Just after breaking into into the world of the picture scrolls, the Blood Moon Ghost King realised that it was not good, because, she found that she had entered another completely unfamiliar world, and was no longer in the netherworld.
“Not good.”
The Blood Moon Ghost King quickly retreated backwards, wanting to exit this unknown world.
It was a pity that the door of space had already closed one step ahead of her.
The Blood Moon Ghost King stopped in mid-air, and with a pair of eyes, she became vigilant, observing her surroundings, and did not detect any danger before chasing after Zhang Ruochen once again.
With her Ghost King level cultivation, even if that human kid from the Fish Dragon Realm really had a plot, how could she help her?
Surprisingly, when he came to this unfamiliar world, Zhang Ruochen did not continue to run away, instead, he stopped, turned around, and stared towards the Blood Moon Ghost King.
“What? Not running away?”
The Blood Moon Ghost King flew down from mid-air and stood opposite Zhang Ruochen, the ghostly aura on his body was released, forming a powerful corrosive force that caused the surrounding grass and trees to wither rapidly at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.
Even the soil, turned black, covered in a thick layer of frost.
The Blood Moon Ghost King only glared with his eyes, and the frost on the ground split into two strands, sprouting a sharp ice spike that spread towards Zhang Ruochen and Cold Snow.
Only, before those two rows of ice spikes could even come close to within ten feet of Zhang Ruochen and Cold Snow, they were blocked by an invisible force and collapsed, turning into ice particles.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “There’s no need to flee anymore.”
“What do you mean?”The Blood Moon Ghost King said.
The Blood Moon Ghost King was certainly quite confident in her own strength, and even if, Zhang Ruochen played tricks with her, she had full confidence in suppressing him.
Only, when she saw, the shattered ice under Zhang Ruochen’s feet, she was still a bit shaken and became wary.
On Zhang Ruochen’s face, a warm smile surfaced as he said, “Could it be that you don’t want to know what this place is?”
“There is no need to know.”
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s gaze, fixed on Cold Snow’s body, said rather impatiently, “Hand over the Void Sword, and this King can leave you all alive.”
“Entering the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, you even dare to say such big words, you really want to laugh at this King. Haha!”
Little Black laughed so hard that he covered his stomach and rolled on the ground.
The Blood Moon Ghost King had long looked at Zhang Ruochen’s cat in a very unfavourable light, and when he heard these words, he naturally became even more annoyed, stretching out a long, thin finger and pointing it into the void.
The ghost qi that flew out from the fingertip condensed into a solid state and transformed into an arm-thick chain.
The chain, emitting a clattering sound, as if it was a dragon and snake, flew out.
Little Black snorted coldly, extending a sharp claw and striking forward.
On the claw, a black flame emerged, and as the flame continued to expand, it actually turned into a scorching fire cloud, breaking the chain and refining it into a wisp of ghost mist.
Even the Blood Moon Ghost King was shaken by a powerful force and flew backwards, completely unable to fight against Little Black.
“How is that possible?”
The Blood Moon Ghost King looked at her right arm, only to see that, the palm, wrist, and arm cracked out with dense lines, just a little bit short of her ghost body, she was afraid that it would shatter.
When she was in the netherworld, that cat’s power, at most, was only able to fight against a third-order half-saint. Coming here, how did it become so powerful?
Could it be that it had previously hidden its strength?
This thought, the Blood Moon Ghost King only thought about it briefly before immediately rejecting it. If that cat was, indeed, a world-defying powerhouse, how could it submit to a human of the Fish Dragon Realm?
Zhang Ruochen stepped forward and calmly said, “Blood Moon Ghost King, your powerful cultivation has no advantage at all in the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram. If you didn’t still have some value, with that strike just now, Little Black would have been able to make your soul fall apart.”
“Is that so?”The Blood Moon Ghost King said coldly.
Obviously, she was not convinced.
“What? Not convinced? Good thing too, this Emperor specialises in curing all kinds of disobedience.”
Xiao Hei revealed a gloomy smile, rubbed his claws, and mobilised the aura in the world of picture scrolls, gathering it in its body.
In an instant, a powerful aura, erupted out, and behind it, a beastly shadow as huge as a mountain was revealed.
Just that aura alone shocked the Blood Moon Ghost King to the point that she kept falling backwards.
She could clearly feel that the ghost qi in her body was being continuously drained away by the other party, wanting to fight back, but she couldn’t even exert the power to fight back.
“Damn it, how could this happen?”
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s ghost body, became more and more fragile, and his own power, also dropped to an extremely low point, even inferior to a first-order Half Saint.
Eventually, Little Black stopped and handed a ghost bead, to Zhang Ruochen, “This is a bead condensed from the ghost qi extracted from her body.”
The one ghost bead, which was only the size of a pigeon egg, was very heavy and exuded icy cold and bone piercing power.
Zhang Ruochen took the ghost bead and stared over towards the Blood Moon Ghost King, saying, “I think we can sit down and talk properly now, right?”
The Blood Moon Ghost King looked rather lost and downcast, dispersing the remnants of ghost qi in his hands, slowly, lifting his head and smiling self-deprecatingly, “Successful kings, losers and invaders. What else is there to talk about?”
Zhang Ruochen played with the ghost bead and said, “I already said earlier that as long as you answer my questions honestly, I can spare your life.”
“Is that so?”The Blood Moon Ghost King said.
Right at this moment, Cold Snow took out a white dress robe and walked towards the Blood Moon Ghost King, handing it to her, “Ghost sister, here you go.”
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s gaze, fixed on Cold Snow’s face, her eyes slightly narrowed.
After hesitating for a long time, in the end, she took the skirt and robe and draped it over her body, hiding her flawless and delicate body underneath the skirt and robe. Only half of her snow-white calves, and a pair of tiny jade feet, were exposed on the outside of the robe.
“Han Xue, you come over first.”
Zhang Ruochen signalled Cold Snow to go back immediately in case the Blood Moon Ghost King counterattacked in a desperate situation.
Following that, he added, “Killing you won’t do me any good. However, what I want to know from your mouth is quite important, so you need not doubt my words. Of course, if you really want to die, I can also fulfil you.”
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s pair of delicate hands were cupped at the position of her lapel, her stance standing straight as she glanced obliquely at Zhang Ruochen and said, “Ask! If, I really know, I can tell you instead.”
Zhang Ruochen revealed a joyful expression, as long as she was willing to speak, it was a good thing, saying, “Tell me, do you know exactly where the Thousand Bone Empress is?”
The Blood Moon Ghost King pondered for a moment before he slowly said, “In fact, regarding the Thousand Bone Empress, this king doesn’t know much.”
Xiao Hei was eager to know about the news about the Thousand Bone Empress, so he immediately urged, saying, “Speak quickly.”
The Blood Moon Ghost King stared towards Xiao Hei, revealing an unhappy expression, and said, “The netherworld does indeed have the legend of the Thousand Bone Empress, and even the Ghost Kings respect her like a god. It is said that in those very distant times, the Thousand Bone Empress once killed a god, and the god’s corpse, was the one that fell in the Ghost God Valley.”
“Only, after she killed the god, she left the outer region of the Netherworld, crossed the second Corpse River, and disappeared into the depths of the Netherworld.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed as he said, “What does the second Corpse River mean?”
“As long as one keeps travelling towards the depths of the netherworld, all the way to the end of heaven and earth, one will encounter the second Corpse River. The area we are in now is actually the area between the first Corpse River and the second Corpse River, also known as the outer perimeter of the Netherworld.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “How many Corpse Rivers are there in the Netherworld?”
The Blood Moon Ghost King shook his head and said, “It’s unclear. I once crossed the second Corpse River, only that I retreated back again not long after. That piece of heaven and earth is just too dangerous, with many ancient Ghost Kings entrenched, as well as some very terrifying unknown beings. If I continue forward, I will most likely die there.”
One must know that the Blood Moon Ghost King’s cultivation was already quite powerful, comparable to a Saint.
However, the depths of the netherworld made her feel so afraid that it was hard to believe what kind of place was there.
Zhang Ruochen’s expression moved as he said, “Unknown beings? Are you saying that by crossing the second Corpse River, one would be able to encounter living spirits?”
There was naturally an essential difference between undead and living spirits.
For example: humans and savage beasts were both living spirits.
Although, in the periphery of the netherworld, there were also some living spirits. But most of these living spirits, were from the Kunlun Realm, breaking in, and were not native.
The Blood Moon Ghost King fell into reminiscence for a long time before saying, ”Indeed, they are living spirits, but rather, they are still quite powerful. Only, those living spirits, are very different from the living spirits of the yang world …… which is what you call the Kunlun Realm. Or rather, they should be somewhere between the undead and the living spirits, a very odd creature.”
“A living spirit that can survive in the netherworld can definitely not be as simple as a mere living creature.”Zhang Ruochen’s brows furrowed as a strong sense of crisis arose in his heart.
He was able to tell that the Blood Moon Ghost King wasn’t lying, and from this, he was afraid that the depths of the netherworld was truly an extraordinary place.
Zhang Ruochen once again asked, “This time, the opening of the Yang Realm’s Gate, what exactly is going on?”
The Blood Moon Ghost King shook his head and said, “I don’t know.”
“Even you don’t know?”It was really hard for Zhang Ruochen to believe her words.
The Blood Moon Ghost King stared at Zhang Ruochen and added, “Perhaps it has something to do with the Void Sword! In the outer regions of the netherworld, there was a legend circulating. After the Thousand Bones Empress killed the god, she used the Void Sword and the god’s corpse to suppress the passage between the Netherworld and the Yangworld. It is because of this reason that no one has been able to step out of the netherworld for endless years.”
“About a year ago, I don’t know who it was that spread a message claiming that the Void Sword was no longer in the netherworld, and that the passage between the netherworld and the yangworld would soon be opened.”
“Such news was too unbelievable, thus I didn’t take it seriously at the time. It wasn’t until not long ago that the Divine Primordial Ghost King issued a decree ordering the ghost kings of the netherworld to lead the Yin soldiers and ghost generals in a crusade against the Yangworld. It was only at this time that I realised that the passage between the netherworld and the yangworld had really been opened.”
After listening, Zhang Ruochen fell into silence and began to ponder.
