Chapter 844 The Netherworld, the Eternal Corpse Emperor, the Forbidden Zone for Living Beings, the R

After bidding farewell to the Golden Divine Sea and Blood Phoenix Mountain, Su Chen and his group did not relax; instead, their expressions became increasingly solemn.

Because the place they were about to go to was a place that, even in a great realm like the Northern Sea of the Heavens, which was full of dangerous places, was a place that made people tremble at the mere mention of it.

An absolute forbidden zone that even the God King is unwilling to easily set foot in.

The underworld.

That place is not the final resting place for the living, but a paradise for the dead.

"Crash!"

The void was torn apart, and an overwhelming stench of corpses assaulted the senses, mixed with a chilling wind from the depths of hell.

As far as the eye could see, the world was shrouded in a dim yellow light.

There were no sun, moon, or stars, only a turbid, vast river, whose source and end were unknown, rushing and roaring through the void.

The river water was yellowish-brown, each drop of which felt incredibly heavy and contained a deadly poison that corroded everything.

Floating on the river are endless skeletons and corpses, including ancient alien species and human ancestors.

There were even long-rotten bodies of gods and demons, which collided with the waves, making a teeth-grinding sound.

This is the Yellow Springs water.

Legend has it that once one is tainted, one's soul is corrupted and one will never be able to be reborn.

"Is this the Netherworld...?"

Prince Yama stood on the banks of the River of the Underworld, his demonic energy surging around him, forming a barrier to resist the all-pervasive erosion of death energy.

Even though he was an expert in cultivating demonic arts, he couldn't help but feel a chill from the depths of his soul.

"What a terrifying death aura! The laws of the Great Dao here are completely distorted, and life force can be instantly stripped away here."

The figure of the Holy Nightmare Demon King appeared and disappeared in the mist, his nightmarish eyes scanning his surroundings warily.

"That madman, the Silent Bone Emperor, actually chose to slumber in a place like this... Isn't he afraid of turning himself into a complete corpse?"

"Precisely because it is a deadly place, it is his best breeding ground."

Su Chen remained calm, the bone fragment in his hand emitting a faint, cold light as it cleared the way ahead.

"The Silent Bone Emperor was originally a skeleton that crawled out of an ancient battlefield and attained enlightenment."

"He doesn't need life, he only needs death."

"The denser the corpse energy, the more invaluable the tonic it is to him."

"Let's go, he's at the source."

Su Chen took a step forward, and a gray lotus platform appeared beneath his feet, carrying him upstream towards the Yellow Springs.

Prince Yama and the Holy Nightmare Demon King exchanged a glance and followed closely behind.

The further upstream you go, the muddier the river becomes, and the more intense the feeling of oppression grows.

Later, green will-o'-the-wisps even appeared on the river surface, and eerie ghostly howls occasionally emanated from the riverbed.

Large, hairy hands tried to reach out of the water to grab the living, but were shattered by the terrifying pressure emanating from the three people.

This is the path of the strong; the weak don't even have the right to approach it.

After traveling countless miles, the river ahead suddenly widened.

A massive island, entirely made of bones, appeared prominently in the center of the underworld.

At the very top of that island stood a coffin, crimson as blood, crafted from some unknown divine blood jade.

It was quietly suspended, absorbing the ancient corpse energy that gathered from all directions.

That is the slumbering place of the Silent Bone Emperor, one of the six great calamities!

"The Bone Emperor of Annihilation, an old friend has arrived. Why don't you show yourself?"

Su Chen stood in the void, his voice calm yet powerful, instantly drowning out Huang Quan's roar.

However, the crimson blood coffin remained motionless and offered no response.

Only the surrounding corpse energy became even more violent, transforming into hideous skulls that roared at the three of them.

"Hmph, what an arrogant attitude!"

Prince Yama snorted coldly. Ever since Ye Tian brought him immense pressure, his temper had become increasingly volatile.

"Since you refuse to come out, then I'll force you to!"

"Yama Hand!"

With a single palm strike, demonic energy surged forth, transforming into a massive black hand that blotted out the sky, carrying the aura of suppressing all heavens, and slammed fiercely towards the blood coffin.

"boom!"

Before the giant hand could land, the void around the blood coffin suddenly distorted.

A pale white light curtain appeared out of thin air, with dense death patterns flowing across it.

"boom!"

Yama slammed his hand on the light screen, producing a deafening roar.

The light barrier trembled slightly before completely neutralizing the attack from Prince Yama.

Instead, an extremely strong counterforce sent Prince Yama staggering back dozens of steps, his blood churning.

"what?!"

Prince Enma was greatly alarmed.

He is now a half-step God King, and his full-force attack couldn't even break through the opponent's protective barrier.

"There are some ways."

A hint of apprehension flashed in the eyes of the Holy Nightmare Demon King.

"It seems that this old skeleton has been in seclusion for many years and his cultivation has improved. He is probably only one step away from the God King realm, and even... his physical body has already taken the lead."

at this time.

"Crench!"

The crimson blood coffin finally emitted a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

The coffin lid slowly slid open a corner.

An aura colder, more decaying, and more despairing than the waters of the underworld erupted from the coffin, sweeping across the entire world.

"Who... dares to disturb my... peaceful cultivation..."

A broken, intermittent sound, like bones grinding together, was heard.

Immediately afterwards, a hand reached out.

It was a hand without flesh and blood, only bones as clear as jade.

But at the knuckles of that bony hand, there were tiny, wriggling buds of flesh, bright red and tender, yet they looked particularly ferocious and eerie.

"That's... flesh and blood derived from it?!"

Su Chen's pupils contracted slightly.

For a skeleton to attain enlightenment, the most difficult thing is to reshape its physical body.

Since they are already dead, their desire to defy fate and return, to grow flesh and blood, is tantamount to defying the will of Heaven.

This Silent Bone Emperor actually managed to do this?

"boom!"

The coffin lid was completely opened.

A tall, white jade skeleton slowly sat up.

His eyes were deep-set, with two purple flames flickering within them, like two ghost lamps.

His skeleton was crystal clear, comparable to the finest divine metal.

On his sternum, spine, and other key areas, a thin layer of flesh and blood membrane had been covering them, frantically absorbing the surrounding corpse energy and attempting to grow stronger.

But this process is obviously extremely painful and slow.

"roll!!!"

The Silent Bone Emperor turned his head, his purple soul flames fixed on Su Chen and the other two, unleashing a terrifying killing intent.

"I am at a critical moment of transformation. If you do not leave now, I will turn you all into corpse puppets and fill this Yellow Springs!"

With his roar, the entire Netherworld Boiled Up, and countless ancient corpses sleeping at the bottom of the river burst out of the water, surrounding the three of them like an army.

Among them were even several ancient corpse kings exuding the aura of a half-step god king!

This is the true power of the Silent Bone Emperor; he is an army of undead all by himself!

Faced with this tense situation, on the verge of exploding, Su Chen smiled.

Instead of retreating, he took a step forward, his expression calm, as if he were facing not a bone emperor about to go berserk, but an old friend.

"Silence, you are too impatient."

Su Chen shook his head, his gaze falling on the thin layer of flesh on the Bone Emperor's chest, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.

"Drawing upon the ancient corpse energy, attempting to reincarnate through death... You've been walking this path for thirty thousand years, haven't you?"

"But look at the way you are now."

"It took 30,000 years to grow such a small amount of flesh and blood, and it was rotten flesh filled with corpse poison and death aura."

"At this rate, even if you were given another 300,000 years, you still wouldn't be able to cultivate a true indestructible golden body. At best, you would only become a zombie with flesh and blood."

"Do you... want to die?!"

The Bone Emperor of Annihilation was struck where it hurt, his soul fire throbbed violently, and his killing intent almost solidified.

"I don't want to die. I'm here to give you a great destiny."

Su Chen interrupted him, her voice suddenly rising, carrying an extremely strong allure.

"The reason you have been unable to rebuild your physical body is because you are missing the most crucial thing."

"The origin of life! And the highest and purest origin of life!"

"Although this ancient corpse energy is enormous, it is ultimately an inanimate object."

"You want to live by dying, that's going against the will of Heaven. Without the assistance of a divine artifact, it's absolutely impossible to succeed."

The Silent Bone Emperor fell silent.

Although he was tyrannical, he was not stupid.

Su Chen was telling the truth. For the past 30,000 years, he had been enduring excruciating pain every moment, but his progress had been minimal.

"Do you possess a divine object?"

The Bone Emperor's voice softened slightly, but it remained icy.

"I do not have."

Su Chen shrugged, and just before the Bone Emperor was about to unleash his fury, a strange smile appeared on his lips.

"But... there is one person who has it."

"Who?"

"Ye Tian!"

When Su Chen uttered that name, it was as if he had spat out a knife.

"Ye Tian?"

The Soul Flame of the Annihilation Bone Emperor flickered, clearly indicating that he had heard of this name.

"That recently much-discussed, invincible genius of the Eternal Immortal Realm below the God-Emperor?"

"good."

The Nightmare Demon King added menacingly from the side:

"Silent Extinction, do you know what kind of physique Ye Tian has?"

"He is... a Chaos Entity!"

"boom!"

Upon hearing the words "Chaotic Body," the Bone Emperor of Annihilation shuddered violently, and the two balls of soul fire instantly surged several times over, as if they were about to burn through his eye sockets.

"The Chaotic Body... the source of all paths, the beginning of heaven and earth..."

His voice trembled with extreme longing and greed.

"Not just the Chaos Entity."

Prince Enma also spoke up, adding fuel to the fire.

"He just killed an ancient corpse of a god during the trial in the Boundary Sea and seized the Nine Extremes Dao Source."

"More importantly, he survived the tribulation of a god-king and is now in the body of a god-king!"

"Think about it..."

Su Chen stepped forward, his voice like a devil's whisper.

"If you could kill Ye Tian, devour his chaotic flesh and blood, and refine his chaotic origin..."

"Chaos encompasses everything and gives rise to everything."

"It contains both life and death."

"With the chaotic flesh and blood as a catalyst, your indestructible skeleton can instantly grow the most perfect flesh and blood!"

“You could even take this opportunity to directly attain the God-King realm, or even glimpse the path to the supreme God-Emperor!”

"Instead of feeding on the corpses like a maggot here, why don't you join us for a big heist?"

"This... is your only chance to defy fate!"

The Bone Emperor of Annihilation was completely stunned.

His flesh, which had stopped growing, began to writhe wildly at this moment due to the intense fluctuations in his emotions.

Chaotic entity!

God-King Body!

This is simply the perfect supplement tailor-made for him!

If we could really devour Ye Tian, even just a drop of his essence blood would be a billion times better than this Yellow Spring Corpse Water!

"Hu Chi... Hu Chi..."

The Bone Emperor let out heavy breathing, a sound of greed burning through his reason.

"He...is very strong."

After a long while, the Silent Bone Emperor managed to squeeze out a few words.

Although he longed for it, he also knew that anyone who could be targeted by the three major natural disasters was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

"Of course he's strong."

Su Chen sneered.

“If you weren’t strong, we wouldn’t have come looking for you.”

"But no matter how strong he is, he is still just a person."

"We have already united with the Lesser Supreme of the Golden Ancient Clan, the Phoenix Maiden of Blood Phoenix Mountain, and the Divine Son of the Primordial Divine Mountain..."

"In addition to our six great natural disasters, we will set up the Twelve Capital Heavenly Refining Divine Array!"

"Nine peerless geniuses, plus a remnant formation."

"Even if he has three heads and six arms, even if he is the reincarnation of the God Emperor, he is doomed to die this time!"

"Silence, in this game, will you enter or not?"

Su Chen reached out his hand, looking intently at him.

The purple soul flames of the Silent Bone Emperor spun wildly in his eye sockets.

He was weighing his options, struggling with the decision.

But in the end, the desire to live and the obsession with a perfect physical body overwhelmed everything.

"Crack!"

The Bone Emperor of Annihilation suddenly stood up, and the blood coffin beneath him let out a mournful cry as he stomped on it until it was crushed.

He stretched out his large, bony hand and gripped Su Chen's hand tightly.

"This round... I, the Emperor, accept!"