The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 299 The Red-Eyed Bat, Half-Human, Half-Bat, and the Encounter with the Black and White Impermanence?
This place is extraordinary; even his memories are being leaked here…

Li Zhen's face showed no extra expression, but in reality, he became even more vigilant.

A powerful aura slowly emanated from him, causing the woman's smile to freeze.

Just as Li Zhen was about to catch the woman, her face suddenly turned ferocious.

A flash of gray fire appeared on the woman's body and disappeared in an instant; the woman transformed into a terrifying vengeful ghost.

Li Zhen easily grabbed the female ghost's head.

The female ghost let out a shrill roar, unleashing terrifying resentment, but no matter how much it struggled, it could not break free from Li Zhen's grasp.

Just as Li Zhen was about to feed the female ghost to the excited red-eyed bats, he suddenly looked at the buildings piled up from the abyss in front of the ruins.

Numerous ghosts, like bees hiding in a hive, poked their heads out from among the buildings, eyeing Li Zhen menacingly.

Li Zhen had seen groups of ghosts walking at night in the cemetery before, but he had never seen so many ghosts.

He was especially surprised to see so many ghosts appear in such a setting.

Every ghost here carries immense resentment; they are clearly evil spirits.

This place truly lives up to its reputation as the underworld...

This scene would only surprise Li Zhen, but it turned into horror in Huang Yongfa's eyes.

He had dealt with many ghosts in the human world, but he had never seen so many evil spirits gathered together.

The soaring resentment caused him to uncontrollably generate a host of negative emotions.

Not to mention facing so many evil spirits, even if he stayed here longer, he would probably be infected by the resentment and become an evil spirit in this underworld!
"We should go!" Huang Yongfa shouted to Li Zhen.

"Go back first and take good care of my body." Li Zhen turned around and glanced at Huang Yongfa, then waved to him from afar.

Huang Yongfa suddenly felt an irresistible force pushing him backward.

The things I saw grew smaller and smaller until my vision went completely dark.

When Huang Yongfa's vision returned, he felt an unbearable sense of suffocation.

After sending Huang Yongfa back to the human world, Li Zhen casually shoved the evil spirit in his hand into the red-eyed bat's hand, then looked up at the many ghosts that flew out.

Having swallowed the ghost in its mouth, the red-eyed bat received Li Zhen's command, let out a few strange cries, and suddenly took flight from Li Zhen's shoulder, rushing towards the numerous ghosts.

This is the underworld, teeming with evil spirits, not the human world. There's no need to worry about accidentally harming anyone, so the red-eyed bats showed no restraint whatsoever.

Before it even flew into the ghosts, a strange, piercing cry rang out in front of them.

Numerous ghosts were instantly obliterated by the cries of the red-eyed bats within a single mask.

However, most of those that died were low-level ghosts; those with strong resentment withstood the cries of the red-eyed bats.

The red-eyed bats charged into the ghosts and devoured them one by one.

The ghosts, not yet digested, writhed and struggled within its body, emitting pitiful cries.

The red-eyed bat's body grew larger and larger, increasingly resembling the image of that bat-faced demon.

Not only does its body shape change, but the skeleton throughout the entire body of the red-eyed bat also changes.

As the bones writhed, the red-eyed bat's form transformed into a standing posture, half-human and half-bat, instead of its original crouching posture.

Li Zhen, lying on the ground, looked up at the red-eyed bat.

This change in the red-eyed bat must have been caused by the combined influence of the underworld and the fact that it had devoured many ghosts.

So far, Li Zhen has not noticed anything amiss.

In his perception, the red-eyed bats became increasingly excited and violent, yet they showed no resistance towards him whatsoever; instead, they became more and more submissive.

Li Zhen had a feeling that as long as he gave the order, even if they were eating with great enthusiasm, the red-eyed bats would return to his side.

Could this be the next form after the red-eyed bat evolves?
However, the red-eyed bat and the bat-faced demon were becoming more and more alike, which inevitably led Li Zhen to have many speculations in his mind.

In the world of "The Demon", a certain consciousness of the bat-faced demon wanted to be reborn by using the red-eyed bat.

Could the changes in the red-eyed bats be related to the bat-faced demon's plan?

Or perhaps, if the red-eyed bats continue to evolve, they could become something like a bat-faced demon?

Detective Li is unable to answer these questions at the moment.

The consequences will only be seen after the red-eyed bats have completed their transformation.

Having cultivated to his current level, he is no longer the same person who had just entered the mission world and needed to be extremely cautious when facing any strange events.

Even if the Bat-Faced Demon left some kind of backup plan on the Red-Eyed Bat, Li Zhen was confident he could deal with it.

After devouring dozens of evil spirits, the red-eyed bat underwent increasingly dramatic changes.

Two strange arms slowly grew from the sides of its body.

After it appeared, the arm wriggled and struggled, growing longer and longer.

Li Zhen could see that those arms were made up of the heads of the ghosts that had been devoured by the red-eyed bats.

Even though it became part of an arm, the facial features of those ghosts were preserved.

Mouths opened, emitting shrill screams.

The more the red-eyed bat moves, the more piercing its screams become, making it even more terrifying.

With a flap of its wings, the red-eyed bat stretched out its "hands," grabbed several ghostly creatures, and stuffed them into its mouth.

Since it took to the air, it has devoured countless ghosts, yet ghosts continue to emerge from those buildings in an endless stream.

This place truly lives up to its reputation as the underworld...

Li Zhen turned to look at the buildings floating in the air and strode forward.

It was as if there were stairs beneath him, lifting his body upwards.

As his primordial spirit grew stronger, Li Zhen became more and more proficient in using its power, a far cry from his initial state where he could only travel on his legs when his primordial spirit left his body.

Just as he was about to reach the swaying buildings, a piercing scream suddenly came from one of them.

The scream immediately drowned out the screams of the other ghosts, silencing them instantly.

The red-eyed bats that were devouring the ghosts stopped and looked toward the building from which the cries had come.

Has a powerful ghost appeared?

Li Zhen paused briefly before continuing to walk forward.

Many buildings began to sway.

A bull's head burst through the building and appeared before Li Zhen's eyes.

Atop the bull's head was a jet-black face covered in messy black hair. Two curved horns emerged from its head, gleaming with a dark metallic sheen, and faintly visible on them were ghostly faces, making it especially eerie. The instant the bull's head appeared, a huge iron fork smashed through the building, revealing itself to Li Zhen and the red-eyed bat.

It was a hairy arm that gripped the fork.

The minotaur roared and squeezed his upper body out of the ruined building.

Is it a messenger from the underworld?
Li Zhen stood on a swaying wooden plank, looking at the bull-headed demon in front of him.

The resentment emanating from this guy had materialized and was floating around him. It was stronger than any ghost Li Zhen had ever seen here, and its appearance was somewhat similar to the ghost messengers Li Zhen had seen. However, after taking a few glances, Li Zhen realized that something was wrong.

The aura of this "ghost messenger" was somewhat different from the one he had seen last time, and it wasn't as strong as that ghost messenger.

What's even stranger is that this ghost messenger seems to have no reason, only instinct.

What surprised Li Zhen was not the appearance of this "ghost messenger," but the fact that the ghost fetus wrapped around him reacted as soon as the messenger appeared.

Looking at the ghost fetus, Li Zhen noticed that the ghost fetus's eyes were open a crack, looking at the "ghost messenger" with undisguised longing.

Does the ghost fetus want to eat that "ghost messenger"?
A pair of crimson bull eyes looked at the red-eyed bat, and the "ghost messenger" roared repeatedly.

Amidst the roars of the "ghost messengers," numerous ghosts flew back into the dilapidated buildings.

Seeing this, the red-eyed bat quickly grabbed the two evil spirits and swallowed them.

The "ghost messenger" roared again, then threw the iron fork in his hand at the red-eyed bat.

The red-eyed bat showed no fear of its opponent. After dodging the iron fork, it charged straight at the "ghost messenger," smashing him into the ruins and leaving a huge hole where the ghost messenger had appeared.

Li Zhen walked into the hole, carrying the ghost fetus forward.

Although the red-eyed bat was small, it had an absolute advantage in its fight against this "ghost messenger".

While tearing at its opponent, it pinned it down and kept ramming it forward.

The ruins were completely destroyed, and the red-eyed bat and the "ghost messenger" rolled onto a platform.

It seems to have appeared in another world.

The environment here is completely different from the one we just saw.

The world we just visited was dominated by ruins, but this world is dominated by corpses.

Around the platform and on the surrounding cliffs, there were corpses scattered everywhere.

After the red-eyed bats and the "ghost messengers" appeared, the corpses were immediately disturbed, and countless ghostly creatures flew out from them.

Only a few terrifying ghosts dared to interfere in the battle between the red-eyed bats and the "ghost messengers".

The harassed red-eyed bat became extremely angry, released the ghost messenger, and went to catch and eat several evil spirits, which immediately frightened the other ghosts so much that they dared not approach.

Even without much reason, they feared the ferocious red-eyed bats.

If they didn't even have this instinct, they wouldn't exist in groups; they would have already devoured each other long ago.

The disheveled "ghost messenger" got a chance to catch his breath, reached out and grabbed the red-eyed bat, and became entangled with it again.

After devouring so many vengeful ghosts, the red-eyed bat grew a slightly shorter arm on its side, which gave it the upper hand in its struggle with the "ghost messenger," tearing off one of the "ghost messenger's" arms in just a moment.

Li Zhen emerged from the hole and observed the surroundings.

Is this another world behind a door?

Some of the fallen flesh rolled down to Li Zhen's feet.

The demon fetus could no longer resist. In a daze, it stretched out its tentacles, grabbed some flesh and blood, and stuffed it into its mouth.

This thing seems to have a significant stimulating effect on it.

After consuming such a large mass of flesh and blood, the demon fetus became somewhat more lucid.

To help the ghost fetus get through its dormant period as quickly as possible, it needs to consume more of this flesh and blood.
After observing the state of the ghost fetus, Li Zhen ignored it, which was constantly consuming flesh and blood, and continued walking forward, stepping on the corpses beneath his feet.

What lies at the end of this place?
Will I be able to meet the owner of this place?

The ground shook, and the ground where Li Zhen was standing suddenly rose upwards.

Large numbers of corpses rolled toward the edges of the raised ground, and from beneath the cracked ground, a blue-faced ghost with a protruding head and yellow hair emerged from the ground.

"Trespassing...into the underworld, death...is inevitable..."

This guy seems to be more rational than the previous "ghost messenger".

This ghost was also enormous.

Standing on its head, Li Zhen could only see a bumpy top when he looked down, and could not see its whole appearance at all.

As the ghost roared, Li Zhen reached out and pressed down. Evil energy carrying black flames surged from his arm and pressed down on the ghost's huge head.

The blue-faced ghost, which was about to crawl out of the ground, let out a miserable scream and shrank back into the ground.

The ghost fetus on Li Zhen seized the opportunity, broke free from Li Zhen, ran to the top of the ghost's head, and began to gnaw at it with its mouth full of sharp teeth.

The ground shook even more violently, and a muffled, panicked roar came from below.

Li Zhen stepped out of the cracked earth, crossed numerous corpses, and continued forward.

Behind him, the red-eyed bats had completely gained the upper hand, pinning the defenseless "ghost messenger" to the ground and devouring it.

The blue-faced demon beneath the ground dared not reappear, only daring to roar beneath the ground.

Li Zhen walked to the very center of the platform and looked at the skeleton lying there, which emitted a peculiar luster.

"stop!"

Just then, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out from behind Li Zhen.

When Li Zhen turned around, he saw two men who had appeared behind him at some point.

The two were very young, both dressed in neat suits and wearing distinctive hats.

What's particularly striking is that one person is dressed in black, while the other is dressed in white.

The moment the two appeared, the surrounding corpses all crawled away from them.

"Black and White Impermanence?"

The moment Li Zhen saw the two of them, this thought naturally came to mind.

"Who are you?" the man in the black suit asked. "What are you doing in the underworld?"

The man in the white suit looked Li Zhen up and down and said seriously, "Your lifespan is not over yet. Living people are forbidden from coming to the underworld. No matter what you do here, you have violated the taboo. And you have killed so many ghosts in the underworld, which is an even greater taboo."

The two men were dressed in completely opposite colors and spoke in entirely different tones; the man in the black suit who spoke first had a gentler tone.

Before the man in the white suit could finish speaking, a multitude of corpses began to swarm towards Detective Li…

(End of this chapter)