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Chapter 950: Chapter 950: Hell Nation Ghost Monkey
Seeing that the Army of Living Dead was still entrenched in the Hell Nation and had not left, Yang Xiaotian decided to infiltrate the Hell Nation. After all, the war of the Divine Domain was drawing ever closer, and no one knew when the Army of Living Dead would depart.
Upon learning that Yang Xiaotian was about to enter the Hell Nation, the Godslayer King and others were shocked.
"Young Master, the Hell Nation is too dangerous right now," the Godslayer King shook his head and said, "There is no need for you to take this risk."
"In that case, wait for me here," Yang Xiaotian told the Godslayer King and the six others. "If I haven’t returned within a year, you should head to Desolate City in the Desolate Continent first."
The six people of the Godslayer King looked at each other.
"I am willing to accompany the Young Master into the Hell Nation," the Godslayer King hesitated, then said.
"There’s no need," Yang Xiaotian shook his head and said, "The more of us there are, the easier it will be to expose ourselves. Don’t worry, I was able to leave Burying God Cliff safely before."
However, Yang Xiaotian didn’t mention that the reason he could leave Burying God Cliff safely the last time was because the Daojue Bone Demon, Moyun Emperor, Beastmaster Demon Lord, and others had not yet revived.
Afterward, Yang Xiaotian used Space Concealment and flew towards the Hell Nation.
Seeing this, the six people of the Godslayer King could only wait at the Myriad Tribulations Sword Mountain for Yang Xiaotian’s return.
As Yang Xiaotian flew rapidly, the Hell Nation drew closer and closer.
Several days later, he finally saw the Hell Nation.
The Hell Nation is so named because it was once the place where the Lord of Hell cultivated in secret.
The Lord of Hell was a contemporary of the Chaos Demon Lord and also one of the few beings in the various domains who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Chaos Demon Lord.
Yang Xiaotian stopped at the outskirts of the Hell Nation.
All he could see ahead was a thick blood fog and a constant cold wind, as if billions of ghosts were screaming.
The Hell Nation has a Hell Valley, from which cold winds constantly surge, sweeping across the entire Hell Nation, making the cold wind there very strong.
These blood fogs are a kind of chilling and toxic gas that constantly drifts out from the underground of the Hell Nation.
Yang Xiaotian paused for a moment, then flashed into the Hell Nation.
Once inside the Hell Nation, the ground was cracked, mountains were destroyed, rivers were severed by Sword Qi, leaving a scene of desolation and devastation.
Clearly, this was the ruinous result of several battles between the Sword Nation Army and the Army of Living Dead.
The air still filled with the power of destruction.
On the ravaged land, one could occasionally see some corpses.
Many of these corpses were the fallen masters of the Sword Nation.
Some were the Living Dead.
These Living Dead were difficult to kill and injured, usually only beheading or blowing them up could get the job done.
Yang Xiaotian continued flying toward the northern part of the Hell Nation.
Two of the Sword Domains were located in the northern part of the Hell Nation.
In the past, many practitioners of colder Cultivation Techniques from the Demon Path chose to establish their caves in the Hell Nation for cultivation, but now with the Army of Living Dead occupying the Hell Nation, no high-ranking demon path practitioners were to be seen.
What relieved Yang Xiaotian was that the main forces of the Army of the Living Dead were mainly stationed to the west of the Hell Nation, so on his way north, he rarely encountered any of the Living Dead.
Occasionally, a large group of Living Dead would streak past high above from the north, but these instances were few.
After avoiding several groups of Living Dead, Yang Xiaotian finally arrived in front of the first Sword Domain Formation.
This Formation was within a primordial forest.
And the other was not far from there.
As long as Yang Xiaotian merged the last two Sword Domains, then his Destiny Sword Domain would be able to achieve minor completion.
By then, only the Time Sword Domain would remain.
After entering the Primordial Forest, all was deathly still.
But Yang Xiaotian always had a feeling of unease.
However, when he extended his Soul Power, he didn’t detect anything abnormal.
Yang Xiaotian carefully leapt forward, but after flying for a while, he suddenly stopped and looked around in shock: "Is this an Illusionary Grand Formation?!"
An Illusionary Array is the most bizarre kind of Grand Array.
Within the Illusionary Array, everything is a mix of illusion and reality; what the eyes see may not necessarily be true.
If one cannot find a way out of the illusion, they could be trapped inside the Illusionary Array forever, never able to escape.
Yang Xiaotian came to a tree and punched out. His Fist Strength blasted through the trunk, but the tree remained unharmed.
Clearly, this tree did not exist; it was just an illusion he was seeing.
Next, Yang Xiaotian punched again, and several ancient trees in front of him turned into powder, but the trees that had just been reduced to powder eerily reformed back to their original state.
Yang Xiaotian couldn’t help but leap into the air, flying higher and higher, attempting to leave this Primordial Forest. However, he found that no matter how he flew, he was still within the Primordial Forest, unable to fly out.
"This is a Level Seventeen Illusionary Array. Your Formation skills are strong, but with your current strength, you simply can’t break it open," Master Ding’s voice sounded.
A Level Seventeen Illusionary Array—that wouldn’t be one set up by a Supreme Realm powerhouse, would it?!
Yang Xiaotian was stunned.
"Let me do it." Master Ding flew out from Yang Xiaotian’s body, his entire being ablaze with golden flames; then, with a humming sound, his body emitted circles of golden light waves.
The light waves, like ripples, kept inundating every corner of this Primordial Forest.
As the light waves passed, the Primordial Forest seemed to be revitalized, exuding vitality that was not present before.
Once the Illusionary Array of the Primordial Forest was broken, the Sword Array that Yang Xiaotian was looking for appeared before him.
Without any hesitation, Yang Xiaotian entered the Sword Array and then sat cross-legged in the space of the Sword Domain, beginning to comprehend and merge with the first Sword Domain.
With Yang Xiaotian’s diligent understanding, he finally succeeded in merging with this Sword Domain.
Immediately, Yang Xiaotian flew towards the second Sword Domain’s Sword Array.
However, when Yang Xiaotian arrived at the second Sword Domain’s Sword Array, he saw that it was surrounded by Ghost Monkeys!
Ghost Monkeys are a kind of terrifying creature from the Hell Nation, bearing demonic faces and eerie appearances. These creatures, moving in packs, are incredibly fast, and their claws contain deadly poison; they have a taste for human brains.
Looking at the tens of thousands of Ghost Monkeys that had surrounded the Sword Array tightly, Yang Xiaotian frowned. Although these Ghost Monkeys were not very strong, if he were to attack and kill them, the fluctuation of energy would certainly attract the attention of the Living Dead.
The consequences of drawing the Army of Living Dead were not hard to imagine.
After thinking it over, Yang Xiaotian decided to first set up several Shielding Arrays around the area. As long as the Shielding Arrays were successfully deployed, the energy from the fighting would not fluctuate outside the array.
However, these Ghost Monkeys had an extremely keen sense of smell and perception. Successfully setting up a few Shielding Arrays around them would be very difficult.
Therefore, Yang Xiaotian had to be extremely cautious.
With utmost care, Yang Xiaotian finally succeeded in setting up the first Shielding Array.
But just as Yang Xiaotian started to set up the second Shielding Array, the Ghost Monkey leader looked towards where Yang Xiaotian was concealed with a suspicious gaze and then slowly walked towards that spot.
Yang Xiaotian immediately dared not make another move, tightly gripping the Heaven and Earth Divine Sword in his hand.
If the Ghost Monkey leader detected something amiss, he would strike it down with the speed of lightning.
