Rabbit Must Die
Chapter 501 - 114 A Small Figure from the Back_1

Chapter 501: Chapter 114 A Small Figure from the Back_1

Qin Shou immediately said, "Zhong Kui, friend, cursing is useless now. What’s urgent is to find that one soldier soul who still has a spirit that entered the Netherworld."

Zhong Kui slapped his forehead and was about to say something when his expression changed drastically, and he blurted out, "Not right!"

Qin Shou thought his plan had been seen through and quickly asked, "What’s wrong?"

Zhong Kui didn’t say a word but took out a Judge’s Pen and tapped it on his brow, shouting loudly, "Open!"

In that instant, Qin Shou saw every one of Zhong Kui’s incarnations simultaneously open their Heavenly Eyes, their gazes shooting in all directions!

At the same time, images of Wu’s array flashed in the air, but Qin Shou couldn’t make out what was inside.

In less than half a moment, Zhong Kui’s face turned exceedingly pale, but Qin Shou could tell it wasn’t due to excessive consumption of Yuan Qi, but out of fright!

Qin Shou immediately had a bad feeling and asked, "Zhong Kui, friend?"

Zhong Kui abruptly withdrew his Divine Eyes and said, "Just now, I connected with the Netherworld’s great array to search all places at the same time, including the eighteen layers of hell, but..."

Qin Shou said, "What about it?"

Zhong Kui said, "He’s not here!"

Qin Shou exclaimed, "How is that possible? I clearly saw him at the Nostalgia Altar!"

Zhong Kui nodded and said, "I’ve reviewed his case too. He spent his whole life in the military, and although he killed countless people, a soldier’s soul is different from a common ghost. Their battles on the battlefield are forgivable. Added to that, they guarded the frontier for decades, never retreating and ensuring the safety of the common people, which is a great merit. A merit greater than sin, I thought there was nothing to punish. So I ordered him to be sent directly to Naihe Bridge to drink Mengpo’s Soup and enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation to be reborn. At a normal pace, he should still not have reached Naihe Bridge yet, but... I’ve searched all the ways to and fro, even the bridge itself, and found no trace of him!"

Now there are only three possibilities. The first is that he moved very quickly and has already entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation, so we can’t find him.

The second, he didn’t go to Naihe Bridge but went somewhere else!

The third, he was killed or captured by someone!"

"Can’t be, right? Who in the Netherworld would capture him?" Black Impermanence blurted out, looking up unconsciously.

Zhong Kui glared, raised his leg, and with a *bang*, Black Impermanence directly turned into a shooting star and flew out. Only then did Zhong Kui’s scolding come out, "Scram!"

Seeing this, Qin Shou’s forehead was full of cold sweat, secretly relieved he had rode in on the coattails of Black and White Impermanence; otherwise, he would have been the one to turn into a shooting star.

White Impermanence was even more startled, closing his eyes tightly, not daring to make a sound.

Alas, Zhong Kui had just been holding back a belly full of anger, and now he’d found a target to vent on. His first kick didn’t relieve his anger, so when his eyes fell on White Impermanence lying on the ground, he lifted his leg without a second word, another *bang*!

White Impermanence turned into a shooting star as well...

Qin Shou looked up at the direction the two flew off to and coughed, "Nice kick..."

Zhong Kui’s old face turned red, and he said, "Not bad."

Qin Shou was speechless, thinking that if this kind of kicking were in Earth’s soccer fields, not to mention moving out of Asia, Huaxia’s soccer team could kick off the planet with no problems.

Although Zhong Kui’s violence was a bit frightening, Qin Shou could see that he was truly a man of fervor, it’s just that his fervor made him prone to getting physical. Qin Shou then asked, "Zhong Kui, friend, what should we do now?"

Zhong Kui pinched his beard, as tough as steel wires, and said, "I’ll go ask Mengpo if he actually went to Naihe Bridge. You follow this road and look along the way. If he’s nowhere to be found, then things are getting strange..."

Qin Shou nodded and immediately ran in the direction Zhong Kui had pointed, while Zhong Kui himself took the Teleportation Array directly to the Naihe Bridge.

Qin Shou searched all the way, but found nothing, and by the time he arrived at the Naihe Bridge, he saw Zhong Kui pacing back and forth with hands behind his back, a gloomy expression on his face.

Qin Shou immediately rushed over, and Zhong Kui saw him too, both asking simultaneously, "How did it go?"

The two paused, then one extended a hand, saying, "You first."

They paused again and said in unison, "Never mind, I’ll go first."

Then, looking at each other with dejected faces, finally, Qin Shou said, "Me?"

Zhong Kui did not speak, just nodded.

Qin Shou said, "I walked all the way here and saw nothing unusual."

Zhong Kui said, "I’ve asked as well; Mengpo did not see the ghost soldier. However, a squad in charge of escorting ghost soldiers has gone missing, along with the ghosts they were escorting. It seems there really is someone causing trouble in the Netherworld."

Qin Shou furrowed his brow and said, "All the souls from Fenghuo City have been captured, and the only one who escaped the net was chased down to the Netherworld to be captured. What exactly do these people want to cover up? Moreover, their audacity is a bit too much, isn’t it?"

Zhong Kui nodded and said, "They are challenging the authority of the Netherworld, really thinking that no one can find them out? Hmph... I’m going to talk to a few Yama Kings! Our Netherworld is not a place where one can come and go as they please!"

After finishing speaking, Zhong Kui was about to leave, and Qin Shou quickly said, "Fellow Daoist, you might not be able to explain everything on your own, take me with you?"

Zhong Kui glanced at Qin Shou, then nodded and said, "Fine."

Then Zhong Kui, taking Qin Shou with him, vanished into thin air.

It wasn’t long before Qin Shou saw a mountain appear on the horizon, with a total of ten grand halls from bottom to top.

Qin Shou said, "Is this where the Yama Kings of Ten Halls reside?"

Zhong Kui looked at Qin Shou as if he were an idiot and said, "Are you really the Daynight Wandering God?"

Qin Shou said, "I haven’t been in office long."

Zhong Kui nodded and said, "That’s not the place where the Yama Kings of Ten Halls reside; those are ten Teleportation Arrays leading to the Palace of Yama Kings. From top to bottom, they correspond to the halls of King Qinguang, King Chujiang, King Songdi, King Wuguan, King Yama, King Biancheng, King Taishan, King Dushi, King Pingdeng, and King Zhuanlun, respectively."

Qin Shou asked, "Who shall we look for now?"

Zhong Kui thought for a while and said, "There’s no time to delay. We’ll split up, I will go to the upper five halls, and you proceed to the lower five. Remember, go directly to the palace you see; do not wander off, or bear the consequences yourself." While speaking, Zhong Kui handed Qin Shou a Token and said, "Put the Token in the center of the Teleportation Array to activate it."

Qin Shou nodded, indicating that he understood, although he didn’t understand at all. What danger could there be in the place where the Yama Kings of Ten Halls resided?

Zhong Kui turned and rushed toward the Teleportation Array of King Qinguang’s Hall, and, with a flash of light, he rose and disappeared within the array.

Qin Shou followed suit, heading straight for the Teleportation Array at the foot of the mountain belonging to King Zhuanlun of the tenth hall. He chose King Zhuanlun because Qin Shou thought the Yama King ranked tenth must be the weakest... it was better to start with the softest target to get a feel for the situation.

Upon entering the grand hall, Qin Shou indeed saw a massive Teleportation Array, but at that moment, there was a small figure with its back to him, bent over and fumbling with something on it.

Qin Shou took a closer look. It was a child wearing black attire similar to that of an assassin, with a wide-brimmed hat obscuring the face, but Qin Shou found the figure strangely familiar...