Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 261

A few dozen minutes later.

Several figures descended from the sky again.

Xu Xingke.

Sword Maiden.

And the “Dragon King” Cang Nanyan of the Human Martial Arts Group.

“Haha, these ‘catastrophes’ dared to play a ‘decapitation’ tactic, but they didn’t expect us to have Xu Xingke.”

Cang Nanyan floated in mid-air, stepping on two flames, and laughed loudly.

“It wasn’t me, it was Shen Ye—Shen Ye said that the one who escaped was bound to die,” Xu Xingke said.

Sword Maiden clearly knew more, and asked with a smile:

“How’s the disciple I found for you?”

Xu Xingke didn’t answer, but instead asked:

“Why did you let him be my student?”

“You are too serious and rigid in your actions. Shen Ye, on the other hand, sings when he kills people. I think you two can promote each other,” Sword Maiden said with a chuckle, covering her mouth.

“I wonder what the situation is like in the tomb now?” Xu Xingke changed the subject.

“Aside from the one who escaped, you and Sword Maiden have severely injured another. Now all that’s left are the matters within this great tomb,” Cang Nanyan said.

“It’s a pity about Jialan Academy,” Sword Maiden sighed.

“It’s nothing,” Xu Xingke smiled faintly, “They killed so many of us and even turned many against us. This debt must be settled.”

He was about to fly down when he heard a scream echo from the cave.

Immediately after.

A monster covered in green flames was flung up, landed in front of the three, and groaned continuously.

“This should be a Hanba,”

Cang Nanyan said uncertainly.

“It’s a Hanba, but not a Hanba daddy,” Sword Maiden corrected.

Cang Nanyan looked speechless.

Everyone here is a top expert, can’t they be more mature?

“This species is called the Nine Nether Hanba. A Hanba must kill over ten thousand living beings to reach this level,” Xu Xingke’s tone already carried a hint of killing intent.

Another figure flew up.

It was Song Yinchen.

She was startled and immediately bowed:

“Hello, Teacher.”

“Hello. What are you doing?” Xu Xingke asked.

“They say it knows the secrets of this tomb. I’ll beat it up first, and once it’s subdued, I’ll ask it everything,” Song Yinchen said.

So that’s how it is.

The three nodded in unison and looked at the Nine Nether Hanba again.

The Nine Nether Hanba spat out a mouthful of blood, twitched twice, and then lay still.

It was dead.

“…” The three of them.

“…No way, it can’t take a beating like that?” Song Yinchen said, surprised.

Meeting their gazes, Song Yinchen became a little flustered.

What to do?

Shen Ye’s teacher was here.

“Please wait, Teacher, I’ll go catch another monster. I heard there’s a monster called the Wilderness Priest who also knows many secrets.”

After Song Yinchen finished speaking, she practically fled, leaping down the great hole and heading deeper into the tomb.

The three stood at the entrance of the cave for a while.

“It seems… it would be impolite for us not to wait for her to catch a Wilderness Priest.”

Xu Xingke pondered.

“Exactly, after all, she’s the owner of the Chaos Spirit Light,” Cang Nanyan said.

“The Great Priest of the Wilderness, also a well-known monster in the great tomb, has killed countless people, and even appeared in other cities as a ‘calamity,’ devouring many,” Sword Maiden said.

“Why wasn’t it eliminated?” Xu Xingke asked.

“It reacts extremely quickly and is skilled in evasion techniques. Even its dharma body is used for escape, which is very troublesome,” Cang Nanyan said.

“What do you think of Song Yinchen’s strength?” Xu Xingke asked thoughtfully.

“I think she’s at least at the sixth or seventh level of the Dharma Realm. I don’t know beyond that,” Cang Nanyan said.

The three fell silent.

“There are always a few oddballs in the world—no, I mean geniuses,” Sword Maiden sighed.

Xu Xingke asked:

“How long has it been? Is Song Qingyun also like this?”

Sword Maiden’s expression was grave, and she spoke in a low, rapid voice:

“I performed an autopsy on Song Qingyun. Her brain had degenerated to the level of an ordinary eighty-year-old human, which means she sacrificed too many times. Not only was her soul chaotic, but her thoughts were also barely sustainable.”

“What are you trying to say?” Cang Nanyan asked.

“Even though she could alter the memories of those around her and had the assistance of nine evil gods, she exhausted every method, even sacrificing her soul, and only barely managed to suppress Song Yinchen—at that time, Song Yinchen hadn’t even begun serious cultivation yet,” Sword Maiden said.

“And now?”

“According to Kunlun’s assessment, Song Yinchen’s strength increases every hour—her rate of power growth is simply insane!”

The three suddenly stopped chatting.

A figure flew up from underground.

Song Yinchen.

“Teacher,” she called out respectfully.

“Hmm? What’s wrong?” Xu Xingke asked.

Song Yinchen waved her hand into the large hole:

“Come!”

A monster immediately flew up and landed beside Song Yinchen.

Judging by the evil aura emanating from its body, it should be the Great Priest of the Wilderness.

“Speak.”

Song Yinchen said.

“Yes,” the monster said respectfully, “Good morning, everyone. The weather is pleasant today. I am deeply honored to be invited by this beautiful and kind girl to report to you all.”

“I would like to give this young lady a round of applause first. She saved me from my迷途 (lost path) and made me realize that my previous actions were truly sinful. I must thoroughly change my ways—”

“Stop!” Song Yinchen commanded, displeased.

The monster shivered in fright, its legs trembling, and it instantly knelt on the ground.

The three of them fell silent.

Is this really the infamous “Calamity”?

Are you kidding me?!

“Get to the point, the Fate Seal,” Song Yinchen said.

“Yes—actually, if anyone else were to ask, I’d say it’s a lie.”

“But since Miss is personally asking, I must tell the truth, because in this entire great tomb, only I know that the Fate Seal is real.”

A flicker of fear passed through the Wilderness Priest’s eyes, but he gritted his teeth and continued:

“The seal truly exists.”

“Thousands of years ago, an emperor-level cosmic insect came specifically to excavate the great tomb.”

“It spent four thousand years studying that seal.”

“Recently, it has successfully replicated that seal, and very accurately.”

“I guess it has already begun to breach the Fate Seal—”

“It won’t be long before it finds the true owner of this great tomb!”

…

Underground.

Deep inside.

“What are you looking at? Go fight,” Shen Ye said.

The surrounding monsters had already rushed up.

Lilith didn’t have time to say anything more, nor to do anything else, and had no choice but to obey Shen Ye’s command and immediately plunged into battle.

She was a deity, with at least five or six levels of Dharma Realm power.

With her strength, dealing with these weak and congenitally deficient monster juveniles was not a problem.

It was just that there were too many of them…

Lilith kept killing without a moment’s pause.

Shen Ye, however, hid to the side, completely unprepared to make a move. He suddenly spread his icy wings behind him and soared into the sky.

These larval creatures right now shouldn’t have the strength of the fourth or fifth stage of the Dharma Realm.

They can’t fly yet!

Shen Ye flew into mid-air, looking down.

In the next instant.

A three-meter-tall black woman appeared again, landing beside Shen Ye.

“Deity…”

She looked down with Shen Ye.

“This is my summoned creature. What, can’t I use summoning magic?” Shen Ye asked.

The black woman shook her head: “The only rule is to survive. All powers can be used.”

“That’s good,” Shen Ye said.

“But your divine contract has some issues, and her soul also has some problems—”

The black woman chattered on:

“As expected, your mutation has some kind of defect, almost causing you to die prematurely, so the deity you summoned is also full of various defects.”

“If you can obtain a survival slot in this battle…”

Her voice stopped.

In the arena.

Lilith was attacked by countless monsters, but she constantly turned danger into safety with her powerful strength.

As soon as the black woman appeared, she immediately became cautious.

—She didn’t use any spells, nor did she unleash her dharma body.

She fought purely with powerful basic attributes.

Fists, feet, collisions.

Monsters were instantly smashed to pieces.

After killing more than twenty monsters in a row, the remaining monsters gradually stopped coming.

They turned to attack other members of their kind.

After a while.

Only about half of the monsters were still alive.

“This screening is over.”

The three-meter tall black woman whispered:

“I discerned the problem with this divine being through the supreme power of rules.”

“As a reward for this time—I will resolve the issues with your summoning contract and the summoned spirit. Do you agree?”

“And just a reminder: you might only survive if you separate from her.”

Shen Ye glanced at Lilith.

Lilith’s expression was wary, her hands forming a seal, as if ready to do something at any moment.

Wait.

Her hands.

—Three fingers were missing, seemingly severed all at once by something sharp.

Who had she been fighting just now?

“Solve it. I agree,” Shen Ye said with a solemn expression.

“Very good. Your cognition is normal and wise, and you have hope of escaping an untimely death,” the black woman said.

In the next instant.

The three-meter-tall black woman vanished from her spot and reappeared directly behind Lilith.

She embraced Lilith just as she had embraced Shen Ye earlier.

—Lilith didn’t even have a chance to react.

Within Lilith’s six senses, only one thing happened.

Everything around her vanished.

She suddenly plunged into endless darkness.

This darkness was as deep and vast as the cosmos, boundless and endless, with no past and no future.

Darkness.

Darkness.

In the depths of darkness—

Countless stars condensed into form.

They formed the phantom of a cosmic giant insect, looking towards Lilith.

The cosmic giant insect’s will was as mighty as a vast nebula, wielding endless power and converging to envelop Lilith’s body, slowly and gently seeping into her.

Lilith wanted to resist, to scream, to escape, even to actively seek death—

But it was no use.

Everything was frozen by that immense power.

Then—

That mighty force seemed to be devouring something from her.

What was it eating?

—It should be something very important to her.

It seemed to be…

A part of her body?

No…

What it was eating was her soul.

Lilith let out a high-pitched scream.

A phantom burst forth from her body, immediately attempting to escape into the void.

But it couldn’t escape.

The immense spiritual energy enveloped this soul, devouring it bit by bit.

No matter how much it struggled.

It had no power to resist whatsoever.

“No… this is ridiculous, I am…”

The soul let out a sharp cry, but it was completely useless.

It was eaten until only a small part remained.

—This part of the soul stored past memories, knowledge, and power.

That was all.

However, just this last small portion suddenly erupted with intense magical fluctuations, attempting to escape from the darkness.

Finally…

That vast and incredibly powerful mental wave gently coiled around it, encapsulating it once more.

“No… how could I…”

In the last fragment of her soul, Lilith still couldn’t believe it, finally realizing the outcome.

Absolutely not.

I already know the dangers of this world.

With my endless resurrection power, nothing can kill me.

I can’t hide anymore!

Within the soul fragment, radiating magnificent light, two broken hands intertwined, forming a spell sign.

The Dharma Aspect unfolded—the Weeping Spirit King!