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Chapter 474: Chapter 528: The Advent of the Barbaric Beast

The sword, once stripped of its stone shell, was pitch black and enveloped in a chilling aura, radiating a devilish air as if it were a demon sword from the Nine Netherworld, captivating one’s soul.

The dark blade was up to fifteen centimeters at its widest.

Including the handle, the sword was a meter and a half long. Carved on the dark handle was a coiled divine dragon, exuding an extremely ancient aura as if it had endured endless eras.

Chen Nan held the sword in his hands, feeling as if he sensed a demonic aura that had traveled through ages.

This black sword could very likely be a Demon Holy Artifact.

”There seems to be a familiar aura on this sword,” Su Qingqing said, staring intently at the black demon sword, her expression grave.

Chen Nan was shocked.

Now that Su Qingqing had merged with the Holy Maiden’s Right Arm, her familiarity with this demon sword suggested that it might be from the same era as the Immortal Spirit Saintess?

However, before he could contemplate further—

”Oh-oh-oh...”

Suddenly a loud crowing shook the ground; Chen Nan staggered as if an earthquake had occurred.

”What’s happening?”

Su Qingqing looked at him, full of confusion.

Chen Nan shook his head, unable to speak just yet, when suddenly, the Jade Lotus Platform started trembling, breaking free from his hand and rising into the mid-air.

The Jade Lotus Platform, as if having its own consciousness, began spinning in mid-air. The nature’s spiritual energy around continuously surged towards it, and the platform, like a brigand, frantically devoured the surrounding spiritual energy.

Chen Nan and Su Qingqing watched in amazement. This lotus platform, left by the saintess, actually possessed its own consciousness.

A weapon having consciousness.

If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, Chen Nan would never believe that such bizarre things could exist in the world.

”Oh-oh-oh...”

The deafening crowing came again, and the ground actually began to crack.

Scores of crisscrossing cracks spread wide like a fishing net, gradually extending outward.

”That crowing sound, it seems to be coming from underground.”

Chen Nan looked at Su Qingqing, who nodded and said, ”Could there be a live chicken buried underground?”

Deep within the White Bone Hall, a live chicken buried underground enduring endless ages without dying, Chen Nan found the thought terrifying. If that were true, wouldn’t this live chicken underground be a millennia-old demon?

Before he could ponder further, the ground shook more vigorously, and the crisscross cracks widened and deepened!

”Plop-plop...”

Suddenly, the sounds of breaking earth came as eight stones, enveloped in rosy light, burst from beneath the surface and flew high into the air.

Chen Nan recognized them; these stones were the legendary Spirit Stones.

Spirit Stones are ordinary stones that, in areas rich in spiritual energy, after absorbing endless spiritual energy and the essence of sun and moon, become these miraculous stones.

Inside a Spirit Stone, there lies tremendously dense spiritual energy.

For cultivators, the Spirit Stone is a priceless treasure as its contained spiritual energy can be extracted to aid cultivation, achieving twice the result with half the effort.

At this moment, as the eight stones rose high into the sky, the spiritual energy within them was being crazily sucked up by the Jade Lotus Platform, the brigand.

It probably wouldn’t take long for these eight Spirit Stones to be completely drained by the Jade Lotus Platform.

”You brigand, don’t suck it all up; leave some for me!”

Chen Nan was utterly dismayed; he had never seen such large Spirit Stones before, yet before he could even touch them, they were completely monopolized by this robber, the Jade Lotus Platform.

While Chen Nan was feeling gloomy—

”Boom...”

Suddenly a loud noise came from underground, as though something was smashing and hitting fiercely.

And the cracks on the ground were getting bigger and deeper.

Chen Nan’s face became tense, as something seemed to click in his mind.

This area most likely contained a Big Formation that sealed a Barbaric Beast underground, and the Demon Sword in his hand seemed to be the crucial Magic Treasure that stabilized the entire Formation.

Now that the Demon Sword had been pulled out, the underground Sealing Formation that held the Barbaric Beast was broken, and the Spirit Stones that supplied Spiritual Energy to the Formation had been drained by the Jade Lotus Platform, leaving the Sealing Array nearly inoperative.

Thinking this over, Chen Nan instantly felt a sense of foreboding.

If the Formation was broken and the Barbaric Beast emerged, it would wreak havoc in the Mortal World, and both he and Su Qingqing would likely not escape death.

”You fool, why do you look so awful?”

”Something big has happened.”

Chen Nan quickly waved the Demon Sword in his hand and plunged it back into the ground.

However, by now the Sealing Array had already been destroyed, and even the Spirit Stones had shifted positions. Even though he reinserted the Demon Sword into the ground, it was futile.

The Jade Lotus Platform, still hanging mid-air, was frantically drawing the Formation’s Spiritual Energy, glowing intensely. Chen Nan wanted to stop it but had no means to, as the power of the Lotus Platform was simply beyond his ability to contend.

”Stop absorbing, you’ll kill someone if you keep this up!”

Chen Nan yelled out, feeling that since the Jade Lotus Platform had developed consciousness and could absorb Spiritual Energy on its own, it must surely understand him.

But no matter how loudly he yelled, the Lotus Platform remained unstoppable, fiercely absorbing Spiritual Energy.

Chen Nan felt a sense of powerlessness; in the past, he had relied on the power of the Lotus Platform to kill enemies far and wide, even defeating a cultivator at the Third Level of Tao, but now he himself might die because of the Lotus Platform.

If the Lotus Platform drained all the Spiritual Energy from the Formation, and the Barbaric Beast emerged, Chen Nan dared not imagine the consequences.

”Damn, stop absorbing, or I won’t be nice to you anymore.”

Chen Nan pulled out the Demon Sword from the ground, pointed at the Jade Lotus Platform, and roared, but the Lotus Platform still showed no reaction and continued to devour Spiritual Energy.

Could it not understand him?

Chen Nan swung the Demon Sword, leaped up, and savagely chopped down towards the Jade Lotus Platform.

”Whoosh...”

Divine Light descended from the Lotus Platform, sweeping Chen Nan and the sword several feet away. The power unleashed was hundreds of times greater than what he used with the Lotus Platform; but it seemed as though the Lotus Platform had restrained itself, as it only exerted Soft Force and Chen Nan was merely shaken and sent flying without getting hurt.

Su Qingqing hurried over, ”You fool, are you alright?”

”I’m fine.”

Chen Nan shook his head just as a loud ”snap” noise occurred, and the ground shook violently.

A shockwave from underground made Chen Nan’s body shake and nearly fall, while Su Qingqing staggered to the ground, but thankfully Chen Nan caught her at the crucial moment.

By then, those eight Spirit Stones were completely depleted, the light on the Jade Lotus Platform retracted, and then with a ”clang,” it fell to the ground.

”Girl, the Barbaric Beast is coming out, we’ve got to run!”

Chen Nan grabbed the Jade Lotus Platform and rapidly ran toward the White Bone Cave, pulling Su Qingqing by the hand.

But—

”Rumble rumble...”

The earth shook violently, dirt and stones flew everywhere, and a tremendous force burst forth from the ground; the Barbaric Beast had completely broken free from the seal.