Chapter 480: Endless

Chapter 480: Chapter 480: Endless

Broken Soul Valley, the Imperial City’s Forbidden Land.

The moment Long Ao stepped into Broken Soul Valley, his expression filled with alarm.

He had to admit, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within Broken Soul Valley was far more abundant than outside. However, the space was permeated by a faint current that, if absorbed, would directly devour one’s soul.

That’s right. It didn’t attack; it simply devoured.

Long Ao dared not be the least bit careless, immediately circulating all his power to resist the devouring current.

Fortunately, this current wasn’t very powerful. As long as he paid some attention, it wouldn’t be drawn into his body.

Letting out a long sigh of relief, Long Ao slowly walked toward the depths of Broken Soul Valley.

Long Ao certainly didn’t fully trust what Duan He and Duan Kai had told him. He had chosen to enter Broken Soul Valley this time for two main reasons.

First, he had come to the Imperial City alone. If he had refused, there was no telling what the Imperial City might do, because Long Ao was one hundred percent certain that more powerful beings were hidden within it.

Second, Long Ao wanted to test himself by entering Broken Soul Valley. He needed to temper himself, even if it meant facing a life-or-death crisis.

Long Ao knew very well that his current Realm had hit a bottleneck. To break through, he needed an epiphany or new comprehension. However, there was another method: a trial of life and death.

Once he broke through to the Second Transformation of the Ninth Transformation Reincarnation Technique, his Realm would naturally advance to the Void Saint Realm as well. Of this, there was no doubt.

Broken Soul Valley.

Without entering, one could never understand the meaning behind its name.

After Long Ao set foot inside, he finally understood why Broken Soul Valley was named as such.

The meaning of its name was simple: the surrounding currents would forcibly enter your body and begin to devour your soul. The consequences of the slightest lapse in vigilance were unthinkable.

Before he knew it, Long Ao had already ventured deep into Broken Soul Valley.

The landscape was a mess of rubble, and eerie winds gusted about, creating a hair-raising atmosphere.

Before Long Ao could react, countless Ghosts suddenly appeared all around him, their emerald-green eyes locked onto him as they swarmed forward with a WHOOSH.

’Shit.’

Cursing inwardly, Long Ao could clearly sense that every single Ghost in the army that had suddenly appeared was at the Void Realm.

One or two would have been fine, but the problem was that tens of thousands of Ghosts had suddenly appeared. Among them were even some with the strength of a Realm Emperor. ’What does this mean?’

He instantly slashed out with the Blood-Drinking Mad Saber, his strike imbued with Heaven and Earth’s Momentum and Thunder Tribulation Power—both of which were the natural enemies of Ghosts.

Wherever the Sword Aura passed, it left a wake of blood and viscera, accompanied by wretched screams.

Ignoring their cries, Long Ao showed no mercy. He lived by a simple principle: to be merciful to one’s enemies is to be cruel to oneself. The slightest hesitation would get him devoured by the Ghosts, leaving not even a body to be buried.

In no time, Long Ao had already slain over a thousand Ghosts. But gradually, dozens of Realm Emperor Ghosts surrounded him. He could have handled one or two Realm Emperor Ghosts with ease, but now, thirty to fifty of them were swarming him at once. The outcome was easy to imagine.

With Ghosts swarming him from all directions, Long Ao had nowhere to run. His only choice was to fight to the death.

"Kill!" ℯ

The Blood-Drinking Mad Saber in his hand never paused. Each slash was faster and more powerful than the one before it, a relentless barrage. The Sword Auras were like streaks of thunder, continuously hacking at everything around him.

The Ghosts showed no fear of death, continuing to throw themselves at Long Ao like moths to a flame.

Cursing inwardly again, Long Ao thought, ’I never imagined the Ghosts in Broken Soul Valley would be this powerful, and they just keep pouring in without end. If this keeps up, when will it stop?’

Ghosts poured in endlessly from all directions, with the number of Realm Emperor Ghosts steadily increasing. Long Ao knew that if this continued, even if he wasn’t devoured, he would be exhausted to death.

’What on earth am I supposed to do?’

Long Ao’s mind raced, searching for any possible way to eliminate the Ghosts here.

With no other choice, Long Ao finally unleashed his Self-Created Martial Skill, Heaven and Earth Mourn Together. A terrifying tornado, infused with Heaven and Earth’s Momentum, swept toward all the surrounding Ghosts.

But it was the same problem as before. If there were only one or two, three or four, or even a dozen Ghosts, Long Ao was one hundred percent certain Heaven and Earth Mourn Together could annihilate them. The issue now, however, was that there were countless Ghosts in every direction.

Even if Heaven and Earth Mourn Together could devour all the surrounding Ghosts, Long Ao couldn’t use it indefinitely. At this rate, he would undoubtedly be exhausted to death.

Within the tornado.

The Ghosts’ speed and strength were greatly diminished. Shrouded by Heaven and Earth’s Momentum, Long Ao was like a descending War God, and he began to slaughter everything in his path.

Heaven and Earth Mourn Together continuously devoured the Ghosts, one after another. They were like moths to a flame, and the technique consumed as many as came.

In truth, what frustrated Long Ao the most wasn’t the endless stream of Ghosts, nor that they appeared by the thousands. His real frustration was that these Ghosts could neither be absorbed for power nor refined into Soul Slaves.

In other words, he could only destroy these so-called Ghosts outright.

Long Ao knew perfectly well that if he could devour these so-called Ghosts and either use Refinement to turn them into power or forge them into Soul Slaves, his own strength would increase exponentially. The benefits for his Sect’s development would be immeasurable.

Just imagine, if he could successfully refine them into Soul Slaves... once he succeeded, what a terrifying Corpse Slave Army that would be.

Not daring to be the least bit careless, Long Ao had just unleashed Heaven and Earth Mourn Together when he immediately cast it a second time without a moment’s pause. The tornado frantically devoured the surrounding Ghosts, but their numbers showed no sign of decreasing.

There were too many.

Endless Ghosts swarmed in from every direction. Long Ao knew with certainty that if this continued, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Long Ao simply couldn’t figure out where these endless Ghosts were coming from. As far as the eye could see, the area was completely barren.

’To shoot the rider, first shoot his horse. To capture the bandits, first capture their king.’

Long Ao knew that simply killing the Ghosts wouldn’t solve the root problem. The only way was to find their source. Only then could he stop them from spawning endlessly.

Unleashing a vicious slash, Long Ao’s body shot forward. He paid no heed to the enraged roars and miserable screams that erupted in his wake as he accelerated.

His senses on high alert, Long Ao desperately searched for the source, but he couldn’t find it no matter where he looked. ’Am I really going to be worked to death here?’

Of course, Long Ao would not choose to give up. He continued to slay the Ghosts swarming him from all sides while searching for their source.