After being adopted by a tiger demon, I swept through the strange and chaotic world

#367 - Conversation with the ferryman; battle with the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Monsters!

[Acquired Artifact - Soul-Guiding Lamp (Superior) (No need to recognize the master): Take the Rebirth Lamp on the Naihe Bridge, immerse it in the water of the Wangchuan River, and add copper snake skin, iron dog bones, ox head, horse face, red spider lily, and leaves. Refined for 9981,000 years, it has the effect of attracting the soul and the dead soul. For those with weak will, it may make their souls leave their bodies. It is said that holding the soul-guiding lamp on the Naihe Bridge to illuminate the Wangchuan River may see the old people who do not want to enter the reincarnation...]

[Note: Gather all 18 soul-calling lanterns to set up a soul-calling formation. Pay a certain price and you can search for the person you want to see in the three realms. If the person is still conscious, you may be able to see him/her.]

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After seeing the information on the panel, Li Xiao couldn't help but recall the past. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He sighed and said to himself:

"Not wanting to enter the cycle of reincarnation, how deep must that be..."

In the introduction of the soul-guiding lamp, the deceased who are unwilling to enter the cycle of reincarnation refers to those who are unwilling to forget their memories of life after death. If they refuse to drink Meng Po soup, they cannot pass the Wangxiang Terrace. If they pass the Wangxiang Terrace, they cannot be reincarnated and cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation.

The underworld has its own order. The dead souls who choose not to drink Meng Po soup are not allowed to enter the Yellow Springs Road because their life span has ended. They cannot block the way on the Naihe Bridge either. They can only jump into the Wangchuan River or pass the ferryman trial and become Wangchuan ferrymen.

The former has to endure being bitten by copper snakes and iron dogs in the river for thousands of years. If he has not forgotten the person he is thinking about after a year, he will be allowed to reincarnate with his memory.

During this thousand years, he will see the person he is thinking about passing by the Naihe Bridge countless times and drinking bowl after bowl of Mengpo soup.

But he can only look, he can't reach, and the other party can't see him either.

This torment will last for thousands of years.

Although the latter is better, as one does not have to endure the bites of snakes and dogs, nor does one have to soak in the sticky blood, the loneliness is real. Moreover, once one becomes the ferryman of the Forgotten River, one can no longer be reincarnated and can only stay in the Forgotten River forever.

No matter which one it was, it was unimaginable for Li Xiao.

But at this moment, as far as he could see, there was a ferryman of the Forgotten River, who was looking at him calmly, as if waiting.

This time there was no familiar feeling of dizziness. At the end of the bluestone road was a shallow beach, and in front was the Wangchuan River and a wide stone bridge.

A dark red river of blood meanders beneath your feet. Rows of death lamps hang by the bridge, each wick flickering with a faint blue flame.

There was a faint smell of bitter almonds floating in the air, which was the unique scent of the Forgotten River.

Li Xiao stood with his hands behind his back, quite speechless.

After passing the third level, I couldn't leave. It seemed like I had to get through it all in one go...

The key point is that there is no one to talk to, so he has no one to ask questions.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao missed the Black and White Impermanence a little.

Li Xiao's heart moved, and he waved to the Wangchuan ferryman.

"Boatman, come closer."

As Li Xiao spoke, he took out another handful of paper money for the dead.

As expected, the other party rowed the boat closer to the shore.

The ferryman's voice was a little hoarse, but he spoke in a language that Li Xiao could understand:

The other party paused for a moment before turning around, his tone devoid of any emotion:

"Can."

Li Xiao pondered for a moment and asked:

"Who is guarding this Naihe Bridge? It must be Meng Po."

The ferryman was silent for a moment, then spoke again:

"One thousand ghost coins."

"Well……"

Three black lines appeared on Li Xiao's forehead, but he still pointed at a thousand ghost money and threw it to the other party.

Under the control of Li Xiao's true energy, a thousand pieces of paper money fell on the opponent's ship without any error, and were even stacked neatly together.

This is nothing considering Li Xiao's spirit level is close to 300,000 points.

The ferryman only glanced at them without counting them, and then spoke again:

"It's not Meng Po. Meng Po is in charge of the trials at Wangxiang Terrace, which is at the end of Naihe Bridge. The gatekeepers of Naihe Bridge are the Third Master and the Fourth Master...commonly known as the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons."

"What are their abilities? What are their weaknesses?"

"…I don't know about this, and even if I knew, I can't tell you."

Li Xiao didn't expect to get anything out of the question, so he asked:

"Three, four... Hey, are the fifth and sixth masters the famous generals in chains? Which gate are they responsible for guarding?"

"……five hundred."

Li Xiao was speechless, but he didn't say anything and directly threw two thousand ghost money over.

The other party was slightly shocked and said:

"Fifth Master and Sixth Master are also responsible for guarding the Ghost Gate, but they guide people from the heavens. In this case, you should be from the mortal world?"

"……five hundred."

Li Xiao also learned it, but unexpectedly the other party turned around and left.

"Hey, hey, hey, come back! I was just kidding you, are you from the mortal world too?"

The ferryman did not make an offer this time, nor did he answer him. Instead, he asked:

"Who is the emperor of the human race now?"

Li Xiao's expression became a little strange, and he pointed at himself.

"Hmm? You? Are you the Human Emperor?"

"Yes, may I ask what dynasty you lived in?"

"... Dayun... Are you the Human Emperor? No, this is not right..."

"Luck... Wu Song Yun Zhou Jiang, Yuan Heng Shao Gan Ze... plus a big scene, big luck... more than 63,000 years ago?!!"

"How many?"

The ferryman's originally calm face also showed some shock. After a long while, he finally calmed down and said with a wry smile:

"I've been here for so long..."

Li Xiao suddenly felt sad when he heard this. He had been a lonely ferryman here for more than 60,000 years... He had even forgotten the time. How tormenting was this?

Li Xiao tactfully did not mention the other party's sad story, and instead asked:

"What's wrong with me being the emperor? You seem unable to understand? Don't I look like one?"

As Li Xiao spoke, he stood with his hands behind his back. As his true energy circulated, his clothes and hair moved without wind, and he emanated an aura that looked down on the world.

"No... this is not a question of whether it is similar or not. After the death of the Human Emperor, there are ancestral temples to worship him, and there are incense supplies from all over the world. Why would he need to participate in this underworld trial? You... you are not dead yet? A living person?"

"I……"

Li Xiao kept comforting himself in his heart. He thought that the other party had been here for too long, so it was normal for him not to speak...

"Why are you here in the underworld, you living person... Wait, what trial are you participating in?"

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Li Xiao said expressionlessly:

"The Emperor's Fifteenth Test."

"Big... that makes sense. Tsk, that makes sense. Well, you are busy. I will leave first. Oh, by the way, the previous question was also 500. So I should refund you 1,000. OK."

After the ferryman returned the extra thousand ghost money to Li Xiao, he rowed away. No matter how Li Xiao shouted, it was useless.

"Who... who is this person?"

Li Xiao hesitated for a moment, then jumped and headed towards the stone bridge.

The familiar feeling of dizziness and golden light emerged again. At the same time, Li Xiao rang the soul-calming bell and activated the golden body of Tianlong Babu to prevent a sneak attack.

When Li Xiao opened his eyes again, he was dumbfounded.

"No buddy... the first wave of monsters has a boss? Can we play now?"

Thirty feet in front of Li Xiao, two people were rubbing their heads.

One has a bull's head and bull's horns but a human body, and the other has a human body, a horse's face and a long mouth. They are the so-called Third Master and Fourth Master.

The Fourth Master stepped forward and asked sternly, "Are you a participant in the trial?"

Li Xiao was slightly startled. Just a roar from the Horse-Faced Guard made him feel like he was facing a huge bell. He was actually dazed for a moment.

The horse-faced man spoke again:

"Those who participate in the fifth trial or above must defeat one of us before they can go up the bridge. Those who participate in the third trial can pass this level directly and go to Fengdu City."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bull-headed man beside him added:

"Even if someone who makes false reports passes the test, their results will be automatically judged as inferior."

Seeing that Li Xiao did not move, the two knew that Li Xiao wanted to break through. The Horse-Faced Guard asked again:

"Who are you going to choose?"

Li Xiao's heart moved, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Niutou suddenly shout:

"No! Old Four, he is a trialist above the Emperor level!"

The Horse-Faced Guard also sensed the message from the underworld at this time, raised his eyebrows, and changed his words:

"Those who participate in the trials above the Emperor level need to fight both of us brothers at the same time and win before they can go up the bridge."

Li Xiao's mouth was slightly bitter, and he knew it was like this...

The Ox-Headed and Horse-Headed men looked at each other, took out their weapons at the same time, and then flashed to protect Li Xiao from the front and the back.

However, Li Xiao had already made preparations...

"God, heaven and earth, same origin, different dimension!"

Li Xiao leaped forward and teleported behind the horse-faced man. The terrifying space crack quickly spread with his palm as the center.

The Horse-Faced Monster wanted to dodge but it was too late. The huge suction force sucked him in.

"God, All Streams Return to One, Sky-Chasing Sun Sword!"

Li Xiao controlled the flying sword and stabbed it into the crack just before it closed, to prevent the horse-faced monster's body from crossing the void and coming back.

As long as the opponent has not been able to lock the coordinates when the crack disappears, then the opponent will never be able to find them again after the crack closes.

When the bull-headed man saw this scene, his eyes turned red instantly and he let out a shrill cry.

"Old Four!"

Li Xiao had seen a similar scene once, so the moment the crack closed, he skillfully used the Body Transformation Technique.

The other-dimensional space exhausted one tube of his spiritual energy, but fortunately he succeeded in one strike. In a one-on-one fight, even if only 80% of the remaining second tube of spiritual energy was left, Li Xiao was confident of winning.

One-on-one and one-on-two are completely different. The power of two people attacking together with tacit understanding is not as simple as one plus one equals two.

The Bull Head was helpless and furious. He swung his steel fork to stir the air, and the prototype of a tornado slowly formed.

Li Xiao thought to himself that something was wrong and fled away.

After he became one with the heaven and earth, he was not only able to completely block out the perception of the outside world, but he also had to bear the blows suffered by the heaven and earth.

Just like now, the surrounding space was somewhat unstable due to the huge force of the bull head, and Li Xiao was naturally unlucky as well. At this moment, his whole body felt like being cut by a dagger.

Although both of them were rotating, Hei Wuchang's skills were completely incomparable to Niu Tou's.

This also made Li Xiao feel fortunate for his decision again.

If it really is one against two, I'm afraid even if he reveals his One Qi Transformed into Three Purities, he won't be able to defeat them.

As it is now, there is still some chance.

Li Xiaoqiang calmed his mind and thought about how to break the impasse. To deal with an opponent whose cultivation level was higher than his, the best solution was to fight a protracted war and use his own advantage of god-level endurance skills to continuously consume the opponent.

However, the use of the extra-dimensional space he had just used up the spiritual energy stored in the Body Nourishing and Breathing Technique, so this advantage no longer existed. Under the premise that the total amount of spiritual energy was obviously inferior to that of the opponent, fighting a war of attrition would be seeking death.

The next best solution is to rely on a sneak attack, kill the person with one strike, or flee immediately if that fails.

Now that the opponent has seen the other-dimensional space, he will definitely not give him a chance to hit him. Li Xiao didn't dare to gamble. Once he released the other-dimensional space at close range and the opponent dodged it, Li Xiao had no doubt that the opponent's steel fork would tear him to pieces in an instant.

It is still necessary to preserve the famous sword as much as possible.

Therefore, the best solution is to stack the power and suppress it with the demon-suppressing sword energy...

Li Xiao made a judgment in his heart and bit his tongue hard to calm himself down.

There cannot be any mistakes in the following combos, otherwise all previous efforts will be wasted.

After simulating it several times in his mind and making sure nothing was missed, Li Xiao set off.

Li Xiao appeared outside the trend created by Niu Tou, with Haotian's true body emerging behind him, and murderous intent shrouding him. It was actually the superimposed field of Haotian's true body and the murderous intent void.

The hundredfold power bonus gave Li Xiao the confidence to kill with one blow.

When Niutou saw this scene, his eyes suddenly became bloodshot and he rushed over with a strange cry.

The other party was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, a dazzling white light appeared in Li Xiao's sight.

Li Xiao's pupils suddenly shrank and he disappeared from the spot in an instant. His Bull Head Attack missed and he spun around on the spot and stood still again. Just as he was about to use up his old strength and regain his new strength, a flash of white knife light appeared above his brow.

At the same time, a small golden sword pierced his back.

Li Xiao's cultivation is not high, but the level of his skills is extremely high, and he is also very proficient in this combo. Every move he makes is a fatal kill without any delay, and the connection between skills is extremely smooth and natural.

Niu Tou wanted to do something, but before he could even think of it, the knife fell with a righteous spirit.

Niu Tou had just raised the steel fork and was barely blocking the attack, but then he was hit by another sword in the heart, which made his body stagger. The strength of his hand holding the knife suddenly weakened, and the knife had already fallen.

After all, the Bull Head also belongs to the category of evil spirits. After being stabbed by this sword, it was not much stronger than the Black Impermanence before. Although it did not completely dissipate, the Bull Head had been split into two halves in the middle.

Li Xiao was shocked and retreated without having time to think.

He originally thought that if this blow hit the target, it would kill instantly like the previous one, but he didn't expect that the bull head could actually withstand this blow!

Another attack missed, and Niu Tou was extremely depressed. It was obvious that the boy in front of him was far inferior to him in cultivation, but he relied on these mysterious skills to beat him half to death.

He could feel that the other party's cultivation was not even at the god level. If he broke through the god level, he would be killed with just this one blow.

Even so, Niu Tou could still feel a horrifying aura attached to his head which had been broken into two halves. His physical body was still completely destroyed, and he was now relying solely on his spirit to sustain his movements.

However, Li Xiao suddenly realized this and took out the soul-guiding lamp without hesitation...

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