Light Fortress-Chapter 1393 - 174: Enemy of Light

"You want me to betray the light! Never!"

The shadow roared.

He charged towards Gu Shen—

Due to retaining his self-awareness, he could still be considered a "free" soul.

All souls, as long as they are in Pure Land, must be suppressed by the world’s consciousness!

But at this moment, the shadow actually resisted the suppression, committing the act of "attacking" the Master of the World.

Not because he was truly powerful—

Simply because everything in this world is under Gu Shen’s control.

So...

Everything happening in Pure Land is within the scope of Gu Shen’s permission and control.

"Smack!"

Ideal is beautiful; reality is cruel.

The shadow rushed over, then was sent flying by a slap.

Gu Shen swung a big slap, hitting the face of his soul, sending him spiraling out, crashing onto the thick and sturdy trunk of the hanging tree. This slap did not contain any intent to kill; otherwise, with the majesty of Gu Shen, Master of Pure Land, it would have been enough to reduce him to ashes instantly!

"Buzz buzz buzz."

At this moment, the shadow’s mind was a cacophony.

"Who am I, where am I?"

The shadow took a long time to regain clarity, as a black figure gradually approached and squatted down before him.

"Have you ever thought, you already betrayed the light..."

Gu Shen said indifferently, "This is the world of the ’Netherworld King’."

The shadow’s lips dried, his face bloodless.

He recalled what Gu Shen said earlier—

Seeking death here is impossible.

After erasing his consciousness, he would become a pawn of the Netherworld King, eventually launching an assault on Light City.

"I beg you, kill me."

He’s lost his fighting spirit, lunging forward, attempting to embrace Gu Shen, but the latter’s body turned into a biting cold wind, instantly dispersing, condensing again several meters away.

"Kill you? There’s no such good thing..."

Gu Shen looked at the shadow, who was now prostrated in surrender, feeling deeply ironic.

He said faintly, "The words you just said, you must have heard them quite a bit yourself, right? Those people begged you to kill them... did you kill them?"

"Those people before?!"

The shadow froze.

In his mind, a thunderbolt screamed past.

"Those ’Neutral’... were also your people?"

The impact brought by the loss of the Holy Book was so great that he momentarily forgot, the Neutral in the jail had also been robbed!

Gu Shen coldly watched the shadow, standing with hands behind his back.

"Heh..."

The shadow laughed softly.

At this moment, he understood many things.

He stopped struggling and begging, instead leaning against the hanging tree and sitting, he softly said, "Netherworld King... what a Netherworld King..."

"No one in the Five Continents would have guessed that the Netherworld King twenty years ago is dead, the real Netherworld King is you, Gu Shen."

"But..."

A mocking smile hung on his face as he slowly asked, "As the Netherworld King, what can you do?"

"You can’t resurrect those ’Neutral’, their consciousness has already collapsed, you don’t know, how many times they begged me..."

The shadow seemed to be recalling scenes from within the prison.

He showed a satisfied expression.

"These people begged me to kill them..."

"First I gouged out their eyes, made them unable to see..."

"Then cut off their kneecaps..."

A mighty clap of thunder exploded above Pure Land.

"Enough!"

Gu Shen flicked his sleeves, the wind and snow whipped up, the shadow was once again flung far away, crashing heavily onto the ground.

"You’re saying all this just to provoke me... make me kill you."

Though Gu Shen’s voice carried anger, his gaze was incredibly calm.

He coldly stared at the shadow.

"Rest assured, you will ’live’ here well."

Before this... he didn’t resurrect those neutral Wu Shu within Pure Land precisely because their "will" had already collapsed.

They were bent on seeking death.

The revival within Pure Land.

Means the death of the flesh, the rebirth of the spirit.

Of course, Gu Shen could bring their souls here... but for those Transcendent with "collapsed wills", this kind of rebirth, is instead a form of torture.

So...

Like Mr. Jing Shan Yan.

These people’s ultimate fate is to die as such, welcoming the "end".

This is respect for them.

"Kill me! Come on! Come—"

The shadow’s voice rose, but in the next moment, he realized, he lost his "voice".

Gu Shen raised two fingers, slowly drawing in the void. He is the master of the entire Pure Land, the supreme True God here; the journey and operation of this world are based on the Extraordinary Essence he provides.

So the rules of this world are written by him.

"Silence."

Gu Shen appeared calm as he slowly said to the shadow, "We have plenty of time... believe me, it won’t be long before you will spill the secrets of the ’Holy Book’ yourself."

The shadow’s expression was fierce, just as he was about to stand, a shadow descended above him.

Boom boom boom!

Gu Shen casually waved his hand, two fingers lightly raised and shook in the void, horizontal and vertical a few times, and a piece of black swept over—

He personally constructed a "Spiritual Black House"!

The greatest torture in this world is to lock a "spiritually immortal" person in a pitch-dark cage.

Once the Black House was built, tranquility returned under the hanging tree.

"Shush—"

Shortly after, beside Gu Shen, a stream of code flowed, Chu Ling’s spirit transferred from Zero Zero One, arriving at Pure Land, standing side by side with Gu Shen.

"I checked the database information, no gains."

Chu Ling said softly, "This page of remnant paper hasn’t appeared in the Five Continents in recent years, this level of sealed item... doesn’t seem to be artificially crafted."