In the far west of the northwest continent, there is a mountain range called the Black Spirit Mountains. On the northwest road, this mountain range can be regarded as a forbidden area. In this mountain range, the cold air is pressing, and the cold fog blocks the sky and the sun.
Even the soul perception of a strong person in the Douzong realm cannot penetrate this thick cold fog, making it impossible for a strong person in the Douzong realm to discern the direction in this mountain range, and there is also a terrifying cold pressure here, suppressing the Douzong Strong men of Dou Zong and below make it impossible for them to fly in the air. A strong man of Dou Zong may get lost if he is not careful, and eventually be trapped in this mountain range.
And deep in the cold mist is an extremely high and steep slope, and at the end of the slope is a huge valley surrounded by mountains. In the huge valley, there is a huge black palace with a size of one hundred feet, like Like a crawling wild beast, there was a chilling and terrifying aura in the darkness.
The sky above the entire black hall was extremely dimmed by the black mist that exuded an evil and cold aura. The cold and strange cold wind roared crazily in this area, just like the miserable wail of the evil ghost, which made the whole place extremely dark. My heart felt chilly, as if the whole sky was about to collapse.
At this moment, above the black hall, in the dim sky, a vague black light indeed flashed. The black light was dim and very turbid. The black light exuded an extremely cold and strange aura, blending with the surrounding black fog. , if you don't observe carefully, you won't be able to detect the sudden strangeness in the black mist.
This black stream of light is the memory fragment in the souls of Xuan and Protector Tie, and the soul Changqing has been looking for all the way.
Hun Changqing looked at the black hall below, whose style and aura made him feel extremely familiar, and felt the majestic and vast soul power faintly emanating from the hall, making Hun Changqing couldn't help but reveal a grim look. With a smile, his eyes were flashing with extremely hot greed. His tongue stuck out from his white teeth and licked his lips.
"Jiejiejie..."
After letting out a burst of eerie and harsh laughter, Hun Changqing was about to restrain his breath and enter the giant palace below. Suddenly he found that the scene in front of the giant palace was a little distorted, and there were faint ripples spreading in front of the giant palace. Hun Changqing Suddenly he raised his eyebrows
"Oh~ Have you set up a space barrier..."
After sensing the space barrier in front of him that emitted waves of space ripples, Hun Changqing slowly closed his eyes. His soul perception passed through the space barrier silently and explored the black hall inside the barrier.
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After that, Hun Changqing opened his eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and a trace of relaxation appeared on his face.
"Sure enough, there are two auras of Dou Zun. One has only two-star Dou Zun. Although the aura of the other one is vague and cannot be determined specifically, it floats between five and six stars. Presumably, these are the Dragon Lord and Xingxiu Lord. Well, if this is the case, then I will accept these souls with a smile, Jie Jie Jie..."
Hun Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he slowly stepped forward, reaching the space barrier. He stretched out his fingers, and a bit of silver light lingered on his fingertips, and then his fingertips gently drew a line of ten feet in the twisted space. There were many wide gates, and with a gentle push of the palm, the space completely turned into nothingness, and an invisible space gate appeared in front of Hun Changqing.
"Jiejiejie..."
Seeing this space gate, Hun Changqing let out a solemn laugh, and then the cold aura around him slowly spread out from his body, and he stepped into the space gate in one step...
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Deep in the black palace, there is a huge square. Above the square, black stone pillars up to a hundred feet high stand up to the sky. The stone pillars are covered with countless strange runes, and dark chains extend from the stone pillars. , criss-crossing and outlined in the mid-air of this square.
At the end of these chains, there is a huge, pitch-black container entangled with countless chains. Inside the container are floating light groups with weak rays of light. Inside, there are souls with painful expressions and illusory bodies. .
In the center of this square, there is a platform about ten feet above the ground, with four huge black stone pillars standing there. In the center of the platform, sitting cross-legged, a dark and strange figure is surrounded. In the black mist, a cold and forbidding aura filled the air from his body.
Dead silence and weirdness enveloped the entire square, and there was a sense of gloom and death everywhere.
"Huh?"
After this silence lasted for a moment, the dark figure on the platform suddenly opened its closed eyes and let out a startling sound.
At this moment, he felt that the space barrier outside the huge palace was emitting some fluctuations. These fluctuations were very weak. If his soul perception ability was not far superior to that of a strong person in the same realm, he would really not be able to detect this trace of space fluctuations. , after carefully sensing the dark figure, he raised his eyebrows lightly, and then.
"Dragon Master"
An extremely ethereal and slightly ethereal voice came from the black shadow's mouth. This voice was neutral, making it impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman.
As this ethereal voice fell, the space on this strange platform suddenly became distorted. Space ripples rippled out. An equally dark figure slowly emerged in the twisted and rippled space. It's just that this figure is slightly rickety.
"What are the instructions from the palace master?"
This rickety figure is exactly what the black-robed man sitting cross-legged said: Lord Long. And in this punishment hall, the one who can be called the master of the hall by Lord Long is naturally the Lord Xingxu. .
Lord Long bowed slightly to Lord Xingxiu and asked respectfully. However, in the old voice, in addition to awe, there was also a hint of fear. It was obvious that he was very afraid of Lord Xingxu.
Lord Long was originally the palace master of this northwest branch hall, and had been operating in this branch hall for a hundred years. The deputy palace master at that time was a one-star Dou Zun, and the gap between the palace master and the deputy palace master was not the same. not very big.
Although the northwest continent is barren, there are not many strong people, and high-level soul resources are very scarce. However, Lord Dragon found another way and invested money to train some fighting emperors in the northwest continent into fighting sects, and then harvested their souls, which led to his His performance was able to barely rank high among the many branches of the Soul Palace.
Because of his extraordinary achievements, Master Long has lived a very comfortable life in the past hundred years. However, just a few years ago, his good days came to an end. Zhongzhou actually parachuted a two-star Dou Master Xingxu Master directly over. He replaced him as the master of the palace, which made Lord Long very unconvinced. He had been running this palace for hundreds of years, and he just handed it over to someone who was still in the same realm. What would it be like to replace it with someone from the same realm? No one will agree.
However, just when Lord Long was discussing with the deputy hall master at that time to give the new hall master some color, who knew that Lord Xingxu had extremely weird fighting skills and directly suppressed the two people who joined forces, and even more directly After extracting the soul of the deputy palace master at that time and refining it alive, Master Long still remembered the shrill screams of the deputy palace master at that time, and he broke into cold sweat every time he thought of it.
Lord Long estimated that if Lord Xingxiu hadn't seen that he could take care of the punishment hall in an orderly manner, and if the deputy hall master also needed a venerable, his fate would have been the same as that of the deputy hall master at that time. the same.
So from then on, whenever Venerable Xingxiu was summoned, Venerable Long kept his posture very low, for fear of being disrespectful and offending Venerable Xingxiu, he directly replaced him as the deputy palace master. Lose.
Moreover, over the years, the strength of Lord Xingxiu has improved so fast that Lord Long was secretly frightened. He has stayed at the level of Two Star Dou Lord for a hundred years, and Lord Xing Dou Zun has been promoted to the current strength of Six Star Dou Zun, and the faint aura emanating from Xing Xiu Zun made him tremble, which made Long Zun even more convinced of this palace master.
"A little mouse in the one-star Douzun realm has slipped in. Go catch him, extract his soul, and see what he wants to do here. The soul of a Douzun realm is worth a lot of money. "
Lord Xingxiu had already closed his eyes at this moment and spoke to Lord Long calmly, as if a One-Star Dou Zun could not arouse the slightest interest in him.
Master Long was shocked when he heard that a strong man in the Dou Zun realm came in quietly without even noticing it.
Then he heard Venerable Xingxiu comparing the powerful Dou Zun to a little mouse, and the corner of his mouth twitched. Only the person in front of him had the confidence to compare the powerful Dou Zun to a mouse, right? However, Lord Long complained in his heart, but he did not dare to slow down in the slightest and responded quickly.
"Yes! Palace Master! My subordinates will go and bring back the soul of this ignorant Dou Zun."
Lord Long said emphatically that he was now very confident in himself. He had been a two-star Dou Zun for so many years and was already very close to a three-star Dou Zun. If he couldn't win against a mere one-star Dou Zun, then he might as well wipe his neck. .
Lord Xingxiu nodded when he heard the words, and then gathered all his breath, and sat cross-legged in the center of the platform, like a dead man.
Seeing Venerable Xingxiu in such a state, Lord Long knew that he had already started practicing and did not dare to say any more. Regardless of whether Lord Xingxiu could still see him now, he quickly bowed again. , then the figure gradually became illusory and disappeared into this huge platform.
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Hun Changqing didn't know that he was discovered when he passed through the space barrier. In his opinion, the subtle space fluctuations he caused could not make the deputy hall master of the two-star Dou Zun and the six-star Dou Zun at most The palace master sensed it.
After Hun Changqing passed through the space barrier, he quietly approached the black giant palace, just as he was about to walk in front of the giant palace.
Thick black mist suddenly erupted from the towering rock wall that enveloped the huge palace, causing the valley that was originally filled with silence like a dead place to boil instantly, with strong aura enveloping the gloomy place. The air rose, causing the surrounding air to become distorted and blurred.
As the momentum rose, the strong wind began to whistle crazily in this valley, just like the cry and wail of the evil ghost, which made people's hair stand on end. One after another, dark figures were faintly revealed in the black mist. An outline.
This sudden change caused Hun Changqing, who was quietly moving forward, to pause. He slowly raised his head and looked at the dark figures shrouded in black mist, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Has it been discovered?"
Hun Changqing was slightly confused at this moment. When he was still the Soul Dou King, he often ran into the Soul Palace in Zhongzhou, and he had also studied the space barrier outside the Soul Palace.
Now that he has reached the level of Dou Zun, opening that space rift is as easy as opening the door of his own house. Logically speaking, the people in this punishment hall, with their strength, cannot detect the sound of opening the space barrier. Points are almost equal to no spatial fluctuations?
Moreover, there is usually nothing left in the Soul Palace to detect space fluctuations in detail. Could it be that the Soul Palace has purchased some new equipment in the past few years since he left?
"Jiejiejie..."
Just as Hun Changqing was doubting in his heart, another thick black mist erupted in the sky, which was more majestic and vast than the previous black mist. A cold and eerie laughter came from the black mist.
As the laughter spread, waves of Dou Qi fluctuations also spread out, shrouding Hun Changqing with a terrifying momentum. The sound waves mixed with the laughter hit Hun Changqing's black robe. Go up and blow his black robe loudly.
Then a dark and hunched figure gradually walked out of the rising black mist, glaring at Hun Changqing's body with its cold and sharp eyes like a poisonous snake.
"Jie Jie Jie... I didn't expect that you, a little mouse like Xing Dou Zun, are so good at it, that you could quietly untie the space barrier outside. You almost even managed to hide it from me, allowing you to succeed. Sneaked into the Soul Palace.
Although I don’t know why you dare to sneak in here so recklessly, it doesn’t matter at this moment. I will accept you as a soul in the realm of Dou Zun. Then I will take a closer look at why you, a little mouse, came here. , Jie Jie Jie..."
Hun Changqing ignored the chilling words spoken by the rickety figure. After sensing the aura of this person, Hun Changqing glanced at the figures above his head.
Among the densely packed figures shrouded in black mist, most of them have the aura of the Douwang Douhuang realm, with only a little Dou Zong aura mixed in. These people should be all the personnel in the branch hall here.
After confirming everyone's strength, Hun Changqing turned his attention to the rickety figure, and then a huge black energy burst out from Hun Changqing's body. Exuding a heart-stopping murderous aura and death, a cold and evil aura instantly filled the huge valley, shrouding all the dark figures on the rock wall.
Everyone felt chills all over when this breath came out. The aura on them was like a small witch meeting a big witch before this extremely terrifying evil breath, and there was no comparison.
"Jiejiejie...I...don't like to look up at others..."
A sharp and hoarse sound, like the shrill wail of a ghost in hell, came from Zihun Changqing's mouth. This sound was like a stone scratching across glass, harsh and unbearable, and mixed with cold and sharp sound waves. .
Everyone present felt as if their eardrums were being sliced open by a thousand sharp knives. The eardrums were vibrating. Many people had their eardrums ruptured. A gurgling stream of blood flowed out of their ear holes. Everyone's originally cold eyes were completely blurred. A look of horror occupied him, and he was extremely frightened in his heart. He looked down at the rising black energy of Soul Changqing, as if he was looking at some wild beast!
(End of chapter)
