Chapter 220 - Ancient Coffin in the Abyss
Cold.
A bitter cold that pierced the bone.
Long Chen slowly woke up when he felt the cold seeping into his body.
Am I dead? He remembered how fast his body was falling when he jumped into the abyss. It was so fast that he knew his body would outright disintegrate if he collided with a solid object rather than becoming meat paste.
He saw nothing but darkness surrounding him. It was so dark that he was unable to spot the Ling Xi Sword or even catch a glimpse of his own fingers. He didn’t know if diving down into the abyss to find Ling Xi was the correct choice. Xuan Ming had said she did not regret being with Dongfang Xuanxiao.
And Long Chen did not regret jumping down into the abyss.
All he thought about was how dark it was. What if she’s afraid of the dark? What if she died? What would I do?
Long Chen still couldn’t fully open his eyes. He felt like he was floating in water. He tried struggling and found out that he was not dead, or at least he probably wasn’t, since he could still feel the coldness.
He slowly collected his thoughts and remembered being told that the abyss had an end and was not a limitless void. He knew he would’ve been dead if he continued to fall at that speed and crashed into the ground. At that time, he only remembered gripping the Azure Dragon Halberd.
He remembered a warm feeling emanating from the halberd that enveloped his body, causing his falling speed to reduce drastically before a massive impact made him faint. All he could remember was crashing into what felt like extremely frigid water.
The Azure Dragon Halberd saved me while I was falling into the abyss of the Star Devil Prison ... But ... Did I fall into a deep pool of water? Long Chen slowly collected himself. Now that he was coherent, he used Recovery.
He woke up after using Recovery for fifteen minutes.
“Ling Xi!” Long Chen shouted as he opened his eyes. Unexpectedly, his surroundings were bright. He was laying in a deep pool of emerald water. The pool was deep and frigid. Even though Long Chen’s Qi was slowly gathering in his body, he still trembled from the cold.
The pool was massive, so much so that he couldn’t see the border. The skies were completely dark, although he faintly saw five bright stars in the distance.
Are those the five stars? Is that the Azure Dragon Star?
But what attracted his attention weren’t the stars in the distance, but what was directly in front of him. It was the dragon soul that lived inside the Azure Dragon Halberd. He had seen it when he comprehended the Azure Dragon Combat Technique. At the moment, the dragon was very small but much more solid. It was thanks to the dragon illuminating their surroundings that he could see in the darkness. The dragon was emanating a pale, azure light that lit up a small area around them.
The deeper he sunk into the water, the colder it got. Normally, the water should’ve frozen from that temperature, but Long Chen was surprised to see the absence of even a single speck of ice.
Thankfully, he managed to detect the bottom of the pool. He was close to his limit and could barely endure it. At his current depth, his body was trembling and his lips were blue.
Xiao Xi ... Where are you ... Long Chen gritted his teeth and dove down deeper. If Ling Xi had indeed fallen into the water, she would most likely be at the bottom of the pool.
He braced himself and soon reached the bottom, but when touched it, he was stunned.
“Wait ... Why is it metallic?” Long Chen could tell that the bottom of the pool was not muddy, it was made of metal. The metal was harder than anything he had touched before.
Why is the bottom metallic?
Long Chen knew he couldn’t last long at the bottom, so he continued his search for Ling Xi even though he had come across something bizarre. Still, he kept his guard up as he wondered why it was metallic. He circled around and was even more confused.
The bottom of the pool is a metallic coffin? And the coffin is massive! It’s two hundred meters wide! I wonder how long it is?
Long Chen surfaced due to the cold. He had to take a rest before continuing.
His eyes were still wide with shock as he processed what he had just witnessed. When he was in the water just now, part of his attention had been directed to the bottom of the pool while he was searching for the Ling Xi Sword. He walked on the metallic bottom until he saw an opening. He then swam into the opening and found out that the bottom was muddy. Then he turned around and saw that what he once thought was the bottom of the pool was the surface of a metallic coffin!
He managed to identify it after taking a look at the shape. But where did the coffin come from? Why is it so big? What did it contain? What is this place?
Long Chen was confused.
Whatever. My priority should be Ling Xi. Thankfully, we fell directly on top of the coffin. If the Ling Xi Sword had fallen deeper and into the mud, it would’ve pierced deep into the soil thanks to its sharpness. Since the bottom is metallic, I should be able to find it on the surface of the metallic coffin... But would the Ling Xi Sword break on impact?
The Ling Xi Sword’s origin was mysterious, but the metallic coffin was equally mysterious.
Long Chen was worried and dove into the pool again. He limited his search area to the surface of the coffin, making it much more systematic for him to search the area.
He surfaced nine more times before he finally found the Ling Xi Sword. He found it embedded on the coffin, leaving just the hilt on the surface. He took one look and knew it was what he was looking for.
The Ling Xi Sword was stronger. It had pierced the coffin, creating a dent and a crack.
“Xiao Xi!” Long Chen ran over and touched the familiar hilt. He was so happy that he could barely speak.
But another problem lay ahead of him. Is Ling Xi alive?