Chapter 421: Yun Imprisoned, Breaking into the Dungeon

The four Spirit Transformation guards who received the order immediately had red light flashing in their eyes—the telltale sign of being infected with Fluorite Disease—and then, in the blink of an eye, they refined and manifested their magic power, transforming it into strands of blood-colored chains that violently lashed out toward Yun.

Facing such a tactic, she was naturally unafraid.

However, at the same time, the royal robe on the Dark King erupted with a massive amount of dark light, moving extremely quickly—a casting speed simply not possible for the Nascent Soul stage—and out of thin air, it condensed an ancient jade seal with four characters carved upon it.

Ordained by the God!

With a single stamp through the air, a layer of dark light like a prison immediately descended and shrouded her.

Before Yun could even make a move, her entire cultivation base was instantly covered and imprisoned, her magic power restricted to a certain range, unable to be released outward anymore.

She merely sighed to herself, not feeling surprised.

The Dark King, having succeeded, was very dissatisfied with this and felt incomparably furious in secret, because this move, the Divine Grace Edict Seal, was actually unable to completely subdue her, only restricting her; it was clear that the god above actually still harbored a heart of patronage.

But in reality, the Dark God was more likely wary of the Holy Divine Power that might exist within Yun.

Immediately following this, those blood-colored chains manifested from magic power were already able to tightly encircle and lock Yun; with the four men shouting in unison, their auras linked, and pulling with concerted effort, Yun could only barely manage to remain standing, unable to resist as she was dragged away.

The crowd quickly scattered, clearing the path to the lower-level dungeon, with various jeers rising one after another.

"Yun, you have today too!"

"Bitch! You truly deserve it!"

"Vile woman, this is letting you off too easily!"

"..."

It was very obvious that on the road downward, those noble scions who were basically of the same age and generation all held a very deep, deep jealousy and hatred for the way the two siblings had previously left everyone else in the dust, only they had never had a way to vent it in the past.

Facing the jeers of these noble scions, although Yun was being dragged along, she was still able to make a sound, and her words still appeared very sharp: "A group of weak maggots, usually crawling around with filthy language, why is it that now you only have these few dry, empty words left?"

The crowd was enraged upon hearing this.

But facing the gaze Yun cast toward them, they could not help but feel a sense of shame, as well as a secret, bone-deep fear, and they were completely unable to spew filth as wantonly as they did in the past, appearing timid and cowering.

Yun chuckled slightly and let out another sigh.

Environment influences people; if these pathetic wretches had grown up in a different environment, would they have become different? She couldn't help but think this.

But soon she had to admit that some would, and some would not.

Yet despite this, there were still some who would...

Shaking her head slightly, she stopped thinking about these meaningless things.

As long as the Dark Kingdom is destroyed, everything will get better.

At the very least, it would be able to provide an answer to the countless people who had been harmed by this den of demons in the past.

Yun did not hesitate, even knowing what she would face next.

Fluorite Disease! The only effective punishment the Dark King had for her was to artificially implant and infect her with that terrifying disease!

And that normal infectious mutation was something that even the apostles of the Holy God, those heroes who were stronger and tougher than her, could not resist or withstand! She pressed her lips together slightly, her eyes flashing with determination.

The Water-Cloud Image-Projection spell ended here and dissipated completely.

Du En, who had already been following the traces and moving downward, could not help but ponder at this moment.

The Hanging Lamp had returned to his shoulder, and the Holy God spoke: "Are you very curious about the origins and decisions of Yun and Jin back then?"

Regarding the decision, he was not surprised, because gold will always shine.

Regarding the origins, or rather their experiences, he was indeed somewhat concerned.

Because the Holy God saw this, he spoke to him simply about the matters of the two siblings.

Geniuses.

Born with talent.

So from the moment they were born, they were different from ordinary people, especially the older brother, Jin; as a powerful genius, he appeared especially out of place among the surrounding degenerate nobles, which was what formed his current personality.

Taciturn, calm and unruffled...

However, his cultivation was very rapid, and when he first saw the Dark God, he dared to point out his faults directly.

So, speaking carefully, Yun was actually not that special; although she was also a genius, because of her personality, when she was young and unformed, she was easily influenced by the surrounding environment.

In other words, it was under her brother's influence that she was able to remain untainted and not grow crooked.

Then, there was the silent effort, accumulating strength without being high-profile.

Jin was very rational, so there was nothing worth saying about his experiences during that time.

As for Yun, after growing up, she gradually broke free from Jin's influence and liked to secretly go and rescue others, so she was very familiar with the dungeon area; therefore, the traces she left in the royal palace and the things she explored were much more numerous.

"On the eve of the outbreak of the first Holy-Dark War, because of the Fluorite Disease matter, Jin hurriedly chose to leave the Dark Kingdom, wanting to come find me, and then he encountered the obstruction of that fellow, the Dark God. That was the first time the Dark God struck at him; although he had secretly accumulated considerable strength, he still underestimated the power of a god, was beaten into a serious injury, fell into a long coma, and was eventually saved by me."

"That fellow, the Dark God, also blocked the flow of information, so Yun didn't know about her brother's situation at first, but she still chose to leave the Dark Kingdom during the frictions before the war."

The war was about to begin, and the atmosphere was tense everywhere.

And these upper-class people in the Dark Kingdom had no other skills, but they had a pile of blind, chaotic operations.

Therefore, they sensed something was wrong and were actually furious, planning to make a move first, creating friction at the border to test the waters; if they had the advantage, they even wanted to drive straight in and plunder wealth with all their might.

"Over the past few hundred years, the various products of the Dark Kingdom had long been squandered by unbridled luxury, making it difficult to maintain the originally rising level; so to tell the truth, they were about due to harass us anyway, so I was not unprepared."

The Holy God said this with some emotion, as if thinking of the first time he saw Yun, "Then, she single-handedly dealt with that army, crossed the border covered in wounds, and stepped into the ambush circle we had prepared, intending to see me with her own eyes."

And at that time, the Holy God also happened to have his eyes placed there.

So, before her words were finished, a god and a human looked at each other.

And then, there was no need to say more; Yun chose to leave the Dark Kingdom, and because of her, this side did not do anything to that Dark Kingdom army that had been beaten and crippled.

"Although after the war broke out, they still stayed at the border, not wanting to retreat, and were wiped out and eliminated in a single encounter; in the end, nothing actually changed."

Because it is easier to change rivers and mountains than a person's nature! Yun's actions could not solve the problem, and with this, she finally made up her mind to exterminate the Dark Kingdom, because by sweeping away hesitation and doubt and shattering her mental barriers, she finally broke through her realm.

"The discovery she made by accident before must be closely related to her experiences here; in other words, the dungeon she often snuck into to save people in the past must have some secret."

When the Holy God said this, Du En had already followed the clues, returned to the first level, and found the entrance to the underground prison in a hidden corner.

Because every level of this Dark Kingdom royal palace was equally vast, he was unable to release his divine sense now, and that group of nobles each had a Dark God Amulet, so the power of the Dark God could be said to be everywhere, which was also a significant interference factor in an invisible way; that was why he hadn't discovered this entrance mixed into the ordinary floor before. Now, it was only by following the slight, subtle traces left by Yun that he was able to grope his way here.

Du En did not hesitate; he raised his hand and made a grabbing motion, and that massive stone slab, weighing over ten thousand catties, was pried up and shattered.

Remaining on guard and ready to strike, what surged out from the pitch-black underground at this moment was nothing but a thick, putrid, and fishy stench.

Whether fresh or old, no one knew how much had accumulated; mixed together, it had already become a potent hidden poison, such that even Foundation Establishment cultivators, if they came here and stayed for long without taking precautions, would suddenly fall ill and then die violently.

Even Golden Core cultivators would fall severely ill because of it and would not dare to stay for long at all.

Is that why there were no guards and no traps set? No, it must be that they never imagined anyone would still dare to raid the prison now.

When Yun came over before, perhaps there was still defense, but now that this traitor had been captured, there was no need to do so.

Du En waited for a moment, and while pondering, his gaze, like a torch piercing the darkness, saw absolutely nothing unusual.

Thus, he began to enter, appearing exceptionally swaggering.

That putrid, fishy gaseous hidden poison was quietly evaporated into nothingness, completely unable to have any effect on him.

As he walked along the way, the air became fresh all the way.

In the gloom, only sporadic lamp flames flickered; the ceiling height was extremely low compared to that royal palace—although it was still two zhang high, a standard many civilian houses could not reach, but for someone accustomed to living in that luxurious palace, suddenly arriving here, they would likely feel as if they had fallen into hell!

After walking along the corridor for a while, the putrid, fishy hidden poison became thick, and it even faintly carried something new.

The smell of Fluorspar Sickness!

Du En was not surprised; stepping out of the corridor, he only saw a row of prison cells on both the left and right sides, stretching as far as the eye could see, filthy and foul-smelling, almost packed with people who had been tortured until they were no longer human.

Finger-bending, hand-breaking, tongue-pulling, ear-piercing, eye-destroying, burning...

All sorts of punishments were presented one by one.

The further inside he walked, the worse the state of the prisoners became.

And Du En's arrival was like a breeze from the wilderness blowing in, suddenly causing the people in the cells to snap back to their senses, lift their eyes and heads to look over, and then struggle to speak.

"Save, save me..."

"I, I am wronged, I, did not steal, that piece, of pastry..."

"Uh, uh..."

"Light? Light?"

"Wind? Fresh wind? How nostalgic, back on the grasslands of my hometown..."

Many people were already delirious, only muttering in their sleep, completely on the verge of death.

Those further back only had a glimmer of light left in their eyes, proving they had not yet died, and were completely unable to speak any further.

Facing these scenes, Du En just quietly cast a spell.

With every step he left a mark; green grass grew, flower branches blossomed, and trees rose from the ground.

Since it was basically confirmed that there was a problem on the side of the Dark God and they had not failed to notice their infiltration, there was no need to be too secretive here.

Daoist Art, Wood Domain! Although he had not learned spells to heal others, Wood-element spells inherently had the characteristics of favoring healing and replenishing vitality, and the current Daoist Art, Wood Domain, even if it was only the lowest grade of the Yellow Grade, had already been cultivated to perfection, touching upon the principles of the Wood element, and could pull and trigger the effect of healing and replenishment.

The air was refreshed, emerald light shone, wounds recovered, severed limbs regrew, filth was washed away, and he could even weave a set of tender-leaf clothing with decent defensive power for them.

"Ah?"

"I, I, it doesn't hurt anymore?"

"Uh, uh, cough, cough, this, hiss, speech, speaking..."

"Who, who saved me?! My father is a Sixth-Rank Vice Minister; it was only because of a defeat in political strife that I fell to this, he is further below, as long as you go save him, I..."

This fellow at the very back was a bit noisy; Du En listened with slight patience, and since enough information had already been revealed in the words, he could quietly shut his mouth.

He could no longer speak, becoming nutrients for the Wood Domain, which could be considered dying in his proper place.

These actions were all just a single thought from Du En; his pace did not stop at all, and he continued to swagger straight in.

Behind him, the prison cells turned into a forest of vitality, while ahead, the darkness and putrid stench grew thicker, and even the sickness-qi began to appear noticeably.

Very quickly, a huge execution room appeared in front, at the end of this path.

A sharp-witted jailer had already sensed that the situation had changed and hurried out through the door at this moment.

Before he could speak, before he could act, the person was already dead.

Not just him, but the other jailers inside, as well as the noble spectators and the like, all died directly, turning into fertilizer for the Wood Domain.

That was a group of Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators; in front of the current Du En, it only took a single thought to kill them instantly.

Du En did not waste a bit of time; the Wood Domain was still expanding further, not even limited to the underground level, and simply grew into the first level.

Because there was a subtle feeling.

The Holy God's hanging lamp was flickering unsteadily at this moment, having been affected a little.

"This... could it be that what Yun noticed was that?"

The Holy God muttered, already realizing something, and looked toward a direction behind the execution room.

There was still a path behind the end, leading to a deeper level.

Du En continued to advance, his pace appearing normal, but in the execution room nearby, in the eyes of those prisoners who had just escaped the hellish punishments, his figure disappeared in a flash, and they never saw clearly what the person who saved them actually looked like.

Underground Prison, Second Level.

As soon as he broke through the heavy doors and the Dark God's protection, sickness-qi could not help but roar out.

Du En also had to raise his hand to press down, using his magic power to forcefully crush them and push them back.

Because the concentration of the sickness-qi was far superior to that in the wilderness outside.

The reason was simple: there were many sickness-stricken people here, tightly bound and imprisoned by black iron chains; they had all been artificially implanted with Fluorspar Sickness crystal clusters, subsequently infected and deformed, and then exhaled sickness-qi with their breathing, gathering it in the enclosed space, causing its concentration to rise continuously.

Behind him, giant trees replaced the doors, clusters of green plants permeated the solid rock walls, shattered the protection applied by the Dark God, and bit by bit turned this place into a completely controllable and sealable zone.

(End of this chapter)