Chapter 931 – Fire, Wind and Thunder Tribulation

Long Chen was not surprised that Song Yang had come looking for him. A few days had passed, and they had confirmed that Huang Qiong was missing. Long Chen was probably the only person who was in disagreement with him recently.

This was the Underworld Plaza, so there were likely many high-status people cultivating Underworld Qi here. Therefore, even the Divine Martial Realm Song Yang did not dare cause a huge commotion here.

Song Yang was like Ye Xuan; both of them were at the Divine Martial Realm.

After listening to Ye Xuan’s previous explanation, Long Chen now viewed the Divine Martial Realm differently. Long Chen estimated that even though he had the Yin-Yang Sword Soul, the Dragon Soul Transformation, and the Five Emperor Palm, he still could not beat a Divine Martial Realm expert.

He could usually defeat opponents beyond his own cultivation level, but that was likely going to stop at the Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage.

After Song Yang arrived next to Long Chen, he said, “Follow me out of here.” Then he walked away.

Long Chen was not idiotic enough to admit that he had killed Huang Qiong. He stood up and followed Song Yang with a dark expression. He never had a good relationship with Song Yang anyway, so this was the normal way to behave.

When Ye Xuan saw Long Chen stand up, he followed suit.

Song Yang initially wanted to take Long Chen back and announce his crime, but when he saw Ye Xuan following them, he knew that wouldn’t be possible. Long Chen had been spending a lot of time with Ye Xuan recently, and everyone knew that this brat who came out of nowhere seemed to have a great relationship with the ultimate prodigy.

After they arrived in a place with no one around, Long Chen stopped walking. “What’s the matter?”

Song Yang turned around and asked, “Did you kill Huang Qiong?” His eyes were as deep as lakes. He radiated an aura that seemed to hide the power of star clusters, and it hit Long Chen in the face. This was the aura of a Divine Martial Realm expert.

To them, the Divine Martial Realm was the peak of the Martial Path.

Long Chen was indeed shaken by it. He took a step backwards, though mentally, he did not back down. He looked up with a hint of a smile and said, “Huang Qiong is dead? That’s great news.”

“I’m asking you if

you

killed

him!” Song Yang placed more emphasis on his words.

“Him being dead doesn’t automatically mean that I killed him. Huang Qiong is a Hundred-Sergeant, and we did fight once. Everyone knows who won after that. Ten of me would be no match for him. You guys didn’t see who killed him, so that person must be a Divine Martial Realm expert. Thousand-Sergeant, do I look like a Divine Martial Realm expert to you?” Long Chen said mockingly, unwilling to continue arguing with him.

“You!”

Song Yang thought about it. What Long Chen had said made sense.

Then Ye Xuan spoke up. He said, “Long Chen has been with me for days; he was sitting right next to me. Huang Qiong came looking for him once, and he went back with him, but Long Chen came back soon after. After that, he never left again. I don’t think that person’s death is related to him. I wonder if you’ll believe me, Thousand-Sergeant Song Yang?”

Ye Xuan was someone whom General Su Mo did not dare offend. He was the youngest brother of the strongest person in Underworld City, so obviously Song Yang did not dare cross him either.

If Ye Xuan was willing to speak up, it did not matter if it was true. If Song Yang continued to harass them, it would be a death wish. He nodded very sincerely to Ye Xuan and said, “Young Master Ye, of course I believe what you say. I won’t disturb your cultivation! Farewell!”

Then he shrugged his sleeve and left.

“Let’s go back. I am still competing against you.” Ye Xuan smiled.

“Thank you.”

“You saved my life. This small favor is just a tiny way to repay you for it. Don’t take it to heart.”

“You shouldn’t take it to heart either.”

It would attract too much attention if he told Ye Xuan that he had already cultivated the Underworld Qi. Although Long Chen had already succeeded, he was in no hurry to get to the Underworld Battlefield.

He sat before the Underworld Rock and started to study the final punch technique of the Emperor’s Manual. At the same time, he also practiced the other techniques until he mastered them. Subsequently, he fed almost all the Emperor Crystals he had to the Golden Thunder Beast in his left hand. The creature was like a bottomless hole.

“Underworld City’s Underworld Rock had a Golden Thunder Beast inside. Does that mean that the other Underworld Rocks in the other ninety-nine cities also have Golden Thunder Beasts in them? Or would there be other things inside?”

This Golden Thunder Beast alone was extremely helpful to Long Chen. Long Chen could feed it Emperor Crystals and it could become a life-saving attack for him.

Without the Golden Thunder Beast, he would’ve had no choice but to flee when Huang Qiong attacked him.

“However, even if there are other things in them, I can’t do anything about it for now. I’m going to run out of Emperor Crystals soon, and this is just because of one Golden Thunder Beast. If I get more beasts, I won’t be able to feed them. I’ll think about it when I have more Emperor Crystals in the future, or when I have Divine Crystals.”

Long Chen was not impatient. Only his True Martial Soul could see the objects inside the Underworld Rocks. The rocks had been in the cities for ten thousand years or even longer, but the beasts had not been taken out yet. What difference would this short period of time make?

Time flew quickly during cultivation, especially when Long Chen was growing stronger by the day. Even if he felt like he had only cultivated for a little while, several months could pass.

Ye Xuan took a total of two months and twenty-three days to cultivate Underworld Qi, so he was about seven days faster than Su Mo. He had set a new record, which showed that Ye Xuan was a prodigy on the same level as Su Mo, or even stronger.

Su Mo probably also cultivated for a thousand years or even more to achieve this level.

Compared to the others, Long Chen’s age made him almost like a newborn baby. And he was already much younger than Ye Xuan.

He suddenly had this thought.

When I met Xiao Xi, she was only sixteen, but she was at such an astonishing cultivation level. Comparing her with Ye Xuan ...

When they first met, Xiao Xi was indeed only sixteen. It was not likely that she would lie to him about that.

How scarily talented was she to achieve such a high level?

And she said this was also after she had been slacking off.

The Swordsoul Palace was the ruler of the Swordsoul Territory, one of the Three Royal Territories. Just how strong was that faction?

Long Chen was privately filled with shock.

However, the fierce flames of battle burned in his heart.

Regardles of how long it had taken, Ye Xuan had succeeded in his cultivation, and Long Chen was also about to enter the Underworld Battlefield.

“I apologize, Brother Chen. I was a little faster,” Ye Xuan said with a smile as he stood up. He did not know that Long Chen had finished long ago.

“Congratulations. You can go to the Underworld Battlefield before me,” said Long Chen, also standing up.

“I’ll wait for you in the Underworld Battlefield,” Ye Xuan said with a grin, patting Long Chen’s shoulder.

Long Chen suddenly recalled the assassination attempt on Ye Xuan. Who in Underworld City would be bold enough to assassinate him? There were countless experts in the Underworld Battlefield. Would that person who failed to kill Ye Xuan look for him in the Underworld Battlefield, a place where violence was everywhere?

It would be even harder for him to stay on guard there.

Suddenly, Long Chen sensed a strong wave of aura arriving.

A group of people were walking into the Underworld Plaza.

“Greetings, General!”

Everyone who was cultivating also sensed the aura and quickly fell on one knee. Long Chen was sensitive enough to know who it was. When he was in the presence of a master who had cultivated for more than a thousand years, Long Chen revered him. Kneeling for him was a show of this reverence.

The person who had arrived was someone he had met before. It was the general of the Underworld Army in Underworld City, and he had five hundred thousand soldiers under him—General Su Mo!

Su Mo was wearing long, black robes and his long hair fell behind him messily. He was smiling, and he was walking barefoot midair in Ye Xuan’s direction. Although he did not radiate any aura, Long Chen still felt like this man was terrifying. It was as if he had merged with the whole world. Without using the Soul Swallowing Gaze, it would be difficult to know that this person was in front of him even if Long Chen used his eyes.

This was a Fourth Divine Martial Stage expert.

Behind Su Mo were five Third Divine Martial Stage Admirals. Next, there were ten-plus experts who were mostly Ten Thousand-Sergeants.

The only person who did not salute him was Ye Xuan.

When Su Mo came, his eyes were on Ye Xuan. Someone like Long Chen was naturally ignored. Su Mo stopped in front of Ye Xuan with a strange light in his eyes. He said warmly, “I heard you took eighty-three days to cultivate the Underworld Qi?”

“Apologies for breaking your record,” said Ye Xuan with a cold grin.

Su Mo did not take Ye Xuan’s childish jab to heart. He smiled generously and said, “The Underworld Battlefield has dangers that I cannot control. I’ll send two Admirals to accompany you there, as per your sister’s request. What do you think?”

“There’s no need. If I need people to protect me, what’s the point of going to the Underworld Battlefield? You may leave.” Ye Xuan waved, implying to shoo him away.

The Ten Thousand-Sergeants and Admirals behind Su Mo frowned at Ye Xuan’s straightforwardness.

All of them were important people who could make the world tremble. Su Mo had been famous for thousands of years and did as he wished everywhere he went. His reputation was famous throughout the whole Underworld Estate; how could he tolerate a child like Ye Xuan speaking so rudely to him like that?

“In that case, be careful. I wanted to give you a Universal Getaway Talisman, but it looks like you don’t need it.” Su Mo turned to leave.

“Give it to me.” Ye Xuan held out his hand. He was no idiot. While he did not want Su Mo to send him men, he would not refuse a good treasure.

Su Mo smiled. He placed the mysterious talisman in Ye Xuan’s hand.

“Work hard on your cultivation. I’ve recently experienced signs of a breakthrough. In a few years, I’ll finally break through to the Fifth Divine Martial Realm, also known as the Fire, Wind, and Thunder Tribulations. Then I will marry your older sister.” Su Mo did not say anything else and left the Underworld Plaza along with his grand entourage.