Danzun War God

Chapter 276 The Art of Devouring Heaven

Ning Wang's expression darkened as he said, "This ancient well is the entrance to a secret realm, and within this realm lies a terrifying power that specifically absorbs people's primordial spirits. At the same time, the corpses of those whose primordial spirits are absorbed are controlled by special formations within this secret realm, and these corpses are refined into corpse refiners."

"Corpse refining?" Han Qi had indeed encountered corpse refining in the underworld. Back then, it was a corpse refining raised by the Huang clan. The oldest corpse refining was a hundred-year-old corpse king. Of course, at that time, the Black Mountain Legion was taught by the Black Dragon's formation, which relied on the Red Dragon's tablet as the carrier for the Black Dragon to transmit death energy.

But Han Qi was quite surprised to find that there were even corpses being refined in this ancient well secret realm.

"Yes! It's corpse refining, and the level of the corpses here is extremely high. Many of them have already reached the level of Corpse King, and their combat power is astonishing!" Hades recounted in detail.

"Corpse Emperor Realm? Have you ever seen one?"

“No, because this place has always belonged to the Nine Netherworld and has always been ruled by the Asura King. However, I previously sent a large number of Netherworld experts into this well, but none of them were able to come out. But there is one person who has definitely seen the Corpse King here,” the Underworld King said with burning eyes.

"The Asura King?" Han Qi asked indifferently.

“That’s right. Legend has it that the Asura King came out of this ancient well, so he must know what’s inside!” Hades said, as if taking credit.

"You mean the Asura King can control the primordial spirit in the ancient well and devour it?"

“That’s right!” Hades nodded and said.

"Do you have a way to get in?" Han Qi asked, his eyes shining.

"Please forgive me, Skywalker. Although I am the King of the Underworld, I cannot do anything with this ancient well. Its power is far beyond what we humans can withstand. Therefore, I advise you not to enter rashly." The King of the Underworld said sincerely.

"Hmph! Why would I be afraid of him?" Han Qi glanced at Hades, saying with a hint of disappointment.

When Hades heard Han Qi say this, he had no choice but to shut up and say nothing more. However, he was also filled with anticipation for Han Qi to enter the ancient well. As one of the few Skywalkers, Han Qi possessed potential that was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Hades couldn't wait for Han Qi to go in immediately and make the Asura King disappear from this world.

Han Qi took out the Star Tablet from his Life Palace, intending to use the Heavenly Chess Formation to break the seal on the ancient well. However, after taking out the Star Tablet, Han Qi changed his mind. He then took out the Map of Mountains and Rivers. With Han Qi's activation, the Heavenly Chess Formation and the Star Tablet perfectly overlapped. Han Qi did this to break the seal on the ancient well in one go. On the other hand, he also wanted to reassure the Underworld King after he submitted to him, so that once he followed him, he would be completely devoted and would never betray him.

"The Celestial Chess Formation is activated!"

With a roar, the stone statues in the sky instantly appeared on the chessboard. Empowered by the Mountain and River Map, each statue shimmered with golden light, resembling a colossal Buddha. They raised their weapons in perfect unison, and a powerful aura instantly swept through the surrounding area.

"break!"

At Han Qi's command, all the weapons in the hands of the stone statues simultaneously emitted a golden light, converging together to form a giant golden sword.

Hades, standing to the side, was completely stunned by the overwhelming aura before him. He had never even heard of the Heavenly Chess Formation, let alone the stone statues within it. In his eyes, these golden statues seemed to have come to life.

The golden sword then hurtled towards the ancient well.

"boom!"

After a deafening crash, a bright green light shone from the ancient well, and the surrounding air was shaken and spread outwards in concentric circles like water ripples.

Immediately, the green light above the ancient well disappeared, and Han Qi knew that the seal on the ancient well had been broken.

Just then, a purple light appeared in the ancient well again. As the purple light grew stronger, Han Qi couldn't help but take a step back, staring at the ancient well with a cautious expression.

Immediately, a cloud of purple mist appeared at the mouth of the ancient well. However, this cloud of purple mist flew away from the well opening. The entire cloud of mist was only the size of a fist, but it was surrounded by purple energy and flickered in circles like lightning.

"Soul Devouring!" Hades cried out in alarm.

Just then, the purple mist rushed toward the Heavenly Chess Formation in the air with lightning speed.

Han Qi cried out inwardly: This is bad!

But it was too late. He had never expected the purple mist to pull such a move. Just as Han Qi put away the Heavenly Chess Formation, the purple mist also disappeared into the Heavenly Chess Formation.

As the fog disappeared, Han Qi was taken aback and hurriedly checked the Star Stele. He found that the Star Stele was intact. He then quickly checked the Map of Mountains and Rivers and found that there was indeed a purple halo on the surface of the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

"Did they accidentally ruin my 'Map of Mountains and Rivers'? That would be a huge loss!" Han Qi cursed inwardly.

Han Qi then released his divine sense into the Mountain and River Map, and immediately discovered that there were shadows of purple mist in every corner of the map.

He quickly projected the "Map of Mountains and Rivers" into the air, and it immediately transformed into a huge 3D picture, with all the mountains, rivers, and vegetation clearly visible, but it was also glowing with a faint purple light.

Suddenly, a purple vortex formed in the middle of the entire landscape map, and it was spinning at an extremely fast speed.

Han Qi panicked. What should he do? It seemed that the Mountain and River Map had been infected by the purple mist. Han Qi was extremely annoyed.

Just then, a strange voice appeared in Han Qi's mind: "Master!"

"Master? Who's speaking?" Han Qi couldn't help but call out.

Hades, who was standing nearby, also noticed something amiss and realized that Han Qi was no longer behind it. He then began to retreat.

"Yes! You are my master. I am the spirit of the Mountain and River Map. Today I am finally able to return. To express my gratitude, I have acknowledged you as my master and will repay your kindness." The voice rang out again.

Han Qi immediately recognized that the voice came from the landscape painting in front of him, and was overjoyed. This was truly an unexpected gain. He then asked, "What's so special about you? Or do you have any supernatural powers?"

Han Qi asked expectantly, knowing that artifact spirits could usually enhance the power of magical artifacts, and wondered if the artifact spirit in front of him was the same.

Soon, the spirit of the Mountain and River Map confirmed Han Qi's guess; the spirit had indeed not disappointed him.

"That's right, besides enhancing the power of the Mountain and River Map, I also possess a divine ability: the Devouring Heaven Technique!" The spirit's voice revealed barely concealed excitement.