Hell On Earth

“Hey, that Old Taoist actually threw his pearl crown and jade hairpin here!”

Du ke came to the entrance of the Underground Palace and saw the jade hairpin and pearl crown that the Wutong Temple Master had tossed on the ground.

"Except for the single garment, I found all the Taoist priest’s robes that the old Taoist had taken off."

"It looks like the old Taoist was really unrestrained. He hadn't even walked out yet but took off all his clothes already."

Du ke threw the pearl crown, jade hairpin and other accessories into his Black Cauldron Space, while also pushing open the door in front of him.

Behind the door was a spiral staircase leading upwards.

The white cat carrying the puppy climbed up the stairs in the blink of an eye and came to the exit.

Looking at the door in front of him, Du ke directly kicked it open. As soon as the door opened, the sound of crunching could be heard from outside.

Du ke’s ears twitched as he stepped out of the portal and looked outside. He saw a Taoist priest with a Skull Head stuck to the back of his head, kneeling with his back to him and gnawing on a corpse.

The clothes on the corpse had been removed, exposing the chest that had been bitten open. The rest of the body also had neat bite marks. The bitten chest also exposed the internal organs.

The Taoist priest who was gnawing on the human corpse heard the movement behind him and raised his head woodenly, then turned around.

"Tsk!"

When Du ke saw the Taoist priest who had turned his head, he immediately clicked his tongue.

Because this Taoist priest still had a piece of intestine from the corpse dangling from the corner of his mouth, connected to the intestines inside the corpse's abdominal cavity.

Not to mention the gory blood smeared over one eye, both eyes had lost their pupils, leaving only the bloodshot whites and blood tears that had not yet dried up.

Before Du ke could react, the Taoist priest with the Skull Head stuck behind him let out a shriek and pounced at Du ke.

"Get lost!!!"

Du ke roared without thinking. As the dragon bloodline aura surged, it turned into an overbearing might, blocking the path between Du ke and the Taoist.

The Taoist who was pouncing at Du ke was as if slamming into an invisible wall. He was not only sent flying back but even the skull behind his head was shook loose and sent tumbling through the air.

The skull was spinning as it fell. Its upper and lower jaws rattled until it turned to ash before hitting the ground.

Thud!

The Taoist priest fell to the ground. Although his eyes were still white, the weird and crazy aura from before was completely gone.

"How strange!"

Du ke walked over to the Taoist carrying the puppy. As soon as he got to him, the cat's eyebrows jerked. This Taoist had already died.

Not only had he died, but he seemed to have died at least a while ago.

"That skull seems to be similar to the one under the Dharma Altar I dug up, but how did the skull get attached to the back of this Taoist's head?"

Du ke was completely puzzled. Even the reason why his roar could blast the Taoist priest away just now was unknown to him.

Although he vaguely had some guesses in his mind, now was not the time to think more. He had to hurry up and get out of here, otherwise when the Underground Palace collapsed and Wude Mountain caved in, if he hadn't escaped yet, he would be buried along with Wutong Temple.

Du ke rushed out of the room where the entrance to the Underground Palace was located. As soon as he walked out of the room, Du ke gasped.

Corpses, as far as the eye could see, were corpses!

Corpses slumped in the courtyard, smeared with blood on the walls. Furthermore, the internal organs were pulled out and thrown to the side.

The bloody smell rushed into Du ke's nostrils. At the same time, Du ke clicked his tongue, "What on earth happened outside?"

"It hasn't even been half an hour since that old Taoist left. How did Wutong Temple become such a mess so quickly?"

Kaka kaka...

The sound of upper and lower jaws colliding echoed in the night sky. Several skull heads wrapped in black mist, with ghostly fires burning in their hollow eye sockets, also forcibly entered Du ke's line of sight.

"You owe us, you owe us!"

"You have to pay it back, you must pay it back!"

"Everyone dies, everyone dies, everyone dies!"

.....

Skull heads flying in the air were creepy enough already. Now these skull heads were chanting in unison, making it even more horrifying to hear.

Seeing this scene, the fur on Du ke’s tail couldn’t help but stand on end.

He was absolutely certain that these were the skull heads sealed under the Dharma Altars, but now all the skull heads had come out of the altars. It was obvious that other changes had taken place.

"Could it be because all five Wutong Gods died?"

While Du ke was muttering to himself, the skull heads also surged towards him.

In the perception of these skull heads, Du ke’s bloodline aura was strong and vigorous. His vital essence was like a blazing sun, scorching them.

To these skull heads that had been dead for who knows how many years, every living being in Wutong Temple was their mortal enemy.

The deep hatred towards all Wutong Temple's living beings was engraved in their bones.

Seeing the dense mass of skull heads flying towards him, Du ke’s mind buzzed. Almost instinctively, he let out a tiger’s roar.

"Get lost!!!"

This tiger’s roar was like a clap of thunder. Not only did ripples faintly appear in the air, all the skull heads rushing towards him were roared into flying ash.

After roaring once, the white cat looked at all the skull heads that had turned to flying ash, and cleared his throat.

"When did I become so powerful?"

As a spirit cat with great self-awareness, Du ke had always seen himself clearly.

But now, his roar alone could destroy so many ghostly things, which really shocked him.

"Nevermind, I'll think about it later!"

Du ke took a step forward and his figure disappeared instantly as he activated Merge into Light.

The white cat who had just disappeared was about to leave the courtyard when he saw even more skull heads swarming over like a hive of bees, pressing down densely over the entire courtyard while also searching for the source of the earlier movement.

Seeing this, Du ke clicked his tongue. But he also had a way.

Closing his eyes, he spread out his spiritual perception. As the aura of all 27 Sun Essence Pellets fell into his mind, Du ke directly triggered half of them to explode.

"Blow up for me!"

Next second, boom boom boom...

Explosions rang out without any order. The vast night was suddenly illuminated as if it was daylight by the dazzling golden flames soaring into the sky.

The explosions had just started when the skull heads in the courtyard let out shrill screams. They unanimously flew up into sky, leaving the courtyard.

"Phew, finally left!"

Du ke immediately took a few steps to leave the courtyard, jumped onto the enclosing wall, and ran towards the back door.

As he quickly fled along the enclosing wall, Du ke suddenly heard a few screams after passing through a few courtyards.

Looking in the direction of the screams, Du ke saw a Taoist priest holding a long sword, covered in blood and packing up bundles on the ground, with several corpses lying around.

Gold and silver spilled out of the opened bundles.

Before this Taoist priest could finish packing, a skull head silently floated down from the night sky and slammed straight into the back of his head.

The Taoist priest's eyes instantly rolled back as his mouth kept opening. Gurgling sounds kept coming from his throat.

Soon, the skull head stuck to the back of the Taoist priest’s head. The Taoist priest's face stiffened, no longer seeming alive. He threw down the bundles on the ground and pounced on the few corpses, biting them ravenously.

"Save me, save me!"

Before Du ke could watch the whole scene, shouts for help sounded again.

Duke walked quickly for a few steps and saw a fair-skinned little Taoist boy with red lips and white teeth being carried on the shoulder of a lewd-looking Taoist priest towards a room.

While tearing the Taoist boy's Taoist robe, the Taoist priest laughed brazenly, "Usually you are the precious darling of the Chief, but now even the Chief himself is struggling to stay safe. You are my precious darling now!"

"Help! Help... Sob sob..."

Before the Taoist boy cried out a few times, his mouth was covered and he was pulled into the room.

The door closed directly, but soon skulls broke through the door and rushed into the room.

Not long after, no matter whether it was the lewd Taoist priest or the Taoist boy, they walked out of the room with stiff expressions, hugging each other and gnawing at one another.

"Sigh!"

Duke shook his head with a sigh, did not look more and quickly walked away.

All the way, Duke saw scenes of looting, masters killing disciples, group fights to seize treasures, kicking others when they were down, and many other drama.

And all the way, Duke also detonated all the Sun Essence Pellets he had buried, burning everything into golden flames.

With fiery catkins rising into the sky behind, he directly strode past the Wutong Temple’s back door, throwing everything behind him as he plunged into the darkness.

No matter whether this was hell or the mortal world.

Burning everything clean with a fire, perhaps that would make things clean.

But really, would things become clean?

The white cat did not know the answer, nor did he want to know.

Since coming to this world, what he had witnessed and experienced only taught him one thing.

Do not ask about what lies ahead, just follow your heart’s desires.

Let's walk on, look around, and sing songs!