Chapter 933 - Strayed Ones

Chapter 933 - Strayed Ones

“Hellhounds?” Yuen Er asked, dumbfounded.

“Yes, Hellhounds! We obtained that information from the archives of the Surveillance Bureau. Regular people wouldn’t know about this,” the Second Deity said. “It has three heads and devours the souls of people. None of us will survive when it appears!”

The Second Deity suddenly turned and stared into the darkness with fear. “Look! It’s appearing! The Hellhound is coming!”

As the Strayed Ones stared into the darkness with fear, a Hellhound emerged from the black fog. It was rotting and emanating the air of death, striking fear in everyone’s heart.

When Bai Lingmiao saw the Hellhound appear out of nowhere, she understood everything. She looked at the Book of Life and Death in her hands with despair.

She released her grip. The book slipped from her fingers, tumbling to the ground with a soft, devastating thud.

“She’s lying...” Bai Lingmiao said.

“What?”

Bai Lingmiao pointed at the Hellhound with her trembling fingers. “There’s no such thing as a Hellhound in the Underworld. It’s just something she made up. Have you not noticed that the things she’s making up are becoming reality?”

Bai Lingmiao closed her eyes and clasped her head in pain. “There’s no Underworld! There’s no Book of Life and Death! You were all deceived! The dog, the book, this entire place—you created it all! You are all Strayed Ones! Whatever you think is real will become real! If you think that this is fake, then everything will disappear!”

Her words were like a beating hammer that struck their hearts. A wind blew past, and the bodies of the nine judges slowly turned translucent. No one died, even as the judges continued to cross out names on the books. Soon, they disappeared in front of them.

The judges weren’t the only ones disappearing. The soldiers, the city, and even the Hellhound disappeared.

Bai Lingmiao looked at the disappearing Book of Life and Death and cried. Her tears stained her eye mask, and they dripped onto the ground.

Her chanting caused the space before her to quiver, with two different forces colliding.

As she continued to chant, the vibration grew stronger and stronger. Only when she completed her chant did the sound of shattering glass fill the air. Right before her, a circular hole materialized, leading to the main branch of the White Lotus Sect in Shangjing.

As soon as everyone went into the hole, it disappeared.

The Second Deity was confused and intrigued. I didn’t know that the Lotus Sutra of Wondrous Dharma had such power. I remember it was used to calm one’s heart.

Bai Lingmiao shook her head and looked at the eleven Strayed Ones behind her. It doesn’t matter. This will work as long as they trust me, especially since we have eleven Strayed Ones.

Bai Lingmiao had learned a lot about Strayed Ones from spending so much time with Li Huowang. She made sure none of them suspected her words.

Since they could construct an entire underworld, forming an exit would be a piece of cake.

"Miaomiao, you're back! How did you get out?" Chun Xiaoman's voice rose in shock as she guided a group of White Lotus Sect devotees to encircle Bai Lingmiao.

Bai Lingmiao didn’t want to talk much and shook her head, her voice tinged with exhaustion. "Put the Muddled One back in the coffin. I'll take the Muddled One and the Strayed Ones to the Surveillance Bureau."

Bai Lingmiao was about to say something else when she turned around and saw Tuoba Danqing struggling painfully on the ground.

She rushed to help him up, horrified to see his muscular frame withering at an alarming pace. He was rapidly turning into a skeleton.

“He’s dying from hunger,” the Second Deity said

The consequences of prolonged starvation within the Muddled One's Karmic Obstacle were becoming horrifyingly clear.

Tuoba Danqing was fundamentally different from the eleven Strayed Ones—if they believed they weren't hungry, they wouldn’t feel hungry.