Chapter 1058: Chapter 667: Soul
“This… this is a bit awkward, everyone, let’s talk this out peacefully, there’s no need for knives and violence, after all, we are all civilized people.” Wu Dao said weakly, watching as everyone slowly approached him.
But his words went unheard by those in front of him, they didn’t pay him any attention, and Qin Tao was the first to raise his sword and attack Wu Dao.
“Damn, Qin Tao, after this, I’m not done with you!” Wu Dao cursed loudly while dodging.
Just a moment ago, he spent a lot of energy in order to open the sarcophagus, and now he had no strength to fight back against the others.
Even at his peak, he couldn’t possibly fend off so many experts alone; thus, Wu Dao decisively used the wise strategy of escaping as the best option.
During his escape, Wu Dao couldn’t help but shout to Liu Hun in front of the sarcophagus, but Liu Hun didn’t respond at all.
When Wu Dao reached the entrance, he hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and returned, running wildly around the sarcophagus.
“Liu Hun, Liu Hun, brother, I don’t know if meeting you is good luck or bad. Since we drew lots, since the start, we have faced so many dangers, and many times it’s because of you that I’ve been saved. Now, brother, there was clearly a chance to escape, but now for your sake…” Wu Dao couldn’t help but complain in his heart as he ran.
At this moment, although Liu Hun’s body showed no reaction, his mind was extremely clear; it was just that temporarily his body was not controlled by his consciousness, just like before.
Moreover, he didn’t even know where that terrifying force that threw Wu Dao came from.
As the sarcophagus slowly opened, Liu Hun’s body stepped closer, and looking at the scene inside the sarcophagus, a sense of shock arose in Liu Hun’s heart.
Liu Hun originally thought there should be Chi You’s corpse inside, but he didn’t expect it to be full of molten lava, and logically, after all these years, this lava sealed in such a sarcophagus should have solidified and not be boiling as it was now.
The most shocking thing for Liu Hun was not just this, but that within this sarcophagus of molten lava, was filled with weapons, including long swords and broadswords.
Each weapon exuded an aura of ancient power, as if they possessed artifact souls, just their presence made both Liu Hun and Wu Dao feel a bit startled.
“Could it be… among these weapons, there is one that’s a Chiyou Weapon?” Liu Hun murmured in shock looking at these weapons in front of him.
As soon as Liu Hun’s words fell, his body subconsciously moved towards the sarcophagus, and when he came close, he reached out his hand slowly probing towards the bottom of the lava.
Watching his own hands in action, Liu Hun’s heart surged with urgency, this was a total disaster.
It was bad enough that he couldn’t control his body, but now his body was reaching into the bottom of the lava, if he did, his hands would surely be destroyed.
“Stop… stop for me!” Liu Hun couldn’t make a sound from his mouth but shouted desperately in his heart.
But no matter how loudly he screamed in his heart, it had no effect as his hands continued to probe into the lava.
“Puff…” As soon as his hands touched the lava, a bluish smoke emerged from the surface of the molten lava.
However, the pain Liu Hun expected did not occur, instead, his hands felt like they were in a hot spring, extremely warm and comfortable.
Liu Hun’s hands remained immersed in the lava for almost five minutes, while Wu Dao was nearly at his limit.
The dagger that was hidden in Liu Hun’s body suddenly emerged, with half of it inserted into the lava, beginning to transform.
“Brother Liu, save me!” Being chased everywhere outside, Wu Dao’s face was flushed red, panting heavily, wiping the sweat from his forehead as he shouted loudly to Liu Hun.
Despite being curious about what Liu Hun was doing at the moment, Wu Dao knew his primary goal now was to divert these people away.
Otherwise, if those people attacked Liu Hun, in this situation, Liu Hun would surely die.
“Thud…” While Wu Dao and Liu Hun were speaking, he tripped without noticing and fell, and the people behind immediately surrounded him.
“It’s over… it’s over…” Looking at everyone surrounding him, despair arose in Wu Dao’s eyes as he exclaimed repeatedly.
“Kill!” Once again, it was Qin Tao, as if even in such a state, in his subconscious he still wanted to take Wu Dao’s life.
“Damn, do you really think I don’t have a temper, damn you…” When Wu Dao saw Qin Tao attacking again, he cursed under his breath, gripped the sword in his hand, and fiercely slashed at Qin Tao.
“Clang clang clang…” A series of crisp sounds echoed continuously in the air. At first, Wu Dao could still fight Qin Tao on equal footing with sheer determination, but gradually, his exhaustion began to show.
Adding to that, the attacks from others around him intensified, and within less than three minutes, Wu Dao was covered in wounds, scarlet blood covering his entire body, making him seem even more terrifying than Liu Hun.
“Qin Tao, if I die here today, I will still haunt you as a ghost! No, if I die, you will die here too, and we’ll meet again in Hell!” Wu Dao said as he watched Qin Tao approaching him slowly, wielding a long sword still dripping with Wu Dao’s blood.
In the blink of an eye, everyone had gathered in front of Wu Dao, raising their weapons to finish him off. At this moment, Wu Dao felt utterly hopeless.
He had no strength left in his body, let alone the ability to escape or resist.
Yet Wu Dao felt no regret; such was his character. Earlier, Liu Hun was willing to risk his life to save him from the Yellow Sand Python, and now Wu Dao could do the same for him.
“Liu Hun, brother, I can only help you this far today. As for the rest, I’m powerless.” Wu Dao whispered softly as he gently closed his eyes.
As soon as Wu Dao finished speaking, Liu Hun, who had been standing by the coffin, flipped his eyes open. The white in his eyes vanished, replaced by a calm demeanor once more.
Gazing at the countless weapons inside the coffin before him, Liu Hun narrowed his eyes and slowly drew a large blade from the molten lava within the coffin.
This large blade was once his weapon, transformed. The so-called Chiyou Weapon was actually nothing more than the Artifact Soul attached to it.
Once Liu Hun’s blood had spilled onto the coffin, it signified the coffin acknowledging Liu Hun as its master, leading to the scene that unfolded.
Liu Hun would never have imagined this before, but once the Artifact Soul merged into his weapon, it underwent an overwhelming transformation.
It turned into a large blade, about one meter long; the blade’s body appeared incredibly imposing.
“If you want to die, it depends on whether I agree!” Liu Hun took a deep breath, then looked over at Wu Dao’s situation and said coldly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Hun tapped the ground lightly with his feet, gripped the blade’s hilt with both hands, then thrusted the blade’s tip towards the ground.
“Pop!”
“Boom!”
At the instant the blade tip touched the ground, a dull sound erupted from the scene, followed by a wave of force rippling outwards like water.
When this force reached the crowd, everyone who had been poised to strike Wu Dao with their weapons suddenly froze in place, not moving a muscle.
Witnessing this, Liu Hun breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced at the large blade in his hand and chuckled wryly, “I still prefer its smaller form; at least it plays a key role in solo combat…”
After Liu Hun spoke, the large blade in his hand mysteriously began to change, swiftly reverting to its previous dagger form.
Watching this, Liu Hun, who was initially stunned, now had eyes brimming with excitement.
“Could it be that the weapon can now change freely with my mind?” Just as this thought crossed his mind, Liu Hun immediately started to test it, mentally commanding it to transform into other forms of weapons.
However, this time there was no further change, and apart from the forms of the large blade and the dagger, it couldn’t transform into anything else.
Seeing this, a bitter smile emerged on Liu Hun’s face, “I thought this Artifact Soul was terrifying, but it turns out to have such a limited ability. Why do these people go to such lengths to fight over it?”
While Liu Hun was speaking, he suddenly heard Wu Dao’s excited voice, “Heh heh, you bastards, weren’t you just trying to kill me? Come on, keep going, who’s afraid? At worst, we’ll hurt each other!”
“Wu Dao, who are you calling a bastard?” As soon as Wu Dao finished speaking, Qin Tao furrowed his brow and asked Wu Dao with a cold glint.
With Qin Tao’s words, everyone snapped back to awareness, and all eyes in the room turned towards Wu Dao.
Seeing this, Wu Dao was suddenly dumbfounded; just a moment ago these people had stood frozen, but now they abruptly came back to life. This was beyond eerie.
“I’m calling you a bastard; what can you do about it?” Wu Dao hesitated for a moment, then sat on the ground and pointed at Qin Tao, speaking unequivocally.