The Infernal Plane: Book 5 of the Coiling Dragon Saga

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

  The two black-robed guards felt great pain in their hearts.

  The callous man growled, “Most likely the vast majority of we ten brothers have perished. One on one, those Fiends aren’t necessarily our match. But they outnumber us!”

  Indeed. More than twenty Fiends had come, while there were only ten black-robed guards.

  Two or three of the weaker Fiends were able to overcome a single black-robed guard, while there were powerful Fiends present as well. Even aside from those three Five Star Fiends, there were quite a few Four Star Fiends as well, who were comparable in power to the black-robed guards.

  Suddenly, the sounds of a violent battle rang out from the fourth floor.

  “Let’s head over.” The two black-robed guards didn’t hesitate at all, instantly hurrying towards that area.

  On the fourth floor of Moon Lake Castle, within a main hall that was a hundred meters large that had many long tables within it. These tables were capable of seating hundreds of people; most likely, it was the location meant for the gold-robed guards to gather together and celebrate and eat.

  Within a side room next to the main hall.

  Linley, Delia, Bebe, and Regina were all here.

  Hearing that fierce cry, Bebe raised an eyebrow. Excitedly, he said, “Boss, that sound seems to be the stinking baldy’s.”

  Linley had the same thought, and a hint of a smile crept onto his face. “Right. The direction the voice came from should be from the secret tunnel. Crompton probably saw that the corpse went missing and wanted to pursue us, but then encountered others in the tunnel.” Linley knew that if Crompton didn’t die, in the future he would definitely make trouble for Linley’s team.

  Linley had been preparing to have a big battle with Crompton.

  But now, it seemed, someone helped him deal with the matter.

  Delia laughed as she looked at Regina and asked, “Regina, do you have any moon rings yet?”

  “Not yet. If I did, I would have left this castle long ago. Why would I be here risking myself? But it seems all the gold-robed guards have been killed. We weren’t able to find any at all in the end,” Regina shook her head helplessly as she spoke.

  Linley understood this as well.

  “Although at first, they killed some of the Fiend trial participants, in the end, our numbers were still greater than the numbers of the gold-robed guards.” Regina sighed. “More importantly, most likely quite a few Fiends killed some gold-robed guards as well!”

  Linley agreed with this.

  Although Fiends were in pursuit of the black-robed guards, when they encountered the gold-robed guards, they naturally wouldn’t just let them leave either.

  “Boom!” A massive earthquake spread out, causing even Linley’s room to shake and vibrate.

  “Right over there.” Linley was shocked.

  There were battles going on everywhere in Moon Lake Castle, so Linley wouldn’t have paid any attention to distant battles. However, this battle was happening in the main hall nearby. Linley’s team couldn’t help but just slightly open a crack in the room, peering into the hall.

  “Three black-robed guards and eleven Fiends?” Linley’s group was shocked at what they had seen.

  The three black-robed guards had fled to this place, while the Fiends had pursued them.

  “The black-robed guards are outnumbered badly. They’ll definitely lose,” Bebe judged. Although Linley’s group was chatting amongst themselves, because they had utilized their Godrealms, they had blocked off sound from leaving their area into the main hall.

  Linley sighed with some surprise. “The black-robed guards, especially that one with short silver hair, is so powerful. He… trains in the Elemental Laws of the Wind?”

  Linley’s immediately attention focused on that black-robed guard.

  Just now, when the two black-robed guards had killed Crompton, they heard the sounds of battle and had immediately hurried over. They discovered a black-robed guard besieged by three Fiends. The two black-robed guards naturally helped out… but as soon as they did, other Fiends hurried over as well.

  There were simply far too many Fiends!

  In the end, it ended up being eleven against three!

  In the wide main hall, the eleven Fiends battled against the three black-robed guards.

  “Ruuuuuumble…” A low, unpleasant sound suddenly rang out, like a hammer striking against the souls of everyone present.

  It was the leader of the black-robed guards, the short, silver-haired man.

  Wielding a warblade, he released the profound truths of the Elemental Laws of the Wind. The ten black-robed guards were ranked in order of strength. As the big brother of the ten black-robed guards, his power was comparable to that of the steward’s.

  His warblade danced as that rumbling sound persisted.

  “What is that bizarre sound?!” When the Fiends heard it, they couldn’t help but feel irritated and distracted. They didn’t want to listen to it and so blocked off all foreign sounds, and yet that bizarre sound still entered their brains, causing them to be irritated and distracted time and time again.

  “Die!”

  A black warblade danced out. The silver-haired man stared coldly as he chopped down with his black warblade against a Fiend.

  The chop was blocked.

  “Rumble…” That vibration directly entered the Fiend’s head, which immediately transformed into fine powder as a divine spark fell out.

  “Everyone, be careful. He’s already completely fused the Profound Mysteries of Music and the Profound Mysteries of Sound Waves!” Amongst the Fiends, there were some with great experience and who were immediately able to make this judgment. Only when the Profound Mysteries of Music and the Profound Mysteries of Sound Waves were completely fused into the Profound Truths of Sound would there be such a terrifying attack.

  With a single attack, not only had he affected his opponent’s souls, he was able to launch a combined soul-material attack!

  The Elemental Laws of the Wind had nine types of profound mysteries. Any two profound mysteries when combined would have particular strengths. Only, the fusion of the Profound Mysteries of Music and the Profound Mysteries of Sound Waves was the most famous one. Its power was extremely terrifying!

  “Is that…?”

  Linley, also analyzing the Profound Mysteries of Music and the Profound Mysteries of Sound Waves, seemed to have realized something from the attack of the leader of the black-robed guards.

  “Pure sound waves can reach such a level?” Linley was greatly astonished. “And that sound. Why is it that the sound had the same effect of shaking the soul as those infrasound waves?” Linley was starting to be puzzled. He couldn’t understand at all.

  At present, Linley had only gained a basic level of understanding regarding the Profound Mysteries of Music and the Profound Mysteries of Sound Waves. He hadn’t reached mastery in either, much less fuse them completely.

  “It seems this leader of the black-robed guards has already mastered the Profound Truths of Sound,” Linley hypothesized. “Even a Highgod was shaken to pieces. How can sound waves be so powerful?” Linley’s heart was filled with confusion. All sorts of hypotheses regarding the profound mysteries of music and sound waves began to appear in his mind, then be applied to the attack by that black-robed guard. Linley felt as though he was coming to understand something. “Uh, wait, that’s wrong. That’s not how the Profound Mysteries of Sound Waves work. So not only is it capable of internal vibrations, it’s also capable of material attacks…”

  The attack of this black-robed guard had caused Linley to instantly understand something. Only, this ‘something’ was the first step on the journey to fusing the Profound Mysteries of Music and the Profound Mysteries of Sound Waves!

  Delia, Bebe, and Regina were all flabbergasted. Linley actually sat down into the meditative position.

  “He… what is he doing?” Regina was somewhat shocked.

  Bebe’s expression was bizarre. In a low voi
ce, he said, “Boss… Boss probably had another insight.”

  “A sudden insight?” Delia was somewhat shocked as well.

  Although the black-robed guard was very powerful, the eleven Fiends had experts in their ranks as well. Over the course of that wild battle, two of the three black-robed guards died, leaving only that black-robed guard leader and seven Fiends.

  Seven Fiends surrounded him.

  “All dead… Second Bro… Third Bro… they are all dead, all dead!” The black-robed guard leader was going crazy.

  “Aaaaaaah!” The black-robed guard leader actually raised his head up and began to bellow wildly.

  A spatial ripple that could be seen with the naked eye suddenly emanated out from the body of the black-robed guard leader, instantly encompassing the seven Fiends! As the ultimate desperation attack of the black-robed guard leader, this roar also contained the most powerful attack of the Profound Truths of Sound.

  With this roar, of the seven Fiends, two of them actually became completely stunned and their heads spun. For a moment, they were in a dazed state.

  “Swish!” “Swish!” …

  At the same moment, three arrows shot out from the hands of that black-robed guard leader, piercing towards one of the dazed Fiends.

  “Slash!”

  The Fiend didn’t react at all, and the three arrows pierced straight into his body.

  “Bang!” Another Fiend collapsed.

  “What a pity. I only had three arrows. Otherwise, I could have killed another Fiend,” the black-robed guard leader said quietly to himself. Even when a Highgod was in a dazed state, a single Godslayer Arrow’s soul poison wasn’t enough to kill one of them.

  Thus, he used all three of his arrows against a single person.

  The other dazed Fiend thus managed to escape a calamity.

  “Kill!” The five more powerful Fiends who hadn’t been too deeply impacted by that roar launched simultaneous attacks on that black-robed guard leader.

  “BOOM!” The black-robed guard leader’s body exploded.

  The main hall was covered in corpses. Only now did the six remaining Fiends let out a breath.

  “He trained in the Elemental Laws of the Wind. He was extremely fast, fluctuated unpredictably, and the two profound mysteries he had fused were that of sound waves and music.” One of the Fiends shook his head and sighed. “We really are catastrophically unlucky to have encountered this fellow. I don’t know if even ten of us Fiends have survived this mission.”

  Linley, still in a state of meditation and insight, didn’t know that the black-robed guard leader had already died. Linley, drifting amidst the myriad wonders of the Laws, had his heart completely one with nature and with the world.

  Only…

  “Boss, wake up, quick!” Bebe sent a spiritual message, calling Linley to wakefulness.

  “Bebe, what is it?” Linley looked at astonishment towards Bebe.

  “The most exciting battle, and the most dangerous battle. We might be hit by the collateral shockwaves at any moment!” Bebe said softly.

  Not just Bebe; the nearby Delia and Regina were all staring towards the outside in astonishment. Linley peered through the crack in the door as well, and saw that outside, a long black dragon covered with black spikes was coiling in the main hall.

  Loysius and another Five Star Fiend was standing there in mid-air, their gazes locked onto the black dragon’s.

  The other six Fiends were standing in the corners of the room.

  “You won’t be able to run,” Loysius growled.

  “Speak. How much is your bounty for this mission? I will give you ten times the amount! As long as the two of you are willing to leave immediately.” The black dragon let out a low growl.

  “I didn’t expect that the master of this castle was a divine beast.” Loysius laughed coldly. “However… you, give us ten times the reward? Hmph, when we kill you, all of the wealth of your interspatial ring will be ours. And what’s more…” Loysius’ face seemed to have suddenly become covered with a layer of ice. “You killed my second sister!”

  26

  You Can’t Kill Me

  The battle at Moon Lake Castle had already reached the final stages. The master of the castle had already transformed into his original form, an enormous black dragon that was hundreds of meters long, and with ferocious sharp spikes growing from the back. Despite having transformed back into his original form, the master of the castle wasn’t confident in battling these Fiends!

  Within the secret room on the side of the wide main hall.

  Linley’s group of four was secretly watching through the crack in the door. Actually, it wasn’t that the Fiends didn’t realize Linley was there; only, they could sense that the aura of Linley’s group were all of the God-level, and so the Fiends couldn’t be bothered to pay them any heed.

  “That Loysius says the black dragon is the master of the castle?” Linley appeared quite puzzled.

  The nearby Delia explained, “Linley, just then, when you suddenly began to meditate and gain insights, we didn’t dare disturb you. At that time, the master of the castle was pursued and attacked here in the main hall. Seeing that there were six other Fiends here, the master of the castle lost his confidence as well.”

  Linley nodded slightly.

  “Huh?” Linley suddenly had a thought.

  “Moon Lake Castle is already in such dire straits. Even if those gold-robed guards are still alive, most likely all of them have fled the castle.” Linley understood that regardless of whether or not any of the gold-robed guards had survived, most likely they wouldn’t encounter any more gold-robed guards.

  After all, those hundreds of gold-robed guards weren’t idiots either. Even the master of the castle had fallen to such dire straits. Even if they were alive, why wouldn’t they flee?

  “Bebe, take a look.” Linley tossed an interspatial ring to Bebe. “See if there are any moon rings inside.”

  “Right.” Bebe hurriedly bound it with blood.

  Meanwhile, Linley took a look inside the other interspatial ring.

  At first, when Linley’s group had been ambushed by those other four Fiend trial participants, those four people had failed in their ambush and two of them instead had been killed by Linley’s group. Naturally, they acquired the two interspatial rings from those two.

  “We only have two moon rings right now. We need one more.” Linley was somewhat worried.

  Delia looked at Linley and Bebe.

  “Boss, although this interspatial ring has some inkstones and azurites, it doesn’t have a moon ring,” Bebe said helplessly.

  Delia and Bebe both looked at Linley, wanting to see whether or not the interspatial ring Linley was holding had a moon ring within it.

  “There it is! It really has a moon ring inside!” Linley’s investigation resulted in a look of delight appearing on his face. The previous owner of this interspatial ring was the leader of the group, ‘Fettes’. It made sense that after they acquired a moon ring, he would have stored it into his own interspatial ring.

  “Haha, we have a full set of moon rings now.” Bebe was extremely excited.

  But Regina just stared at Linley. “Linley, just one ring?”

  “Just one ring.” Linley smiled apologetically. He understood that Regina deeply desired a moon ring as well. However, the three of them only had three moon rings; they didn’t have any extras to give Regina. They wanted to help but were unable to.

  Regina was very disappointed, but she still squeezed out a smile. “It’s fine. When we go out later, I’ll see if there’s any other chances.”

  Suddenly, an explosive shout rang out from the main hall…

  “Don’t go too far! I can gift you with enormous wealth, and I can even give you this entire castle. In fact… I can even come up with a way to let you all become Six Star Fiends. The point of completing this mission is to become Six Star Fiends, right?” The enormous dragon bellowed.

  The hundreds of meters long black
dragon coiled about in the air of the main hall, while Loysius and the other Fiend just stood there in mid-air. The difference in size between the two sides was enormous.

  However, right now, the enormous black dragon was begging the other side.

  “Hmph, let us become Six Star Fiends? The only way of becoming a higher-level Fiend is to complete a mission. There’s no other ways at all.” Loysius stared at the light blue scimitar in his hands, then said slowly, “Stop struggling. Prepare to die!”

  “Big Brother, let me do it,” the other, blue-haired warrior said hurriedly. “Let me avenge our second sister.”

  “No.”

  Loysius glanced sideways at the enormous black dragon. “Although he has utilized two spirit attacks and his spiritual energy is most likely almost used up, we can’t take any risk. I’ll do it!” Loysius had already begun to gather his power. He was completely confident.

  “I am Wyrnessin!” the enormous black dragon bellowed. “You can’t kill me! You can’t kill me!!!”

  “Wyrnessin?”

  Loysius snickered. “Who’s Wyrnessin? If you are going to brag before dying, pick a more frightening name. For example, you could say that you are the Bloodviolet Fiend. Or even that you are an almighty Sovereign… haha, who gives a damn who you are? Die!”

  As he spoke, Loysius chopped out with that scimitar.

  It moved very gently. Space didn’t move at all, and there wasn’t even any wind. It was as though this scimitar didn’t even exist.

  The enormous black dragon bellowed.

  “You can’t kill me!” It was extremely enraged. As the scimitar chopped down gently, the enormous black dragon went mad. Risking its own life, it once more executed its divine ability. The enormous black dragon emitted that low, growling roar…

  “Whooooosh.” Space trembled.

  “Crackle!”

  Loysius’ scimitar chopped down, and a blue shadow slashed through the air, landing on the enormous black draconic head. The strange thing was… the scales and flesh of the enormous black dragon split neatly in half as the scimitar cut straight through the head and struck onto a divine spark.