Chapter 497: The Ghost Realm Opens (1/2)

Lan approved of Xue Wei's decision, but he said nothing. Although he considered them friends, they were not bosom friends who had to depend on each other to survive.

They were entirely dependent on each other for survival, and their ties were closer than many families.

Although he was their friend, he did not feel that such an important decision should be within his hands, and thus he stayed quiet and looked at Xue Wei as he gave his reasons.

The ox-headed man was quite surprised when he heard that this Rulebreaker did not intend to bring more than one person with him to the Ghost Realm. One has to know that entering the Ghost Realm was a very desired opportunity, but he was unwilling to bring more people, as it would endanger those who were left behind.

This was enough to make him understand that they genuinely had a close bond, and he suddenly began to feel interested in this Rule Breaker.

He had never encountered them before, and thus he had assumed that they were inhuman. He thought that they were above all others, looking down on the masses, and did not care for friendship, but now he understood that he had been prejudiced.

”Well, I have to get going fast,” the ox-headed man said. ”The death energy is draining away swiftly, so follow me now if you want to have a chance to enter the Ghost Realm.”

Xue Wei and Lan did not have to hear that order more than once before they rushed to his side and stepped into the big gate that had started to grow dim.

As they entered, an acute sense of vertigo suddenly hit them. The sensation grew increasingly uncomfortable, and they soon began losing touch with their limbs, but as they were thinking that something had gone wrong, they could suddenly feel the ground beneath their feet, and their vision cleared up again.

What greeted them was a world very unlike their own. Everything was desolate. As far as the eye could see, the land stretched on. It was even, and without the slightest hill or mountain in sight. All the plants they could see were a few dead shrubs, but even they were scarce on the sandy and cracked ground.

The few shrubs they did see were all withered, and there was not even a single leaf on them, the sight making both Lan and Xue Wei frown.

They were not too shocked over the land lacking in lifeforce, but the shrubs showed that once upon a time, lifeforce had existed in the realm.

What had caused it to change?

The ox-headed man looked at Xue Wei and Lan; amazement flashed by his eyes when he saw their ugly expressions as they stared at the shrubs.