Chapter 648: Half a Step to the Emperor Realm!

Along with the disappearance of the two Underworld Kings.

Above the entire valley, sounds of sharp gasps rang out.

"Hiss—!"

"He actually withstood Lord King Yama's pressure — this Su Yu is simply terrifying!"

"Yeah, is this guy really of the Human Race? Could he not be a giant dragon wearing human skin?"

"Such a powerful physical body — how on earth did he achieve it?"

A crowd of Nine Nether Purgatory disciples stared eagerly at Su Yu as he walked into the Nine Nether Pool, their faces showing shock as well as envy.

One must know, that was the Nine Nether Pool.

A place where many disciples of Nine Nether Purgatory had never even entered.

But once they thought about how Su Yu had walked in while forcibly bearing Zong Ming's pressure —

The crowd no longer showed any jealousy.

Instead, they were thoroughly won over by Su Yu.

Wu Ling'er watched Su Yu walk in, a brilliant smile appearing on her face.

"As expected of Brother Su Yu!"

Tang Nian Bing stood beside Wu Ling'er, a rare smile also appearing on her face.

Nearby, You Shaoqing looked at the two and could not help but sigh.

"It's over — the Nether Woman of our Nine Nether Purgatory is no longer cold!"

At the valley's entrance, Zong Ming also watched Su Yu's retreating figure with a complicated expression, then finally sighed, shook his head, and vanished into the valley.

Su Yu walked into the valley; the moment he stepped in, he felt the temperature of the entire world between heaven and earth become extremely cold.

Before his eyes, wisps of mist filled the air in front of Su Yu.

Fortunately, this mist was merely caused by ordinary energy dissipating outward.

Su Yu only needed to spread out his soul power to easily see the situation ahead clearly.

In front of Su Yu lay an extremely vast expanse of pitch-black pool water.

From within the pool water, extremely rich energy fluctuations radiated forth.

Su Yu slowly walked over and stood beside the pool, gazing down at the water below.

"Is this the Nine Nether Pool of Nine Nether Purgatory?"

Su Yu felt a slight stir of excitement in his heart.

Merely standing beside the Nine Nether Pool, Su Yu could feel that his accumulated cultivation base, which had settled within his body, actually began to bubble up little by little.

One must know, ever since Su Yu stepped into the peak of the Venerable Realm, no amount of Law power could make his cultivation base bubble up anymore.

Unless he used a divine stone.

That is, a stone containing the power of the stars.

And now, it had actually begun to bubble up.

"As expected of the foundation of Nine Nether Purgatory — I just wonder if this Nine Nether Pool can help me step into the Emperor Realm!"

Su Yu's gaze focused slightly.

Right now, Su Yu urgently needed strength.

After all, once he left Nine Nether Purgatory, he would be heading to the Holy Temple with the Azure Dragon.

Given the Holy Temple's current situation, it was undoubtedly a Hongmen banquet.

Even with his teacher by his side, the Azure Dragon Sage was ultimately only one person.

If someone in the Holy Temple had truly stepped into the Divine Realm, then his teacher probably would not be able to look after him.

And he himself would need even greater strength.

Su Yu took a deep breath and dove straight into the Nine Nether Pool.

At the same time.

Inside a great hall within Nine Nether Purgatory.

The Third Underworld King, the Fourth Underworld King, Jun Xiao, and a child-like figure quietly watched the light screen before them.

Within the light screen was none other than the Nine Nether Pool where Su Yu was located.

"Who knows how much energy this Su Yu can absorb — this is really such a pain in the ass!"

The Third Underworld King watched the light screen before him with a face full of heartache.

At this time, the child also slowly spoke — appearing to be a child, yet his voice was extremely aged.

"No matter how much he absorbs, it is ultimately something our Nine Nether Purgatory agreed to. Using a peak Emperor Realm expert to test Su Yu is already what our Nine Nether Purgatory has done."

When the child spoke, the Third Underworld King and the Fourth Underworld King did not refute.

Only because the identity of the child before them was extremely extraordinary.

The Second Underworld King of Nine Nether Purgatory!

At the same time, also an expert of the Eighth Heaven!

Jun Xiao smiled slightly and said to the Second Underworld King, "The Second Underworld King is so much better — unlike some people, using a little bit of something is truly like having his life taken away!"

"Jun Xiao!"

The Third Underworld King instantly exploded.

How was this any different from reading out his ID number?

"Enough!"

The Second Underworld King spoke slowly, his gaze fixed directly on Su Yu.

"The Nine Nether Pool is not somewhere one can stay for as long as one wishes. If Su Yu can stay in the Nine Nether Pool for more than a month, our Nine Nether Purgatory would not mind maintaining eternal friendship with the Blade-Wielding Court!"

Once these words were spoken, Jun Xiao was somewhat surprised.

Eternal friendship?

Since when did the people of the Nine Nether Purgatory become so magnanimous?

"Jun Xiao, what are you thinking? To stay in the Nine Nether Pool for a month with Venerable Realm cultivation, apart from the founder of our Nine Nether Purgatory, no one has ever been able to do it!"

The Third Nether King said disdainfully.

"Even your Second Court Lord, back then, only managed to stay for half a month!"

Jun Xiao understood — so this feat was simply impossible to accomplish.

The Nine Nether Purgatory had existed for an extremely ancient time, and its founder was a figure from the same era as the founder of the Blade-Wielding Court.

Just like the founder of the Blade-Wielding Court, back then, in order to seal the divine spirits, they left the Central Immortal Domain.

Jun Xiao couldn't help but glance at the Second Nether King, but the other party acted as though he hadn't noticed, watching the light screen before him on his own.

"Damn it, every one of them is a slick old fox!"

Jun Xiao cursed inwardly, and his gaze fell upon Su Yu.

"However..." Jun Xiao rubbed his chin. "This guy Su Yu, it seems like there's never been a time he didn't break a record!"

For a moment, Jun Xiao actually grew somewhat expectant.

After all... if they could form an eternal friendship with the Nine Nether Purgatory, for the Blade-Wielding Court, especially at this turbulent moment.

It would undoubtedly be the best alliance.

At the same time.

Inside the Nine Nether Pool.

Su Yu slowly stepped into the Nine Nether Pool.

Instantly, Su Yu felt a piercing cold.

It was like being in a freezing, snowy landscape, and the kind where you weren't wearing any clothes.

One should know that with Su Yu's current cultivation, even if he truly stood naked in a freezing, snowy landscape, he wouldn't feel any cold at all.

This showed just how low the temperature inside the Nine Nether Pool was.

Moreover, Su Yu also discovered that as time passed, the temperature inside the Nine Nether Pool was actually still continuously dropping.

A look of surprise flashed through Su Yu's eyes, but in the end, he still sat down cross-legged, circulated the Human Emperor Art, and began to slowly absorb the energy within the Nine Nether Pool.

The Human Emperor Art had also been raised by Su Yu to the Emperor Grade top-tier level, and the speed of absorbing energy had increased by who knows how much.

Rumble!!!

Accompanied by the sounding of rumbling booms.

All the energy in the entire Nine Nether Pool seemed to be drawn by some kind of pulling force.

Constantly surging into Su Yu's body.

And Su Yu's aura was also rising bit by bit.

As time passed, Su Yu had already stayed in the Nine Nether Pool for a week.

Just two days ago, the countless energy surging into Su Yu's body was already unable to let Su Yu's aura continue to rise.

This situation had persisted until now.

The time it takes to burn a stick of incense passed.

A faint blue radiance began to flicker on Su Yu's body.

The radiance was extremely dim, but in the pitch-black Nine Nether Pool, it appeared exceptionally dazzling.

"Oh!"

In the great hall, the Second Nether King looked at Su Yu in the light screen and let out an exclamation.

"To be about to advance to Half-Step Emperor Realm so quickly, worthy of being the disciple of the Azure Dragon Sage!"

Reaching the threshold of Half-Step Emperor Realm in seven days, even with the help of the Nine Nether Pool, such speed was still extremely fast.

Jun Xiao looked at the light screen before him and couldn't help but reveal a trace of a smile.

The stronger one's strength, the longer one could stay in the Nine Nether Pool.

Perhaps Su Yu really could stay in the Nine Nether Pool for a month.

Everyone watched the light screen, quietly waiting.

Another few days passed.

The blue radiance on Su Yu's body grew more and more abundant, as if there were stars orbiting within Su Yu's body.

And Su Yu's body seemed to have transformed into a universe.

A powerful aura suddenly erupted from within Su Yu's body.

Rumble!!!

Within Su Yu's body, a series of booms resounded, as if the heaven and earth furnace was burning.

Surging fluctuations shot up into the sky.

A deep blue radiance burst forth from within Su Yu's body.

It was... the power of stars!

It was just that the power of stars within Su Yu's body was still extremely faint, and compared to a true Emperor Realm expert, the gap was still quite significant.

But... from this moment on, Su Yu had already stepped into the Half-Step Emperor Realm cultivation.

He only needed the power of stars within his body to accumulate to a certain level, and he would be able to naturally step into the Emperor Realm!

"Hiss, stepping into Half-Step Emperor Realm in less than ten days, this talent is too terrifying."

The Third Nether King looked at the power of stars on Su Yu's body and couldn't help but inhale sharply.

"This child's future — sainthood is within reach!"

The Second King of the Underworld spoke indifferently.

Everyone nodded one after another, and Jun Xiao was even more beaming with a radiant smile.

But right at this moment, everyone's expressions slightly froze.

They stared fixedly at the light screen.

They saw that from Su Yu's pocket, a tiny azure dragon poked its head out, looking around with mischievous cunning.

After sensing the rich energy fluctuations, the little azure dragon leapt out, its body growing larger.

It began swimming in the Nine Underworld Pool.

Its face even revealed a satisfied expression.

Seeing this scene, the Third King of the Underworld's face instantly darkened, and immediately after, he let out an earth-shattering roar.

"Jun Xiao!"

"Give me an explanation, damn it!"

The voice was like a thunderclap, and the entire great hall trembled slightly because of this sound.

PS: Cough cough cough, it's the New Year after all, so there are a lot of things to do. I'll update one chapter first, and the remaining two chapters will be updated a bit later, hehe. You all wouldn't scold me, right? After all, I'm being this sincere!