Shadow Mask Group

90 - Pressure

Liu Chen who was collecting medicinal herbs glanced towards the palace which was quite far away from him. A force was like calling out to him from the direction of the palace. He looked at his three friends. They seem ordinary and do not feel what they are feeling right now.

"Did they not feel it?" inner Liu Chen.

"You guys, I'll go first. You guys just continue collecting medicinal herbs" Liu Chen said using his Qi.

Tao Mu, Song Quon and Han Liangyi stared at Liu Chen. "Where are you going?" said Song Quon who was quite far away from Liu Chen. So he used his Qi to make his voice louder.

"I'm going to the palace. You guys don't need to come with me there," Liu Chen pointed to the palace that looks like it's been abandoned a long time ago. The palace still stands.

"We just go there together. Isn't it dangerous to go there alone? Moreover, we do not know what is there yet" said Song Quon.

"Right is what he said. It could be dangerous there. You don't go there yourself" Tao Mu said worriedly.

"You calm down, I can take care of myself and why are you so worried like that? I am no longer a child who must be kept in check" Liu Chen said as he puffed his cheeks.

"You are a child, Gang" said Tao Mu.

"Huh, if my age is calculated from the first life and now, then I am older than you, Mu" Liu Chen said with a snort.

"But still. You are a child now" said Tao Mu.

Liu Chen rolled his eyes lazily, "You all stay here and don't follow me. I won't be gone long. So you guys just calm down."

"Go, just go. You two don't have to get in Chen's way. He is stubborn" Han Liangyi said. He immediately took one of the medicinal plants that were nearby.

"Liangyi is no problem. Why do you have to worry like that to me?" said Liu Chen.

"If anything happens to you, the Emperor will not forgive me. Also myself will blame me" said Tao Mu.

"I'm your friend. So I don't want anything to happen to you" Song Quon said. He was silent for a moment when he heard himself say, "I said it unconsciously."

Liu Chen smiled, "No need to worry. I can take care of myself. You must gather these medicinal plants immediately."

"Well.. Alright, it seems like we can't change that thought" Tao Mu said with a sigh.

"Prefer to yourself well. We are in a dangerous area" Song Quon looked at Liu Chen.

Liu Chen nodded, "Well see you."

After saying that, Liu Chen suddenly disappeared from the sight of his three friends. The three of them returned to do the task of collecting many medicinal herbs.

On the other hand, after a moment of flying very quickly in the air, Liu Chen landed in front of the palace. He looked around. At a distance of tens of meters from the palace there was a large wall as well as a large gate that had been left behind.

The palace has 3 levels with pillars supporting the building. The light blue palace was mixed in black. In front of the palace grew wild plant plants. But Liu Chen did not care about the surroundings. He entered the old palace building.

Liu Chen went around inside the palace. All the objects of the palace are still in place. There is also a lot of dust where. Liu Chen did not find anything interesting after examining the many rooms. Now there is only one room on the 3rd floor that has not been checked.

Liu Chen started trying to open a pair of large doors in front of him. This time, the door was hard to open. "Sweet, but the other door is not like this. Is there something in there?" muttered.

Liu Chen poured Qi on both hands and feet. He gathered quite a large Qi. Liu Chen immediately pushed the door firmly to make the pair of doors push against the wall at the side. "Dumb!"

"Eh, it seems like I'm overdoing it," Liu Chen scratched his back head. He immediately walked closer to the room and no longer cared about the door that was pushed hard earlier by him.

Liu Chen could see a mirror that was a few meters away from him. There was nothing else in the room but a mirror before him. Liu Chen finally came closer and cleaned up the dust on the human-tall mirror.

"Why is there only a mirror in this room?" liu Chen muttered after he finished cleaning the dust on the mirror. He saw his reflection in front of the mirror.

Suddenly, the image on the mirror was no longer Liu Chen. But there are about 4 demons that appear in the mirror reflection this time. Liu Chen was surprised to see it. He thought that the four demons were behind him. But when he saw that his reflection was not there, Liu Chen was convinced that the four demons were inside the mirror and not behind him.

A pitch-black smoke instantly shot out from the side of the mirror. When the smoke started to come out, Liu Chen could not move at all. He also felt a tightness. He fell to his knees in front of the mirror. "A-what happened?" inner Liu Chen.

The dense black smoke gathered more and more from the side of the mirror. Smoke entered Liu Chen's body very quickly. "Aarrkh"

Liu Chen shouted loudly as smoke entered his body forcibly. His body was surrounded by pitch-black smoke. Slowly, Liu Chen's irises turned as red as blood.

***

"Old Chen is also in that palace" Song Quon said.

Liu Chen had been in the palace for hours. But neither went out to approach him and his two friends.

"You're right, he's been a long time. Is it possible that he found a hidden treasure and now he's getting the hurdle to get it?" han Liangyi.

"Perhaps, since this is a mysterious place that the demon race has never entered" Tao Mu said as he nodded.

"The color of our task is done, what if we catch up with Chen just there?" said Song Quon. He felt an unfavorable premonition about Liu Chen at this moment.

Tao Mu nodded, "I agree with you."

"Huf.. Though I want to stay here first and relax," Han Liangyi sighed harshly. He followed Song Quon and Tao Mu who had already flown towards the palace.

After some time floated in the air and almost reached the palace, they realized there was something below. They also fly low. Instantly they were surprised.

Below is a collection of demonic beasts and hundreds of scattered humans. They're destroying the area around. Soil turns into basins, tree trees are slashed or burned. Also, there were many demonic beasts fighting each other. So's people.

"This aroma.. They are dead" Song Quon said. Although the scent on the human body and the demonic beast were under a faint faint, but because he had a keen sense of smell that made him able to realize it.

Han Liangyi and Tao Mu were shocked. "Have died?! Then how could these demonic beasts and humans move?!" both spoke in unison.

Song Quon shook his head, "I don't know."

Song Quon had yet to find out that Liu Chen had the ability to control corpses. So he didn't know who was behind the dead bodies below.

"We must meet Chen immediately at the palace. Because the position of the corpse is quite close to the palace" said Song Quon.

All three immediately flew lower or higher to avoid the attack. Song Quon instantly used the wind element and made the eagle that was approaching him hit the ground hard.

While Tao Mu directly used the fire element. He threw a blue flame which was the second strongest fire after the black flame.

Tao Mu's attack instantly hit several eagles and made them burn violently in the air. Until it finally fell to the ground and made a basin.

Since Han Liangyi was unable to use his ability to stop time in a world other than humans, Han Liangyi used the light element.

It shot as fast as light, passing through the eagles. In just a few seconds, all the eagles that were near Han Liangyi turned into two pieces of flesh each eagle.

Besides being able to stop time and make others forget what just happened, he also practiced the light element. Thus, if one day he cannot use his ability to stop time, he can use the light element which is one of the fastest elements.

Since demonic beasts were flying only slightly, Song Quon, Han Liangyi and Tao Mu were able to clear it up quickly. After he finished, the three of them immediately shot towards the inner palace gate.

After entering the gate, the three began to approach towards the palace. When it was near they could feel a killing aura and a pressure that made it difficult for the three to fly in the sky. They also decided to go down.

"What's going on here?" han Liangyi.

"I have to find Chen immediately. He might be in danger," Song Quon immediately ran towards the palace and paid no heed to the killing aura nor the pressure he felt from the direction of the palace.

"Hey, don't you go inside!" yelled Han Liangyi. However, it was not listened to by Song Quon. Unable to stop Song Quon, Tao Mu followed Song Quon into the palace.

Han Liangyi felt as if he was being ignored by the two young men. Finally, he ran into the palace.

When they were inside, they stopped running because there was someone in front. The three of them were wide-eyed when they learned the source of this killing aura and the intense pressure from Liu Chen.

Liu Chen's body floated several centi above the ground level, his body covered in pitch-black smoke. Her eyes were red as blood. His gaze looked sharp as well as savage.

"Chen!" said Song Quon. He coated his body with Qi because here the pressure felt stronger than when outside. "Stop this. What are you doing?!"

Liu Chen did not reply, instead growling, "Ggrrh."

"You don't come any closer to Chen. Look well at his eyes," Han Liangyi looked at Liu Chen.

Hearing Han Liangyi's words, both Song Quon and Tao Mu looked towards Liu Chen's eyes. The iris of the young man's eyes was red. But the part of the eye that should be white is now changed to black. "What's going on?" muttered both.

"You've seen it, haven't you? It seemed like he was not Chen," Song Quon stared at Song Quon and Tao Mu.

"He's Chen. It's just.. Something happened to him. I'm sure of that," Song Quon stared at Han Liangyi.

Tao Mu nodded in agreement. Although he had not long known Liu Chen, he also felt that the person in front of him was Liu Chen.

"Stop this all, Chen," Song Quon walked over towards Liu Chen.

"Ggrrhh," Liu Chen again growled. Simultaneously, the killing pressure and aura grew stronger. Thus, the more Song Quon got close to Liu Chen, the greater the pressure he received.

Song Quon could still walk towards Liu Chen. Despite the intense pressure on his body. However, the longer he got heavier to step.

"Stop Quon! What the hell are you doing?! Do you want to die, against that strong killing pressure and aura?!" han Liangyi.

"I must.. Resuscitated it.. Liangyi," Song Quon said with difficulty. He put his feet back forward. The floor that Song Quon was treading on was now cracked. This proved that the pressure that Song Quon was fighting was not playing. But it was very strong for him. Even so, Song Quon still stepped forward. "Chen, relax!"

Tao Mu was intending to approach Liu Chen. But he was immediately stopped by Han Liangyi, "You can't go there" Han Liangyi said.

"But I have to go there to help the prince!"

"If you stay there, then you'll be seriously hurt."

"I don't care. Prince's salvation is number 1."

"You may not care about your safety, you will live or die. But Chen cares about it. He definitely doesn't want you dead. So don't go there. Let Quon handle it. Although he is at the 1-star sky level and your cultivation level is higher than him, but demonic beasts have a strong physique. So he'll probably be safe, if the pressure doesn't add up."

Tao Mu was shocked when he heard that Song Quon was a demonic beast.

When Song Quon managed to one step forward, he immediately knelt on the floor. The floor he was on began to create a small basin. Song Quon gritted his teeth. He slowly got up and returned to his feet. His Qi was drained quickly.

Han Liangyi and Tao Mu just kept quiet and paid attention. They also coated the body with Qi as the killing aura Liu Chen possessed was terrifying. While watching Song Quon and Liu Chen, the undead appeared from the outside of the palace. The living corpse was originally in front of the palace gate. But now they enter the palace.

Seeing that, Han Liangyi and Tao Mu prepared a horse. They would not allow these undead to approach Song Quon or Liu Chen. So they're gonna finish it all off.

Tao Mu used his blue-colored fire element. While Han Liangyi ran quickly and finished off the undead one by one.

But something surprising started to happen. The undead body that was split in two due to Han Liangyi's attack was still able to move. Their halved bodies instantly fused back together and directly attacked Han Liangyi.

While all the burned undead could not move anymore.

Han Liangyi appeared beside Tao Mu, "Every time I've cut them, their bodies re-integrate. Now only you can take care of them. Because you can burn and make them unable to move anymore."

"So now should I clean up all the undead?", Tao Mu stared at the growing crowd of undead more and more who went inside. There are even demonic beasts.

"We distract them and take them out. It would be difficult to fight inside this palace," Han Liangyi disappeared from his place. He immediately turned the attention of all the undead to follow him. "I'm here, come here if you can catch me, stinky corpse!"

Sure enough, after saying that, Han Liangyi was chased by all the undead. Han Liangyi led them out of the palace.

Tao Mu looked towards Song Quon, "Please save the prince. I'll take care of the undead that come here."

After saying that, Tao Mu went running out to deal with all the undead.

On the other hand, Song Quon was still struggling to reach Liu Chen. The corner of his lips was bleeding. He also knelt on the floor. "Well.. Huh.. Huh.."

"I can't go on like this. I have to be right away.. Awaken Chen" Inner Song Quon.