Chapter 30: The Abyss of Dead Souls
Dead Soul Abyss, this place name Li Hao is not unfamiliar, because behind that token, the same as the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, this place is also specially marked.
However, unlike the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, next to this place, a large red cross was made with a red pen.
And Li Hao knew that this red cross meant that this Dead Soul Abyss was an unapproachable murderous place, or it could be said that it was a dead place that must be kept away!
The maps on this token were drawn by the sages who entered the reincarnation space in the past, so the reliability is extremely high, which is enough to make Li Hao stay away from the abyss of the dead soul, after all, even the fierce places such as the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range have not been marked with a red cross, so it can be imagined that the abyss of the dead soul is much more dangerous.
"Xiong Zhan, what do you mean by a lot of corpses?, are there a lot of corpses buried in the Dead Soul Abyss?" After pondering for a while, Li Hao couldn't help but ask.
Xiong Zhan shook his head, he thought for a moment and said, "Those corpses can walk." β
"A walking corpse?" Li Hao's heart trembled suddenly, this news was not a good sign for him. Could it be that there are traces of the Demon Temple in this reincarnation space?
Thinking of this, Li Hao's eyes also had a hint of solemnity, and he asked cautiously, "Xiong Zhan, have you ever been to that Dead Soul Abyss?
"Strength?" Xiong Zhan shook his head, and after thinking for a while, he stretched out a finger, "Before...... Me, almost. β
"Is there one who is similar to you before?" Hearing this, Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief, although a king-level peak was tricky, it would not scare him away, after all, Mo said that now he has thirteen and Xiong Zhan two Spirit Emperor-level powerhouses around him, even if it is himself, it is enough to match a fourth-grade peak soul master.
"In that case, let's go check it out. With a plan in mind, Li Hao no longer hesitated, and said immediately, "Time is running out, let's leave immediately." β
"Fly over on your own, trouble. β
Xiong Zhan shook his head, and then a whistle sounded from his mouth, and then a crisp eagle cry sounded in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, and after a while, a huge figure soared away from the mountain range in the distance, and finally hovered over the valley.
"Ride the Eagle of the Clouds. Seeing this huge bird and beast in the sky, Li Hao was also slightly surprised, this Cloud Eagle, although it was only a third-order demonic beast, its speed was quite fast.
"Go, go up. β
Xiong Zhan waved his hand at Li Hao, and then stomped on the ground with the soles of his feet, and swept up, landing steadily on the spacious back of the cloud eagle.
"Tsk!"
The huge cloud-riding eagle raised its head to the sky and let out a sharp cry, and then its giant wings flapped, bringing a violent wind and quickly sweeping towards the abyss of dead souls in the north.
The Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range was not far away from the Abyss of Dead Souls, and the speed of the Cloud Eagle was extremely fast, so in less than half an hour, he had already reached the vicinity of the Abyss of Dead Souls.
From afar, Li Hao felt a breath of death rising up to the sky, and as it approached, the rich energy between heaven and earth was gradually replaced by a layer of gray smoke, and this gray energy permeated the entire area, and even his vision began to blur.
"It's so strong that the breath of death is even stronger than that of the Demon Raising Valley. Li Hao grabbed a handful of smoke in his hand and said thoughtfully.
Thirteen also looked at the gray smoke with a solemn expression, and said in a condensed voice, "Although the Demon Raising Valley was rich in soul power, it would at least have some vitality, and flowers and trees could survive, but here, there was no breath of life at all. β
"Perhaps, we have come to a place that is even more terrifying than the Demon Raising Valley. Li Hao's eyes were fixed on the gray smoke, and for some reason, there was a little more uneasiness in his heart.
Ji!
As the two spoke, the crane screamed, and then it lowered in size and fell to the ground.
"It's here. Xiong Zhan said, Li Hao also followed and walked off the back of Jiayunhe, and Jiayunhe screamed again and left, obviously the atmosphere of death here is not very comfortable.
The gray mist is boundless, the occasional wind blows, more like the whispered howl of a wild ghost in the dark, Li Hao is not afraid, he is a more terrifying demon than a wild ghost, his eyes began to strafe around, although the gray fog is very thick, but sometimes if you want to find a place, it feels more important than your eyes.
"There, the smell of death is at its strongest. Li Hao pointed in the direction of the south, and then glanced at Xiong Zhan, his figure flickered, and disappeared into the vast gray mist.
Through the heavy gray mist, the time did not pass too long, and after half a quarter of an hour, Li Hao and the others stopped, in front of a huge monument.
The smell of death here is so strong that ordinary people mistakenly think that they are in hell. The front of the monument is surrounded by an extremely thick gray mist, like a ghost that does not disperse, and on the tall monument, the red blood outlines four big characters - "Dead Soul Abyss", just seeing these four blood-colored big characters, you feel that there are countless evil ghosts coiling around, telling their unbearable hunger in your ear.
Li Hao's gaze didn't stay on the giant monument for long, because it was just the boundary card of hell, and the real hell was the abyss after that.
This abyss is extremely huge, I am afraid that the radius is a hundred meters long, and it is bottomless, completely shrouded in gray mist, Li Hao stood beside the abyss, feeling that there is constantly soul power surging out from the bottom of the abyss, it is like a volcano on the verge of eruption, trying to suppress it, but the flames that erupt are enough to make people frightened.
"This kind of atmosphere is really familiar. Li Hao stood on the edge of the abyss, he closed his eyes and spread his hands, letting the soul power flow into his body, and muttered.
Thirteen looked at the abyss, as if he could penetrate the fog to the bottom, "At the beginning, His Highness the Soul Master buried at least a thousand corpses, and I think, this place is probably far more than that!"
"However, even if it is a blood demon sacrifice, there is no need for so many corpses?"
Li Hao pondered and said, at the beginning, there were only a few hundred demon slaves in the entire Demon Raising Valley, after all, if too many corpses were gathered to create too many demon slaves, it would lead to too much soul power, and it would be easy to be discovered. In the past few days, Li Hao has gradually understood that the Demon Hall has several strongholds within the Cloud Desolate Empire, and these strongholds are extremely secretive, but they are extremely scattered. Therefore, even if it is discovered, it will not be uprooted.
"Perhaps, this is not the same as the Demon Raising Valley, and it is also different from what we encountered before. However, as Xiong Zhan said, in this abyss, there is no Spirit Emperor-level powerhouse. Thirteen said thoughtfully, "Then what now, do you want to go down?"
Looking at the bottomless abyss, Li Hao's frowning brows slowly bloomed, and there was a touch of firmness on his face.
"Why not?"
In the gray mist, Li Hao's body was constantly falling, and of course, there were Xiong Zhan and Thirteen next to him.
The depth of the Dead Soul Abyss exceeded Li Hao's guess, and the entire descent process lasted for half an hour, and in the process, the darkness was so thick that the Thirteen Bear Battles were all within easy reach, but Li Hao couldn't see it.
But according to legend, the first light between heaven and earth was born in the darkest place.
This beam of light came from the bottom of the abyss, and it seemed to merge with the mist, and when it landed on his body, Li Hao and the others felt that they had landed.
With the help of this light, the surrounding situation gradually became clearer, and there were scattered stone pillars everywhere, like the ruins of a city from the past. Li Hao saw at a glance that the bottom of the abyss was unusually vast, especially when the fog blocked the view, this vastness was a little more weird and terrifying.
"The gray fog here is so thick that you can't see your surroundings clearly. Faced with such a situation, Thirteen was also a little helpless.
Li Hao nodded, pondered for a moment, and then asked to the side, "Xiong Zhan, where did you see those walking corpses?"
"At the top of the abyss, they will get out. After a period of getting used to it, Xiong Zhan began to speak smoothly, and he pointed in the direction of his head.
"Since they can even go out of the abyss, they must also be active at the bottom of the abyss, so let's take a look around. Li Hao hesitated, and finally took a step, no matter what, since he came here, he couldn't go home empty-handed.
However, just when they were about to leave, suddenly, Li Hao's cold hair suddenly stood upside down, because there were more than a dozen breaths, which were strangely approaching them!
This is the breath of the blood demon! Under the abyss of this dead soul, there is indeed a trace of the Demon Palace!
Li Hao was surprised, but he didn't mess up, and said in a low voice, "Hurry up and hide, the Demon Palace is here!"
Obviously, Thirteen and Xiong Zhan were also aware of these breaths, so several people quickly reined in their breaths and hid their bodies behind a boulder.
As more than a dozen soul forces approached more and more, there was a faint noise of cooing, like the sound of wheels running over, and Li Hao, who was hiding behind the boulder, also set his eyes in that direction, at this time, more than a dozen figures slowly appeared in the fog, and when Li Hao saw the scene clearly, a touch of different color burst out in his eyes.
It was a dozen lowest-level demon slaves, with dull eyes and expressionless faces, they were lined up in a row, walking neatly. But this is not worth Li Hao's surprise, what really surprised him was that these dozen demon slaves were pulling a huge wooden cart behind them.
The wooden cart was crudely made, with four wheels on top of a large plank, and on each large plank, a dozen corpses lay neatly. That is, they are transporting hundreds of corpses!
"Where are they going to transport these corpses, are they going to perform a blood demon sacrifice?" The surprise on Li Hao's face gradually faded, and it was replaced by a solemn touch. However, the Blood Demon Sacrifice required a large amount of Blood Demon Blood, that is, a huge Blood Tan, and it was impossible to perform a Blood Demon Sacrifice for so many corpses at once.
And just when Li Hao was full of doubts, the cultivation of these dozen demon slaves was too low, obviously they did not notice the existence of the enemy, they passed by the boulder with expressionless faces, pulling the wooden cart towards gradually disappearing into the gray mist.
"Won't you follow?" Xiong Zhan on the side asked in a low voice as the "cooing" sound got farther and farther away.
"The time has not yet come. Li Hao shook his head, his gaze turned in another direction, "There is still one behind!"
Sure enough, at this moment, in the direction that Li Hao was looking at, more than a dozen soul powers were approaching, and the same as the previous batch, they were also pulling wooden carts, transporting hundreds of corpses, exactly the same as the previous batch of demon slaves.
In the next half an hour, Li Hao and the others have been hiding behind the boulder, and during this period, a total of three groups of demon slaves passed by, without exception, they all dragged the wooden cart carrying the corpse, and all of them were in the same direction.
When the fifth batch of demon slaves left, and the sound of the cooing wheels was about to be swallowed up by the gray mist, Li Hao finally stood up from behind the boulder, he smiled at Xiong Zhan and Thirteen, and said in a low voice,
"Now, we can keep up. β
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With the cultivation of those dozen demon slaves, Li Hao and the others followed behind, and it was naturally impossible to be discovered. However, the road ahead is so long, it takes more than an hour, and I still haven't reached my destination. This situation made Li Hao have the urge to intercept these demon slaves several times.
However, just when Li Hao was about to lose patience, things finally took a turn for the better.
Ahead, in the fog, suddenly there were more outlines of buildings, and as they got closer and closer, those outlines became clearer, and a city-like building finally appeared in front of them.
Although this city is not big, it is also a few hundred meters in radius, and there are black walls around it, and the direction that Li Hao and the others are facing now is the gate of this city, and at the gate, there are several blood demons, and they have all reached the level of demon generals.
"A city under the abyss?"
Looking at the huge building in front of him, Li Hao couldn't help but feel absurd in his heart, he was surprised when Futianhuo built a palace in the ancient cave, but he didn't expect that in this abyss, there was a pocket version of the city!
"They're in, we're going to follow up?"
After listening to Thirteen's words, Li Hao looked at it, and sure enough, when the group of demon slaves arrived, the guards of the city carefully inspected them before letting them in.
"Of course you have to go in. Li Hao said, his figure flashed, and he went straight towards the gate of the city, of course, Xiong Zhan and Thirteen also followed closely behind.
It is not difficult to avoid the sight of the guards to enter the city gate, when entering the city, the inside of the Qiankun finally appeared in front of you, although the sparrow is small but the organs are complete, the streets and houses in the city have everything, and the streets, come and go are full of blood demons of different levels.
"Those demon slaves are going to that palace!"
Li Hao pointed to the center of the city, where there was a tall and magnificent palace, the palace was black as a whole, and at the top of the palace, there was a huge hollow ash pillar, which was more like an erupting crater, constantly spewing gray-black smoke.
The gray gray mist spread, enveloping the entire city, and eventually, extending to the bottom of the abyss.
"It seems that this is the center of this city, and indeed the entire abyss of the dead soul. Looking at the gray pillar, Li Hao's scalp was a little numb, and he even felt that the gray mist of the entire Dead Soul Abyss was sprayed out from this gray pillar!
"There, there's a five-star demon king. "As a Spirit Emperor master, such a level of aura can't escape the perception of Thirteen at all.
"It seems that the peak demon king in Xiong Zhan's mouth is not in this palace, this is better, and there is less trouble. Li Hao looked at the palace, took out two fruits from the storage bag, and said to Xiong Zhan, "This is an invisibility fruit, as long as it is not attacked, it will have a stealth effect for half an hour." β
Xiong Zhan nodded, took an invisibility fruit and took it.
Seeing Xiong Zhan's figure gradually disappearing, Li Hao smiled slightly, and a special meaning flashed in his eyes, "In that case, let's go in, find Regino's body, and by the way, see what tricks these guys in the Demon Hall are doing!"
Following the batches of demon slaves, Li Hao and the three of them entered this gloomy palace.
It was an extremely spacious palace, full of night pearls and long-burning fat, and the dim light of the fire still gave it the smell of death.
In the palace of Nuoda, there are hundreds of blood demons of different levels, among which more than a hundred demon slaves are each carrying those corpses from the wooden cart, while some fans and demon generals are supervising on the side, constantly shouting, urging the demon slaves to speed up.
"What do they mean by putting these corpses on that high platform?" Li Hao observed that in the center of this hall, there are four high platforms that protrude more than half a meter, the high platforms are made of black stone, and the radius is about one meter, but on each high platform, there are more than a dozen corpses. And at this time, those demon slaves were still piling up the corpses that had been transported on the high platform.
Thirteen also frowned, "Have you ever felt a strange energy from that high platform?"
"Oh?"
Hearing Thirteen's question, Li Hao was startled, and hurriedly condensed his spirit to sense, and sure enough, on the high platform, there was a strange energy faintly, as if it had penetrated the space and led to a distant place, he hesitated for a moment and said, "This kind of energy is very much like the fluctuations generated when the Spirit Emperor tore apart the space." β
Thirteen nodded solemnly, he pointed to a certain high platform, and said in a low voice, "Look at the veins on the stone walls around the high platform, they all have their own peculiar patterns. If I'm not mistaken, this is a spatial formation. β
"Space Formation?" Li Hao's heart trembled slightly.
"The formation is also a kind of spiritual skill, but because it is extremely mysterious and mysterious, there are very few that can be mastered, so it has gradually disappeared into the human world over the past few hundred years. The so-called space formation is a type of formation that can use and even control space. β
"All spatial formations have two points, one is the starting point and the other is the target point, and there is the same spatial formation at these two points, and between them, there is a spatial channel that penetrates nothingness and can transmit anything between these two points. This was different from the Spirit Emperor's torn space, because once these spatial passages were established, they would always exist unless the formation was destroyed. β
"That means that these corpses have been transmitted to other places through the spatial passage?" Li Hao lowered his head and pondered for a while, but quickly lifted it up again and said in a deep voice, "These corpses are sent to various strongholds, that is to say, this is a general base of the Demon Temple!"
"Yes, it's very likely. Thirteen nodded solemnly.
"There are four spatial formations here, that is, this base, to grasp the source of the corpses of the four sub-strongholds, come to think of it, this is probably all the sub-strongholds in the Cloud Desolate Empire. After the initial surprise, Li Hao also slowly calmed down, and said in a deep voice, "However, in this case, Regnio's body was lost decades ago, and now, it has probably been teleported to another location. β
"Well, so now, we can only see where the end of these formations is, otherwise ......" Thirteen was halfway through his words, he suddenly stopped, and he looked at the front of the main hall, "The demon king is here, be careful." β
Just when the thirteenth reminder was given, Li Hao also felt a powerful soul power surging out, and then saw a figure slowly walking out behind a stone wall in front of the main hall, and when Li Hao saw it clearly, his body trembled slightly, and his face was full of incredulity.
The figure that appeared in front of him was the black-robed man who helped him kill the three elders when the Jing family assassinated!
When the black-robed man appeared, everyone in the main hall stopped moving, and all the demon slave demon masters and others knelt down in unison, shouting respectfully, "Deputy hall master!"
This black-robed person is actually the deputy hall master of this place?!
Li Hao was stunned by many mysteries all of a sudden, after killing the three elders, Li Hao was sure that this black-robed person must have a lot of relationship with Li Pingmei, and he is the deputy hall master of this dead soul abyss, so doesn't this mean that Li Pingmei also has an inextricable relationship with the Demon Palace?
"It seems that there are a lot of secrets hidden in this that I don't know. Li Hao clenched his fists, and all kinds of images intertwined in his mind, giving him a splitting headache.
"Keep working and don't waste time. Just when Li Hao was troubled and mysterious, the black-robed man raised his hand slightly and said in a deep voice.
Hearing his order, many of his subordinates also stood up and continued their work just now, while the black-robed man slowly walked down from the front of the main hall and began to make a serious inspection.
"What now, do you want to make a move?" Thirteen asked in a low voice, "If we do it, they won't be able to stop us." β
"Kill them all. Li Hao didn't answer yet, but Xiong Zhan next to him licked his mouth and said, although he turned into a human form, he still couldn't change his murderous nature.
"There is still time to look everywhere first, and in the end it really won't work, and then ......" Li Hao shook his head and said in a deep voice, but then he suddenly lowered his voice, "Be careful, restrain your breath, the black-robed man is approaching." β
As Li Hao said, after a period of wandering, the black-robed man walked slowly towards this side, but Li Hao was completely sure of this "stealth fruit", and it was difficult to detect even the Spirit Emperor level.
Sure enough, the black-robed man got closer and closer, and the soul power on his body did not work in the slightest, obviously not noticing that Li Hao and the others were nearby.
Passing by, Li Hao also breathed a sigh of relief, but when he was about to take a step, an extremely slight voice floated out of the mouth of the black-robed man, and only the two of them could hearβ
"You come with me. β
Hearing this, Li Hao was stunned at first, and then his eyes were full of incredulity.
Did he find me?
This is simply too absurd, after eating the stealth fruit and restraining his breath, Li Hao is sure that even if Yun Poyun is here, he will not be able to detect his existence, does this black-robed person have any special means. Li Hao looked at him not far away, but saw that the other party had stopped, and his eyes were also projected, as if he was waiting for him.
Obviously, this was not an illusion, the black-robed man really discovered Li Hao's existence.
"Childe, do you want to kill him?" Thirteen also realized that something was wrong and asked.
Shaking his head, Li Hao pondered for a moment, "He said you, not you, obviously only noticed me, this person's identity is too special, don't kill him first, I want to see what tricks he has." β
Saying that, Li Hao didn't hesitate anymore, and with a single step, he followed the black-robed man, and the thirteen and Xiong Zhan naturally followed.
The black-robed man walked to the front of the main hall, and then turned around, and after walking into the stone wall that he had just come out, Li Hao followed and walked over, separating the stone wall, and the noise in the hall gradually disappeared.
Behind the stone wall was a long, gloomy corridor that stretched beyond the main hall into the deep distance, and on both sides of this corridor there were countless forks in the road, but the black-robed man did not turn into any of them, he just walked forward in silence.
Li Hao followed behind him, and he secretly felt that there seemed to be some power calling him in the distance, that power was so powerful, and there was a boundless sense of familiarity in that power.
"Ahead, turn left and you're there. β
The black-robed man in front of him suddenly spoke, causing Li Hao's body to tremble slightly, he seemed to feel that something that he was afraid of and afraid to face was waiting, he clenched his fist and turned to the left with the black-robed man.
What catches your eye is an open space, which is not vast, but it gives people the illusion of boundlessness. There is almost nothing in the whole clearing, except for an ancient well in the very center. The black-robed man walked over slowly, stood in front of the well, and then turned to look at Li Hao.
"It's nice we met again. The black-robed man's voice was hoarse and familiar.
Li Hao's gaze stayed in the well for a long time, and it wasn't until the words of the black-robed man that he woke him up, he was lucky with his aura, his figure slowly appeared, and he looked up at the other party, "Who are you, why did you save me last time, and why didn't you reveal my identity." β
The black-robed man seemed to smile, "I know, in fact, what you really want to ask is what is the relationship between me and Li Pingmei?"
His body trembled slightly, but the expression on Li Hao's face did not change, and he remained silent. (To be continued.) )