Absolute Resonance - Chapter 1827

Chapter 1824 Guardians and Prisoners

Li Luo’s eerie voice echoed across the starry sky, sending chills down the spines of those present.

Yan Changsheng and Su Ying’s pupils constricted sharply. Although they found Li Luo’s words utterly absurd, they couldn’t help but take a step back, staring in astonishment at Ling Shu’s petite and exquisite figure.

Under their gaze, the girl in red turned ashen-faced, glaring angrily at Li Luo, gritting her teeth as she said, “What nonsense are you spouting?!”

“How could I, one of the Six Disciples of Wuxiang, be a prisoner?!”

“As for that demonic seed, it’s just that the woman mistakenly entered the ‘Sect’s Ghost Prison,’ where many great demon kings were judged and killed, naturally leaving behind a strong aura of evil. That’s how she was corrupted and formed the demonic seed.”

“I was ordered by the Sect Master to guard the ‘Void Mist Formation’ for so many years. Even though loneliness was bone-deep, I still fulfilled my promise and dared not relax for a moment. Now that you have finally come, how dare you slander me!”

Ling Shu became more and more furious as she spoke, her cheeks flushed red, and at the same time, a trace of spiritual light appeared between her brows. Within the light, a divine fruit could be seen vibrating, radiating a terrifying pressure of status.

“If you really push me too far, even if you are the ‘descendant sect leader,’ I won’t let you off easily!”

Seeing Ling Shu’s berserk state, Yan Changsheng and Su Ying were somewhat convinced of her abilities. After all, they knew her too well, knowing her quirky and unpredictable personality; if provoked, she was capable of anything.

“Li Luo, is there a reason for your guess?” However, Yan Changsheng was cautious by nature. Although he felt Ling Shu’s behavior was perfectly normal, he also knew that Li Luo wasn’t one to speak carelessly. Li Luo’s sudden outburst must have a reason, so he asked at this moment.

Li Luo calmly gazed at Ling Shu, who was consumed by extreme rage, and said, “I sense you’re eager for me to remove the ‘Void Mist Form’ from this throne.”

Ling Shu took a deep breath and coldly replied, “I’ve waited for so many years, shouldn’t I be more impatient? You have no idea how terrifying time is, which is why you utter such ignorant words.”

She shook her head, her eyes filled with intense disappointment, and said to Yan Changsheng and Su Ying, “For someone like this to be the descendant sect leader of the Formless Holy Sect is a tragedy for our sect.”

“If you want to speculate, then speculate yourself. I won’t entertain you. “

With that, she turned and left with a frosty expression.

Yan Changsheng and Su Ying exchanged a glance, about to speak, when Li Luo’s soft sigh rang out: “Stop acting. The moment I touched the ‘Void Mist Form,’ it told me everything.”

His sigh echoed throughout the star palace, as if even the air itself had frozen in that instant.

Yan Changsheng and Su Ying were overwhelmed with shock, their eyes filled with unconcealed grief as they stared in disbelief at Ling Shu’s retreating figure.

They didn’t doubt Li Luo’s words, for he had no reason to lie like that, and perhaps, deep down, they too sensed something was amiss with Ling Shu.

Under their gaze, Ling Shu, who had angrily turned to leave, froze, as if turned to stone.

A suffocating silence lingered in the Star Palace.

Su Ying’s eyes reddened, and she broke the silence in a low voice: “Li Luo, what did Kong Wuxiang tell you?”

Li Luo said with some regret: “Seniors, your companion, perhaps, was no longer her the moment the Wuxiang Holy Sect was destroyed.”

“What survived was not Ling Shu, one of the Six Sons of Wuxiang, but a servant whose heart was consumed by fear, subservient to the demonic power of the Dark Sect Master.”

Yan Changsheng and Su Ying couldn’t help but tremble.

“Ling Shu, why? You were once praised by the sect leader as a peerless genius. We all know your pride, so why would you abandon all that pride and choose to submit?!” Yan Changsheng asked in a low voice.

“Heh.”

Amidst Yan Changsheng’s sorrowful questioning, the red-clad girl, whose body had been frozen like a stone statue, finally let out a soft laugh. She slowly turned her head, and her previously bright and beautiful face was now filled with a chilling shadow. Her once bright and clear eyes began to radiate a dark color.

Her aura suddenly became sinister and eerie.

“Why?”

Ling Shu’s laughter seemed tinged with sorrow. “You can ask such questions now only because you weren’t here when the Wuxiang Holy Sect was destroyed.”

“Because when you witnessed that terrifying thing emerge from the Sect Master’s body, erasing the Wuxiang Holy Sect’s accumulated strength over countless years with a mere gesture, I think your fear would have been even stronger than mine.”

“That irresistible existence was formed from the fusion of the Sect Master and the Source of All Evil. Even the Sect Master couldn’t subdue it; it is the greatest terror in the world.”

Ling Shu’s pupils trembled as her long-buried memories surged forth again. That day, she witnessed the destruction of the Wuxiang Holy Sect, saw countless Heavenly Kings turn to ashes before her eyes, and saw those brilliant ranks casually devoured by that being.

Finally, it came before her.

At that moment, Ling Shu was so terrified that even her Divine Fruit nearly shattered. Her former pride was utterly crushed, and she knelt before it, weeping bitterly.

She didn’t know if she was weeping for her own weakness or for the collapse of her sacred place.

But she knew that from that moment on, she had lost everything, including herself.

That being had planted a demonic mark on her.

Later, the dying sect leader, with his last strength, activated the “Void Mist Form,” covering the Formless Holy Sect with mist and concealing it in the river of time. The being that terrified her was sealed in a coffin, and she, too, was imprisoned in this sect’s ruins.

Just as Li Luo said, she was not a guardian; she was merely a prisoner trapped in the ruins.

However, the Spirit Book knew that that being would inevitably reappear in the world in the future. At that time, the sect leader would be gone, and no one in this world would be able to stop it.

Su Ying said in a hoarse voice, “Ling Shu, that ‘Dark Sect Master’ is not invincible. Everyone in this world is searching for that sliver of possibility. Can you join us to fight against it and break free from your fears?”

“You can’t win. Even the Sect Master and the Source of All Evil couldn’t defeat it. What makes you think you can?” Ling Shu shook her head indifferently. Her voice gradually calmed, but the aura emanating from her body grew increasingly chilling.

“I’m trapped here to obtain the ‘Void Mist Phase’ and offer it to it.”

“However, I cannot ascend this Sect Master’s throne. I can only rely on you, the descendant Sect Master, to help me retrieve the ‘Void Mist Phase.’ Originally, I didn’t want to do anything to you; I would leave once I obtained the ‘Void Mist Phase.’ But unfortunately, now it seems…”

“Perhaps eliminating you is the best choice.”

(End of Chapter)