Chapter 38 The Gate Opens

　　The giant wall collapsed, and the smoke and dust settled.

　　Gu Shen retracted his domain, brushed the dust off his shoulders, and looked back to say softly, "The door is open."

　　Yes.

　　The door was open.

　　The door was cracked.

　　Mu Wanqiu silently grumbled in her heart, who exactly was the violent one? Judging from his performance just now, Gu Shen seemed even more violent than herself.

　　However, the interior of the corridor was not damaged, and the ancient texts, as well as the translated mental characters, were well preserved.

　　This final corridor was about several tens of meters long.

　　Gu Shen said with some regret, "It's a pity these black rocks can't be taken away."

　　These were all precious historical relics.

　　The identity of that mysterious "translator" was also a major mystery.

　　If these rocks could be brought out of the disaster zone, perhaps some clues could be researched.

　　"I've memorized all the words left by this 'translator'..." Mu Wanqiu said in a low voice, "Even if this black rock can't be taken away, it's still a gain."

　　The two arrived at the end of the corridor.

　　They had been immersed in the text, so they had forgotten to thoroughly inspect the place.

　　The final stone wall could be shattered.

　　In the Underworld Palace, this was the symbol of the "door."

　　"Get ready, I'm going to open the door."

　　Gu Shen reminded her, then extended a palm and pressed it against the doorway. Theoretically, this was the exit of the Underworld Palace, but no one knew... what would happen after opening the door.

　　Mu Wanqiu held her breath.

　　Gu Shen's palm burst out with a vast force, and the door opened in an instant, with surging river water pouring in!

　　It really was the exit!

　　The other side of the door led directly to the River of the Underworld!

　　"You go first."

　　After opening the door, Gu Shen stepped aside, giving Mu Wanqiu a gentle push.

　　The latter did not hesitate and directly leaped through the door... and after she leaped, she subconsciously glanced back, her expression becoming somewhat astonished.

　　Because Gu Shen did not continue forward, but just stood there.

　　Mu Wanqiu left.

　　Gu Shen did not leave.

　　Gu Shen stood in front of the door, turned around, and expressionlessly watched the collapsing palace outside the corridor. The first thing the resurrected Traveler statue did was to cause the collapse of the palace built by the Tuta clan, destroying the Underworld King's efforts.

　　The souls of the Holy Adjudicators previously floating in the palace were all shot to death by the resurrected statue.

　　He knew that the wisest course of action at this moment was to leave here as soon as possible.

　　The Traveler of the Old World was attacking the Doru River and might descend soon... that would be the real disaster.

　　But Gu Shen did not choose to leave directly.

　　All the doorways in the palace had been destroyed.

　　He knew that among those destroyed doorways, there was one... that belonged to Meng Xiao.

　　"How long are you going to hide?"

　　Standing in the darkness, Gu Shen spoke softly.

　　"..."

　　The words echoed faintly in the palace.

　　Accompanied by the sound of collapsing rubble, it seemed somewhat desolate.

　　There was not a single sound in response.

　　Among the shattered doorways shot to pieces by the statue, there was not a trace of living human aura.

　　But... that did not mean there was no living person.

　　Gu Shen had always been a "ruthless" figure. His creed was, if you're going to do bad things, do them thoroughly.

　　When cutting grass, be sure to remove the roots!.... Although he had personally locked dozens of Holy Adjudicators into Meng Xiao's doorway, he would not believe Meng Xiao was really dead until he saw the "Child of Blessing's" corpse.

　　"I know you're still alive. It doesn't matter if you don't come out. I'll wait until the palace completely collapses, confirm that everything here is buried, and ensure that every door is completely shattered." Gu Shen continued to speak to the collapsing Underworld Palace, his voice devoid of emotion, "I won't leave until the very last moment."

　　"So the only two choices in front of you are either to stand up now, or be buried in the River of the Underworld."

　　Once again, there was a long silence.

　　Gu Shen smiled slightly as he looked at the falling stones at the end of the corridor.

　　The next moment.

　　A wisp of wind swept in from the far distance.

　　A beam of extremely swift light shot out from behind a broken door!

　　This light had once pierced the long night of Black Snow Mountain.

　　At this moment, it pierced through the palace, shattered the smoke, and instantly reached Gu Shen's chest.

　　Then it was caught by Gu Shen with one hand.

　　The brilliant holy light of blessing crashed into Gu Shen's palm, as if shooting into an endless sea. After lasting for several seconds, it gradually weakened, and then extinguished... Behind that door, a gaunt, ragged figure staggered out.

　　Meng Xiao's expression was extremely gloomy.

　　He no longer had a single intact piece of skin on his body.

　　Nearly a hundred Holy Adjudicators, filled with resentment, had engulfed him. In the spiritual world, he had endured inhuman curses. In the real world, he had been submerged in darkness and decay... These skeletons gnawed at his flesh, trying to drag him into hell.

　　They were only a little bit away from succeeding!

　　At the final moment.

　　The "Traveler's" aurora pierced through the darkness and shattered the soul of a Holy Adjudicator.

　　Seizing this opportunity, Meng Xiao escaped from the nightmare and narrowly survived. At the moment he escaped from the dream, he relentlessly launched a massacre against the "Holy Adjudicators" of Light City. Because of the chaos that erupted in the Underworld Palace, the skeletons' intentions seemed to be attracted by the statue. The massacre within the doorway went extremely smoothly. In fact, Meng Xiao also knew that he could not kill these "Holy Adjudicators" who were only skeletons.

　　Compared to himself, they were the true "undead"!

　　So what he did was very simple, he directly smashed the skeletons that were gnawing at his flesh, then pierced the stone wall and threw these Holy Adjudicators into other doorways!

　　The statue's aurora would pierce through all the doorways. As long as he banished these Holy Adjudicators and let them be shot by the statue, that would be enough!

　　Although they were immortal, if they were shot by the statue's aurora, they would directly explode, and even their souls would be blown apart.

　　After doing all this, Meng Xiao hid in the darkness, quietly spying on everything...

　　He was an undead!

　　With the blessing of light, the injuries he suffered could be quickly healed. As long as he didn't die, then each subsequent "rebirth" would only make him stronger...

　　He decided to wait and see what happened. The resurrected statue was too terrifying.

　　What Meng Xiao didn't expect was that even more terrifying than the statue was Gu Shen, who had narrowly escaped from his hands.

　　……

　　……

　　The reason why the undead were undead was because they were favored by the divine scroll.... Besides that.

　　Each of their "rebirths" required a price.

　　They burned their lives to repair their lives.

　　It was just that even the most powerful "undead" had limits. Meng Xiao, who was slowly walking out of the doorway at this moment, had clearly reached his limit... His spirit had been devoured by the souls of the Holy Adjudicators and was withering. He was shrouded in black mist, which was the resentment and curse of the Underworld King. Even with the protection of the Zhenyue Dharma Robe, he still could not avoid the erosion of this cursed power.

　　Every time his body cells revived a little, the black mist would devour a little.

　　Back and forth.

　　Positive and negative.

　　He had been tortured to the point of being inhuman. At this moment, he appeared as a terrifying figure of skin and bones, appearing even more eerie and terrifying than those Holy Adjudicators who were only skeletons.

　　"Do... you really have to be so ruthless?"

　　Meng Xiao's voice was hoarse as he stared at Gu Shen with resentment and said these words.

　　"Heh..."

　　Gu Shen couldn't help but laugh, and softly repeated, "Ruthless?"

　　These words sounded somewhat like a joke.

　　"You really have no shame..." Gu Shen looked at the monster propping up the palace and said indifferently, "Isn't the one who's truly ruthless you?"

　　From Black Snow Mountain to the River of the Underworld.

　　And now here.

　　Until he jumped into the doorway of the Underworld Palace, Gu Shen was the one being hunted down.

　　Meng Xiao was silent for a moment.

　　After a moment, he stared at Gu Shen and said in a hoarse voice, "Can't you see? The powerful existence of the Old World is attacking this place... Once it enters the disaster zone, I won't survive, and you won't be able to survive either! At this time, instead of escaping, do you really want to drag me down to die with you?"

　　A cold wind blew through the palace.

　　Several pieces of the Holy Adjudicators' withered sleeves fluttered between the two, landing on Meng Xiao's bloodstained face.

　　"Sorry... At times like this, it's easiest for someone to slip through the net."

　　Gu Shen said calmly, "Anyone who wants to kill me, I will kill. I won't feel at ease until I see you die with my own eyes."

　　"Heh... hehe... hahahaha..."

　　Meng Xiao covered his forehead and chuckled lowly.

　　After being dragged into purgatory by the Holy Adjudicators, his mental state had become somewhat deranged.

　　With a burst of laughter.

　　He suddenly stomped the ground and bent down, directly attacking Gu Shen!

　　So what if he was a third-realm transcendent?

　　He was a true fourth-order, a chosen one, a divine scroll holder who would shoulder the banner of Light City in the future!

　　Gu Shen was expressionless.

　　With a thought, the arc of the Ruler of Truth slowly flowed out of his sleeve.

　　The next moment, a longbow appeared in his hand!

　　Because the demon in the ruler had completely lost contact, Gu Shen had no way to summon it. Unfortunately, he had nowhere to waste his unprecedentedly abundant mental power, so he could only create a large bow of ordinary quality.

　　Fortunately, he had the sharpest iron arrows in the world!

　　The moment this large bow appeared, Meng Xiao tensed up reflexively... But the next moment he realized that the current bow was not the same one that had almost killed him before!

　　Gu Shen drew the bow and nocked an arrow.

　　With a "whoosh,"

　　The iron arrow directly pierced Meng Xiao's chest, carrying out a burst of hot blood.

　　But at this moment, the speed of the Child of Light's Blessing did not decrease at all. As if he didn't feel any pain, he crossed the hundred-meter distance in an instant and rushed directly in front of Gu Shen.

　　"Whoosh!"

　　The second arrow was nocked and fired the moment the first arrow was shot.

　　Gu Shen did not pause at all. He fired two arrows in succession, regardless of whether they would hit or not, and directly abandoned the large bow, because he was waiting for this moment when Meng Xiao rushed towards him for close combat!

　　The two iron arrows that had been shot collided in the distance. With Gu Shen's command, they shattered and reformed, transforming into a revolving iron knife at this moment, stirring up a dazzling glimmer of silver light.

　　Meng Xiao stretched out his hands, grabbed Gu Shen's shoulders, and slammed him towards the final doorway!

　　Gu Shen did not resist at all.

　　A silver arc of light flashed, slicing in a semicircle.

　　At this moment, Meng Xiao's body suddenly shifted an inch. His dharma robe tugged at his body, avoiding this silent decapitation strike. The brilliant blade light fell!

　　This slash only produced a tiny spark!

　　It didn't even break through the dharma robe or Meng Xiao's defense!

　　At the last moment of the palace's collapse, the two fell into the doorway.

　　The boundless river water poured in, and Meng Xiao's angry roar and laughter echoed heavily in the river water.

　　"I am the 'Undead,' with the blessing of light, even the Underworld King's curse can't kill me. You want to kill me?"

　　"What makes you think you can kill me?!"

　　Gu Shen stretched out his palm and grasped the revolving long knife.

　　The Pure Land world suddenly descended at this moment, and the giant tree image superimposed, completely suppressing Meng Xiao's remnant body with the domain of a fourth-order transcendent.

　　He coldly stared into the eyes of this Child of Light's Blessing.

　　The Iron Throne, Blazing Fire, Pure Land.

　　Plus a slash from a fourth-order domain.

　　Meng Xiao's head was simply chopped off.

　　……

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　　(There will be another chapter tonight. Those who can't wait can go to sleep first.)