264: The Underworld Opens

"Let me see which is harder: your head or my fist!"

A strange smirk appeared on Su Yu's lips, and then his fists rained down on the Purple Gold Corpse King's head like a torrential storm.

Countless fist shadows bombarded the Purple Gold Corpse King's skull, physically smashing it deep into the ground.

The impact even caused a massive fissure to crack open in the earth.

Fortunately, this was Jue Chenzi's Grotto-Heaven, which was much sturdier than the outside world.

It wouldn't be destroyed so easily.

In comparison, this Purple Gold Corpse King wasn't nearly as tough; it was beaten beyond recognition by Su Yu's fists, its skull caving in.

The Purple Gold Corpse King's vitality was remarkably tenacious; it hadn't died even after such a beating.

Thus, Su Yu raised his fists once more.

Seeing Su Yu continue to brandish his fists, the Purple Gold Corpse King panicked, and a wave of begging for mercy was transmitted through its Divine Thought.

"I am willing to submit! Please spare my life!"

It knew the person before it wasn't Jue Chenzi, which was why it had turned violent, wanting to devour this stranger.

But it hadn't expected this person to be so powerful. It was on the verge of becoming a Gold Armored Corpse King and would have been able to withstand a strike from Jue Chenzi, yet this imposter had beaten it into a state where it couldn't even fight back.

The Purple Gold Corpse King felt that if it let him continue like this, it would definitely not be able to hold on.

One had to realize that this wasn't pure power; it was Physical Body strength laced with a massive amount of blood Qi, which was extremely damaging to a Corpse King.

It was second only to lightning and fire.

Otherwise, even if its Physical Body was smashed into pulp, as long as its essence remained, it would only take a single breath to recover.

But if it was bombarded by physical strength mixed with blood Qi, every strike would consume its essence. Once its essence was depleted, no matter how tenacious its vitality was, it could only perish in regret.

"Begging for mercy? You're a Corpse King and you've already learned to show weakness? Take another punch!"

Su Yu chuckled, then landed punch after punch.

Su Yu only stopped after he had exploded the Purple Gold Corpse King's head, forcing it to proactively hand over its Life Lock.

"If you had known this would happen, why act that way?"

The Life Lock was the most important thing for a Corpse King. Generally speaking, obtaining a Corpse King's Life Lock allowed one to control it.

For those who refined zombies, this item was a vital treasure that could prevent a Corpse King from going berserk or betraying them.

It could determine the Corpse King's life or death, so it was rarely left inside the Corpse King's body.

However, when a Purple Armored Corpse King advanced to a Gold Armored Corpse King, if the Life Lock wasn't inside its body, it would be destroyed by heavenly thunder during its Breakthrough and tribulation.

It was precisely for this reason that Jue Chenzi had placed the Life Lock inside this Purple Gold Corpse King's body.

Aside from better nurturing the Purple Gold Corpse King, Jue Chenzi also had absolute confidence in suppressing it, so he naturally didn't fear its betrayal.

After obtaining the Life Lock, Su Yu let it go.

In any case, since he was impersonating Jue Chenzi, it wouldn't make sense if he didn't have a few Corpse Kings on hand.

After successfully subduing the Purple Gold Corpse King, Su Yu gave it a name. Since it was so weak and unsubstantial, why not call it Kun?

"From now on, your name is Kun."

Su Yu thought of something, and a mischievous grin appeared on his face.

Hearing this, Kun was somewhat bewildered; it felt that the name its new master had given it was very strange.

But the priority right now was to recover its exploded head.

It used its Divine Thought to request Su Yu to let it return to the blood pool to absorb blood and heal its injuries.

Only after Su Yu agreed did it dare to return to the blood pool.

Just like that, time passed quickly, and it was already the sixth day of the seventh month.

On this day, all the Ghost Saints in the Xuanming Land had to head to the Netherworld gateway in advance.

No one dared to be late.

After all, the temperaments of the Reception Messengers varied; if one encountered a bad-tempered one, they might face retaliation for being late.

At best, they would be injured; at worst, their cultivation would be severely damaged.

Su Yu naturally wouldn't be the exception, so he brought several quasi-Purple Armored Corpse Kings and Kun along to the Netherworld gates.

Fortunately, Chi Wang City was very close to the Netherworld gateway; one day was enough for Su Yu to arrive.

By the time Su Yu arrived, over a thousand Ghost Saints had already gathered here.

It seemed that the Ghost Saints from dozens of surrounding Netherworld Realms were all here.

When the Ghost Saints saw Su Yu approaching, they all looked over. Some who recognized him had a flash of wariness in their eyes and immediately turned their heads away.

Those who didn't know him, the newly ascended Ghost Saints, sized him up curiously.

After all, among everyone present, he was the last to arrive; the others had already come as early as the first day of the seventh month.

"Hmph!"

Seeing this, Su Yu adopted Jue Chenzi's arrogant attitude and unleashed Divine Soul attacks at those looking at him without any hesitation.

For a moment, these Ghost Saints felt a sharp pain in their Sea of Consciousness, and their Divine Souls were shaken.

However, they were Ghost Saints after all; even the new ones only felt a momentary sting before quickly neutralizing the Divine Soul attack and glaring at Su Yu.

Just as they were about to say something, Ghost Saints from the same Netherworld Realm who were on good terms with them explained "Jue Chenzi's" background.

Jue Chenzi had a Ghost Immortal Grand Aunt Ancestor who served as a Chief in the Youdu Prefecture.

Unless one was also a direct descendant of a Ghost Immortal, they wouldn't easily provoke him.

Therefore, they could only swallow this small grievance.

Seeing this, some of the more mischievous Ghost Saints had a smirk in their eyes.

It seemed they had also gone through the same thing back then.

After all, the Lifespan of a Ghost Saint was much longer than that of most members of the Human Race or other races.

They easily had hundreds of thousands of years of Lifespan and didn't have to face the Great Heavenly Tribulation.

Aside from the Immortal Tribulation being incredibly difficult and having more weaknesses, they seemed much stronger than most races in the Spirit Realm.

Those who had previously experienced the Youdu Convention had naturally suffered through such frustrations before.

Su Yu found a random spot to sit down, then closed his eyes to regulate his breath, quietly waiting for the seventh day of the seventh month.

Time soon arrived at the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh month!

A ten-thousand-foot-tall gateway suddenly emitted a deep golden light.

Immediately after, the light intensified, and a thick aura like a sea of stars rushed toward them.

As the two doors slowly opened, a middle-aged man with an immortal air, shrouded in immortal light and floating a foot above the ground, drifted out.

This person was clearly a Ghost Immortal of the Netherworld!

"I am the Reception Messenger for this Youdu Convention, Daoist name Venerable Lu Ling.

Some of you may recognize me and are clear on the rules for entering the Netherworld.

However, I must emphasize them once more!

First, during the convention, you are not allowed to cause trouble or provoke incidents in the Youdu Prefecture.

Second, after the convention ends, if you have no hope of Undergoing Tribulation and Ascension to the Immortal Realm to become a True Immortal, you may choose to join the Youdu Prefecture.

After all, in the Youdu Prefecture, the probability of becoming a Ghost Immortal is much higher than becoming a True Immortal.

Aside from being unable to perfectly convert your Physical Body into a living yang body, a yin body is sufficient to provide a certain level of resistance against Heavenly Tribulations and other methods used to suppress the Ghost Race.

If you feel you are certain of ascending to the Immortal Realm, you may return to your respective Netherworld Realms on your own.

Without being registered in the Youdu Prefecture's census, you absolutely cannot stay here for long.

Once the convention ends, if you are still loitering in the Youdu Prefecture, your Reception Jade Token will lose its original effect. At that time, Ghost Immortals will personally hunt you down!

Once caught, you will be thrown into the Yama Prison!"