Grassroots Travel: The Star Lord of Another World

Chapter 401 Shadow Blade

Gao Xingchen inserted the black token into a groove on the castle gate. After a tooth-grinding friction sound, the gate slowly opened, revealing a passage leading to the depths of darkness. He took a deep breath and stepped into the castle.

The interior of the castle was even more eerie than the outside, with magic circles flashing with strange lights and ancient murals emitting a decaying atmosphere. Gao Xingchen carefully avoided the traps on the ground, and with the weak light, he found that the walls were covered with dense text.

"This is..." Gao Xingchen carefully identified the words, his expression gradually becoming solemn, "An ancient forbidden technique! They are trying to awaken the sleeping God of Darkness!"

These texts record an extremely evil magic ritual that can open the door to the other world by sacrificing the souls of a large number of living beings, and summon the sleeping god of darkness to this world. Once the ritual succeeds, the entire Nine Star Realm will fall into an abyss of no return.

Gao Xingchen was filled with shock and anger. He had never expected that Shadow Blade's ambition was so huge that he wanted to destroy the entire world! He had to stop this disaster from happening as soon as possible!

He copied the words and left the castle in a hurry. After returning to the family, he immediately summoned core members such as Nanli, Li Yaoshi, and Ling'er and told them the secret he had discovered.

"What?! They actually want to awaken the God of Darkness?!" After listening to Gao Xingchen's story, everyone was shocked and angry.

"We must stop them!" Nan Li said decisively, "Xingchen, do you know where the ceremony will be held?"

"According to the clues I found, the ceremony should be held in an ancient temple called the 'Temple of Eternal Night.'" Gao Xingchen said, "This temple is located deep in the frozen snowfield of the Far North. It is covered with ice and snow all year round and is very secretive."

"Let's set off without delay!" said the head of the Gao family. "Xingchen, Li'er, you two will lead the operation this time. You must stop the ceremony from going ahead!"

"Yes!" Gao Xingchen and Nan Li took the order and immediately began to gather people and prepare to set off for the Temple of Eternal Night.

However, they did not know that the "Shadow Blade" had already anticipated their actions and set up many ambushes on the road to the temple. What was waiting for them was an even more brutal battle...

The biting cold wind howled, sweeping up the snow and blocking the road to the Temple of Eternal Night. Gao Xingchen and Nan Li led the action team to trek through the snow with difficulty, and everyone's face was filled with solemnity and fatigue.

"Xingchen, we can't go on like this, we've suffered too much loss!" Nan Li said to Gao Xingchen anxiously, watching people in the team being injured and falling down. Since leaving the family, they have been attacked endlessly by the "Shadow Blade". These people seem to be everywhere, always able to accurately find their whereabouts and launch surprise attacks.

"I know, but we can't give up!" Gao Xingchen gritted his teeth, his eyes flashing with determination, "We must rush to the temple as soon as possible and stop the ceremony!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a shout of killing suddenly came from the front. Gao Xingchen and Nan Li's faces changed, and they immediately led everyone to rush forward. They saw a team wearing black cloaks fighting with their vanguard troops, and the battle was extremely fierce.

"It's the elite troops of 'Shadow Blade'!" Gao Xingchen recognized the other party's identity at a glance. The strength of these people was obviously much stronger than the previous miscellaneous soldiers.

"Li'er, let's go!" Gao Xingchen drew out his sword and charged into the enemy camp side by side with Nan Li. Both of them were top masters, with sharp swordsmanship and deadly moves, and for a while they managed to force the opponent to retreat step by step.

However, the number of "Shadow Blade" was too large, and they were fearless. As soon as the previous wave fell, the next wave immediately replaced it. Although Gao Xingchen and Nan Li were highly skilled in martial arts, they gradually felt overwhelmed.

"Damn it! How come their reinforcements seem endless!" Gao Xingchen said breathlessly as he chopped an enemy away with his sword. Although he didn't have many wounds on his body, he had already consumed a lot of his physical strength.

"Xingchen, be careful!" Nan Li suddenly exclaimed, and saw a cold light coming from the side and heading straight for Gao Xingchen's chest.

Gao Xingchen was startled and had no time to dodge. He could only watch the cold light approaching him...

At the critical moment, Nan Li's figure passed by like a ghost and blocked Gao Xingchen. The cold light pierced her shoulder, and the blood instantly dyed the white snow red. Gao Xingchen's eyes were bloodshot, and he hugged Nan Li's shaky body and roared: "Li'er!"

Nan Li endured the severe pain, but a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "I'm fine, you don't have to worry..."

However, before she finished her words, a cold voice sounded in their ears: "Give up, your efforts are in vain. The ceremony has begun, and no one can stop it!"

Gao Xingchen and Nanli looked up suddenly, and saw a figure in a black robe with his face hidden under a hood who had appeared in front of them at some point.

"Who are you?" Gao Xingchen's eyes were full of vigilance.

The black-robed man slowly raised his head, revealing a pale and handsome face, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth: "It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that you will soon become the dust of history."

"What exactly do you want to do?" Nan Li asked coldly, enduring the pain from his wound.

"What do I want to do?" The black-robed man laughed loudly, his voice full of madness. "I want to return this world to its original chaos. I want to become the sole ruler of this star field!"

Gao Xingchen and Nan Li were shocked. They finally understood that the real purpose of this mysterious organization was not simply revenge or fighting for power, but to subvert the entire world!

"Don't even think about succeeding!" Gao Xingchen roared, and was about to rush forward to fight a decisive battle with the man in black.

"Xingchen, don't be impulsive!" Nanli held his hand and said in a deep voice, "We don't know his background yet, so we can't act rashly."

Gao Xingchen took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He knew that Nan Li was right. Now was not the time to act rashly. They had to figure out the other party's purpose before they could find a way to break it.

“What? Are you scared?” The man in black robe seemed to see through their thoughts and showed a scornful smile on his face. “I tell you, it’s too late to be scared now! The ceremony has already begun, and you can’t stop it. Hahahaha…”

His laughter echoed in the empty valley, full of creepy chill. Gao Xingchen and Nan Li looked at each other, their eyes full of solemnity. They knew that an unprecedented crisis was approaching them...

The arrogant laughter of the man in black robes echoed in the valley, as if it was the biggest mockery of Gao Xingchen and Nan Li. Gao Xingchen clenched his fists, and his knuckles turned white because of the force. He knew that a battle today was inevitable. Nan Li endured the pain, waved her slender hand, and a long sword emitting cold light appeared in her hand.

"Xingchen, be careful, this man's strength is unfathomable!" Nan Li warned in a low voice, her beautiful eyes full of solemnity. Before she finished speaking, the black-robed man flashed and appeared in front of Gao Xingchen like a ghost, with his five fingers forming claws, going straight for Gao Xingchen's throat. Gao Xingchen was prepared, and he retreated quickly, punching out at the same time, with a whistling fist and overwhelming force.

"You don't know what you can do!" The black-robed man sneered, easily dodging Gao Xingchen's attack and slapping Gao Xingchen's chest with his backhand. Seeing this, Nan Li moved like lightning and blocked in front of Gao Xingchen, waving his long sword and fighting with the black-robed man. The two figures intertwined, and the sword energy was crisscrossed, and it was difficult to tell who would win for a while.

Gao Xingchen did not rush into the battle, his eyes were fixed on the black-robed man, trying to find his flaws. In the fierce battle, Gao Xingchen keenly discovered that some strange runes were faintly visible under the black-robed man's wide black robe. These runes emitted a faint light, as if they resonated with the surrounding heaven and earth energy.

"Li'er, look at him!" Gao Xingchen pointed at the man in black robe and said in a deep voice. Nan Li heard this and her eyes fell on the runes. She frowned slightly and said, "These runes... seem to have been seen somewhere before?"

"Could these runes be related to that ritual?" Gao Xingchen's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered the mysterious patterns he had seen in the stronghold of the mysterious organization before. There seemed to be some connection between the two.

"Haha, so what if you discovered it?" The black-robed man laughed wildly, "The ceremony has been started, no one can stop me! You will be destroyed along with this world!" The runes on the black-robed man's body glowed brightly, and a terrifying force burst out from his body, shocking Gao Xingchen and Nan Li to retreat repeatedly.

"Oh no, he's going to fight to the death!" Gao Xingchen's face changed. He knew that he had to stop the man in black robe as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. But what exactly are those mysterious runes? And how can they be cracked?

Gao Xingchen and Nan Li fell into an unprecedented predicament...