Chapter 1128: All Are Roads to Death

"Damn it, kid, what are you doing? Where are you going?" Er Gouzi exclaimed in shock, simultaneously extending his dog paw to grab Xu Que's hand, trying to pull him back.

However, this had absolutely no effect.

The speed of the flowing sand grains increased, yet it did not forcibly drag Xu Que down; instead, standing on this pile of sand and stone was like standing on water, with no point of leverage, and his body continued to sink.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of his body had descended, leaving only the part above his chest visible.

"Hiss, kid, hurry up and exert force! This Divine Venerable can't hold you!" Er Gouzi gritted his teeth and shouted, using all his strength, yet he couldn't budge Xu Que even a fraction.

"Wait, Er Gouzi, I feel this is the correct way to enter underground; only those who have cultivated the Underworld Prison Suppression Body can..." Xu Que seemed to sense something as well and spoke aloud.

But before he could finish, he was completely submerged by the sand grains, entirely sinking into the ground, while the sand on the surface stopped flowing and returned to calm.

"Damn it! Damn it!" Er Gouzi was immediately dumbfounded, quickly extending his paws and frantically digging at the sand and stone.

Yet this patch of ground was like a desert; after his paws dug a few times, the sand grains rolled back again.

"It's over! This kid is going down to monopolize the Inheritance alone. Quick, let this Divine Venerable go down too!" Er Gouzi was furious, stood up, and jumped rapidly several times at the spot where Xu Que had sunk, but surprisingly failed to sink at all.

At the same time, Xu Que had already regained the sensation of his feet touching solid ground.

Just a moment ago, his vision had gone black for an instant, and then he immediately landed; he hadn't sunk very deep, but now that he stood on the ground and looked up at the ceiling, he realized it was ten thousand zhang high, pitch black, with the top invisible.

He was now as if situated within an abyss; all around was a vast expanse of white mist and clouds, and only directly in front of Xu Que lay a road paved with stone slabs, at the end of which were steps leading upward, though from Xu Que's current angle, he couldn't see what lay at the top of the steps.

However, what shocked Xu Que was that on both sides of this stone road lay many corpses; some had become dried mummies, some skeletons, and some merely piles of ash!

"It seems I am far from the only one who has entered this place!" Xu Que frowned and muttered to himself; clearly, he was not the first person to enter this location.

If his guess was correct, that anyone who cultivated the Underworld Prison Suppression Body could enter, then over these long years, there must have been some predecessors who cultivated the same Dharma Spell and entered this place.

But since all those people died on the stone road, it could only mean that this path was extremely dangerous.

"It seems this road cannot be taken!"

Xu Que's expression hardened, and his gaze swept directly toward the areas on all sides shrouded in mist and clouds.

However, these clouds and mist gave him an equally bad feeling; they were completely different from the mist outside, imparting a very oppressive sensation, even somewhat suffocating.

Xu Que extended his hand, slowly reaching toward the mist at his side, intending to test it.

"Boom!"

However, the moment his finger touched the mist, a tremendous roar instantly erupted from Xu Que's body, and the Green Robe Armor condensed from Spiritual Light shattered on the spot.

His complexion changed; he rapidly withdrew his finger, unable to help a trickle of cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, his heart filled with horror.

"Clang!"

Subsequently, a crisp metallic tremor sounded, and a broken Bronze Piece fell to the ground, having completely lost its Spiritual Energy; it was precisely that Half-Grade Immortal Artifact defensive item.

"Such powerful mist and clouds!" Xu Que couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.

Just now, he had only intended to test it, never expecting that lightly touching the mist would instantly ruin the Green Robe Armor on his body; it had counted as blocking a calamity for him.

But the problem was, this Green Robe Armor was of the Half-Grade Immortal Artifact level, yet it couldn't even withstand a single strike, which fully demonstrated how terrifying these surrounding clouds and mist were!

"This is troublesome now!" Xu Que's expression grew grave.

If he couldn't go forward, backward, left, or right, then only the area above his head remained.

He slightly raised his head, directing his gaze upward into the sky.

"Hahaha!"

Suddenly, a hoarse and eerie laughter rang out.

Xu Que's scalp instantly tingled; were there actually people still alive in this damn place? But why was there not even a trace of aura fluctuation?

He immediately looked in the direction of the sound, locking his gaze on the stone road before him, but both sides of the road were filled with corpses, making it impossible to tell who was laughing.

Almost simultaneously, that hoarse voice sounded again.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, someone else has come here to die! Eh, surprisingly, it's just a kid at the Human Immortal Realm Mid Stage. Fellow Daoists, look quickly, a newcomer has arrived! Old Bai, look quickly!"

The voice stopped there, and subsequently, the entire region fell into dead silence.

The next moment, that hoarse voice sounded once more, only this time the tone held some surprise.

"Hey, Old Bai, why no reaction? Don't tell me you've died?"

"Damn it, Old Lin, Old Lin, why aren't you speaking either? Don't tell me you've died too?"

"Oh my god, could it be that only I remain? Is anyone else there? Eh, right, I almost forgot about you, kid. Good, good, there's a newcomer to talk to, so I'm not lonely."

The voice echoed continuously throughout this place.

However, Xu Que scrutinized the area for a long while, yet surprisingly failed to locate the owner of this voice.

"Who are you?" Xu Que simply gave up looking and directly asked aloud.

"Haha, you ask who I am? We are all the same kind of people, a whole group of people who died from greed! What bullshit Underworld Overlord Body? When you've lost your life, what use is an Overlord Body!" that hoarse voice shouted, its tone carrying a hint of madness and anger.

"Heh, that's because you guys died; I haven't died yet!" Upon hearing this, Xu Que smiled with a roguish grin.

The next moment, only a "Crack!" was heard, and on the stone road, a corpse dressed in white robes, its Flesh Body already exhausted, suddenly turned its head, its hollow eyes fixing on Xu Que.

The corners of Xu Que's mouth lifted slightly; found it!

"Hmph, coming to this place, what difference is there between you and being dead? Look around you; it's all Ghost Mist. Enter, and death is certain. The only path you can take is this road before you, but this road... is also death!" The exhausted corpse did not open its mouth, yet the hoarse voice continued to transmit.

Xu Que raised his hand, pointing toward the ceiling, and asked, "Isn't there still the space above to fly through?"

"Fly? Haha, try flying for me to see!" the hoarse voice laughed loudly.

Xu Que's mouth immediately twitched; he could feel that his cultivation had not been sealed, but since the other party spoke this way, it was obvious that the path above was impassable.

Just now when he had looked into the air, the space above was pitch black, seeming like a dark tunnel that would never have an end.

However, thinking about it, it made sense; since the surroundings were filled with terrifying clouds and mist, if one could travel through the air, wouldn't these clouds and mist be superfluous?

"Haha, kid, don't think too much; this road before your eyes is the only way out; all others are destined to be death... Eh, no, no, there are no roads here; they are all roads of death, it's just that this road before you will let you die a bit slower. Come on, come in and chat!" the hoarse voice laughed.

Xu Que lightly shook his head: "Then I won't go in; if I just sit here idly, won't I be fine?"

"Fine, suit yourself; when you've sat for several thousand or ten thousand years, and your Life Span is nearly exhausted, you will still grit your teeth and come in!" the hoarse voice said full of mockery, as if having seen many such situations, and even as if the owner of this voice had once been in such a situation himself.

Xu Que smiled, nodded, and with a thought summoned the system: "System, check for an exit from this place."

Then, sweeping his gaze toward the withered corpse on the Shi Lu, he smiled faintly and said, "Senior, since you wish to chat, why not discuss what exactly is going on in this place!"

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