Venerable Supreme of Myriad Dragons

Delighted, Luo An immediately stepped forward and pushed open the great doors.

"CREAAAK!"

The doors were pushed open, slowly revealing a spacious hall.

The hall was immense, even larger than the Martial Kingdom's Jinluan Hall that Shen Daoxing had seen. Several massive, black-and-gold pillars supported the space. However, they weren't carved with golden dragons, but with snarling, ravenous ghouls.

At that moment, a towering figure sat upon the main throne in the center of the hall.

He was a middle-aged man with a stubbled, chiseled face that was naturally imposing. He wore a deep red Ghost Robe.

Seeing this, Tao Ying quickly flipped through the book in her hands. "That's the Fengdu Hall King!" she announced.

The group hurried forward and entered the hall.

But as they approached the Fengdu Hall King, they all froze.

The Fengdu Hall King's eyes were lifeless and his face was ashen. A gaping hole had been torn in his chest, his heart seemingly ripped from his body. He was completely devoid of life.

"Huh?"

"He's dead?"

The group stood frozen in place.

Luo An's face fell. "You've got to be kidding me. The Fengdu Hall King is the lord of this city. How could he just die like this?"

He turned and stared blankly at Tao Ying. "Miss Tao, with the Fengdu Hall King dead, can we still get out?"

Tao Ying was just as astonished. She clearly hadn't anticipated this situation. She frantically flipped through her book, but in the end, she could only shake her head.

But Shen Daoxing frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

Just then.

"RUMBLE!"

With a tremendous roar, the world seemed to spin as the entire ground shook violently.

Suddenly, light flooded in from above. They all looked up to see that the entire roof of the hall had, at some point, been torn away.

The next moment...

A monstrous face peered down into the hall, its terrifying black features filling their entire field of vision.

It was a hideous, demonic face, with two sharp, bull-like horns on its head and a single, blood-red vertical eye on its forehead. It was utterly terrifying.

As the monstrous face appeared, a massive hand reached down, stretching toward the group.

With a single thought from Shen Daoxing, a pure white light flared. A small jade seal instantly appeared, hovering before him.

The light intensified as the small jade seal expanded in an instant. With a WHOOSH, it shot upward, blocking the massive black hand.

The black hand only paused for a moment before it began to push against the jade seal, continuing its descent.

Shen Daoxing quickly raised his arm and slapped his palm onto the Venerable Dharma Seal.

The seven-colored Profound Platform within him began to spin, and a torrent of multi-hued Spiritual Power surged through his arm.

"BOOM!"

With a tremendous crash, Shen Daoxing braced himself, pushing against the Venerable Dharma Seal and just barely halting the massive black hand's descent.

Seeing that Shen Daoxing's hands were full, Xin, who had been in his arms, obediently climbed down and went to Elder Mu's side.

Meanwhile, Tao Ying looked on in astonishment. She frantically flipped through her book, her face paling in shock. "It's the Black Fiend, the Black Death Ghost King! He's the strongest Rakshasa Ghost in Fengdu Prison! He's innately violent and cruel, and he feeds on other ghosts."

A chill ran down everyone's spines. They recalled the emptiness of the Fengdu Ghost City and looked again at the corpse of the Palace King, his heart ripped from his chest.

The truth dawned on them. It wasn't that the Fengdu Ghost City was empty; it was that every ghost in the city had been devoured by this Rakshasa—even the Fengdu Hall King had his heart torn out by it.

Snapping back to their senses, Tao Ying and the others turned without hesitation and sprinted for the exit.

However, they had just turned when the ground began to shake violently once more.

"RUMBLE! RUMBLE!"

With a series of thunderous rumbles, the ground before them cracked and split wide open.

The sound of wailing ghosts and howling wolves erupted from below, echoing throughout the hall.

Ferocious, blood-red claws shot out from the fissures, blocking their path. Accompanied by terrifying screeches, the crimson hands clawed at Tao Ying's and the others' legs.

Terrified, the group scrambled backward.

Tao Ying stepped forward, continuously shaking the Soul-devouring Bell in her hand.

"RING-A-LING! RING-A-LING!"

The piercing chime of the bell rang out.

But the wailing from below ground continued, completely unaffected.

At the same time, as more and more crimson claws emerged, a red tide surged within the chasm, as if terrifying, blood-red figures were about to crawl out.

The group recoiled in fresh terror, stumbling backward.

Behind them, Shen Daoxing's expression hardened. He lifted his foot and stomped it on the ground. "Get back."

ZZZZAP!

Black arcs of electricity spread across the floor like a spiderweb, then vanished in a flash.

Instantly!

The blood-red figures struggling to climb out from the fissures trembled. They let out a few mournful wails, as if encountering something terrifying, and scurried back into the depths.

At the same time.

"RUMBLE!"

With a low rumble, the cracked ground gently vibrated before slowly sealing shut, becoming as it was before.

Seeing their chance, Tao Ying and the others scrambled to run out, knowing that staying would only hinder Shen Daoxing.

However, they had only just taken a single step.

"BOOM!"

The Black Fiend outside swung its other enormous arm in a devastating arc.

"CRASH!"

A wall of the hall exploded inward as rubble flew everywhere, revealing a terrifyingly large hand sweeping through the space.

The massive black hand was about to strike them.

Venerable Invincible, Huangliang's Moment!

Suddenly, everything froze. The flying rubble hung suspended in the air. The massive arm of the Black Death Ghost halted its swing. The group, mid-stride in their escape, stopped dead. It was as if time itself had stood still.

Shen Daoxing slowly extended a hand and pointed forward. "Great Ming Demon Sparrow!"

Instantly, an arc of black light flashed. The Great Ming Demon Sparrow shot out like an arrow loosed from a bow, carving a graceful trajectory through the air.

"BANG!"

The Great Ming Demon Sparrow slammed into the black arm.

One was a force of pure dominance, the other of abyssal darkness. Two diametrically opposed black energies collided.

"RUMBLE!"

Like a bolt from the blue, a violent explosion erupted within the ruined hall.

Black light burst out in all directions.

The Great Ming Demon Sparrow and the black arm were both thrown back.

Seizing the opportunity, Tao Ying and the others scrambled out of the hall.

The Black Death Ghost, seeing its prey escape...

"ROAR!"

...let out a furious, heaven-shaking roar. Billowing black Ghost Qi erupted from its body, shrouding it completely and blotting out the sky above Fengdu City.

Suddenly, a pair of crimson eyes pierced through the black Ghost Qi.

Shen Daoxing frowned, feeling the pressure from the Black Death Ghost's massive hand on his Venerable Dharma Seal suddenly intensify.

"CRACK! CRACK!"

With a series of sharp cracks, the ground beneath Shen Daoxing's feet began to fracture.

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