The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1236

Chapter 1236: Chapter 1233: Siege Chapter 1236: Chapter 1233: Siege Shen Luo, leading the Ghost General, turned around and left the great hall, heading back the way they came. But after just a few steps, Shen Luo's face showed a look of astonishment and he stopped in his tracks.

Where there had just been a crossroads, now it had vanished. A great hall blocked their way and two additional small paths appeared on either side, winding forward.

The surrounding buildings had also changed dramatically.

“What's going on here?” The Ghost General also noticed the change ahead and his eyes widened.

“It seems we've fallen into some kind of trap, and it won't be easy to leave now.” Shen Luo quickly regained his composure, his eyes flickered with a bright green light as he looked around.

“A trap!” The color drained from the Ghost General's face.

“Regardless of whether this situation is an illusion or the actual terrain has changed, neither will be easy to solve. If it's the former, that's better, but if it's the latter, we're in trouble!” Shen Luo's expression turned ugly as the green light in his eyes quickly faded.

He had just activated the Ghost Eye of the Netherworld, but he could not detect any traces of illusion around them, nor any changes due to an array.

To be able to change the surrounding terrain to this extent in an instant without him noticing at all, such a heaven-defying ability, he had only seen in the Map of Mountains and Rivers within Dreamland.

“What do we do now?” The Ghost General was somewhat flustered and asked.

“Let's first try to go back the way we came to see if we can find an exit.” Shen Luo deactivated the Ghost Eye of the Netherworld and headed in the direction they had come from.

The Ghost General didn't say another word and hurried to follow.

At the same time.

Inside a dim underground palace, there was a strange and eerie atmosphere, as if a ferocious beast lurked in the surrounding darkness, observing everything. The source of the atmosphere was a black coffin placed in the center of the palace.

The coffin was more than twice the size of a normal one, made of ink jade and carved with numerous intricate patterns that resembled both images and characters.

A green flame, the size of a human head, floated above the coffin, exuding a chilling and sinister aura. Around the coffin, on the ground, nine dark red arrays were arranged similar to the Sacrificial Array Shen Luo had encountered, yet with subtle differences.

In one of the arrays, a flash of light passed, and the yellow corpse appeared out of nowhere.

“Master, I have failed, and Black Two has also been slain by the enemy. Please punish me as you see fit!” The corpse bowed down before the black coffin.

“Oh, you and Black Two joined forces and still lost? What kind of people have come?” A hoarse voice came from within the coffin.

The yellow corpse briefly described the encounter with Shen Luo.

“A red flame? It can actually resist the Earth-shattering Corpse Fire? And the Golden Dragon and Golden Elephant? Could it be the Huangting Technique from Mount Fangcun, but his body is also tainted with Demonic Qi. This is quite interesting. He is indeed strong, it's normal that you're no match for him. Since you've returned, stay here. As soon as the Sacrificial Array you were guarding was destroyed, I activated Puppet City. They won't be able to escape; wait until they're exhausted before you go and slay them,” continued the voice from within the coffin.

“Yes.” The yellow corpse responded and sat down cross-legged in the array, closing its eyes.

A green light shot out from the green flame above the coffin, entering the head of the yellow corpse. The body of the corpse rapidly plumped up, the skin gaining a gloss, and the unsightly features gradually became delicate.

A few breaths later, the hideous corpse transformed into a woman with willow eyebrows and a lotus-like face, her long legs, towering chest, and slender waist stood out especially since she wasn't wearing anything at all, making her look incredibly seductive.

The combination of beauty, coffin, and Yin Fire formed an extremely eerie picture.

The red light on the Pure Yang Sword surged violently, and in the trembling of the sword body, countless sword shadows emerged, creating a huge circular sword net that enveloped the two gray giants apes several meters tall and bore down on them with an overwhelming force to destroy.

The gray giants struggled like cornered beasts, each spewing a gray wind column that struck the circular sword net fiercely, trying to break through.

However, the red sword net was extremely sharp, easily slicing the gray wind columns to pieces, then wrapping around the two gray giants. With a hissing sound, they were chopped into a pile of minced meat.

This minced meat soon melted, turning into countless grey and black Qi that dissipated.

The Ghost General waiting nearby immediately pounced on them and took a deep breath, swallowing all the grey and black Yin Qi, making their own Yin Qi denser, laughing with joy.

Shen Luo gathered the Pure Yang Sword back with a spell, his expression somewhat grim.

They had been wandering around this underground city for almost a day and a night. It started off calm, but as they went on, various monsters formed from condensed Yin Qi kept attacking them, including Yin Wolves, Yin Tigers, Yin Snakes, and the Night Rakshasa that had attacked them earlier.

The strength of these Yin Beasts was increasingly formidable, with some even nearing the Great Mahayana Stage. In a one-against-many situation, even with Shen Luo's current strength and the help of the Ghost General, they began to struggle, and as the battles continued, his Mana depletion grew more severe, now less than half remaining.

Shen Luo could no longer sense Fu Donglai's location, unsure whether the mark inside Fu Donglai's body was destroyed or if there was some prohibition in the city that blocked his perception.

The most troublesome part was that although the city seemed not too large, no matter if Shen Luo engaged in Sword Flight, used the Escape Earth Talisman to go upward, or used Yimu Xuandun to leave, he was unable to escape. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't leave the bounds of the city.

Not only that, he had previously tried to use the Art of Spirit Communication to summon the Bashe to discuss their situation, but the communication failed.

Shen Luo's Art of Spirit Communication wasn't limited by distance. The failure of the communication must be due to something obstructing it. Ordinary Formation Restrictions didn't have this ability, making him increasingly convinced that he was trapped by a treasure similar to the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

After wasting quite a bit of Mana, Shen Luo finally gave up on looking for a shortcut to escape and started to meticulously explore the area in an effort to find a loophole.

As for Fu Donglai, Shen Luo was already struggling to take care of himself and could only hope that Fu Donglai could find his own fortune.

“Master, shall we continue forward?” The Ghost General, after refining and absorbing the Yin Qi, and feeling full of energy, asked.

This underground city was full of Yin Qi, suitable for ghostly activity. The vitality left behind by the Yin Beasts they had slain along the way had all been absorbed by the Ghost General, whose own Yin Qi became even denser, showing signs of breaking through to the Late Mahayana Stage.

“Let's rest here for a moment. I need to restore some Mana. Take this and be on guard around us,” Shen Luo said, giving the Ghost General a glance and handing over the Bloodthirsty Flag.

The Ghost General had long been envious of the Bloodthirsty Flag's power and eagerly took it, happily channeling his own ghostly power into it.

Shen Luo waved his sleeve, setting up an Array around him. A thick yellow light encased his body, protecting him from above, below, and all sides.

After finishing these preparations, he sat down cross-legged, took out a green pill, and swallowed it. The Elixir, acquired from the storage magical tool of a Great Mahayana Stage Fox Demon from Yunmeng Marsh, was even superior to the restoration pills he originally had, and he had a good number of them.

The pill melted quickly and turned into streams of pure Mana, slowly replenishing the Mana that Shen Luo had used up.