CHAPTER 444: CHAPTER 427: SPIRIT OF FAITH

Bang!

As Wang Xu entered the door, everything around him turned pitch black. The light that had been shining inside from outside the door vanished completely as the door closed.

The whole world was as dark as ink, and not a trace of light could be seen.

Wang Xu gently raised his hand, and light emanated from his palm. However, this darkness, like a black hole, swallowed all light, reducing visibility to less than a meter.

His palm moved casually, but all was void around him. There was nothing under Wang Xu’s feet to stand on; he was as if in a void.

"Ugh..."

Suddenly, a gust of wind came from behind Wang Xu, and the Pure White Jade Curved Saber in his hand immediately swung out.

The beast-like scream abruptly stopped. Wang Xu turned and probed with his palm, only to see the split black smoke silently disappear into nothingness.

Wang Xu’s vigilance skyrocketed.

This ghostly place was of unknown origin, and his Spiritual Consciousness was restricted and imprisoned. He couldn’t even sense an enemy behind him. Everything around him could swallow light, leaving nothing visible.

"Open."

Immediately, Wang Xu, disregarding his severely injured body, activated the Mechanical Ancient Eye.

The greatest advantage of the Mechanical Ancient Eye is that it can analyze everything in front of him, even voids cannot escape its scrutiny.

As soon as the Mechanical Ancient Eye was activated, a green scene presented itself before Wang Xu’s eyes, along with a terrifying sight!

A dense crowd, as numerous as ghosts, hideous and grotesque, clawing and fanged, slowly surged toward Wang Xu.

"What are these things!"

Wang Xu tightened his grip on the Pure White Jade Curved Saber, his brows tightly knit.

These beings moved incredibly slowly, their green eyes brimming with violent ferocity.

"You Ji, don’t you like devouring spirits? This is your feast!"

Wang Xu said to You Ji in his mind.

"Don’t joke around, these aren’t some spirits; they are ’fiend souls’ refined by someone! Consuming them brings no benefit, and the taste is atrocious. Quickly kill them, just looking at them makes me nauseous!"

You Ji’s voice of disgust came from within his heart.

Wang Xu immediately took action, waving his hand, and a giant Primordial Qi Hand appeared and mercilessly grabbed a large group of fiend souls, crushing them in his grasp.

The fiend souls opened their mouths wide, shrieking madly.

Black mist splattered all around as Wang Xu killed the fiend souls aggressively with both hands.

However, these fiend souls seemed endless. No matter how many he killed, a new batch would always emerge.

"It’s never-ending!"

Wang Xu’s face darkened.

The number of fiend souls continued to increase, causing Wang Xu’s Primordial Qi consumption to rise gradually.

After about an hour.

"Close!"

Wang Xu shut the Mechanical Ancient Eye, his Spiritual Consciousness nearly depleted. Continuing would only damage his nerves.

"I can’t keep fighting these endless fiend souls; I must find a breakthrough!"

Realizing this, Wang Xu’s figure turned into a puff of smoke, gliding over the heads of fiend souls, pressing deeper.

Along the way, Wang Xu occasionally activated the Mechanical Ancient Eye to scout the distant path and saw below a large horde of fiend souls staring up at him with fierce eyes.

Wang Xu consumed all the Elixirs in his Sumeru Storage Ring, seizing the moment to quickly restore his strength.

It was unclear how long he flew, but all his eyes could see were fiend souls, as if it would never end, causing Wang Xu’s heart to sink.

Such terrifying numbers were enough to exhaust him to death!

Just then, Wang Xu finally saw the end of this countless horde of fiend souls.

It was an open space, seemingly isolated from the fiend souls, utterly segregated.

Smoke rose as Wang Xu’s figure landed on this open space, glancing back to see the endless army of fiend souls coming and going. The fiend souls jostled each other, but none stepped toward him.

Ugh...

Suddenly, Wang Xu’s pupils shrank dramatically, his body instantly becoming a wisp of smoke, shifting away.

As he disappeared, a Giant Axe entwined with black mist crashed down where he had been, creating a void rift.

Demigod Chaos Realm!

Wang Xu beheld the fiend soul slowly retrieving its Giant Axe from a distance.

This fiend soul was different from the previous army. It was clad in heavy armor, its tattered cloak fluttering behind it. It stood two meters tall, yet there was no head atop the armor.

A headless armored fiend soul.

Ugh...

The sound came from somewhere unknown, and the headless fiend soul wielding a Giant Axe charged fiercely at Wang Xu.

The fiend soul of the Demigod Chaos Realm had power far beyond Wang Xu’s. Only with the Mechanical Ancient Eye could Wang Xu narrowly evade its attacks.

The Giant Axe swung continuously, the smoke flickered. Against such a formidable adversary, Wang Xu could only dodge continuously, trying to buy time for his strength to recover little by little.

Ugh...

Suddenly, another headless armored fiend soul appeared in the distance. This one similarly burly, wielding not a Giant Axe, but two Bronze Swords.

Facing attacks from two Demigod Chaos Realm fiend souls, Wang Xu couldn’t withstand them.

He wanted to escape.

But where to run?

Behind him was an endless, densely packed, terrifyingly numerous army of fierce spirits.

In front of him lay an increasingly formidable, mysterious place where Celestial God Realm fierce spirits might appear.

What choice should he make?

Just as he was pondering, the screeching cries of the fierce spirits resounded again, and two more headless fierce spirits charged at Wang Xu.

"Retreat!"

Faced with the army of fierce spirits, Wang Xu at least had a sliver of hope for survival.

But confronting this terrifying force, Wang Xu had no chance of survival at all.

As smoke rose, Wang Xu turned around to flee.

Ugh...

Yet reality always heads towards the worst direction—these headless fierce spirits dashed forward rapidly, wielding giant weapons as they pursued Wang Xu!

The army of fierce spirits also boiled over at this moment, no longer moving slowly, as they all lunged at Wang Xu.

"Damned!"

Wang Xu’s face darkened as he swung out a Primordial Qi Hand, crushing all the blocking fierce spirits into dust.

Boom!

But just as Wang Xu made his move, the headless fierce spirits behind had already caught up, and the Bronze Sword, Bronze Saber, Giant Axe... all came crashing down.

Wang Xu spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Fortunately, his physical body had reached the Demigod Chaos Realm; had it been another martial artist, taking such a blow head-on would mean only death!

Severely injured, Wang Xu could no longer continue fleeing and had to fight desperately, battling madly.

Wang Xu’s state was already not as it used to be, and now his strength probably wasn’t even half of his peak.

If these headless fierce spirits could wield the Chaos Secret Technique, Wang Xu wouldn’t even have the opportunity to resist.

"You Ji!"

Wang Xu shouted in his heart.

His spiritual consciousness was depleting massively, and Primordial Qi was ebbing away. Before long, he would completely lose the ability to fight, becoming just prey for these fierce spirits!

Whoosh!

The Fire of Silence emerged.

It also realized, at this critical moment, that if it didn’t intervene, Wang Xu would eventually be killed by these fierce spirits.

It had already acknowledged Wang Xu as its master, and although they didn’t call each other master and servant, they shared a bond where one’s loss meant loss for both.

If Wang Xu perished, even if it didn’t fall, it would at least have to slumber for thousands of law eras before awakening.

"Damn these fierce spirits, that awful taste... Forget it, from now on I might puke when I see fierce spirits!"

You Ji sighed helplessly, then the flame of red and white exploded fiercely!

Like a rain of fire falling from the sky, the Fire of Silence transformed into strands of flame, splashing onto these fierce spirits.

Instantly, a boundless ocean of fire roared up.

"Hmm?"

You Ji, who had a bitter expression, suddenly brightened his eyes. He licked his lips with a look of disbelief, "This... These are not fierce spirits, the taste is so sweet, even more delicious than humans, could it be... Wahaha, I’ve struck it rich!"

You Ji became suddenly excited.

All the fierce spirits were engulfed in the sea of flames, struggling within, and even the headless fierce spirits couldn’t escape their doom.

For the Fire of Silence, whether Celestial God Realm or Star Level, as long as it was a spirit body, they inherently feared it!

This was a natural enemy, destined from the moment the Fire of Silence was born.

Around him, an ocean of flames was burning, allowing Wang Xu to catch his breath. He quickly sat down cross-legged to recover at once.

You Ji was immersed in enjoying the delicious taste.

"More, more, it’s so delicious, just too delicious!"

You Ji’s eyes sparkled as the sea of flames spread out, causing the crowded army of fierce spirits to ignite instantly, with no end to the fiery sea in sight.

"Wang Xu, hurry, hurry! Stop recovering, head deeper, this is a treasure trove, an incredible treasure trove, haha!" You Ji hastily called out, waking Wang Xu.

"What treasure?"

Wang Xu asked.

"Can’t you see? These aren’t fierce spirits, they’re ’Faith Spirits’!"

You Ji exclaimed excitedly, "Fierce spirits are spirits forcibly refined after creatures die, filled with resentment and especially foul-tasting. But faith spirits are different, they had very firm beliefs when alive, which transformed their souls, giving birth to faith spirits!"

"In other words, fierce spirits were refined unwillingly, but faith spirits voluntarily offered up their souls, guarding something for life!"

"The taste of faith spirits is the most delicious among all spirit bodies, and I’ve stumbled across so many faith spirits all at once, it’s simply wonderful, so wonderful!"

Wang Xu was half-convinced, but seeing the unprecedentedly excited expression You Ji showed, he knew this truly was highly beneficial to him.

Immediately, Wang Xu no longer hesitated, rising and heading deeper.

You Ji also frantically used flames to harvest the faith spirits.

After passing through the range of the faith spirit army, he entered the encirclement of headless faith spirits, but with the flames present, these headless faith spirits couldn’t even approach Wang Xu’s body.

Wang Xu continued forward, not knowing how long it took until no more headless faith spirits surged forth.

But this time, Wang Xu truly sensed the presence of a Celestial God Realm aura.

Ugh!

Before Wang Xu, an enormous figure at least a hundred meters tall charged forward. It was still a faith spirit, but this one had a head, armor, and even the aura of supreme law fluctuations! (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian.com and vote for it with recommendation tickets or monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)