Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 128: Chapter 128: An Egg Against a Stone

Hearing this, Huang Ziyue narrowed his eyes.

Gu Fangqi also scanned their surroundings warily.

’Different?’

’Did the man in black get here first and do something?’

’Or do these giant statues rearrange themselves?’

The three of them crossed the hall, walking for a long time without ever encountering the man in black.

Bai Chaosi followed his memory to the ice wall he and Mu Silin had shattered together, only to stop short.

At his side, Gu Fangqi saw it too.

"How is there still an ice wall here?"

Huang Ziyue noticed Bai Chaosi’s rigid expression. He placed a hand against the ice wall and extended his spiritual power.

He came to a conclusion.

"There’s no way through. It’s completely sealed by ice on the other side."

Bai Chaosi stared at the flawless ice wall, lost in thought.

’But we came out right through here. Mu Silin and I smashed a huge hole in this wall.’

’How could it have repaired itself?’

Gu Fangqi looked at him.

"There’s no way out of this hall at all; everything is sealed shut. But didn’t you say there was a passage? Where is it?"

Bai Chaosi had been unable to figure out why the ice wall had sealed itself again.

Hearing Gu Fangqi’s question, he paused, a sudden realization dawning on him.

His heart skipped a beat.

He immediately backed away from the ice wall.

"I think I remembered wrong! The passage isn’t here."

With that, he turned to leave.

Huang Ziyue seemed to have guessed something from Bai Chaosi’s expression.

His gaze darkened.

But it was already too late.

In an instant, a formidable power surged toward the three of them.

Huang Ziyue instantly unleashed a palm strike infused with his spiritual power, but the force of the attack still sent him stumbling back several steps.

As the three reeled from the blow, the person hiding in the shadows finally revealed himself.

The man had curly, chestnut-colored hair and purple eyes that looked both demonic and sinister.

"You certainly took your time getting here."

In that moment, the three of them understood they had fallen into a trap.

Bai Chaosi’s eyes turned cold.

’The moment I saw that intact ice wall, I should have known. The man in black never went into the Mist Cave. He’s still here in the hall.’

’I felt something was off the moment we came in. The whole hall seemed rearranged, the statues had moved, and even the only entrance to the Mist Cave was sealed over with ice again.’

’I should have realized it then. This must be a mechanism that automatically resets the hall, sealing the passage to stop anyone from reaching the Mist Cave.’

’So, even if the man in black had made it into this underground hall, he wouldn’t have been able to find the passage so easily, let alone the location of the Devouring God Flower.’

The man in black looked at the three of them with a scornful gaze.

"I marked the way to open the stone door clearly enough for you, but I didn’t expect you to be so slow. You really kept me waiting!"

’So the uneven dust on the switch was a mark he left on purpose!’

In that instant, Gu Fangqi also understood what had happened.

"You lured us here on purpose?"

The man in black said, "What else? I thought it would be Shen Yue who came, but it turned out to be the three of you."

He sneered. "It seems she really has changed!"

Hearing this, Huang Ziyue tried to pry some information out of him.

"Who exactly are you? Did you know her before?"

The man in black looked at Huang Ziyue, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.

"Me? I’m the one who’s known her the longest. Much, much longer than any of you!"

Hearing this, Huang Ziyue’s gaze was filled with icy daggers.

Gu Fangqi shot back, "Is that so? And who might you be? Where are you from? I’ll be sure to go ask Shen Yue if she recognizes a despicable, shameless scoundrel like you!"

Hearing this, the man in black’s eyes turned vicious.

"You are not worthy of knowing my name or identity. Besides, you won’t get the chance to see her again, because you’re about to die!"

Not wanting to waste any more time, he turned to Bai Chaosi.

"Where is the passage? Where is the Devouring God Flower? Tell me, and I’ll give you a quick death!"

The black mist enveloping him made it seem like he could kill them with a flick of his finger.

Bai Chaosi’s face was calm and composed.

"It’s not that I don’t want to tell you—I’ve forgotten where the passage is myself. You’re so powerful, why don’t you find it on your own!"

The man in black didn’t believe a word of it. He clenched his fist, and the black mist tightened around Bai Chaosi, the immense pressure threatening to crush his bones.

"You can be stubborn, but I’ve already guessed it. The passage must be behind this ice wall, right?"

As he spoke, he stared intently at the expression on Bai Chaosi’s face.

Bai Chaosi remained outwardly composed, but his eyes darkened for a fraction of a second. Seeing this, the man became even more certain.

Immediately, without giving the three a chance to react, he raised his hand and decisively struck the ice wall with his palm.

BANG!

The immense power instantly blasted a hole in the ice wall.

The exploding ice shards shot out like daggers.

The three of them leaped away to dodge.

Bai Chaosi looked at the hole. The ice wall was too thick; it seemed several times thicker than when he was here before.

The man in black looked through the hole and saw he hadn’t broken through at all.

He raised his hand, gathered his power again, and struck the ice wall once more.

With a dark look, Bai Chaosi’s figure flickered. He appeared behind the man and launched a powerful strike.

But the man in black reacted in a flash, whipping around with a kick.

The two forces collided. Bai Chaosi was no match and was sent flying.

Gu Fangqi caught him and shot a palm strike at the man in black.

But the man in black flickered out of sight, moving faster than Gu Fangqi. He instantly reappeared behind him, aiming a vicious blow at his head.

"You were the one who cut off my arm last time, weren’t you!"

"Today, I’ll smash your head in."

The vicious punch was about to land on Gu Fangqi’s head.

Huang Ziyue acted just in time, raising his fist to block the blow for Gu Fangqi.

Gu Fangqi took the opportunity to sidestep, kick off a stone pillar, and attack him again.

They pincered him from front and back.

A powerful force struck the man in black’s body, but the black mist around him exploded outwards with a BANG, knocking the two away.

The two of them retreated a few steps to stabilize themselves and, without a moment’s pause, charged at him again.

Bai Chaosi also gathered his strength and attacked at the same time.

Sensing the power radiating from all three, the man in black’s eyes hardened.

"It’s only been a few days. I didn’t expect your spiritual power to have increased!"

"Did she help you?"

In this world, the only one who could do such a thing was Shen Yue.

Because of Shen Yue’s treatment and the Vitality Water, Huang Ziyue and the others had clearly felt the spiritual power channels and core within their bodies growing wildly these past few days.

They were all amazed by the unprecedented openness of their power.

It was as if their bodies had been reborn from the inside out.

They knew it must be related to the treatment Shen Yue had given them.

So, after their injuries healed over the past few days, none of them had been idle. They had been constantly cultivating their spiritual power precisely for the chance to fight this man in black.

But now, hearing the man in black say this, they were even more certain that it was Shen Yue’s ability that had helped them.

But after he finished speaking, the man in black sneered.

"A pity. As you are now, it’s like an egg trying to break a stone."

After saying this, the man in black shot into the air.

He brought his palms together, and the black mist shrouding his body instantly dispersed into tendrils that shot out to entangle the three of them.

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