A farm that breeds gods and demons
Chapter 469 - 365: God’s Skull (3rd Update)_2

Chapter 469: Chapter 365: God’s Skull (3rd Update)_2

Su Yu looked at the spring water flowing from the mouth of the golden skull into the pool, he really couldn’t see anything special about it. The only thing remarkable was that in such a freezing place, it hadn’t frozen, and... where exactly was the Golden Skeleton Head connected to that allowed water to keep gushing out?

Despite feeling skeptical, he knew Ada wouldn’t deceive him. He untied the large water bag from his back, preparing to fill it with "Water of the Netherworld".

Appearance-wise, the water was quite ordinary, crystal clear, with nothing strange about it. But when Su Yu tried to fill the bag, he unintentionally touched the water and let out a scream of pain. He quickly pulled his hand back, and in an instant, following a series of chilling noises, his whole right hand had completely frozen. This did not resemble the freezing he had experienced when the sixth-order powerhouse, Wang Hu, used the "Frozen Heaven and Earth" in the Trial Grounds. This freezing turned Su Yu’s entire right hand into something akin to an ice sculpture, not merely covered with a layer of frost.

When Su Yu saw his right hand completely transformed into an ice sculpture, his heart pounded violently. He stood up abruptly, looked at the countless ice sculptures in front of him and wondered...

Could it be... that all these ice sculptures... were once...

Su Yu could feel chills rising from the bottom of his heart.

Ada, seeing the state of his hand, exclaimed in surprise. She too had the same thought as Su Yu and looking around the endless human and animal ice sculptures asked, "Does that mean... these were once living beings? Because of the spring water, they became... ice sculptures?"

With this thought, Ada looked intently at the crisscrossing deep trenches around the pool and murmured, "Could it be... using these trenches... for lines... this is... an enormous sealing... formation? This Ice City... isn’t really a city made of ice, rather... a sealed city? Even the icy world outside... could it be the same too?"

Upon thinking of this shocking conclusion, Su Yu had already calmed down. His right hand, which had turned into an ice sculpture, had started to slowly return to normal, drops of water that had originally stuck on the hand transformed back into droplets and fell back into the pool.

"Ada, can the Water of the Netherworld really transform people into ice sculptures? Can it really help people attain enlightenment?" Su Yu could not help but frown. He had merely touched a bit, and it had turned his entire right hand into an ice sculpture. Could such terrifying water be drunk to attain enlightenment?

"Hmm." Ada nodded, her face showing astonishment. "When I was evolving into the fifth stage, I instinctively received this information, that drinking Water of the Netherworld can help people attain enlightenment. However, even I... am not clear about the other special traits of this water. It is really peculiar."

Su Yu forced a bitter smile, and said, "If you really drink this water, I fear the internal organs would freeze and become an ice sculpture..." Once he said this, a thought struck him. "Perhaps it is precisely this unique ability that can enlighten us."

Nonetheless, Ada slowly said, "Su Yu...we might have stumbled upon a terrifying place..." She was interrupted by a sudden realization that their pet was casually lifting its leg over an ice sculpture and just about to mark its turf.

"Stop it now!" Ada suddenly shouted anxiously, startling the pet into quickly retracting its leg. However, the stream of urine had already landed on the foot of an imposing-looking ice sculpture in the shape of a military officer.

"Everyone, please refrain from randomly touching these ice sculptures. I suspect they are part of an incredibly terrifying seal. What we see before our eyes is all the power of that seal. This Ice City... it’s not devoid of living beings... rather, everything here has been sealed away. The power of the Water of the Netherworld has clearly been drawn in, acting as the source of this sealed power. If my guess is correct, this Golden Skeleton Head... must be... a Netherworld Skull."

The more Ada talked, the heavier his expression became. Su Yu frowned and said, "Netherworld Skull? What is that?"

"Hmm, in the legends, Netherworld is the name of a world. After the god of the Netherworld fell, his flesh decayed and melted away, leaving only his immovable Divine Bones scattered around. The legend states that if one can gather all the Divine Bones of the Netherworld, they can bring the God of Netherworld back to the earth. This golden skull before us, without a doubt, is the skull of the scattered God of Netherworld."

"The Netherworld skull... the skull of a god?" Su Yu gasped slightly, feeling a chill from the breath he took in.

"I can’t believe the Water of the Netherworld I sensed earlier... has emerged from the Netherworld Skull. The skull has myriad uses, these undying Divine Bones... If one could refine these divine bones into their body..." As Ada said this, he became excited, saying, "Su Yu, if you could refine this god’s skull into your body... perhaps... perhaps its power might even surpass the Golden Blood and the Dark Heart, and even... even enable you to obtain the Demi-god Body."

"Demi-god?" Looking at the golden skull in the hands of the beautiful ice sculpture, Su Yu couldn’t help his heart from stirring. The thought of the golden skull before his eyes being the skull of a deity made it clear that this was a incomparable treasure. However, Ada’s voice followed closely, "However, it’s quite obvious that this Netherworld Skull is the source of this Ice City’s sealed power. If you remove the Netherworld Skull... I’m afraid... everything we see could undergo drastic changes. The sealed Ice City... everything might be revived, and no one can predict the consequences."

"A seal that uses the power of the ’Netherworld Skull’... the evil that this seal locks away is surely beyond imagining. Su Yu, what’s your decision?"

Ada ended and gave Su Yu a small smile, "Will you simply take a bag of the Water of the Netherworld and leave this place immediately... or... will you take the ’Netherworld Skull’? If you do, one day you may refine this god’s skull into your body, you could potentially reach the Demi-God Realm... But at the same time, the seal may be broken, and this entire Ice City might come back to life. Nobody knows what might happen."

Su Yu gave a bitter smile and said, "If I really take this Netherworld Skull, how long will it take for the seal here to be lifted? Can we... have the chance to escape from here? Or... would the other side be able to sense the location of the Netherworld Skull? Even if we temporarily escape from here, we’ll still have no place to hide, and we might even bring danger to Freedom Village, but... the sight of this god’s skull... it does move my heart. Ada, you’ve given me quite a dilemma."

Ada pondered it for a moment, "I can temporarily shield the aura of the Netherworld Skull, so they shouldn’t be able to sense it. As for how long it would take for the seal to be lifted after the Netherworld Skull is removed, or when these ice sculptures, which have been slumbering for who knows how long will wake up... I’m not sure."

Su Yu looked up at the array of human and beast ice sculptures around him, contemplating the terror that would arise if these human beings, or these ferocious beasts who disappeared thousands of years ago, would return to this world. The most shocking thing, however, was that even if he took this Netherworld Skull, he might not be able to escape the area in time before being buried here. He did not know what would occur if the seal was disturbed in this mysterious place, but even Ada didn’t know. However, the allure of this Netherworld skull was equally immense, and even Su Yu found it hard to control himself.

This is the skull of a real deity!

As Su Yu once again looked at the golden Netherworld Skull held by the statute at the head, he noticed that Doudou, who Ada had berated earlier, was now enthusiastically poking the skull with a claw.

With a light "clink", the Netherworld Skull fell. (To be continued... If you wish to know what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com. There are more Chapters there, and please support the author, and support legal reading!)