More and more people were arriving. At last, there were about four hundred people present. The three Demon-Killing Battle Gods had arrived as well. Among them was the Blue Eagle Prefecture’s Demon-Killing Pavilion’s Assistant Pavilion Lord. He was surprised to see Xiao Leng present. However, when he saw Jiang Yi as well, a great realization dawned on him.
“Hunting Envoy Jiang!”
The Assistant Pavilion Lord of Blue Eagle Prefecture’s Demon-Killing Pavilion nodded faintly at Jiang Yi. The other two people did not even bother to acknowledge Jiang Yi. It was obvious that they despised him. Jiang Yi himself could not be bothered to interact with important people like them. Thus, he remained at the side, not saying anything.
Another two hours passed, and it was time to set off for the mission. The Assistant Pavilion Lord took out ten Divine Boats and waved his hand. “Each Divine Boat can take fifty people. We will gather at the boundaries of the Primordial Demon Abyss!”
Once he finished speaking, the three Demon-Killing Battle Kings entered one Divine Boat each. Many Demon-Killing Battle Kings followed. Xiao Leng led Jiang Yi into a Divine Boat as well. What surprised Jiang Yi was the number of people who were fighting to get into the Divine Boat they were sitting in. It looked like they wanted to bask in Xiao Leng’s glory.
The ten Divine Boats cut through the sky towards the east. The mission location was quite far from the city this time. If nothing happened on the way there, they would take about ten Lower-Domain days to arrive at their destination. Xiao Leng led Jiang Yi into the front cabin and found a place for them to sit down.
Ten or so upper-tier Demon-Killing Battle Kings walked into the front cabin as well. They nodded at Jiang Yi and Xiao Leng before finding a spot to sit down as well. Someone outside was steering the boat. Jiang Yi sat down and tried to focus on cultivating. He had to cultivate his heavenly powers and Power of Heaven and Earth, refine a spirit herb, and realize the Mighty God Technique.
Jiang Yi got Gu Mu to get the spirit herb for him. It was a spiritual-type of spirit herb, the Thousand Buddha Leaf. Refining just one leaf would take him three days. Then, to completely absorb the herb would take him at least a month.
Jiang Yi’s spiritual defense was quite strong, but his soul spirit itself was not strong enough. The stronger his soul spirit was, the more quickly he would realize things. Now, his heavenly powers were almost at the Demon-Killing Battle General Realm. Of course, his soul spirit would have to keep up as well.
The Divine Boat traveled very quickly. The journey was calm and peaceful. On the way, they met several Primitive-Grade Chaos Beasts. However, Xiao Leng and the three other Demon-Killing Battle Gods did not make any move. Instead, a few Demon-Killing Battle Kings went out to kill them easily.
To the people in the Higher Domain, ten or so Lower-Domain days were considered quite short. All they had to do was go into seclusion for a while, and it would be over. Jiang Yi himself was getting used to the way time passed in the Higher Domain. He refined three Thousand Buddha Leaves before the Divine Boat in front of them suddenly stopped.
Jiang Yi looked through the wall of the Divine Boat, far out into the distance. His expression darkened. The area far away was covered in black smoke. It looked like dark clouds. He could not see what was inside those clouds at all. Although he could not feel the aura, he could faintly smell death.
As they got closer, a familiar aura engulfed Jiang Yi. It was the aura of death that often filled Netherworld Generals. Jiang Yi’s expression became very somber. The Netherworld Aura was so intense. How many living beings of the Netherworld Realm were hiding in there?
“Everyone, be careful. Act separately. Clean out all the Netherworld Envoys in the Primordial Demon Abyss. If you finish the mission earlier than expected, you will be rewarded with bonus battle merits! Once you meet a Netherworld General, leave at once. Send us a signal, and we will send back-up as soon as we can.”
The Assistant Pavilion Lord transmitted his cold voice throughout all ten Divine Boats. Then, the ten Divine Boats disappeared in mid-air. More than four hundred formidable martial artists appeared outside, carrying weapons of all shapes and sizes. They were gearing up for battle, looking more and more powerful. The killing intent around their bodies intensified.
Jiang Yi himself was floating in mid-air, but he was not stable. He felt forces pushing against him from all directions. When one became a God General, they would feel changes in their heavenly powers which would allow them to withstand the strongest gravity. This was the first time Jiang Yi was flying in Earth Emanations Domain; he was not quite used to it.
Swish!
The three Demon-Killing Battle Gods turned into three colorful beams of light, which charged towards the black clouds. They looked very powerful, so much so that even the Netherworld Aura retreated from them, dissipating automatically.
“Let’s go!”
Xiao Leng grabbed Jiang Yi with one hand before he turned into a black beam of light which charged towards the black clouds as well. He did not want to waste too much time in a wretched place like that. Once he helped Jiang Yi complete the mission, he wanted to return and close the mission at Divine Eagle City.
Swish! Swish!
The hundreds of people split into four different teams, each following Xiao Leng and the three Demon-Killing Battle Gods. At least if they followed these four people, they did not have to fear meeting Netherworld Generals. The danger they faced would be much lower.
The moment he entered the black clouds, Jiang Yi felt like a blind man. He could not see a thing. What’s more, an evil and cold aura engulfed his body, causing him to feel unbearably cold. He felt this aura before, and yet he was still feeling extremely uncomfortable at that moment.
“Take care of your heart. If you feel yourself getting attacked by Netherworld Aura, drop everything and defend yourself against that attack!”
Xiao Leng sent a voice transmission to Jiang Yi who nodded without saying anything. Xiao Leng kept leading him further into the black clouds. Everything inside felt deathly lonely and extremely quiet. Just being in there would cause one to feel uneasy and even panic.
Swish!
Five minutes later, they heard the soft sound of something cutting through the air. Jiang Yi had just felt it when Xiao Leng made his move.
A bright, curved saber appeared in Xiao Leng’s hand. He struck down toward his left harshly. One by one, sword light resembling water in the lake flowed forward. There were at least hundreds of sword lights, which dissipated the black fog in front of them. Jiang Yi finally saw clearly: there was a bottomless abyss right in front of them. At that moment, something ghostly was flying towards them like a cold wind.
This was a monster that looked just like a bat. It had a sharp face, skinny cheeks, and a human body. However, its body was three meters long. It had black wings growing out of its back, and its eyes were triangular. It was not red light that was shining out of its eyes, but black light. It bore one sharp tooth on each side of its mouth. It looked so ugly and evil that one could immediately tell that this was not a human.
This ghostly thing was moving extremely fast, and its light body was especially flexible. In fact, it easily dodged the attacks of Xiao Leng’s hundreds of sword lights. It charged at the two of them again at terrifying speed, opening its mouth and spitting out a black gas.
“Hmph!”
Xiao Leng tutted at once, waving the curved saber around. The sword light returned to the saber and shot back at the ghostly thing from all different directions. The sword light then formed a huge net, which wrapped the monster up.
Bang, bang, bang!
This time, the monster could not run away. The tens of sword lights attacked it, mincing its body into several little pieces. Next, something that shocked Jiang Yi to his core happened. After being cut to pieces, each little piece flashed with black light and turned into a mini monster. Although it was much smaller—it now looked like a big bat, they all still charged towards both of them maniacally.
“Explode!”
Xiao Leng shouted. His ten fingers moved, causing ten finger forces to shoot out. One by one, the monsters exploded. At last, the final monster left behind a black pearl in mid-air.
“Alright, keep this pearl. This is a Netherworld Pearl. It is proof that you’ve killed a Netherworld Envoy. We must hand this in when we turn the mission in.” Xiao Leng waved his hand, and Jiang Yi flew over, unstably. He took the pearl and kept it in his interspatial ring. At last, he flew to Xiao Leng and asked, “That was a Netherworld Envoy?”
“En, this is a low-grade demon in the Netherworld Realm. It is called the Black Demonic Beast. Netherworld Envoys don’t refer to just one type of living being but to all low-grade demonic beasts in the Netherworld Realm alike. These Black Demonic Beasts can cut through space, and they are quite common in the Earth Domain. Their battle skills are not considered strong, but it’d be terrible if they stick onto you. They can enter your soul spirit and control it.”
Xiao Leng explained nonchalantly and continued flying in front. His expression looked very relaxed now. It looked like there were a lot of Netherworld Envoys in the abyss. It would probably be easy for them to kill about twenty Netherworld Envoys, wouldn’t it?
“Wuu-wuu!”
Ten minutes later—after Xiao Leng killed another Black Demonic Beast, the two of them heard a low roar coming from afar. Xiao Leng’s ugly face stiffened immediately. He cursed under his breath, “Why is our luck so bad? We’ve bumped into a Netherworld General! Jiang Yi, get back immediately. Go and group together with those Demon-Killing Battle Kings. Remember, do not run around, or you will be attacked by the Netherworld Envoys. Then, you will be demonized very easily.”
“Alright!”
Jiang Yi was frightened. He knew full well how powerful Netherworld Generals were. If not for the mysterious elder in his Fire Dragon Sword, Stellarsky Domain would probably have been destroyed by now. At that moment, he immediately flew backward unsteadily. Tens of people were following them. As long as he could group back with them, he would be safe.
