Chapter 373

Ai Hui was groaning in his heart .

Suddenly, the lotus leaves beneath his feet transformed into big, sinister, green-colored mouths . The inside of every mouth was a dark void, resembling a gateway to the netherworld . Even with scorching sunlight shining on him, Ai Hui’s hair still stood on end .

A terrifying, attractive force erupted from the huge mouths . Ai Hui’s body trembled . He could feel the elemental energy in his body was out of his control and was flowing towards those mouths .

Ai Hui was flabbergasted . After he stepped into the Two Elemental Realm, his control over his elemental energy had become very strong . Even though most of the time he could not control the elemental energy in his surroundings, he could still maintain a great control over the elemental energy within his body . A situation like this seldom happened to him

His surroundings rapidly became dark .

Even the sunlight was being devoured by the huge lotus-leaf-made mouths .

What kind of weird technique was this?

A cold shiver went down Ai Hui’s spine . He had to take off from the ground immediately! He spread the Starry Gem Swordwings on his back and flew towards the sky .

However, what happened next set him in fear and trepidation .

The darkness beneath was rising and catching up to him swiftly . Like the darkness from the netherworld, the surrounding light was being devoured with a horrifying speed . The speed of the rising darkness was much faster than Ai Hui’s flying speed . In an instant, the darkness surpassed him, rising over him into the distance .

Ai Hui was in a void of darkness now . A beam of sunlight shone on his head from above him .

Half of his body was being illuminated but no shadow was produced . The beam of light continued on its path towards the boundless void beneath his feet . The worst thing was the beam of light was shrinking rapidly .

Ai Hui felt as if he had fallen into a huge drawstring bag and the beam of light that was shining on his head was shrinking due to the drawstring being pulled and tightened .

No matter how much effort he put in, he could not get closer to the mouth of the drawstring bag above him . The opening was becoming smaller and smaller .

When the last trace of sunlight vanished, the sky above Ai Hui’s head had disappeared and his surroundings were engulfed by darkness . Only the huge lotus-leaf-made mouths beneath his feet were still emitting a faint glow . However, very soon, the mouths started to close one by one . All of them had withdrawn back into the void of darkness like nimble jade snakes .

When the last traces of faint light disappeared, there was nothing left except for the void and darkness .

Dead silence . Absolute dead silence . Ai Hui could hear his own heartbeat . The speed at which his elemental energy was depleting was becoming increasingly fast . Eventually, it was so fast that Ai Hui became panicked .

An unknown amount of time had passed .

Ai Hui seemed to lose his gauge of time . He sensed something was amiss . To a veteran with rich combat experience like him, sensitivity towards time was an instinct to him .

However, at this point of time, his instincts had failed him!

Before Ai Hui could understand what was going on, he suddenly heard a sound .

Thump, thump, thump!

It sounded as if someone was beating a drum . With every hit of the “drum”, the sound got louder and louder . It was so loud that Ai Hui’s head was throbbing .

Wait, wasn’t that the sound of his own heartbeat?

He was stunned . Whatever happened here was filled with a weird aura .

The sound of heartbeats became increasingly loud, so much so that he felt he was flooded by it . Suddenly, he realized that his fingers did not seem to follow his commands . By the time he could react to it, a feeling of numbness was spreading throughout his body .

His entire body froze .

In the dead silent void, Ai Hui was like a motionless statue .

Like a venomous snake, the feeling of numbness drilled into his brain . He could feel that his thinking process was gradually becoming sluggish and numb .

Helplessness arose within his mind . The strength disparity between him and Qing Feng was so great that he could not even retaliate .

The grass-lotus puppet created by Dai Gang was so powerful!

Ai Hui remained motionless . Like a corroded gear, his brain was operating with sluggishness and difficulty . He felt as if he was taking countless years to even let out a sigh of regret .

His stationary eyes stared blankly at the void in front of him .

She Yu did not expect herself to be so passive today .

Even though Old Ling was a Master, his strength was not enough to push her into such a difficult situation . Her attention was mainly focused on the green glowing ball . Every single lotus leaf emitted a beam of green light . All the beams of green light converged in the air and formed a green glowing ball .

Chu Zhaoyang was motionless like a statue in the green glowing ball . His eyes were hollow and devoid of any life .

She wondered whether or not Ai Hui was still alive in the green glowing ball .

What inheritance was this?

She shivered with cold . Anything or anyone that was related to Dai Gang was complicated in nature . Even a grass-lotus puppet built by Dai Gang was so terrifying . . .

No wonder Holy Emperor was most scared of Dai Gang .

This was no secret among the higher-ups of God Nation .

Holy Emperor referred to An Muda as a pile of dried up bones . Every time the name of An Muda was mentioned, Holy Emperor would snort disdainfully . As a Grandmaster, An Muda still let the Avalon of Five Elements fall apart . Holy Emperor saw this as incompetence .

On the other hand, Holy Emperor feared and admired Dai Gang at the same time . He viewed Dai Gang as a powerful enemy .

Before today, She Yu did not really have a high regard for Dai Gang . She felt that he was not qualified of becoming Holy Emperor’s enemy . She was fortunate to be taught by Holy Emperor before, and therefore she clearly knew how unfathomable Holy Emperor’s strength was . However, the terrifying capabilities that Qing Feng displayed today had certainly startled her .

She clearly knew how difficult it was to deal with Ai Hui .

Strength-wise, Ai Hui was much weaker than her . However, every time she fought with Ai Hui, he would give her so much trouble .

Ai Hui was extremely vigilant and cunning . Whenever he was in dire straits, he would become extremely determined and ruthless and fight with all he had . A moment of carelessness would cause her to be severely injured . The Ai Hui from three years ago was already very hard to deal with . The current Ai Hui was even harder to deal with .

Hence, when She Yu saw Ai Hui stay motionless like a statue in the green glowing ball, she was extremely traumatized .

Luckily, Ai Hui had not died yet .

Without batting an eyelid, she flitted to and fro among Old Ling’s attacks like an ever-changing wisp of half-smoke-half-phantom .

Old Ling’s face was slightly pale . Qing Feng had already gained the upperhand, but he had not even taken down his opponent yet . This made him feel ashamed . After all, he was a Master, how could he lose to a grass-lotus puppet?

Old Ling’s offense became increasingly aggressive . This caused She Yu’s situation to become increasingly difficult .

A smile appeared on Qing Feng’s face . He cackled, “Such powerful skills? This can only mean that you’re one of the seeds of God Nation . And since you’re a girl, that means you’re Red Dress She Yu . “

She Yu was overwhelmed with horror . There was nothing unusual about finding out who she was . However, the seeds of God Nation were confidential and unknown to many . Even in the internal department of God Nation, there were not many people who knew about it . How did Qing Feng know about it?

Could it be… Dai Gang?

Dai Gang actually knew so much about God Nation!

She Yu’s first thought was that there was a traitor in the internal department of God Nation . However, she shut down this notion very soon . No traitors could avoid Holy Emperor’s eyes .

“I heard that She Yu is a great beauty . No wonder your figure is so good . It’s a pity I don’t want to be a woman . I’m wasting such a good body . “

Qing Feng’s voice was cackling and abnormally awful . Right now, his voice was leaking and unclear .

Upon hearing Qing Feng’s words, She Yu’s blood ran cold . Could Dai Gang replace Qing Feng’s grass-lotus body with a human body?

The only human part on Qing Feng was his head . Wouldn’t that mean Dai Gang could switch heads?

This kind of forbidden art had not even been developed yet in God Nation’s Beast Venom Temple .

Having been distracted, she was almost injured by Old Ling’s attack .

Qing Feng shifted his gaze from She Yu to Ai Hui, who was still trapped in the green glowing ball . After examining Ai Hui for a while, he could not help but gasp in admiration, “This body seems not bad . “

The more Qing Feng looked at Ai Hui’s body, the brighter his eyes grew . This was body was simply perfect .

Ai Hui had a well-proportioned body frame and his muscles contained terrifying power . Even his eyeballs were sparkling and translucent . Qing Feng had never seen such a perfect body .

Qing Feng was overjoyed . He then chuckled loudly, “Hahaha! How unexpected! It’s really unexpected! I actually found the body I need in this place . With this body, I can become human again! I want to become human again! Hahaha!”

Qing Feng suddenly stopped laughing . He turned around, looked at She Yu and grinned, “Speaking of becoming human again, don’t the blood elementalists always keep elementalists as captives to interrogate them?”

His voice was already awful . This made his words sound even more frightening .

She Yu shuddered in fear . After getting grazed by Old Ling’s attack, there was a deep cut on her left arm . The cut was so deep that her arm’s bone could be seen . At this moment, the corner of She Yu’s eyes suddenly caught sight of something . She turned, slightly shocked .

Inside the green glowing ball, Ai Hui remained stationary like a statue . However, within the depths of his hollow eyes, a needle-like radiance was silently appearing . Upon seeing this, She Yu’s eyes lit up .

After floating in the void of darkness for an unknown period of time, Ai Hui’s consciousness was slowly returning . Even though he was still very sluggish, he did not completely lose his ability to think .

Was the void of darkness an illusion?

As this thought emerged in his mind, the [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] in his sky palace began to operate .

It was operating very slowly . A wisp of a small flame rose from the [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] .

After this, the operating speed of the [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] started to increase slowly . The light from the [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] slowly scanned Ai Hui’s body .

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a faint layer of flames appeared all over Ai Hui’s body . The flames were extremely weak and appeared almost colorless . However, when the layer of flames appeared, Ai Hui felt his entire body become lighter all of a sudden . His sluggish mind became much clearer in an instant .

Ai Hui immediately calmed down .

Since the [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] worked, this proved that the void of darkness he was in was an illusion . [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] specialized in breaking illusions . It was exceptionally effective against this kind of illusion . What happened next also verified Ai Hui’s conjecture .

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Wisps of black smoke rose around Ai Hui’s body . His body began to emit traces of weak flames . These weak flames looked as if they could burn the void of darkness .

After a while, Qing Feng lost interest in the battle between She Yu and Old Ling . He already felt extremely content about capturing such an outstanding body . If he could bring Xiao Shuren back to Grandmaster Dai, that would be perfect!

If he achieved such a great meritorious service for Grandmaster Dai, the Grandmaster would replace his body with the perfect body of Ai Hui .

No, there was no such word as ‘perfect’ in Grandmaster Dai’s dictionary . Nevermind, Grandmaster Dai could make his already perfect body even more perfect .

He would become more powerful as well!

When Qing Feng thought of becoming more powerful and having a new body, an excitement swept across his mind .

As his gaze landed upon Xiao Shuren’s court, a sinister smile appeared on his face .

Suddenly, he sensed something was amiss . He turned his body around abruptly and looked at the green glowing ball above the ground of lotus leaves .

Both of them looked at each other in the eyes .