Cultivating with Bragging System-Chapter 673 - 320: Netherworld Fragment_1
Wang Xiu raised his hand and beckoned, pulling the figure toward him.
It was, to his surprise, a cultivator. The aura emanating from him was strong; he was at least a late-stage Saint Manifestation cultivator.
However, the style of his robe was distinctly different from the current trends of the outside world. He did not seem like a man of the present. Standing next to Wang Xiu, it was as if they were separated by several eras!
A peak Saint Manifestation cultivator has a lifespan of around 10,000 years…
Wang Xiu pondered. He had seen someone from ten thousand years ago: Dragon Emperor Ao Lie. But even the Dragon Emperor seemed less ancient compared to the person before him. This man had to be a figure from at least thirty or forty thousand years ago.
Unless this person, like me, cultivated the Qing Emperor's Longevity Scripture and possesses a lifespan several times that of his peers… otherwise, how could he possibly still be alive?
"Who are you?" Wang Xiu demanded.
"ROAR—" The man's eyes were blood-red. Seemingly delirious, he constantly growled and struggled, the occasional words that escaped his lips archaic and unintelligible.
A puppet? Or a refined corpse?
Wang Xiu frowned, probing with his Divine Sense. The man's body was replete with mana and vital essence, yet he showed no signs of life, exuding waves of deathly energy from the inside out.
He formed a sword seal with his fingers. The light from the Asura Heaven Punishment Sword surged, tearing through the man's protective holy light and shredding his flesh.
However, not a moment later, it was as if a gust of wind had stirred. The scattered flesh and blood reassembled into the man's original form before he fled into the distance and disappeared from sight.
This place is truly bizarre…
Lost in thought, he continued to release his Divine Sense, searching everywhere.
「Several days later.」
"Ming Emperor, suppress the prison!"
At his low command, dense ancient runes emerged from Wang Xiu's body. Behind him, divine light surged, forming the majestic and ancient shadow of an emperor.
Instantly, the black fog between heaven and earth churned. The deathly energy of this world seemed to have been startled. It roiled back like massive waves, retreating far into the distance, not daring to draw near as if in submission.
Wang Xiu pressed his hand down.
The huge shadow of the Ming Emperor behind him mimicked the movement. An enormous hand formed of ancient runes immediately grasped a fierce, tiger-shaped beast a thousand zhang in size.
HISS!
"AWOOO—"
Clutched by the Ming Emperor's hand, the fierce tiger-shaped beast began to tremble violently. Black fog gushed from its body as its vital essence dissipated, and its eyes rolled back into its head as if it had encountered something unspeakably terrifying.
In just an instant, the tiger-shaped beast crumbled inch by inch, turning to ash.
And this time, it did not reassemble.
As I thought, the Ming Emperor's Prison Scripture is miraculously effective here!
Witnessing this, a look of delight crossed Wang Xiu's face. After several days of exploration, he had observed the dense deathly energy in this place, which resembled the Netherworld, and was suddenly inspired to try the Ming Emperor's Prison Scripture. The result was just as he had expected.
When he employed the Ming Emperor's Prison Scripture here, its power was almost excessively immense.
Wang Xiu even had a feeling that if he wished it, the entire world could fall under his control in a single thought. Even the thick black fog blanketing the land could be manipulated by his will, forced to obey his commands.
This place must have some connection to the legendary Netherworld!
It was because of this that beings who should have died were allowed to continue existing here. However, it seemed the laws of this place were incomplete, lacking a normal cycle of reincarnation. As a result, all its inhabitants were trapped in a state that was neither life nor death.
In the past few days, he had discovered traces of many creatures nearby. Each one was powerful. There were not only cultivators but also Devil Beasts, Spirit Beasts, and others from various races.
All of them seemed to have lost their minds, yet they retained the full strength they possessed in life. Some even had such extraordinarily potent bloodlines that Wang Xiu found them somewhat challenging.
Eternal life! It is an unprovable proposition, yet it is the ultimate pursuit of every living being under the heavens. Even the Great Emperors of ancient times, who dominated the universe and ruled an era, have now vanished without a trace in the river of history. Yet, it seemed that here in this forbidden land, the Savage Wilderness, an answer might exist.
But this kind of eternal life has a grave drawback. They are neither human nor devil beast… Furthermore, the cycle of life and death here seems independent of the outside world. It's probably impossible to even achieve reincarnation!
Wang Xiu sighed. Looking out at this vast world, his heart couldn't help but sink. In such an environment, even those with the greatest Divine Skills would find it difficult to preserve themselves.
What about Li Xuanqi and the others who were forced into this place decades ago?
He felt an inexplicable tension, worried that a few familiar figures might charge out of the fog at any moment.
No matter what, since I'm here, I must investigate this place thoroughly!
Wang Xiu took a deep breath and pushed the thoughts aside. Knowing that the Ming Emperor's Prison Scripture was as effective here as a fish in water, his confidence grew.
Transforming into a beam of light, he disappeared into the thick black fog.
This world was indeed vast. Wang Xiu ventured deeper, maintaining a swift pace. He had probably crossed hundreds of thousands of miles, yet the scenery remained unchanged. If not for the fact that the black fog and the deathly aura were several times denser than at his starting point, Wang Xiu might have thought he was just going in circles.
At that moment, a powerful fluctuation suddenly came from afar.
Is someone fighting?
Wang Xiu's pupils shrank. He cast a Taixu Concealing Spirit Charm on himself and approached soundlessly. The closer he got, the stronger the fluctuations grew. The mountains trembled and the earth quaked. The black fog in the sky surged like massive waves.
The commotion was terrifying; at least one powerhouse at the Earth Immortal level was in action.
As he drew closer, Wang Xiu swept the area with his Divine Sense, only to discover two giant beasts, each over ten thousand zhang tall.
One was pitch-black, its body the size of a mountain. It was a primeval giant crocodile comparable to an Earth Immortal!
The other was a demonic bird. Its wingspan exceeded tens of thousands of zhang, blocking out the sky like a great roc. Runes covered its entire body, and it radiated a primeval aura. With each flap of its wings, astral winds howled, tearing rifts in the void itself. Several mountains, each ten thousand zhang tall, were shattered into rubble and dust by the shockwaves of their battle. The scene was terrifying, a catastrophe in the making.
The bloodlines of these two beasts are astonishing!
Wang Xiu watched with keen eyes. Though he was now widely experienced and had read numerous ancient texts, he could not identify the origin of their bloodlines. Clearly, they were extremely ancient beings. Who knew when they had entered this forbidden land, never to leave?
This forbidden territory was becoming increasingly dangerous. Perhaps, long ago, something appeared deep within this forbidden land, attracting countless powerhouses to pursue it. As a result, the deeper one ventures, the more powerful are the beings that linger here.
Now that Earth Immortal-level beings have appeared, if I go deeper, will I find experts comparable to Heavenly Immortals of the Twelve Tribulations? Or even… a Quasi-Emperor?
Wang Xiu's heart grew heavy; he knew he had to prepare for the worst. Experts of that caliber, even if they had lost their minds, could shatter the heavens and annihilate the earth with a single blow. He wouldn't even be able to withstand the aftershocks.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
The creatures in this forbidden land all rely on its deathly energy to exist. If I use the Ming Emperor's Prison Scripture to command that energy to leave their bodies… wouldn't I be able to wipe them all out instantly?
