The Nine Secrets of Swallowing the Stars Combined

Chapter 118 Exploration

"King Hu Yue, I'm not afraid to tell you, we're now trapped in a secret cosmic realm," Ba Qi continued. "If we don't find a way out quickly, even if I don't kill you, you're doomed."

"If you don't believe me, you can try to sense it and see if you can still connect with your external divine avatar."

Upon hearing this, King Hu Yue's expression changed, and then a thought flashed through his mind, revealing a look of surprise on his face.

He was indeed unable to contact the divine incarnation left behind in his hometown at this moment.

"No, human, you're lying to me!" The next moment, King Hu Yue stared at Ba Qi, "This should be inside your palace's treasure trove, right? You deliberately isolated the space!"

"Fool, even the most precious treasures in a palace cannot sever the connection between the original body and the avatar." Ba Qi sneered, and then with a thought, the walls around the Black Tomb Palace began to fade, quickly revealing the outside world.

"See for yourself," Ba Qi said coldly.

Looking at the strange, cavern-like space outside, King Hu Yue was extremely surprised.

"It seems I guessed right. None of you have been to this place before either." Ba Qi saw the other party's expression and immediately understood, and slowly spoke.

Come to think of it, they paid a huge price to get in. The Black Tomb Palace, a top-tier palace and treasure, was almost destroyed. How could King Hu Yue and the others possibly withstand that terrifying dark vortex?

"King Hu Yue, you'd better cooperate now and tell me everything you know about that metal plate map. That way, we might still be able to leave this place safely." Ba Qi stared at the other party.

Upon hearing this, King Hu Yue sneered, "Human, do you think I will cooperate? Even if I get out, you won't let me go, and I will still die."

"If you cooperate, I might let you go. If you don't, you'll die right now." Ba Qi narrowed his eyes, releasing a trace of killing intent from his body.

"Kill me?" King Amber sneered. "Human, if you kill me, you'll never know the information on that map, and you'll die here too!"

"Is that so?" Ba Qi's lips curled slightly, a half-smile playing on his lips. "Prince Hu Yue, are you truly foolish, or are you just pretending?"

"Don't forget, I still have the unconscious King of Chaolie in my hands."

"If you don't cooperate, I don't mind killing you and then immediately enslaving the Rampaging King with my soul. At that time, I can still know everything."

Upon hearing this, King Hu Yue's expression immediately changed.

Ultimately, under the coercion of the powerful and influential, King Hu Yue had no choice but to reveal everything he knew.

A moment later.

"You mean, after King Luo Sui accidentally obtained that metal map on the Black Swamp Giant, he invited you all to come here?" Ba Qi looked at the other party. "And then, you unexpectedly discovered that the metal plate could activate a terrifying vortex in this swamp abyss?"

"That's right." King Hu Yue nodded, his expression complicated. "However, in the past, we interrupted it immediately the moment it was activated, every time we tried."

"The vortex in that abyss is too terrifying; we simply cannot withstand it."

"We spent a huge sum of money to buy a small G-class metal spaceship, which was ultimately destroyed by the power of that vortex."

"Later, we made fake maps using fragments of that spaceship."

"Without that spaceship, we didn't dare to go any deeper."

"We never imagined that the vortex would be the entrance to a secret cosmic realm." King Hu Yue couldn't help but continue to scan the huge cavernous landscape outside.

"King Hu Yue, I'm warning you, don't try to fool me. I'm going to enslave King Chang Lie's soul right now. If there's any discrepancy between what you've said, I'll kill you immediately." Ba Qi stared at the other party.

"If you don't believe me, that's fine." King Hu Yue was slightly annoyed.

"Of course I won't easily trust you, a foreign race," Ba Qi said, then waved his hand, and a powerful spatial force instantly bound King Hu Yue to the spot.

Within this treasured Black Tomb Palace, he possesses the absolute power to suppress everything. Unless one is a Universe Venerable, no other immortal can withstand the Black Tomb Palace's sealing power.

However, Ba Qi could also clearly feel that the power of the Black Tomb Palace had weakened considerably.

He glanced around and looked at the dense cracks on the palace walls, feeling a pang of heartache.

This is a top-tier palace treasure worth more than 2 treasure points. Venerable Shagu and the others just gave it to me not long ago, and now it is almost half destroyed.

If Venerable Shagu and the others found out, they would definitely scold him for being wasteful.

"Human, what are you doing? I really didn't lie to you!" King Hu Yue, who was bound, showed a look of shock and anger.

"You thought I was going to kill you?" Ba Qi sneered. "Don't worry, at least you're safe for now."

The next moment, a figure appeared, lying on the ground; it was none other than the unconscious King Changlie.

Upon seeing this, King Hu Yue's expression changed instantly. He wasn't stupid; he immediately realized what was about to happen.

Ba Qi reached out with one hand and immediately unleashed the Soul-Binding Hand, a secret technique of the martial arts school for enslaving souls. A large, jet-black energy hand materialized out of thin air, grabbed the body of the Rampaging King, and then lifted him up.

In just a moment, Ba Qi completed the soul enslavement. Enslaving an immortal god who had lost consciousness was almost effortless.

The next moment, he took out his own primordial treasure.

A fist-sized crystal, containing divine power and soul energy, was a gift from the Blood Domain Lord and was extremely valuable. It was being used to replenish the divine power of the Rampaging King.

At this moment, the opponent's divine body has only about five percent remaining, making it difficult even to maintain a clear soul.

In the blink of an eye, Ba Qi replenished the divine body of the Rampaging King to nearly 15%, and then stopped, without continuing to replenish it.

After his divine power recovered to more than 10%, King Changlie was fully awakened.

"Master!" The next moment, the arrogant king stood in front of Ba Qi with a look of heartfelt respect.

This scene filled King Hu Yue, who was not far away, with a sense of sorrow.

After all, King Changlie was also his friend, and to be enslaved by his soul like this was tantamount to eternal damnation.

Ba Qi looked at the arrogant king and then began to inquire about the metal plate map.

Soon, the arrogant king told him everything he knew in detail.

"It seems you weren't lying after all." Ba Qi looked at King Hu Yue not far away with a half-smile.

"Hmph!" King Hu Yue's face turned ashen.

"King Hu Yue, you'd better stay here quietly. If you make any move, I'll kill you immediately." Ba Qi stared at the other party. "King Chang Lie, keep a close eye on him."

"Yes, Master," the arrogant King replied respectfully.

Ba Qi nodded.

At the moment, he was unaware of his current situation, so he did not intend to deal with King Hu Yue for the time being. Furthermore, the Black Tomb Palace was severely damaged, so just in case, he had King Chang Lie keep an eye on the other party.

The next moment, a figure flashed out, and it was none other than Yuri, another soul slave of Ba Qi.

"Master!" Yuri said respectfully.

Ba Qi nodded, and then directly gave him an order to go outside the Black Tomb Palace to explore the strange cavernous void outside.

Yuri, of course, could not disobey Baqi's orders and immediately went to the outside of the Black Tomb Palace.

"Master, it's safe around here," Yuri transmitted telepathically.

Ba Qi stood in the Black Tomb Hall, watching Yuli's figure standing in the void. Indeed, the other party had not encountered any danger.

"Continue exploring," he ordered.

Yuri immediately began to traverse through the void, carefully scanning everything around him.

Meanwhile, Ba Qi rode the Black Tomb Palace behind him, and at the same time, he turned the battlefield detector to its maximum power, frantically scanning the surrounding void.

The surroundings were quiet and empty. Apart from the huge stone pillars, there was nothing else. It looked like a huge cave magnified countless times, without anything unusual about it.