"This, how is this possible?!" Just a moment ago, she was alive and well on the sixth floor of the Seven Star Tower. How could she have become dead after climbing only one floor?
Are you kidding me!
"Big sister," Xiao Tao tugged at her hand, "Shh! Keep your voice down! This isn't a place for living people. I just used a little trick to temporarily turn you into a monster. Don't make a fuss."
Xiao Tao's voice was clearly lacking in confidence. Only then did Yan Qing realize that Xiao Tao had been injured while trying to help her. Now that she had been forcibly awakened, how could it not have an effect?
"Xiao Tao, can your body hold up?" Yan Qing asked with some concern.
Xiao Tao waved her hand magnanimously, "Don't worry, this place isn't just for you, it's for me too. As for my injury, it's not important right now. -- Big sister, come with me."
Xiao Tao carried the pyre and began to float forward. Yan Qing tried it and found that she could also drift, so she followed suit.
In the dark space, apart from a sliver of yellowish-white candlelight, nothing could be seen.
Along the way, Yan Qing had observed her surroundings quite a bit. But she couldn't see a single person, or even a place to put her feet. It was just a silent, empty void.
They walked a little further, and half an hour later, the pyre candles finally burned out.
"This is weird, is this place really that big?" Xiao Tao quickly pulled out a new pyre candle and lit it. The bright flame finally gave her a sense of security.
"I also find it strange. We seem to be floating in mid-air the whole time, but there's really nothing here!" Yan Qing was also puzzled. They had been walking for half an hour and still couldn't see the end. The seventh floor of the Seven Star Tower shouldn't be that big.
Little Peach's face scrunched up like a ripe persimmon. "There's probably something sinister here again. We've been tricked. Wait a minute, let me take a look."
She bit her finger, smeared some blood on her eyelids, and when she opened her eyes again to look into the dark void, she finally discovered the clue.
"Hmph, so that's what you're all about! Hmph! You think you can fool your grandma with such petty tricks?! Take this—"
A beam of red light emanated from Xiao Tao's hand. Yan Qing remembered that this was one of the magical treasures she had spent a lot of money to equip Xiao Tao with—the Red Thread Escape. This item was extremely terrifying to the supernatural. Once someone was touched by the red thread, they could not be removed no matter what, and the final result was always a pool of blood.
Sure enough, not long after, Yan Qing heard a scream, the sound coming from right beneath their feet.
"Go!" Xiao Tao immediately pressed her advantage and began throwing the explosive talismans in that direction as if they were free.
"ah--!!"
After another scream, a grayish figure appeared, rolling around as it did so.
It looked rather short, all black, and somewhat like a monkey. It was curled up on the ground, rolling around incessantly. Half of its body had been almost completely swallowed by the red light, but its movements were still very agile, showing great tenacity.
"How could it be this?" Xiao Tao's voice was filled with unspeakable horror. "How could this thing be willing to stay in a world where there is almost no spiritual energy?"
Yan Qing sensed something was amiss and quickly asked, "What are you talking about?"
Xiao Tao's expression became much more serious. The next moment, she actually put away her magic weapon, the Red Thread Escape, and even took out some healing medicine and threw it to the other person. Only then did she turn around and say to her,
"Big sister, this is one of the guardian ghost kings under the throne of the Nine Hells and Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons and Yakshas—the Blood-Eating Ghost King."
The Blood-Eating Demon King, known in Sanskrit as Harijana, is a creature who delights in eating the blood of living people. He lives in execution grounds and also craves pungent and fishy foods.
Yan Qing finally understood why the Thousand-Mechanism Lock at the entrance to the sixth floor required the blood of so many elites to open. It turned out that the blood was a sacrifice offered to the Bloodthirsty Demon King. Only he could open this unique space.
On the ground, the short figure that had been rolling around slowly calmed down after the red thread left his body. His body had amazing recovery ability under the effect of the medicine, and before long, the missing half of his body gradually grew back.
He looked up, and the moment he saw Yan Qing's face clearly, he blurted out involuntarily,
"For a thousand years, I have finally waited for you!"
A few minutes later, the two groups were sitting peacefully around an ordinary stone table.
"I apologize, this place is a place devoid of spirits. I arrived in haste and did not have time to bring any good things. This Soul Tea is one of the specialties of my Nine Hells. Would you two honored guests like to try it?"
The Bloodthirsty Demon King and the two of them had become acquainted through a misunderstanding, yet the Bloodthirsty Demon King was surprisingly polite. Yan Qing could sense that the Bloodthirsty Demon King was significantly more interested in her.
Also, what exactly did he mean by saying, "I've finally waited for you"?
After exchanging a few polite pleasantries, Yan Qing went straight to the point and asked,
"I wonder why the Ghost King would condescend to come to such a shabby place and stay for over a thousand years!"
"Ha ha ha ha--"
The Bloodthirsty Demon King laughed heartily, as if he had expected her to ask this question.
"I was ordered by the Eight Heavenly Dragons and Yaksha Kings, who guard the Nine Hells, to come here to watch over this person for a thousand years. Now, with only one day left, I will retire after accomplishing my mission."
"The Eight Heavenly Dragons and the Yaksha King?" Yan Qing asked curiously. "What is it here that makes the Yaksha King so interested?"
The Bloodthirsty Demon King smiled meaningfully, "Didn't you already know? The one suppressed here is the first Golden Rank titled being in this world, and she is also your past life."
Yan Qing's long-held suspicions were finally confirmed; the person who was suppressed was indeed the woman in red.
only--
"Why are you so certain that this mysterious gold-ranked title holder is my past life?"
The Bloodthirsty Demon King put down his teacup, pointed in a certain direction, and said, "You two, please follow me."
He led Yan Qing through a thick fog that resembled a river of blood, and finally she saw a gray stone platform in the distance.
The stone platform was made of the same material as the enormous azure dragon that carried the bronze coffin. However, the stone platform here was significantly smaller, having been made into a simple stone bed.
A woman in a long red robe, with hair reaching the ground, was sleeping peacefully on the stone platform.
Yan Qing gasped in surprise as soon as she saw the woman's face clearly.
"How is this possible?!"
This person also has the exact same face as her!
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