182: Nine Netherworld Fire

This made everyone hesitate a little. Although the Netherworld Darkfire was already close at hand, the area below was completely dark, and it was also a forbidden flying zone.

Who would dare to jump down directly!?

But having come this far with great difficulty, giving up now was simply unacceptable.

"The Netherworld Darkfire is right below. Are you all perhaps scared?" Someone from the Tiangang Star Region stepped forward, looked around at everyone, and said loudly.

He seemed to be trying to encourage everyone, as well as himself.

"Who's scared?" Someone immediately retorted, "It's precisely because we're nearing the end that we need to be cautious. Who knows where the bottom leads to."

Everyone present was a Genius from various Star Domains, and having made it this far, they all possessed some strength. Naturally, they were unwilling to admit to being timid.

Therefore, as soon as this person finished speaking, it drew agreement from the others, "Exactly, we're not scared, just cautious."

"We've come this far with great difficulty; we can't just throw our lives away carelessly."

...Listening to the voices around him, Jiang Kongyu walked over to Lin Ye and asked, "Brother Lin, what do you think?"

Lin Ye stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The Netherworld Darkfire was originally born in the Netherworld. It only ended up in this Heavenly Abyss because it was once controlled by the Netherworld Devil Monarch."

"Therefore, in my opinion, it's highly possible that the area below connects to the Netherworld."

"If the Netherworld Darkfire now exists within the Netherworld, then finding it will likely be troublesome."

"Indeed." Jiang Kongyu nodded in deep agreement, "It seems we two alone probably can't solve this. We still need to gather everyone to discuss it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ye did not object.

A moment later, Cultivators from the various Star Domains gathered once more.

Finally, it was decided that everyone would fully activate their respective Magic Treasures, combining their strength to see if they could ascertain the situation below.

The Star Bead was the first to erupt with brilliant light. Lin Ye poured his spiritual power into it, and the seemingly dormant bead suddenly broke free from his palm, suspending itself in mid-air.

Billions of Star projections swirled within the light, weaving into a massive Star Net. Wherever it passed, the dark purple waves were forced back three feet, revealing a more ferocious outline deep within the black hole.

Strands of light trailing from the Star Net probed into the darkness like living tendrils, tearing open a narrow path of light within the pitch black.

Jiang Kongyu of the Ziwei Star Region formed a seal with his hands. The Purple Qi from the East Seal hovered above his head, and thousands of streams of purple light cascaded like a waterfall.

That purple was not a warm hue, yet it carried a majestic heavenly might. Wherever it touched, the viscous feeling of the black mist was somewhat diluted.

The purple light and the Star Net intertwined to form a shield, blocking the surging dark purple flames outside the shield, emitting continuous crackling sounds. Each collision made the entire Void Realm tremble violently.

"Hmph." Zhao Tian watched this scene, snorted coldly, and, unwilling to be outdone, rallied everyone to activate the Four Symbols Dharma Seal together.

Under the combined efforts of the Four Symbols Star Region, the Four Symbols Dharma Seal transformed into the colossal beast projections of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

The sweet dew spat by the Azure Dragon seemed capable of extinguishing illusory flames, the fierce wind roared by the White Tiger tore through the Nether Qi, the Vermilion Bird's flapping wings scattered South Blazing Fire directly confronting the Netherworld Darkfire, and the tortoise shell patterns on the Black Tortoise's back propped up a hemispherical barrier,

deflecting all the scattered Netherworld Darkfire sparks. The power of the Four Symbols interlocked, forming another solid defensive line inside the light shield.

It must be said that although Zhao Tian's strength was not particularly impressive, the Four Symbols Dharma Seal in his hands was indeed powerful, no wonder he dared to be so arrogant.

The Tiangang Battle Halberd was tightly clutched by Luo Yun of the Tiangang Star Region, its tip pointing directly at the core of the black hole.

Countless golden battle Qi flowed along the halberd, converging into a pillar of light that connected heaven and earth, like a giant axe capable of splitting the sky and earth, it fiercely cleaved down along the path of light torn open by the Star Net.

With a tearing sound, the pillar of light pierced into the densest part of the darkness, stirring up a sky full of dark purple sparks. The viscous, devouring sensation was temporarily broken by this powerful and unmatched battle Qi.

The Lunar Disk and the Fiery Sun Divine Dragon Shield floated on either side, left and right. The Lunar Disk cast down a clear, cold moonlight, like a thin layer of ice covering everyone, isolating the bone-chilling cold.

The Fiery Sun Dharma Wheel, meanwhile, conjured a crimson Dragon-shaped projection. As its Dragon breath exhaled, it formed an eerie standoff with the coldness of the Netherworld Darkfire. Red and purple flames furiously gnawed at each other in the darkness, emitting a grating, teeth-grinding sound.

The other Cultivators around, seeing this, successively brought out their ultimate Magic Treasures, and various spiritual lights gathered like fireflies.

Though not as powerful as the major Star Domains' treasures, they condensed into a thick stream of light under the tacit guidance of everyone, rushing down the path cleaved open by the Tiangang Battle Halberd.

As the combined stream of light from everyone's efforts crashed into the depths of the black hole, the fragmented crackling and wailing sounds suddenly became frantic, as if some taboo had been touched.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar came from the bottom of the black hole, and the entire Void Realm shook violently.

The previously suppressed darkness suddenly erupted. The dark purple flames were no longer a viscous current but transformed into thousands of fire snakes, surging upwards along the path opened by everyone's radiance.

They were no longer intangible Qi but had solidified into physical forms. Each fire snake carried the power to devour souls, fiercely colliding with the Star Net of the Star Bead and the purple light of the Purple Qi from the East Seal. The explosive sounds of light and dark nearly shattered everyone's eardrums.

Amidst the intertwining fire and darkness, everyone finally saw the dark purple sea of fire deep within the darkness.

And deep within the sea of fire, countless twisted phantoms struggled, seemingly souls that had been scorched by the Netherworld Darkfire for countless years.

"Hiss~"

This made everyone gasp, relieved that they hadn't jumped down rashly, otherwise they truly wouldn't have known how they died.

It was at this moment that a faint crackling sound began to emanate from the darkness, not like burning wood, but more like bones shattering inch by inch in the Netherworld fire.

Occasionally, a deeper roar came from a great distance, a sound unlike any living creature could make, carrying a pure desire for destruction, as if to incinerate all light in the world.

The light streams propelled by everyone trembled violently amidst such roars, their glow flickering, as if they could be completely swallowed by the power deep within this darkness at any moment.

What was most hair-raising was that within the sea of fire, countless faint wails, as if from a distant time and space, were intertwined.

The sounds were too soft and dense, layering upon layer, enveloping them, and once they entered one's ears, they transformed into the most terrifying images in one's heart.

It was the pain of being gnawed by flames, the despair of never being able to reincarnate, the ultimate horror of even one's soul being burned to ashes.

Just as everyone was horrified by the scene before them.

At the very center of the sea of fire, where everyone couldn't see, a point of light, more profound than the darkness, was slowly rising with the surging fire snakes.