This is a world that gives people a sense of oppression, as if it is forever in a silent dusk. The environment is dim, the ground is blood-red, and the view is an endless blood plain. Semi-transparent figures run around on the blood plain, just like walking corpses. In fact, they are even more terrifying than walking corpses. They are undead spirits, each with their own consciousness. Sometimes they lift their heads, but their faces are full of numbness and confusion.
Unlike the secret realm world, this world has a sun, and there are two suns. Two huge suns float in the sky, emitting light that is not very bright. Looking up, it is as if they are a pair of somewhat dim eyes.
They are indeed eyes, the eyes of the headless knight.
This is the undead realm, the world contained within the headless knight’s skull. The headless knight’s eyes have turned into suns here, watching over this blood-coloured land. But for some reason, those eyes have become somewhat dim.
On the silent blood plain, which seems accustomed to thousands of years of quiet, a bolt of lightning suddenly descends. The lightning starts from one of the suns in the sky and lands in the central part of the blood plain. A huge roar echoes through the entire world. The undead spirits sense something. Their numb and stiff bodies turn towards the place where the lightning struck. Moments later, they begin to move their steps and slowly walk in that direction.
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Ye Chui, Debbie, Green, Xilaisi, and Posili, the five of them, are swallowed by the vortex in the headless knight’s eyes the moment they see the headless knight’s skull. They are sent to this world. That swallowing power is so great that they cannot resist or escape at all. The instant their feet touch the blood-coloured ground, the five of them immediately become tense and alert. They gather together and look around at the situation.
“What is this place?” Debbie asks.
No one can answer this question. Posili frowns and says, “I feel this place is not simple. The headless knight’s skull has teleported us here. I can sense it is very terrifying.”
“Undead spirits.” Ye Chui stares at his magic guide book. Through the magic guide book, he quickly explores the information about this world. Without doubt, this is already a completely new spatial world. Ye Chui’s magic guide book map can unlock the map package here, which requires 12,000 points. This shows it is not as huge as the secret realm world, but the area is definitely not small. On the map, around Ye Chui and the others, he can see red dots that are rapidly gathering, densely packed, like a herd of beasts surrounding them.
Ye Chui looks up with wide eyes. Soon, with exclamations from Green and Debbie, he realises what they are: undead spirits, endless undead spirits!
This is a world of undead spirits.
“Welcome to the undead realm.”
A slightly strange and hoarse voice suddenly rings in their ears. The owner of the voice seems to come from a very distant place. But after saying this, he instantly appears in front of Ye Chui and the others.
A throne appears beside them at some point. On the throne sits a man with a somewhat aged face and a crown on his head.
He smiles at Ye Chui and the others, and continues to say, “I am Zaguras. Of course, I have other names. In the secret realm world, I am called the Spirit God King. In the outside world, I am the first emperor of the Star Empire. People call me the Tyrant King or the Cruel King. And this is the undead realm, my world.”
“Spirit God King, the empire’s first emperor!” Ye Chui and the others all look at Zaguras with vigilance.
Debbie says softly, “I have seen portraits of past emperors. The empire’s first emperor looks just like this. So the Tyrant King is really the Spirit God King.”
The empire’s first emperor is the Spirit God King. This was originally Ye Chui and the others’ guess, but now it is confirmed.
“This place is called the undead realm? Rumour has it that the headless knight ferries the dead back to the underworld. What is the undead realm?” Posili asks, somewhat puzzled. Although she is just a girl, she has extraordinary knowledge. She has read a lot of books in the magic union’s library.
“The undead realm is the world inside the headless knight’s body. Countless undead spirits reside here. They are all brave warriors from the age of the gods. After death, they are still willing to serve the god of gods and refuse to return to the underworld. So they are sent here, waiting for the call of the god of gods. And I am now the king here.” Zaguras answers with a smile. His tone carries an undisguised arrogance. He looks at Ye Chui and the others and says, “So, do you want to hear me tell a story, about my dream…”
“No.”
Ye Chui realises that more and more undead spirits are gathering from all directions. How can he waste words and give the villain boss a chance to power up? As he speaks, he looks up and fires a nuclear missile at Zaguras.
With a “boom”, the place where Zaguras stands turns into a sea of fire. Smoke and clouds reach the sky. A wave of air surges towards the surroundings. The place where Zaguras stood has become a huge ash pit.
But in an instant, Zaguras’s laughter rings from another place. “You are too impatient. You should let me finish the story.” With this voice, Zaguras’s body reforms. The crown and throne seem to have suffered no damage at all. He says, “This world has unique rules, that is, undead spirits do not perish. As long as they are undead spirits, they will never die in this world. This is the rule set by the god of gods. No matter how many times you kill me, I will revive in an instant. And you.” Zaguras stretches out one hand and points at Ye Chui. “You are not undead spirits. Killing you will become extremely simple. You will eventually die.”
Hearing Zaguras’s words, Ye Chui and the other four all feel a subtle mood. They can sense that what Zaguras says is true. This world may really have such rules.
Looking at his companions beside him, Ye Chui smiles and says, “Alright then, we change our minds. Please tell us your dream. We will listen.”
Zaguras nods in satisfaction and begins to tell, “That’s good. What I want to say is my story. I am the first emperor of the Star Empire. I have done many things in my life, but I am not satisfied yet. I still want to do more things. What are you doing?”
Zaguras suddenly stops his words in some annoyance and asks angrily.
Ye Chui is having Green take out simple tables, chairs, and some stored food, snacks, and clear water from the storage space. Ye Chui calls everyone to sit at the table and begins to taste the food while listening to Zaguras’s story. Can you respect the crisis of facing the ultimate boss?
“You continue. We are listening.” Ye Chui says with food in his mouth. Now they are in great danger. Endless undead spirit armies surround them. These guys cannot be killed. Their situation is very dangerous. And earlier in Sertie’s house, Ye Chui and Posili had consumed a lot of magic power. They continue to eat food to recover their strength.
“…” Zaguras knows Ye Chui’s plan. His face looks a bit ugly. But after a cold snort, he decides not to pay attention. He continues coldly, “You should already understand that the Crown War is not as beautiful as it seems. It is a means I use to fulfil my dream.”
Ye Chui nods. He had guessed this point long ago. “Princes enter the crown battlefield to fight. Each prince will also awaken a guardian spirit. I think, in the Star Empire’s every generation of crown wars, the prince who finally wins, you will replace the guardian spirit and possess the prince’s body. In fact, in the Star Empire for hundreds of years after its founding, you have been the true emperor.”
“Correct. This is a sacred mission. I cannot have infinite lifespan, but I can use this method to gain eternal life!” Zaguras’s tone becomes a bit more passionate. “Unfortunately, undead spirits cannot exist for long in the outside world. Every few decades, I have to return here to rest and recover my strength. Otherwise, why would I need the crown war? Damn it, the last emperor I possessed was unwilling to let the empire be ruled by me. He abolished the crown war and erased everything about me. Until now, more than three hundred years have passed. But people are greedy and ignorant. They slowly forgot the truth of the crown war. So I finally waited for the day when I can regain control of the empire.”
At this point, his tone pauses, because his story and dream are already told. He looks at Ye Chui and the others who are constantly eating food, and continues, “You are the strongest people to enter the secret realm world in a thousand years. I admit I feel fear towards you, but that is only limited to the outside world. Now you have been drawn here step by step by me. Here I will have no fear. You have already lost. So, are you willing to submit to me and offer everything you have? I will transform you into undead spirits and let you share the glory of eternal life with me.”
“It sounds like an interesting suggestion, but I need to correct you on one point.” Ye Chui swallows the pickled beast meat in his mouth hard. “You just said you have no fear here, but you are guilty. The reason you patiently tell us the story, instead of capturing us the moment we appear, is because you still fear us. You are immortal here, so what do you fear?”
Ye Chui smiles mysteriously.
“I guess you fear the undead relic on me.”
Zaguras’s expression changes slightly, then quickly returns to calm. He does not speak, his eyes staring at Ye Chui, with a sharp killing intent in his gaze.
“You say you are the master here, but the original master of this world should be the headless knight. You do not know what method you used to seize this world from her. You fear she will wake up again and take control of this world.” Ye Chui continues. He has vaguely grasped some important points. “Am I right?”
Zaguras’s face becomes even more阴冷, but his tone is like self-consolation. “The headless knight will never wake up.”
“That may not be true.”
Ye Chui finally understands something.
He wipes his mouth, opens his iPad magic guide book player, opens the video file “Chapter Three: The Headless Spirit”, plays it to the end, shows the card that summons the headless knight, and gently clicks it. The summoning begins. In the outside world, Ye Chui has tried. Using this card summons nothing, because to the outside world, the headless knight is not dead. But here, the card may be able to awaken the true master here!
“What are you doing? Whatever you do is in vain! To seal the headless knight’s consciousness, I paid a huge price to get an ancient scripture page from the church, completely putting the headless knight into deep sleep. She has been asleep for over a thousand years. No matter what you do, you cannot wake her up again!” Zaguras shouts a bit irritably. From his appearance until now, he has always sat on that illusory throne, as if using this action to show his greatness and nobility. But at this moment, he almost jumps up from that throne.
Then, his voice suddenly stops. His face shows a shocked expression. He looks at the thing slowly forming in front of Ye Chui and is speechless for a moment.
It is a head, the head of the headless knight, Sertie.
Of course, this place itself is inside Sertie’s head. That head is not a real head. She represents Sertie’s consciousness.
Has Ye Chui really awakened Sertie’s consciousness so easily?
“You brat, have you occupied my home for long enough!?” The head curses as soon as it appears.
