Chapter 1644: Combat The Root Of The Problem (2/2)

All of the Netherspirit elders fell silent after hearing this.

Only after a long time did one of them mutter in a bitter voice, “Don’t tell me that human hybrid has actually obtained Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit’s legacies... Is the fact that he can use Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit’s power proof that he’s gained his acknowledgement?”

FIZZ!

At that moment, numerous soul symbols that were lying at the bottom of the Nether River like deposits suddenly lit up.

The sudden change attracted everyone’s attention.

“What the...?! Is... Is the Nether River reviving?!” An elder stuttered with ecstasy. “I knew that Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit wouldn’t abandon us! There must be some other reason for the odd changes to the Nether River!”

The other elders also shouted in elation.

Only Grand Monarch Soul Slayer had a deeply grim face, as if he were facing formidable foes. Looking into the distant starry river, he exclaimed, “Nie Tian, is that you?”

“Nie Tian?!” Upon hearing the name, the cheering Netherspirit elders were all scared soulless, and jerked their heads towards a dark area of the starry river.

Even though they were all at fairly-high grades, they were actually nearing the ends of their lengthy lives.

Since they had no hope of advancing to the next stage, both their strength and battle prowess had been on the decline.

For some of them, their battle prowess had even fallen back to the level it had been at ten thousand years ago.

Given their situation, they were only fit to assume the roles of mentors, wise elders, and learned scholars. It was long past the time that they had been able to fight.

As for Nie Tian’s name, they had long since heard that a large number of their clan members had been butchered by him in the Mortal World, the Spirit World, and the Void World.

A casual laugh echoed from the dark void as Nie Tian slowly revealed himself. “That’s right. It’s me.”

He cast a sideways glance at Grand Monarch Soul Slayer and said, “You’re the strongest one here, so I guess you’re Soul Slayer, right? I suppose you were able to come back so quickly because you used your secret teleportation portals. The fact that I could get here so quickly surprised you, didn’t it?”

“No, it didn’t,” Grand Monarch Soul Slayer said with a stern expression. Then, he bowed slightly to the Netherspirit elders and said, “Please return to the Realm of Dark Souls now.”

“Sure, sure, sure!” Many of the elders nodded repeatedly as they practically fled back to the Realm of Dark Souls.

BOOM!

As soon as they flew through the realm barrier of the Realm of Dark Souls, a ward of multiple layers of gem-like light enveloped the entire realm.

A Netherspirit elder couldn’t help but sigh with mixed feelings, watching the ward being activated. “How many years has it been? I’m afraid it’s been thousands of millennia since the last time our Dark Soul Ward was activated. We’re always the ones to invade others’ realms. Not once have we been forced to activate the Dark Soul Ward!”

He didn’t leave as the other elders had. Instead, he stayed by the Nether River.

Floating beside him were three Netherspirit elders whose faces were filled with indignation and rage.

Nie Tian examined the dim ward with narrowed eyes. “Dark Soul Ward? The Phantasms have a bloodline magic that’s also called ‘Dark Soul Ward.’ I suppose they named it after this realm-protecting ward.”

With these words, he suddenly shot a wisp of his refined soul power towards the Realm of Dark Souls.

FZZZ!

Upon contact with the Dark Soul Ward, his wisp of soul power, which was as sharp as a blade that could penetrate any metal and rock, vanished like a rock that was tossed into the sea.

His soul power seemed to have joined the Dark Soul Ward and become its power.

Amazed, Nie Tian paid it a compliment. “Hmm, impressive.”

Then, he added, “I just don’t know if that wondrous ward can stop this as well.”

With these words, he summoned the Spirit Scepter.

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