Chapter 75: Soul-Separation Valley
Chen Jiu ran wildly towards the southwest, gradually moving away from the city and coming to a continuous mountain area.
Now the horde of ghosts that were everywhere disappeared, and the Northern Underworld couldn't seem to find him either. He seemed to be safe for the time being.
The problem is, this way the people from the Dark Cult won’t be able to find him, so isn’t he wasting his time here in vain?
He climbed up a dark mountain again, looked around blankly for a while, and finally couldn't help asking: "Lao Ding, are you sure there are people from the Dark Cult here? Why can't I see even a ghost?"
Honghuang Shending said calmly, "It's right here. This is the junction of the three Ghost Emperor territories in the southeast and central regions. It's a no-man's land. The Dark Cult will naturally be active in such a place. Do you think they will stay in those cities and wait for others to catch them?"
Well, that does make sense.
The question is, where can he find people from the Dark Cult?
Chen Jiu scanned carefully for a while and finally found something unusual in the south. There seemed to be a huge valley there, and there were something vaguely visible in the valley.
Without thinking, he flew down from the top of the mountain and headed straight for the huge valley.
After a while, he rushed into the valley.
This valley is indeed very large, and there are indeed some unusual things in it. The problem is that these things are not people or ghosts, but trees.
There are forests in the underworld. This is really weird.
Chen Jiu walked into the woods and took a closer look. It seemed that these trees were all pear trees, and they seemed to be growing well, with no signs of withering.
He couldn't help but ask, "Lao Ding, what's going on? How can there be a forest in the underworld? How can this forest survive without water? Where does the water come from? Is there a normal water source in the underworld?"
This is indeed a bit strange. It is said that the water in the underworld is red and yellow in color, and can corrode bones and flesh. How can trees survive?
He also brought a lot of mountain spring water for this trip to the underworld.
Honghuang Shending said without hesitation: "Of course there are water sources in the underworld. There is the Naihe River on the ground and the Yellow Spring underground. Aren't these all water sources? What's so strange about growing trees? I have also seen the forests in the underworld."
Does this mean that the folk rumors are wrong?
Well, he was in a wood.
Chen Jiu looked up and took a closer look, and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, these pear trees can actually bloom and bear fruit!"
"What did you say? Pear tree!"
The Honghuang Divine Cauldron was also shocked.
Chen Jiu was surprised when he heard this: "Why, you have been to this place before, are the people from the Dark Cult nearby?"
Honghuang Shending said solemnly: "I have never been to this place. I just heard Qian mentioned it. Pear Forest and Soul-Separating Valley, anyone who walks in, no matter what kind of ghost it is, can't leave."
Soul-leaving Valley?
Once you come in, you can’t get out!
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu immediately turned around and ran away.
Unfortunately, it was too late. A thick fog suddenly appeared all around him and he could no longer tell the directions.
He ran as hard as he could for a while, but still couldn't get out of the woods.
This should be impossible. He clearly didn't go very deep into the woods. Logically, he should have run out long ago.
It is obvious that there is a maze here.
"Lao Ding, how about you take me out?"
"Which way to evade? If you can't evade, it will be a waste of energy. I need to rest after evading for a while. If we happen to encounter danger at that time, I won't be able to continue to evade with you."
The flash of the Honghuang Divine Cauldron should indeed be saved for use at critical moments.
He was not in any danger now, he just couldn't get out of the woods.
Damn, this is a maze, right?
Chen Jiu gritted his teeth and drew out his magic weapon Kaitian. Just as he was about to use the four moves of Kaitian to break the maze, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
The figure was still running straight towards him.
How could there be people in this place?
The one running towards him was actually a beautiful woman. Judging from her panic-stricken look, it seemed that she had also fallen into the Soul-Separation Valley accidentally.
Chen Jiu used his spiritual sense to scan and immediately raised his hand to strike with a knife.
He doesn't hit women, especially beautiful women, but this is not a woman, but a monster.
With a "puff" sound, the knife energy passed by, and the beautiful woman instantly turned into pieces of shattered petals.
Pear blossom essence?
That's not right. If it was a real pear blossom fairy, it shouldn't be broken into pieces of petals when split open.
"Why did you kill us sisters for no reason?"
Chen Jiu was just wondering when suddenly a burst of delicate shouting came from all around, followed by a group of beautiful women wielding swords rushing out.
Could it be that this group of pear blossom spirits are causing trouble in the Soul-Separation Valley?
This should be unlikely. These are fake monsters. They have no bodies at all and do not have the strength of a monster king. It is impossible that they are the transformed pear blossom spirits.
The real monster in the valley probably hasn't appeared yet.
You're not here now, right?
Chen Jiu swung his knife directly.
With a sharp whistling sound of "Woo", all the beauties wielding swords had their petals shattered by the sword energy. A large number of pear trees around were also knocked down by him, and a crack was swept out in the air by him.
This time he didn't hold back and used a direct move to open up the ground.
"How dare you, you lunatic, destroy my pear tree!"
Suddenly, a roar was heard in the thick fog, followed by a series of whooshing sounds breaking through the air.
Why does this voice sound so familiar?
Chen Jiu looked up and was stunned.
Bat soldiers!
The bat soldiers here are actually 80% similar to the bat soldiers in the Yin and Yang world!
While he was distracted, bat soldiers from the sky were already swarming down like a rain of arrows.
I have a magic weapon in my hand, and you still dare to charge at me?
Chen Jiu swung Kaitian and swept it wildly. With a sharp "woooo" sound, the sword energy was everywhere, and all the bat soldiers in the sky were swept into pieces and fell like raindrops.
"Ahhh, I'm so angry!"
There was a sudden earthquake, and a figure hundreds of feet tall suddenly rushed out from the thick fog. Then, the ground and the sky were filled with python-like tree roots and dense tree spears. Chen Jiu was almost submerged by these roots and tree spears.
However, it was useless. This was just a tree demon king. Even if it was a tree demon king at the peak of the ghost king level, this attack was useless to Chen Jiu.
He directly used the Four Styles of Creation and swept wildly at the Tree Demon King.
In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, and the criss-crossing sword energy shredded all the pear trees within a few miles into pieces. The tree demon king was not spared, and the thick fog was dispersed.
That’s it?
Chen Jiu looked at the debris falling like heavy snow, his face full of confusion.
Isn’t this legendary Valley of Souls quite terrifying?
To be honest, he was really scared just now. He thought he couldn't escape.
Who knows, it’s just a tree demon king causing trouble here.
The reason why he didn't deal with the Tree Demon King in the Yin and Yang world was that he wanted him to take the lead and block the army of the underworld so as to give Yu Qi a warning. Otherwise, he would have rushed over and killed the Tree Demon King.
"Lao Ding, are you kidding me? It's just a tree demon king, and you scared me so much that I turned around and ran away!"
Honghuang Shending said rather awkwardly: "Well, this, I also heard it from Qian girl. Maybe it was because Qian girl had not yet advanced to the ghost fairy realm at that time, so she thought that the tree demon king was very powerful."
"Huh?"
At this moment, another scream suddenly sounded in the air.
"who?"
Chen Jiu turned his head and almost raised his hand to strike with a knife.
However, just as he lifted Kaitian up, he seemed to be under a spell and stood there motionless.
Because he was too familiar with the figure that flew by like a meteor.
"Chen Jiu, it's really you!"
Zhang Qian!
Chen Jiu quickly took advantage of the situation and thrust Kaitian onto his back, saying with an awkward smile, "Your Highness, long time no see."
Zhang Qian looked at him with a complicated expression, then looked at the debris around her, and couldn't help but sighed: "Chen Jiu, I didn't expect you to become so powerful in such a short time."
Uh, don't praise me like that.
Chen Jiu didn't know what to say.
The Great Desolate Divine Cauldron suddenly jumped out, and in an instant it became hundreds of feet high, and then in an instant it became only a few feet high, changing back and forth, and said happily: "Hahahaha, Qian girl, look, I'm all right."
Seeing this, Zhang Qian, who was extremely cold, couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh: "Old Lu, do you think I'm still a child? You're performing this trick for me."
All of a sudden, the dark underworld seemed to become brighter, her smile was so beautiful!
