CHAPTER 373: CHAPTER 373: THE POWER OF THE WHITE AND BLACK REAPERS

The Interference of the Celestial Spirits

After hearing what the Red-Haired Ghost King said, Johnnie immediately frowned.

Earlier, when he faced that so-called "Merciful Mother of Deliverance from Suffering." he found that she could only control the Red-Haired Ghost King’s body and make other ghosts merge into monsters. She didn’t have any other special attack methods.

He shared his confusion with the Red-Haired Ghost King.

The Red-Haired Ghost King explained that the Celestial Spirits didn’t have physical bodies. Once they locked onto a target, they would constantly use fake whispers and illusions to disturb the target, until the target lost their mind or their sense of reason dropped. Then, they could control them.

After hearing this, Johnnie was shocked. There was such a way to attack?

Besides the Lizardmen, the Six-Armed Demons, the Bio-Humans, and the Gluttonous Royal Clan’s Weston, another race called the Celestial Spirits had now appeared.

How many other strong Star Raiders were still hiding out there? What kinds of powers did the other Six Great Royal Clans have?

First, the Haldrem Empire and the Montemar Empire were attacked. Then, the Thunder Realm was in danger. Now, the Realm of the Dead was being troubled by the Celestial Spirits.

Johnnie was starting to feel that, on some day in the future, the Universe Continent and Earth might face even more powerful enemies.

Terra Lady, in the Realm of the Dead, was the one closest to a Saint. No matter what trouble she was facing now, Johnnie had to find a way to help her.

Only by uniting all the forces they could, could they better face the dangers ahead.

Johnnie took a deep breath and agreed with the Red-Haired Ghost King’s idea. They decided to go check if they could wake up the White and Black Reapers.

One man, one dragon, and one ghost king didn’t stay long. After a quick rest, they immediately flew toward the bronze gate at the entrance of the Eastern Mount.

Soon, when Johnnie arrived at the bronze gate again, he found that things were exactly as the Red-Haired Ghost King had said.

The bronze gate, already locked by black chains, now had even more dark chains wrapping around it. It looked like it was made up of countless chains all together.

Dragon Soul wanted to try using a soul attack to break the black chains.

But the Red-Haired Ghost King quickly stopped him. "No, attacking those chains directly will definitely be noticed by those damn Celestial Spirits."

"If you really want to leave now, you can try. But if not, we should put this matter aside for now."

Dragon Soul looked at Johnnie, and Johnnie nodded, agreeing with the Red-Haired Ghost King.

While the situation in the Realm of the Dead wasn’t fixed, he didn’t really want to leave just yet.

Then, the Red-Haired Ghost King led Johnnie and Dragon Soul to look for the White and Black Reapers.

After about half an hour, the two reapers appeared in the distance. They were still the same as before—expressionless, moving stiffly, and wandering aimlessly.

Dragon Soul lowered his voice and said to Johnnie."Kid, the White and Black Reapers are strong. Even though their minds are closed now and their power has dropped, they’re still stronger than me."

"If something dangerous happens, you need to take care of yourself first."

The Red-Haired Ghost King nodded and said to Johnnie."Your Soul Power isn’t easy to recover. Try not to fight. Let us handle what comes next."

"This time, we’re just trying to see if we can wake them up. If it doesn’t work, I’ll run away with Dragon Soul. It shouldn’t be too dangerous."

Johnnie watched as the Red-Haired Ghost King and Dragon Soul got ready. Then, the Red-Haired Ghost King immediately used his red ghost hair to create chains and sent them flying toward the wandering White and Black Reapers.

Dragon Soul followed closely, his spiritual body suddenly growing bigger and flying at a fast speed.

The White and Black Reapers sensed the danger and stopped suddenly. The Black Reaper’s Virtue raised his chain, which moved quickly and hit the Red-Haired Ghost King’s ghost hair precisely.

Meanwhile, the White Reaper’s Stable disappeared from his place and reappeared right next to Dragon Soul.

The staff in his hand was filled with dark energy, and he swung it quickly toward Dragon Soul’s head. Dragon Soul fought back, using his Soul Power and gathering it into his huge claws.

"Boom!" A loud impact rang out.

To everyone’s surprise, Dragon Soul’s huge body was knocked backward and flew away. His claws were shaking, and gray-white energy was coming out from them. It was clear he had been seriously injured.

The first attack from Black Reaper Virtue and White Reaper Stable was perfect — they easily blocked it.

Their lifeless and empty eyes were fixed on Red-Haired Ghost King and Dragon Soul.

Red-Haired Ghost King took a deep breath and suddenly pulled all his red ghost hair back. He slowly flew in front of Black Reaper Virtue and shouted loudly.

"Lord Eight, it’s me! A living person has entered the Realm of the Dead. He’s going to Three Lives Mountain to help Terra Lady. Please wake up!"

"Wake up!"

But the only answer he got was Virtue’s cold and ruthless chains.

At the same time, Dragon Soul wasn’t doing much better. White Reaper Stable was fast, and his staff was extremely fierce. Any hit from it would leave a wound on Dragon Soul’s spiritual body that couldn’t be healed quickly.

Clearly, even with their minds closed, White and Black Reapers were still strong enough to easily beat Dragon Soul and Red-Haired Ghost King.

If they woke up completely, they would be even more powerful.

Johnnie watched from a distance. He had a clear idea of the situation. If nothing unexpected happened, Red-Haired Ghost King and Dragon Soul wouldn’t last long.

White and Black Reapers were strong. If they could get their help, the next steps would be much easier.

But how could he completely wake them up?

Johnnie’s mind was working fast. He noticed that White Reaper Stable had been constantly attacking Dragon Soul, but after moving a bit away, he suddenly stopped and started moving toward Black Reaper Virtue.

And though Virtue’s chains could reach far, his movement wasn’t very fast.

"Watch out!" Johnnie shouted loudly at the Red-Haired Ghost King.

The Red-Haired Ghost King turned around just in time to see the White Reaper rushing toward him. He shivered in fear and immediately chose to run.

"Let’s go!" he shouted.

Without hesitation, Johnnie took Dragon Soul and flew off into the distance.

As they flew, Johnnie kept looking back to see what the White and Black Reapers were doing. They chased them for a while, then stopped and went back to wandering aimlessly.

Dragon Soul was breathing heavily, looking at the wounds on his body and making a face.

"Ugh, that was tough. No wonder the White and Black Reapers are so famous. Their power is really strong. If they were fully awake, I probably wouldn’t be alive right now." Dragon Soul said slowly.

The Red-Haired Ghost King sighed and replied."The White and Black Reapers are much stronger than even the strongest Ghost Kings. Even a Divine King from the real world can’t match them in soul power."

He explained that in the Realm of the Dead, the top fighters were the White and Black Reapers. They were the strongest.

Ghost Kings were about as strong as normal Domain Masters in the real world. But above them were Ghost Emperors, who were even stronger.

Once a ghost reached the level of a Ghost Emperor, they were considered one of the strongest in the Realm of the Dead. Their power was almost equal to that of a Divine King in the real world.

"Then why does the Realm of the Dead only have Ghost Kings and Ghost Emperors? What about higher levels like Domain, Divine King, God-Emperor, and Divine Thearch in the real world?" Johnnie was a bit confused.

Also, Ghost Kings and Ghost Emperors were only as strong as normal Domain Masters and Divine Kings in the real world.

Red-Haired Ghost King just shook his head. He didn’t know the answer.

Since he entered the Realm of the Dead, he had never heard of anyone stronger than a Ghost Emperor. Maybe there were, but they didn’t show up much, and few ghosts even knew about them.

"Ugh, looks like we have to give up on waking up the White and Black Reapers for now. We can’t waste any more time." the Red-Haired Ghost King sighed again.

Johnnie suddenly spoke up."Maybe we don’t need to wake them up. We can just make them follow us."

At once, both Dragon Soul and the Red-Haired Ghost King turned their eyes toward Johnnie.

Seeing their doubtful looks, Johnnie explained what he had noticed.

The White Reaper’s Stable was fast, but once it went too far from the Black Reaper’s Virtue, it would stop chasing and go back to his side.

Meanwhile, the Black Reaper’s Virtue had a long attack range, but he wasn’t very fast.

So they could use that to their advantage, like in a video game. They could keep drawing the White and Black Reapers’ attention, making them follow them around.

When Johnnie said this, Dragon Soul and the Red-Haired Ghost King looked at each other and asked at the same time."Do you think it’ll work?"

"Well, we don’t have any other choice. Let’s give it a try." Johnnie said. He thought it was still worth bringing the two Reapers along.

Plus, while they were leading the Reapers around, they could still move forward toward Three Lives Mountain without slowing down too much.

Soon, under Johnnie’s direction, Dragon Soul and the Red-Haired Ghost King started moving again.

Dragon Soul faced the White Reaper’s Stable, and the Red-Haired Ghost King went against the Black Reaper’s Virtue. But this time, they didn’t fight. Instead, they followed Johnnie’s orders and started moving quickly.

"Wow, it actually works!" the Red-Haired Ghost King muttered in surprise. The White and Black Reapers were really following them.

The only problem was that the Black Reaper’s Virtue was a bit slow. Every time the White Reaper came back, the Red-Haired Ghost King had to quickly move away and then team up with Dragon Soul again to draw the Reapers’ attention.

It was a bit annoying, but at least they succeeded.

So, one person, one dragon, one ghost, and two powerful White and Black Reapers started moving forward toward Three Lives Mountain.