Lanling followed this energy trail, continuously tracking forward, forward!
Soon he reached the edge of the ruins of Doom Demon Capital.
Previously, the edge of Doom Demon Capital’s ruins was insurmountable, but after becoming a ghost state, it became unobstructed.
The further Lanling walked, the darker the world around him became, gradually shifting from black and white to monochrome.
The further he walked, the more the surrounding contours faded, ethereal.
In the end, the world beyond the edge of Doom Demon Mirror became completely dark, surging with terrifying dark energy within.
Moreover, bursts of ghostly wails and wolf howls continuously rang out.
Without a doubt, this was the entrance to the Underworld.
Lanling discovered that the so-called Underworld entrance was not an energy gate at all, but a rift.
This was the true Hell Rift, and it was completely unstable, just like streaks of dark lightning, tearing open here one moment, and there the next.
Behind the energy rifts was absolute darkness.
The ghostly wails and wolf howls came from these rifts.
And the energy trail of the Ghost King completely vanished at the entrance of these Underworld rifts.
Next, Lanling faced a very difficult choice: whether or not to enter the Underworld.
Right now, Lanling was only in a state of suspended death. Although his soul had already left its shell, there was still a thread connecting his physical body and energy heart.
After all, he was only feigning death, merely using the meditation emptiness technique.
Once he entered the Underworld, this thread connecting soul and body energy might be completely severed. In that case, Lanling would never be able to return, going from feigned death to true death.
Moreover, what kind of state the Underworld was in was completely unknown.
According to Lanling’s understanding, the Underworld was a mass of chaos, even nearly like a two-dimensional world, not truly existing in three dimensions.
Once he entered, he would truly be taking an enormous risk.
Previously, Lanling could be resurrected after being killed, but after truly entering the Underworld, perhaps he would truly enter death.
The boundary between the Underworld and reality was still very distinct, and it should not be something Lanling could cross at this time.
But…
Lanling was extremely mad, and at this moment he was completely entwined by the shadow of death.
Even if he might die, even if he would truly die, he would very likely charge forward without hesitation!
Indeed, in just one second, he directly jumped towards the Hell Rift!
Almost instantly, he lost all sensation.
From soul and perception, he completely fell into a void.
This… truly was the feeling of death, that was having no feeling!
At the same time, Gou Li, who was guarding Lanling’s physical body nearby, suddenly noticed Lanling’s body tremble, and then within her spiritual brain domain, she instantly lost all of Lanling’s energy fluctuations.
Because Lanling was her master, her sovereign.
So, within Gou Li’s spiritual brain domain, Lanling’s spiritual energy existed like the sun, extremely prominent and bright.
But suddenly, in an instant, that sun within Gou Li’s spiritual brain domain was extinguished.
Her spiritual brain domain instantly became completely dark!
There was no pain, no grief greater than the death of the heart.
Gou Li’s pupils instantly dilated, her peerlessly beautiful delicate body instantly froze motionless, as if turning into a sculpture.
Not only Gou Li, but the more than two hundred death warriors within the Rock Demon tribe also instantly fell into stagnation, standing dumbly in place, motionless, like walking corpses.
Because in an instant, their spiritual energy connection with their master Lanling was completely severed.
They lost their master, lost their will, lost their sovereign!
…
There is a saying: if you don’t court death, you won’t die.
Lanling constantly courted death, and truly died.
His entire body fell into deathly stillness, becoming a masterless body, possessing heaven-defying demon bloodline, but losing his soul.
And his soul, the moment he jumped into the Underworld rift searching for the Ghost King, also completely turned into a void.
All the death warriors instantly severed their connection with him, becoming walking corpses.
Ever since crossing over to this world, whether it was Suo Lun or Lanling, both were mad, completely fearless of death, even charging towards death.
And this time, he… seemed to truly be dying, completely dying?
However, one thing was certain: he absolutely would not regret it.
…
Time continuously passed.
It seemed like an instant, and yet also like eternity!
Lanling’s soul, which had completely turned into a void, actually bit by bit recovered consciousness.
Just like a completely dead darkness, a firefly’s glow lit up.
Everything around was still completely dark, nothing could be seen, nothing could be felt.
Gradually, Lanling’s soul light began to condense, bit by bit condensing.
Finally, it formed a complete soul.
Then, it once again gradually perceived the world around it.
In this world, everything around was void, with only a stone door before him.
Clearly, this was absolutely not the Underworld.
It was a completely unfamiliar world. Lanling’s soul drifted around, completely not seeing anything, completely a void, except for this stone door before him.
Suddenly, a gloomy laughter rang out.
“Jiejiejiejie…”
This laughter was extremely ear-piercing, extremely sinister, truly seeming to emerge from the depths of hell, from the depths of nightmare.
Lanling’s first thought was that this was the Ghost King.
“I didn’t think someone would actually come in, jiejiejiejie…” The Ghost King’s voice continued to ring out: “My disguised Underworld rift was flawless, yet you actually jumped down, entering the plane I created. How mad are you, or how much do you want to die, or how ignorant are you!”
Then, the Ghost King sighed and said: “Being able to find Doom Sea through my eyes is already one in ten thousand. Being able to enter the ruins of Doom Demon Capital from Doom Sea is even more one in ten thousand. After entering the ruins of Doom Demon Capital, being able to transform into a ghost and find the path to the Underworld, and moreover jumping down without regard for death, entering my disguised Underworld plane, not one in a billion, who exactly are you? What exactly are you for?”
Yes, truly one in a billion.
If not a true madman, one could not reach here at all.
If not a true genius, one could not reach here at all.
“Who exactly are you? What exactly are you for?” The Ghost King’s voice rang out.
Lanling did not answer.
The Ghost King said: “You are definitely not here to capture me, but to obtain my energy, right? Those who want to capture me would absolutely not be this mad, this devoid of attachment to life.”
“You want to obtain my energy? Sure!” The Ghost King’s laughter rang out once more.
“Jiejiejiejie…” The Ghost King shrieked with laughter: “Behind this stone door before you is my tomb. Inside, there is my sword, my armor, my energy. If you have the guts, push open the stone door and come in to take it!”
“But, I must tell you, entering my tomb, ninety-nine point nine nine nine nine nine nine… percent chance you will die!”
“Hehehehe.”