186: Exchange conditions

The Black Dragon King felt utter exasperation!

No one screws over their teammates like this!

The Black Dragon King calmed his mind, then painfully took out a bottle of pale green liquid and said:

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you he and I weren't working together, would you? Consider this bottle of water of life my apology. Inside, it contains life origin..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt a gust of cold wind sweep over, and the bottle in his hand was instantly snatched away.

You Qi stood to the side, uncorked the bottle, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

"Hoo..."

After a long while, You Qi finally opened his eyes.

He returned to the throne, and as for the water of life, he naturally accepted it.

"Where did you get this kind of water of life?"

"This..."

"Answer me, and this King will no longer pursue the matter of your two subordinates," You Qi said flatly.

"My King found this in a dilapidated Secret Realm. It is said that inside there was a colossal giant tree whose top could not be seen, but it had already died. This water of life was found beneath the giant tree's remains, where only a broken spring remained."

The Black Dragon King answered truthfully.

Almost every Nether King's first question was this.

"tree of life, Spring of Life..."

Countless greed flashed in You Qi's eyes, yet a deep sense of regret also arose.

"Alright, state your main business."

"Temple Master You Qi, my King hopes that the Nether Realm will temporarily not invade this world. As an exchange condition, I can provide a certain amount of water of life."

The Black Dragon King said slowly.

"If this King remembers correctly, the opposition should be the Human Race, right? Are you on their side?"

You Qi asked doubtfully.

"Quite the opposite. The Human Race in this world is about to be annihilated by the Yao Race. In front of the Yao Race army, humans are as insignificant as ants, merely clinging to life. However, this will result in a great deal of life fading away, leading to a massive outbreak of Nether Spirit. Therefore, I hope the Temple Master can restrain the Nether Spirit below. They can fight the Human Race, but they must not fully invade."

"So that's it. This King guesses that quite a few Nether Kings have accepted your terms, right?" You Qi realized.

The temptation of the water of life is something almost no Nether King can refuse.

"Yes. If not for this, given the current rate of Nether Spirit outbreaks, the dozens of Nether Realm entrances, large and small, could not be defended by either the Human Race or the Yao Race," the Black Dragon King replied.

Heaven knows how long he had been running around exhausting himself to complete this mission!

Next, the Black Dragon King said: "In reality, the Nether Sea is invading this world, which is why billions of sea beasts are coming ashore to compete for limited living space. If you conquer the other side, you could directly border the Nether Sea, becoming the foremost frontline between the Nether Sea and the Nether Realm."

The Black Dragon King's information was half-true and half-false; You Qi certainly didn't know how far Xuanwu City was from the coastline.

However, if it extended outward continuously, it wasn't impossible.

"The Nether Sea?" You Qi exclaimed in surprise.

"Exactly." Saying this, the Black Dragon King took out a mobile phone and played a video:

One could see that the originally deep blue ocean was gradually turning inky black. Suddenly, a giant octopus thousands of meters long leaped out of the sea; its eight massive tentacles were pitted and scarred, and black viscous liquid, like maggots clinging to bone, constantly corroded its body.

"Wuwu..."

Immediately after, countless sea beasts scrambled to leap out of the water, yet none were spared. Eventually, the corpses of countless sea beasts covered the entire surface of the sea, and then dissolved and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye...

"It really is the Nether Sea!" You Qi swallowed and said.

In reality, the Nether Sea not only devours the ocean but also spares neither the land nor even the Nether Realm.

The Nether Sea can also give birth to King-rank Nether Spirit.

Once a Nether King from the Nether Sea seizes control of the Nether God Temple, they will use the Temple's authority to alter the terrain, introduce the Nether Sea's water, engulf the entire area, and expand the Nether Sea's reach, making recovery almost hopeless.

Therefore, the Nether Sea is considered the public enemy of the entire Nether Realm.

At this moment, You Qi couldn't help but curse his bad luck; the sweet pastry that was about to reach his mouth instantly turned into deadly poison.

No wonder Nether Vine and Mo Yu were indifferent to attacking the outside world; they probably already knew this news, and only he had been kept in the dark like a fool...

Thinking of this, You Qi looked at the Black Dragon King with a trace of inexplicable fury: Why the hell didn't you say so earlier? You came to me last, are you looking down on me?

"Then how much water of life do you plan to offer?"

You Qi said coldly... On the other side, after Lin Chuan teleported more than ten times, he finally saw human figures.

Upon seeing the hundreds of thousands of Yu Ming Army forming defensive lines to block the Nether Beast, he basically confirmed that this area was being guarded by Xia Jing.

Countless Nether Beast were killed every moment, and at the same time, humans were also ripped to shreds. Blood dyed the gray-white soil red, forming dark red rivers of blood...

In the distance, earth-shattering roars occasionally sounded, and colossal figures flickered among the clouds.

That was the King-level battlefield, and the place where the final victory would be decided.

Lin Chuan had an impulse to release his Xuanming Guards now to block the Nether Beast, which might save some lives...

But in the end, Lin Chuan held back.

This small force would be of no help to the overall situation and would instead expose his own power. If the Xuanming Guards appeared, he estimated that neither side would be pleased, and they might become a common target of attack.

What Lin Chuan needed to do now was take advantage of the weak defenses in the Elementary areas under the You Clan and quickly encroach upon the opponent—that was the true path to success...

"Nether One, how did it go?"

"My Lord, we killed two, and the remaining one ran away. We are currently pursuing it."

"If it ran, don't chase it. Now, you and Underworld Two take the soul orb and return to your territory. Underworld Three, Nether Four, and Underworld Five, go to the other three areas respectively and secretly scout the location of the King-level Nether Beasts. One in each area is enough, do not expose yourselves."

"Yes, my Lord!"

Afterward, Lin Chuan dismissed the Clone.

He had to hurry. The sudden mass death of King-level Nether Beasts in the territories below would definitely draw the attention of the Mid-level Temple Nether King, and they might turn around and try to encircle and annihilate him.

Lin Chuan had to kill as many as he could before they reacted...

When the Black Dragon King emerged from the Nether God Temple, his face was ashen.

He hadn't expected You Qi's temperament to suddenly change at the last moment, extorting double the agreed-upon share.

This trip was a huge loss; he had to go find Dragon Roar to settle the score. Originally, he could have saved a lot of water of life, but now it was all gone.

However, just as he was about to activate teleportation, the Black Dragon King forcefully interrupted the skill, sweat pouring down his head.

"No, I can't go..."

After persuading You Qi, the mission given to him by the Primordial Dragon King was considered fully complete.

Which meant that even if Dragon Roar killed him, the Primordial Dragon King wouldn't care much...

The truth of the matter depended entirely on Dragon Roar's word, and he could even push the blame onto the other two.

"Holy crap..."

Thinking of this, the Black Dragon King broke out in more cold sweat the more he thought about it. Damn it, Dragon Roar was probably waiting for this day...

He's truly insidious!

At this moment, the Black Dragon King had to admit that compared to being a Yao, Dragon Roar was much more insidious when acting as a Human.

He immediately decided that it would be safer to slowly travel through the Nether Realm and return via other entrances leading to the Yao Race territory.