"Sorry, seeing someone familiar, I got carried away for a moment."

Xiao Mu's heart chilled as he sincerely apologized.

This place was too strange, perhaps concealing some earth-shattering event.

After giving Thunder and Jiang Mu and the others a careful glance, Xiao Mu refrained from speaking recklessly again.

Thunder and Jiang Mu, along with the other ghosts, were completely indistinguishable from each other, in a phantom state, much like reflections in water, visible but intangible, seemingly just projections with no real bodies present.

This was too strange – how could the deceased appear here in such a bizarre state?

Unable to figure out why this was happening, Xiao Mu chose not to ask any more questions and continued to follow Elder Zun and Huang Yuan forward.

It seemed as though the wandering ghosts were completely unaware of their presence, paying no mind to the trio and not even sparing them an extra glance.

Cra-ack!

Cra-ack!

The sound of a blade slicing through flesh came from ahead, and Xiao Mu looked up.

Not far ahead, suspended high above the middle of the Netherworld Paper Bridge, was a three-foot-long white Silver Sword, glittering in the air.

The body of the Silver Sword flowed with a silvery halo, looking incredibly translucent.

Cra-ack!

A ghost wandered beneath the Silver Sword, which immediately released a blinding silver radiance, striking down like a thunderbolt upon the wandering ghost.

The struck ghost instantly turned into black light, drifting towards a higher altitude.

In the boundless sky above, a giant, edgeless Black Hole hung like a real black hole, erupting with a suction force that instantly absorbed the black light that the ghost had turned into after being slashed.

Cra-ack! Cra-ack!

Continuously, ghosts passed beneath the Silver Sword, continuously being struck by it, then turning into black light, to be absorbed by the gigantic Black Hole in the sky.

"What is that?"

Xiao Mu was utterly shocked.

Elder Zun and Huang Yuan also instinctively stopped in their tracks, looking up at the terrifying, giant Black Hole in the sky.

Surprise and a hint of fear were evident on both their faces.

That Black Hole was too terrifying; it seemed to do nothing, yet elicited an extreme sense of horror in them.

"What is that? And what is that sword?"

Elder Zun sent a message to both Xiao Mu and Huang Yuan at the same time.

"This place is so strange. Is this really the legendary Netherworld?" Huang Yuan couldn't help but voice his doubts.

Both had initially thought this place was the Netherworld, but now it seemed not quite right. Why would such odd things be present in the Netherworld?

What was the Silver Sword used for, and what was the immense Black Hole in the sky?

"Elder Zun, Senior Huang, look quickly..."

Xiao Mu suddenly pointed ahead.

Upon hearing him, Elder Zun and Huang Yuan immediately looked in the direction Xiao Mu was pointing. On the other end of the Netherworld Paper Bridge, which was a considerable distance past where the Silver Sword was located, there stood a small house.

The house was blood red and appeared incredibly odd against the gloomy black of the Netherworld Paper Bridge, exuding an indistinct sense of bloodiness.

"How could there be a small house?"

"What is the purpose of this house? Why is it on the Netherworld Paper Bridge?"

Elder Zun and Huang Yuan both expressed their surprise.

The blood-red house also appeared to be made of paper, only it was blood-colored paper, or perhaps ordinary white paper that had been brushed with a layer of fresh blood.

"Could there be something inside the house?" Xiao Mu voiced his inner question.

There were corpses outside the house as well, and not just one. They were all Divine Being corpses.

But these corpses were mostly related to the Underworld, including the messengers of death, judges, and even a Divine Being corpse more powerful than messengers and judges. It was hard to guess their identities, but they must have been at least on the level of a City God.

"Perhaps, we should take a look inside the house."

Elder Zun suddenly spoke up, clearly having also noticed the Divine Being corpses outside the house.

Moreover, there seemed to be some kind of object inside the house, emitting blue light that rippled outwards in rings to the exterior of the house.

And this blue light faintly emitted a strange power.

The house, especially the object inside emitting the blue light, held particular allure for the three of them.

Huang Yuan looked up at the Silver Sword hanging in the high sky, his brows furrowed with difficulty, "How do we get there? The power of this Treasure Sword is too strong; we might not be able to withstand it."

Elder Zun's brow also furrowed.

Huang Yuan was right about the power of the Sword; they had not experienced it firsthand, but just by the feel of it, even Elder Zun thought he might not be able to withstand it.

Despite the enticement of the object in the house emitting blue light, it certainly wasn't worth risking their lives to explore.

After some thought, Elder Zun said, "I can use the Power of Creation to create a false body and use that to test the path and see if we can get across."

"Be careful!" Huang Yuan solemnly warned Elder Zun, "If something goes wrong, immediately abandon the false body."

"Okay!"

Elder Zun readily agreed without trying to act tough.

"Xiao Mu, retreat with me."

Huang Yuan suddenly sent a sound transmission to Xiao Mu, though his tone was not very pleasant.

This old guy just can't be a bit more polite when he speaks.

Even though Xiao Mu knew that Huang Yuan was considering his safety in asking him to retreat, he still couldn't help but inwardly criticize, annoyed by the old man's tone.

While thinking this internally, Xiao Mu didn't show it on the surface and followed Huang Yuan in retreat.

The two retracted about more than a mile before stopping and turning back to watch Elder Zun.

Elder Zun stayed in place, even daring to walk a few more steps forward, moving closer to the Silver Sword's hanging position.

A white light suddenly shot out from Elder Zun's body—it was the Power of Creation.

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