Waking the Dead

Chapter 553 Awakening the Dead

Qin Mu sat next to the skeleton, took out medicine to treat his wounds in the battle, and said with a smile: "I came out of the underworld, why should I be afraid of the underworld road?"

The skeleton stood up and said, "This is an ominous place. There is no way out. The only way to survive is to turn around immediately."

Qin Mu squeezed out the bad blood from the wound, drew out the evil spirit, and said, "Turning back will lead to death, and moving forward will give you a chance to survive. Do you know a safer way?"

The skeleton shook his head.

Qin Mu applied the medicine to himself, and urged his vital energy to circulate for a week. The wound did not burst, and then he stood up and said, "Do you know the directions of east, south, west and north?"

"That's east!" The skeleton raised his hand and pointed forward.

"Thanks."

Qin Mu walked towards the direction he pointed, took two steps and stopped, turned around and smiled, "Brother, why are you following me?"

The skeleton followed him closely. When he stopped, it also stopped and said, "I was originally in a daze here. I don't remember anything about my life. I only vaguely remember some things about my death. It was you who woke me up. Naturally, I have to follow you."

Qin Mu laughed and said, "Humans and ghosts have different paths. It's not a good idea for you to follow me. You should go back to sleep."

The skeleton was bewildered and said, "I could sleep soundly when I was in a daze, not caring about spring, summer, autumn and winter, or the wars and slaughters in the world. But after being woken up by you, I can't fall asleep anymore. You disturbed my sleep, so you must be responsible for me."

"You are so unreasonable!"

Qin Mu had no choice but to turn around and defend himself seriously, "I saw that you still had some soul left, so I used the Ten Thousand Gods Natural Power to wake you up and ask for directions, but you knew nothing and only knew the east. You couldn't lead me to find a way out. And you are dead, so even if I can leave this ominous place alive, you can't follow me to the world of the living. Brother, if you are dead, you'd better sleep."

The skeleton shook his head: "I originally had no worries or sorrows, but you awakened me and made me have worries and sorrows. You must help me solve them."

Qin Mu was troubled and said with a smile: "Then I will use the Ten Thousand Gods Natural Power to pull out your remaining soul and let you dissipate between heaven and earth. Then you can fall asleep again. How about this?"

"No."

The skeleton shook his head again: "Now that I am awake, if you let my soul fly away, you will kill me. It is so painful to have my soul fly away, I don't want it."

Qin Mu had a real headache, so he turned around and continued to move eastward. Behind him, the skeleton was still following him, step by step.

Qin Mu was upset and was about to persuade them again when suddenly water splashed in the swamps on both sides. Corpses that had been soaked until they were snow-white stood up from the water and looked at him straight.

Qin Mu's heart tightened. These corpses had been soaked for who knows how many years, but their bodies were still not decayed. Their armor was tattered, their eyes were bloodshot, and they were filled with gloomy energy.

These corpses were extremely powerful when they were alive, and even after death they carried a strong odor, which was extremely terrifying.

Suddenly, the skeleton behind Qin Mu opened its mouth and roared, and the corpses on the water surface slowly sank into the water one after another as if they had received an order.

Qin Mu was surprised and asked: "Why do they listen to you?"

The skeleton was also confused. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I vaguely remember that they were my subordinates and died here with me. I saw that they wanted to harm you, so I scolded them. Fortunately, they still obeyed my orders."

Qin Mu became interested and asked with a smile: "Do you remember who you were in your previous life?"

The skeleton thought hard, shook his head, and said, "I don't remember."

Qin Mu became more interested, stopped and said with a smile: "I have a magical power that can open up the underworld, let the remaining souls gather, and revive the dead. I will perform a ritual, maybe it can help you remember something. If you remember, don't follow me."

The skeleton was delighted and said with a smile, "If you can do this, I will repay you for your kindness."

Qin Mu took off his hairpin, letting his hair down, and suddenly revealed his true form as the Star-Zhening Lord. Behind him stood a Chengtian Gate. He performed the Soul-Pulling Technique of the Jiuyou Sect in the swamp, and heavy and obscure magic words came from his mouth.

When Qin Mu was halfway through reciting the magic words, his heart suddenly moved. He felt that some strange information inexplicably appeared in his mind. The magic words in his mouth turned into another more ancient and obscure language, which he recited involuntarily.

The demonic energy around him became thicker and purer, rolling and filling the swamp like a black ocean. The Chengtian Gate also became more and more majestic, standing tall in the sea of ​​demonic energy.

Creak, creak, the extremely heavy door slowly opened.

In the darkness, screams were heard, the sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling were extremely miserable, and countless undead souls came out from the Chengtian Gate!

Qin Mu was shocked: "So many undead?"

Countless undead spirits swarmed out from the Nether City. At the same time, countless residual souls in the swamp gathered together. In an instant, countless phosphorous fires appeared in the swamp like stars, flying around in the dark demonic energy and drilling into the corpses.

Countless corpses stood up from the swamp, looking around in confusion.

The desolate swamp suddenly appeared with tens of thousands of corpses and skeletons. Some were standing on the water, some were floating in the air, and some were sitting on the swamp, all in a daze.

"Who disturbed Youdu?"

Qin Mu was still performing the ritual when suddenly a loud voice exploded in his mind. He was stunned by the sound and his magic power was instantly cut off. The Chengtian Gate behind him swallowed up the overwhelming dark magic energy and sucked it back to Youdu like a whirlwind!

Qin Mu hurriedly dispersed the real body of Zhenxingjun, but unexpectedly, the Chengtian Gate was still open and did not close. Little lights came from the darkness of Youdu.

Those are the lanterns hanging on the bows of the ships!

Qin Mu's scalp tingled. He repeatedly reversed his martial arts technique, but the Chengtian Gate still could not be closed.

The ships coming out of the darkness are about to pass through the Chengtian Gate and arrive at this ominous place!

"I remember who I am!"

Beside him, the skeleton suddenly cried out in surprise and joy, laughing loudly, "I remember! The Seven Killing Star Lords of the Southern Dipper Department of the Southern Heaven in the Heavenly Court, guarding the Great Emperor Heaven under the order of Emperor Kaihuang, the Great Emperor Heaven Jiedushi Wei Liao! Where is my battle armor? Where is my sword?"

Boom——

The swamp under Qin Mu's feet suddenly rolled up, and boundless divine light shot up into the sky. Huge pieces of armor fragments broke through the water and the earth and flew out from under the swamp.

Clang, clang, clang, crisp collision sounds were heard, and pieces of broken armor covered the skeleton next to Qin Mu one after another, covering his entire body in an instant. A broken helmet flew over and grabbed his skull.

Qin Mu was dumbfounded. Suddenly, a mountain in the swamp collapsed and several broken divine weapons flew out from the mountain. They combined in mid-air and turned into a huge axe, which flew towards him with a whistling sound and was immediately grabbed by the skeleton.

This axe symbolizes the authority of the Emperor of Heaven. On the left is an axe, on the right is a knife, and on the top is a sharp spear tip with a dragon pattern coiled around it.

The skeleton grabbed the axe and burst out with earth-shaking momentum. He swung the axe and swept it heavily. The Chengtian Gate behind Qin Mu collapsed and was shattered, blocking the way of the Youdu Yincha.

The skeleton howled angrily and asked sternly, "Where are my soldiers?"

In the swamp, the dark evil spirit dissipated, and countless corpses stood on the swamp above the water, looking at him quietly. Suddenly, all the corpses burst into an earth-shaking cry: "General, the soldiers are here!"

The skeleton laughed loudly, looked up to the sky and asked, "Where is our Majesty?"

He kept asking questions for a long time, but no one could answer him.

After a while, Qin Mu said: "Jiedushi, 20,000 years have passed since the Kaihuang era."

The skeleton looked down at him blankly and murmured, "Twenty thousand years?"

Qin Mu showed a look of reluctance and said, "It's been 20,000 years. You should have died in battle for 20,000 years..."

Plop.

The skeleton sat down and murmured, "It's been 20,000 years. How could this happen? We fought bloody battles and tried our best to stop the enemy, but we still couldn't save our era..."

Qin Mu sighed and said, "The Jiedushi's residual soul is immortal, and his will to fight is eternal. Now I have summoned your residual souls and disturbed your peace. You have woken up from your confusion and came to the world of the living. I don't know what to do. Since the Jiedushi is the commander of Taihuangtian in the Kaihuang era, I don't think he will bring disaster to the world. If I can go back alive, I will ask the King of Hell to see if he can take you in. Jiedushi, please restrain your soldiers for the time being and stay in this ominous place. I need to move on."

He said goodbye and turned to leave.

The skeleton was still sitting there in a daze, with ghost lights flickering in its eye sockets, muttering, "It's been 20,000 years, how could this happen..."

At the edge of the ominous land, more and more demons came to chase them, and soon more than a thousand demon masters gathered, but no one dared to easily step into this ominous land.

After a while, suddenly a strong wind came howling, and when the wind stopped, a demon general appeared in front of many powerful people, looking at the ominous place.

"General Xiu Luo!"

Many demons bowed in greeting, surprised and delighted. The demon leader waved his hand and said, "My master Fu Riluo ordered me to hunt down Qin Mu and told you to obey my orders. Where is Qin Mu now?"

"We have entered an ominous place."

Xiuluo frowned slightly and was about to give the order to enter the ominous land. Suddenly, demonic energy surged from the depths of the ominous land and turned into a sea of ​​demons. A huge portal stood up in it, which was extremely strange.

Xiuluo was startled and stopped in a hurry. After a while, the sea of ​​demonic energy disappeared, and the huge portal also disappeared.

"The ominous place is really weird and unpredictable."

Xiuluo pondered for a moment and whispered, "I'm afraid that kid who broke into this place won't be able to get out alive, but Master ordered that he must be captured alive or dead... Soldiers, listen to my order, follow me and break into this ominous place!"

More than a thousand demon clan masters with magical powers received the order and followed him into the ominous land.

Qin Mu was walking forward in an ominous place when he suddenly heard the sound of fighting behind him. The sound of fighting was deafening, but it did not last long and it returned to calm again. He had no idea what had happened.

"It's really weird here..." Qin Mu shook his head, not knowing that he was the biggest weirdness in this land.