Light Fortress-Chapter 1538 - 230: Netherworld King Meets Netherworld King
The [Divine Shrine] shattered in mid-air, countless fragments of light fluttering beneath the Heavenly Curtain.
Two Extinguishing Candles, one on the ground, one in the sky.
The Devil on the Dark Throne squinted his eyes; Gu Shen’s reappearance was startlingly quick, beyond his expectations.
"You care about her?"
The Devil smiled and said, "Sorry, I just like destroying such things."
Li Qingci’s expression froze.
In the next moment.
The Devil loosened the string, and the pitch-black Extinguishing Candle erupted with a crisp sound!
At the same time, Gu Shen also let go, but the target he aimed at was not the Devil, but the Extinguishing Candle in the Devil’s hand!
The pitch-black arrow shot down rapidly from the Heavenly Curtain, while the snow-white arrow similarly shot out from Gu Shen’s fingertips, the former arrow aimed at Li Qingci, while the latter arrow was aimed at the former arrow. Two slender silver threads collided in the space between heaven and earth, without sparking the terrifying scene of heaven and earth destruction. These two Extinguishing Candle Arrows, containing pure Power of Destruction, met their mutual annihilation at the moment of collision!
This arrow clash had a feeble momentum, with the point of their collision leaving only a pitch-black void dot.
The Extinguishing Candle Arrows have never been ceremonial heavy weapons for grand scenes.
Piercing the weakness is inherently silent, no need for earth-shattering noise.
Just that the two drew their bows at an extremely fast pace.
This arrow was merely the beginning!
After shattering the arrow aimed at Li Qingci, Gu Shen did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately drew his bow again. After advancing, the scale of his Spirit Sea underwent an unprecedented qualitative change!
Originally, when shooting at Xiao, he only managed to draw and shoot two arrows, almost depleting all his mental strength.
Even the third arrow required some recovery time before he could confidently draw the bow again!
At this moment.
He fired three arrows in one breath, each aimed at the Devil’s weakness!
And on the other side of the Heavenly Curtain, the same went on.
The Devil standing at the cloud top, after aiming at Li Qingci, decisively shifted his bow position, launching a fierce attack on Gu Shen... for a moment, countless tiny and subtle explosive sounds erupted at the Skytop, the sound extremely light but the spreading and resonating power frightened all Soul Spirits in the Pure Land!
This was a kill-shot arrow; any Soul Spirit that dared to stand in its path faced instant dissolution!
Moreover... there was no possibility of resurrection!
While drawing his bow, Gu Shen glanced at Tie Wu.
"Miss Qingci, quickly follow me!"
Tie Wu immediately understood, put away the [Iron Throne].
He knew that Lord Divine had descended, and this battlefield no longer needed him, so he promptly pulled up Li Qingci, along with the non-combatants Adam and Hong Zhong; those Soul Spirits who died and revived, preparing to plunge back into the dark battlefield of Skytop, also received Gu Shen’s transmitted will, indicating they need not go to their deaths anymore.
This war, taken over by Gu Shen!
Thus, countless Soul Spirits began their march over the wilderness...
With countless firefly leaves drooping down from the suspended Wood branches, sheltering them.
Within the core area wrapped by Suspended Wood, Gu Shen re-opened a zone, isolating these Soul Spirits from observing the outside world.
This was his Divine Domain.
And the Devil... used [Truth] to replicate the Pure Land’s layout, the darkness on Skytop was considered its Divine Domain.
In a way, this is a Divine War taking place now!
So neither Li Qingci nor Tie Wu would offer any substantive help by remaining here.
Those Soul Spirits sent to their deaths likewise.
The reason they previously could obstruct and delay was just due to the world will of "Suspended Wood" offering assistance, using their soul bodies against them.
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After sending everyone away, the Pure Land World became extremely vast, extremely silent.
At the same time, extremely oppressive.
The black clouds of Skytop nearly pressed onto the ground!
Gu Shen slowly ascended to the luminous only remaining void top, witnessing countless broken fragments of [Divine Shrine] densely floating amidst the dark clouds.
The origin of Suspended Wood of the Pure Land World exerted its all-out resistance...
But still failed.
This implies that without external intervention, the Devil had already won this war.
Five years later, Gu Shen and the Devil met again, not in the Ruler Space, but in the real Pure Land.
Gu Shen looked at the Throne not far off, and himself leisurely seated upon it.
He slowly spoke: "If I guess correctly, the ’spiritual collapse’ of the previous Netherworld King was due to your plundering... the method you prepared should be the same as now."
No Transcendent in this world can escape "the Inauspicious"...
However, the master of [Truth Ruler] invokes calamity far more than other Transcendents.
On the surface, this seems to be the price of using [Truth].
But in reality.
The price of using [Truth] is not simply inviting misfortune.
In the deepest reaches of the Ruler Space resides a devil biding its time, extremely patient, waiting for the weakest and most powerless moment of the Ruler’s life, gathering all the calamitous inauspicious, launching a simultaneous attack from inside and out, thus completing "body capture"!
"..."
The Devil merely rested his chin on one hand, maintaining a smile, not answering.
No answer, is the answer.
"It’s unfortunate, you still failed," Gu Shen said: "Otherwise, you wouldn’t be stuck in the Ruler...right?"
"Let me guess why you failed..."
Gu Shen said, "You’ve certainly made many arrangements, many sacrifices, and you’ve given a lot to earn his trust. That’s also why when I talked to you about the former Netherworld King, you were so familiar, so knowledgeable... because you once gave everything for him."
"But you underestimated the alertness of the former Netherworld King."
"When he realized that misfortune might erupt, he chose to leave the Five Continents and... chose to leave the Ruler inland."
"Thus, your plans completely fell through, and you missed the chance to ’seize the body’."
At this, Gu Shen’s voice carried a hint of mockery: "So when I went to the Sangzhou Cave, and when I decided to have a final showdown with Xiao, you even went so far as to reveal the complete method of making the [Extinguishing Candle]. You weren’t just afraid of me dying in battle... you were more afraid that the same thing would happen again if I chose to throw away or seal the Ruler. The events of twenty years ago would play out once more."
"You’re right about it all."
The devil said blandly, "But what’s the use of saying all this now?"
Its will was already about to conquer the Pure Land, and the final war was about to reach its conclusion.
"Nothing, I just wanted to confirm your identity at the last moment..."
Gu Shen stared directly at the devil, curiously asking, "So how should I address you? Some predecessor who mastered ’Netherworld Fire’ before me, an ancient Netherworld King lost in the tides of history, or perhaps... the one before the former."
Among the Seven Gods, only the Netherworld King would not be remembered by humans.
Nor would he be recorded on monuments.
The Netherworld King is a special seat used by the Seven Gods to judge and balance the Five Continents.
The Netherworld King’s Spark is also the most underestimated among the Gospel Box, used specifically to carry the dark and ominous disaster spark.
As a Divine Throne, the Netherworld King himself cannot be directly viewed through Divination Skill or Prayer Technique.
Dwelling in darkness also destined him not to be recorded in history.
The devil in front of him might have been a powerful Netherworld King who wielded life and death many years ago, but at this moment, he was just a lingering wisp of soul.
"..."
The biggest secret had nothing left to hide.
The devil calmly said, "The holder of the spark will eventually become ashes. Even if I once held the ’Netherworld Fire’, it is meaningless, as now I am just a wisp of spiritual soul thought..."
This response was equivalent to admitting Gu Shen’s guess.
Considering the era when [Extinguishing Candle] appeared, which was almost a century ago in the last century, this former former Netherworld King’s identity... can basically be confirmed.
"From now on, I will have an additional name."
The devil’s gaze also fell on Gu Shen’s body.
In the darkness, whether it was the physical outline or the long hair that had accumulated over five years, it was exactly the same as Gu Shen!
"Gu Shen."
When this Divine War ends, he will complete the mental seizure and become Gu Shen.
All of Gu Shen’s memories will be completely accepted by him.
"I’m sorry."
Gu Shen suddenly said, "There is only one Gu Shen; it was me before, and in the future... it can only be me."
The next moment—
The suspended wood quivered, and the jade ring that was suppressed layer by layer by countless branches burst out from the ground, leaping into Gu Shen’s palm.
"Is this your final technique?"
The devil laughed in surprise.
"I should have told you long ago that I know everything you carry, even if you bury it deep underground, it’s of no use."
He laughed leisurely, "This jade ring with an unknown origin is indeed powerful, able to capture souls, a natural nemesis of mine, but relying solely on this to defeat the Great Success [Truth]... is still not enough. For this battle, I brought over all the spirits of the entire Ruler."
"In your understanding, I have no chance of winning, precisely because you know everything about me."
Gu Shen’s expression did not change, and he spoke softly, "You know I have the ’jade ring’, and you also know I have Chu Ling... but unfortunately, you only understand me, not her. Do you know what kind of person she is, what trump cards she has, what she can do?"
"Do you know what happens when these two pieces of known information are combined?"
The devil was stunned.
His expression turned grim, and he said coldly, "You want to link with Chu Ling, but here it’s ten thousand meters below the Ice Sea!"
"Fool."
Gu Shen, expressionless, mocked, "Nothing is eternal. Over time, the information you think you know will also change..."
In the real world.
The wisp of Chi Huo he dispatched, after dragging back the deep-sea octopus, did not immediately retract, but continued to soar toward the top of the Ice Sea.
Five years ago, Gu Shen’s spirit was not enough to explore the entire Ice Sea.
Five years later...
This wisp of Chi Huo infinitely thinned, becoming continuously fine, until only a thread as thin as a hair remained.
Swish!
At this moment, this wisp of fire ultimately penetrated the Ice Sea and entered the human world.
At the same time, the white-dressed girl seated in cabin 001 suddenly opened her eyes.
In Chu Ling’s pupils, a slender, trembling flame was reflected.
The cabin suddenly contained the additional wisp of fire from thin air.
Without a moment’s hesitation, she chose to grasp it tightly within a tenth of a second of its appearance.
Thus, two strong spirits, separated by countless thousands of miles, completed a link once again after a five-year chain break.
The entire Pure Land began to tremble.
"The era has changed; who still plays one-on-one duels with you?"
Gu Shen, expressionless, looked at the devil and said coldly, "Do you know the consequence of moving your entire fortune to the Pure Land? Senior, as the newest generation of the Netherworld King, I invite you to find a new home."
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(Chapter Ten is over, good night everyone!)
