184: Is he threatening me?

Long Chenhao was furious. With this many people, why would I need to stage an accident?

However, so many eyes were watching.

"Damn it, just you wait! Don't think that hiding in a Secret Realm will save you!"

Having finished speaking, Long Chenhao decided not to tangle with Lin Chuan any further and left immediately.

As he left, he even deliberately bumped into Lin Chuan.

"Threatening me?"

Was Lin Chuan the kind of person who feared threats?

Definitely not.

[Soul Parasitism]

If Long Chenhao hadn't bumped him, Lin Chuan truly wouldn't have had a good opportunity to strike.

"Let's go, Old Xia. Don't let it ruin your mood."

"It's fine."

"He was threatening me just now, right? Is he planning to send ten King Rank experts into the academy to kill me?"

Lin Chuan said uncertainly.

Even if not ten, maybe one or two... Xia Siye: *Sweat drop*

Are you crazy? Do you have persecution paranoia?

"Uh... I guess what he meant was probably the annual competition between universities. Every year, it's Xuanwu University versus Elemental University. He probably plans to defeat you during the school competition."

Xia Siye said awkwardly.

Lin Chuan: ???

School competition?

What a distant phrase.

The last time was seemingly months ago.

Seriously, that's it?

Long Chenhao, oh Long Chenhao, how did you manage to use the tone of someone hunting me to the ends of the earth to talk about such a 'minor' thing?

Lin Chuan's opponents lately are either Yao Kings or Nether Kings, and at the very least, characters like a Red-robed Bishop of the Demon God Cult.

Where does he have the time to play house with you?

If Lin Chuan were the one saying such things, the consequence would certainly be the confiscation of property and the extermination of the entire clan, without hesitation.

But since the soul seed has been planted, he can't just take it back.

After all, they belong to the Human Race. If he poses no threat to Lin Chuan, Lin Chuan won't deliberately interfere with another person's Soul; he'll just pretend the matter doesn't exist.

Long Chenhao was unlucky this time, running right into the muzzle of the gun.

Lin Chuan wasn't interested in him, but he was very interested in the Dragon Venerable of his family.

What kind of family is this, capable of supplying King Rank Potential Yao Beasts with guaranteed quality and quantity at any time?

Didn't he see that even the direct descendants of the Xia and Xing families honestly participated in the auction?

If nothing unexpected happens, Long Chenhao's third contracted beast will still be a King Rank Potential Dragon Clan member... Lin Chuan took a sip of the wine provided by the restaurant and spat it out.

Then he took out his special spirit wine. As his Rank increased, he had increased its concentration several times to make it potent enough.

Xia Siye drank a cup and reached two stars.

"Damn, what kind of wine is this?"

Xia Siye looked horrified.

"Just ordinary wine... Haven't you seen me drink it often? It's cooling and refreshing, a necessary drink! I offered it to you before, but you refused."

As he spoke, Lin Chuan downed another cup.

"Refreshing!"

"Holy crap! If I had drunk a cup a month ago, I would have reached Gold Rank already!"

Xia Siye cursed.

"It's fine, leveling up quickly is useless for you."

Lin Chuan consoled him. Xia Siye still needed to stack up his passive abilities.

"That's true."

Xia Siye thought about it and stopped worrying, even deliberately controlling himself not to drink heavily like Lin Chuan.

Otherwise, if his Rank increased too fast, his Foundation would be unstable.

"Speaking of which, do you have any leads on your third contracted beast?"

Lin Chuan asked casually.

"Not yet. I plan to try my luck outside the city."

"Luck? I'll send you some luck when the time comes. Haha."

Lin Chuan said, slightly tipsy.

"You can send that too?"

Xia Siye couldn't help but envy Lin Chuan's luck.

He went out once and contracted a suitable beast.

Little did he know, what Lin Chuan contracted wasn't a beast, but luck itself... Dormitory.

Lin Chuan woke up, and it was already the next day.

He and Xia Siye had been chatting and drinking for half the night yesterday, and he couldn't remember how he got back.

Sensing around, Nether Four and Underworld Five had successfully advanced to King Rank.

After quickly washing up and tidying himself, Lin Chuan first went outside the campus.

He released both teams, Underworld Eleven and Underworld Twelve—more than twenty resurrected Nether Spirits in total.

"My Lord, what are your commands?"

"Spread out along the surroundings of Xuanwu City, moving outward, and gather intelligence on the Beast Tide. Be sure to remain hidden, avoid King Rank entities, and preserve yourselves."

"As you command!"

Having said that, the twenty-odd people disguised themselves as various men, women, young, and old, and scattered.

They are all resurrected Nether Spirits. Keeping them locked up in the Nether Domain Space is inappropriate; their limited lives should be spent in the mortal world.

Furthermore, intelligence regarding the Beast Tide is extremely important to Lin Chuan... After dealing with these matters, Lin Chuan returned to the Netherworld once more.

Nether One to Underworld Five, the five Nether Kings, were already poised and ready.

Such a force is no weaker than any Elementary region.

Even in a head-on confrontation, they wouldn't be afraid, especially since Lin Chuan, this tricky guy, loves to launch sneak attacks.

In the past few days, Ming Shuo hasn't been idle either. He took the opportunity to boost his favorability with Ming Luo, showering him with endless flattery about belonging to the same clan, good neighborly relations, and mutual assistance—they were practically on the verge of swearing a blood oath.

He did manage to gather quite a bit of useful information.

Besides bordering You Hong and Ming Shuo, Ming Luo's territory also bordered an Elementary region belonging to the Mo Clan.

Finally, there was the Intermediate region of the Ming Clan.

Starting from Ming Shuo's side, one could reach it by passing straight through Ming Luo's territory.

As for You Hong's side, it seemed to be surrounded by You Clan's Elementary regions—a total of four.

Only Ming Shuo was relatively unlucky, bordering You Hong.

You Hong was naturally fearless, and whenever he was bored and wanted a fight, he would seek him out.

"Since that's the case, we'll still start with the You Clan's territory."

Lin Chuan pondered for a moment and immediately made a decision.

Following this, Lin Chuan placed the five King-level Xuanming Guards into the Nether Domain Space and had White Moon transport him first to You Hong's—or rather, Nether One's—territory.

With a wave of his hand, fifty ten-person squads appeared.

"You are to hunt Monarch-level Nether Beasts here. Each squad must act separately, and the soul orb items are to be prioritized for the squad leaders."

"As you command."

These were Xuanming Guards generated later and had not yet undergone the baptism of battle. If he could cultivate a few who reached the threshold of King Rank, it would be a profit.

Fighting wars to sustain wars was Lin Chuan's strategy.

Next, his figure flickered, and he arrived at the edge of this region.

"A river?"

Lin Chuan hadn't expected to see a river in the Netherworld.

This river was only tens of meters wide, but its length was continuous, almost stretching out of sight, clearly marking the boundary between the two regions.

The river water was pitch black like ink, clearly not ordinary water.

Lin Chuan had Nether One casually grab a few Nether Beasts and throw them in. Instantly, the Nether Beasts were completely swallowed by the river water.

It wasn't the kind that sank to the bottom, but the kind that was completely corroded, as if eaten by the river water.

"Holy crap... that's quite formidable."

Lin Chuan naturally didn't dare to underestimate it, so he had White Moon transport him to the Elementary region on the opposite side.

He didn't know if there were any creatures living inside this black river.

It did remind Lin Chuan of the Nether Sea that Long Ming had mentioned earlier.

If the water in the Nether Sea was also like this, and it connected completely with the oceans in the real world, wouldn't all the creatures in those oceans, except for those with legs, be unable to escape?

It's a pity, Lin Chuan hasn't seen the oceans of this world yet... Even a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals would be nice!

"Nether One, scout the location of the Nether God Temple on this side."

Thinking about this now is useless; focusing on the present is more important.

"Northwest direction, approximately 1,500 kilometers away."

"Let's go!"