Published: January 19, 2025
In the Abandoned Land, the vast desolation was filled with an oppressive aura, resembling a graveyard for the deceased.
At this moment, in a certain secluded part of the Abandoned Land, the void suddenly split open, and a disheveled figure fell out from the void, crashing heavily onto the ground with a dull sound.
Puff!
As soon as this figure landed, it spat out a mouthful of pitch-black blood, its face pale and weak, almost unable to move.
"Cough cough... Master of the Graveyard of the God of Death, you bastard, once I survive this time, I will tear you to shreds!"
This disheveled figure was none other than the King of the Forest of the Underworld, who had made a messy escape from Wailing Ghost Ridge.
Earlier, in order to survive, the King of the Forest of the Underworld was forced to detonate the Dead Sea Source Crystal, injuring the Master of the Graveyard of the God of Death, and took advantage of the terrifying shockwave caused by the explosion to activate a spatial talisman, finally escaping.
"If it weren't for the Dead Sea Source Crystal and the spatial source talisman I obtained from that Dead Sea ruin, I would have really fallen to the Master of the Graveyard of the God of Death..."
The King of the Forest of the Underworld coughed up two more mouthfuls of blood, his entire body weak and feeble, as if he had just recovered from a severe illness.
"Of course, the most important thing is that I controlled the waters of the Dead Sea..."
With a thought, the King of the Forest of the Underworld summoned a dark river that emerged beside him, slowly flowing and emanating an astonishing killing intent. Looking at this river of power, a mixture of shock and joy appeared in his heart.
This was the fundamental reason why he dared to detonate the Dead Sea Source Crystal.
"The Dead Sea Source Crystal contains the violent killing intent from the boundless Dead Sea, and the killing aura in this Dead Sea water is remarkably similar. I have long suspected that these two might originate from the same source. Now it seems, my suspicion was indeed correct."
The King of the Forest of the Underworld felt ecstatic and excited.
"If it weren’t for the waters of the Dead Sea blocking most of the explosion's impact from the Dead Sea Source Crystal, given my condition at the time, I would have been seriously injured in an instant, and how would I have had the opportunity to activate the spatial source talisman?" The King of the Forest of the Underworld thought silently.
He was actually taking a gamble. How terrifying was the Dead Sea Source Crystal? Detonating it at such a close distance, he simply couldn't withstand it. Even if he survived, he would be severely weakened, and at that time, the Master of the Graveyard of the God of Death had not been too injured. Given his cultivation and strength, although the Dead Sea Source Crystal was terrifying, it wasn't impossible to endure its impact.
Once the Master of the Graveyard of the God of Death didn't die, after enduring the explosion, the King of the Forest of the Underworld would really only be left at the mercy of his opponent.
"If I hadn't detonated the Dead Sea Source Crystal at that time, under the severely wounded state from the Master of the Graveyard of the God of Death's sneak attack, continuing to fight would have definitely resulted in my downfall. Only the Dead Sea Source Crystal..."
The King of the Forest of the Underworld grinned, blood at the corner of his mouth. He knew that at that time, he had to detonate the Dead Sea Source Crystal, and his trump card was the waters of the Dead Sea, both coming from the power of the Dead Sea. With the power of the waters of the Dead Sea he controlled, perhaps he could withstand the initial explosion of the Dead Sea Source Crystal and have a chance to activate the spatial source talisman to escape.
That was his only option at the time.
In the end, he won the gamble.
When the terrifying shockwave from the explosion of the Dead Sea Source Crystal struck the waters of the Dead Sea that enveloped him, he clearly felt a terrifying resistance, a resistance coming from powers of the same origin. Taking this opportunity, the King of the Forest of the Underworld activated the spatial source talisman, directly tearing the void and escaping from Wailing Ghost Ridge. The residual waves created by the explosion of the Dead Sea Source Crystal also concealed the spatial fluctuations he created, at least making it impossible for the Master of the Graveyard of the God of Death to find his exact escape direction later.