Chapter 596: Chapter 594: The Underground Dark River—A Branch of the Black Tide Nether River?!
Controlling a Yin Soul as powerful as an Earth Realm Early Stage, Lu Ye instantly manipulated the blazing flame wheel to envelop it...
In an instant, just like the previous Yin Souls, this Earth Realm Yin Soul immediately showed a trace of fear.
However, Lu Ye actually found that the refining speed... didn’t seem quite satisfactory.
This Earth Realm Yin Soul also possessed some intelligence. Although it wasn’t a lethal refining, it showed an extremely fearful expression and was secretly gathering strength to escape.
Watching the performance of the Earth Realm Yin Soul, Lu Ye quietly mixed a sharp Sword Qi into the blazing flame wheel...
In the blink of an eye...
"Ah?!!"
At this moment, the scream of the Earth Realm Yin Soul became genuinely filled with horror, bringing a deeply chilling sensation.
It didn’t expect that Old Liu would actually add something else into the blazing flame wheel!
Moments later, this Earth Realm Yin Soul completely perished, revealing an Energy Crystal Core.
Previously, Lu Ye had collected quite a number of Crystal Cores from the perished Yin Souls, intending to use them all as the energy source to maintain the operation of the array at the secluded place in the Floating Cloud Mountain Range.
So, naturally, the more the merrier, and no one would be refused.
"The level of the Yin Souls deeper inside is much higher than those on the outskirts. Pure blaze would find it difficult to rapidly refine them," Lu Ye said slowly after collecting the Crystal Core.
Qing Yu nodded, "Yeah, I noticed it too. The level of that Yin Soul just now seemed about the same as mine, definitely at the level of Earth Realm First and Second Layers."
Lu Ye fell into deep thought.
The Demon Burial Plain was indeed vast.
Remaining here like this wasn’t a solution.
Who knows how many wandering spirits are floating around, and how many have possessed someone and left this Forbidden Land?
"So, we still have to go deep into the sand to see what exactly is happening. Merely dealing with the Yin Souls on the plains outside the sand is only treating the symptoms, not the cause..."
After a brief thought, Lu Ye no longer had the mindset to specifically eliminate the Yin Souls outside the sand.
It’s more important to quickly head into the sand and investigate the cause.
Immediately, after dealing with the Yin Souls lured in, Lu Ye didn’t linger. Instead, he headed straight for the Demon Burial Sand Land with Qing Yu.
...
The Demon Burial Sand Land sat in the depths of the plains, a desolate and chilling expanse of sand seemingly shrouded in a layer of gray fog all year round.
When the two figures of Lu Ye and Qing Yu appeared here, they became the only visible living beings within a hundred-mile radius.
Upon reaching the vicinity of the sand, Lu Ye’s powerful Spiritual Sense indeed detected numerous Yin Souls densely packed within the sand.
Completely different from the sparse number of Yin Souls there the last time he visited.
This time, Lu Ye didn’t use the blazing flame wheel again. Instead, he directly took out a Four-Directional Thunder Pearl and began to activate it.
In an instant, under Lu Ye’s control, thin streaks of lightning began to appear, falling upon the vast sand.
Boom! Crackle!
With each strike of lightning, a small area filled with Yin Souls was immediately shattered.
The speed of obliteration in this manner was far quicker and more efficient than that of the Celestial Tier Martial Technique level blazing flame wheel.
Moreover, not even Earth Realm Yin Souls could resist this more powerful Thunder Power.
The commotion created along the way was detected by the cultivators outside the plains.
"Is this... the Demon Burial Plain?! What happened inside, for there to suddenly be rolling Heavenly Thunder?"
"Hiss... It seems to not only be the Demon Burial Plain. Judging by the distance, it’s very likely the sand in the depths of the plains... Haven’t a large number of Yin Souls emerged there recently?!"
The successive Heavenly Thunder was indeed the most awe-inspiring Heavenly Might.
Not far outside the plains, Yu You and Zhao Guang didn’t rush to leave.
At this moment, they happened to see the Thunder Power raging within the sand range.
"This... is this Elder Chen taking action in the Demon Burial Sand Land?" Zhao Guang looked at the serpentine lightning filling the distant sky, finding it hard to believe.
Could Chen Beixuan really wield and control such Heavenly Might?
"Most likely it’s him. Such phenomena wouldn’t appear in the sand for no reason," Yu You nodded, feeling a bit emotional.
Even at a great distance, that kind of power still made someone at Mortal Realm Fifth Layer like him uneasy.
To wield such power, crossing realms to confront enemies was no longer an issue.
He truly deserves the title of the absolute prodigy renowned across the major prefectures.
"It seems we now have two more points of certainty in resolving the sand disaster," Zhao Guang said, also filled with deep reverence.
While discussions were rampant outside, Lu Ye had already entered the sand, proceeding deeper.
This was a place Lu Ye hadn’t reached before. During his first time here, he went straight into the underground palace.
"There’s actually a deep pit ahead, which seems to lead underground?" Qing Yu quickly noticed the anomaly ahead and exclaimed in surprise.
Underground...
Lu Ye’s expression changed slightly. Could it be another entrance to the Underground Palace?
"Let’s go down and take a look."
After cleansing the surrounding Yin Souls with Thunder Power, and collecting the varying levels of Crystal Cores floating around into his Storage Ring, Lu Ye was the first to head toward the sand’s deep pit.
Qing Yu followed closely, cautiously observing the surroundings, prepared to release the Thunder God Lion should anything seem amiss.
The tunnel of the deep pit seemed lengthy. As they descended, a musty chill immediately enveloped them.
Moreover, the further they went, the more they seemed to hear some... faint water sounds?
The sound of running water!
Once both had completely descended from the tunnel, they were startled by the sight before them.
Not far ahead was a river gushing from the underground in the distance!
An underground dark river!
The most astonishing part was that the river water appeared as black as ink, making it impossible to see how deep it actually was.
If not for knowing where he stood was in the Western Territory, Lu Ye might have thought...
Had he ventured into the Black Tide Forbidden Land?
The river before him distinctly resembled the Black Tide Nether River!
Except, its width wasn’t as exaggerated as the Black Tide Nether River.
"Is there really a river beneath this deep pit? It feels like there’s a lot of danger in the river, and there’s a faint... calling voice? Did you hear it, brother-in-law?"
Beside him, Qing Yu subconsciously took two steps back, warily eyeing the rushing waters not far away.
A calling...
Lu Ye squinted.
Indeed, the features were increasingly matching those of the Black Tide Nether River.
He didn’t hear the calling sound Qing Yu described, leading Lu Ye to guess it might still relate to the strength of one’s Spiritual Power.
Currently, he’s much stronger than when he first went to the Black Tide Nether River.
And this dark river beneath the Demon Burial Sand... Lu Ye felt it somewhat resembled a tributary of the Black Tide Nether River!
