Chapter 1003 - Soft Skin and a Delicate Fragrance Bewitches the Soul

A wolf stood before them, while a tiger stalked from behind. They could neither attack nor retreat!

But the way the Netherworld King saw it, this so-called “wolf” and so-called “tiger” might be able to threaten most of the world’s Profound Serenity cultivators, but they’d crumble like paper mache in front of Su Yi!

She was increasingly calm, and her starry eyes swept across the three experts of the Church of the River of Stars as if they were already dead.

Her gaze made the three of them quite uncomfortable. Their eyes met, and they attacked directly.

Boom!

The purple-robed man at the forefront took out a silver spear and charged explosively. The spear tore through the sky, stirring up blazing starlight.

Practically simultaneously, the ornately dressed old man and the man in white charged into the fray.

Kcch!

The ornately dressed elder activated a sharp, unstoppable Dao Sword. Imposing sword qi burst with radiant light, then fell from the air like a sudden downpour.

The man in white, meanwhile, swung a blood-colored chain. The links were covered in inch-long, snow-white fangs, and as the chains swept through the air, they were forceful and unstoppable. They shattered the very skies themselves.

The three experts of the Church of the River of Stars didn’t seem like much earlier, but when they struck, it was with unstoppable force! There was no doubt about it; Yun Qi’s death meant that none of them dared hold back. They used their full power right off the bat.

Su Yi remained stationary in the face of this pincer attack, his gaze as tranquil as the depths of an ancient well.

His hands swung the Immortal-Beating Mallet as if it were a sword, slashing through the air.

Crunch!

The silver spear split in two, and the purple-robed man charging explosively stiffened, then burst.

The same slash had split him in half too!

“This…” His two companions were so startled that their souls almost left their bodies.

The young man in blue had just killed their ally in a single attack!

That direct, bloody scene left them in disbelief, and this came as a massive shock.

They forcefully stopped mid-charge, then whipped around and fled into the distance.

Beads of cold sweat had formed on their foreheads.

The two of them really were terrified out of their wits.

After all, as Guardians of the Faith of the Church of the River of Stars, they controlled the Laws of Cosmic Silence. No matter where they went, they were like emissaries of heaven’s will; their power completely suppressed others of the same cultivation, and they could even cross realms to kill stronger opponents. Nothing had ever stood in their way!

Yet now, a Profound Illumination Realm cultivator had executed one of their allies in a direct confrontation.

This was unquestionably terrifying!

“You think you can escape?”

A calm voice rang out.

However, it went off in the ears of the ornately dressed elder and the man in white like a sudden clap of thunder.

Their expressions shifted dramatically, and they drew their defensive treasures without hesitation, pouring the full extent of their cultivation bases into their defense.

Starlight surged around them, like blazing divine flame. Its radiance spread throughout heaven and earth, illuminating the mountains and rivers. The power of the Grand Dao was so overflowing that the clouds shook and crumbled on all sides.

But then, two misty gray streaks of sword qi flashed through the air.

Boom! Boom!

The blazing starlight filling the sky collapsed, and the fleeing experts’ defensive treasures exploded, one after another.

As they stood there, they were swept into a current of destructive power.

Beneath the Netherworld King’s watchful gaze, both of them lit up as if they were made of paper. A moment later, both had been reduced to ash and scattered to the wind!

Despite having anticipated that the experts of the Church of the River of Stars would be no match for Su Yi, seeing how easily they went down still surpassed her imagination and filled her with astonishment.

It was then that she realized that, had Su Yi wanted to kill Yun Qi, it would have taken him only a single slash!

But then, it makes sense. Back in the Spiritual Revolution Realm, he could already kill Profound Illumination Emperors as if they were chickens. When he used his trump cards, he was strong enough to severely injure his mid-stage Profound Serenity Realm apprentice, Huo Yao.

Now that he’s overcome that strange, grand tribulation, he’s in the Profound Illumination Realm himself. Furthermore, he’s mastered that mysterious power. It counters the Laws of Cosmic Silence too! Of course killing the Profound Serenity experts of the Church of the River of Stars is easy for him!

And of course, if he wanted to kill me, I’m afraid he could do so with ease… The Netherworld King watched in a daze, her starry eyes flickering.

Meanwhile, Su Yi exhaled.

Exterminating opponents like that didn’t give him any sense of satisfaction to speak of.

After all, all he’d really done was borrow the strength of the Sword of the Nine Hells.

But it was different now that he’d overcome that strange, grand tribulation and entered the Profound Illumination Realm. Su Yi could tell that using the Sword of the Nine Hells was nowhere near as draining as before.

Even at the peak of the Spiritual Revolution Realm, he could sustain the sword’s power for only a moment, and doing so left him on the verge of complete exhaustion.

But that was no longer the case.

Defeating those three opponents had taken less than a tenth of his power. It was completely negligible.

It seems this change is connected to the dissipation of one of the Sword of the Nine Hell’s chains, thought Su Yi.

After entering the Profound Illumination Realm, one of the nine divine chains suppressed by the Sword of the Nine Hells, the one representing the Dao of his past life, shattered. It then re-manifested as an obscure imprint and floated around the sword.

This change had unquestionably made it far easier for Su Yi to draw upon the Sword of the Nine Hells. It was much less draining, too.

“Are you certain you want to accompany me to the Reincarnation Grounds?” Su Yi glanced at the Netherworld King.

This instantly startled her out of her scattered thoughts. She gazed into the distance, where heaven and earth distorted, and a massive spatial vortex hung in the air. Tides of spatial power surged outward with the vortex at its center. It was a mysterious and unsettling sight.

“I’m certain.” The Netherworld King twirled a lock of blue hair growing from her temples, and her bewitching face filled with longing. “Even if we run into danger, I’ll at worst lose a clone. But if I don’t go… I’m afraid I’ll regret it for the rest of my life.

She understood that in his past life, Su Yi had uncovered numerous secrets related to reincarnation.

Like the secrets of the tombstone of the City of the Wrongfully Dead, or the Laws of Rebirth carved on the Platform of Rebirth.

But these contained only a portion of the profundities of the cycle of reincarnation.

The secrets that had truly enabled Su Yi’s reincarnation lay hidden within the Reincarnation Grounds!

How could the Netherworld King not be curious? How could she not long for them?

Su Yi made no further attempts to dissuade her. He stepped into the air, then arrived before the massive floating spatial vortex.

“Give me your hand,” said Su Yi. He stretched out his left hand.

The Netherworld King was stunned. She bit down on her red lower lip, and extended her smooth, jade-like hand and gently placed it in Su Yi’s palm.

Su Yi then gripped it tightly.

A strange feeling coursed through her heart, as if she’d been shocked. The Netherworld King’s delicate frame stiffened imperceptibly.

Despite all her years of cultivation, and despite experiencing the ups and downs of worldly affairs and the vicissitudes of the years, this was her first time having a man hold her hand. Despite her outer calm, a strange emotion coursed through her heart.

As if she were embarrassed, trembling, and nervous… It was difficult to describe.

“Are you nervous?” Su Yi looked at the Netherworld King a bit strangely.

This bewitching stunner of a woman was obviously a bit uncomfortable, and her slender, prideworthy figure was a bit rigid.

Like a young woman in love, nervous and bashful as she made skin-to-skin contact with the opposite sex for the first time. Her delicate, beautiful face looked a bit constrained and uneasy.

“Do… Do I look nervous?” The Netherworld King feigned calm, but she instinctively averted Su Yi’s gaze.

Su Yi laughed, then hooked his finger and deliberately swept his fingertip across the smooth, soft skin of her palm.

“You…!”

It was as if a bee had stripped the tenderest of buds of its pollen. The Netherworld King stiffened, and her starry eyes widened as she glared furiously at Su Yi. Her beautiful face filled with bashfulness, and even her long, snowy neck flushed red.

Su Yi laughed without restraint. “Relax a little. After we enter the spatial vortex, any missteps could drag me down. I’m sure you know as well as I do that the Laws of Space are explosive and unpredictable. One mistake could end with you shattered into countless pieces.”

The Netherworld King snorted coldly. “You’re feigning righteousness even as you take advantage of me? Su Xuanjun, you sure are shameless.”

“Oh,” said Su Yi. He withdrew his hand. “If that’s what you think, you can figure out how to enter the spatial vortex on your own.”

With that, he continued toward it alone.

The Netherworld King was stunned. How… How can he act like this? How can he act so righteous while he’s taking advantage of me!?

“Hey!” The Netherworld King rushed up in a huff. “Su Xuanjun, have a little elegance, won’t you? It was just a bit of criticism. Aren’t you overreacting?”

Su Yi laughed, seemingly entirely unconcerned. “Am I overreacting? Tell me, do you still need my help?”

The Netherworld King seemed a bit uncomfortable, but she let out a muffled grunt. “Mm.”

Su Yi directly extended his left hand. “Here, take it yourself.”

“.....” The Netherworld King’s starry eyes shone with rage, and she wanted nothing more than to take a bite out of him.

But in the end…

She forced her displeasure back down, stretched out her soft, jade-like fingers, and took Su Yi’s hand.

An indescribable sense of shame coursed through her heart. I only just said he was shameless, but look at me! I reached out and took his hand of my own accord…

This…

Fortunately, Su Yi didn’t seem to care. He just said, “Let’s go.”

He tightened his grip on her hand, activated the Immortal-Beating Mallet with his other hand, and led the way toward that massive, airborn vortex.

Boom!

When they shot into it, terrifying spatial Laws revolved as explosively as a tidal wave, producing a rending, destructive power.

The scenery revolved around the Netherworld King, and her field of vision was mottled and distorted. The potentially lethal threat made her hair stand on end, and the roaring spatial power was at such close quarters that it made her heart shake. She could no longer stay calm, and she instinctively clutched Su Yi’s left arm. She wanted nothing more than to press her ample figure right up against him...

Meanwhile, Su Yi swung the Immortal-Beating Mallet with all his might as he resisted the explosive spatial power.

He was calm, as he’d been here before in his past life. He was keenly aware of how best to counter and neutralize the power of the spatial vortex.

When they passed through the spatial windstorm and entered the depths of the vortex, Su Yi suddenly sensed a pair of soft mounds pressed against his arm. Despite the layers of fabric separating them, he could sense their shocking softness and elasticity.

One word rose unbidden to his consciousness: “magnificent.”

He turned his head and saw that the Netherworld King’s eyes were tightly shut. Her arms were wrapped tightly around his, and her impressive, delicate figure was practically plastered against him.

That softness and delicate fragrance were enough to bewitch the soul!