The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 298 Visiting the Forbidden Land Again

After a short break, everyone's expressions were still solemn. Although they had just experienced the puppet tide battle and temporarily repelled the enemy, everyone knew that this was just a small test by the dark forces. The real crisis was still hidden in the depths of the forbidden area, lurking covetously. Yun Yao took a deep breath, suppressed the complicated feelings in her heart towards Chu Mochen, stood up first, and looked firmly in the direction of the core of the forbidden area.

“Let’s go. We can’t delay any longer. This dark force is becoming more rampant. If we don’t seal it quickly, our sect will be in danger.” Yun Yao’s voice was clear and powerful, echoing in the cave. When everyone heard it, they stood up, reorganized their equipment, and prepared to step into the dangerous area again.

Chu Mochen raised his eyes slightly, staring at Yun Yao's resolute back, with mixed feelings in his heart. Since the previous misunderstanding, the regret in his heart has grown like weeds, especially when he saw Yun Yao standing alone in the difficult situation and desperately protecting her fellow disciples in the battle, he felt more and more how stupid his impulse was. At this moment, he silently clenched the long sword in his hand, followed closely behind Yun Yao, and secretly vowed to make up for his mistakes with actions and protect her.

After leaving the cave, a foul smell hit them in the face, which was stronger than before. Everyone frowned and used their spiritual power to resist. Yun Yao turned on the system's scanning function. A faint light flashed in her eyes. The darkness in front of her seemed to be torn open, and the dangerous paths and spiritual power fluctuations hidden in the dark vaguely emerged. She whispered to everyone about the route to go forward, and tried to avoid those areas where spiritual power was disordered and traps were easily triggered.

Along the way, the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe. Occasionally, low-level dark monsters would appear, but they were quickly dealt with by the crowd. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen walked side by side. At first, they were both silent, but occasionally when their eyes met, a hint of complex emotions would flash across their faces.

When they reached a rugged mountain road, the road ahead was blocked by a huge fallen rock, and the surrounding area was filled with black fog, making it difficult to see the truth. Yun Yao was about to go forward to check, but Chu Mochen took the lead, stretched out his arm to block her behind him, and whispered: "I'll do it, be careful of fraud." Yun Yao felt warm in her heart, nodded slightly, stepped back a few steps, and protected him.

Chu Mochen gathered all his spiritual power, swung his sword, and a sharp sword energy slashed at the boulder, which cracked open with a bang. A group of black mosquito-like monsters emerged from it, buzzing and rushing towards everyone. Although these monsters were not strong individually, they were numerous and carried paralyzing toxins.

"Everyone be careful!" Yun Yao exclaimed, and quickly formed seals with her hands. A spiritual shield instantly stood up in front of everyone, blocking most of the mosquitoes. Chu Mochen's body was as fast as lightning, and his sword moved with him, shuttling through the mosquito swarm. Wherever he passed, the monsters disappeared.

After this crisis was resolved, everyone was a little out of breath. Chu Mochen turned to look at Yun Yao, his eyes full of concern: "Are you okay?" Yun Yao shook her head slightly and said softly: "I'm fine, thank you." This simple conversation quietly eased the atmosphere between the two.

As we continued to move forward, the surrounding scene became more and more eerie as we gradually approached the core of the forbidden area. The ground was covered with strange runes, which flashed with light from time to time, as if telling of an ancient curse. The sky was covered with thick black clouds, and we couldn't see our hands in front of us. Only the light of the magic weapons in everyone's hands could barely illuminate the road under our feet.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally reached the core of the forbidden area. They saw a huge black crack stretching across their eyes. From the crack, evil spirits continued to pour out like a black tide, and their roars and growls made people's eardrums hurt. Yun Yao suppressed her fear, looked closely, and used the system scanning function to carefully explore the mysteries around the crack.

After a moment, her eyes lit up and she found that there were several key points around the crack, but these points were eroded by the power of darkness, and the light was dim and almost extinguished. If they could be repaired, perhaps with the help of the power of the ancient prohibition left here, this source of evil could be re-sealed.

"Look, everyone, the formation eyes around the cracks are the key. As long as we repair them, there is hope to seal this place." Yun Yao pointed in the direction of the formation eyes and explained to everyone. Everyone nodded after hearing this, with hope in their eyes.

"I will repair the center of the formation, and you will help me protect the formation. During this process, the dark forces will definitely counterattack wildly, so everyone must be careful." Yun Yao said solemnly. Everyone responded in unison and quickly dispersed, each guarding one side, protecting Yun Yao in the middle.

Chu Mochen did not take his place immediately, but walked to Yun Yao's side and whispered: "I'm by your side. If there is any danger, call me first." His eyes were firm and gentle, which warmed Yun Yao's heart. She nodded gently: "Okay, you should be more careful too."

Everything was ready. Yun Yao took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, slowly raised her hands, facing the center of the formation, mobilized her spiritual power, and carefully sent it to the center of the formation. At first, the injection of spiritual power was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the center of the formation had no reaction. Yun Yao frowned and increased the output of spiritual power. Gradually, the center of the formation glowed faintly, as if there were signs of recovery.

However, just as Yun Yao expected, the dark forces would not sit idly by and watch the seal being repaired. At the moment when the light of the array's center lit up, a more powerful dark aura surged out of the cracks, transforming into countless black tentacles that swept towards everyone.

"Be careful!" Everyone exclaimed, and used all their strength to resist. Chu Mochen shook his sword, and the sword energy turned into layers of light curtains, cutting off all the tentacles approaching Yun Yao. Other disciples also used magic weapons, and for a moment, the magic weapon light collided violently with the dark aura, and the roar was deafening.

Yun Yao's forehead was covered with sweat, but she didn't dare to be distracted. She closed her eyes tightly and focused on guiding her spiritual power to repair the eye of the formation. As the spiritual power continued to be injected, the light of the eye of the formation became brighter and brighter, but the counterattack of the dark power became more and more fierce.

In this fierce battle, Yun Yao gradually felt powerless. The long battle and spiritual power consumption made her body tremble and her spiritual power flow became slow. But she had only one belief in her heart, that she must repair the eye of the formation and save the sect.

Chu Mochen caught a glimpse of Yun Yao's strangeness and became extremely anxious. He ignored his own safety and flashed in front of Yun Yao, blocking wave after wave of attacks for her. "Yun Yao, hold on, I won't let anything happen to you!" he shouted.

Yun Yao gritted her teeth and nodded. Under Chu Mochen's protection, she regained her composure and used up her last bit of strength to inject all her spiritual power into the array's core. Finally, with a loud bang, the first array's core glowed brightly and was successfully repaired.

Everyone cheered, and their morale was boosted. But before they could recover, the dark power seemed to be completely enraged, and an unprecedented powerful pressure poured out from the crack. A huge dark monster slowly poked out half of its body, surrounded by black flames, opened its bloody mouth, let out a deafening roar, and pounced on everyone.

Yun Yao's eyes widened in horror. The strength of this monster was far beyond her imagination. She subconsciously looked at Chu Mochen, but saw that he did not flinch at all, his eyes full of determination. "Don't be afraid, we'll do it together!" Chu Mochen held Yun Yao's hand, giving her strength and courage. At this moment, the gap between the two completely disappeared, and they stood side by side, ready to face this life-and-death challenge.

The other disciples also gathered around, and although they were afraid, no one backed down. In this desperate situation, everyone's eyes became more determined, and they knew that for the sake of the sect and everything behind them, they had no choice but to fight to the death.

Yun Yao took a deep breath, exchanged glances with Chu Mochen, and then they both attacked at the same time. Yun Yao cast the most powerful spell granted by the system, forming seals with both hands, and a bright light gathered in her palms, transforming into a giant spiritual dragon, roaring towards the dark monster; Chu Mochen then used all his spiritual power, swung his long sword, and a sword energy that penetrated the sky and the earth followed closely, merging with the giant spiritual dragon and fiercely crashing into the enemy.

This attack took all their strength, and the space around them seemed to be torn apart. The light was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes. The dark monster roared in pain and was pushed back several steps, but it did not fall down. It was still baring its fangs and claws, ready to pounce again.

"Keep going!" Yun Yao shouted, and everyone gathered their strength again, launching round after round of attacks. Each attack was accompanied by the surge of spiritual power and physical fatigue, but no one gave up.

In this life-and-death battle, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen cooperated more and more tacitly. They seemed to have telepathic connection, and their moves complemented each other, causing tremendous pressure on the dark monster.

As the battle continued, the power of the dark monster seemed to be gradually weakening. Its attacks became slower and the black flames on its body dimmed. Seeing this, hope ignited in everyone's hearts and the attacks became more fierce.

Finally, after a fatal joint attack, the dark monster fell down and turned into a black mist, dissipating between heaven and earth. Everyone collapsed to the ground exhausted, but their faces were filled with the joy of victory.

Yun Yao looked at Chu Mochen, their eyes full of relief for surviving the disaster and deep affection for each other. "We did it." Yun Yao said softly, her voice trembling a little. Chu Mochen reached out and gently smoothed her messy hair, and said softly, "Yes, we did it."

At this moment, although they were exhausted and covered with wounds, they knew that this battle was only a temporary victory. There was still a formation eye that needed to be repaired, and the remnants of the dark power were still lurking. But as long as the two of them worked together, and with their fellow disciples who would live and die together, they would have the confidence to face all unknown challenges and protect this world they cherished.

After a short rest, Yun Yao stood up with all her might, "Everyone, hurry up and repair the remaining array core while the seal is loose." Upon hearing this, everyone stood up one after another, their steps were weak but their eyes were firm. They once again surrounded Yun Yao and headed towards the remaining array core, for the final victory and for the peace of the sect, without hesitation.