Chapter 357: Chapter 261: In Front of You Is the Abyss...

Wild Forbidden!

A cold glint flashed in Yang An’s eyes as he looked at the large man who radiated a wild aura.

He hadn’t changed at all from before he died.

A madman.

And now, he seemed even more insane.

Fu Ming remained seated by the campfire, smiling as he watched them quietly.

The flickering campfire flashed again, its gray flames rippling violently.

Yang An’s eyes shifted. He twisted and kicked out, his foot covered in a thick layer of Golden Dust.

A slender figure appeared behind him at the same moment, only to be sent flying over ten meters by his powerful, heavy kick.

It was that tag-along, You Hong’Er.

The moment Yang An saw Wild Forbidden, he had thought of her and was already on guard.

She loved to copy whatever Wild Forbidden did, always wanting to outdo him. She couldn’t even rest in peace after death.

Seeing You Hong’Er kicked away, Wild Forbidden grew even more furious. He let out a roar, and his entire body erupted in gray flames.

From within the flames, nine long, massive dragons burst forth from his body, their enormous heads lunging toward Yang An.

Nine Dragons Nine Attacks!

This was a Technique that Yang An had once deeply admired when he first joined the Life Crane Sect, but now, it seemed rather unimpressive.

Dragons?

A smirk appeared on Yang An’s face.

’I have a dragon, too.’

Abyss Dragon Devouring Light!

A tremendous dragon’s roar erupted from Yang An. An immense amount of light swirled around him, instantly forming a giant dragon over a hundred feet long.

Fiery red lanterns hung all over the massive dragon’s body, and a spherical ball of light rested atop its enormous head.

When the Nine Dragons Nine Attacks faced the Abyss Dragon Devouring Light, they instantly looked like nine little loaches.

The nine fire dragons roared, and Wild Forbidden’s crazed face twisted menacingly within the flames.

Gray fire spewed from the dragons’ mouths.

But the giant Lamp Dragon raised its scaled claw. The fiery red lanterns all over its body dimmed and then brightened, as if it were breathing, before it slammed its claw down.

A dazzling, vibrant brilliance appeared in the gray world. The claw tore through the grayness and struck Wild Forbidden.

Wild Forbidden was instantly sent flying backward. The fire dragons on his body collapsed one after another, and his figure crashed into the distant woods.

A woman in a long dress, with a long snake’s tail, her back pierced with gleaming blades, and a grim expression on her face, instantly appeared above the Lamp Dragon’s head.

Countless blades shot from her back, heading straight for the Lamp Dragon’s head.

But in an instant, the massive ball of light on the Lamp Dragon’s head erupted with a blinding radiance, melting the blades completely.

A huge, scaled claw shot out from the light, grabbed You Hong’Er, and slammed her heavily into the ground.

The ground fractured and split, forming a massive crater. Gray blood gushed from all over You Hong’Er’s body as she trembled in the pit.

The Lamp Dragon dissipated in a flash, and Yang An returned to his normal size, a look of disdain on his face.

In the past, he would have needed to use his full power for a chance to kill Wild Forbidden and You Hong’Er, and even then, he would have had to pay the price of being injured.

But now, even though the Concealment Seal limited him to the peak strength of the Visceral Stone realm, with the support of so many Techniques and Body Refining Techniques, fighting two opponents at once was no problem at all.

"It’s been a long time, Junior Brother. You’ve grown stronger, but your Cultivation Level..."

Fu Ming, who had been observing the scene, spoke slowly, then nonchalantly tossed some more dry wood into the campfire.

He remembered that Yang An’s Cultivation Level had already broken through to Corpse Transformation, yet now he was only at the Visceral Stone realm.

Now Yang An believed it. It really was them.

Whether it was Wild Forbidden, You Hong’Er, or Fu Ming, they hadn’t changed at all. They were still "alive" in this Xian Origin Land, just in a different way.

SHH SHH SHH—

Countless strips of cloth suddenly shot out from underground, coalescing from all directions into massive beasts.

For a fleeting moment, Yang An’s consciousness grew heavy and faded.

But in that instant, a beast’s head, with its jaws wide open, had already appeared before him.

The next moment, a dark red firelight and a brilliant golden glow burst from Yang An’s body, instantly forming a huge sphere.

When the light touched the beasts formed from cloth strips, they all crumbled into ash.

From within the light, Yang An’s figure shot out at extreme speed, covered in Golden Dust, and threw a punch at a huge boulder nearby.

The boulder shattered into dust, revealing a man covered in tubes. Yang An grabbed him by the neck and slammed him into the ground.

Countless rays of Golden Radiance converged, shot past Fu Ming who was still sitting by the fire, and flew deep into the shadows of the woods before exploding.

In the gray world, a bright golden light flared, and the intense heat melted a large number of trees.

Yang An retracted his gaze, released his grip, and kicked his sixth senior brother, Jin Tong, away. The body carved a long trench in the ground.

"Who else?"

He looked at Fu Ming.

"No one. Just them. Everyone who could come is here."

Fu Ming shook his head.

Wild Forbidden, You Hong’Er, Fu Ming, Ji Bu, Jin Tong—the five of them had entered this place together.

Yang An thought for a moment. The Cultivation Levels of these five were all at the Corpse Transformation realm. Even the weakest, Jin Tong, was at the Early Stage of Corpse Transformation.

’It seems reaching the Corpse Transformation realm is the requirement to enter this place.’

"Why are you all here? And... in your current state, can you still be considered alive?"

Yang An walked toward the campfire.

The gray flames gave off no heat. Everything in this world was unnatural; even the light couldn’t truly be called light.