Light Fortress-Chapter 1392 - 173: Death Is Not the End (Part 3)

"Hah... Hah..."

The shadow was somewhat confused; he did not understand what Gu Shen meant by his latter words.

But he was out of time.

The shadow’s breathing became difficult; he wanted to say something, but in the end, he couldn’t utter a single word, his arms slowly fell, and the two daggers clattered to the ground.

From a biological standpoint.

He was dead.

But from another perspective... he was not yet dead; his "life" had just begun.

"Relax, ’death’ in the real world is not liberation."

Gu Shen spoke coldly, "Weren’t you curious about my true identity? Now... you can know the truth."

He released his palm.

With a "bang,"

The shadow, lifted off the ground, fell to the earth; his body was burned by Chi Huo, and by the time it hit the ground heavily, it had already turned into a mass of ashes and dust!

In the Pure Land World.

A brand new soul was granted "rebirth" here!

For those souls revived in the "Pure Land," as the World Master, Gu Shen can choose to retain the self-awareness of the deceased or conduct a total erasure... with those tundra criminals escaping during the Frozen Lake mission earlier, Gu Shen chose erasure, condemning them to eternal servitude in the Pure Land, repaying their sins.

But at this moment, with the "rebirth" of the shadow in the Pure Land, Gu Shen chose to let him retain his self-awareness!

"This..."

"Where is this?!"

The shadow awoke from suffocation, beholding a towering giant tree.

In his field of vision, hundreds and thousands of pale snowflakes floated by, mixed with dried golden wheat stalks.

The next moment.

He understood everything.

This was a complete world bound by rules; the last time he encountered a complete rules-bound world was beneath the Red Lake in Light City... and the man possessing such a world, exuding an aura loathed by Light, could only have one identity left.

Netherworld King!

Gu Shen was not an Angel Envoy!

He was the true successor of the seat of fire among the Seven Gods! 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"You now have two choices."

Gu Shen said calmly, "One, let me erase your consciousness... look over there, you will become ’one of them,’ after your consciousness is obliterated, you will serve eternally in my Pure Land."

The shadow looked towards where Gu Shen pointed.

There were hundreds of souls there, constructing an ancient building resembling a flower garden.

"Of course, when it’s time to attack Light City... you’ll go first as well."

Gu Shen said indifferently, "Since you worship the Light God’s Seat, I will let you witness the collapse of ’faith’ firsthand."

"???"

The shadow was stunned; he had never encountered such a shameless person.

"As for the second choice..."

Gu Shen glanced towards the ancient house not far from the hanging tree.

The shadow saw the ancient house, trembling all over... this was the most important "item" of the southward mission, the Holy Book!

Gu Shen had moved the entire house!

"I know your Spirit Sea is locked, forcibly extracting it is meaningless."

Gu Shen said leisurely, "But you can speak for yourself... reveal the secret of the ’Holy Book,’ solve my doubts, and I can offer you a dignified death. I can let you... truly die."

The Pure Land was cold.

But Gu Shen’s words were colder.

The shadow, at this moment, finally understood the meaning behind Gu Shen’s earlier words.

Death in the real world was indeed not the final end, not the conclusion...

In the hands of the Netherworld King.

This was all just the beginning!