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Several months later.

One day, Zhou Yuan was practicing a set of boxing techniques in an open space in the center of the island. His movements were steady and powerful, and his robes moved without wind.

His movements suddenly froze.

He slowly closed his fist and stood up, looking up at the sea to the southeast of the island, his brows slightly furrowed.

Mei Ning, who was sitting quietly not far away, followed his gaze upon seeing this.

The horizon was calm and uneventful, which aroused my suspicion.

"senior……"

"They're here."

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice.

The voice was calm and collected, yet it made Mei Ning's heart tighten suddenly.

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a strange, dark light flashed without warning in the deep sea, more than a hundred miles away.

The black light, like a scar tearing through space, expanded and stretched in the blink of an eye, transforming into a slender yet bottomless black crack.

Immediately afterwards, thick, pitch-black fog, like ink bursting from a dam, gushed out from the crack!

The black mist, which initially covered only a few feet, expanded and spread rapidly upon contact with the seawater and air, at an astonishing speed.

A mile, two miles, three miles... In the blink of an eye, a black sea of ​​fog that blots out the sky has taken shape, frantically devouring everything around it.

Within the sea of ​​fog, faint sounds of ghostly wails and beastly roars could be heard, unsettling all who heard them.

Even thick, twisted black arcs of electricity leaped and flashed in the thick fog, emitting a chilling hissing sound.

Even more bizarrely, the fish, shrimp, crabs, shellfish, and even some low-level sea beasts in the nearby waters seemed to have lost their minds and were involuntarily rushing towards the black mist, only to be swallowed up in the blink of an eye without a trace.

The black mist was not satisfied and continued to expand wildly, spreading across the sea like a rising tide and surging towards the small island where Zhou Yuan was located.

From the air, a dark, endless line of light is rapidly engulfing the azure sea, heading straight for the isolated island.

"This...this really is ghostly mist!"

Mei Ning's face turned deathly pale, her voice trembling. The legendary catastrophe was right before her eyes, and the fear stemming from the unknown and the legend instantly gripped her. She instinctively wanted to back away, to escape, but her legs felt weak.

Just then, a steady and strong hand grasped her slightly cool wrist.

"Don't panic, stay close to me."

Zhou Yuan's voice remained calm, carrying a strange, soothing power.

He moved with incredible speed.

As he spoke, he took out a peculiar object that was neatly folded from his waist storage bag and put it behind his back.

The object was made of some exceptionally tough animal hide and had an intricate structure.

It was the "parachute" that he had specially crafted before, which could be deployed without spiritual power.

at the same time.

His clothes moved without wind, revealing the unusual nature of what he was wearing underneath.

On a seemingly ordinary belt around the waist, four pearls of different colors and the size of longan were prominently displayed.

Each of them shimmered with a pale blue, crimson, bluish-white, and moon-white halo, making them extraordinary treasures that could ward off water, fire, wind, and cold.

Beneath the outer robe, one could vaguely see that the fabric of the close-fitting clothing was of extraordinary quality, clearly also of exceptional value.

Without further hesitation, he patted another spirit beast pouch at his waist, and a black shadow darted out and landed on his shoulder.

It was the Soul-Crying Beast. As soon as it appeared, it seemed to sense the dense Yin energy and soul power contained in the towering ghostly mist in the distance.

His little eyes suddenly lit up with excitement, and he made a low "chirp" sound.

Before the ghostly mist had even truly touched the island, an invisible, chilling, and eerie power had already begun to permeate the air.

Zhou Yuan and Mei Ning simultaneously felt a sinking sensation in their dantian, and the spiritual energy flowing around them seemed to freeze, instantly becoming stagnant.

No matter how much they tried to urge it, they couldn't lift it even a fraction.

Magical power and divine consciousness have been completely imprisoned!

Mei Ning felt even more panicked.

Zhou Yuan pulled her into his arms and held her tightly with his strong arms.

Mei Ning's cheeks flushed slightly, but she knew this was not the time to argue, so she could only lean nervously against him.

The next moment, the overwhelming black fog, like the maw of a giant beast, instantly swallowed the entire island.

Sight was taken away, leaving only suffocating darkness and coldness all around.

Countless black lightning bolts danced wildly in the thick fog, crackling and emitting a teeth-grinding sound, weaving together into a destructive electric net that enveloped the two people and the beast.

Mei Ning felt an irresistible, immense suction force pull her in, causing her to lose weight instantly, as if she had been plunged into an abyss.

The sharp howling of the wind and the roar of thunder filled my ears, while before my eyes lay endless darkness and flashing black lightning.

She couldn't help but cry out in surprise, but Zhou Yuan held her even tighter.

A deep, booming sound, seemingly originating from space itself, exploded at the core of the fog.

The black light flashed violently.

The island's pebble beach was completely empty.

The towering ghostly mist continued to churn, spreading further out to sea, as if everything that had just happened was merely an illusion.

……

The intense feeling of falling lasted for an unknown period of time, or perhaps only for a brief moment.

Or perhaps it will be as long as a year.

When he felt a solid touch under his feet, Zhou Yuan immediately released his arms from Mei Ning and deftly took off and put away the parachute on his back.

The specially designed parachute deployed in the final stages of their fall, greatly slowing their speed. Cola Novels is your most loyal reading companion, anytime, anywhere.

Otherwise, falling straight down from that height, even with his physique strengthened by taking the Dragon Blood Pill, he would inevitably get injured.

He steadied himself and quickly looked around.

Beneath my feet lay a mudflat covered with grayish-white pebbles, the sharp edges of which exuded a chill.

The sky was completely covered by thick, low-hanging, leaden-gray clouds, obscuring the sun, moon, and stars.

Only the occasional flashes of eerie blue lightning deep within the clouds illuminated the world in a bleak and eerie light.

The air was filled with a dull, cold smell mixed with a faint stench of decay. There was no spiritual energy at all; instead, there was an extremely unsettling "aura of spiritual deprivation" that seemed to freeze life.

The wailing spirit on the shoulder seemed quite excited, taking a deep breath into the air and twitching its large nose.

"Where...where is this? Are we...are we still alive?"

Mei Ning's voice trembled with the shock and bewilderment of someone who had survived a disaster. She subconsciously moved closer to Zhou Yuan, taking in the unfamiliar and oppressive world.

"Live naturally."

Zhou Yuan spoke with certainty, his sharp gaze sweeping across the distant horizon, "This is the legendary Netherworld."

His composure subtly dispelled some of the fear in Mei Ning's heart.

It seems the senior had anticipated this, or even made preparations for it?

Looking at Zhou Yuan's calm profile, her panicked heartbeat gradually calmed down.

"roar--!!"

Just then, a violent roar came from afar, breaking the deathly silence of the Netherworld.

The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw a huge creature emerge from behind a pile of rocks hundreds of feet away.

It was a giant gray ape magnified more than ten times, but its face was ferocious, with four fierce-looking eyes on its face and a pair of fleshy wings covered with veins growing from its ribs.

It dragged a huge, strange piece of black, shiny wood of unknown material with one hand, taking heavy steps. Its four eyes were fixed on Zhou Yuan and Mei Ning, and its mouth was drooling, exuding an undisguised predatory desire.

"what!"

Mei Ning gasped, her face turning pale again. Now, with all her magical power gone, how was she any different from a mortal facing such a terrifying monster?

The four-eyed, fleshy-winged giant ape-like beast clearly saw the two as delicious prey. Excitedly, it pounded its chest, accelerated, and dragged the heavy, strange log as it charged forward with a thunderous roar, causing the ground to tremble.

Zhou Yuan's expression remained unchanged. He even took half a step forward, shielding Mei Ning slightly behind him, and said calmly to the Ti Hun on his shoulder:

"Go on, enjoy your meal."

"Chirp!"

The Soul-Crying Cry let out a cheerful chirp and leaped down from Zhou Yuan's shoulder, its small body a stark contrast to the charging giant beast. Facing the menacing Yin Beast, it neither dodged nor evaded, but simply raised its little head and sniffed sharply at the giant ape.

In an instant, two hazy yellow beams of light shot out from its nostrils, growing larger as they faced the wind, transforming into a soft yet irresistibly alluring glow that instantly enveloped the giant ape-like beast that had rushed close.

The menacing four-eyed giant ape, the moment it was enveloped in the yellow light, abruptly halted its charge, letting out a terrified howl. Its massive body, like ice and snow under the sunlight, rapidly melted and shrank, transforming into a twisted gray stream of air. It was swept up by the glowing light from Ti Hun's nose and, in a flash, was completely sucked into that tiny nostril.

Wherever it was, only the strange, black wood fell to the ground with a "clang," and a thumb-sized, grayish-white, translucent crystal lay quietly among the rubble.

The whole process took only a breath.

The enormous Yin Beast that terrified Mei Ning was easily "eaten" by Ti Hun.

Tihun patted its belly contentedly, let out a burp, and then hopped back to Zhou Yuan's feet.

Zhou Yuan bent down and picked up the grayish-white crystal. It felt slightly cool to the touch and seemed to contain pure yin energy and some kind of soul power.

"Soul Stone...not bad."

He nodded and put the soul stone away.

Mei Ning was already dumbfounded, her cherry-like mouth slightly open. It took her a while to come back to her senses. She looked at Ti Hun, who was squatting at Zhou Yuan's feet and looked harmless, her eyes filled with disbelief and lingering fear.

Who would have thought that this seemingly cute little monkey possesses such terrifying supernatural powers?

No wonder the senior was so calm.

"Let's go."

Zhou Yuan placed the weeping soul back on his shoulder, checked his bearings, and strode forward.

Mei Ning quickly followed, feeling much more at ease.

With this unfathomable senior and that magical little beast around, this eerie and dangerous underworld doesn't seem to be a dead end.

The two walked on under the gloomy sky, their feet on a long stretch of gravel beach, with rolling hills in the distance, exuding a heavy, lifeless atmosphere.

After walking for about half an hour, we rounded a rocky slope, and suddenly the view ahead opened up.

A tall, dark shadow loomed abruptly across the horizon.

It was a towering stone wall!

It was built entirely of huge black stones, each about ten feet square, and the walls were twenty or thirty feet high, resembling a silent mountain range.

Even more alarming is that every few feet, there are sharpened, thick wooden spikes that extend diagonally out of the wall, pointing outwards.

The stone wall stretched out to both sides, seemingly without end, completely separating the world behind it from this desolate and dangerous underworld.

Zhou Yuan stopped and looked at the tall stone wall, a smile flashing across his eyes.

"finally……"

"We've spotted a village of ordinary people."