Chapter 2255 Quakes And Fissures

Chapter 2255 Quakes And Fissures

Wave after wave of the dark energy lashed at the group, but the Great Shield held up well. The others also defended successfully with their own skills and about fifteen minutes later, the waves finally stopped.

~huu~

Everyone took a collective breath of relief as the barrage finally stopped.

"What was that?!" Daoist Chu finally asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

"I have no idea... But it certainly isn't good." Lin Mu replied furrowing his brows. "We should leave... I have a bad feeling about all this." He added.

"I agree." Crown Prince Feng Shun replied. ~RUMBLE~

But just as he said that, the entire place started to shake.

"We spoke to soon." Ziran said as he looked around.

Even if the dark energy waves had stopped, that didn't mean the area had returned to normal. It was still dark and the dark energy itself had not dissipated. It was now suspended all around them like smoke and showed no signs of disappearing.

~TREMBLE~TREMBLE~TREMBLE~

"An Earthquake?" Lin Mu could now tell this was different than what they had experienced earlier.

"Is this due to that rock too?" Crown Princess Shang couldn't help but ask.

"It does seem likely... But we best retreat for now. We have no idea what would be happening now." Lady Kang suggested.

"Yeah, let's return to the base." Lin Mu replied before checking the dark energy. "We'll have to push through the dark energy, I don't think it's going to leave anytime soon." He added before dispelling the great shield.

~SHUA~

The Dao Shell and Dao Embryo returned to Lin Mu's body, while Lady Kang's Skill also dissipated.

~WHOOSH~

Crown Prince Feng Shun threw out a palm imprint, causing a gust of wind that cut through the dark energy. "Looks like we can do that at least." Crown Prince Feng Shun said, seeing that the dark energy was movable.

~RUMBLE~

More rumbling sounds were heard as the earth continued to shake. "Let's move!" ~SHUA~SHUA~SHUA~

Crown Prince Feng Shun created a constant gust of wind, that cleaved open a path for them. Everyone moved as fast as as they could but the earth didn't stop shaking. It intensified until finally it started cracking apart!

~CRACK~

~RUMBLE~

"Fissures are opening!" Elder Hu warned as they elevated their altitude of flying.

~HISS~ HISS~

The twins seemed to have sensed something and alerted Lin Mu right away.

"That's not all!" Lin Mu heard their words and informed the others. "Death Qi is coming!"

~GUSH~

A few seconds later, a geyser of Death Qi spurted out of the fissure, blocking their path!

"Dammit." Crown Prince Feng Shun who had been leading them, was forced to stop. "Go up!" he said as he sent another palm imprint upwards.

~WHOOSH~

The palm imprint pushed aside at least a hundred meters of dark energy, but it was stopped after that.

"That's great." Crown Prince Feng Shun praised. "They'll inform us in advance so that we don't get trapped in between two geysers." Lin Mu said as Little Shrubby sped up again.

~WHOOSH~

Soon he was a red blur tearing through a sea of darkness while death Qi geysers sprang up from time to time.

Lin Mu's nerves were stretched taught knowing that the situation was getting worse with every passing minute.

"The Death Qi is getting stronger." Xiao Yin spoke. "It's getting closer to the surface again." She warned.

"STOP!" Lin Mu ordered Little Shrubby.

~CRASH~

Little Shrubby's claws dug into the ground, leaving deep marks as he braked.

~BOOM~

Merely half a meter from them, another geyser opened up causing Crown Prince Feng Shun's skill to be forcibly dispelled.

"Ugh... The Death Qi is too strong." Crown Prince Feng Shun recoiled from the skill being forcibly dispelled. "I'll cast it again." But he wasn't going to back down just from that.

~SHUA~

The wind curtain surrounded them again, as Lin Mu plotted out a new route with the twins' advice.

~WHOOSH~

They began their escape again, while dodging the fissures and Death Qi geysers.

But their journey was anything but smooth. They had to change directions too many times, and a short path to the base was also not possible for it had been blocked off by the Death Qi.

It had now been an hour and they were still at least five hundred kilometers from the base.

In normal times, they would have already reached the base with Little Shrubby's full speed. But with the constant changing, they were slowed down, not to mention being forced to go around in circles at times.

~BIHIHIHIHIHI~

But in all this, they saw another surprising thing.

"The Auroch Chimeric beasts," Lin Mu saw a swarm of them running.

"They're scared too." Crown Princess Shang spoke.

~BOOM~

~BIIIIIIIJIIII~

And not long after, a fissure opened up right under the swarm, destroying them all with the Death Qi geyser. Lin Mu and the others saw as the bodies of the Chimeric beasts were assaulted by the Death Qi as they turned into skeletons within seconds.

"No wonder they're scared of it..." Monk Hushu muttered.

"Of course." Ziran replied. "Though this situation does not seem normal." He said.

"Yeah, the Chimeric beasts wouldn't have been able to live here otherwise." Lin Mu agreed. "Whatever we unleashed from that rock, is definitely behind this," He stated.

"It's certainly a chain reaction of some kind." Elder Hu replied.

~WHOOSH~

Little Shrubby sped up more as he felt the urgency.

He even debated using his innate skill to speed up even more.

"Not for now." Lin Mu rejected it.