Running A Cemetery in North America-Chapter 386 - 262: The Corrupted Oxhead and Horseface
"What sound is that?" Zhou Mangmang asked with a puzzled frown.
This disturbance, for some reason, really made people feel uncomfortable to hear.
Even with the Assistance Divine Power and Magical Treasures from the Tomb Guardians, everyone still felt a faint unease in their hearts.
"Could it be the Ghost Gate?" Li Lang said uncertainly.
Searching thoroughly through this massive city was indeed too difficult; any disturbance was considered a useful clue by them. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
"I’ll go take a look. You all wait for me here," Li Bo directly suggested.
His Tomb Guardians were Lei Zhenzi and Tu Xingsun, making him a good candidate to investigate the situation.
"I’ll go with you; it’s safer," Sun Yan proposed.
This Land of the Profane so far remained a foggy mystery yet to be clarified.
Even with two Tomb Guardians, they might encounter dangerous setbacks.
Sending one person was indeed too risky; it was much safer for two people to go together. They could lend each other a hand and help out.
"Alright." Li Bo wasn’t stubborn or foolish, nor a pride enthusiast.
Having one more person accompany him could reduce some of the risk of encountering danger and death; he was very much in favor of it.
Immediately, Li Bo spun and merged into the ground, swiftly earth escaping toward the direction of the sound, just like Tu Xingsun’s Divine Power.
Sun Yan pushed off the ground, and a Somersaulting Cloud appeared beneath him, carrying him swiftly in pursuit.
...
When the massive Ghost Gate appeared in Sun Yan’s eyes, his face instantly showed a surprised expression.
Equally surprised, Li Bo’s head emerged from the ground.
"This...!" Li Bo was astonished and then said with joy, "We finally found it, the Ghost Gate."
"Something isn’t quite right. This door has been opened," Sun Yan said cautiously upon landing.
Behind the crack of the Ghost Gate was an infinite, deep darkness that eyes couldn’t penetrate to see what was inside.
"No rush to enter, I’ll head back now to bring them," Li Bo was about to shrink back into the ground to notify Zhou Mangmang and the others.
But just then, a loud rumbling sound erupted from the door of the massive Ghost Gate.
Then the door slowly pushed open, and a rotting, half-destroyed hand reached out, grabbing the threshold as if something inside was struggling hard to break free and come out.
Moo!
A surge of Yin Energy instantly spread, followed by a hideous bull’s head emerging from the Ghost Gate.
It was two zhang high, a massive creature, clad in broken Chain Armor and holding a Beheading Saber in its hand.
Its blood-red eyes stared intently at Sun Yan and Li Bo.
They instantly felt something ominous locking onto them, and at that moment, their earth escape and flying divine powers might not work.
It wasn’t that the Divine Powers failed, but probably that they couldn’t escape from the hands of this monster before them.
"This is..."
The same thought flashed in the minds of Sun Yan and Li Bo.
The Ghost Gate, a minotaur—how could it be anything other than the legendary Yin Messenger Niu?
They indeed touched the gates of the Underworld.
"Damn it, the Underworld really exists," Li Bo couldn’t help but say.
Sun Yan frowned, and a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade appeared in his hand, "Don’t worry about it, let’s take action. If we don’t deal with this guy, we probably won’t be able to get back and report."
"Moo!"
The Minotaur let out a strange howl and then suddenly charged at Sun Yan and Li Bo.
The ground began to tremble slightly, and web-like cracks appeared due to the Minotaur’s stomping.
A terrifying pressure descended upon Sun Yan, making him feel the might of a Yin God.
Although the Minotaur was a well-known Yin God in the Underworld, not many people paid attention to it, often ignoring its power.
Yet, when truly facing the Minotaur, one would feel the pressure from this Yin God.
Though Sun Yan was close to being divine, he hadn’t completed the final step and wasn’t yet an Immortal.
Seeing the Minotaur raise its saber for a slash, Sun Yan hurriedly raised his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade to block it.
Clang!
A shocking clash sound erupted the moment the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade collided with the Beheading Saber.
The Minotaur staggered back several steps, its hooves creating deep pits in the ground.
Sun Yan was surprised as he looked at his hands, not expecting his power to rival that of a Yin God.
Indeed, with the help of the True Monarch of Pure Origin and Mysterious Dao, the Monkey King, and the Three Altar Sea Assembly Great God, this was no joke.
"Moo!"
The Minotaur roared in anger, then charged at Sun Yan again, this time not using the saber but with even more terrifying momentum.
It seemed intent on smashing everything in front of it to pieces.
"Great Saint, assist me!" Sun Yan shouted immediately.
In an instant, the Monkey King imprint on his back lit up with a dazzling golden light, and the image of the Monkey King wielding the Ruyi Golden Cudgel appeared before Sun Yan.
"Huh? Where’s this Minotaur from, and how come there are still Minotaurs in the world today... Wait, this is the aura of the Underworld, could it be that King Yan is here too?"
The Monkey King raised his Flaming Golden Eyes, a bit intrigued.
As the Minotaur charged at him, the Monkey King stood there motionless.
Crash!
The moment of impact between the Minotaur’s horns and the Monkey King’s body produced a metallic ringing.
The Monkey King pressed a hand on the Minotaur’s head and effortlessly slapped it back, crashing into the Ghost Gate.
"Is your Tomb Guardian capable of manifesting already?" Li Bo said in surprise.
"Luckily stumbled upon some Holy Relics," Sun Yan said humbly.
From previous exchanges with Lin Wan and Shi Langfei, Sun Yan learned that many Tomb Guardian statues had low Divine Statue Quality.
Cases like Sun Yan’s, finding several Holy Relics in a row, were indeed rare.
Not to mention, the Divine Statue Quality of both of Sun Yan’s Tomb Guardians was very high.
"Moo!"
Struggling to get up, the Minotaur roared angrily, its eyes now empty hollows, with black veins spreading from the eye sockets across its face.
In a bizarre twist, the Minotaur’s chest cracked open, revealing a huge horse face, as a half-body horse-faced figure climbed out of it.
Holding a Wolf-toothed Stick in its hand, it shared a body with the Minotaur wielding the Beheading Saber, unleashing a far stronger aura than before.
"Oxhead and Horseface!"
Li Bo was moved; something had to have happened in the Underworld if even the Yin Gods Oxhead and Horseface turned into this.
The Underworld was definitely in trouble!
"Interesting, this is far more entertaining than when old Sun barged into the Underworld to revise the Book of Life and Death! Well, well, take this staff of mine."
The Monkey King laughed, intrigued by the merged form of Oxhead and Horseface before him.
He swung the Ruyi Golden Cudgel with force, and it instantly expanded from its normal thickness.
Transformed into a godly pillar as large as the heavens, wider than the Oxhead and Horseface.
Crash!
The shadow of the Ruyi Golden Cudgel expanded on the ground, and the Oxhead and Horseface had no chance to dodge.
The enormous Ruyi Golden Cudgel crushed them on the spot, reducing them to a pile of pulp.
"Boring, boring." Seeing the mutated Oxhead and Horseface unable to withstand even a single swing from him, the Monkey King looked disappointed.
It seemed like the battle wasn’t very enjoyable.
Li Bo couldn’t help but swallow; the strength of Sun Yan’s Tomb Guardian was overwhelming.
If he had to deal with the Oxhead and Horseface, victory wasn’t guaranteed, and if he could win, the cost would likely be heavy.
"Go call Zhou Mangmang and the others over. This Ghost Gate is too strange; maybe we should explore inside," Sun Yan suggested.
"Alright, you wait here, and I’ll go notify them."
The not yet useful Li Bo quickly volunteered, earth escaping as he left.
