Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 256 - 256 245 The Present is not as Good as the Past

256: Chapter 245: The Present is not as Good as the Past 256: Chapter 245: The Present is not as Good as the Past When the Eighteen Layers of Hell is mentioned, common people’s first impression is that it is the place where the wicked souls are punished.

However, Jiang Chen, coming from the royal family, knows much more about Hell than the ordinary man.

Therefore, he knows that those who are suppressed in the Eighteen Layers of Hell are not just the utterly sinful ones.

At the deepest part of these layers, many powerful beings from the ancient times and the age-old eras are confined.

These beings have reached an inconceivable level of cultivation and are extremely difficult to kill.

Consequently, some Great Divine Transcendents in the world imprisoned these powerful beings in the depths of Hell, planning to slowly eradicate them over endless years.

But now, judging by the current situation in the human world, something must have gone wrong with the Eighteen Layers of Hell.

That explains why no experts from the Three Realms have come here.

Probably, all the high-level beings from the Three Realms have gone to the Netherworld to suppress the Eighteen Layers of Hell to prevent the powerful beings from escaping.

If the powerful beings trapped in the deep layers of Hell were to escape, that would bring forth a real catastrophe in the Three Realms.

In comparison, the chaos caused by evil spirits in the mortal world is indeed a trivial matter.

Various clues emerged in Jiang Chen’s mind, gradually forming a coherent line, from which he inferred the cause of this catastrophe.

However, although the cause was found, there was still a question lingering in Jiang Chen’s mind and it failed to disperse.

That is, what exactly happened in the Netherworld that would result in the Eighteen Layers of Hell leaking, causing a significant amount of evil spirits to flood towards the human world?

What a headache!

Frowning in thought for a while, Jiang Chen eventually gave up trying to understand the cause.

Right now, all he could do was wait; wait for the ancestors and the others to return from the Netherworld, then ask them about it.

However, before their return, he needs to deal with these numerous evil spirits first.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen decided to take a step forward.

His dissatisfaction spanned miles with each step.

As Jiang Chen moved, the range covered by his aura shifted as well, and the range of Soul Subduing Banner’s soul-binding powers shifted along with him.

Boom!

Boom!

The void was resonating, and even more evil spirits were being rounded up from all sides by the Soul Subduing Banner, rushing into Jiang Chen’s aura cover, turning into flying ashes.

After the death of the evil spirits, their original source was not wasted, but was captured and swallowed by the Soul Subduing Banner to nourish its growth.

As the number of evil spirits being devoured increased, the momentum emitted from the Soul Subduing Banner was growing stronger.

In just a few days, several millions of evil spirits were devoured by it, greatly enhancing its power.

Boom!

Boom!

A mighty suction force emanated from the Soul Subduing Banner, creating a black vortex with a diameter of over a hundred thousand zhang around it, madly devouring all the evil spirits within two million li.

Yes, within a radius of two million li, as the Soul Subduing Banner advanced, the range of its soul-binding powers expanded from one million li to two million li.

With the movement of Jiang Chen, the dark vortex also moved, carrying a massive amount of Yin qi, progressing magnificently.

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Such a great movement naturally drew much attention.

The Immortals who were busy rescuing people everywhere stopped to see what was going on, staring at the center of the vortex.

Then, they saw, amidst the boundless black qi, a figure shrouded in divine light slowly advancing.

The enormous vortex was the phenomenon that he emitted as he advanced.

“Hiss~~”

“Such a powerful existence!”

“Which of the major figures of the Immortal Dao is this?

He is so powerful!”

“Did you see that?

The evil spirits at the Golden Immortal realm cannot even approach him.

They are burned into ashes by some unknown force a thousand miles away from him.”

The immortals watched Jiang Chen moving in the distance, and started whispering to each other.

They had seen people exterminating ghosts, but one like Jiang Chen, whose figure was dissipating the spirits in the surrounding two million li areas with every step he took, was indeed unprecedented and unimaginable.

How powerful must that man be?

Could he be the legendary Great Luo Golden Immortal?

“Shu Region can be saved!”

Looking at the scene, although the Immortals were shocked, they recognized that with Jiang Chen present, Shu Region could be saved.

With his method of killing, even if there were billions of evil spirits in the Shu Region, they could not withstand his attacks.

The way he exterminated evil spirits was simply like sweeping away.

Every step he took, within a radius of two million li, no ghosts could survive.

“Let’s go, we will follow behind this predecessor.

He will take care of the evil spirits, we can follow behind him to clean up after him and rescue any survivors nearby.”

Seeing that Jiang Chen was getting further, someone exchanged a look, and made this proposal.

The others nodded in agreement.

So, they all followed Jiang Chen from a distance.

The deeper one went into the Shu Region, the more powerful the evil spirits were.

High-level Taiyi Golden Immortals could be found in no small number.

These people were all quite strong, but most of them were nothing more than Golden Immortals.

If they were to encounter a Taiyi Golden Immortal, death was imminent.

So, seeing such a powerful being appear, it was only natural for them to follow him for protection.

Jiang Chen, of course, noticed these people, but he didn’t say anything.

At present, his primary focus was to enhance the Soul Subduing Banner, to devour evil spirits everywhere, and to make it reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal level.

He had no time to take care of the people he had saved.

Having these Immortals following him and finishing up, was rather convenient, there was no need to drive them away.

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The Immortals found Jiang Chen, and naturally the side of the evil spirits did too.

Seeing someone so audaciously slaughtering their kind, immediately a group of five or six evil spirits at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level jumped out.

Whoosh~~Whoosh~~

The pitch-black ghost qi of the five surged into the sky, their momentum bursting forth, forcing back the Yin qi surrounding Jiang Chen and opening a pathway in front of him.

The five ghosts walked along the path, arriving in front of Jiang Chen and lined up, watching him coldly, their eye filled with spite, it felt as though they were looking at a dead man.

The capabilities of these five ghosts were not bad.

They were all skilled cultivators at the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage, three at the mid-phase, and two at the later phase, emanating ancient charm.

Their bearing wasn’t representative of the people of this time, appearing more like beings from an ancient era, standing before them, one could feel an ancient aura surging.

Moreover, they were all strong, even the three spirits at the mid Taiyi Golden Immortal stage, their momentum was not inferior to the Taiyi Golden Immortal experts that Jiang Chen had seen before.

It was confirmed, these evil spirits must have crawled out from Hell.

Only in Hell could there be so many evil spirits that were both ancient and powerful.

It’s well known that the Three Realms have declined from their ancient times!

The reason being the continuous great wars that caused the world to gradually regress; hence, the abilities of cultivators are also regressing.

Ps: Today I wrote 5000 characters, I feel like I am getting back into my writing rhythm, I will continue to strive for 6000 characters tomorrow.