The Supreme Martial King Shocking All Realms Chapter 3288 - 3283: Slavery in the Netherworld_1
Previously on The Supreme Martial King Shocking All Realms...
"Furthermore, should this junior fail to accomplish the mission, it doesn't appear that senior faces significant setbacks. I vow to exert my utmost effort, yet I can't assure success in finishing it," Yang Chen declared.
"Your words ring true enough," Wan Tianyu grunted, his demeanor easing considerably: "Still, you're far from the first to utter such assurances to me, and ultimately, how many have truly pulled it off? No matter, I won't bicker with you. If you're determined to tackle this mission, I won't hinder you. Regarding the 200,000 Extreme Universe Essence, I'll uphold my pledge and deliver it entirely to you."
Yang Chen nodded at these words: "That's agreeable, but on this issue, one aspect remains unclear to this junior. I seek senior's clarification."
"Which is?" Wan Tianyu inquired.
Yang Chen replied: "Given that Wan Qiuying vanished inside the Spirit Fire World, with senior's esteemed position and formidable power, your search should outpace that of Heaven-separated Realm specialists like this junior. Why not venture in personally to hunt for her?"
"Hmph, think I haven't considered it?" Wan Tianyu shook his head, as if addressing the query for the initial time, yet laced with lingering irritation. "Should I enter the Spirit Fire World, the Heaven-appointed forces from the Netherworld would swiftly detect me and pursue. Even during my probe, I couldn't linger long before my location gets revealed. This very factor renders dismantling the Gates of Life and Death an immense challenge. For even after purging all mighty beings in this realm, the moment you tamper with the Gates of Life and Death, reinforcements from the Netherworld's other realms swarm in instantly. At that point, not only does extraction fail, but your very existence hangs in peril."
These revelations struck Yang Chen, making him grasp that extracting the Gates of Life and Death proved far from straightforward.
Evidently, certain obstacles prevented Wan Tianyu from acting directly. With this insight, Yang Chen continued: "Understood. Moreover, this junior requests that senior furnish detailed data and a depiction of your daughter's features."
"Everything you require is contained here. I've prepared multiple light spheres with the details. Absorb one, and you'll grasp it all," Wan Tianyu stated.
Yang Chen accepted the light sphere, infused his soul within, and with a crisp crack, it dispersed, granting him full command of the intelligence.
"Now informed, I'll take my leave without delay. Goodbye," Yang Chen announced resolutely post-review, showing no desire to linger. He rose promptly and departed.
Wan Tianyu paid it no mind. Such traits marked all potent Heaven-separated Realm figures, and Yang Chen struck him as merely average in their ranks.
Prospects of locating his daughter through him appeared exceedingly faint.
"Alas, Qiuying, may fortune keep you unscathed," Wan Tianyu sighed with deep concern.
In the meantime, Yang Chen exited Sky Opening Mountain without further pause.
Though Sky Opening Mountain boasted a fine setting, prolonged residence there yielded no benefits and merely stirred ridicule if intentional.
With affairs concluded, Yang Chen followed the provided chart to leap from the Ancient Divine Realm, plunging straight into the Spirit Fire World.
The instant he quitted the Ancient Divine Realm, the vast cosmic starfield turned perilous.
Particularly as he neared the Spirit Fire World's vicinity, threats intensified. Earlier, Yang Chen had relied on the Spirit Leaf Flying Boat for transit, but onward progress demanded concealing the vessel and navigating solo amid the interstellar void.
Failing that, overt visibility would swiftly betray his position.
En route, he'd witnessed numerous clashes. Conflicts raged ceaselessly between humans and diverse alien species.
Yang Chen first considered intervening, yet the sheer volume of skirmishes quelled his impulse.
Besides, alien patrols scoured varied stellar sectors. The cosmic calamities had already narrowed safe paths, and these sentinels tightened constraints further, compelling vigilant evasion to slip past undetected en route to the destined realm.
Yang Chen's concealment arts excelled, bolstered by space-time principles, allowing effortless circumvention of extraterrestrial guards.
Upon his next emergence, Yang Chen hovered directly over the Spirit Fire World.
Gazing below, he beheld a world ablaze in crimson hues across its crust.
This sphere's heat dwarfed that of typical realms, resembling an infernal blaze. Yet inside, a profound hush reigned, veiled in dark mists and pervasive ghost Qi. Attentive ears might catch eerie wails of specters and beasts echoing from scattered zones.
External scouting fell short.
Yet as Yang Chen prepared to descend into this realm, he noted its saturation with ghost Qi. Such infestation meant intrusion would likely trigger immediate alert.
"This ghost Qi dwarfs the menace in our Lingnan Two Realms. Those domains have merely endured Spirit Realm incursions without Gates of Life and Death implantation. Do all realms bearing the Gates of Life and Death manifest thus...?" Yang Chen murmured.
No vitality stirred amid the omnipresent ghost Qi.
Besides, rash entry invited not just exposure but delusion from the ghost Qi, paving the way for swift enemy ambush and demise.
Nevertheless, Yang Chen possessed countermeasures against Netherworld influences.
Such trivial ghost Qi wouldn't deter him.
Yang Chen deftly pierced space-time barriers. On reemerging, half his form had bridged from temporal folds into the realm proper.
Once inside, Yang Chen invoked laws to shield himself, evading the Eye of Heavenly Dao's scrutiny.
After all, his prior ordeal in the Nine Dragons World had taught caution; Netherworld Ghosts wielded ways to liaise with the Eye of Heavenly Dao.
Safely concealed, Yang Chen unleashed his divine sense, enveloping half the realm under his Dharma Eye's gaze.
"Precisely as the dispatch indicated... Netherworld Ghosts, Insect Race, Spirit Fire Clan, and our human kin!"
Yang Chen's prior knowledge of the Insect Race was scant, but their sight now chilled him to the bone. Far from diminutive, they matched human stature.
Population-wise, the Insect Race lagged behind, their motives shrouded.
Next came the Netherworld Ghosts in greater numbers, though still trailing humans and the Spirit Fire Clan.
Yet humans and Spirit Fire Clan alike endured subjugation. Every inhabitant of those races in the Spirit Fire World moved as soulless husks, herded by Netherworld denizens.
This sight wrenched Yang Chen's core, filling him with profound sorrow at the humans' torment.
"These Netherworld scum merit utter annihilation!" Yang Chen's gaze hardened icily.