strictlysupreme Chapter 20 Ghostly Arts - A Chaotic Underworld, the Ranking of Yin Virtue Begins!
Chapter 20 Ghostly Arts - A Chaotic Underworld, the Ranking of Yin Virtue Begins!
Even the hard ground was ripped open with huge cracks!
Gravel and dust flew everywhere!
Upon seeing this, Fang Han's face immediately showed confusion!
"These... are branches from those willow branches..."
"Wasn't the leader supposed to be a malevolent spirit? Why are these willow trees attacking?"
He muttered something to himself and immediately quickened his pace!
Its body moved like a ghost among the fallen willow trees!
soon……
The moment he reached the edge of the battlefield—
His face showed shock!
A series of icy waves of air surged from Nie Xiaoqian's body!
It can float freely in the air without any assistance!
And the speed is ridiculously fast!
Even if hundreds or thousands of gray-green willow branches lash out like whips of vengeful spirits, they can easily dodge them!
What shocked Fang Han even more was—
As she dodged, she also subtly released countless chilling, soul-capturing whispers!
Every wisp of the aftershock precisely wrapped around those thick willow branches!
It's like imposing a prison in the underworld!
At last……
Her speed suddenly increased!
Like a shadowy figure in white robes and purple stripes, it hurtled towards the gray sky!
All the captivating aftershocks entwined around the willow branches suddenly tightened and constricted towards her at the same time!
Immediately afterwards...
The icy true energy poured into these aftershocks!
These originally gentle and ethereal whispers instantly became as sharp and piercing as invisible blades imbued with Yin energy!
*Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!*
It's like an invisible sonic blade cutting through!
Those thick, grayish-green willow branches snapped instantly!
It turned into countless pieces of debris, scattered all over the ground!
From the moment Fang Han arrived at the scene until Nie Xiaoqian's incredible maneuver of cutting all the willow branches—
It will take less than a minute at most!
In the blink of an eye...
That towering 100-meter-tall willow tree has become a bare, bare trunk!
Only a bare trunk remains!
but.
After the threat of the willow tree was resolved.
Nie Xiaoqian hovered in the air, and a cold, mournful sound, like the lament of a vengeful spirit, suddenly emanated from her throat!
It's as if words become law!
Fang Han could clearly feel—
A strange and unsettling power suddenly enveloped the remains of the willow tree!
*Snap! Snap! Snap!*
moment!
The thick, massive willow trunk began to crack on its own in a bizarre manner!
It's as if it's been corrupted by some invisible misfortune!
"Hmm? This is... the power of the Soul-Stealing Curse?"
This was the first time Fang Han had seen such a strange power up close!
It can unleash such a terrifying attack simply by emitting faint moans!
And there's no trace of it!
If such an ominous force were to fall upon me, I wonder what the consequences would be!
......
at the same time.
Just as Fang Han was thinking...
Another anomaly has occurred!
A dark light suddenly flashed from the broken trunk of the willow tree!
Immediately afterwards... a huge, black-scaled, bone-wrapped Yin Sha suddenly tore through the already cracked treetop!
It opened its blood-red maw and swallowed Nie Xiaoqian in mid-air!
Because it was so sudden!
At this moment, Nie Xiaoqian was still looking at Fang Han, giving him a subtle gesture!
The soul is filled with a yearning for affirmation!
"Watch out—"
Fang Han's eyes sharpened!
The abundant true energy within his body instantly flowed into his legs!
Then he kicked off with a mighty leap!
The barren earth beneath their feet instantly cracked and collapsed!
With a deafening bang!
His figure instantly broke the sound barrier!
It left behind a pale white sonic boom cloud!
Just as the ferocious snake head was about to swallow Nie Xiaoqian—
He pulled her into his arms and saved her!
"Bang--"
Immediately afterwards, Fang Han landed on the ground.
Gently put the still-shaken Nie Xiaoqian down.
"In a battle, it's a fight to the death. Next time, don't get cocky until you're sure the threat has completely disappeared!"
Fang Han immediately gave a stern warning!
Then, he looked up.
The icy gaze locked onto the Bone-Entangling Yin Fiend that had revealed its true form!
......
【Bone-Entangling Yin Fiend - A Rare Tier 5 Yin Item】
Powerful, alluring...
Synopsis: An extremely cunning and malevolent spirit... Possessing terrifying strangulation power, it excels at using resentment to lure and disguise itself... Living beings or evil spirits completely seduced by it can become its vessel for possession, at its beck and call.
Warning: Extremely difficult to deal with; if you encounter them, there's an 80% chance you'll be facing two leaders simultaneously...
I saw the information prompt that appeared in my mind.
Fang Han finally understood—
Why did the group say that the leader was a bone-entwined Yin evil spirit, but then it turned into that strange Nether Willow!
It turns out this guy actually has seduction techniques!
It can turn powerful evil entities into possessing vessels that it controls!
So it seems...
That enormous willow tree must be an extremely powerful yin creature, at least at the leader level!
"I never expected that the final leader of the second round would be twin vengeful spirits... This underworld constructed by the will of the netherworld is truly bizarre..."
Fang Han's face showed curiosity!
......
at the same time.
Just as he was examining the bone-wrapped Yin Sha,
A venomous glint flashed in the other person's cold, vertical pupils!
moment.
The enormous snake's mouth suddenly opened wide!
It sprayed out a thick black mist, like ink!
The thick fog acted like a barrier, instantly plunging the surrounding area into complete darkness!
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
Simultaneously.
The remaining willow trees around them were swaying even without wind!
It frantically swayed its remaining branches!
It creates a large number of eerie sounds that interfere with the soul!
Seeing this scene.
A cold smile appeared on Fang Han's face!
"Just as the message said."
"The Yin Sha of the Bone is cunning and suspicious by nature, and it actually chose to flee at this time."
"But can you escape?"
It is clear.
Fang Han had already laid out a dense network of soul-capturing whispers as a sensory network around him!
Through the telepathic connection transmitted by the whispers, he could clearly "see"—
The enormous, ferocious creature spewing black mist and making these commotions was merely a cover for its own escape!
but.
Fang Han, who was well-prepared, was not about to let it succeed.
He raised his battle axe with the Hate Mark high!
The profound true energy within his body, accumulated over three thousand years, surged wildly into his arm through the meridians!
The blood-stained and resentful marks on the axe blade writhed wildly like a living thing!
It burst forth with a blinding, eerie light!
next second!
He swung his axe fiercely in the direction he sensed from the aftershocks of the Soul-Seizing Wave!
moment!
A massive, crescent-shaped axe beam formed from condensed true essence!
It directly split the thick black mist spewed out by the Bone-Entangling Yin Sha in the middle!
It was like cleaving through endless darkness!
A terrifying force fell from the sky!
It was accompanied by a biting cold!
At last.
A deafening roar shook the sky, accompanied by a violent tremor of the earth!
This eerie forest of ghost willows was cleaved by his full-force axe strike, creating a deep ravine that stretched for a thousand meters and was unfathomably deep!
Like a hideous rift in the earth!
As for the Bone-Entangling Yin Fiend that tried to escape, it didn't even have time to let out a scream!
The enormous soul was cleaved in two by this terrifying axe light!
A thick, grayish-black mist of resentment burst forth, scattering across the ground!
......
[Successfully defeated the fifth-tier rare Yin Domain leader - Bone-Entangling Yin Fiend, increasing Yin Yuan cultivation by eighty-nine days... eighty-seven days... eighty-eight days, and obtaining the Ferocious Ghost Technique: Miscellaneous Netherworld Mist...]
[Underworld Announcement: Contract Envoy Fang Han has successfully defeated the second round leader - a rare Tier 5 Yin creature, the Bone-Entangling Yin Fiend, at Difficulty 7... He has received the Underworld's reward: Spiritual Sense +40, Strength +20... He has gained Yin Virtue Points: 10]
[Announcement from the Underworld: The amount of Yin materials in Soul-Suppressing Village No. 13, Naihe Road, Ninja Realm War Zone, has doubled... The amount of Yin Yuan cultivation gained from hunting Yin creatures has also doubled...]
[Will of the Underworld prompts: The Ranking of Yin Virtue has been activated... From now on, contract holders can use their respective Yin Pact files to view their Yin Virtue ranking in their respective Soul-Suppressing Villages...]
[Will of the Underworld prompts: Currently, only the Yin Virtue ranking of each individual Soul-Suppressing Village is displayed! The top 100 will be shown...]
......
At the same time.
The new contracted warriors who had already gathered, formed teams, and were ready to hunt down the Bone-Entangling Yin Fiends were rushing towards the willow forest in the far north!
But the moment that chilling announcement from the underworld and the prompt from the will of the netherworld rang in everyone's minds—
Almost everyone stopped abruptly!
next second.
The entire team completely exploded!
"??? Holy crap??? What's going on? Fang Shen has killed another Yin Domain leader?"
"A fifth-tier rare beast, entwined with bone-yin energy? Could it be... the one we were just about to hunt?"
"Holy crap! If it's that Bone-Entangling Yin Fiend, then Fang Shen is definitely a spiest guy! He must have seen the messages in the group and gone straight to kill the leader!"
"Hehehehe... I didn't expect Fang Shen to be such a lowly sixth-place player... and even spying on us. But our luck seems pretty good! If Fang Shen hadn't gone to kill us, our whole team would probably have been wiped out there!"
"Yeah... Sixth Brother it is then. It's better than us stupidly running off to kill a Tier 5 rare boss and getting completely wiped out!"
"Thank you, God Fang, for saving my life!"
moment.
This team of only a few hundred people suddenly realized the truth!
At the same time, I felt a deep sense of lingering fear!
after all.
That's a rare fifth-tier leader of the Yin Domain!
If Fang Han hadn't killed it in time, his group probably wouldn't have even had a chance to escape and would have been devoured by the Bone-Entangling Yin Sha and the strange Nether Willow!
......
Compared to this team of several hundred people, the Ghost Whisper Underworld was a much more lively place!
[This is awesome! The amount of Yin materials and Yin essence gained from hunting has doubled again! Now... we're a Soul-Suppressing Village blessed with four times the Netherworld's bounty! There are probably only a handful like that in the entire universe!]
Thankfully, Fang Shen was there; otherwise, probably very few people in our village would have survived the Soul-Suppressing Trial!
[The Yin Virtue Ranking is out! I just checked, and as expected! Fang Shen is far ahead, ranking first! However, there's only his name on it; the second, third, and the next hundred spots are all empty!]
[Definitely! You can only gain Yin Virtue by defeating the leader of the Yin Realm!]
I wonder what the use of this good karma is... Will it be like some games, where you can exchange it for good items?
[It'll definitely work! Otherwise, why would the Will of the Underworld create this thing? Is it even pretty?]
Brothers, let's put in a good effort to hunt down the evil spirits! There are only three days left... Don't waste the quadruple Netherworld Blessing! We absolutely cannot let this Netherworld cheat code that Fang Shen gave us go to waste!
[Yes, yes, yes! Hunt down the spirits! Hunt down the spirits! Our Soul-Suppressing Village at Number Thirteen on the Road of Helplessness must all pass this trial!]
moment.
The entire Ghostly Whisper Underworld was like it had been injected with chicken blood!
The contract envoys have begun a frenzied hunt!
but.
And at this very moment...
The announcement from the Netherworld's Will once again resounded throughout the entire Soul Town Village No. 13 on the Road of Helplessness!
[Underworld Announcement: The third batch of Yin Realm leaders has been refreshed... five in total...]
[Note: Due to the overall improvement of Yin Yuan cultivation in Soul Town Village No. 13 on Naihe Road, this resource unlock will result in a large number of elite-level vengeful spirits appearing, in addition to the boss. Defeating elite vengeful spirits will grant Yin Virtue Points and has a chance to drop Ghost Arts, Netherworld Tools, etc.]
Soon, an announcement was made.
Almost everyone can see clearly—
The pale barrier that shrouded the Thirteenth Soul Town Village on the Road of Helplessness, like a sky curtain, was expanding wildly outwards!
It's like a brand new version of the Underworld has been unlocked!
As the territory of Zhenhun Village expands...
Even more terrifying wails of vengeful spirits echoed clearly from the newly unlocked underworld in the distance!
[Holy crap! The Soul-Suppressing Underworld has expanded again... and elite vengeful spirits have appeared! This wave of Underworld rewards is absolutely incredible!]
[This is awesome! Four times the blessings of the Underworld, plus elite vengeful spirits! This time, even if we don't compete with Fang Shen for those terrifying leaders, we still have a chance to get ghost arts and underworld artifacts from the elite vengeful spirits!]
[Team up! Team up! Meet at the Soul Town Village Square! Our team is expanding by ten members!]
[Me too! Anyone wanting to pass the trial, or wanting to obtain demonic arts and artifacts, hurry to the Soul Town Village Square! Hunting mode will begin in one incense stick's time!]
In the group chat, messages about forming teams and looking for people kept popping up!
The contract envoys were extremely excited!
They all yearn to hunt down those elite vengeful spirits and obtain powerful ghost arts and underworld artifacts!
......
Meanwhile, on Fang Han's side...
He was also drawn to the continuous announcements.
A thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
"Is this the third batch?"
"This time, not only has the number of leaders increased, but the number of elite vengeful spirits has also been refreshed."
"It seems that with each new batch of Underworld areas unlocked and the map expanded, the difficulty increases."
"Hmm, there are about three days left. I wonder which batch I'll be able to get into."
Fang Han muttered to himself in a low voice.
Although he has already gained enough power through the infusion feedback system to overwhelm the first-level wandering soul level of the underworld.
but.
As the territory of Zhenhun Village in the underworld continues to expand, the difficulty of finding its leader is also increasing dramatically!
and so.
The goal is to quickly find and eliminate the hidden leaders.
At Fang Han's speed alone, he could only advance one or two more batches at most!
However, if all the contract envoys in the village are mobilized, the efficiency will be even higher!
After some deliberation, Fang Han immediately came up with an idea!
He opened Ghost Talk Netherworld and scrolled up to see the previous chat history.
We found the first contract envoy who revealed the location of the leader—the Bone-Entangling Yin Fiend!
next second.
He directly tagged the other person in the group chat!
@He An: Brother, thank you for providing the boss's location information. I'm contacting you now to fulfill my promise and give you the reward you deserve. This [Hate-Patterned Battle Axe] is yours!
moment!
The moment Fang Han's avatar with its unique identifier started flashing, and he proactively tagged someone—
The entire Ghost Whisper Underworld was once again in complete uproar!