Chapter 166: The Netherworld Book Opens (First Update - Seeking Subscriptions and Recommendations)

"Whoosh..."

Just as the Ghost King Yama launched his attack, Chen Fengyun also made his move. His flying sword had been hovering and twitching nearby, and with a single thought, it sliced through the air from the side toward the Ghost King Yama with a whooshing sound.

"Hoo..."

Simultaneously, the Profound Yin Mirror materialized above Chen Fengyun’s head, violently spewing out profound yin freezing qi toward the Ghost King Yama. The spiritual energy within Chen Fengyun’s body poured into the Profound Yin Mirror desperately, unleashing massive torrents of chilling mist.

"Om mani padme hum..."

While deploying the flying sword and the Profound Yin Mirror, Chen Fengyun also began reciting the Sutra of Deliverance and chanting the Six-Character Great Bright Mantra. Waves of divine Buddhist light radiated outward from his body as the source, surging toward the Ghost King Yama and submerging it like cascading ocean waves.

"Roar..."

Not far from Chen Fengyun’s side, Ma Dingdang similarly summoned a divine dragon. The creature let out a earth-shaking, resonant roar and flew toward the Ghost King Yama, coordinating with Chen Fengyun’s assault.

"Lin, bing, dou, zhe, jie, zhen, lie, zai, qian..."

Furthermore, Ma Dingdang chanted the Sutra of Deliverance and the Nine-Word True Words, continually strengthening the power of the divine dragon. Although its imposing momentum paled before the Ghost King Yama, its auxiliary flanking attacks still managed to cause some disruption.

"Boom..."

The Ghost King Yama's blood-eye attack immediately collided with the flying sword and profound yin qi unleashed by Chen Fengyun. Weakened by the Buddhist divine arts, the collision erupted in deafening roars, kicking up billowing clouds of dust from the surrounding ground.

"Howl..."

The Ghost King Yama possessed an immensely formidable physique, and its blood-eye attack was fiercely violent. Roaring furiously, it lunged straight at Chen Fengyun, attempting to tear him to pieces with sheer brute force.

"Watch out and keep your distance!"

Chen Fengyun shouted frantically at Ma Dingdang while dodging. At the same time, he drove his Vajra Indestructible Body to its absolute limit, enveloping himself in a dazzling golden radiance. Combined with the Buddhist divine arts, it lent him a solemn and majestic divine aura.

"Boom..."

The flying sword struck the Ghost King Yama from the side, leaving only a deep white mark on its skin without even managing to break through, though it still made the beast howl in pain.

"Hoo..."

The profound yin freezing qi surged forth, creating a vast expanse of whiteness in front of the Ghost King Yama. However, it merely slowed its movements slightly and failed to freeze its body solid. This was because the entity's original power tier was far too high, rendering its physical toughness well beyond Chen Fengyun's imagination.

"Roar..."

Seeing the Ghost King Yama chasing Chen Fengyun all over the ground, Ma Dingdang retreated far into the distance to evade danger while commanding the divine dragon to roar and coil around the creature's legs, specifically targeting and biting its injured leg to cause endless annoyance.

"Howl..."

The Ghost King Yama roared with fury, waving its arm to bat Chen Fengyun's flying sword away and forcibly severing Chen Fengyun's connection to it. This nearly caused him to suffer a mental backlash, but fortunately, his spiritual sense was robust enough that he immediately seized back control, sending the flying sword soaring high into the air.

"Roar..."

The divine dragon coiled tightly around the Ghost King Yama's wounded leg, but the beast roared, grabbed the dragon, and violently tore it apart. The dragon's body shattered, dissolving into a burst of dissipating light that caused Ma Dingdang in the distance to spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Howl..."

Yet, formidable and fierce as the Ghost King Yama was, it had zero resistance against the continuous torrent of Buddhist divine arts unleashed by Chen Fengyun. The multiple wounds on its body began to gradually worsen, as if the Buddhist arts were actively eroding its flesh and spirit.

"Slash!"

Finally, seizing an opportunity amidst the Ghost King Yama's thrashing, Chen Fengyun let out a loud roar. The flying sword plummeted from the sky with a whistle—not targeting the Ghost King Yama directly, but instead crashing heavily down onto the small fragment of a weapon still protruding from the back of its head.

"Howl..."

Instantly, that remaining piece of weaponry embedded deep into the Ghost King Yama's skull, drawing a heaven-shaking, frenzied roar from its throat that caused the entire grotto-heaven to tremble violently.

Moreover, this attack dealt devastating damage to the Ghost King Yama, appearing to injure its very soul-body. Its form wavered unsteadily, making it nearly unable to stand. Chen Fengyun seized this exact moment to dart around to its side and unleash a point-blank torrent of profound yin freezing qi.

Taking advantage of the instant the Ghost King Yama's feet were frozen in place, Chen Fengyun flashed to its rear flank, pressed his hand against its wounded leg, and began frantically absorbing the energy radiating from its body.

"Roar..."

At this moment, Ma Dingdang once again condensed a divine dragon, rushed to the side of the Ghost King Yama, ferociously bit off a chunk of flesh from the wound on its abdomen, and immediately turned and fled.

"Howl..."

Just as Chen Fengyun was enjoying the energy absorption, the Ghost King Yama violently shook its head, spun its body around, and kicked out with its legs in an attempt to shake Chen Fengyun off.

However, Chen Fengyun leaped powerfully, landing squarely atop the Ghost King Yama's head. Gripping its two sharp horns with both hands, he continued to absorb its energy while commanding the flying sword to relentlessly attack the wound on its crown and using the profound yin qi to freeze its limbs.

Ma Dingdang's divine dragon quickly devoured the soul-fragment it had torn from the Ghost King Yama, then charged in once more. It ripped off another piece of flesh and retreated to the side to digest it, rapidly replenishing the strength it had lost moments earlier.

"Howl..."

Feeling its energy rapidly draining away, the Ghost King Yama grew even more frantic and belligerent. With the wound on its head under constant assault, it began to show signs of losing its sanity. While flailing its arms in an attempt to snatch Chen Fengyun down, it suddenly lunged toward Ma Dingdang, firing a beam of light from the single eye on its forehead.

"Watch out, get out of the way!"

Chen Fengyun yelled at the top of his lungs. Fortunately, Ma Dingdang had been on high alert; seeing the Ghost King Yama turn toward her, she scrambled wildly to the side, strictly maintaining her position behind its blind spot.

"You forced my hand! Even if I have to destroy the Underworld Grotto-Heaven, I will drag you all down to die here with me! Open, Netherworld Book—"

After struggling for a while without being able to shake Chen Fengyun off, and having suffered a significant loss of bodily energy, the Ghost King Yama grew desperate. Roaring aloud, it began chanting bizarre incantations while halting its movements and raising both hands as if summoning something.

"Boom..."

Instantly, the entire Underworld Grotto-Heaven trembled and began to collapse before their eyes. The eighteen levels of hell above and the six minor spaces surrounding them all shattered, disintegrating into wisps of death qi.

"Hum..."

At last, a massive gathering of death qi converged as the entire underworld realm crumbled and vanished. The external Road to the Yellow Springs, Naihe Bridge, River of Forgetfulness, Manjusaka flowers, and the Ten Halls of Yama all melted into the death qi, eventually coalescing into a gigantic book that began sucking the Ghost King Yama, Chen Fengyun, and Ma Dingdang straight into its pages.

"Absorb faster!"

Chen Fengyun knew this was the ultimate treasure of the ghost race—the Netherworld Book. Unsure of what would happen if he and Ma Dingdang were pulled inside, his only option now was to accelerate the absorption of the Ghost King Yama's energy. As long as this ghost king, who manipulated the Netherworld Book, was killed, they would have nothing to fear.