Observing the scene before him.
Chen Jiuyang nodded slightly, immediately recalling his own experience of boarding the Du You Boat earlier, how he was affected by the power of 'Forgetfulness'.
He then canceled the power of 'Forgetfulness'.
"Wuwuwu~"
"Roar!"
The dozens, even hundreds, of Dao Ghosts and Dao Slaves before him once again surged towards Chen Jiuyang.
Each one was filled with boundless hatred, as if wanting to tear him apart and devour him.
"Forget!"
As the word fell, these dozens, even hundreds, of Dao Ghosts halted their movements, forgetting Chen Jiuyang's existence and falling into a daze.
Chen Jiuyang couldn't help but marvel, "This power is truly incredibly useful. I wonder how 'Zhuang Wu' managed to master such a power in the past."
He wanted to try again...
Chen Jiuyang addressed a female Dao Ghost, "Forget the Dao Fruit."
Soon, an unbelievable scene unfolded.
The female Dao Ghost, who moments ago had been baring her teeth and roaring at Chen Jiuyang, suddenly trembled after falling into a state of bewildered trance. The power of the Dao Fruit that had been eroding her body was rapidly suppressed and stripped away, as if she had truly forgotten being corrupted by the Dao Fruit.
In the next moment, this female Dao Ghost reverted to a normal person, a Great Sage level martial artist of ordinary appearance. Tears of excitement immediately welled up on her face as she looked at Chen Jiuyang:
"Thank you, senior, for your rescue!"
Truly overbearing... it could even suppress and enslave other Dao Fruits.
This way, it could somewhat explain the Dao Fruits in 'Zhuang Wu's' courtyard that resembled servants.
Chen Jiuyang slowly shook his head, "No need to thank me, I didn't save you."
Although he had temporarily suppressed the erosion of the Dao Fruit on this female Martial Saint, her essence had not changed; she was still a Dao Ghost, a Dao Slave.
This was simply because... the other Dao Ghosts and Dao Slaves were not attacking her.
Chen Jiuyang's brow furrowed slightly, "It seems that although the power of 'Forgetfulness' is overbearing, its flaws are also very obvious. It merely makes a person or others forget, suppress."
However, this was the only way to explain how Chen Jiuyang could find a sliver of hope under the power of 'Forgetfulness'.
It also explained how 'Zhuang Wu' used the powers of 'Forgetfulness' and 'Chaos' to jointly trap him with his Dao Fruit.
Upon canceling the power of 'Forgetfulness', the female Martial Saint immediately reverted to a Dao Ghost, a Dao Slave filled with immense hatred but a bewildered expression.
Chen Jiuyang's previous 'Forgetfulness' was still exerting its corresponding power, keeping her restrained.
Chen Jiuyang's eyes narrowed slightly. He was now a Martial Dao Red Dust Immortal, with an extremely long lifespan. Combined with 'Origin', 'Self', and 'Forgetfulness', he could almost be said to have achieved eternal life.
"In that case..."
"I do have some ability to protect myself."
Chen Jiuyang looked at the 'Du You Boat' docked by the riverbank outside the white mist, his eyes filled with gravity.
The power of 'Chaos' would undoubtedly be even more terrifying.
At this moment, he also understood 'Zhuang Wu's' trap: by bringing 'Sanhua' back from the Du You Boat, the origin Dao of 'Chaos' became the object of exchange.
This boat contained at least multiple origin Dao powers.
Among these, 'Chaos' should be 'Zhuang Wu's' origin Dao.
The rest were the origin Daos of other existences.
Let's review first.
After boarding the boat, one had to wait for a certain opportunity for it to set sail, then it would start raining, and subsequently, various bizarre origin Daos would begin killing people.
What Chen Jiuyang feared the most was that 'Sanhua', who was originally by his side, inexplicably disappeared from his location after Wu Shuang'er was freed.
She had even told him to save her...
"Hoo."
Chen Jiuyang took a deep breath and once again stepped out of the white mist, boarding the 'Du You Boat'.
The deck was empty.
Chen Jiuyang took this opportunity to first inspect the entire interior of the boat, his expression growing slightly grim, "As expected..."
The boat had not set sail, and it was not raining. At this moment, the boat was just an ordinary vessel, with no peculiar characteristics. Chen Jiuyang also found no trace of 'Sanhua'.
'Zhuang Wu' had made it clear: if he wanted to save 'Sanhua', he would have to step onto this perilous Du You Boat once more.
Suddenly...
Chen Jiuyang recalled a memory.
When the armless old sword emperor and others returned from the Immortal Realm, they had said that nine major powers would participate in this final chess game.
But he clearly remembered...
Granny Blind said, "Our Broken Old Village, Resentful Nightmare Town, Heavy Underworld Sea, Nameless Palace, Buried Emperor Mountain, Qi Tian Sect, Eastern Wasteland Sect, Nine Light Sect."
There were only eight powers here...
It wasn't until he mastered the power of 'Forgetfulness' that Chen Jiuyang remembered there was another power called the 'Counter-Current Association'.
Chen Jiuyang's brow furrowed. Why had he forgotten the name of the 'Counter-Current Association'?
As Chen Jiuyang pondered,
Gradually, people began boarding the boat. This time, the people boarding included Quasi-Emperors, and even Emperor realm powerhouses who had refined an origin Dao.
"Gentlemen, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Jiang Xueming, the young sect master of the Eastern Wasteland Sect. This time, boarding the Du You Boat is fraught with danger. I hope we can join hands," said Jiang Xueming, dressed in white, with a smile on his face as he spoke to Chen Jiuyang and two others.
"Surname Jiang? The Imperial Son of the Jiang family of the Imperial Clan?" a woman entirely wrapped in black asked.
"I am ashamed, it is I," Jiang Xueming said, looking at the woman completely enveloped in black, with a warm smile. "Judging by your attire, you must be fellow Daoist Ji of the Counter-Current Association?"
The woman pondered for a moment and said, "As expected of the Jiang family of the Imperial Clan, you are indeed the Imperial Son."
Another person spoke, "I heard that the Counter-Current Association consists of Immortals from the Immortal Realm who have cultivated martial arts, descending into the mortal realm through secret techniques, thus having their heavenly secrets concealed by many powers. They are the secret weapon for this final chess game."
"Isn't that Imperial Son Han Jiuguang, Brother Han?" Jiang Xueming exclaimed in surprise. "I didn't expect you to come to the Nine Nether Myriad Tombs at this time."
Han Jiuguang said indifferently, "It's the final chess game of this epoch. After slumbering for so long, it's time to move around."
"The Imperial Son of Emperor Jiuguang? So it's you," the woman surnamed Ji said.
Counter-Current Association, Nine Light Sect, Eastern Wasteland Sect.
"Hehehe, what Imperial Son or not, it's all just nourishment for our Resentful Nightmare Town. Esteemed sirs, if you fail in the final chess game in the future, you can come to Resentful Nightmare Town to slumber and pass through this epoch," a voice of a middle-aged man, shrouded in black mist and with an unseen form, rang out.
The remaining few people immediately frowned. Resentful Nightmare Town! The wicked beings from this place had also arrived.
"You're too kind, too kind. I fear death the most," Jiang Xueming said, looking at Chen Jiuyang and asking, "Fellow Daoist, from where do you hail?"
Chen Jiuyang said calmly, "Broken Old Village, Chen Jiuyang."
"So it's the Demonic Lord Qianyang, who has become in-laws with Emperor Fu Zhao. A pleasure to meet you," Jiang Xueming said with a smile.
At this moment, someone else boarded the boat.
Upon clearly seeing the appearance of the person boarding, their pupils suddenly contracted sharply: "How is this possible!"
The woman dressed in a blue dress was none other than Wu Shuang'er!