Chapter Nineteenth: Return to the Underground Caverns

  Tang Xiaoxia didn't kneel on the cushion like Luosiqi, he went around to the back of the statue, Luosiqi thought she would go over and pull him over to pray together, but when she walked over, she found that Tang Xiaoxia had already put his hands up.

  He placed his hand on the stone monument that was faintly glowing with a blue light.

  In an instant, a brilliant green light filled the entire temple. Luosi saw Tang Xiaoxia's figure suddenly become blurred. When the green light gradually dissipated, Tang Xiaoxia was no longer standing in his original place, leaving only a green stone monument emitting a mysterious glow.

  Luosi was stunned, Tang Xiaoxia's sudden disappearance left her a bit bewildered. She instantly thought of what Qing Yuansu had told her - that the three of them possessed the ability to transmit their spirits through the Heart Stone Stele to another stele. At the time, Qing Yuansu had only known of one other stele in Xueyun Valley, leaving Luosi and Tang Xiaoxia disappointed. Little did they know, under a twist of fate, they would discover the second stele on the Astrology Platform of the Moon God Sect.

  Luosiqi, whose emotions had gradually calmed down, judged that Tang Xiaoxia must have been transmitted back to Xueyun Valley through the Heart Stone Monument. She followed the transmission method that Qingyuanzi had told her before, and walked to the side of the monument, placing her hand on it, thinking of the scene under Xueyun Valley. In an instant, she was also surrounded by a sudden burst of green light, and she felt her body become light and floating, her consciousness suddenly blurred.

  It was as if only a moment had passed, and when she regained consciousness again, she found herself back in that familiar scene. In the small lake at the heart of the underground cave in Snow Cloud Valley, she took her hand away from the Heart Spirit Monument, but what she felt was an atmosphere completely different from before!

  On the only stone bridge leading to the shore in the middle of the lake, Tang Xiaoxia's Lingyun sword pointed resolutely forward. Following the direction of his sword, Luosiqi suddenly discovered that a half-person-high, green, semi-transparent, slimy creature was charging forward. It looked somewhat like a slug, with forked horns on its head, similar to those of a slug. Luosiqi had occasionally seen pictures of slugs in books before, and it looked very much like a shell-less snail, but this shell-less "snail" was obviously much larger. Luosiqi couldn't understand how this creature could suddenly appear here; she and Tang Xiaoxia hadn't seen it at all when they first came here with Qingyuansu!

  Just as Luosi was still confused, the monster suddenly bounced up from the ground and rushed towards Tang Xiaoxia!

  A blue light flashed, and Tang Xiaoxia leaned forward to meet the monster's attack, instantly slashing out with his sword! The monster was split in two by this sword in mid-air, falling into the lake below the stone bridge.

  Luosi's little heart skipped a beat as the monster charged towards Tang Xiaoxiao, her expression changed from tension to delight with that one sword strike, she felt that Tang Xiaoxiao now looked like the male lead in a fantasy game, that one sword strike was really too cool!

  Tang Xiaxia seemed to have frozen in place like a sculpture after swinging that sword, and Luosiqi thought he was intentionally showing off. He walked up front, patted his shoulder with force and said: "I say, young hero, you've been showing off for quite some time now!"

  Tang Xiaxia was startled by the sudden slap and trembled for a moment. Then, Luosiqi couldn't help but laugh at his legs shaking involuntarily. Seeing Luosiqi trying to stifle her laughter, he smiled awkwardly and said, "First time killing monsters, forgive me!"

  Pfft! Luosiqi finally couldn't bear it anymore with this sentence, she held onto Tang Xiaoxia's shoulder and burst out laughing, laughed so hard that her stomach hurt a bit, Tang Xiaoxia also followed suit with a somewhat embarrassed smile, but because of this reason his legs stopped shaking, gradually he became happy too.

  The lake began to make a sound of water being stirred, Luosiqi smiled and looked towards the source of the sound, her smile slowly disappeared, replaced by a shocked shock. Tang Xiaoxia, because she was facing her, didn't see what Luosiqi saw, and thought Luosiqi was laughing so hard that she couldn't breathe, saying: "Look at you gloating! How is it? Are you out of breath from laughing?" After speaking, he was about to reach out and pat Luosiqi's back.

  Luosiqi pointed his finger behind him, his voice changed and he exclaimed in alarm: "What's that? Quick, look behind you!"

  Tang Xiaoxia thought that Luosiqi was playing a prank on him, and laughed as he turned around to say: "What's going on behind me! Luosiqi don't tease..."

  He originally wanted to say that Luosiqi don't deceive me, but the word "I" hadn't been spoken yet and was lost in his heart due to shock.

  He and Luosiqi saw that the monster he had just cut in half with one sword was not dead, but the two halves slowly crawled out of the water as if they were alive, growing bigger bit by bit, and incredibly turned into two monsters exactly the same as the previous one!

  They seemed to exchange a glance, one of them went back onto the stone bridge, while the other stood guard at the head of the bridge, looking back this way.

  "Don't be afraid! I'll cut down as many of these trash as there are!" Tang Xiaoxia said this to Luosi Qi, but it seemed more like she was encouraging herself. The monster that rushed up the stone bridge again jumped towards Tang Xiaoxia just like before! Again, a blue light flashed, and the monster that was cut in two fell into the lake! Tang Xiaoxia charged towards the second monster that slowly approached, saying with killing intent: "Next one!"

  Another blue light, another monster splashing into the water. Perhaps due to accumulated experience, Tang Xiaoxia's legs no longer trembled after beheading this monster. He pretended to be relaxed and said to Luosi Qi: "See, I told you, I can kill as many of these trash as they come!"

  Luosiqi really wanted to be as relaxed as him and also wanted to pat his shoulder and say: "You still have a heroic spirit, it's not obvious!"

  But she couldn't do that, because her gaze followed the monster cut in two as it fell into the water. Soon, four more half-monsters emerged from the water and slowly swam towards the shore.

  They unexpectedly turned into four monsters, the four monsters looked at each other with a hint of thought, and one of them moved towards the stone bridge, while the remaining three looked over here with ridicule.

  Tang Xiaoxia's face finally darkened, and soon another sword, two swords, three swords, four swords went down. When eight monsters appeared on the shore looking this way, Luosiqi felt that not only herself, but also Tang Xiaoxia had gone mad together.

  Another monster crawled up the stone bridge, as if mocking Tang Xiaoxiao's killing. As Tang Xiaoxiao continued to swing his sword, more monsters appeared on the shore before he could finish off those already there, and even more emerged from the water onto the shore.

  Fortunately, the stone platform in the lake was very high, and from the shore to the stone platform, there was only one stone bridge that could be passed through. Otherwise, the two of them would have been swarmed by those monsters and would have had a hard time defending themselves.

  As the monsters began to multiply in uncountable numbers, Luosi felt that the only way out for the two of them was to return to Lin Yue Peak through the Heartstone Stele again. She thought that these monsters, no matter how powerful they were, would definitely not have the same teleportation ability as her and Tang Xiaoxiao. Although she still didn't understand why such a monster that could constantly split itself appeared here, or what was happening to Qingyuanzi now, safety came first. Thinking of this, she was about to call out to Tang Xiaoxiao to take advantage of the interval between killing another monster and go with her to transmit at the stele.

  But just at this moment, she suddenly felt that Tang Xiaoxia, who had unknowingly beheaded countless monsters, was somehow different. She couldn't describe what this difference was, she only felt that the killing aura on his body seemed to be getting heavier and heavier. She couldn't see Tang Xiaoxia's expression as he beheaded monsters with his back to her, but the killing aura finally became so intense that it made her feel suffocated. Her mouth opened wide in shock, and Tang Xiaoxia's entire body began to faintly emit a red glow. This was really unbelievable! She rubbed her eyes hard, only to discover that this wasn't an illusion!