Chapter 4: The Undead Blood Oath
Dark winds howl, all around is a dull gloom, black air flows slowly, like countless ghosts crying, looking eerie and mysterious. There is no clear distinction between black and white, the entire ghost domain looks dark and gloomy, appearing dim and cold.
When Yun Feng opened his eyes, he saw the gaze of five people fixed on him, which made him feel a bit uncomfortable for a while. Turning over and getting up, Yun Feng chuckled and said with a slightly red face: "Everyone is looking at me like this, I'm embarrassed."
Lu Yun laughed and scolded: "No time to joke with you, quickly say what's the result, can we recover our strength here?"
Yun Feng looked at everyone and saw that they were all very concerned about this matter, so he didn't joke around anymore. His face slightly sank as he said: "It's possible, but it's extremely slow. Compared to our Xiuzhen realm, the speed is probably half as fast, which is quite troublesome." After finishing his sentence, he looked at everyone and found that they all had serious expressions, not looking very good.
Ziyang Zhenren looked at Lu Yun and said, "Now it's like this, I'm afraid it's quite unfavorable to us. The road ahead will be very difficult, how can we complete the task?"
Lu Yun looked at everyone and said in a low voice, "Being able to recover one's true yuan is already not bad. Although it takes a little longer, at least there is still hope. This is the Ghost Domain, different from the human world. Such a region is naturally beneficial to ghostly creatures, otherwise how can it be called the Ghost Domain? Let's go now, as for what happens later, we'll talk about it later. Departure, heading due south!" After finishing speaking, he glanced at Ao Xue and Cang Yue with a hint of disdain, and then, with a whooshing sound, his body flew rapidly towards the south, accompanied by the sword.
A shrill whistle pierced the air, six swords of different colors, with dazzling light, flew rapidly southward in the dark sky. Flying in mid-air, Lu Yun carefully observed the surroundings below. The ground was desolate and barren, with only a few blue stones emitting an eerie glow. Everything here seemed like a desert under the black night, devoid of any signs of life or warmth. The air was cold and filled with the scent of death.
In mid-air, Yun Feng occasionally chatted with Xu Jie, his expression seemed a bit strange. Others noticed the situation and didn't interrupt them. Zi Yang True Person glanced at Lu Yun, his gaze lingered on Ao Xue and Cang Yue for a moment, and he also sensed that there was some kind of relationship between the three of them. However, it wasn't clear yet, so no one mentioned it. Looking around, a very weak light suddenly flashed in Zi Yang True Person's eyes, which made his heart tremble slightly, and he carefully searched.
His gaze stayed on a dark, eerie boulder, Zi Yang Zhen Ren spoke up, "Lu Yun, take a look, is there a hint of radiance flashing over that rock? I seemed to have seen it just now, but it's gone now."
Lu Yun heard this and followed Zi Yang Zhen Ren's gesture with his eyes, quietly gazing at the strange rock. The strange rock was not large, about one zhang in size, with a very irregular shape, looking like a headless body, its entire body black, faintly shining with a dark, dim light. Lu Yun looked at this strange rock, and his heart slightly fluctuated, as if there was something that he wanted to say but couldn't quite bring out, leaving him unable to grasp the feeling for a moment.
He glanced at the five people around him, and Lu Yun's eyes were a bit strange as he said: "Yun Feng, you have a good way with beheading demons and capturing ghosts. Take a closer look, is there something hidden on that strange stone that we can't see? I always feel like it's hiding something."
Yun Feng heard the words, glanced at the strange stone, nodded and said: "Good, I'll go take a look." As soon as he finished speaking, his whole person had already appeared beside the strange stone. Yun Feng's eyes were flashing with green and red light at this time, looking somewhat mysterious. After quietly circling around the strange stone for a while, only to see Yun Feng lightly shouting: "Yin Yang Fa Yan, Wan Wu Xian Xing!"
In an instant, Yun Feng's whole body was radiant with a brilliant light, and his eyes were shining with two bright red lights. In the next moment, they turned into two rays of light that shot onto the strange rock. A soft sound echoed through the air as a layer of dark stone powder fell off the surface of the strange rock, revealing a blood-red glow underneath. On the side, Lu Yun, Ao Xue, Cang Yue, Xu Jie, and Zi Yang were all carefully watching Yun Feng cast his spell, wondering if there was some secret hidden on this strange rock.
Suddenly, Lu Yun's body shook slightly, and a sense of unease rose up in his heart. This feeling came on very strongly, instantly shocking Lu Yun's mind. His gaze shifted, and Lu Yun was rapidly considering what could be happening. Unintentionally glancing at Yun Feng, Lu Yun suddenly understood something, and loudly shouted: "Yun Feng, stop quickly, can't continue to cast!" The sudden loud cry made Ao Xue, Cang Yue, and the others look at Lu Yun in confusion.
At this moment, a dark red mist of blood suddenly spread around, with the strange stone as the center, emitting a bloody aura that was extremely frightening. A cry of surprise, Yun Feng's whole person was blown away three feet without any defense, and retreated several steps before stabilizing his body. On his pale face, Yun Feng's eyes revealed a shocked expression, and he cried out: "Everyone be careful, quickly dodge, it's Blood Evil!"
Lu Yun's true yuan suddenly rose to the eighth layer, and his hands quickly manipulated the Ruyi Sword on his head, unleashing a hasty strike. A red glow burst forth, two blood-red energies with vastly different auras collided between Lu Yun and Xue Lie, resulting in a massive explosion. The intense destructive force instantly sent Ao Yue, Cang Yue, and others flying back several meters.
Lu Yun's body retreated one zhang in the aftershock, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes. Looking at the sudden change that occurred before his eyes, Lu Yun was almost unbelievable. At this time, the entire dark strange stone had completely changed its shape, and the dark stone layer on its surface had all turned into dust, revealing the blood-red sharp body inside. Only to see that the blood evil in Yun Feng's mouth was about the same size as a normal person, slightly thicker. The four limbs were complete, with only one head missing. The entire body was composed of a layer of bloody light, looking extremely bloody and not like human flesh.
Only to see that bloody hands rose, as if shouting to the sky and earth, with a very strange shape. A burst of piercing explosion sounded around, only to hear that bloody laughter: "For a thousand years, haha, today finally someone broke the seal outside my body, haha, from now on no one can hold me back. Ghost King Ghost Commander, you wait, I will clean up yours, haha, I want the entire ghost domain under my feet, ruled by me. Now, I first thank these people who helped me a lot, hehe, it's been a long time since I've had blood, that taste is really great." As soon as the words fell, both hands fell, and the body faced Lu Yun and the other six people.
Everyone be careful, this thing is the most evil of the ghost domain legend. It's said that no one can kill it, at most only seal it away. Its body and soul are both extremely strange, impossible to destroy. This thing is said to be even more troublesome than the Ghost King, who would have thought we'd run into it? If we hadn't been so curious earlier, everything would have passed and we wouldn't have encountered this ghostly thing.
"Ao Xue asked, 'Cloud Maple, can't we eliminate it with the divine swords in our hands and Cang Yue's?' Cloud Maple slightly shook his head and said, 'I'm afraid that won't work. Although what I said earlier was just a rumor, listening to its words, you should also understand. It itself said it has been trapped for a thousand years, obviously even the Ghost King of the Ghost Domain couldn't deal with it, or else it would have been destroyed long ago.'"
"Cang Yue's eyes were slightly cold as she said, 'Everyone be careful, it's about to launch an attack. No matter what, we can't just be scared off by some unknown rumors. Let's give it our all and see if it really has an indestructible body.' As soon as she finished speaking, the Xue Yue divine sword appeared, filling the sky with countless sword shadows and a sea of colorful lights that formed a yellow star cloud, which instantly descended upon the blood-red aura."
The gloomy ghost laughed a few times, and the blood-curdling divine sword of Cang Yue had no reaction at all. When the yellow sword tip approached, the blood-curdling only crossed its hands in front of its body, and instantly a diagonal cross-shaped light appeared silently in front of it. The dazzling bloody light and the powerful yellow sword tip met in mid-air, producing a deafening crash, like muffled thunder, shaking the ground so much that it trembled. The scattered powerful airflow forced Lu Yun and others to retreat several steps before stopping their figures.
Snowy saw the moon come out, lightly shouted, purple shadow sword sandwiched strong purple light, like a purple dragon soaring in the sky, in the blink of an eye appeared above the bloody Lian, with devouring all the power, chopped down. On the side, Purple Yang Zhenren, Yun Feng, Xu Jie three people also simultaneously launched an attack, from other three directions full force attacked Bloody Lian.
Lu Yun stood quietly on the spot, with a faint five-colored glow flickering in his eyes, very subtle. Taking advantage of Ao Xue and others' attack on that Blood Evil, Lu Yun began to use his mind wave to carefully analyze all the auras outside Blood Evil's body. In the field, a fierce battle was happening between the five people and Blood Evil, and Lu Yun had already converted the frequency of his mind wave thirteen times in a row, but the result was always the same, that is, there was a very strange and mysterious power hidden on Blood Evil's body, keeping its strong aura from disappearing. As for what it was, Lu Yun couldn't find out, because whenever his mind wave approached that mysterious power, it would be bounced back or swallowed up, making it impossible to investigate the situation carefully.
In the arena, the five people joined forces and were very powerful, and had already controlled that fierce counterattack within a certain range. However, the five of them also tried to think of ways to eliminate it, but no matter how they attacked, even if they hit its body, they couldn't cause any harm to it. Looking at this headless Bloodlust, the five people all felt very heavy in their hearts, as if it was precisely because it had no head that they couldn't kill it. And every time they looked into its eyes, they seemed to be gazing into something strange and unusual.
Yun Feng's eyes changed color, and he looked at Lu Yun beside him, asking loudly: "Hey, Lu Yun, have you thought of any way? If we continue like this, I'm afraid we'll exhaust ourselves to death before killing this thing."
"Now, the only thing we can try is for you to use your Yin-Yang sword technique. Let Ao Xue and Cang Yue assist with their divine swords and see if we can severely injure it. We need to think of a way to drive it away quickly. Our time is pressing, and trying to shake it off might not be realistic, so we have no choice but to fight."
Yun Feng said, "I was just thinking of going all out, I don't believe this thing is afraid of nothing. If that's the case, how could it have been trapped by those ghostly objects for a thousand years? Now everyone first traps me, and I'll be able to display my skills." Cang Yue said beside him, "You can rest assured and display your skills, although you may not be able to kill it, but temporarily trapping it is still possible."
Yun Feng's body shot up several meters, standing still in mid-air. Only to see his hands spread flat, eyes stern, and a strong aura bursting out from his whole body. Around him, a cyan light burst forth, a dazzling light enveloped Yun Feng in the middle. His hands were clasped together in front of his chest, forming a strange hand seal, Yun Feng's entire person was like a heavenly god, with a brilliant light bursting out from his body. With a loud shout, he chanted: "Heaven and earth, all things, yin and yang, the three realms and five elements, only I command! Yin-yang sword, destroy ghosts and slay immortals! Shatter, split, break, annihilate!"
In an instant, the air around him surged and the entire area of thirty feet was filled with an incredibly powerful force. Lin Yunfeng's body hovered in mid-air, and a burst of light suddenly broke through above his head, revealing a sword that shone with red and green colors, appearing out of thin air above his head. In the blink of an eye, the burst of light disappeared, and the sword exploded into dazzling brilliance, its length stretching to over ten feet as it faced the wind. The sword was covered in countless symbols that shone clearly, scattering downwards from top to bottom with the red and green lights.
Yun Feng wielded the yin-yang sword with all his might, instantly moving it to hover above Xue Lie. In an instant, the two yin-yang swords formed a sealed space, pinning Xue Lie's body in the center. Beside them, Ao Xue and the other three quickly retreated, their eyes fixed on Yun Feng's powerful attack. Just as the yin-yang sword enveloped Xue Lie, a furious roar was heard, and a blood-colored glow flowed around Xue Lie's body, forming a strange protective shield. As soon as this shield came into contact with the red and green light of the yin-yang sword, countless explosions erupted. A powerful gust of air wildly crashed within the sealed space.
In mid-air, countless talismans were printed on the blood-colored gas outside of Blood Evil's body, instantly producing an extremely powerful destructive force that shook the airflow around Blood Evil, causing his blood-colored glow to dim significantly. It seemed that this extraordinary yin-yang magic sword had a certain restraining effect on Blood Evil after all, since he was also a ghostly creature from the Ghost Domain, carrying the aura of a ghostly creature. However, Blood Evil was indeed formidable, and after his glow dimmed for a moment, it suddenly surged back to life, countering Cloud Maple's yin-yang magic sword.
Lu Yun coldly watched the fight, opening his mouth to say: "Proud Snow and Cang Yue, join your swords together, unleash a Thunderclap Strike. The rest of the matters will be handled by me. Today we'll see if this indestructible Blood Evil is really that formidable. Since we've come to the Ghost Domain, let's kill ghosts and gods alike."
At this moment, Lu Yun's body suddenly showed a strong and overbearing aura again, making Ziyang True Person somewhat puzzled by Lu Yun's personality. Because in his memory, Lu Yun had always been gentle and elegant, with a calm demeanor, rarely showing such a side. The only time was when he competed with Jian Wucheng, he had revealed it once, unexpectedly, here, he showed his strong and overbearing aura again.
Ao Xue and Cang Yue exchanged a glance at Lu Yun, seemingly sensing the changes in his body. Without a word, they both leapt into the air. In mid-air, Ao Xue and Cang Yue stood on either side of Lu Yun, their divine swords spinning rapidly towards the Blood Fiend's protective blood shield. As the speed of rotation increased, the two women let out a soft whoosh in unison, their bodies transforming into a dragon and a phoenix, one on each side, entwining and rotating in a crisscross pattern, accompanied by two powerful forces, striking down fiercely. From a distance, the spinning dragon and phoenix accelerated to the point where they condensed into a single column of light, carrying an aura of destruction, violently colliding with the Blood Fiend's protective blood shield.
A mighty force, a dazzling light pillar, suddenly broke through the mysterious yin-yang sword, and violently collided with Blood Li. A wave of light and shadow fluctuated, accompanied by an earth-shaking explosion, instantly spreading in all directions. The strong light was blinding, amidst two screams and one furious roar, shot out in three directions. The ground, under the powerful destructive force, revealed a deep and bottomless pit, with rolling smoke and dust flying and drifting, gray dust like a layer of fog, floating in mid-air.
Next to them, Lu Yun and the other two were shocked by what was happening in front of them. They saw Ao Xue and Cang Yue join forces for a full-strength attack, accompanied by the power of the divine sword, finally breaking through the strong defense of Xue Lie's blood shield and revealing its true form. Several meters away, Xue Lie's entire body was rolling with red light, and in the moment it was knocked out, a golden light appeared on its heart, but Lu Yun only caught a glimpse before it was covered by the closed red halo. On its shoulders, a pair of dark red eyes appeared, but there was no head or face, looking extremely eerie and terrifying.
On this side, Ao Xue and Cang Yue's faces were slightly pale, and they quietly retreated to Lu Yun's side. Above, Yun Feng also fell down with a gasp, his eyes fixed on the terrifying Blood Lian. Lu Yun's eyes turned cold, and the light around him flashed once. In the next instant, he had already appeared in front of Blood Lian. His hands parted and closed, forming a sealed package shape, two dazzling electric balls striking Blood Lian from left and right. Outside his body, a dazzling red halo flickered with lightning, firmly protecting Lu Yun inside, making him look both safe and mysterious.
"Detestable, you detestable cultivators, how dare you injure my true body? Today, I will devour all of you!" After speaking, both arms welcomed Lu Yun's hands. Only to see that on Blood Evil's palms emerged a dark red rolling mist of blood, that eerie and terrifying aura, even several zhang away, Cang Yue and the others could clearly feel it.
"Is that so?" Lu Yun snorted, "If we can let you out, then naturally we can take you back in. Now, watch closely!" As soon as he finished speaking, his body shone brightly and the light balls on his palms collided with Blood Evil's hands. In an instant, two vastly different powerful and terrifying forces clashed together, producing a deafening roar that shook the soul. Amidst the wild explosion, the air flow instantly destroyed everything within three feet of the two men. The ground rapidly sank down, and countless dust particles were swept into the air by the fierce winds.
Blood Curdling let out a loud roar, his body was shattered into pieces by Lu Yun's Thunderball, all four limbs were broken and only the torso remained. In a swift retreat, Blood Curdling's eyes suddenly shot out twelve dark red blood spears, forming a dense net that enveloped Lu Yun's entire body, stopping him from pursuing further. Immediately after, Blood Curdling's body flashed with a bloody light, reattaching his originally shattered limbs back onto his body, it was truly eerie and mysterious, simply an unkillable monster.
Lu Yun's eyes flashed with a cold smile, and his body suddenly appeared in front of Xuan Lie using the spatial jump technique. He gave Xue Lie a cold look, then launched another "Five Thunder God Seal" with his right hand, while his left hand followed up with a palm strike at Xue Lie. Enraged, Xue Lie roared: "You can't kill me, fool! Wait until your true energy is exhausted, and see how I'll deal with you!" After saying that, he actually didn't dodge or evade, but instead charged forward to meet Lu Yun's attack head-on. This alone was enough to show that Xue Lie was an extremely arrogant ghost creature; otherwise, he wouldn't have insisted on fighting even though he knew he would be injured.
Both palms clashed, and Bloodlust's body was shattered once again, this time to the left. Just in time, he met Lu Yun's slightly delayed left palm. At that moment, Lu Yun had his back to Ao Xue and the others, and his left hand was hidden by his own body as he struck Bloodlust, so no one behind him could see it. Lu Yun's eyes turned cold, a cruel smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, and with a flash of silver light on his palm, he instantly struck Bloodlust's body.
A voice of unimaginable terror echoed, and Bloodlust let out a frantic roar: "No, no way, how could you...!" In just a few words, Bloodlust's body shattered into pieces, all the bloody light fading away in an instant. Only a tiny golden glow remained, vanishing instantly into the distance.
Looking at the distant golden glow, Lu Yun let out a soft sigh, still unable to extinguish it. It really wasn't a simple thing. Behind him, Yun Feng asked in surprise: "Lu Yun, how did you actually eliminate it? Why didn't I know about it? You have such skills too? How many more secrets are hidden on your body that we don't know about?"
Lu Yun said calmly, "The wonder of the Lei Shen Jue cannot be explained in a few words. If it could, then how could it surpass the Tian Jian Jue? Moreover, you made one mistake - I didn't eliminate that Blood Lian, it escaped instead. Alright, let's continue on our way. If we keep going like this, there's no need to go to Gui Wang City. The sky is almost dark, everyone, let's go." After finishing speaking, his body leaped up, and the Yu Yi sword automatically flew to his feet, carrying him forward in flight.
Yun Feng was taken aback, looked around at the people beside him and asked: "Do you guys understand what he means by 'the sky has darkened'? What does that even mean? The sky has always been dark, when did it ever shine?"
Ziyang Zhenren shook his head upon hearing the words, Xu Jie also slightly shook her head. The remaining Ao Xue and Cang Yue remained silent, gazing at Lu Yun's departing figure before mounting their swords to give chase. Lin Yunfeng let out a bitter laugh, then followed after Ziyang, Xu Jie, and the others.
Catch up with Lu Yun, Yun Feng said: "Lu Yun, I don't understand what you mean by 'the sky is dark', does that mean the sky was ever bright? How come I didn't see it?"
Lu Yun gazed faintly at the horizon and said softly, "Don't you realize that the black sun in the sky has moved to another direction and is about to set? What's the difference between this and a sunset on earth?"
The people around looked up at the sky, and indeed, the black sun that was initially above had moved to the horizon not far away. It seemed to be about to set soon. This black sun, due to its lack of light, had never caught anyone's attention before. Now, after Lu Yun mentioned it, everyone realized that this ghost domain also had day and night. But no one knew what the scene would be like after the black sun set.
