Chapter 14: The Battle of the Soul River (I)
"Is this time going to be the same as Lingxi's time? Will you still fall to your death? But since I have the aura of the protagonist, I can't get a boxed lunch here, right? I guess I'm going to a new place again. I don't know how long I fell in the air, and gradually I no longer felt worried and afraid, thinking of this, I looked around even if I was head-down, "Where is Wen Lin? β
"Wen Lin, Wen Lin, can you hear me?" I shouted into the endless darkness.
"I'm not far from you, and the White Tiger is here. β
"Hahaha, where are we?" suddenly thought that Wen Lin and Baihu, who were usually cold, were now falling headfirst towards the abyss like me, and I felt inexplicably happy.
"Laugh at it, we seem to have fallen into some kind of enchantment. β
"Enchantment?"
"Yes, it's like the barrier of Broken Lookout, but this barrier is very strange, it is very thick, and it is not offensive or defensive. β
"Mean, we're in the outer wall of the barrier now?"
"Probably so. β
"Can you tell me how I can get my body coming over? "I was a little out of breath when I was in a handstand for a long time.
"It's good that you're coming over by yourself, don't you notice that we're falling slowly? β
I opened my hands and feet, and there seemed to be something soft and slippery around me, "What the hell am I?"
"Huh?"
"It's okay, it's okay, I just think this thing is a lot like a food in my old life. "I didn't bother to tell an ancient man what jelly is for modern people, so I leaned against the soft barrier wall and straightened my body," Uh...... Much more comfortable. β
"Then we're going to let ourselves fall now?" I looked at the endless darkness above my head and beneath my feet, feeling a little weak.
"Otherwise, what else can be done? I've tried, as long as I exert myself, the barrier wall that wraps me will become tighter, and if I force it to break, it's okay to break it, but if I can't break it, I'll be suffocated in it." Wen Lin said helplessly.
I didn't speak to Wen Lin again, "Mask, mask, it's time for you to wake up now, right?"
"Awake all the time. β
"Then why didn't you help me just now, I almost died!"
"From the moment you came out of that hole, I was sealed by some power, I couldn't use my ghost power, and it was hard to even speak. β
"Could it be that the Demon King did it?"
"No, since he can let you in, he shouldn't embarrass you like this, there must be someone else who does these things. β
"Who else in this demon world can do this except him?"
"It was like this at the beginning, but after thousands of years, who knows if the demon world is still that peaceful?"
"Then how can you speak now?"
"I've been released since you fell, and I'm able to speak, and I'm able to use my powers. Wen Lin is right, this is an unknown enchantment, but the power is very strong, although there is no offensive and defensive nature, but it can absorb the power released by the attacker, so as to become closer. β
"Then continue to fall as Wen Lin said, what's down there?"
"I don't know, but I can feel it's almost the end. β
After listening to the mask's words, I didn't ask anything else, and gave up useless resistance, "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided." I thought to myself.
"Woe to you. The mask said softly.
"Shut up! "I closed my eyes and stopped thinking about what would happen next.
It just slowly fell down, and I felt that my body was getting hotter and hotter, and my feet seemed to go out of the barrier, followed by my body, and my head, and my body, which had been feeling hot, suddenly became cold.
"Liu Xi, be careful, we seem to have come out of the enchantment. Wen Lin left half of his words in the enchantment, and half of his words were outside the enchantment, and when I felt my head come out of the enchantment, my body suddenly sank and fell down rapidly.
"Ahh
"Bang!" I fell to the ground solidly, and Wen Lin and Baihu also fell lightly. I quickly got up, ignoring the pain in my body, only to notice that everything in front of me became brighter, standing in front of us was a tall stone gate, carved "Cave of the Dead", on both sides of the stone door there were two closed-eyed stone beasts sitting cross-legged, resembling a red leopard, but with a single horn on its head, and five tails coiled behind it.
"What kind of beast is this?"
"Hideous. Wen Lin patted the ash on his body, "This is one of the ancient beasts. Originally born in Zhanggu Mountain, where no vegetation grows, how can it be here?"
"It's okay, it's made of stone, it's fake, what are you afraid of?" I approached a stone statue and tapped lightly. "You see, nothing. β
"Liu Xi, get out of the way!" Wen Lin shouted at me.
"Hahahaha, why are you so nervous? What's this?" I slowly tilted my head towards the stone beast.
"Roarβ"
"Damn, when are you going to live, save me, Wen Lin!" The stone beast didn't know when it opened its eyes, turned its head to look at me, opened its mouth, sharp teeth, and sprayed a breath with a heavy smell of blood on my face. I didn't care about the direction, and I ran for my life around the two living monsters.
"Liu Xi, you wait!Liu Xi!Don't go!" I didn't want to turn around and wait for Wen Lin, so I just ran forward vigorously, and finally stopped when I was sure that the monster hadn't caught up, and Wen Lin also rode the white tiger to catch up.
"It's nice to have a mount, you don't have to run for your life. "I was tired and panting, and I couldn't help but complain about Wen Lin.
"Don't say it, you take a break, we can't stay here for long, you just touched those two watchman beasts, the demon king must know where we are, maybe this is another trap. Wen Lin got down from the white tiger, "I just can't understand how there can be such a fierce beast in the demon world, the demon world advocates peace, but this kind of fierce beast will cause disaster." β
"Now that the world is in chaos, it's not impossible for the demon world to be affected. β
"Hmm...... Anyway, be careful, did you see where this place was?"
"The stone door is carved with the words 'Cave of the Dead'. β
"Hmm...... It's even more dangerous in the back. Let's go, be careful. Wen Lin patted the white tiger on the back and continued to walk forward.
"Why?" I asked.
The road here is not as smooth as the road above, and the light is much darker than above, and there are no flowers and plants on either side of the road, only random piles of rocks. A strange sound came from afar, like an echo of the hollow valley, "Bi Fang...... Bi Fang ......"
"Mask, did you hear that strange sound?"
", you can hear me, of course I can hear it. β
"What a sound it was, it felt so desolate, I was a little scared. β
"It was also an ancient beast, similar to a bird, with only one claw, extremely sharp, and its name was Bifang. He was also born in Jangor Mountain. It is said that ghost fires appear everywhere you go. β
"Zhanggu Mountain, what does this Zhangguo Mountain have to do with the Demon Realm? Why are the Qi and Bi Fang from Zhangguo Mountain here?"
"I don't know exactly what's going on in the Demon Realm, but it's certainly not like the Demon Realm used to be. Just be careful, Wen Lin and I will protect you. β
Wen Lin walked in front and suddenly motioned for me to stop.
"What's wrong?" I stepped forward, but was stopped by Wen Lin, and in front of me was a river glowing with purple light, the water in it was turbulent, and the heat was constantly rising, and many white skulls were tumbling downstream with the current. On both sides of the river there is a chain bridge that can only be crossed by one person, the wooden planks on it are broken, obviously there is no wind, but the chain bridge is swaying from side to side, and the cold crashing sound between the iron cables is particularly harsh in this quiet air.
"It's ...... What about Meng Po?"
"What is the Nai He Bridge, this is the Demon Realm, where did the Nai He Bridge come from? This should be the legendary Duling River. β
"Crossing the Spirit River?"
"The bones of the demon soldiers who died in the demon world will be buried in the Spirit River, which can reduce the pain of the undead and enter the reincarnation as soon as possible. β
"Isn't there any danger to this river, let's go, let's go over. "I pushed Wen Lin's arm away and wanted to cross the bridge.
"Don't worry, if this is really crossing the Spirit River, then something big must have happened in the demon world. Legend has it that the river is clear and gentle, and the bones melt into the river, and the soul enters reincarnation, but you see, now the river is turbulent, and there are so many bones floating in it, and the river is originally a rosewood bridge, and its aroma is used to appease the undead, but now it has become a chain bridge, and the sound of the iron cable impact will anger those undead. β
"Could it be that the demon world is also occupied by the ghost world?"
"I'm not sure what's going on, and if I want to know, I'll have to cross the river. Wen Lin picked up a gravel on the ground, blew on it, and threw it towards the chain bridge, and several whirlpools suddenly appeared in the water, and several skulls flowing through the river flew out of the river, biting the gravel in the air, and fell back into the river.
"I just brought a little bit of the breath of a living creature to the stones, and I attracted so many undead that if the three of us passed like this, we would also become a skull in the river. β
"Then what should I do?" Before he finished speaking, he heard the cry of the fierce beast just now, "Bi Fang...... Bi Fang ...... "The voice seems to be getting closer and closer. "Wen Lin, did you hear that?"
"Hmm...... I know what it is, and the hideous is born from the same place. Wen Lin looked back in the direction where the voice came from, "Bow your head!" My head was pressed down by Wen Lin, only to see a huge black shadow flying towards us, the white tiger also let out a roar, and when we raised our heads, we saw the huge birds and beasts hovering in the air, wings flapping and wind, whirlpools appeared in the Ling River, and green ghost fires were inexplicably ignited on the chain bridge.
"Everywhere you pass by, there will be ghost fires, be careful, this thing will not be easy to extinguish when it gets on your body. Wen Lin took out his heavy whip, and the white tiger also took two steps back, ready to fight this Bi Fang. "This Bi Fang seems to be demonized, normal Bi Fang's eyes should be clear and transparent, and his wings should be surrounded by mist, but this Bi Fang is a bloody eye, surrounded by black gas, Liu Xi, this is not a master to mess with. β
Before the words were finished, Bi Fang screamed in the air, and then pounced on us again, Wen Lin unfolded a heavy whip in front of me, and when Bi Fang approached, he whipped up, obviously saw the wings scattered, and there were blood marks on his body, but Bi Fang didn't know the pain, but grabbed Wen Lin's heavy whip and pulled Wen Lin into the air.
"Wen Lin!" I wanted to grab Wen Lin, but I didn't have time to grab the heavy whip, so I could only watch Wen Lin being dragged into the air. Wen Lin wanted to break free, but he couldn't, so Bi Fang took him to the Duling River, and was about to let go of his claws and throw him down.
"Wen Lin!"
"Roar!" Seeing that Wen Lin was about to fall, the white tiger jumped in the direction of Wen Lin and wanted to catch him, but as soon as the white tiger left the ground, he was held down by another Bi Fang who appeared behind him at some point, and the sharp claws instantly pierced into the white tiger's body, and blood gushed out. I wanted to go up to help the white tiger, but I was beaten out by Bi Fang's wings.
"Uh...... It hurts. "I was knocked to the side and hit a rock next to me. "Mask, what should I do!"
Bi Fang, who was holding Wen Lin, took him to hover over the Ling River, as if he was doing some ritual, and Bi Fang, who was holding the white tiger, also dragged it to the river, letting the white tiger's blood flow into the river.
"They want to use the blood of the white tiger and the life of Wen Lin to feed the undead in the river. I've been observing this river just now, there are a lot of unjust dead souls buried in the river, and they have been cursed so that they can't enter the cycle of reincarnation, this chain bridge is used to sacrifice those dead souls, and now they just need to feed the undead so that they can give them the power to climb this chain bridge, and they can be reborn again, but they have no souls, and only obey the orders of the priest to serve them. β
"Don't worry about it so much, how can I save Wen Lin and the White Tiger?"
The mask didn't answer me, but my body moved involuntarily, I touched my face, and it was the mask that came out. "Lend me the body, hahahahaha. The mask laughed for some reason, and I ran towards Bi Fang next to the white tiger, and when Bi Fang saw me approaching, he waved his giant wings and hit me, I was so frightened that I closed my eyes, but my body skillfully dodged the blow, "If you are afraid, you can also close your eyes, I don't need your eyes." The mask said. Seeing that I was only a few steps away from Bi Fang, I suddenly jumped up and rode to Bi Fang's slender neck. Nabi Fang suddenly panicked, let go of the white tiger and flew into the air. And Bi Fang, who was holding Wen Lin, was also a little panicked when he saw this scene, and threw Wen Lin in his claws and the heavy whip wrapped around him on the shore, and flew towards me.
"It may be a little painful down there, and it will take a hard time for your body. "The Bi Fang I grabbed rolled and circled over the Duling River with me, letting out a piercing scream, I pulled its neck and hit the surrounding stone walls, the rubble mixed with Bi Fang's blood rolled down into the Duling River, and I saw that the wings on the side of Bi Fang were blurred with flesh and blood, and Bai Sensen's wing bones were exposed, but they were still flying around. I looked back at the Bi Fang, and it had been following behind it, screaming incessantly. The Bi Fang's body under me began to heat up for some reason, "Get ready, close your eyes if you're afraid." I glanced down, and the claws of Bi Fang were also lit with a green ghost fire.
"Is it *?"
"Ready, next one. As soon as the mask finished speaking, he made my body jump up, kicked the * Bi Fang hard, reached out and grabbed the single paw of the back Bi Fang, and the * Bi Fang fell into the Spirit River with a ghost fire. The purple light of the Duling River instantly turned into a green sea of fire, and a hot smell of fishy heat rushed to the face. Seeing this, the Bi Fang on top of my head flew desperately towards the Duling River, wanting to die with me.
"Liu Xi!" Wen Lin, who had fallen on the shore just now, had already stood up and shouted to me with a heavy whip in his hand. I quickly climbed onto its back with one of Bi Fang's claws, and it didn't struggle, but threw itself into the sea of fire. I felt that the temperature around me was getting higher and higher, and at the moment when Bi Fang was about to fall into the sea of fire, I stepped on Bi Fang's back hard, and jumped into the air with my strength, Wen Lin threw out a heavy whip and wrapped me up, and pulled me back to the shore with only one force.
"Are you alright?" Wen Lin asked.
"It's fine. "That's the sound of the mask.
"Hey, hey, now that you're done, you can give me back my body, right?"
"It's not over yet. Look at the bridge. β
I looked at the chain bridge, and the planks had been burned by the fire, and only the iron ropes were burned red in the fire. And the skulls in the river just now were all wrapped around the iron cables at some point, and the green fire in the eyes of those skulls swayed, and the skulls slammed into each other, constantly making muffled sounds. And in the sea of fire below, the two Hokage from Bifang just now suddenly appeared, and they flew in the sea of fire with ghost fire, screaming.
"What's going on?" Wen Lin unfolded the heavy whip he had just put away, ready for battle.
"Those two Bi Fang served as sacrifices, and their bodies and blood also fed the undead, and now these undead are sacrificed and hung on this iron cable, and we are in a bit of a big problem now. β
"What is the sacrificial hanging? The white tiger is injured, what should we do?" Wen Lin was a little anxious.
"These spirits are just sacrifices, and they are sacrificed to this iron rope to strengthen the power of the priest. However, they can also be shapeshifted, and we don't know if the priest or the sacrifice will be the shapeshift. β
As he spoke, the rope shook more and more, and more and more skulls hung on it.
"Isn't there a way to stop it?"
"No, we can only wait for them to be finished, and if we force our way in, we will also become sacrifices. The mask took my body and turned to face Wen Lin and smiled, "Get ready." β
We watched and waited silently, and the scorching sound of burnt planks in the sea of fire was particularly harsh in our quiet breath.
Finally, the two Bifang green Hokage flew into the air, and the two iron cables were also broken at the same time, flying into the air, tightly binding their Hokage, after a hiss, the sea of fire surged, and the ghost was burned into the upper body of a huge skeleton, holding an iron cable in each hand, "The Three Realms are all dead, the Demon Realm is dominant, you all have to die, and you will all become my slaves." Hahaha. The skeleton laughed maniacally, and the whole sea of fire began to surge again.
"It's ...... The voice of the demon king?" that voice sounded more like a child who could just speak.
"No, it's definitely not the Demon King, I don't know what it is, but it's definitely a tough guy. β
The skeleton dipped the iron rope into the sea of fire, "Hahahaha, yes, I'm not the demon king, the previous demon king is dead, and now I am the master of this world." Let my pet play with you first, I'll wait for you later, if you make it past here alive. With that, the skeleton pulled a rope out of the flames, and smashed it at us with ghostly fire.
"Be careful!" the mask pushed Wen Lin and the White Tiger away, and flashed my body to the side. The rope slammed into the ground, and a deep crack appeared, and fire burned in the crack. "Wen Lin, give me your saber!" Wen Lin threw the saber at his waist after hearing this. After taking the mask, he jumped up and charged towards the skeleton.
"Hey, hey, we're one, take good care of my body!" I couldn't control my body, and I was a little scared when I looked at the powerful skeleton.
"Don't worry. The mask didn't say anything more, and the skeleton pulled out another wire and struck at the mask. The mask dodged the first attack, but the skeleton swept the rope and swept the mask to the ground, instantly burning from his feet.
"Ah...... It's hot!" I couldn't help but shout. The mask frowned, stomped his foot, and the ghost fire was extinguished. "Heh, the ghost fire still dares to hurt me. β
Wen Lin and White Tiger over there just wanted to come over to help, but they saw many small skeleton soldiers crawling out of the sea of fire, holding spears with ghost fire, and their eyes glowing with green fire, rushing towards Wen Lin and White Tiger.
The mask flashed to the edge of the sea of fire in three steps and two steps, and was about to stab the saber into the skeleton's head, but the skeleton opened its mouth and spewed out a cloud of ghostly fire, although it did not ignite on its body, but it also pushed the mask out. As soon as the mask tried to get up, the two iron cables smashed into his face, "Ah...... I'm going to die!" I couldn't help but shout again. With a wave of his hand, a blue barrier appeared in front of him, blocking the smashed iron cable. "Whew...... It's dangerous. β
Wen Lin and the White Tiger on the side were inseparable from the skeleton soldiers, although the combat effectiveness of those skeleton soldiers was not high, but they could not be killed, Wen Lin had whipped them, and the white tiger could break them up with a pounce, but they quickly recombined into new skeleton soldiers.
White bones are everywhere, and ghosts are burning the plains.
"Stop yelling and try to stabilize your emotions. The mask raised his hand suddenly, and the blue barrier turned into a force and struck out, knocking the rope into the air and standing up, but the flying rope was quickly thrown back and launched another wave of attacks towards the mask.
The two iron cables smashed towards the mask, and the mask dodged the two iron cables one behind the other, and immediately crouched down and inserted the saber into the chain of iron cables, and fixed the two iron cables to the ground.
"Heh, there's no trick, right?" the mask jumped into the air, opened his fists, and quickly gathered two blue lights in his hands, "The spirit gives all things, and the Three Realms are reborn." A blue light soared upwards into the sky, a blue light went down into the ground, and the two blue lights instantly converged into a pillar of light that penetrated the heavens and the earth, "Die!" The mask was shrouded in blue light and rushed towards the skeleton in the sea of fire, the skeleton was not afraid when it saw the situation, but opened its mouth and spewed out a raging fire. The two forces collided, and the surrounding rocks collapsed and rolled down, and the skeleton soldiers entangled with Wen Lin and the White Tiger also fell apart one by one, and the green fire light floated out of their skulls and returned to the sea of fire. The two forces are deadlocked, on par.
"Roar-" Seeing this, the white tiger actually ran over, jumped into the air, and merged into the blue light, Wen Lin also jumped into the blue light with the white tiger, and the blue light obviously became more powerful, approaching the huge skeleton.
"Roarβ" The skeleton roared as well, and the ghostly fire instantly came straight in front of us, knocking the three of us out, hitting the rocks behind us, and slamming them to the ground. Wen Lin and I both vomited blood and fell to the ground, and the white tiger was also injured and fell to the side. At some point, the skull swung the rope at the rocks behind us, shattering the huge rocks and smashing them at us. I wanted to stand up and dodge, but I couldn't move, and I wanted to block it, but I didn't have the strength.
"It's over...... It's over. "There was nothing I could do, I closed my eyes and waited for the judgment of fate.