109: The gate of hell, the underworld?

Woo—

A muffled horn sounded in the forest, like a low-flying airplane, oppressing the creatures on the ground.

As if knowing this giant gate would appear, several Gold Crystal Skeletons were already waiting here, and no major battle broke out between them.

As the horn sounded, they tacitly rose into the air and landed in front of the giant gate.

The Gold Crystal Skeletons were all humanoid, wearing coarse cloth clothes, kneeling on the ground, looking extremely devout, like pilgrims on a pilgrimage.

Behind them were several Gold Skeletons, lined up behind each Gold Crystal Skeleton. The overall scene looked like several Netherworld squads welcoming an envoy.

"What exactly is that gate?"

Standing on the big tree, Su Ye stared at the giant gate, his heart filled with trepidation.

The giant gate was unusually eerie, seemingly composed of countless souls, with a bizarre aura that made one restless just by looking at it from afar.

That was a power beyond ultimate power, an essential transformation.

The most direct feeling it gave was like viscous oil, with no sharpness but capable of infiltrating and silently engulfing everything.

This completely different power was entirely unlike the energy possessed by the World.

The power of the World, more or less, has an explosive and fierce side.

Wind, sometimes slow, can also be destructive at times.

Even the water element, which represents "gentleness", can condense into ice or turn into a monstrous tsunami at specific times.

But this energy was too calm, existing since ancient times, eternally present, seemingly never changing due to worldly events.

It, a specific destination!

Just like once a person dies, everything becomes void, and nothing in the World will cause ripples because of you.

Swish!

Purple lightning crackled, and Purple Consort's figure landed beside Su Ye.

Staring indifferently at the giant gate, Purple Consort's jade face showed no emotional fluctuations, like an ancient and simple stone statue, but her aura became increasingly chilling.

She was full of hatred.

She was also afraid.

People are also like this, weak and powerless in youth, both angry and afraid when encountering an enemy, an invisible aura emanating from them resisting, trying to forcibly eliminate this fear.

"What is that?"

Su Ye seemed to be muttering to himself. Unlike others, he saw some unique things on the giant gate.

Purple Consort had stayed in the Death Canyon for tens of thousands of years, and no one knew the origin of this giant gate better than her.

However, Su Ye still miscalculated.

"I don't know."

Purple Consort's fragrant lips slightly parted, the simple three words carrying a tone of powerlessness and desolation, as if she had lost her soul.

Hmm?

Su Ye looked sideways in confusion, only then discovering Purple Consort's situation, secretly thinking it was bad.

He saw that her beautiful, violet-like pupils were slowly being covered by a layer of black at this moment. Her soul seemed to be stepping into a dark abyss, making her look dull and completely lifeless.

"This..."

"Even the power of lightning cannot resist?"

Su Ye frowned. Lightning was the nemesis of all evil spirits. Logically, even against divine power, Purple Consort should be able to resist slightly.

Swish!

After a slight hesitation, Su Ye extended his sword finger, and the pure Yang power within his body transformed into a surge of pure heat that entered her glabella.

Su Ye originally thought that because Purple Consort had been here for a long time, she was eroded by the vast Yin Nether power here, greatly reducing her lightning resistance. However, the result was beyond his expectation.

After the pure Yang power poured into her body, Purple Consort did not improve at all. Her purple pupils were completely submerged, turning into two black, shiny gems. Her entire body was fixed in place.

Su Ye's idea was good, using extreme Yang to counter extreme Yin, but if it were truly effective, the strength of the two should at least be on the same level.

The power of this giant gate has already transcended the mortal level!

Even though he was a Title Douluo, he still belonged to mortal power. How could he contend with it?

Under Su Ye's gaze, with a creaking sound, a corner of the giant gate cracked open, and several Gold Crystal Skeletons were immediately sucked in.

Although the Gold Skeletons were now just skeletons, logically no change in expression should be visible, yet at this moment, one could feel their excitement and exhilaration coming from their souls.

The moment the giant gate opened, several twisted dark purple lights spilled out, flying randomly in all directions towards the forest.

As if receiving a gift from the heavens, the moment the giant gate disappeared, those Gold Crystal Skeletons went completely mad, immediately chasing after the dark purple lights and fighting fiercely over them.

Coincidentally, a dark light also flew towards Su Ye.

"What is that?"

"The... Netherworld?"

Su Ye did not react immediately, his gaze distant and lost in thought, his entire being still immersed in the moment the gate had cracked open earlier.

Although it was only a brief moment, he clearly saw within the giant gate: bizarre purple light flickering fantastically, and within the hazy mist, it seemed to contain another World.

Darkness, where the sun could not be seen.

That was a place of endless chill, lifeless at a glance, broken, desolate, destroyed.

Only a pitch-black river remained, boiling corpses and remnants. Wisps of black smoke rose above the long river like towering peaks, the scenery lonely, eternally extinct.

Swish!

Disturbed by the sound of air being torn, Su Ye suddenly awoke. Looking out, he saw a dark purple light flying towards him.

Following behind it were two Gold Skeletons, a tiger and a leopard, entangled in a struggle.

"A bead?"

Looking through the outer dark purple, Su Ye clearly saw that inside was a completely black bead, with bizarre purple patterns faintly revealing a hint of the extraordinary.

That's right.

Something that could make the Gold Skeletons fight over it so fiercely, and came out from that gate, was definitely not an ordinary item.

Su Ye also had a thought, planning to use the system to see what this thing was.

"Seeking death!"

Seeing the Gold Skeletons charging, he punched out into the air with his right fist, and lightning shot through the forest.

Boom! The two Gold Skeletons were directly killed under the lightning and fell from mid-air.

Seeing the bead getting closer, just in case, Su Ye summoned the Ice Dragon King Arm Claw, preparing to capture it.

"No!!"

The awakened Purple Consort anxiously cried out, but it was already too late. The bead landed steadily in the palm of Su Ye's Ice Dragon King claw.

Su Ye was suddenly alert and subconsciously wanted to throw it away, but the moment the bead touched him, it vanished into his body.

Even the Ice Dragon King soul bone couldn't block the invasion, simply because the moment it was touched, the bead transformed from a solid state into a vague, formless energy.

This...????

Su Ye's gaze towards her was surprised and doubtful, wanting to ask Purple Consort what this strange thing was.

But before he could speak, his originally clear and normal colored pupils, at this moment, also became completely black, just like Purple Consort's earlier...

So black that not a single speck of light flickered, he stood motionless, rooted to the spot.

"You..."

Purple Consort couldn't remain calm, her chest heaving with anger. Thinking of what would happen next, her face instantly turned ashen, and a sense of powerlessness and despair filled her delicate body.

She originally thought this human had outstanding talent and might truly become a god, allowing her to be free. She never expected him to be so reckless.

This Soul Bead contains ominousness; it is an artifact of the Netherworld.

Even ordinary Soul Beasts, if they provoke a trace of its aura, will transform into beasts that only devour after death—Skeletons.

Having this entire Soul Bead enter the body is almost no different from seeking death!