Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 203: Preliminary Probe

Chapter 203: Chapter 203: Preliminary Probe

The Evil God stood erect, his gigantic figure casting a tremendous pressure that could be felt even from thousands of miles away.

Shen Siyuan, with the Primordial Magnetic Divine Sword in hand, radiated the Five Elements Radiance, ready for battle.

Just then, Doudou’s voice came from behind him in a whisper: "How strange, he’s a boy, yet wearing flowers."

Shen Siyuan almost couldn’t hold it together.

The reason Doudou remarked was that the towering figure wore a circle of fiery red spider lilies on his head, which from a distance resembled a vivid red hat.

The Evil God seemed to have also heard Doudou’s comment, as his gaze turned towards them.

His huge eyes, far from clear, were more like two murky lakes, reflecting a sinister light of desire.

"Living beings, along with living souls, how did you come to this place, tell me, and I will spare you..."

His voice thundered like rumbling thunder, deafening, yet also intertwined with countless whispers.

As if thousands of people were murmuring in your ear, begging you to reveal your secrets.

Shen Siyuan didn’t bother answering, instead, he struck back with a sword.

A splendid spectrum of rainbow light slashed across the sky, its resplendent radiance forced the Evil God to take heed, raising his long spear to block.

At the moment of contact, a tremendous explosion rang out, the surrounding Five Elements Primordial Qi and the magnetic field stirred into a muddy concoction.

The Evil God stumbled back several steps, falling onto the slope of the mountain range.

Yet his body, covered in a fiery yellow glow, was barely harmed, though the long spear in his hand became warped. It seemed the tortured souls attached to the armor he wore had been lessened by the Primordial Magnetic energy, and even the wafting incense that surrounded him had been significantly reduced.

"Impudent..."

The Black Mountain Evil God, too, seemed not to have expected Shen Siyuan’s strike to be so formidable and roared furiously.

A surge of black aura rose from his chest and shot straight towards Shen Siyuan’s face.

Shen Siyuan hastily retreated, ducking under the umbrella.

"Go..."

Duoduo had been standing by tensely all along, and upon hearing this, with a thought, the Qiankun Umbrella spinning lightly above his head, they vanished from the spot in an instant.

The black aura missed its target, looped back, and returned to the chest of the Evil God.

Looking around, the Evil God let out an unwilling roar, his mouth opening to draw in a gust of Yin Wind, sucking in the nearby yin souls into his belly.

And at that moment, a bizarre creature with deer antlers, the head of a giant ape, the body of a massive shark, and the legs of a lizard, leisurely emerged from amongst the myriad of yin souls.

Its entire body, an amalgamation of different beings, exuded a sinister aura.

This was the physical embodiment of evil filth. Today appearing so bizarre, next time it might assume another form entirely.

It looked around, its eyes flickering like flames, seemingly intrigued by the recent events that had occurred.

"Huh~"

It uttered a strange syllable, and the hiding yin souls in the clouds exploded, as images of Shen Siyuan and Black Mountain Evil God’s brief encounter materialized above.

However, the evil filth didn’t care for Shen Siyuan’s strike, instead, its gaze fell upon the floating Qiankun Umbrella.

And the Black Mountain Evil God, apparently also somewhat fearful of this evil filth, silently retreated into the mountains, slowly merging with Black Mountain in a fluid motion. Despite the vastness of his form, there was no trace of the thunderous, earthshaking presence from before.

As for Shen Siyuan and his party, they had not left the Netherworld land; they simply moved to another location.

Since they had come already, naturally, they couldn’t return empty-handed; they had to take some local specialties back.

Suddenly, Shen Siyuan summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, the palm-sized flagpole grew upon the wind, instantly piercing the heavens and earth, becoming a colossal banner standing tall in the sky.

Shen Siyuan wielded the Primordial Magnetic Divine Sword, and countless insidious souls tarnished by desire were directly stripped of consciousness, what is known as "Demagnetization," turning into the purest soul power, and absorbed by the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

On the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, wisps of pale blue light began to emerge, and as the light flickered, some of the damaged areas on the banner slowly started to repair themselves.

However, at this moment, Shen Siyuan ceased his efforts and retracted the Ten Thousand Soul Banner back into his body.

Because this had already reached the limit of Shen Siyuan’s current cultivation, and continuing to repair it would cause the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to backlash against him.

By the time the evil pollution became aware of it, Shen Siyuan and the others had once again vanished without a trace.

But in that brief period, the evil had changed its form again, turning into a monster with the head of a snake and the body of a human, wielding a steel fork.

Having disappeared earlier, Shen Siyuan now reappeared out of thin air inside the rental house.

With a thought, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner appeared in the palm of his hand.

At this moment, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner looked even more dazzling than before, with countless pale blue lights flowing across it, but the several golden strands that were the Merit it had acquired could not be concealed.

It’s a pity that this is a treasure of the Demon Path, and with his own strength not being enough, he worried about it backlashing against him; otherwise, Shen Siyuan would simply stay in the Netherworld, refining it day and night, believing that it would not take long to completely repair it.

Of course, Shen Siyuan could also consider, like the Jiuyou Demon Lord, to let go of himself, degenerate into a Demon, and merge with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, becoming indistinguishable from it, naturally without these concerns.

But at that time, am I still me?

Thinking of how the Jiuyou Demon Lord went from a simple peasant boy to a character akin to a Demon Lord in a short time, causing countless bloody storms and the fall of dynasties, although it was shaped by his environment, the erosion from the Ten Thousand Soul Banner was equally indisputable.

"Brother~"

Xiao Yue, seeing Shen Siyuan lost in thought, softly called out.

"It’s nothing."

Shen Siyuan put away the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and turned to the three little ones standing by, clueless, with a smile.

He waved his fingers and all the Netherworld Fire Fireflies covering Dou Dou flew back to him, leaving only the one that originally belonged to Dou Dou.

He couldn’t give these to Dou Dou now; he was counting on using these Netherworld Fire Fireflies as a base to cultivate more.

"You all go back. Xiao Yue has nowhere to go, so she can stay with me," Shen Siyuan waved his hand and said.

Upon hearing this, Duoduo and Xiao Yue immediately returned the treasure gourd and the Three Pure Ones Bell to Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan waved his hand and said, "Keep these two items for now."

This was only the second journey to the Netherworld, but it was definitely not going to be the last. Shen Siyuan believed he would probably go there again soon.

However, thinking of the yin souls that Duoduo had previously stored in the gourd, he reached out to take it, finding it seemed much heavier; as he shook it, something inside seemed to shake as well.

Shen Siyuan summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner again, floating it before him, then aimed the gourd at the banner, pulled out the gourd’s plug, and with a slap on the bottom of the gourd, countless yin souls immediately flew out.

But these yin souls seemed to have become even more fragmented, like a mass of polluted grey fog, which was then directly absorbed by the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

He then returned the treasure gourd to Duoduo.

"This gourd is not only capable of collecting yin souls, but it can also be used to store some items on a daily basis," Shen Siyuan explained to Duoduo.

This treasure gourd was a Ghost Artifact, and if she used the Netherworld Fire within her to refine it a little, she could directly incorporate it into her body or carry it on her back without being affected by her intangible ghostly form.

Hearing this, Duoduo was naturally happy to take it.

Xiao Yue and Dou Dou on the side both showed looks of envy.

Xiao Yue was somewhat better off, since she still had a Three Pure Ones Bell, and she could see that this object was marvelous, a good thing indeed.

Only Dou Dou had nothing, so she looked at Shen Siyuan with an expectant face, waiting for him to give her something.

"I’ll give you something nice later," Shen Siyuan said offhandedly.

Although Dou Dou was a bit disappointed, she obediently nodded her head.

And so, the three little ones rode off on the Yin Wind, and even Xiao Yue disappeared somewhere without Shen Siyuan asking for details.

PS: My headache is intense. Another Chapter will be updated before 9 AM, and one more in the afternoon.

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