Chapter 286 Double Soul(1/2)
"Muzi's remaining consciousness is just a small hidden danger to me, not a big threat. I will choose to be safe, but it does not mean that I cannot use force." Pluto said lightly: "I can give you more time for you to think about it. But remember, when I arrive at the Nether Palace, you must make your choice."
The Palace of the Underworld is the palace hidden deepest in this forest. The Lord can feel that there is his former memory and hidden power. Since he dominated, he discovered that there are secrets in the consciousness that he found. If he wants to completely recover and to restore to his heyday, he must obtain everything in the Palace of the Underworld. But before that, he will have to kill more. He will let the bloodthirsty intention completely swallow the consciousness hidden in Muzi in his body. Only then can he become the only master of this body and be qualified to accept everything about the identity of the Lord.
"Of course, you can choose to escape." He continued to move deep into the forest, but not straight towards the Nether Palace, but looking for the next place for the monster tribe: "But without Muzi's life and death coffin, even if you let you walk out of this Hell Island, can you cross the Styx River? Hehehehehe..."
Grey's face looked extremely ugly. He knew that in terms of Muzi, what Pluto said was not false, and the efforts he made were almost in vain. As for himself, it was impossible to escape. Purit was right. Without Muzi's life and death coffin and trapped in the depths of the Styx River, he really couldn't go anywhere, and he could not escape. As long as Purit didn't step into his Nether Palace for a day to receive the memories and inheritance of the past, it means that Muzi's consciousness has not completely disappeared, and as long as Muzi still has a breath, it means that hope has not been completely cut off.
Muzi's remaining consciousness is likely to be observing the outside world. If he sees Grey giving up, it will be the last straw that crushes the camel, which will undoubtedly make Muzi fall into complete despair and will hardly have the chance to turn over.
Seeing the figure ahead soon disappearing into the woods, Glee took a deep breath and then quickly followed.
There is a slim hope, but as long as it exists, you can still see the dullness in this darkness.
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The Jiuli warship can indeed resist the corrosion and invasion of the Nether Water, which is mostly due to a special material such as Jiuli Yin Wood, but it is just that the hull is not rotten or damaged. If you want to fight against the endless resentment and fatal Nether breath in the Styx, you still have to rely on individual strength.
Lao Wang no longer knew how long he had been walking in the Styx.
The darkness around the River Styx is endless, and there is no light all day long. There is a heavy mist. The eyes cannot see objects, and the magnetic field is extremely chaotic. It is impossible to distinguish the direction and its own position.
Lao Wang's only way is to constantly use bronze mirrors to lock the coordinates of Grey and Muzi, so as to identify the location of Hell Island and correct his direction.
Every time you use the bronze mirror, you will consume most of your spiritual power. Then you will slowly recover with the Yuan Pill. After the recovery is complete, you will use the second time to correct your route. In this way, Lao Wang has used the bronze mirror at least thirty times. It takes about four hours of the earth to recover each time. He has been moving forward in the Styx River for more than five days.
This time was a bit beyond Lao Wang's estimate. It was estimated that the distance between Hell Island and the Styx City was probably estimated. It would take only two or three days to activate the Jiuli warship with all his strength. However, the deeper he went to the Styx, the greater the pressure around him, and the more "thick and solemn" the sea water became. It was not easy to maintain a normal sailing speed with all his strength. It was just a luxury to imagine that he could easily break through the waves when he was on the beach before.
Moreover, the deeper you head to the Styx, the darkness around you became stronger and stronger. I thought that with my own strength, at least there was no difficulty in sailing on the Styx, but when he really got closer to the depths of the Styx... the sea water here is no longer as rotten and full of bloody smell as the ordinary Styx water, but instead it feels more and more "pure". Even the extremely shrill sound of ghost crying and wolf howling has disappeared, replaced by a kind of empty and dead silence, just like all the sounds on the sea disappeared, and even the sound of sea water can no longer be heard. There is nothing but emptiness and silence around it, as if you are the only one left in the whole world.
There is no odor or resentment, but this is just another extreme purity. Lao Wang can clearly feel that the evil and the power of the Netherworld in the Styx River have been concentrated to an unimaginable peak limit, so that people can no longer feel anything else, just like they are in endless darkness and fallen for ten thousand years, have long forgotten the brightness and color of the sun, and have long lost the ability to distinguish all evil, which has caused this chilling illusion.
As strong as Old Wang, he began to feel a little suffocated in front of this terrifying Mingxu. This is just the oppression of the power brought by the powerful Mingxu. What is even more terrifying is the environment. There is an environment that seems to be in an endless evil but empty. It feels like when he is in a boundless dark hell, he is staring at you without blinking by countless pairs of resentment and dark eyes around him. They do not make any sound, nor do they make any other interference to you, but just look at you quietly, as if waiting for you to become one of them...
This is Lao Wang. His mind and soul are extraordinary. Although he feels a chilling feeling of his back, he can still firmly stick to his original heart and not be confused.
More than five hours have passed since the last exploration. The recovery speed of spiritual power has slowed down significantly as it goes deeper. However, during the last exploration, we could see that the distance between each other was very close. Lao Wang was planning to open the bronze mirror again to confirm the coordinates of Muzi and Grey, but he saw that on the originally dark and empty sea level, a strange ape-colored dark light suddenly shone in the sky.
That's...Hell Island!
After floating on the Styx River for several days, Lao Wang's long-term exhausted spirit was also boosted.
It was said to be an island, but when I got closer, I realized that it was not as big as an island, but more like a continent.
From Lao Wang to see the strange scarlet light from afar, it took him three or four hours to finally get close. The closer he is to Hell Island, the scarlet light becomes more and more obvious. The red light covering the clouds and the sun spreads the entire sky, but it is still dull. It is not until he finds that the red reflected in the sky is the color of the soil of this continent.
Finally arrived!
"Um?"
As soon as I arrived at the shore, a strong smell of blood and rotten smell had already come along the sea breeze.
Wang Chong looked up and saw that on this wide scarlet beach, there were broken corpses everywhere, mostly of monsters, and various lower creatures from hell in legend, such as hellhounds, blood bats, ghost kisses orchids, bone demons, corpse demons, etc., but they were all killed. The broken limbs and hands were scattered all over the ground. Looking around, there were a huge area of beaches, I was afraid that there were as many as thousands. The extremely strong dark breath here had a strong corrosive effect on the corpses, but judging from the degree of decay of these corpses, they should have died in the past few days.
While collecting Jiuli warships, he spread his spiritual senses around the coast to investigate first.
One mile, five mile, ten miles... The more the spiritual consciousness spreads, the more Wang Chong's heart sinks.
In the world of Misobudab, Lao Wang had seen hundreds of thousands of corpses and blood, but he had never felt the palpitations at this moment.
I saw that within ten miles of the shore, all the bloody corpses could be covered by spiritual consciousness!
Five thousand? Ten thousand? How many times did this kill? The Hell Island, which was originally a prosperous group of strange races, was full of dead bodies at this time, and scarlet blood had long solidified in the soil. The endless resentment was covered and absorbed by the dark breath. The entire island was so quiet that it was not even a bird.
Although the strength of these aliens is unknown, they are probably at least comparable to that of the real alchemy realm of cultivators, but they are killed so easily. Apart from the Pluto who controls Muzi's body, Lao Wang really can't think of anyone else to do it. The killing power is much more terrifying than when Pluto was killed in the underground world earlier when he heard about Pluto's blood-washing of the Nine Yin Sect.
It seems that Pluto's strength is constantly improving. Perhaps Hell Island is a factor in his territory, but more often, Lao Wang feels that it is probably related to the extent that Muzi is controlled by him.
Wang Zhongxin turned the lightning and drifted on the Styx these days, and had already imagined all possible situations on the island.
Judging from this situation, Muzi's soul should not have been completely destroyed, otherwise Grey would not have been still with Pluto. Such bloody killing is probably part of Pluto's preparation for taking over the body. He should have wanted to use the murderous intent and the resentment of these creatures to wipe out Muzi's last consciousness.
There should be a chance, but it's time to go!
Wang Chong did not use the bronze mirror to explore the location of Muzi and Gree. He could have confirmed that the person who forcibly interrupted his contact with Gree and others several times was undoubtedly Pluto. The other party had already been alert and guarded against this. If he used the bronze mirror, he could only expose his position in vain.
Fortunately, the countless dead bodies on the ground are the best street lights.
Lao Wang's divine sensation continued to spread, and his figure had already gone along the blood of killing.
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Rumble...
A giant Zhu Yan beast with one-eyed eyes and carrying a giant stick fell down with a bang. Its head as big as a round table had been easily twisted off, and its huge one-eyed eyes were wide open, full of fear and reluctance.
With a casual move by Pluto, a gray, soul-like mist object was pulled away from the one-eyed Zhu Yan's body and sucked into Pluto's body.
He opened his arms comfortably, closed his eyes and enjoyed the process of fusion or devouring with the mist, and then slowly opened his eyes after a few seconds.
"What a delicious soul." His voice was filled with joy: "It's even more unique to devour human bodies. Compared to devouring those dirty souls in the rotten stinky River, I feel like I am now in heaven."
"You should go to hell." Grey said coldly. He could feel that the power of Pluto has increased a little more. This is the norm after he devours powerful souls. Zhu Yan's strength is actually quite terrifying. He is no longer under the golden elixirs of the major sects in the underground world, but in front of Pluto, there is still no power of resistance.
Grey didn't care about Zhu Yan's life or death, but he knew that the stronger Pluto, the weaker Mu Zi would be.
"Hahahahaha! You seem to have forgotten, I am hell." The King of Hades laughed. From the position he was standing, he could already see that the Palace of the Palace was less than five miles ahead.
"I said that when you come to the Palace of the Underworld, it is the time for you to make a decision." The Holy One smiled and turned around: "Gray, it's time to say your choice. Should you surrender or choose to die?"
Glee stood still.
I thought there was still a little time, but Pluto's advancement speed on this Hell Island was faster than he imagined. They had been around Hell Island for more than ten times and rushed in one by one. Now, Hell Island is probably hard to find a few living creatures. Pluto's blood sacrifice has been completed. Last time, he only killed dozens of people in Longtou Beach, and the power of Pluto's bursting made Mu Zi difficult to control it again. But this time... the battle of the Nine Yin Sect, coupled with the hundreds of thousands of killings and blood, Pluto's power has been continuously strengthened, and he finally decided to enter the Nether Palace. Grey knew that Mu Zi was probably really completely dissipated this time.
It's so sad that the little bald man who loves to laugh actually left quietly like this...
"I want to ask you a question before I answer." Grey said calmly: "This is also the question Muzi asked me to ask."
"Oh? The little guy has a last wish?" The Big King laughed: "I'm a little in love with Muzi's voice."
"What are you going to do after you have completely controlled this body?"
"You are a smart person, even if I don't say it, you should be able to guess." Pluto laughed, not hiding his naked bloodthirsty murderous intent: "I control death, and all living creatures stand opposite me. Besides, I just disappeared for a while, but even the underground world has lost its awe of me. I feel it is necessary to give them an unforgettable punishment, just like the current Hell Island, only these fearful souls are the best gift to me to reach the peak again!"
"Sure enough..." Grey sighed. This was why he and Muzi would never dare to compromise with Pluto.
Finally, it was still here. Although Grey had guessed such a result as early as when he stepped on Hell Island, he still couldn't help but sigh until this moment came.
"Since we came to the underground world, Muzi and I have been fighting side by side for a long time. We are as close as brothers... Originally, this should be a battle between me and Muzi." Grey's eyes were surprisingly calm, and there was no anxious waiting in his eyes these days. It seemed that he had figured it out and let go of everything: "But unexpectedly, I was the only one left in the last warrior, and even Muzi could not see the last side."
"From your tone, you don't seem to have any intention of surrendering." Pluto smiled slightly: "You earthlings are indeed very individual creatures, they are very brave and never know how to respect the strong, even if they die."
"You are wrong. We respect any strong man, but we don't have the habit of being a slave, and we won't sell our souls to the demons." Grey's voice gradually turned colder, with less emotion, his eyes becoming more and more firm, and suddenly a shiny burst out: "What's more, you are too confident, but you don't know that I'm the only one who dies!"
As Grey said, his palm spread out, and a rune array that had long been engraved in his palm suddenly shone!
It was a gray rune array. As the rune array in his hand shone, the same gray rune array shone on the chest of the opposite Pluto, as well as the life and death coffin behind him. The three gray rune arrays were connected into a line at the moment when they shine, as if an invisible bond connecting each other.
Pluto's brows stood up slightly.
Grey felt that his whole body was suddenly stopped by an invisible force, and he couldn't even move his finger, but he didn't care at all. He just stared at Pluto opposite him nervously.
This was quietly arranged by Muzi when he was awake. It originated from a sacrificial art in the coffin of life and death. He dedicated the body and soul of the rune array engraved on it to the coffin of life and death, and to the kingdom of the deceased.
Although Muzi has never exerted the true power of the Life and Death Coffin, he also knows that the magic of this thing is by no means a level that the earth's golden elixir can compete with. Borrowing the power of the Life and Death Coffin, this is the only way Muzi and Grey can think of to balance Pluto. The three rune arrays belong to the same unit. Any one is activated, and the other two will naturally be activated. The engraved on Grey is to activate the sacrifice rune when Muzi can no longer control his body.
This is the last and strongest method for the two, but also a means of death. Once the sacrifice is activated, it cannot be stopped. Whether it is Muzi, who is the subject or Grey, who is the initiator, they will inevitably be completely devoured from the body to the soul of the life and death coffin. But even if you pay like this, you will have no absolute certainty whether Muzi or Grey can subdue Pluto in the end. Only in actual combat can you know the result.
"You and that little guy actually have such a method, why are you using it now?" The Big King seemed to have tried to break free, but he actually failed, but he didn't seem to panic. Grey had been observing him. The Big King obviously couldn't move even a finger, and the two were standing against each other, but the roulette of life and death had already been activated! Not only the two were unable to move, but all the dark breath in the surrounding space had disappeared, the surroundings were quiet and empty, and the scene was extremely strange.
It's done!
No one wanted to die, and Grey didn't want to, and he didn't want to directly cut off Muzi's chance to struggle. So at this last moment, as for asking about the future of the earth, it was just a little delay in preparation. Grey and Muzi both knew Pluto too much. Once Muzi's soul completely dissipated, he would not keep his promise.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Seeing Pluto's embarrassment, Grey's eyes burst into flames, and his confidence had doubled. Although his body could not move, he could use his spiritual power to accelerate the activation of the sacrifice rune. At this time, he shouted sternly: "Today is your death!"
The sacrifice rune opened faster under his urging. The life and death coffin behind Pluto was soon opened in a gap, and a powerful suction force suddenly came out of the life and death coffin.
The three were connected, and Grey only felt that the power in his body was passing rapidly. The originally round skin on his body was drying down at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if even his whole body was being frantically extracted by the Life and Death Coffin. The Pluto on the opposite side was obviously not much better. His body was wrapped in endless Nether breath, which was much stronger than Grey. It was not hindered for a while, but there were constant gray and black souls being pulled out of him by the Life and Death Coffin and swallowed in...
Grey was overjoyed. The sacrifice runes that came with the life and death coffin seemed to be stronger than he and Muzi's original estimate.
The originally uneasy heart finally let go. It seems that the life and death coffin can indeed subdue the Pluto. This magic weapon is too outrageous. Its grade is probably still above Muzi's original guess. Unfortunately, it is destined to fall into this hell island today and it will be dusty. I don't know how many epochs it will take before someone can discover it.
The gap between the life and death coffin became wider and wider, and the devouring power on flesh and blood was getting stronger and stronger. In just three or five seconds, Grey felt that his mental and will began to become blurred and weakened by the life and death coffin.
"You killed Muzi, and Muzi also killed you!"
Before he could finish his remnant thoughts, he suddenly felt that the sacrifice runes in his palm were becoming dim and disappeared rapidly, as if someone had used an invisible wipe to "wipe" it off his hand.
It's Pluto!
Grey was frightened to find that although Pluto's body could not move, the dark breath he could control was too strong. A cluster of gray dark energy condensed and transformed into a small hand. Under Pluto's control, he kept wiping his palms with his underworld power over and over again. The light of the sacrifice rune was also dimming rapidly under the cover of the dark breath.
"Just just tease you." The laughter of Pluto sounded in his ears: "A child's trick, a dead thing actually wants to deal with greatness as great as me."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the sacrifice runes in Grey's hand, including those in Pluto's chest, had completely disappeared! Then, with a "bang", the opened life and death coffin closed, and the devouring power from the life and death coffin disappeared immediately.
Grey's pupils suddenly contracted. His body had been sucked by the life and death coffin for a round, and he was quite weak and old. At this time, he was even more desperate. His body became soft and he collapsed on the ground.
He knew that he would die. If he could drag Pluto away with him, it would not only avenge Muzi and himself, but also save the earth from a disaster. He was not worried that Pluto would take the initiative to find him to go to the earth. After all, the earth is not prominent, and Pluto would not be able to go there specifically, but he would kill in the underground world with Muzi's identity... This account, whether it is the Star Covenant or the powerful civilizations that have suffered in the underground world, will inevitably be counted on the head of the earth, which is definitely a disaster.
But unexpectedly, after taking Muzi and himself, he could not even hurt a hair from Pluto. The powerful thing in this world is ultimately power.
"I originally gave you a chance to choose, but you don't know how rare such an opportunity is, and you don't know how to cherish it." The King sighed and shook his head, but in fact he was in a good mood. Because he could feel the freedom when Muzi's will completely dissipate: "It's time to send you on the way."
To be continued...