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Chapter 492 The Heart of Xuanming
"Strange?" Ye Mo turned to look at Xiao Liu'er, a hint of confusion on his face.

What strange things could there be in the Xuanming Underworld Secret Realm? He had been here for so long, and apart from the Xuanming Ghost Spirits, there were no other creatures. The environment was almost the same, and there wasn't even a decent rare or precious natural treasure.

It can be said that if it weren't for the existence of the Xuanming Soul Pearl within this secret realm, probably no one would ever come here.

After all, the entire Xuanming Underworld Secret Realm is far too desolate if you exclude the Xuanming Ghost Spirits. Even the Abyss of the Dead on the Light Spirit Continent has a wide variety of trees, magical herbs, and even all kinds of necromantic natural treasures. In contrast, this Xuanming Underworld Secret Realm has nothing but countless spreading and flowing lava.

"Hmm, I don't know what's strange about it either. Anyway, the information from the bats is like this: it's different from when we found the Xuanming Ghost King before." Xiao Liu'er bit her index finger, lowered her head and thought for a moment, and finally shook her head blankly.

"Forget it, with our strength, there's no way we could possibly fail in this secret realm. Now that we've found it, let's not worry about what's so special about it and just go see for ourselves." Ye Mo raised his head and said with a determined look in his eyes.

Currently, among his spirit pets, only Isaac has not yet absorbed the Soul Bead to its limit. The Soul Bead of the Xuanming Ghost King is still of great help to him. However, there are still more than ten hours left, but it is not certain that he will be able to find enough Xuanming Ghost Kings.

The Xuanming Ghost King Soul Bead that Isaac is currently absorbing is the last Xuanming Ghost King that the Bloodwing Bat Puppets found.

Therefore, regardless of what the Bloodwing Bats' message said about what was wrong there, he had to go there personally. After all, if the Bloodwing Bat puppet could send a message, there was no doubt that a Xuanming Ghost King must exist there.

Even just for the soul pearl dropped by that ghost king, it was enough to make him go.

As for the danger, Ye Mo narrowed his eyes and nodded inwardly.

According to what his master Chu Dehou and the vice principal of the ancient capital, Grandpa Qin, said, the Xuanming Underworld Secret Realm is a special fourth-order secret realm. The entire secret realm is limited to the fourth order, and it would take at least several decades to reach the fifth order.

Given that, how could he possibly be afraid of a mere fourth-tier transcendent being?

After thinking it over, Ye Mo, for safety's sake, still asked Bai You to prepare some backup plans, such as teleportation arrays and spirit summoning arrays, so that even if any accidents occurred, they could escape safely.

Ten minutes later, Isaac, who had been sitting upright to the side, opened his eyes. A majestic golden light flashed from his pupils, carrying a considerable mental pressure. If any second or third-tier transcendent beast were to meet his gaze, even if it didn't faint immediately, its strength would be reduced to only sixty or seventy percent.

"Not bad." Ye Mo's eyes lit up when he saw Isaac after absorbing the Soul Bead, and he nodded in praise.

Previously, the soul bead that Isaac absorbed was only the soul bead of a quasi-Xuanming Ghost King. Normally, it could only increase the progress by 2% to 3%. But this time, Isaac actually increased the progress from 54% to 58%, an increase of 4%.

Therefore, it is clear that Isaac completely absorbed the soul orb perfectly.

"Alright, now that Isaac has absorbed everything, let's set off. This time, Little Willow will lead the way to our destination." Ye Mo looked at the spirit pets around him who had all turned to look at him, then turned his gaze to Little Willow beside him and said with a soft smile.

All the spirit pets nodded in agreement, and then, with Xiao Liu'er feeling a little shy, they all boarded Isaac's dragon back and flew directly out through the passage.

"According to the information given by those little bats, it should be over there." After closing her eyes and sensing for a while, Xiao Liu'er pointed in a certain direction and said seriously.

Upon hearing this, Isaac did not hesitate. He flapped his wings forcefully, and his entire figure transformed into a streak of red light, streaking across the sky and disappearing into the horizon in no time.

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Beneath the deathly silent sky, a spiral-shaped pit stands at the foot of a giant black rock mountain.

Several wide rivers of lava flow around this giant mountain, and their destination is the pit.

woohoo-

A fierce wind howled, and a huge gust of wind came from above. A giant red crystal dragon descended from the sky and came to the side of the pit.

"Daddy, it's in there! I can feel little bats inside!" Upon arriving at the cave, Xiao Liu'er's eyes lit up as she pointed with her little finger and excitedly shouted.

Ye Mo nodded gently, his eyes calm.

From his perspective, given the terrain and environment, there was at least a 90% chance that a Xuanming Ghost King might be inside the pit. After all, the Xuanming Ghost Kings' favorite places were areas rich in magma, and here, seven sufficiently wide magma rivers converged. From any angle, it was impossible for any Xuanming Ghost King to abandon such a treasure trove.

"Youyou, activate the formation. Let's be careful." Ye Mo said to Bai You with a serious expression.

After Bai You nodded to indicate that she understood, she gently patted the void with her little paw. Instantly, the entire surrounding space seemed to ripple. The next moment, all of them and their spirit pets seemed to disappear from the spot. This was the ability of a fifth-order invisible formation.

However, although the current invisible formation is exceptionally good at concealing one's presence and form, it still cannot truly hide the figure of the hidden person in a physical sense. Therefore, the large-sized Isaac and the simpleton still need to be careful. Otherwise, if they damage something, even if the formation can recreate the original appearance within its range, the damaged parts will be revealed once they leave the formation.

Fortunately, the vortex-like crater on the ground was large enough. Although Xiao Liu'er's body, which was over a hundred meters tall, definitely couldn't go in, Isaac and the others, who were only a dozen or twenty meters long, had no problem.

Following the pit, Ye Mo, who had been hiding, carefully sneaked in with his spirit pet.

The environment inside was not beyond his expectations. Like most Xuanming Ghost Kings before, there was a huge passage under the pit, and below the passage was a wide flow of magma. The blackish-red liquid flowed slowly, carrying a scorching aura.

This kind of environment is very popular with powerful Xuanming ghost spirits, such as fourth-order Xuanming ghost generals or Xuanming ghost commanders. However, this time, not a single Xuanming ghost spirit was found, which is very strange.

Logically speaking, even if this place is the territory of the Xuanming Ghost King, those powerful enough Xuanming Ghost Generals and Xuanming Ghost Commanders would linger outside his territory. This has been the case almost every time the Xuanming Ghost King has been found in the past.

Thinking about these things, Ye Mo's heart became even more solemn.

"Daddy, I can sense where my little bat is now, it's underground." Little Willow opened her eyes, pulled away from the sensory connection, and smiled at Ye Mo. Her clear voice eased Ye Mo's tension considerably, but he couldn't afford to be careless in such a strange place.

"Let's continue. Everyone, be alert and ready for battle at any time. Youyou, remember to keep your teleportation array in a semi-active state. If anything seems amiss, we'll teleport away immediately."

After reminding the spirit pets again, Ye Mo continued deeper into the area with Isaac and the others.

The passageway inside the pit was very wide and large. As they went deeper, the intense heat from the magma became more and more intense, and at the same time, a powerful and mysterious aura emanated from the depths of the earth. However, perhaps because of the distance, the aura was extremely faint, and it dissipated before they could even begin to sense it.

After continuing to descend several thousand meters, Ye Mo and his companions were now nearly a thousand meters above the ground, and the aura emanating from the underground was becoming increasingly clear.

"As expected, it's the aura of the Xuanming Ghost King. It seems we really came to the right place." Upon sensing this aura, Ye Mo raised an eyebrow and smiled.

In any case, it's good that Xuanming Ghost King is around. This way, I'm guaranteed to receive a Soul Bead, which will increase Isaac's progress by about three percent again.

Beside him, Isaac, levitating using his clumsy gravity control skill, also had a look of joy in his eyes. He had personally experienced the effects of the Soul Orbs many times, and the results were simply amazing. However, based on his experiences over the past few days and the words his Master had spoken to him, he realized that he might not be able to absorb many Soul Orbs on this journey through the secret realm, which he found extremely regrettable.

Now that the aura of a Xuanming Ghost King has been discovered, it means that he can absorb another Soul Bead, thus gaining another slight increase in strength.

“No, the aura is wrong.” Bai You, who was lying on Ye Mo’s shoulder, raised her head, opened her eyes and said with a solemn expression, “Although they seem to be the same, if you sense them carefully, the auras seem to be divided into four types.”

"Four kinds?" Ye Mo frowned at first, then his face lit up with joy, and he couldn't help but say, "Does that mean there are four Xuanming Ghost Kings inside? If that's the case, then we've hit the jackpot."

After the initial excitement, Ye Mo and his spirit pets cautiously ventured deeper into the area. Although the aura of the four Xuanming Ghost Kings thrilled them, it also made them more apprehensive.

After all, they had never seen a group of Xuanming Ghost Kings appear before. In fact, the positions of two Xuanming Ghost Kings were often deliberately separated and not too close. This was something they discovered from the map.

That's why the sudden discovery of the auras of four Xuanming Ghost Kings was bound to arouse suspicion and vigilance from Ye Mo and his companions.

Time passed slowly, and because they were more careful, Ye Mo and his group slowed down their infiltration this time.

Besides conducting a more thorough investigation, Ye Mo also had Bai You set up some formations within the passage as a backup plan. The reason for this backup plan was that Ye Mo discovered that the black stones in this passage were actually more solid than those he had found before, and their quality was clearly of a higher grade. Breaking through them would not be so easy.

"They're almost there. The aura emanating from those Xuanming Ghost Kings is so strong." Ye Mo raised an eyebrow and said softly after advancing quite a distance.

As soon as they finished speaking, after turning another bend in the passage, their gaze followed the huge river of lava flowing beneath the passage, and they finally saw their destination.

"It seems there really are four Xuanming Ghost Kings this time. I didn't expect this surprise." Although Ye Mo's face was solemn, he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.

Where his gaze was fixed, directly ahead of the passage, was a huge underground cavern, inside which was an extremely wide lake of magma, the dark red liquid like boiling water, bubbling and churning.

In the center of this lake, an oval and uneven surface is exposed, like an island. However, this "island" is a bit strange. Although the area exposed outside the magma is only a few dozen square meters, it is constantly shaking up and down. With each shaking, gray-black mist continuously overflows and floats on the "island," then continuously condenses.

Around that "island," four extremely powerful Xuanming Ghost Spirits sat cultivating. Their dark golden appearance and extremely powerful aura revealed their identities as Xuanming Ghost Kings, a superior monarch race!
"Four Xuanming Ghost Kings, and all of them have condensed complete souls! This is a huge windfall!" After activating the detection, Ye Mo looked at the attribute panels of the four Xuanming Ghost Kings in front of him and said excitedly.

Four Xuanming Ghost Kings would have been enough to make him happy, but they were actually four real Xuanming Ghost Kings. It was impossible for him not to be excited.

After all, the progress of the Xuanming Ghost King who has not yet condensed a soul can only be improved by about three percent with the soul beads he drops, but the progress of the Xuanming Ghost King who has condensed a complete soul is doubled by six percent with the soul beads he drops.

The difference is quite clear.

Now that Isaac has these four true Xuanming Ghost Kings, his progress in condensing his soul can increase by at least 20%, as long as he doesn't reach the limit of absorbing the Soul Bead.

Under such circumstances, how could Ye Mo not be excited?

However, dealing with the four Xuanming Ghost Kings, each possessing a complete soul, would be somewhat troublesome. Although Ye Mo was certain of victory in a direct confrontation, he would likely have to search for and fight other Xuanming Ghost Kings after this battle.

Therefore, how to eliminate the four Xuanming Ghost Kings with minimal resources is what Ye Mo needs to consider now.

With his head down and brows slightly furrowed, Ye Mo casually surveyed the entire cave as he pondered the situation.

He looked at the solid stone wall; although it wasn't made of any extraordinary material, its texture was extremely hard. He then looked at the boiling magma inside. As a liquid with extraordinary power, it could dissolve souls, which was quite formidable. Moreover, the magma here was clearly purer and more powerful than the magma he had seen elsewhere.

Then he looked at the empty "island" in the center. After starting the investigation, Ye Mo's expression changed drastically, and obvious surprise appeared in his eyes.

【The Heart of the Mysterious Netherworld (Incomplete)】

Rank: ???

【Function:???】

……

Unable to detect anything, Ye Mo was startled and stared intently at the "island" located in the center of the lava lake.

(End of this chapter)