Master of Strange Dao

"Your Highness, you really have some skills, escaping this far and even managing to deceive the Emperor Zhen on your way out."

"Stop with the nonsense, where's the other part of the map?"

The White Water Egg took out a scroll of Beast Skin.

The Beast Skin hung in mid-air and unfurled itself, revealing a map upon it.

Below the center of the map, there was a clearly marked rift surrounded by the same mountains and rivers as the first layer of the Abyss.

The White Water Egg casually pointed, and the spot it pointed to enlarged, displaying details not visible on the larger map.

"Your Highness, are you satisfied?"

King Qi extended his hand, instantly taking hold of the Beast Skin map.

The White Water Egg did not stop him, allowing King Qi to snatch the Beast Skin map.

King Qi took out another Beast Skin map and, after comparing the two, realized that it wasn't a single map split into parts, nor had it been intentionally trimmed.

Both Beast Skin maps were complete.

"Your Highness, stop looking, did you think I specially trimmed a part to give to you?"

"Wrong, they are originally two separate Beast Skin maps.

My scroll is the map of the first layer of the Abyss.

Your scroll is of another layer."

Seeing the shadowed expression in King Qi's eyes, which flickered with uncertainty, the White Water Egg chuckled.

"Your Highness, don't think that just because you have both maps, you can kill me easily.

If you wish to kill me, it's fine.

You might think with the maps you can navigate yourself, that's fine too.

Without me, you won't find the place even with the maps."

The White Water Egg turned and left.

The two reached the Abyssal Rift, and the moment they descended into a narrower spot on the side of the massive rift,

King Qi lowered his eyelids, flicked his fingers, and a black orb the size of a fingernail shot into the White Water Egg's back.

The White Water Egg was shocked, feeling something inside his body.

"King Qi, you..."

In the next instant, countless black spikes exploded from the White Water Egg's body, instantly turning it into a hedgehog.

"Fool, I only said from the beginning that I wanted the map, did you really think I would continue cooperating with you after obtaining it?"

King Qi waved his hand, and the black spikes retracted back into a fingernail-sized black orb that flew back to his hand.

At this moment, King Qi frowned slightly, disappearing instantly from where he stood.

The White Water Egg's body also began to fall towards the Abyssal Rift.

At this time, a swarm of hungry ghosts climbed up from below along the rock walls.

The corpse fell to the bottom, floated up slightly, then fell back, wedging between the two sides of the Abyssal Rift.

A hungry ghost crawled along the stone wall, saw the body, and upon noting the faceless and hairless head, promptly took the body away.

An hour later, Cece reported back, bringing the White Water Egg's corpse along.

"What exactly happened?"

"I asked those hungry ghosts, they were engaging with the Devils, pretending to retreat to lure those Devils into the Abyssal Rift.

Just as they climbed up from the other side of the Abyssal Rift, they saw this body falling.

And at that time, it looked just like this.

This guy's Divine Soul is gone, the perpetrator, unseen.

They probably sensed the hungry ghosts crossing the boundary suddenly, reaching this side, and didn't have time to deal with the body, also fearing to leave scent traces.

Now, the traces left behind suggest a special Magical Treasure or some unique Living Being.

After all, it's as if this person's Divine Soul was consumed.

We couldn't track any other person's presence, that person was extremely cautious."

Yu Ziqing looked towards the deceitful hungry ghost.

"Did you hear anything?"

"Heard a little, fortunately, the time wasn't long, and the sound was still swirling in the Abyssal Rift.

One person said 'King Qi, you...', before he could finish, he should have died.

Another said, 'Fool, I only said I wanted the map, did you really think I would continue cooperating with you after obtaining it?'

I only heard these two lines, nothing else.

Perhaps the sound vanished, or perhaps they only said these two lines.

After all, that place, even for hungry ghosts, isn't somewhere to linger.

It's only when retreating from enticing Devils that they'd pass there."

Yu Ziqing looked at the White Water Egg's corpse, quite amused.

That King Qi was quite the talent, choosing of all places to commit murder, he chose the Abyssal Rift.

While that place had its benefits, magic that traces back events didn't work well in that eerie ghostly place.

Generally, as long as he didn't act personally and left no traces of his power, no one would know it was him.

However, due to the unique environment and terrain of the place, permeating with ghost qi, it was easier to leave other traces.

As for the deceitful hungry ghost, he liked eavesdropping there, not because he could only do so there, but because there he could gather more information.

Some sounds had dissipated, yet for the deceitful hungry ghost, they continued echoing in the Abyssal Rift.

He could gather a wealth of information there because he didn't need to listen in real-time, some words spoken could take several two-hour periods, even a day or two before he heard them.

Originally, it seemed like that King Qi was finished, but unexpectedly, he got away.

And dragged in a White Water Egg again.

When it came to which group Yu Ziqing disliked the most, White Water Eggs certainly ranked in the top three.

These faceless, hairless beings, with no name and no identity, were naturally at odds with him.

Even the face of a White Water Egg came with the ability to interfere with information.

Just seeing it was irritating enough.