Chapter 5728
The echoes of the oaths sworn before the new Heavenly Gate still reverberated throughout the Nine Heavens, but Chen Ping had no heart to enjoy the glory of the myriad sects paying homage.
He knew all too well that the Soul Devourer was like a poisonous thorn; if not removed, it would eventually become a major threat, even endangering his newly established foundation.
After entrusting the affairs of the Heavenly Gate entirely to others and leaving a portion of the dragon clan to guard it, Chen Ping, along with Old Black, Cen Biqing who had come from the Yama Heavenly Sect, and over three hundred of the most elite dragons, embarked on their journey to the Netherworld Blood Sea.
The Netherworld Blood Sea, located in the far west of the Nine Heavens, was one of the main battlefields of the legendary ancient battle between gods and demons.
It was as if the world was wounded, the space extremely unstable, permeated with a negative aura of chaos, slaughter, and resentment.
Even before truly arriving, a nauseatingly thick stench of blood and a chilling sense of dread permeated the air.
Looking into the distance, the horizon seemed to be covered by an endless expanse of dark red.
That wasn’t a sunset, but a true sea of blood, formed from the blood of countless gods, demons, and living beings!
The seawater was viscous like paste, and its churning wasn’t just waves, but the howling faces of twisted, tormented vengeful spirits.
Above the sea of blood, dark red ominous clouds shrouded it year-round, with lightning flashing within, eerily blood-red, emitting muffled roars.
Space itself became fragile and distorted here, with black spatial rifts frequently appearing and closing like scars, devouring everything in their path.
The earth below was scorched black, littered with enormous skeletons and broken weapons, some as large as mountains, still radiating a chilling pressure even after countless ages.
“Damn it, this hellhole is really unsettling!”
Old Black shook its head, seemingly trying to dispel the chilling resentment lingering around its soul.
Even a dragon as thick-skinned as it felt an instinctive unease.
Cen Biqing was surrounded by the aura of a blue dragon, purifying the approaching foul air. Her usually cold eyes were filled with solemnity: “The resentment here has accumulated for countless years, and the laws are chaotic, which suppresses our strength to a certain extent. Everyone must be careful.”
Chen Ping nodded. He could feel that even absorbing spiritual energy was difficult here, and the air was filled with violent bloodthirsty energy.
If it weren’t for his ability to absorb the evil energy and his profound foundation, he would probably have difficulty even maintaining flight.
“Based on the fragments of the Evil Bone Elder’s memory and the clues gathered later, the Soul Devourer’s lair should be in the Soul Burial Abyss deep within the Blood Sea.”
Chen Ping extended his divine sense, but in this chaotic land, his divine sense was greatly interfered with, only able to cover a radius of several dozen miles.
“We’ll search slowly, paying attention to areas with abnormal soul fluctuations.”
The dragon army slowed its pace, like a cautious giant python, swam along the edge of this forbidden land of death, and then carefully ventured deeper into the Blood Sea region.
Upon entering the airspace above the Blood Sea, the dense negative aura intensified several times over.
Countless vengeful spirits seemed to have smelled the scent of the living, like sharks smelling blood, swarming out of the Blood Sea, transforming into streaks of blood-red ghosts, emitting piercing screams, and attacking the dragon army.
These vengeful spirits were not individually strong, but their numbers were simply too great, almost endless, and they were fearless, attacking directly at the soul, making them quite troublesome.
“Purify them!”
Chen Ping ordered.
Cen Biqing took the lead, her azure dragon energy transforming into a rain of azure light. Wherever it fell, the vengeful spirits melted away like ice and snow, emitting mournful screams before turning into wisps of smoke.
The other dragons also displayed their unique abilities, unleashing dragon breath, thunder, storms, ice… various innate spells bloomed above the sea of blood, clearing away the endless stream of vengeful spirits.
Chen Ping did not intervene; he remained vigilant, his divine sense spreading out to the maximum extent, searching for any suspicious traces.
As they flew along the sea of blood, they witnessed many bizarre sights: islands formed from piles of bones;
gigantic, incomplete divine corpses floating in the sea of blood;
and naturally formed, all-consuming crimson vortexes.