Chapter 1625: Chapter 1621: Sorcerer Attack

“Really? It seems that this island and this place indeed have some connection. But how could that island, being outside the Tianyan Palace, be related to this place?” Nie Caizhu, also a clever thinker, immediately understood the connection and spoke with slightly furrowed brows.

“These matters are irrelevant. I suspect that the current location of the refined corpse is precisely the Graveyard mentioned on the Stone Stele. Even if it’s not, it is significantly related to it.” Shen Luo shook his head and said.

“That’s great, it saves us from searching blindly. The Dark City looks quite vast, and searching would be truly troublesome,” Nie Caizhu happily exclaimed.

Shen Luo nodded, then looked again at the Stone Stele, took out a Pure Yang Sword, and slashed horizontally at the base of the stele.

A dazzling sword light flashed, and the Stone Stele was severed at its base.

He waved his sleeve to produce a red light, gathering the Stone Stele into the Free and Easy Mirror.

Seeing Che Qingtian doing such a thing on the third layer, he felt no guilt whatsoever in taking away the stele now.

“Let’s go, this place looks eerie, there might be dangers, be careful.” Shen Luo wielded the Thousand Cup Golden Goblet and proceeded towards the deeper parts of the Dark City.

Upon hearing this, Nie Caizhu wielded two Magical Treasures; one was a Magical Treasure resembling a yellow sail, and the other, surprisingly, was the Jade Purification Bottle, forming a white and yellow light shield around her body, following closely behind Shen Luo.

Considering they were newcomers to the Dark City and didn’t understand it, the two did not choose to fly but walked instead, passing through one ruin after another, and soon half an hour had passed.

The deeper they went, the taller the surrounding buildings became, with the buildings in front of them now five or six times larger than ordinary buildings, appearing extremely magnificent.

“Such large houses, are they meant for giants to live in?” Nie Caizhu couldn’t help but say.

Hearing this, an idea flashed through Shen Luo’s mind; he seemed to have seen such enormous buildings somewhere before.

As he tried to recall, two slender dark shadows silently appeared behind them in the dark, stealthily drawing closer.

The shadows had no presence, blending in with the darkness and hard to notice, and quickly approached within a three-foot radius around them.

One of the shadows suddenly shot up from the ground, revealing itself to be a black snake about a meter long, snapping its jaws on the yellow protective cover around Nie Caizhu, with two sharp, long, snow-white snake fangs gleaming with a strange black light faintly visible.

This protective cover, transformed from the sail Magical Treasure, appeared extremely sturdy. However, under the snake’s biting, it “crack” cracked, forming a big hole.

The black snake did not stop, striking like lightning as it bit down on the white light shield formed by the Jade Purification Bottle.

With a dull “clang” sound, the white light shield flickered fiercely but withstood the black snake’s biting, and did not shatter.

Only then did Nie Caizhu realize the danger, hastily wielding the Devouring Element Magic Wand, striking out as the Nine Heavens Immortal Silk also flew out, transforming into over a dozen red silk shadows swirling towards the black snake.

The black snake, having missed its attack, immediately turned and fled, moving with extraordinary agility. It managed to escape through the gaps between the Nine Heavens Immortal Silk and the Devouring Element Magic Wand, diving into a nearby shadow.

The snake’s body flashed once more, blending into the shadows and disappearing.

As Nie Caizhu was attacked, another black snake also shot out from the darkness, lunging at Shen Luo, clamping fiercely onto the protective cover formed by the Thousand Cup Golden Goblet.

The golden protective barrier flashed violently but did not shatter. The black snake’s thin eyes gleamed fiercely, beams of eerie light shooting from its fangs as it bit down hard again.

The golden protective barrier could no longer hold, “crack” was bitten into pieces by the black snake, which continued to lunge forward, biting towards Shen Luo’s calf.

Shen Luo’s reaction was much faster than Nie Caizhu’s. When the black serpent had just appeared, he noticed it and saw the protective cover formed by the Thousand Cup Golden Goblet being shattered. His pupils constricted immediately, yet he did not panic, but casually swept his sleeves.

Two Pure Yang Swords flew out of his hands, forming a combined sword style that turned into a crimson phantom, striking the black serpent first.

A sound like tearing silk rang out, and the body of the black serpent was neatly cleaved in two.

A “swoosh” sound!

The half-body of the black serpent surprisingly remained unharmed, its speed undiminished as it lunged beside Shen Luo and bit down again.

Seeing this, Shen Luo was startled, his hands flashed with golden light, and a layer of golden dragon scales immediately appeared on his skin, transforming his palms into dragon claws.

He reached out with his right hand, lightning-fast, and grabbed the black serpent’s head, squeezing hard.

A terrifying great force squeezed down, causing the surrounding void to tremble. The black serpent’s head instantly burst, and the rest of its body turned into a pool of black liquid.

However, just before its death, the black serpent managed to bite a scale off Shen Luo’s palm, causing him to feel intense pain immediately, as a chilling sensation penetrated into his arm and directly into his mind.

Shen Luo’s divine soul felt excruciating pain, as if something had fiercely bitten into it, and he quickly summoned the Silver Light Bell, striking it with soul power.

With a “clang” of the bell, rings of powerful sound waves containing soul power spread out, completely dispersing the chilling force.

“Cousin, are you alright?” Nie Cai Zhu, witnessing the scene, quickly asked.

“It’s alright. This black serpent actually contained a soul-attacking chilling force in its mouth. Be careful,” Shen Luo said calmly, looking at his palm.

The dragon scales in the center of his palm displayed two deep holes, the edges of which were pitch black, exactly where the black serpent had bitten.

“Such powerful teeth, this dragon scale’s defense is almost comparable to top-notch magical treasures, yet it couldn’t hold up,” Shen Luo thought with a chill in his heart, urging the Ten Thousand Poison Mixed Element Bead.

A faint purple light gathered above the deep holes, quickly evaporating the black Qi at the wound, restoring the color to normal.

“There are fluctuations of witchcraft power around this wound; the black serpent is related to the Witch Clan,” Nie Cai Zhu remarked after witnessing the entire event.

“Witchcraft power? Possible. I’ve once seen a Witch Clan relic in the Underworld, and its architectural style is similar to this Dark City,” Shen Luo also recalled what had just flashed through his mind.

“Cousin, you’ve also encountered Witch Clan relics before?” Nie Cai Zhu was somewhat surprised.

“I have quite some fate with the Witch Clan; I encountered quite a few matters regarding the Witch Clan. But now is not the time to talk about this. After we settle the matters here, I’ll tell you in detail. For now, let’s hurry forth,” Shen Luo said, looking around.

Nie Cai Zhu didn’t ask further, and the two continued to move forward.

Due to the black serpent’s attack, the two of them strengthened their defenses.

Shen Luo summoned four Pure Yang Swords, which circled and danced around him, forming a dense barrier of sword qi as the outermost defense, followed still by the golden light shield formed by the Thousand Cup Golden Goblet.

That wasn’t all; he activated the Soft Smoke Luo Brocade Clothing on his body, forming a third layer of defense within the golden light shield.

Nie Cai Zhu did the same; besides the Jade Purification Bottle and the sailboat treasures, she also summoned a Silver Lotus Magic Weapon, many silver lotus petals flying off it, transforming into layers of lotus petals circling around her, forming a lotus petal light curtain.