Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 488 - 288: Redemption (2)

Within the range he was aware of, this piece of black jade appeared dome-shaped. If it was the same in other directions, Lu Yu imagined it should be a black jade pillar.

Why would the center of the magic cave be a black jade pillar?

Crack, crack~ The ice layer was crumbling, and the flesh wall was starting to recover. It seemed that in no time, the marks Lu Yu made would completely disappear.

"Demonic Qi?" Lu Yu keenly sensed that the black jade pillar was emitting a large amount of Demonic Qi; the flesh wall was absorbing this Qi to recover, resisting Lu Yu's Underworld Chill.

"Looks like this is the core of the magic cave," Lu Yu thought to himself.

He bent his index and middle fingers, tapping on the surface of the black jade, feeling its high hardness and a strange force protecting it, making it tough to destroy.

Even if he tried, a One Strike Must Kill Asura Slash might leave a mark on it, but it wouldn't be enough to destroy such a massive black jade pillar.

In other words, Lu Yu's only effective method against the black jade pillar was to use the extinction power of the Great Annihilation Finger to erode it.

Other methods couldn't possibly damage the black jade pillar. Even if a Core Formation Martial Cultivator came, they might not do better than Lu Yu.

"Should I do it?" Lu Yu hesitated. The black jade pillar was so huge, even using the Great Annihilation Finger might not destroy it.

Just destroying a small section of the black jade pillar was not very useful, which was the critical point of Lu Yu's hesitation.

His hand touched the black jade pillar, contemplating whether to use the Great Annihilation Finger to destroy a tiny part of it. Was it worthwhile?

"Forget it, my target is the central hub, no need to get tangled up with a pillar. That task should be left to those Core Formation Realm experts." Lu Yu thought.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, he felt a slight anomaly in his palm.

Lu Yu keenly detected this extremely subtle fluctuation. Staring at the black jade pillar, he pondered for a moment, then released his Spiritual Power, daringly extending it into the black jade pillar.

Demonic Qi can not only erode the flesh and Spiritual Power but even the intangible and formless Spiritual Power. Lu Yu's move was very risky.

Of course, he was ready to sever this wisp of Spiritual Power at any moment. With the power of the Demon-Breaking Saber, as long as he was careful, the danger wasn't too great.

Following the call in his palm, Lu Yu's Spiritual Power continually extended deep into the black jade pillar, until he saw a green glow in the pitch-black space.

A green bamboo rooted in the vast darkness, its glow enveloping a white sphere. The call Lu Yu sensed emanated from within that white sphere.

Lu Yu hesitated for a moment, then probed his Spiritual Power into the white sphere.

Zhou Chisheng looked up at the newcomer, momentarily puzzled. He thought it might be a Spirit Severing Realm expert, or at least a strong Core Formation, to project Spiritual Power into such heavily polluted Demonic Qi. Unexpectedly, it was Lu Yu, whom he had met several times.

The reason he remembered Lu Yu was because Lu Yu had drawn the Demon-Breaking Saber, essentially making Lu Yu the instigator of his current state.

However, he did not blame Lu Yu. These were the consequences of his own choices.

"What are you doing here?" Zhou Chisheng asked.

Lu Yu did not answer his question. The Spiritual Link had been seriously polluted and was about to lose control. He left a sentence before severing this wisp of Spiritual Power.

"Wait a moment, I'll get you out."

Zhou Chisheng felt Lu Yu's Spiritual Power disconnect, and the Spiritual Power lingering in his sphere quickly dissipated. He couldn't help but feel hopeful, "Can this young one truly save me?"

"Even if I get out, what use is it? My physical body is gone, and I'm not in the Spirit Severing Realm; I can't survive in a soul state." Zhou Chisheng thought. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

He could only exist in a soul state because he was inside a Divine Soldier, which compressed his soul and preserved his consciousness, turning him into a soul sphere, relying on the Artifact Spirit to resist the erosion of Demonic Qi.

If no one comes to rescue him, once the artifact spirit of Yu Qiong is entirely eroded, he cannot escape death.

Screech~ The black world tore open, and a gray trajectory appeared in the pitch-black space. Lu Yu's voice reached Zhou Chisheng's ears along the gray trajectory.

"Senior, enter the Soul Nourishing Wood, I'll take you out."

Zhou Chisheng looked at the black piece of wood at the end of the gray trajectory, at the glow of the green bamboo, and then around the dark world, glancing at the Artifact Spirit preserving his soul.

"Yu Qiong," Zhou Chisheng called, and the green bamboo slightly trembled.

"I won't abandon you." He said, then threw himself into the Soul Nourishing Wood, which followed the gray trajectory, quickly escaping the darkness, disappearing into Yu Qiong.

The trajectory carved by the Great Annihilation Finger quickly vanished under the erosion of Demonic Qi, and the world returned to darkness, with only the lone green bamboo standing in the obscurity.

Pop~ The Soul Nourishing Wood fell into Lu Yu's hand. He released the power from his right hand, and the extinction force in the black jade pillar was quickly eroded and annihilated by the massive Demonic Qi.

This piece of Soul Nourishing Wood was just bought from the mall by Lu Yu. After all, he didn't carry such items around since he had no use for them.

Rumble~ The magic cave shook violently, and seeing the rapidly shrinking entrance, Lu Yu quickly surged out from the flesh wall with the Soul Nourishing Wood.

Boom! The demon lair burst open a hole, and Lu Yu soared into the sky, flying out of the demon lair. The demons pouring out afterward were reduced to ash with a casual strike from Lu Yu.

Apart from a small number of special demons and elite demons, the ordinary demons facing Lu Yu were enemies who couldn't withstand a single blow, easily crushed to dust with a wave of his hand.

Rumble! The sky shimmered with moonlight, firelight, and demonic light. The battle had reached its most intense moment. The commotion just now from the demon lair was caused by the people fighting at the top.

Zhou Chisheng's voice echoed from the Soul Nourishing Wood, "Young friend, take me up. I can sense my body. The demonic qi has demonized my body, but it cannot erode my consciousness. I can reclaim my body and destroy this demon lair."

Hearing this, Lu Yu sped towards the top with the Soul Nourishing Wood carrying Zhou Chisheng's soul.

The situation up there looked dire. It seemed that the humans were on the defensive, and Lu Yu didn't want the human experts to be defeated and hunted by the demon generals.

"Get out of the way!"

Seeing many demons flying towards him, Lu Yu shouted angrily. The Demon-Breaking Saber in his hand burst with radiant light, and a saber energy a hundred meters wide shot into the sky, shredding the demons.

He relentlessly charged towards the top, surrounded by the falling remains of demons.

Exercising the Heaven's Edge Ruler Step, Lu Yu appeared a thousand meters in the air in an instant. He saw the demon general who was under siege yet overpowering his attackers and saw an old figure fighting with a transparent female shadow, emitting thick demonic qi.

"Send me into that body," Zhou Chisheng quickly directed Lu Yu through the Soul Nourishing Wood, seeing the scene outside.

Lu Yu had almost no time to hesitate and rushed towards Zhou Chisheng's body, using the Heaven's Edge Ruler Step to directly charge at the demonized Zhou Chisheng. Fei Feng noticed Lu Yu and restricted the demonized Zhou Chisheng's movements.

Bam! The solid Soul Nourishing Wood was forcefully inserted into the demonized Zhou Chisheng's chest by Lu Yu, causing large cracks to appear in the wood from the violent collision.

But that no longer mattered. Zhou Chisheng's soul had already returned to his body. Back then, his soul was extracted from his body by the Divine Soldiers when it was demonized, and preserved. This time, he didn't plan to run!

The soul and the self-generated consciousness of the body struggled for control over the body. Fei Feng immediately saw them vying for control and used soul power to suppress the demonized consciousness.

Lu Yu also activated the Battle God Technique, incessantly using the Shocking God Stab to attack the demonized consciousness.

With the combined efforts of the three, the demonized consciousness was crippled, and Zhou Chisheng regained control over his body. However, his body had been completely demonized and could not revert back.

He didn't care about that now. After gaining control, he connected with the artifact spirit of Yu Qiong, coordinating from inside and out to regain control of Yu Qiong. Even though it had been eroded by demonic qi, it was still a Divine Soldier connected to Zhou Chisheng by blood.

Moreover, the artifact spirit of Yu Qiong had been resisting the erosion of demonic qi, and Yu Qiong wasn't entirely controlled by the demonized Zhou Chisheng.

Now, it had returned to Zhou Chisheng's hands.

The demon lair, a thousand meters high, shook violently. The demonic qi permeating heaven and earth was forcibly sucked back into Yu Qiong. In this process, both the artifact spirit and Zhou Chisheng's consciousness were rapidly eroded by demonic qi, but Zhou Chisheng and Yu Qiong no longer cared.

They were doing the last thing they could do.

[Destroyed 7 demon hatcheries, a total of...]

[Destroyed 5 demon hatcheries, a total of...]

[Destroyed demon hatcheries...]

...

The system prompts sounded rapidly, finally pausing when they had destroyed a total of 156 demon hatcheries, far exceeding the highest reward threshold, much to Lu Yu's surprise.

During Yu Qiong's absorption of demonic qi, the cores entrenched on Yu Qiong's fleshy panel were undoubtedly the most affected. Almost immediately, the demonic qi within them was sucked empty, and all of them died violently.

The deaths of these cores, caused by Zhou Chisheng's reverse absorption of demonic qi, were all attributed to Lu Yu.

And when Lu Yu checked the task prompts, he inadvertently discovered that he had already completed half of the task to purify the Divine Soldier.

He had completed only half, obtaining Zhou Chisheng's divine soul but not the Divine Soldier Yu Qiong. And looking at this situation, it seemed that completing the other half was impossible.

The demon general looked at Zhou Chisheng controlling Yu Qiong to absorb demonic qi but did not show much change in expression. Even if the sky fell, it always maintained a stony face, as if it had no other emotions.

It ceased attacking Ling Jingtian and the others, turning its gaze to Lu Yu. It recognized the weapon in Lu Yu's hand and recognized him as the one who released it.

The demon general walked toward Lu Yu, causing the others to nervously move aside, ready to attack, but they realized the demon general had no intention of attacking them.

Noticing the demon general's fixed stare on Lu Yu, everyone scattered, not daring to stand between it and Lu Yu.

Lu Yu watched the demon general approaching him, his face expressionless, but inside he was panicking. Seeing the others clearing the path, he was cursing them inwardly.

However, what reassured him was that it seemed there was still a very strong expert beside him.

He turned his head to look at Fei Feng, hoping she would give him some support. But Fei Feng's figure had already disappeared, leaving him unsure of where she went.

Lu Yu's expression became a bit stiff, mechanically turning his head to face the demon general, now less than ten meters away.

The corner of his mouth twitched uncontrollably...