166: Chapter 165 [The Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm] and [Boiling Fire Yin Soldiers]

Chapter 165 [ Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm ] and [ Boiling Fire Nether Soldier ]

For a moment, Sun Po felt his brain short-circuiting a bit. What did it mean that [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] was in trouble?

But the system voice immediately following let Sun Po understand: "MOD [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] failed to load, [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] quality remains unchanged."

So the so-called "in trouble" meant a loading failure. Fortunately, after the [ Huzhang ] incident, Sun Po had harvested a trace of [ Power of Merit ], causing the [ mod loading system ] to mutate, so there would no longer be situations where card material loading failed and caused a drop in star rating.

Because of this, the star rating of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] did not change.

But at this moment, [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] was holding the [ bawang pidi sword ], his double pupils spinning rapidly, and he spoke:

"My lord, the true spirit of [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] is still there, but it has been bound in a secret realm. Through the horse token, I can feel the anger of [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ]."

Sun Po asked: "General Xiang, can you sense the true spirit of [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] and where its true spirit is now?"

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] said instead: "Having gone through life and death with [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] for many years, we have long had a telepathic connection in our minds. With the help of this horse token, I can naturally sense it more clearly. [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] can also feel my summons, but it seems to be trapped above a great river. The fire on that great river is monstrous, glowing red as if the entire river is burning. Someone who bears the same power as me, uses the same type of weapon, and rides a crimson giant horse has besieged [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] and some of my former old generals."

Sun Po asked: "Where is this secret realm? Does General Xiang know?"

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] said instead: "Can my lord summon me to manifest my true body?"

Sun Po naturally agreed, and he silently chanted in his heart:

"[ Overlord Xiang Yu ]!! Manifest!!"

At this time, only three days had passed since [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] used the Overlord's Arrival, and there were still four days until full recovery. Sun Po knew that the state of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] was not good at this moment.

Orange light flickered, and [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] appeared.

Between the scabbard and the blade of the [ bawang pidi sword ] in his hand, a trace of pitch-black light was revealed—it was the familiar [ Demon Gods Mighty Power ] of the realm.

The double pupils of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] spun rapidly, as if a crimson world was reflecting within them.

"Clang!!"

The long sword in the hand of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] suddenly lay horizontally, and the sword hum erupted violently.

However, the clear sword hum was accompanied by an extremely slow sword-drawing sound. A mouthful of blood suddenly spewed from the mouth of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ], and the cold light of the [ bawang pidi sword ] was revealed bit by bit. That clear "clang" sword hum seemed to be infinitely prolonged, lingering for a long time.

Accompanied by the sword light was also the familiar dark light. The dark light was like an invisible sharp knife. Wherever it passed, space was fiercely slashed open to reveal a terrifying fissure. As soon as the fissure revealed a small opening, an extremely scorching aura rushed out.

Around the terrifying fissure, countless dense pitch-black lightning bolts were like cracks on delicate porcelain, and behind the dense pitch-black lightning, one could faintly hear the sound of wind and see red light.

"Pfft!"

Another large mouthful of blood spewed from [ Overlord Xiang Yu ]. He was still struggling to pull out the [ bawang pidi sword ], but his complexion was exceptionally terrible.

The voice of [ Wuzhiqi ] sounded in Sun Po's mind: "This big dummy is exhausting his own origin to use his ability, just like Liu Bang in the [ Jinshan Temple ] secret realm exhausted his origin for [ Liu Jianren ]. If the big dummy's origin is exhausted, he will end up just like that [ Liu Bang, Son of the Red Emperor ]! Master, stop him!!"

But [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] suddenly shouted angrily: "Foul-mouthed monkey, shut up!!"

As he spoke, his eyes widened in anger, and his pair of rotating double pupils spun rapidly, as if they were about to bulge out completely.

The extra-long sword hum of the [ bawang pidi sword ] finally ended, leaving behind an extremely long tail-note.

It was as if [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] held the [ bawang pidi sword ] to slash horizontally, hitting something extremely hard, and finally used all his strength to slash it open. His figure was pulled into a sudden turn, and then he staggered and almost fell to the ground, barely standing by leaning on the [ bawang pidi sword ].

Sun Po had long since taken out the three golden [ tianhe exclusive spirit-replenishing pill ] he had stored and handed them to the side of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ]'s hand, but [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] pushed Sun Po's hand away and said:

"My lord, this thing is useless for my [ Demon Gods Mighty Power ]. Keep it for that foul-mouthed monkey to use. I will go and return shortly."

As he spoke, he leaned on the [ bawang pidi sword ] and pushed himself up with great effort, still standing as majestic as a tiger and a pine tree.

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] was about to raise his hand to touch the terrifying fissure faintly revealing fiery red, but was suddenly stopped by a not-so-large hand.

The body of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] slowly dissipated, turning into an orange card floating in mid-air.

Sun Po reached out and pinched the card. Yet he heard the voice of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] resound in Sun Po's heart:

"My lord, this subordinate relied on this horse token to find the secret realm where [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] is located. This subordinate has already broken open space, and in just a moment, I can go to that secret realm to fetch [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] back. However, this is this subordinate's own mount, and I really shouldn't trouble my lord. I only hope my lord will permit this subordinate to go to that secret realm to rescue my mount."

Sun Po didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Big brother, you are my card. After loading the MOD for you, it failed to load, and you told me the problem was in this secret realm. Even vomiting blood, you brought the entrance of this secret realm right in front of my eyes. Now you're telling me that you want to enter the secret realm alone, vomiting blood, to rescue your horse?

This isn't that you are incompetent; if I really let you do this, then I would be the incompetent one.

Although he knew this was caused by the [ true name card ] being affected by the personality of his past life, Sun Po still felt that [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] was indeed too arrogant.

He was even so arrogant that during his period of weakness, he was unwilling to ask his own Card Maker for help, but instead personally went to open a fissure in a secret realm to save his own horse.

Sun Po didn't speak. He reached out and touched the fissure that faintly revealed a fiery red, and immediately his whole body was sucked directly into the fissure, and the fissure disappeared as well.

When Sun Po opened his eyes again, before him was a sea of fiery red.

Incessant gales fueled unquenchable flames raging across this great river. Iron chains on warships wound around heroic spirits swallowed by the blazing fire.

The charred earth, towering burning wrecks of giant warships, red-hot iron chains,

tattered flags bearing the character "Cao" floating on the boiling river surface, and dense charred corpses in the water like boiled dumplings.

Looking closely, Sun Po discovered that damaged armor could faintly be seen on those charred corpses.

What was even more bizarre was that these charred corpses were actually swimming in the boiling river water, cruising about in the river like the water ghosts Sun Po had seen before. Sun Po had never seen such monsters before; they looked like [ Nether Soldier ]s, and somewhat like water ghosts, yet they were different from both.

Extremely dazzling and scorching flames burned on their bodies, dense like dumplings dropped into a pot. The firelight on their bodies illuminated the boiling river water as bright as day.

Sun Po took out the officially standard-issue watch and began identification. Soon, a light blue light screen was projected by the watch:

[ Data Matched ]

Monster Name: [ Boiling Fire Nether Soldier ]

Infested Secret Realm: [ Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm ]

Rating: [ Blue 3-Star ]

Trait: [ Boiling Fire ]

Skills: [ Boiling Fire Slam ], [ Burst ]

Description: [ Nether soldiers born from the strange nether spirits produced after the death of elite veterans who died by fire and were buried in water, further mixed and condensed with river water, the aura of military disasters, and the aura of flame disasters. Truly rare. ]

At this point, how could Sun Po still fail to guess which secret realm this was.

Back when he entered the [ Wujiang Secret Realm ], he had seen monsters like [ Nether Soldier ]s, and at that time the watch showed that among the secret realms they infested was one called the [ Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm ].

Coupled with that all-encompassing red firelight, the howling easterly winds, and the Cao-character giant banner on the river surface, everything was pointing to the legendary [ Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm ]

Moreover, the [ Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm ] was an old secret realm that had long been swept through countless times, so naturally quite a bit of intelligence had leaked out.

There were no high-level monsters in this secret realm, only various [ Nether Soldier ]s. One of them was the monster unique to this secret realm, the [ Boiling Fire Nether Soldier ].

Just as the description said, the formation conditions for [ Boiling Fire Nether Soldier ] were extremely harsh. It required two types of disaster auras mixed with river water, plus nether spirits who died by fire and were buried in water to form.

Under such conditions, among the secret realms within the territory, only the [ Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm ] could achieve it.

The number of these [ Boiling Fire Nether Soldier ]s was almost endless. As long as the river water did not run dry, these [ Boiling Fire Nether Soldier ]s would not disappear.

The physical strength of this monster was not very strong, and there was no difference from ordinary gray-white nether soldiers.

The reason it was a blue monster was mainly because of that strange [ Boiling Fire ] trait.

This was a flame that constantly splashed and boiled like boiling water. It was crimson overall, but the core of the flame was a rather cold white.

This made the temperature of this [ Boiling Fire ] seem even higher than that of ordinary flames.

The facts were indeed so. This [ Boiling Fire ] not only had a temperature far higher than ordinary flames, but also contained a small amount of the two disaster auras. Moreover, it had a splashing trait, making numerous Card Makers who faced [ Boiling Fire Nether Soldier ]s miserable beyond words.

But Sun Po merely glanced at these [ Boiling Fire Nether Soldier ]s and then looked away.

Simply because there was an even more magnificent scene in the sky that attracted Sun Po's attention.

That was a horse over three meters tall, a black steed struggling in the crimson sky.

Its four hooves stepped on snow-white wind clusters, resembling four pure white streams of light. Blood-red light flashed in its eyes, and that blood-red color appeared extremely dazzling even in the crimson sky, resembling a dot of even deeper red upon a blurred red canvas.

At this moment, that black steed neighed with extreme fury, its neck looped with a scorching and glowing lasso.

Looking closely, Sun Po recognized that it was a whip—a whip woven from magma.

Drip-drop, droplets of magma liquid dripped down from that whip. The whip was extremely long, extending all the way from high altitude down beneath the river water.

The entire long magma whip was like a tether rope, tying down that miraculous black horse, making it unable to break free no matter how it neighed and struggled in the crimson sky.

Upon seeing that horse, the emotions of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] became even more furious. Even inside [ Tianhe Budu ], Sun Po could feel that irrepressible anger.

The next second, the voice of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] rang out:

"My lord, this subordinate requests battle! That black horse in the sky is precisely the mount [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] of this subordinate in my past life. This subordinate also wants to see who dares to seize [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ]."

Sun Po originally wanted to let [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] not go into battle; after all, the sequelae of using the Overlord's Arrival had not yet recovered.

But considering that he had almost abandoned himself, [ Wuzhiqi ], and a group of other cards earlier just for him to rescue [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ], telling him directly not to fight now seemed somewhat inappropriate.

Sun Po thought for a moment and said: "Alright, General Xiang can stay aside to watch the battle and guard the flanks, and do not make a move lightly. After all, your vitality has not yet recovered. If we encounter a powerful enemy that none of us can solve, it won't be too late for General Xiang to make a move."

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] was silent for a moment, then said: "This subordinate obeys."

Immediately, Sun Po chanted silently in his heart: "[ Overlord Xiang Yu ]!! Manifest!!"

As Sun Po's voice fell, the weak but still majestic [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] appeared out of thin air in front of Sun Po.

With the appearance of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ], the blood-red light in the eyes of the steed in the sky—whose coat was like dark clouds and four hooves like white light—grew even stronger. The neigh of this [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] grew increasingly high-pitched, its struggle became even more violent, and the magma-woven whip squeezed deep charred marks into its flesh.

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] watched with his fists clenched tightly, yet he still waited for Sun Po's command.

Sun Po shook his wrists and silently chanted in his heart: "[ Black Rhino Armor ]!! Combine!! [ Wuzhiqi ]!! Manifest!! [ Zhong Kui ]!! Manifest!!"

In just a flash, with his thoughts spinning lightning-fast, Sun Po had already summoned all his combat sequences.

The [ Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm ] was also designated as an A-rank secret realm by the authorities. There used to be some gold-quality monsters in it, but by now it had long been combed through like a sieve over and over again by generations of Card Makers, leaving behind only some blue-purple [ Boiling Fire Nether Soldier ]s.

Such large public secret realms were not always open. Sun Po previously only thought that the official forces were unable to wipe out these secret realms within the territory, which was why they were allowed to exist continuously. But judging from Sun Po's experience these past few days, secret realms below A-rank within the territory posed no threat at all to the authorities.

Even including the great clans, everyone's attention was focused outside the territory. From Sun Po's current power level perspective, the secret realms within the territory seemed more like training grounds left behind by the authorities and major clans for the next generation, as well as fields for growing the next generation.

But pest-like extraterritorial entities would occasionally dart into these fields, causing tremendous trouble to them. For example, the Lu family guarding the B-rank [ Shanjun Temple ] secret realm ended up destroyed precisely because the extraterritorial monster [ Dark Tiger ] sneaked into the [ Shanjun Temple ] secret realm.

And right before his eyes, the aura emitted by [ Snow-Treading Wuzhui ] itself in the sky was already at the level of a purple monster. An entity capable of tying it down with a magma whip was at least of the orange level.

Yet the [ Chibi Purgatory Secret Realm ], which had already been sieved countless times by numerous Card Makers, rarely even had purple-quality [ Nether Soldier ]s, so where would an orange monster come from? The greatest possibility was that this time's entity was once again a monster that had drifted in from outside the territory.