Dapeng's Time Travel Life

Chapter 562 Mysterious Laughter from the Depths of the Ruins and a New Crisis

The eerie laughter echoed through the deep-sea ruins, chilling and piercing, seemingly emanating from an endless abyss of darkness, sending shivers down everyone's spines. Zhang Peng swiftly turned, the power of the Starry Sky instantly coalescing around him, forming a multicolored protective barrier as he warily watched the depths of the ruins. Murong Yu gripped the Chaos Breeze Sword tightly, its blade trembling slightly, emitting a low hum, the power of chaos surging within him, ready to confront any unknown enemy.

"Whose laughter is that?" Liu Ruoli gently stroked her jade flute, trying to calm herself down, but her slightly trembling fingers betrayed her inner tension. She concentrated her sonic power on the jade flute, ready to launch an attack immediately should danger arise.

Su Yi concealed himself in the darkness, the power of forbidden dark magic surging at his fingertips. His breathing was almost inaudible as he focused intently on sensing the movements around him, trying to pinpoint the enemy's location. Lan Bing waved her staff, and ice magic formed a crystalline shield around her, not only protecting her from attacks but also lowering the temperature of the surrounding seawater, hindering the enemy's movements.

As the laughter faded, a figure slowly emerged from the depths of the ruins. It was a man dressed in a black robe, his face veiled, revealing only a pair of cold eyes that radiated endless killing intent and greed. In his hand he held a black staff, covered with strange runes that emitted an eerie glow.

"Hmph, you think you can unlock the seal of the mysterious power by collecting all three keys? How naive!" the black-robed man said coldly, his voice echoing in the seawater, full of mockery and disdain.

Zhang Peng frowned, and the power of stars flickered in his eyes: "Who are you? Why are you here?"

The man in black robes sneered: "Who I am is not important. What is important is that the keys in your hands will all belong to me today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man in black robes suddenly swung his staff, and a powerful dark force surged from it, sweeping towards the crowd. Wherever the dark force touched, the seawater turned black and emitted a putrid stench.

Zhang Peng unleashed a Star Shield, protecting everyone within it. Dark power struck the shield with a dull thud, causing it to shake violently and the starlight to flicker erratically. Murong Yu unleashed the ultimate technique of the "Chaotic Breeze Sword," "Bright Breeze Demon-Slaying Whirlwind," sending several sword energies towards the black-robed man. The sword energies streaked across the seawater, leaving white trails, but the black-robed man simply waved his staff, easily dissolving the sword energies with dark power.

Liu Ruoli played "Sonic Chaos Impact," and the sound waves transformed into sharp blades, piercing towards the black-robed man's vital points. The black-robed man remained calm, and the dark power around him instantly condensed into an indestructible shield. The sound waves struck the shield, producing a sharp sound, but could not cause him any damage.

Su Yi unleashed a forbidden dark technique, and black light, like a surging tide, enveloped the black-robed man. However, the black-robed man seemed to have a natural immunity to the forbidden dark technique; the dark light flickered on his body a few times before being completely absorbed.

Lan Bing unleashed the most powerful ice magic move, "Ice and Snow," instantly covering the entire deep-sea ruins in ice and snow, causing the temperature to plummet. The black-robed man's movements were somewhat hindered in this extreme cold, but he quickly adapted to the cold, his dark power melting the ice as he continued to approach the group.

During the fierce battle, Zhang Peng discovered that the black-robed man's power was extremely strange; his dark power seemed capable of devouring all surrounding energy. He concentrated his mind, using the power of the Starry Sky and the Heart of the Stars, attempting to find the black-robed man's weakness.

Suddenly, Zhang Peng noticed that the black-robed man's power seemed to originate from the staff in his hand. The runes on the staff shimmered with an eerie light, each rune containing powerful dark energy. A thought struck Zhang Peng; he felt that this staff might be the key to breaking the black-robed man's spell.

"Listen up, everyone! The black-robed man's power is related to the staff in his hand. Let's find a way to destroy that staff!" Zhang Peng shouted.

Upon hearing this, Murong Yu and Liu Ruoli immediately changed their attack strategy. Murong Yu unleashed the killing move of the "Chaotic Breeze Sword," "Breath-Splitting Slash," with several sword energies slicing through the black-robed man's defenses like sharp blades. Liu Ruoli played "Sonic Chaos Interference," the sound waves vibrating within the black-robed man's magic, disrupting his power flow.

Zhang Peng unleashed "Stellar Spacetime Reversal," manipulating the power of the stars to reverse the black-robed man's strength and reflect it back. Simultaneously, he unleashed an enhanced version of "Stellar Shattering Fist," his fist, imbued with the power of the stars, slamming it fiercely into the black-robed man's staff.

Under the combined attack of the three, cracks appeared in the black-robed man's defenses, and the light from the staff in his hand began to flicker erratically...