Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, they all have ulterior motives.

Chapter 387 Angelic Holy Sword

"Is this Jialing Pass?"

With a hint of curiosity, Ye Guyi stared blankly at the enormous building, its outline vaguely visible amidst the purple miasma.

"This is quite different from what I expected."

A desolate breeze swept across the lifeless ruins, carrying a sweet, metallic scent. The once solid basalt base had decayed over the long years, covered with purplish-black lichen, its lifeless appearance a warning to every explorer who dared to venture into it.

It's unclear whether they or the purple miasma gave birth to each other.

She had assumed that Jialing Pass, being the place where Qianrenxue's divine position was shattered, should be a magnificent place filled with sacred aura and bathed in golden light.

When they arrived at the place, good heavens! The scene was so bad that even a demonic spirit master would probably not want to stay in this godforsaken place for long, let alone a normal person.

Huo Yuhao didn't speak, but silently took two steps forward and gently touched the dilapidated city wall, which was almost unrecognizable from its original state.

Fingertips silently caressed the decaying wall, feeling its rough texture. Moss, the same color as lichen, spread from the shadows, mingling with the faint musty smell seeping from the cracks in the stone.

"The miasma comes from the countless corpses that died inside, and these mosses are the ones that survived the miasma's corrosive effects and eventually mutated."

As early as when he decided to bring Ye Guyi to Jialing Pass to seek opportunities, he learned about the pass, which is located in the treacherous mountains, by consulting the records left by various forces.

Just as many people ventured into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Human-Faced Demon Spider after Tang San became a god, attempting to obtain the same Eight Spider Spear Soul Bone, the place of the three gods' decisive battle naturally attracted many adventurers ten thousand years ago who wanted to find the power left behind by the two gods and thus ascend to the heavens in one step.

However, unlike the hunt for the Man-Faced Spider, the exploration of Jialing Pass only lasted for a few decades before coming to a standstill. Apart from the occasional skeptic, no one paid any more attention to it.

The reason is simple: almost no one who goes in ever comes out alive.

After the battle of the three gods came to an end, the entire Jialing Pass seemed to be shrouded in a strange energy. Any living thing that stepped into it would have its life corroded. Even those powerful Title Douluos could only linger on the edge where the energy was relatively weak.

If they dare to go deep inside, even if they manage to escape by sheer luck, their bodies will gradually collapse due to the erosion of energy, and their days will be numbered.

In fact, when it first formed, this phenomenon did not frighten people. Instead, it convinced them that some powerful treasure must be buried inside to have such an effect. As a result, during that time, soul masters from all over the continent flocked to this place, hoping to become the lucky chosen one.

But as everyone tried their best but failed to reach the center of the most concentrated energy, and even lost countless lives, fear and reason finally regained control of their minds as their enthusiasm waned.

Furthermore, the Heaven Dou Empire, which had not yet split at the time, saw that the situation was not going well. In order to avoid the loss of a large number of soul masters that they had finally managed to take from the Spirit Hall, they quickly formulated a series of control measures. This brought the deadly scenic spot of Jialing Pass under control and made it quickly fade from everyone's sight.

As for those unfortunate souls who died inside, they gradually rotted and decayed over time, eventually forming the massive miasma containing terrifying poison that is now present, further increasing the danger level of Jialing Pass.

Ten thousand years have passed, and apart from the occasional visit by foolish individuals who have heard ancient rumors and want to try their luck, this place has become a forbidden zone for humans, resembling a place of great misfortune.

Of course, for Huo Yuhao now, those so-called energies cannot hinder him in the slightest.

Without any hesitation, he unleashed his Spirit Eye Martial Soul. As the first platinum soul ring lit up, his mental detection instantly enveloped the entire Jialing Pass.

"How is it? How is it?"

Ye Guyi moved closer to him and asked curiously, "Did you find anything?"

"have"

Seemingly shocked by what he saw, Huo Yuhao remained silent for a long time before slowly nodding.

"Let's go take a look."

He withdrew his hand and stepped into the even darker city gate. Ye Guyi was about to warn him that the air inside was highly poisonous when she noticed that Huo Yuhao's body under his collar was quietly glowing with a bright green light.

The Land of Eternal Freeze.

Immediately afterwards, a bone-chilling cold suddenly erupted from him, freezing all the surrounding miasma into tiny ice crystals, while also shattering the invisible energy erosion.

As if bathed in a sea of ​​purplish-blue snowflakes, with the ice crystals falling around him, Huo Yuhao turned to look at Gu Yuena and Ye Guyi, who was momentarily stunned, and urged her softly.

"Hurry up and follow us!"

"oh oh……"

Ye Guyi belatedly withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and followed after them with a flushed face.

Why is this guy so good-looking? All he does all day is seduce people, he's absolutely wicked...

In contrast, Gu Yuena was more direct. Just as Ye Guyi was muttering to herself, she strode over to Huo Yuhao's side and, to his astonishment, took his hand.

After a brief silence, watching her hands sway like a swing as the two men's steps gradually became synchronized, she pouted as if in a huff and followed after them.

It wasn't just miasma; as Huo Yuhao ventured deeper into the area, they would occasionally see a purplish-black skeleton. Some of them were still relatively fresh, while others had decayed and weathered over nearly ten thousand years. Even the slightest breeze or rustling as they passed by was enough to destroy them, turning them into fine dust.

click -

Another skeleton suddenly disintegrated, turning into a tiny wisp of the sky-covering miasma.

This kind of startling scene really gave Ye Guyi quite a bit of a shock. Although her facial expression didn't change at all, the little gesture of unconsciously clenching her hands from time to time still revealed the unease in her heart.

After all, who can be sure that a hideous monster might suddenly leap out from those miasmas?

She wanted to hold Huo Yuhao's other hand, but she felt too ashamed to do so.

Putting aside the fact that she had just secretly competed with him and decided not to hold hands with him, as a holy angel who was about to be promoted to titled Douluo, how could she be worthy of the holy bloodline she bore if she thought of relying on this evil king of evil soul masters at a time like this?

Thinking this to herself, Ye Guyi didn't notice that Huo Yuhao had unknowingly come to her side. The next second, she felt a slightly cold touch on her palm.

"Scared? If you are, then hold hands."

"...Who's afraid?"

Ye Guyi pouted, forcing back a soft groan that suddenly stung her nose. However, as she spoke, the hand that Huo Yuhao was holding not only did not break free, but instead gripped it tighter and tighter uncontrollably.

Strangely enough, it was just an ordinary action, but she actually felt her somewhat uneasy heart calm down.

Unable to find the reason after much thought, Ye Guyi could only attribute this change to Huo Yuhao's evil soul master ability, and secretly vowed in his heart that he would definitely capture this guy and do something big if he had the chance.

Hearing Ye Guyi's mutterings, Huo Yuhao smiled noncommittally. Then, as if he had suddenly realized something, he paused in his steps.

"Unexpectedly, there's a pleasant surprise..."

"What?"

Ye Guyi was somewhat puzzled, when Huo Yuhao suddenly raised his chin towards her right side: "There is a good quality soul bone inside the skeleton on your right."

Those who died after reaching this location were mostly Title Douluo level beings, each possessing one or two soul bones. However, due to the severe energy erosion here, even if the soul bones were extracted from the corpses, they could not be preserved for long, resulting in many losing their intended effects.

As for the skeleton they just discovered, it was clearly only a hundred years old. The soul bones were still intact, which was a small gain for them.

"Yeah?"

Ye Guyi's eyes lit up, and she subconsciously wanted to reach out and grab it, but then she withdrew her hand as if she had some concerns.

"It feels like we're digging up a grave. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

"What, are you worried he'll come back to life and attack you?"

"I really don't know where you get so many crazy ideas."

Ye Guyi muttered to herself, but her movements were anything but slow. However, to avoid bad luck, she chose to take out an ordinary longsword from her storage space and use it instead of her hands to rummage through the skeleton.

Seeing that Ye Guyi was still reluctant to let go of their clasped hands even in this situation, Huo Yuhao's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Why don't you take out the Rain Sword Heart that I forged for you?"

The bones of a titled Douluo are extremely hard. Even after being eroded by energy for so many years, they cannot be easily destroyed by an ordinary longsword.

If we let her do it this way, we might not be able to find the soul bone even by nightfall.

However, Ye Guyi didn't care at all, pouting and muttering, "That's something you made for me. It's a level ten soul tool, after all. I'd rather not use it to dig up corpses."

Murder is murder, but she would absolutely never want to use this thing to stab a corpse.

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Huo Yuhao was both amused and exasperated, finding the girl's naive charm rather endearing.

He wanted to suggest making a new one later, but considering that the first gift was indeed more memorable, he let Ye Guyi do what she was doing.

Fortunately, his words had some effect. After using his soul power to envelop the longsword, Ye Guyi quickly picked out the left leg bone from the remains.

As soon as she got her hands on it, she couldn't help but frown.

"The quality is probably around 60,000 years old. Although this soul bone has been preserved, it seems to have been partially eroded by the energy here. If it is absorbed rashly, it may affect the martial soul."

Huo Yuhao said somewhat dismissively, "Then let's keep it for now. When I get to the City of Original Sin, I can give it to the outstanding members of the Holy Spirit Cult as a reward."

"You really make the most of things!"

Ye Guyi couldn't help but complain, then casually stuffed the soul bone into her storage space, her expression visibly brightening with joy.

"Hurry, hurry! So many Soul Masters have died here; there might still be quite a few Soul Bones left behind. Let's hurry!"

As the three continued forward, they actually discovered two more soul bones of around 50,000 years in quality. Like the previous one, long-term energy erosion had caused them to mutate in a more malevolent direction, making them impossible for ordinary soul masters to absorb.

This made Huo Yuhao suspect that 50,000 years might be the watershed for whether a soul bone can withstand this environment. Once it falls below this quality, it might be quickly destroyed because it cannot withstand the energy.

However, Huo Yuhao didn't care too much. He would take what he could get and let it go if he didn't. He wouldn't be so upset as to beat his chest and stamp his feet because he missed out on a few soul bones that were less than 100,000 years old.

After walking and stopping for an unknown amount of time, Huo Yuhao finally stopped.

Looking at the faint golden light visible in the purple mist ahead, he gave a soft reminder.

"We're almost there."

Gu Yuena seemed to have her interest piqued by the golden light, and her beautiful eyes lit up with a deep, dark purple light. However, after she passed through the miasma and saw what the golden light was, she was stunned for a moment.

"This is……"

It was a pale golden barrier.

It is estimated to be about ten meters in diameter. From a distance, it looks like a hemispherical transparent dome covering the land, which is entirely composed of purplish-black color, adding a unique touch to this desolate landscape.

What surprised her, however, was not the golden barrier, but the vibrant scene inside it.

Grass as tall as knees covered the ground, like a lush green carpet, with clusters of pale golden flowers, whose names I don't know, growing out like patterns adorning the ground.

Like a miracle born from those lost lives, the scene before my eyes was so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off it.

It was as if they had stumbled into a secluded paradise. Apart from Huo Yuhao, who had sensed all of this beforehand with his spiritual detection, even Gu Yuena had never imagined that in this central area where even the mutated moss at the entrance could not survive, in this lifeless, hellish place, there would actually be such a beautiful scene.

"What a nice view……"

Ye Guyi murmured softly, but then, as if she had suddenly realized something, her expression hardened.

In the center of the meadow stood a white longsword, emitting a faint golden light and covered in jagged cracks, as if it had reached its limit and might shatter completely at any moment.

"What is that?" she asked curiously.

"It should be a divine artifact left behind by the Angel God Qian Renxue back then."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao looked around and said, "As for this dead zone that suddenly formed ten thousand years ago, it should have been formed by the divine power of the Rakshasa God after his death."

He had already experienced something similar once in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, so he wasn't too surprised.

Although its strength is far inferior to that of the Ice and Fire Dragon King, the power of a god is still far beyond what ordinary beings in the Douluo plane can contend with, especially since this Rakshasa God's power is extremely destructive.

Not to mention those titled Douluo who haven't even touched the threshold of godhood, even Huo Yuhao, standing in this central position, felt a faint pressure.

"So, it seems this longsword is resisting the erosion of the Rakshasa god's power?"

Seemingly understanding something from Huo Yuhao's explanation, Ye Guyi curiously examined the longsword: "But judging from its condition, it doesn't seem like it can last much longer."

"No."

Gu Yuena, who hadn't spoken a word from beginning to end, suddenly spoke up without warning, shaking her head in rebuttal: "That sword should have been in this state from beginning to end; at least I didn't feel it conflicting with the energy bursts enveloping this area."

Ye Guyi was stunned for a moment: "Then what is this?"

Gu Yuena remained silent, glancing around with a strange expression before softly revealing her thoughts.

"It's less that it's resisting the power of the Rakshasa god, and more that the power of the Rakshasa god is protecting it."

"guard?"

"That's my opinion too."

Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement: "Before coming here, I researched the Heavenly Soul Empire. The Rakshasa God and the Angel God from ten thousand years ago not only both came from the Spirit Hall, but were also a mother and daughter."

"In that case, what happened at Jialing Pass was probably just that mother trying to protect her daughter's last possessions."

"I see."

Ye Guyi was silent for a moment, then suddenly seemed to realize something: "So, according to you, that Rakshasa god might not be dead yet!?"

"Even if one dies, as long as one becomes a god, even if the physical body dies, the remaining wisp of the divine soul can remain in the world without entering the cycle of reincarnation."

As he explained, Huo Yuhao glanced in a certain direction and spoke softly.

"Am I correct, Lord Rakshasa?"

As if confirming his words, as soon as the words fell, Ye Guyi felt a sudden chill in her heart, and then a cold, wary voice rang out.

"Outsiders, please leave now."

(End of this chapter)