dkrc Chapter 172 Father and Daughter Reunion
Chapter 172 Father and Daughter Reunion
Chapter 172 Father and Daughter Reunion
Upon uttering the word "withering," Tong Cheng felt a jolt throughout his body.
He knew he didn't want to say those two words, but the consciousness had forcibly implanted them into his mind, forcing him to utter them.
After the sound of "withering" rang out, everything around them withered at a rapid pace, quickly becoming bare.
Even Tong Cheng discovered that at that moment, the clothes and bodies of himself and his teacher Xu Huaiyuan were also peeling off piece by piece, including their hair and nails.
He had just been promoted to the Purple Gold Rank when he unexpectedly encountered such powerful and bizarre methods.
It was clear that the owner of that giant hand was incredibly powerful, a rare sight indeed. Tong Cheng clenched his fists tightly, stood up, and faced the direction from which the giant hand and the deformed creature were approaching.
A newly formed gray-white domain rapidly expanded from his center, as if it had turned into tangible gray-white dust, spreading in all directions to resist the erosion of this withering state.
This temporarily stopped the clothes and body parts of him and Xu Huaiyuan from falling off.
The five bizarrely fused, deformed creatures roared, cracking and popping as they moved. They were the first to approach, grabbing at Tong Cheng's head.
This guy's hands were as big as the previous three, and when he opened his hands, you could see fifteen deformed fingers of varying lengths.
As they drew near, Tong Cheng rolled his eyes upwards, raised his right hand, and a thicker red curtain appeared, instantly enveloping the deformed body.
This time, because his strength had greatly increased, there was no squeezing process at all. Instead, the moment the red curtain enveloped the deformed body, a cloud of blood mist burst out from it.
This deformed creature, whose strength had clearly increased, vanished instantly.
The red curtain then tumbled in mid-air and enveloped the giant black hand.
The huge black hand slowly closed its five fingers, then extended its index finger, making a "1" gesture.
With a gentle downward stroke of the index finger, the thick red curtain was instantly torn in two, trembling violently.
At the same time, blood spilled from Tong Cheng's mouth. He pulled out a mask from his body and threw it on his face, temporarily enhancing his abilities. He then forcibly recalled the two torn red curtains and integrated them into his body.
Tong Cheng didn't stop, he kept taking out masks and throwing them at his face, slap slap slap—he put on five masks in a row.
At that moment, the black hand flicked its finger, and a decaying, desolate aura swept towards him like a storm.
Tong Cheng only had time to pull Xu Huaiyuan's corpse behind him before he opened his mouth and sang: "I~ am~ the~ righteous~ one~ in~ the~ world~
"The Way~"
Each word uttered from his mouth created an aura that crashed violently against the oncoming aura of decay, producing a thunderous vibration.
He uttered six words in succession, producing six earth-shattering roars that wore away more than half of the terrifying aura of decay, until Tong Cheng was hoarse and exhausted.
The remaining half of the decaying aura condensed into a fist-sized stream, which burst through Tong Cheng's abdomen with a pop, revealing a hole.
Along the edges of this hollow area, muscles and internal organs continue to decay and fall off.
However, Tong Cheng's vitality was also extremely strong at this moment. A domain enveloped his body, and the muscles and internal organs in the injured areas were visibly growing rapidly in an attempt to make up for the damage.
Looking up, I saw the black hand with its four fingers bent and closed, then simultaneously flicking out.
Four incredibly powerful auras of decay, identical to those from before, formed and headed straight for Tongcheng.
Li Jiuhe stood excitedly at the entrance of the passage.
After the passageway in the haunted house was opened, he saw the boy disappear and knew that the boy must have gone to the innermost part of the passageway.
As an outsider, I cannot enter, but the boy is the haunted house itself, so his movements are not restricted by the passage's capacity.
This can be considered as the haunted house indirectly helping Li Jiuhe.
In the dim light, one could see the boy from the haunted house leading a little girl, who was a bit shorter than him, out of the dark side of the passage.
The girl had two pigtails, her hair was slightly messy, her face was dirty, she wore a yellow top, light blue jeans, and her shoes were gone. Her white socks were on the ground, almost turning into black socks.
Li Jiuhe was very familiar with this outfit; it was also Li Yi's favorite outfit back then.
"Daddy!" The little girl looked at Li Jiuhe, her voice trembling with tears, and called out before she even got close.
Li Jiuhe was instantly numb, his mind went blank, and the next second he rushed forward, knelt on the ground and hugged Li Yi's weak body.
"I'm back, I'm back, Xiaoyi, Daddy—I've seen you. I'm sorry for making you suffer—"
He was so excited that he didn't know what he was saying; he just held Li Yi's warm body tightly and kept talking.
Li Yi pouted: "I thought—I thought I'd never see you again—"
Before she could finish speaking, the fear she had been suppressing for so long finally broke free, and she burst into tears.
She cried so hard it was heartbreaking, with large tears rolling down her face, quickly soaking Li Jiuhe's shoulder.
[Holy crap, my dear collaborator! You hid it so well! You were actually planning to rescue your daughter from the deserted cabin, and you did it all without me noticing! What a disgrace to my reputation!]
The shock of the Death Pass at that moment was quickly displayed before Li Jiuhe's eyes through the text, but Li Jiuhe had no time to pay attention to it.
He glanced at the boy in the haunted house, and at the boy's signal, he quickly picked up Li Yi and held her tightly, as if afraid that she would slip away from him again, and then quickly retreated from the passage.
Almost simultaneously, the dark passage suddenly became bright, meaning it had lost its connection with the space beyond the abandoned wooden hut.
At the entrance to the haunted house, Ma Li, Song Zhixing, and all the investigators were dumbfounded!
Song Zhixing and the others were completely baffled as to why Li Jiuhe had picked up his daughter from the haunted house, and they didn't even know what had happened to Li Jiuhe in the past.
When Ma Li saw this scene, she quickly understood, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she looked at Li Jiuhe's excited appearance and Li Yi's crying expression, and she also burst into tears.
While crying, Ma Li wiped away her tears and kept comforting her, "Good girl, don't cry, don't be sad. It's good that you're reunited with your dad. Look, even your Aunt Ma Li is crying! Waaah—"
Just then, Li Yi suddenly remembered something, abruptly stopped crying, and grabbed Li Jiuhe's arm tightly with her little hands: "Daddy, Daddy, quick! Uncle Tong is still inside, Uncle Tong is still inside—"
Li Jiuhe immediately asked the Death Pass in his mind, "Where is your passage?"
[It's all set, already open, right across from the haunted house passage!]
The pass will respond immediately.
Li Yi continued, "A giant hand was chasing us, and no one could defeat it. Grandpa Xu died, and Uncle Tong told me to come out first. He was very sad, and he stayed with Grandpa Xu—"
Although Li Yi's description was fragmented, Li Jiuhe roughly understood it. He immediately turned his head and saw that the pass had been used to open a passage through the other side of the haunted house.
The passageway extends inward, and it is equally pitch black inside, but it looks much more stable than the passageway that the haunted house itself opens.
After all, this is one of Death Pass's strengths.
I didn't see anyone else at the entrance. If you can, please tell your friend to approach the passage.
The death pass serves as a reminder to Li Jiuhe once again.
Without thinking much, Li Jiuhe kissed Li Yi on the forehead and then placed her next to Ma Li: "Xiao Yi, you stay with Aunt Ma Li, Daddy will go in and save Uncle Tong."
When the agreement was reached with the pass holders, it was agreed that two people would come out, and that the passageway would allow entry and exit.
Now that they know Xu Huaiyuan is dead, according to the pass, the dead usually go to a place called "Abyss", so at this moment only Tong Cheng is in the deserted wooden house.
Li Jiuhe went in and then called the other party to come out together, which did not violate the cooperation agreement.
Most importantly, he suspected that Tongcheng might be in danger and that he might not be able to escape alone.
"Dad, it's dangerous inside—" Li Yi quickly warned.
The pass notification then appeared.
[I'm not exaggerating, but I just realized that the abandoned wooden house is no longer a normal place where Yin and Yang meet, but has been invaded by the "Abyss." Many creatures from there have appeared in the abandoned wooden house, including some with sequences above the Purple-Gold line.]
The pass's warning was very clear, because it judged that Li Jiuhe was a Purple Gold Line user, but if he encountered a user of the same sequence or a higher Black Gold Line user, his abilities would be suppressed so severely that he would be unable to resist.
Li Jiuhe hesitated for a moment, then turned to Li Yi and asked, "Where is your Uncle Tong located?"
"It's about ten steps from where I came in," Li Yi replied.
"Where is your passageway?" Li Jiuhe asked his pass in his mind.
[Right next to the entrance to the haunted house, about 2.17 meters away.]
The distance it provides is accurate to two decimal places, showing that it is indeed trying its best to help.
Without saying anything more, Li Jiuhe plunged into the passage.
Suddenly everything went black, and then an incredibly cold aura rushed towards him, making it difficult for him to breathe.
His figure quickly disappeared from Ma Li and Li Yi's sight.
Ma Li began to feel uneasy. She squatted down and whispered to Li Yi, "Xiao Yi, tell Auntie, how is Uncle Tong?"
"Thankfully, he was always protecting me."
"Is he injured or dying?"
"No." Li Yi quickly shook her head. "Not only did he not die, but his abilities have become even stronger because Grandpa Xu gave him many abilities."
"Oh my god! This is bad!"
Ma Li's heart clenched painfully, and she immediately felt restless, with an urge to run away right away.
Tong Cheng's strength in the past was something she couldn't contend with; he could crush her like a soft persimmon. Now that he's even stronger, she'll be even less able to resist once he's released and will be immediately sent to the shelter?!
The thought that she would never be free again intensified the impulse in Ma Li's heart.
"No, I have to run. I have to get out of here before Tong Cheng is rescued! Otherwise, if he finds out that I not only evolved but also devoured several Sequencers, I'm doomed."
Living in a deserted wooden house.
As Li Jiuhe's eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, he looked up and saw that the pure darkness before him had disappeared, replaced by a grayish-white color that covered a figure not far away.
And in the middle of this gray and white scene stood a person, with his back to me. Judging from his back, it was Tong Cheng.
Tong Cheng's body was hunched over, and it felt like he could collapse at any moment. His back was covered in blood, a blurry mess, and his clothes were scattered on the ground in pieces.
At the same time, half of Tong Cheng's hair had fallen out, and his skin was like that of a dead person, with some parts already rotting and falling off.
His strong willpower made him stubbornly raise his head, his eyes fixed on the giant hand in mid-air.
The owner of the palm seemed somewhat surprised at this moment, not expecting that Tong Cheng, after being subjected to his repeated attacks, not only did not—
Even in death, he still had the strength to hold on and not fall.
Tong Cheng was also surprised to find that the power of the giant hand in front of him was so terrifying!
He had just advanced to the Purple Gold line by absorbing his teacher Xu Huaiyuan's sequence energy, greatly increasing his strength, but he was still no match for this guy.
At this moment, he suspected that the master of this arm might be a Black Public Line Sequence user, and even a high-ranking one within the Black Public Line.
But are those with the Black Public Line Sequence really that terrifying?
The opponent only used one hand, and the giant hand attacked from a distance the whole time. Not only did it not get close, but Tong Cheng had never seen the owner of that hand.
It's easy to imagine that the other party wouldn't even deign to meet him.
What incredible sequence capabilities does this arm possess?
"This is a sequence creature from the Abyss?!" Tong Cheng gritted his teeth, his expression stubborn and unyielding.
Because he was completely focused on dealing with the formidable opponent in front of him, he was completely unaware that a second passage had opened behind him.
Moreover, even if he knew that, given his current speed, it would be difficult for Cheng to reach the passage.
During the battle, having suffered repeated heavy blows from the enemy, Tong Chengcheng noticed that after Xu Huaiyuan died, his body had been absorbed into the "Abyss" by the power here.
He originally intended to take Xu Huaiyuan's body away, but now this situation was completely beyond his capabilities.
Li Jiuhe did not call out to Tong Cheng, because he saw the outline of a giant hand floating in mid-air in front of the gray-white area where Tong Cheng was, which was extremely eerie.
This hand should belong to some kind of creature, but its gender is indistinguishable.
At the same time, Li Jiuhe made a terrifying discovery: he didn't know why the arm had entered the deserted wooden house on its own. He suddenly sensed that his mission definition ability could no longer function effectively here.
Cheng said he couldn't define the task, and Cheng couldn't reset it.
I feel that even if I am in a deserted wooden house, my ability to define my mission should not be restricted, so the probability of the giant hand is being created by the giant hand.
Suddenly, the hand brought its five fingers together, the thumb pressing against the middle finger, then the ring and little fingers bent closer to the palm, while the index finger slightly separated—
"Is it going to snap its fingers?" Li Jiuhe immediately realized.
Snapped!
A muffled sound rang out as the giant hand snapped its fingers, and the aura of the massive arm surged forth like a raging torrent, sweeping towards Tong Cheng and Li Jiuhe behind it.
Li Jiuhe knew that although Tong Cheng hadn't noticed, the giant hand must have detected his presence.
The gray-white domain emanating from Tong Cheng was instantly submerged by this violent, obscure aura, which carried an immense corrosive and decaying energy. The gray-white domain visibly shrank rapidly until it retreated to Tong Cheng's feet.
"Come!" Tong Cheng roared, his eyes bloodshot, "With all my might, I can uproot mountains!"
At this moment, he gathered all the available sequence energy in his body, and the red curtain flashed again, fluctuating wildly, to counterattack the oncoming wave of decaying energy.
But it felt as if his entire body had instantly transformed into a lone boat in a raging torrent, and once that power was released, it was no longer under his control.
At this moment, Li Jiuhe quickly approached the back of Tongcheng.
He knew that his abilities had been completely suppressed by that terrifying giant hand, and since he was not a physical combat type, his involvement would be futile in this level of battle.
So without hesitation, he immediately took out the clown card he had just put in his pocket and slammed it down a meter in front of Tong Cheng.
At the same time, he gave instructions in his mind.
"Block this hand's attack!"
A puff of white smoke rose from the clown card that had fallen to the ground, and the playing card vanished instantly. From within the smoke, a clown figure over two meters tall straightened up from its crouching position and stood in front of Tong Cheng.
This clown looks completely different from the clowns in regular playing cards.
His color was no longer black and white, but a bright red smiling face on his left cheek and a deep blue crying face on his right cheek. His left hand was clutching a blood-soaked aconite cane, and the head at the top of the cane was moving its features indiscriminately.
The clown's left foot wore a patched, pointed shoe with a bloodstained bone knife at the toe, while his right foot was bare, with mold-like fuzz growing between his toes.
The moment he appeared, the Joker seemed to realize that the scene was unusually dangerous.
Of course, at the same time, he also received instructions from Li Jiuhe.
With his back to Li Jiuhe and Tong Cheng, he reached out and took off his clown hat, revealing a deformed tumor on his head that was throbbing. He slammed his cane on the ground, and the tumor burst open, followed by a sound like an infant's cry.
Tong Cheng realized at this moment that Ren Li Jiuhe had caught up behind him, and the clown was obviously on his side.
Before Li Jiuhe could say anything, he grabbed Tong Cheng's arm and quickly carried him on his back.
Because Tong Cheng was seriously injured at the moment, Li Jiuhe could not make him run with him at all. Tong Cheng could barely stand up.
"Let's go, let's leave first and talk about it then!"
Li Jiuhe only had time to say one sentence before carrying Tong Cheng on his back and running towards the entrance of the passage.
As he turned to run away, he clearly saw the terrifying-looking clown slightly turn his head and cast a venomous glance at him.
Immediately, the terrifying aura of the black arm swept over, and the clown let out a roar and charged forward.
The clown blocked most of the fragrant breath from reaching his arm, but visibly, his already horribly deformed body was rapidly decaying, disintegrating, and falling away at that moment.
"Withering away!"
Affected by this powerful aura, the clown's mind was forcibly invaded by the arm's consciousness, and he uttered two words he did not want to say.
"Withering away?"
Although Li Jiuhe was running away, he heard it very clearly.
He quickly carried Tong Cheng back to the entrance of the passage without any hesitation. Cheng didn't have time to look back and plunged into the passage.
The next second, the passageway closed rapidly, and the clown's desperate screams, now barely audible, could be faintly heard.
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