Night of the Broken Gliph

Chapter 509

They arrived in a pitch-black world. There was not even a trace of light, and Siu Fu could not even see his fingers.

Whoosh… He felt a gust of wind from his back. It was Ling Fei. With Ling Fei’s cultivation, he could locate Siu Fu with his consciousness and catch up with him almost immediately.

Siu Fu continued walking forward, ignoring him.

It did not take them long to reach a huge mountain that was similarly pitch black, but it differed from its surroundings.

The mountain was like a torn piece of the night sky. It also resembled a classy and silent ball of black flame. But what instilled fear in humans was its oddly white vertical pupils.

It looked down at the humans like they were ants, not even minding them.

As the saying goes, the higher up one stands, the more scenery they can see.

Feeling the terrifying aura of the ominous being in front of him, Ling Fei’s face flushed white, but he immediately stood in front of Siu Fu with the Asura Devil Tonfas.

The black mountain watched their actions as if they were monkeys performing without a sound.

“You may leave first.” Struggling badly under the horrifying pressure, Ling Fei was ready to attack, but Siu Fu stopped him. Despite not understanding Siu Fu’s actions, Ling Fei took a deep breath and did as told. But he still stood near Siu Fu where he could save him in the event of any dangerous situation.

“You’re going to die,” Siu Fu told the silent black mountain.

It looked at Siu Fu in disdain.

Was there even a need to say anything? How could it possibly survive the combined attack of the nine monks, Fury, the Shattered Tile, and fate?

“Leave before I change my mind about letting you survive,” it said calmly, maybe because its time was near.

“I can help you live on,” Siu Fu continued, not doing as told.

The black mountain only stared at Siu Fu as if the teenager was an idiot.

To be honest, as the most ominous being in the world, it was kind of indignant that it was going to die at the hands of Chui Yim and Siu Fu, two one-chambered teenagers!

But it was fair at the same time, as it was technically Ka Yi who killed it; the entire process was planned by Ka Yi a thousand years ago, who left behind four backup plans. Thus, Netherspectre was able to accept its fate.

But here’s an idiot telling me that he can help me live. It was taunting Siu Fu with how it looked at him, but the other only remained silent.

Siu Fu knew that words were insufficient, only solid evidence was.

Siu Fu opened his shirt and revealed the sinister palm gliph. It looked like he had forcefully engraved a ghost’s claw from the Nine Levels of Hell on his chest. There were also jet-black chains on the palm.

Reaching out his right hand, the gliph on his chest seemed to come alive, moving along his shoulders and right arm. The illusory chain moved like a living snake. It was a delicious bait, waiting for someone to pick up on it willingly.

The vertical pupils shrunk instantly.

With its state, it was able to figure out the situation with Siu Fu’s gliph with just a glance.

Emotions washed past its eyes. It was considering, hesitating and struggling.

After some time, it spoke with much hesitation. “What’s the difference between being your slave and just dying?”

Siu Fu shook his head, disagreeing with its words. “There’s nothing more important in the world than being able to live. As long as we survive, we will be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world. I promise you the greatest freedom and won’t forcefully keep you in control. If you agree, our lives will be closely tied; you’ll die if I do, so you should help me as much as you can.”

Siu Fu said with great sincerity, which made Netherspectre hesitate further. There was the sound of a chain as he moved his right hand, giving off the aromatic scent of life.

This was the only thing in the world that could tempt Netherspectre – survival.

Ling Fei standing behind Siu Fu was horrified. He understood what was going on – Siu Fu was trying to make the ominous being into his corpse soul, or rather, his living soul.

Ling Fei could not imagine the consequences. In their tribe, they made use of dead souls to become their most loyal servants because there could be unforeseen danger if the souls still had minds of their own.

Nobody and nothing in the world would willingly become someone else’s servant even if that meant that their lives could be extended.

Moreover, the corpse souls were closely interlinked with their masters; with intelligence, the souls might think of betrayal, which would lead to an unstable mental state for the necrocultivator similar to being possessed. Almost all tribe members would only control corpse souls forcefully.

Ling Fei could not understand Siu Fu’s action. Why not wait for its life to end, collect its corpse, and forcefully make it into your servant? That’s the perfect way.

But seeing how serious Siu Fu was, Ling Fei did not say anything about it in the end.

Seeing Netherspectre hesitate, Siu Fu continued, “I don’t understand what concerns you have that make you hesitate. Is it your body? If that’s the case, I promise that I will make full use of every part of your body; your fur will become my armour, and your blood and flesh will become my strength. As for your bones, I’ll make them into my weapons.”

He stared at the white pair of eyes fearlessly and with sincerity. “I promise to not waste a single part of your body.”

The black mountain stared at Siu Fu, who was no different from an ant. Even though it was about to leave this world, it could kill this ant simply as long as it wished to.

However, Netherspectre was only starting to understand this human right now.

From the start when it had the upper hand, this human did not fear it in the slightest, even if it could easily possess humans. Siu Fu was shocked, but never once fearful.

If not for his powerful deduction that cut off its connection with its host and tricking it with the duplicate, the bald teenager would never have been able to obtain Fury.

Hearing how Siu Fu was seemingly trying to anger it now, Netherspectre looked at Siu Fu in admiration. It preferred villains to hypocrites like Ka Yi, and it could tell that Siu Fu was a villain who would do anything for success, and it liked that.

“Interesting.” It shut its white orbs. As a being of such stature, it would not change its mind nor would it hesitate after it made a decision.

The orbs filled with death intent shut slowly like two flickering candles being put out, and the black mountain faded away into the surroundings, revealing its actual appearance.

At the same time, the black chain on Siu Fu’s right hand moved like it was holding onto something. Ling Fei watched the process nervously. This was the most crucial time, and if the soul struggled in the slightest, Siu Fu would be seriously injured.