Hell Emperor.

Chapter 455 Ye Jie-Crisis
Blocking the way of the crowd was a ferocious tiger. It paced slowly with great momentum, its fur was golden, and its bloody mouth opened and closed, revealing teeth sharper than a knife.

The most eye-catching thing is a boy riding on the back of a tiger. He has fierce eyes and his face is smeared with several battle marks made of a mixture of blood and grass juice, as if he is here with ill intentions.

"Oh no...it's the devil cultivator from this demon sect."

Looking at the boy's attire, Su Miao's expression changed slightly, and she quickly recognized his identity. That iconic attire was the hallmark of a demon cultivator.

On normal days, when facing the demon cultivators here, everyone is not afraid. They can just use any moves to wipe out the enemies blocking the way. But now things are different.

Under the suppression of the Dharma Ending Formation, everyone's strength has been weakened to the extreme. Their past skills and cultivation cannot be used at all now. It can be said that the situation is worse than ever before.

"Be careful... that tiger is not easy to deal with."

Li Ba's eyes sank and his fists hung in front of him. Unfortunately, without the blessing of spiritual power, he couldn't exert the power of Xingyi Liuhequan. Otherwise, he would let the tiger feel the true power of a tiger.

The suppression of the Dharma Ending Formation applies equally to all immortals. If it was only the boy, it would be fine, but the tiger is the most deadly existence. The wildness and size of the monsters allow them to still exert considerable power under the Dharma Ending Formation.

"Protect the Lord of the Palace!"

Without spiritual power, the only thing they could rely on was the advantage in numbers. The ghost officials formed a battle formation and blocked the tiger, but the only answer they got was a scornful smile from the boy on the tiger's back.

The tiger leaped forward, and the seemingly tightly defended battle formation was immediately torn into pieces by it. Many ghost officials screamed, and were reduced to ashes under the fierce bite.

After losing their cultivation and skills, only a pure physical battle remained. The monsters adapted to this process first. In addition, the ghosts had more or less lost a few fingers and could not even hold their weapons steadily. They were definitely no match for the tiger.

The tragic casualties frightened the ghosts so much that they dared not block the road ahead. In a blink of an eye, they threw away their weapons and fled in all directions.

"These guys..."

Ren Changhong gritted her teeth. Under normal circumstances, when she was in charge of the military supervision, she would definitely teach those cowardly ghost officials a lesson. But now, she couldn't use her skills and could only stare at the ghost officials' fleeing backs.

Xie Xinyu remembered something and spoke quickly:
"Since ordinary ghost messengers are useless, what about the guardian beasts? Let's get the Earth Dragon King to help us! The enemy has demon beasts, and we have them too!"

Ye Jie was just thinking this, but soon, the things brought by the ghost messengers made him dumbfounded. The Earth Dragon King, who was once a hundred feet long and had amazing strength, has now become an earthworm only the length of a finger: "This... is this the Earth Dragon King?"

"Your Excellency... By the time we arrived at the earth dragon fence, it had already become like this."

Ye Jie was speechless for a moment when he heard the ghost's report. The Earth Dragon King, whose true form was an earthworm, did not have the strength of a tiger under the suppression of the Dharma Ending Formation.

On the tiger's back, the boy seemed to have discovered something and couldn't help but frowned:

"Tsk... why are they all ghosts? Their souls will fly away if I bite them. How can I eat their flesh to practice?"

Ye Jie took a deep breath and realized the severity of the situation. He quickly searched for a way to defeat the enemy in his mind, but the suppression of the Dharma Ending Formation was so unbreakable that all the previous skills and moves had lost their effect. He had to find a way to stabilize the enemy first:
"Wait a minute... We have no intention of being your enemy. We are just passing through here. We have no intention of offending you. Could you please stop and let us pass?"

The boy blinked, glanced at the ghosts around him, and looked at the few scars left by the weapon on the tiger's claws, as well as the tiger's head that was shaking and seemed a little anxious, and then he said:

"The ghosts can leave, but the people must stay. These people were once immortals. They are top-quality food for cultivation. We can't waste them so easily!"

"You demon cultivator, what are you talking about?"

Upon hearing that the man was planning to eat him, Li Fei'e flew into a rage. If his strength had not been restricted and he could not use his spiritual power, he would have definitely taught that man a lesson.

The boy patted the tiger under his seat and laughed:

"Don't you know that immortal flesh contains immortal essence, which is a great tonic? Even if I am willing to let you go, I am afraid my tiger will not be willing! On normal days, you have so many ghosts, and I can't do anything to you, but today God is really helping me, let's see where you can run to!"

Ye Jie's eyes darkened. It was absolutely impossible to ask him to hand over the others and escape alone. It seemed that this matter would not be easily resolved.

Soon, Ye Jie's eyes fell on the tiger. He saw its back shaking and a low growl coming from its throat. It seemed to have seen something and had an idea in mind, so he said:

"Aren't you curious? Everything was fine yesterday, so why did such a change happen in the world? If you are curious, I can tell you the reason in detail."

Hearing this, the boy raised his eyes slightly. The repressive force above the sky that bound all living beings did indeed make him a little concerned, but what he cared about more was the group of people in front of him:
“Stop talking nonsense! Once I kill you, I will be able to feast on the flesh of immortals and improve my cultivation. As for the rest, I will dedicate it to Immortal Master Wangchen in exchange for a more powerful technique and mount…”

Before he could finish his words, the tiger under him suddenly swung its back and knocked him to the ground with a dull thud.

The sudden change caused the boy to fall heavily, but what made him even more panicked was the tiger turning its head and the fierce light in its eyes.

Trembling voice:
"Tiger, what's wrong with you? I am your closest master, how could you hit me? I am the one who feeds you on weekdays, have you forgotten?"

From a distance, Ye Jie's voice came slowly: "It's useless. It's just a beast now. It doesn't remember you at all. You'd better save your energy."

As he spoke, Ye Jie exerted all his strength to raise his back. In just a short while, one of his hands disappeared. The suppression power of the Dharma Ending Array became stronger and stronger, and all living beings were completely reduced to mortals.

Seeing this unexpected change, Hua Xiaomei seemed to have thought of something and exclaimed: "Could it be that..."

Ye Jie nodded: "Under the suppression of the Dharma Ending Formation, the ghosts will completely disappear, and the beasts will completely lose their intelligence and no longer obey their masters' orders. It seems that the method of delaying time has worked."

As if to echo what Ye Jie said, the tiger roared, with only wildness left in its eyes. Then it opened its bloody mouth and bit the boy. Only a few sharp wails were heard, and his body continued to struggle in the tiger's mouth, and eventually he lost his life.

Nan Linghe screamed and didn't dare to look anymore. Behind her, the woman with the red veil stretched out her hands at the right time to cover her eyes, allowing her to calm down little by little.

At this moment, the tiger seemed to have sensed something. It looked towards the red veil. A bone-chilling chill rose from the bottom of its heart. It didn't even care about the boy it had just bitten to death. It whimpered and ran away with its tail between its legs.

The people who stayed there looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what had happened. How could the tiger, which had just been ready to eat everyone as dinner, just run away like that?
"Why did it run away?" Li Fei'e was stunned, not understanding what had happened.

Ye Jie thought of what Meng Hu saw last, his eyes fell on the red veil, and he was thinking. Looking at the boy's corpse, Ye Jie shook his head and said:

"Raising a tiger brings disaster, that's exactly what they say. Even if you have a good relationship with the beast, don't expect the beast to remember it. We should leave quickly to avoid any more trouble. But before that..."

Ye Jie looked at the boy's corpse. Ren Changhong understood what he meant. He swung the sword across and tried several times before finding the right strength. He dug out the burning heart of the demon cultivator and put it in a sack.

"What?"

Seeing Shen Qingge and Li Fei'e both looking at her, Ren Changhong's old face turned red. She didn't expect that without her spiritual power, she couldn't even do the most basic sword swinging. She failed many times before she succeeded. Her strength had fallen to this level. How embarrassing it was for her as their master.

"In this way, I also have a demon fairy heart. Once I have collected three hearts and left the range of the Dharma Ending Formation, I can improve my cultivation again. This can be considered a blessing in disguise."

Ye Jie took the sack and spoke with emotion. The tiger-taming boy didn't get to eat the food, but instead gave him a magic fairy heart, which made him take another step forward in his promotion.

After dealing with the tiger-taming boy, Ye Jie looked back, only to see that the team ahead had become much shorter. Faced with danger, many ghosts chose to flee in all directions, and only his trusted family members remained by his side.

Continuing on the road, Hua Xiaomei still had questions:
"Tell me, what did that tiger see just now? It didn't even want the dinner it had in hand, but chose to run away..."

Thinking of the fear that remained in Menghu's eyes at the last moment, Hua Xiaomei felt a deep sense of doubt in her heart.

Logically speaking, under the suppression of the Dharma Ending Formation, the tiger's strength far exceeds that of everyone else, so there is no reason for it to run away. It can't be that it was frightened by the number of people, right?
Li Fei'e waved his hands, not caring at all. After escaping danger, he put the matter behind him: "Never mind, we are safe anyway. If that tiger comes again, I will definitely teach it a lesson..."

Before he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of his master's stern eyes. Li Fei'e's words became quieter, and he muttered something to himself.

"Brother Jie, what do you think?"

After asking without any results, Hua Xiaomei had to turn her attention to Ye Jie, wanting to hear his opinion.

Ye Jie pondered for a while, and his eyes fell on a unique figure among the crowd:

"In my opinion, the tiger escaped thanks to the red hijab."

"she?"

Everyone looked at each other, not understanding what had happened. Red Hijab did nothing, so how could it be her credit? They could only turn their inquiring eyes to Ye Jie.

Ye Jie took a deep breath and slowly spoke out his thoughts: "I remember Yao Yin mentioned that the Emperor of Hell once attempted to use the Doomsday Array to cover the four continents."

Yao Yin nodded: "It is true."

Ye Jie added: "I heard from Yinai before that the red veil is the wife of the Underworld Emperor. I think she knows a thing or two about the Underworld Emperor's methods... If there is anyone who can find the flaw in the equality formation, that person must be her. It must be her aura that scared the tiger away."

Hearing this, everyone seemed to remember something, and the way they looked at the woman with the red veil became different.

After all, the Emperor of the Underworld is a figure who is feared by all three realms and has caused all the immortals to join forces to fight him. As his wife, it is understandable that Hong Gaitou possesses mysterious and unfathomable secret techniques. Even the Equality Formation will reveal some flaws in front of her.

Nan Linghe blinked, confusion showing in the depths of her pupils. She glanced at Hong Gaitou and couldn’t help but said, “By the way… I was just having a meal with Hong Gaitou in the wine country, and she…she…”

Seeing Nan Linghe hesitated to speak, as if she had something to say but didn't know how to describe it, Ye Jie was also a little surprised: "What's wrong with her? Did she say something to you?"

Nan Linghe shook his head and pouted, feeling that there was something he couldn't figure out. Finally, he said, "Nothing... I saw it wrong..."

As she was speaking, Nan Linghe's feet suddenly went empty and half of her body was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, Ye Jie was quick-witted and supported her with his only remaining hand, preventing her from falling.

"Be careful and keep your eyes on the road."

Ye Jie smiled helplessly. He didn't expect that Nan Linghe would fall down while walking. If it happened to someone else, they would probably laugh at them for a long time, but when it happened to her, everything seemed so natural.

However, Nan Linghe's answer, which was a little tearful, also shocked Ye Jie: "I... my feet are gone..."

"what?"

Ye Jie took a deep breath, looked down, and saw that Nan Linghe's left foot had indeed disappeared.

Under the suppression of the Dharma Ending Formation, all ghosts are losing the power they rely on for survival, and it won’t be long before their souls are completely destroyed.

The soul's death does not happen all at once. Before that, the ghost's body will disappear bit by bit. Some ghosts will lose their hands, and some ghosts will lose their feet. The changes that occur in different ghosts are slightly different.

Ye Jie only felt a black screen before his eyes, and before he could react, he was completely plunged into darkness.

Li Fei'e's exclamation reached Ye Jie's ears: "You...your face..."

Ye Jie raised his hand and touched his face, only to find that his entire face was blurred, as if it had become a thick fog. Even his eyes had disappeared, and only his mouth was still intact. If he continued to stay in the Dharma Ending Array, he would disappear completely at any time.

In the face of danger, despite being plunged into darkness, Ye Jie remained calm and quickly said, "Don't panic... Let's get out of here quickly. As long as we leave the Array of the End of the Law, we will be safe..."

As he was speaking, the sobbing sound of Nan Linghe beside him also reached Ye Jie's ears: "Brother Jie...how did you become like this? Can we...can we survive this disaster safely?"

"Definitely."

The only answer to Nan Linghe was Ye Jie's firm words. He bent down, and although he was in darkness, he still held his breath and carried Nan Linghe, one of whose legs had disappeared, on his back.

"I can't see now. You be my eyes and I'll be your feet. Let's get out of here together!"

(End of this chapter)