Mountain of Corpses, Sea of Blood

As usual, the Demon-Strange Entity Market and Ghosts was shrouded in darkness, with a blood moon hanging in the sky.

The entire street was deserted and desolate, with the monsters walking numbly along it.

Now, the Human-Strange Entity Market and the Demon-Strange Entity Market are at war, and many powerful demons have joined the battle.

These streets used to be quite lively, but now only a few monsters are moving around in them.

The two Ghost Market are evenly matched in strength, and the battle is expected to continue for some time. It is unknown who will win or lose.

But this has nothing to do with them; they are just some monsters living at the bottom of society who can only seize the last bit of free time to enjoy themselves as much as possible.

The two demons chatted idly in front of the stall, mostly about how long this battle would last.

"How long can it last? No matter how long it lasts, there are only two possible outcomes."

"Whether we win or they win, it doesn't matter to us lowly demons."

"Human-Strange Entity Market? I don't know. Not long ago, the Saint who entered Human-Strange Entity Market was very cunning. The Exiting Sainthood came in was, I think, an emperor from the human world. The Saint who entered Human-Strange Entity Market wanted to lure him here."

"Oh? There's such a thing? Tell me in detail. Things have been so quiet lately, there's nothing exciting to hear."

"It failed. We discovered it and sent it back. Now the Human-Strange Entity Market is not peaceful."

The two demons chatted casually about some recent major news.

There were a few scattered demons nearby who, after hearing the conversation between the two demons, came over to listen, chimed in with a comment, and then left.

There's always a time when you run out of topics to talk about.

After chatting for a while, the two demons got bored, and one of them prepared to leave. But before he could turn around, he heard the demon next to him let out a surprised shout.

"What is that?"

The sound was so loud that it attracted all the demons and monsters in the vicinity. All the demons and monsters looked in the direction of the sound and saw a terrifying phenomenon.

Not far ahead, at the end of a street that was originally empty, the space began to distort, like long worms, making people dizzy.

Moreover, this distorted space gradually expanded, and in the eyes of all the demons, it only slowly stopped when the space expanded to the height of a person.

For some reason, the demons present felt a tremor, as if something terrifying was about to emerge from within.

They had all died once and trusted their intuition; one of the demons immediately tried to turn and run away.

But it was too late to escape at this point. A crack appeared in the distorted space, and a young man walked out from it.

The young man was handsome and had an ethereal, otherworldly air about him, yet he possessed a sharp and imposing presence.

His eyes, in particular, were different colors; his left eye was gold, while his right eye was grayish-white.

The moment the man stepped out, all the demons felt a bone-chilling coldness throughout their bodies. The coldness originated from the depths of their hearts and gradually spread throughout their entire bodies.

"His eyes are so cold."

"This is a human! But how could it be completely unharmed in the Demon-Strange Entity Market?"

"I know who he is. Someone entered the Demon-Strange Entity Market unscathed before, and it seems to be him!"

"Run! What are you all standing there for?"

Although there weren't many monsters on this street, they knew at that moment that they had to run for their lives to survive.

Xu Bai's golden pupils rotated slightly, while his other grayish-white pupil remained unchanged.

As the golden pupils rotated, time seemed to slow down around them.

The fleeing demons stopped in their tracks, their speed slowed down immeasurably.

Xu Bai's face was cold and indifferent, like ice.

This isn't a deliberately feigned aloofness, but rather the indifference of someone at the top towards the ants on the ground.

"Click!"

A crisp sound rang out, sounding particularly abrupt in the dark and silent street.

The slowed-down demons, accompanied by a crisp sound, developed spiderweb-like cracks and turned into dust in the blink of an eye.

"Uh... Ah!"

A muffled groan came from behind him, and Xu Bai held his head and slowly squatted down.

Centered on him, gold and gray-white intertwined and spread outwards.

Wherever it passed, everything turned to ashes.

In the blink of an eye, the entire city vanished into nothingness.

The gold and gray-white colors continued to extend, seemingly without end.

In a mountain.

A demon with two horns on its head was berating a one-legged demon beside it.

"What kind of bullshit battle is this? You think you can go to the battlefield? Let me tell you, the high-ranking people are the real protagonists this time."

"The most important thing is to stay alive. Winning or losing won't do any harm to us lowly demons."

"If we win, we'll go back to our old lives. If we lose, the Human-Strange Entity Market can't possibly wipe us all out. It just means we'll live a worse life, but that's better than losing our lives!"

The one-horned demon lowered its head listlessly, looking utterly dejected, as it listened to the scolding.

The two-horned demon seemed to have not yet had enough and continued talking, this time about matters concerning the human world.

"Stop meddling. Let's resolve things here as soon as possible and focus our attention on the human world."

"By then, if we destroy the human world, our lives will be so much better than they are now. So, survival is the most important thing, you know?"

The one-horned demon nodded repeatedly.

They were brothers who, after their deaths, both ended up in the Demon-Strange Entity Market.

The one-horned demon really wanted to go to the battlefield, but his brother stopped him and gave him a scolding, so he had to give up for now.

but...

The thought of conquering the human world made him lick his lips, and a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face.

Just then, a gust of wind suddenly blew in, bringing him back to his senses.

What is that?

The one-horned demon looked strangely in one direction, its face full of disbelief.

His gaze fell on the distance, where a frenzy of gold and gray was approaching at an astonishing speed.

The two-horned demon also realized that something was wrong.

A sense of danger welled up inside him, and he uttered only the word "go" before turning to run away.

But the frenzied interweaving of gold and gray-white, though seemingly slow, was actually moving at an unimaginably fast speed.

The moment the word "leave" was uttered, a frenzy of gold and greyish-white intertwined enveloped the entire mountain.

The two demons didn't even have time to scream before they, along with the mountain, turned into ashes...

This kind of scenario is being repeated in many places.

Xu Bai was still in that cheat-like state, trembling on the ground while holding his head.

But his madness, a mixture of gray and gold, continued to spread, covering an ever-widening area that became suffocating.

If it continues to spread at this rate, the entire Demon-Strange Entity Market will be covered by it.

Xu Bai remained crouched on the ground, his head in his hands, his body trembling. His eyes were wide open, and the gray-white and gold pupils did not fade but instead became more and more solid.

"Who dares to cause trouble in the Demon-Strange Entity Market!"

Just then, a loud shout rang out, and a figure with a frenzied aura of gold and gray-white was rushing over.

The figure gradually became clearer; it was a middle-aged man with wings on his back.

The middle-aged man exuded a powerful aura; the surrounding madness swirled around him but did not penetrate him.

Become a saint!

Zhou Sheng was speechless; he was dealing with the various arrangements made by the Human-Strange Entity Market on the battlefield.

People at the top, like them, are now all gathered on the battlefield, ready to fight the Human-Strange Entity Market with all their might.

But today, something different happened.

They inexplicably sensed a powerful force approaching, destroying everything in the Demon-Strange Entity Market.

However, they were constantly fighting with the Human-Strange Entity Market and couldn't spare any manpower, so they had to temporarily transfer a Saint to come. This Saint was Zhou Sheng.

Seeing that nearly half of the Demon-Strange Entity Market had been destroyed, Zhou Sheng's anger grew the closer he got to the city.

They were originally fighting each other on the battlefield, evenly matched, but now a Chu Emperor has emerged in the Human-Strange Entity Market, tilting the tide towards the weaker side.

They thought they could seize this opportunity to win, but this is what happened today.

I'm so angry! I'm extremely angry!

Zhou Sheng looked at the man squatting on the ground with his head in his hands and spread his wings without hesitation.

Behind him, a black shadow was gradually gathering, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into an enormous eagle.

The eagle spreads its wings, covering the sky and earth, its powerful aura causing all living beings to bow down.

The next moment, Zhou Sheng slowly raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist, and blasted it at Xu Bai from a great distance.

The distance was great, but as the fist landed, the eagle phantom behind him flapped its wings, transforming into a streak of light that swept towards Xu Bai with a world-destroying force.

Xu Bai was still clutching his head, looking like he was in great pain, unaware of the earth-shattering attack.

The phantom was getting closer and closer to Xu Bai, and the sense of danger was growing stronger.

Just then, Xu Bai, who had been holding his head, suddenly raised his head. His eyes were calm and indifferent, as if he regarded all living beings as equals, while he himself stood above them.

The golden and gray-white eyes began to move simultaneously, creating an eerie atmosphere that sent chills down one's spine.

Time seemed to slow down, to stop; the eagle's sprint had become extremely slow.

Zhou Sheng's forehead was covered in a thick layer of cold sweat, and he realized that he seemed unable to move.

"This is not time, this is... madness!"

He felt himself split into two, one half rational and the other chaotic. When the two parts merged, the madness made him unable to move.

To be precise, he can move, but he must succumb to this frenzied force and be completely transformed into something devoid of emotion.

The reason he hasn't moved is that he is trying his best to resist that madness. If he moves even half a step, he will be like a small boat on a stormy sea, capsized by the raging waves.

"Impossible! What is he? I'm Entering Sainthood Ninth Grade!"

Zhou Sheng knew he was panicking, but the situation before him left him no choice but to panic. Anyone in this situation would panic. He couldn't fight, he couldn't escape, and most importantly, he couldn't even move an inch.

He was a master at the Entering Sainthood Ninth Grade, and he could clearly feel the madness in his mind, a mixture of reason and chaos, as if countless individuals were constantly speaking in his heart, driving him almost insane.

"No, please don't kill me!"

When Zhou Sheng saw Xu Bai standing up, walking towards him with an indifferent expression, his legs trembling, he pleaded.

Xu Bai showed no emotion as he slowly raised his right hand and pointed his index finger at Zhou Sheng.

The surrounding madness seemed to have found an outlet, pouring all of it onto Zhou Sheng.

The next moment, Zhou Sheng's eyes turned red, he raised his head and roared, letting out a shrill scream.

His eyes had turned into a frenzy as he looked down at his hands, then suddenly reached out and frantically grabbed his wings, tearing them apart violently.

"Bang!"

In an instant, the sky was filled with blood mist, staining the entire sky red.

Zhou Sheng's life force was gradually weakening. He turned to look at Xu Bai, his eyes still burning with a madness.

"I... know who you are! You are..."

He didn't finish speaking, because he was already completely dead.

Upon attaining sainthood and dying, the world undergoes a great change.

The entire sky turned even blood red, filled with a sense of oppression.

Xu Bai did not linger at this moment. After killing Zhou Sheng, he seemed to have found a suitable outlet to relieve his pain.

But his eyes remained unchanged, only now they were no longer in pain.

Xu Bai turned around, ignoring the mess at the scene, and walked directly in one direction. He walked slowly, but each step was steady, and his face still had that indifferent expression.

Gradually, it rose into the air and disappeared on the horizon.

The Ghost Market Battlefield.

Corpses lay strewn across the ground, and smoke signals rose everywhere.

Here, life seems to be worthless, and the two sides engage in a bizarre and desperate killing spree.

The arrival of the Chu Emperor brought victory to the Demon-Strange Entity Market amidst the brutal battlefield, and all the demons in the Demon-Strange Entity Market felt that they had seen the dawn of victory.

But now the situation has changed again.

"Smack!"

The four-eyed, vengeful demon slammed his hand on the table, making a dull thud. His four eyes swept over the six other members of the same level around him, his face grim.

Zhou Sheng is dead!

The tone conveyed a suppressed anger, an anger that was neither pity nor sympathy, but simply pure rage.

Normally, whether Zhou Sheng lives or dies is of no concern to them; in fact, it would be better if he were dead.

But things are different now. Zhou Sheng's death has put them at a disadvantage.

Not only the Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity, but the other seven Saint-level Demons also looked very unpleasant.

But none of the demons spoke, for they were all waiting for the Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity to speak.

The four-eyed demon fell silent, the surroundings so quiet you could hear a pin drop. After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he slowly spoke, "Order all the demons and monsters to switch from offense to defense!"

"As for the person who killed Zhou Sheng, let's leave him alone for now. He doesn't seem to be causing any further trouble. Our main focus should still be on this battlefield."

The demons nodded, which was considered an agreement.

They have no choice, and cannot abandon this battlefield, so their main focus remains here. As for what happens if the person who killed Zhou Sheng continues to cause trouble, they'll think of other solutions.

The Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity gritted its teeth, staring at the direction where Zhou Sheng had died, its anger burning even more fiercely.

Xu Bai woke up.

He didn't know what he had gone through, he just felt like he had slept for a long time and was full of energy when he woke up.

Opening his eyes and looking at the pitch-black surroundings, Xu Bai got up from the ground and scratched his head.

Where am I?

The surrounding space was enormous, but pitch black, with no light.

Since he himself is still alive, he must have escaped from the Giant Eye, so the place he is now must have been brought here by the cheat code.

Xu Bai circulated his True Yuan Power, and in an instant, a golden light enveloped his entire body.

After the golden light appeared, it spread around and illuminated the darkness. With the help of the brightness of the golden light, Xu Bai could see the surrounding scenery.

—A pitch-black wilderness!

The ground was covered with black grass, and the sky was filled with black clouds; there was not a glimmer of light.

Similarly, there is no reference point.

He didn't know where he was, but the scenery in the distance gave him a huge shock.

It was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood! Countless bodies were piled up layer upon layer in the distant wilderness, a sight that made one's scalp tingle.

Where have I ended up?

After a brief moment of distraction, Xu Bai quickly regained his composure, calmed himself down, and took a deep breath.

He slowly lifted his foot and walked towards the mountain of corpses and sea of blood ahead.

The further they went, the more intense the pressure became, and this pressure came from the corpses.

As he got closer, illuminated by the golden light, Xu Bai could clearly see the appearance of the corpse.

"Not human? No, it should be said that most of them are not human."

Each corpse was gruesome, with expressions of pain on their faces, but most importantly, these corpses were not all human.

The corpses were all sorts of bizarre things; some were human, some were beasts, some had human bodies and animal heads, and some were even wrapped in various withered vines.

None of these are the most important things. The most important thing is that Xu Bai couldn't understand a single thing about the clothes these corpses were wearing.

The corpses were all dressed in different clothes, which were very different from what Xu Bai knew.

Even in the present-day Great Chu Kingdom, many of the clothing styles are inherited from the Great Feng Kingdom Great Feng Kingdom, which itself originated during the Ten Thousand Kingdoms War period.

Although these clothing styles have changed to some extent over time, their general outlines still share similarities.

These corpses were different; they had no resemblance to each other. They were like costumes made out of thin air, or perhaps...

Not from this world! The idea was abrupt, but Xu Bai knew he was probably right.

Not long ago, Wu Hua said that the person who intercepted him had told him that what he obtained from the Black Lotus was not from this world.

At first, Xu Bai even thought it was Ghost Market or Ruins, but now it seems that it is neither.

Even in Ghost Market and Ruins, the people wearing clothes are different, or at least similar, but these corpses don't. So perhaps they really aren't from this world.

Although the idea was outrageous, Xu Bai chose to believe it because there was no reason not to.

"So... why did you bring me here?" Xu Bai muttered to himself, looking at the pile of corpses in front of him.

He didn't know why the golden finger had brought him here, so he was still completely confused.

Xu Bai tried to expand his divine soul and use it to explore the wonders.

There are just too many corpses here. It would take a long time to examine them one by one, but it would be much easier to do with one's soul.

A moment later, Xu Bai noticed the anomaly and withdrew his divine soul.

At the very bottom of the pile of corpses, where many bodies were buried, there was a book.

After a moment's thought, Xu Bai cupped his hands to the pile of corpses in front of him and said, "Everyone, I don't know where you all came from, but you have all perished here, and you must harbor resentment. I had no choice but to take action this time in order to uncover the truth. Please understand."

After he finished speaking, he didn't say anything more. He raised his right hand and slowly pushed it forward.

As he pushed, the pile of corpses in front of him was directly pushed aside by his True Yuan Power and scattered in all directions.

As the corpse descended at a visible speed, the book was finally revealed to Xu Bai.

There's no progress bar; this isn't related to skills.

Xu Bai took a deep breath and walked over cautiously.

He had thought something might happen or there might be some danger along the way, but everything proved that he was overthinking it. There was no danger, and he naturally arrived at the very center.

The book looks very old; the cover is blank, but the pages are yellowed and some are stained with blood.

Xu Bai bent down and picked up the book.

The book was so thick that it could barely be held in one hand.

Upon receiving the book, Xu Bai felt a surge of urge to open it.

Moreover, this impulse was growing infinitely. In his mind, it was as if a voice was urging him to open the book, and that once he opened it, he would know the whole truth.

Xu Bai took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, but the impulse in his mind made it impossible for him to calm down.

"Let's take a look then."

Since we cannot calm down or suppress it, let nature take its course.

Xu Bai stretched out his right hand and turned to the first page of the book.

When he opened it, he saw densely packed small print.

But strangely enough, he couldn't understand these words at all.

It was not any script he had ever seen; it was a completely new script, one that had no connection whatsoever to this world.

"If you can't understand it, how can you find clues?"

Xu Bai touched his chin, pondering carefully.

If he can't even understand the text here, he has no way to find any clues, and then everything is just empty talk.

"No matter what, let's put it away first and study it after we find a way out. Luckily, we got this Withered Grass this time, otherwise it would be really difficult to store such a thick book."

Xu Bai took out Withered Grass, preparing to put the book inside.

Because of the way the book was placed, it was slightly tilted, and I subconsciously flipped through the last few pages because of the tilt.

Xu Bai stopped moving, staring at the words on it, his face full of shock.