Chapter 190: Great Terror, the Undead Divine Corpse in the Vast Sea!

After some hesitation, Hu Lin also made a decision in his heart: he would first go to confirm the other's identity, then make other plans.

To confirm the other's identity, he couldn't expose his own purpose; he had to think of a way to approach the other first.

With this plan, Hu Lin continued pursuing in the direction of Fang Xu and Xuan Ji.

Finally, upon entering the last city at the edge of the Vast Sea, Hu Lin saw Fang Xu.

"A Martial Lord Fourth Stage with a somewhat strange aura, a youngster, accompanied by an Elder Martial Peak old man..."

In the tavern, Hu Lin watched Fang Xu and Xuan Ji walking over from afar, frowning and muttering to himself.

His intuitive impression was that these two were not core disciples who had come out of any Great Sect or Eternal Nation.

Because the core members of those Great Sects and Eternal Nations would never have such a shabby appearance.

Even if they were undergoing secret training, there should at least be a Dharma Appearance Realm expert following them as a Dharma protector.

Hu Lin had already observed that besides Xuan Ji, there were no other strong people around Fang Xu.

However, this did not rule out the possibility that the other's Dharma protector was extremely strong, and he simply hadn't noticed.

Thinking of this, Hu Lin came up with a plan.

"Waiter!"

He called the tavern attendant over, a flash of light in his hand, took out a medium-grade spirit crystal marrow from his Cosmos Bag and handed it to the attendant, saying: "Did you see those two down there?"

The attendant took the spirit crystal marrow, his gaze noticing Fang Xu and Xuan Ji walking over from afar, and nodded: "Sir, what are your orders?"

"Find a way to invite them in; this medium-grade spirit crystal marrow will be yours."

The attendant weighed the medium-grade spirit crystal marrow in his hand, a hint of greed on his face.

He was merely a Martial Artist; ordinarily he could hardly see a low-grade spirit crystal marrow, and the value of a medium-grade spirit crystal marrow was comparable to several years of his income.

"Rest assured, sir, I'll go right away!"

After slipping the medium-grade spirit crystal marrow into his pocket, the attendant hurriedly ran out of the tavern.

At this moment, Fang Xu and Xuan Ji were preparing to find an inn in the city to rest properly, then head straight for the Vast Sea.

Suddenly they noticed a tavern attendant walking toward them.

Xuan Ji was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Fang Xu.

Fang Xu, however, stared at the attendant without speaking.

"Sirs, I am an attendant of Defu Tavern."

The tavern attendant respectfully clasped his hands toward Fang Xu and Xuan Ji.

"What's the matter?"

Fang Xu frowned and asked.

The attendant hurriedly clasped his hands again: "Sirs, our tavern has an honored guest who wishes to invite you upstairs for a seat."

"Invite us upstairs for a seat?"

Fang Xu and Xuan Ji exchanged a glance, suspicion rising in their hearts.

"Could our identities have been exposed?"

"No way."

"But if it's not our identities being exposed, aside from Li Xun on the Central Continent, we hardly know anyone; who could it be?"

"Sirs, please."

Seeing Fang Xu and Xuan Ji silent, the tavern attendant lowered his posture even further, quickly bowing to indicate.

"Let's go take a look."

Xuan Ji spoke.

As a person of the Profound Gate, possessing Heaven-Human Induction, he did not sense any danger.

Moreover, Xuan Ji also believed that the honored guest the attendant mentioned was very likely a prominent figure from the Divine Temple who had happened to come here and recognized them.

That was why he had the attendant come to call them upstairs.

Fang Xu nodded, and the two followed the attendant up to the second floor of Defu Tavern.

Under the attendant's guidance, they arrived at the private room where Hu Lin was.

Just as they entered, Xuan Ji was stunned.

The person before them was not from the Dark Divine Temple, yet strangely, he felt a faint sense of familiarity, though he couldn't recall where he had seen him before.

"Who are you?" Xuan Ji clasped his hands and asked.

He could sense a trace of terrifying aura on Hu Lin's body.

Clearly, that was the feeling only a Dharma Appearance Realm expert possessed.

The other party was a Dharma Appearance Realm powerhouse!

"I am surnamed Hu; please sit, gentlemen." Hu Lin glanced at the two, finally giving Fang Xu an extra look.

At such close distance, he was already able to confirm that Ling Jun's resentful imprint was on Fang Xu.

This meant that the one who killed his son was precisely this young man before him.

Fang Xu and Xuan Ji exchanged a glance, then slowly sat opposite Hu Lin.

"Waiter, add two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and bring a jug of good wine."

Hu Lin called out, then turned to Fang Xu with a smile: "May I ask your name, young sir?"

"Hu Ertu." Fang Xu slightly clasped his hands: "Senior, why did you summon us?"

"Hu Ertu?"

Hu Lin frowned slightly, racking his brains to search for related figures among the great sects and eternal nations of the Heavenly Mystery Realm, finding that there seemed to be no such number.

Moreover, the name Hu Ertu sounded somewhat like a person from the Northern Domain Rong Tribe.

Although the Rong Tribe were mostly uncivilized barbarians, their royal family possessed ancient bloodlines, and their strength should not be underestimated.

"Senior?" Seeing Hu Lin not speak, Fang Xu frowned and asked.

Hu Lin came to his senses, smiled, waved his hand, and sighed, saying: "I must have mistaken the person."

"Young man, to be frank, I saw you from afar upstairs earlier and thought you were a descendant of an old friend."

"I never expected that I, the old man, had mistaken the person."

Fang Xu felt somewhat suspicious in his heart, but then didn't think much more about it.

Mistaking a person was understandable; he immediately rose slowly, clasped his hands toward Hu Lin, and said: "Since you've mistaken the person, senior, I won't bother you further."

Speaking, he gestured for Xuanji to leave right away.

Just then, the shop assistant came over carrying two sets of bowls and chopsticks and a jug of good wine.

Seeing Fang Xu and his companion about to leave, he worried that Hu Lin might take back that piece of middle-grade spirit crystal marrow, and was thinking how to persuade the two to sit down.

Hu Lin, however, directly said: "Young man, don't rush."

"Although I mistook the person, meeting is fate; I rudely disturbed you two, it's my fault, Hu."

"Now that the fine wine has arrived, young man, why not sit down and have a cup, to let me make amends."

Hearing that, the shop assistant also hurriedly urged: "Sirs, the esteemed guest has spoken, what do you think..."

Fang Xu said nothing, his gaze fixed on Hu Lin, a vague intuition arising in his heart.

This person before him definitely has a problem.

However, he felt no hostility from Hu Lin, and for a moment couldn't determine the other's intent.

But drinking...

Looking at the friend list where only Li Xun remained, he became interested.

"Senior, if I decline again after such warm hospitality, it would be excessive."

"Uncle-master, you and I should sit down and have a drink with this senior."

Beside him, Xuanji's brows slightly furrowed.

He didn't know why the always cautious Fang Xu would choose to stay and drink with that person.

But now that Fang Xu's words have been spoken, he also couldn't well refuse.

He could only sit back down again.

Seeing this, the shop assistant hurriedly placed the wine jug and bowls and chopsticks on the table.

"Please enjoy, gentlemen."

The three successfully sat together; that piece of middle-grade spirit crystal marrow ought to belong to me, right?

After the assistant left, Hu Lin was about to reach out to help them pour wine, but Fang Xu spoke first: "Senior, sorry, my uncle-master has a hidden ailment and cannot drink alcohol."

"Today this wine, I will drink it with you."

Xuanji beside him was completely dazed!

What hidden ailment do I have?

Where does the notion come from that I cannot drink alcohol?

But noticing Fang Xu's expression, he suppressed his doubts, clasped his hands toward Hu Lin, and smiled, saying: "I am ashamed, old man."

Hu Lin blinked slightly, then smiled and waved his hand: "No problem."

His main target is still Fang Xu.

Although Xuanji's cultivation has reached the peak of the Elemental Martial Realm, in his eyes he is merely a guardian of the Dao.

Whether he drinks or not makes no difference.

"Senior, let me pour the wine."

He reached out, picked up the wine jug, filled the cups for himself and Hu Lin, then raised his bowl and said: "A toast to the senior."

Across from him, Hu Lin was somewhat dazed.

Does this kid really have no caution at all?

Moreover, his overly familiar personality really makes him unaccustomed.

"Hmm... good."

He lifted the bowl before him, Hu Lin was about to drink, but his heart thumped a few times.

Huh!?

Hu Lin's heart gave a slight start!

After grasping the power of laws in the Dharma Appearance Realm, in a sense it can also be considered unity of heaven and man.

Often, strong cultivators of the Dharma Appearance Realm also possess heaven‑man resonance.

It's just that this heaven‑man resonance is not as strong as that of Xuanmen cultivators.

Feeling the warning in his heart, Hu Lin dubiously looked at the wine in his hand.

Could the wine be problematic?

No way!

The wine is from Virtue Fortune Tower; I just drank it, and I invited others to drink it—why am I still suspicious?

If the wine is fine, then what's with the warning rising in my heart?

"Senior, what's wrong?" Fang Xu tipped back his cup, drank the wine, and gave Hu Lin a strange look.

Could the other party have noticed something?

Surely not?

"Huh?" Hu Lin blinked, then gulped down the wine in his cup.

His earlier thoughts let him roughly understand.

If the wine is fine, then the person must be problematic!

I came here to kill him; a warning in my heart perhaps indicates that he has some means that could threaten me!

Looks like I need to be careful when we fight.

On Fang Xu's side, the moment he saw Hu Lin's name appear in the friend list, he instantly understood.

Friend 2: Heavenly Mystery Realm · Monastery Mountain · Hu Lin (75%)

Someone from Monastery Mountain?

Looking at it this way, the other party wasn't mistaken from the start; their target was fundamentally me.

After killing that Monastery Mountain disciple in Jiangzhou Prefecture earlier, Xiao Hua had told me that Monastery Mountain's Karmic Star-Guiding Technique is very hard to shake off.

Once a grudge mark is branded, one becomes tangled in karma.

As long as someone from Monastery Mountain wishes, there is nowhere to hide in the entire Heavenly Mystery Realm.

Now it seems the other party has come looking for me.

But it's strange: why didn't the other party just attack directly, instead going to great lengths to put on this show with me?

His thoughts stirred slightly, and he suddenly understood.

The Karmic Star-Guiding Technique merely let the other party find me, but they don't know my specific identity.

Monastery Mountain is just a second-rate power; looking across the Heavenly Mystery Realm, there are many powers they cannot afford to offend.

The other party didn't attack right away; they probably want to figure out what power stands behind me.

With this speculation, Fang Xu also had an idea.

"Senior, I've finished my drink; junior and my uncle still need to make a trip to the Vast Sea, so I won't disturb you further."

Fang Xu rose and clasped his hands.

Hu Lin was somewhat surprised and deliberately asked: "The Vast Sea is dangerous; with the two of you juniors' strength going there, wouldn't that be too risky?"

Fang Xu smiled and shook his head: "Our sect has prepared a means for us."

"Senior, farewell."

Having said that, he pulled Xuan Ji away and left.

Outside the wine tower, Xuan Ji frowned and looked over: "Kid, what are you up to?"

"He's from Monastery Mountain." Fang Xu spoke directly.

Monastery Mountain!?

Xuan Ji's expression instantly turned somewhat solemn.

Earlier, Xiao Hua brought Fang Xu to the Jiangzhou outpost, intending for him to act and find a way to dispel the grudge mark on his body.

But Monastery Mountain's Karmic Star-Guiding Technique is an ancient secret art; I fundamentally have no way to dispel it.

I never expected to today encounter someone from Monastery Mountain coming to find me.

"So you're saying he wasn't mistaken about the person?"

Fang Xu nodded.

Xuan Ji was even more bewildered: "You brat, knowing he's from Monastery Mountain, you don't run away quickly, but instead sit down and drink with him?"

Fang Xu laughed.

"He didn't attack directly; he must be worried that I have a powerful backing."

Xuan Ji suddenly understood: "So you told him you're going to the Vast Sea and said your sect prepared a means for you?"

Fang Xu nodded and said: "Uncle, is this plan of mine clever?"

The Vast Sea is called a forbidden land; any power that has the means to enter the Vast Sea safely is absolutely not weak.

It is precisely because of this speculation that Fang Xu told Hu Lin, letting him imagine what power stands behind him in order to resolve this crisis.

"Clever my ass!"

Xuan Ji angrily said: "You brat, do you know that in the Heavenly Mystery Realm, the powers that have the means to enter the Vast Sea are the Dark Divine Temple and the Heavenly Star Sect among the two sects?"

Fang Xu was somewhat surprised: "That few?"

Xuan Ji said nothing, directly pulled Fang Xu onto a Black Flame Horned Horse, then hurriedly headed out of the city.

"Uncle, the Heavenly Star Sect should be strong, right?"

"It should be able to make Monastery Mountain wary, right?"

Xuan Ji sighed helplessly: "Blame me for not telling you earlier; otherwise we wouldn't have today's disaster."

"The Heavenly Star Sect is indeed strong, but the entire sect has only over a hundred members."

"These over a hundred are all renowned experts; most of the Heavenly Mystery Realm knows them."

"The other party is at the Dharma Appearance Realm; they must be a high-ranking member of Monastery Mountain."

"He only needs to inquire whether the Heavenly Star Sect has any newcomers who just joined; soon he'll discover you're not a member of the Heavenly Star Sect."

"And if so, they will inevitably guess you are a disciple of the Divine Temple."

Hearing this, Fang Xu was completely dazed!

So melodramatic!?

Isn't this equivalent to trying to escape one crisis only to provoke another?

"By then, in Hu Lin's eyes, I will not only be the murderer who killed the Monastery Mountain disciple, but also a person of the Dark Divine Temple."

"Then they will surely want to kill me even more."

"This ending is really fucked up!"

"What now?" Fang Xu asked.

"Enter the Vast Sea!" Xuan Ji said: "The other party still needs some time to verify your identity."

"During this time we should enter the Vast Sea as quickly as possible; then even if he finds out, he will likely be wary of the Vast Sea's danger and perhaps not pursue us."

Fang Xu nodded, then without another word headed straight toward the Vast Sea.

As for Hu Lin's side, everything was exactly as Xuanji had guessed.

But the only thing Xuanji hadn't expected was that Hu Lin learned Fang Xu's identity faster than he had anticipated.

"There is a way to enter the Vast Sea… Senior Uncle… Prime Martial Realm peak…"

"Does the Heaven Star Sect have any elders still in the Prime Martial Realm?"

Hu Lin muttered to himself.

As one of the Two Sects and Two Teachings, the Heaven Star Sect has at most a mere hundred disciples and elders combined.

Relying on just a hundred people, they can firmly stand as top-tier strength, towering over the Three Undying Kingdoms, so the members of the Heaven Star Sect are all very strong.

Fang Xu calling Xuanji "Senior Uncle" indicates that Xuanji should be a senior expert of the Heaven Star Sect.

But among the Heaven Star Sect's senior experts, is there anyone who hasn't broken through to the Dharma Appearance Realm?

Hu Lin felt somewhat doubtful.

Thinking this through, he immediately paid for the drink and went to the Netherworld Organization's stronghold in the city.

Soon, Hu Lin walked out of the Netherworld Organization's stronghold with intense killing intent in his eyes.

According to the Netherworld's intelligence, they weren't sure whether the Heaven Star Sect had any new disciples, but one thing was certain: the Heaven Star Sect's senior experts all possessed strength no lower than the late Dharma Appearance Realm.

An old fogey at the peak of the Prime Martial Realm could absolutely not be a member of the Heaven Star Sect!

Thus, Hu Lin had already concluded that if the brat's words were true, then the two of them shared only one identity!

Members of the Dark God Temple!

Moreover, when Lingjun initially left Monastery Mountain, he also took along a Dark God Temple hunting hound, saying he would go slaughter some Dark God Temple disciples to hone his skills.

With that, everything made sense.

It must be that Lingjun encountered those two while hunting Dark God Temple disciples, provoking them to strike a deadly blow.

Thinking of this, a flash of excitement crossed Hu Lin's eyes!

The Dark God Temple also has an existence at the peak of the Prime Martial Realm.

The bounty offered by the Great Expansion Dao Sect for a Prime Martial Realm peak Dark God Temple disciple seems to be worth a hundred pieces of top-grade spirit crystal marrow, right?

Not bad!

Unexpected wealth!

As an elder of Monastery Mountain, my yearly tribute is only ten pieces of top-grade spirit crystal marrow; yet this trip to seek vengeance has unexpectedly yielded such a gain.

With a flash of his form, Hu Lin directly gave chase.

Because he noticed that the two were currently accelerating in their flight toward the Vast Sea.

I must catch up to them before they enter the depths of the Vast Sea!

Otherwise, if they enter the Vast Sea's depths and I pursue afterward, it will be dangerous.

At the moment his killing intent erupted, Hu Lin waved his hand and released a hazy energy that enveloped his body.

This is another means of the Karma Star-Thread Technique.

It can greatly weaken the enemy's heaven‑human perception, preventing them from knowing he is about to strike.

Earlier, Xuanji sensed danger but couldn't deduce it, also because Hu Lin had employed this method.

On the barren land, the two Black Flame Horned Horses had already been abandoned by Fang Xu and Xuanji.

Having set out from River Prefecture, they chose to ride the Black Flame Horned Horses because the journey to the Vast Sea was truly too far.

If the two were to travel by flight, it would be comparatively arduous.

But now the Vast Sea is already close, and with a Dharma Appearance Realm expert possibly pursuing from behind at any moment, the two immediately decided to discard the Black Flame Horned Horses.

After all, flight speed far surpasses that of the Black Flame Horned Horses.

Their bodies turned into streaks of light, racing swiftly toward a fantastical curtain of light ahead.

"The Vast Sea is right ahead!" Gazing at the distant light curtain resembling a splendid aurora, Xuanji spoke.

Fang Xu said nothing, for he faintly sensed that someone seemed to be pursuing from behind.

"Senior Uncle, you go first!"

Xuanji possesses a means to safely pass through the Vast Sea, whereas I must take part in the Three Gods Trial and therefore must enter.

If I were to give up this time, my trial would fail.

And failure would mean that I and the Ghost Face Army have no affinity with the God-Fallen Land.

This will directly affect the outcome of the God‑Child's selection.

Xuanji, however, was now caught in hesitation.

"Fang Xu, why not just give up this time?"

"That is the Dharma Appearance Realm; although the Vast Sea holds many dangers capable of killing Dharma Appearance cultivators, most of those lie in its depths."

"For a Dharma Appearance Realm expert, the outskirts of the Vast Sea pose no problem as long as one is careful."

Fang Xu shook his head: "Senior Uncle, rest assured, I have a countermeasure."

Although the outskirts of the Vast Sea might not be able to kill Hu Lin, Hu Lin has now been placed on my friend list.

My friend list is actually the Book of Life and Death; besides Lixun, no one who gets on it has ever survived!

He wants to see whether Hu Lin's fate is tough enough.

Seeing his persistence, Xuanji was also helpless; in the end he could only hand Fang Xu a special formation disk, saying: "This is the Morning Star Plate; if you encounter an irresistible danger, you can activate the plate."

Its power can let you randomly appear at any location within a radius of a hundred li.

"Be careful." Having said that, Xuanji immediately took out a strange magic artifact from his Cosmic Bag.

That artifact, upon meeting the wind, instantly transformed into a shuttle‑shaped flying vessel.

Xuanji leapt onto the flying vessel and directly vanished into the light curtain before him.

Fang Xu, at this moment also having no time for anything else, stowed the plate into his Cosmic Ring and then dove headfirst into the light curtain.

On Hu Lin's side, seeing from afar that Fang Xu and Xuanji had vanished into the Vast Sea's light curtain, a strong killing intent flashed in his eyes.

"You want to run?!"

The hazy light shield on his surface was withdrawn, his body also suddenly accelerated, and he dove headfirst into the light curtain.

Everywhere before him lay shattered earth!

Pieces of land of various sizes floated upon the endless sea.

The sky was dim, and from time to time strange howls echoed from all around.

Fang Xu's figure appeared on a continental fragment, observing the spatial rifts that intermittently appeared around him and the large number of skeletons drifting on the distant sea surface, his brows furrowed.

Is this the Vast Sea?

Everything around is incomplete.

Even here, he could clearly feel a terrifying sense of oppression!

With the laws incomplete, his own strength was greatly restricted.

But this seemed like good news for him.

Hu Lin is a powerhouse of the Dharma Appearance Realm, his strength far surpassing his own.

However, the law power of this Vast Sea space seems to have been shattered by the ancient divine war, the laws being incomplete; while it restricts him, it also suppresses Hu Lin.

Thus, the gap between him and Hu Lin seems to have narrowed considerably.

But he did not therefore let his guard down.

He had already witnessed the terror of the Dharma Appearance Realm during the battle of the Immortal Island years ago.

Even though the Vast Sea's laws are incomplete, he does not believe he possesses the strength to rival Hu Lin.

The only thing he could possibly use now is the inherent danger of the Vast Sea itself; perhaps by leveraging these, he could trap Hu Lin.

Having made up his mind, Fang Xu immediately rushed toward the depths of the Vast Sea.

The surrounding sea water was still as an ancient well, countless huge corpses, though dead for who knows how many years, had not rotted and silently floated on the sea surface.

These corpses include those of ancient gods and of human powerhouses.

But each corpse exudes a terrifying aura.

On the way here, Xuanji had briefly told him some things about the Vast Sea.

As a site of the divine war, the number of powerful beings who have died in the Vast Sea is too great.

These powerhouses were strong in life, and even after death, some of their bodies still retain the strength they had while alive.

Once approached, it is highly likely to trigger those powerhouses' useless killing moves from before their death.

Furthermore, according to Xuanji, part of their strength, having been affected by strange influences, after death gave birth to sentience again, becoming a kind of corpse-refining existence.

However, they retain no memories of their former lives, wandering aimlessly in the Vast Sea, killing any living thing they can see.

Besides these dangers, the Vast Sea's hazards also include ancient gods' resentments, remnants of powerful souls, and strange entities that have fled into this place from the void, etc.

But none of these dangers compare to the Vast Sea's seawater.

Because too many powerhouses met miserable deaths in this space back then, the Vast Sea's waters are filled with large amounts of their blood.

These bloods mixed together, undergoing some strange mutation, causing the entire Vast Sea's water to become like a living entity.

If a cultivator comes into contact with the Vast Sea's water, they will be entangled by endless resentment until their soul shatters, turning into a walking corpse in the Vast Sea.

Fang Xu cautiously avoided the surrounding dangers as he hurried toward the depths.

Compared to him, Hu Lin had it much easier.

Because of his Dharma Appearance Realm strength, many resentful entities and walking corpses that pose a certain threat to Fang Xu cannot stop him.

To put it bluntly, a Dharma Appearance Realm powerhouse still has the qualification to charge recklessly in the outer regions of the Vast Sea.

As long as they don't court death by provoking dangerous existences, they basically won't face threats.

With one's gain the other's loss, Hu Lin will soon catch up to Fang Xu.

"Kid, don't run!"

Watching from afar as Fang Xu dodged and weaved across one land fragment after another, Hu Lin let out a cold shout.

Hearing his voice, Fang Xu didn't even turn his head.

Only an idiot wouldn't run!

"What about that old geezer beside you?" While pursuing Fang Xu, Hu Lin also cautiously guarded his surroundings.

Xuanji's strength is at the peak of the Primordial Martial Realm; such a cultivator placed in the outside world, he basically doesn't care.

But this is the Vast Sea.

The dangers around are already numerous.

If Xuanji were hiding somewhere at this moment, waiting for him to act, then rushing over to fight him to the death, he would still be in danger of falling.

More importantly, a peak Primordial Martial Realm disciple of the Dark Divine Temple is worth a hundred pieces of supreme-grade spirit crystal marrow.

While a Martial Sovereign Fourth Realm cultivator isn't even worth a single piece of supreme-grade spirit crystal marrow.

At this point, Hu Lin's goal has shifted from revenge to seeking wealth.

Killing Fang Xu to avenge Lingjun is merely a side benefit.

Fang Xu kept ignoring him, focusing wholeheartedly on his journey while also paying attention to the surrounding situation, seeing what he could use once they engaged later.

The two pursued and fled, advancing through the peril-filled Vast Sea.

Splash!

Splash!

No one knew how much time had passed when low, heavy chain sounds came from afar.

Hearing that sound, Fang Xu's expression slightly froze.

The Hu Lin chasing him from behind also showed suspicion on his face.

The Vast Sea is strange; strange things often happen inside it.

The sound of the iron chain echoed in the Vast Sea, and he felt somewhat puzzled.

Fang Xu saw this, realized it might be a chance to escape, and without caring what the iron chain sound was, he ran straight over.

Hu Lin saw this, frowned slightly, and also cautiously followed.

"Kid, you're looking for death!"

"The survival rule of the Vast Sea: when encountering something unusual, you must never approach!"

While chasing, Hu Lin also threatened Fang Xu, trying to make him abandon the idea of using the iron chain sound to escape.

But Fang Xu paid him no heed, just lowering his head and hurrying on.

The two chased each other and soon arrived on a larger fragment of land.

Boom!

Boom!

Just as they set foot on this land fragment, a series of heavy footsteps came from far to near.

On the dim edge of the distant land, a huge figure was walking step by step toward them.

That figure's height was at least several hundred zhang.

On its back it carried a huge square object, and in its hand it dragged a long iron chain.

Seeing this, Hu Lin, who had just set foot on the land behind them, showed horror in his eyes.

"Undead Divine Corpse!"

"This is a walking corpse formed from an ancient god's corpse!"

Obviously, a human corpse could not be so huge.

That huge walking corpse in the distance was actually an ancient god's corpse that had gained sentience.

As the Undead Divine Corpse drew nearer, Fang Xu also noticed what the tall figure was carrying on its back.

That was a coffin!

A giant stone coffin over a kilometer long!

The entire stone coffin was bound to the Undead Divine Corpse's back with iron railings; its terrifying weight bent the corpse's posture slightly and made its steps unusually heavy.

The Undead Divine Corpse walked step by step, its target seemingly the two of them.

But the moment Fang Xu looked up, he discovered the Undead Divine Corpse had not noticed the two of them, who were like ants.

The empty eye sockets on its skull showed it could see nothing.

It kept moving forward merely driven by some obsession.

At the same time he realized that although the Undead Divine Corpse did not notice him now, that did not mean it posed no threat.

Once he and Hu Lin provoked it, they would surely face a heaven‑shattering, earth‑destroying attack.

Seeing the Undead Divine Corpse's steps drawing ever closer, Fang Xu felt hesitation.

Should he use the Undead Divine Corpse's hand to get rid of Hu Lin?

As he looked at Hu Lin, he saw Hu Lin also looking at him.

Obviously, Hu Lin also worried that Fang Xu might go mad and do something outrageous at this time.

Seeing this, Fang Xu laughed.

Afraid?

Then I really have to give you a big gift!

Thinking this, he immediately bent his waist and calculated the Undead Divine Corpse's steps.

Seeing that one leg of the Undead Divine Corpse had already stepped past him, Fang Xu directly took out a long spear and threw it at the place where Hu Lin was hiding.

At this moment Hu Lin was terrified out of his wits, and in his heart he cursed Fang Xu's ancestors eighteen times over.

Clang!

He quickly used his long sword to bat away the incoming spear, then turned and fled without looking back.

But at that moment, the Undead Divine Corpse's body came to a sudden stop.

Its huge head slowly turned toward Fang Xu, who had thrown the spear.

In the distance, Hu Lin saw this and could not help bursting into laughter.

Fang Xu too was stunned by this sudden turn of events.

"How did this guy fixate on me?"

Whoosh!

The Undead Divine Corpse slowly extended its two arms.

One reached directly for Fang Xu, the other for the already‑distant Hu Lin.

Seeing this, Hu Lin was just about to flee when he discovered a black‑mist‑formed iron chain shooting straight at him!

Seeing that he could not dodge, he immediately summoned his dharma avatar!

Boom!

After his hundred‑meter‑tall dharma avatar appeared, he threw a punch at that black‑mist iron chain!

That punch had enough power to shatter a huge mountain range, yet it had no effect whatsoever on the gray‑mist iron chain!

The gray‑mist iron chain swiftly pierced Hu Lin's dharma avatar and then wrapped around his body.

Clatter!

Clatter!

The sound of the iron chain contracting came, and Hu Lin was dragged straight under the feet of the Undead Divine Corpse.

「Funeral……」

A strange voice emanated from the Undead Divine Corpse's body.

Countless skulls formed from gray resentment on the Ash-Mist Iron Chain swarmed toward Hu Lin's body!

These resentment skulls rushed into Hu Lin's body, frenziedly tearing at his soul!

Hu Lin, bound by the iron chain, had no strength to resist at all and could only painfully wail.

Soon——

【Your friend Hu Lin has died; as a friend, you may inherit any one of Hu Lin's three legacies!】

Legacy One: 【Purple Legacy·Spirit Attribute 115 Points】 The inheritance risk is extremely high; Hu Lin's corpse is in the Undertaker's hands, making it hard to touch.

Legacy Two: 【Orange Legacy·Karmic Star-Guiding Technique】 The inheritance risk is extremely high; it requires touching Hu Lin's corpse, and the Karmic Star-Guiding Technique is Garan Mountain's untransmittable secret—once inherited, one will inevitably face relentless pursuit from Garan Mountain.

Legacy Three: 【Purple Legacy·Azure Frost Sword (Damaged)】 The inheritance risk is relatively high; the Azure Frost Sword is one of the seven swords beneath the host's sword, a Dharma artifact of ancient sword cultivators, and Hu Lin has been trying to repair it.

Hu Lin died.

Looking at the legacy list before him, Fang Xu couldn't attend to it!

Because at this moment he was also suffering the Undertaker's Ash-Mist Iron Chain attack.

Unlike Hu Lin, he knew he couldn't hard‑resist; only evasion was the way.

After using the Boundary‑Breaking Power, his body briefly vanished from this space.

The Ash-Mist Iron Chain passed through his phantom and did not hit him.

The Undead Divine Corpse looked somewhat puzzled, staring at the place where Fang Xu was, as if thinking.

Fang Xu at this moment also dared not breathe.

The Boundary‑Breaking Power can only briefly tear open space and cannot be sustained for long.

He now only hopes that after the Undead Divine Corpse catches Hu Lin, it will let him go.

But the Undead Divine Corpse's reaction disappointed him.

Boom!

Boom!

……

Having failed to catch Fang Xu, the iron chain in the Undead Divine Corpse's hand swung directly toward his direction!

This seemingly plain attack could actually shatter space directly!

Fang Xu several times even nearly got hit by it.

Feeling his soul power rapidly depleting and the Boundary‑Breaking Power on his body about to disappear, Fang Xu knew he could no longer hide.

But the Undead Divine Corpse hasn't left; if he goes out now, he'll likely be caught immediately.

It seems the situation now is already a dead‑end!

He definitely can't win in a fight.

Even Hu Lin in the Dharma Appearance Realm couldn't block a single move from the opponent—what chance does he have to fight?

He can't escape either.

The Undertaker's attack range is terrifying; there's no way he could escape.

Unless……

Fang Xu suddenly recalled the star disk Xuanji gave him before leaving.

Maybe with this he could escape!

He immediately took the star disk out of his Heaven‑Earth Ring.

But just as he was about to activate the star disk, he suddenly discovered it had failed!

Suddenly, a strange power emanated from around the Undertaker, and the star disk in his hand flickered briefly before losing all vitality.

It's over!

Seeing the Undertaker slowly raise the iron chain, Fang Xu was suddenly startled!

This time, he fears he will follow Hu Lin's footsteps, dying under countless resentful souls devouring his spirit. (End of Chapter)