mtl008 Chapter 266: Phantom Menace and Counterattack Strategy
Chapter 266: Phantom Menace and Counterattack Strategy
In the secret room of the ruins, the light flickered and the atmosphere was solemn. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen led the disciples into the room. Before they could be delighted by the dazzling array of magic weapons and cultivation resources in front of them, a strong and strange aura came over them. The aura seemed to come from the endless dark abyss, icy and bone-chilling, chilling people's hearts.
Then, a phantom formed by light slowly emerged. It was tall, more than ten feet tall, and radiated a faint blue halo. Strange runes flashed in the halo from time to time, as if telling an ancient and mysterious story. The phantom's face was blurry, as if shrouded in a layer of mist, but from its outline, one could faintly feel a sense of majesty and oppression. Its eyes were like two burning blue flames, hot and cold, as if it could see through everyone's soul.
The moment the phantom appeared, powerful spiritual power waves spread out in all directions like a surging tide. Everyone felt an invisible pressure coming at them, and their breathing was stagnant. Some weaker disciples were even forced to retreat again and again by this pressure, their faces as pale as paper, and beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads.
The phantom launched the attack without hesitation. It waved its hands, and countless blue rays shot towards everyone like sharp arrows. These rays were extremely fast, drawing graceful arcs in the air and making sharp whistling sounds. Wherever the rays passed, the space seemed to be torn apart, with ripples appearing.
Yun Yao and Chu Mochen reacted quickly and immediately organized a defense. Yun Yao cast a defensive spell called "Lingxi Shield", which she accidentally obtained in the sect's Sutra Library and had practiced and improved for a long time. She quickly formed seals with her hands and muttered something, and a layer of light blue light shield instantly formed in front of everyone. The surface of the light shield flickered with strange light, like flowing water waves, blocking most of the blue light. The light hit the light shield, splashing blue sparks and making crackling sounds, as if it was a gorgeous fireworks display. However, the phantom's attack was extremely fierce, and some of the light still penetrated the light shield, brushing past everyone, bringing a gust of biting cold wind, which made people terrified.
Chu Mochen was watching the phantom's every move closely, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's. He knew that facing such a powerful enemy, he could not defend blindly, but had to find its flaws to deliver a fatal blow. In the tense battle, he gradually discovered that although the phantom's attacks seemed chaotic, they actually had certain rules. The phantom would launch a more violent attack every once in a while, and in the interval between these two violent attacks, its attack frequency would be slightly reduced, and the angle of the light emission would also change.
"Yun Yao, I found the pattern of its attack!" Chu Mochen shouted loudly, with a hint of excitement in his voice.
Yun Yao was delighted when she heard this, but she didn't dare to be distracted at all, and she continued to maintain the Lingxi shield with all her strength. "What's the pattern? Tell me!" She responded eagerly.
"It will launch a strong attack every once in a while, and the frequency and angle of the attack will change between attacks. We can counterattack at that time." Chu Mochen explained quickly.
Yun Yao nodded slightly and began to think about the countermeasures. She knew that this counterattack had to be accurate, otherwise if it failed, everyone would be doomed. In this brief moment, countless spells and combat skills flashed through her mind, trying to find the most suitable way to counterattack.
The phantom seemed to have sensed Chu Mochen's discovery, and its attack became even more frantic. It danced with both hands faster and faster, and blue light poured down like a rainstorm, covering the entire secret room with blue light. The Lingxi shield began to crumble under this fierce attack, and cracks appeared on the surface of the light shield, as if it could break at any time.
Yun Yao's heart sank when she saw this. She knew that she couldn't continue to defend passively like this. She took a deep breath and decided to take a risk. She continuously injected the spiritual power in her body into the Lingxi shield, trying to stabilize the situation temporarily. At the same time, she and Chu Mochen looked at each other, and their eyes conveyed a firm belief.
"Prepare to fight back!" Yun Yao shouted loudly, her voice full of determination.
After the next attack of the phantom, when the attack frequency slightly decreased, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen launched attacks at the same time. Yun Yao cast her strongest attack spell - "Star Breaking Curse". This is a fragment of an ancient spell that she got by chance. After a long period of study and practice, she finally practiced it successfully. She raised her hands high and chanted an ancient and obscure spell. As the spell was chanted, the spiritual power in her body surged out like a surging river, gathered between her hands, and formed a huge spiritual power ball of light. The ball of light emitted a dazzling white light, which contained a powerful destructive force.
Chu Mochen also used his ultimate move - "Meteor Sword Technique". He held the sword tightly in both hands, and the sword body was instantly covered by a layer of black light. He jumped high, dancing the long sword in the air, and the sword shadow crossed the sky like a meteor. Each sword shadow contained his powerful spiritual power and superb swordsmanship, as if it could cut through space.
The attacks of the two merged together to form an extremely powerful force. The white spiritual light ball and the black sword shadow merged with each other, turning into a huge light, like a bright meteor, rushing towards the phantom with the momentum of destroying everything.
This powerful attack force instantly hit the phantom, making a loud noise that shook the earth. The entire secret room trembled violently, stones on the wall fell one after another, and huge cracks appeared on the ground. After the light dissipated, everyone looked closely and saw that the phantom's figure became much more illusory, and the blue halo it emitted also dimmed a lot. Obviously, this counterattack caused it a lot of damage.
However, the phantom was not easily defeated. It roared angrily, and the sound echoed in the secret room like thunder, making everyone's eardrums hurt. Then, the light on its body suddenly became brighter, and the originally illusory figure became solid again. The blue flames burning in its eyes became even hotter, as if they wanted to swallow up the whole world.
The phantom launched an even more frantic revenge attack. It was no longer limited to emitting blue light, but used a more bizarre attack method. It was seen dancing its hands quickly in front of its chest, drawing mysterious runes. These runes slowly emerged in the air, emitting a strange light, and then suddenly flew towards everyone. The runes continued to grow larger during the flight, and finally covered everyone like a huge shield.
Everyone was trapped in the rune shield, and they felt a strong suction coming from all directions, as if it was going to suck their souls out of their bodies. Some disciples began to panic and fled in all directions, but they found that no matter how they ran, they could not escape the coverage of the rune shield.
Yun Yao and Chu Mochen also felt the huge pressure, but they did not panic. They knew that the more critical the situation was, the more they had to stay calm. The two stood side by side and began to think about how to solve the problem.
Yun Yao closed her eyes, calmed down, and tried to sense the structure and weaknesses of the rune shield. She slowly extended her consciousness and carefully explored the rune shield. After a difficult exploration, she found that although these rune shields seemed indestructible, there were some tiny gaps at their joints. From time to time, a faint light flashed in these gaps, as if they were the flaws of the rune shield.
"Chu Mochen, I found the flaws in these rune shields! There are gaps at the connection points. Let's concentrate our forces and attack there!" Yun Yao opened her eyes and said excitedly.
Chu Mochen nodded slightly, his eyes revealing a hint of determination. "Okay, let's go together!"
The two teamed up again, casting their own spells and attacking the connection of the rune shield. Yun Yao cast a spell called "Spiritual Wind Blade". She waved her hands, and countless wind blades condensed by spiritual power flew towards the rune shield like a whirlwind. The wind blades whizzed through the air, making a sharp sound, and wherever they passed, the space was cut into tiny cracks.
Chu Mochen used the "Armor-Breaking Sword Qi" and swung the sword in his hand tightly. Black sword qi rushed towards the rune shield like a dragon. The sword qi contained a strong penetrating power, as if it could penetrate everything in the world.
Under the joint attack of the two, the joints of the rune shield began to loosen. The originally tiny gaps gradually became larger, and the light became more and more unstable. With a crisp cracking sound, the rune shield was finally broken, turning into countless rays of light that dissipated in the air.
Everyone was freed from the rune shield and breathed a sigh of relief. But they knew that the battle was far from over. The phantom was still lurking ahead, and its strength was still incomparably strong.
Yun Yao and Chu Mochen knew that they had to find a way to defeat the phantom as soon as possible, otherwise everyone's lives would be in danger. They once again cast their eyes on the phantom, their eyes full of determination and resoluteness. In this dangerous relic chamber, they will continue to fight the phantom to the death, for survival, for the glory of the sect, and to explore the secrets of the ruins...