As soon as Wang Baole spoke, the surrounding Dark Sect cultivators all had strange expressions on their faces, especially the few prospective Dark Children from before. Their eyes widened as they stared at Wang Baole, as if they didn't know what was going on.
It was because … the current Wang Baole was too different from the impression he had given them before. Previously, Wang Baole had been cold, arrogant, and silent. He had exuded an air of incompatibility from head to toe.
But now … as soon as he said those words, his entire aura, along with his awkwardness, had changed … into something that was hard to describe.
It was as if his style had suddenly changed, catching everyone off guard. It even created a sense of disharmony. It was as if an indescribable thing had suddenly appeared in a solemn and old-fashioned painting …
That was not the most important thing. What made the Dark Sect cultivators even more focused was that the descent of the Heavenly Dao had actually disappeared … They had clearly felt that the Heavenly Dao's power had indeed descended, but in the next instant, it had disappeared without a trace, as if it had been absorbed.
This scene was the crux of the matter that made everyone's hearts turn heavy.
Wang Baole was also embarrassed, extremely embarrassed.
He had been so immersed in his emotions that he had forgotten that the scabbard in his body was spying on the Heavenly Dao's power. At this moment, he had accidentally swallowed a portion of his senior brother's Heavenly Dao's power. As a result, he couldn't expand the depth of the Nether River Handprint as he stood there. Therefore, even though he had been feeling emotional earlier, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak to his senior brother.
Wang Baole's senior brother, Chen Qing, was silent. Although there was no emotion in his eyes as he looked at Wang Baole, there was a hint of helplessness in the depths of his eyes. After a while, under the solemn gazes of the people around him, he raised his right hand and pointed at Wang Baole again.
Wang Baole hurriedly unleashed his cultivation base and used all his strength to suppress the scabbard in his body. He even growled a threat in his heart.
"Stop sucking, I'm warning you!"
Perhaps Wang Baole's warning was effective, or perhaps the suppression of his cultivation had an effect. As the power of the Heavenly Way descended, Wang Baole's scabbard in his body seemed to be doing its best to restrain itself from absorbing it. Therefore, the power of the Heavenly Way instantly filled Wang Baole's entire body. It was like adding fuel to the Hellfire, causing his Hellfire to erupt in the next instant.
Intense to the extreme, the Nether Fire directly surged out of his body and spread out with a rumble. In the blink of an eye, it was a hundred zhang long, then ten thousand zhang long, then ten thousand zhang long!
As the Underworld Fire erupted, the expressions of the surrounding Underworld Sect cultivators changed, and they all retreated. No matter how much they disliked Wang Baole, when they saw the towering Underworld Fire, their hearts and minds trembled.
Even the Quasi-Underworld Children reacted in such a way. The woman who had been hiding her true power narrowed her eyes. Even the masked Eldest Senior Brother of all the Quasi-Underworld Children had an intense gleam in his eyes.
While the crowd was in a state of shock, Wang Baole was surrounded by raging Dark Fire. He was like an immortal descending from the Underworld. Suppressive force spread in all directions, and his aura shook the heavens and the earth. The Dark River below was actually being pulled in, and with the handprint as the center, it rolled in all directions.
The souls of the deceased who had been floating in the Underworld River reappeared as the water churned. They all turned toward Wang Baole and let out soundless roars. However, the terror in their eyes revealed the astonishment in their hearts.
It was as if there was some sort of pressure emanating from Wang Baole's body. One person trying to suppress an entire river!
It sounded like an exaggeration, like it was impossible. However, at this moment, everyone felt as if … this was actually happening!
"This is impossible!"
"Even if he's a Netherworld Child, how could he be strengthened by Underworld Fire to such an extent?!"
"It's clear from his cultivation base that he shouldn't be able to do this. Could it be … that this person contains the great destiny and karma of the Underworld Sect?!"
As the Underworld Sect cultivators cried out in shock, Wang Baole also sensed something different. The power of the Heavenly Dao was like fuel, but it was also like a blessing, causing the Underworld Fire in his body to be unleashed without limit. He could sense … a faint beckoning coming from the Underworld River below him!
This beckoning was acting on his soul and his Underworld Fire. It seemed to have formed a resonance with them, and this … was the true reason why his Underworld Fire had erupted to such an extent.
There was no time to think. Under everyone's gazes, Wang Baole lowered his head and looked at the Underworld River that was summoning him. A strange light shone in his eyes. He raised his right hand and pressed down on the palm print that was about one hundred thousand feet wide and more than eight hundred thousand feet deep.
When he pressed down, the air rumbled, and the Nine Hells rippled. A gigantic palm print materialized in front of him. Countless Underworld Fire surged in from all directions, gushing out of Wang Baole's body and gathering towards the palm print. All of this took a long time to describe, but in reality, it all happened in a flash. In the next instant … the palm print that appeared in front of Wang Baole and the others was almost one hundred thousand feet wide. It was filled with thick … Underworld Fire that seemed capable of incinerating the souls of all living beings.
"Fall!" Roared Wang Baole. Instantly, the Underworld Fire palm print emitted a shocking rumbling sound as it shot down toward the Underworld River. In the blink of an eye, it overlapped with the palm print on the surface of the Underworld River, and then pressed down!
In the blink of an eye, the palm print reached a depth of more than eight hundred thousand feet. Muffled rumbling sounds echoed out toward the Underworld River, and countless souls scattered in all directions. At the same time, the Heaven-Dao palm print was pushed down even further!
In the blink of an eye, it was nine hundred and fifty thousand meters deep. In the blink of an eye … it was three million meters deep!
It seemed that this was only the initial eruption of energy, and no one knew exactly how far it could go. However, in the moment that it broke through to three million meters, the power of Wang Baole's palm print seemed to be too powerful. There was no place for it to go, so it spread out in all directions. Instantly, the surface of the 30,000-meter palm print began to ripple violently. From 30,000 meters, it began to spread out until it was 30,000 meters deep.
However, it didn't stop there. It continued to spread out until it reached 40,000, 50,000, 60,000 … and finally, it reached 70,000 meters. Only then did it slowly dissipate amidst the deafening rumbling sounds!
This scene caused all the Underworld Sect members present, including the Underworld Children, the masked Eldest Senior Brother, and the powerful cultivators of the older generation, to feel waves of shock surge through their hearts. They stared at Wang Baole as if they had seen a ghost!
"This … this …"
"Are you sure …?"
"How is this possible?!"
Truly … the meaning of expanding horizontally and vertically was different. The latter was more difficult, because every ten feet of expansion was equivalent to one million feet of vertical expansion!
Although the actual calculation couldn't be done in such a way, it was still possible to see how terrifying Wang Baole's blessing was. It could even be said that the amount of qi and Karma he possessed was enough to sweep away all of the Underworld Children.
Even Master Chen Qing had a profound look in his eyes as he looked deeply at Wang Baole. At the same time, the power of Wang Baole's Underworld Flame palm print was completely unleashed, and the Underworld River gradually calmed down. Immediately, everyone could see … that at the very end of the seventy-thousand-meter-long passageway ….
Perhaps that wasn't the true bottom of the Underworld River, but there was an enormous mountain whose bottom couldn't be seen. What everyone was looking at was the peak of the mountain, where ….
There was a statue of a middle-aged man. He sat there, looking exhausted. His head was lowered as he stared down at the river below. Not much expression could be seen on his face, but an incredibly thick aura of death emanated from him. It was as if he was one of the sources of the Underworld River!
Beneath his feet was a temple. It was a very ordinary-looking temple.
The only thing that was extraordinary about the temple was that it was … pitch black!
"The legendary … mansion of the Underworld Emperor!" murmured one of the older generation Underworld Sect cultivators, his voice trembling with excitement.
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