Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 135 The Undead Demiplane! (3.3k views)

After the four returned to Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier immediately went to see Mu En, while Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan went back to their dormitories to rest.

In the main hall of the Sea God Pavilion.

"...Teacher, that's how it is." Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier told Mu En their entire experience, both still shaken. Yan Shaozhe asked, "Teacher, do you know anything about that person's background?"

Mu En looked deep in thought, his eyes closed, but one hand kept tapping the armrest of the wooden chair. After a long while, he sighed and said, "Judging from your description, a Limit Douluo with seven black and two red attributes, a strong and powerful physique, and an aura that leans towards domineering, is very likely a member of the Body Sect!"

"The Body Sect!" Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier couldn't help but show surprise and doubt.

"Besides the Body Sect, I can't think of any other possibility." Mu En opened his eyes, his cloudy gaze filled with solemnity, and said, "The Body Sect has always been mysterious, and possesses secret techniques that can increase the age of spirit rings. In addition, they are the state religion of the Heavenly Soul Empire, so it's not unreasonable for them to appear in the Sunset Forest outside Heaven Dou City. Even the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, a blessed land that once belonged to the Tang Sect and the Academy, is not impossible for them to be their sect!"

"If what you say is true, then the Body Sect is far too domineering!" Cai Meier said with a grave expression. "They may have methods to resist the miasma, but how innocent are the townspeople around Sunset Forest!"

As Cai Meier spoke, her heart was filled with rage. She was from the Heavenly Soul Empire, and her hometown was a small town west of Sunset Forest. How could she not be anxious when she saw her hometown about to be destroyed by miasma!

"The Body Sect is a bunch of lunatics; it's not surprising they would do something like this," Yan Shaozhe said, also feeling a headache coming on. "The fact that they forced their way into the perilous land to hunt down a 100,000-year-old soul beast shows that they are ruthless and will inevitably become Shrek Academy's greatest enemy!"

"Sigh!" Mu En sighed and said slowly, "Let's put this matter aside for now. The era of great strife has arrived, and my days are numbered. Before Ziyang has fully matured, let's try to avoid conflict with the Body Sect!"

"Yes, teacher!" Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier replied respectfully. This was the umpteenth time Mu En had expressed his hopes for their junior brother in front of them. Neither of them had any complaints, because in their view, it was only right. Zhu Ziyang's talent was undeniably superior to theirs, and it was almost a certainty that he would surpass them in the future.

"Alright, you can go and rest now." Mu En dismissed them, and Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier did not linger any longer.

"...The Body Sect...could it really be you?" Mu En murmured, his gaze distant. "Or...is it yet another unknown force?"

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After returning to his small house, Zhu Ziyang couldn't wait to sit on the bed. He didn't even bother to greet Xingcai. He closed his eyes and entered the sea of ​​his mind.

"Teacher, tell us quickly, what is the gift?" Zhu Ziyang couldn't wait any longer and shouted as soon as he entered the sea of ​​consciousness.

However, the expected response did not come. To Zhu Ziyang's horror, he discovered that Electrolux had actually disappeared from his mental sea! He was terrified. Electrolux's original location was nowhere to be seen; only a gray-white circle remained.

"Teacher!" Zhu Ziyang cried out anxiously, "Teacher! Teacher!"

However, he called out three times but received no response from Electrolux, which made Zhu Ziyang's heart sink to the bottom. Could it be that Electrolux's soul had dissipated? Could it be that the things he said on the way were all lies he made up to comfort himself?

Zhu Ziyang's heart was breaking; he couldn't believe that Electrolux had suddenly vanished. He still clung to a last glimmer of hope, his gaze fixed on the grayish-white circle.

This was a halo about half the size of Zhu Ziyang's body, appearing out of nowhere in his sea of ​​consciousness—a truly bizarre sight. In his anxiety, Zhu Ziyang hadn't noticed its extraordinary nature, but now, upon closer inspection, he realized it might hold a secret. The halo emitted a grayish-white light, within which the rhythm of space seemed to subtly pulsate. The interior of the halo was a hazy, invisible gray, but it was transparent from the back.

Zhu Ziyang was filled with doubt and suspicion. He realized that Electrolux's disappearance might be related to this mysterious halo.

Could this be a gift from his teacher? Zhu Ziyang pondered for a moment, then decided to test the light circle. With a thought, a rod of condensed spiritual energy appeared in his hand, which he carefully inserted into the light circle.

To Zhu Ziyang's astonishment, the staff formed from his spiritual energy pierced the circle of light without any resistance. Through his spiritual perception, he realized that the circle seemed to connect to a vast space! He withdrew the staff, dissipating it, and pondered deeply. Where exactly did this circle connect to? Was Electrolux on the other side of the circle?

He decided to spare a sliver of his attention to personally enter and investigate.

Without hesitation, Zhu Ziyang immediately set aside a wisp of his consciousness and approached the grayish-white light circle. As that wisp of consciousness drew near, a tremendous suction force suddenly appeared, pulling the wisp of consciousness into the light circle before Zhu Ziyang could react. Zhu Ziyang's expression changed drastically, but the next second, his shock turned to astonishment.

Through that wisp of consciousness, Zhu Ziyang saw a different world. A desolate world filled with deathly silence!

The world was dimly lit, and in the sky hung a black sun, radiating purple light—a truly eerie sight. Beneath the black sun lay a desolate land, undulating and pitch-black, devoid of any vegetation. As far as the eye could see, there were only barren hills and a somber sky.

Where the sky meets the earth in the distance, there is a mountain peak, extremely high, far surpassing all the surrounding terrain. At the summit, an old man stands with his hands behind his back. His aloofness, as if he were the only one in the world, instantly pierces Zhu Ziyang's eyes. Below the mountain, there are all sorts of creatures that Zhu Ziyang has never seen before: a flying dragon made of white bones, a headless black horse knight, and a robust two-headed demon. Without exception, they all exude a strong aura of death. They are worshipping the old man.

That old man was none other than Electrox!

"Hahaha, Ziyang, you're here!" Electrolux spotted Zhu Ziyang instantly, and in a flash, he traversed a thousand miles to arrive beside Zhu Ziyang, his mood light and his hearty laughter filling the air.

"Teacher, where is this?" Zhu Ziyang swallowed hard, still looking at the world with an incredulous gaze, and asked.

"This is the gift I, your teacher, have prepared for you: the undead demiplane!" Electrox's tone was extremely proud, and his face glowed with an unprecedented red light.

"A demiplane of the undead?!" Zhu Ziyang was shocked. He never expected that Electrolux would be so generous as to give him a plane directly!

"That's right, this undead demiplane is the culmination of my life's work!" Electrox proudly introduced the origins of this undead demiplane to Zhu Ziyang. He said, "This undead demiplane is a small world that I created with my own source of light and death as its foundation, using all my life's power. After many years of nurturing, it was elevated to a demiplane. If I hadn't ultimately perished, this demiplane might very well have become a true world plane!"

"Teacher, you're amazing!" Zhu Ziyang was dumbfounded and felt a surge of admiration for Electrolux. To create a plane all by himself was something that was unthinkable in the Douluo Continent!

"Hahaha!" Electrox was overjoyed to hear his disciple's admiration and said, "This demiplane is yours from today onwards. Your teacher is no longer able to nurture it. The task of elevating it to a plane will now depend on you."

"Yes, teacher, don't worry, I will definitely make it a real plane!" Zhu Ziyang solemnly promised.

"I believe you can do it!" Electrox patted Zhu Ziyang on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "When your body can enter here, that will be the time when you truly master it. With your talent, I'm sure that after the fifth ring, your physique will be able to withstand the pressure of the dimensional gate."

"Hmm!" Zhu Ziyang saw the glowing door behind him, which was the entrance to this undead demiplane. Anyone whose physique was not strong enough would likely be torn apart if they ventured in.

"And see those undead creatures?" Electrox, leading Zhu Ziyang, descended to the mountain peak they had just visited. Pointing to the endless expanse of undead below, he said smugly, "This is my undead army! As long as this undead demiplane exists, these undead creatures are immortal. No matter how they are destroyed, they will eventually be resurrected intact within the plane!"

"This...is too domineering!" Zhu Ziyang was dumbfounded, but his heart was filled with excitement, because this army of immortals would soon be his.

"Heh, Ziyang, ordinary undead creatures fear light and holiness, but these, teacher's, are different." Electrox's eyes gleamed with madness; this was the first time Zhu Ziyang had seen Electrox with such an expression. He continued, "I am called a blasphemer because these undead creatures are all of the light attribute! Only lightning, imbued with the righteous energy of heaven and earth, can truly destroy them; no attack of light or holiness can harm them!"

Zhu Ziyang was thrilled by Electrolux's words. The combination of ultimate light and death—wasn't that exactly why he had become Electrolux's apprentice in the first place? And wasn't the existence of this group of undead creatures the greatest evidence of Electrolux's great achievements in the path of light and death?

"There are thirteen types of undead creatures in this group, among which the five strongest are all at the ninth rank, which is the title of Douluo level," Electrox continued. "Bone Dragon, Hell Knight, Abomination, Lich King, Skeleton King, you come forward!"

At Electrox's summons, five undead creatures of various shapes appeared, knelt at Electrox's feet, and cried out, "Greetings, Master!"

Their auras were all extremely powerful. The strongest of them, a headless knight clad in armor, wielding a black spear, and riding a nightmare beast, had an aura that was comparable to Yan Shaozhe's.

"From this day forward, he, Zhu Ziyang, is your new master!" Electrolux announced, pushing Zhu Ziyang forward.

The five undead kings all knelt before Zhu Ziyang without any objection, saying, "Greetings, young master!"

Being worshipped by a group of titled Douluo-level powerhouses gave Zhu Ziyang an unprecedented sense of control. In that instant, it felt as if the heavens and earth were prostrating themselves at his feet.

His reign over the world has actually reached a new level!

(End of this chapter)