SWISH!
It was a sharp, black glint of light, shooting over at an incredible speed, like a dark star.
A sharp light flashed in Hong Yu's left Cyan Eye. In an instant, he saw its true form—it was a specially made arrow, coated in black poison.
This was no ordinary arrow.
The entirely black shaft was carved with strange runes, and the tip was forged from a special material, comparable to a Mortal-level High-Grade Primordial Weapon. It was also coated in a poison so lethal that the re sight of it sent a dire warning through Hong Yu. If he had rushed recklessly into the opening, he would have undoubtedly died!
"Hmph!"
Hong Yu snorted coldly.
His gaze was cold. With the minute perception of his left eye, he tracked the black arrow's trajectory with perfect clarity.
He took a small step back, then circulated his Profound Skill, and the Holy Light Dragon Armor erupted in a brilliant golden glow.
TING!
After the crisp sound, the arrow ricocheted away, sinking into a nearby collapsed wall with a THUD.
"Hm? You actually managed to dodge that?"
Elder Luo's surprised and regretful voice echoed out, followed by a gust of sinister wind. "Let's see you escape this next attack!"
BOOM!
A torrent of black energy surged wildly, its violent, chilling aura causing one's heart to freeze and body to tremble as it erupted from the opening. With a series of rumbles, the ground around the entrance cracked and exploded. The opening, once wide enough for two people to walk side-by-side, was forcibly blasted open wide enough for three or four chariots to ride abreast.
From within that blasted-out entrance, a massive black gate, caught sowhere between illusory and solid, rose from the ground with a deafening rumble.
"The Netherworld Gate?"
A sudden cry of alarm ca from the crowd.
It was the late-arriving Feng Xue Xin and Luoo Xiaoguai. They exchanged a look, each seeing the grave expression in the other's eyes. Feng Xue Xin quickly shouted a warning, "Junior Brother Hong, the Netherworld Gate is Elder Luo's signature Absolute Skill! It's a Mortal Level High-Grade Martial Skill, hailed as the strongest Dark Martial Skill below the Spirit Level. Whatever you do, don't face it head-on!"
"Junior Brother Hong, get out of the way!" Luoo Xiaoguai added, her brow furrowed.
Tie Shou cracked his knuckles, ready to step forward and help.
But just as he was about to move, Hong Yu stopped him.
Hong Yu glanced at the three of them and grinned. "Brother Xin, Sister Gua, Tie Shou, stay out of this! I don't want to drag anyone else into today's ss!"
"Junior Brother Hong, you..."
Tie Shou and Luoo Xiaoguai looked to Feng Xue Xin, waiting for him to make a decision.
Feng Xue Xin scanned the wreckage of Elder Zhu's Mansion. Nearly a hundred experts from the Heaven and Earth Alliance lay scattered among the ruins—so wailing, so gravely injured, and so completely lifeless... The scene was so oppressive it unsettled even him.
His face darkened as he said in a low voice, "A commotion this big must have alerted the other Elders in the Sect, but none of them have made any move to intervene. They've even tacitly approved of the Heaven and Earth Alliance's siege on Hong Yu. There's more to this than ets the eye..."
Feng Xue Xin looked at Tie Shou. "Tell our people to stand by and observe for now. If anyone else from the Heaven and Earth Alliance tries to interfere, then we'll make our move."
"Yes!"
Tie Shou nodded and fell back.
All of this seed to happen slowly, but in reality, it took only a few monts.
anwhile, the Netherworld Gate finally finished rising from the ground. Elder Luo stood behind it, a ghastly coldness glinting in his eyes. "You little bastard, you got lucky and escaped last ti. I won't make such a low-level mistake again. I will give you absolutely no chance to survive."
"You said the sa thing last ti. Bring it on!"
Hong Yu snorted coldly.
"Fine, fine! Then take this—"
Elder Luo's face twisted into a savage sneer. "Hand of the Death God—Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing!"
KYEHEHEHE...
The Netherworld Gate flared with black light, and a bizarre cackling that made one's scalp tingle and teeth ache suddenly echoed from within.
Amidst swirling streams of black energy, a hand composed entirely of ghastly white bone slowly extended from the Netherworld Gate.
The giant skeletal hand slamd against the ground. With a SIZZLE, the black energy coiling around it lted the earth, gouging out a crater one or two ters deep.
CLACK! CLACK! CLACK!
With the sound of grinding bones, the giant skeletal hand lifted abruptly and clenched hard in mid-air. The air imploded with a series of sharp pops, like popcorn bursting. Then, the giant skeletal hand suddenly swiveled toward Hong Yu. The palm, full of ghastly knuckles, took aim at him and shot forward with a SWISH.
Facing the giant skeletal hand's attack, Hong Yu executed the Wandering Dragon Body Technique. With a few sharp steps, he barely managed to evade it.
However...
Just as Hong Yu thought he had truly dodged it, the giant skeletal hand that had clearly brushed past him dissolved into a cloud of black smoke with a WHOOSH. While Hong Yu was still processing this, a pitch-black space materialized before him, and the ghastly giant hand reappeared from the smoke as if from nowhere.
"Dammit!"
Hong Yu cried out, hurriedly circulating his Elental Power to fortify his body.
This ti, it was too late to resist or evade. He could only take it head-on!
BOOM!
The five fingers of the giant skeletal hand clenched, trapping Hong Yu tightly within its grasp.
Streams of black energy rose from the giant skeletal hand, circling around Hong Yu like a host of ghouls letting out excited roars as they dove toward him.
Hong Yu was encased in the Holy Light Dragon Armor.
When this black energy touched the Holy Light Dragon Armor, the armor—a manifestation of the Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique—flashed with golden light that clashed against the black energy. A SIZZLING sound, like water being poured into hot oil, filled the air as plus of black smoke rose.
'What? The Hand of the Death God can't kill him?'
Elder Luo's eyes narrowed. Hong Yu's resilience once again filled him with a deep sense of unease. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. 'If that's the case, then I'll just have the Hand of the Death God drag the little bastard into the Netherworld.'
A vicious look flashed across his eyes.
Elder Luo's aura intensified once more. He ford a series of bizarre seal techniques, and the Elental Power in the air surged like a tide into the Netherworld Gate.
The Netherworld Gate erupted with black light.
The Hand of the Death God seed to go berserk. The black energy around it exploded outward as it swung Hong Yu violently through the air, then with a SWISH, it transford into a streak of white light and dragged him toward the Netherworld Gate.
"Kyehehehe... Hong Yu, oh, Hong Yu, no matter how stubborn your life is, once you enter the Netherworld Gate, you'll never be able to co back!" A ghastly coldness spread across Elder Luo's face.
Behind the Netherworld Gate lay the path to the Netherworld.
Elder Luo had used this thod to kill many of his enemies. Regardless of their cultivation, none who entered the Netherworld Gate were ever seen again!
He was absolutely confident that as long as he dragged Hong Yu into the Netherworld Gate, his death was certain!
Amidst the flaring black light, Hong Yu was indeed dragged into the Netherworld Gate.
A look of ghastly, ecstatic joy appeared on Elder Luo's face. "Hahaha, he's dead! The kid is definitely dead..."
At the sa ti, inside the Netherworld Gate, Hong Yu found himself in a hazy black fog. He felt the unseen stares of countless vengeful souls and ghosts, sending a chill down his spine.
His body was still bound by the Hand of the Death God, and he was completely unable to break free.
Seeing the Netherworld Gate receding behind him, Hong Yu sighed softly. 'It's co to this. It seems I have no choice but to reveal Xingtian.' As the thought crossed his mind, a silver light flashed from between his brows!
"What? Hong Yu just died like that?"
"It's over. It has to be. Elder Luo pulled him into the Netherworld Gate. I've never heard of anyone coming back after entering it!"
"Such a waste of a genius. Look at all this—he did it all. With just one spear, he took down hundreds of the Heaven and Earth Alliance's elites. He deserves to be the First True Disciple, I'm convinced!"
"So what if he's strong? He overreached himself and provoked an Elder. That's just asking to die!"
"Speaking of which, don't you find it strange? Hong Yu has always been a decent guy. As long as you don't ss with him, he never starts trouble. Sothing about this whole incident is odd..."
"Tell about it. For sothing this big to happen and none of the Sect's powerful figures to show up... there must be so secret behind it all. But it doesn't matter anymore, right? Hong Yu's dead."
"Yeah, what a pity... Huh? Hey, look! What's that?"
Elder Luo's face was filled with smug satisfaction and the pleasure of having gotten his revenge.
However...
Just as he was reveling in his triumph, the Netherworld Gate, which had already begun to close, suddenly started to shake violently. On the doorfra, which was covered in bizarre runes, the symbols pulsed. The runes that should have been blazing with black light began to dim at a rapid pace.
With a series of sharp CRACKS, fine fissures began to appear on the fra of the Netherworld Gate.
These fissures spread continuously.
In the blink of an eye, the thousands of strange runes on the ten-ter-tall Netherworld Gate shattered, and at that sa mont, the gate itself collapsed.
Amidst a flash of white light, two figures walked out from the collapsed Netherworld Gate.
HISS!
Seeing that familiar face, a wave of sharp gasps swept through the crowd.
"H-Hong Yu? H-He actually shattered the Netherworld Gate and ca back?"
"Holy shit, are you fucking kidding ?"
"Who's that guy with him? Why do I feel like my soul is being pulled out just by looking at him?"
If you had to ask who was the most shocked and incredulous to see Hong Yu return from the Netherworld Gate, it was undoubtedly Elder Luo.
He stared in terror at Hong Yu and Xingtian. "Th-th-this is impossible! Weren't you dragged into the Netherworld? How could you have co back?"
"Nothing is impossible."
Hong Yu shot him a cool glance.
His Godslaying Spear pulsed with a sharp Spear Aura. He took a step forward, a power far exceeding the Peak of Earth Soul Realm gathering in his arm as he gripped the spear.
Brilliant gold light flared as his power surged.
BOOM!
Hong Yu stomped a foot on the ground and shot toward Elder Luo like a cannonball.
Watching the murderous Hong Yu approach, a chill filled Elder Luo's heart. The fact that Hong Yu could return from the Netherworld Gate had completely shattered his understanding and conviction. He couldn't muster a single thought of resistance. As he retreated, he roared, "You bastard! If you don't make your move now, I'm going to die here!"
Following Elder Luo's roar, a powerful presence suddenly leaped high into the air from beyond the crowd. A figure as imposing as a mountain peak hurtled toward Hong Yu.
Hong Yu's heart skipped a beat. He glanced to the side and was left utterly dumbfounded...
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