245: Chapter 245: Testing the Gods (Part 21)

"One look and you can tell this isn't anything good."

"We have to destroy it." As soon as Tai You approached, he smelled a scent of decay.

It was exactly the same as the smell from when they first entered.

However, they took turns attacking the crystal ball, but it had no effect at all.

All of their attacks were absorbed by it.

"Heh, it's quite wicked. I don't believe this." Tai You rolled up his sleeves, channeled all his spiritual power, and launched an attack at it.

"Be careful."

"Quick, get out of the way!"

In the next second, all the spiritual power scattered in every direction towards them.

"Damn it, how on earth do we handle this?" Tai You stared at the crystal ball before him, gritting his teeth.

Just as everyone was at their wits' end, the consistently silent Blue Shadow spoke up: "Perhaps we're using the wrong method. This crystal ball has been absorbing energy; maybe it's a container itself, and it will break once it's full."

After hearing this, everyone thought it made some sense.

So, the group discussed and decided to launch an attack together, injecting even more spiritual power into it.

As spiritual power was continuously poured in, the crystal ball began to flicker with an eerie light and started to vibrate.

However, it didn't break as expected; instead, it released a powerful suction force, threatening to pull everyone inside.

At the critical moment, a stone pillar next to Qian Ye released Red Thread that entwined them together. They all channeled their spiritual power to resist, only then managing to temporarily steady themselves.

At this time, Tai You saw some runes faintly appearing on the crystal ball, which were dimly emitting a black light.

"There... there's writing on this."

Qian Ye tethered them to the stone pillar and slowly approached the crystal ball herself.

"This is a seal. It seems we need to understand it further."

Qian Ye curled her lips. Before they could realize what she meant, the Red Thread was withdrawn.

As the suction intensified, they were eventually sucked into the crystal ball one by one.

Once they were sucked inside the crystal ball, they found it to be a bizarre space filled with various shimmering spiritual entities.

On the inner walls of the crystal ball, golden characters appeared, which also faintly emitted an evil black aura.

After Qian Ye finished reading the text, she realized that this crystal ball was a container for imprisoning evil spirits, and the previous suction was a trap set by them.

Now they had to find the core of the evil spirit and destroy it to truly destroy the crystal ball.

After hearing the explanation, Meng Yu stared at Qian Ye like a little fangirl. "As expected of a boss, you can even understand these 'ghost drawings'." After saying that, she didn't forget to give Qian Ye a thumbs up.

Looking at her optimistic appearance, the corners of Qian Ye's mouth twitched.

Tai You took the lead, guiding everyone as they cautiously explored this space, searching for the location of the evil spirit's core mentioned on the inner walls.

As they walked, Tai You felt a chill rush towards him, and the surrounding spiritual entities became restless.

Suddenly, a massive black evil spirit appeared before them, its eyes flashing with an eerie light.

"It finally showed itself." Tai You gripped his weapon tightly.

The evil spirit opened its bloody maw and roared as it charged over. Everyone scattered to avoid the attack.

Tai You saw an opportunity and launched a Spiritual Power Blade at the evil spirit, but it passed directly through its body.

"Its core must be hidden very deep!" Blue Shadow shouted.

Tai You carefully observed the evil spirit's movement trajectory and noticed that it would pause slightly every time it charged toward the left corner. "There's something fishy there!" Tai You rushed to that corner and indeed felt a powerful surge of energy.

He pushed aside layers of mist-like spiritual entities, and a black Crystalline Core was revealed.

The moment he reached out to touch the core, the evil spirit lunged at him frantically.

Everyone worked together to block the evil spirit while Tai You grabbed the core and squeezed hard. As the core shattered, the evil spirit let out a painful shriek and vanished.

The surrounding space began to collapse, and they hurriedly looked for an exit. Tai You spotted a bright light and led everyone to run toward it with all their might.

Finally, they successfully escaped from the crystal ball. Without the support of the evil spirit, the crystal ball turned into dust with a "boom."

Meng Yu panted heavily, staring at Tai You with surprise in her eyes. "Not bad. You're looking more and more like a man."

Tai You was smiling one second, but glared at her the next. What was she talking about? What did she mean by "looking like a man"? He was a man to begin with!

With the disappearance of the Black Crystal Ball, the dark vortex vanished, and the crisis of the Holy City was finally truly resolved.

They set out on the road back to the Ye Kingdom.