A faint light flashed.
The man's corpse stirred.
The aura of death gathered and enveloped the man's remains.
Suddenly.
The man opened his eyes.
"Who... revived me!"
His voice was incredibly hoarse, with a grating quality like bones rubbing against porcelain, making people deeply uncomfortable.
"It was I who awakened you!" Lin Rong said.
The man turned his head and looked at him.
He sized Lin Rong up from head to toe.
"You're new, aren't you?" he suddenly said.
Everyone was stunned.
This person had such keen observation skills that even as a revenant after death, he could tell Lin Rong was a newcomer.
Hundred Flowers Fairy quickly asked, "Do you remember me?"
The man turned to look, and nodded.
"I remember you, that pathetic woman!"
As his words fell, Hundred Flowers Fairy's expression shifted slightly.
"Do you want to escape the Pain Reaper? I can help you! But I am now merely a revenant, my strength is less than a tenth of what it was. If you can truly resurrect me..."
The man's eyes burned with fervor, his words becoming more animated.
"Stop!" Hundred Flowers Fairy's face changed. "We have no method of resurrection. You are fortunate enough to have this revenant body; do not be too greedy."
The man fell silent.
He moved his stiff body, feeling the congealed blood within. His body, filled with death qi, felt unfamiliar.
Revenant!
It was not easy to transform into one, especially considering he had been a God King in life.
"Never mind, thank you for awakening me!"
He sighed, seemingly accepting his new form.
"You awakened me because you want to know the way out, right?"
Lin Rong nodded.
Hundred Flowers Fairy said, "Yes, we want to know everything you experienced. Also, we have already killed the Pain Reaper, and I am free."
The man's face showed surprise.
He looked at Lin Rong again.
"You are very strong, not weaker than me in my prime."
Lin Rong did not reply.
He had no idea how strong the man was in his prime.
However, this revenant form of the man was still a few points stronger than Hundred Flowers Fairy, who was at the late Golden Immortal stage.
One could imagine how powerful he must have been in his prime.
Yet, Lin Rong was not worried.
This was merely a clone. He could simply self-destruct if necessary.
If that still didn't defeat the opponent, he would enter again, self-destruct again, until the opponent was killed.
This kind of devious strategy could only be employed by Lin Yu.
The man nodded.
His thoughts were drawn back to the distant past.
After a long while, he recounted everything that had happened back then.
.........
"Back then, I searched in darkness for many years with no success, until I killed a demon god!"
"I had nowhere to go and no way to leave, so I began to study the power of the demon god."
"I studied for over a thousand years this way, and finally discovered a method to leave."
"I discovered that the so-called demon gods were merely slaves of this divine hall!"
"Moreover, I found that the divine hall possessed consciousness but was in a deep slumber, not yet awake."
"A demon god is a key!"
He sighed, his thoughts pulled back to ten thousand years ago.
Holding the demon god as a key, he excitedly searched for a lock.
But where was the lock?
It was pitch black here, and he could see nothing. How could he find a lock?
He wandered for three thousand years, and finally found a clue.
He closed his eyes and searched with his heart.
Another few hundred years passed, and he discovered a great door.
So, he excitedly took out the key to open the door.
With a loud boom, he was sent flying by a creature within the door with a single punch.
If the thing inside the door could have come out, he would have been killed on the spot.
Even so, he was severely injured and died not long after from his wounds.
Lin Rong and the others felt a heavy sense of mystery after hearing this.
Lin Fan said, "That's not right. The door he opened definitely wasn't the exit!"
The man said mournfully, "It certainly wasn't the exit. There was a monster behind the door, its strength was too immense. I couldn't even withstand one move; it was truly terrifying!" 138 Reading Network
Hundred Flowers Fairy frowned, "We also killed a demon god. Should we also try to find a door to open?"
The Pain Reaper was dead.
If the man was telling the truth, it seemed they also had to open a door.
Lin Rong nodded.
"How can a demon god's corpse be turned into a key?" Lin Rong asked.
The man chuckled, "That's simple. You just need to extract the special power within the demon god's body and compress it to the extreme. It will automatically form into a key."
Lin Rong understood. He took out the Pain Reaper's corpse.
He placed his palm on the Pain Reaper and gently wiped it.
Buzz!
A white light flashed, and a strange power was pulled from the demon god's corpse by him.
Snap!
The power was held in his hand, condensed into a ball, and compressed to its limit, indeed forming the shape of a key.
"This is the key!"
He said, holding a red key.
The man said, "Yes, this is the key. It should correspond to a door. Let's go look for it."
"Remember, when you find the door, don't rush to open it. Let's think of a foolproof plan first."
The man kept reminding him, fearing that if Lin Rong died, he would also perish.
After all, Lin Rong was his summoner. If Lin Rong died, he would die too.
Lin Rong remained noncommittal.
Before leaving, Hundred Flowers Fairy collected her magical artifact, and her boudoir disappeared.
The four set off to find the portal. They all closed their eyes and searched with their hearts, but the place was too vast and difficult to find.
In the darkness, they could only rely on sound to locate each other; they could see nothing.
They didn't know how long they walked. Although they weren't tired, their hearts were weary.
Suddenly.
Lin Fan exclaimed with joy, "Everyone come over! Look what I found!"
He caressed the object in front of him, his face filled with excitement.
"It's a door!" the man said after touching it, confirming it was a door.
"You all step back! Move away!" Lin Rong said.
Lin Fan's eyes lit up, knowing what Lin Rong intended to do. He quickly pulled the man and Hundred Flowers Fairy away.
They retreated a considerable distance.
The man warned again, "Be extremely careful! The things inside here are too powerful. You're no match for them. Don't open the door!"
Hundred Flowers Fairy also looked solemn.
She had just escaped a dangerous situation and didn't want to die.
"I know what I'm doing!" Lin Rong said.
"You all stay far away!"
Only after they had moved away did Lin Rong make his move.
He took out the key and found the keyhole on the door.
In a short while, he found the lock.
Click!
The key was inserted.
Crrack!
With a slight twist, the lock opened.
The sound of the lock opening echoed, seeming to awaken something.
He gently pushed the door open.
An extremely dangerous aura emanated from within the door.
"Hmph, I'll see if you're stronger than I am?"
"Full power strike!"
He clenched his fist, unleashed his full power, and fiercely attacked the being inside the door.