"Whoosh!"
The pool of blood churned, and blood splattered everywhere. A withered, greyish-white hand reached out. Its fingernails were sharp and long, and its five fingers curled, enveloping the three crimson fireballs. They no longer grew larger, but instead shrunk bit by bit until they were completely extinguished. At the same time, it used its index and middle fingers to lightly clamp down on the Heavy Water Sword.
Li Qingshan's pupils contracted. Although he had not unleashed the Ox Demon's Great Strength, this strike was not something anyone could take on with just two fingers.
This hand alone gave him the feeling of a terrifying monster. If its entire body crawled out of the pool of blood, even if he transformed into his demon form, he would still be no match for it. He had not expected such a terrifying fellow to be hidden in this Burial Mound Mountain.
Hwa Seung-zan suddenly felt a great sense of danger. Before he could react, a great force slammed into his body, sending him flying. In mid-air, he stared at Li Qingshan in shock.
It was not that terrifying hand that had sent him flying, but Li Qingshan.
"Could it be that he discovered my suspicions and wants to silence me?"
Li Qingshan's expression was solemn. Without even looking at Hwa Seung-zan, he held his sword horizontally above his head, assuming a defensive stance.
"Boom!"
The withered hand slammed into Li Qingshan's body. The ground beneath his feet instantly collapsed and cracked, burying him up to his waist.
Li Qingshan's body was already considered tall and straight, but under the attack of the hand, he was like a tiny nail that was slammed into the wall.
"Qingshan!" Hwa Seung-zan suddenly understood that Li Qingshan was trying to save him. With his reaction speed, he would not have been able to react to the withered hand's attack at all. If not for Li Qingshan, he would have already been smashed into a pile of meat paste, dead beyond dead.
"Hmm?" The withered hand's owner was somewhat surprised. If it was an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, that strike would definitely have killed him. However, not only was this little cultivator extremely strong, his body was also as tough as steel, giving off a feeling of indestructibility.
"If you've seen enough, then hurry up and leave!" Li Qingshan glanced at Hwa Seung-zan. Before he finished speaking, the withered hand suddenly closed. He dragged Li Qingshan into the blood pool.
Hwa Seung-zan rushed to the blood pool and saw that it had regained its calm. His heart sank to the bottom of the abyss. Suddenly, the blood pool began to churn violently like boiling water. The underground palace shook violently.
He gritted his teeth. He turned around and left. Even if he came down, he wouldn't be able to help Li Qingshan. Instead, he had wasted the chance to escape that he had fought so hard for.
"If it's really as I guessed. Perhaps there's still a chance of survival. "
Li Qingshan was grabbed by the big hand, falling into the deep part of the blood pool. The boiling blood crazily rushed into his ears and nose, but a faint blue light screen rose up and kept all the blood out.
Suddenly, his pupils shrank. At the bottom of the blood pool. It actually emitted a dim light, which didn't seem like any spiritual light. As if it was daylight, he tried to extend his divine sense. He probed the depths of the blood pool.
In that instant, a boundless world appeared before him before immediately being severed. His soul sense seemed to have been severed by a blade. However, he would never be able to forget what he saw in that instant.
White bones were strewn across the ground, blood flowed like rivers, gloomy clouds and gloomy mist, and the stars and moon dimmed.
Zombies roared at the sky as corpse qi wrapped around them. It was extremely dense. Not only were there Corpse Generals, but there were even Corpse Commanders.
If this was not startling enough, the Corpse Generals numbered in the tens of thousands. They were like the most regular Corpse Soldiers, huddled together in a mess and scattered across the wilderness. As for the Corpse Commanders, there were over a hundred of them.
However, the number of Corpse Soldiers could no longer be described with words. They filled his eyes, as if they were endless.
At the very center of this horrifying scene was a corpse that towered between the heavens and the earth. The corpse aura on its body was like a steaming cloud, and its eyes shone with a pale green light. One of its pillar-like arms stretched towards the sky.
It was a legendary Corpse King!
"What is this place? Why are there so many zombies!?"
The warning in his heart was like a siren. If he was dragged into it, even if he had ten lives, it would not be enough!
Li Qingshan immediately reverted to his original form. His body tensed up, and he pushed outwards with his arms. Tremors of the Ox Demon! The faint blue Spirit Turtle's Profound Shell swelled up as well, pushing away the five fingers of the withered hand.
Bang!
The pool of blood exploded loudly, and Li Qingshan burst out. The phoenix's feathers unfurled gloriously as his scarlet hair drifted about. He landed beside the pool of blood and did not dare to remain for even a moment longer, flying away.
The withered hand followed close behind, reaching over loudly. It brushed past Li Qingshan's back by a hair's breadth.
The phoenix's wings were ripped to pieces, turning into scarlet feathers that drifted through the air.
Li Qingshan lunged forward forcefully, and the warning vanished. He exhaled deeply before feeling a sharp pain on his back.
His back seemed like it had been plowed through. His flesh was exposed, and he had gained three bone-deep wounds. Even if he had been struck three times with a horse-slaying blade, it would not have been so horrific.
His exposed flesh became a dark green, rapidly spreading. He had been poisoned.
The hand swiped wildly in the surroundings. The tough rock was crushed like mud, but it was unable to extend too far.
"You've been poisoned. You don't have long to live!"
A dry, hoarse voice boomed out, echoing through the underground palace.
"What are you?"
Li Qingshan waved his hand, and the drifting feathers turned into specks of fire, returning to his back. His flesh contaminated by the corpse poison also turned into fire. When the fire was extinguished, his wounds had already recovered. He was completely unscathed.
There was no reply. The withered hand pulled back, as if it had realised it could not do anything to Li Qingshan.
Li Qingshan glanced at Ma Chaoqun. He considered whether he could kill this bastard instantly under the interference of the withered hand and take back the crystal coffin.
The pool of blood surged and spun rapidly, forming a great whirlpool. The water level began to plummet, as if someone had opened the stopper.
The crystal coffin sank rapidly, spinning with the whirlpool. Ma Chaoqun lunged over and hugged the crystal coffin tightly.
"Gurgle!" The pool of blood dried up, leaving behind a huge circular hole. The walls of the hole were made of piles of white bones. It extended downwards continuously, leading to an unknown destination.
Suddenly, a strong suction came from the hole, and a strong wind surged over.
This suction was so strong that the underground palace finally could not hold on any longer. It trembled and collapsed. A huge boulder pressed against the hole. The strong wind stopped for a moment, and the boulder quickly disintegrated. However, the hole was like a greedy mouth, devouring everything in a frenzy.
Li Qingshan's figure also began to sway. Not daring to stay any longer, he flew out.
Hwa Seung-zan was waiting at the hole's entrance. When he saw Li Qingshan, he exclaimed in pleasant surprise, "Qingshan!"
Li Qingshan grabbed Hwa Seung-zan and soared into the sky, arriving extremely high in the sky. Just Now, he stopped and looked down.
The sinister Qi that had enveloped Burial Mound Mountain for thousands of years formed a huge whirlpool, gushing in one direction. The scene on Burial Mound Mountain was unprecedentedly clear.
Burial Mound Mountain was collapsing at a visible rate, forming a huge sinkhole. The sinkhole continued to expand, devouring the surrounding soil and rocks.
Li Qingshan asked, "What exactly is this?"
Hwa Seung-zan had a solemn expression. "The Gate of Hungry Ghosts!"
Li Qingshan asked curiously, "What's the Gate of Hungry Ghosts?"
"Have you heard of the six paths of reincarnation?"
"Of course. Could this sinkhole be connected to the Hungry Ghost realm?"
Li Qingshan came to a realization. Each of the six paths of reincarnation was boundlessly vast. Compared to them, the world of the nine provinces was truly insignificant. The scene he saw Just Now was the scene in the Hungry Ghost realm. However, in the Hungry Ghost realm, this was probably just a small scene.
"That's right. I've already sent a message back. We have to seal the door quickly, or else we'll be in big trouble."
"Yeah!"
Li Qingshan expressed his agreement. Let alone everything else, just the situation he saw Just Now was a Corpse King, a group of Corpse Commanders, and a pile of Corpse Generals. Let alone the measly Clear River prefecture and the Ruyi commandery, even the entire Green province would be thrown into a mess.
"But how do we seal it? I'm not going there! "If he was accidentally sucked into the Hungry Ghost realm, he would be done for.
Hwa Seung-zan laid out his hands. "I don't know either. We can only wait for the other fellows to come before we discuss it. This probably isn't something Foundation Establishment cultivators can achieve."
Li Qingshan said, "That Ma Chaoqun is a mere Qi Practitioner, yet he's actually managed to cause such a great disturbance!"
Hwa Seung-zan shook his head. "It's not just Ma Chaoqun. Burial Mound mountain has always been a place where yin qi gathers to nurture corpses. Over the past few years of war, the corpses that have been transported here probably number in the tens of millions. Burial Mound mountain has already become a living Hungry Ghost realm. The boundary between the Hungry Ghost realm and the Hungry Ghost realm has become extremely thin. We only focused on fighting the daemons, but we neglected this. "
"Ma Chaoqun worked with the powerful corpse ghosts of the Hungry Ghost realm to attack from both inside and outside, which was why he managed to open the Gate of Hungry Ghosts."
"Then let's hide a little further away!"
Li Qingshan said. Even if the Corpse King was stuck due to its size, unable to crawl out of the hole, there were still so many Corpse Generals and Corpse Commanders. If they surged out together, he would be swallowed by the sea of corpses no matter how powerful he was. He would be exhausted to death. However, if Little Ann were here, he would definitely be able to use the Samādhi Flames of White Bone with great ease.
"Don't worry. Opening the Gate of Hungry Ghosts isn't that easy. The more powerful they are, the more difficult it is to pass through. Right now, it's equivalent to opening a crack in the door. Probably even Corpse Generals won't be able to squeeze through. However, it'll be hard to say once time passes. "
With that, the final strand of yin qi was sucked into the pit. The pit stopped changing, and the surroundings cleared up.
Boom! Like a volcano eruption, a pillar of black gas erupted violently, connecting the sky and the earth. The ground trembled, and the sun and moon dimmed.
What erupted with it were thousands of corpses. Corpse Soldiers were thrown into the air one by one, scattering on the ground. Some climbed back up, while others had their bones broken and were immobilized. They were immediately swallowed up by the other Corpse Soldiers.
Li Qingshan could not help but become dumbfounded. He had never seen or heard of such a sight before. It was like … like a colossal "zombie fountain"!
The Corpse Soldiers were like droplets of water, rolling across the ground.
"Stop them. It'll be bad if these Corpse Soldiers spread out."
Hwa Seung-zan said in a hurry. These Corpse Soldiers were not particularly powerful to them, but to mortals, they were basically undefeatable monsters.
A fireball descended from above, constantly expanding in the air and smashing into the sea of corpses loudly. It burned a thousand Corpse Soldiers to ashes, and the shockwave spread out in all directions, sending countless Corpse Soldiers flying. It cleared out a huge circle in the sea of corpses.
However, it filled up in the blink of an eye.
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