316: Absolute dominance in terms of status

As Chen Nian took the lead, the others followed closely behind.

However, passing through the shattered Barrier, the scene before them instantly turned upside down!

Outside the Barrier was a dim but relatively normal valley terrain.

Inside the Barrier, it was as if they had stepped into another terrifying world that was completely twisted and desecrated!

The entire Soul Burial Valley had been completely transformed and tainted by dark red Evil Energy.

The sky was no longer gray mist, but had condensed into a thick, viscous layer of dark red blood clouds that constantly rolled and writhed.

Huge, distorted faces of pain appeared from time to time in the clouds, screaming silently.

Emitting a despair and malice that made the Soul tremble.

The ground was no longer rock and soil, but had turned into a strange substance similar to some kind of living tissue.

The surface was covered with thick, dark red veins pulsating like blood vessels.

Stepping on it felt a slight rising and falling, with a nauseating warmth and sliminess.

The air was filled with a bloody and foul smell so thick it wouldn't dissipate.

As well as an invisible but Soul-piercing aura of a malicious curse.

This aura was like countless cold thin needles, trying to penetrate everyone's pores.

Corroding spiritual power, corrupting will, bringing waves of dizziness, palpitations, and inexplicable fear.

Even more heart-pounding was the sense of spatial distortion.

As far as the eye could see, the scenery seemed to be slightly shaking, stretching, and deforming, as if the Laws were being forcibly twisted.

Gravity became chaotic, sometimes heavy as iron, sometimes light as a feather.

The sense of direction was almost lost, and they could only barely move forward by sensing the energy source.

Fairy Ling Shuang of the Kunlun Ruins frowned deeply, her slender hand tightly gripping the hilt of her sword.

For the first time, a look of solemnity appeared on her cold and beautiful face.

"What a terrifying negative field, my Sword Heart is actually being shaken..."

"These resentments are trying to pollute my Dao Foundation!"

Sword Qi circulated around her spontaneously, isolating the gray mist and whispering resentments that tried to approach.

But the consumption was clearly not small.

Sword Without Trace of Shushan also had a grim expression.

The ancient sword on his back hummed softly, emitting a cold Sword Intent to protect his body:

"It's not just resentment; the spatial Laws here have been twisted, and the flow of spiritual power is sluggish by more than thirty percent."

"Staying for a long time, I'm afraid my cultivation will be damaged!"

An accompanying old monk put his hands together, and a faint golden Buddhist light rose around him, purifying the approaching phantom Vengeful Spirits.

But cold sweat was already visible on his forehead, clearly a huge consumption:

"Amitabha..."

"This is a place of great evil and wickedness, where ten thousand years of resentment have accumulated, forming an Absolute Yin Death Domain."

"If an ordinary Cultivator enters here, in less than a moment, their mind will be lost, and they will become a mad demon who only knows hatred."

The powerhouses of various sects used their means to resist, their faces all looking bad.

They could clearly feel their own spiritual power, Mental Energy, and even life force.

Were being slowly and continuously eroded and drained by this strange environment.

As if the entire valley was a living, greedy cursed beast, wanting to digest and devour all intruders.

"We shouldn't stay here long; we must end this quickly!"

Captain Wang Zhen said in a deep voice.

His eyes alertly scanned the writhing "flesh earth" and twisted space.

His whole person was serious and ready for anything.

However, in front of them—

Chen Nian was walking at the very front as if nothing was wrong.

He didn't even prop up any form of protective energy, just strolling on the writhing ground like that.

As if he wasn't stepping on nauseating flesh and veins, but an ordinary country path.

Occasionally, he even looked up, curiously observing the Vengeful Spirits circling in the air.

Or listened sideways to those heart-piercing whispered curses.

That appearance didn't look like he was entering a dragon's den or facing a world-ending crisis.

Instead, it was like he was visiting some peculiar "natural landscape," even looking a bit... bored?

For a moment, everyone was dumbfounded and incredulous.

Fairy Ling Shuang's eyes widened as she looked at Chen Nian's back, which hadn't even been touched by the gray mist on his clothes.

The shock in her heart was beyond measure: "The curse and resentment here seem to have no effect on Senior Chen at all?"

Sword Without Trace also stared fixedly at Chen Nian's surroundings.

It wasn't that there were no energy fluctuations there.

But all the gray mist, resentment, and whispered curses that tried to get close.

When they entered the range of three feet around him, they silently dissipated and were annihilated.

Not even a single ripple was stirred.

That wasn't resistance, but... ignoring?

Or rather, it was absolute suppression of status.

This negative energy, enough to erode high-level Cultivators, didn't even have the qualification to get close to Special Commissioner Chen!

The old Taoist Zhang Mingyuan's beard trembled, his eyes full of shock and reverence:

"Senior Chen's cultivation... just what Realm has it reached?"

"Untouched by ten thousand evils, difficult for all Laws to approach..."

"This is already the supreme Dao Realm of 'Untouched by All Laws' from the legends!"

At this moment, Chen Nian even casually commented, his tone carrying unconcealed dislike:

"The decoration style here is quite unique."

"It's just that the color tone is too dark, the screams of the Vengeful Spirits are too noisy, and it lacks aesthetic sense."

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was shocked.

What the hell?

Senior Chen Nian hadn't taken these things seriously the whole time.

He even treated this place as some kind of tourist attraction?

For a moment, everyone felt both shocked and it seemed natural.

In their hearts, their assessment of Chen Nian's strength was once again raised infinitely.

At the same time, they were also deeply encouraged, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Senior Chen was so composed, treating the dangerous place like a smooth path.

How could they show cowardice? How could they hold him back?

So, they grit their teeth and lifted their spirits.

They quickened their pace, trying hard to keep up with Chen Nian's steps, while also observing the surroundings more vigilantly.

However, just then—

"Hmm?"

Fairy Ling Shuang's Divine Sense was the most sensitive.

She suddenly felt, under a patch of twisted flesh carpet to the side and front.

A few extremely obscure but malicious energy fluctuations were coming through!

She immediately cried out: "Watch out! There's an ambush!"

The others were also reacting, their spiritual power surging, preparing to deal with the sneak attack.

The result—

Before they could fully react.

Chen Nian, in front, seemed to have already perceived it; without even turning his head, he just casually raised his left hand.

Towards the direction Fairy Ling Shuang warned, and several other areas with faint fluctuations, he gave a light wave.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Several beams of dark green energy, condensed to the extreme and emitting an aura of annihilation—Nether Shock!

Like precisely guided scythes of the Death God, they instantly erupted, shooting towards those directions!

The speed was so fast it surpassed visual capture!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The deafening explosions rang out almost simultaneously!

Those patches of "flesh walls," "stone piles," and "shadows" that seemed no different from their surroundings.

Under the terrifying power of Nether Shock, they were like tofu thrown into high explosives, blowing apart!