Published at 10th of December 2024 9:02 am

Chapter 2160: Xu Tui’s Escape Method

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Editor: Henyee Translations

In front of the Reincarnation Tunnel of the Animal Path of the Netherworld, the Muya Expedition Army and the remaining 30,000-odd soldiers of the Netherworld stood in place as if they were confronting each other. It looked extremely quiet.

Among the armies of both sides, Pope Qiao An and King Chu Jiang flew into the air and waited quietly. The Red Tiger Ghost King and the four Ghost Commanders under King Chu Jiang spread out their mind power without any hesitation and monitored the movements of all the armies of the Netherworld present. They loyally carried out King Chu Jiang’s orders.

If any of the netherworld’s ghost soldiers dared to make any abnormal movements, they would immediately be killed. There was no need to capture him alive!

There was no need to capture them alive in the Netherworld.

After killing them, the target’s true spirit would be immediately guided to the Reincarnation Division by the power of the rules of the Netherworld. Then, it would be restrained by the army stationed in the Reincarnation Division. At that time, only the target of the true spirit would be able to resist.

He could do whatever he wanted.

The atmosphere at the scene seemed to have frozen. It was also because all the living beings present only had mental bodies and did not need to breathe. Otherwise, he might not even be able to breathe under such circumstances.

There was no need to mention Xu Tui. He had experienced a life-and-death battle. His mental fortitude and resistance had been tempered thousands of times. At this moment, he would definitely not reveal any flaws. Now, he only needed to wait for the army to disperse before he could arrange another operation based on his gains.

The Ghost King Seal was only a cover. Most importantly, it was the marked Spiritual Diagram of the Netherworld that King Chu Jiang mentioned.

King Chu Jiang had previously told the Muyas that they were not allowed to barge into the red area marked in the spiritual diagram of the Netherworld. The Muyas could act as they pleased in the other areas.

Xu Tui deduced a lot of information from these words. Why did the Netherworld give the Muya army the Ghost King Seal and the Spiritual Diagram of the Netherworld? With this question as the starting point, he could deduce many problems.

The Netherworld gave the Muyas the Ghost King Seal and the diagram was, other than cooperation, for the red area. The red area that they could not go to was an area that the Netherworld really did not want the Muyas to go to. What about the non-red area? Was the non-red area the area that Netherworld wanted the Muyas to go to? In that case, there might be a secret in the area that the Muyas wanted to go to.

Of course, he would have to wait until he finished studying the spiritual diagram that the Netherworld had specially marked before comparing it with the information from Judge Liu. He might be able to discover something.

Of course, the most important thing now was to leave this place safely.

As for Judge Liu, he was an old ghost who had been in the middle level of the Netherworld for three to four thousand years. No one would believe that he was not shrewd. Since ancient times, the middle level was the hardest to survive.

The ghost general that Judge Liu was in charge of stood rooted to the ground.

“Your Highness Qiao An, Emperor Yin has already informed the Reincarnation Division that the 161 warriors who died in the battle just now have been guarded by the guards of the Reincarnation Division. They will be able to return safely in an hour at most,” King Chu Jiang suddenly said.

“Really?” Qiao An already had some understanding of the situation in the Netherworld. She was not surprised to hear King Chu Jiang say that. Qiao An had been the Pope of the Muya Sect for hundreds of years.

“Of course! All of them will return to the team as good as new.”

King Chu Jiang’s affirmative answer made Qiao An’s expression change. “How could they be as good as new? Although they could return alive, it was impossible for them to be as good as new. Damage was inevitable. Moreover, it’s a loss that can never be made up for for these 161 warriors!” Qiao An said.

King Chu Jiang was silent for a moment. That was indeed the case. Every time they died in the Netherworld, they would lose a wisp of their true spirit. If they lost it too many times, their souls would completely dissipate.

Seeing that King Chu Jiang was silent, Qiao An said, “The Netherworld needs to make amends!”

King Chu Jiang suddenly raised his head. His gaze turned sharp. So this was the intention of the woman in front of him. This was absolutely impossible for the Netherworld. In the limited history of the Netherworld, the humiliation of submitting was still fresh in his mind. However, submitting once did not mean that he would submit a second time.

King Chu Jiang wanted to reject her directly, but when he thought about how today’s matter was a decree from the Lord, he did not reject her immediately. This matter was a rubber ball. He could just kick it to Emperor Yin. He would do whatever Emperor Yin did.

“I’ve already reported everything to Emperor Yin. If there is, Emperor Yin will send a decree. Please wait quietly, Your Highness.”

Qiao An still wanted to fight for it, but King Chu Jiang quickly activated his huge mind power and enveloped the 30,000-strong army. Now, they were just waiting for the Hell Guards sent by Emperor Yin to come.

Within the Netherworld, other than the army and many systems that the outside world was familiar with, such as the Ghost King, the Ghost Emperor, the Judge, and so on, there were also two troops that the outside world was not familiar with.

One was the Hell Guards, and the other was the Hades Guards.

The Hell Guards were a special force that belonged directly to Emperor Yin. They were also the strongest force in the Netherworld. Every member was in the Nine Satellites Planetary realm. Furthermore, they had been refined in the River Styx for more than 500 years. All of them had condensed a Hell Body.

It was not a physical body, but better than a physical body. His combat strength was extremely powerful.

If a Hell Guard and a Ghost King fought, the Hell Guard would win.

The conditions for Hades Guards were even more special and harsh. Even after thousands of years of accumulation, there were still not more than 100 Hades Guards in the Netherworld. The strength of every Hades Guard was comparable to the Five Ghost Emperors back then.

For a moment, the entire battlefield fell into a strange silence. It formed a strange contrast to the extreme chaos from before.

Time passed. Everyone stayed quietly where they were.

Ten minutes passed. No one moved, including King Chu Jiang. However, Xu Tui suddenly felt a little uneasy. Something was wrong. In Xu Tui’s opinion, the first thing he had to do to find the enemies hidden among his people was to think of a way to narrow the range before screening them one by one.

But what was King Chu Jiang trying to do by not doing anything? It had to be known that the longer the time it took to find the hidden enemy, the more time the enemy would be given. The more difficult it would be to find the enemy. What the hell was the point of doing nothing?

“What is King Chu Jiang trying to do? Why didn’t he do anything after so long? Is there such a precedent in the Netherworld?” Xu Tui sent a mental voice transmission to Judge Liu.

“Be careful not to be discovered.”

“It’s fine. The two of us are close to each other. They won’t notice such communication.”

As Judge Liu’s trusted guard, Xu Tui stood beside him.

“It’s indeed a little strange that Lord Chu Jiang doesn’t do anything. There might be such a precedent in the Netherworld, but such a matter is confidential without exception. He will definitely not let a small judge like me know,” Judge Liu said.

This answer was equivalent to not saying anything.

“Then does your Netherworld have any special methods to identify traitors or enemies? You should know about these things, right? That’s what you judges do the most, right?” Xu Tui asked.

“A special method to identify traitors or enemies?” Judge Liu frowned and thought hard. “I don’t think there’s such a method.”

“Then how do you usually screen out traitors or enemies, or rather, the authenticity of the confessions of those evil spirits?” Xu Tui asked.

“That’s very simple. You could just look at the true spirit. The evil ghost that only had its true spirit did not hide anything under the gazes of the judges. All the evil ghosts were in their true spirit state after entering the Netherworld. Therefore, there’s no need for the secret technique of identifying traitors or enemies in the Netherworld. If we kill him once and capture his true spirit in the Reincarnation Division, everything will be fine—”

Halfway through his sentence, Judge Liu suddenly stopped. If not for the fact that he was an old ghost who had lived for thousands of years, he would have shivered on the spot. This was because Judge Liu thought of a possibility. From the perspective of the people of the Netherworld, this kind of thing was nothing. It would only cause the tens of thousands of troops to lose a little of their true spirits. If there were any mistakes, they would not let them off.

However, the enemy could definitely be found immediately.

“Your Excellency, I think there’s a possibility. We have to be careful.” Judge Liu immediately told Xu Tui his thoughts.

“Killing all 30,000 of your elite troops just to find an enemy?” Xu Tui was stunned. When he calmed down and thought about it, Xu Tui was stunned because he was thinking about this problem from the perspective of the commander-in-chief of the Blue Star. Such a situation was absolutely impossible on the Blue Star and the solar system. However, it was very likely if one considered it from the unique perspective of Netherworld.

So what if they wiped out their 30,000-strong army? Before long, they would all revive. They would only lose a tenth of their true spirits. The strength of the Netherworld was not lost.

As for the morale? Under the strict management of the hierarchy of the Netherworld, there was usually no need to consider the morale of the military. Previously, when they were suppressing the internal strife, the Red Tiger Ghost King and the Ghost Commanders could casually kill them.

In short, there was really such a possibility! And it was huge.

“If that’s the case, then King Chu Jiang monitoring the army under his command is…”

“Waiting for reinforcements! He’s waiting for a reinforcement to arrive, one that can kill more than 30,000 in the shortest time possible,” Judge Liu said.

Xu Tui immediately understood what Judge Liu meant. If the Netherworld wanted to use such an extreme method to find the enemies hiding inside, they had to kill all 30,000 soldiers in an extremely short period of time. As long as it took a little longer, it would cause huge chaos. After all, they were killing their own people, so the enemies hiding inside would use the chaos from before to escape again.

“Your Excellency, you have to make preparations to escape. You can’t hide it with this method,” Judge Liu said.

“What about you?”

“Your Excellency, you don’t have to worry about me. I’m a ghost general. I’m a genuine ghost general. After I’m killed on the spot, I’ll be observed by the Reincarnation Division. I’ll be able to revive on the spot in less than two hours. However, you have to make preparations early,” Judge Liu said.

Xu Tui understood that he had to make preparations early. Under such circumstances, how should he escape?

Xu Tui thought for less than five minutes before Judge Liu’s voice sounded in his mind again. “Your Excellency, I’m afraid we were right. The Hell Guards are here. You have to think of a way to escape immediately.”

On the side of the Netherworld army, thousands of dim lights were piercing through the air at high speed. Every dim light emitted the aura of the Nine Satellites Planetary realm. Most importantly, there was the sound of air being torn apart.

This stunned Xu Tui. There was no sound of air being torn apart when the mental body flew. Did the sound of air being torn apart mean that the Hell Guards had a physical body?

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