Su Jingxing suddenly reached out and gestured for them to keep quiet.
“What… happened?” Nian Xiaoxiao was stunned and lowered her voice.
Su Jingxing didn’t respond. Instead, he continued to listen and sense his surroundings.
Nian Shuang also held her breath and focused, sensing the periphery.
Suddenly…
Boom!
There was a loud bang.
At the entrance of the cave where they were in, the soil and rocks above had collapsed, blocking the entire passageway.
In the next moment, a dark golden membrane appeared on the uneven walls of the cave.
The light membrane filled every corner and connected to form a light barrier that enveloped Su Jingxing, Nian Shuang, Nian Ling’er, and Nian Xiaoxiao.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The mountain walls moved, piece by piece, either upwards or downwards.
Not only were the four sides moving, the dome above their heads and the ground beneath their feet were also moving.
The entire cave had come alive!
“Mountain devil! It’s a mountain devil!”
Nian Xiaoxiao’s expression became increasingly grim. Her eyes were filled with fear. “This mountain is a mountain devil!”
“Mountain… Mountain devil? The kind that c-can… melt everything?” Nian Ling’er stuttered and cried out in shock, “We… we’re in the stomach of a mountain devil?”
“I thought it was some little devil hiding on the mountain wall. I didn’t expect the entire mountain to be one!” Nian Shuang gritted her teeth.
Su Jingxing remained silent and carefully sensed the light membrane that enveloped the four of them.
Mountain devil, a devil transformed from a mountain peak!
This kind of devil was very rare. After all, it was an inanimate object that had become a devil. This required the right timing, the right location, opportunities, and all kinds of coincidences.
And once successfully born, it would also be extremely difficult to destroy again.
The reason was because the abilities of the mountain devils were incomparably terrifying.
Melt everything.
Any existence that entered its stomach could be dissolved, absorbed, and converted into replenishment.
The defensive layer in a mountain devil’s stomach was extremely powerful.
This layer of defense was the dark golden light membrane that enveloped Su Jingxing and company.
Of course, this was an internal defense ability.
A mountain devil’s external attacks were equally powerful. When the entire mountain gets moving and charges crazily, those who realms were no match for it would die on impact.
As for external attacks on a mountain devil, even if they turned it into sand, it would not die.
It could reconstruct its body, which was to restore the mountain.
It was bad luck to encounter such a devil. Basically, once it was discovered from afar, everyone would quickly avoid it.
The problem was that it was very difficult to see through a mountain devil’s disguise.
When it did not make a move, it would just be a mountain peak, which was no different from other mountains.
A mountain devil in this form could not attack other lifeforms either.
It could not capture, touch, or lure.
However, if someone like Su Jingxing, Nian Shuang, Nian Ling’er, and Nian Xiaoxiao had entered its “stomach” without noticing, the mountain devil naturally wouldn’t stand on ceremony.
The exit was blocked. As soon as the dark golden light membrane appeared, Su Jingxing and company were instantly trapped!
This incident made one speechless.
Along the way, no one noticed that they had actually run into the “stomach” of a mountain devil.
Swish!
In their nervousness, a silver light suddenly flashed in the cave. Nian Shuang attacked the light barrier around the four of them.
Bang!
With a dull thud, the silver light collided with the dark golden membrane, and the former dissipated into nothingness.
Useless!
Nian Shuang’s attacks could not break through the light barrier at all.
“We’re done for, we’re done for now.” Nian Xiaoxiao’s face was pale as she muttered as her body swayed.
“How could this be? How could this be?” Nian Ling’er couldn’t accept this.
They had finally escaped the pursuit of the Violent Blood Wolves, but in the end, they had fallen into the stomach of a mountain devil and were waiting to be melted.
The light membrane that enveloped the entire cave was shrinking as the walls shifted.
This was the way mountain devil devoured.
When prey delivered themselves to their doorsteps, they would shrink their stomachs to squeeze the people and things that entered the cave, and fuse them into the mountain before they were eventually absorbed.
As for breaking the cave and leaving the “stomach” of the mountain devil, that had happened before as well.
But they were all achieved by experts with high realms.
Boom!
Su Jingxing executed the Firmament Nirvana Palm and mobilized 500 years of spiritual essence cultivation to strike the light barrier that was shrinking with the cave.
Buzz buzz!
The giant palm imprint struck the light barrier, producing ripples like water waves. The entire light barrier shook, but it could not be broken.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The giant palm imprint did not dissipate for a while. It continuously swept the light barrier, creating circles of ripples.
It didn’t work as well!
Even a third-realm Devil General had been destroyed, but the internal defense of the mountain devil could not be broken.
Such a devil that transformed from an inanimate object was truly strange and powerful.
Swish! Swish!
Silver light flickered. Nian Shuang refused to give up. She activated her bloodline power and wrapped it around her body as she charged towards the barrier.
Under normal circumstances, Nian Shuang, who was wrapped in the ring of light, would be able to pass through soil, mountains, and the Void World.
But this time, she had miscalculated.
With a bang, Nian Shuang crashed into the light membrane. She was dizzy and fell to the moving ground.
The ground that was also covered in a light membrane was struck and Nian Shuang was sent flying upwards, crashing into the dome.
From the dome, she landed back on the ground and bounced a few more times before she completely stabilized. She then laid down in a sorry state and did not dare to move again.
In her illusory state, she could not shuttle out.
“Sister.” Nian Ling’er floated over and carefully supported Nian Shuang.
Nian Shuang lay down with an indignant expression. She muttered, “What should we do? What should we do?”
Wait for death?
Naturally, she would not wait for death!
Su Jingxing, who had stopped Nian Xiaoxiao and sensed that something was wrong, was the calmest right now.
From the moment he discovered that there was something wrong with the cave, Su Jingxing had been carefully sensing the mountain and even the current mountain devil.
When they realized that the mountain devil’s internal protective layer could not be broken, Su Jingxing focused his attention on this dark golden membrane.
Deeper sensing and soul power perception.
In the end, Su Jingxing realized that this light membrane was a special kind of energy!
The entire light barrier was actually a convergence of energy.
Since its energy, can I absorb it?
With ordinary abilities, be it those of martial artists or devils, it’s very difficult to absorb this special energy.
But Vast Ocean might work!
With this in mind, Su Jingxing floated over and stood in front of the slowly shrinking cave wall. He opened his hands and placed his palms on the light membrane as he circulated Vast Ocean.
Buzz! Buzz!
Ripples appeared on the light barrier. As light flickered, a repulsive force appeared on the light barrier, wanting to push Su Jingxing away.
Su Jingxing withstood it. He pressed his palms tightly against the light membrane and began to absorb it.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The trembling suddenly intensified, and the entire light barrier shook even more violently.
Su Jingxing laughed loudly as his body emitted a stream of light.
It could be absorbed!
As Vast Ocean circulated, strands of special energy passed through Su Jingxing’s hands and entered his dantian, turning into Vast Ocean Spiritual Essence.
With this absorption, the light barrier quickly reacted. All the light membranes began to become transparent.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Vast Ocean circulated quickly and kept absorbing.
The transparent light barrier surged crazily, creating circles of ripples.
The walls of the cave, the structure of the mountain above his head and below his feet moved even more violently.
Su Jingxing ignored these distractions and stomped on the ground, shattering his shoes.
He put his hands and feet together and absorbed the special energy!
At the same time, his spiritual essence cultivation increased rapidly.
570 years.
580 years.
590 years.
600 years!