Chapter 385: Yellow Springs Swamp

Huang Jianzhong picked up the Earth Scepter and pointed it fiercely toward the sky.

Countless rocks condensed in the sky above.

A massive amount of rocks fell from the sky continuously, like rain.

Each of these rocks was larger than the last.

"Being called 'A-Jian of the Earth' is no joke."

"Earth Element: Elemental Transformation."

The rocks crashed heavily onto the ground, directly crushing some humans who were hiding in houses and still alive into a mass of flesh and blood.

The fresh blood turned into Blood Mist and surged onto the altar in the sky.

The altar seemed to have become even more crimson.

"Sure enough, it is effective, as long as Lord Andras's true body successfully descends to Blue Star."

"He will appear here in the form of a Saint."

"Whatever Four Cardinal Virtues or Five Marshals there are, none of them will be a match for Lord Andras."

"I, too, will become an existence above ten thousand and below one."

"Hmph, I have never been able to gain the recognition of the Twenty-Eight Mansions; this time, I will ascend to the heavens in one step, replace that high and mighty Qilin Marshal, and become the ruler of Yan Country."

After hearing Huang Jianzhong's words, the Star Sage seemed to be amused.

"With that intelligence of his, wanting to sit in the Qilin Marshal's position is difficult."

"So what if he is a Saint? By borrowing the power of the Qi Luck Hall, the Qilin Marshal is enough to suppress a Saint."

"Don't think that just because they are high and mighty gods, they have the capital to be arrogant."

"As long as they enter here through the Crystal Wall, even a Qiangshen Shenli will only have the strength of a Saint."

"Andras, if you are smart, you should go back to Hell."

"Once your true body enters Blue Star, your strength will only be that of a Saint, or even weaker than a Saint."

The Star Sage licked her lips, revealing sharp canine teeth.

She looked in the direction of Andras, revealing an incomparably surprised expression.

"In fact, I really want to try what it feels like to turn a living god into a divine power battery."

This was the Star Sage's incredibly crazy plan.

"However, my nephew-in-apprenticeship has indeed made remarkable progress."

"I believe that soon, he should be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with me."

The Star Sage lazily stretched, and she looked at Ye Bai with the appearance of someone watching a good show.

Ye Bai always felt that someone seemed to be watching him, but Ye Bai never found where that person was.

"What on earth is going on here?"

"Could it be that there are other powerful enemies peeping in the dark?"

Ye Bai secretly kept a watchful eye.

"If that's the case, then I must secretly accumulate strength."

Ye Bai knew very well in his heart that the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican was for saving his life, and he should not use it unless necessary.

"By the way, Nether Hell Wolf, you sneak into the shadows and use Shadow Shuttle to destroy the other Angel Bones."

After hearing Ye Bai's order, the Nether Hell Wolf shuttled directly out of Ye Bai's shadow; it had to destroy the Angel Bones as soon as possible to weaken Huang Jianzhong's power.

"I am a relatively steady person; to avoid long delays, I have decided to use my most proficient skill, Yellow Springs Swamp, to deal with you."

"In the Yellow Springs Swamp, only the earth elements I summon can move freely."

Huang Jianzhong held the Earth Scepter high and smashed it heavily toward the ground.

Only a bang was heard, and the black mud spread to the surroundings like rolling giant waves.

"What on earth is this thing? It's just like asphalt."

Ye Bai was sitting on the back of the Myriad-Changing Butterfly, but a suction force came from the black asphalt.

"This is my exclusive Domain, the Yellow Springs Swamp."

"All the undead I have defeated will be stored here by me, becoming puppets for me to drive."

Huang Jianzhong said coldly.

This was his greatest secret.

It was also his talent.

Ye Bai's gaze fell into the Yellow Springs Swamp below.

Yellow Springs Swamp, a chilling land of the undead.

The liquid, black as ink, gave off a faint luster under the dim sky.

That luster was permeated with the Weird and the cold, as if it could swallow all light and heat.

Above the swamp, black, ghost-like mist drifted slowly, appearing and disappearing, like curtains of black, shrouding this dead, silent land in a mysterious and terrifying atmosphere.

Countless wailing undead floated in this black, asphalt-like liquid.

Their faces were twisted, their expressions painful.

The eyes of these undead were hollow and lifeless, but their movements were unusually consistent, as if they were looking for something in the swamp or following some unknown summons.

Ye Bai saw a living Death-Reporting Emperor Crow flapping its wings and flying in a panic over the swamp; the black liquid would roll and surge, forming a giant black hand that grabbed the Death-Reporting Emperor Crow and pulled it down into the swamp.

The undead seemed to be awakened; their roars pierced through the fog and stabbed into the eardrums, making one feel endless fear from the bottom of their heart.

They all crawled rapidly toward the direction of the Death-Reporting Emperor Crow.

In just a moment, the Death-Reporting Emperor Crow turned into piles of white bones and sank completely into the black liquid.

Its Soul also became one of them, sinking forever.

"Yellow Springs Swamp Domain."

"Capable of summoning the undead for one's own use."

"I didn't expect the Domain you awakened to look so Weird."

Huang Jianzhong's gaze looked gloomily toward the Yellow Springs Swamp.

On the edge of the Yellow Springs Swamp grew several trees with Weird forms; their branches were twisted, their leaves withered and yellow, as if they too had been affected by this dead zone, their life force gradually being drained away.

Amidst the flickering shadows, the figures of the undead in the swamp were vaguely reflected; these were precisely the puppets that Huang Jianzhong had painstakingly collected.

"You don't understand what a great price I have paid to guard this Tianquan City."

"This price allowed me to completely awaken the Yellow Springs Swamp Domain."

"To be precise, it was my Pet Beast that awakened the Yellow Springs Swamp Domain."

"It is a pity that my Pet Beast, in order to protect me, completely merged with me."

"I wanted to become one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions also because I wanted to see if I could bring a sliver of my Pet Beast's Soul out from the Yellow Springs Swamp, rather than letting it sink forever."

"Besides the fact that I am old and my strength is going downhill, resurrecting my Pet Beast has also become my heart's desire."

Huang Jianzhong's thinking was on par with Liu Bo's, only their methods were too extreme.

For the sake of their own Pet Beasts, they did not hesitate to sacrifice others.

"Holy Light shines."

Earlier, Ye Bai had long since called for the Sunflower Fairy to split into many Clones resembling sunflowers to clean up the entire battlefield.

Now, after receiving Ye Bai's order, this entire area became as blinding as broad daylight.

The Sunflower Fairy's actions even alarmed Andras.

"Those guys, do they really want to destroy the entire Blood Sacrifice Array? It is simply too hateful."

Andras's body flickered in and out of existence.

His true body had already suffered fatal injuries during the battle against other Demon Gods.

Andras was somewhat hesitant: should he persist and stay stationed on Blue Star, or return to Hell to recuperate? Blinding light descended, and a large amount of black Qi appeared over the Yellow Springs Swamp.

Under the illumination of the Holy Light, the Yellow Springs Swamp began to release endless darkness.

The holy light, symbolizing divinity and hope, became at this moment the fuse for the death of the wailing undead.

Those souls that were once living beings now only had wails left; under the cleansing of the Holy Light, they struggled powerlessly, dissipating like dust, turning into ashes, and scattering with the wind.

The moment their Souls dissipated, Ye Bai felt a cold aura surge directly into his eyes.

After a long while, Ye Bai realized that this was the power of faith.

Every undead whose Soul dissipated had passed on their lifelong faith to him.

Ye Bai's eyes were the Truth Eye, possessing a sliver of the Truth God's Divinity.

Nourished by the faith, this sliver of Divinity was gradually growing stronger.

The air was filled with the smell of sulfur and rotten wood, and the black Qi under the reflection of the Holy Light appeared exceptionally thick, as if one could inhale a mouthful of desolation and despair with every breath.

The water in the swamp was no longer a deathly ink color, but had become blood-red, boiling and churning, emitting dull sounds as if telling some unknown secret.

The Holy Light seemed to have become a judge, ruthlessly judging everything that did not belong to the light.

In this judgment, the Yellow Springs Swamp turned into a Purgatory, burning away all sin and filth.

"Huang Jianzhong, this is a cage I personally crafted for you. I wonder if you are satisfied."

Ye Bai said to Huang Jianzhong with a smile.

"Satisfied, how could I not be satisfied? I haven't been exposed to the sunlight for a long time, so I'm a bit unaccustomed to it."

A large amount of holy flames erupted from Huang Jianzhong's body; these flames were devouring the demonic energy within him.

"However, do you think that this is enough to break my Yellow Springs Swamp Domain?"

"You have thought of me too simply."

"I am, after all, a veteran Pet Beast Master, so I naturally possess quite a few methods."

"The me before you is not the real me, but merely a Clone I created using Element Creation."

Huang Jianzhong said coldly.

His true body had long since hidden away, and even Andras, a Demon God, had not seen through the truth or falsehood before him.

But Ye Bai, who possessed the Truth Eye, had long ago discovered that the person before him was nothing more than a Clone.

However, Ye Bai did not expose it proactively; instead, he guided Huang Jianzhong step by step to reveal his flaws.

"Interesting, how did this little nephew recognize his true or false form?"

"This guy almost tricked me; I'm feeling a bit annoyed."

The Star Sage closed her book directly, chanted a spell, and countless starlight surged from her body and fell onto the ground.

"Earth Annihilation."

The Star Sage only said these words, and the entire earth began to shake violently.

High-rise buildings were snapped in half.

Tianquan City became devastated.

The Ji Shui Leopard, which was fighting the Death-Reporting Emperor Crow, arranged for the Water Cannon Rabbit to snatch a piece of leg bone carried by the leader of the Death-Reporting Emperor Crows after the sudden change.

The Nether Hell Wolf took advantage of the Water Cannon Rabbit's inattention and suddenly sprang out from the ground; it snatched the golden leg bone from the Water Cannon Rabbit's hand in one bite, and the moment the Water Cannon Rabbit used a water cannon to shoot at it, it turned into countless Shadows and merged into the shadows.

The golden leg bone was scorched by hellfire and turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.

As the angel remains gradually decreased, the Blood Sacrifice Array began to become slightly unstable.

Now, there were only two parts left supporting the entire Blood Sacrifice Array.

The Fang Ri Rabbit, who was fighting crazily among the Rock Giants, saw that the hand bone acting as the array eye had suddenly developed a large number of cracks.

The crackling sound echoed throughout the entire scene.

Just as Fangri Tu was about to pick up the hand bone on the ground, the Nether Hell Wolf appeared.

The Heavy Hammer in Fangri Tu's hand nearly smashed onto the body of the Nether Hell Wolf.

"It's you; I almost smashed you with my hammer."

Fangri Tu said with extreme gentleness.

She identified it through the scent on the Nether Hell Wolf's body.

In fact, Fangri Tu was face-blind; apart from Ye Bai and other high-level members, Fangri Tu simply could not recognize anyone else's face.

In her eyes, almost everyone was the same.

The Nether Hell Wolf went *crack! * and turned that piece of hand bone into countless fragments.

At this moment, countless rocks descended from the sky.

In the blink of an eye, they transformed into rock giants.

Huang Jianzhong felt that there was a problem with the Blood Sacrifice Array and was frantically summoning rock giants.

The pressure was on Huang Jianzhong's side; if the Blood Sacrifice Array were broken, he would also perish instantly.

At this time, the Star Sage appeared eerily beside Huang Jianzhong.

"Long time no see, Old Huang."

The moment he saw the Star Sage, Huang Jianzhong's pupils contracted sharply.

"Chu Han, aren't you already dead?"

"How could you appear again?"

Chu Han was a very famous disciple of Zhang Dashan who had awakened the Memory Palace talent for the second time.

Back then, in order to compete with Zhang Dashan for a position among the Twenty-Eight Mansions, Huang Jianzhong had specifically used underhanded means, releasing blood parasites to infest Zhang Dashan's body.

This was to plunge Zhang Dashan into even deeper despair.

Huang Jianzhong had even made a move against Chu Han; he wanted Chu Han to die and disappear, thereby further provoking Zhang Dashan.

As it turned out, before he could even act, news of Chu Han's death arrived.

And Zhang Dashan's body had collapsed even further.

"Surprised to see me, aren't you?"

"Huang Jianzhong, there is a debt of grievances between us that we might need to settle."

"You don't need to hide either; you are currently only a Seven-Tier Peak Pet Beast Master, while this humble woman, untalented as she is, is already Tier 8."

"The distance between you and me is like heaven and earth."

Chu Han laughed coldly.

Her body erupted with a terrifying aura.

"Aren't you afraid of attracting the attention of the Demon God?"

Huang Jianzhong said with some panic.

"What is there to fear? The Demon God is the same as a human, with one nose and two eyes; what do I have to be afraid of?"

"To be honest, the strength of the Clone of Andras that descended upon Tianquan City is not very high. I am actually curious, why were you bewitched by Andras, and subsequently sacrificed the entire Tianquan City?"

The Star Sage sat on the ground, leaned back, and landed in a nebula.

"Don't tell me you feel you are getting old; that is an excuse to fool children."

"A Seven-Tier Pet Beast Master can live for another hundred years if there are no accidents."

"What made you become a lackey of the Demon God?"

The Star Sage asked coldly.

Huang Jianzhong spat a mouthful of saliva from his mouth.

"Hmph, rather than accusing me, it would be better to say that we are the same kind of people."

(End of this chapter)