195: Nine Stars. Dog Skin Plaster

Five days later.

These past few days, Lin Chuan spent most of his time inside his dorm room.

The rest of the time was spent studying the map of the entire continent.

Regarding the continent where the Four Ring Cities are located, it is conservatively estimated to be tens of billions of square kilometers, and Xuanwu City is about two hundred thousand kilometers away from the coast.

If a King Rank Demon Beast relied on physical strength to fly there, it would probably take almost half a month.

No wonder Long Ming had to drag White Moon along back then, consuming all of her fruits just to barely make it in time.

Lin Chuan naturally wouldn't go to the coast to join the excitement. He had checked a few locations previously, such as Ten Thousand Sword Peak and Elemental Valley, which he could go and check out.

To see if there were any skills suitable for Old Hei and Little Ling.

As for White Moon, he would leave it to fate; Lin Chuan still didn't understand her skill mechanics anyway.

Xia Siye had already left the Academy two days ago, venturing out of the city alone. Before he left, Lin Chuan had White Moon cast the Luck Spell on him several times consecutively, considering it a sincere blessing for his roommate... "My Lord!"

"Nether One? What is it?"

"Twelve King Ranks have all been executed. Additionally, four more King-level Xuanming Guards have recently been promoted. There are still eleven king-rank soul pearls remaining."

Lin Chuan had previously exchanged for six from Xia Jing, and he left the remaining three for Nether One as well.

"Furthermore, I can already feel the pulling force of the Nether God Temple on me. In about an hour, I will be forcibly returned to the Nether God Temple."

"Understood. I'll go over now. Hand all the soul orbs over to You Qi."

"As you command."

Soon, Lin Chuan's Clone descended into Xia Jing's Secret Realm again.

At this time, the guards here were noticeably more relaxed, mostly training within the Secret Realm rather than fighting in the Nether Realm.

Nether One and his group, along with You Qi, were already waiting not far from the entrance.

"Greetings, My Lord!"

You Qi, along with the sixteen other King-level Xuanming Guards, paid their respects simultaneously.

Currently, the numbering of the Xuanming Guards had reached Underworld Eighteen.

Only Underworld Eleven and Underworld Twelve were still Monarch Rank, but Lin Chuan would definitely reserve their numbers for them.

"Nether One to Nether Ten, return to guard Nether One's territory. While you're at it, hunt the King-level Nether Beasts in the surrounding Elementary areas. The rest of you, guard this location. You Qi will be responsible for the promotion of Nether Kings here."

"As you command."

"Also, keep these two bottles of water of life."

Saying this, Lin Chuan handed two mineral water bottles to You Qi and Nether One respectively.

"If there are newly promoted Xuanming Guards in the territory, have them consume this to consolidate their Realm."

"Yes!"

"In addition... You Qi, release news to the surrounding Mid-level Temple Nether Kings that the Yao Race is exchanging water of life for king-rank soul pearls."

"Master, do you want me to be responsible for exchanging king-rank soul pearls with the Temple Nether Kings?"

You Qi inquired.

This move would likely plunge the Nether Realm into endless strife. Although fighting was constant, it was certainly not always this life-and-death.

"For now, there is no need to actually exchange anything. If necessary, bring out the water of life the Yao Race gave you to show off and test their bottom line.

To prevent them from having unnecessary ideas, you can wait until a few more Xuanming Guards here have been promoted before taking action. You must gauge the timing yourself. Also, if there is an emergency, I will have Nether One and his group support you."

"This subordinate understands."

Lin Chuan's instructions were very clear; they only needed to be executed.

After giving these instructions, Lin Chuan put away Nether One to Nether Ten and returned directly to the Academy's Secret Realm.

After placing Nether One and his group back onto the Nether Realm, Lin Chuan let them fly to Nether One's territory themselves.

Because Lin Chuan had something more important to attend to.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, Old Hei finally woke up.

Yesterday, Old Hei ate over a hundred energy crystal fruits in one go, equivalent to over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones, which almost scared Lin Chuan to death.

Lin Chuan only dared to continue feeding it after Old Hei said it was fine.

After eating, Old Hei fell into a deep sleep until now.

It seemed that the stagnation of its Realm had made Old Hei quite dissatisfied.

Lin Chuan felt an incredibly surging power spread throughout his body from his Sea of Consciousness. When his fists clashed, there was actually the sound of metal striking metal!

Truly hard!

Nine stars.

"That wasn't easy, Old Hei."

Lin Chuan said with a smile, and then fed the advancement fruit to it.

Subsequently, a burst of seven-colored light enveloped Old Hei.

Every time Old Hei advanced, it brought a huge surprise to Lin Chuan. Lin Chuan was highly anticipating what changes would occur after Old Hei reached the Monarch Rank...

Just as Lin Chuan was still imagining the future, he suddenly felt the bone blade calling out to him.

This thing had barely stirred since it parasitized Nether One's hand. They seemed to be getting along quite well, so why was it causing trouble now?

bone blade: Don't dare to move, don't dare to move... "Master... there is a fellow kind..."

The bone blade's thoughts were intermittent.

Fellow kind?

Other Corrosive Devouring Blade Spirits?

The Demon God Cult?

Lin Chuan immediately thought of many possibilities.

However, he didn't have time to deal with these matters right now; nothing was more important than Old Hei advancing.

This Demon God Cult really was like a piece of sticky plaster—impossible to shake off!

How dare they track him all the way to the Nether Realm?

They should damn well find out who controls this patch of land in the Nether Realm now!!!

"Nether One!"

"My Lord, what are your instructions?"

"Right now, disguise yourself as me, showing your aura at the Gold Rank. Have the other Nether Kings disguise themselves as Silver Rank students. Follow the guidance of the bone blade and go see exactly how much weight the other side carries!!!"

Lin Chuan almost gritted his teeth as he spoke the last few words.

I didn't proactively look for you guys, and yet you dare to come looking for me?

If it weren't for having a dozen or so Nether Kings protecting him, he might actually have been scared off...

On the other side, in Ming Shuo's territory.

Two figures were flying rapidly. One of them was the Red-robed Bishop from before, and the other was older.

"I say, Bishop Li Han, I took such a great risk accompanying you here. Isn't it time for you to fulfill the conditions you promised?"

The elder transmitted his voice while flying.

"President Duan, rest assured. What I promised, I will naturally keep. The Divine Beast bone I exchanged for from the Cult Master is currently in my ring. As soon as we find Lin Chuan, I will present it immediately."

"Good!"

The old man was overjoyed.

"Heh heh..." A light flashed in Li Han's eyes. Holding the bone blade, he silently sensed the location of the other bone blade.

The distance was already very close.

The two flew for another distance.

"Why are there barely any Nether Beasts visible in this area?"

The old man asked doubtfully.

These past few days, the two had secretly passed through one Elementary area after another. While not overly dangerous, the trouble was considerable, especially the various Nether Beasts, which were endlessly annoying.

"Perhaps they were all wiped out by Yu Ming Academy. Isn't that what they specialize in?"

Li Han said casually.

He didn't care about the state of the Nether Realm; he only wanted to quickly find Lin Chuan, retrieve the bone blade, and then tear him into ten thousand pieces...