Rebirth of the Totem Pole, I became a taboo

"Let's compare notes?"

"Correct."

Xia Longhu looked at Chen Yao with desire in his eyes.

After entering the Touching Dao Realm, He knew that he was very strong, but without an opponent of the same level, He did not know how strong he was.

Now we happen to meet Chen Yao. If Chen Yao is not strong enough, then killing him will just eliminate a future threat for Daxia.

If Chen Yao is strong enough, then that will be enough for Him to test his own strength.

Xia Longhu thought so, but he didn't think about another situation, that is, what if he lost?

Chen Yao looked at Xia Longhu, but did not agree immediately.

"We can spar, but don't you think it's a bit rude?"

Chen Yao returned Xia Longhu's previous words to Him.

"Haha, please don't blame me, I won't let you waste your energy in vain. No matter what the result of the competition is, I will tell you a secret, the secret of the Touching Dao Realm."

Hearing the words "Touching the Dao Realm", Chen Yao became interested.

Although he has mastered one tenth of the way of fire, he does not know what the realm he is in is called.

Hearing Xia Longhu's words at this time, it seemed that the Touching Dao Realm was the realm he was in now.

"In that case, let's do it."

Chen Yao said with a smile.

"Haha, please!"

After Xia Longhu finished speaking, he flew directly over Snake City.

Chen Yao arrived shortly after.

Seeing Chen Yao coming up, Xia Longhu bowed from a distance and launched his own attack.

Chen Yao only felt his whole body sinking, and his movements seemed to be slowed down by something.

The Dao of Fire surrounded his body, and only then did Chen Yao see what was around him.

"river?"

After being contaminated by the essence of fire, Chen Yao could clearly see the specific appearance of the thing next to him.

A vast river!

He is in the center of the river.

The sluggish feeling just now came from the blockage of water flow.

But the water in this river did not seem to be real water. What made Chen Yao even more surprised was that, apart from the feeling of stagnation, he did not feel any other harm.

While Chen Yao was guessing, Xia Longhu was stunned.

Chen Yao guessed correctly, this river was not an ordinary river. Xia Longhu had already learned its name when he touched the Way of the Underworld, called: The River Styx!
The River Styx is invisible to ordinary people and is boundless.

The ability that Xia Longhu displayed only intercepted a small part of the River Styx.

Even though it is only a small part, it possesses a power that ordinary people cannot imagine.

As long as one comes into contact with the Styx, even if one is at the Dao Touching Realm, one will be affected by the power of the Styx.

When Xia Longhu was dealing with the barbarians in the Great Flame before, after the Styx was unleashed, the barbarian king would age and turn into a pile of dry bones in just half a breath.

Even the Barbarian King only had half a breath of time.

Man Qi and Man Ba, who were able to resist Xia Chengtian, who was at the peak of the Guiyi realm, only lived for a dozen more breaths before eventually turning into dry bones and dissipating.

Xia Longhu himself had tried it, and even with a divine body, he could not resist the influence of the Styx.

But now, Chen Yao has already spent dozens of breaths in the Styx, and has even begun to open his arms, drifting with the flow of the Styx!
"Why does the Styx have no effect on Him?"

Xia Longhu frowned, he couldn't understand.

"Could it be that I don't understand the rules of the Complete Styx?"

This was the only explanation Xia Longhu could give.

"Humph, since you are immune to the power of the Styx, then..."

As he spoke, Xia Longhu moved the part of the Underworld that he had touched, and immediately, the appearance of a city appeared in the River Styx.

If it’s not the Snake City below, what else could it be?
But the Snake City at this time is illusory.

Chen Yao also discovered the changes in the River Styx and gave up his plan to freestyle in the River Styx.

"What is that? A mirage? So the other party's ability is to create a mirage?"

While wondering, Chen Yao saw a figure walking out of the illusory snake city.

Ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand... a hundred thousand!

The sky above the illusory Snake City was filled with illusory human figures.

Looking at those figures, Chen Yao's expression changed slightly.

He felt different powers from these figures, most of whom were only at the Transcendent Realm, accounting for about nine-tenths of the total.

Among the remaining part, the vast majority are in the realm of supernatural powers, nearly ten thousand people.

The strongest one is the one who has reached the realm of all laws.

Chen Yao was not frowning at the strength of those figures, but at this ability.

Because he saw a relatively familiar face among those figures.

He was the warrior in the Wanfa Realm whom Baishan and Xiaomo met when they came here to rescue Xiaoqing.

From the appearance of the warrior in the Wanfa Realm, Chen Yao guessed what these beings were.

"Ghosts? The other party can summon the souls of the dead in Snake City? What kind of Tao is this?"

Chen Yao was surprised.

At this moment, the illusory snake city disappeared and the 100,000 figures moved.

Like swimming fish, those 100,000 figures swam towards Chen Yao, and their speed was getting faster and faster!
Glancing at Xia Longhu, Chen Yao frowned slightly.

"Could it be that He thinks that having more people will be helpful?"

Chen Yao raised his hand, and a fireball appeared in his hand.

Although he was in the River Styx, Chen Yao's fireball did not go out.

The fireball flew up, hovered above Chen Yao's head, and finally turned into a sword.

He hooked his fingers and the flaming sword began to tremble.

A whirring sound was heard, and the flaming swords above Chen Yao's head changed from one to two, then from two to four, and from four to eight... By the time those souls arrived, there were already countless densely packed flaming swords appearing above Chen Yao.

"go."

Chen Yao dubbed the ten thousand swords, and immediately, the flaming swords shot out.

The River Styx was reflected in red.

Thousands of flaming swords slashed through the illusory figures, defeating them and then rushing towards the next figure without stopping.

In one encounter, one tenth of the 100,000 souls disappeared, and the number was still increasing at a rate of 10,000 with every breath!

This scene made Chen Yao feel a little bored.

But just when nearly 80% of the 100,000 ghosts were destroyed, Chen Yao let out a light exclamation.

The souls of the dead that were defeated at the beginning actually gathered together in the River Styx again.

As soon as it appeared, it pounced towards Chen Yao.

"Can't kill them all?"

Chen Yao came up with this idea.

On the other side, a smile appeared on Xia Longhu's lips.

These ghosts are different from those ghosts in the unity state under the Great Xia Imperial City.

Those ghosts were summoned to the world by Him through some objects that retained the aura of their predecessors. They were not too closely connected to the Styx, and if one was dispersed, there would be one less.

The advantage is that you don’t have to be in the River Styx.

However, the souls in the Styx are different. There is no concept of death for them.

The final destination of all living things is the River Styx. Although Xia Longhu does not know where the end of the River Styx is, this does not prevent him from borrowing the souls in the River Styx to fight for himself.

As long as Chen Yao is in the River Styx, he will fight against endless ghosts.

Xia Longhu can control the location of the River Styx.

Therefore, as long as Chen Yao has no means to leave the River Styx, he has already lost this competition the moment he fails to escape from the River Styx in the first place!
“There is also a gap between the Tao and the Tao.”

Xia Longhu murmured, feeling somewhat lonely in his heart. "Could it be that the only one who can fight with me is the one in the wilderness?"

"Forget it, I'll go to Dashang in a few days and help that old guy. Otherwise, it would be too boring if I was the only one in the world who touched the Tao."

Xia Longhu thought so and looked at Chen Yao with a cold look.

"Since you are so weak, don't blame me..."

Before he could finish his words, Xia Longhu froze in place.

His face and body were all covered in fiery light.

"How can it be!"

As far as the eye could see, the section of the Styx that Xia Longhu had intercepted was actually burning!

……

at this time.

The Snake City below was in chaos.

There was no other reason. The sky above was burning. Anyone who saw this scene would panic.

"It's over, it's over, is this the sun setting?"

"The sun is gone, doesn't that mean we have entered into eternal night?"

"Miss!"

"Dad, where are you? I'm scared!"

Panic broke out and everyone was running, even though they didn't know what the point of running was.

At this time, Hu Lai, who had just returned to the Hu Mansion, looked at the sky. For some reason, he thought of the figure before.

"How, how could it be Him..."

Hu Lai said this, but his heart continued to sink.

"Or, let's tell Dad and Grandpa and ask them to report the information they know about the world-destroying evil. We can't wade through this muddy water."

……

Xia Longhu had no idea of ​​Hu Lai's thoughts.

At this moment, Xia Longhu had only one thought.

How could the River Styx be ignited?
But the reality was happening right under His nose, how could He not believe it?
Just when Xia Longhu's eyes were filled with disbelief, a dark aura that made him tremble swept over.

Looking up, the shadow of an endless river of Hades appeared in the sky.

The flames on the Styx that turned into a sea of ​​fire disappeared, and then the section of the Styx summoned by Xia Longhu flew into the sky, merged into the endless shadow of the Styx, and disappeared.

Everything returned to normal.

Xia Longhu looked dull and Chen Yao looked solemn.

Originally, after Chen Yao touched that one tenth of his Fire Way, the Styx could not bear it and burst into flames.

This is the difference in Taoism, not that the Styx can really burn.

But what Chen Yao didn't expect was that after beating the younger one, the older one would come again!

The Styx, which had clearly been ignited by him, could actually be summoned back?
Who can he complain to?

Could it be that if he encounters a being he cannot defeat in the future, the remaining nine-tenths of the Way of Fire will come to the rescue?
While Chen Yao was puzzled, Xia Longhu was already panicking.

Because he found that he could no longer summon the Styx.

"What's going on? This is impossible!"

Unable to summon the Styx, Xia Longhu’s strength was reduced by at least half!
But the truth is so cruel.

Fortunately, Xia Longhu could still sense the existence of the Styx, but he could no longer intercept its appearance.

Unless, He can continue to comprehend more of the ways of the underworld.

This discovery made Xia Longhu feel relieved but heartbroken at the same time.

But now is not the time for Him to feel heartbroken.

Chen Yao has already cast his gaze over here.

With a little dissatisfaction, Chen Yao raised his hands and moved his feet, and only the color of fire remained between heaven and earth.

Xia Longhu was filled with anger, and the power of the Underworld was unleashed by him, with the power of the Dao colliding with each other.

The way of the underworld, broken!
While he was stunned, Xia Longhu had already been burned by the flames.

No matter how he struggled, the Dao essence of the Underworld in his body was being forced back bit by bit. Seeing that the Dao essence protecting him was minimal, Xia Longhu no longer cared about his own face and shouted loudly.

"Your Excellency is so powerful, I admit defeat!"

As the words fell, the flame did not go out.

Xia Longhu panicked.

Only then did he realize that Chen Yao had the same idea as him!
"Sir, why don't you stop?"

"Sir, there are still many treasures in my Great Xia Treasury. If you need them, you can use them at will!"

"Your Excellency, do you know that I am the son of the founding emperor of Daxia? My words are the words of the emperor of Daxia!"

"Sir, there are beings above the Dao Touching Realm in the wilderness!"

Suddenly, the flames around Xia Longhu subsided.

Chen Yao's figure appeared in this space without fire.

"What do you think is in the wilderness?"

Chen Yao looked at Xia Longhu.

"In the wilderness, there is a being above the Dao Touching Realm. The barbarians in the Great Flame before were under his command."

“Sir, that Barbarian is either at the peak of the Dao Touching Realm or the Dao Fusion Realm. Even if we join forces, we may not be his match! Given the Barbarians’ habits, once that person is free, Da Xia and other countries as well as the Hundred Thousand Mountains may all fall into their hands!”

Xia Longhu blurted out all his guesses about the wilderness.

Don’t say no!
If He didn't say anything, He was afraid that the flames would come back around Him.

He has lived for so many years and has just entered the realm of touching the Tao. Is it possible that he will die after just a few days of experience?

This won't work!

After hearing what Xia Longhu said, Chen Yao learned about the situation in Da Xia and other countries during this period. Only then did he understand who Man Yi and the others were.

"So they all come from the wilderness."

I have to say that Xia Longhu's information is indeed quite useful.

"Among the nine nations surrounding the Forbidden Mountains, only Da Xia has a Dao-level combat capability. If I die, those barbarians will come back and enter the Hundred Thousand Mountains through the Great Flame."

"Your Excellency would certainly not want those barbarians from the wilderness to step into the Hundred Thousand Mountains and cause trouble, right?"

Chen Yao looked at Xia Longhu and said with a smile: "So, you can help me guard those barbarians?"

"Of course! As long as I'm here, those barbarians won't be able to cross the Forbidden Mountains!"

Xia Longhu said solemnly.

Chen Yao nodded.

"That's true, indeed."

"So I win this competition?"

Chen Yao's words made Xia Longhu's eyes twitch, but what else could he say?
"Haha, your strength is unrivaled. I'm afraid that except for the wilderness, there are few people in the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains who can compare with you."

Xia Longhu laughed heroically.

"Oh? You mean, there is a Dao Touching Realm deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains?"

"Well... although I have never seen it, the Hundred Thousand Mountains are very big. There are beings above the Dao Touching Realm in the wilderness. If there is no one in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, I don't believe it."

Chen Yao was speechless when he heard Xia Longhu say that. He wondered who wouldn't know that!
"By the way, you said the reward for this competition is related to the Dao Touching Realm. What is it?"

Xia Longhu's face froze.

Chen Yao seemed to have thought of something.

"Is that what you just said?"

Xia Longhu nodded, and Chen Yao was speechless again.

Seeing Chen Yao silent, Xia Longhu hurriedly said: "You can change one, as long as I have it and Daxia has it, I can satisfy you!"

"Oh? Then let the black cat from before serve me as its master."

...(End of chapter)