Chapter 524: Arrogant Words

What is the Nether Fire Match?!

Cang Ming seemed to have heard some huge joke; the surging baleful aura around him even stalled for a moment.

He stared fixedly at Hua Changxi, and laughed in extreme anger: "Do you think playing dumb can fool me?"

He had originally intended to directly kill this human in front of him and then take away all the supplies on her.

But the arrival of Yan Mo, shouting out this guy's identity, meant that the news of the Nether Fire Match being on her could no longer be hidden.

Now, even if he eventually obtained the Nether Fire Match, after leaving the Five Directions Great Array, he would become the target of covetous factions in the Nine Nether, facing a series of troubles.

"You, riding the Nether Deer, swaggering right under our noses, snatched the key to the Nine Nether Soul Realm—you must be pretty pleased with yourself, right?"

Hua Changxi raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

The key to the Nine Nether Soul Realm...

In Queen Chi Yan's memory, there was indeed no information related to the Nether Fire Match.

However, there was some information about the Nine Nether Soul Realm.

The Nine Nether Soul Realm is a secret realm born from the Soul River, famous for its abundant soul power, an excellent place for strengthening the soul and cultivating the spirit.

The key to the Nine Nether Soul Realm is condensed from the Nine Nether Origin, one key condensed every thousand years. Each key can open the Nine Nether Soul Realm nine times; once the times are used up, it will crumble and dissipate on its own.

"Only one key condensed every thousand years..."

No wonder the various powers of the Nine Nether fought so fiercely over it!

Cang Ming stared coldly at the silent Hua Changxi: "Hand over the Nether Fire Match and the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Soul Heart Fruit, and I will grant you an honorable death."

This time it was Hua Changxi's turn to seem as if she had heard a huge joke, and she directly laughed out loud: "Kill me? Do you think you have that ability?"

Upon hearing this, Cang Ming's face suddenly darkened.

Before he could speak, Hua Changxi preemptively said: "Cang Ming, I think you also don't want the Nether River Clan to change their crown prince, do you?"

"In the Five Directions Great Array, only one can survive in the end. I can responsibly tell you that with me here, you will absolutely not be that person." Hua Changxi's tone was firm and aggressive.

When these words were spoken, not only Cang Ming, but also the other onlookers outside the array all looked sideways at her.

Nine Nether powerhouses: "Arrogant!"

Human powerhouses: "Domineering!"

Hua Changxi ignored Cang Ming's ugly expression and continued to propose an idea that no one had ever thought of or dared to think of.

"How about this: you and I join forces to break this Five Directions Great Array, then you take the Nine Nether creatures, I take the human cultivators, and everyone lives to get out, how about it?"

Upon hearing this, both inside and outside the array erupted simultaneously.

Inside the array, the Nine Nether creatures and human cultivators who originally thought they would die were first stunned and shocked, then became excited because of the hope of survival.

Outside the array, whether Nine Nether powerhouses or human powerhouses, all felt that Hua Changxi was outrageously arrogant!

The Five Directions Great Array is a seventh-rank trapping array. Since its inception, there has never been a record of it being broken.

Legend has it that in ancient times, a Dao Lord was once trapped inside. In the end, he waited for the Nine Gates Auction to open again, and after the auction ended, he killed all those trapped, and then escaped as the "last living person" inside the array.

Although the various powerhouses could not probe Hua Changxi's cultivation level, based on the fact that the Nine Nether's spiritual energy recovery was one step ahead of the human world, even if she were a peerless genius of the human race, her highest cultivation realm would be the Spirit Condensation Realm.

The reason is that the Nine Nether has not yet produced a Royal Realm (the human world's Departing Soul Realm), so the human world would be even less likely to have a powerhouse at a higher realm.

With such strength, how could she break the Five Directions Great Array that even a Dao Lord could not break!

Even Wei Zhenjie felt that Hua Changxi was somewhat "speaking arrogantly."

"Heh~"

Cang Ming let out a sneer.

Hua Changxi saw this and frowned: "What are you laughing at?"

Cang Ming thought he had seen through Hua Changxi's intention—she wanted to protect the human cultivators within the array!

But he deliberately wanted her to watch with her own eyes as those human cultivators died one by one before her, grinding her hope into dust.

Cang Ming suddenly looked at the Nine Nether creatures and shouted coldly: "What are you waiting for? Aren't the souls of human cultivators tempting? Go, kill all the humans, not a single one left."

Uh...

Because of Hua Changxi's previous "bold claim—let's all get out alive together," the Nine Nether beings did not immediately obey Cangming's command.

The trapped Nine Nether experts like Guiche remained motionless, watching coldly from the sidelines.

No matter what—as long as Cangming was there, even if they won the group battle against the humans, they would not be the ones to get out alive.

That was exactly why, during the battle between Cangming and Hua Changxi, the Nine Nether beings did not immediately attack the human cultivators, choosing instead to observe.

Whether Cangming was injured or not affected the tactics of Guiche and the other Nine Nether experts.

Seeing the Nine Nether beings not moving, Cangming was so angry he wanted to stomp his feet.

"Idiots!"

"How could you be foolish enough to believe the words of a human?"

"Ming River clan, heed my command: immediately slaughter the human cultivators, leave not a single one alive! Anyone who disobeys will have their soul scattered to the winds!"

The beings of the Ming River clan, under the long-standing authority of Cangming, did not dare to defy him in the slightest. They let out a roar and charged toward the human cultivators.

With them taking the lead, the other Nine Nether beings, after a brief hesitation, surged like sharks drawn to the scent of blood, swarming toward the human cultivators.

After all, the souls of human cultivators were truly fragrant—even a good meal before death was better than nothing.

The group battle between the Nine Nether and the mortal realm erupted in an instant!

In that moment, earth-shaking war cries tore through the sky, as dazzling spiritual power and filthy noxious energy violently clashed and annihilated each other.

The roar of explosions, the sharp shriek of magic treasures, and the dying wails mingled together, turning this realm into a blood-soaked Shura battlefield.

Standing at the edge of the soul domain, Hua Changxi watched the tragic scene before her. The purple light in her eyes grew increasingly eerie, and something began to quietly sprout in her heart.

Cangming watched the massacre, a cruel and smug smirk curling at the corner of his mouth.

Especially seeing Hua Changxi's grim expression, his smugness only grew.

This was exactly the effect he wanted.

When it came to the instinct for slaughter, the Nine Nether beings far surpassed mortal human cultivators.

At first, Guiche and the other Nine Nether experts did not join the battlefield, but as the Nine Nether beings began to suppress the human cultivators, they made their move.

Guiche, Mo Xiao, joined the battlefield and immediately reverted to his nine-headed demon form.

All nine heads shrieked in unison, and a wave of invisible soul power swept out. Wherever it passed, the souls of human cultivators suffered a heavy blow, and a huge swath of them fell instantly.

Afterward, with every dive Guiche made, all nine heads struck together, each time devouring nine human cultivators.

Those nine heads were like nine bottomless pits, greedily swallowing everything, emitting bone-chilling chewing sounds.

Just as Guiche rushed toward a defensive formation jointly maintained by dozens of people, Hua Changxi shot out of the soul domain with a "whoosh."

The moment she left, the soul domain lost its soul power supply. Cangming, who had been lying in wait, saw the fierce light in his eyes blaze up, and he drove the Ming River waters with all his might.

"Boom~"

The Ming River waters turned into towering waves, fiercely slamming against the boundary wall of the soul domain.

The giant waves struck the soul barrier with a deafening roar. The barrier shook violently, and cracks like spiderwebs spread across its surface.

"Boom~"

As the third wave of Ming River tidal surges struck the soul barrier, the soul domain collapsed with a roar, dissolving into countless specks of light that scattered into the air.