The Devilish Immortal

The second round of the Mine-dividing Competition came to an end in five hours. Each battle was so brutal that even the winners were badly wounded, and barely had the energy to have another fight.

Lyu Liang had weakened a lot, because he started the Divine Mark a while ago. But now he had totally recovered with the help of the Soul-restoring Elixir and the Tianxuan Holy Rattan. Still, he would not be able to use the Divine Mark for ten days, which was inevitable.

Brutal as the battles were, Lyu Liang had caught the “fighting” bug, and was even more eager to fight on. Somehow, Lyu Liang could not help watching the Ghost King’s team, every now and then. What was creepy was that, each time the mysterious opponent would look back at him. It was as if he was staring at a prey.

“Well, we are about to have the third round. That is to say, four of the eight teams will be knocked out in this round. When it’s finished, the winners will each have a five-day rest. You can bring in new fighters to take place of the badly wounded ones, if necessary!” exclaimed Kong Liang, “Now, let me announce your rivals.”

“Senior brother, I have a hunch. Maybe we will be up against the team of Ghost King!” Lyu Liang whispered in Feng Mazi’s ear, who also had the same hunch.

“That can’t be true. Oh, no! Damn, you are such a jinx…” Hardly before Feng Mazi finished his words, Kong Liang exclaimed, “Team Eight rivals with Team Twelve.” Team Twelve was the one everyone wished to avoid dealing with…

“Junior Brother. Have a little rest, please, as this was your first time to fight with the opponents of Ghost King. You are not familiar with what they are capable of. Of course, the four of them are different in their Cultivation Method. But their main Cultivation Method is the same. So, I suggest that you should watch how they fight!” Meng Yun grabbed Lyu Liang by his shoulder, to prevent him from jumping into the fighting field.

Lyu Liang understood. This rival could be as dangerous as the ones in the finals. So he did as he was told, and sat back.

Tianshu Pavilion sent Gongsun Youcheng as the first fighter. He started the square array. The one Ghost King sent, were the black-robed people, who were able to summon the Demon-boned Mermaids, and whose battles Lyu Liang had watched before.

The top eight teams were all extraordinarily tough. Each of their battles were fierce. The spectators gave all their attention to the battle between Tianshu Pavilion and Ghost King.

One was the previous champion, and the other had the best chance of becoming the new champion. The battle between them must be really intense.

It turned out to be so. This battle was far beyond that of the other three.

Gongsun Youcheng, who usually seemed to be every weak, and appeared half dead, was now alive and kicking, once he stood in the battle field.

He soon summoned three array flags of red, green and yellow, at the same time. The sky turned colorful. Then several men, ranging about ten-meters in height, and gleaming with a golden light showed up. They immediately spared no efforts to strike their opponents.

Clearly, the opponent was also very tough to deal with, because he sent out five Demon-boned Mermaids, at the same time, each with a thick, black aura. The aura formed into a picture of a skull, which was really terrifying.

“That is the most powerful cultivation Method called Demon Descending, which is very good at eroding the Divine Soul. Still, the terrifying point is when its power of law defines that either part will lose most of his cultivation, if his Divine Soul was the weaker one of the two, within five minutes.” Feng Mazi explained to Lyu Liang, “That’s why the battle usually does not last long, as long as the rival is the Ghost King. It will be over within five minutes. There will always be a loser. If you can’t win, you’d better give up within the five minutes, or death will find you.”

Though Lyu Liang thought his Divine Soul was far beyond that of a normal person, he knew well that no matter how strong you are, there will always be someone stronger. He dared not underestimate the Power of Law.

The way Gongsun Youcheng fought, reminded Lu Liang of an Immortal General called Sky Holding, who had fought with World Devastating Deity, also using the array flag and the golden men.

They both had the same family name. This made Lyu Liang wonder about their relationship. “Maybe they are the Gongsun Family in the space of Goddess Nyu Wa.” Lyu Liang thought to himself.

Just like what Feng Mazi had said, those in the battle did not procrastinate at all. Both of them used their most powerful cultivation. It made sense, given that they only had five minutes. One of them must die!

Gongsun Youcheng was not only defensive, but also offensive. The three array flags he had summoned, and the colorful air around them formed into such a super powerful Great Defense Formation, that the Demon-boned Mermaids had no way of getting near Gongsun Youcheng.

The five minutes were running out, when the black-robed person suddenly murmured something and pulled himself out of the light gate. Maybe he knew had no chance of winning, and chose to give up.

Soon Gongsun Youcheng followed him out, and again reverted to being a sick person. He went back to his own camp, breathing heavily and coughing badly. His Spiritual Qi had been depleted. Though he did not strike his opponent, the defense he made consumed most of his energy.

“There you see? You had better do the same trick! There is only one thing to remember: keep away from the Demon-boned Mermaids. Then, half the battle is yours already. Do remember to keep your Divine Soul full and steady. To beat Ghost King is to defend against them.” Feng Mazi tapped Lyu Liang on the shoulder. It was clear that it would be safer, if Lyu Liang did the same thing.

Like Feng Mazi just said, every one of Ghost King was pretty powerful. It turned out that the one Gongsun Youcheng had fought with, was the least powerful one.

In the following three battles, all the black-robed men summoned double-digit Demon-boned Mermaids at the same time, and used some powerful Cultivation Methods. Finally, they beat two of them.

Meng Yun and Yan Zidao lost their battles. They were not equal to their competitors’ skills in Divine Soul. They fought for three minutes before they gave up, since their opponents’ defence were unassailable.

It turned out that Feng Mazi, who used to hang around like a playboy, was one of the honorable winners. He, surprisingly, showed such a powerful defence that his opponent had to give up within five minutes.

The fifth battle finally came. The mysterious man in the team of Ghost King was staring at Lyu Liang, and made a gesture with his hand, which meant “Come on in”, and then flew through the light gate. Obviously, he meant that it was time for them to fight.

At present, the score for both sides was two to two. The rules stated that everyone had two chances to battle, until there was only one winner. The first round was very important, after all. Whoever was a winner in the first round, would be the final winner. Because none of them would have the energy to continue with a second battle.

Obviously, Lyu Liang had to win this battle. Just before Lyu Liang rushed into the light gate, Feng Mazi, with a grim face, secretly transmitted a serious voice to him “Give up, once you find that something is wrong. If I am right, his cultivation is far beyond yours. He is not supposed to be here!”

Lyu Liang was a little confused and surprised, but he did not stop, and used the instantaneous flash to fly inside the light gate.

But as soon as he entered the light gate, he felt something was not right!

During the first two rounds, the battle field was set in a starry night scene. However, this time it had turned into another setting, a place full of horrible skulls, and stank of rotten corpses.

“Well? Do you like here? Welcome to Skull Valley. Because this is where you will die!” exclaimed the mysterious man, confidently and who seemed to know Lyu Liang well. Lyu Liang was a little confused. “How can he know about me?” Lyu Liang wondered to himself.

Lyu Liang was the first to attack.

He chose the Ghost Soldier in Transforming Realm and Star-picking Palm. Then unexplainable things started to happen.

The ten Ghost Soldiers, who were supposed to help Ly Liang, suddenly lost control of their bodies and were torn into pieces, by some unknown power.

“Poor lad! Tough that your Ghost Soldier was near Level Four, it is a pity that you are not well connected to the array soul. I could do you a favor if you like. Give the Yin Hell Token to me and I shall grant you a decent death. What do you say?” the mysterious man sneered. He had the cultivation aura of Peak in Supreme Master, “You are lucky that I’m constrained by this Bounded Domain. Or I would already have killed you a hundred times by now.”

A sense of desperation surrounded Lyu Liang! “One with cultivation of Heavenly Master is not allowed to join this competition! How can he violate the official rules so easily?” Lyu Liang wondered to himself.

“It can’t be worse! The mysterious man has a ghost body. He is born a powerful man. Since when did Ghost King have a member like this?” exclaimed White, who was pretty shocked by what he saw, “Dude. Give it up, or you’ll die.”

“I quit!” Hardly before Lyu Liang received White’s secret voice, he had already made the decision, and cried out himself. He believed that where there is life, there is hope.

But he was terrified, because he could not leave the battle field.

He was supposed to be sent outside, as soon as he made the announcement. But the portal did not show up as it was supposed to. So he cried again, “I quit!” Still, he could not move a step.

“Well, well, well. Look who is trying to run away. No way. The only reason I came down here is to destroy you. You will die today. “Death Spell!” teased the mysterious man. Then a huge skull-like figure showed up in the air. To Lyu Liang’s surprise, he found that he had lost the control of his own body!

“Good luck to your Divine Body. What if your own fist gives you a lethal blow?” the mysterious man sniggered. He then lifted his fist, which was already surrounded by a shining golden light…

…

The battle inside the light gate had caused quite an uproar among the spectators. Because all of them could see clearly what was going on, inside the light gate.

“Since when did Ghost King have such a powerful member? From the creepy space he created, Skull Valley, he must be in possession of the Power of Law, himself!”

“Haven’t you heard about that? I’ve been told by one of my friends about Ghost King long ago. It appeared that this mysterious man is a newbie there. But in fact, my friend saw with his own eyes, that even the leader of Ghost King, Ghost-faced Immortal, kowtowed to him!”

“Did you notice that the genius of Tianshu Pavilion seems to have lost control of his own body? Is he really going to pound himself with his own terrible fist?”

Everyone was confused as to how Ghost King had such a powerful member. They felt it was unbelievable. This rumor, true or false, spread like wildfire in no time.

Only a few of powerful figures, who were really well informed, knew exactly who the newbie was.

“He is one of the three kings of Infernal Purgatory! Why did he show up here?” Ancestor Tian Shu wondered to himself. He was pretty shocked and was about to stop the battle, without any hesitation.

Barely before he stood up, Li Caiyun secretly transmitted a voice to him, “Stay put. Leave it alone. I’ve always wanted to see whether the genius is what I’ve assumed him to be. Moreover, did you forget our own task given by Ji Luo Tao Lord ? If you mess it up because of your reckless rescue, you may bring about the downfall of Tianshu Pavilion.”

Ancestor Tian Shu was shocked at first, and felt very reluctant. He had no choice, but to stay put.

Seeing that Ancestor Tian Shu did nothing, Ancestor Wen Shu and Ancestor Wu Shu looked at each other, and did nothing, too.

They chose to do nothing about it, but not everyone did so.

Nie Qingyun of the Yue Feng Nest Meeting, who wore a mask, flew like a silver light to the outside of the light gate. He reached out his hands, and two broadswords appeared. Then he used them to attack the restriction formation of the battle field.

At the same time, another two spectators also flew to the light gate. But before they could get there, a deadly power surrounded them, thus creating a thick smoke.

Nie Qingyun was shocked, and felt a little desperate, deep within his heart. Suddenly he lost consciousness. After he came to himself, he found that he was seated in the VIP auditorium. Along with him were Ancestor Wen Shu and Ancestor Wu Shu, who were both in a state of shock.

After the smoke in front of the light gate faded away, the figure of Ancestor Tian Shu appeared, and he seemed to be badly wounded. But his eyes were filled with excitement and joy.

Nie Qingyun did not know what was going on. But when he looked up at the light gate, he was shocked.

Not only him, but all the spectators were also pretty shocked. They even forgot to ask what was going on, in front of the light gate.

Because the most unbelievable thing had just happened inside the light gate…