Chapter 445: Black Mist Bronze Lantern

Liang Yu slowly walked towards Black Mist Liang Yu, who had been temporarily petrified into a statue, while searching his backpack for something to contain the black mist.

Looking at the ‘junk’ in his backpack, he wondered how much had accumulated.

Liang Yu frowned, his consciousness quickly sifting through the pile of junk that resembled a garbage mountain.

Those mostly useless items were pushed aside one by one.

Time passed minute by minute, and with the endless items in his backpack, he deeply felt despair; sometimes, having too many things wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

Just as he was about to give up hope, a metallic gleam caught his eye.

Liang Yu’s eyes instantly lit up, and he quickly found that slot in his backpack, clicking on it to view the details.

It was a Bronze Lantern, and although it looked a bit indescribable in the slot, it was one of the most suitable items he had found so far.

Liang Yu took the Bronze Lantern out of his backpack; it was exquisitely crafted, with mysterious patterns carved onto its body, looking very much like modern craftsmanship at first glance.

This made him feel that this Bronze Lantern must have been made just last week.

And this Bronze Lantern might just be the key to sealing the black mist next.

Liang Yu held the Bronze Lantern and slowly approached Black Mist Liang Yu, who was trapped by his petrification.

When he was still one step away from Black Mist Liang Yu, the originally motionless statue trembled slightly, indicating that Black Mist Liang Yu inside the statue was struggling.

This made him shake his head; it was one thing to copy and paste him, but to copy the Ultimate Emperor Armor as well, and still have such weak combat power.

One could only say that the opponent’s replication was merely superficial, a hollow existence, unable to even properly replicate the moves he used.

As Liang Yu’s thoughts stirred, a crack appeared on Black Mist Liang Yu’s statue, and the black mist, seemingly having found a flaw, began to continuously seep out from the crack.

Liang Yu calmly opened the Bronze Lantern at this moment and brought it close to the seeping black mist.

Then, the mysterious patterns on the Bronze Lantern in his hand flickered with an unusual light, and that light, as if possessing suction, began to pull at the scattered black mist.

Watching the Bronze Lantern absorb the black mist from the petrified statue, Liang Yu then made several more cracks appear in the statue, accelerating the black mist’s seepage and simultaneously increasing the lantern’s absorption speed.

Soon, the Bronze Lantern was gradually occupied by the black mist, and this black mist, unable to break free from the lamp cover’s restraint, gradually merged into the lamp’s wick, which also turned the wick black.

However, just as the black mist was about to be completely absorbed into the Bronze Lantern, an unexpected change occurred.

The black mist, which was being pulled, suddenly trembled, and a portion of it broke free from the lantern’s suction, along with the remaining black mist in the petrified statue, re-condensing into a tiny black mist humanoid.

This little black mist figure let out a sharp shriek at Liang Yu, then lunged at him.

Liang Yu looked at this little black mist figure before him and, for some reason, found it somewhat adorable.

The little black mist figure was incredibly fast, instantly circling behind Liang Yu, and black tentacles extended from its body, reaching out to grab him.

Liang Yu reacted quickly, swinging the Bronze Lantern in his hand, and the light from the lantern flared again, directly enveloping the little black mist figure.

Under the illumination of the light, the little black mist figure struggled continuously. Liang Yu then directly grabbed it with his other hand and examined it carefully for a few moments.

After playing with it for a while, he found it uninteresting and casually tossed it into the Bronze Lantern; ultimately, the little black mist figure was re-absorbed into the lantern.

At this point, the black mist in the petrified statue was also completely absorbed by the Bronze Lantern, and the statue shattered into dust with a “bang.”

Liang Yu let out a long sigh of relief, holding the Bronze Lantern in his hand, and felt fortunate that he had resolved this troublesome matter without much danger. His intuition told him that dealing with this black mist in the future would be extremely troublesome.

With the trouble resolved, Liang Yu finally turned his gaze towards the massive door that had released Ju Ru.

The door was covered in strange runes, exuding a mysterious and dangerous aura.

Liang Yu slowly approached. As soon as he reached the door, it automatically emitted a low rumble, and the runes on it began to glow faintly.

He vaguely remembered that this door was opened by those monsters in the mist?

So Liang Yu cautiously extended his hand, attempting to push open this door.

At first, he thought his strength was insufficient to push the door open, but even with increased strength, the door before him remained unmoving.

At this moment, Liang Yu vaguely sensed that something was amiss with this large door.

Liang Yu frowned slightly. Faced with this unopenable door, after a brief moment of thought, he decisively gave up on trying to push it.

He reached out and grabbed, and the Aurora Sword instantly appeared in his hand.

The sword body emitted a cold light, as if carrying endless power and majesty.

Liang Yu slightly turned his body, his feet firmly planted, and with the Aurora Sword in his hand, he executed a dazzling sword flourish.

Immediately after, he exerted force, and an extremely sharp sword qi light blade roared out.

The light blade was like a bolt of lightning, instantly tearing through the air, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

“Boom!” The sword qi light blade heavily struck the door. In an instant, a brilliant light erupted, and a deafening roar echoed all around.

The door trembled violently, and dust rose everywhere.

Seeing the dust, Liang Yu knew that the invincible law of “no damage with smoke” had likely appeared.

Therefore, Liang Yu did not stop, swinging the Aurora Sword again, and several more sword qi light blades flew out consecutively, precisely striking the same spot on the door.

With a series of loud bangs, Liang Yu couldn’t see the situation inside, but the only thing he could be sure of was that the door was most likely not destroyed; he hadn’t heard the sound of a heavy object falling.

As the raised dust gradually settled, Liang Yu put away the Aurora Sword, and his gaze fell upon the unbreakable door before him, lost in thought.

He also did not continue to try to open the door with brute force; unless he possessed extreme power, he would not be able to open this door.

At the same time, he was recalling the details of when the door opened, considering everything he could think of.

The final conclusion was that it might be related to time, perhaps this door was similar to the Demon King’s Gate, only opening at specific times.

Or it might be related to that group of monsters, that they were the ones who opened this door.

However, Liang Yu currently couldn’t replicate either of these two conditions.

Taking the time aspect as an example, he couldn’t do nothing and just wait patiently near this door from now until the next day when it opened again.

Moreover, there was a very important factor involved.

Would this door remain present once it appeared, or would it disappear after a certain time, just like that Demon King’s Gate?