Chapter 158: Valley of the Undead

Under that rebuke filled with murderous intent, the misty figure was completely stunned.

The suspended, blood-red figure possessed an unimaginable might.

Even the aura of his master did not amount to one-millionth of this being's power!

"Ah!"

As the rolling waves of murderous sound struck, he felt excruciating pain.

The next moment, his soul was torn apart. The chilling aura of death faded from his body, and his withered frame collapsed onto the ground, convulsing violently.

The agony of a torn soul made him wish for nothing more than death; he did not want to live for even a single breath longer.

"Supreme Lord, I beg you, kill me!"

Crumpled into a ball, he begged in agonizing torment.

"Want to die? It is not that easy!"

Xia Jiuxuan banished his torn soul from his sea of consciousness.

"I ask you, where on earth are that man and woman? If you tell the truth, I will grant you a swift death."

Xia Jiuxuan was deeply concerned about the plight of Dumu Wan and Mu Feng.

"Reporting to the Lord, that man and woman went to the Necromancer Valley," the old man hurriedly replied.

"Who is the master of the Necromancer Valley?" Xia Jiuxuan demanded sternly.

Still convulsing in agony, the old man replied with difficulty, "Answering the Lord, I do not know my master's origins either; I only know that he is a mighty being transcending the mortal realm..."

"Do you recognize the one named Shen Yu whom I killed?"

Xia Jiuxuan continued his questioning.

"I know, I know!" the old man responded, speaking rapidly. "The Shen family is a lineage of legalistic cultivators. The ancestor of the Shen family is an initiated disciple of my master, holding a most noble status. Since you killed Shen Yu, the Shen family will certainly not let the matter rest."

Xia Jiuxuan fell into a brief contemplation.

On the ground, the old man could no longer endure the torment of his torn soul.

He crawled forward laboriously, crying out in supplication, "I beg you to grant me a quick death. I truly do not want to live anymore."

"What's the rush?"

With his hands clasped behind his back, Xia Jiuxuan kicked him aside.

"Tell me, where is the Necromancer Valley?"

The Necromancer Valley mentioned by the old man could not even be detected by Xia Jiuxuan's spiritual sense, proving that it was not located within the borders of the Immortal Martial Nation.

"I—I don't know..." the old man answered.

"Hmm?"

Xia Jiuxuan's expression darkened.

"It seems your suffering is still not severe enough!"

With that, Xia Jiuxuan's will surged, preparing to tear the man's soul apart once more.

"Lord! Do—do not torture me again. I really do not know; it cannot be explained simply in a moment," the old man pleaded.

Xia Jiuxuan withdrew his will.

Looking at the withered old man who was desperate for death, he retrieved several Soul-Nurturing Herbs from his spatial storage, refined them using a secret technique, and sent them into the old man's body.

Within a mere few breaths, the injuries to the old man's soul abated by more than half, and his pain subsided significantly.

The old man was dumbfounded.

When he finally snapped back to reality, he hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground.

"Thank you, Lord, for sparing my life!"

Xia Jiuxuan cast a cold, indifferent glance at him. "I am leaving your dog's life so that you may serve me. The moment you become useless will be the day you die."

Sensing that the Necromancer Valley was no simple place, Xia Jiuxuan felt that keeping the old man alive might prove useful.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Having narrowly escaped death, the old man kowtowed frantically to Xia Jiuxuan.

"Get up," Xia Jiuxuan said coldly. "Take me to the Necromancer Valley."

"Lord, please reconsider. Though your soul is formidable, if you encounter the experts within the valley, you will surely perish without a doubt," the old man warned.

"How so?" Xia Jiuxuan raised an eyebrow.

"My master... oh, the experts kept by that old demon are corpse cultivators who possess no souls at all. Therefore, your soul-based abilities will hold no advantage whatsoever against those powerful corpse cultivators," the old man replied.

"You needn't worry about that." Xia Jiuxuan paused before adding, "I am only here to rescue my friend and leave."

"Ugh..." The old man hesitated, wearing a look as if he had more to say.

"If you have something to say, spit it out," Xia Jiuxuan said coldly.

Only then did the old man nod and say, "Lord, to tell the truth, your two friends were not captured. Rather, that young girl willingly chose to go to the Necromancer Valley. As for what Yu Guiyuan said to her, I do not know."

Xia Jiuxuan frowned tightly.

Dumu Wan went to the Necromancer Valley of her own accord?

Why would she do that?

"You are being relatively honest after all."

Sensing the fluctuations in the old man's soul, Xia Jiuxuan concluded that he was not lying.

"The Lord's divine might is peerless; naturally, this old man would not dare to deceive you," the old man said respectfully.

"Good. Then stop wasting breath. Let's take a trip to the Necromancer Valley," Xia Jiuxuan commanded.

The old man nodded repeatedly and drew a purple ancient jade from his bosom.

Xia Jiuxuan glanced at the ancient jade and sensed a ripple of spatial magic emanating from within it.

No wonder the old man had claimed he did not know where the Necromancer Valley was.

Xia Jiuxuan could now ascertain that the so-called Necromancer Valley must be a drifting spatial pocket whose coordinates were not fixed.

Only by utilizing this specialized spatial jade could one invoke spatial power and teleport individuals there.

"Lord, please prepare yourself. I am about to initiate the teleportation."

"Stop blabbering."

Thereupon, the old man activated a secret technique to connect the teleportation jade with the Necromancer Valley.

Hum, hum.

The air shuddered, and ripples spread across the fabric of space.

Enveloped by the spatial ripples, the figures of Xia Jiuxuan and the old man quickly vanished.

...

In an instant, the surrounding environment shifted.

This was a dark space.

"Lord, you truly possess immense audacity," the old man's voice echoed from beside him.

"Indeed, my courage is quite formidable."

Xia Jiuxuan felt that something was amiss with this old fellow, yet he did not reveal any outward sign of abnormality.

"Sometimes, excessive boldness is not a good thing; it tends to cost one's life."

The old man's voice turned somewhat gloomy.

"Heh."

Xia Jiuxuan merely let out a cold laugh.

"Do you think I don't know what you are plotting?"

The old man said with utter indifference, "So what if you know? You foolish boy, look at where this place is before you speak!"

Swish!

A succession of white lights flared.

The surrounding walls were made of a transparent crystalline substance, dividing a space thousand feet wide into numerous tiny cells.

"Now that you have entered the Crystalline Wall Prison, do you truly think you can ever leave?"

A boundless, ferocious grin spread across the old man's withered face.

Remaining entirely calm, Xia Jiuxuan suddenly struck the transparent crystal wall with a single palm strike.

Bang!

A dull explosion rang out.

The cell did not even tremble in the slightest.

All of Xia Jiuxuan's force was absorbed completely by the crystal walls.

"Truly sturdy," Xia Jiuxuan muttered indifferently.

"Such a utter fool, trusting me so easily!"

Triumph washed over the old man's eyes.

With a flick of his will over the purple jade, his figure flashed and he reappeared inside the adjacent cell.

"Do you want to kill me right now? Heh, heh, heh... What a pity, you cannot do it! Prepare to die, you stinking brat!"

The old man sneered savagely.

When he had been severely injured earlier, he genuinely wished for death.

Yet he never imagined that this young man would be so utterly foolish as to heal him and hand him such an opportunity.

"You are celebrating far too early."

Xia Jiuxuan's voice was laden with killing intent.

"You surely don't think you can kill me through the crystal wall, do you? Ignorant wretch!"

The old man dismissed the thought completely.

"I indeed cannot kill you through this crystal wall, but what if I am standing right in front of you?"

The corners of Xia Jiuxuan's mouth curved upward.

"Fool..."

The old man intended to heap further mockery upon Xia Jiuxuan.

Before the word could even leave his mouth, a figure materialized abruptly right before his eyes.

"You! How is it possible for you to pass through the crystal wall?!"

The old man's eyes bulged in terror, nearly driving him insane with fright.