pjbooks Chapter 177, Anchor 2 Reversal, Blood Shadow Enters the Corridor
Chapter 177, Anchor 2 Reversal, Blood Shadow Enters the Corridor
On the Starbreaker.
The dark golden starry sky in Lin Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up.
After Gu Changye deliberately pierced through the heart and reversed the twelfth anchor, the folded corridor, which was originally hidden behind countless layers, was fully revealed in the Extreme Dao Star Soul for the first time.
That was an extremely strange road.
The entrance is located in the abandoned archives of the old capital of Zhongzhou.
The middle section, however, is not in reality.
Instead, it was an old town gate ruin that was swallowed up by the Zero Gate seventy-six years ago.
At the end of the corridor.
That is the real No. 0 Ancient Gate.
Under normal circumstances.
Even knowing that it is located three thousand meters underground in Zhongzhou, it is impossible to reach it directly from the actual geological layers.
Because every path in reality was taken away by Pei Xuanmen in advance.
The deeper you dig.
The further away from the Zero Ancient Gate, the better.
But Gu Changye turned himself into an inverted anchor point.
There's someone inside the door.
Reality provides coordinates.
He sacrificed himself to nail that road, which had been hidden for seventy-six years, back into the human world.
Lin Yuan raised his hand.
A very thin, dark gold line extends forward from the palm of the hand.
Dark gold threads pierced through the outer wall of the Starbreaker.
It disappeared into the sea of clouds.
Then, it abruptly turns at a great distance, connecting to a pitch-black corridor that does not exist on any real map.
Zhou Xuanheng stared at the dark gold line.
"Is this an anchor point left by Gu Changye?"
"Um."
"How long can it last?"
The white lock pattern on Lin Xiaoya's forehead glowed slightly.
She could see that the twelfth figure representing Gu Changye in the white dream was constantly turning black.
A black chain pierced through his chest.
Each time it jumps.
The anchor point becomes clearer.
But his aura would also weaken slightly.
"It's very short."
Lin Xiaoya's voice was a little strained.
"That door is eating him."
"If it keeps shining..."
She didn't finish her sentence.
Zhou Xuanheng understood.
Gu Changye is no ordinary live anchor.
He deliberately reversed the door chain, allowing reality to pinpoint the location inside the door.
The price he pays is that he must continuously bear the erosion of authority by the Zero Ancient Gate.
Once the load exceeds the limit.
The twelfth anchor will completely devour his soul.
At that time.
Gu Changye is no longer Gu Changye.
It will only become part of the Zero Ancient Gate.
Qin Guanlan said in a deep voice:
"The Star-Breaking Ship is still several hours away from Zhongzhou."
"He won't last until we arrive."
Lin Yuan looked at the dark gold lines in his palm.
"So let's go to one first."
The shadow beneath my feet slowly rose.
The Blood Shadow of the Extreme Path emerged from the star field.
The dark gold mask is intact.
The soul core in his chest throbbed.
thump.
The Star Soul Channel between the main body and the Blood Shadow also connects to Gu Changye's Reversal Anchor Point.
Zhou Xuanheng frowned.
"Are you going to send Blood Shadow across the gate again?"
"That enticing door was opened by Pei Xuanmen himself."
"Gu Changye has only left the coordinates; he hasn't actually opened the door yet."
"How do we get past the Blood Shadow?"
Lin Yuan raised his hand.
He grasped the extremely thin, dark gold thread with his five fingers.
"He nailed himself inside the door."
"The line is the door."
The Extreme Starfield unfolds.
It did not cover the entire Starbreaker.
Instead, it compresses forward along the dark gold line.
Hundred-foot star field.
It shrank to ten zhang (approximately 33 meters).
Then shrink it to one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters).
Ultimately, it coalesced into a thin layer of dark gold door frame.
Inside the door frame.
There is no stable channel.
There was only a single, constantly twisting, pitch-black crack that seemed poised to break at any moment.
This is not the Extreme Star Gate.
It was just a temporary crack in the door, forcibly torn open by using an inverted anchor point.
The main body cannot cross over.
It also cannot support the Starbreaker.
But the Extreme Blood Shadow is different.
It does not have a normal physical body.
There is also an independent channel between the soul core and the main body.
As long as the dark gold line continues.
The blood shadow will then pass.
Lin Yuan looked at it.
"Bring the person out."
Blood Shadow stepped through the crack in the door.
The body had only entered halfway.
The entire temporary crack then began to shake violently.
Countless dark door patterns surged from both sides, trying to cut the blood shadow into pieces and banish them to different layers.
Blood Shadow's soul core throbbed violently.
Eight Asura battle marks lit up simultaneously.
Phase Two.
The Eightfold Asura Body.
Eight dark gold arms unfolded.
Four arms held up the crack.
The other four arms grasped the constantly slashing patterns of the Exile Gate.
A brief projection of the Ultimate Star Soul.
The false directions were peeled away layer by layer.
Blood Shadow did not avoid those door patterns.
Instead, seize it.
Tear it off.
Swallowing and refining.
[Extreme Blood Shadow Devouring Refinement Layer Exile Gate Pattern]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1055000]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1057000]
The other end of the door gap.
Darkness approached rapidly.
The blood shadow vanished completely.
The temporary dark gold door frame also shrank to a thin line.
Lin Yuan did not stop.
The five fingers remain firmly gripping the anchor point.
A bloodstain was visible inside the door.
Gu Changye was also inside the door.
As long as the two soul cores are not broken.
The road is still there.
……
Folded corridor.
Gu Changye was impaled by eleven door chains.
The twelfth chain passes through the heart and protrudes from the chest.
The chain did not continue to drag him toward the Zero Gate.
Instead, he grabbed her tightly with his right hand.
The chain direction has been reversed.
One end connects to the No. 0 Ancient Gate.
On the other end, it's nailed to reality.
Pei Xuanmen stood at the end of the long corridor.
The gray robe moved without wind.
Behind him were one closed stone door after another.
On each door hangs an old identification plaque belonging to the gatekeeper.
Most of those identity tags are from seventy-six years ago.
Some of them belong to those who were identified as missing or killed in battle by the General Headquarters in recent years.
They did not die in the wilderness.
He did not die from the tide.
They were all brought here.
Pei Xuanmen raised his hand.
The twelfth door chain vibrated violently.
Gu Changye's chest wound widened again.
Fresh blood dripped down the chains.
"Reverse the anchor point."
"You have indeed found the way to the Zero Gate."
"But so what?"
"The Swallowers are still far from the Central Plains."
"You won't last until he gets here."
Gu Changye's face was so pale it was almost transparent.
He glanced down at his chest.
"I didn't plan to wait for his real body either."
Pei Xuanmen's eyes flickered slightly.
Gu Changye raised his head.
Look to the right side of the corridor.
There was nothing there originally.
But the next moment.
A very thin, dark gold crack suddenly appeared on the wall.
The crack had just formed.
Dozens of stone doors around the area shook simultaneously.
Pei Xuanmen's expression changed for the first time.
"Blood Shadow?"
Gu Changye smiled.
"arrive."
The dark gold crack suddenly expanded.
A dark gold hand covered in star patterns emerged from it.
Grasp the two sides of the door gap with your five fingers.
Tear it outwards!
Stab it--!
A hole was forcibly torn in the wall of the corridor.
The Eight Arms of the Extreme Blood Shadow unfolded, and he stepped out from the crack in the interlayer.
Beneath the dark gold mask.
The two points of starlight directly locked onto Gu Changye.
Blood Shadow saw the twelve chains piercing through his body.
They also saw Pei Xuanmen standing at the end of the corridor.
But it did not attack immediately.
He simply walked up to Gu Changye.
Two of his arms were gripping the door chain that ran through his shoulders.
Gu Changye suddenly said:
"Don't pull it out directly."
Blood Shadow stopped moving.
Why?
"The twelve chains are not all for me."
Gu Changye looked at the door chains.
Pei Xuanmen knew that Lin Yuan would come to rescue them.
"So behind every chain, there was a door."
"Pulled the wrong one."
"Open one door."
A dark gold starry sky unfolded beneath Blood Shadow's eyes.
The access codes inside the twelve door chains lit up one by one.
Gu Changye is right.
On the surface, all the chains were piercing through his body.
But only four things were truly connected to him by blood and flesh.
The other seven are connected to the stone gates on both sides of the corridor.
Once it is forcibly torn apart by external force.
The stone gate will then open.
As for the last one.
That was the twelfth anchor that he deliberately reversed.
It cannot be interrupted.
At least until Gu Changye leaves the corridor, it cannot be interrupted.
Blood Shadow looked at Gu Changye.
Which four?
Gu Changye's lips twitched slightly.
"The second one on the left shoulder."
"The third rib on the right side."
"The first one behind the waist."
"And the thinnest one on the neck."
Blood Shadow did not move immediately.
The Extreme Star Soul swept backward along the four chains.
The three roots are real.
The cord around his neck was connected to the ninth stone door on the left side of the corridor.
Gu Changye got one wrong.
Blood Shadow looked at him.
"That's a door around my neck."
Gu Changye's smile remained unchanged.
"good."
"Testing me?"
"Let's see if it's really you speaking to me now, or some fake thing that Pei Xuanmen sent over using the Blood Shadow Soul Core."
Blood Shadow fell silent for a moment.
Then he raised four hands.
It precisely fastens to the left shoulder, right rib, lower back, and an extremely thin chain hidden below the sternum.
The fourth chain, which was actually connected to Gu Changye, was covered by three layers of fake door patterns.
It is completely undetectable by ordinary senses.
"These four."
Gu Changye nodded.
"Pull it out."
Blood Shadow exerted force with all four arms simultaneously.
Click!
The first door chain was pulled off Gu Changye's left shoulder.
Dark gold energy spread rapidly along the chains.
Pollution stripping.
The door pattern was crushed.
swallow!
[Devouring and Refining the Twelfth Anchor Branch of the Ancient Gate Zero]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1059000]
The second one.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1061000]
The third one.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1064000]
The last one is hidden under the sternum.
Blood Shadow pressed down on Gu Changye's body with both hands.
The other two hands reached into the crack in the door pattern.
Grab the chains.
Pull it outwards!
Stab it--!
The fourth chain was completely pulled out.
Gu Changye swayed forward.
A large amount of fresh blood gushed from the wound.
He seemed oblivious to the pain, only looking down at the black notebook.
"The twelfth one cannot be moved yet."
"I know."
Blood Shadow dragged all four chains into the Soul Core.
The hidden privileges accumulated over decades within the door chain flowed into the Extreme Dao Star Furnace through the passage between the main body and the Blood Shadow.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1068000]
Pei Xuanmen never stopped it.
He stood at the end of the corridor.
Watching the Blood Shadow pull out four true locks.
He only slowly raised his hand after the fourth chain was swallowed.
"Gu Changye".
"Do you think you've made the right calculation?"
Gu Changye looked at him.
"At least for now, that's right."
Pei Xuanmen said:
"Among the twelve door chains."
"Four locks."
"Seven connected doors".
"The last nail is driven in the opposite direction to fix the No. 0 ancient door."
"You see it very clearly."
"But have you ever thought about this?"
"Why did I allow Blood Shadow to enter the corridor so easily?"
Gu Changye's smile faded slightly.
next moment.
Both sides of the corridor.
The seven stone doors, connected by chains, opened a crack at the same time.
Blood Shadow did not pull the wrong chain.
But the doors opened by themselves.
Gu Changye's eyes darkened slightly.
"You don't need us to make a mistake."
Pei Xuanmen said:
"certainly."
"The moment I entered the corridor from the blood-red shadows."
"It has thus become the authority to open the door."
All seven stone doors were opened.
There were no door bugs behind the door.
There were no strange beasts behind the ordinary gate.
Inside the first door.
An old man dressed in the silver robe of the old town gatekeeper walked out.
He wore the first-generation Deputy Chief of the Town Gate Guard on his chest.
His face was pale.
Each of its eyes contained a small, dark door.
The second door.
The third door.
Seven figures emerged one after another.
Some people were wearing the old-style imperial robes worn by the general manager.
Some are clad in the armor of a powerful family.
There was another person whose military uniform came from the old Stargate City, which had been destroyed decades ago.
They are all human.
Or.
It used to be.
There was no sign of normal life in the seven people.
Only the access fluctuations that have been preserved by the Zero Ancient Gate for decades.
Each one.
They all possess high-level access to at least one Star Gate.
Each one.
They all reached the level of being granted the title of Marquis due to the erosion of the door patterns.
Gu Changye looked at the identity tags on the chests of the seven people.
They quickly recognized the old man at the very front.
"Shen Guishan".
"One of the last three survivors of Operation Zero."
Pei Xuanmen.
Shen Guishan.
And the third person whose name was erased from the file.
Seventy-six years ago.
Humans believed that Shen Guishan died in the ninth year after the gate was sealed.
But he has always lived here.
No.
They can't be considered alive.
His body has become a complete container for the authority of the Zero Ancient Gate.
Shen Guishan raised his head.
The tiny black doors in their eyes opened simultaneously.
"The twelfth anchor."
"Return to the gate."
Seven powerful figures from the old town gate advanced simultaneously.
The Seven Marquis Domains unfold.
However, they did not vie for control of the world.
Instead, they are interconnected, forming a massive seven-gate cage.
The cage encompassed Gu Changye, Xueying, and the dark gold anchor line connecting to reality.
Pei Xuanmen's true target is not Blood Shadow.
It wasn't Gu Changye either.
Instead, they used the authority of seven powerful figures from the old town gate to lock the path that Lin Yuan had connected to.
As long as the dark gold anchor line is occupied in the opposite direction.
The Zero Ancient Gate can then follow the Blood Shadow Soul Core to directly find the Star-Breaking Ship.
They even found the Extreme Dao Star Domain of Lin Yuan's true form.
Pei Xuanmen looked at the blood shadow.
"You think you've found the entrance."
"I've been waiting."
"You're the ones who brought the door in."
The seven cage doors closed simultaneously.
Blood Shadow's soul core trembled violently.
For the first time, large areas of pitch-black door patterns appeared in the dark gold passage between the main body and the clone.
The door pattern extends outwards along the passageway.
It points directly at the Starship Breaker.
……
Above the sea of clouds.
The dark gold anchor line in Lin Yuan's palm suddenly turned black.
Lin Xiaoya's expression changed.
"elder brother."
"They're coming along the trail of blood!"
Zhou Xuanheng immediately raised his hand.
"Cut off all contact!"
"Otherwise, the Zero Ancient Gate will directly lock onto the Starbreaker!"
Lin Yuan did not let go.
Instead, he tightened his five fingers.
The Dark Gold Starfield continued to press inwards through the door, following the blackened anchor line.
In the Ultimate Star Soul.
Seven unfamiliar titles of nobility are approaching.
Each one is very heavy.
They also carry the residual energy of the No. 0 Ancient Gate accumulated over decades.
Pei Xuanmen wanted to follow the blood shadow to find the real body.
Lin Yuan watched as the dark gate patterns continued to invade the star field.
"Perfect, we found it."
The system prompt appeared silently.
Seven high-level access gates detected.
[Detection of the Seven-Gate Ancient Gate Cage (Number Zero)]
[Can be consumed and refined]
Lin Yuan looked up.
The dark golden starry sky in his eyes slowly rotated.
"We're still short 32,000."
"These seven."
"That should be enough."