Chapter 1255 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (3/4)
Chapter 1255: Chapter 1255 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (3/4)
The assessment of the Netherworld Lord’s Heir in the Nine Netherworld Underworld of The Mortal Realm doesn’t limit candidates strictly to those from The Mortal Realm.
For instance, the most powerful person in the Nine Netherworld Underworld currently isn’t from The Mortal Realm.
Apart from Blackie’s group of nine, everyone else came from far and wide.
…
Soul extraction!
Once the soul was extracted, it was absolutely fatal for Blackie.
After all, Blackie’s soul was already not complete.
Moreover, for body cultivators, the strength of the soul wasn’t their strong point.
Once the soul was extracted from the body, this incomplete soul might disintegrate further!
Blackie’s expression became grave.
Although passing or failing the assessment didn’t matter much, if one were to lose one’s life during the assessment, wouldn’t that mean being unable to help the fellow disciples anymore?
Thinking of this, Blackie wanted to control his own soul to combat that chilling aura.
The soul transformed into a human shadow and charged towards the gray-blue chilling aura, trying to disperse it. Yet, when his fist was launched, it passed directly through the chilling aura.
Unable to touch it, nor could he resist its continued influence on his soul.
This method wouldn’t work anymore.
Blackie’s face grew tense.
At this rate, his soul would be completely extracted from his body after an incense stick of time burned through!
Since he couldn’t stop the influx of the chilling aura, he only had to shatter the blue ice covering his body and hurry through the Gates of Hell.
Now that his body had been thoroughly frozen, even his Five Organs and Six Orifices were slowly being invaded, he needed to break the blue ice from the inside out.
He thought about it, and then acted.
The power of his bloodline suddenly burst forth!
The nine outsiders watched as Blackie did not move for a long time, all of them shook their heads.
Shen Jie sneered disdainfully, “It seems like he can’t even do well as a mere cannon fodder, nothing has been tested out at all.”
Next to him, Ke Dalai spread his hands and said, “Maybe we expected too much, after all, his talent is just so; ending up like this is also normal.”
Tan Zongzhao… the clean-faced man, furrowed his brows slightly.
Could it be that he had really misjudged?
And just at this moment.
Everyone closed their mouths, their brows furrowed slightly, and they looked towards where Blackie was.
Amidst the blue ice that had frozen him, there appeared threads of blood qi seeping out!
This bloodline power…
Seemed a bit extraordinary.
The expressions of the crowd turned serious.
It wasn’t that his overall bloodline level was too high, comparatively speaking; this kind of bloodline power had no significant difference from theirs.
After all, they were also monstrous talents from various worlds, otherwise, they wouldn’t have been selected by the Nine Netherworld Underworld.
The overall level of this bloodline could only be said to have no great disparity from theirs.
But within that bloodline power, there was an indescribable force that made them feel a sense of fear!
This hidden power seemed to fill the great paths of all existence!
Yet, this power appeared only briefly and then vanished.
It was like an illusion.
At that moment.
The ice layer began to loosen, and with a “crack”, a series of fissures started to form on the blue ice!
As one fissure formed, a dominant blood qi burst forth from it!
It began to spread along this crack to the surroundings.
The blue ice covering Blackie also started to shake violently!
It hadn’t been long before the blue ice actually shattered!
Blackie broke free, his expression stern, blood qi wrapping around his body, his eyes filled with a disdainful dominance!
He walked step by step toward the other end of the Gates of Hell.
With each step, a chilling aura entwined around him, and blue ice formed again at his soles.
However, under the eruption of violent blood qi, whenever Blackie took a step, the blue ice would directly shatter, completely failing to freeze him!
Although his pace was slow, he had ultimately passed through the Gates of Hell after half an incense stick of time.
Looking around, Blackie noticed there was no other scenery beyond the Gates of Hell and realized he probably had to wait for the people behind him to finish before proceeding to the second trial.
Thus, he sat down cross-legged to grasp the opportunity to recuperate.
Seeing this, the people behind him also began walking toward the Gates of Hell.
Tan Zongzhao was the first.
Under the intense gaze of everyone, Tan Zongzhao walked through the Gates of Hell as if strolling in a leisurely garden, completely unaffected by the chilling aura as a white light around him completely blocked it!
In just a few minutes, he had already passed through the Gates of Hell!
Then, Tan Zongzhao, without paying attention to those behind him, walked up to Blackie and smiled, “It appears your bloodline is extraordinary.”
Blackie didn’t open his eyes nor did he acknowledge Tan Zongzhao.
Tan Zongzhao was not surprised by this reaction, smiled briskly, and continued to speak on his own, “You seem to be in a hurry, as if you want to quickly pass this assessment.”
“However, I’d advise you not to be too anxious. Although the first trial is easy, as you progress, the difficulty will multiply.”
At this moment,
Blackie opened his eyes and raised his brows to look at Tan Zongzhao, who wore a self-satisfied smile as if everything was under his control.
“What do you know?” Blackie asked.
Tan Zongzhao smiled and responded, “Do you want to know?”
Blackie simply said, “What do you want in return?”
Nothing comes for free; everything is an exchange of interests.
Especially between two people who just met.
Upon hearing this, Tan Zongzhao chuckled, “I need you to tell me, from which realm do you come?”
Blackie was taken aback, then said, “The Mortal Realm.”
The Mortal Realm?
Upon hearing Blackie’s answer, Tan Zongzhao was also taken aback.
“As far as I know, the Mortal Realm’s lineage has long been severed, and its strength has greatly declined, ranking at the bottom among the six worlds.”
“How could someone with your kind of bloodline possibly appear?”
Blackie didn’t answer.
This question involved his master.
Seeing this, Tan Zongzhao did not pursue further, but stated outright, “The Nine Netherworld Underworld consists of five trials in total, the second and third are Yellow Springs Path and River of Oblivion; you’ll find out the specifics when you get there.”
“If you manage to pass these two trials, then you need to be cautious about the fourth and fifth trials.”
“The fourth trial is a melee, which means you need to directly face those people, and as it appears now, everyone present has a realm far higher than yours.”
“The fifth trial will involve a duel between two individuals amidst the battle, determining the final victor.”
Blackie slightly frowned, “So what?”
This information was of no use to Blackie.
Upon hearing this, Tan Zongzhao laughed and pointed at himself, “What I mean is, during the melee, I wouldn’t mind if you choose someone to form an alliance with, like me.”
Blackie asked, “Why should I trust you?”
Tan Zongzhao transmitted a message, “Because I saw that you were personally delivered by two elders of the Nine Netherworld Underworld.”
Blackie was taken aback, then nodded, “Deal.”
Previously, without any interests intertwined, Blackie did not believe in the unreasoned solicitude.
Now, according to Tan Zongzhao, he was interested because it seemed Blackie had a connection with the Nine Netherworld.
Although Blackie wasn’t aware, he didn’t mind using this connection to quickly pass the trials.