#947 - Emperor of the Netherworld
The Judge of the Netherworld led Jun Wu Xie further and further into the desolate regions, far away from where the Netherworld beings gathered.
They crossed many black mountains and arrived at a desolate plain filled with extremely dense Yin energy.
Looking into the distance, there were many gigantic skeletons lying on the ground in this desolate plain.
Those skeletons were dripping with blood, looking extremely horrifying, and filled with monstrous baleful aura.
Further away, there was even a river of blood flowing, churning with scarlet waves, emitting sharp, piercing roars.
"Judge of the Netherworld, have you gone in the wrong direction?"
Jun Wu Xie did not stop, but continued to follow the Judge of the Netherworld, his tone of inquiry very casual.
"No, Fellow Daoist, you are not aware, but this is the only way. After crossing this area, Fellow Daoist will be able to meet our Netherworld Emperor."
Hearing this, Jun Wu Xie stopped speaking and continued to follow him forward.
Soon, they arrived at the central area of this desolate plain.
At this time, the Judge of the Netherworld suddenly stopped and turned to look at him.
"Judge, why aren't you moving? Are you tired and need to stop for a rest?"
Jun Wu Xie's expression remained calm, but his words were somewhat intriguing.
The Judge of the Netherworld, a powerhouse of the underworld, a realm equivalent to the pinnacle of a Half-Sage, how could he be tired from walking a little?
"This Judge has already brought you to your destination, so naturally there is no need to go any further."
A sneer appeared on the Judge of the Netherworld's face, and at the same time, his body quickly retreated, creating a great distance from Jun Wu Xie.
"It seems you are very confident in the environment here."
Jun Wu Xie casually looked around. The Yin energy here was extremely dense, and the quality of the Netherworld energy was higher than in other areas, with the earth filled with blood and baleful energy.
No matter how one looked at it, this was a dangerous area, and such an environment naturally had a strong suppressing effect on people from the Yang world.
"You seem very confident too?" The Judge of the Netherworld smiled and said, "Do you know? When this Judge looked at you earlier, it was like looking at a burning sun, but now when this Judge looks at you, I can hardly see the flames of Yang energy."
"Is that so? The environment here is indeed not bad, quite cool. However, you think you can kill me by relying on the environment here, isn't that too naive?"
"This Judge naturally cannot kill you, I have this self-awareness." The Judge of the Netherworld said, a confident smile appearing on his face, "But if you add a Ghost Saint-level powerhouse and many Half-Step Ghost Saints, the result may be different."
"I heard you are the Lord of the Human World?"
A cold voice came from the distant sky, like a thunderclap.
There, the Yin energy was monstrous. A middle-aged man wearing a Netherworld King's robe, with a burly figure, arrived as if carrying a sea of clouds condensed from Yin energy, followed by hundreds of powerhouses, each of them at the level of the Judge of the Netherworld.
As soon as these people arrived, they dispersed around the desolate plain, surrounding Jun Wu Xie layer by layer.
"Lord of the Human World, do you know who this King is?"
The middle-aged man wearing the king's robe stood with one hand behind his back, standing in the air with rolling Yin energy, looking down with a very cold gaze, with a superior attitude.
Jun Wu Xie looked at their posture, his expression calm, and said, "I heard that the Underworld has ten Netherworld Kings, you should be one of them."
"You do have some insight. This King is the head of the Ten Underworld Kings, King Ming Guang, in charge of the Book of Life and Death, governing the cause and effect between the human world and the Netherworld, determining the lifespan of living beings in the Yang world!"
The corners of Jun Wu Xie's mouth rose slightly, and he said, "That's a very intimidating title, so can you see what my lifespan is like?"
"This King decrees that your lifespan will end today, do you have anything to say?" King Ming Guang waved his sleeve, and the raging river of blood in the distance roared, like scarlet Nether Dragons soaring into the sky, arriving in the arena, shuttling and surging around Jun Wu Xie, the blood and baleful aura monstrous.
"It seems that today's matter cannot be resolved peacefully?"
Jun Wu Xie didn't want to take action. After all, he didn't know where the souls of the fallen heroes were. Before the situation was clear, he didn't want to make the situation with the high-level officials of the Underworld irreconcilable.
"Resolved peacefully?" King Ming Guang said coldly, "What do you take my Netherworld Underworld for? You are just the Lord of the Human World, how dare you come to the Netherworld to act wildly! Your Human World Half-Sage pinnacle, what does it count for in front of this King, who is in the Ghost Saint realm? Who gave you the courage to come to the Netherworld to injure my Netherworld powerhouses? Since you have injured my Netherworld powerhouses, then you must pay the price, so stay in the Netherworld, there is a place for you under hell, so you can taste the taste of the Netherworld Hellfire."
As soon as he finished speaking, the hundred or so powerhouses King Ming Guang brought with him all cast spells, forming array diagrams with both hands and injecting them into the void.
Roar!
The river of blood surrounding Jun Wu Xie let out a terrifying roar, and suddenly, the entire world here turned into a sea of blood.
Jun Wu Xie stood on the desolate plain, his vision completely submerged by the sea of blood.
Whether it was above, below, or in all directions, it was all surging blood.
Those bloods submerged towards him, and various hideous and terrifying faces appeared in the blood, baring their teeth and claws, launching attacks on him.
The water of the blood river possessed terrifying corrosive power. Once contaminated, a powerhouse at the pinnacle of the Half-Sage would instantly turn into thick blood.
The hideous faces inside were extremely powerful in attack, condensed from extremely violent resentment, capable of attacking people's souls.
This is the Blood River Array!
Jun Wu Xie was trapped in the great array. Facing such a situation, his eyes remained calm.
Seeing the blood river rushing towards him, the Taiji Star Sea and Primordial Disassembly in his body operated together, instantly completing a forty-five-fold sublimation.
He raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.
In an instant, golden blood energy surged out like a golden tide, turning into golden sword waves sweeping in all directions.
Those sword waves condensed his military killing, unparalleled sharpness, world-shocking killing, unstoppable.
All the rushing blood waves collapsed at the first touch, and all the resentful faces inside disappeared.
Boom!
The entire Blood River Array collapsed.
Those Netherworld powerhouses who activated the great array suffered backlash and were all blasted away.
"How can he be so strong?"
The Judge of the Netherworld witnessed such a scene, his face changing drastically. The strength of this Lord of the Human World exceeded his imagination.
The environment here has a strong suppression on living beings in the Yang world, and there are also hundreds of powerhouses in the Half-Step Saint Realm activating the Blood River Array. Even if they can't kill this Lord of the Human World with the mythical realm, they should be able to trap him, but the array was actually broken with one strike?
"What Half-Step Saint Realm, it's just my Human World's Half-Sage pinnacle, how dare you flaunt the words Saint Realm, your Netherworld world is indeed a bit exaggerated, not strong in ability, but very inflated in confidence."
Jun Wu Xie's words were very impolite.
Now, there is no need to be patient anymore.
"Bastard, how dare you boast in front of this Saint!"
King Ming Guang was furious, his black hair exploded, his king's robe fluttered, and his aura suddenly soared, taking a step forward.
Boom!
The great battle broke out instantly.
The two of them exchanged punches and palms, and the secret art runes and energy aftermath swept out like a storm.
In the short period of fighting, thousands of collisions, in the violent aftermath, the two bodies retreated separately.
Jun Wu Xie stood with his hands behind his back, while King Ming Guang slid backwards with his feet on the ground, leaving two deep grooves in the desolate plain. Blood dripped from the fingers of his hands, and the king's robe on his chest was shattered, with a deep sunken palm print there. Blood stains hung on the corners of his mouth, and his beard was stained red.
"If I can't even beat a pseudo-saint like you, how dare I come to the Netherworld Underworld alone?"
Jun Wu Xie's eyes were cold, his killing intent soaring, and he walked towards King Ming Guang.
At this time, he was no longer as peaceful as before, but was extremely sharp, like a drawn sword of killing.
"Kill him!"
The hundred or so Netherworld powerhouses launched attacks from all directions, Yin energy submerging the sky above the desolate plain, and various secret arts covered the sky and earth.
The Judge of the Netherworld also waved the judge's pen in his hand, frantically writing, writing gray-black "Kill" characters in the air!
The "Kill" character bloomed with dazzling light, rushing towards Jun Wu Xie.
"Overestimating yourself!"
Jun Wu Xie didn't even look at the powerhouses and the Judge of the Netherworld who were besieging him, his eyes always locked on King Ming Guang, and he walked forward.
The moment his foot landed, brilliant runes were imprinted in the earth.
Crack!
That was the sound of the runes blooming and deriving rune array diagrams.
The rune array diagram spread, dazzling and piercing, causing all the secret arts that the Netherworld powerhouses blasted to freeze in the air, and the "Kill" character written by the Judge of the Netherworld was also frozen.
The next moment, all the secret arts collapsed, and hundreds of Netherworld powerhouses coughed up blood in the rune array diagram, and were blasted out, with dozens of them being killed on the spot and turned into minced meat.
The Judge of the Netherworld also had broken bones and tendons, his body covered with cracks, almost dismembered.
This made him terrified and his back was covered in cold sweat.
"Retreat!"
King Ming Guang and the surviving Netherworld powerhouses quickly retreated to the edge of the desolate plain.
At the same time, countless blood and baleful energy surged from the ground of the desolate plain, quickly submerging into those gigantic skeletons.
Those gigantic skeletons moved, making cracking sounds.
They stood up, white bone palms dragging rusty war swords, and walked towards Jun Wu Xie step by step.
White bone giants revived on all sides, with some flesh and blood still connected to the skeletons, dripping with scarlet blood, and the desolate plain was dyed red as they walked along.
Buzz!
The battle swords rang out, wielded by the skeletons as they slashed down with savage force.
The rusty swords instantly shed all their rust, blossoming with brilliant bloody light, cleaving the heavens and earth, and tearing through the long sky.
Jun Wuxie's gaze was indifferent as his golden palm swept across all directions.
His palm was like sacred gold, radiating dazzling light, directly shattering the bloody sword芒, his fingertips sweeping across the battle swords, causing those enormous swords to ring loudly, their bodies violently trembling, nearly causing the giant skeletons to lose their grip, their bodies staggering a few steps due to the swords' deflection.
Boom!
His foot stomped heavily on the ground, and brilliant runic formations rapidly spread beneath the giant skeletons' feet. Runic offensive power surged from the ground, blasting the skeletons into the air, cracks spreading across their bones, almost falling apart.
"Stop!"
From the distant sky, a dignified and deep voice echoed, carrying an undeniable weight of authority.
It was a heroic middle-aged man wearing a幽冥 royal robe, followed by nine ghost-saint level experts, arriving in the wasteland in an instant, and said in a deep voice: "Do not harm the Lord of the Mortal Realm!冥广王, how dare you act behind this Emperor's back, what should be your punishment?"
The幽冥 Emperor has arrived.
As soon as he arrived, he reprimanded 冥广王, and landed with the nine冥 Kings in front of Jun Wuxie in the center of the wasteland, saying with apology: "The Lord of the Mortal Realm honoring my幽冥 World with your presence is a great welcome to this Emperor. The actions of the冥 King under my command were inappropriate, please forgive me, Lord of the Mortal Realm. This Emperor will definitely severely punish him!"
Jun Wuxie stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the heroic middle-aged man before him. His eyes were deep, and after a moment he smiled faintly, retracting all the murderous aura from his body, and said: "幽冥 Emperor, I have finally met you."
"Lord of the Mortal Realm, you are indeed heroic and majestic, worthy of being the one who turned the tide in the apocalypse!" The幽冥 Emperor's expression was calm, and he said: "Today's events were all misunderstandings. I heard that the Lord of the Mortal Realm has something to discuss with this Emperor, please follow this Emperor to the幽冥殿 for detailed discussion, how about it?"
"Then please lead the way,幽冥 Emperor."
Jun Wuxie appeared very magnanimous, as if the conflict just now had not happened at all.
In his opinion, nothing was important until he clarified the situation of the souls of the fallen heroes.
This幽冥 Emperor, on one hand, seemed to be reprimanding 冥广王, but in reality, he was saving 冥广王; on the other hand, landing in front of him also conveniently prevented him from destroying those giant skeletons.
