Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings-Chapter 136 - 134: Netherworld Ancient Well

A few seconds later, Lin Yuan appeared at the place where the signal had vanished.

This was a three-story building in the center of the village.

Although Lin Yuan had never been here before, he knew exactly where this was.

This was the Village Chief’s house.

Lin Yuan clearly remembered that during a conversation with the sister-in-law, she mentioned that the Village Chief’s house was easy to find.

The most impressive house in the village was indeed the Village Chief’s.

The Village Chief’s house was a three-story building, and out of respect for the Village Chief, other villagers built their houses with no more than two and a half stories.

"Die!"

"Damn!"

As soon as Lin Yuan stepped into the Village Chief’s house, several black shadows rushed out from the surrounding darkness.

The shadows roared angrily as they dashed towards Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan focused his gaze: three men and two women, old and young alike.

Judging by their state, they were all puppets like the sister-in-law’s in-laws.

Without a doubt, this must be the Village Chief’s family.

Being the first to encounter the mother-child Deceitful King, a Tier Five Evil Spirit, it was certain that they were all dead beyond revival.

Without any extra movements, in the next moment, Zhong Kui’s Demon-Slaying Sword emerged from its sheath.

"Zheng!"

A scarlet sword light streaked across like a blood moon.

Where the sword’s energy passed, even falling raindrops were sliced in two.

The sword’s energy precisely severed their heads, and several bodies fell to the ground simultaneously.

In every deceitful demon among Tier Five Evil Spirits, the strength distribution of deceitful objects varied.

These puppet-like deceitful objects within the mother-child Deceitful King’s realm were all the weakest Tier Nine puppets.

Bear in mind, this is the Deceitful Invasion 2.0 version; in this version, Tier Nine puppets are so weak they are mere minions.

The strength in a deceitful demon’s realm is constant; if these puppet-like deceitful objects are weak, it indicates that the nine deceitful children and the Mother Gu are very strong.

After Lin Yuan slew the Village Chief’s family transformed into puppet-like deceitful objects, he began to search meticulously.

The Fire Poison’s signal from the nine deceitful children disappeared here, indicating there must be an issue.

Now, there are only two possibilities.

One, the Mother Gu helped the deceitful children remove their Fire Poison, or two, the Fire Poison’s detection was blocked.

Between these two possibilities, Lin Yuan was more inclined towards the second.

Because there wasn’t enough time.

From the time the Fire Poison’s signal vanished to Lin Yuan’s arrival, it all occurred within a mere two to three seconds.

Remember, the Fire Poison on the Trickster Child is the embodiment of the Rule of Fire!

To remove the Fire Poison from nine Trickster Children in just two or three seconds, if the Mother Gu had that capability, would she bother playing this hide-and-seek game with Lin Yuan?

If the Mother Gu truly had this capability, she would directly eliminate Lin Yuan.

Only the Power of Rules can contend with another Power of Rules.

Though Lin Yuan didn’t yet know which Power of Rules the Mother Gu possessed, he believed even if it countered the Rule of Fire, it couldn’t remove the Fire Poison from nine Trickster Children in such a short time.

Therefore, the only possibility was that the Mother Gu used some method to block the Fire Poison signal from the Trickster Children.

Lin Yuan meticulously searched the Village Chief’s house, sensing that the deceitful children disappeared here.

Perhaps, the deceitful children might still be here.

His search was thorough, even one might say it was a detailed, intensive search.

Finding nothing in the front yard, Lin Yuan headed to the backyard of the Village Chief’s house.

Behind the three-story building, there stood a simple old brick house.

Though this old brick house was ancient, it was well-maintained.

The three-story building and the old brick house were separated by only a corridor, seemingly the Village Chief’s old residence.

The old residence wasn’t large, visible at a glance.

Found it!

Lin Yuan noticed something abnormal about the old residence.

In the center of the old residence’s yard, there stood an ancient well.

Although he could see the well with his naked eyes, if he closed his eyes and tried to sense it, the well did not exist.

Undoubtedly, there was something wrong with this well.

Lin Yuan quickly approached the well, gazing down into it.

Peering into the well, Lin Yuan’s eyes grew solemn.

Looking inside the well, you see not water, but boundless darkness and depth.

What’s inside?

It’s completely unpredictable.

"Could it be that the mother-child Deceitful King’s lair is within this well?"

"Did the Fire Poison signal from the nine deceitful children vanish because they entered the well?" Lin Yuan pondered, seeming to understand why the Fire Poison signal disappeared suddenly.

Lin Yuan’s gaze was fixed on the well, falling into deep thought.

He was now faced with a choice.

To enter or not to enter.

Enter?

What lay before him had started to exceed his expectations, as well as the potential dangers within the well, unknown whether he could cope with them.

This mother-child Deceitful King was undoubtedly the most dangerous Tier Five Evil Spirit he had ever encountered.

It seemed that the best option was already to give up.

Not enter?

Lin Yuan was a man, and men typically cannot resist the allure of such dark, mysterious openings.

Encountering such a cave entrance, a man’s first instinct is to go inside and explore.

After thinking for a while, Lin Yuan still decided to enter.

Even though this Mother-Child Deceitful King is quite troublesome, he is still a Tier Five Evil Spirit.

Lin Yuan feels that he should be able to handle a Tier Five Evil Spirit.

Lin Yuan possesses the Powers of Rules: "Tenfold Amplification," "No Distance," "Annihilation," "Void Prohibition," and "Fire." In theory, he should be able to deal with whatever Power of Rules the Mother-Child Deceitful King possesses.

With this in mind, Lin Yuan had already made up his mind.

Go down!

Without any hesitation, Lin Yuan jumped down directly, and as he leapt, the Yellow Springs Road appeared beneath his feet.

No matter what dangers lie in this well, he can instantly invoke the Yellow Springs Road Tattoo to appear outside the well.

Yellow Springs Road is the measure to ensure Lin Yuan’s safety.

According to Lin Yuan’s experience, when exploring dark cave entrances, safety measures must be well prepared.

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Meanwhile.

At the little sister-in-law’s house.

Zhuge Ming and Wen Yingying, following the locations provided by Lin Yuan, have already brought the other eight nannies here.

These eight nannies, due to feeding the Trickster Child all day, have a poor mental and physical state.

Their faces clearly showed fear and panic.

"In the entire village, only we are still alive!"

"Can we leave here alive?"

"What about the children, what will happen to our children?"

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These people talked to each other, their voices filled with fear and trembling.

Zhuge Ming appeared very calm at this moment, comforting everyone: "We are all in the Deceitful Demon now. To ensure everyone’s safety, please do not wander or move around; we will protect everyone."

"Our leader has already gone to deal with the Evil Spirits controlling the Deceitful Demon! Rest assured, our leader can defeat this Evil Spirit and rescue everyone."

"As for everyone’s children, please rest assured too, we will not give up any rescue opportunities."

"There’s nothing you can do now; the only thing you can do is sit quietly here and wait!"

After Zhuge Ming’s official speech, the few newly rescued nannies calmed down as well.

Zhuge Ming’s reply was very official; this seems like an official person!

In times of disaster, ordinary folks can only think of, rely on the official, right!

So everyone became much quieter.

"Where is the little sister-in-law?" Zhuge Ming looked around the crowd, frowning and asking.

She was still here when they went to rescue people; in such a short time, the little sister-in-law had disappeared.

"I’ll go look!" Wen Yingying replied, and then quickly went upstairs to search.

However, after searching the room thoroughly, there was still no sign of the little sister-in-law.

Soon, Wen Yingying quickly came downstairs and said with a troubled expression, "The little sister-in-law is gone!"

Hearing this news, Zhuge Ming’s face also turned gloomy.

When Lin Yuan left, he entrusted this task to him; he had promised with confidence to complete the task.

Never expected that the little sister-in-law would disappear at this time.

"This is bad!"

"She must have gone to find her child on her own!" Zhuge Ming said coldly.

Zhang Zhen blurted out, "Why don’t I go look for her."

"No!" Zhuge Ming directly vetoed Zhang Zhen’s proposal, slowly saying, "What’s more important, eight people or one person?"

"Among the four of us, you have the strongest combat capability. If you leave and chaos breaks out in the village later, the three of us may not be able to handle it."

"Advising the stubborn Deceitful King is difficult; when we went to rescue people, we warned and instructed her not to move, but she insisted on leaving. It’s not our fault."

Zhuge Ming’s decision was very rational, and he handled it calmly as well.

"Really..." Wen Yingying hesitated, cautiously saying, "Are we really not going to care about her?"

"It’s not that we don’t care, but we can’t care!"

"Without the leader, we aren’t absolutely safe in the Deceitful Demon."

"She didn’t listen, who’s to blame?"

"What if we split up to look for her and something happens to these people? How will we explain it to the leader then?"

"I believe, even if the leader were here, he would make the same choice!"

"The leader asked you to listen to me when he left. I’m ordering you now, hold your ground and protect these people!" Zhuge Ming’s words were firm, leaving no room for doubt.

Zhuge Ming bringing up Lin Yuan made everyone naturally dare not say much.

Even if the little sister-in-law really encounters an accident, it’s not their fault.

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Meanwhile, after Lin Yuan leapt from the well, he was rapidly descending.

No danger encountered, though.

It was as if Lin Yuan was falling into an endless abyss, surrounded by darkness.

In the dark, Lin Yuan didn’t know how long he had been falling.

The further down he went, the colder and more terrifying it felt, as if he had fallen into a Netherworld Deceitful Realm.

Finally, he reached the bottom.

Before Lin Yuan’s eyes was a dark, vast space, the size of which he could not perceive.

Here, like the previous Ancient Well, visible to the naked eye but mentally perceptible only as a blank void.