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Chapter 231 - 231: Yielding
On the desolate graveyard, Lu Jun smiled faintly. As expected, the Dimensional Anchor was quite useful.
Unless Asharia's mastery of space magic surpassed his, she wouldn't be able to forcibly break through the anchoring effect and activate the teleportation scroll.
Taking advantage of the moment when the black-silk cheongsam seductress was stunned, the Mother Ghost behind her didn't waste the opportunity.
The towering and voluptuous ghostly figure released strands of grayish-white fiendish aura, all of which surged into the body of the woman it had pinned down with both arms.
Crack! Crack!
Asharia's delicate face twisted in shock as vast patches of grayish-white spread across her spiritual world, sealing away clusters of nebulae and galaxies.
The Mother Ghost Fiend's innate ability, Earth Womb, was far beyond a regular Petrifying Gaze that merely turned flesh into stone. Its true form, a Medusa's Curse infused with soul-hexing power, targeted the spirit.
But it didn't end there. The Underworld Cavern above the Mother Ghost Fiend's head suddenly expanded. Layer upon layer of curse wells and spiderwebs dropped down, tangled in black-and-red silk threads that spread across the sky.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Under Asharia's furious and humiliated gaze, her limbs and body were tightly bound.
Her snow-white slender arms and curvaceous, shapely legs were squeezed until soft flesh bulged out, making her ample bosom and round, plump hips appear even more pronounced and enticing.
Right after that, the Night Thunder Dreambeast blasted the Night Knight back into his dimensional plane, then flashed forward in a bolt of lightning and appeared before her.
Its massive lion-like body, clad in black and white, looked majestic and awe-inspiring, casting a vast shadow across the land as a dark, thunderous aura raged around it.
Its long deer-like pupils were deep as black holes, swirling with a transparent, dim nightmare radiance that pierced deep into Asharia's mind.
Nnngh Asharia let out a muffled groan. Her spiritual world, already petrified gray and white, was now shrouded further in a layer of dark, shadowy haze.
The white-robed ghost woman, three zhang tall and towering like a hill, lifted Asharia and floated to stand behind Lu Jun.
The Mother Ghost Fiend respectfully bowed its head and said, "Master, your prey has been captured."
The process was extremely swift. In just the blink of an eye, Asharia had been subdued.
Lu Jun glanced at the blushing woman in black silk. If not for the need to keep his space element hidden, he would have added another layer of spatial bind just to be sure.
One could say that his control techniques had become near flawless, leaving no room for resistance from those subdued.
Due to the high-level mage battle, the disturbance alerted the master of this place, awakening a commander-level Corpse Minister from deep within.
Rumble—! The graveyard shook violently.
The ground thundered and cracked as dense fissures spread across the terrain.
Kilometers around were torn with ravines. Plate after plate of earth lifted up as tens of thousands of decayed corpses surged from underground.
Lu Jun remained calm. At this point, minor commanders didn't even warrant his attention. If they dared make a move, he wouldn't mind slaughtering another commander tribe.
After all, the soul essences in his White Tiger Pendant were nearly depleted and in dire need of replenishment.
Next to him, Asharia's face turned sullen. If the Corpse Minister had erupted before her capture, she might have had a sliver of help. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
Unfortunately, her strength was too lacking and she lost in an instant.
Lu Jun stood still as the Night Thunder Dreambeast moved forward, coldly staring down at the mound-sized Corpse Minister slowly crawling out of the central pit, towering dozens of meters high like a mountain.
What surprised Lu Jun was that the Corpse Minister didn't immediately attack. Instead, atop its head floated a massive ancient bronze mirror, as tall as a man.
Soon, under Lu Jun's gaze, the blurry surface of the mirror reflected the silhouette of a graceful figure.
It was the Queen of Netherworlds!
Dressed in a courtly white gown, she exuded a sorrowful fairy-like aura. Smiling softly, she looked at Lu Jun and said,
"Such skill, young master. To think you captured the Parthenon Saintess so easily. I had hoped you'd at least wear each other out. I underestimated you."
Lu Jun's face turned grim. Clutching the Totem Pearl in his chest, he calmly responded, "Which of the Eight Death Kings are you? What is it you seek?"
The Nether Queen smiled and said, "Don't be tense. I just came to tell you one thing..."
In the barren graveyard, the Corpse Minister returned to slumber and all the rotting corpses sank back underground.
Lu Jun's expression was indifferent. The matter with the Nine Queen was simple she had directly informed him that the Eight Death Kings would soon invade the ancient capital.
She even revealed how to enter the Dark Abyss to stop the resurrection of the Ancient King.
"So it's a trap, laying bait to lure me in so they can find a suitable body for the soul fragment sealed in the Ancient King's armor... and now they've set their sights on me?"
His thoughts turned, instantly discerning the source of the Judgment Council's intelligence in the original plot.
The Queen of the Netherworld didn't care who the Ancient King was. What she needed was merely a symbolic supreme being, one capable of uniting the fragmented Undead Empire.
Originally, the Ancient King was slain in the Holy City by Zhan Kong, and now the Queen of the Netherworld had quietly set her eyes on Mo Fan.
She hoped that once Mo Fan died and entered the Dark Abyss, he would become the next King of the Underworld. For that, she had lent him plenty of aid.
However, Lu Jun shook his head. It would all come down to whose methods were superior. He had Ding Yumian's Seven Souls Domain, the White Tiger Pendant in his possession.
Moreover... he glanced at the white-haired youth beside him, unconscious from the tremor of death energy.
A Light Element half-Disastrous Body? Considering how light magic strongly countered the undead, he might serve as a third Contingency.
As for the issue with his body's source being on the brink of collapse, that could be addressed later.
Lu Jun decided to take Wei Xi back with him. This youth, whether now or in the future, had immense value. Saving him would definitely be worth it.
Besides, leaving such a pure-hearted boy alone in this haunted mountain wilderness, within a forbidden undead zone, was inhumane.
Asaharia watched the Queen of the Netherworld leave without even turning her head, and she couldn't help but grind her teeth in frustration. This woman had known Lu Jun was lurking nearby all along, yet hadn't told her.
She took a few deep breaths to calm herself. It was nothing more than the victor reigning and the loser falling.
"At worst, I'll just use the Dark Angel's Holy Soul!"
Asaharia made up her mind silently. However, with her cultivation, even using it wouldn't grant her Forbidden Curse power—at most it would bring her to the level of a top-tier expert.
Revealing this trump card would expose her. The Holy City might no longer accept her, and even her status as Wentai's adopted daughter might not be enough to protect her.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, she couldn't use it.
Just then, Lu Jun completely shattered Asahria's fighting spirit.
He smiled and said, "There's no need for panic, Your Holiness. I only need you to verify Salan's identity. After the Ancient Capital matter is over, you will be free to leave."
"After all, I don't want to risk angering the Parthenon Temple by harming you."
"As for going all out, I do believe you have the means to turn things around. But I also brought the Totem Black Serpent. Given how well-informed you are, you should know about Hangzhou's Black Serpent, right?"
As soon as those words fell, Asaharia's expression shifted several times, before she finally revealed a charming smile: "So that's who it is someone of my generation yet so powerful. Turns out it's Lu Jun, the one slated to be captain of the Nine Provinces National Team."
At that moment, she truly lost all desire to resist. Before coming to the Nine Provinces, she had thoroughly collected intel.
The biggest recent event was undoubtedly the toxic mist incident in the top-tier metropolis of Hangzhou, coinciding with the growing popularity of the National Team Competition.
Lu Jun had come into her view because of that. She'd even heard a little about the Ancient Totem Black Serpent the only one still alive in the Nine Provinces.
Asaharia was secretly stunned. Meeting him now, she realized just how unfathomable this person far beyond the rumors.
And to make things worse, she still had to participate in this year's National Team Competition. What a headache.
"It's fine," Asaharia encouraged herself silently, "Once I refine the Dark Stone and contract the Dark Sword Master, the outcome is still uncertain."
On the other side, Lu Jun awakened the white-haired youth, Wei Xi.
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