Chapter 1317: Omen of the Great Calamity (Part 2)
Chapter 1317: Omen of the Great Calamity (Part 2)
As Mào Jiàn turned and walked away, he left behind Ā Yáng, who watched his friend’s departing figure with a long sigh. It seemed his friend was beyond saving, and Ā Yáng, though resolute, decided not to involve himself any further.
But then, a sudden change occurred!
Just as Mào Jiàn had taken only a few steps, his terrified voice rang out from a distance.
Startled, Ā Yáng looked up, his eyes full of confusion. The Tiānhuá mine was one of the most heavily guarded areas in the Tiānhuá Immortal Sect, where even personal disputes were forbidden. How could something strange happen here?
But before he could think further, the terrifying cries grew clearer, echoing directly into his mind, filling him with dread.
All around, the other cultivators in the Tiānhuá mine also stopped their work, the sound of mining abruptly ceasing. They looked around in alarm, trying to locate the source of the noise.
One of the supervisors, Gāo Cè, shouted in anger, “Who dares to cause such a disturbance in the mine? Do you have a death wish?”
But as soon as his voice fell, the terrifying screams suddenly stopped, as if it had all been some thoughtless joke.
Yet, in the sudden silence, every disciple of the Tiānhuá Immortal Sect felt a growing unease.
No! That wasn’t a joke!
No one would dare to do something so reckless!
Then, a deafening rumble erupted from the mine, shattering the eerie silence.
In an instant, the white jade-like ground beneath their feet began to quake violently, rising and falling like ocean waves.
Massive cracks spread across the ground like a spiderweb, covering the entire mine within moments. The sight was terrifying.
The mine, rich in the mineral known as Tiānhuá Lingzhi, was composed entirely of this incredibly hard material. Even with specialized immortal tools, it would take thousands of strikes to create a tiny crack.
Now, these enormous fissures had appeared suddenly, shocking everyone and sending chills down their spines.
What kind of force could cause such an indestructible mine to split apart so easily?
“Something’s wrong! Evacuate immediately!” someone shouted.
The miners quickly reacted, their shouts echoing through the chaos as they attempted to escape.
But before they could flee, a destructive force emerged from the cracks, instantly suppressing the surrounding space.
The eerie sensation caused many of the Tiānhuá Immortal Sect disciples to collapse, their strength failing them as they fell clumsily to the ground.
In their horrified eyes, they watched as a black mist rose from the fissures, expanding rapidly to cover half of the mine within mere breaths.
Screams of terror soon followed, as one by one, the disciples were engulfed by the sinister force.
Their bodies began to corrode at an alarming rate, exposing their bones in a gruesome spectacle. Even using their Daoist powers was futile.
This horrifying scene caused panic among the remaining disciples, who were now overwhelmed by the fear of death.
“Run! Get out of here!”
“Escape while you can!”
Ignoring all rules, the disciples frantically summoned their most powerful tools and techniques in a desperate attempt to escape.
But the black mist was terrifyingly powerful, rendering all their efforts useless. Every immortal tool that touched the mist was instantly corroded, losing its essence and becoming worthless scrap.
Even their Daoist powers were absorbed by the mist, disappearing without a trace, like stones sinking into the ocean.
Faced with such a nightmare, the disciples’ fear quickly turned to madness, and desperation filled their eyes.
“Suppress it!”
Finally, one of the high-ranking officials of the Tiānhuá Immortal Sect overseeing the mine intervened.
Amidst the swirling mist, he unleashed his full strength as an Ascendant Immortal, wielding a long blade charged with immense power and Daoist energy.
With a powerful shout, he brought the blade down in a strike that shook the heavens, suppressing the chaotic space and temporarily halting the black mist’s advance.
The strike was formidable, freezing the chaotic currents of the void and momentarily stopping the mist’s advance.
But before the surviving disciples could celebrate, the massive slash suddenly dimmed. The black mist, like a tenacious parasite, emerged from the strike and quickly consumed all its power.
“No!” the official shouted, realizing that even the strongest among them could do nothing against this strange force.
In the end, the relentless black mist engulfed the entire Tiānhuá mine.
The once-radiant landscape, resembling a celestial paradise, was reduced to a barren wasteland in an instant.
The mysterious power of the Tiānhuá Lingzhi vanished, leaving the mines desolate.
In the end, not a single person from the Tiānhuá mine survived. Over a thousand disciples of the Tiānhuá Immortal Sect perished, leaving no trace behind.
But the most terrifying aspect was that this disaster didn’t occur in just one mine. Almost every mine suffered the same fate.
If one could look down from above, they would see that in just a short time, the beautiful, jade-like Tiānhuá Immortal Mountain had turned into a barren wasteland, marred by cracks and desolation.
Dark fissures covered the mountain like a giant spiderweb, devouring it entirely.
Endless black mist poured from the depths, reaching into the sky and covering an area of thousands of miles, making it impossible to investigate.
“What has happened?”
“Is this the punishment of the heavens?”
“No! Is this the end of the Tiānhuá Immortal Sect?”
Within the last remnants of the sect’s stronghold, the surviving high-ranking members of the Tiānhuá Immortal Sect gazed upon the sudden disaster with utter despair, their faces aging in an instant.
In just the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the entire Tiānhuá Immortal Sect was nearly wiped out by this mysterious force, leaving them with no time to react.
The disciples of the sect were almost entirely annihilated.
The disaster had struck from the very mines that sustained the sect.
A once-prominent middle-tier power in the Immortal Domain was now on the brink of destruction in mere moments. The terror of the event was beyond comprehension.
“Quickly, call for aid from the Immortal Path!”
In desperation, they pinned their hopes on the larger Immortal forces, praying that someone might save them.
Little did they know, this disaster wasn’t unique to Tiānhuá Immortal Mountain. Similar events were unfolding across the Xuánmíng Immortal Domain, as black mist swept across the land, annihilating everything in its path.