Ch 549: This Thing… Why Does It Look So Familiar?

“Let it out.” Jiang Nanyu said again.

Fugui’er, although not understanding, still obediently released its confinement.

But unexpectedly, the black mist actually shrank within the large net, twisting into a ball, stubbornly refusing to leave.

“You previously captured the Venerable and now want the Venerable to leave. What do you take the Venerable for? The Venerable, a dignified… ah!”

Before finishing the sentence, Jiang Nanyu raised the wooden staff and forcefully swung it down at the mass!

“Ah! Ah! Don’t hit me! Don’t hit me!!”

Seeing this, the other magical artifacts swarmed forward, regardless of their techniques, all aiming at the black mist. Although soft, it was clear that the wooden staff was hitting something.

Jiang Nanyu lightly snorted: “Come out!”

“…Don’t hit me, anyway I’m not going out!” The old voice and the baby voice were gone, replaced by a young man’s voice, though probably from being beaten quite a bit, it sounded somewhat unnatural.

Jiang Nanyu sneered: “When you tricked me into the mountain cave, didn’t you think of this?”

“How did you know?” The black mist blurted out.

Jiang Nanyu didn’t answer but asked back: “Are you coming out or not?”

“Not coming out!” The black mist said, shrinking itself even smaller, “If you’ve got the guts, throw me and this Spirit-Binding Net out together!”

Fugui’er panicked: “Are you sick! Why are you pulling me for no reason? Let go of me!”

The black mist clung tightly to Fugui’er: “I’m not going out, you try and kill me!”

“You bastard!” Fugui’er was about to cry, “Shushu, quickly help me get rid of it!”

“She can’t kill me, anyway my True Form isn’t here.” A mumbled voice came from within the black mist.

When the first roar echoed in the mountain cave, Jiang Nanyu knew that the Wuyou had entered the mountain cave.

Jiang Nanyu glanced at the black mist clinging to the Spirit-Binding Net: “Last chance, are you coming out or not?”

“Not coming out!” The black mist answered defiantly.

“Good.” Jiang Nanyu’s lips curled up slightly, whispering: “Wood, help me keep an eye on the situation outside, tell me when they’re ten meters away.”

The wooden staff, though not understanding, still obeyed, directly flying out to watch.

“Shushu, what do we do?”

“Shushu, I’m scared…”

“Don’t be afraid, you run inside now, find a corner to hide, I’ll find you later.” Jiang Nanyu said, leaving a small flame imprint on each of them.

Faint, like fireflies flashing in the darkness.

“But there’s a big guy in this mountain cave…”

“Will they devour our Life Force? Wuwuwu, I only have a hundred years of life left, if they devour it, I’m done for.”

Jiang Nanyu patted their heads one by one: “Trust me, okay?”

The Incense Burner spoke first: “I trust you, Shushu!”

“I-I-I also, also believe!” Xingxing stammered.

The Feather showed its loyalty without hesitation.

Under Jiang Nanyu’s coaxing and persuasion, several magical artifacts ran towards the depths of the mountain cave together.

The Spirit-Binding Net was about to jump up in anxiety: “Shushu, what about me, what about me? I don’t want to be tied up with this stinky thing!”

The black mist looked at Jiang Nanyu incredulously: “You’re crazy, do you know what’s inside the mountain cave, you’re letting them go to their deaths!”

Jiang Nanyu looked at it disdainfully: “So you know.”

The black mist was speechless for a moment, then stubbornly said: “Young whelp, provoked the things inside, you won’t even know how you die.”

Jiang Nanyu naturally knew what was inside, from the moment she stood at the entrance of the mountain cave, she could clearly feel something within her stirring, seemingly struggling to awaken.

Unsurprisingly, the “Host” of this mountain cave was the 《Infernal Scarlet Lotus Diagram》.

It’s just that for some reason, Jiang Nanyu always felt something was blocking her, preventing her from specifically sensing the location of the Divine Lotus Diagram. Presumably, this mountain cave must be very large and have a complex internal structure.

“They’re here!”

The wooden staff flew back to Jiang Nanyu quickly.

Jiang Nanyu shoved the wooden staff into her pocket, then quickly performed a spell gesture and chanted an incantation. Then, a red lotus gradually appeared in her palm.

Upon seeing the lotus, the black mist couldn’t help but ask: “This thing… why does it look so familiar?”

No one answered it.

Jiang Nanyu moved her mind, the red lotus in her palm flew out and landed on the talisman she had drawn on the ground earlier, instantly igniting the Talisman Seal along the lines.

Boom!

The firelight instantly illuminated the entire mountain cave—

And allowed Jiang Nanyu to see clearly what the “Wuyou” they spoke of actually looked like!

The flickering flames also plunged the black mist and Fugui’er into panic. Fugui’er tried hard to get to a safe area, tremblingly asking: “Shushu, the fire, such a terrifying fire…”

It felt its Life Force being threatened!

“Good, don’t be afraid.” Although Jiang Nanyu couldn’t use her Spiritual Power, the Karmic Flame Lotus within her was unaffected. Perhaps this was why she could enter the Netherworld Barrier alone.

The first Wuyou that rushed into the mountain cave was stopped at the edge of the flames, its ferocious expression revealing a somewhat reflexive fear. It wanted to break through the flames, but after sensing the power of the flames, it instinctively retreated.

Seeing this, Jiang Nanyu quickly sat cross-legged on the ground, muttering incantations.

After a moment, a Lotus Seal appeared on her forehead. When she opened her eyes again, a golden light flashed across her originally black pupils.

“Out!”

As soon as the words fell, the flames on the Talisman Seal instantly soared, then rippled outwards like waves. Under the horrified gaze of the black mist and Fugui’er, the firelight instantly engulfed the entire mountain cave!