Chapter 222

Chapter 222: Gluttony Region

At Li Shuang’s ears, it sounded like countless voices were howling and screaming; when she hurriedly looked down, a dozen pairs of dry, black hands were clamped around her ankles.

She could not see what these beings looked like, only that she seemed to stand in hell itself as endless ghosts tried to drag her into purgatory.

[No wonder this place is called Soul Prison.]

[It really is hell for the spirit.]

Li Shuang stayed calm; at her brow, an Azure Lotus faintly appeared as a mighty pressure stabbed straight into the ground.

The creatures below seemed affected and loosened their grip a little.

Li Shuang seized the chance to break free.

But in the next instant, other hands seized her legs again, and the swamp around her turned blood red.

Beneath her feet was no longer mud, but thick, sticky blood.

The more she tried to intimidate them, the more hands appeared. Her body was pulled lower and lower.

She was about to use her Soul Method.

Suddenly, her mind stirred, and she faintly sensed something.

So she relaxed her body and let the endless fierce ghosts drag her down into the depths.

“Down she comes, down she comes,” sharp voices cackled: “Hee hee, we pulled down another one.” “Let us see who it is this time.” “Human, it’s the scent of a human.” “My mouth is watering.”

Li Shuang remained composed as she looked around.

All around her stood many ghosts. They were nothing but bone frames draped in a thin layer of skin. The skin was almost transparent; with a careful look you could see the pale bones underneath.

In the black, hollow sockets of these Human Skin Skeletons, a ghostly green light flickered as they stared at Li Shuang.

Being watched by so many green eyes would make most people shiver.

However, as the Supreme Emotionless Art moved, Li Shuang’s feelings were naturally far more muted than others. While the Human Skin Skeletons sized her up, she also calmly studied them.

In that moment, Wanfa Eye flashed with a soft light and a prompt appeared: “Entered Gluttony Hell. Complete the gluttony trial to receive a variable reward of Soul Points.”

Li Shuang’s eyes glinted.

[As expected, there is another realm beneath the ground.]

[Gluttony Hell? These Human Skin Skeletons are all skin and bones. What do they have to do with gluttony?]

“Five people. Are we all here?” an impatient voice sounded.

Peering past the ranks of Skeletons, Li Shuang finally noticed four other cultivators.

This Gluttony Hell had not dragged down only her.

There were four more: a purple-robed Daoist, a blue-clad female cultivator, a girl who looked like a child, and a strange man whose layered belly fat made him look like a small mountain.

“Everyone’s here! Everyone’s here!” “Time to eat! Time to eat!” “This time we will finally have a full meal,” the Human Skin Skeletons cheered as they opened a path, letting Li Shuang and the four human cultivators gather.

Then, in high spirits, they ringed the five in and began to sing a weird, off-key song.

“Stand over on our side,” the blue-clad female cultivator said as she shot a glare at the girl and the fat man, then tugged Li Shuang to her spot.

Before Li Shuang could react, the woman spoke softly: “Those two are devil cultivators. The man is a talent ranked ninety-seven on the Genius Ranking, called Rou Shan. The girl came with him. I don’t know her exact identity, but she’s likely no small figure.”

“I am Yi Lan, and this is Zi Guang. We are righteous cultivators. I worried the third one would also be a devil cultivator, which would put our Righteous Path at a disadvantage. Now that you’re here, at least we have a slight edge in numbers.”

When Yi Lan finished, the childlike girl could not help but sneer: “What devil path and Righteous Path? In Gluttony Hell, everyone fights for themselves. You’re just eyeing a newcomer and want to trick her, right?”

“People of the devil path, stop sowing discord,” Yi Lan snapped.

Li Shuang caught the key point and asked with mild curiosity: “You can tell I’m a newcomer?”

“You’re entering Soul Prison for the first time, right? Those who have come before have Spirit Soul Bodies that differ in small ways. You’ll learn this slowly,” Yi Lan said quickly: “Don’t listen to that girl. Although we act alone here, the devil path is always crafty and likes to stab people in the back. Also, Rou Shan cultivates the Gluttony Dao, which naturally fits this place. Only by joining forces can we hope to survive.”

Yi Lan sounded sincere.

Li Shuang neither agreed nor refused, but nodded in a well-behaved way.

Yi Lan assumed she had won her over, and her smile deepened.

“Good. Just stick with me and Yi Lan. I have cleared Gluttony Hell once before; do what I say,” Zi Guang said coolly: “You might get hurt, but I will keep you alive. If you don’t listen, a newcomer who falls into Gluttony Hell will almost surely die.”

Li Shuang nodded: “I understand.”

Though her face showed no fear, she stayed cooperative.

Zi Guang nodded, satisfied. Falling into such a place on the first visit, a newcomer should be rattled already. Next, whatever he said, she would do.

Rou Shan, the devil cultivator, watched from a distance and did not join the talk.

He lowered his head and spoke softly to the girl, even showing a hint of respect.

Seeing this, Zi Guang and Yi Lan felt a jolt and grew more cautious.

Noticing their looks, Rou Shan and the girl also seemed slightly on guard.

As a newcomer stuck between the two sides, Li Shuang was completely ignored.

While they talked, the Skeletons finally finished their eerie song.

“Eat!” “Eat!” “Eat!” they cried.

In the next moment, trays appeared out of thin air in the Skeletons’ hands.

Green light flashed, and strange dishes showed up on the trays.

Li Shuang swept her gaze over them, and her brows drew together.

These dishes…

When the dishes appeared, a long table rose in front of the five, with five neat chairs set out.

The other four walked over as if used to it and chose their seats.

They sat in two pairs, leaving the seat in the center open for Li Shuang.

“Come, sit here,” Yi Lan said warmly.

Li Shuang nodded and sat down calmly.