Chapter 155: Worse Than Hell

"Didn't you just want to transform into Jing Jiang's appearance and exact your revenge yourself? If you can't even reach the Xuxuan Abyss, how can you talk about seeking revenge in person?"

You Xiyue had tried several times to no avail in reaching the Xuxuan Abyss, and now her only option was to let Yue Si give it a try.

Yue Si lowered his head in thought for a moment, then looked up, his gaze growing a bit firmer. "Alright, I'll try."

"Thanks."

You Xiyue transformed the Yunxi Silk into a handkerchief and handed it to Yue Si. "If anything unexpected happens, the Yunxi Silk will bring you back."

Yue Si took the Yunxi Silk and nodded.

After hesitating for a moment, he walked toward the secret chamber.

Although he had entered this secret chamber twice before, it was his first time walking the path leading to the Xuxuan Abyss.

He had determination, but he also had fear.

After all, the path ahead was filled with the unknown.

You Xiyue quietly dropped a droplet of blood onto the Yunxi Silk—not out of distrust toward Yue Si, but simply as a precaution for emergencies.

As Yue Si walked, he altered his appearance.

When he reached the iron door, he had completely transformed into the likeness of Jing Jiang.

Taking a heavy breath, he looked at the door handle of the iron door and finally pushed it open.

Indeed, the scene that greeted Yue Si upon opening the door was entirely different from the one You Xiyue had encountered.

Outside the iron door was pitch black, swept by gloomy winds, with demonic entities drifting about from time to time, letting out eerie wails.

You Xiyue perceived everything through the Yunxi Silk tucked in Yue Si's sleeve.

Thus, that iron door must certainly possess some special array formations.

After Yue Si stepped out, the iron door closed behind him.

He turned around to look; the iron door had not vanished, and he could easily walk back to the Demon Realm from this spot, which brought Yue Si a great deal of comfort.

"As long as there's a way back, that's fine."

Yue Si fingered the Yunxi Silk in his sleeve and continued forward.

Emerging from the iron door, three paths lay side by side before it.

Yue Si hesitated and wandered back and forth for a long time, unsure of which one to take.

You Xiyue's blood droplet drifted down from the Yunxi Silk.

It hovered and bobbed right in front of Yue Si's eyes.

Yue Si quickly recognized that this bead of blood belonged to You Xiyue.

The blood droplet darted swiftly toward the rightmost path, and Yue Si hurriedly followed behind it.

Through the blood droplet, You Xiyue sensed that the demonic energy along this path was the densest, which must surely be the location of the Demon Ancestor.

Unfortunately, this time You Xiyue guessed completely wrong.

Yue Si naturally could also sense that the demonic energy here was frighteningly concentrated.

Even during gatherings of the Demon Realm, such intense demonic energy was never released.

Along the path, aside from the floating demonic entities, there was still nothing else.

It was pitch dark.

Until, at last, he caught sight of a glimmer of light.

Before Yue Si could reach the lit area, he was startled by a body suddenly crashing down from above.

The person plummeted straight from overhead.

Had Yue Si been walking just a tiny bit faster, he likely would have been hit right on the head.

This person's body was covered all over with lacerated wounds from bites.

Thick demonic energy emanated from the wounds, and the person was already on the verge of death.

"You..." Yue Si walked over and propped the person up. This support gave him such a fright that he nearly tossed the person back away.

The person's face was mangled into a bloody mass, with white bone even exposed in a few places.

The person's torn lips moved open and closed, though it was impossible to tell what they were saying.

No sound came out whatsoever, and even lip-reading was utterly impossible.

Yue Si laid the person flat, frowning as he shook his head.

"This person isn't going to make it."

It sounded as if he were talking to himself, but it was clearly meant for You Xiyue.

Although he did not know when You Xiyue's blood droplet had tagged along, he knew that this blood droplet could transmit certain information back to her.

Yue Si looked up toward the place where the person had fallen. In the surrounding light, massive demonic entities were likewise peering down from above, as if waiting for delicious food.

This place appeared to be a colossal well, and Yue Si was at the bottom of it.

As for the demonic entities hovering above, someone must have deliberately bred and kept them, because he had never witnessed such gigantic demonic entities before, and so many of them—each one so massive they were almost comparable to the clan spirits of the Teng-snake Clan.

The blood droplet drew closer to the person lying on the ground.

Although the bloody leaf-shaped mark between the person's brows was blended with the blurred flesh and blood on their face, the blood droplet easily distinguished the blood-red character through their pulsing veins.

You Xiyue, still back in the Demon Realm, blinked.

This person had clearly established a master-servant contract with the Ye family.

"Has someone made a move against the Ye family?"

You Xiyue conjectured.

Just as Yue Si looked upward, one of the massive demonic entities suddenly lowered its head to gaze down at him.

Yet it quickly withdrew its gaze, resuming its fixed stare upward, on alert for any prey that might appear at any moment.

Yue Si was stared at by that demonic entity until every hair on his body stood on end.

He rubbed his arms.

Muttering to himself, he said, "Fortunately, this thing has no interest in a low-level creature like me."

Yue Si shrank his neck and continued walking forward.

Yet the further he walked, the more his heart trembled with terror.

For the sounds ahead no longer seemed to be the roars of demonic entities.

Instead, they were the shrieks of human beings.

Yue Si swallowed nervously, wondering whether he should press onward.

While Yue Si hesitated, the blood droplet had already darted forward.

"Death is death."

With a desperate resolve, Yue Si followed closely behind the blood droplet and strode forward.

Though the area ahead was pitch black, he could make out the shape of a valley.

Cries of agony echoed back and forth within the valley.

They sounded both harrowing and wretched.

Yue Si clutched the edge of the valley and poked his head out to look inside.

The sight directly stunned him dumb.

The sheer cliffs of the valley were densely hung with human beings.

Every single one of them was an immortal cultivator pinned to the rock face by demon-subduing needles identical to the one in You Xiyue's hand.

Though he did not recognize a single one of them.

He could still sense that these people were all immensely powerful.

Before these people, he would likely be crushed into dust in the blink of an eye.

Yet they were trapped in this very place, subjected to endless torture.

Yue Si only glanced at it once before hastily pulling his gaze back, pressing his back against the stone wall as he breathed heavily.

He stroked his chest to help his tense body relax just a little.

His heart was beating so wildly right now it felt as though it might leap out of his throat.

This place truly lived up to the name Xuxuan Abyss.

Or rather, even hell itself could not compare to this place.

You Xiyue's blood droplet seemed completely devoid of fear.

It plunged straight into the valley.

Flying closely past these people, it made a full circle.

Unfortunately, without exception, none of them were spared.

Their faces had been chewed beyond human recognition.

Even if there truly was someone You Xiyue knew among them, it was impossible to tell them apart at this point.

The only thing that could be distinguished was that none of these people possessed weak bloodlines.

Every single one of them belonged to the Xuxuan Realm.

Driven by the demonic entities flying about the valley, the demon-subduing needles constantly churned within the bodies of the people hanging on the cliffs, which was why shrieks endlessly echoed through this valley.

Only one person managed to catch the blood droplet's attention.

No matter how the demon-subduing needles churned, that person did not budge an inch, let alone cry out.

Yet You Xiyue could sense that this person was not dead.

Who was this person? You Xiyue suddenly felt a twinge of curiosity.

Regrettably, relying solely on the blood droplet, You Xiyue could obtain no further information.