Hell Emperor.

Chapter 418: The Formless Ghost King
A cold wind swept through, and there was silence.

As the night falls and the Return to the Body Festival approaches, the streets in the city are deserted. The occasional moving black shadows, upon closer inspection, are actually ghosts that resemble neither human nor human.

Feeling the unusual evil aura around him, Bai Zaoyu sat there in a daze, his body trembling as he said:
"I have been expelled from the Witch Temple and am no longer protected by the Witch Temple. If I am discovered by the demons, I am afraid that nothing I say will work... Master of the Golden Wheel Temple, can I join the Golden Wheel Temple? Like them?"

Bai Zaoyu pointed at the two ghosts, Shan Yao and Sheng Jiang, beside him. Seeing this, Ye Jie couldn't help but hold his forehead and said, "You lied about your military achievements, so you were punished and expelled from the Wushen Temple. If you told the truth, maybe the punishment you received would not be so severe."

Bai Zaoyu fell silent, lowered his head and said, "Should I tell the master of the Wuwang Shrine that I was afraid of death and hid in a deep well after committing suicide, listening to the wailing of the witch sisters when they were killed by evil spirits, but I didn't dare to move at all? I clearly had the opportunity to pull one of the evil spirits to explode, but I was scared and did nothing. How can I say such words..."

Thinking back to what she heard at the shrine that day, Bai Hayao felt a pang of pain in her heart. Although she survived the evil spirit, the wails of the shrine sisters before their death still echoed in her ears, causing her constant torment.

During the time when she was refined by the secret technique and turned into a heart-eating soul, what emerged in Bai Zaoyu's mind were the pale faces of the priestess sisters. They were no longer as kind as before. Instead, they grabbed her with their cold hands and questioned her why she didn't die with them and why she wanted to live alone.

Seeing Bai Zaoyu's haggard expression, which showed some regret, Ye Jie did not embarrass her. He just said, "It is human nature to be afraid of death. You have done nothing wrong. You just need to bravely bear the consequences of doing so. Speaking of which, I remember someone who was willing to give a life to a creature who was afraid of death a way out..."

With his comfort, Bai Zaoyu's expression improved. At this time, Ye Jie said, "If you want to come to the Golden Wheel Palace, of course you can, but you have to start from the lowest level ghost messenger, so don't expect any preferential treatment."

Hearing this, she also breathed a sigh of relief. With Ye Jie's words, at least she had a place to go in the future. Otherwise, she would really just be a wandering ghost.

Shan Yao smiled at her: "Don't worry, I am a senior ghost messenger in the palace, just follow me from now on. You have learned the secrets of the witches, which will definitely be of great use in the next mission!"

Shan Yao's words made Bai Zaoyu's heart tremble. She had obviously abandoned her former companions because she was afraid of death, but Shan Yao still did not hold a grudge and was willing to accept her sincerely. Looking at Shan Yao, she seemed to see her former companions.

"You...don't blame me?" Bai Zaoyu asked tentatively.

Shan Yao smiled and said, "I have heard about your affairs from the Palace Master. You are clearly the victim. If you really want to blame someone, you should blame those evil spirits. You don't have to force yourself."

While they were talking, they heard footsteps in the distance. As the footsteps got closer, the witch elder with the animal bone on his head appeared in front of Ye Jie again.

From Sheng Jiang, Ye Jie also learned that the elder's name was Elder Shou Gong. At this time, he heard Elder Shou Gong say:

"Master of the Golden Wheel Palace, the Inai God Servant asked me to come find you. The Formless Ghost King has left his body and left the Wuwang Shrine. His whereabouts are currently unknown. We must leave immediately to seal the Palace Master's body."

After a pause, the elder looked around and his eyes fell on Sheng Jiang and the others: "They are weak and will only be a burden to us if they go. Let them stay here. I will let the palace guards protect them."

As if to verify the words of Elder Shougong, several warriors soon arrived, stood guard on all sides, and surrounded everyone.

Ye Jie nodded and said to Shan Yao: "You stay here. If there is anything, tell me with the torn pages."

After settling several people, Ye Jie said to Elder Shougong: "Let's go. I heard from Inai that sealing the Palace Master's body can greatly weaken the power of the Formless Ghost King. We should set off now without delay."

Elder Shougong also had the same idea, and soon led Ye Jie towards the depths of the Witch King Shrine.

With the elder leading the way, the two men overcame layers of obstacles and moved forward.

The further he moved forward, the stronger the aura coming from the front made Ye Jie feel more uneasy, as if there was some extremely evil creature at the end of the Witch King Shrine.

As Ye Jie walked, he suddenly felt something was wrong and stopped. The Bodhi Heart Dharma was giving him a full warning that what was waiting for him ahead was definitely not a good place.

Seeing this, Elder Shougong hurriedly urged: "Master of the Golden Wheel Palace, why are you stopping here? The body of the Palace Master is deep in the shrine. If we don't speed up, if the Formless Ghost King returns, I'm afraid we will all be in trouble."

Ye Jie was unmoved and just asked, "Where is Yinai? Also, didn't she say that there would be a demon fairy coming to help? Why didn't I see any trace of the demon fairy?"

Elder Shougong raised his eyes cautiously, but met Ye Jielongwei's hidden pupils. His heart trembled, and he replied repeatedly: "They have all reached the depths of the shrine and are sealing the body of the hall master. Keep going forward and you will see them."

How could Ye Jie, who had already sensed something was wrong, believe what the elder said? As the Divine Dragon Transformation began to work, a fierce gust of wind rushed up into the sky. The strong wind wave pushed Elder Shougong back dozens of steps, and he trembled and steady his steps.

He looked up tremblingly, only to see a hundred-foot-long dragon suddenly appear at the end of the sky. The dragon was soaring in the sky, and its pupils seemed to contain a deep light that was born and died day and night. All the secrets ahead could not be hidden from those dragon pupils!
"That is……"

Looking down from a high place, seeing the situation at the end, Ye Jie's heart trembled, and he felt extremely alert.

At the end, the remains of various monsters were scattered all over the ground, some dead and some covered with hideous saw marks. An endless fishy smell rose to the sky, and there were even figures of demon fairies among them. Those demon fairies that were once so powerful no longer had that majesty.

Under the cover of the illusion array, everything that happened at the end was extremely secretive. Even though he was very close, Ye Jie would not be able to detect the true appearance of this place without using the power of the Candle Dragon's Eye.

The few surviving creatures are fighting against the attack of a huge ghost, and the situation is precarious. Ina is one of them.

The ghost was dozens of feet tall, with a bloated body and tumors all over the surface. Looking closely, one could see all kinds of limb features on the wrinkled torso, human hands, bird wings, wolf claws, fish scales, and turtle shells, all on his body, as if they were squeezed together. Hundreds of human heads were densely packed on top of his head, and each head had a different expression. The only thing in common was that every head was screaming.

"That's the Formless Ghost King..." Gazing from a distance, Ye Jie recognized at a glance the huge ghost shadow just by the strong and offensive aura. It was none other than the Formless Ghost King who had devoured the mind of the Lord of the Witch God Temple, and was also his biggest enemy on this trip.

The true appearance of the Formless Ghost King shocked Ye Jie. He had seen many strange-looking ghosts, but this was the first time he had seen one as evil and unsettling as the Formless Ghost King, just by looking at it from a distance.

The Formless Ghost King is extremely powerful. Every feature on his body represents a soul that has been devoured and fused by him. No one knows how many souls he has devoured to reveal such a terrifying appearance. His existence is a blasphemy to the entire world. No wonder Inai cannot tolerate the Formless Ghost King and is even willing to find a way to get rid of him at all costs.

However, plans could not keep up with changes. The task of sealing the Palace Master's body did not go as smoothly as Inai had expected, and he even faced the Formless Ghost King head-on.

With the strength of those demon fairies, they are no match for the Formless Ghost King. Even Ina is in danger now and may be completely swallowed by the Formless Ghost King at any time.

Ye Jie transformed into a divine dragon, and his dragon pupils slowly turned, and then fell on Elder Shougong who brought him here. Ye Jie's intuition told him that the drastic changes in this trip were inseparable from Elder Shougong.

Being stared at by the dragon's pupil, Elder Shougong felt uncomfortable all over. He no longer cared about the demeanor of an elder and pretended to escape. However, the divine dragon swooped down and cut off his escape route, like an insurmountable mountain blocking his way.

"It's you...why did you do this?"

Facing the question from Shenlong, Elder Shougong's heart trembled, but he soon calmed down, his face became calm again, and his eyes showed a fearlessness of death:
"Master of the Golden Wheel Palace, I am doing this for the sake of the Witch God Palace! You dare to murder the Master of the Witch God Palace, and you will not have a good ending. When the time comes, the Master will punish you, and you can just walk away, but the other people in the Witch God Palace will be miserable. I don't know how many witches will die at the hands of the angry Master. We can't afford the wrath of the Master!"

Ye Jie took a deep breath and said angrily: "Look at the ghost over there. He is no longer your hall master. He is the formless ghost king who has absorbed the minds of countless ghosts. Do you really think that he is still the original master of the Wushen Hall?"

Elder Shougong was stunned for a moment, and finally sighed: "I am the elder of the witch of the Wushen Temple. No matter what the temple master becomes, I still have to obey the temple master's orders. Even if you succeed, so what? Those who betray the temple master will be cursed by thousands of people. As long as you can calm the anger of the temple master, everything will be easy afterwards..."

Elder Shougong was halfway through his words when a strong wind suddenly blew. Even Ye Jie was caught off guard. In his hasty defense, the dragon's body was hit hard and the entire body was shaken apart, knocking down countless surrounding buildings.

Ye Jie climbed up from the ruins of the building, looked up, and saw that the Formless Ghost King had already arrived.

Feeling the strong aura of the dragon, the Formless Ghost King immediately gave up other goals and stopped dealing with the trapped Ina and others. Instead, he set his sights on Ye Jie. His intuition told him that if he could devour Ye Jie's soul, he would get unimaginable benefits, which would be much better than devouring the souls of a thousand demons and ghosts.

"He is the master of the Golden Wheel Palace who attacked you..."

Seeing Ye Jie being repelled, Elder Shougong had no time to be happy, but he saw a tentacle with strong suction force that rolled him up from the ground.

The tentacles extended from the back of the Formless Ghost King, and the strong force contained in them made it impossible for Elder Shougong to break free. This situation made Elder Shougong's heart tremble. The Formless Ghost King no longer had the mind of a hall master. For him, the meaning of existence was to devour more souls, but this time, the object that the Formless Ghost King wanted to devour was Elder Shougong.

"No... Palace Master, it's me..."

Before Elder Shougong could finish his words, his body was cut in half by the tentacles, and his soul was pulled out and sucked into the body of the Formless Ghost King.

When the remains of Elder Shougong fell to the ground, a new head suddenly grew out from the top of the Formless Ghost King's head. Looking closely, the outline of the face was clearly that of Elder Shougong.

"This……"

Seeing the weirdness of the Formless Ghost King, Ye Jie became highly alert. Even he found the situation quite tricky.

However, when he thought that the main account was in the hands of the Formless Ghost King, and that he could take the main account back as long as he could kill the Formless Ghost King, Ye Jie was filled with fighting spirit. Even if the Formless Ghost King was so powerful, Ye Jie was no pushover. He also had something that the Formless Ghost King did not have, and that was the power brought to him by the seven stitching pages.

As if sensing Ye Jie's thoughts, the seven stitched pages trembled and a series of messages appeared on the surface.

Ye Jie took a quick look at the information above and couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

The news that came at this moment came from Shan Yao and his group who stayed behind. They encountered danger, but the palace guards not only did not protect them, but were ready to eliminate them completely.

In the back, Shan Yao was extremely anxious, with beads of sweat on his forehead. He held a pen in one hand and tightly grasped the remaining pages of the Book of Life and Death in the other, hoping that the information recorded on it could be conveyed to Ye Jie truthfully.

Looking at Shan Yao and the others, the warrior who was walking slowly said in a deep voice: "According to the orders of the elders in the palace, you are trying to murder the palace master, you must not be allowed to stay!"

The warrior slowly drew his sword, and the sharp light reflected from the blade made Shan Yao's heart tremble, and even his breathing became rapid.

"Wait a minute, are you mistaken? We are clearly the guests here. Didn't the elder ask you to protect us..."

Seeing this, Shan Yao was about to explain something, but was stopped by Sheng Jiang beside him: "No need to say more, judging from their posture, they will definitely not let us go easily... Damn, these warriors have at least the third-level cattle and horse realm cultivation, and the leader has reached the fourth-level impermanence realm. I am no match for them, what should I do now..."

Sheng Jiang gritted his teeth secretly. Although he had a third-grade talent, his strength was not only determined by his natural abilities, but also by his cultivation and skills. With his strength, he was no match for those warriors. Even if he could rely on his talent to barely repel those third-grade warriors, he had no way to deal with the fourth-grade warrior who was in the lead.

In the moment of crisis, Bai Zaoyu's eyes showed a hint of panic, but when he saw Shan Yao and the other man who were also at a loss, the panic gradually turned into a kind of determination.

(End of this chapter)