pressed down by a suffocating enormous force, finding it difficult to move, and within this enormous force, contained a formless chilling Sha force, easily invading his body, rendering the Blood Essence Banner and protective Spiritual Power useless.

Shen Luo felt his entire body numb instantly, his Mana operation weakening by more than half, inwardly feeling bad.

The same happened to Nie Caizhu and Hu Bugui, paralyzed by the Sha force of the blood-red toad.

"What kind of God’s Power is this?" Shen Luo exclaimed with both shock and anger, fully operating the Huangting Technique, his Dantian’s sixteen Pure Yang Swords glowing brightly, an abundant Pure Yang Power flowing throughout his body, resisting the Yin Sha force of the blood-red toad, restoring most of his Mana operation.

"Go!" He fully activated the Shrinking Earth Ruler, the dazzling green light enveloping the three, escaping into the void.

A green shadow flashed inside the black Fog Wall, forcibly breaking through, disappearing completely with a flash.

"Damn it! Just one step short!" The three grey-clothed people revealed themselves, shouting angrily.

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