Gatekeeper Of All Realms Chapter 40

Shen Ye pulled out his phone and pressed record:

“Alright, now say your incantation. I’ll play it for the departed.”

Big Skeleton stiffened, then said unwillingly, “We usually chant it live. Do you really have to use such an uninspired method?”

Shen Ye said, “Buddy, I know you’re angry, but let me tell you, you’re just a head now and can’t interfere in their battle. If you really get into a fight, you’ll just be killed—recording is the safest way. Don’t think too highly of yourself.”

These were the words Big Skeleton had said to him earlier, and now he was returning them.

“…Fine.”

Big Skeleton said grudgingly.

To restore my strength, I’ll endure it, alright?

Shen Ye placed the phone next to the ring.

Big Skeleton obediently recited the incantation.

Click!

The recording ended.

Shen Ye took a deep breath and allocated all his attribute points to agility.

—Agility reached 10.1.

He suddenly pushed open the door, walked out, stood in the long corridor, raised the microphone, aimed it at his phone, and immediately began playing the incantation.

At the same time, he canceled “Gloom Whisper”.

All the corpses stopped singing.

The entire hotel became silent, only the sounds of incessant weapon clashes could be heard from the first floor.

The next second.

The necromantic incantation began to echo through the hotel:

“Oh, abyssal shadows lingering at the bottom of the underworld, with the wish power of our skeletal spirits, transform into a mandala, assisting you to cross the barrier of life and death, at this grand feast of souls, assimilate with us into an endless throne of bones, calling upon the mercy of the supreme one.”

“—Mother of Shadowy Bones, King of Ghouls, Lord of the Underworld, Miktotikasiwa.”

“Lend me your power, that I may spread your majesty among all living beings!”

The incantation ended.

Shen Ye raised the microphone and announced loudly, “Friends, I just played a line. Do you know what it was? Please tell me!”

—Gloom Whisper activated!

Tens of thousands of corpses chanted in unison:

“Oh, abyssal shadows lingering at the bottom of the underworld…”

This was the chanting of the dead, completely different from the phone recording.

As soon as the first sentence was chanted by the dead, Shen Ye suddenly noticed wisps of pale flames rising from the floor.

“Soul fires are rising!” Big Skeleton said excitedly.

“We have to wait until the chanting is finished, right?” Shen Ye asked.

“Exactly—this is just the first step, but it’s also a crucial one!” Big Skeleton replied.

“Good.” Shen Ye said.

At this moment, tens of thousands of undead had already chanted the second sentence:

“…with the wish power of our skeletal spirits, transform into a mandala…”

Pale flames quickly spread from the floor, covering the entire corridor and expanding in all directions.

The entire hotel seemed to turn into a giant pale torch.

Shen Ye immediately ran towards the top floor.

With such a phenomenon, the opponent would surely think he was hiding somewhere, preparing to unleash a powerful attack secretly.

The opponent might desperately try to kill him!

—He had to buy time!

Tens of thousands of corpses chanted in unison:

“Assisting you to cross the barrier of life and death, at this grand feast of souls…”

The pale flames gathered, forming numerous skeletal unicorns with bone wings in mid-air, flying back and forth around the hotel.

“No—damn little bastard, what are you doing!”

The Man’s voice, filled with shock and anger, came from the first floor.

Xiao Mengyu’s sword strikes became more fierce, aiming to cut him down, attempting to prevent him from being distracted and going after Shen Ye.

The Man, however, ignored it completely, using his back to block the sword, allowing a huge wound to be slashed across his body.

He even used the force of the slash to leap with all his might, swinging out of the building, and with a flick of his hand, he released seven or eight steel wires, pulling himself upstairs.

“Shen Ye!”

Xiao Mengyu’s expression changed. She sliced through the ceiling with her sword and rushed upwards.

Both of them approached Shen Ye at an extremely rapid speed.

At this moment, Shen Ye gave up continuing to climb to the top of the building.

The moment the Man spoke, he had just reached the ninth floor. Hearing the opponent’s voice, he immediately turned around and rushed down the corridor of the ninth floor.

When he reached a certain room, he pressed his hand against the door—

The Man had already landed in the corridor.

Xiao Mengyu had not yet arrived!

“…Assimilate with us into an endless throne of bones, calling upon the mercy of the supreme one.”

“—Mother of Shadowy Bones, King of Ghouls, Lord of the Underworld, Miktotikasiwa!”

The dead chanted.

All the flying skeletal unicorns stopped in mid-air, surrounding the hotel, and collectively assumed a posture of prayer.

Something seemed about to happen.

“I will kill you! Now!”

The Man roared, disappearing from his spot.

Shen Ye pushed open the room door and rushed in.

The Man appeared behind him, lunging forward with all his might—

Bang!

The Man crashed through the room door and entered the suite, only to find nothing but corpses on the floor, and no trace of the young man.

The room door was pushed open again.

Shen Ye returned from the nightmare world, landing in the corridor.

It was then that Xiao Mengyu finally arrived.

Shen Ye passed by Xiao Mengyu, who blocked the door with her sword and engaged in battle with the Man, while Shen Ye sprinted down the stairs with all his might.

All this sounds slow—

But it happened in mere seconds!

Fast as a rabbit and hawk, the situation changed dramatically again.

Tens of thousands of corpses chanted the last line:

“Lend me your power, that I may spread your majesty among all living beings!”

The void opened.

A towering, inverted altar of white bones appeared in the dark void above the hotel.

Big Skeleton exclaimed excitedly:

“It’s done! It’s done! Now I need the dead to willingly pour their power into me, and I can regain my strength!”

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish—

The air let out whines as countless steel wires permeated the corridors and stairs, chasing and cutting at Shen Ye.

—This was the decisive moment!

Shen Ye twisted his body, stepping several times on the wall, dodging a round of cuts, then immediately lunged forward, passing through the long corridor in an instant, and flying down the stairs.

Dense steel wires brushed past him, and he skillfully dodged every fatal attack.

Moonlit Deer Walk—

Dodging, lunging, passing by!

This was the elven race’s battle formation movement!

“Everyone, the time for revenge has come! Lend me your power—”

Shen Ye leaped into the air, letting his body fall downwards:

“We only have this one chance!”

“Please give me your strength, I want to avenge everyone!”

“Please all help me—”

He held up the microphone and roared with all his might:

“—I’m going to kill him!!!”

The corpses were no longer chanting any incantation.

Perhaps they were already dead.

But at this moment, tens of thousands of corpses opened their eyes, letting tears stream down their faces.

Death—

Death for no reason, everything stripped away, no longer able to experience anything in the human world.

How tragic was that?

If they could get revenge…

A pale light gradually emerged from the bodies of the deceased.

These lights soared into the sky, merging into the inverted altar of white bones in the sky.

All the intricate necromantic runes on the altar lit up.

The ritual was complete!

A phantasmal and majestic figure descended onto the altar.

She looked down at the earth—

The next moment.

Shen Ye heard the wailing sound of air being torn apart next to his ear.

“A joke, do you think you can kill me?”

A mocking voice echoed from behind him.

The Man was covered in blood, with ghastly sword wounds, but he relentlessly pursued without a care.

He finally caught up to Shen Ye!

Swish—

His hand rose high, instantly releasing clusters of sharp steel wires, forming a budding steel rose.

When the rose bloomed, life would surely wither.

“Oh, Bloody Rose, it’s time for you to bloom again.”

The Man chanted softly.

Repeatedly failing to kill the opponent proved that Shen Ye was not an ordinary foe.

So.

Kill him.

What he enjoyed most was standing behind his opponent, watching their life turn into a bloody rose, completely withering in the world.

At this moment, the Man was also excited!

“Die!”

He roared, unleashing all the steel wires.

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

A series of harsh clashes, accompanied by flashing sparks.

The steel wires scattered chaotically, failing to bloom into a blood-stained flower.

Boom—

With a deafening impact, the Man was struck and sent flying, landing far away in the hotel lobby.

As soon as the Man hit the ground, he immediately looked at Shen Ye.

Shen Ye was still in mid-air.

—He stood on the shoulder of a giant, four-meter-tall skeleton.

The skeleton was entirely engulfed in pale flames, wielding a giant bone sword inscribed with countless necromantic runes, which had cut through all the steel wires.

“It’s not a joke—”

Shen Ye pointed at him and said softly:

“If I say I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you. A day late, a second late, would be my fault.”

“I will kill you now.”

“—In front of all the dead!”

The Man froze for a moment, then suddenly cried out in surprise:

“Calamity! You can actually summon Calamity!”