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“There was definitely something wrong with that bell just now. I felt my very soul was shaken. If it hadn’t been directed at us, I probably wouldn’t have been able to regain my senses so easily…”

Xiao Yan shook his head vigorously, a trace of lingering fear still remaining in his eyes.

Since entering the Emperor Realm of Soul, he had never suffered such a terrifying mental attack.

"This bell is extraordinary; its sound can interfere with time and shake the very essence of the soul."

Wang Lin also had a furrowed brow.

He had just truly felt the power contained in the sound of the bell.

That was not a purely psychological attack.

Rather, it's more like a kind of oscillation similar to a law.

"Your senses are correct..."

Seeing the surprised and uncertain expressions on everyone's faces, Zhu Chen did not choose to hide it, but slowly revealed the origin of the bell: "That bell has an extremely important origin. It belongs to a giant Immortal King from the Immortal Ancient Era and is the natal magic weapon of the Immortal King Wuzhong."

"A Celestial King's natal artifact?"

Han Li's pupils shrank sharply, and even with his strong will, he could not hide his shock at this moment.

The Immortal King of the Perfect World... what kind of existence is that?
The level of his natal magic weapon is probably completely beyond his current understanding.

"The Immortal King Wuzhong is in charge of the laws of time, hence his Daoist title is 'Wuzhong,' symbolizing nothingness and the end."

Zhu Chen continued to explain to everyone: "This bell is the crystallization of his Dao and Dharma. When the bell rings, it can shake the souls of all the spirits in the heavens, fix a certain space and time, and it is even said that it can allow the bell holder to briefly enter a state of 'endlessness', invulnerable to all laws."

At this point, his tone suddenly became solemn: "Unfortunately... during the late Immortal Ancient period, when the alien realms invaded, the Immortal King Wuzhong fought side by side with another Immortal King giant, the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King, and ultimately both perished!"

"The Immortal King Bell of No End also shattered in that catastrophe, its body and spirit separated and scattered to all directions."

"The bells that are ringing now are not the true bells of no end, but rather the sound emitted by the remaining 'bell spirit' of the bells..."

After hearing Zhu Chen's explanation of the Bell of No End, Wang Lin and the others felt even more awe.

The incomplete artifact left behind by the fallen Immortal King!
Even if it is just a bell spirit, it is far superior to the magic weapon of an ordinary sect leader!

No wonder Zhu Chen warned them repeatedly.

The waters of the mortal realm are too deep this time; even legendary things like this have appeared!

The one who possesses it, even if not a true descendant or successor of an Immortal King, must be one of the top giants in the Upper Realm, far beyond what they can currently confront head-on.

"but……"

At this moment, Zhu Chen suddenly changed the subject, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes, and continued, "Although the Immortal King's artifact is powerful, it also depends on who is using it and how they are using it. Given the current environment and rules of the lower realm, it would be difficult for the bell wielder to unleash even one ten-thousandth of the bell's power. Moreover... judging from the direction from which the bell sound came... if I'm not mistaken, the bell wielder's current location should be near the 'Medicine Capital' within my Fire Kingdom."

"The Medicine Capital?"

Upon hearing this, the Fire Emperor's expression changed drastically: "That's the ancient land where, according to legend, traces of the 'elixir of immortality' have been found..."

"Yes, that's right there."

Zhu Chen nodded, a cold smile gradually creeping onto his lips: "As I said before, that place is a trap set by some ancient powerful being. If the bell-bearer was truly attracted by the rumors of the 'elixir of immortality,' he has probably already stepped into a scheme meticulously laid out over countless years, becoming prey instead of the divine treasure."

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong exchanged a glance. Their initial curiosity, which had been ignited just moments before, was now largely extinguished by the astonishing background and Zhu Chen's warning.

Are all wielders of Immortal King artifacts susceptible to this?

It seems that place is indeed not a good place to go.

"Big brother, so what do we do now..."

Lin Dong was about to ask them about their next plans.

But just then!
"—Whoosh!!!" A chilling wind, carrying an aura of endless decay and death, swept across the sky above the capital of the Fire Kingdom without warning!

The sky instantly darkened.

Everyone looked up and saw that a thick, grayish-black fog had appeared in the sky at some unknown time.

The thick fog appeared out of nowhere and quickly spread in all directions, enveloping the entire capital city almost instantly!

The thick fog carried a biting chill and a strong stench of corpses, and wherever it passed, the vegetation visibly withered and died.

Some cultivators and mortals with lower cultivation levels experienced a rapid loss of vitality, feeling dizzy and on the verge of fainting!
"Everyone be careful, that's death energy!"

Han Li's expression changed slightly. He immediately raised his protective spiritual light and threw out a misty ancient shield, which hovered above Huo Ling'er and Huo Huang, casting a light barrier to resist the erosion of death energy.

He was most sensitive to this negative energy, so he took defensive measures immediately.

And the next moment.

A layer of malevolent energy automatically rose around Wang Lin, subtly resisting the encroaching death energy and emitting a hissing sound.

At the same time, Xiao Yan and Lin Dong also activated their respective strange flames and ancestral symbols to dispel the approaching death mist.

Luo Feng and Qian Renxue were not idle either; they all used their methods to dispel the deathly aura.

"That is……"

Zhu Chen stood at the forefront, his gaze sharp as lightning, piercing through layers of thick fog and locking onto the core source of that fog.

In the center of the churning, gray-black fog of deathly energy, a blurry figure was slowly emerging.

That was not a living thing!
Instead, it was a tall, robust corpse, wearing tattered armor, with skin that was an eerie bluish-gray color and covered in cracks!

The corpse was surrounded by a dense aura of chaos, which intertwined with the aura of death, giving rise to all sorts of terrifying phenomena.

A broken world is born and dies, and ancient vengeful spirits wail.

What's even more chilling is that there's a large, open hole in the chest of this corpse, with charred edges, as if it had been pierced by some terrifying force of extreme yang, leaving behind a wound that makes one's soul tremble.

It hovered silently above the capital, its empty eye sockets gazing down at the city and its inhabitants. Although it did not release any deliberate pressure, the decay and death aura it naturally exuded had already lowered the temperature of the entire Fire Kingdom's capital to freezing point.

Countless living beings felt a fear and suffocation that came from the depths of their souls.

"Chaotic Corpse..."

Zhu Chen uttered these three words slowly and deliberately, his voice carrying an unprecedented solemnity.

In the original work, this chaotic corpse from the underworld should have appeared in the capital of the Stone Kingdom.

Unexpectedly, I ended up in the capital of the Fire Kingdom in this life.

And it seems they've set their sights on these people.

Zhu Chen sensed that the goal of this chaotic corpse did not seem to be the usual "harvesting" or "searching for divine treasures".

Because its empty "gaze" carries a subtle sense of searching and confirmation as it sweeps across the capital.

Ultimately, the opponent's aura settled in a certain direction deep within the palace, bypassing everyone and directly locking onto Huo Ling'er.

In an instant.

A chilling sense of crisis suddenly gripped Zhu Chen's heart.

...(End of chapter)