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156: Chapter 156: The Shocking Changes in the Golden Fiend Passage and the Insect SwarmBefore the Sword Tomb, Nangong Xuan stood solemnly for a moment, deeply imprinting the spatial coordinates transmitted jointly by the ”slaying dragon” Sword Intent and the gui xu base point into his Sea of Consciousness. The location indicated by those coordinates lay in the deepest part of Jijian Valley, the source of Evil Qi and deathly silence, a perilous place where despair and hope coexisted.

He glanced once more at the ancient sword that had already shattered. Hesitation was gone from his eyes, replaced only by ice-cold determination and restrained sharpness. Turning his body, dark golden escape light enveloped himself and the star key. Without a moment’s further hesitation, he sped directly towards the direction of the main valley’s deepest recesses.

The deeper he went, the more bizarre and terrifying the surrounding scenery became.

The rock walls on either side were no longer simple grey-white metallic veins. Instead, they gradually took on an unsettling dark golden hue, their texture becoming exceptionally fine and smooth, as if melted at high temperature by some force and then re-solidified. On the rock walls, numerous non-naturally formed holes began to appear, varying in size and bottomless, like a honeycomb. From them, wisps of pure yet sinister Sharp Metal Evil Qi seeped out, merging into the thick mist.

The ground beneath his feet also changed. Deep trenches began to appear on the hard metallic surface. These trenches were not naturally formed; their edges were smooth, more like they had been worn down over years by the crawling friction of something massive. Within the trenches remained a viscous, dark liquid that reeked of metallic blood, a sight that disgusted anyone who saw it.

The fragments of Sword Intent in the air diminished, replaced by a more pure, more violent Sharp Metal killing aura, mixed with a faint, icy, and greedy will. This will was extremely weak, yet pervasive, attempting to infiltrate the Sea of Consciousness and stir the destructive and possessive desires deep within the heart.

”Father, be careful!” Lin Mo’s mental voice was full of vigilance. ”The Evil Qi here is wrong; it’s mixed with very concealed mental contamination! It’s harder to guard against than the residual Sword Intent outside!”

Nangong Xuan gave a slight nod. The dark golden Dao patterns on his body surface swirled even more rapidly. The intangible Domain formed by his Nirvana Slaying Sword Intent protected him tightly. Those sinister wills attempting to corrode him were crushed upon approach by the ”Termination” and ”Purification” true meanings contained within the Sword Intent. The gui xu base point also continued to rotate slowly, acting like an efficient filter, stripping away and devouring the harmful mental Impurities from the sinister Evil Qi it absorbed, leaving only relatively pure energy to replenish itself.

Even so, the deeper he went, the greater that intangible pressure became. It was as if the entire canyon had come alive, transformed into a massive, malevolent living entity, and they were advancing towards the heart of this creature.

Suddenly, the passage ahead narrowed, showing clear signs of artificial excavation. The walls became exceptionally smooth, carved with all manner of twisted, bizarre reliefs that defied any known civilization’s aesthetics. The content of these reliefs mostly involved devouring, Fusion, and transformation: weapons merging with flesh and blood, rocks growing compound eyes, rivers turning into metal... filled with a blasphemous, unnatural sense of the grotesque.

This place was no longer merely an ancient battlefield; it bore the strong stylistic imprint of the so-called ”Gold-Devouring Demon Nest.”

”We’re almost there,” Nangong Xuan said solemnly, slowing his speed slightly. His Divine Sense extended forward like the finest tendrils, probing ahead. ”The Core area indicated by the coordinates is just beyond this artificial passageway.”

The passageway was not long, but its end was not an open space. Instead, it was completely blocked by a massive, bizarre door forged from countless different types of metal! The door’s surface was covered with thick, vein-like pipes and eerie, flickering runes, emitting powerful energy fluctuations and a heart-palpitating force of repulsion.

And on the open ground before the door stood two rows of ten statues in total!