Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Crash!
A cold metal chain flew up and pursued Jiang Yi at a terrifying speed. Jiang Yi circulated his Mighty God Technique as his body became a hundred-fold stronger; however, it was useless. Even Mo Lingqiu had been trapped, and Jiang Yi could only struggle helplessly as he was pulled down as well.
I am done for!
Jiang Yi’s heart sank. Eleven of the strongest titled formidable martial artists had been imprisoned and were soon to be demonized. Even if the remaining ten above could kill the skeletal giants quickly and rush down, what could they do? They could only either watch the rest be demonized or suffer the same fate as them.
These are not real metal chains; these are formed from Netherworld Aura!
Jiang Yi instantly realized this the moment he was trapped. Copious amounts of Netherworld Aura inside these chains were rushing into his body, right into his soul spirit. No wonder Mo Lingqiu was immediately immobilized after he was caught by it. The demonizing process in his body was happening so quickly that he could no longer control his own movements. Once his soul spirit was demonized as well, he would turn into a Netherworld Slave completely.
Buzz!
Jiang Yi wasn’t afraid of the Netherworld Aura. The Xiaozhuan characters lit up within his soul spirit, and however much Netherworld Aura entered, they were cleansed immediately. Jiang Yi was not affected at all. He was in a bind, however, that the Netherworld Aura-formed chains had trapped his limbs. Unless he circulated the Xiaozhuan characters out and dispelled the Netherworld Aura around his arms and legs, he would not be able to break free.
The problem was…
Once his Xiaozhuan characters appeared outside, the Netherworld King’s clone would definitely know at once. Although it was just a clone, it could just as easily kill Jiang Yi as if he was an ant.
Jiang Yi did not dare to act rashly and could only protect his own soul spirit from being demonized. He closed his eyes and entered the State of the Union of Heaven and Man as he sensed his surroundings in detail.
It was not looking good!
Everyone had been trapped, and their eyes were flashing red and black. Occasionally, someone would shout out in rage as the black aura surrounded their bodies.
However, the huge amounts of black aura in the vicinity had vanished. The Netherworld King’s clone was probably focusing all its efforts at demonizing the Earth Emanations Sovereign. Once the Earth Emanations Sovereign was demonized, the Earth Emanations Domain would fall into chaos. If the King-Ranked formidable martial artists from the other domains did not arrive in time, the Earth Emanations Sovereign alone could probably flatten the entire Earth Emanations Domain. The Earth Emanations Domain would then become the Netherworld Realm’s playground.
Should I dispel the Netherworld Aura around Di Ming, Mo Lingqiu, and Jiutian Wu to free them instantly?
Jiang Yi thought about this idea. The Netherworld King’s clone was evidently focused on demonizing the Earth Emanations Sovereign. If Jiang Yi acted swiftly, he could probably cleanse Di Ming and company’s bodies and soul spirits of the Netherworld Aura. They could then free him as well, and they could all escape.
No way!
Jiang Yi thought for a while longer and rejected this notion. The Netherworld King’s clone had instantly imprisoned so many formidable martial artists at once. Even if he helped them all to get rid of the Netherworld Aura in them, they would probably not be able to flee. The only hope was to save the Earth Emanations Sovereign. However, the Netherworld King’s clone was just beside the Earth Emanations Sovereign; could Jiang Yi save him all by himself?
Risk it!
Jiang Yi made up his mind. He had nowhere else to go and nothing else to do. He could only find a way to get rid of the Netherworld Aura in the Earth Emanations Sovereign’s body. If not, Jiang Yi would definitely perish. He would never be able to flee with his speed and current strength.
Buzz!
The Xiaozhuan characters in Jiang Yi’s soul spirit lit up as they shot out one by one, cleansing his soul spirit of the Netherworld Aura. They then swiftly entered his body, and Jiang Yi regained control of his body once again. The four cold metal chains also were swiftly ‘dissolved’ as Jiang Yi wrestled back his freedom.
“En?”
A surprised sound rang out. The Netherworld King’s clone was just next to the Earth Emanations Sovereign’s body and injecting black aura into it. Jiang Yi shot forward at an incredible speed as a five-colored light shone in his right hand, and Merged Flames appeared. The black aura around was also dispelled significantly.
“Alright!”
Jiang Yi had guessed right. The flames had a very strong Yang character and were a natural bane to the Netherworld Aura. The Netherworld King once again emitted a confused sound as he sent even more Netherworld Aura out.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Jiang Yi’s Xiaozhuan characters danced forward like streaks of shooting stars; he only left one in his mind to protect himself. The others were all injected into the Earth Emanations Sovereign’s brain. The Netherworld King was slightly bewildered as his voice rang out instantly, “What is this? How could it possess such a strong Yang character aura? Lad… you will die!”
“Go forth!!”
Jiang Yi did not care about anything. He controlled the Xiaozhuan characters to rush straight into the Earth Emanations Sovereign’s soul spirit consciousness at the fastest speed. After they entered the Earth Emanations Sovereign’s soul spirit consciousness, Jiang Yi did not bother with the Netherworld Aura in it but directed the Xiaozhuan characters immediately into the Earth Emanations Sovereign’s soul spirit.
Buzz!
Tsk! Tsk!
The Earth Emanations Sovereign’s soul spirit instantly lit up. At the same time, a huge amount of Netherworld Aura surged out from his body, and all of it entered Jiang Yi’s body. The Netherworld Aura was ignoring the burning flames outside of Jiang Yi’s body and wanted to forcibly demonize him!
“Jiang Yi?! Withstand it!”
The Earth Emanations Sovereign had regained lucidness. He glanced around and saw that the black aura was about to envelop Jiang Yi and shouted frantically. The Earth Emanations Sovereign started to circulate the heavenly powers in his body to dispel the rest of the Netherworld Aura. At the same time, his palms touched as a domineering aura surged from his body; he was obviously gathering energy for some powerful mystical ability.
‘I can’t hold on for much longer…’
Jiang Yi wanted to tell this to the Earth Emanations Sovereign; he could not even open his mouth. A terrifying wave of Netherworld Aura had entered his body and was rushing into his soul spirit like a rising tide. Although he had left behind one Xiaozhuan character that was doing its best to cleanse the Netherworld Aura, the Netherworld Aura was too ferocious and plentiful. It coursed into Jiang Yi’s soul spirit and was demonizing him at a frightening speed.
“Lad, you dare to foil my plans; let your soul spirit rest in the demonic abyss!”
The Netherworld King’s furious voice resounded in Jiang Yi’s soul spirit. Jiang Yi felt he was growing weaker and weaker. He could only desperately hold onto a last sliver of hope as he focused his mind on the Fire Dragon Sword, on the mysterious elder that was sleeping in it. He tried to call the mysterious elder repeatedly, hoping to wake him up.
The mysterious elder did not wake up; he was probably still extremely weak. However, Jiang Yi’s calls had actually awakened the little beast inside his Fire Spirit Pearl!
Save me… save me!
Jiang Yi expressed his desperate cry for help very clearly as the dark-gold scale piece on the little beast’s head suddenly rose up. The little beast was like an enraged cub lion as it transformed into a golden beam of light and rushed out of the Fire Spirit Pearl. It then became a shooting star as it entered Jiang Yi’s body and finally Jiang Yi’s soul spirit.
Roar!
Seeing that Jiang Yi’s soul spirit consciousness was filled with black fog, the little beast’s eyes suddenly flashed as it released a furious roar. The horn on its head lit up as it opened its mouth and actually started swallowing the Netherworld Aura!
“En? What is this thing?”
The Netherworld King’s clone was hiding within the Netherworld Aura. He realized that the Netherworld Aura was now being absorbed at a frightening speed and suddenly grew fearful.
All Netherworld Realm beings originated from the Netherworld Aura; that was the source of their strength. Without the Netherworld Aura—even if it wasn’t just a Netherworld King’s clone but a Netherworld King itself, its powers would be severely depleted.
“This? Could this be the legendary Heaven-Swallowing Beast that could swallow all things?”
The Netherworld King’s astonished voice rang out. It was stunned for a moment, and then—without any further hesitation, it did not care about demonizing Jiang Yi anymore. It controlled the remnant Netherworld Aura and fled speedily out of Jiang Yi’s body.
Buzz!
As the Netherworld Aura receded, the Xiaozhuan character in Jiang Yi’s soul spirit instantly lit up brightly and rushed into his primordial spirit, cleansing it completely.
“You still want to escape? Demon-Subduing Golden Body!”
The Netherworld King’s clone had just escaped out of Jiang Yi’s body when it saw that the Earth Emanations Sovereign’s body was shining with golden light; he was just like a Buddha that no one could look directly at. The golden light shining from his body also possessed a mystical type of energy that quickly dispelled the Netherworld Aura.
“It’s all over…”
The Netherworld King’s clone did not flee anymore; he knew that his clone was going to be utterly destroyed. Its plan to invade the Earth Emanations Domain had failed.
As the black fog about tossed and turned, a pitch-black human-like phantom image suddenly formed in midair. Its eyes flashed red as it fixed on Jiang Yi, gritted its teeth, and said, “Little rascal, I am one of the thirty-six Netherworld Kings under the Netherworld Thearch, Ming Di. You had better not go to the Heaven Domain your entire life. If not, I swear that you will suffer a living hell; you would wish you were dead!”
