NOVPUB789: Chapter 15: Journey to the Netherworld
789 -15: Journey to the Netherworld
Apart from the friction of twisting bones, there were also low whispers of indistinct content, as if women, elderly, children, or some kind of creatures were whispering in secrecy.
These words had no specific meaning, just very low sounds emitting strange syllables.
In horror movie scenes, similar sounds are often heard.
Tang Xian and Tang seemed unaffected, and the Xuan Bird felt even more at ease upon hearing these sounds.
The battle came quite abruptly.
The warriors from the Land of the Dead converged on Tang Xian as if they harbored an irrational hatred towards living beings, and began to close in madly.
But in terms of speed and strength, their intensity was only about on par with elite level, with some even less than that.
The bone warriors were densely packed, forming a sea of bones, with churning tides as if to completely engulf the enemy.
“Can we fly?” Tang Xian asked.
“You think the sky is safe?” the Xuan Bird said.
In the sky, about a dozen huge bone dragons circled, along with countless creatures similar to the Gold-Breaking Beast.
But they were all just skeletons.
As if the Night King was leading an army on a campaign, Tang Xian was not frightened by the sight but indeed felt it was magnificent.
He shook his head and said,
“Then we can only fight our way through.”
No sooner had the words left his mouth than Tang charged forward.
Right hand shaped like a blade, Tang Xian also dashed forward with equal ferocity.
“What’s on the other side of this pile of bones?”
“An entrance with an even denser Netherworld atmosphere,” the Xuan Bird said.
“Ahead?”
While speaking, Tang Xian drew a straight line with his figure.
Whether it was the diving dragons or the monstrous assemblages of bones on the ground, all were neatly cleaved by that straight line.
The Gold-Breaking Beast’s ability to shatter the hardest metals was more than enough to slice through these bones.
“It’s just ahead,” the Xuan Bird did not strike against these bone warriors.
Its vision was different from that of Tang Xian and others.
The Xuan Bird could see the obsessions clinging to these bones, and though it cared little for these obsessions, it resolved not to act in case this truly was its master’s Spiritual Purgatory.
Faced with various attacks, the Xuan Bird simply flapped its wings to dodge as best as it could.
Being incredibly agile, these elite level undead creatures naturally could not touch it.
Tang Xian saw this but didn’t say much.
Although the beasts of this world had gained intelligence, they still retained some beastly habits.
Like loyalty.
The Xuan Bird’s loyalty to the Nether Phoenix was probably to the point of being somewhat foolish.
Perhaps deep down it knew that these obsessions had little to do with its master, but it couldn’t help wanting to serve what was left.
For the Xuan Bird, the biggest restraint was likely not taking sides in this battle.
It was responsible for guiding Tang Xian but would absolutely not strike these incarnations of obsession.
Tang Xian didn’t mind, as he didn’t need the Xuan Bird’s help to annihilate enemies of the elite level.
Tang’s combat style was very straightforward: he lifted his fists and smashed down. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
Although he possessed the strength of a catastrophic level, due to a severe imbalance in attributes, his offensive capability was only at the level of a common perfect creature.
However, he was more than capable of dealing with this bone army.
Tang Xian was even faster, like a happy whirlwind swordsman.
Wherever he went, truth lay scattered, and his terrifying slashes kept cleaving the bones apart.
Straight cuts, cleanly segmenting everything nearby.
However, Tang Xian soon frowned; these enemies seemed weak, but their vitality was seemingly endless.
No matter how much he killed, it was never enough.
Even when slashed, the severed bones would quickly rejoin.
Not just that, every time he got close to these creatures, Tang Xian felt a force drawing on his life.
The sensation was the same as when he stepped into the Xuan Bird’s Spiritual Purgatory, roughly the same in intensity.
“This is merely the outermost part of the Spiritual Purgatory.
The obsessions here are incorporeal, and the enemies are very weak.
If you continue forward, the Netherworld atmosphere will be thicker.
I must inform you, even though the Nether Phoenix my lord’s Spiritual Purgatory is shattered, the core area’s Netherworld atmosphere is extremely dense.
There, the obsessions are unimaginably powerful,” the Xuan Bird said earnestly, with a note of warning.
“You turn sides quickly,” Tang Xian said.
“Humph, since I’ve agreed to help you, I will do so.
But as for this legacy, I can only serve as a guide.
Whether you can gain my master’s approval will depend on you,” the Xuan Bird responded.
“Let’s get one thing straight, excessive longing for someone can lead you to make some erroneous judgments.
I don’t expect your help, but you’d better remember this: if you hinder me, you hinder the only person in this world capable of avenging your master,” Tang Xian declared.
Several clean slashes followed, matching Tang Xian’s tone.
The Xuan Bird and Tang Xian reached a consensus.
Flapping its wings fiercely, the bird stirred a violent storm in the Land of Silence, and Tang Xian and Tang seamlessly hopped onto its back.
This battle would never end; these obsessions would only endlessly die, resurrect, and die again.
Continuing to fight was just a waste of time.
The sky grew dim, and the aura of death became heavier.
Once there were only quiet whispers and the sound of bone friction, but now from afar came a terrifying beastly roar that Tang Xian felt he had heard before but couldn’t quite recall.
“Fully manifested obsessions will have an even more terrifying pull on life force.
Tang Xian, you will die.
Did you hear that beastly roar?
It signifies that these obsessions have achieved a high degree of materialization,” the Xuan Bird said.
