novelGlobal #343 - Chapter 342 The World Behind the Bronze Door
#343 - Chapter 342 The World Behind the Bronze Door
Fortunately, there were no cultivators surpassing the ninth restriction among these people. The strongest was an eighth restriction Heavenly Chosen. Under Li Chenqiu's leadership, the battlefield was cleared in less than a minute.
"Looks like I'm completely exposed now."
Standing on the ruins, Li Chenqiu gave a bitter smile. With a thought, he recalled all his soul weapons and continued deeper inside.
After walking for a while, Li Chenqiu stopped in a relatively flat area of snow.
"Hmm?"
Li Chenqiu made a soft sound of doubt, opened his palm, and the flesh and blood of his palm began to squirm. The bronze-colored key slowly appeared.
Unlike its previous state, the key now looked as if it had just been soaked in boiling water, glowing red-hot, with white mist rising from it, and the rust melting and falling off like snowflakes.
Li Chenqiu stared at it for a while, then raised his head and looked around, "Is it here?"
His sharp gaze swept over every corner, but he couldn't find the bronze door that Lu Xian had mentioned.
Li Chenqiu clenched the key, and just as he was about to continue deeper, a strange buzzing sound came from his hand.
Li Chenqiu looked down and saw the key he was holding trembling slightly, as if sensing something, trying to break free.
"Has it sensed the bronze door?"
Li Chenqiu's eyes showed doubt, and he released his grip on the key.
Whoosh!
The unconstrained key shot out like a wild horse.
Li Chenqiu's eyes lit up, and he quickly followed.
After flying about three hundred meters, the key suddenly stopped, suspended in the air three meters above the snow.
Then, the tip of the key lit up slightly, like a star, alternating between light and dark.
Li Chenqiu stood aside in confusion, arms crossed, waiting, not understanding but respecting the situation.
As time passed, irregular circular ripples spread out from the tip of the key, gradually enlarging, like ripples caused by throwing a stone into the water.
Seeing this scene, Li Chenqiu immediately thought of the ghost ship sailing into the void.
"Could it be..."
Li Chenqiu frowned, raised his hand, and reached towards the horizontal plane rippling with waves.
Buzz--
His fingertip disappeared into it, vanishing from this area, as if cut off by a horizontal blade.
Li Chenqiu's mouth curled up, without hesitation, he stepped into it.
His vision was briefly deprived, and the ambient temperature rapidly increased.
When Li Chenqiu's vision returned, he saw a tall bronze door in front of him.
The bronze door was covered with rust, with intricate patterns protruding from it, and faint reliefs could be seen, all showing traces of time.
Li Chenqiu looked around, and all he could see was pitch-black darkness, even under his feet. If it weren't for the faint glow emanating from the bronze door, he wouldn't even be able to see where the door was.
Tap, tap, tap...
Li Chenqiu took crisp steps, came to a stop in front of the bronze door, reached out and pressed his hand against the bronze door, pushing hard.
Rumble--
A suppressed, dull grinding sound rang out.
Whoosh whoosh--
Bone-chilling cold wind rushed out from the crack in the door, and air colder than that of Snow Dusk Valley invaded the darkness.
Li Chenqiu just took a deep breath and felt as if his lungs were about to freeze, making it difficult to contract.
"This..." Li Chenqiu narrowed his eyes, puffed out his cheeks, pushed hard with both hands, and completely opened the bronze door.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh--
A torrent of cold wind roared out, and before Li Chenqiu could react, he was slammed to the ground with a "bang."
Sharp snowflakes, like wolves smelling blood, attacked in droves. The sound of his robes tearing rang out continuously, and slender but deep scratches appeared on Li Chenqiu's cheeks, neck, the back of his hands, and other exposed areas.
Before the bright red blood could flow out, it was frozen by the low temperature into crystal-clear blood-colored ice crystals and shattered by the snowflakes.
"Extreme Metal!"
Li Chenqiu shouted in his heart, instantly transforming his skin into metal.
The snowflakes hit him again, but this time they made a "bang bang bang" sound.
Li Chenqiu pursed his lips, slowly stood up, holding the bronze door, shielding his face with his hand, hunched over, and walked into the door.
When Li Chenqiu's two feet completely entered the bronze door, the bronze door gradually lost its color and disappeared into the wind and snow, leaving him alone in the vast expanse of snow.
"These ancient humans are sick, storing things in this kind of place!"
Li Chenqiu cursed in his heart, shielding his eyes with his hand, and laboriously looked around.
The sky was gloomy, the color of an impending thunderstorm, and the ground was vast and white, with no impurities to be seen.
Between the sky and the earth, a snow-capped mountain with its peak swallowed by dark clouds stood quietly, overlooking the white expanse of snow.
Li Chenqiu's gaze moved up, looking at the mountain peak. He felt, as if something was attracting him to the top of the snow mountain.
Is it that finishing touch?
A thoughtful look flashed in Li Chenqiu's eyes, and he softly called out, "Huang Jianhua."
Six crows flew over his head.
Li Chenqiu: (⊙_⊙)?
Li Chenqiu frowned and looked at Jin, calling out again, "Huang Jianhua."
No response.
"Li Xuanyou."
No one answered.
"Is Menghuo there?"
Silence.
Li Chenqiu's face darkened as he realized that Jin could not be used here.
"It seems I have to rely on myself."
Li Chenqiu stared at the top of the snow mountain. Rolling heat waves spread out from his body, and deep red flames rose behind him, transforming into the shape of wings.
Whoosh--
The wings suddenly flapped, carrying Li Chenqiu through the snow and into the air.
Just as Li Chenqiu was about to flap his wings and head towards the top of the snow mountain, a mountain-like weight descended upon him.
Splash-- Bang!
A human-shaped pit was smashed into the thick snow layer.
"Pfft!"
Li Chenqiu spat out the snow in his mouth, looking at the gloomy sky while lying flat.
"Can't fly?" Li Chenqiu climbed out of the snow pit and looked down at his feet. "Then I can only burrow."
Thinking this, Li Chenqiu bent his knees slightly, mustered his strength, jumped, plunged into the snow layer in a diving posture, and activated Extreme Earth at the same time.
Bang!
A solid collision sound rang out.
Li Chenqiu crawled out of the snow layer, clutching his forehead, which was dyed blood red.
"It seems my abilities can't control the elements of this world." Li Chenqiu looked up at the towering snow mountain. "Guess I'll have to climb!"
Swish swish--
Li Chenqiu hunched over, running forward in large strides against the wind and snow.
...
Outside the bronze door
Dawn had arrived, and the snowstorm in Snow Dusk Valley continued.
Hundreds of soldiers, with rifles slung across their chests and samurai swords in their hands, walked together, cautiously guarding their surroundings, slowly approaching the military camp that had been turned into ruins.
Ten-restriction level Aragi Akihito and nine-restriction level Takahashi Haruyama walked at the front.