American comic book red Superman

"If I go in, will I be able to go to the underworld?"

The green snake, who had been paddling along, was initially sullen.

Now he's perked up, his mouth is slightly open, and his eyes are full of hope.

"Ah."

After Pei Xushan finished doing all this, he nodded with his hands behind his back.

"Wait, it looks like something is about to come out."

Hua Xin frowned, her right eyelid twitching. Her powerful telepathy allowed her to clearly sense that something was about to emerge from the portal.

"Roar!!!"

Suddenly, the wormhole experienced violent fluctuations, and countless figures poured out of the gate. Bathed in the white light of the portal, these figures emerged one after another into everyone's sight.

All the figures were strangely shaped monsters. They had hoarse, grimacing mouths and bizarre, ferocious appearances. Most of them wore tattered ancient clothing, held weapons in their hands, had empty eyes, and some even emitted wisps of black mist from time to time.

"They are ghost soldiers!"

Hua Xin, being knowledgeable and experienced, had done her homework about the underworld beforehand. She turned to Pei Xushan and shouted, "Quickly close the door, or a continuous stream of underworld soldiers will come out!"

She didn't know how many ghost soldiers there were, but according to legend, the number of ghost soldiers in the underworld corresponds to the number of people who die in the mortal realm. Of course, this was just folklore, and no one knew the truth.

but

At this very moment, thousands of ghost soldiers emerged from the gates of the underworld. Like a flood bursting from a collapsed dam, they surged outwards, and the once spacious banks of the cross-shaped river were soon crowded with tens of thousands of ghost soldiers!

"The old Taoist priest can't close it; once the gates of the underworld are opened, they can't be closed."

Seeing so many ghostly soldiers surging out, Pei Xushan broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately went to look for Superman's location, only to find that Superman had already disappeared.

He was taken aback, then realized what he meant and asked, "Where's Superman?"

"he's gone?"

Hua Xin also discovered that Superman was nowhere to be found. She tried to search for him using her telepathy, but couldn't detect any trace of him. If it weren't for Yin Tong's body lying on the ground, she might have even doubted whether Superman had ever been there.

"Roar--"

Just then, a four-legged demon that had run out of the underworld pounced on him, followed by several underworld soldiers wielding large swords.

"Be careful to dodge!"

Hua Xin didn't have time to pay attention to Superman. She immediately turned to the side, and the four-legged beast Cong swept past her. She could clearly hear its deep breathing and the grinding of its teeth as it kept opening its mouth to chew.

When the four-legged creature missed its target, it immediately turned around and pounced again.

Whoosh!

Seeing this, Hua Xin closed her eyes slightly, causing the pebbles beneath her feet to vibrate. Then, an invisible force slammed into the four-legged beast, sending it flying and crashing into the horde of Yin soldiers charging from behind. In an instant, the Yin soldiers lay on their backs.

However, this could not stop the attack of the ghost soldiers.

Hua Xin looked at the surging tide of Yin soldiers and quickly searched for the Green Snake's figure, only to see the girl running towards the gates of the underworld.

She quickly shouted, "Green Snake, what are you doing? Come and help!"

But the girl remained unmoved, as if she hadn't heard her cries.

"Sister Xiaohua is really strange. Never mind, I'll go into the underworld first and take a look."

At this moment, the Green Snake saw no ghost soldiers in her field of vision, only an open door. Without thinking, she jumped inside.

What is she doing?!

Hua Xin was stunned; she wanted to stop it but was powerless to do so, as hordes of ghostly soldiers had already...

They pressed forward, so they had no choice but to turn around and fight back with their teammates.

"Master, the number of ghost soldiers is increasing! Please think of a solution! We can't hold on any longer!"

On the other side, Zhang Si, the crocodile man, was also fighting against the ghost soldiers. As the number of enemies increased, he felt more and more exhausted and had no choice but to ask Pei Xushan behind him for help.

"Useless trash."

Pei Xushan tore off the jade necklace, gripped it tightly, and with a flick of his wrist, a burst of dark blue energy erupted, instantly knocking over the surrounding hordes of Yin soldiers. He put away the jade and said, "You all help me lure away the Yin soldiers first, I'm going to the underworld."

Without waiting for Zhang Si's reply, the crocodile man leaped up, his thin body as light as a sheet of paper, flying towards the gates of the underworld before disappearing into the flowing, colorful wormhole.

Is this the underworld?

The green snake emerged from the wormhole and came to a narrow path. What came into view was a dark and scorched world. The sky was pitch black, without a single ray of light. The only source of light came from the skull candles on both sides of the path. The firelight emanated from the eyes and mouths of the skulls and flickered in the wind.

"It seems a little different from the underworld I imagined."

The green snake blinked its beautiful peach blossom eyes, showing no fear, and walked towards the end of the path.

Before long, they arrived at a grand hall. On either side of the hall's entrance stood two enormous stone statues, one with a bull's head and a human body, and the other with a horse's head and a human body. Their faces were lifelike, their eyes gazing at the earth.

"Why is there no one here?"

The green snake looked around, searching for signs of life, but when her gaze fell to her right, she froze. Her tender red lips moved, and she uttered a few words: "Sister, is that you?"

"Xiao Qing?"

Standing opposite the Green Snake was a woman in a pure white dress. Her makeup was light, with a red dot between her eyebrows. She had an ethereal air about her and a faint smile on her lips.

"You really are the older sister."

Green Snake looked at the familiar person, her eyes reddening and tears welling up. She bit her lip slightly and rushed over to hug the woman's waist. "Sister, I thought I was dreaming."

"Xiaoqing, don't cry."

at the same time.

On the other side, in the same main hall, in front of two huge stone statues of bulls and horses, Pei Xushan stood, looking around with excitement and fervor in his eyes and a smile on his lips.

"They're in, they're finally in."

"This is the underworld, the source of power."

Pei Xushan abandoned his aloof and unfathomable Taoist demeanor, laughing loudly as he walked towards the main hall, completely unaware that the two stone statues behind him had moved.

Whoosh!

The next second, two lifelike stone statues swung their Guan Gong swords and slashed fiercely at Pei Xushan on the ground, causing a clear gust of air to surge.

"Ok?"

Pei Xushan sensed something was wrong, turned around abruptly, and saw Guan Gong's broadsword slashing down in front of him. He turned pale with fright and quickly rolled to the side in a lunge position.

With a "bang," the stone bricks shattered and cracked, the blade getting stuck in the crack. When it was pulled out, several pieces of stone bricks flew everywhere.

"Are these ox-headed and horse-faced stone statues alive?"

Pei Xushan was still in shock. If that blow had landed on him, he probably would have been cleaved in two.

"Mortal, you shouldn't..."

Their presence here is against the order!

"You're going to pay for this!"

The two stone statues, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, had their Guan Gong swords fall to the ground with a loud "bang," raising dust and mist.

The two stone statues, their eyes gleaming with white light, each emitted a beam of white light that shone upon Pei Xushan.

"What are you going to do?"

Pei Xushan raised his hand to shield his eyes from the white light and instinctively tried to run, but found that his feet were firmly locked in place and he could not move an inch.

"You have violated the order; your soul will return to the underworld!"

As the bull-headed creature spoke, the white light emanating from its eyes intensified.

"Uh!"

Pei Xushan suddenly felt weak and powerless, as if all the breath in his body had been completely drained. His face turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground listlessly.

He could clearly feel life slipping away, like a leaky kettle emptying at a visible speed.

Buzz

After releasing a burst of white light, the Ox-Head and Horse-Face moved their massive bodies, their footsteps causing tremors and loud noises on the floor, before returning to their original positions and reverting to their stone statue state, as if they had never moved.

"Cough cough cough, how could this be? I just entered the underworld!"

Pei Xushan felt weaker than ever before, as if he might suddenly go black out at any moment.

"You're already in the underworld, what more do you want? After all, this is a place only the dead go."

A familiar voice came from behind.

"Superman? What are you doing here?!"

Pei Xushan turned around and saw Superman standing behind him, his expression calm and unchanging, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

"I've always been here, and I've always been watching your show."

Luo Wei spoke calmly.

"I don't understand you."

Pei Xushan coughed violently, his mouth filled with a metallic taste. He spat it out and found his mouth full of blood. He cried out in terror, "Superman, save me! I don't want to die!"

"Why did you die? Aren't you a believer?"

Luo Wei asked, puzzled.

"I"

Pei Xushan hesitated for a moment, then coughed violently again, spitting out blood. His face was pale as he told the truth: "Actually, it was all fake. From the pot of water and tea onwards, it was all an illusion. I have been using this jade to deceive you. This jade contains a peculiar energy that can heat up cold water and fill an empty pot."

He paused for a moment, then said weakly and agedly, "I did this to trick you into helping me steal the door knocker. I'm not a Taoist priest at all; I've always made a living by swindling and deceiving people."

"And what about the gates to the underworld?"

Lowe was neither surprised nor astonished; it seemed as if everything was within his expectations.

"The Gates of the Underworld? What Gates of the Underworld?"

"hiss"

Pei Xushan felt a tearing pain in his head, and countless memories flooded his mind.

Wait.