Online Game: Evil Dragon Against The Heaven - 241

The moment the boulder flipped open, Ye Tian Xie also saw the entrance behind it… However, such an entrance could only be called an 『entrance』in name. Because on the wall, there was only a square hole barely thirty centimeters in width and height. Within the hole, a faint white light shone through… Ahead, the world was no longer shrouded in darkness.

“Meow…”

The moment Xiao Bei landed on the ground, it flipped itself up and dashed to the boulder, raising its paws high to support it. Instantly, the boulder’s downward momentum completely stopped.

Ye Tian Xie tentatively let go of his hands, only to find that the boulder did not continue to fall… Xiao Bei alone was holding it up completely.

“Good… Xiao Bei, hold on!”

Ye Tian Xie turned to look at the so-called exit on the wall… Such a small opening was nowhere near enough for a person to pass through. He stood in silent thought for three seconds before finally gritting his teeth and pulling out a grayish object… With Xiao Bei struggling to support the boulder, he had no time for hesitation.

『I am a sheep.』 Holding the sheepskin with both hands, Ye Tian Xie spoke the four words in a rather stiff voice, as if chanting a spell.

The effect was astonishing. The moment he finished speaking, the gray wolf skin floated from his hands and attached itself to his back. At the same time, a grayish mist enveloped him, shrinking him down. By the time he registered the changes in his body… Xiao Bei beside him was already a head taller than him.

“Yiya! It’s here! It’s here! The super bad guy, Gray Wolf, has appeared… The Gray Wolf that Master transformed into has appeared!”

Above his head, Guo Guo screamed in excitement because, at this moment, Ye Tian Xie had turned into Gray Wolf—identical to the one he had encountered before, with no visible differences.

Ye Tian Xie directly ignored Guo Guo’s noise, estimating his current body size. Then, aiming at the small square hole on the wall, he leaped forward. His body whooshed through the opening…landing smoothly on the other side. The moment he landed, he didn’t even have time to look ahead before he called out in frustration, 『I am not a sheep!』

In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian Xie returned to his original form, and the grayish sheepskin reappeared in his hand.

The Gray Wolf’s Sheepskin—this was indeed a ridiculously bizarre item, more bizarre than anything Ye Tian Xie had encountered in his years in the gaming world… If it transformed him into a strong man, a ferocious tiger, or a mighty dragon, he could have accepted it. But turning into a gray, scrawny sheep…

What a scam!

Returning to his 『true form』Ye Tian Xie quickly recalled Xiao Bei. Instantly, the boulder crashed down with a heavy thud, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Only then did Ye Tian Xie turn around to examine this new space, and he was visibly stunned.

Guo Guo’s small body passed through the wall and floated onto Ye Tian Xie’s shoulder. Her tiny nose twitched as if sniffing for the scent of 《Cheng Ya》. Then, she let out a soft “eh” and exclaimed, “Yiya! Master, what is that?”

This was still a grand hall, but it was no longer empty. Right in front of Ye Tian Xie, a glowing white sphere hovered silently. The sphere was about a meter in diameter, with a swirling white mist inside. Faintly, something seemed to be concealed within, but the mist obscured it completely from view.

Ye Tian Xie’s gaze swept around briefly before he stepped forward. While carefully observing the mist-filled sphere, trying to discern what lay within, he asked in a low voice, “Guo Guo, are you sure Cheng Ya is here?”

“Of course! Guo Guo never lies! Guo Guo is a good child!” Guo Guo pouted in displeasure, then looked around again. She absentmindedly raised her head and bit her finger. “Uhh… but, that’s strange. Why is it gone again…? Just now, it was clearly here… Could it be that it ran away when it heard Master’s voice?”

“Even the Xue Yu actively attacked me because I possess Destiny’s Hour. Cheng Ya is even stronger than Xue Yu” Ye Tian Xie shook his head while his brow slowly furrowed. His nerves tightened, ready for immediate action.

It was a sense of crisis—a dangerously strong sense of crisis. A premonition of danger so overwhelming that he felt utterly powerless to resist. Normally, this level of mental oppression would have made him flee using a return scroll without hesitation. But at the same time, an inexplicable feeling pulled at him, compelling him to find out what was hidden inside that glowing sphere…

He tensed his nerves and stepped toward the glowing sphere radiating a dreamy white light. However, just as his footsteps brought him less than a meter away from the sphere, his steps suddenly halted, his body abruptly stiffening—as if an unimaginably heavy mountain had descended from the sky, pressing down on him, crushing his body and his heart…

Cold sweat instantly drenched Ye Tian Xie from head to toe.

This… What kind of power is this…? What kind of terrifying power is this, that merely through its presence, it can render his body completely incapable of movement?

Ye Tian Xie’s body trembled violently, as if he were standing in the middle of a frigid, icy wasteland. His heartbeat pounded at an alarming rate, so intense that it felt as if his heart was about to leap out of his chest.

From the moment he had entered this place, he had felt a pair of eyes watching him from an unknown darkness. That eerie feeling had been present all along, yet he had been utterly unable to pinpoint the source. And now, just as he was about to approach the mysterious sphere, that presence, which had been following him in silence, suddenly turned bone-chillingly cold. A darkness filled with an icy dread enveloped him, sending his entire body into uncontrollable shivers.

In just an instant, he understood—this being’s power had reached an utterly terrifying level. The gap between him and this entity was like the vast chasm between heaven and earth!

“Hehehehehe…This king was wondering what kind of formidable figure had the ability to break through the barrier of the Illusory Beast Clan and arrive here… But to think, it’s nothing more than a pitifully weak and insignificant human! Hehehehehe… This is truly amusing. A hundred years of confinement, three years of hiding in the shadows… This king has not tasted the thrill of slaughter and fresh blood in such a long time… Hehehehehe… Hahahahaha!”

A shrill, piercing voice suddenly rang in Ye Tian Xie’s ears. In this dim and deathly silent environment, it sounded particularly eerie and horrifying. His heart pounded violently along with the sinister laughter, and for the first time in his life—someone who had never known fear—he felt an emotion he had never experienced before.

Terror.

A soul-deep terror, born from the suppression of absolute power.

“Wah… wah… M-M-Master! Did… did you hear that terrifying voice…? So scary… Master, did you hear it…? Eh? Master, why… why does your neck feel so cold…?”

If Ye Tian Xie himself couldn’t suppress the fear surging within him, how could Guo Guo possibly endure it? Her tiny teeth chattered, her small body trembling uncontrollably atop Ye Tian Xie’s shoulder. She clung to his neck desperately, pressing herself against him so tightly that it seemed like she wanted to burrow into his body.

At that moment, an unbelievably intense black light suddenly erupted ten meters ahead. It was pure darkness, devoid of any impurity—so utterly black that it devoured all light, suppressing and driving away the surrounding illumination.

From within the black glow, a towering, shadowy figure slowly took shape, condensing from illusion into reality.

The figure stood at a towering three meters in height, its entire form shrouded in a vast, pitch-black cloak. Every part of its body was concealed beneath the dark fabric, except for a pair of eerie, green-glowing eyes that gleamed ominously. Those eyes radiated a chilling excitement and a malevolent coldness.

In its hand, it held a long staff embedded with a green, skull-shaped gemstone.

Such an appearance immediately reminded Ye Tian Xie of those sinister, wicked sorcerers from animated movies.

One of the Eight Demon Kings of the Demon Clan—Dark Nether Ghost King!!

Although Ye Tian Xie had mentally prepared himself for the possibility of encountering the Dark Nether Ghost King when he entered these ruins of the Illusory Beast Clan, it was only now—when this entity truly appeared before him—that he finally understood just how terrifyingly powerful the Eight Demon Kings, once sealed within the Tower of Destiny, truly were…

Whether in the real world or in the game world, he had faced countless formidable enemies and opponents. He enjoyed challenges, relishing the sense of achievement that came from overcoming foes stronger than himself.

But never—never before—had he trembled like this.

In the world of Destiny, the strongest beings he had encountered were, without a doubt, the Xue Yu in its transformed state as the Blood Phoenix, the Lan Po in its form as the massive Blue Wolf, and the mysterious blue-haired man that the Blue Wolf followed. Yet, even from them, he had never felt such an overwhelming, soul-crushing oppression as he did now.

His power… at the very least, was of the Divine Mysterious-tier!!

This was an enemy he could not possibly contend with. Not even a sliver of a chance existed. Under the locked aura of the Dark Nether Ghost King, his mind remained conscious, yet his body had lost all feeling—stiff to the point of horror. If not for his final means of escape, this was the kind of enemy that would drive him to absolute despair.

“Dark Nether Ghost King!” He gritted his teeth and called out the name of this fearsome enemy. The intelligence gathered from the Lost City had been completely accurate. The Dark Nether Ghost King was indeed hidden to the north of Tianri City… in this ancient land left behind by the Illusory Beast Clan.

The moment he uttered the Dark Nether Ghost King’s name, a return scroll to Tianchen City was already secretly clutched in his hand. Right now, with his aura locked onto by the Dark Nether Ghost King, he had no way to flee. However, as long as he activated Evil Dragon’s Soul, he could escape safely.

“Oh?” The Dark Nether Ghost King lifted its head, its eerie green eyes glowing with a bone-chilling radiance. “You actually know this king’s name… Heh, could it be that you came here specifically for me? How amusing… Now that you’ve discovered my whereabouts, you can stop dreaming about leaving… Humans truly are foolish. To think you would deliver yourself right to this king’s feet without knowing your own limits…”

“Hah, if I hadn’t come here willingly, would you even dare to step outside? You’re nothing more than a pitiful demon who escaped your seal in disgrace, now hiding in this lightless place where no one else can enter, skulking in the shadows year-round.” Ye Tian Xie forced out a cold smirk, taunting him.

What he despised most was others being arrogant in front of him—even if they had the strength and qualifications to do so.

Dark Nether Ghost King… Without a doubt, this was the most terrifying enemy Ye Tian Xie had ever faced since the day he was born. Never before had his mind been shaken to such a degree.