Chapter 645: The Rules of the Nine Nether Purgatory

Jun Xiao murmured softly, his gaze slowly turning toward a spot in the void.

There, there was nothing at all.

There was only an extremely calm stretch of void.

Su Yu also followed Jun Xiao's gaze and looked over.

Just like the Blade-Wielding Court's heaven and earth, the Nine Nether Purgatory's heaven and earth also existed independently in another space.

Only in this way could it convey a sense of uniqueness.

Of course, the profundities within were not limited to just this one point—there were many other benefits as well.

For example, the density of energy and the like.

As well as safety and the like.

"So, how should we get in now?"

Su Yu's eyes held a faint trace of anticipation.

The Nine Nether Pool was the most core place of the Nine Nether Purgatory.

Cultivating there, even for experts at the Emperor Realm, brought many benefits.

After all, it was the place where, after the many predecessors of the Nine Nether Purgatory had perished, they had placed their energy cores within.

The energy density could no longer be substituted with divine stones and stones of law.

Moreover, even disciples of the Nine Nether Purgatory did not find entering the Nine Nether Pool a simple matter.

Only top-tier monsters like You Shaoqing and Wu Ling'er were permitted to enter the Nine Nether Pool to cultivate for a period of time within a year.

Other disciples of the Nine Nether Purgatory, if they wanted to enter, not only had to expend considerable costs and merits, just to be able to cultivate inside for a short period of time.

One could see just how important the Nine Nether Pool was.

Furthermore, before coming, Jun Xiao and the others had already told Su Yu.

The existence of the Nine Nether Pool might be able to help Su Yu step into the Half-Step Emperor Realm, or even the Emperor Realm.

As for how much improvement he could ultimately achieve, it still depended on Su Yu's gains inside.

Jun Xiao looked at the void before him, a smile rising at the corners of his lips.

"Just walk right in!"

"Hmm?"

Su Yu raised an eyebrow.

He saw Jun Xiao, standing before Su Yu, slowly walking toward the void ahead.

"Right, after we go in, the people of the Nine Nether Purgatory will most likely give you a hard time. After all, letting an outsider enter the Nine Nether Pool isn't exactly a good thing for the Nine Nether Purgatory!"

Jun Xiao reminded softly.

Su Yu smiled faintly. "I expected as much. The King of the Underworld, out of respect for my teacher, gave me an opportunity at the Nine Nether Pool. But whether I can seize this opportunity still depends on me."

Jun Xiao nodded. "As long as you know. Later, no matter what they do, you only need to remember one thing..."

Jun Xiao paused in his steps, turned his head, and looked at Su Yu.

"You represent not only Senior Azure Dragon, but also our Blade-Wielding Court. The Blade-Wielding Court has been suppressing the Divine Spirit Abyss for a long time, and hasn't flexed its muscle in the Central Immortal Domain for a very long time."

"Some people have long forgotten that the Blade-Wielding Court of the past was forged through blood, step by step!"

In Jun Xiao's gentle voice, there was hidden an extremely chilling feeling.

"Since they dare to give you a hard time, don't have any reservations—fight back directly!"

"If they refuse to submit, then beat them until they do!"

"The current Blade-Wielding Court is still far too lenient toward other factions."

Jun Xiao spoke word by word.

Su Yu listened quietly, then finally smiled faintly.

"Rest assured, Third Court Master, I, Su Yu, am not someone who likes to take losses!"

Saying so, Su Yu revealed his trademark smile.

His mouth split open, revealing snow-white teeth.

Seeing Su Yu's response, Jun Xiao appeared extremely satisfied. He nodded and led Su Yu slowly to the void before them.

Without any warning, behind Jun Xiao, a golden phantom of a battle blade seemed to slowly emerge.

Rumble!!!

Along with the appearance of the battle blade, the surrounding void suddenly shook violently.

Cracks also spread out across the void before them.

Wisps of extremely dense energy fluctuations surged out from behind those cracks.

Indeed, behind those cracks, there in plain sight was the heaven and earth of the Nine Nether Purgatory!

"Cough, cough, cough, so it's friends from the Blade-Wielding Court who've come!"

Before Jun Xiao could even make a move, the void before them suddenly split open, and the figure of the King of the Underworld walked out, looking somewhat disheveled.

This King of the Underworld was none other than the one who had previously led You Shaoqing and the others to the God-Suppressing Mountain Range.

At the same time, he was also the Fourth King of the Underworld of the Nine Nether Purgatory!

He possessed the cultivation of a Saint at the Third Heaven.

The Fourth King of the Underworld looked at Jun Xiao with some helplessness.

Although the Nine Nether Purgatory had wanted to give the Blade-Wielding Court a display of severity, who knew that Jun Xiao would not play by the rules.

He directly revealed his cultivation.

This left the Fourth King of the Underworld speechless.

You should know, Jun Xiao is a Saint of the Sixth Heaven, and it's unknown whether he has broken through or not. If he has, even the Nine Nether Purgatory would have to take him seriously.

Ignoring the Fourth Nether King, Jun Xiao turned around, looked at Su Yu, and smiled lightly.

"See? When dealing with people like this, you still need to flex your muscles."

"Sometimes, having great strength is to make shameless people reason with you, rather than you reasoning with them!"

Jun Xiao spoke without concealing it from the Fourth Nether King, saying it right to his face.

Immediately, the Fourth Nether King's expression turned somewhat awkward.

What kind of situation was this?

Wasn't that just saying he was shameless?

He was a Saint, after all.

Su Yu nodded gently.

Moreover, Su Yu noticed something.

Earlier in the God-Suppressing Mountain Range, Jun Xiao had clearly used a Sword. Why was it that here, he had taken up a war blade instead?

Jun Xiao seemed to see through Su Yu's thoughts and said softly, "Remember, we represent the Blade-Wielding Court!"

"The Blade-Wielding Court — we wield blades!"

Su Yu nodded.

At this moment, a weathered voice came from within the heaven and earth of the Nine Nether Purgatory, carrying a trace of icy aura.

"Since friends from the Blade-Wielding Court have arrived, please come in!"

Hearing this voice, Jun Xiao's brow twitched slightly.

"Huh, that old fellow is actually still alive? After so many years apart, I thought he was dead!"

Jun Xiao murmured.

One could clearly feel that with Jun Xiao's words, an aura within the heaven and earth of the Nine Nether Purgurgy suddenly became somewhat unstable.

It seemed as if it were about to erupt in fury.

Jun Xiao paid it no mind, leading Su Yu as he slowly stepped into the heaven and earth of the Nine Nether Purgatory.

The moment they entered.

Su Yu felt an icy aura rush toward his face.

That cold was as if it could freeze space itself.

Even Su Yu couldn't help but shiver.

The Fourth Nether King smiled lightly from the side, "The heaven and earth of our Nine Nether Purgatory is inherently bone-chilling. All of this is built upon the Nine Nether Pool."

"Compared to here, the cold of the Nine Nether Pool is hundreds of times greater — it's not so easy to endure!"

The Fourth Nether King seemed to be pointing at something.

Su Yu smiled lightly, and within his body, a violent cultivation base erupted in an instant.

His cultivation at the peak of the Venerable Realm surged forth in a flash.

Behind him, the phantom of a black hole and the phantom of a war blade slowly materialized.

"Both physical body and cultivation at the peak of the Venerable Realm!"

The Fourth Nether King looked at the phantoms behind Su Yu, his pupils shrinking slightly.

Although a Venerable Realm cultivation was nothing to a Saint like him.

But don't forget.

The last time he saw Su Yu, he was only at the mid Venerable Realm.

Even if he later broke through to the late Venerable Realm in the God-Hunting Space.

Only a single month had passed since then.

To raise his cultivation to such a level in so short a time.

One had to admit, Su Yu's talent was truly somewhat terrifying.

Even Wu Ling'er couldn't compare.

Never mind that Wu Ling'er now also had a cultivation at the peak of the Venerable Realm — that was because Wu Ling'er had been cultivating in the Nine Nether Purgatory the entire time since arriving here from the Myriad Races Continent.

Her resources were already far superior to other geniuses, and she also had the guidance of a Nether King.

Her cultivation speed was not something ordinary people could match.

But Su Yu...

He had walked step by step from the Four Great Domains to reach this point.

When it came to talent, Wu Ling'er truly couldn't compare to Su Yu.

As Su Yu revealed his cultivation, gaze after gaze turned toward him from all around.

Within those gazes there was shock, there was alarm, there was jealousy, and more than anything, displeasure.

Su Yu sensed these gazes but paid them no mind.

As Jun Xiao had said, this time he represented the Blade-Wielding Court.

He couldn't lose face!

Since that was the case...

Then he would enter the Nine Nether Pool in the most high-profile manner possible.

At the same time.

In a valley within the Nine Nether heaven and earth.

Inside the valley, there was a pitch-black pool of water.

From the pool, a bone-chilling aura wafted forth from time to time.

And at the entrance to the pool waters, figures stood quietly in place.

You Shaoqing was conspicuously the one at the forefront.

Beside You Shaoqing, naturally, were Wu Ling'er and Tang Nian Bing.

You Shaoqing looked at Wu Ling'er beside him, who kept gazing into the distance, and couldn't help pressing a hand to his forehead as he said softly.

"Ling Er, when Su Yu arrives later, you absolutely must not go easy on him. After all, this concerns the reputation of our Nine Nether Purgatory. If because you went easy on him, Su Yu managed to walk right in..."

"Then your sin would be enormous."

Wu Ling'er glanced at You Shaoqing and said coldly, "I know what I'm doing!"

Although the relationship between Su Yu and Wu Ling'er was ambiguous, Wu Ling'er was ultimately still a member of Nine Nether Purgatory, and the Nine Nether Pool was not somewhere outsiders could enter.

Even if the King of the Underworld agreed, one still had to pass through certain obstacles before truly entering it.

Swish!

A figure appeared before everyone.

"Greetings, Sect King Yama!"

"Greetings, Teacher!"

The disciples of Nine Nether Purgatory all bowed toward the figure before them.

This person was conspicuously Zong Ming, who had previously hidden among the Immortal Clan.

At this moment, Zong Ming also possessed cultivation at the peak of the Emperor Realm.

Zong Ming glanced at the disciples of Nine Nether Purgatory and waved his hand. "Alright, disperse. The King of the Underworld and the others asked me to take charge here!"

Everyone was instantly slightly startled.

You Shaoqing looked at Zong Ming in even greater shock. "King Yama, you came personally? That Su Yu is merely at the Venerable Realm. With all of us here, could it be we still can't suppress him?"

Zong Ming gave a bitter smile. "Su Yu has already entered. In just one short month, he has already broken through to the peak of the Venerable Realm. With his strength, I'm afraid you all still aren't enough. To be safe, the King of the Underworld and the others still had me step forward."

Instantly, the sound of sharp intakes of breath came from the entire entrance.

Peak of the Venerable Realm!

One must know that among all the disciples of Nine Nether Purgatory right now, only two possessed cultivation at the peak of the Venerable Realm.

One was You Shaoqing, and the other was Wu Ling'er.

Back then, when Su Yu was only at the mid Venerable Realm, he was already able to slay Feng Lingzi, who was at the half-step Emperor Realm.

And now he had broken through to the peak of the Venerable Realm.

You Shaoqing couldn't help but shiver and stepped aside from his position.

The other disciples also one after another yielded the entrance position to Zong Ming.

Wu Ling'er's eyes, meanwhile, flickered with a gaze of admiration.

"As expected of Brother Su Yu!"

Wu Ling'er's gaze slowly looked out into the distance, watching ahead and quietly waiting.

Su Yu and Jun Xiao, along with the Fourth King of the Underworld, strolled above the void.

Behind Su Yu, two phantoms formed from laws occasionally surged with a powerful aura, as if declaring something.

The Fourth King of the Underworld's face twitched slightly, wanting to say something, but in the end, he gave up.

Jun Xiao, on the other hand, wore a faint smile, it was unclear what he was thinking.

Riiiip!

The void was torn apart by a powerful force, and immediately after, a pale-faced middle-aged man appeared before the three of them.

An aura surged from the middle-aged man's body that was not the slightest bit weaker than Jun Xiao's.

"Third Brother!"

The Fourth King of the Underworld gave a slight bow toward the middle-aged man before him.

This person was conspicuously the Third King of the Underworld of Nine Nether Purgatory.

The middle-aged man nodded, his gaze falling upon Su Yu behind Jun Xiao.

"Truly worthy of being a disciple of the Azure Dragon Sage. At such a young age, you already possess cultivation at the peak of the Venerable Realm. If given some time, your future will be limitless!"

The Third King of the Underworld couldn't help but remark.

Su Yu, neither humble nor arrogant, gave a slight bow of acknowledgment.

"However, to enter the Nine Nether Pool of Nine Nether Purgatory, even those of us who are Kings of the Underworld cannot arbitrarily grant permission. Little friend, you still need to pass the test of our Nine Nether Purgatory's rules. I wonder if little friend can accept this?"

The Third King of the Underworld spoke indifferently.

His gaze bore straight into Su Yu.

As long as Su Yu did not accept, then... Su Yu would not need to enter the Nine Nether Pool.

But once he accepted, if he again could not pass the test, then likewise there would be no need to enter.

This was Nine Nether Purgatory's naked open scheme.

Facing the Third King of the Underworld's gaze, Su Yu spoke calmly.

"Everything shall be done according to the rules of Nine Nether Purgatory!"

"Very well!"

The Third King of the Underworld smiled faintly and waved his large hand. Instantly, everyone arrived upon a small path in a mountain valley.

On both sides of the path, densely packed disciples of Nine Nether Purgatory stood atop the valley walls, looking down from above at everyone.

And at the deepest end of the narrow winding path, a hunched figure stood there, quietly waiting.

"The rule for entering the Nine Nether Pool is... to successfully enter the valley under the pressure of King Yama!"

The Third King of the Underworld's voice slowly rang out.