313: Chapter 313 Breaking a Heavy Sword Barehanded! Crushing the Skeleton King, the Mysterious Map of the Underworld!

The Skeleton King gripped the heavy black sword with both hands and raised it high above its head.

A black Sword Qi over a dozen zhang long erupted from the blade.

The surrounding air seemed to have been drained away.

The heavy pressure caused the stone slabs on the ground to shatter, and large clouds of dust flew up.

"Die!"

The Skeleton King roared. The heavy sword, carrying a dull whistling sound, slashed straight down towards Su Yang's head.

The Sword Qi plowed a deep trench into the ground, and gravel sprayed in all directions.

Su Yang did not dodge.

He raised his right arm, which was burning with golden flames, and smashed it directly against the blade.

"Clang!"

A deafening metallic clashing sound rang out.

Sparks flew everywhere, illuminating the dim underground space.

The black heavy sword stopped above Su Yang's fist, unable to advance even half an inch further.

There wasn't even a white mark left on Su Yang's fist.

The purple flames in the Skeleton King's eye sockets flickered violently.

This sword weighed ten thousand jin, and combined with its strength, it could even split mountains.

How could it be blocked today by a human using only his fist?

"Scrap iron."

Su Yang coldly spat out these two words.

The Pure Yang True Fire on his fist surged instantly, spreading up along the blade.

The high temperature burned the black heavy sword until it turned red-hot.

With a crisp "crack" sound, the heavy sword snapped in two from the middle.

Half of the blade fell to the ground, smashing out a deep pit.

The Skeleton King held onto the remaining half of the hilt and retreated repeatedly, appearing somewhat flustered.

Su Yang exerted force under his feet, his body transforming into a streak of golden light as he instantly charged in front of the Skeleton King.

He raised his right fist and smashed it directly onto the Skeleton King's chest.

"Bang!"

The hard black battle armor shattered instantly. The Skeleton King's chest bone was punched through, leaving a large hole that one could see through.

The golden flames burrowed into its body, burning wildly.

"Ah—"

The Skeleton King threw away the hilt, clutched its chest with both hands, and let out a shrill, miserable scream.

Its body flew backward, crashing heavily against the White Bone Altar.

The altar collapsed by half from the impact.

Countless bones rolled down, hitting the ground with crisp clattering sounds.

Su Yang walked over leisurely.

The Skeleton King struggled to get up.

The purple flames in its eye sockets had become extremely dim, and its skeleton was covered in cracks.

"Human... you cannot win... Master will avenge me..."

The Skeleton King's voice was weak, filled with intense unwillingness.

"Too much nonsense."

Su Yang raised his right foot and stepped directly onto the Skeleton King's head.

"Crack."

The skull shattered instantly. The purple flames were extinguished completely.

The massive skeleton scattered all over the ground, turning into a pile of greyish-white powder.

After the Skeleton King died, a purple crystal core fell from mid-air.

Su Yang reached out and caught it.

The crystal core contained pure Yin-attribute spiritual power.

"This thing is beneficial to you all, who wants it?"

Su Yang turned around and looked at the few women.

Chu Ling's eyes lit up, and she was just about to speak.

Mary had already flown over one step ahead.

"Boss, give it to me! This thing is shiny, it's really pretty."

Su Yang tossed the purple crystal core to Mary. "Take it and play."

Mary caught it happily and held it in her hands, examining it carefully.

Bai Li walked over, waving her round fan. She looked at the collapsed White Bone Altar, a trace of doubt flashing in her eyes.

"Su Yang, there is something underneath this altar."

Bai Li pointed at the ruins of the altar and said.

Su Yang looked in the direction Bai Li was pointing.

After the altar collapsed, a huge black stone platform was revealed.

Complex Formation patterns were carved onto the stone platform.

In the center of the Formation, there was a square bronze box.

The surface of the bronze box had no seams, looking like a single piece.

Su Yang stepped onto the stone platform and reached out to pick up the bronze box.

The box was very heavy and cold to the touch.

It seemed to be filled with liquid, as one could hear the sound of water when shaking it.

"Boss, what kind of treasure is this?"

Qin Xueji gathered her courage and walked over, asking curiously.

Su Yang did not answer.

He mobilized the Pure Yang True Qi within his body and injected it into the bronze box.

The surface of the box lit up with a dazzling red light.

Immediately after, there was a crisp "click" sound.

The lid on top of the box popped open.

A thick smell of blood wafted out from the box, so pungent it made people unable to open their eyes.

Everyone looked closely and saw that the box was filled with red blood.

A yellowed piece of parchment was floating on the surface of the blood.

Su Yang picked up the parchment with two fingers.

A map was drawn on the parchment.

The destination of the map was marked with a blood-red palace.

Next to it were written three ancient characters: Yellow Springs Palace.

"Yellow Springs Palace?"

Su Yang looked at the words on the map, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"Bai Li, do you know this place?" Su Yang asked.

Bai Li stepped forward and looked carefully at the map on the parchment.

"The Yellow Springs Palace is one of the core areas of the Netherworld. Legend says that the supreme treasure of the Netherworld—Yellow Springs Water—is stored inside. This map should be the route to the Yellow Springs Palace." Bai Li's voice was somewhat excited.

"Yellow Springs Water? What is it used for?" Mary asked curiously.

"Cleansing the Divine Soul and reshaping the Physical Body. For the Yao Race and ghost cultivators, it is a priceless treasure," Bai Li explained.

"Good stuff. Since we have the map, let's go visit this Yellow Springs Palace." Su Yang put away the parchment.

Just at this moment, the entire underground space began to shake violently.

Huge cracks appeared on the surrounding stone walls.

Gravel kept falling from overhead, hitting the ground with a rumble.

"Not good, this place is going to collapse!" Chu Ling shouted loudly.

Once the Skeleton King died, the Formation supporting the underground space also collapsed along with it.

Su Yang did not panic.

He released his Pure Yang True Qi, forming a golden shield that enveloped everyone within it.

"Let's go, follow the map's route to leave this place."

Su Yang took the lead and walked off the stone platform.

The map indicated that the exit was in a secret passage behind the altar.

Everyone quickened their pace and rushed into the secret passage.

The secret passage was pitch black.

Su Yang ignited a ball of Pure Yang True Fire at his fingertips, illuminating the path ahead.

The ground was very damp and covered with green moss.

Black water droplets seeped from the walls on both sides, emitting a foul odor.

After walking for over ten minutes, dozens of blood-red eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness ahead.

A rustling sound of crawling came from ahead.

Dozens of black spiders, each the size of a calf, crawled over along the walls and the cave ceiling.

On the backs of the spiders grew twisted human faces, looking very eerie.

"What kind of ghost thing is this!" Mary exclaimed.

"Human-Faced Demon Spiders, they like to eat the flesh and blood of living people," Bai Li explained.

The Human-Faced Demon Spiders spat out white spider webs, covering the sky and earth as they descended upon the group.

The spider webs were covered in green venom, emitting corrosive sounds as they landed on the stone walls.

"Let me handle this." Chu Ling stepped forward.

She formed seals with her hands, and a surge of eerie blue cold energy erupted from her palms.

The cold energy instantly froze all the incoming spider webs.

The spider webs fell to the ground, shattering into a pile of ice shards.

Chu Ling did not stop; the cold energy continued to spread forward.

Before the dozens of Human-Faced Demon Spiders could even escape, they were frozen into ice sculptures, maintaining their baring-fangs and brandishing-claws poses.

"Well done."

Su Yang praised her.

The group continued to advance.

After walking for another ten minutes or so, the path ahead was blocked by a thick, heavy stone door.

Two ferocious-looking evil ghosts were carved onto the stone door, holding steel forks in their hands, as if they could come alive at any moment.

Su Yang walked to the front of the stone door, raised his right fist directly, and smashed it hard against the stone door.

"Boom!"

The thick stone door shattered into pieces instantly.

Gravel flew, and the gate swung open.

Behind the door was a spacious underground cavern.

In the center of the cavern, there was an underground river several meters wide.

The river water appeared a strange dark yellow, the current was swift, and it emitted a deafening roar.

Grey mist drifted on the surface of the river.

In the mist, one could faintly hear shrill, miserable screams.

"This is the Nether River marked on the map."

Bai Li pointed at the river ahead and said.

"To reach the Yellow Springs Palace, one must cross this river."

Su Yang walked to the riverbank and lowered his head to take a look at the river water.

In the river water, countless pale human faces were rising and falling.

These human faces had expressions of pain and mouths wide open, seemingly wanting to pull the people on the shore into the river.

"Truly disgusting."

Mary retreated two steps.

Qin Xueji was even more frightened, her face turning pale as she grabbed Chu Ling's arm tightly.

There was no bridge on the river, nor was there a boat.

Su Yang brushed the gravel off his hands.

"If there's no boat, we'll build one ourselves."

Su Yang walked to a thick stone pillar on the shore.

This stone pillar was more than a person's width thick and over ten meters long, supporting the cavern.

Su Yang raised his right leg and kicked the base of the stone pillar.

"Bang!"

The stone pillar snapped from the base and fell to the ground, emitting a huge roar.

Su Yang bent down, picked up the stone pillar, and threw it with force.

The huge stone pillar spanned across the Nether River, its two ends resting steadily on the rocks of the two banks.

"Walk across." Su Yang patted the dust off his hands.

He took the lead and walked onto the stone pillar.

The surface of the stone pillar was very slippery, and the river was filled with mist, making visibility very poor.

Su Yang walked very steadily.

Chu Ling and Bai Li followed closely behind.

Mary simply flapped her wings and flew across.

Qin Xueji walked at the very end.

She was wearing high heels, her body swaying, appearing to struggle greatly.

When she reached the middle of the river, a gust of strong wind blew past.

Qin Xueji slipped, lost her balance, and tumbled straight down into the river.

"Ah—"

Qin Xueji let out a scream.