Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 482 Chapter 492: The Underworld Enters the World (Part )
"Are they leaving now?" Han Lingfeng looked at Mu Liangye Shen's departing back, was silent for a long time, and finally uttered a few words.

When Wang Chao and other large groups of people came earlier, he thought they were here to arrest them, but he didn't expect that they were actually here to take away the owner of the broken-armed statue behind them.

It's really unpredictable. I thought my life was in danger, but I unexpectedly witnessed the 'promotion' of a wild god.

Xu Ye also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, feeling somewhat complicated inside.

He murmured, "I didn't expect the people here to be the legendary underworld. I heard they ceased to exist hundreds of years ago, didn't they?"

Sanniang also stepped forward and said, "Judging from the aura of the man who led the group just now, he is at least a secular god. Even the group of ghost soldiers and ghost messengers behind him are generally stronger than the Kaifu realm."

"So, we are lucky?" Han Lingfeng's scarred face twisted, and he turned his head and said, "Why don't we follow them? With them leading the way, maybe we can escape the encirclement of the evil army."

Xu Ye glanced at Han Lingfeng and shook his head: "What if they are planning to go to Qili Mansion?"

"Many people died there yesterday. Since the underworld exists, it is impossible for them to just leave so many dead souls alone."

"The most important thing for us now is to find Cheng Hao back."

Xu Ye blocked Han Lingfeng's next explanation with one sentence. He hated people who were self-centered and didn't care about the lives of their teammates.

The impression of Han Lingfeng in his mind has fallen to the bottom.

After saying this, he didn't care what Han Lingfeng would do next and walked out of the deserted temple.

It was raining heavily outside the temple, and the weather was not affected at all by the sudden visit of the evil spirit.

Xu Ye took a step forward, his shoes stepping on the wet and muddy dirt road, and he focused his eyes to the most forward state.

While he was looking for Cheng Hao, another group of people from the underworld had approached Qili Mansion just as he had guessed.

Ma Han was riding a black horse that exuded a sinister aura, and behind him followed a large army of sinister soldiers.

The Yin soldiers naturally take the Yin path.

There was no need for Lin Beixuan to specially open up the area. Ma Han and others naturally followed the intersection of the evil energy underground in Luozhou and descended to the huge gathering place of evil energy that they sensed.

As they walked and traveled, the road they opened up became a dark road for evil spirits to walk on.

"General, are we really going?"

Behind Ma Han followed a deputy general of the Yin army. He was looking at the blood-stained walls of Qili Prefecture with some hesitation in his heart.

He was not afraid that he and his companions would run into the Zi Gu God when they entered the city, but the gloomy aura in the Qili Mansion was so overwhelming that no one knew how many people had died there. Even a ghost like him would feel a little bit sorry for the sight.

Ma Han looked solemn. He turned his head to look at the deputy general and said in a deep voice, "How can we retreat from our duty? Qili Prefecture is in such a miserable state now. Countless souls are stranded in the city. If we don't come, how can they be freed?"

"Besides, I have already asked the Lord of the Mansion, and he agrees with my idea."

The deputy general was stunned when he heard this. Since it was arranged by the Lord of the Mansion, he had no choice but to do it.

However, he was still a little worried and asked, "But what about the Zi Gu God inside?
We are doing this right under her nose, can she approve it?"

Ma Han had a blank expression on his face: "The underworld has to approve everything even if it doesn't allow it!"

Although he was just an ordinary god, and was far inferior to the God Zi Gu in realm, he immediately felt infinite confidence when he recalled what Lin Beixuan had said to him.

Lin Beixuan's words lingered in his ears.

"Don't worry, she won't stop you!"

"As a great secular god, she should be very aware of the importance of the underworld. Before she understands the whole story, she dare not touch you easily."

"So many people in Qili Prefecture have been killed or injured. If we don't collect the souls of these people who died in vain, they will sooner or later become evil ghosts under her control, which will not be beneficial to our future development."

"Giving her a beating this time will not only give Xuanzhou more breathing space, but also give Luozhou time to develop."

"Her style of play that relies on explosive troops must be nipped in the bud in the bud, otherwise the snowball will keep rolling bigger and bigger, and it will be too late to stop it by then."

"If she really can't help herself and attacks you, you can use this mirror as a sacrifice."

The recollection ended here. Ma Han looked down at the bronze mirror carefully wrapped in silk in his arms and whispered something.

"Ghost soldiers, listen up and enter the city!"

In an instant, in a place that ordinary people cannot see, within the dim underground veins, a ghostly team followed the ground's energy, stepped out of a dark road, and descended to the Qili Mansion.

……

"Bang!!"

The shabby wooden door was pushed open with force, hitting the wall with a loud bang.

A headless corpse slowly walked into the yard and stood there silently, with its chest slightly raised, as if sniffing the human scent in the air.

Because it has no head, it cannot speak, but its footsteps are surprisingly loud. A pair of stiff and rotten feet step on the ground, and the dull sound echoes in the silent yard, like the beating heart of a person.

Once, twice, three times...

It was getting closer and closer to the houses in the courtyard.

The pale scarlet moonlight seeped in through the dark crack in the door, like a red rope strangling the neck of the house.

The sound was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

But if you listen carefully, you can seem to hear two faint heartbeats.

Under the wooden board inside the house, two small figures snuggled together. One of the boys was slightly older and held his younger sister tightly in his arms.

And my younger sister was also very sensible. She covered her mouth with her little hands and tried hard not to make any sound.

Children living in the secular world have experienced encounters with evil spirits since childhood, so they are not surprised by some evil spirits.

But they knew this time was different.

Because the statues they were worshipping were useless, evil spirits broke into their yard and were even about to break in through the door.

So their parents asked them to hide under the wooden boards, and then ran out of the house and used ghost-attracting candles to lure away the evil spirits that had broken into their home. They were not allowed to come out until the evil spirits came back.

But their parents were gone for a whole day.

The boy and his sister were very hungry at this time, but they still obediently did not go out until they heard the sound of a door being pushed open outside the yard.

The younger sister originally thought that her parents had returned and wanted to go out happily, but her brother pulled her back and signaled her with his eyes to listen carefully.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

No one makes the same sound when they walk. The dull footsteps sound like someone banging their head against the ground.

So the sister covered her mouth, and the boy held her tightly in his arms, looking at the thing that made the sound through the small gap in the wooden board above his head.

After the courtyard gate was pushed open, the door of the room was also pushed open.

The bang-bang sounds entered the empty house, and the echo made the two siblings even more nervous.

The two's hearts beat faster. The boy saw a pair of bare feet through the wooden board. The feet were broad, thick and stiff, and the toenails grew out of the flesh like the claws of a beast. The boy was so frightened that his whole body tensed up, and he and his sister carefully huddled under the floor, not daring to make a sound.

Then he heard the dull sound lingering in the house for a long time, and slowly appeared above their heads.

The boy's forehead was covered with sweat, and his mind kept recalling the methods his parents taught him to deal with evil spirits.

He gently grabbed a snow-white candle from the side. This candle was called a haunting candle. After it was lit, it could scare ghosts within a certain range, giving them a chance to escape.

The sister curled up in her brother's arms, watching her brother raise his head and stare at the crack in the floor, then lit the exorcism candle with a look of horror on his face.

huh~~
A pale blue flame suddenly lit up, and the headless ghost on the floor jumped up as if it was burned by something, and let out a strange scream.

It obviously has no head, but it can make the air vibrate and thus make sounds.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the boy immediately pulled his sister up, pushed open the wooden board and escaped.

They fled all the way to the yard and reached out to open the tightly closed door.

However, when the door opened, the brother and sister saw an even more horrifying scene.

A head with a pale face, messy hair, and eyes wide open, as if it had been soaked in water for a long time, was hanging at the door, staring at them straight.

The head's mouth was wide open, as if it wanted to say something, but no sound came out. Only a faint trace of cool air escaped from the mouth.

My sister screamed in fear and fell backwards to the ground.

The boy suppressed his fear, picked up his sister with his thin arms, turned around and ran out of the yard.

However, as soon as they ran to the door, they saw a scene that they would never forget in their lives.

They had never known the meaning of the word purgatory, but at this moment, they seemed to have a clear contrast.

A scarlet moon hung high in the sky. The entire Qili Prefecture was shrouded in a thin layer of fog. The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood and decay. Rays of fire shot up into the sky, making the dilapidated city look like a purgatory on earth.

The streets were littered with corpses lying in all directions, forming rivers of blood that meandered down the terrain.

Some of the corpses had their internal organs removed, some had their limbs cut off, and some were twisted and hideous, as if they had suffered great pain before dying.

In the distance, bursts of shrill screams and laughter could be heard from time to time, as if countless ghosts were holding a grand dinner in the darkness, and the protagonists were the people at the table.

The Zi Gu God once again allowed the evil spirits under his command to indiscriminately massacre the people in the city.

Because her way of developing soldiers is very simple, that is, evil spirits.

The more people died in the city, the stronger her army would be, and it would also solve the problem of hunger for her soldiers.

The best of both worlds.

Both the brother and sister were stunned by this scene.

Although they knew there was a headless corpse approaching from behind, they did not have enough strength to move.

"boom!"

The dull sound of footsteps appeared behind him, and the boy was so scared that his legs couldn't help but go weak. A huge fear suppressed his heart, making him want to collapse to the ground.

But he knew he must not fall down at this moment because his sister was still in his arms.

He glanced at the fiercely burning white candle in his hand, and before he knew it, only a small half was left.

Although this exorcism candle can make evil spirits retreat within a certain range, if it encounters a powerful one, it will burn faster.

The headless evil spirit was obviously quite powerful. After it appeared, the evil spirits that had originally surrounded the two people immediately dispersed, which showed how terrifying it was.

So the boy took a deep breath, forced himself to be strong, and held his sister in his arms to avoid the evil spirits and find a safe place.

However, the Qili Mansion was so huge that even powerful night watchmen like Cheng Hao could not escape, let alone two young children.

Soon, the boy fell into an alley while holding his sister, and the burning exorcism candle in his hand was completely extinguished.

Darkness enveloped the brother and sister's vision, but what was more terrifying than the darkness was the headless evil spirit following closely behind them.

This headless evil spirit was like a cat teasing two mice, slowly approaching with its own head in its hands.

The head that was pulled by the hair and dropped in the air let out a creepy laugh, green light flashed in its eyes, and some unclear words came out of its mouth from time to time.

The boy used up his last bit of strength to stand in front of his sister, his eyes full of determination and unwillingness.

Although he is young, he has already understood the rules of survival in this world under the guidance of his parents.

He knew that he and his sister could not escape, and the only thing they could do now was to fight hard before they died.

He pulled out a dagger made of peach wood from his waist. This was the one his father had made for him. Although it was not as effective as the evil-repelling candle in warding off evil spirits, it was the only thing he could use as a weapon to protect his family.

The boy gritted his teeth, grasped the ordinary mahogany dagger and rushed towards the headless evil spirit.

At this moment, that young body displayed courage that many adults did not possess.

The headless evil spirit raised a weird smile as he held the head. His pale, bloodless hands grabbed the boy's neck in the blink of an eye and lifted him up.

Black, cold blood oozed out from the headless evil spirit's arm and crawled along the hand to the boy's face like a poisonous snake.

"Ho ho ho..."

The head laughed. What it liked most was to kill the other person in front of his closest relatives.

However, just as it was about to crush the boy's throat, suddenly a strong negative energy spread from the soles of its feet.

The yin energy was freezing cold, and a majestic figure appeared.

This figure had broad shoulders and was dressed in a loose black robe embroidered with dark red cloud patterns. The robe was inherently winding and tortuous, just like the surging yin energy.

Under the black robe, he was wearing armor and had a wide belt wrapped around his waist, with a ferocious animal head carved on it. The animal's mouth was wide open, revealing sharp fangs, as if it was ready to devour anyone who dared to stand in his way.

Ma Han stepped out from the dark aura and stepped on the head held by the headless evil spirit, crushing it with a bang.

As the head shattered, the headless evil spirit seemed to have lost all its strength. Its body fell heavily to the ground and soon turned into smelly corpse water.

The boy stared at the scene with wide eyes, somewhat shocked.

The headless evil spirit that had been chasing the brother and sister for a long time and made other ghosts afraid to approach them, just died like that?
He sat on his butt on the cold ground and had to lift his head very hard to see the face of the majestic figure.

He was a middle-aged man with a square face and thick black eyebrows.

Then the middle-aged man noticed his gaze, turned his head and said with a smile on his face.

"Boy, you are very brave. What's your name?"

The boy swallowed, his heartbeat speeding up.

"My name is... Zhong Kui!"

(End of this chapter)