đź“– Chapter 1168 - Underworld Emperor Mansion!
When they heard Wang Baole’s words, all the Underworld Sect cultivators had strange expressions on their faces. The pseudo-Underworld Children were particularly baffled, staring at Wang Baole with looks of incomprehension.
It was because… at this moment, Wang Baole was completely different from how he was before. Everyone’s previous impression of Wang Baole was cold and arrogant, separated from the rest of the world by a veil of aloofness.
But now, as soon as he spoke, his demeanor suddenly became… somewhat difficult to describe, especially with the look of faint embarrassment on his face.
This change in demeanor caught everyone off guard. It was like walking through an art gallery dedicated to solemn and old-fashioned paintings, only to suddenly catch sight of something unbelievable…
But this indescribable feeling was only part of the reason for the Underworld Sect cultivators’ shock. The other part was the fact that the power of the Heavenly Dao disappeared… Indeed, they clearly sensed the descent of the Heavenly Dao’s power, but a moment later, that power vanished without a trace.
The implications of such a scene was enough to make their scalps go numb.
Meanwhile, Wang Baole was feeling very awkward.
Earlier, he had been immersed in his complicated emotions and forgot about how the intrinsic scabbard in his body liked swallowing the power of Heavenly Daos. Now that he’d accidentally absorbed the power that his senior brother had given him, there was no way for him to extend the passage in the Underworld River. Thus, no matter how complicated his emotions were, he had to bite the bullet and ask his senior brother for a little more.
Chen Qingzi was silent. As he looked at Wang Baole, his eyes seemed completely emotionless, but an almost imperceptible hint of helplessness actually flashed through them. After a while, as everyone looked on grimly, he lifted his right hand again and pointed at Wang Baole.
Wang Baole quickly operated his cultivation base to suppress the intrinsic scabbard in his body. Moreover, he muttered threateningly to it under his breath.
“Don’t you dare absorb it. I’m warning you!!”
Maybe Wang Baole’s warning really was useful, because when the power of the Heavenly Dao descended a moment later, the intrinsic scabbard in his body didn’t act out. Thus, the wave of power from the Heavenly Dao instantly filled Wang Baole’s body. His Underworld Fire became active and erupted outward in an instant.
The blazing Underworld Fire instantly broke out of Wang Baole’s body and surged in all directions. In the blink of an eye, a sea of fire appeared in the starry sky, warping Wang Baole’s surroundings with its intense heat. A full ten thousand zhang of the starry sky was instantly submerged in the sea of fire.
With this eruption of Underworld Fire, the expressions of the Underworld Sect cultivators in the surroundings instantly changed as they backed away in unison. No matter how resistant they were to Wang Baole, their hearts couldn’t help but rumble when they saw the massive quantity of Underworld Fire.
The pseudo-Underworld Children were all shocked, and the pupils of the woman who had hidden her strength earlier contracted rapidly. Even the masked First Senior Brother revered by all the pseudo-Underworld Children breathed heavily as he stared at the scene before him.
Reflected in everyone’s eyes was the tall figure of Wang Baole surrounded by endless flames, like an immortal descending into hell. Immense pressure weighed down in all directions, full of heaven-shaking momentum that seemed to set the Underworld River aboil.
The souls of the deceased instantly emerged from the churning waters of the river, roaring soundlessly toward Wang Baole. However, their panic-filled expressions exposed the horror they felt in their hearts.
It was as if some unknowable coercion was being emitted from Wang Baole’s body. With the power of one person, he seemed to suppress the entire river!
Logically speaking, this sort of thing was impossible. But right now… that was exactly what was happening!
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
“Even if he’s the Underworld Child, there’s no way his Underworld Fire could be this powerful!”
“His cultivation base is clear for all to see. He shouldn’t be able to do this. Could it be… that his body holds great kismet? He has deep karma with my Underworld Sect?!”
As the silence gave way to an uproarious clamor, Wang Baole felt like he was flying on clouds. The power of the Heavenly Dao was both fuel and a blessing, granting his Underworld Fire almost unlimited strength. He could feel… deep in the Underworld River below, there was something calling out to him!
It was calling out to both his soul and his Underworld Fire, seemingly creating a resonant attraction. And this… was the real reason why his Underworld Fire had burst out to such an extent.
But it wasn’t the time to think too much. Under everyone’s shocked gazes, Wang Baole lowered his head and glanced at the place in the Underworld River where the call was coming from. A bizarre light flashed through his eyes as he lifted his right hand. Then, eyeing the passage that was 10,000 zhang wide and more than 800,000 zhang deep, he… lightly pressed down.
As soon as he did so, the starry sky rumbled, the void shook, and a massive handprint appeared in front of him. Endless Underworld Fire poured into the handprint from all directions, and even more gushed out from within Wang Baole’s body. In the blink of an eye, the handprint in front of Wang Baole reached a width of ten thousand zhang. Moreover, it was completely filled with dense Underworld Fire that seemed capable of incinerating the souls of all living beings.
“Go!”
With Wang Baole’s roar, the heaven-shaking handprint rumbled toward the Underworld River. In an instant, it entered the passage and pierced downward!
The handprint reached the passage’s depth of 840,000 zhang in an instant. As soon as it touched the bottom, a muffled boom spread throughout the whole Underworld River. Countless deceased souls scattered in all directions as the passage began to extend!
It took only a moment to reach 900,000 zhang. Then, a moment later, it reached 950,000 zhang. Finally, it reached… one million zhang!
And all of this seemed to be just the start; Wang Baole’s handprint still had even more power left. Perhaps it could extend even deeper if given the opportunity. However, it had already reached a depth of one million zhang, so instead of extending in the vertical direction… it began extending in the horizontal. The edges of the ten-thousand-zhang wide passage suddenly trembled, and in the blink of an eye, it became thirty thousand zhang wide.
But things weren’t over yet. 40,000, 50,000, 60,000… only when the passage was 70,000 zhang wide did the power from Wang Baole’s handprint finally disappear with a monstrous boom!
This scene caused the minds of everyone present to shake. The regular members of the Underworld Sect, the pseudo-Underworld Children, the masked First Senior Brother, the powerhouses of the older generation… all of them looked at Wang Baole as if they were seeing a ghost!
“This, this…”
“Am I seeing things…?”
“How is this possible!?”
Extending the depth of the passage and increasing its width implied vastly different things. The latter was much more difficult, because each zhang in the horizontal direction required a million zhang in the vertical!
Although calculating it like this wasn’t precisely accurate, it was still enough to see how horrifying Wang Baole was. It could be said that the kismet and karma in his body were enough to sweep away all the pseudo-Underworld Children combined, and with plenty to spare.
Even Chen Qingzi couldn’t help but give Wang Baole a deep look. At the same time, as the power of Wang Baole’s handprint fully dissipated and the churning Underworld River gradually calmed down, everyone saw what lay at the end of the 70,000 zhang wide, 1,000,000 zhang deep passage…
Perhaps this wasn’t the true bottom of the Underworld River, but there was a massive mountain there, the ends of which couldn’t be seen. And what attracted everyone’s attention was the thing on the top of the mountain.
There, there was a statue of a middle-aged man. He was sitting down with a bowed head, in the posture of someone completely spent. No expression could be seen on his downturned face, but the deathly aura exuding from his body was unbelievably dense. It was as if he was the source of all the deathly aura of the Underworld River!
And at his feet was a temple. This temple looked completely ordinary and mundane.
The only unusual thing about the temple was its color. It was completely pitch black!
“The legendary…. Underworld Emperor Mansion!” An elder of the Underworld Sect couldn’t help but murmur. His trembling voice was filled with excitement.