Simultaneous travel: I am rampant in the domestic area

Chapter 237 A Divine Journey Through the Nine Realms
Are you afraid of fire?
What a ridiculous question.

As long as one is human, with a mortal body, there is no one who is not afraid of fire.

No matter how high one's martial arts skills are or how profound one's internal strength is, one cannot stay deep within the high temperature of flames for an extended period of time.

"You want to set Yinshan on fire?" Dokoho said with an unconscious smile. "What a silly girl. I have tried every method you can think of in the past hundred years, but Yinshan is a rare place with abundant energy. It cannot be burned by fire, flooded by water, overturned by earth dragons, or struck by heavenly thunder."

“No, there is a way that you have never tried.” Jiang Chen snapped his fingers, and Duo Kuohuo’s expression, which had been calm and composed, suddenly changed. In the next moment, the sky above Yinshan suddenly brightened, and towering pillars of fire accompanied by earthquakes and rolling rocks made Duo Kuohuo’s face immediately turn gloomy.

"What have you done?" Dokoho suppressed her anger. Just now, she sensed that the power of heaven and earth in a certain area of ​​Yinshan had broken out of her control.

“Times have changed, old woman.” Jiang Chen laughed, puffed out her cheeks, took out a medicine tube from her bosom, put it to her lips, and blew hard.

An invisible wave of sound spread across the land, and after a brief silence, the entire Yinshan Mountain came alive again.

From dozens of miles away, clusters of flames could be seen rising.

Russell didn't hold back either, slapping the connection point of the array plate with his palm. The seven Balu Stones turned transparent and were swept into Russell's palm with a wave of his hand. Duo Kuo Huo was both surprised and angry. The Hua Yang Needle at the back of his neck shot out, and his body, which looked like a skeleton, instantly filled out.

"Siyu Pill!"

Dokoho roared, completely ignoring the rapidly surging five elements within his body and the waves of fire that were advancing in layers. Beneath his blindfold, his eyes, like black holes, were fixed on Jiang Chen.

The attack was fierce, with a strong wind rolling around. The arm lashed down like a steel whip. Jiang Chen's pupils shrank slightly, and the Ba Lu Stone in her hand burst out with a dazzling light. Even so, she could only vaguely see Duo Kuo Huo's movements. The man was already close, and she had no choice but to raise her palm to deal with him in a hurry.

With a "crack," Jiang Chen's body was forced back, and Russell met him just in time, using his soft strength to support Jiang Chen's waist, and then stepped on the Cloud-Stepping Riding ...

"Leave them all here!" Dokoho, seemingly possessed, charged forward recklessly. Empowered by the power of Yinshan Heaven and Earth, she became almost divine, and in an instant, she was in front of Russell.

What greeted her, however, was Russell's long-awaited sword energy.

Yuan Tiangang's three hundred years of internal energy was domineering and unparalleled, and Russell's three-fold enhancement of true energy was equally inexhaustible.

call!
He uttered it all in one breath.

This sword energy, which had been brewing for a full ten breaths, could cleave jade and split gold with lightning speed. The air surged violently like a tidal wave, exploding layer by layer.

Having never seen such a move before, Dokoho was suddenly stopped in mid-air, struck squarely in the chest. His chest collapsed violently, and his eyes bulged bloodshot, as if they were about to jump out of their sockets and fall into a cave.

Jiang Chen used his remaining right arm to take three big-headed, dumbfounded dolls out of the package and threw them in the direction where Duokuohuo had fallen.

Detonate it with internal force just before reaching the cave entrance.

The shockwave, accompanied by flames, instantly engulfed the entire cave entrance, while at the same time, layers of firelight spreading from the foot of the mountain upwards also rushed in.

The two heat waves collided, and the towering tree collapsed with a crash.

“It’s over,” Jiang Chen murmured to himself.

"Are you sure you're alright here?" Russell looked at Jiang Chen's left arm, where it was empty except for visible bone spurs and flesh.

"She gave me hope to live, and I gave her an arm in return. It was a worthwhile deal." Jiang Chen said nonchalantly, "As for me, I can just find any arm to reattach later. It's not a big problem. I just don't know if the old woman down there is dead yet."

“Even if you don’t believe in my sword energy, you have to believe in the gunpowder of the Drought Demon Corpse Ancestor.” Russell looked back at the sea of ​​fire below. Just as Dokoho himself said, no one could survive in such high temperatures and explosions.

This gunpowder was specially made by Russell from the drought demon. The gunpowder in this one package alone, if not enough to scorch a thousand miles of land, could more than destroy the Yinshan Mountains.

“That makes sense.” Jiang Chen raised his chin slightly and pointed in a direction, saying, “Let’s go there next.”

"Have you never thought about opening the gates of Jiugai yourself all these years?" Russell couldn't help but ask.

"Of course I've thought about it, but array formations aren't like other things where you just don't have the talent." Jiang Chen was a little annoyed when she said this. She, the dignified Corpse Ancestor, had actually failed miserably in this area.

Of course she had studied Jiu Gai; for the first ten years, she had never left Jiu Gai.

Then she despaired, wondering how those strange patterns were formed.

"Do you know what you look like right now?" Russell teased. Jiang Chen, while stopping the bleeding from his severed arm, asked curiously, "What?"

"Desperate illiterate." Russell laughed, quickening his pace. The combination of the world's best lightness skill and a continuous flow of true energy allowed him to traverse the entire northern desert in a very short time.

Despite being called illiterate, Jiang Chen showed no anger. He still had a smile on his face, humming an ancient folk song he had learned from somewhere, quietly watching the scenery rushing by below. When he got tired of waiting, he closed his eyes and pretended to doze off.

"arrive."

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Chen slowly awoke to Russell's calls.

The injury to his left arm had been treated briefly, and what lay before him was the valley where the Nine Gai Gate was located.

“I was actually thinking of opening a restaurant here,” Jiang Chen said with a carefree laugh, leading Russell deeper into the valley.

A gate, imbued with an ancient aura as if it had existed since time immemorial, stands at the end of the road.

"We beg the Imperial Advisor to intervene." Jiang Chen bowed respectfully.

"Wait a moment." Russell nodded slightly, then sat down in front of the gate of Jiugai, arranged the eight Balu stones according to their inherent form, and then used the shamanic arts taught by Jiang Chen to connect with the power of heaven and earth.

The eight Balu stones turned transparent one after another and floated around Russell.

Before opening the Nine Realms, let him use these eight Balu Stones to set up an array, unleash his potential, and embark on a divine journey.

As a trinity, his potential has not yet been fully developed. However, he is still young and cannot develop every part of his body to its limit like Yuan Tiangang. Now that he has obtained the Balu Stone, it can make up for his lack of time.

Now, with all my understanding, with my unparalleled wisdom, with my life's martial arts, and with my invincible talent, Ba Lin Stone, let me see your limits!
With a single thought, the eight Balu Stones trembled simultaneously, and finally shattered together with a "crackling" sound, turning into countless points of light that surged into Russell's limbs and bones, followed by a huge roar in his mind.

In an instant, Russell's blood began to boil, and the power of heaven and earth surged into him like mad. He felt as if he had come to an ocean, so vast that it seemed boundless, yet also so small, seemingly existing in reality, yet also seemingly existing in an illusion.

Gradually, waves rose from the ocean, and countless scriptures and texts that Russell had read and studied on Huanglong Mountain rose from the depths of his heart, transforming into countless characters that surged from his sea of ​​consciousness, like a clear spring flowing and nurturing within his heart. Then, the spring merged into a great river, and a sound like the river overflowing its banks suddenly resounded. Russell's purest and clearest true energy erupted like a volcano, flowing into every corner of his body, his muscles, bones, acupoints, and even every inch of his skin, every pore, and every unpredictable, minute place.

The sound of air being torn apart was like the continuous wailing of ghosts and gods.

"Tsk..."

Jiang Chen was pushed back by this momentum. Looking at Russell's surging aura, his black hair dancing wildly, and the air around him flowing mightily, he could make the wind howl in the valley just by breathing out the air from his mouth and nose. Jiang Chen couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

The Battle of Jieliang had already been embellished by soldiers and civilians and spread throughout the Central Plains. Even generals and ministers had heard of it, but knowing or hearing about it is one thing, and seeing it with one's own eyes is another.

Only now, seeing it with my own eyes, do I realize just how immense power is contained within this seemingly frail body.

With that kind of strength, even if we have to smash it, we can break this door open.

Jiang Chen thought to himself.

They waited from day to night, and then from night to day again; three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Jiang Chen went out of the valley and when he returned, his broken left arm had been fully restored. However, the new left arm looked much wider than the right arm, and it seemed to be a man's arm.

"Wait a minute."

Another night fell, and just when Jiang Chen thought he would have to wait another day, Russell finally opened his eyes. At that moment, he was almost one with the world.

"It's not long." Jiang Chen suppressed his excitement. Compared to the past hundred years, these three days and three nights were just a blink of an eye.

“Then…” Russell stood up, came to the gate of Jiugai, took a deep breath, and his clothes moved without wind, making a rustling sound. He slowly raised his fist, and from Jiang Chen’s perspective, it seemed that the whole world was moving with his fist-clenching action.

In an instant, the ground within a radius of several dozen feet beneath Russell's feet suddenly churned violently, and even the Nine-Gai Gate trembled.

"There's hope!" Jiang Chen's eyes widened with joy. After more than a hundred years of waiting, there was finally going to be a result.

boom!
With a single punch, bursts of white energy erupted from the point of contact between the fist and the stone gate, creating an extremely powerful surge.

The gate of Jiugai shook violently, and a sonic boom as loud as thunder echoed throughout the valley. Within dozens of feet, the grass and trees were blown flat by the rolling air waves.

Before him, a terrifying mark, ten feet wide and of unknown length, spread out, yet the gate still stood firm.

"Is it not enough?" Seeing that even such a fierce punch could not open the Gate of Nine Gai, Jiang Chen's brows furrowed slightly.

"No, I was just testing if I could break it." Russell shook his hand. Sure enough, even in a state of mental travel, one cannot contend with a world with human strength.

This gate is rooted here, drawing in the stars above and connecting to the earth's veins below; the power of heaven and earth in the entire northern desert is its support.

Unless you use a nuclear bomb to shatter all the surrounding ley lines and cut off its supply, trying to open it by brute force is pure wishful thinking.

Without making Jiang Chen wait any longer, Russell stepped forward again. This time, he placed his palm directly on the gate of Jiu Gai. The stone of the gate was smooth and round, without the friction of ordinary stone, but rather like jade.

After entering the Divine Travel state, his spiritual power can emerge from his body like the Nascent Soul in fantasy novels.

He used his divine sense to manipulate the power of heaven and earth, extending it along the patterns on the groove.

In the swirling circles, the yin and yang energies converge, and the five elements and six qi ascend to the highest heavens and descend to the deepest hell.

There was a boom.

A gap appeared before Jiang Chen and Russell, and it quickly widened.

Jiang Chen seemed to have lost his mind, and quickly stepped forward and rushed into it, with Russell following closely behind.

The two walked one after the other through an unnamed wooden corridor that stretched for hundreds of feet. Suddenly, their view opened up to a huge waterfall cascading down and crashing onto the lake, creating a tremendous splashing sound.

Continuing onward, a massive underground cave comes into view, beneath which lies a vast lake. Mist-like air flows and floats on the surface, while the surrounding walls are covered with exotic flowers and plants in vibrant colors. Cracks appear in the rock walls, from which twenty or thirty waterfalls cascade down.

“This is Jiu Gai? It’s beautiful, but…” Jiang Chen looked around. Indeed, it was breathtakingly beautiful, but it shouldn’t be like this. The Jiu Gai in her heart should not be like this.

“Perhaps you could look down.” Russell stood on the edge of the cliff, his gaze fixed on the lake that seemed to stretch endlessly.

Water is the source of all things, and also the end of all things.

It carries everything, and remembers everything.

If there's anything worth exploring here, it's this mysterious lake.

Is that so? Jiang Chen looked down at the colorful lake, and without hesitation, he spread his arms and fell backward, splashing into the water and disappearing.

Nearly a quarter of an hour later, Russell frowned slightly on the shore. The water was too calm beneath the surface, and the misty spiritual energy blocked his spiritual power from probing the bottom, preventing him from knowing Jiang Chen's situation.

Is there really a secret down there? Russell thought to himself, "Jiugai refers to the central region extending to the eight extremes. If it can be named like this, this place must have unimaginable effects."

In that case… Russell immediately left a wisp of his primordial spirit power to envelop his mind, his true energy surged throughout his body, and he also leaped out, his whole body like a spear piercing into the lake without disturbing a single splash.

Such a rich spiritual energy!

Upon entering the lakebed, Russell felt an unprecedented sense of refreshment. The spiritual energy in this lake was unmatched, even by Qingcheng Mountain in the world of Shao Ge. It could almost be called a blessed land!
In this water, even without breathing, the body can survive by absorbing the spiritual energy within.

So, where did Jiang Chen go?

Russell looked around underwater, using his inner energy to propel himself forward in the current, and finally found Jiang Chen's figure in front of a glowing crystal at the deepest point.

He leaned closer to Jiang Chen and saw that Jiang Chen's eyes were closed and he was still breathing, but he was almost completely silent.

Is it because of this stone?

Russell looked up at the crystal and couldn't help but think, "Could this be the omnipotent meteorite from all sorts of novels?"
(End of this chapter)