Peach Blossoms in Chang'an

Chapter 265: The vortex of chaos, the heart is in turmoil

The seal was successful, the black-clad leader turned into ashes, and the red light released by the mechanism was swallowed up by the jade pendant. The invisible force that originally trapped everyone disappeared, the barrier was broken, and the joy of victory had not yet spread, when something strange happened.

The clear sky was instantly covered by thick dark clouds, with lightning, thunder, strong winds, flying sand and rocks. At the same time, an even more powerful energy wave surged from all directions, like an invisible giant hand, tightly grasping Wu Tao and Hu Bugui.

"What's going on?" Hu Bugui's face changed drastically, and an unprecedented fear surged in his heart. He protected Wu Tao behind him and looked around vigilantly, trying to find the source of this chaos.

Wu Tao tightly grasped the jade pendant in her hand. The originally warm jade became scorching hot, as if a piece of iron was pressed against her palm. The space and time around her began to distort, the scene became blurry, and her ears were filled with sharp and piercing buzzing sounds, giving her a splitting headache.

"Could it be... the guardian of time and space..." Wu Tao's voice trembled, and the information that the jade pendant had conveyed to her before emerged in her mind. The act of using the jade pendant to seal the leader of the remnant of the mysterious organization has broken the balance of time and space, and the guardians who maintain the balance are now showing their anger.

"Bugui, we have to stop this!" Wu Tao resisted the discomfort, grabbed Hu Bugui's arm, and said hurriedly, "Otherwise the entire space and time will collapse!"

Hu Bugui held her hand tightly, his eyes firm: "Okay, let's go together!"

They tried to mobilize all the Qi in their bodies and inject it into the jade pendant, hoping to stabilize this chaotic energy. However, in front of this destructive force, their efforts seemed so insignificant, like a small boat in the raging waves, which could be swallowed by the huge waves at any time.

"Om-"

The light of the jade pendant flickered, as if it was emitting its final wail. Wu Tao and Hu Bugui struggled in the twisted space and time, and before their eyes, a blinding white light appeared...

"Tao Tao! Don't come back!"

An anxious voice came from the white light, and then several figures stumbled in front of them.

"You..." Wu Tao looked at the people in front of him in disbelief. They were actually... "Zi'an! Qingge! How could you..." Wu Tao looked at the people in front of him in disbelief. They were actually his best friends whom he met in the Tang Dynasty - Shen Zi'an, a knight with superb swordsmanship, and Liu Qingge, a musician who was proficient in music.

"No time to explain!" Shen Zian didn't have time to say hello. He drew his sword and the blade emitted a faint white light. "We sensed the fluctuations in time and space, so we came here immediately."

"Luckily, the magic weapon left by Master still has some spiritual power, so we were able to arrive in time." Liu Qingge's face was solemn, and his bare hands gently stroked the guqin in his arms. The strings trembled slightly, making a low humming sound, as if responding to this chaotic time and space.

"Hurry, give us a hand!" Hu Bugui said hurriedly. At this moment, he didn't care about being surprised. He knew that one more person would mean more strength.

Shen Zian and Liu Qingge quickly joined them. Shen Zian injected his true energy into the long sword, and the sword shone brightly, turning into a white rainbow, rushing straight into the sky, trying to split the chaos. Liu Qingge's ten fingers flew, plucking the strings of the zither, and the melodious sound of the zither turned into invisible sound waves, trying to smooth out the fluctuations in space and time.

However, their efforts were like a drop in the bucket, and they seemed insignificant in the face of this destructive force. The distortion of time and space became more intense, and the originally blurred scene completely disappeared, replaced by a dizzying and bizarre scene.

"No! This force is too strong!" Shen Zian's face turned pale, and the long sword in his hand let out a wail as it could not bear the heavy burden, and fine cracks appeared on the sword body.

"The energy of the time-travel magic weapon is almost exhausted!" Fine beads of sweat oozed out of Liu Qingge's forehead, and the sound of the piano became intermittent.

The situation of Wu Tao and Hu Bugui is not optimistic either. The true energy in their bodies is almost exhausted, and the light of the jade pendants is getting weaker and weaker, like a candle in the wind, which may go out at any time.

"Are... we really going to fail?" Wu Tao closed his eyes in despair. Is he really going to watch time and space collapse and the world be destroyed?

At this moment, Hu Bugui suddenly grabbed her hand and said in a firm tone: "Taotao, don't give up, we still have a chance!" He injected the last bit of true energy into the jade pendant, and at the same time urged the last bit of energy of the magic weapon to try to guide this chaotic force of time and space to an uninhabited place.

"boom--"

After a loud bang, everything around them fell silent. Wu Tao and Hu Bugui sat on the ground, gasping for breath. Their clothes were soaked with sweat, and their faces were full of exhaustion and despair.

"Did we... succeed?" Shen Zian and Liu Qingge also asked weakly. They had never experienced such a terrible thing.

Before Wu Tao and Hu Bugui could answer, a quick phone ring suddenly rang, breaking the brief silence. Wu Tao took out his phone and found that the screen showed the words "signal interrupted". At the same time, the lights around him began to flicker...

The ringing of the cell phone was like a piercing alarm, awakening everyone from their trance after surviving a disaster. Wu Tao looked at the words "Signal interrupted" on the screen, and his heart sank. At the same time, the originally bright lights around him began to flicker, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, as if foreshadowing some ominous omen.

"What's going on?" Shen Zian looked around and asked vigilantly, "Something seems to be wrong here."

"It's a fluctuation in time and space!" Liu Qingge's face was pale and his tone was hurried. "Although we have sealed the leader of the mysterious organization, the rift in time and space has not been completely repaired. This power has already affected this world!"

As soon as the voice fell, a shrill alarm sounded from a distance, breaking the tranquility of the night. Then, the whole city fell into chaos, and the streets that were originally brightly lit suddenly fell into darkness. Only the sound of car horns and people's panicked shouts echoed in the night sky.

"Oh no! We have to leave here quickly!" Hu Bugui made a prompt decision. He knew that the abnormal phenomena caused by the fluctuations of time and space would inevitably cause social panic, and they, the "uninvited guests", would likely become the target of public criticism.

However, before they could take any action, they felt a powerful force approaching.

"Oh no! It's them!" Shen Zian's face changed. He recognized this familiar aura. It came from the remnants of the mysterious organization.

"It seems that we still underestimated their strength." Liu Qingge held the guqin tightly in his hand, ready for battle.

"Taotao, take them away first, I will stop them!" Hu Bugui protected Wu Tao behind him and said with a firm look.

"No! I won't leave! I want to stay with you!" Wu Tao held his hand tightly and refused to let go.

"Be obedient! Now is not the time to be willful!" Hu Bugui said sternly. He knew that now was not the time to be sentimental. They must leave here as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

"Hurry up! We can't hold you back any longer!" Shen Zian and Liu Qingge also urged. They knew that in their current state, they could not compete with the remnants of the mysterious organization.

Wu Tao looked at Hu Bugui deeply, and finally nodded, turned around, and disappeared into the night with Shen Zian and Liu Qingge.

Hu Bugui watched them leave, then turned around and faced the figure gradually approaching in the darkness. A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth and a resolute light flashed in his eyes.

"If you want to take my woman away, you have to step over my dead body first!"

At the same time, on the other side of the city, Wu Tao, Shen Zian and Liu Qingge also encountered new troubles. They were trapped in a chaotic crowd and could not get in touch with Hu Bugui.

"What should we do? What should we do now?" Wu Tao asked anxiously. She was worried about Hu Bugui's safety, and even more worried that the world would fall into greater chaos due to the influence of time and space fluctuations.

"First find a safe place to hide, and then find a way to contact Brother Hu." Shen Zian analyzed calmly. He knew that the most important thing now was to stay calm and not lose his composure.

"But..." Wu Tao wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Liu Qingge.

"Believe him, he will be fine." Liu Qingge comforted him, but she herself was not sure. After all, they were facing a mysterious and powerful organization.

At this moment, Wu Tao suddenly felt the phone in her pocket vibrate. She quickly took it out and found a text message from an unfamiliar number on the screen:

"If you want to know where Hu Bugui is, come here..." Wu Tao's heart suddenly shrank. The content of the text message was like a basin of ice water poured over her head, chilling her from head to toe. She tightly grasped the phone, her fingertips turned white, and her mind kept replaying the look in Hu Bugui's eyes before he left, which was firm and resolute, but also revealed a trace of worry and reluctance.

"Taotao, what's wrong?" Shen Zian noticed her abnormality and asked with concern.

Wu Tao took a deep breath, trying to suppress the uneasiness in her heart, and handed the phone to Shen Zian: "Someone sent me this text message, and he knows the whereabouts of Hu Bugui."

After reading the text message, Shen Zian and Liu Qingge's faces became solemn.

"It seems that they want to use Brother Hu to threaten us." Shen Zian said in a deep voice, with a hint of anger in his tone.

"We can't be fooled! Who knows if this is their trap?" Liu Qingge analyzed calmly, "What's more, we can't even protect ourselves right now, how can we save Brother Hu?"

Wu Tao knew the danger, but she couldn't just sit there and watch Hu Bugui fall into danger. She bit her lip, and a hint of determination flashed in her eyes: "I must save him!"

"Taotao, calm down!" Shen Zian grabbed her shoulders and said urgently, "We can't act impulsively, otherwise we will die in vain!"

"But..." Wu Tao wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a sudden dizziness. Her eyes went dark and her body fell backwards weakly.

"Taotao!"

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On the other side, Hu Bugui faced the siege of the remnants of the mysterious organization alone. He was agile and fierce, but the other side had a large number of people and each of them was strong, so he gradually fell into a disadvantage.

"Hand over the person you want to protect, and we may consider giving you a quick death!" The leading man in black sneered, with greed flashing in his eyes.

"Dream on!" Hu Bugui roared, and danced the sword in his hand more fiercely, but his physical strength was gradually exhausted.

At this moment, he felt a powerful force approaching, with a heart-pounding sense of oppression. He looked up suddenly and saw a figure in a black robe with his face hidden under a hood slowly falling from the sky.

"Who are you?" Hu Bugui asked vigilantly, with an ominous premonition in his heart.

The man in black robe did not speak, but slowly raised his hand, and an invisible pressure instantly enveloped the entire space.

"What do you want to do?" Hu Bugui felt as if his body was imprisoned and he could not move.

The man in black robe still didn't speak, but just looked at him coldly, then turned and looked into the distance, as if waiting for something.

At this moment, a dazzling light suddenly appeared in the sky, and then a huge vortex appeared in the night, exuding an unsettling atmosphere.

"The space-time rift... has completely opened..." Hu Bugui muttered to himself, his eyes filled with shock and despair.