Repugnant Gateway

Chapter 399 - Guardian

Chapter 399 – Guardian

A woman’s voice floated through the fog. It sounded like she was reciting something, but it also sounded like she was singing. An Zheng listened carefully, but discovered that he couldn’t make out a single word clearly. The voice came from afar, and when it came close, it seemed to be right beside him. However, the fog was too thick, An Zheng couldn’t even see past a meter in front of him. If something really powerful were to suddenly attack, An Zheng might not even have time to react.

Fortunately, he had a Holy Fish Scale that was related to him by blood, and could automatically protect its master.

An Zheng walked forward for around five minutes or so, but the environment around him still did not feel any different. It was still thick fog, still someone singing softly. If the woman was still alive,he probably didn’t have any hostility towards An Zheng. Otherwise, she would have made his move long ago. She seemed to be able to freely travel through the mist and appear wherever she wished to appear.

After walking a few more steps forward, An Zheng felt that his feet were going soft.

He looked down and couldn’t see below his knees. He could only squat down and see the blood.

His feet were practically soaked in blood. This should be a swamp. It seemed very flat, but blood would seep out if they walked on it. An Zheng was sure that it was blood, but it did not smell blood at all. He had no idea how big the blood swamp was and how it was formed. However, An Zheng realized that the mist was coming from the Blood Swamp. In other words, they had walked for a long time before reaching the center of the mist.

Strangely, after An Zheng stepped into the swamp, the singing voice of the woman disappeared.

An Zheng felt a chill behind his back. He suddenly turned his head, and saw that in the dense fog, there was a black shadow that was very close to him. Just as An Zheng was about to react, the black figure disappeared. An Zheng rubbed his eyes, thinking that it was just his imagination. If that person really did come within two meters of him without making a sound, why didn’t she make a move? What was that low chant trying to tell him?

No one could give An Zheng an answer, so he could only rely on himself to find out.

An Zheng lifted one of his legs to check, only to find that his shoes were not wet. That was definitely real blood, but why didn’t he soak his shoes? An Zheng reached out his hand, touched the blood for a bit, then quickly withdrew it … It didn’t seem to hurt, except for the unusually cold.

What was this blood? If there was no heavy object pressing down on it, blood would not seep out. However, the blood wouldn’t let his shoes get wet, and it didn’t have the smell of blood. It felt real, a paradox.

An Zheng looked down from the ground, and only when he was extremely close to the pool of blood did he manage to see everything clearly.

Then he saw a bloody face.

An Zheng retreated a step with all his might, causing the Broken Army Sword to almost split apart.

But his hand was still there, for he realized that it was his own face. But why did his face look so broken, and his eyes were still bleeding?

This place seemed to be filled with grievances.

An Zheng pointed forward, and the twenty-seven Holy Fish Scale s divided into eighteen pieces, forming a path in the Blood Swamp. He stepped on the Holy Fish Scale and walked forward. With one step, the Holy Fish Scale behind him would fly up and replace them. Although the blood didn’t hurt, anything strange must be dangerous.

After an unknown distance, the swamp was finally gone and was replaced by a lake of blood. It seemed that the swamp was not the center of the fog, but the lake of blood. The blood in the blood lake would continue to seep out for a long time, which was why the surrounding area had become a swamp.

For safety’s sake, An Zheng adopted the same method as before, stepping on top of the Holy Fish Scale and going forward.

After walking for around 10 metres into the blood lake, An Zheng had no choice but to stop.

Not far away, there was a small black boat. On the bow of the boat, there was a man wearing a bamboo hat. He was holding a fishing rod and was fishing. But was there really any fish in this lake of blood? That person didn’t raise his head, but kept his eyes on Yu Di.

“Boundless Sea of Bitterness, stay with me.”

The man seemed to have said these words.

“Installing Phantom Demons!”

An Zheng coldly snorted, “No matter who you are, it won’t be that easy for me to stay.”

The man wearing the straw hat and raincoat finally moved. He raised his hand and made a shushing gesture. Then, he suddenly raised his fishing rod with his other hand and fished out a bloody thing from the lake of blood. It was about three feet long, and it was twisting back and forth like a big fish. The man grabbed the bloody thing and began to eat it with both hands. In just a few seconds, he had eaten everything that big.

Not even the bones were left.

An Zheng frowned: “What is that?”

The person wearing the conical hat finally turned his head. Witroud smile on his face, he said, “It’s you guys.”

“Us?”

An Zheng was startled for a moment, and then looked at the blood lake, and then looked at the man. What exactly is this place? ”

The man put down the fishing rod, stood up and stretched his limbs, “This is hell, you didn’t know this is hell? How did you get in here? It has been a long time since a living person has come here, I believe that your fresh soul is much better than the one I caught. ”

He lifted his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth. The back of his hand was stained with blood.

He grinned, his teeth stained with blood.

“The Infernal Realm?”

An Zheng looked around him, and then laughed: “If this is really hell, then it is truly shabby. What about the things in the rumors? Yellow Springs, Bridge of Helplessness, why is there only you? ”

The man’s smile became even stranger: “Looks like you’re really ignorant …” Back then, there were people who fought to the death in order to guard this place, and there were people who died in order to take possession of this place. Yet, you had such a good life, casually walking in here. You really should be proud of yourself. Back then, how could someone who could make it to this blood lake be as weak as you?! ”

An Zheng: “You are also jusemnant soul.”

The man’s expression changed. “How did you know?”

An Zheng: “Because I had coincidentally seen an existence that was similar to you not long ago, don’t try to play tricks on me, you are jusemnant spirit. My friend’s soul was imprisoned and he wanted to create an array, but his soul was too powerful, so he devoured all the other souls in the array. You too? This was no hell at all. It should just be an entrance to hell? Or is it a loophole? ”

“This blood pool should be able to connect to hell. You have to fish for souls to eat and support yourself. I guess there’s no one here to feed you, so if you don’t catch your soul for a long time, you’ll disappear soon. ”

The man looked incredulous, but then he smiled. “You are so weak that I don’t feel threatened at all. But you are really smart.”

He pointed at the lake of blood. “That’s right, this is not hell, but hell haole. I’m here to catch those who can’t be reincarnated, to eat one. But eating those didn’t work. Most of them, like me, are incomplete and unable to be reincarnated. If I carefully kill you, then your soul would be complete. When that time comes, I can at least guarantee that I won’t need to worry about your soul disappearing into thin air for a long time. ”

An Zheng looked at him and asked, “Where is your sword?”

The man was finally moved. His eyes were full of killing intent as he asked, “You know me?”

An Zheng shook his head: “I don’t know you, but I guessed that the canyon outside was a few kilometers long and it should have been you who hacked it apart, right? Furthermore, I have already guessed it. The you who slashed out that sword last time definitely wasn’t the you at your peak. ”

“How do you know that!”

“It’s very simple, because I know that this place can allow a person’s soul to be reborn. So I guess you came here because you were dying and no one wanted to die. Although I don’t know why you know about the existence of this secret plane, you found it. There must be a connection between this place and the Infernal Realm, which was why he was reborn. Maybe the person who constructed this secret plane was just too strong, and directly pierced a hole through the Infernal Realm? ”

“You found this place and fought fiercely against the people guarding this place. Even though you were probably at the end of your tether, the person guarding this place still lost to you. He’s dead, and so are you. After you die, your soul couldn’t find a way to reincarnate. You can only fish for those ghosts in this hole that is connected to hell to maintain your life, am I right? ”

The man was silent for a long time, then shook his head: “There is one thing you are not right about … The person protecting this place did not lose. ”

An Zheng frowned slightly: “He did not lose, but you are still staying here?”

The man did not answer An Zheng’s question, but looked at the Broken Army Sword in An Zheng’s hands: “Good sword!”

An Zheng: “Thank you.”

The man stretched out his hand. “Sword!”

But the sword did not move.

He was obviously surprised for a moment. “There are swords in this world that I am unable to control?”

However, An Zheng felt a very powerful force wanting to snatch the Broken Army Sword from his hands. If the Broken Army Sword was a normal bloodline connection, perhaps it would have already been snatched away by the other party. The Broken Army Sword was created using An Zheng’s blood as a catalyst, as if it waart of An Zheng’s body.

The man’s eyes lit up, “Such a good sword, to actually know of the protector master. This rebound is very powerful, it’s actually a Purple-Rank Divine Artifact.”

He reached out his hand again, but it stopped in mid-air, and then he crouched down with his head in his hands. It looked like his head was suddenly in unbearable pain. He fell down on the boat and rolled over in pain. The boat shook violently, and he almost fell under it on several occasions.

“From …” I … Get out! ”

His voice was hoarse, and he was obviously in extreme pain. And the roar, was completely different from the one An Zheng had just spoken with. An Zheng felt that it was getting weirder and weirder, what the hell was going on with this person?

“Give me …” Get out! ”

The voice suddenly became mournful, and then that person’s body abruptly stopped, as if he was dead. An Zheng was cautious and did not dare to act rashly. He felt that the person should be very powerful, but when An Zheng attacked, he did not sense what realm of power that person possessed.

That man lay there frozen for a very long time before he slowly sat up. After that, he raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, and looked at An Zheng.

An Zheng’s frown deepened: “What did you say?”

The man let out a long sigh. “I mean, didn’t I scare you just now? Fortunately, I woke up a bit faster than usual, otherwise, you might have already met with an accident. This isn’lace you should be. Go, while I’m still conscious. I don’t know how much longer I can hold on. He’s taking the lead longer and longer, and I’m getting shorter and shorter. I know that it is because he is constantly devouring ghosts and wants to kill me. ”

An Zheng: “You? “Him?”

“I …” It’s not him. ”

The man stood up again. His posture was different from before, very straight, like a soldier. He looked at An Zheng, his gaze also completely different from the person before.

“Hurry up and go, I don’t want to explain anything. Didn’t Xiao Lu stop you outside? It seems that she is getting weaker and weaker. ”

An Zheng suddenly realised. “You’re the guardian of this secret realm!”