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Chapter 298: Who Says the Netherworld Has No Absolute Peak? The Netherworld King Ascends to the Towe
Chapter 298: Who Says the Netherworld Has No Absolute Peak? The Netherworld King Ascends to the Tower to Slay a Half-Saint [Seeking Monthly Votes] (Part 1)
Black and white divided, reincarnation and cycle.
Starlight illuminates the Northern Dipper!
After integrating the aura of the Chess Sage Dao Fruit with Star Wood, Li Che created the mask for the Netherworld King of the Netherworld.
By merging the aura of the Dao Fruit into the mask, Li Che was confident that even a Gate of Divinity Martial Saint would find it difficult to detect his aura. This was the first time Li Che had integrated the power of a Dao Fruit into an external object, and the mask seemed to transform into a special divine armament.
With a clench of his fingers, he placed the mask over his face.
Left black, right white, starlight shimmering, eyes like stars and the moon!
His black hair billowed wildly behind him, like a cloak, and Li Che's entire aura seemed to become elusive, almost undetectable.
Closing his eyes, he opened them again.
Strictly speaking, this was Li Che's mask after the Bull Demon, Hell Hound, Divine Monkey, and Thunder Dragon, representing a new identity.
It was different in concept and significance from the Black and White Impermanents, the Wine Sword Immortal, You Li Qing, and the Cat-faced being.
The Netherworld King, what is the Netherworld King? A top-tier existence in the Netherworld, he governs the life and death of souls, oversees reincarnation, and maintains the order of the six realms, playing a crucial role in the cosmic balance.
The Netherworld King is one of the top-tier strongmen that Li Che plans to set up in the Netherworld.
Wearing the Netherworld King mask, Li Che closed his eyes, and his entire aura began to become ethereal.
The Netherworld lacks top-tier combatants, and it is even possible that there are no top-tier combatants at all—this is the consensus among various forces.
To date, no one has seen a Gate of Divinity Martial Saint or a Divine Embryo Deity, who stand at the peak of cultivation in Great Jing, appear in the Netherworld.
This greatly diminishes the Netherworld's deterrent power.
Slowly opening his eyes, Li Che's pupils suddenly filled with the lines and colors of a chessboard, making the world seem cold, desolate, and bleak within his eyes.
What his eyes saw did not seem to be the real world, but rather the Underworld.
"Netherworld King..."
Li Che took a step, and instantly, the chessboard in the sky rose high, swirling rapidly above the house, isolating all auras, making it imperceptible to anyone.
Li Che's figure then instantly disappeared.
Reappearing.
He was now standing at the central point of the chessboard.
Sitting cross-legged.
An ancient city as black as ink, shrouded in the aura of death, continued to rise, higher and higher...
Li Che, wearing the black and white Netherworld King mask, his dark blue robe embroidered with golden lotus patterns, sat atop the city wall, his robe fluttering in the strong wind.
"Such a Netherworld King!"
Li Che exhaled.
With each breath, his mind sank deep into his flesh and blood, seeing the flow of blood and the intertwining of sinews in every inch of his body.
His spine resembled a dormant dragon, slumbering within his body, containing explosive power. Five meridian nodes, under the impetus of blood and qi, would pass through five divine seeds, significantly enhancing his blood and qi. Passing through five divine seed nodes was like being strengthened five times over.
After more than half a year, Li Che finally succeeded in opening the fifth divine gate.
At this point, Li Che, having opened five divine gates, could be considered extremely rare.
Even a supreme grandmaster like You Li Qing had only opened two divine seeds.
Li Che did not know if anyone in the world had successfully opened all eight divine gates and transferred eight divine seeds.
Even if there were, they would be extremely rare.
At least, in the path of divine seed transfer, Li Che was ahead of most, with few able to match him.
The only shortcoming Li Che had now was the gap in his own strength.
Because his foundation was so solid, he would find it more difficult to break through to the Martial Saint realm compared to others.
Sensing the five dormant divine seeds, if he were to simultaneously detonate all five...
What kind of power would detonating five divine seeds unleash? Li Che did not know, as he had never tried...
You Li Qing detonated two divine seeds and died, his body unable to withstand the power, turning to ashes.
What about Li Che?
Hiss, hiss, hiss—
The breath he exhaled was scalding and boiling.
Seated atop the black city, Li Che resembled a Netherworld King seated on the wall of Fengdu, witnessing the cycle of life and death, the six realms of reincarnation!
"But, it's not enough..."
Li Che closed his eyes and then suddenly opened them.
The power unleashed by detonating five divine seeds... perhaps it was quite formidable.
But it could not be considered the true strength of the Netherworld King.
To use this as the Netherworld's strongest combatant...
Li Che felt it was far from enough.
"The power of the temple deity! That is the key..."
Li Che stood up from atop the black city, his black, sturdy hair fluttering and whistling through the air.
Under the Netherworld King mask, his cold, emotionless eyes flickered.
In an instant, he achieved the Thunderbolt Shift without even needing to grasp the Thunderbolt chess piece.
Buzz—!!!
Almost in a flash, Li Che appeared in the silent temple of the Two-Hearted Great Sage of the Six-Eared Hell Lotus Divine Monkey, within the mountain gate of the divine sect.
With a thought, four temple deity divine nature chess pieces, radiating a Buddha glow, floated around him!
These were the temple deity divine nature chess pieces Li Che had extracted from the Two-Hearted Great Sage of the Six-Eared Hell Lotus Divine Monkey over the past half year.
A total of four.
Under the Netherworld King mask, Li Che's eyes flickered with a deep light.
He had now transferred five divine seeds in total.
With the five divine gates, containing five blood qi divine seeds, could he add five more temple deity divine nature chess pieces while in the Ascended State?!
Such a state...
Li Che's heart raced, just thinking about it made his blood flow wildly, his excitement growing!
"That would be a fully enhanced Ascended State!"
"Let's call it, the Netherworld King Ascended State!"
Originally, the Ascended State was activated by the power of the temple deity, which itself stimulated the body's strength and enhanced physical power.
If he were to add the human shackles burst by the Mystic Gate Divine Seed, such a state...
Perhaps it would be the strongest state Li Che could unleash! He suppressed his boiling emotions, calming them down.
Li Che’s gaze fell upon the temple deity on the altar. The candle flames flickered gently, as if mirroring the deity’s restless heart.
Under the mask, the corners of Li Che’s lips curled up slightly.
The black and white mask shimmered with starlight, and he vanished as if by teleportation, reappearing in front of the temple deity’s statue.
His fingers spread out like jade, reaching out and pressing against the forehead of the Two-Hearted Great Sage.
He gently caressed it.
The sensation was excellent!
Thousand Analysis Hand, Absorb!
Boom—!!!
A sudden gale surged within the Odd Temple, gusts of wind flying everywhere!
It would take about half a month to absorb a divine chess piece.
Now, Li Che estimated that the fifth Two-Hearted Great Sage temple deity’s divine chess piece should be about to appear!
Inside the Odd Temple, the white candle flames flickered continuously, as if silently screaming.
Slowly...
The flames stopped flickering and stabilized.
In Li Che’s hand, there was now a black temple deity’s divine chess piece, glowing with Buddha light.
Warped air currents, collapsing void!
The fifth temple deity’s divine chess piece was now complete.
Under the King of Hell mask, Li Che’s eyes were deep, like stars scattered across the night sky.
With a grasp of his fingers, the temple deity’s chess piece instantly fell into the chessboard of heaven and earth, landing at the celestial origin, pressing down the intersecting lines of the chessboard.
Li Che leaped off the altar and glanced at the temple deity’s statue, which was slightly trembling and gradually settling down.
"Forgive me."
Li Che clasped his fists and smiled.
Then, his entire body twisted and vanished, turning into nothingness, disappearing from the Odd Temple.
Only the faint flickering of the candle flames indicated that someone had been in the temple just now.
The Two-Hearted Great Sage, draped in a robe, his eyes on the divine sculpture, seemed to flicker with a golden light.
...
...
Heavenly Origin Divine Sect, Disciple City.
Elder Hall.
Creak.
Li Qing Shan, wearing a thin overcoat, glanced at the sleeping Granny Mu and walked out.
The night was deep, but there was a faint light illuminating the courtyard.
He hunched his back and followed the long corridor, under the black eaves, ice spikes fell like stone stalactites, incredibly sharp.
Li Qing Shan looked towards the study, where the light was emanating from.
Familiar with the Bull Demon’s style, Li Qing Shan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Today was Xi Xi’s birthday, and according to Li Che’s usual behavior, he should rest for a day and not work late into the night in the study.
He would be sleeping with his wife and daughter.
In other words...
Li Che, or the Netherworld, was about to make a move!
Li Qing Shan hunched his back, his eyes deep, and he slowly exhaled.
Ding—
Suddenly, Li Qing Shan took out a small mirror from his waist.
It was the Netherworld’s Divine Communication Mirror.
Li Qing Shan glanced at it, his eyes widening in surprise, his pupils dilating.
Because, a new person had appeared in the Divine Communication Mirror.
【King of Hell】: Tonight’s target, Su Family. To ensure no accidents, this king will take action.
【Bull Demon】: Understood.
【Hell Hound】: Understood.
【Divine Monkey】: Understood.
【Thunder Dragon】: Understood.
...
Li Qing Shan stared blankly at the message in the Netherworld’s Divine Communication Mirror.
Seeing the person who had spoken, his mind was in turmoil.
Who is this?!
In the Netherworld... there is actually such a person?!
The King of Hell?!
With the title of King, is this the leader of the Netherworld?!
Li Qing Shan’s heart beat violently. The higher-ups of the Netherworld... have finally appeared?
Is it someone even higher than Thunder Dragon?
After all, Thunder Dragon can kill Martial Saints, and someone even higher than Thunder Dragon...
Could it be someone powerful enough to kill a Qi Sea Realm Martial Saint?!
This is the Netherworld’s strength!
In fact, Li Qing Shan had heard a lot of rumors spreading in Heavenly Origin Dao City.
They said that although the Netherworld is mysterious, it’s not to be feared because it lacks a true powerful figure to suppress everything!
Not to mention the mighty Lu Tai Bai of Heavenly Origin Divine Sect, who stands at the peak of cultivation in the Great Jing, ranked fifth on the Divine List, and the powerful figure guarding the seventh gate of Heaven Gate Pass!
Even just the Temple Governorate with Feng Zhi Qi, the Heaven-Qi Supervision with the witness Hong Shi Fo, and the Dao Lord Manor with Dao Lord Yue Huang Long... these top-tier figures are the key to supporting a force.
And the Netherworld, on the surface, seems to lack a figure who can uphold the scene.
As a member of the Netherworld, Li Qing Shan naturally felt indignant.
You have no idea about the Netherworld’s strength or its mystery!
Even though he himself is also in the dark.
But one can see the whole from a single leaf. From the Netherworld’s mysteries, it’s clear that there must be a top-tier figure supporting the entire force and its strength!
Like the Thunder Chess Pieces, which can instantly teleport, a power that even a Divine Talisman can hardly contain—how could a force without strength possess such power?
Furthermore, there is that black city...
The Netherworld is unfathomably deep!
Therefore, as a member of the Netherworld, Li Qing Shan is proud and cannot bear to hear negative evaluations of the Netherworld!
Unfortunately, Li Qing Shan couldn’t refute these claims because, as a member of the Netherworld, he had indeed never seen the higher-ups of the Netherworld.
And now...
It’s here!
Finally here!
Every inch of Li Qing Shan’s skin was trembling!
He slowly took out the cat-faced mask and placed it on his face!
Then, he slowly replied on the Divine Communication Mirror.
Cat Face: Received!
He then clenched his fingers, and his entire person vanished from the Elder Hall.
Reappearing once more, he found himself in the courtyard of Fragrant Lane.
Wearing a green robe, Li Qingshan looked at the courtyard through the Cat Face mask, his heart suddenly feeling a chill.
He noticed that the courtyard was filled with figures standing there.
Bull Demon, Horse Face, Divine Monkey, Thunder Dragon, Black and White Impermanents, Sword-wielding immortal Huang Jianjiu, You Li Qing, Long Nu, Xue Dufu, Long Tai, Qingniao...
Almost all members of the Netherworld were gathered here.
Li Qingshan pressed down on the Cat Face mask, a faint smile appearing in his eyes.
The second full assembly of the Netherworld, huh? Li Qingshan felt honored to be able to attend the Netherworld assembly for the second time.
He was about to greet Li Che, who was wearing the Bull Demon mask and standing like a towering mountain.
However, Li Qingshan felt his heart skip a beat.
Rumble—
A terrifying pressure swept over the entire courtyard.
Li Qingshan's neck seemed to stiffen, as if time and space had frozen at that moment.
Fierce winds howled and continuously crashed down from above.
He struggled to lift his head.
Above him, a city as black as ink, with rolling deathly aura, appeared.
It was...
Ink City!
On the city wall of Ink City.
Li Qingshan’s pupils dilated, as if he had forgotten to breathe.
He saw a figure, a figure in a long black robe, with jet-black hair wildly flying!
King of Hell!
This is the King of Hell!
Li Qingshan saw the King of Hell's black and white mask, and eyes that seemed to encompass the entire starry sky.
Just a glance.
Li Qingshan felt as if he were facing a towering, immense creature that seemed to envelop the entire planet.
There... actually exists such a vast being?!
It was like a giant dog, magnified countless times?!
Li Qingshan was drenched in sweat, feeling his hands and legs go weak. The gaze of that vast creature seemed to extinguish his very soul.
Terrifying!
This is the pillar of the Netherworld... the King of Hell?!
Who says the Netherworld has no presence to hold the stage?! Li Qingshan's emotions surged with passion.
He clasped his fists and bowed deeply.
"Cat Face of the Netherworld, pays respects to the King of Hell!"
...
...
Freezing clouds covered the mountains, and the snow condensed in the early morning.
The mountain silhouette by the horizon seemed shrouded in mist, the night deep and dark like an indelible ink painting, the swirling snowflakes freezing the cold night.
(End of Chapter)
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