Chapter 239: Lion Dance Palace

Chapter 239: Lion Dance Palace

When they heard Li Huowang speak those words, everyone began to move. Clutching various weapons in their hands, they rushed swiftly after Li Huowang toward that spot of light above.

At this moment, Li Huowang watched all four directions and listened to all eight sides, wary of the hidden Han Fu while rushing toward the exit as fast as possible.

As Han Fu suddenly vanished into the darkness, instantly, all the surrounding darkness became extremely dangerous in the eyes of Li Huowang and the others.

Since that Two-Headed Daoist had already recognized his identity as a Heart-Su, he certainly would not let it rest!

Companions who were just moments ago quite reliable had turned into thorny enemies in an instant; when it came to dealing with one's own kind, humans were always more adept than evil spirits!

"There are no great benefactors in this broken place, just psychologically twisted madmen one after another! Not much better than beasts!"

Gradually, the distant light grew closer. These lights dispersed the darkness behind them, scattering the shadow-like darkness that followed them everywhere; instantly, everyone felt a weight lifted from their shoulders.

Everyone cast aside their heavy hearts and embraced the dazzling radiance with excitement.

Yet gradually, everyone's pace shifted from running to jogging, then from jogging to walking, until finally, everyone's steps stopped completely where they stood.

Every person looked at the increasingly clear "sunlight" before them with terror and despair.

That light was impure, containing many impurities within; mixed with that light were countless human hands and feet.

A jade plaque hung above that mass of sunlight, bearing three large characters written neatly. Lion Dance Palace!

That was absolutely not sunlight at the exit! That was the stronghold of the Dancing Lions: the Lion Dance Palace!

Those lights were formed because a group of previous Dancing Lions had gathered together, their inner lights reflecting off one another!

The so-called exit Han Fu spoke of just now was fake from the ground up! That two-headed Daoist had never had good intentions from the start!

"Hu hu hu~" Hearing the commotion, strange giant faces kept flipping upright to block the light source, those massive dead faces lined up side by side. Finally, before Li Huowang, they piled up into an incredibly terrifying wall of faces.

Giant faces the size of round tables stared at Li Huowang with eyes the size of lanterns; the almost tangible pressure made it impossible for everyone to breathe.

This was no longer just one or two like before; inside here, there were at least dozens or hundreds of Dancing Lions!

Li Huowang had killed two of them, so he naturally understood the power they represented.

"Run!!" Almost everyone, the moment Li Huowang opened his mouth, immediately turned and charged into that endless darkness.

Glancing at the Dancing Lions crawling over from the walls above and the ground ahead, overwhelming in number, Li Huowang knew that simply fleeing like this wouldn't work; someone had to hold the rear!

Thinking this, Li Huowang stopped instantly. Waiting until the others had run a distance away, he directly raised his sword with one hand and slashed toward himself.

But the next moment, a figure emerged from the shadows, interrupting Li Huowang's action.

Holding a coin sword covered with three yellow talismans on its tip in one hand, he thrust straight toward Li Huowang's waist.

"Clang!" Yellow talismans scattered, the two swords clashed, sparking tiny embers; that figure was none other than Han Fu!

Just as they engaged, the opponent did not wish to prolong the fight. Han Fu's two faces, one big and one small, smiled equally sinisterly; his feet clad in black cloth shoes pressed against the ground, and he instantly shrank back into the darkness.

Before Li Huowang could understand what the other was doing, alarm bells rang loudly in his heart; he quickly lunged forward, dodging the white tassels flying over from the direction of the Dancing Lions.

It turned out that kid Han Fu never intended to tangle with Li Huowang; he simply aimed to constantly interfere with Li Huowang, planning to let those Dancing Lions deal with him.

Now his goal was achieved; those Dancing Lions were already very close to Li Huowang. Those huge circular faces peeled open, revealing a blood-basin mouth filled with six rows of teeth inside, covering down toward Li Huowang.

Li Huowang's left foot had not fully healed yet; regarding speed, he simply couldn't compare to these ghostly things that were neither human nor monster.

Turning his head to look at the darkness behind, finding the others gone, a hint of determination appeared in Li Huowang's heart. He took out a fire striker used for lighting fires from his bosom and placed it upon his skin.

Just at this critical moment, familiar drumming suddenly sounded. A red figure scrambled on all fours to his side; that beast head formed from a red veil suddenly opened wide, biting onto Li Huowang's neck, and ran toward the darkness behind.

Bai Lingmiao, on all fours, possessed an exceptionally agile body; carrying Li Huowang in her mouth did not hinder her evacuation speed at all.

With her help, Li Huowang quickly distanced himself from the Dancing Lions behind.

The Dancing Lions' white tassels flew over attempting to block, but were all neutralized one by one by the teeth Li Huowang pulled from his mouth; the price paid was that half of Li Huowang's teeth were left with barely any remaining.

Just as he escaped danger, new danger appeared again. Right where Li Huowang was being dragged backward on the ground, a coin sword topped with talismans burst from the earth, slanting toward Li Huowang's back.

Just as it was about to pierce Li Huowang, he, who previously showed no reaction, suddenly flipped his hand backward, gripping the sword hilt with both hands and driving the long sword in his hand directly into the ground.

From the special sensation transmitted from the sword hilt, Li Huowang knew he had struck Han Fu; the killing intent in his eyes grew stronger. "Trying to ambush me again? Wanting to use the same trick on me a second time??"

After thrusting forcefully once more, then yanking it out violently, scarlet blood was brought out by the long sword in the earth; a pained groan came from within the soil.

But right in that bloody opening, the coin sword completely wrapped in fresh blood, carrying several talismans, stabbed out again.

Li Huowang just raised his sword to parry, attempting to block the opponent's ambush, but unexpectedly, Han Fu's extremely unique incantation came from the mud. "Om She Da Sha Li Guang Zun She!"

The moment the words fell, this coin sword bound with red rope instantly scattered, separating into individual copper coins, easily avoiding Li Huowang's long sword, then mixing with talismans to coalesce together again.

Sharp-edged copper coins, topped with several yellow talismans, stabbed straight into Li Huowang's waist; with continued force, those talismans were forcibly pierced into Li Huowang's body.

The intense pain made Li Huowang roar; he no longer chose to block, but instead raised the long sword in his hand and stabbed crazily toward the ground, entirely in the manner of trading life for life.

In the rapid retreat, the blood of the two intertwined together.

Not long after, Han Fu in the soil could no longer hold out first; he quickly retracted the sword back underground.

Finally having repelled Han Fu, Bai Lingmiao continued dragging Li Huowang between various limestone caves and rock caverns, tumbling and leaping while running wildly; she could not stop now, for those Dancing Lions behind were still pursuing relentlessly.

Compared to the ambushing Han Fu, these things were obviously much more deadly!

(End of Chapter)