Chapter 501: Netherworld Blade

Hua Changxi walked with ease, leisurely shuttling through the winding and deep streets of the Ghost Realm Fortress.

At this moment, there was no ghost fire lingering around her, but she was no longer afraid of her identity being exposed.

There was no other reason; she had discovered another mystery of the "Follow-the-Heart" mask and magic robe—just embed Nether Stones into the folding array slots on the edge of the mask, and the mask and magic robe would begin to operate, emitting Netherworld energy, perfectly covering her human aura.

"Hum~"

Hua Changxi walked and stopped in the street market. Since she was here, she had to have a good look around, and by the way, collect some specialties of the Ghost Realm Fortress. It just so happened that she had obtained a batch of Nether Stones, so she wasn't short of money.

However, after shopping for only a few streets, when she stepped onto the main street leading to the center of the Ghost Realm Fortress, the vibration amplitude of the black broken blade in the Shennong Cauldron immediately intensified.

Since stepping into the Ghost Realm Fortress, the black broken blade had been vibrating constantly.

Near the North City Gate and in the Lady's Building, the vibration amplitude was not too intense, but as she shuttled through the streets, the vibration of the broken blade seemed to be controlled by an invisible force, fluctuating.

After changing directions several times, she finally found that as long as she moved towards the central area of the Ghost Realm Fortress, the vibration amplitude of the broken blade would intensify, as if something was calling to it there.

Thinking of the bizarre and unfathomable nature of the black broken blade, Hua Changxi forcibly suppressed the restlessness in her heart to "find out the truth," did not move forward along the traction force, but restrained her mind and continued to linger in the bustling market as if nothing had happened.

"Hmm?"

Being in a foreign world, out of wariness for the environment, Hua Changxi had been secretly urging the Breaking Delusion Eye.

Suddenly, among the endless, deathly still figures of the Ghost Clan, a few fresh and surging blood-qi figures abruptly entered her line of sight.

Hua Changxi was undoubtedly surprised by this.

Wasn't it said that the deep Nine Nether was very dangerous and that the human race would not easily set foot there?

Earlier on the Ancient Huang Quan Path, she had encountered five humans by chance. She didn't expect that after entering the Ghost Realm Fortress, she would encounter human figures again.

Was it a coincidence?

Hua Changxi frowned slightly, pondering secretly, and her gaze subconsciously turned to those dozen or so human practitioners again.

However, at this glance, her eyes narrowed suddenly, and a trace of astonishment and gravity flashed in the depths of her eyes.

Black flames!

Those human practitioners all had black flames burning in their bodies, and the flames were vigorous and deep, completely covering the heart of the Nascent Soul.

Hua Changxi had always attached great importance to the black flames, so after seeing those practitioners with black flames lit in their bodies, she immediately followed them.

Hmm?

Hua Changxi was astonished again; the direction those practitioners were heading was the same as the direction that triggered the black broken blade to intensify its vibration!

What was the background of those people?

What were they doing sneaking into the Ghost Realm Fortress?

The Ghost Realm Fortress, the heart of the Ghost Domain, the largest and most prosperous gathering city of the Ghost Clan—who would have thought that the center of this fortress was actually a piece of black cloud sea embedded on the ground.

The cloud sea churned endlessly, as if life was spitting out Netherworld turbid energy, and countless black whirlpools were densely packed within it, each like a bloody basin, exuding a bizarre aura that made one's scalp tingle.

After Hua Changxi followed the group of practitioners with black flames lit into the central area of the Ghost Realm Fortress, her gaze was instantly attracted by the black cloud sea.

The moment she saw the black cloud sea, Lady Chi Yan's memories immediately appeared in her mind—the black cloud sea was the entrance to the second layer of the Nine Nether territory!

For a moment, she suddenly understood in her heart.

No wonder the closer the black broken blade got to this place, the more intense the vibration became.

According to Lady Chi Yan's memories, this broken blade was suspected to be a Netherworld artifact called the "Netherworld Blade," which was rumored to be the weapon of the Netherworld ancestor Luo Xiu.

After Luo Xiu died, the Netherworld Blade went missing.

In the long years of the ancient times, whether it was the Ghost Venerable, Demon Venerable, or the powerful Reincarnation Hall and Youdu City, they had all searched for the whereabouts of the Netherworld Blade at any cost, but unfortunately, they had never discovered its trace.

The Netherworld Blade was refined from the Netherworld Marrow in the ninth layer of the Nine Nether territory.

And the Netherworld Marrow was the core source of the Nine Nether, containing boundless power sufficient to shake the Nine Nether.

The reason Hua Changxi was able to quickly kill Lady Chi Yan at the beginning was because Lady Chi Yan sensed the aura of the Nine Nether source on the broken blade. That moment of astonishment and hesitation gave Hua Changxi an opportunity.

The black broken blade had successively swallowed the Ghost Yin Wood, Lady Bian Hua's avatar, Lady Chi Yan...

Hua Changxi thought that although these three belonged to different tribes, the broken blade didn't refuse anyone and swallowed them all clean, but the three also had a common point, that is, they all used Netherworld energy as cultivation energy.

From this point of view, what this broken blade truly craved was all existence containing the Netherworld source.

In the Nine Nether, Netherworld energy increases with depth. The concentration of Netherworld energy in the second layer of the territory far exceeds that of the first layer. For the broken blade, that place was undoubtedly a more tempting "food."

No wonder the closer it got to the cloud sea, the more intense the vibration became—that was the craving from the source, the "food" calling.

As for those human practitioners...

Hua Changxi's gaze turned to the human practitioners, but she saw that those practitioners actually had expressions of near intoxication on their faces, as if they were in some kind of extreme enjoyment, and her brows subconsciously frowned.

"The Nine Nether is indeed a cultivation paradise for the disciples of the Asura Gate."

Hua Changxi approached quietly and happened to catch the whisper of one of them.

Asura Gate!

These three words exploded in Hua Changxi's mind like a thunderclap, and her eyes suddenly became sharp and cold.

The black flames in her body were lit because of people from the Asura Gate. Before, in order to solve the problem of the black flames, she had always wanted to find the Asura Gate.

Unfortunately, she had never discovered their trace.

She didn't expect that she would encounter them in the Ghost Realm Fortress.

As the entrance to the second layer of the Nine Nether, the black cloud sea side was even more crowded than the bustling streets, with a large number of Ghost Clan members approaching, all of whom were adventurers who wanted to go to the second layer of the territory to improve their strength and seek opportunities.

Therefore, one cannot linger around the black cloud sea.

Hua Changxi had just approached those few Asura Gate disciples when they jumped into the black cloud sea, and then were quickly swallowed by the whirlpool, disappearing from her line of sight.

"Jump or not, if you don't jump, get out of the way."

Just as Hua Changxi was examining the black cloud sea and the whirlpools inside, the Ghost Clan behind her began to urge.

Hua Changxi glanced at that Ghost Clan member, ignored him, and continued to explore.

The black cloud sea was naturally condensed from ghost energy, but as it surged, there was turbid energy even thicker than the first layer of the Nine Nether, carrying a coldness that corroded the spirit, gushing out from the whirlpools.

After hesitating for a moment, Hua Changxi still jumped down.

For one thing, she wanted to see the second layer of the Nine Nether territory.

For another, she wanted to continue tracking those few Asura Gate disciples; she always felt that their reason for coming to the Ghost Realm Fortress was not simple. ===== CHAPTER 502 =====