A Mandatory Task
Everyone looked at each other and then at Ning Qi. Clearly, they believed that Ning Qi was the only one qualified to speak at this moment.
"Lin Feng went up to check."
Ning Qi smiled.
Yiyang Asura's eyes fell on Lin Feng's right leg. Seeing that it was shriveled, a cold light flashed in his eyes. However, he did not act out on the spot and only snorted in his mind. He glanced at Ning Qi and said to the crowd, "In that case, we will wait here for the Great Emissary. With the Great Emissary's cultivation, he should be able to discern whatever is in this palace."
As he spoke, he glanced at Ning Qi as if he was implying something.
Everyone nodded and remained silent. The Ghost Howl Valley Master lowered his head and occasionally glanced at Ning Qi from the corner of his eyes. He wanted to test Ning Qi's cultivation level after the emissary arrived. If Ning Qi was really that strong, then he would endure this loss. If not, then he would make Ning Qi pay him back a hundred times or even a thousand times over!
"Ding! Host, please proceed to the Nether River Palace and light up the nine Eternal Flames. This is a mandatory task. Failure will result in the deduction of one million Dragon Slayer Crystals. Success will result in the deduction of one million Dragon Slayer Crystals. Punishment for failure: Obliteration. "
The system's notification suddenly sounded. Ning Qi's eyes flickered. Proceed to the Nether River Palace and light up the nine Eternal Flames? Obliteration upon failure? Was this palace the Nether River Palace mentioned by the system?
According to the system's nature, using obliteration as a punishment could only mean that the Nether River Palace was not an ordinary place. At least, it was important to the system. Otherwise, the punishment would not be so severe!
"Is there a time limit?"
"Host, please inquire about the task panel."
Ning Qi took a closer look at the task panel and found that there were indeed a few words at the end. Time limit: three months! If he did not light up the nine Eternal Flames within three months, the system would obliterate him.
Ning Qi's eyes turned slightly cold. Then, under everyone's shocked gazes, he flew directly to the top of the palace. He believed that the system wanted him to do this task. At the very least, with his current strength, he would not be sucked dry by this palace for no reason.
Sure enough, when Ning Qi's feet landed on the palace, a mysterious power flowed into Ning Qi's body from the palace. This power contained a suction force that wanted to suck away Ning Qi's blood essence. However, Ning Qi's blood essence seemed to be twisted into a single strand. The suction force could not be shaken at all. After trying to no avail, the suction force gradually disappeared.
"What does he want?"
Yiyang Asura's expression changed slightly, and he stared at Ning Qi. The First Elder and the others also exchanged a glance. They all saw the seriousness in each other's eyes. For the higher-ups to place such importance on this palace meant that it had a powerful origin. If there really was some special restriction on it, then even a Netherpassage expert would not be able to block it. That was also why the First Elder and the others hadn't dared to test it. Now that Ning Qi had disregarded the danger and stepped onto it, was he not afraid of being killed by the restriction?
The cultivators on both sides of the Netherworld River also looked nervously at Ning Qi. Just as quite a few cultivators thought that Ning Qi would suffer the same fate as Lin Feng, they saw that Ning Qi was constantly searching. Dozens of breaths had passed, and that mysterious power didn't seem to be hindering Ning Qi at all!
Seeing this, Lin Feng felt a burst of lingering fear. He now believed in Ning Qi's power. It truly matched the aura he had displayed just now. He had personally experienced the terror of that mysterious power, and he knew that it was definitely not an ordinary power. He was sure that even his master would be injured if he went up against it!
Everyone's eyes followed Ning Qi's movements. About half an hour later, Ning Qi finally found a mechanism on a round log.
Ning Qi pressed down lightly, and that area sunk in deeply. Following that, the top of the temple began to undergo a huge change. With a loud rumble, a circular black hole appeared above the temple, and an extremely long flight of stairs appeared in front of everyone's eyes!
"He found the entrance to this palace?"
Yiyang Shura and the others were shocked when they saw this scene.
Ning Qi smiled and flew to the entrance to take a look inside. The darkness inside seemed to have a life of its own, with layers upon layers. Even Ning Qi's naked eyes couldn't see more than ten zhang away. It was pitch-black, like the mouth of a giant beast.
To enter or not to enter?
The others might hesitate, but Ning Qi, who only had three months' time, did not hesitate at all. He immediately followed the stairs and entered the cave.
When Ning Qi opened the entrance to the palace, it was like a flame had ignited the hearts of the surrounding cultivators. Their eyes were filled with greed, and many cultivators were tempted to make a move. However, they suppressed the restlessness in their hearts and looked at Yiyang Shura and the others.
"Should we … wait for the emissary?"
The Dark Spirit Sect Master looked at the crowd and asked in a low voice.
The Sea Goddess Hall Master squinted her eyes and looked at the palace entrance not far away. She smiled and said, "Since the entrance is open, there's no reason for us not to go and check it out, right? Maybe we'll be done with this place by the time the emissary arrives. By then, we'll just leave the things that belong to the emissary, right? "
"Seconded."
"Agreed."
The rest of the cultivators nodded.
The Ghost Howling Valley Master looked at the Grand Elder of Tianming Palace. After all, his cultivation was the strongest among them, so he should be the one to make the decision.
"Then let's go and check it out. Who's first?"
The Grand Elder of Tianming Palace nodded and glanced at the crowd.
That's right, who's first?
"Since the entrance is open, the restrictive spell should have disappeared. Yiyang Shura, you go and check it out."
One of the cultivators looked at the Yiyang Asura and smiled with a hint of coldness in his eyes. When the other cultivators who had a grudge with the Yiyang Asura saw this, they nodded in agreement and asked the Yiyang Asura to investigate.
"Chi."
Yiyang Shura sneered and looked at these people with disdain. They wanted to work together to suppress him? What a joke. With a wave of his hand, the cultivators standing on the edge of the Nether River immediately felt a powerful suction. More than ten cultivators who didn't have time to escape were directly pulled in front of Yiyang Shura. There were early Nether Realm cultivators among them, and there was also a peak Nether Realm cultivator.
"Senior Yiyang, my master is …"
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