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52: Chapter 52: A Desperate Journey East and the Gate of RuinsThe moment the light shield shattered, the shadow of death pressed down like a physical weight!

The red lights in the countless Bone-Corroding Demon Spiders’ compound eyes connected into a vast sea of blood; their shrieks were sharp enough to tear apart the Divine Soul! The thick, putrid Death Qi, like a viscous swamp, frantically eroded the protective spiritual light of the three!

”Charge!”

Nangong Xuan’s roar was almost drowned out by the shrieks of the Demon Spiders. Merging with his sword, the ’unyielding’ erupted with unprecedented brilliance, pushing the Sword Intent of the ’Vast Righteous Sword Heart Art’ to its limit! No longer a single beam of Sword Qi, it transformed into a spinning, drilling spearhead composed of countless tiny, sharp Sword Gang, fearlessly crashing into the densest part of the spider tide!

*Rip, rip, rip, rip—!*

Wherever it passed, Demon Spiders exploded as if thrown into a meat grinder. Filthy bodily fluids and severed limbs flew everywhere, only to be vaporized and purified by the following Sword Intent! He forcibly carved out a narrow passage within this desperate tide—one that constantly closed up only to be torn open again!

Su Muxue followed closely behind, her ice-blue hair dancing in the gale of Death Qi. Her ten fingers bloomed like orchids. The extreme cold of the Profound Yin Qi no longer sought wide-area freezing; instead, it condensed into countless fine, hair-like, and razor-sharp ’Profound Ice Stardust’. As if possessing life, they whirled and cut at high speed, orbiting the channel Nangong Xuan had opened!

These ice particles precisely filled the gaps in Nangong Xuan’s Sword Gang, instantly slicing into pieces or freezing solid any spiders attempting to pounce from the sides or rear. The frozen blocks were then shattered by the oncoming tide of spiders. The ice moon imprint between her brows shimmered; her control over power had reached a microcosmic Realm, greatly alleviating Nangong Xuan’s pressure.

Lin Mo hovered beside Su Muxue, the chaos light cluster steadily emitting that peculiar, mixed Dao Charm force field. Though incapable of directly harming the spiders, this field acted like an intangible fog of confusion enveloping the trio. Spiders within its range became extremely ’unlucky’—colliding with each other, missing their attacks, or even briefly ’going blind’ and losing their target. Their coordinated assault was minimized to the lowest level. This created a precious environment for Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue to unleash their power, conserving immense effort.

The three formed a sharp triangular formation: Nangong Xuan as the arrowhead, Su Muxue as the wings, and Lin Mo controlling the field as support. Like a burning arrow, they desperately charged towards the east!

Every step landed on spider carcasses and sticky filth; every step was accompanied by earth-shaking shrieks and violent collisions of energy.

Veins bulged on Nangong Xuan’s forehead; the tiger’s mouth of his hand was split, blood staining the sword hilt. Yet his gaze remained sharp as an eagle’s, locked firmly on the east, his sword momentum showing no sign of wavering! He knew they couldn’t stop, not even for a moment! If their speed slowed and the spider tide completely encircled them, only exhaustion and death awaited!

Su Muxue’s face was pale. Controlling such precise ’Profound Ice Stardust’ was immensely taxing on her mind. But her ice-blue eyes held only calm and resolve, constantly pushing the potential of her newly formed Profound Yin Immortal Body to its limits.

Lin Mo’s chaos dao seed also operated at high speed. Maintaining that special force field was no easy task; he had to constantly fine-tune the Dao Charm to counter the spiders’ instinctual adaptation and assaults.

A distance of three hundred zhang, normally covered in an instant, now felt as long as crossing a chasm between life and death.

The number of Demon Spiders was simply too vast, endless, surging forward wave after wave! Their corrosive spit and sharp, swinging limbs constantly battered and drained the trio’s defenses. Nangong Xuan’s robes were already in tatters, his body bearing several deep wounds that reached the bone, their edges rapidly turning ashen. Su Muxue’s skirt was corroded with holes, and burns appeared on her arms. Even Lin Mo’s chaos light cluster was struck by a few particularly potent corrosive globs, its glow dimming slightly.

The pressure grew greater and greater! Their speed inevitably began to slow!

”It’s right ahead!” Lin Mo’s mental message came sharply, carrying a note of urgency!

Through the dense gaps between spiders, they could now see, not far ahead, the ground abruptly sinking downward, forming an even darker area. There, massive, shattered architectural ruins piled up, forming a twisted, maze-like wreckage. And at the center of that wreckage, a half-collapsed, arch-like structure built from some kind of black megalithic stones was faintly visible!

Most of the arch had collapsed, leaving only two crooked stone pillars and a small section of the curved top, carved with ancient patterns long since blurred. Beneath the arch, where the ground should have been, was not solid earth but a swirling, highly unstable—dark vortex emitting a faint suction force!

The vortex constantly twisted and changed, sometimes expanding, sometimes contracting. Tiny spatial fissures tore open at its edges, emitting a heart-palpitating aura of chaotic fluctuations!

Was this the ’sliver of hope’ the remnant spirit spoke of? A broken, extremely dangerous-looking spatial passage?!

There was simply no time for careful thought or weighing options!

The Demon Spider tide behind them had gone completely berserk. More spiders surged from all directions, among them even a few exceptionally large variants with dark golden carapaces, their auras comparable to Early Golden Core! Their spit almost condensed into a solid substance, sizzling as it corroded the very space!

Retreat was cut off! Only forward remained!

”That’s it! Charge through!” Nangong Xuan roared hoarsely, burning his final life-bound Sword Essence. The ’unyielding’ sword emitted a mournful cry, its light surging once more as he charged forward recklessly!

Su Muxue also let out a sharp cry, gathering all her Profound Yin Power in front, forming a massive, rotating Crystalline Ice Shield, pushing forward against countless attacks!

Lin Mo abruptly retracted all force fields, channeling all the power of his chaos dao seed into defending himself and briefly ’blinding’ the Perception of the few strongest spiders, creating a fleeting opportunity for the final sprint!

*BOOM!!!*

Like meteors, the three violently smashed through the last cluster of blocking spiders, stumbling forward until they reached the front of the ruined arch!

The swirling dark vortex was now within arm’s reach, its suction pulling at their bodies, chaotic spatial forces Cutting their skin!

Behind them, the dark golden spiders roared in fury, their massive forms already pouncing, sharp claws and fangs carrying an aura of destruction as they struck!

At the critical moment!

”Jump!!”

Nangong Xuan spun around, slashing out a final sword strike to momentarily repel one dark golden spider. Using his last ounce of strength, he pushed Su Muxue and Lin Mo towards the dark vortex!

Su Muxue, in turn, sent out a blast of Profound Yin Qi, both propelling Nangong Xuan and using the force to leap backward into the vortex herself!

Lin Mo’s chaos light cluster was the first to vanish into the twisting darkness!

Just as the trio’s figures were about to be completely swallowed by the vortex—

The claw of a dark golden spider ultimately proved faster, viciously raking across Nangong Xuan’s back!

*Riiip—!*

Blood sprayed! A large chunk of flesh and tattered robes was torn clean off!

Nangong Xuan grunted, all color instantly draining from his face. Using the impact force, he plummeted into the vortex!

*Huum—!*

The moment the three disappeared, the dark vortex twisted violently, as if overburdened. It abruptly contracted, collapsed, and vanished completely, leaving behind only the ruined arch and the cold, rocky ground beneath it.

As if it had never existed.

*CRASH!*

The fierce attacks of the dark golden spiders smashed into empty air, blasting huge craters into the ground. They circled the empty arch, emitting roars of extreme frustration and rage, the red light in their compound eyes almost dripping blood.

The endless tide of Demon Spiders, having lost their target, anxiously milled about for a long while. Finally, under the command of a few more authoritative shrieks, they slowly dispersed like a receding tide, vanishing back into the endless darkness and silence of the Burial Ancient Abyss.

Only the littered remains of Demon Spiders and the silent, half-collapsed ancient arch remained, testifying to the heart-stopping, desperate flight that had just occurred.

The dark abyss once again returned to its eternal, unchanging silence.