Keyboard Immortal - Chapter 2764

1277: Awakening

Zuan said in a deep voice, “You already have the key, so why bother asking us to come along?”

Yanhua replied coldly, “Isn’t it okay if I’m willing? Didn’t you say I was lonely and empty? It’s just right for me to have some company.”

Zuan: “…”

He didn’t expect the boomerang to hit him so quickly.

After Isabella’s restraints were released

, she immediately ran to Zuan’s side, instinctively wanting to grab his arm, but thinking of Yanhua’s fierce look just now, she hesitated. “Don’t worry, it’s all right now,” Zuan patted her hand gently in reassurance, then looked back at Yanhua. “Where are the others? Didn’t you promise to let them go?”

“Those filthy creatures are annoying to look at. They have no business being around me. I’ve already sent them elsewhere,” Yanhua replied calmly.

Zuan was a little worried that she had actually dealt with those people. He wanted to ask her, but he was worried that she might misunderstand and actually kill them, so he suppressed his doubts.

Isabella secretly tugged at Zuan’s sleeve, quietly asking what was going on.

“I made a deal with her… Fireworks is actually one of her identities, and Yani…” Zuan briefly explained, still feeling quite confused.

What exactly was this woman, and what was the deal with Fireworks?

Isabella’s mouth dropped open, clearly shocked by all this, yet at the same time, she couldn’t help but admire him, “Brother Zu, you’re amazing. You even managed to pull off a situation that was sure to end in death.”

She’d witnessed Fireworks’s power firsthand. Even she, a seasoned woman, couldn’t think of a way out, only to be overcome by Brother Zu.

Fireworks, walking ahead, didn’t look back, but she could still see Isabella’s starry eyes as she gazed at Zuan. How could a man resist such admiring and respectful eyes from a young girl?

If Isabella were a green tea, it would be fine. If she dared to use such tactics, she would simply destroy her.

Yet, her heart was so sincere that he couldn’t find a reason to intervene. After all, Isabella had come to rescue her, calling her “sister” all the way…

Well, Tingxue was more pleasing to the eye, standing there calmly and coolly, completely refusing to fawn over Zuan.

The three of them passed through the void tunnel she had opened and arrived again before the heart-like stone.

Yanhua was about to place the key into the central recess when a thought struck her. She tossed the key to Zuan, “You go.”

Zuan: “…”

“Why would you let someone else break your own seal?”

Yanhua laughed. “You know it’s me you’re sealing. What if there’s a plan against me? Wouldn’t it be a trap for me to go?”

Zuan had to admit, she made a good point.

With the situation now overwhelming, he had no choice but to take the key and approach the special stone.

“Be careful!” Isabella couldn’t help but warn.

Although Fireworks spoke nonchalantly, she kept a nervous eye on Zuan, fearing he might pull some nasty tricks, oblivious to Isabella’s somewhat naive behavior.

Zuan smiled, took a deep breath, and placed the key into the recessed nest.

As soon as the key was placed, a strange light emanated, quickly illuminating the entire stone, as if a beating heart.

Suddenly, the entire rift valley, where the Eight Desolate Prison Suppression Formation had previously been located, lit up with a red glow, as if something had opened its eyes. The eyes were so large that the entire rift valley seemed a small part of them.

A desolate and bleak aura suddenly enveloped the entire forbidden area. The pressure was completely different from Fireworks’s, even far superior in magnitude.

Naturally, Fireworks sensed it immediately and instantly appeared beside Zuan, grabbing him by the collar. “What have you done, little brat?”

Seeing this, Tingxue swiftly swung her sword at her.

Isabella followed suit, her hands rummaging through her treasure bag, trying to find a magic weapon that could help Zuan.

Zuan was also bewildered. “I didn’t do anything. I just put the key in there as you told me.”

“Impossible! This is a seal that restrains me. How could I have awakened Him?” Ever since revealing her true identity, Yanhua had always acted with aloofness, as if everything was under control. Now, for the first time, panic crossed her face.

“Who is this “He” you’re talking about?” Zuan was about to ask when the heart-like stone illuminated with a dazzling white light, swallowing up the entire space.

Not only him, but Tingxue and Isabella were also swallowed up.

Yanhua’s face paled, and she instinctively tried to break through the void and escape.

But it was as if some mysterious force was restraining her, making what was usually easy seem incredibly difficult.

She struggled mightily, but her body was constantly engulfed by the white light. A flicker of despair flashed in her eyes. “No!”

She had meticulously planned, expending countless years on the quest, and now, seemingly on the verge of escape, only to have her efforts thwarted at the very last moment.

But no matter how she tried to resist, she vanished into the white light.

The light quickly dissipated, leaving the entire space empty, as if they had never existed.

Zuan, the moment he was engulfed by the white light, instinctively attempted to use his rainbow transformation technique to escape, but his technique failed, as if some immense force had forbade it.

A moment of daze, he realized his surroundings were no longer the gloomy forbidden earth veins he had been in, but a vast expanse of white.

Zuan searched for Tingxue and Isabella, but there was no sign of them, not even the fireworks.

In the distance, a staircase of white clouds spiraled towards the sky.

The world was empty, save for the cloud staircase ahead, as if beckoning him forward.

He had experienced countless strange things in his life, and now that there were no other clues, he simply walked forward calmly.

When he reached the stairs, even though he was determined, his face changed slightly, because these were not white clouds, but a collection of skulls that looked like clouds from a distance.

These skulls were not the lifeless ones that were common, but instead emitted a crystal white light. Each one seemed to be an exquisite work of art.

However, the dense crowd of skulls gathered here was still a bit too scary.

As if sensing his arrival, the skulls looked at him: “Go up, go up…”

Zuan: “…”

As the lord of the underworld, he had seen talking skulls before.

But the sight of thousands of skulls looking at him and talking at the same time was still too demonic.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then walked towards the sky step by step, stepping on the squeaking skulls.