Chapter 2727: The Underworld

The geniuses who perished at the giant turtle's mouth never reappeared, while those who escaped returned.

You Guo accumulated weakness, the upper country didn't care, and the monarch and ministers showed no pity.

But the common people had their own love and hate.

In the end, like wildfire igniting dry grass, carried by the wind for how many years, it spread to the plain overnight.

Initially, Yin Guan had clearly already escaped, yet he still didn't hesitate to use the treasure obtained through a near-death experience from Wan Xian Palace to challenge Ji Yan Yue.

The result of the challenge was that Ji Yan Yue was completely unharmed, while he, thousands of miles away, suffered severe injuries and spat blood on the spot.

Then was that "Thousand Tribulations Eye" truly ineffective?

At this moment, Ji Yan Yue's body continuously twisted, and the curse power, like the veins of leaves or the network of trees, was an echo.

The mouthful of blood Yin Guan spat in the nameless tavern was the true declaration of this challenge.

From then on, his curse against Ji Yan Yue never stopped for a single day.

Water droplets can pierce stone, and piled soil can become a mountain.

Having already proven Shen Lin in Dao Calendar 3918, he would tread the rugged road into the heavenly path.

In Dao Calendar 3921, he returned to You, killed the monarch, killed the ministers, killed the generals, overturned the old court, and retreated unscathed.

In Dao Calendar 3923, he participated in the Shi Zhen war and was already able to use curse power to influence Zhuang Gao Xian.

Today was already Dao Calendar 3927!

Cursed continuously for nearly six years by such a Yin Guan... the curse power, like a disease, had already entered a critical stage!

At this time, the curse power inside Ji Yan Yue's body was not spreading or invading, but being awakened, positively active.

Just like another instinct of the body, awakened through life's experiences.

Survival and destruction, both are instincts!

Cultivation of the heart is all about subduing original desires, but how can people resist instincts?

"I truly underestimated you, Yin Guan." Ji Yan Yue, enduring a strong self-destruction impulse, directly raised a fist.

The palace lamp had already been smashed.

The five-colored glazed fire escaped from its cage, suddenly rising, boiling flames rolling, and she stepped into it!

Burning the body with fire, burning the curse with truth.

Above her head, strands of green smoke like mayflies drifted far away.

That was the curse power being expelled.

In this swaying five-colored glazed fire, Ji Yan Yue stood proudly, displaying a kind of sacred beauty: "Yin Guan, a hidden hand for six years, are you not coming out personally to harvest? Merely this degree, how can it repay your hatred?"

Responding to her was rainwater, green raindrops descending from the sky.

Every drop of rain contained resentment and madness.

Sudden rain poured down.

This world was cursed... no, this world was cursing Ji Yan Yue!

At this time, Ji Yan Yue also smelled a foul odor. She sat in the palace of this world, as if it had turned into a latrine. Filthy, disgusting, viscous corpse fluid overflowed from the palace gaps, flowing in all directions, polluting everything it touched.

Ji Yan Yue frowned; she didn't feel fear, but disgust.

And in the air, the round red flame bright moon that she had cut off in time also broke free from its bindings. Yin Guan had completely plundered it; at this moment, it was a green flame moon, curved like a knife, suddenly chopping down!

"Alright..."

Ji Yan Yue twisted her brow and sighed lightly. With one grasp of her right hand, the entire world contracted infinitely--

Divine dragons wailed, mountains collapsed, and the iron rules of the world dissolved easily. The curse power, clinging to this world like a bone-deep illness, also vanished into nothingness. Those foul parts, along with the blood coffin, were also naturally wiped away together.

She ultimately controlled the highest authority of this world and possessed the most choices. And she chose to abandon over two hundred years of accumulation, reopen this world, and let Yin Guan's subsequent methods die in the womb.

But putting away her True Fate King Realm, what she saw before her eyes was no longer that flourishing scenic road. Instead, it was green trees forming a forest, green grass turning into turf, birds singing, flowers fragrant, a gentle breeze blowing... what a harmonious place!

Her expression was serious.

In front of her stood Yin Guan, his waist adorned with a mask and his face expressionless.

It was very obvious that Yin Guan had just been standing here, triggering the curse across worlds and fighting her.

This was their truly significant first meeting. Before this, this young man named "Yin Guan" had never dared to truly stand in front of her, only fleetingly parting in an illusion last time.

She seriously sized up this person and this world, trying to grasp a kind of reality.

Behind Yin Guan, stood seven people in a row, some standing, some squatting, some on treetops, some on the grass, everyone wrapped in black robes, everyone displaying Shen Lin aura.

Song Emperor King, carrying double knives; Wu Guan Wang, with a blood coffin on his back; Yan Luo Wang, constantly turning dice in his hands; Tai Shan Wang, with blood qi pervading; Du Shi Wang, holding an array disc in his right hand; Ping Deng Wang, emitting strong light like a blazing sun; Zhuan Lun Wang, with rune chains winding around his body like snakes.

Ji Yan Yue's gaze swept over them one by one: "Ten Halls Yan Luo, why are two still missing? Do you regard this palace so lightly? Where are Bian Cheng Wang and Chu Jiang Wang?"

No one answered her.

Yin Guan stood alone in front of all the Yan Luo, and beneath his feet, a green flame burning evil altar rumbled and rose.

His pupils turned green, his long hair hung down to his ankles, and he just spread open both hands: "Welcome to my world-- this is also, your hell!"

The small bird flying in the air suddenly grew barbs and fangs. The gentle green grass suddenly grew wildly, like a group of snakes dancing madly. The verdant green trees suddenly bared their teeth and claws, twisting like demons--

Boom! Boom... Boom! Boom!

Ten sinister halls rose in this world, virtually suspended in the air, making the bright world suddenly dim. Eight of them cast down virtual shadows, covering eight revered Yan Luo. And on the horizon was a round blood moon, floating with a touch of gloom.

Everything here was very twisted.

Behind the harmony was madness.

This was the curse technique world exclusively belonging to Qin Guang King, its name was Yin Cao!

At this time, Ji Yan Yue only understood how much Hell No Door had done while she was confronting the curse power within her body and the desire for self-destruction.

Her True Fate King Realm had been moved inside the Yin Cao, her palace had been defiled by the dirtiest powers, and the continuous curse of nearly six years had exploded upon her Dao Body...

But were merely these enough to kill her, Ji Yan Yue?

She didn't think of escaping; instead, she pounced forward: "You have an invitation, how can I decline! Then let this palace see for myself what hell is like!"

There was no road ahead.

Vertically blocking her was a bone tile, now as big as a door board.

The back face of the bone tile was towards her, and the front face was towards the crowd of Yan Luo.

Yan Luo Wang's body emitted a faint golden light, stepping out from the crowd, his black robe flying, power surging, and with a worldly tone, he said: "Guess whether it's single or double!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Bone tiles, one by one, flew out, as if an endless door.

His power was strengthened in Yin Cao.

"A set of Pai Gow, a total of thirty-two tiles. That is to say, there will be thirty-two rounds between us. Guess right, damage is reduced once; guess wrong, this time the damage doubles." Yan Luo Wang introduced the rules of the gambling game: "If you arbitrarily cross the bone tile, it will be regarded as a failure, and you will immediately receive an attack. If--"

His words were not yet finished, and her true person figure had already crossed over. Ji Yan Yue indifferently crossed through the wilderness, easily throwing those bone tiles behind her.

Yan Luo Wang persisted in finishing the rules: "If you refuse the gambling game, it is regarded as a loss. All damages will explode at once." All the bone tiles virtually suspended in the air disappeared in an instant.

The illusions of thirty-two bone tiles exploded simultaneously on Ji Yan Yue's Dao Body, a terrifying explosion happening and continuously stacking-- but it abruptly stopped.

Because along with it was a red, white, and blue three-colored flag suddenly fluttering.

This flag was raised high in the air, unstoppable.

All the damages of this gambling game happened on the flag and did not harm Ji Yan Yue at all.

This was the secret transmission of the Da Jing imperial family, an Earth Rank Dao Technique, the Heaven's Fate King Flag!

Inside the terrifying explosion, the flag surface was already tattered, but the flagpole turned into a spear, lightning fast across the long sky, piercing Yan Luo Wang! Striking him and his dice into nothingness.

Ji Yan Yue's choice seemed to bear the maximum damage of this set of Pai Gow, yet it was actually the most correct decision.

Truly gambling with Yan Luo Wang, truly stained with the word "gamble," would only lead to the worst result.

Because gambling has no end. This set of Pai Gow was just beginning. Continuously accumulated bets, continuously climbing greed, were the invisible divine ability means by which Yan Luo Wang killed people.

Ji Yan Yue cleanly and neatly struck down Yan Luo Wang, not being disturbed in the slightest, which could be said to completely display her power and insight, but her tightly locked brows did not open.

Because she had already discovered that she had not truly killed Yan Luo Wang.

The special power of Yin Cao suspended Yan Luo Wang's life.

On that side, Qin Guang Wang had already grabbed the Heaven's Fate King Flag that had fallen to the ground and was trying to drill through this world. That pair of evil green eyes gradually went mad, and in an instant, they dyed the flag green. Then the flag surface rolled up, using the flag tip as a spear tip, and stabbed out--

What a spear!

Just like a lone star blocking the moon, like a strong man drawing a bow.

A meteor flying arrow plundered the long sky, a single thrust across the world had already reached her brow.

Ji Yan Yue stood her palm like a knife in front of her brow, chopping off the Heaven's Fate King Flag she had emitted, and her palm knife further poked towards Qin Guang Wang's face. Qin Guang Wang leaned back, creating a dazzling brilliant light!

Like the sun rising in the east!

Ping Deng Wang stepped out from the brilliant light, his body filled with infinite light and heat, and grasping the growing brilliant light spear, he substituted for Qin Guang Wang's spear and again killed towards Ji Yan Yue's brow.

At this moment, he was so glorious and splendid, just like that proud figure running on the Qi Xia battlefield that year.

But the brilliant light spear he saw became blood-colored-- like the blood spear on the Qi Yang battlefield.

This blood color was not dyed by the enemy, but came from himself.

Ping Deng Wang's body was torn open, with a sound like a water bag being cut. Fresh blood sprinkled on the brilliant light spear, then scattered together, without a trace.

Still not truly killed? Still only killed out of Yin Cao, not killed the absolute life soul?

Ji Yan Yue's heart slightly moved, but it didn't affect the fight. At this moment, she had already killed into the Yan Luo team, and her body suddenly released five colors, like a lotus blooming, opening glazed fire everywhere!

The Hug Moon Lamp was squeezed dry of its last value at this moment. The five-colored glazed fire covered all the Yan Luo, even swallowing and rolling towards the sky, forcing them towards the Yan Luo Hall.

For a time, all the Yan Luo avoided.

Only Qin Guang Wang stepped through the flames.

His eyes were so mad and chaotic, yet his steps were so composed and unhurried. Seeking order in chaos, treading pain as stairs. He had lived his life this way, and now he walked towards Ji Yan Yue this way.

Ji Yan Yue, however, lifted a hand and stood her palm in front of her.

A wooden door suddenly rose to the sky, suppressing the air and locking the momentum, blocking Qin Guang Wang outside the door.

Looking through the door at Yin Guan was like overlooking ants from a high mountain. Looking at the wooden door, Yin Guan was ethereal as if in clouds and mist.

Earth Rank Dao Technique, Ethereal Door!

This door could be seen but not reached, remotely unseen, a first-class method to obstruct the enemy. It could mostly break Qi mechanisms and hide traces.

Yin Guan just turned his evil eyes, then placed a green imprint on the door frame. Green light wandered on the Ethereal Door, establishing initial contact with the curse, like grasping an iron chain in the mist, then approaching with big steps.

Ji Yan Yue didn't pay attention; she just roughly judged the time, then turned her feet, casually selected a revered Yan Luo, and killed straight past.

The person she selected was precisely the Eighth Hall's Du Shi Wang.

Seeing this world's true person coming, Du Shi Wang didn't fear but laughed. Wiping open with both hands in front, a total of eighteen array discs arranged into a fan shape.

These were not simple array discs stacked; each array disc was personally made by him, and there were inseparable connections between the array discs.

In this battle, all losses would be reimbursed by the organization, and he was rarely luxurious once.

Thus, he had this style--

Linked Arrays Kill!

The heart of the divine spirit, responding to heaven and earth. Array patterns lit up one after another, drawing yuan force like a tide.

So-called heavenly thunder hooking earthly fire, hail hitting withered flowers.

At this moment, eighteen array discs burst into strong light together, like a mix of a thousand armies and ten thousand horses--

Ji Yan Yue's index finger inserted straight into Du Shi Wang's brow, making a crisp sound as it broke through his skull bone.

In this sound, the array discs stopped one by one, destroyed one by one. Losing their main control power, like headless dragons, they collapsed like a defeated army.

And Du Shi Wang's corpse hung down, sliding and falling from Ji Yan Yue's finger.

One could see that this finger, at this moment, seemed cast from gold, emitting a dazzling brilliant light that was hard to look at directly.

The secret transmission of the Da Jing imperial family, not used by non-Heavenly Son bloodline, the Gao Huang Sever Life Finger!

Penetrating dragon qi and imperial might, cutting off the path of life and the momentum of fate.

After failing to strike down the Yan Luo twice in a row, Ji Yan Yue had already grasped reality and found a way to pierce the rules of the Yin Cao world. Using this style of Gao Huang Sever Life Finger, she broke the illusion, pierced the Yin Cao, and truly struck down her opponent!

Eighth Hall's Du Shi Wang, dead in battle!

So-called Yan Luo, extremely vicious and evil, killing people like mowing grass. They never cared about human lives; as long as the reward was enough, they could also not care about their own lives. But don't expect them to have any camaraderie either.

Even except for Wu Guan Wang, not even one was willing to collect a colleague's corpse.

With Du Shi Wang dead, the remaining Yan Luo suddenly scattered like birds and beasts. There was no sadness for a dead rabbit and fox; it was about seeing who ran faster when a great disaster approached.

And Ji Yan Yue didn't pay attention to them, circling back in the air, welcoming the Ethereal Door.

Killing one or two Yan Luo was not the purpose; using Du Shi Wang's death to verify the rules of the Yin Cao world was what she sought!

At this moment, she already had some insight, precisely in this sinister hell, killing out a bright clear sky. Her large sleeves flew, her bare hand reached out, grasping her reopened True Fate King Realm in her hand, curving inversely into a narrow knife with a Yin-engraved dragon pattern handle.

At this moment, Yin Guan had just approached the Ethereal Door; she directly pushed the door open and killed out with the knife in hand.

Like divine might descending from the nine heavens, pouncing and killing the rebellious ants in the mortal world.

It was called the Heavenly Splendor Cut Dust Knife!

That year, Jing Tai Zu Ji Yu Su cultivated the Heavenly Emperor Dharma Body, opened his own heavenly realm, unified all sides, claimed the strongest derivation of Dao in ancient and modern times, and was even invincible by throwing away national power.

Although her True Fate King Realm was far from comparable and unprecedentedly weak after experiencing reopening, grasping it as a narrow knife at this moment could still make gods and ghosts avoid!

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