God Emperor - Chapter 804

Chapter 804

Wuchang Xinkong naturally didn’t want to charge into the Ghost Den . After all, the rules of survival in the netherworld were ten times or a hundred times those in Kunlun’s Field . The dead souls had to devour each other to keep getting stronger .

Once she charged into the Ghost Den, she could very possibly die . However, the netherworld was too vast . Even a Wuchang wasn’t clear about the dangers in every place . Thus, her fear was understandable .

It took half a month after that . After experiencing many bloody battles and passing through six Ghost King territories, they finally arrived to the border of Ghost King Shenchu’s territory .

After this half month, Zhang Ruochen, Captain Rat, Mu Lingxi, and Han Xue were all exhausted . They’d suffered many attacks . Once, they’d almost all died in a canyon . Thankfully, Zhang Ruochen cast the Universal Spiritual Map at the most critical moment and put everyone in the scroll world .

On the other hand, Blackie wasn’t hurt at all . It was still very energetic .

Along the way, Wuchang Xinkong was secretly surprised by the group’s combat ability . They didn’t have high cultivations, but each was more amazing than the last .

If the Monks of the living world were all as powerful as them, Wuchang Xinkong doubted the Ghost King’s who’d gone could really take over the living world .

“With your cultivation, it truly shocked me that you can reach the territory of Ghost King Shenchu,” Wuchang Xinkong said . “However, I still have to warn you . You can still retreat now . If you continue, it’ll only get more dangerous . ”

Even Wuchang Xinkong was very unwilling to enter Ghost King Shenchu’s territory .

But Zhang Ruochen was insistent . He showed no sign of retreating . “Where exactly did the god die?” he asked . “Take us there immediately . ”

“It’s my first time here too,” Wuchang Xinkong said . “I only heard before that a god’s body fell from the sky and landed in a vast field . ”

“So you don’t know the specific location either?”

“No . ”

Zhang Ruochen furrowed his brow . Instead of continuing to ask Wuchang Xinkong, he glanced at Han Xue . “How are things?” he asked .

“The Void Sword’s responses have become multiple times stronger . Long, long ago, the Thousand-bone Empress must have come here . But I don’t know if she’s already left . ”

“Next, we’ll follow the Void Sword’s senses,” Zhang Ruochen . “It won’t be wrong . ”

After a short rest, everyone got back on the road . They started for Ghost King Shenchu’s territory .

There was no Spiritual Qi in the netherworld . There were only Yin Qi and Ghostly Qi . Thus, Monks would keep using up their Holy Qi . If they wanted to recover their cultivation, they had to absorb Holy Qi from the Holy Crystal .

After around 2000 miles, Zhang Ruochen extended his Spiritual Power . He discovered that there were remnants of Spiritual Qi left in the air .

“Someone got here before us . ”

Zhang Ruochen stopped and flew onto a 100-foot-tall tombstone . Opening his Sky Eye, he started searching .

A moment later, he turned it off and looked down at the others . “Han Xue, come with me,” he said . “The others stay and wait here . If you run into danger, use the saint decree immediately to escape . ”

Zhang Ruochen and Han Xue used techniques to fly in the southeast direction . They disappeared amongst the huge tombstones . After a while, they’d passed 500 miles and arrived beside a Blood River .

This Blood River was vast . Standing at the riverbank, they couldn’t see the other side .

A moon hung in the sky above the river . The scarlet red light shone down like a menacing demonic eye .

At the moment, there were three monks wearing cassocks beside the Blood River . Yes, they were real living humans instead of ghosts .

Other than the three monks, there were also hundreds of corpses on the ground . Powerful Qi radiated from all of them . Though the clothing was all rotten, the bodies were undamaged .

“Amitabha!”

One of the monks seemed to be around 50 years old . He was slightly chubby and looked benevolent . A big string of black Buddhist beads hung from his neck .

He walked to a corpse and pointed a finger, golden light emerging from his fingertip . He drew a golden Sanskrit word between the body’s eyebrows .

Then an eerie scene unfolded .

The corpse crawled up from the ground and knelt devoutly before the monk . Crawling forward on all fours, it pressed its head on the ground like a believer kowtowing before a god .

The three monks drew the Sanskrit word on all the corpses . After drawing, the corpses would “come back to life . ”

When Han Xue saw this from a distance, she was very shocked . Opening her starry eyes wide, she mumbled, “Master, how can this be?”

Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed . After thinking, he said, “They must be evil monks from the Death Zen Sect . They cultivate the Death Zen Buddhist Way . They can turn dead souls into their believers, refining them into battle corpses, Buddha ghosts—essentially their puppets for battle . Five hundred years ago, they used this exact evil Buddhist Way to kill many innocent people . This was why they were banished . ”

Then Zhang Ruochen looked back at the corpses and inhaled sharply . “They must have come to the netherworld to find some powerful bodies and make even stronger battle corpses . Look, of the hundreds of bodies here, at least half are Half-Saints .

“In Kunlun’s Field, they would get attacked by the descendants of the Half-Saints if they tried to steal a corpse . But in the netherworld, there are graves everywhere . It’s easy to dig up a Half-Saint’s corpse . They can even find a Saint’s corpse . ”

Han Xue’s eyes shone brightly . “Master,” she whispered . “Do you think the Death Zen Sect’s people opened the Tomb Forest’s seal to let out the dead souls? This way, they can openly enter the netherworld, dig up Half-Saint corpses and create a large amount of battle corpses .

“With the number of corpses in the netherworld, it’s not hard for the Death Zen Sect to create a battle corpse army composed solely of Half-Saint corpses . This way, they can sweep through Kunlun’s Field and rule the world . ”

Zhang Ruochen stared hard at Han Xue . He felt more and more that this little girl was extremely intelligent . It was unusual for someone her age to think that deeply .

However, Zhang Ruochen shook his head . “I’m afraid it’s not that simple . ”

“Why?” Han Xue asked .

“No matter how many powerful corpses the evil monks of the Death Zen Sect find in the netherworld, they still can’t take them across Corpse River and return to Kunlun’s Field . So what’s the use?”

Han Xue nodded and bit her lips lightly . “You thought of the whole picture . Why didn’t I think of that?”

“But you do have a point,” Zhang Ruochen said, analyzing the situation . “The evil monks of the Death Zen Sect arrived at Ghost King Shenchu’s territory before us . This means that they were well-prepared and possibly entered the netherworld as a large force . There must be more than just the three before us now . ”

Gurgle!

Bubbles of various sizes rose up from the Blood River . The entire river was boiling and bubbling .

Then there was the sound of something breaking through water . After that, extremely brilliant Buddhist light shot out of the river . It transformed into a 300-foot-wide golden ball of light and hovered in the air .

When the Buddhist light faded, a young monk in his twenties emerged from the ball of light .

The young monk was very handsome . His skin was pure like jade, his eyebrows were thick and dark, his eyes were deep, and his nose was tall and straight . Clad in a golden cassock, he slowly descended onto the ground .

“Greetings Buddha Xinshu . ”

The three monks immediately put their hands together . Bowing reverently, they kowtowed to the young monk in greeting .

Zhang Ruochen sensed danger from the young monk known as Buddha Xinshu . Thus, he immediately activated the Shooting Star Invisibility Cloak’s energy and wrapped it around him and Han Xue .

At the same time, he repressed their auras to the minimum .

Buddha Xinshu held a three-meter Sun-moon Crystal Coffin in his right hand and placed it on the ground slowly . “There was a Ghost King’s battle formation at the bottom of the Blood River . It took me six hours to break through it and take out this coffin . ”

He was an evil monk of the Death Zen Sect, but he seemed so holy . His voice was also so lovely to listen to . It sounded ethereal . Ringing in one’s ears, it was like listening to a holy Buddha lecturing . One couldn’t help but want to bow down to him .

“Even with your cultivation, it still took six hours to break through the Ghost King’s battle formation . The owner of this coffin must be extraordinary . ”

One of the second level Half-Saints walked to the side of the Sun-moon Crystal Coffin . Looking through the translucent sides, one could make out a woman lying inside . Instead of a corpse, it looked like she was just sleeping .

Zhang Ruochen also looked over at the coffin . He was surprised what kind of treasure would be sealed by a Ghost King’s battle formation .

“Oh?”

Standing on the riverbank, Buddha Xinshu sensed someone watching . Thus, he immediately looked towards where Zhang Ruochen and Han Xue were hiding .

That moment, Zhang Ruochen and Han Xue felt that the air had frozen . They couldn’t move at all as if they’d been sealed in ice .

His cultivation is too scary . I got discovered just by glancing at the coffin .

Zhang Ruochen worked to activate the Emperor Ming Nine-sky Scripture . He guided his Holy Qi into his meridians to break free from the other’s suppression .

On the riverbank, confusion appeared in Buddha Xinshu’s eyes . He walked out toward Zhang Ruochen and Hanxue . At that moment, piercing whistles sounded behind them .

A pitch black cloud rushed out from the distance, roaring, “How dare you steal the Ghost King’s body!”

Kaboom!

Wuchang Haochuan came flying in on his soul beast . Extremely strong power burst from his body . Sweeping up dozens of huge tombstones from the ground, he hurled them at the four evil monks .

(Author’s note: Buddha Xinshu was mentioned before, but probably only the careful readers noticed . )