Blood Moon Duo

The great vortex of the God Burying Abyss has remained unchanged since time immemorial. More than half a year ago, a giant eye suddenly appeared in the center of the vortex, and then the center of the God Burying Abyss returned to silence. It was a permanent, despairing blackness that gave people a feeling that it would devour everything.

Another month passed after the Lin family left the God Burying Abyss.

For the past month, the elders of various factions have been waiting anxiously, fearing that the final result would be the same as that of the Shentu Family, where they would be met with a pile of corpses.

Until this day, the entrance to the Empress Secret Realm flickered with light, as if the entrance was about to open again.

"Is it finally going to end?"

The elders of all the major Lineage perked up; after nearly a year of waiting, they were finally about to reap the rewards.

The light trembled more and more violently, and finally, with a flash of red light, two figures were ejected from the Empress Secret Realm.

The Tianyuan Realm Elder, who were already on high alert, stared intently. Upon seeing the two figures, their expressions changed drastically. The two who had suddenly appeared looked truly ferocious and terrifying!

They were wrapped in tattered gray robes, their hair thinned to only a dozen strands, like wild grass. Their faces were half-rotten, their skin and flesh rolled back, and they reeked of the stench of death.

These two people look like they crawled out of a coffin.

Who are you people?!

Faced with these two suddenly appearing Living Dead, the Tianyuan Realm Elder all became wary. These two didn't look like trial participants entering the Empress Secret Realm at all, yet they had emerged from it. Could they be monsters from the Empress Secret Realm 'Empress Secret Realm?

"Their bodies seem to be dead, but their souls are still alive. It's unbelievable that they could have two almost lifeless bodies. If an ordinary person's body were in this state, they would have been dead long ago."

As one of the powerful figures spoke, he noticed the two men's tattered gray robes, on which two red crescent moons were embroidered.

Although the robe was tattered, the two crescent moons were as red as blood, which was astonishing.

"It's the Time Law..."

An elder with profound cultivation and snow-white eyebrows and hair suddenly spoke up. This person had a certain understanding of the concept of time.

The Time Law are profound and unfathomable. In the martial arts traditions of the Tianyuan Realm, there are very few lineages that can study the Time Law, and those who can comprehend the mysteries of time are all exceptionally talented individuals.

"The Time Law?"

Many people looked at the white-browed elder, puzzled.

"These two people bear the marks of the Time Law. If I'm not mistaken, they were previously sealed within Time Barrier. Time within the barrier flows at an accelerated pace; what might be a few months outside could be tens of thousands of years for them. This caused their bodies to age rapidly and their flesh to decay. This is an extremely cruel method of killing that can be used after cultivating the Time Law, because those affected by the Time Law will experience tens or hundreds of thousands of years of lonely, desolate existence, slowly dying of old age. This period is enough to drive a person to the brink of madness."

"It's incredible that they're still alive and haven't died from a mental breakdown!"

They were affected by the Time Law, which is why they ended up like this. So, they really might be trial participants!

Since the trial participants had become like this, they were essentially useless. Many elders were worried that they might be disciples of their own Lineage, so they started paying attention to the two people's clothing in order to deduce their origins.

However, this gray robe embroidered with a blood-red crescent moon clearly did not belong to any of their factions.

Where did they come from? The Empress Secret Realm Trial—did the Shentu Family really invite people like them?

Many people noticed the expressions of the Shentu Family elders, but they all looked bewildered, clearly indicating that they were also completely confused about these two uninvited guests.

"Can you understand me? Who are you?"

Shentu Jue spoke, his voice infused with vital energy, carrying a powerful and intimidating force. Ordinary juniors would feel their blood circulation accelerate and find it difficult to withstand the power in Shentu Jue's voice just by hearing it.

Shentu Jue was putting pressure on the two Living Dead in this way, but they were completely unaware of the voice. Their gloomy eyes held a chilling blankness, as if they had already lost their vitality.

"Do you know this person? Tell me, how did he die!"

Shentu Jue pointed at Shentu Nantian's corpse. Although a month had passed, Shentu Nantian's cultivation was already profound, and with the protection of the relic medicine, his body showed no signs of decay; on the contrary, it looked lifelike.

In Shentu Jue's view, the Lin family alone was not capable of killing Shentu Nantian, and other forces, because they had Soul Contract with the Shentu Family, could not possibly harm Shentu Nantian.

Therefore, these two suddenly appearing Living Dead are highly suspicious!

Upon seeing Shentu Nantian's corpse, the two men in gray suddenly moved their eyes. Their eyes, deep-set and dry, bloodshot and pale, moved eerily, as if a sealed zombie had suddenly come back to life.

Even though everyone present was Tianyuan Realm Elder, some of them still felt a chill run down their spines when they saw these two Living Dead.

The two men in gray didn't say a word. They suddenly walked towards Shentu Jue, or rather, floated towards him.

The turbulent currents of the God Burying Abyss seemed to have no effect on them at all. The two gray-clad men did not make any move. Their bodies remained motionless as they floated forward, truly like ghosts.

Shentu Jue was, after all, the Supreme Elder of the Shentu Family. He had seen all sorts of bizarre scenes. He simply kept a calm face, locked his senses on the two men in gray, and remained silent.

It wasn't until the two men in gray got close to Shentu Jue that people realized they weren't after Shentu Jue, but rather Shentu Nantian!

The two of them arrived before the now-dead Shentu Nantian.

"I want the corpse..."

A man in gray suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse and unpleasant, like the cry of a dying owl.

"What!?"

Upon hearing that they wanted Shentu Nantian's corpse, Granny Thousand Hands, like a cat with its fur standing on end, jumped in front of Shentu Nantian's body and shouted, "You're courting death!"

The two gray-clad men remained silent. Suddenly, one of them threw out a beam of black light, Shentu Jue energy.

Upon closer inspection, it was a black jade slip with a complex character for "alliance" on the front.

As his senses penetrated the depths, Shentu Jue immediately knew what it was.

"The Sarira Jade Slip of the Martial Arts Alliance?"

In the Tianyuan Realm, there are many first-rate forces. These forces compete with each other for Spiritual Ground and resources, and they do not hesitate to fight each other. In order to gain a more advantageous position in this struggle, some forces will unite to form alliances.

Among these, the largest and most important alliance is the Martial Arts Alliance, located in the center of the Tianyuan Realm.

The fact that this alliance dares to use the name "Martial Arts Alliance" without any embellishment speaks volumes about its strength.

The Martial Arts Alliance typically only accepts sects and rarely Lineage. Within the alliance, the unified currency is the Savage Bone Relic and elixirs, while the Sarira Jade Slip is the currency code that records the number of relics.

With the Sarira Jade Slip in hand, you can exchange it for the corresponding number of relics by going to the Sarira Jade Slip Martial Arts Alliance headquarters.

This black Sarira Jade Slip can be exchanged for ten grade eight relics or one grade nine relic.

Ninth-grade relics are extremely valuable. In the Martial Arts Alliance's relic repository, there are even ninth-grade relics that can extend a martial artist's lifespan by a small amount!

This was, of course, a tremendous temptation for Shentu Jue.

Even if a Great Emperor's lifespan is extended by a few decades, it is still a remarkable achievement.

Shentu Jue was immediately tempted. He valued Shentu Nantian, but it was more about interests than feelings. Shentu Nantian was already dead, and his corpse had no value to Shentu Jue. Exchanging it for a ninth-grade relic from the Martial Arts Alliance would be an absolute bargain.

A ninth-grade relic in exchange for the corpse of a mere junior in the Dao Seed Realm —these two mysterious individuals are far too extravagant, making their identities even more enigmatic.

"What do you want the corpse for? Are you planning to Body Snatching?"

The two gray-clad men's physical bodies were dead, only their Spiritual Sense remained. The only way to heal them was to Body Snatching, and the most suitable option was a well-preserved corpse of a genius who still retained a trace of physical life.

Upon hearing that Shentu Jue was already interested, Granny Thousand Hands's expression changed, but her status was far lower than Shentu Jue's, and she was powerless to stop it.

A gray-clad man nodded blankly. He flicked his finger, and the black jade slip was already in Shentu Jue's hand.

After scanning the black jade slip with his Spiritual Sense and confirming its authenticity, Shentu Jue was in high spirits. He handed Shentu Nantian's corpse over to the two Living Dead.

Two men grabbed Shentu Nantian with their nearly rotten hands. One of them pinched Shentu Nantian's chin and pried open his mouth.

The two Living Dead had blank expressions. If someone were timid, even if they were dead, being held like this would probably scare them back to life.

The Living Dead Shentu Nantian's chin began to emit wisps of black smoke from his body. This black smoke, along with the stench of the corpse, was so strong that even layers of seawater could not block it, making people want to vomit.

These black energies slowly seeped into Shentu Nantian 'Shentu Nantian skin and began to take over his body.

"It's a Yin energy!"

Among the Tianyuan Realm Elder present, many of whom were knowledgeable and experienced, they recognized that the souls of these two Living Dead had actually been refined into Yin Sha.

Yin Sha can no longer be considered human; they live in a half-human, half-ghost life form. The advantage is that they can live longer and can exist independently of their physical bodies.

The dark-skinned youth, whose physical body was destroyed by the Artifact Spirit of the God Descending Tower, yet who was still able to ambush Yi Yun and Lin Xin Tong, was also a Yin Sha.

"So it was Yin Sha. No wonder their bodies rotted but they didn't die. Shentu Nantian's corpse is going to become a new vessel for their Yin Sha bodies."

...(To be continued~^~)