Haocuan Wu Chang revealed a surprised look, the two human cultivators in front of him, their cultivation was not very high, but the speed they burst out was one step faster than him.
However, Haocuan Wu Chang’s speed wasn’t slow either, closely chasing after them, his arm shook, a black iron chain, flew out from his sleeve, crossing a distance of more than ten miles, striking at Zhang Ruochen’s vest.
On the iron chain, a cold ghostly pattern emerged, freezing the air with circles of icicles that stretched all the way to Zhang Ruochen’s back.
Zhang Ruochen fiercely gritted his teeth and once again performed Spatial Shift, dodging out with Cold Snow.
“Rumble!”
The scythe at the top of the iron rope struck on top of a ten-foot tall tombstone next to it, cutting the tombstone in two as if it was cutting tofu.
“Fluctuations in space.”
Hao Chuan Wu Chang’s eyes were very cold, the ghost qi on his body, gushed out in a steady stream, and that murderous intent, became even more intense.
Finally, he somewhat understood the reason why the Ghost King had sent him to hunt down these people.
Within these people, there were indeed a few that were quite special. If they were to be let into the netherworld, they might break into some hidden places and cause great destruction.
“Wow!”
The sound of water flowing resounded.
It wasn’t long before Zhang Ruochen, Cold Snow, and the young man who was proficient in Rune Technique, one after the other, arrived at the banks of the Corpse River.
The embankment of the Corpse River was completely piled up with corpses and bones, emitting a strong stench.
The water in the river appeared very filthy, completely black in colour, with a corpse skeleton floating down from the upper reaches, floating on the surface of the water.
The Corpse River, also known as the boundary river between the Yang and Yin worlds, once crossing the river, one would enter the Yin world.
Legend had it that any living being that entered the netherworld, not a single one of them would be able to walk out alive, including saints, who would have no return.
Coming here was like coming to the gate of ghosts, and a decision had to be made.
Zhang Ruochen naturally had no choice, no matter what, he had to head to the netherworld and search for the Thousand Bone Empress, only by finding her would it be possible to suppress the undead of the Perishing Tomb Forest once again.
That one young man, revealing a cold expression, harnessed the two talismans and controlled the wind, flying in the direction of the Corpse River.
“Be careful, there is a strange force in the air above the Corpse River, any cultivator who tries to cross the river will be suppressed. Once they fall into the river, they will be corroded by the river water to the point that their corpses will not survive.”Zhang Ruochen reminded.
The young man, who had already flown out a distance of ten feet, felt a force from above, suppressing him as if a huge mountain was pressing down on him.
However, upon hearing Zhang Ruochen’s reminder, he immediately flew backwards, narrowly returning to the riverbank.
Only, his feet, however, still stepped into the edge of the Corpse River and came into contact with the river water, instantly corroding away a layer of flesh and blood.
The black Yin Qi, which continued to spread upwards, rushed all the way to the position of his knees.
The young man’s cultivation, which was extremely high and profound, was a First Order Half Saint, returning to the shore, he immediately mobilised his holy qi, refining the Yin Qi that had soaked into his legs.
The young man exhaled a long breath, still feeling fearful.
At the same time, he developed a trace of goodwill towards Zhang Ruochen and hurriedly walked over, bowed his hand and said, ”My name is Shi Ren, thank you for your reminder just now, otherwise, I’m afraid that I would have already lost my life in the Corpse River. How did elder brother know that above the Corpse River, there is a strange force?”
“Once, I came here once.”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, staring towards the Corpse River, revealed a grave expression on his face.
Last time, when he and the Sacred Book Talented Lady had escaped to this place, it was by borrowing the Heavenly Ascension Boat that they were able to float on the surface of the Corpse River.
Now, without the Heavenly Ascension Boat, how could they cross the Corpse River?
Cold Snow lifted the Void Sword in her hand and looked towards the back, seeing a black ghostly aura that was rapidly surging over, she hurriedly said, “Master, that one Impermanent, is catching up again, what should we do?”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, stared at the corpses floating on the surface of the water, and suddenly, his eyes lit up as he said, “Since, those corpses, are able to float on the surface of the water. Why can’t we use the corpses on the surface of the water to make a boat? It might be possible to cross the Corpse River.”
“That’s right.”
The young man called Shi Ren nodded, took out a chain hook, flung it towards the river, and the sharp iron hook grabbed a black ape corpse over ten metres long and dragged it to the shore.
With that, the three of them, walked over to the ape corpse’s body, catalysed their holy qi, and began to cross the river.
“It’s actually possible to cross a river like this, why didn’t I think of it earlier.”
“Let’s go, let’s go to the netherworld as well, no matter what, we have to find, the legendary Divine Pill that brings the dead back to life.”
Those other cultivators, seeing Zhang Ruochen’s trio come up with such a way to cross the river, also rushed out from the tomb forest, looking for corpses, and crossed to the other side of the Corpse River.
Zhang Ruochen’s trio, arrived at the centre of the Corpse River, and Hao Chuan Wu Chang had also arrived at the bank of the Corpse River. The Soul Beast underneath him raised its feet and let out an earth-shattering roar from its mouth.
“Ow!”
Immediately, the calm Corpse River immediately lifted a water wave more than ten metres high.
If it was just an ordinary river, even if it lifted up water waves tens of metres high, none of them would be able to help the cultivator crossing the river. However, the water of the Corpse River was extraordinary, and once one was caught in the river, they would surely die.
“Plop.”
Not far away, a miserable cry rang out.
Suffering from the double attack of sound waves and water waves, an old man of the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation was unsteady in his centre of gravity and fell into the Corpse River, his mouth emitting a piercing scream.
By the time the cultivator next to him, fished him up, the old man had already turned into a black corpse, his flesh and blood melting away as if it was silt, emitting a foul odour.
Cold Snow had never seen such a horrifying picture before, that delicate little face, became a little pale.
However, she continued to clench her teeth and tried her best to restrain herself, constantly telling herself in her heart that she must be strong, she must not drag her Master back, and she absolutely must not be afraid.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Cold Snow, and suddenly, somewhat regretted, bringing her into the Perishing God Tomb Forest. After all, she was still just a small child.
On the bank, Hao Chuan Wu Chang snorted coldly and rode a soul beast that looked like a crocodile, charging into the Corpse River and launching an attack on the cultivators who were crossing the river.
The four hooves of the soul beast stepped on the water but did not sink, its speed was surprisingly fast.
“Die for me.”
With a wave of his arm, Hao Chuan Wu Chang’s arm flung the chain out, flying in a circle across the surface of the Corpse River, directly knocking five human cultivators into the water.
“Help …… save me ……”
“Ah ……”
On the Corpse River, a large chorus of miserable screams rang out.
However, they didn’t last long and soon stopped screaming, lost their voices, and floated up from the water, turning into dead corpses.
Hao Chuan Wu Chang’s gaze, staring in the direction of Zhang Ruochen’s trio, snorted coldly. With that, he struck the iron rope out once again, emitting a sharp wind-breaking sound that pierced through the void.
On the iron rope, it contained a very strong force that shook the Corpse River, causing it to violently toss and turn, appearing as a wide path of water that stretched all the way to the position behind Zhang Ruochen’s three people.
“Cold Snow, make a sword strike.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Yes.”
With both of her hands, Cold Snow pinched out her sword technique, and the Void Sword immediately radiated a brilliant light, transforming into a white light that flew out and struck the iron chain.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen also mobilised his entire body’s sword intent and pointed out with a finger.
At the tip of his finger, a pillar of light flew out and struck the Void Sword, causing the power of the Void Sword to increase several times again.
After the Void Sword’s Sword Spirit had awakened, it had already recovered to become a supreme Saint Weapon, and could be considered one of the most powerful few swords in the entire Kunlun Realm.
Now, it was being harnessed by Zhang Ruochen and Cold Snow at the same time, and the power that erupted was naturally quite terrifying.
“Wow!”
The sword blade chopped, directly snapping Hao Chuan Wu Chang’s chains, into two.
The sword energy struck the water surface, leaving behind a sword path that connected all the way to the bottom of the river, splitting the Corpse River to briefly break its flow.
Hao Chuan Wu Chang and the Soul Beast, hastily fell backwards, their arms retracted with force, but only half of the chain was retrieved. The other half of the chain, fell into the Corpse River.
“That’s ……”
Haochuan Wu Chang’s pair of ghostly eyes stared at the white void sword, a look of horror appeared on his face, followed by the second half of the sentence, “The Thousand Bone Empress’s Void Sword.”
Haochuan Impermanence’s face, very grave, bellowed out, “Seeking Gold Impermanence, quickly go and report to Lord Ghost King, tell her that the Void Sword has appeared again, and that someone is trying to bring it into the netherworld.”
One of the ten Impermanent amongst the ten Impermanent, quickly turned around and rushed out towards the outside of the Perishable Tomb Forest.
Instead, Haochuan Impermanence rode his Soul Beast and continued to go after Zhang Ruochen’s trio, stopping them from entering the netherworld no matter what.
……
About half an hour later, on the banks of the Corpse River, behind a huge tombstone, a round, furry black head was revealed.
It revealed once, and then immediately retracted.
Three times in a row, a big black fat cat, only came out, round eyes, looked around, did not find any danger, before hooking his paw behind him, laughed: ”Lol! After this Emperor’s careful investigation, there is no danger here for the time being.”
Mu Lingshi walked out from behind the tombstone, wearing a clean white dress with a belt, making the crispy peaks in front of her chest appear all round and straight, her long ebony-black hair hanging down to her waist, and her slender legs hidden in her skirt, making her figure appear exceptionally tall.
Only, at this moment, the white clothes on her body, but there were multiple blood stains.
Obviously, rushing into the Perishing Tomb Forest, she had also suffered some injuries.
Mu Lingshi’s pair of eyes, seeing the rotting corpses piled up into a riverbank, slightly wrinkled her two slender eyebrows and said, ”This is truly an ominous place, no wonder it has spawned so many undead. Did Zhang Ruochen really come here?”
“After such a big incident in the Perishable Tomb Forest, Zhang Ruochen would definitely bring the Void Sword and head to the netherworld to look for the Thousand Bone Empress. Hehehe! How can searching for the Empress Empress be without this Emperor?”
Xiao Hei’s gaze, looked towards the Netherworld on the other side of the Corpse River, then, his eyes condensed, and he chortled coldly, “Divine Demon Mouse, don’t roll out for this Emperor yet.”
Hearing Xiao Hei’s chiding voice, the head rat hiding behind the tombstone, his body slightly trembled, stumbled his hands and feet and walked out, smiling panderingly, “Master Cat, what are your orders?”
Little Black stared in the direction of the Corpse River and said, “Hump us across the river.”
The chief mouse’s face changed and took two steps back, saying, “No way! The water in the Corpse River is quite terrifying, capable of corroding the flesh of living beings, once it is stained, it will surely die.”
Two tubes of white gas gushed out from inside Xiao Hei’s nostrils, waving his claws, he slapped down on the top of the head of the first rat, “Damn, you’re a Divine Demon Rat, and you’re still afraid of corpse water? Are you f*cking going or not, are you f*cking not going, are you f*cking tired of living?”
Xiao Hei’s claws fell, hitting the head rat’s mind with a loud bang, causing half of the head rat’s body to fall into the ground.
“Plop!”
Xiao Hei kicked out, kicking the first rat into the river of corpses.
Strange to say, the first rat fell into the corpse river, choked a few mouths of river water, but it was completely fine, still swimming on the water surface.
