The Carefree Immortal, Episode 2: Springtime on a Lonely Island, Chapter 2: The Abyss of Hell

Xue Han's heart skipped a beat, but she calmly turned her light shield around, completely protecting herself. Taking advantage of the situation

, the Crimson Armor General escaped, dragging his mangled arm and driving the half-finished chariot into the darkness.

Hundreds of azure meteors streaked towards them, but were all blocked and deflected by the massive light shield, revealing their true forms: bone arrows with azure flames burning at their tips.

Xiao Xuan finally relaxed, chuckling to himself, "Senior Sister is so powerful, why should I be so nervous?"

He continued on his way, chasing after her into the darkness.

Xue Han used her golden light to leap forward, instantly overtaking Xiao Xuan. Two rows of blood-red skeletons wielding longbows appeared ahead, unleashing a barrage of hellfire arrows. She raised her shield to parry, carving a path through the rain of arrows, and charged forward, sweeping through the enemy ranks, mowing down twenty or thirty skeleton archers like cutting grass.

Xiao Xuan watched intently as the red-armored general relentlessly pursued him, but the skeleton chariot's astonishing speed prevented him from closing the gap. Just as Xiao Xuan was growing anxious, a streak of emerald light flashed past, brighter and faster than a hellfire arrow. In an instant, it struck the red-armored general's right waist, piercing through his armor and disappearing completely, leaving only the tail trembling slightly. The arrow's fletching was made of several green bamboo leaves.

The red-armored general roared, nearly falling from the chariot. A lush, verdant green spread from the wound on his waist, eerily covering the surrounding red armor.

"It's Second Senior Sister's Wooden Mother Bow!"

Xiao Xuan's thoughts raced, but a second streak of emerald light swept in from behind. This time, it wasn't aimed at a person, but rather at one of the armored skeleton horses pulling the chariot. The galloping skeleton horse neighed strangely and immediately collapsed, dragging the chariot and two other skeleton horses overturned. The red-armored general was thrown forward, landing heavily on the ground. But he was incredibly tenacious, immediately scrambling to his feet and fleeing for his life.

A hundred paces away, Li Mengtang drew her emerald longbow, the green arrow tip firmly locking onto the spine of the Crimson Armor General.

"With the Wooden Mother Divine Bow here, how can any demon escape!"

Zhaixia beside her exclaimed excitedly, "Sister Tang, shoot quickly! This arrow will finish it off!"

A few paces away, Cui Caiting suddenly said, "Tang'er, don't shoot! Let this demon escape for now. We'll follow it to its lair!"

Li Mengtang responded, putting away the renowned Wooden Mother Bow and returning the arrow to her magic pouch.

Cui Caiting then called to Feiluo, "Xuehan and I will track down that demon. You lead the others to clean up the remaining filth and follow us."

Before she finished speaking, she had already dashed far away.

Feiluo shouted, "Be careful!"

and continued to drive the Kunlun slaves to kill the enemy. Those skeleton cavalrymen clad in demonized heavy armor were like paper and mud in her hands.

Night finally returned to calm, the sparse groans of the wounded and the crackling of burning wood clearly audible.

The ancient military camp was littered with corpses, interspersed with the shattered remains of blood-soaked skeletons and strange skeletal horse skeletons.

Fang Shaolin, his face ashen, directed his dozen or so surviving subordinates to tend to the wounded.

The women, having finished off the surrounding skeleton archers, gathered around.

"How terrifying! These demons were ruthless; almost everyone was killed with a single blow, leaving hardly any wounded..."

Xia Xiaowan still felt lingering fear.

Fang Shaolin gritted his teeth and said, "What kind of demons are these blood skeletons? How could they slaughter hundreds of people in such a short time!"

Fei Luo made a grabbing motion in mid-air, and a black helmet flew up from the ground and landed in her hand. She examined them closely, her expression grave. "Blood skeletons aren't naturally formed demonic creatures; they can only be created through specific evil magic. These armors are forged from fine iron, indicating that not only are people corrupting the skeletons in this area, but they're also arming them into a large-scale army."

"They have cavalry, archers, and their weapons are all corrupted, making them incredibly powerful."

Li Mengtang held a longbow made of human bones, testing the bowstring's tension.

Fang Shaolin said bitterly, "How cunning! They've been hiding their strength all along!"

Fei Luo pondered, "I'm afraid there's an even larger attack in the works."

Fang Shaolin raised a thick eyebrow, clenching his fist and shouting angrily, "How dare they cause trouble on my territory! I'll mobilize the army and wipe them out!"

Fei Luo said, "We can't be careless. The Great Swamp contains the remains of 400,000 ancient soldiers; these blood skeletons might just be the tip of the iceberg."

The others exchanged horrified glances, each taking a deep breath, realizing the problem was growing increasingly serious.

"Huh, where's Xiao Xuan?"

Meng Tang suddenly asked.

"He... seems to have gone with Master and Senior Sister to chase after that skeleton demon,"

Shui Ruoli said, a hint of worry showing on her face.

Fei Luo said, "We'll go meet them right away."

Turning to Fang Shaolin, she said, "Take your men and send the wounded away. Leave this ancient military camp quickly, and don't encourage ordinary demon hunters to venture into the Great Swamp again."

Fang Shaolin glanced at Xiao Wan and said, "I'm not leaving. I want to go with you to find the lair of these demons so that we can lead a large army to conquer it."

Without waiting for Fei Luo's reply, he summoned a Tiger Head Camp commander and ordered him to lead the others to transport the wounded away.

The commander looked troubled: "But sir, you..."

Fang Shaolin said, "I'm fine. Go to Laotengpo first and convey my order to bring the five hundred swordsmen stationed there to Wangze to serve."

The commander puffed out his chest and shouted, "If you don't leave, I will not leave either!"

Fang Shaolin glared and said, "Then I'll cut off your head right now!"

＊＊＊＊＊＊ Xiao Xuan chased after the enemy in the darkness. The Red-Armored General, Cui Caiting, and Xue Han had all disappeared from sight. Anxious, he could only continue running in the original direction. After about half an incense stick's time, he suddenly heard the faint sound of the tide. He thought, "Could it be that I've reached the Great Swamp?"

As he got closer, a line of silvery white appeared ahead, then widened and gradually turned into a deep azure. The sound of the tide grew louder and louder.

After running for a while, Xiao Xuan finally saw a large lake. Suddenly, he realized that he was on a cliff. A strong wind swept down from below, making his robes billow and flutter loudly.

He slowed his pace towards the cliff edge, looking down to see a vast expanse of rolling waves crashing against the rocks at the foot of the cliff, shattering into fine, misty sprays.

"Ah, this must be the Great Lake! The third largest lake in the Central Plains..."

Xiao Xuan gazed up, seeing a blurry expanse where sky and water were indistinguishable. Standing before it, he felt an overwhelming sense of insignificance, like dust in the wind. He exclaimed, "I've heard that the Great Lake is as vast as the sea; it's truly no exaggeration!" It

was the first time he had ever seen such a large lake, and he was captivated, remaining mesmerized for a while before regaining his senses. He wondered, "Could that demon have jumped off the cliff?"

Looking down again, he saw sheer cliffs, over a hundred feet deep, and decided it was unlikely. He turned back, using the sparse starlight to search for the demon's trail along the cliff.

The forest was denser here, with towering trees blocking out the sun above and thickets tangling his clothes and feet below, making the path extremely difficult. Reaching a sheltered spot, the air was so humid it seemed you could wring water out of it. No one could be seen, no noise could be heard, except for the occasional cry of a night bird, which sounded particularly clear and melodious against the backdrop of the dampness.

The terrain gradually steepened, and the surroundings grew increasingly dark, almost to the point of complete darkness. Xiao Xuan focused intently on the enemy, but suddenly his foot slipped, and he plummeted downwards through several layers of dense foliage.

Xiao Xuan flailed his arms wildly, but touched nothing. Several breaths passed, and he still hadn't reached the bottom.

Terrified, he cried out, "How can it be so deep? If I fall, I'll be smashed to pieces!" His mind raced. The Eight-Clawed Fiery Dragon Whip flew from his sleeve, swirling and swirling, seemingly touching the edge, but unable to grasp anything. He quickly channeled his inner fire energy, and the Fiery Dragon Whip leaped, spewing forth blazing crimson flames that illuminated the surroundings.

In the firelight, he saw that all four sides were smooth walls made of brick and stone, covered in moss, without any unevenness.

Xiao Xuan, unable to find a place to strike, panicked even more: "Am I, Cui Xiao Xuan, going to die on my very first day out of the mountains? This is too unfair..."

Suddenly, he saw a huge black shadow stretch out from below. He quickly retracted the whip, gathered his energy, and in the instant they crossed paths, lashed out, engulfing the giant object.

His body jolted, his fall abruptly halting, dangling precariously in mid-air. Only then did he realize his back was soaked with sweat. He chuckled to himself, "A narrow escape from death surely brings good fortune!"

A foul stench assaulted his nostrils. Looking up, his heart leaped into his throat. The whip had coiled around a gigantic pillar composed of countless human bones, with various bloody organs and viscera tucked into its gaps, seemingly poised to slip off at any moment—a truly gruesome sight.

"What the hell is this?"

Xiao Xuan's stomach churned. He desperately wanted to release the whip, but he had no idea how deep it was below. Just as he was gripped by fear, he heard heavy, rhythmic footsteps approaching. He quickly withdrew his True Qi of Departing Fire, and the crimson flames on the Fiery Dragon Whip instantly extinguished, plunging the surroundings back into inky darkness.

The footsteps grew louder, even the clanging of metal could be heard. Suddenly, a light shone from somewhere, and a group of fully armed blood skeletons, carrying torches and wielding long halberds, marched out in unison from around the corner. They were all clad in armor, and the four blood skeletons at the front were particularly ferocious and bizarre, each with two heads, broad bodies, and greatswords at their waists, dressed in officer's uniforms, looking quite imposing.

"What kind of monsters are these? They look so fierce... Could this be the blood skeletons' lair?"

Xiao Xuan roughly counted about thirty of them. He figured he probably couldn't handle them alone, and fearing there might be other evil spirits nearby, he could only remain on the sidelines, waiting for them to pass.

He glanced around by the firelight and suddenly saw a huge, blurry skull staring menacingly at him from above. He was immediately startled and almost cried out. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the giant skull, like the pillar coiled around by his whip, was also made of countless bones. He felt a little relieved: "Thank goodness it's not alive..."

Looking down, he broke out in a cold sweat. There was a huge depression in the opposite stone wall, inside which stood a colossal skull nearly ten feet tall, made entirely of human bones. The arm he had coiled around with his whip was one of its outstretched arms.

The group of blood skeletons below had finally finished their patrol, and darkness returned to the surroundings. Xiao Xuan felt as if he were in a nightmare. Suddenly, he missed his master and several senior sisters terribly, thinking, "Master and my eldest sister were in front of me just now, how come they all disappeared all of a sudden?"

After a while, there was still no movement, so he cracked his whip to emit flames, illuminating the surroundings. He suppressed his nausea and swung onto the giant skeleton, quickly climbing down to the ground. He hurriedly ran away, but his clothes and skin seemed to be stained with an extremely disgusting bloody smell, which followed him like a shadow.

Xiao Xuan quietly searched in the opposite direction from where the group of blood skeletons had gone, occasionally using his Flaming Dragon Whip to illuminate the passage. He saw that the tunnel was extremely wide and long, with a giant skeleton leaning against the recessed wall every ten feet or so. He was increasingly astonished: "These skeletons are as tall as towers. If they are really all made of human bones, how many would that require... Such a huge project, yet it's useless. Who would be so bored?"

He was puzzled. He glanced at the giant skeleton beside him and, for some reason, suddenly had a hallucination, as if the giant skeleton was a living thing, staring down at him menacingly with its dark, hollow eye sockets. Feeling uneasy, he quickly turned his head away.

After walking for a while, a fork in the road suddenly appeared ahead. Xiao Xuan peered out and saw only darkness. Just as he was wondering which way to go, he heard a series of clanging sounds. Curious, he followed the sound and chose one path.

As he drew closer, the knocking grew louder, and a light shone ahead. Xiao Xuan tiptoed closer and suddenly saw a pair of skeleton soldiers wielding halberds standing on either side, guarding a cave entrance topped with a skull. He tried to turn away, but the passage was straight and clear of debris, immediately attracting the attention of the skeleton soldiers, who charged forward with halberds and a roar.

Xiao Xuan initially wanted to flee, but then thought, "These two have been making a racket all along; they'll probably attract more demons. It's better to kill them!"

Having made up his mind, he went to meet the two skeleton soldiers.

The two skeleton soldiers thrust their halberds simultaneously, but missed their target. Suddenly feeling intense heat above them, they looked up and saw crimson flames swirling down like a vortex. They quickly raised their halberds to parry.

Several sharp cracks followed, and flames shot out in all directions. The two skeleton soldiers collapsed to the ground as if their bodies had been torn apart.

Xiao Xuan landed gracefully, listening intently to the surrounding sounds. He heard the clanging of metal as before, but nothing else. Relieved, he lifted the armor of two fallen skeleton soldiers, noticing it was much thinner than the previous skeleton cavalry. He thought, "No wonder it was so easy to take them down..."

Glancing at the crimson bones inside, a thought struck him. He continued, "I didn't have time to collect the Blood Skulls while chasing that demon. I can't miss this opportunity."

Driven by greed, he disregarded the danger and immediately began stripping the two skeleton soldiers of their armor. After a while, he finally retrieved the two sets of Blood Skull bones, chanted an incantation, and stored them in his magic pouch. Satisfied, he clapped his hands and crept towards the light-filled cave entrance.

Upon reaching the door, a wave of heat immediately hit him. Peeking inside, he saw a massive hall filled with blazing flames and sparks. Hundreds of furnaces, molds, and forging tables were set up, and countless unfinished weapons and armor were piled up on the floor and beside the tables. Many blood skeletons, dressed in aprons like human craftsmen, were busy at work, hammering, tempering, or moving things. They were often obscured or even shrouded in billowing smoke, and the deafening sounds of hammering filled the air.

Even more bizarrely, in one corner of the hall, several black-robed skeletons dressed as sorcerers were using dark magic to enhance a batch of finished greatswords.

Xiao Xuan was dumbfounded. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that such a massive armory existed so deep underground, and that it was run by skeletons.

Suddenly, a sharp shout was heard. Turning around, I saw a group of laborers entering through the gate diagonally opposite. They were actually living, breathing people, dressed in tattered clothes that barely covered their bodies. Their wrists and ankles were shackled. They were struggling to carry large baskets of ore to various furnaces to unload. A dozen or so blood-red skeletons wielding leather whips were guarding and driving them around. Any slight hesitation would result in a round of fierce whipping.

Xiao Xuan was both shocked and furious: "These demons are enslaving the living! No wonder they're attacking villages around the Great Swamp; they're capturing people to serve as forced laborers! How hateful! Absolutely hateful! I must go out and find my master and the others, and together we'll eradicate this den of evil!"

But the thought of how to get out filled him with anxiety. He thought, "There are so many skeletons here. If they find me and bite me, I, Cui Xiaosheng of Qiancui Mountain, will likely be reduced to ashes. If I'm lucky, I might even become a skeleton myself..." Suddenly,

an idea struck him. He turned back and picked up a set of armor he had just stripped from a skeleton, put it on, grabbed his halberd, and laughed, "A true man can bend and stretch; I, Xiaosheng, will become a skeleton for once."

He pulled his helmet down, covering most of his face, and then stepped into the hall.

The skeletons in the hall continued their work as usual, none of them noticing the strange creature who had infiltrated.

Xiao Xuan lowered his head and walked straight to the gate diagonally opposite, thinking to himself, "Those people bring in ore through this gate, so they can probably get out."

Just as they reached the entrance, another group of laborers, escorted by skeletons, carrying ore suddenly entered,

instantly making the area extremely crowded. Xiao Xuan glanced around and realized he was the only one going in the opposite direction, making him stand out too much. He quickly turned around and slipped back into the hall, blending into the crowd. Fortunately, no skeletons noticed him. He quietly wiped his sweat, stealthily looked around, and saw a small door not far to the side, so he slowly made his way there.

Entering the small door, he found himself in another passageway, but this one was narrower and more winding. Torches were placed at intervals on both sides, and the wall patterns were exquisite yet eerie, depicting a continuous stretch of skeleton totems.

Xiao Xuan was even more cautious this time, peeking out to observe each turn. Surprisingly, he hadn't encountered a single skeleton along this stretch, which struck him as odd. He probed further until he reached a fork in the road. Suddenly, he heard a loud thud ahead. He quickly ducked close to the wall and hid in the shadows. He saw a troop of skeleton infantry jogging past. Besides the five two-headed skeletons wielding greatswords at the front, the rest were all dressed like him and carrying halberds.

Curious, Xiao Xuan waited until they had all passed, then darted out and followed closely behind.

The skeletons were so focused on running forward that none of them noticed the extra skeleton in his ranks.

After running for a while, they suddenly heard a loud shout ahead, a human voice: "Two-Headed Tiger, what are you doing here?"

Xiao Xuan looked up and saw several rows of skeleton soldiers blocking the way. The one shouting was a strangely shaped skeleton, incredibly tall, its head almost touching the top of the stone wall. It was covered in blue-green scales and carried a huge double-pronged fork, looking extremely ferocious.

The two-headed skeleton at the front was clearly the Two-Headed Tiger it had mentioned, shouting loudly: "Changhai, an enemy has intruded into the abyss! The Ancestor ordered me to come and help you guard it!"

Xiao Xuan was startled, thinking to himself: "Has my whereabouts been exposed... or have my master and the others also arrived here?"

Changhai snarled: "Who has such audacity? Daring to trespass into my Abyss of Hell!"

"Enough nonsense, make way quickly! If anything happens to the Demon Lord, neither of us can bear the responsibility!"

The two skulls of the Two-Headed Tiger shouted in unison, a truly eerie sound.

Xiao Xuan stared intently, only then noticing that its two skulls were different from other two-headed skulls; one was a human head, while the other was a skull tiger head.

"Come in!"

Chang Hai turned, passed through his subordinates, and entered a cave behind him.

The two-headed tiger led its troops after them, with Xiao Xuan following closely behind, his head bowed.

Entering the cave, they found themselves in a large hall. In the center stood a massive, vermilion furnace, several meters tall. At the base of the furnace was a giant, already formed magic circle. Streams of dark, flame-like magic energy shot into the air according to the runes within the circle, appearing and disappearing as they rose, forming a very eerie protective barrier.

The two-headed tiger gave a command, and the skeleton soldiers he brought immediately spread out, surrounding the cave entrance in layers.

Xiao Xuan quickly took his place in the queue, only to be squeezed into a corner at the back. He thought to himself, "This position is really bad. If they find out, it will be difficult to escape!"

Suddenly, a seductive voice rang out, and someone shouted, "General Changhai, what's going on? Why are so many people here all of a sudden!"

Xiao Xuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw several people standing outside the magic circle. Among them was a human woman with a dark veil covering her face and wearing a dark veil robe. Her figure was curvaceous and alluring. He wondered, "This place is full of skeletons, how come there's a woman here? Hmm, birds of a feather flock together, she's probably a demon..."

Suddenly, he remembered Qi Ji.

General Changhai bowed deeply, clasped his hands, and said respectfully, "Your Excellency, due to the intrusion of foreign enemies into the abyss, the Ancestor has specially ordered them to strengthen the defenses here."

Xiao Xuan was puzzled: "Your Excellency? Why does this monster call her Your Excellency? Only the emperor's envoy can be called Your Excellency!"

The woman didn't even respond, and turned directly to a gray-robed man beside her, saying, "Mi Dingzi, are you ready? Let's begin."

The gray-robed man coughed, seemingly with great reverence, and said, "Your Excellency, whether this succeeds or fails, it will be the last time. Please allow this old man to say a few more words." Only

then did Xiao Xuan notice that the gray-robed man was also a living person, extremely old, with only sparse gray hair left on his head, thin as skin and bones, as if he had been exposed to the ravages of fire for many years, his skin was grayish-black, his robes were covered with small holes burned by sparks, and his eyes were dull and lifeless, as if he might fall asleep at any moment.

The woman's delicate brows furrowed slightly, a fleeting glint of cold light flashing in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Mi Dingzi, speak."

Mi Dingzi stared intently at the giant furnace within the magic array, slowly saying, "Thanks to your esteemed sect, this old man has been here for nineteen years. The Demon Lord's Cover within this furnace has undergone countless repairs, and has finally reached its final stage..."

Xiao Xuan pondered, "So this Skull Nest has been here for at least nineteen years, and on such a scale, yet I've never heard of it before? It's been hidden very well."

The woman said, "Once you repair the Demon Lord's Cover, you'll be able to leave soon."

Mi Dingzi sighed softly, saying, "This old man no longer hopes to see the light of day again. If I am fortunate enough to repair the Demon Lord's Cover this time..."

He bowed deeply to the woman in black robes and continued, "I only ask that your esteemed sect keep its promise and release my entire family."

The woman's beautiful eyes... She narrowed her eyes slightly and said gently, "Don't worry, your family is all fine. As long as the Demon Lord's Cover can be repaired, everything is negotiable."

She laughed heartily and urged, "Don't think too much, old man, let's begin."

Xiao Xuan thought to himself, "What is this Demon Lord's Cover? Judging from their tone, it seems to be something very important... It's actually been nineteen years to repair! This old man is so pitiful, he was obviously coerced into coming here!"

Mi Dingzi helplessly straightened up, turned around and stepped into the protective barrier. He opened his eyes, and in an instant, all his fatigue disappeared, and he radiated a brilliance and divine light that only a grandmaster could possess. He formed a seal with each hand and began to slowly swing it. The giant furnace immediately emitted a whistling sound. In a few breaths, the hall suddenly lit up, and hundreds of golden runes appeared on the vermilion furnace body, exceptionally bright.

Xiao Xuan stared at them, and found that he did not recognize most of the runes, and could not even determine the category of some. He was surprised and felt that they were extremely mysterious.

Mi Dingzi swung his arms faster and faster, and the howling sound from the giant furnace grew louder and louder, as if something was overflowing from within, causing the surrounding protective barrier to ripple.

Xiao Xuan was still marveling when he suddenly saw Mi Dingzi raise both arms to the sky. The top of the giant furnace instantly shone brightly, and five beams of light shot into the sky, each a different color: gold, red, green, blue, and purple—a dazzling spectacle.

"The Five Elements Furnace!"

Xiao Xuan's body trembled, almost crying out.

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