Killing God - Chapter 104
Chapter 104 Choice
Under Niu Xiong’s strange dark red eyes, Shen Shi suddenly fell silent and did not speak for a long time.
Niu Xiong waited for a while, as if he had guessed what Shen Shi was thinking in his heart. He said coldly, “Don’t even think about escaping from this Demon Catching Cave alone. That’s impossible.”
Shen Shi suddenly raised his head and looked at Niu Xiong. Niu Xiong sneered and said, “Don’t worry, although I’m not like a human ghost or a ghost right now, my heart is like ashes, but I still can’t do anything that a pig or dog like Lin Hu is inferior to.”
Shen Shi frowned and whispered, “Senior Brother Niu, you misunderstood me. This matter is very big. I just … can’t figure it out for a moment.”
Niu Xiong said, “To tell you the truth, I don’t know what kind of fortune that Yin Ghost King has, but he actually obtained a special treasure called the Ancient Heavenly Brahma Pearl. That’s why his cultivation has greatly improved. Do you think it’s strange that other than Lin Hu and the Yin Ghost King, there aren’t any other ghosts in this Demon Catching Cave?”
This was precisely the question that had been lingering in Shen Shi’s mind for a long time. He was immediately stunned and asked, “Could it also have something to do with the Heavenly Brahma Ancient Pearl?”
Niu Xiong’s voice paused for a moment. He seemed to have some hesitation as he said, “I can’t explain this matter clearly, but what I know is that the Dark Ghost King has used the power of the Heavenly Brahma Ancient Pearl to do many strange things.”
Shen Shi was puzzled. He looked at Niu Xiong and repeated, “Strange thing?”
Niu Xiong slowly nodded and said, “The deepest part of this Demon Catching Cave is the stone room just now, but as far as I know, there was absolutely no underground tunnel in the stone room in the past.” “I don’t know what’s inside, but the Dark Ghost King has been guarding that passageway personally. He has never allowed anyone to get close to it. Even the Ancient Heavenly Brahma Pearl has been placed under that tunnel.”
Shen Shi was shocked and said, “Since that pearl is a magic treasure, why does the Yin Ghost King not carry it with him?”
Niu Xiong said, “Exactly. I am also puzzled by this, but I have indeed personally seen the Dark Ghost King summon the Ancient Heavenly Brahma Pearl from the bottom of the cave.” Apart from that, this ghost had also found a cave under the Demon Catching Cave. There was a hidden river inside that was filled with seawater. Over the past few years, the Dark Ghost King has often brought that pearl with him. He doesn’t know what kind of ghost technique he used, but he is able to attract countless fish from the sea and absorb this life force … ”
Shen Shi’s body trembled. In an instant, he recalled the sudden disappearance of all the fish within a hundred miles of Bluefish Island. It turned out that the source of the disappearance was actually deep within the Demon Island. Seeing that the starfish was suddenly caught here, it was probably due to the power of the Heavenly Brahma Ancient Pearl.
It was truly unimaginable that there was such a strange and mysterious magic treasure in this world.
Niu Xiong continued, “After I was killed, I had no choice but to clench my teeth to avenge these disgusting ghosts. However, I learned some of their secrets from them. So this Yin Ghost King’s actions were all aimed at escaping from this demon island.”
Shen Shi raised his eyebrows as he vaguely thought of something. Niu Xiong’s voice said, “The sealing restriction at the entrance of the Demon Catching Cave has been broken by him because of the weakened power of the sealing restriction and the unknown origin magic treasure in the hands of the Dark Ghost King. This is also the reason why all the ghosts in the cave have left.” “But in the past, apart from setting up restrictions at the entrance of the cave, our ancestor also used his Heavenspan divine ability to set up a grand demon suppression array in the outer seas of the demon island just in case. The Yin Ghost King had tried several times but failed to return. He was unable to escape.”
“Originally, I thought that the Yin Ghost King could only be trapped here. As long as there were experts in Lingxiao Sect who discovered the slightest sign of this demon island in the future, there would naturally be experts who would come down to check. At that time, everything would naturally be resolved. “But these past few days, I have discovered that the Dark Ghost King has been guarding the stone tunnel every day for some unknown reason. In addition to that golden light, do you feel that the golden light is somewhat familiar?”
Shen Shi was stunned, but he didn’t expect Niu Xiong to have such a feeling. He nodded repeatedly and frowned, “Senior Brother, what you said is true. I do have such a feeling, but I really can’t think of where I’ve seen this kind of golden light before.”
Niu Xiong sneered and said, “I was puzzled for a long time before. Ordinary people would never have thought that it would be a coincidence for me to suddenly awaken from my good fortune. Did you ever sit in a teleportation formation before coming to Hai Zhou?”
Shen Shi nodded and said, “Sit down. At that time, I didn’t have a Dao Cultivation Technique, causing me to suffer … What, a teleportation formation?”
Niu Xiong’s gaze was different from that of an ordinary person. Although the surroundings were dark, he could clearly see Shen Shi’s incredulous expression in the darkness. He said indifferently, “That’s right, it’s a teleportation formation. Furthermore, it’s not a replica of an ordinary human’s teleportation formation. It’s an ancient teleportation formation that has been passed down from ancient times and communicates between grandmist and all walks of life!”
For a moment, Shen Shi felt a buzzing sound in his head, as if it was difficult to accept this reality. After a long silence, he said in a bitter voice, “Impossible, why are those ancient teleportation formations deep underground or on this demon island?”
“I don’t understand either,” Niu Xiong said sternly. “But after thinking about it, the golden light can make the Dark Ghost King abandon everything he personally guarded. The only way to escape is perhaps an ancient teleportation formation that we have never discovered!”
An ancient teleportation formation hidden deep underground that had never been discovered before, and this place was precisely the Demon Island opened up by Lingxiao Sect’s ancestors many years ago. Could it be that those ancestors with vast divine abilities didn’t discover any strange traces of this place back then?
Shen Shi remained silent for a long time, as if he was slowly accepting this shocking fact. He raised his head and looked at Niu Xiong, saying, “Senior Brother, what do you want me to do by telling me this?”
Niu Xiong said in a deep voice, “Junior Brother Shen, I have no intention of forcing you.” Now, every three days, For some reason, all the ghosts were chased out of the Demon Catching Cave. As a result, all of the ghosts outside the cave entrance are ghosts. You cannot escape. However, in the future, you will stay here for a bit longer. After three days, all the ghosts will return to the cave. That is where every corner is filled with ghosts and ghosts. You will also die. So your only chance of survival might be in that stone chamber tunnel. ”
Shen Shi’s pupils constricted and he said, “You, you want me to go down there?”
Niu Xiong said, “I have a way to distract Lin Hu’s beast and attract the attention of the Yin Ghost King. If it goes well, he might leave the cave entrance for a while, and then he shouldn’t go back until I’m completely dead.” “Take this opportunity to rush into the bottom of the cave. No matter what is inside, destroy it. If it’s a teleportation formation, you can leave there. This is your only way to survive. Perhaps, you can also save the Red Clam girl’s life.”
Shen Shi stared at Niu Xiong. After a while, he said word by word, “But, you just said that you haven’t gone down yourself. I wonder what is underground?”
Niu Xiong said calmly, “Exactly.”
Shen Shi gritted his teeth and said, “What if Senior Brother is wrong? What if the underground stone room is simply a dead end and there is nothing but a few stones that can emit golden light?”
Niu Xiong was silent for a moment and said, “Then you should commit suicide, lest you become a monster that doesn’t look like a ghost or a human like me.”
④
Sometimes, people really didn’t have many choices, even at the critical moment of life and death. It was desperate.
One is a near-death Jedi, and the other is a ten-death exit. If it was you, which one would you choose?
Shen Shi didn’t want to choose any of them. However, the most helpless thing in this world was that you couldn’t choose not to. Moreover, Niu Xiong had clearly said that he planned to go and exchange his life for his own. He had risked everything to kill Lin Hu and attract the attention of the Yin Ghost King. At this point, Shen Shi was speechless.
Finally, Shen Shi only asked Niu Xiong one last sentence, “Senior Brother Niu, why must you go?”
Niu Xiong’s answer was very simple. There were only four words: “I want him to die!”
Everything seemed to have been decided, Between the hopelessness of death and a glimmer of life, Shen Shi could only choose that desperate underground stone chamber. If the golden light underground was not the ancient teleportation array’s golden embryo stone, but some inexplicable golden scarlet golden light, he would only be trapped beneath it by fierce ghosts like the Yin Ghost King, and he would have no way to escape.
Niu Xiong brought Shen Shi back to the narrow tunnel in the darkness. He stopped beside the stone crack. Shen Shi glanced at the stone crack and whispered, “This crack is too small for me to cross.”
Niu Xiong snorted and said, “After the Spirit King leaves, you can walk another zhang forward. There will be an even bigger cave entrance. You should be able to barely get down.”
Shen Shi frowned and said, “Since the Yin Ghost King has left, why can’t I go through the door?”
Niu Xiong was silent for a moment and said, “That ghost really thinks too highly of this place. I don’t think he will leave the stone room entrance very far. If he passes through the door, I’m afraid he will discover it immediately.”
Shen Shi felt his heart skip a beat. Even the entrance to the stone room wouldn’t be far away. If the Yin Ghost King didn’t come back in the blink of an eye, how much time could he have left for himself?
Niu Xiong didn’t say anything more. He only took a deep look at Shen Shi and said, “I have endured for a long time. If I hadn’t been worried that the Yin Ghost King would have escaped this place to harm our sect, I would have fought against that Lin Hu. However, I’ve had enough of this kind of ghostly day. Since you’ve arrived here today, it’s the end of everything.”
“Take care of yourself!”
After saying that, Niu Xiong turned around and strode away. The sound of footsteps was like knocking on Shen Shi’s heart in the darkness.
Very quickly, in the boundless darkness, only Shen Shi was left, and he slowly leaned against the stone wall. In the stone room next to the wall was the terrifying and fierce Yin Ghost King.
For some reason, Shen Shi suddenly remembered that he had only met this Senior Brother Niu Xiong for two hours.
An hour was enough to entrust his life to that seemingly incomparably dangerous plan?
Niu Xiong said that Lin Hu had turned into a ghost and done something that angered heaven and earth in order to survive, but … now that he was also Senior Brother Niu Xiong of the ghost, was his words truly worthy of his complete trust?
In the darkness, Shen Shi suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. However, he didn’t have much time to think about it. Very quickly, an abrupt and miserable cry came from somewhere outside the stone room. The voice was shrill and painful. It sounded like the cry of Lin Hu, who had turned into a ghost.
Shen Shi’s face instantly turned pale, but he still gritted his teeth and slowly poked his head out from the crack in the stone to peek into the stone room.
Sure enough, the black ghost seemed to have been alerted. It slowly floated up, as if it had some doubts. It turned around and looked at the place where it was screaming miserably.
