Light Fortress

Chapter 1758 - 406: From the Netherworld King

In the void outside Chanyi City, countless lights flickered, mixed with a biting cold.

At the moment when the Source Energy Boat sailed out of the umbrella’s defense line, a massive amount of radiant light gathered and shone down, and Gu Shen even wondered if he’d crashed into the sun itself.

But strangely, the light here is not warm.

It’s like crashing into the sun, yet falling into the depths of an ice cave.

"The exit position of Chanyi City’s defense line has a towering ice mountain all year round."

Silver Fox General’s voice echoed inside the Source Energy Boat.

"This ice mountain is huge and grows every year... Chaotic Source Essence from the outside is absorbed by the ice mountain, which is also why the Second Army has never dealt with it."

Gu Shen operated the Breathing Method, quickly alleviating the cold.

To him, it was nothing.

"Swish."

Gu Shen dispatched Chi Huo from his forehead, condensing above the Source Energy Boat.

The next moment, the Fire Spirit Domain stood atop the boat, hands on hips, staring directly at the dazzling light source.

Billions of light beams are refracted through the ice mountain, thus forming this sun.

This... cold sun.

Standing atop the Source Energy Boat with Gu Shen and his Fire Spirit was also Bai Xiu’s Thunder Realm Walker.

The survival environment of the [Old World] is extremely harsh, oxygen is scarce, but for strong individuals with domains, as long as they expand their domain, they can easily walk...

But if Source Essence is depleted and a Transcendent cannot deploy a domain, then they are no different from ordinary mortals.

However, Gu Shen and Bai Xiu’s Source Essence foundation is extraordinarily abundant.

The two observed the [Old World]’s consumption through the Anthropomorphic Domain, almost ignoring it.

"The target location is not far."

Silver Fox took out two pieces of Source Armor from inside the cabin and said, "To ensure safety, you’d better put on this Source Armor... It’s equipped with backup compressed oxygen and enough nutritional liquid to survive thirty days."

"Fifth-Order Source Armor?"

Gu Shen glanced at it and smiled.

According to the specifications of the North Continent, for Transcendents like himself and Bai Xiu to exert the Source Armor’s proper combat power, they should be equipped with at least Seventh-Order.

"Caught in a hurry."

Silver Fox knew Gu Shen was quite familiar with the North Continent and said helplessly, "Even if I had ample time to prepare, I couldn’t pull out two Seventh-Order Source Armors for you."

"This Source Armor is not necessary."

Bai Xiu politely declined, explaining softly, "Six years ago during the Frozen Lake united enforcement, Her Majesty the Empress bestowed me a Fifth-Order Source Armor."

"After all these years, you’ve kept it?" Gu Shen asked in surprise.

"It’s a good thing, usable."

Bai Xiu’s reply was brief.

He’s fought many battles over the years...

But none of his opponents were able to wound him.

So this Fifth-Order Source Armor remained perfectly preserved.

Next Bai Xiu looked at Gu Shen: "Haven’t you kept it as well?"

"Although my Source Armor is Sixth-Order,"

Gu Shen unabashedly accepted the Fifth-Order Source Armor, smiled, and said, "It’s just really too old and has been repaired once. Isn’t this the latest model from the Underground Research Institute? Six years have passed, and North Continent’s technology seems to have improved!"

Though he said so,

Gu Shen didn’t put it on but collected it into his domain. Even after six years, the performance of the Fifth-Order Source Armor has improved greatly, but it still cannot compare to his old Sixth-Order Source Armor.

Gu Shen never planned to return anything he received.

He intended to keep this Source Armor and later gift it to Xie Zheng.

"Ha."

Silver Fox saw this, amused, shook his head but said nothing.

Since mastering Origin, he hadn’t worn Source Armor.

The power of Origin, even a little, far surpasses that of ordinary Transcendents...

The three generals can all walk in the [Old World] relying solely on their physical bodies.

In a certain sense, they can do everything the [Angel Envoy] can do, at a lower cost, and with greater ease.

Because they possess their own Origin Power.

After steering the Source Energy Boat into the [Old World], Silver Fox withdrew the portion of Origin Power attached to the bottom of the cabin.

The Source Essence in the [Old World] is more chaotic than within the defense line, with much greater pressure.

He wasn’t stingy with his Origin Power...

But due to the excessive speed of sailing in the [Old World], it could cause the cabin to rupture; North Continent’s technology has not yet reached the level of Starship Civilization.

"What gives us the confidence to catch up to the target is thanks to you."

Silver Fox turned his gaze to Gu Shen.

Gu Shen was surprised: "Me?"

"The surface of this Source Energy Boat is coated with a layer of Black Silver."

Silver Fox smiled and said, "Otherwise, the moment I applied Origin Power, the cabin might have ruptured... But now it seems, the tolerance of Black Silver material far exceeds my imagination, perhaps within the [Old World], it can still withstand my Origin."

Though he said so,

He didn’t dare try.

The next forty miles is not far for the Source Energy Boat at full speed.

The only thing to note is that after sailing out of the umbrella’s defense line, the Spirit Network of [Deep Sea] is no longer present, and the boat needs to be manually navigated by a Transcendent. Silver Fox separated a strand of Heart Flow Power, following the disappearing coordinates of the [Deep Sea] electronic eye.

Soon, the airship halted in the void.

...

...

"Is this where the Extraordinary Aura vanished?"

Bai Xiu appeared in the void in the form of the Thunder Realm Walker’s domain. He reached out with two fingers to pinch a fragmented mechanical component.

It was the Heavenly Eye shattered by an unknown energy source.

"I feel like this broken component carries an aura of misfortune and disaster..."

Little Xiuzi spoke instinctively.

Gu Shen’s Fire Spirit also appeared in this void.

Upon hearing misfortune and disaster, his heart instinctively skipped a beat.

Previously, relying on the images transmitted back by the Heavenly Eye, he couldn’t determine the source of the Extraordinary Aura. Now, upon taking over and gently crushing it, there was indeed a slight remnant of disaster.

However, this Extraordinary Creature was not the golden spike flowers.

Gu Shen and the Big Snake had always maintained a "spiritual" connection.

If the golden spike flowers longed to see him, they would definitely have sent a message in advance, rather than causing such a misunderstanding.

Moreover, Gu Shen could always ascertain the location of the golden spike flowers.

Currently, that big fellow was over ten thousand miles away from Chanyi City, diligently exploring unknown boundaries.

"Could it be that this disaster was left by the former Netherworld King?"

Gu Shen’s heart trembled, and he instinctively asked within his Heart Lake, but received no answer.

Leaving the Umbrella Line meant he also severed the link with Chu Ling.

He had never dared to fuse the Netherworld King’s Spark because he suspected that the former Netherworld King had hidden some insidious and dirty trick within that spark.

The location of the shattered Heavenly Eye.

Aside from the Thunder Realm Walker and the Fire Spirit, there was another figure.

The Silver Fox left the Source Energy Boat in physical form; he neither wore Source Armor nor unfolded a domain, merely walking in the void.

"For some reason, the misfortune attached to the Extraordinary Aura... reminds me of the Netherworld King from those years."

The Silver Fox had a keen eye.

He merely glanced and reported the source of the disaster.

"Back then, when the Netherworld King left the Five Continents, he secluded himself in the [Old World] for a long time... no one knows what he did in the [Old World]."

At this, the Silver Fox looked toward Gu Shen and Bai Xiu.

"We all thought he was already dead, no one expected he could come back alive... speaking of which, didn’t this Divine Throne return to the East Continent? What did he do afterwards?"

"...My clearance isn’t high enough."

Bai Xiu was silent for a while and then tossed the question to Gu Shen: "Gu Shen often visits the cemetery where Mr. Bai Shu is, he should know."

Passing the buck skillfully.

Gu Shen quickly shrugged and said, "Actually, like Little Xiuzi, my clearance isn’t high enough, so I don’t know anything either."

Seeing the Silver Fox’s suspicious gaze.

Gu Shen added, "Every time I go to the cemetery, I can only see Mr. Bai Shu... perhaps the Netherworld King is indeed dead?"

"If the owner of the Source Essence Breath is related to the Netherworld King, then perhaps the greatest alarm can be lifted," the Silver Fox muttered.

"You mean, the suspicious Extraordinary Creature captured by [Deep Sea] could be a creation of the Netherworld King?"

Bai Xiu frowned and asked, "But so many years have passed, if there really were such Extraordinary Creatures, why are they only now arriving at the frontier?"

This is indeed a very difficult question to answer.

The Silver Fox fell into thought, then after a moment, proposed a possibility: "Perhaps it’s because the coordinates from which the Netherworld King fled were too far from the Five Continents?"

Silence ensued.

The Silver Fox expressed his headache, "I know what you’re thinking, a guess that the Netherworld King created Extraordinary Creatures... sounds quite absurd."

Not at all.

Gu Shen silently criticized in his heart.

The Netherworld King truly did create one, and it even survived in the [Old World].

After the topic of the "Netherworld King" was raised, he dared not follow up easily.

The sharp intuition of the Silver Fox and Bai Xiu quickly linked this trace of Source Essence Breath to the Netherworld King...

There was no need for him to say more.

Saying too much could instead lead to suspicion.

With a solemn expression, the Silver Fox stated, "According to unreliable rumors, thirty years ago, the Netherworld King was persistently researching ’Forbidden Life Techniques,’ attempting to resurrect the dead..."

"Resurrect the dead?"

Bai Xiu listened and remained skeptical, frowning as he asked, "Such a thing, even Mr. Bai Shu’s [Reverse Flow] cannot achieve, could the Netherworld King do it?"

"Don’t forget, besides misfortune and disaster, the Netherworld King’s authority had a direct link with ’death’."

The Silver Fox continued slowly, "So this matter, which touches upon the Extraordinary Iron Law, might indeed have been realized in the [Old World]. If we speculate boldly, perhaps in some unknown ruin of the [Old World], the Netherworld King cultivated a vast army of the dead."

"That indeed...is quite bold."

At this point, Gu Shen had to agree with a couple of sentences.

The Fire Spirit’s expression was quite marvelous.

For the so-called unreliable rumors from the Silver Fox General were terribly accurate...

Because according to his understanding as this successor to the Netherworld King, the former Netherworld King really did have such intentions!

"No matter what, let’s follow the Extraordinary Essence trail and take a look..."

The Silver Fox said calmly, "So far, this aura has just scattered, tracking it won’t be difficult."