Beheading as a Gift

With Celestial Lord's startled cry, in the blink of an eye, the keen perception unique to a Dou Sheng instantly warned him of the terrifying thing happening right now. Celestial Lord hesitated no longer. With a furious shout, the aura unique to a Dou Sheng erupted from him, sweeping away every candle flame in sight.

In an instant, the surroundings plunged into darkness. Only the countless pitch-black chains entwined at the center of the Human Hall's main hall gave off an especially obscure ghostly glow, bringing a faint glimmer of light to the space.

Yet that light only made people feel even more uneasy.

After all, these things were, in essence, existences that clashed especially violently with Soul Power. Even a single glance, if one's strength was lacking, could very likely plunge them into an irreversible state of weakness. Only by leaving this place as quickly as possible could they gradually recover.

But now, standing in a place he knew especially well, Celestial Lord inexplicably felt an unavoidable chill, as if he had run into a ghost. It was deeply unsettling.

"Who dares be so bold as to trespass into my Hall of Souls' Forbidden Ground? Do you truly have a death wish?!"

Celestial Lord did not know where this inexplicable feeling had come from, but he still immediately suppressed that strange thought, which was clearly somewhat wrong.

However, what answered Celestial Lord was not a human voice, but some spherical object flying in from the light beneath the dim sky outside the hall. It made a ringing explode in Celestial Lord's mind, and he thought the enemy had already launched the first attack.

But very soon, Celestial Lord realized that did not seem to be the case.

That thing had no Dou Qi, and even less life. There was