novelraw Chapter 123 : Black Impermanence Suffers a Setback
Chapter 123 : Black Impermanence Suffers a Setback
Chapter 123: Black Impermanence Suffers a Setback
Under everyone’s gaze, Ghost Gate let out a creaking sound and slowly opened.
As Ghost Gate opened, a burst of da-da-da footsteps suddenly rang out.
The footsteps drew nearer from afar, sounding exceptionally clear within the deathly silent space, as if each step were trampling directly upon everyone’s hearts.
Soon after, a gaunt figure quietly appeared.
That person held a soul-hooking chain in hand, his entire body shrouded in dense black mist. His complexion was deathly pale, and atop his head he wore a tall hat, upon which were written the four characters “Peace Under Heaven.”
At the sight of this, Lu Xueqi’s heart tightened as she secretly thought, “Black Impermanence!”
Qi Hao and the others also recognized this figure the moment they saw his appearance.
This was Black Impermanence from the mythological legends of their previous life.
In this world, there were indeed some folk legends about Black Impermanence, but they were limited to common folklore. Cultivators like them fundamentally did not believe in the existence of Impermanence and the like.
Zhang Xiaofan, in particular, widened his eyes, because in his previous life he had never even heard of Black Impermanence.
At this moment, the three transmigrators felt not only shock at Black Impermanence’s appearance, but even more so, deep apprehension.
Meanwhile, those aberrant spirits could not help but grow restless. From this figure, they sensed an ultimate threat, as if this very figure were their natural nemesis.
After appearing, the figure swept a cold gaze over the crowd below, his eyes resembling those of a heavenly deity looking down upon ants.
However, when his gaze passed over Lu Xueqi, his eyes paused slightly, and a trace of fluctuation actually surfaced within them.
This subtle change was immediately captured by Lu Xueqi, and a conjecture instantly formed in her heart:
This Black Impermanence was very likely also someone impersonating him—a transmigrator in disguise.
Combining this with the abnormalities of Dead Spirit Abyss, Lu Xueqi concluded that this Black Impermanence was probably the mastermind behind everything.
At the same time, Qi Hao’s voice suddenly sounded in her ears: “Senior Sister Lu, there’s something wrong with this Black Impermanence. I suspect he’s impersonated by someone else, not the Black Impermanence from mythological legends.”
After hearing this, Lu Xueqi deliberately feigned surprise and sent back a voice transmission, asking, “Why do you say that? His entrance was extremely shocking, and very similar to those described in mythological legends.”
Qi Hao immediately transmitted back, “Senior Sister Lu, although our world also has some legends about Black Impermanence, they are merely legends. Our sect has existed for over a thousand years—has there ever been any record of encountering such figures? So I suspect that this Black Impermanence is very likely impersonated by someone else, and may even be the source of the abnormal changes on Kong Sang Mountain.”
Lu Xueqi deliberately feigned surprise and transmitted back, “I understand. Then do you have any ideas?”
Qi Hao was extremely wary of this Black Impermanence at this moment. In his heart, he had already determined that the other party was a transmigrator stirring trouble, and thus was eager to eliminate him.
He immediately said, “Why don’t we join forces with the Demonic Sect and those aberrant spirits? Those aberrant spirits seem extremely wary of Yin Division ghost deities, and those low-level aberrant spirits were trembling all over and deathly pale the instant this Yin Division ghost deity appeared.
If we join forces to eliminate this Yin Division ghost deity, it shouldn’t be impossible.”
After hearing this, Lu Xueqi pretended to ponder for a brief moment before immediately transmitting, “That proposal isn’t bad. You go communicate with Qin Wuyan of the Demonic Sect now. I’ll communicate with those aberrant spirits.”
Upon hearing this, a trace of delight flashed through Qi Hao’s eyes, and he hurriedly transmitted back, “Yes, Senior Sister Lu!”
Immediately afterward, he sent a message to Qin Wuyan to discuss forming an alliance.
At this moment, Qin Wuyan was also extremely wary of this newly appeared “ghost deity,” and similarly guessed that the other party was very likely a transmigrator. Thus, he strongly agreed with Qi Hao’s proposal to form an alliance and first eliminate the Yin Division ghost deity.
Meanwhile, Lu Xueqi transmitted to the Scarlet Flame King, “Scarlet Flame King, this person masquerading as a Yin Division ghost deity is extremely powerful and has a great restraining effect on you. Why don’t we join forces to eliminate him? As for what comes afterward, we can resolve it separately.”
After hearing Lu Xueqi’s transmission, the Scarlet Flame King looked at her with slight surprise, then immediately transmitted to the five aberrant spirit kings around him.
After receiving the Scarlet Flame King’s transmission, those five aberrant spirit kings agreed almost without any hesitation.
After all, they truly felt immense pressure from this so-called Yin Division ghost deity, as well as a force that restrained them.
Therefore, joining forces with these humans now to deal with this “ghost deity” was beneficial to them.
After seeing that the other five great kings all agreed, the Scarlet Flame King transmitted to Lu Xueqi, “Human, we agree to your alliance. When this person makes a move, we’ll strike together and deal with him first!”
After hearing this, Lu Xueqi immediately transmitted, “Good, it’s decided then!”
At this moment, the Black Impermanence who had emerged from Ghost Gate stared coldly downward.
When he saw Lu Xueqi, his heart was also greatly astonished.
He hadn’t expected such a peerless beauty to exist in this world.
After carefully examining Lu Xueqi’s attire, he immediately guessed that she was very likely the female lead of this world.
This could not help but give rise to some other thoughts within his heart.
However, compared to beauty, what excited him even more at this moment were the notification sounds constantly ringing in his mind:
“Qi Hao was extremely shocked by your appearance. Shock points +115.”
“Zhang Xiaofan was extremely shocked by your appearance. Shock points +170.”
“Qin Wuyan was extremely shocked by your appearance. Shock points +142.”
These notification sounds came one after another, filling the man masquerading as Black Impermanence with excitement as he thought to himself: This decision really was the right one. After today, his strength would once again obtain a tremendous boost.
Looking at the shocked crowd below, Black Impermanence quickly gathered his thoughts, then put on an air of solemn authority and said toward them, “Yin Division is handling a case. The living are to avoid.”
As his words fell, the Ghost Gate behind him quietly vanished, like an illusion.
Immediately afterward, the chains on his body clattered loudly as they shot toward several of the aberrant spirit kings, attempting to eliminate them all in one fell swoop.
However, when the soul-seizing chains reached the front of the aberrant spirit kings, although their expressions changed drastically, they all unleashed terrifying attacks, blasting toward the chains.
The surrounding aberrant spirits also launched attacks together, with dense barrages of attacks all landing upon the soul-hooking chains.
Although the soul-hooking chains had a great restraining effect on aberrant spirits, before absolute strength, they were actually blasted away by the continuous onslaught.
This scene greatly shocked the man masquerading as Black Impermanence. He could not help but cry out in astonishment, “How can you possess such strength?!”
This completely exceeded his expectations.
Previously, although he had made some arrangements, those arrangements merely allowed originally low-level ghosts to give birth to intelligence and did not significantly enhance their strength.
Precisely because of this, he had chosen to appear at the critical moment disguised as Black Impermanence, intending to wipe out these aberrant spirits in one net, then intimidate everyone and make the world believe in the existence of Yin Division.
Yet only after clashing with these aberrant spirits did he realize that their strength far exceeded his original estimates.