The old man from the underworld trembled slightly.
His fingers gripped his knees, and he remained silent for a long time: “It woke up?”
“awakened.”
David nodded. “But he hasn’t fully recovered yet. His strength is still very weak; he can only manipulate the skeletons to construct bone puppets to guard the gap.”
If fully recovered it could devour the entire Underworld Abyss.
The old man from the underworld closed his eyes.
The wrinkles on his face appeared deeper under the dark red light, like an old piece of paper that had been repeatedly folded and unfolded, each fold etched with the weight and fatigue of thousands of years.
He opened his eyes: “How did you destroy the illusion array?”
“The power of chaos”.
“The power of chaos is the source of all laws, and illusion is also a kind of law. I can see the patterns of those laws and unravel them layer by layer,” David said.
The old man from the underworld looked at David with a complicated expression: “The crack has existed for ten thousand years, and the ghost race has sacrificed for ten thousand years. We always thought it was a natural disaster, something we were powerless to change. We never expected that it was actually man-made.”
“It’s not man-made.”
“That is the soul of an ancient demon. It was split into the abyss by the Immortal Emperor, and the remaining soul sank into the crack of the void.”
“He uses the sacrificed souls to restore himself. Although he doesn’t actively construct the illusion array, his power leaks out, naturally forming the illusion array,” explained David.
The old man from the underworld remained silent for a long time.
His gaze fell on the dark red ore at the top of the cave, and his voice sounded tired, a tiredness that had finally appeared after ten thousand years: “In these ten thousand years how many people from the Ghost Clan have died?”
So many of their people had been sacrificed, so many explorers had died… yet they didn’t even know who their opponents were.
David didn’t respond.
He just stared at the old man in the underworld quietly, waiting for the old man to continue his story.
The old man from the underworld turned his gaze and looked at David: “Can you destroy it?”
“capable.”
David’s face was full of determination, “But this takes time. I’m not strong enough now. I need to reach the strength of a Great Luo Golden Immortal to completely destroy that demon soul. But before it recovers, I can at least suppress it. There will be no more sacrifices needed.”
“No need for sacrifices? Then the entire Underworld Abyss will be thrown into chaos, even collapse”
The old man from the underworld frowned slightly.
“If you believe me, then listen to me. Starting today, stop the sacrifices and wait for the yin energy in the gap to wreak havoc in the Underworld Abyss.”
“Inside the pass, I was no match for that guy, but outside, I’m not afraid of him.”
David said confidently.
David knew that no matter how strong the yin energy or demonic energy was, he could digest it.
After all, David has some unique demon techniques.
The old man sat on a black stone bench, his deep blue eyes fixed on David, and remained silent for a long time.
His fingers tapped lightly on his knee, producing a soft thumping sound, a habit he did when thinking, like an ancient clock swinging slowly.
The sound echoed in the cave, every impact sounded like a collision with an invisible chain.
The dark red ore at the top of the cave shimmered silently, casting long and short shadows.
The old man from the underworld lowered his gaze, staring at his withered fingertips, which were filled with lines engraved by time, each like a deep crack in the abyss of the underworld.
For ten thousand years, exactly ten thousand years, he had sat in this position, guarding this pass, watching one clan member after another being sent into darkness, watching one group of explorers after another disappear into the depths of the illusion array.
While doing all this, he kept telling himself that it was an inevitable fate.
But now there is someone who tells him that this destiny can be changed.
Are you sure?
The old man’s voice was hoarse and deep, like the sound of water rising from the bottom of a deep well. “Once the sacrifice stops, the Yin energy in the cracks will surge out in large amounts, and the chaos in the Underworld Abyss will affect all the ghosts. Can you guarantee that you can suppress it?”
“I can’t guarantee that everything will go perfectly.”
David’s voice was calm, but his eyes showed no hesitation. “But I guarantee I will do my best. Continuing to sacrifice will only feed that demon’s soul, making it stronger.”
Senior, have you never considered this? How long was the cycle of the surge of Yin energy in the gap when the sacrifice was first made?
FAQ Novel
Q: How did the “madman” manage to escape the rift?
A: David explains that the “madman” became insane within the rift, and his chaotic mind prevented the illusion arrays from affecting him, allowing him to find a way out.
Q: What are the primary dangers inside the rift?
A: The rift contains gray fog, bone puppets, and layers of illusion arrays designed to evoke people’s deepest fears and obsessions, causing them to get lost.
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