Damn it! Aren't you accusing us wrongly? Who would want to come to your Endless Netherworld Horizon? It was you who forced us out of the River Styx, and now it's us who are up to no good … Yue Qianchou was speechless, but he couldn't figure out this legendary figure's temper, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous.
The two uneasy fellows looked at each other. The other had already admitted that he was the Underworld General under the Underworld Emperor, the Red Armor Warrior. But what puzzled the two was that the other didn't know who Cangyun Xin was. Didn't that mean that the other didn't know what happened in Twilight City? It seemed that the other didn't set up this checkpoint to target them …
Yue Qianchou immediately wanted to test him. He cupped his fists and bowed, saying, "I am Yue Qianchou, the head of the Underworld Chamber of Commerce in the Immortal World. We are just passing through here on the River Styx. We definitely have no bad intentions. Please let us go, General." He wanted to see if the other had heard of him. If not, it would be easy to deal with him.
The Red Armor Warrior snorted, "Even a nobody from the Immortal World dares to come here. How dare you say you don't have bad intentions? Guards! Arrest them and interrogate them! "
The Red Armor Warriors surrounding the two immediately obeyed. Yue Qianchou waved his hand, saying, "Wait!" The other party didn't know him, so he wasn't afraid. He took out a black token and showed it to the Red Armor Warrior, saying, "Who dares to touch me! Open your eyes and see what this is! "
Seeing him take out a fake Underworld Emperor's token, the corner of Cangyun Xin's mouth twitched, but he naturally wouldn't expose it.
"Underworld Emperor's token …" The Red Armor Warriors were moved when they saw the thing in his hand, and they were about to pay their respects. However, the Red Armor Warrior waved his hand to stop them. He stared at the token in Yue Qianchou's hand and said disapprovingly, "I have followed the Underworld Emperor for so many years, and I have never heard of him giving the token to an outsider, let alone a small Immortal World cultivator like you. Why do I feel that there is something wrong with this Underworld Emperor's token? The more I look at it, the more it looks like a fake. "
Cangyun Xin's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. This red-armored soldier was indeed a trusted subordinate of the Emperor of the Underworld. He could immediately tell that the token of the Emperor of the Underworld was fake. This was going to be a big problem. How could the other side let go of the person who faked the token of the Emperor of the Underworld … Graycloud Xin's right hand had already touched the storage bracelet on his left wrist, just in case.
Bullshit! Yue Qianchou almost panicked. He didn't expect the other party to say that. Although he had fooled Cangyun Xin and Shen You by saying that the token of the Underworld Emperor was fake in order to avoid their suspicion, he knew that the token of the Underworld Emperor was given to Yu Ji by the Saintess of the Underworld herself. It couldn't be fake.
"General! You can't speak carelessly. This is the genuine token of the Emperor of the Netherworld. How can you fake it? You better look carefully before you speak. Otherwise, it will be a great disrespect to the Emperor of the Netherworld! "Yue Qianchou shouted. At this moment, Cangyun Xin only wanted to say five words to him — stubborn!
"There's no need to argue whether it's real or fake. I have someone here who can tell whether the token of the Emperor of the Netherworld in your hand is real or fake." The red-armored soldier looked at him disdainfully and sneered. "Take the two of them away!"
"Wait!" Yue Qianchou shouted.
"You really don't know your place. Do you still want to resist?" The red-armored soldier's gaze turned cold.
"We can go with you to verify whether it's real or fake. What if it's real?" Yue Qianchou was very confident. If the token in his hand was real, there was no need to be afraid.
"You dare to bargain with me? You must be tired of living … If you have the real token of the Emperor of the Netherworld in your hand, no one will dare to do anything to you. You can do whatever you want in the Endless Horizon." According to the red-armored soldier's temper, he wouldn't be so patient. He would have captured the two of them and interrogated them. However, he was here under orders to put on a show, so he couldn't do anything.
"Okay!" Yue Qianchou shouted. "I'll go with you. I want to see who has the guts to distort the truth and say that the token in my hand is fake."
"Take them away!" The red-armored soldier shouted.
"Wait!" Yue Qianchou tried to delay again. This time, the red-armored soldier's expression was really bad. No one dared to disobey him again and again. He immediately said in a deep voice, "What do you want again?"
"I have a friend in the Netherworld River. I have to bring him along." Yue Qianchou didn't care whether he agreed or not. He turned and shouted at the surface of the Netherworld River, "Jiu You, come out!" Jiu You heard their conversation clearly from below. He flashed out of the Netherworld River with a pale face. He had no choice. There was a restriction on his body. He had to follow even if he didn't want to.
Actually, Yue Qianchou didn't want Shen You to take the risk either. However, the Green Fire Pearl had been planted in Shen You's body. If the two of them were placed too far apart, it wouldn't be a problem for a short period of time. However, if the two of them were placed too far apart, they would immediately lose control and Shen You would definitely die. He didn't know where the red-armored soldier would take them to to verify the authenticity of the Netherworld Emperor's token. He decided to bring Jiu You along for the sake of safety.
Just like that, the three of them were surrounded by the Purgatory army and flew to the depths of the Netherworld River. Along the way, Graycloud Xin couldn't help but ask, "Yue Qianchou, the token in your hand is obviously fake. You still dare to follow them. Once the matter is exposed, we will be trapped in the depths of the Endless Sea Cliff. It will be even more difficult for us to escape. What are you trying to do?"
"Don't worry. The quality of the Netherworld Emperor's token is very high. Unless it's the Netherworld Emperor himself, no one will be able to tell it's real. I don't believe that anyone would dare to attack someone with the Underworld Emperor's Command Medallion without knowing if it's real or fake. How about it? You can rest assured, "Yue Qianchou said confidently.
"I hope so!" Graycloud Xin could only sigh. He felt like he was stuck in a quagmire and couldn't get out of it. However, he had already made up his mind. Once he was at death's door and had nowhere to run, he would kill Yue Qianchou first to avenge his grandson and himself. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to die in peace …
After coming to the Netherworld, they had long heard of the Endless Sea Cliff. Unfortunately, they didn't have the chance to see it. Even Jiu You only dared to look at it secretly from the Netherworld River. Now that they were overlooking the Endless Sea Cliff from the sky, the three of them were still shocked and terrified … So this was the true face of the Endless Sea Cliff!
Scorching red molten lava continuously bubbled up from the ground like a spring, slowly flowing in all directions on the vast land. It was such a shocking scene. The lava field that was as wide as the sea was dyed red and had been rising for many years. Under the red mist, there were crisscrossing paths on the lava field like fields.
"Aiyo … Aiyo …" The sorrowful and miserable voices of men and women mixed together and echoed endlessly.
Countless men and women were completely naked, stepping on the scorching ground barefoot like slaves, working together to pull the huge iron chains on their shoulders and hands. The other end of the iron chains dragged something that looked like a sieve, filtering something that had gushed out of the ground along with the lava.
There were many soldiers of the Purgatory Army in the surroundings who were holding long whips that were covered in thorns. Once they discovered someone slacking off, they would lash out with a "hu" sound. Along with the laceration of flesh, miserable screams would resound. The slaves who had been whipped and were physically weak were immediately whipped into the boiling lava by the long whips. They wailed and screamed incessantly in the lava, and their bodies sank into the lava while emitting black smoke. A soldier in charge of law enforcement took out a wuling mirror and shone a beam of white light at the corpses that had sunk into the lava. Immediately, a ray of green light entered the mirror.
This kind of scene could be seen at any time during the flight, causing Yue Qianchou and the other two to feel their blood run cold.
In the vast lava field, there were also hills and mountainous areas. When they flew over, they could see countless naked men and women mining in the open in the mountains. Similarly, they could also see soldiers carrying long whips mercilessly executing people. Miserable screams still lingered in their ears.
What was even more eye-opening was that they could occasionally see neatly dressed women being dragged and thrown into the mountains by the Purgatory army. It was obvious that they had just been caught after committing some crime. Once such women were thrown, the busy male slaves in the surroundings immediately stopped what they were doing and swarmed over. Amidst the women's screams, their ragged clothes were torn to shreds, and they were stripped in the blink of an eye.
A group of dirty men were no different from beasts. They held down the fair-skinned women and rushed to rape them one after another. No one knew how long this would last. What was strange was that the Purgatory soldiers, who were supposed to be strict in law enforcement, turned a deaf ear to them and allowed these men to do as they pleased. It inevitably made people feel that this was the time for these male slaves to rest.
The unimaginable scenes they saw along the way made the three of them shudder with fear. The soldiers of the Purgatory Army did not treat the prisoners here as humans at all. In their eyes, they were no different from beasts and pigs. They endlessly tortured the prisoners using all kinds of strange methods, turning this place into a living purgatory that was too horrible to look at.
One thing was obvious. Those naked slaves either had their cultivation sealed or had their cultivation crippled. They were forced to do all kinds of heavy labor with their pure physical strength. Also, the lava that emerged from the ground had a suppressive effect on meditation cultivators. It was easy to imagine the suffering they had to endure in such an environment. Shen You's uncomfortable expression as he flew in the air due to the high temperature.
However, what made the three of them feel strange was that these Purgatory soldiers were also meditation cultivators, but they did not seem to be affected by the lava at all. The three of them easily suspected that the red armor they were wearing could help them resist the torture of the lava.
After flying for half a day, a towering mountain stood like a ferocious giant beast in the red light of the lava in the distance. Flying closer to take a look, the labourers at the foot of the mountain were as dense as ants. Clanking sounds could be heard incessantly, as if they were forging something. In between, the familiar sound of caltrops and whips could be heard incessantly, and screams could be heard one after another.
There were countless caves on the mountain with red-armored soldiers going in and out. The whole mountain was like a nest of red ants. As the three of them were observing carefully, the red-armored soldier had already flown to the top of the mountain, where there was a magnificent palace.
The others followed closely and landed on the square in front of the palace. Standing on the top of the mountain and looking around quietly, they saw a sea of red light and a red fog rising noisily into the sky, looking magnificent. The miserable screams that kept coming from the foot of the mountain allowed the three of them to understand the meaning of this Endless Horizon. They understood why the Netherworld's Punishment Grounds could cause the Netherworld's cultivators to keep quiet out of fear. Presumably, no one would be willing to be sent here.
The red-armored soldier glanced at the three of them and then looked at the roof of the palace. The three of them couldn't help but look at the roof. They saw a man dressed like a scholar in white standing on the roof with his hands clasped behind his back and bare feet, motionless with his back to the people on the square and his face to the vast red lava world! The red light filled the sky, and his white robe fluttered in the wind!
The three of them were stunned. Even though they had never seen the Emperor of the Underworld with their own eyes, they had heard that the Emperor of the Underworld liked to dress like a scholar in white for a long time. At this moment, they saw a scholar in white standing so leisurely on the roof of a palace in the Endless Horizon. It was self-evident what it meant …
Could this man be the legendary Supreme Master of the Underworld who rarely came out — the Emperor of the Underworld?
The three of them felt short of breath. It felt unreal, and they didn't know if they were lucky or unlucky. Yue Qianchou found that the back of this scholar in white was exactly the same as the back of the scholar he had seen in the wall sculpture in the underground palace in the Holy Land, where he had seen the Saintess of the Underworld for the first time. It was also the back of the scholar, as if the scholar in the wall sculpture had suddenly walked out of his mind.
Under such circumstances, the three of them were certain without a doubt that this scholar in white with his back facing them was the Underworld Emperor who had awed the three realms — the Emperor of the Underworld, Bai Qi!
Gray Cloud Xin and Yue Qianchou suddenly remembered what the red-armored soldier had said earlier … I have someone here who can tell whether the token of the Emperor of the Underworld in your hands is real or fake!
The two of them instantly felt bitter when they thought about it. So the person he had mentioned was the Emperor of the Underworld, Bai Qi. They had found the right person!
Gray Cloud Xin and Shen You slowly turned their heads to look at Yue Qianchou, their eyes filled with despair. The former even transmitted his voice to him resentfully, "Yue Qianchou! Play with me! Why don't you play with me anymore? You can't play with me anymore! The Emperor of the Underworld is here. No one can escape this time. This old man has been fooled by you! "
"You haven't seen the Emperor of the Underworld! Maybe he just looks like the Emperor of the Underworld! "Yue Qianchou said with a last shred of hope.
"Bullsh * t!" Gray Cloud Xin immediately said this to him.
The red-armored soldier flashed to the roof of the palace, bowed to the scholar in white, and reported something. The people below couldn't hear a single word. This scene had undoubtedly extinguished the last shred of hope of Yue Qianchou. Could there be another person in the Endless Horizon who could make the red-armored soldier bow to him respectfully?
The scholar in white, who stood barefoot on the roof with his hands clasped behind his back, nodded slightly. The red-armored soldier immediately flashed back and stood in front of Yue Qianchou. He said with a mocking expression, "I have found you someone who can tell whether the token of the Emperor of the Underworld is real or fake. Show him the token!"
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