The diffuse fog exuded a strange atmosphere. Turning back and looking behind him, Shi Hao frowned tightly.
Behind him, the fog was as thick as a white crystal wall, which looked very unusual.
He took a deep breath and decided to make the best of it. Then he turned back and continued to look forward, walking forward about ten feet.
Suddenly, there was an ear-piercing whistle behind him, as if a cold wind was stirring up the mist. Above him, the space seemed to be torn open, and with a whoosh, a black shadow broke through the air and chased after him.
Shi Hao stood still, and saw the cold wind disperse, revealing a man.
He was a young man with a full head of white hair and wrinkle-free skin, the whiteness of a young boy.
He was holding a crutch, and his left foot was twisted outward and smaller than his right foot, as if he was born with a disability.
The white-haired, lame young man, leaning on a cane and tilting his head, stood in front of Shi Hao, looking him up and down, and suddenly laughed strangely: "You are so clear-headed and handsome, could it be Shi Hao, Shi Chongyun?"
In the martial arts world, there are many people who can call out the name "Hidden Dragon" Shi Chongyun, but the only people who can call out "Shi Hao" are those whom Shi Hao himself recognizes.
At this moment, the young man with white hair and rotten legs, who looked strange, suddenly called out his name. Shi Hao stood still, looked at him, and said, "Brother, you are..."
"Watch out!" The man suddenly rolled up, and the crutch turned into a long stick shadow, like a tornado, rushing towards Shi Hao diagonally.
Shi Hao unsheathed his purple sword, which caught the crutch with a loud bang.
The brilliance of his sword shook, and he retreated three steps with a clang. The surging wind was also dispersed, and the other person's figure appeared again: "Not bad! But if this is all you have, you are not worthy of that delicate beauty!"
He smashed the staff to the ground. With a bang, a black gas rushed up from the ground and quickly gathered above him, turning into an astonishing black sphere.
"One more move!" Boom, the black ball rolled and rushed towards Shi Hao.
Shi Hao sensed that the black sphere contained powerful energy, which was rushing towards him with the force of a mountain pressing down on his head.
Shi Hao did not dare to be careless. He unleashed the Purple Profound Sword and at the same time circulated the Taoist and Demonic Qi in his body, transforming them into Yuan Qi, which then turned into a whirlwind. Swish, the whirlwind rushed up and condensed into a flash of lightning.
There was another loud bang, and the sword energy and black energy spread out in a circle, and the surrounding soil and rocks cracked inch by inch.
The white-haired and lame young man uttered "Huh".
There was a strong wind blowing all around, the scattered air was surging like a raging tide, crackling, and countless pieces of gravel were splashing.
Shi Hao was also somewhat moved... What is this
“You can break my Earth Demon Mysterious Art without borrowing any external force!” The young man with white hair and rotten legs fell to the ground, leaning on his staff and said, “Your sword energy is quite strange. However, since we entered this fog, the land we are standing on is isolated from the earth for some reason. The power of the earth that I can borrow is limited. Otherwise, hehe, you may not be able to take it!”
Shi Hao sheathed his sword and asked, "Who are you?" But his eyes fell on the young man's feet.
This young man has no shadow.
This was the first time Shi Hao saw a person without a shadow... Or maybe, he wasn't a person at all
His earthly magic skills were strange and inexplicable, and Shi Hao had never seen them before. But generally speaking, there was no killing intent in the opponent's moves. The attack just now was more like a "test move" and it didn't look like he was an enemy.
"I'm not a human, I'm a ghost!" The young man with white hair and rotten legs carried a cane on his shoulder.
One of his feet is short, and when he steps on the ground, his whole body is crooked, so his head is also crooked, and he looks at people with squinting eyes: "I am a ghost who can't find the way in the three realms of heaven, earth, and man, so you can call me a lost ghost."
Shi Hao stared at him: "How do you know my name?"
The lost ghost grabbed his cane and waved it in the air: "Because I want to find a partner in the human world. That cold, delicate, and bad-tempered princess said that if you want to find a partner in the human world, you can't avoid one person, and that person is you."
Shi Hao said: "The princess you are talking about is..."
The Lost Ghost squinted at him and said, "Of course it's the Princess Kongming who rules the boundless sea of sin. When she mentioned you, her cold face inexplicably showed a hint of passion. Don't tell me you don't know her? If you dare to say that, I'm afraid she'll rush out and bite you!"
Shi Hao thought, it turned out to be Yue Jiao!
Shi Hao continued to look at him: "You want to find a partner in the human world? What do you want to cooperate on?"
The Lost Ghost laughed loudly: "Of course, we have to deal with the Yama Emperor! I know that there have been some strange changes in your world recently, and a big event has happened. Fairy Shengxuan and Emperor Mei appeared out of nowhere, shocking the world. But believe me, even they can't kill the Yama Emperor, because in the human world, no one knows the secret of the Yama Emperor."
Shi Hao's mind was slightly moved: "The secret of the Yama Emperor? Are you talking about its immortal body?"
The Lost Ghost asked, "Huh? You also know that the King of Hell has an immortal body?"
Shi Hao stared at him: "What is the secret of his immortality?"
The lost ghost laughed twice more and said, "It's useless to tell you now. We should leave here first."
He propped himself up with his cane and turned half a circle. "You are so easy to find. I have been chasing you all the way from Jiangnan to here, but ended up in this weird place where neither heaven nor earth is real. It's hard to say whether I can get out."
Shi Hao murmured: "The sky is not the sky, and the earth is not the earth?" He looked up at the sky and frowned.
He looked back again. The Lost Ghost said, "No need to look. Our retreat has been cut off. There is no way to retreat. Anyway, what are you doing in a place like this?"
Shi Hao rushed forward: "Because there is a treasure here!"
The lost ghost said: "Treasure? Hahahaha..."
Shi Hao said: "Don't laugh! Since you know that something strange happened in the human world, you must have heard about the meteor shower that night
The lost ghost said: "I know a thing or two about this. There is Kunlun Immortal Mountain, which connects the three realms of heaven, earth and man. It is the pillar of heaven and earth. The Yama Emperor was ambitious and deployed the Nine Hells Nether Emperor Demon Corrosion Cannon at the bottom of Kunlun Immortal Mountain. That day, he led his army into Kunlun Immortal Mountain, but he didn't know what powerful enemy he encountered, so he retreated and fired the Nine Hells Nether Emperor Demon Corrosion Cannon, blowing up Kunlun.
"It seems that it was that night, there were meteor showers everywhere on earth. I guess the pillars of heaven collapsed, and the ruins of heaven fell down."
Shi Hao said: "Yes, since that night, countless people have had adventures, and among them there is a precious light, which is much more dazzling than other 'meteors', and the place where it fell is exactly here."
The lost ghost followed him with a cane: "I see, ha, now that you mention it, I'm interested too. It's a pity that people who die for money become ghosts, and ghosts who die for money are still ghosts. Please don't die here, or I'll chase you to the underworld. I don't have that much time to chase you all day, and I don't think you like being chased by a male ghost every day."
Shi Hao asked: "Are there male and female ghosts?"
The lost ghost said: "That's true. Everything has yin and yang, and ghosts certainly have genders. However, the gender of ghosts is mostly due to their past life cognition. But because of the Wangchuan River and the Naihe Bridge, all ghosts have forgotten their past, so this cognition may not be reliable.
“But there are also people like me who are born as ghosts. So don’t think that I’m the kind of yin-yang ghost who was originally a woman and identified myself as a man after death, hahahaha.”
Shi Hao: “…” Do I think so
There were clouds and mists rolling ahead, and they saw a dark mountain with countless holes and caves on it.
Those holes were like black eyes, as if they were living things, emitting an ominous aura from within.
The Lost Ghost asked, "This is also your territory in the human world? How come it is more terrifying than our underworld?"
Shi Hao said: "No, this place is definitely not from the human world."
The lost ghost said: "So, this mountain is related to the 'precious light' that fell that night? The precious light that fell from the heavens would be like this?"
Shi Hao said: "It's hard to say. The Demon Realm is also a part of the Heaven Realm. One of the six palaces in the Demon Realm was destroyed at that time."
The Lost Ghost said: "The Demon Realm is part of the Heaven Realm? Interesting! Interesting!"
As they were talking, soldiers rushed out from the cave closest to them. These guys looked like humans and beasts, or half human and half beast.
The lost ghost asked: "What is this?"
Shi Hao was stunned: "Monster?" Apart from monsters, he couldn't understand this half-human, half-beast creature.
However, there were originally no such things as "monsters" in the land of Shenzhou.
The lost ghost said, "Monster? Haha, this kind of thing that only appears in legendary stories, I didn't expect it to really appear. But these days, no matter how strange the things are, they are not enough to surprise me."
Shi Hao thought about it and felt that it was right.
—A ghost ran out from the underworld and chased him from Jiangnan to Yanyun. It was not surprising to encounter a monster.
But there would definitely be no such thing in the original Yunzhong County.
"Go!" With no way to retreat, they could only keep moving forward.
Shi Hao and the Lost Ghost flashed and rushed forward at the same time.
Shi Hao's entire body seemed to have turned into a sword of light, and the lost ghost was like a whistling cold wind, his body appearing and disappearing.
Wherever they passed, the demon soldiers were thrown away and no one could stand up to them.
"I've traveled a lot in the human world and met many warriors!" The Lost Ghost dragged and hit him with his cane, "but this is the first time I've seen such energy like yours. You're really a strange person."
Shi Hao's sword shone brightly, and the surroundings were filled with dark sword energy: "I don't know much about the underworld, and I haven't met many ghosts. You are the first ghost to chat with me. I don't know if you are strange or not."
The Lost Ghost laughed loudly: "It's because I am a weird ghost among ghosts, and I am different from other ghosts, so I am called the Lost Ghost."
There was a demon general in front of them, who looked like a tiger, but walked upright, wearing armor and holding a Guandao. He roared and rushed towards the man and the ghost, slashing with the Guandao, creating a fierce demonic wind.
Swish! Shi Hao's sword light exploded, and with a bang, the light exploded. Guan Dao was forcibly repelled.
The lost ghost flipped in the air, and bang, the tiger demon's head exploded, and blood splattered.
He even reached out and scooped up a handful: "The blood is hot, this is real blood."
Shi Hao said: "So, these monsters are not illusions?"
—The man and the ghost moved forward quickly. Behind them, the headless tiger demon fell forward to the ground, splashing dust.
"It seems not!" said the Lost Ghost, "My eyesight is not very good, but it is not so bad that I can't even distinguish the real illusion from the fake one."
Shi Hao said: "That's because you haven't seen the real illusion, which makes people indulge in it and don't want to wake up. But I agree with you, these monsters are not illusions, and they have nothing to do with the Demon Realm."
The lost ghost asked: "How do you know?"
Shi Hao said: "The demons in the Demon Realm are invisible and formless, and they crave flesh and blood. These monsters are like humans and beasts, but they are alive. If they were in the Demon Realm, they would have been devoured by the demons long ago."
With a whoosh, a man and a ghost landed on a hillside at the same time. Looking into the distance, they saw a battlefield of fighting.
Chapter 439: Demon Realm Floating Figure
They saw a group of barbarians fighting with monsters.
The group of barbarians carried a large number of wooden armor mechanisms, which either spewed fire or fired stone bullets, blowing the monsters into a panic.
"These are the people of the Akagi family!" Shi Hao said, "Among the four great families of the Jin clan, only the Akagi family is the best at the art of wooden armor. It seems that the Jin clan has also participated in this battle for treasure."
The lost ghost said: "These wooden armor mechanisms seem to be quite powerful. If they are used in large quantities on the battlefield, ordinary soldiers will find it difficult to resist. But I haven't seen many wooden armor mechanisms like this on the battlefield during my journey here."
Shi Hao said: "The art of wooden armor mechanism is a secret to the Akagi family, so they will not teach it to others easily. If it is not widely spread, the Akagi family will only make it by themselves, and of course it will only be enough for their own use."
The Lost Ghost laughed and said, "It is often said that the country is more important than the family, but for many people, the family is actually the most important. It is a pity that if the country is gone, no matter how big and powerful the family is, it will also collapse."
Shi Hao said: "Everyone knows the truth, but everyone has selfish motives. It is easy to take things from outside and bring them back to your home, but it is very hard to give things away from your home, especially when it is a secret that maintains your family's strength and power."
They went around and continued walking deeper into the Demon Mountain.
Shi Hao said: "Strange!"
The lost ghost asked: "What are you wondering about?"
Shi Hao said: "There are too few people!"
He paused and said, "In the past few days, many martial artists have entered this area to search for treasures. But we don't see many people now. Where are these people going?"
Lost Ghost: "Ha! Were they eaten by those monsters?"
Shi Hao said: "Those monsters are not strong in general, and those who dare to come here to search for treasures must have some skills. It is impossible for them to be killed by those monsters so easily."
The Lost Ghost chuckled and said, "Perhaps, there are even more powerful monsters ahead."
Suddenly, a sneer came from the front: "Or maybe, the more powerful one is not the monster, but the ghost?"
The Lost Ghost sighed: "You guys are well-informed. You actually came here?"
Shi Hao looked ahead and saw ghost lights moving around. One of the ghost lights was pale green and swaying back and forth. With a bang, the ghost light shattered and a figure appeared.
He was tall and thin, dark-skinned, with a green face, fangs, and a ferocious look. Many ghost soldiers appeared around them and surrounded them unknowingly.
The ghost general sneered: "Lost ghost, this is really a hell without a door and you broke in. Now let's see where you can escape to."
Shi Hao said: "This is..."
The lost ghost laughed loudly: "This guy is one of the five ghost generals under the lord of the third prison of the Eight Hells, 'King Jinming Dusheng', and is called 'The Disaster' Qinghuo. It is said that a hundred years ago, he was also a murderer in the mortal world. After his death, he crawled out of the Shura Field and became a running dog of King Jinming Dusheng.
"I don't know what abilities this ghost had when he was alive. Even after he became a ghost, he was still a mess. Ha, it's because of this ghost that I believe that not everyone who comes out of the Shura Field is an elite. Some are just good at hiding."
"The Disaster" Qinghuo gnashed his teeth and said, "It seems that I should also beat you, a cripple, into the Shura Field and see if you can escape? Or will you be shattered in there and never be able to turn over again?"
The lost ghost leaned on his cane, leaned on his side, and squinted at him: "I don't mind joining in the fun in the Shura Field, but I'm afraid you don't have the ability to catch me."
The veins on Qinghuo's ugly face were bulging. Anyone would be furious if they were looked at sideways by other ghosts.
He shouted: "Kill them for me."
All the ghost soldiers rushed forward. Shi Hao sneered, and with a swish, the sword energy exploded, and the sword energy even contained the Samadhi Yuan Fire. The Samadhi Yuan Fire exploded in a ring shape, and actually sucked in all the ghost soldiers who rushed in the front, burning them into green smoke.
Qinghuo's face changed slightly, and a figure flashed before his eyes, and the Lost Ghost was already in front of him.
"Don't be so arrogant." Qinghuo was furious and slashed at the lost ghost with a machete.
Bang, bang, bang, bang! After the combo of moves, the Lost Ghost crouched, spun around, and knocked him flying with a kick.
The lost ghost said: "Ha, I just want to be this rampant, what can you do?"