CHAPTER 299: CHAPTER 19: DARK HELL

The ground rapidly underwent changes, like snowfields under the spring sun melting away, soon followed by ripples spreading like water patterns, forming a counterclockwise swirling vortex.

It resembled a marsh, yet also a bottomless abyss. A cold and chilling evil wind surged out of the vortex.

It felt like countless vengeful spirits and beastly cries lingered around the ears, causing one’s soul to shudder in terror.

Yue Jinghua did not hesitate for a moment and leaped alone into the vortex.

In pitch darkness, as if in an endless abyss where time stood still, Yue Jinghua felt like an airplane speeding through the atmosphere, every part of her body highly taught, ready to shatter at the slightest collision.

The darkness ahead began to change, giving rise to masses of ceaselessly tumbling black Evil Qi.

The Evil Qi here was different from that outside; much denser than the Evil Qi of the Senluo Sea, the accumulated Evil Qi having existed for tens of millions of years had even developed a spiritual sense, taking on various shapes—some like small beasts, fiercely aggressive and clawing as they pounced over.

In front, an Evil Qi that transformed into a starving dog, taking advantage of Yue Jinghua’s unguarded moment, flicked its black tongue and slashed by her side with a hiss.

The garments made from top-quality Dark Beast Skin, as fragile as paper, immediately ripped apart. Alarmed, Yue Jinghua activated the Nine Revolutions Star Creation Technique,

"Damn it," the Dantian was completely empty, the Creation Power had vanished in an instant.

Her body continued to plummet, her clothes ripped to tatters by the abyssal Evil Wind from an unknown origin, and her bones creaked and crunched, as if they were about to fall apart at any moment.

Could it be that in Dark Hell, Dark Skill cannot be used, not even the Nine Revolutions Star Creation Technique? Realizing this, cold sweat broke out at the tip of Yue Jinghua’s nose.

"Hiss," yet another few streams of Evil Qi, transformed into Evil Beasts, attacked from both sides.

"Ssss," at the critical moment, the Snake Woman Little Gore appeared beside Yue Jinghua, her blue eyes emitting a fierce venomous light, her long hair piercing through those Evil Beasts, standing like a faithful guard by Yue Jinghua’s side.

"Master, do not panic," Cannibal Small Qingpu also offered kind advisement.

Calmness, witnessing the protective actions of the Dark Beasts, Yue Jinghua couldn’t help but feel ashamed of herself; she had been too dependent on the Nine Revolutions Star Creation Technique and Mo Xi Treasure Book.

If the Nine Revolutions Star Creation Technique couldn’t be used, then use the Sha Technique, the basic Sha Technique taught by Jue Shang, which she had long mastered to perfection.

To become a demon, one must enter hell.

With a shift of thought, Yue Jinghua felt her mind cleared of distractions, the Lianyun Great Sword in hand, she activated the Sha Technique, her Killing Flames bursting forth like Venus in the dark night.

Her figure moved, her feet performing the Cloud Trace Steps almost flawlessly as she stepped out.

Fast, very fast, Yue Jinghua resembled a suddenly sharpened precious sword, darting through.

Gods blocking, kill gods; if Buddha obstructs, annihilate Buddha, in this dense sea of Evil Qi, the Lianyun Great Sword was like a Jiao Long encountering water, unblockable.

With one sword strike, she pierced through an Evil Beast, the Evil Beast shattered into a mass of Evil Qi, and before the Qi could dissipate, the black crystal on the sword emitted a dark light, absorbing the Evil Qi into the sword’s core.

All the way down, not knowing how many Evil Beasts she slew, Yue Jinghua only felt the Lianyun Great Sword in her hand growing ever heavier, as if it weighed thousands of pounds.

I don’t know how long it had been, but ahead, a light the size of a firefly appeared.

The wind blowing from not far away carried a heat wave, and the Evil Wind beside her was gradually dissipating.

"An exit," Yue Jinghua exclaimed with joy and rushed out, diving swiftly toward that bright light.

Just as Yue Jinghua’s body passed through that light, the entrance behind her suddenly vanished without a trace.

"Bang," like a heavy object hitting the ground, Yue Jinghua plummeted at high speed and harshly struck the earth, the coarse gravel painfully chafing her limbs.

Using her Great Sword to prop up her body, Yue Jinghua was covered in sweat from the fierce battle she had just fought, as if she had just been fished out of water.

Dressed as the Young Lord from the outset, her clothes, after the attacks of the Evil Wind and Evil Beast, were already tattered beyond repair.

Observing her attire, Yue Jinghua couldn’t help but shake her head and wryly smile. Her robe was ripped up to her knees, and her hair bun was torn apart, leaving her hair only shoulder length.

Using the Great Sword, she chopped off her disheveled hair, modified the torn robe into shorts, and at this moment, Yue Jinghua looked like nothing more than a thin sixteen or seventeen-year-old lad wearing a half-mask.

After a spell of fierce fighting, Yue Jinghua felt an intense hunger. She took out some dry food and water from her Desire Gourd and after consuming a drop of Green Liquid, she felt some of her energy returning. She lifted her head and surveyed the surroundings.

Dark Hell, a survival ground for the Dark Beasts that had been cast into the bottomless abyss for millions of years.

The desert, an endless desert unlike the one Yue Jinghua had seen outside the Mercenary Town. Informed by Snake Woman Ge’er, Yue Jinghua learned that this part of the desert, known as Red Flowing Sand, was located at the periphery of Dark Hell.

The trees here had no leaves, completely charred black. The tips of the branches occasionally bore one or two animal skeletons, some large and some small, most either headless or entirely without corpses.

Flames, like venomous snakes, spewed forth.

Millions of years ago, when Dark Hell was not yet Dark Hell, this place was once the most beautiful land among the planes.

The sand here was white, slipping through human fingers, pure white like the brightest pearl between heaven and earth.

Millions of years ago during the great battle of the Demon Gods, the Ten Great Demon Gods were slaughtered here by a joined force of the All Gods Sect and the million-strong Divine Army, and the blood of the Demon Gods turned into blood rain for three days and nights, dyeing the white desert red.

Not just that, the fury of the Demon Gods did not extinguish with their fall. Beneath the Red Flowing Sand, flames of Demon God Fire as high as three zhang would burst out from time to time.

’Hiss—yaya,’ Snake Woman Little Gore warned Yue Jinghua that she must not contact the hidden Demon God Fire, otherwise, even with copper skin and iron bones, one would instantly be burnt into a puddle of flesh.

’This place is desolate and the Demon God Fire lurks everywhere, clearly not suitable for breeding the Flower Spot Mosquito King. It’s better to delve deeper into Dark Hell where there’s water,’ Yue Jinghua considered briefly, slung the Great Sword on her back, and started walking deeper into the Red Flowing Sand, step by step.

The red sand grinding against the soles of her boots, Yue Jinghua could feel the heat of the sand.

After walking for a while, Yue Jinghua heard miserable howls of beasts and the sounds of fighting ahead; faintly, she could also make out the clash of weapons.

Could it be that there were still people in Dark Hell? She became alert and with several long leaps, she charged toward the direction of the sounds.