Mrs. and Mr. Smith-Chapter 2306 - 2304 Purgatory Ninth Layer

Chapter 2306: Chapter 2304: Purgatory Ninth Layer

Chapter 2306 -2304: Purgatory Ninth Layer

Hicks took it and immediately popped it into his mouth without saying much.

Once they adjusted their states, the two of them ventured into the Ninth-layer Purgatory together.

As soon as they entered, a strange, eerie laughter echoed all around.

The sound seemed to resonate directly within their divine souls. Even Ethan Smith’s divine sense, as strong as it was, felt a momentary tremor.

Luckily, the laughter stopped abruptly after a while.

The space before them was vast, sprawling, and suffused with demonic qi.

Ethan attempted to explore the area with his divine sense, but an invisible barrier blocked him, obscuring the scene within the hazy mist.

*An overwhelming sensation of oppression settled over Ethan’s mind—as if an unseen eye in the void was fixated on him.*

He activated his chaotic qi, only to discover his strength had been halved.

Judging by Hicks’s expression, he too was struggling against the suppressive might of Heaven and Earth.

“This is emperor’s wrath, a suppression within the divine soul. We should stick to the edges. Whatever’s deeper inside, we can’t handle it.”

Hicks said quietly.

The two moved forward cautiously, careful not to make a single sound.

A massive shadow suddenly appeared before them, making Ethan’s heart clench tightly.

As they approached, they realized it was the colossal corpse of a dragon.

The Divine Dragon’s belly had a gaping hole tens of meters across, its enormous eyes had been gouged out, and almost none of its once-indestructible scales remained intact.

Ethan inhaled sharply. *This was an Ancient Divine Beast…*

*What on earth could have happened to bring it to such a pitiful state?*

Thud!

Suddenly, a green light flickered in the hollow sockets of the dragon’s lifeless eyes.

Its tail lashed abruptly, hurtling straight for Ethan’s head.

The sheer force of its impact nearly suffocated him, as he instinctively invoked Soren’s Shield to block it.

A split second later, Ethan was sent flying through the air, as the dragon’s tail disintegrated into shredded chunks of meat that littered the ground.

Ethan only stopped after being flung thousands of meters away, his body shaking violently as his blood surged.

“You’ve got a tough body. If it were me, I’d be dead.”

Hicks rarely complimented, but this time, he did.

“Why the hell is this thing still moving after dying?”

*A cold chill ran through Ethan’s spine. Even at the outskirts of the Ninth Layer, horrors like this were already lurking.*

*If this dragon hadn’t been dead for countless millennia, its scales long shattered, he wouldn’t have survived the encounter.*

*The mere thought of what might lie at the center sent an unbearable dread through him.*

“No idea.” Hicks shook his head.

“Ethan, all these creatures have, to varying degrees, absorbed the Demon Emperor’s essence. Their mutations are unpredictable, so stay alert.”

Elder Baker’s anxious voice echoed from within the Sumeru Ring.

Tap-tap-tap-tap!

Before them, the sound of marching footsteps rose suddenly.

Emerging from the mist were five rotting earth dragons stepping forward in unison.

Mounted atop them were five skeletal warriors, little more than desiccated bone.

“Kill!”

They raised their spears high, thrusting them forward in a fierce assault at the pair.

As they sensed the two intruders, the earth dragons charged simultaneously in a violent rush.

*A sea of bloody killing intent enveloped Ethan instantly.*

*In that moment, his divine soul seemingly witnessed countless horrific battles—flesh torn asunder, lives extinguished like weeds.* freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

*Images of savage, unforgiving carnage flooded his mind, blanching his complexion visibly.*

Heavenly Sword!

The Heavenly Sword condensed the qi of Heaven and Earth into its blade.

Hicks unleashed his sword in a single strike, compressing the surrounding qi into the blazing intensity of sword light.

As it cleaved through the atmosphere, its suffocating edge could be palpably felt.

The sword qi instantly sliced apart the spears. Almost simultaneously, the five skeletal warriors grabbed ahold of the blazing sword light.

The massive sword qi pushed them back a thousand meters before dissipating slowly, leaving the five cavalrymen to crumble into dust.

Hicks’s face turned pale; each of his strikes expended every ounce of power he had without holding back.

“I need a few minutes to recover.”

He muttered before sitting down cross-legged on the ground.

*What kind of battlefield was this? Hicks’s all-out strike barely managed to defeat five cavalrymen. How fierce must the conflict have been back then?*

*Ethan couldn’t suppress the shock trembling in the depths of his heart.*

Suddenly, an overwhelming chill seized Ethan’s senses.

He turned swiftly and saw an old spirit silently observing him.

The scarlet lightning that flickered around the spirit made Ethan’s heart freeze in terror.

*How long had this soul existed to maintain such terrifying divine soul power?*

“Hello, hello, ABCD?”

Ethan greeted politely.

The elder’s face slowly twisted into a bizarre grin, his features rippling unnaturally.

In the next instant, Ethan’s divine soul was involuntarily drawn into the elder’s spectral domain.

He ‘saw’ himself standing amidst countless venomous insects, snakes, and ants—all ravenously devouring his divine sense.

Just as he thought of struggling, thick vines materialized and tightly ensnared him.

A horrifying suction force began draining his divine soul power, feeding it strand by strand into the vines.

Within the spectral realm, a grotesque, vaguely beast-like face loomed high in the air.

The massive visage shifted, morphing into Emily Taylor’s tragically beautiful face.

“Emily!”

*Ethan’s heart wrenched violently.*

*The sea of divine soul surged from his mouth and nose, rendering his soul nearly incapable of coherent thought.*

His divine soul seemed to freeze entirely, as threads of golden divine soul power were steadily extracted and absorbed into the spectral domain.

A gentle embrace enveloped him, a familiar voice murmuring softly in his ear.

“Sleep well, Ethan. I’ll take you back to the Holy Region.”

Meanwhile, a thousand meters away, a woman cloaked in white sat on the ground. If Ethan were to see her face, he would’ve been stunned—it was identical to Emily Taylor’s.

Wave after wave of golden light poured into her body from the void, causing her form to radiate an increasingly brilliant white glow.

In Ethan’s divine sense, another black avatar of himself abruptly opened its eyes, sensing imminent danger.

A sharp surge of divine sense rippled outward, restoring a fragment of Ethan’s consciousness.

“Soul Nightmare Technique!”

Ethan’s divine soul unleashed a terrifying suction force, dragging the vines into his Divine Sense Avatar.

Repurposing them into pure divine soul power, he reabsorbed them back into himself.

The Soul Nightmare Technique continued to accelerate in its operation, consuming the vines, venomous creatures, and snakes alike into his divine soul.

Eventually, the entire spectral domain was pulled into Ethan’s divine soul.

Every last ounce of it transformed into potent, refined divine soul power, becoming part of him.

Ethan let out a contented burp, *the density of this divine soul power was the strongest he’d ever encountered.*

*But as he now hosted the vast quantity of soul energy, even his divine soul began to ache slightly from the strain.*

Suddenly, Ethan caught sight of a peculiar red lantern in this spectral realm.

Even after absorbing every last trace of the domain, the red lantern remained eerily intact.