Chapter 1597 (2/2)

Although he looked calm, Long Chen knew he was faking it to not appear weak. He was definitely in the midst of recovering. The black mist should have exhausted a great deal of his energy.

Although they saw through his act, Long Chen and the old man didn’t expose him. They looked toward the other people.

Perhaps they shouldn’t be described as people. Many were not fully humanoid.

Some were humanoid with wings. Some were covered in scales. Some had long tails. There were all kinds of lifeforms. There were some giant beasts amongst them as well.

Long Chen’s heart shook. Was the Martial Heaven Continent truly so powerful? There were this many experts attacking the Netherpa.s.sage realm?

“These fellows aren’t from the Martial Heaven Continent, or there’s no way I wouldn’t recognize any of them. They came from other domains,” transmitted the old man to Long Chen as they sat down to rest.

The Yellow Springs Path might have pa.s.sed without any surprises, but the old man needed some time to recover from that state of high tension.

“Other domains?” asked Long Chen.

“The universe isn’t composed of just the Martial Heaven Continent. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the Martial Heaven Continent is just a speck of dust in the universe. Due to the battle of the immortal era, the world was fractured, and our path to ascension was severed. The Martial Heaven Continent also lost its connection to the rest of the world. However, this is the Netherworld, the place where people come when they die. It’s possible to encounter existences from the outer world here,” said the old man.

These lifeforms were all silent and maintaining a respectful distance from each other. However, many of them looked over at Long Chen and the old man in shock. They were shocked at Long Chen’s cultivation base and the old man’s staff.

However, they weren’t as foolish as the red-haired man, and they didn’t attack the two of them.

“These fellows are all harboring some evil thoughts. How about I send you back to the Yellow Springs Path?” said the old man.

Long Chen was about to refuse as he didn’t fear these people. However, he didn’t want the old man to worry either and have that affect his mental state. He nodded and turned back, but when they saw the place the staircase had touched the ground, the old man’s expression changed.

“Where is the staircase?”

Long Chen was startled. He could still see the staircase, but the old man couldn’t. Could it be that after crossing the Yellow Springs Path, the experts attacking the Netherpa.s.sage realm could not go back?

“Old man, the staircase is still present for me. You can keep going forward, and I’ll go back. I’ll wait for your good news,” said Long Chen as he climbed back up.

Seeing that Long Chen was capable of going up, the old man relaxed. He walked over to the Gates of h.e.l.l. In front of all those strange lifeforms, he walked right through them, vanis.h.i.+ng behind them and beginning to truly attack the Netherpa.s.sage realm.

Long Chen returned to the original black lake. He waved his hand, and a pillar of black water soared toward him.

At the same time, a large vortex appeared behind him, sucking in the black water.

Long Chen’s primal chaos s.p.a.ce had grown along with his cultivation base. It was now as large as the entire Grand Xia Ancient Nation.

The central black soil was also tens of thousands of miles wide. With just a thought, it formed a giant hole, and the black water poured into it.

“Hahaha, success!” Long Chen laughed. This black water contained an air of absolute death, and it was stronger than the strongest of poisons. It was the best killing tool.

Although the black soil also possessed the power to kill, it was only effective against vegetation. On the other hand, this black water was effective against anything living. Anything touched by it would quickly be destroyed.

Even experts attacking the Netherpa.s.sage realm couldn’t bear it. Then killing Life Star experts should be easy, especially if they didn’t have a divine item to protect themselves. After all, based on his previous test, not even Ancestral items could block it.

If he had had this black water during the Dragon Slaughtering Convention, then wouldn’t he have been able to slaughter his enemies to the last with just a p.i.s.s?

As Long Chen sucked in the black water, the world suddenly began to shake uneasily. Long Chen instantly felt a grave sense of danger and stopped.

Long Chen looked around and didn’t see anything. Once he stopped, the terrifying sensation of danger slowly faded.

“What, it’s this stingy? I can’t even take a bit of water?” Long Chen realized that taking this black water had touched one of the laws of the Yellow Springs Path. If he continued taking it, he might be killed by those laws.

Looking inside the primal chaos s.p.a.ce, he saw a thirty-mile lake inside it. There was already quite a bit of the black water.

“If this black water represents death, then the white water must represent life. Since I only took the black water, it caused a disbalance. Let me see if I can take the life water and then some more black water.”

Long Chen took out more black soil, and mixing it with the branches of the World Tree as a foundation, he made a small boat. He roasted it with fire and then made a paddle from the black soil as well. He began to speed along the water in a boat.