Descendant of Yulei / Summoner Versus Summoner
As it turned out, Manjusaka very frank, just like Naihe and Bi'an, who were born of good and evil. This Di Sheng Flower was actually her twin sister. They were born in this Netherworld Beast Tomb, receiving the baptism of ancient beast blood day and night, and were born from the cleansing of death.
The only strange thing is that even if it were to be born, it should be Equinox Flower, but instead, a Di Sheng Flower appeared.
"Perhaps it's the interplay of Yin and Yang, where Yin reaches its extreme and Yang arises."
Lu Jun seemed to be deep in thought. He Curse, Mind the Four Elements mind, Life and Death, and walked the path of Yin Yang Life and Death, so he naturally had some understanding of them.
But as he looked at this serene and beautiful dark queen, his gaze was strange. Good heavens, you two are such fake besties—I treated you like a sister, and you betrayed me, selling yourself to a human Summoner to become Contract Beast?
Then, Manjusaka's beautiful face remained unchanged, as if she had guessed Lu Jun's thoughts, and she mentioned that the two of them actually had a very bad relationship, even like sworn enemies.
This is because they are of different races, have completely different attributes, and yet their personalities are worlds apart.
The Manjusaka, which became a witch in the underworld, was naturally not a kind flower; she was ruthless and her bloodline instincts were inherently aligned with those of Flower Lineage.
The Di Sheng Flower is different. It inherited the benevolent lineage from the source of the Queen of Good and Evil, and is kind-hearted, maternal, and compassionate towards all things. Although it is powerful in battle, it also possesses healing and blessing abilities.
Later, the two sisters went their separate ways. Manjusaka fell into the Dark Plane and found an opportunity to become the Supreme Monarch. She was about to return to the Tomb of the Fallen Nation to suppress her sister Di Sheng Flower, whom she disliked.
Unexpectedly, Di Sheng Flower ventured into the core area of Tomb of the Fallen Nation Emperor, and even received a stroke of good fortune, reverting to her ancestral bloodline and advancing to the Emperor-level, with her strength already approaching that of Emperor.
Manjusaka feared that the other party would cause her trouble again after breaking through to the Emperor, so she thought she should quickly find a good family to marry off (or sell) her sister.
Lu Jun felt strange; all he could say was that he felt uneasy no matter who he looked at.
However, he also had a thought: since Di Sheng Flower is kind-hearted, hehehe, a gentleman deceives her with reason, let's see if we can subdue an Emperor-level Demon Beast.
There's no way around it, such an opportunity is rare. A pure and innocent Emperor-level being like this is one of a kind in the world.
As you can see, Su Lu summoned the Asian Magic Association and used all sorts of means to successfully form a contract with an Emperor.
"So, where is the Di Sheng Flower?"
Upon hearing this, Manjusaka looked troubled. A voice from her mind came, still in the Creation Land of the Emperor's Core Area.
Well, although the Di Sheng Flower obtained an opportunity, it was trapped in that special area. That place had unique rules and possessed the power of time and space; one day inside was equivalent to one year outside.
The Di Sheng Flower is unable to move, but once it ascends to the Emperor, it will surely be able to break free.
Lu Jun pondered. He was quite familiar with the power of time and space. He guessed that Manjusaka had sensed his presence in time and space, which was why she had invited him to the Tomb of the Fallen Nation.
Furthermore, the relationship with Night Thunder Dream Beast is also indispensable.
When the two are combined, they not only resonate and enhance each other's combat power, but also have the wonderful effect of nourishing bloodlines and accelerating the breakthrough to the Emperor-level.
He asked, "How do I get to the core Emperor territory?"
Manjusaka's pretty face turned slightly serious. The core area of Tomb of the Fallen Nation was not easy to enter; even these Supreme Monarch found it difficult to request an audience with the Emperor.
It is divided into three stages, and only those who pass through all three stages and possess the potential to break through to the level of Emperor can reach the core area.
The first level is called the Underworld, the second level is called the Equinox Flower, and the third level is called the Ghost Gate!
Chapter 583 Descendant of Yulei
Upon hearing about the three major checkpoints leading to the core area of the Beast Tomb, Lu Jun's expression shifted slightly, as if he had thought of something.
This is quite similar to the Netherworld, a concept popular throughout the Nine Provinces.
Moreover, the names "Yellow Springs Road," "Equinox Flower of the Other Shore," and "Gate of Ghost Gate"... He looked thoughtfully at the Night Thunder Dream Beast and the Manjusaka demon.
As expected, the voice of the Manjusaka Witch Queen echoed. These three trials were guarded by the three strongest beings selected from the Tomb of the Dead Beasts. Their strength was at least that of Supreme Monarch. The Yellow Springs Road had been waived in the past, Night Thunder Dream Beast had a chance to inherit it.
Now that she is guarding the Equinox Flower, only the final Ghost Gate remains.
Upon hearing this, Lu Jun's expression turned strange. He hadn't expected that knowing the boss guarding the three passes would allow him to easily pass two of them. So, the traitor within the Tomb of the Fallen Nation?
The witch queen remained calm. Who would fight a monster like you who could rival Emperor? Only a stubborn fool guarding Ghost Gates of Hell would refuse to yield an inch.
After clarifying the situation, Lu Jun fell into deep thought, wondering whether he should venture into the depths of the Tomb of the Fallen Nation, where the Emperor lurked and it must be extremely dangerous.
But after thinking about it, he realized that he would have to enter the Beast Tomb to meet the Emperor sooner or later. His Ancient Demon Gate Summoning System, with its various techniques combined, was already capable of drawing upon a portion of the Emperor's power, but no Emperor was willing to do so, which kept him stuck at the Supreme Monarch level.
Lu Jun even suspected that if it weren't for the special nature of the Life Element and Death Element, he probably wouldn't have been able to summon the Life Elf King or the Manjusaka.
After all, Supreme Monarch are top-tier figures in every plane. For example, Manjusaka is a queen in the Dark Plane, leading her clan and occasionally visiting the Tomb of the Fallen Nation to keep watch.
Lu Jun had already made up his mind and asked about the direction of the Ghost Gate.
Soon, Manjusaka pointed to a winding path in the middle of the vibrant sea of flowers, and said that at the end of the path lay the Ghost Gate.
With a whoosh, crimson petals flew up around her, and her graceful figure gradually disappeared.
The Night Thunder Dream Beast set off again, striding along its four limbs and galloping wildly along the lush Sea of Equinox Flowers on both sides. Its speed was extremely fast, like a black and red lightning bolt, blurring its figure and stirring up a huge wave of air, causing the vines of the approaching flower sea to crumble inch by inch.
As time passed, Lu Jun saw the unfathomable darkness in the distance dissipate, and the outline of a majestic mountain range appeared and disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, he looked around and found that even the Sea of Equinox Flowers had disappeared. The land was desolate and lifeless. What he saw at the end was not a mountain range, but a towering, pitch-black gate. Its surface was covered with carvings of Evil Ghost with Green-Faced Fanged, surrounded by black mist, which was eerie and cold.
At the top of the imposing gate, an ancient plaque bears three seal characters written in a flowing, elegant style, the meaning of which is immediately clear to anyone who looks at it: "Ghost Gate".
On either side of the Ghost Gate, towering walls still rise from thick black fog, stretching endlessly outwards with no end in sight.
Roar!
As the Night Thunder Dream Beast stopped, a deafening roar suddenly resounded in the empty and silent Ghost Gate Hell, containing a terrifying mental shockwave that caused the Dream Beast to retreat several steps.
Before the tightly closed gate of the Ghost Gate, a lifelike image of a white Golden-eyed White Tiger came to life. The tiger's head protruded, becoming three-dimensional, as if it had grown out of the Ghost Gate. The vivid tiger head opened its blood-red mouth, and its golden eyes stared at the two people, flashing with contempt.
Rumble!
Finally, the Golden-eyed White Tiger leaped out, manifesting itself in the underworld with a dazzling light. A vast aura of Supreme Monarch rose up, sweeping across the surroundings, and as it climbed higher, it seemed to be approaching the level of Emperor.
Its appearance caused the entire Tomb of the Fallen Nation to tremble, with 100,000 tombstones shaking and radiating Nether Radiance glow that soared into the sky, displaying its magnificent and domineering power.
Upon seeing this, Lu Jun narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, "So these are the guardians of the Ghost Gate?"
He looked at the Golden-eyed White Tiger, a strange feeling flashing through his mind. He had a vague sense of familiarity; could this tiger be related to the totem beast, the white tiger?
Regardless, Lu Jun dared not be careless. This aura was similar to that of the Sea King Skeleton and the Death God's Haila, an invincible monarch, and even among the Supreme Monarch, it was a unique existence.
He had just heard Equinox Flower mention that the other party was Descendant of Yulei.
According to legend, Yulei is a deity who guards the Ghost Gate. His appearance is sometimes that of Golden-eyed White Tiger, and sometimes that of a tiger-headed human with a black and gold battle robe. He holds the power to communicate with the underworld and enslave ghosts.
The ability of the Mountain Lord of later generations to Tiger acting as a demon originated from Yulei.
Roar! The Golden-eyed White Tiger roared, and a kind of great power descended, a power of rules like Forbidden Realm Divine Gift.
In an instant, the deathly Dark Aura emanating from the Night Thunder Dream Beast seemed to be suppressed, rendering it unable to move and sealing it within its body.
Even Lu Jun's Death Element stardust seemed to be coated with a layer of light and sealed away.
Fortunately, the Ancient King Armor Robe within the stardust trembled, breaking free from its restraints.
The Night Thunder Dream Beast fared much worse; all the crimson magic patterns on its body faded, and its innate ability of immortality from the underworld became ineffective.
Upon witnessing this scene, Lu Jun was greatly surprised. Such control over the Death Authority was truly worthy of Yulei.
How can you defeat a monarch from a common Tomb of the Fallen Nation? Their strongest attributes are suppressed. Even if they were at their peak, let alone with the seal on their head, they might not be able to defeat Yulei, who is almost Emperor.
Lu Jun quickly signaled the dream beast to stay away, lest it be caught in the crossfire and die a violent death.
It could have held its own against the Supreme Monarch thanks to its immortality, but now it has encountered its most formidable enemy. Only when its cultivation reaches the same level will the Yellow Spring bloodline have the strength to stand up to it.
Similarly, Lu Jun's previously invincible Level 5 Command to Death against undead Demon Beast was ineffective; the only option now was to fight head-on.
Rumble!
The next moment, Lu Jun entered the God Ascension State, his majestic figure and six Supernatural Power emerged, he controlled the stars and used the Fusion Method, a black and white vortex appeared in the sky above his head, and a vast and mighty aura of reincarnation permeated the air.
Two towering deities stepped out, one male and one female, one in black and one in white, accompanied by a howling dark blue wind and billowing gray-white dust.
That's right, Lu Jun unleashed the Qian Kun Two Fiends, High-level Magic Curse Element magic Ghost Execution of Through-the-Net, and also fused it with Life Element magic, plus the Mental Power enhancement of the eleventh realm.
At this moment, the two ghosts and gods were completely different. Their bodies were filled with the texture of flesh and blood, and every move they made had infinite divine power, Great Monarch of battle.
That wasn't all; he then combined death Life Magic to summon the undead he had cultivated over the past few days.
One colossal creature after another made a grand entrance: the golden lion Sphinx, the ghostly Ghost Child, Medusa, the Underworld Serpent Lord, the red-clad Leng Jue, the red-clad Nine Infant, the four members of the Malicious Wolf Society, and so on.
These were originally undead Demon Beast, some of them not even undead but merely souls. However, as they were given life, they were completely transformed into living people. Although they lost the undead's fearlessness of death, their combat power was fully restored to their pre-death levels.
Lu Jun then used a summoning technique, fusing with the Death Element, opening the Ancient Demon Gate, and causing clusters of bright red Equinox Flower to bloom, their graceful forms reappearing in the underworld.
Chapter 584 Summoning Style Clash
The Supreme Monarch Manjusaka Witch Queen has returned!
According to the rules of the Tomb of the Fallen Nation, the guardian of the Equinox Flower should not assist the challengers in besieging the Ghost Gate. However, if the process of Summoning Magic is completed, it is equivalent to obtaining a license to cross the river and fulfilling the conditions.
Lu Jun encountered a bug, which was also an agreement made by both parties before they went through the Ghost Gate.
If the Golden-eyed White Tiger possessed human qualities, it would probably be cursing and accusing the tiger of cheating.
Lu Jun exerted all his strength, summoning a large number of Summoned Beast, mainly consisting of two Supreme Monarch and four Great Monarch, accompanied by more than a dozen other monarchs with considerable combat power. Such a lineup, if placed in the Magic World, could raze even a medium-sized country without the use of forbidden spells.
Of course, the cost was that Lu Jun's magical energy was severely depleted in order to maintain the battle of his Summoned Beast.
The reason he was so crazy was Yulei's ability. Besides being Supreme Monarch, he was also a super summoner who could enslave countless ghosts, no less powerful than Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
The Golden-eyed White Tiger remained expressionless, showing no concern whatsoever for the appearance of its 'colleague', the Equinox Flower.
Roar! It let out a long howl to the sky, shaking the black mist that filled the sky. The Ghost Gate resonated with it, and the majestic gates trembled and roared. The boundless black mist walls on both sides began to churn and boil.
The various Evil Ghost patterns on the surface of the Ghost Gate shone with Nether Radiance, and at this moment they all came to life, protruding with ferocious appearances, crawling out of the gate, densely packed, heavy with black shadows, as if surging in like a dark Tide.
Buzzing! In an instant, as if on the fifteenth of July, the gates of hell opened wide, and countless ghosts roamed the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts, with numerous Evil Ghost, including many Monarch Level deities.
Boom! The two Summoned Beast clashed, the deafening roar shaking heaven and earth. Even the stable space of the Beast Tomb was torn apart, and dark cracks formed a spider web that covered the sky and earth. A torrent of colorful energy swept in all directions, shattering everything in its path.
Fortunately, the undead summoned by Lu Jun possessed the characteristics of False Life, revealing the essence of living beings and thus not being suppressed by Yulei's authority; otherwise, it would have been difficult for the Summoning System alone to compete with the myriad ghosts.
At the same time, his expression remained unchanged as he charged towards the Golden-eyed White Tiger, wielding the Tai'a Tai'a Sword.
Clang!
Lu Jun brandished his sword, and gold and water merged together, creating a vast and magnificent yellow and white sword light that rose up like a boundless ocean, with rolling Tide, and also like the powerful and sharp edge of a ten-thousand-golden sword, cleaving through the sky and landing fiercely on the Golden-eyed White Tiger.
In an instant, the Golden-eyed White Tiger felt a chill run down its spine, sensing a deadly danger. This attack had definitely reached the level of a forbidden spell, and Supreme Monarch would be utterly helpless before it.
Without hesitation, it tore open a narrow rift in the void with its tiger claws, revealing a phantom Ghost Gate underworld. The crack corresponded to the doorway, and then, with a flick of its body, it passed through and disappeared from this world.
With a whoosh, Lu Jun's supreme sword light swept across the illusory Ghost Gate, carrying endless destructive energy, and landed on the gate of the Immortal Ghost Gate.
Rumble! The majestic Ghost Gate of Hell shook violently, and the thick black mist from all directions dissipated in large swaths, as if sweeping away a vast ocean of black mist. The earth of the Tomb of the Fallen Nation trembled.
As the sword's trail of light swept far into the endless darkness, and the commotion subsided, a deep sword mark remained on the bronze-colored material of the Ghost Gate.
Seeing this, Lu Jun frowned. Yulei had another very troublesome method: opening the Ghost Gate, allowing him to freely travel between the Realm of Nine Nether and the Eighteen Levels of Hell. Ordinary attacks simply couldn't penetrate the 'Eighteen Levels of Hell'.
The hell mentioned here is a figurative term, more like the ever-changing space created by Space Mage.
However, the spatial dimension opened up by Yulei incorporated the power of death, possessing the characteristics of a deep spirit world. It was like an infinite set of nested dolls, one inside the other, spreading into the depths of nothingness.
And that's not even the most outrageous part.
Each generation of Descendant of Yulei can inherit the hellish space of their predecessors and continue to excavate it until even they themselves are unaware of how many layers of void there are and how much of their Ancestor's legacy is hidden within.
Fortunately, according to the Equinox Flower, the current Descendant of Yulei is a lucky being who has returned to his ancestral form in the Tomb of the Fallen Nation. Because it is too far removed from the time of Yulei, everything has been erased, and he was unable to inherit the legacy of his ancestors. He has to rely entirely on his own efforts to discover it.
Otherwise, the Golden-eyed White Tiger would no longer be the Guardian of the Ghost Gate, but a dignified Dominator Emperor and the master of the Tomb of the Undead.
Even so, no one below the Emperor could do anything about it.
However, this did not stump Lu Jun. He sneered, and a Triangular Dimensional Mirror leaped out from above his head. His vast Mental Power spread out, and countless thoughts probed into the void dimension, exploring one dimension after another.
In just a few seconds, Lu Jun locked onto the Descendant of Yulei at the bottom of the 'Eighteen Levels of Hell'.
Fusion Method, Three Thousand Worlds!
Lu Jun swung the Tai'a Sword once more, this time the platinum radiance and silver glow merged together, condensing into a dazzling silver-white sword light.
The sword light flashed and disappeared in an instant, traversing countless spaces and ignoring dimensional barriers, landing with unparalleled sharpness on a terrified Golden-eyed White Tiger deep within the void.
The fusion of the Space Element and Metal Element is a match made in heaven. The Metal Element's lethal sharpness, combined with the spatial element's unpredictable movements and the dimensional slashes that tear everything apart, is like adding wings to a tiger.
Thud! As expected, Yulei was struck by the transparent sword light, his body severed in two.
The next instant, the myriad ghosts surrounding Lu Jun froze, dissipating and transforming into countless wisps of black mist that returned to the Ghost Gate.