The Master of Beasts-Chapter 637 - 175: Netherfire (Part 2)

"Netherworld Fire!"

The dark green flames instantly enveloped the manager's body.

"What the hell is this? Damn it, why can't I shield myself? Ah! Ah!"

"I surrender, I surrender!"

The Netherworld King looked at the manager screaming in agony with a trace of disdain on his face: "What a waste, your cultivation was wasted on you. A useless person like you should just die sooner!"

The flame burned out, and the manager dissipated with the wind. Under Jian Wuli's leadership, Yellow Wind Ridge changed hands in just one day!

"Next, we'll see how that King of Yellow Wind Country behaves!" Jian Wuli said with some anticipation.

"Just a slightly stronger waste." The Netherworld King said indifferently.

"After all, his cultivation is a bit higher than both of ours, we should still be careful." Jian Wuli said with a cheerful smile.

The Netherworld King remained silent.

"Let's see if there are any Bright Pearls in here next!"

.........

Five Elements Sect

A dusty Lou Boxuan arrived at Zone Three Garden where Chen Jiuge worked. After learning that he was in seclusion, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"He Li, right, when Jiuge comes out of seclusion, have him come to my cave mansion."

"Yes."

After hastily giving instructions, Lou Boxuan left in a hurry.

This time on a mission, Lou Boxuan felt a significant difference.

The originally peaceful True Realm seemed to have changed.

The emergence of the Underworld seemed to have activated a strange switch, many loose cultivators, ordinary disciples suppressed within sects, and countless ascenders, these cultivators' attitudes have changed.

They began to become more aggressive, trying to resist the mountains above their heads.

Although this resistance is like striking a stone with an egg, it doesn't mean there are no exceptions, like a loose cultivator with merely True Immortal cultivation being pursued after resisting, only to be pushed to desperation, inheriting a legacy, and emerging to successfully counterattack.

Such occurrences were so numerous that Lou Boxuan felt chilled. If not for the fact that no Golden Immortal had been counter-killed yet, he wouldn't even be sure about his own safety.

"Seclusion is good, seclusion allows one to avoid this chaos. True Realm, oh True Realm." With a sigh, Lou Boxuan, somewhat despondent, arrived at his own cave mansion, intending to enter a seclusion of a thousand or ten thousand years.

Five Elements Sect Main Hall

Liu Tai was playing chess with Wen Qing, frowning as he looked at the situation on the board, the black piece in his hand left unsure where to place it!

Wen Qing leisurely sipped Spiritual Tea, bearing an expression of confidence in victory.

"Cough, cough"

The void tore open, and Shen Buhai appeared in the main hall, face pale, a touch of pale golden blood at the corner of his mouth.

"What happened?"

A Daluo wounded, something not seen for years!

Shen Buhai smiled wryly, then shook his head and said, "I don't know who, but I was indeed ambushed. If not for living long, having some trump cards, I would have really been finished."

Upon hearing this, Wen Qing also couldn't stay calm: "What's the situation?"

"I don't know, I was just on my way to my sect, when suddenly someone appeared mid-journey. They must have brought a special Dao Artifact or cast a special Divine Skill, I couldn't detect their faces."

"But I could slightly discern the aura, one of them seemed to be from the Underworld!" Shen Buhai said with a solemn face.

"From the Underworld?"

"Are you sure there wasn't a sensory mistake?"

"Impossible to be wrong, that aura of death in the bones, aside from the Underworld, I can't think of any other place containing it. You know, I've had contact with the Underworld's items before." Shen Buhai affirmed.

Liu Tai and Wen Qing were silent for a while, finally nodding together: "Perhaps the grand era and great calamity are upon us, perhaps we should prepare in advance!"

"Enter a state of war readiness."

"Those old guys should come out and move, if they keep sleeping they might turn into corpses!"

"Very well then!"

On that day, the Five Elements Sect rang the highest level bell, countless ancient figures emerged from the forbidden area of the Five Elements Sect, and it was said that the skies above the Sect were vibrant with colors, never quieting down.

....... 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

As time passed, the conflicts among the lower-level cultivators in the True Realm became increasingly severe. Loose cultivators, sect cultivators, ascenders, great sect disciples, family disciples, various factions of cultivators began to grow more hostile and contentious.

The resulting casualties became unreasonably high. It was also for this reason that the channels between the Underworld and the Yang World also drew closer and closer, with even some low-level ordinary ghost monsters now able to reach the Yang World smoothly.

From then on, ghost monster legends were no longer mere legends, but reality.

Because they have no physical form and high resistance to divine powers and spiritual power, these ghost monsters have caused significant losses to the cultivators.

Fortunately, at this time, the Buddhist Sect appeared. The divine power of the Buddhist Sect greatly restrained the ghost monsters, and for a time, the incense of the Buddhist Sect flourished.

To curb the development of the Buddhist Sect, some sect holy lands began to lower the recruitment standards for sect disciples, even offering certain divine power techniques against the ghost monsters for free, though the effects were minimal.

"Huff huff huff"

A strange breathing rhythm emanated from the mouth of the big-headed ghost absorbing yang energy before them. The target being absorbed was a young cultivator, but in just a few breaths, the youth turned into an old man ready to fall like a rotten tree.

This appearance was exactly like that of a mortal dying of old age. No, it should be the appearance of dying of old age!

"His lifespan has been drained dry!"

Li Yu, observing from the shadows, wore a grim expression. The youth being absorbed also had the True Immortal Cultivation, and according to the law of immortals being indestructible, his lifespan should be endless. No matter how the ghost monsters absorbed yang energy, such a situation should not occur, but things were different now.

"In just a mere thousand years!" Li Yu swung his sword, slashing the big-headed ghost, looking complexly at the dying cultivator, feeling deeply dismayed.

"I was wondering why it felt like someone was spying on us. So, it was you all!"

A strand of black smoke slowly rose from the dead big-headed ghost's remains, gradually condensing into the form of a Faceless Ghost.

"Faceless Ghost!" Li Yu said gravely.

The Faceless Ghost licked its lips greedily and said, "A Two Flowers Celestial Immortal cultivator is quite a big harvest indeed!"

Li Yu frowned, anger surging in his heart. The flying sword in his hand vibrated, and a large amount of sword energy shot out!

"Boom"

The old, dilapidated temple shattered instantly, and cracks spread across the land for unknown kilometers. From afar, the panicked roars of wild beasts could be heard.

"Not bad, you almost hit me." The Faceless Ghost teased with a mocking expression.

"Yin Ghost!" Li Yu's brow furrowed even deeper.

Like cultivators, ghost monsters of the underworld differ in types. Generally, they are mainly divided into two categories: one is the Yin Ghost, the other is the Evil Ghost.

Yin Ghosts, like Evil Ghosts, have a physical form, but can become intangible, immune to most physical and spell attacks. To eliminate a Yin Ghost, one needs to employ different means.

The other kind, Evil Ghosts, unlike Jialouluo-type acute evil ghosts, have exceedingly robust figures, comparable to Body Refiners. Combined with the hellish harsh environment, each Evil Ghost is extremely powerful, with Yin Qi enveloping them, granting the power to harm the Divine Soul.

"Woo woo woo"

The dense Yin Qi surrounding the Faceless Ghost emitted a mournful wail, forming various human faces.

"Humans, just food!"

The Yin Qi masks lacking substantial form rapidly enveloped Li Yu.

"So fast!" Li Yu's expression changed.

"Huff huff huff"

The Yin Qi masks, like living creatures, breathed in substantial Yin Qi.

"Sword Energy Unlimited!"

A giant golden sword enveloped Li Yu, and the sword energy split from it attempted to partition and annihilate the Yin Qi.

"It's useless. My Yin Qi is no ordinary Yin Qi; it's Unyielding Yin Qi!" the Faceless Ghost sneered twice.

The giant golden sword continuously shrank. Not only did the abundant sword energy fail to deplete the Unyielding Yin Qi the masks emitted, but the Yin Qi instead eroded back.

"Swish"

A strand of Yin Qi penetrated through a breach eroded in the giant sword. Li Yu's body stiffened momentarily: "Damn, is this a Yin Ghost?"

"Secret Technique—All Things Transforming!"

A new layer of sword energy, haloed in blue light, instantly obliterated a large number of Yin Qi masks.

"Die!"

Holding the flying sword, Li Yu plunged it into the Faceless Ghost's chest in an instant.

"This...this...this..."

The Faceless Ghost's smooth face showed a trace of surprise, while Li Yu twisted the flying sword with a look of astonishment: "No physical body feeling."

"Heh, do you really think a mere secret technique can kill me?" The Faceless Ghost mocked.

An abundant amount of Yin Qi burst from its body, even more intense this time. Li Yu struggled desperately to drive the flying sword, but it didn't budge an inch.

"Fresh blood and flesh!"

Just as the Faceless Ghost was about to embrace the immobilized Li Yu, a sacred white light descended from the sky, instantly incinerating the Faceless Ghost.

With much of his yang energy absorbed, Li Yu, whose face had aged considerably, looked bewilderedly at the sudden presence.

"Senior Brother Chen!"