A tall platform rose from the middle of the boundless pool of blood.
Gu Qing Shan felt the power of teleportation. A second later, he found himself standing on top of the platform.
At this point, there were already a few dead with powerful auras on the platform.
They each took a spot, glancing at each other without hiding it, ready to fight.
Gu Qing Shan also found a secluded spot to silently wait.
Lines of crimson text quickly appeared in the air:
[The Devil King contest has begun]
[You've entered the selection battle for the Flaying Hell]
[Attention: This time, the Devil King Warden Rod will host the entire selection battle, so the rules will be different from last time]
Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.
The original world he was in was just a fragment of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
But the current Devil King contest is the entire 18 layers of hell of the Samsara!
There's no way to compare.
Which means …
He looked around.
The dead all gave off powerful auras that weren't any weaker than a normal Unfathomable realm cultivator.
Every dead was eager to try.
If I become the Devil King, I'll be able to command the entire 18 layers of hell.
What a powerful force!
While Gu Qing Shan was thinking, he felt a bit itchy on his shoulder.
Itchy?
I'm an Unfathomable realm cultivator, and my main body is the Magic Dragon, why would I suddenly feel itchy?
Gu Qing Shan was also a bit surprised. Scanning with his inner sight, he found a small bone insect sitting on his shoulder, giving off a faint aura.
— — -the skeleton woman's aura.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit and understood.
On the Grand Tie Wei Mountain, the skeleton woman pushed me, so I came to the Flaying Hell.
Could it be …
This White Bone Worm had followed him here at that time?
What is the skeleton woman trying to say?
Gu Qing Shan silently took the bone insect off his shoulder and held it in his hand.
The insect sent his inner sight to him:
"In the past, many powerful immortals, ghosts, divine beasts, evil ghosts, and Asuras were slumbering in hell. Although you have many tricks up your sleeve, you might not be able to ascend to the throne of the Ghost King in the shortest time possible."
"Let me help you, we'll work together to become the Devil King before I'm killed, only then will we be able to save everyone and leave Huang Quan"
"I know you have a lot of questions, but first we have to survive, and then I will tell you the truth."
"I'll defend from the outside while you fight for the Spirit King on the inside —"
"You have to succeed quickly!"
After the White Bone Worm finished its message, it turned into a Bone Ring and put it on his finger.
Gu Qing Shan's heart jumped.
What does that mean?
Could it be that the Skeleton Lady had already foreseen the outcome of the war?
So the two times she faked her death just now was to confuse the enemy, so that when she really couldn't fight back, she could make the enemy hesitate and buy more time?
It seemed that … that should be the case.
Gu Qing Shan quickly confirmed his guess. His heart couldn't help but sink.
No wonder she wanted to test his identity …
Gu Qing Shan clenched her fist tightly.
No matter what, the Skeleton Lady has always been on Shifu's side.
Then, she's my natural ally.
Not to mention, if such a powerful entity wanted to run away, who could possibly stop her?
Most likely, she wanted to buy more time for me to save more living beings of Huang Quan.
That's right, that should be the case.
Otherwise, she could've just run away!
Oong — —
A resounding sound echoed across the entire Hell of Flaying, cutting off Gu Qing Shan's thoughts.
Everyone's expression changed, feeling a vague sensation of some sort of consciousness descending upon them.
Gu Qing Shan glanced down to see the Bone Ring on her finger giving off a faint fluctuation.
Lines of red text appeared from the void of space:
[The Hell of Flaying's competition has begun]
[This time's Candidate selection rules — — -]
[Due to the Merit support of both the God Lord of Huang Quan and the Huang Quan Pillar God, you will be the first to comprehend the rules, and a few conditions may be added]
[Please check the rules immediately!]
The text flipped and turned into a new line of text:
[Winning rule of the Hell of Flaying: Become the only person standing on the platform (additional conditions may be added)]
Gu Qing Shan glanced at it and silently shook her head.
These conditions — — -
There's no need to make any changes.
"To save time, let's begin"
He communicated with the Bone Ring through his mind.
The Bone Ring slightly moved. The Skeleton Lady's voice came from afar, mixed with the intense sound of battle:
"None of these people are weak, do you really want to fight them? That will take too much time! "
"No need, I'll be quick" Gu Qing Shan replied with her inner sight.
"Got it!"
The Skeleton Lady answered and said nothing else.
A second later, everyone on the platform had a look of realization on their faces.
"To become the only person standing on the platform …" someone muttered in a low voice.
Almost in an instant, everyone began to fight!
Without hesitation, they unleashed their killer moves to knock the others off the platform.
Gu Qing Shan had already finished her incantation and shouted: "Come out!"
Clatter clatter clatter!
A dense crowd of dead appeared on the high platform, almost filling all the seats in an instant.
In just a few moments — — -
Even if they were hit by weapons, spells, fists, or even directly sent back to sleep in the River of Death, these dead people still charged at each candidate without hesitation.
The dead came from the River of Death, not the seven kings of the Kingdom of Death, so they might be a bit weaker than the candidates of the Hell of Flaying — — -
But there were more of them.
Almost immediately, the entire platform was filled with people.
As soon as a group of dead were knocked away, another group would immediately appear. Their numbers were practically endless, causing the candidates to be overwhelmed.
Not to mention, the dead's job wasn't to defeat their opponents.
They recklessly charged forward, hugging their feet, grabbing their hands, locking their waists, twisting their heads, twisting their heads. Almost every candidate was caught by a large group of dead people.
Once they locked onto their target, the dead people immediately moved and jumped off the platform, shouting: "— – for the glory of the God of Death!"
In just a few breaths' worth of time, all the candidates had been pulled off the platform!
Only the place where Gu Qing Shan stood was left with a bit of space by the dead people.
He stood there, casually watching the show.
There was a particularly majestic wraith, although it was being held tightly, it seemed to have some sort of powerful ability that allowed it to fall into a stalemate with over a dozen dead people.
It was now that Gu Qing Shan stepped forward and personally kicked the wraith from behind, sending it flying off the platform.
Finally.
There was only one person left on the platform.
Gu Qing Shan.
"Alright, let's call it a day and go back to sleep"
Gu Qing Shan called out.
All the dead people disappeared without a trace.
— — -they came out for a bit, then returned to sleep in the River of Death.
Gu Qing Shan stood on the platform for a while.
An unconvinced voice resounded from outside the platform:
"Since time immemorial, summoners have been cut off from the outside world of hell for too long, the spirits they summon are already long gone, why can you still summon them?"
Gu Qing Shan turned around to see that it was the wraith.
"My subordinates and I are both newcomers" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Newcomers?" the wraith was confused.
Another candidate immediately shouted: "No, I'm not convinced, this is clearly a battle between candidates, why did they summon so many helpers!"
"That's right, so many people came at once, and just now, a Great Mage bit my hand, they don't even care about their face, only wanting to pull me off the platform"
"Someone pulled me off … that's too undignified of hell"
"This isn't a battle between two Combatants!"
"So what if it's a sea of people!"
"Protest!"
The other candidates also began to protest.
From the void of space, a strange fluctuation appeared.
Everyone received an ownerless consciousness from the Devil King Warden Rod:
[Matters of hell, Hell Execution]
[Let the Deity of hell represent the scepter to make a judgement on this matter]
[Invite the Death God of hell!]
All the candidates looked excited and waited for a while in the same place.
Gu Qing Shan looked at them, a bit reluctant to interrupt their beautiful dream, but remembering that time was of the essence, he cleared his throat.
"I declare that everything is fair and reasonable" he declared.
Receiving this declaration, the invisible fluctuation from the Devil King Warden Rod left the Hell of Flaying.
Everyone was surprised and instinctively looked at Gu Qing Shan.
Seems like — —
Something's not right.
"You — — are a Pillar Deity of hell?" the wraith stuttered.
"That's right, I'll invite you to the River of Death for a holiday next time — — if you're willing to work for me"
As soon as Gu Qing Shan said so, he was taken away by a spatial fluctuation.
He had broken through from the Blood River Hell.
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