The Summit

The chanting of the dead echoed continuously from the massive stone pillars, yet there was a well-ordered difference in elevation.

The lowest-ranking undead are undoubtedly the weakest, but they are also the most numerous.

If the dead souls can gather and ascend, these vast numbers of dead souls will break through the existing order and become members of a higher level of the stone pillars.

Continuously casting the Yin Entity Tracking Technique, a Technique Method that doesn't consume Law Power, Zhang Xuezhou saw countless frenzied and varied dead souls everywhere he looked.

A purple light shimmered in his hand, and the guiding light of the Yin Entity Tracking Technique bloomed like a flower, indicating that Zhang Xuezhou was surrounded by nothing but dead souls and Yin objects.

This war of encroaching territory was undoubtedly an unexpected event for Zhang Xuezhou. Afterwards, he needed to consider the significance of the changes in the stone pillar and whether he still needed to use the Yin Entity Tracking Technique to guide it.

The gathering of dead souls clearly has more than just the simple purpose of using the sound waves to find people; it is very likely related to the base of the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.

"If I leave this lower area and directly cast the Yin Entity Tracking Technique above, what will be the consequences? Will they still be so harmless? Is An Ran trapped by the dead souls higher up?"

Zhang Xuezhou looked around at the dazed, incoherent souls who only knew how to pray, chant, and fight instinctively, and his expression turned solemn as he gazed at the invisible height of the stone pillar.

If it weren't for the unusual behavior of Ren Anran and the others, his choice would have been uncertain.

But Ren Anran and the others were trapped for more than twenty days, so the rest of the answer is not hard to guess.

There is a powerful undead spirit likely lurking high above this stone pillar, tormenting Ren Anran and the others and making it difficult for them to escape.

"Up!"

His body slowly floated upwards.

The relatively slow speed effectively attracts the dead souls surrounding the stone pillar, and the endless layers of dead souls will eventually form a torrent strong enough to push upwards, destroying any powerful dead souls that stand in its way.

"As long as the void remains, I shall endure forever!"

"Those who believe in me will have eternal life!"

Reciting the words of the dead souls, Zhang Xuezhou used his Demonic Sound Technique to shout repeatedly, attracting hordes of dead souls to follow suit and gather around him.

Countless specks of light fell intermittently, clearly representing the constantly dying, changing, and growing of the undead souls pushing forward.

Whether it was out of modesty or because these undead souls found it difficult to benefit from their growth through battle, the stronger undead souls retreated in an orderly fashion, while the weaker undead souls continued to advance, completing round after round of replacement.

Beneath the stone pillar, the fallen souls that had turned into specks of light seemed to have undergone some kind of transformation, reverting to the weakest form of souls that followed behind.

This kind of death and reincarnation is similar to the Reincarnation Stone that Zhang Xuezhou saw in the secret place of the Underworld. However, the Reincarnation Stone is for the reincarnation of living beings that have just died, while here, dead souls die again and can be reincarnated as new Yin Soul in an endless Reincarnation.

"Eternal life?"

As Zhang Xuezhou recited these mechanical words, he also thought about the immortality mentioned in the text.

If this is immortality, it's probably a torment that drives people mad and from which they can never escape for eternity.

These dead souls clearly possessed no intelligence whatsoever, only mechanical and repetitive behaviors.

"I wonder what the dead souls at the top of the stone pillar look like?"

Zhang Xuezhou could not see the forms of the dead souls on the higher-level stone pillars; he could only sense the changes in the dead souls around him.

Whenever these dead souls win in constant battles, they will grow and transform, which may be similar to the forms of opposing dead souls in battle and conquest.

From their shadowy, emaciated state, these dead souls slowly grew stronger, and began to take on physical features, hair, and male-female characteristics.

It is clear that the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon are not alien beings, but rather have a form that is extremely similar to that of humans.

The only difference was that the other person had red skin, rather than the white or yellow skin that Zhang Xuezhou usually had.

Skin color is largely related to environmental factors. Over the years, continuous changes have led to the body adapting to the environment, which has gradually become a genetic inheritance, resulting in everyone having red skin.

From the source, Zhang Xuezhou believes that these people with red skin should also be classified as part of the human population.

"Insubordination..."

When the sound of spiritual energy vibrations came from afar, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but feel delighted, as he felt that he had finally encountered a different voice.

But his joy lasted less than two seconds. Before he could even see the other person, the speaker was torn to pieces and turned into specks of light that fell to the ground.

He looked down at his feet, and everything that came into his view transformed once again into the image of that abyssal hellfire; all he could see were the still-burning stones on the ground.

From the bottom to Zhang Xuezhou's location, which was nearly ten miles away, the quality of the dead souls he saw increased, while their numbers decreased.

When faced with the onslaught of the Sea of Dead Souls, these powerful dead souls were utterly helpless, just as the Sequence Holder were powerless against the beast tide in Qinmeng.

If the qualitative change cannot offset the quantitative change, these higher-level dead souls will be unable to completely defeat or kill the dead souls surging up from below, and will eventually be torn apart by the teleportation.

"An Ran!"

Amidst the almost unanimous chanting, Zhang Xuezhou would occasionally shout out, trying to find Ren Anran, who might be trapped.

"The armor has materialized?"

There was no response from Ren Anran in the stone pillar area, but the undead spirits surrounding Zhang Xuezhou began to appear, some wearing shimmering silver armor, their faces even displaying subtle expressions of arrogance.

Can you speak normally?

Zhang Xuezhou asked a question, and the arrogant-looking dead soul glanced at Zhang Xuezhou, then went back to shouting 'eternal life' and 'eternal existence' with fervor.

He had no choice but to give up; having these dead souls clearing the way was far better than encountering trouble himself.

For Zhang Xuezhou at this moment, he has been working his way up from the bottom, and the torrent of dead souls he has gathered is endless, and the momentum is almost there.

Using the purple light of the Yin Entity Tracking Technique as a guide, there were so many dead souls around him that Zhang Xuezhou couldn't even tell their numbers.

If these dead souls had a physical form, Zhang Xuezhou felt that they would be enough to spread out into a large army, thus extending for several miles in a square pattern.

If there were no undead souls attacking from a height above the stone pillar, he would have experienced a devastating sweep, and he wouldn't even have been able to see the undead souls blocking his way.

When he takes off from the bottom, he needs to constantly gather the surrounding dead souls to prevent them all from dying when he rushes upwards. But once the momentum is there, he only needs to keep flying upwards, and all those who stand in his way will be torn to shreds.

Even the seemingly Heaven and Earth black stone pillars eventually come to an end.

After flying twenty miles upwards from the bottom, Zhang Xuezhou could already see the tail of the stone pillar standing in the sky.

This is nearly 10,000 meters above the ground, almost the same height as the world's highest mountain where Zhang Xuezhou lives.

The 267-meter-circumference stone pillar is reduced to only 10 meters here, and the area is no longer just black stone, but a layer of stone with characteristics of gold, iron, glass, and gemstones, giving it a more luxurious appearance.

"You insubordinates have committed an unforgivable crime and deserve to be executed!"

Only after soaring upwards, almost reaching the top of the stone pillar, did Zhang Xuezhou hear the complete voice of the dead soul blocking his way, emanating from its spiritual fluctuations.