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 Chapter 1378: The History of the Nether Swamp

As the curse that penetrated the soul echoed, the ape-like monsters that entered the Nether Swamp died one after another. All their power, essence blood, and laws were drained, turning them into dried corpses.

At this moment, Lin Moyu saw some scenes he hadn't seen before.

Under the Nether Swamp, or rather on the other side of the land of the Nether Swamp, countless yellow sands appeared out of thin air and began to pile up.

Lin Moyu suddenly understood the origin of the Yellow Earth Desert. Initially, the Yellow Earth Desert did not exist; it was formed from the laws, essence blood, and life of these ape-like monsters.

Everything about the ape-like monsters was transformed into yellow sand under the curse.

The yellow sand changed, evolving into earth laws and stone laws, and also gathered some laws from the void.

But the battle was not over. After casting the curse, the commander of the Nether Legion had become extremely weak, his soul nearly dissipating.

Curses come with a price. Even though the Nether Swamp was his home ground, he had to pay a corresponding price. After the curse, new enemies rushed in.

The second wave of enemies was not numerous, also ape-like monsters, also wearing heavy armor, but they were stronger.

Lin Moyu guessed that the second wave of ape-like monsters were the ones who had reached the minor deity level. But what caught Lin Moyu's attention was not these armored apes, but the blazing sun above their heads. The sun burned with intense flames, extremely hot.

Within the sun, Lin Moyu vaguely heard chanting.

"Buddhist Clan!"

Lin Moyu was stunned. How could the shadow of the Buddhist Clan appear in an ancient war?

This was completely unrelated.

He had read about the Buddhist Clan in the records and knew that the Buddhist Clan only appeared in the current era. Even in ancient times, before the rise of Xiao Zhantian, there was no trace of the Buddhist Clan in the great world.

But in this more distant ancient time, he actually heard the voice of the Buddhist Clan.

The flames in the sun not only brought heat but also purification power, rendering the curse ineffective. Under the scorching flames, the temperature of the Nether Swamp rose sharply, and the tombstones of the hundred squads began to crack, with some even catching fire.

The sun was too powerful; it burned not just with flames but with laws.

Even the indestructible tombstones were being dissolved by the laws.

At this moment, the commander of the Nether Legion roared again, his voice echoing through the Nether Swamp, "Great Master, please bring down boundless destruction upon these ants who dare to defy you!"

This voice was not like a curse, but it was very effective.

The undying flames hanging in the sky suddenly moved. The previously slow and gentle undying flames now became violent.

The undying flames transformed into a gray fire dragon, instantly flying to the sun and wrapping around it.

The sun struggled frantically, and the chanting grew louder.

The sun seemed to be afraid, afraid of the undying flames.

Then, the gray fire dragon formed by the undying flames twisted forcefully, shattering the sun into pieces.

The gray fire dragon opened its mouth and swallowed all the fragments, then spat them out.

Nine fireballs flew out, passing through the land of the Nether Swamp and landing on the newly formed Yellow Earth Desert, becoming...

"So that's how the fireballs on the Yellow Earth Desert came to be."

Only then did Lin Moyu understand the origin of the nine fireballs, and he also realized some other things.

After shattering the sun, the undying flames did not return to the sky but rushed towards the torn rift.

It seemed very dissatisfied with the rift, roaring at it and spewing gray flames to wrap around it. The flames caused the rift to close again, and the Nether Swamp returned to being a complete world.

The commander of the Nether Legion issued another curse, cursing the second wave of enemies.

Under the curse, the essence blood and laws of the second wave of enemies were completely drained, and everything about them turned into yellow sand.

The great battle finally came to an end, and Lin Moyu, as a spectator, couldn't help but sigh. Although the First Army was defeated, it was not a complete defeat. The First Army still had a chance, waiting for their master's return. The scenes of the First Army fighting to the last were deeply imprinted in Lin Moyu's soul, never to be erased. The tombstones scorched by the sun were slowly repairing themselves, with the outermost tombstones suffering the most damage. The deeper the tombstones, the less damage they sustained.

This also caused the recorded images to vary, with some records already destroyed at that time. Only the tombstone of the commander of the Nether Legion recorded the complete process.

After this battle, Lin Moyu finally understood the cause and effect and the origin of the Nether Swamp.

It had existed since ancient times, enduring through the flames of war, never extinguished.

It was recovering, waiting for its master's return.

Lin Moyu was horrified, unable to imagine the strength of the master mentioned by the commander of the Nether Legion.

Based on his own experience, Lin Moyu felt that the master mentioned by the commander of the Nether Legion, the master of the mysterious manor castle, and the master mentioned by the general in the ancient tomb were likely the same person.

A person with an unimaginably powerful army and strength beyond comprehension.

But the images did not end there; they continued.

Lin Moyu's consciousness had not yet returned, still overlooking the land.

The Nether Swamp fell silent, and the undying flames returned to their normal state, continuing to radiate over the land.

Under its illumination, the heavily damaged swamp was slowly recovering.

The commander of the Nether Legion also returned to his tomb.

Lin Moyu's heart seemed to sink with the entire Nether Swamp, falling into a peculiar state of drowsiness, unaware of the passage of time.

He didn't know how long had passed when the sound of metal friction woke him up.

His awakening seemed to trigger the awakening of the entire Nether Swamp.

The previously dead ape-like monsters revived, standing up and wandering the land.

The corpses in the swamp also revived, and a never-ending battle between the corpses and the ape-like monsters began.

The ape-like monsters, after death, had their soul fires reignited under the undying flames, but they had no consciousness, only the last instinct, becoming puppets that only knew how to fight.

The battles between the ape-like monsters and the corpses were mostly inconclusive, but this was the home ground of the corpses.

Over countless years, the number of ape-like monsters gradually decreased, but the speed of this decrease was very slow. It would take countless years for the corpses to kill all the ape-like monsters.

Time passed, and the battles continued.

Under the Nether Swamp, countless monsters appeared in the Yellow Earth Desert.

The Yellow Earth Desert was formed from the essence blood, laws, and consciousness of the ape-like monsters.

All of this contained the subconscious of the ape-like monsters.

Due to various reasons, the Yellow Earth Desert developed its own rules.

Until one day, a group of people broke into the Yellow Earth Desert, fighting their way through and eventually reaching the Nether Swamp.

They ventured deep into the Nether Swamp and fought fiercely with the ape-like monsters.

These people included Xu Qingyang and 22 other minor deities.

They killed a large number of ape-like monsters, eventually attracting the minor deity-level ape-like monsters, and were beaten into a retreat. Most of these minor deities died, with no survivors.

Only a few escaped the pursuit of the ape-like monsters.

But they eventually died in the swamp.

Xu Qingyang was one of the very lucky ones, carrying a high-grade soul orb that protected him from the swamp's corrosion.

"Hey, it's her."

In these scenes, Lin Moyu saw a person.