Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

From the outside looking at the mountain peak, nothing could be seen.

But on the battlefield at the top of this mountain, one could see the dark light morphing into a barrier, sealing off the surroundings.

There was no escape now.

The Skinner stepped forward and smiled,

"Come on, kid, let's continue the battle we left unfinished."

He extended his hands in the void and pulled out strands of steel wire.

Shen Ye glanced at him.

—This ogre was filled with killing intent, in excellent form.

However, for Shen Ye, it wasn't a good time to fight.

He had used "Moonlight Divine Illumination" several times in Hell, depleting too much spiritual power.

He then went through another strenuous battle.

Moreover, after fully exerting "Sudden Rain," he had lost some Attribute Points.

Although he ultimately devoured the white entry "Survivor," it was only worth 2 points.

Now, his Attributes were only around seven or eight points.

Exhaustion.

The big skeleton was also in two pieces.

—How to fight?

At that moment, a faint light appeared and converged into words:

"Final Scene: The wager of the Master of Weeping Demon Prison is now activated!"

"Please strive to defeat The Skinner, or else your soul will belong to the Destroyers of the myriads worlds, the Master of Weeping Demon Prison, the Cursed Spirit King, who commands the falling of all souls."

"Moreover, if you escape the current wager through the 'gate,' the opponent's curse will take immediate effect."

"This curse is a wide-range lethal curse that can kill everyone in the nearby city."

"The battle begins!"

The Skinner immediately charged at Shen Ye.

Without hesitation, Shen Ye pulled out his long bow and shot seven or eight arched arrows in quick succession.

"Trying to keep your distance?"

The Skinner sneered grimly and casually flicked his hand in the void.

Dozens of steel wires swiftly appeared, sweeping back and forth like phantoms, slicing down each arrow.

Shen Ye tilted his chin up and pointed at his opponent from afar, letting out a particularly flamboyant shriek,

"Oh-ho!~~~"

—Diva Skill joined the fray!

The remaining few arrows were struck by the steel wires. Suddenly, they split in the middle, dividing into two smaller arrows that continued to fly forward.

The Skinner had to stop his fierce charge.

"Hmph, a trivial little trick."

He kept flicking his two hands in the void in front of him, releasing dense wires that whistled sharply through the air.

Yet, those arrows bypassed him overhead and from the sides, striking straight at his back.

The Skinner could no longer afford to underestimate the attack.

Pop pop pop pop pop—

In a succession of sounds, arrows pierced through bodies that suddenly appeared behind him.

"What kind of archery is this?"

The Skinner asked with a gloomy face.

"The kind that kills," Shen Ye said.

His throat was a bit hoarse and sore, and he couldn't sing anymore even if he wanted to.

It seemed that when dealing with Qu Ru in Hell, releasing the Joyous Being had already overdrawn his kidneys—

No, it overtaxed his Diva powers.

He had to think of another method now.

Shen Ye continued shooting rapidly from his bow.

Seven or eight afterimages flew off the long bow, tracing arcs in the sky, twisting to the left and jolting to the right— their path was utterly unpredictable.

For Shen Ye, these arrows were not even considered "Arcs of Light"; they were of minimal consumption, even allowing him a little rest.

Taking the opportunity, he took out a Guiyuan Supplementing Spirit Pill that Xiao Mengyu had previously given him and popped one into his mouth, chewing it.

The Skinner, dodging arrows, caught a glimpse of this and was overjoyed:

"Haha, are you running out of physical strength? No wonder you only dare to shoot!"

Yun Ni shouted from the side:

"He truly is somewhat drained of energy—charge, finish him off in one go!"

Before her words finished, Yun Ni's eyebrows suddenly furrowed.

"Stop playing with him, we're pressed for time, I'll go deal with some minor troubles for you."

She retreated, disappearing from the two's line of sight in an instant.

In the arena.

Shen Ye took out another Guiyuan Supplementing Spirit Pill and slowly started to eat it.

The Skinner's body erupted in a bloody glow, his hands rapidly forming Curse Seals, eyes dead set on Shen Ye.

The master said "Stop playing with him."

It seemed that he didn't need to play any more torturous little tricks.

Just kill him directly!

—But it had to be done with a sense of ceremony.

"Shen Ye, your useless strength once caused me a minor setback, but now, I have improved my combat method."

The Skinner said in an elegant tone, his ten fingers shuttling back and forth.

Boom boom boom boom boom—

The ground collapsed, and hundreds of figures emerged from underground, starting to chant Blood Demon Incantations in unison.

Shen Ye looked carefully and saw that all these Undead were wearing earplugs that blocked out sound.

That's right.

The Skinner thought his ability was to force the deceased to speak.

—But it wasn't!

Whispers of the Dark were a divine skill of the Undead Race.

The words he spoke were indeed a divine skill; using the corpse as a vessel, they would be heard by the soul of the corpse.

Upon hearing in Hell, the soul couldn't help but climb up and use the corpse to restore itself.

This had nothing to do with the hearing abilities of the corpse!

"...This is too awkward, it's completely useless." Shen Ye said helplessly.

"Who says it's useless." The Skinner smiled mysteriously.

Rumble rumble—

Behind him, a huge blood-colored humanoid puppet quietly appeared.

An endless, vast wave of Strength emanated from the humanoid puppet, sweeping across the entire mountaintop.

Shen Ye couldn't help but feel astonished.

"No... it's impossible..." he murmured softly.

The voice of the giant Skeleton rose:

"Indeed impossible, it is absolutely impossible to summon such powerful Demons with just a few brief characters, he must have—"

"Must have started casting the Summoning Curse in advance!" Shen Ye and it said in unison.

The Skinner laughed wildly, loudly saying:

"Before I captured you, I had already sacrificed thousands of spirits, and I had all the buried Undead here chant this Blood Summoning Curse for a full half hour!"

"Shen Ye—how can you not die now?"

In other words, before the wager had even started, the opponent had already been casting the spell for half an hour.

As the wager began, the grand spell was just completed.

Shen Ye looked at The Skinner with a heavy gaze and started to speak:

"This is way too grand; are you afraid of me?"

"Afraid of you?" The Skinner clasped his hands into seals, bursting into laughter, "No, I'm just hungry and hope to have you on my plate as soon as possible—"

"Go, kill him!"

He ordered.

The huge blood-colored humanoid puppet immediately started walking toward Shen Ye.

With every step, the ground shook.

Shen Ye attempted to shoot an arrow.

The Arrow broke directly upon hitting the blood-colored humanoid puppet.

What to do?

He couldn't run.

He could only fight.

But how do you fight this thing?

Body...

It was already extremely exhausted.

But this battle absolutely cannot be lost, or I would be eaten.

First...

I must break off those spells being chanted!

He took a deep breath and loudly said:

"All of the deceased, when you were watching the match, how did you cheer on the home team?"

"Please use this battle as an example and answer my previous question."

Whispers of the Dark activated!

In an instant.

Dozens of spells from the Undead stopped.

All of them turned to look towards the battlefield.

In the center, a blood-colored human figure puppet was rushing towards Shen Ye.

The first Undead spat out two words:

"Defense."

The Rest of the Undead began to chant together:

"Defense!"

"Defense!!!"

Their voices grew louder and louder.

Shen Ye gave them a thumbs up before retreating backwards.

Yes.

Once the chanting of spells was broken, the strength of that blood-colored puppet began to rapidly drain.

Now is the time to defend!

Shen Ye squinted at the blood-colored puppet.

It had gathered too much strength, but before it collapses—

I must withstand its continuous onslaught!

The blood-colored puppet reached out towards Shen Ye and pointed from afar.

Hum!

An endless ripple emitted from the blood-colored puppet, seizing Shen Ye.

I couldn't move!

Shen Ye struggled, knowing this was the consequence of the vast difference in strength between them.

—Just like the Divine Body of the Chieftain.

"Die."

The enormous blood-colored humanoid puppet spat out a word and raised its hand high, slamming it down hard towards Shen Ye.

Could I only watch as this colossal hand struck me?

A flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Shen Ye's mind.

Yes... I cannot go to the Nightmare World, but I can use the Nightmare World as a shield!

"Gate."

Shen Ye uttered in a low voice.

A door appeared in front of him and opened directly.

The giant fist passed through the door, hitting the lengthy underground passage.

Seizing this moment—

Shen Ye violently struggled and actually broke free from the grip of that ripple!

The strength of the blood-colored humanoid puppet was declining rapidly...

It had lost the support of many Undead who had been continuously chanting spells!

Shen Ye suddenly sidestepped, transforming into seven or eight silhouettes of the Flowing Water Body Technique, and moved dozens of meters away.

"Be careful!"

"Be careful!"

The Undead shouted one after another.

A thread of light zipped through the wind.

Shen Ye turned his physique again and looked up to continue dodging.

Something whistled past in front of him.

It was close!

He reached his hand to touch his cheek.

Blood.

A streak of blood had grazed his cheek.

It was a wire!

Shen Ye glanced at The Skinner and said in a deep voice:

"Summoning monsters early for a sneak attack—"

"Is this all you've got?"

The Skinner, however, manipulated the steel wire in his hands, letting them scrape against each other to emit a piercing noise, and said leisurely:

"This is already enough for me to get your heart, lovely child."

"Want to eat my heart? No, with your cheating in battle, you can at most eat my earwax." Shen Ye said contemptuously, stretching his finger to dig his ear.

The Undead shouted in unison:

"Cheater!"

"Cheater!!"

"Cheater!!!"

The Skinner laughed at that indifferently and said with a tone of regret:

"Shen Ye, you actually had a chance to stand with me, to fight against those big shots."

"Why won't you heed the oracle of the master?"

"Could it be that you want to become one of those?"

Shen Ye shook his head and said, "I'm not accustomed to being a dog for Divine Spirits."

The Skinner's eyelid twitched, and he said softly:

"Both of us are oppressed commoners, yet you choose to never enjoy the satisfaction of avenging a great grudge."

"No, I have tasted it." Shen Ye said.

"Stop fooling yourself—you're going to die here today!"

The Skinner released the steel wires, shimmering in and out of visibility from his hands, and like a large bird, flew towards Shen Ye.

In the blink of an eye.

The two engaged in battle!

The sharp wires suddenly spread out, incessantly slicing through the air, emitting dense whistling sounds.

Facing them, those countless fine wires were like a rose with intricate petals opening up to the wind.

Shen Ye was enveloped by that rose!

"Let your body be torn to pieces in the song of the wind—"

"Shen Ye, your death is worthy of this move!"

The Skinner screamed excitedly.

Shen Ye did not dodge, instead stepping forward, his hands exploding with blue-white Thunder Light, smashing it right into the heart of the rose—

Law Realm First Layer: Thunder Shock!

The dazzling Thunder Light collided with the whistling wires, immediately creating in the void a spectacle rarely seen.

Those wires, hidden in the darkness, all bloomed with the blue light of thunder, lighting up the surroundings as if it were daylight.

The steel rose transformed into a flower of thunder and lightning, waving in the night wind.

"Aaahhh—"

The Skinner, who was pulling the wires, let out a scream, his body convulsing uncontrollably, hair standing on end.

Seize the moment!

Shen Ye drew the Night Hidden Sword, raised it high—

But it was too late!

"Watch out!"

Amidst the calls of the Undead, the blood-colored puppet charged, its colossal fist smashing down with full force.

This time it was more clever.

It released a fierce punch, and its entire enormous body plunged down as well.

A gate can't stop such a large volume!

—If I kill The Skinner, I will also die!

Shen Ye reluctantly sheathes the sword.

"Hahaha! You can't kill me!"

The Skinner immediately retreated.

Panting, he looked at Shen Ye with eyes full of confusion and fear.