Chapter 502: Law of the Jungle

Hua Changxi jumped into the black cloud sea and was swallowed by the whirlpool in an instant.

The expected danger did not come, only a rapid fall like weightlessness, as if being carried by an invisible force and falling into an abyss.

Except for the powerlessness and unknown of not seeing the sky above and not touching the ground below, there was nothing else.

The cold wind whistled in her ears, piercing through her clothes and straight into her bone marrow.

After falling in the darkness for an unknown amount of time, a solid touch suddenly came from the soles of her feet—she had landed.

Hua Changxi stood firm, but what she saw was still a piece of grey darkness that couldn't be melted, as if even the light was swallowed by this world.

"Hu~"

Hua Changxi took out the white bone lantern, and the next moment, the ghost fire ignited.

Through the oil-green ghost fire, the surrounding scene finally revealed some rough outlines.

Jagged rocks were like crouching giant beasts, and in the distance, the distorted silhouettes of withered trees could be vaguely seen, and the air was filled with a mixture of decay and dampness.

Obviously, the second layer of the Nine Nether territory was even dimmer and more oppressive than the first.

In the first layer, although the line of sight was blocked, there was still hazy light to distinguish the direction, not to the point of being completely blind.

And here, without this ghost fire for illumination, I'm afraid it would be difficult to move an inch.

Of course, one could also explore the surroundings through divine sense, but doing so would consume too much divine sense. She hadn't opened her Spirit Platform, and her divine sense was weaker than others. Walking in the Nine Nether, if she could not consume divine sense, it was best not to.

"Peng~"

"Peng~"

The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground sounded, and Hua Changxi was instantly alert, guessing that it should be other Ghost Clan members who had fallen into the second layer of the Nine Nether.

Sure enough, before long, the figures of several Ghost Clan members appeared in her line of sight.

Looking at the white bone lantern in Hua Changxi's hand, those Ghost Clan members hesitated for a while, did not approach, but ran towards the direction where other Ghost Clan members had landed.

Then, it was slaughter.

Weak Ghost Clan members were directly killed and swallowed by powerful Ghost Clan members.

Hua Changxi watched expressionlessly, then turned and left.

Along the way, as long as the Ghost Clan didn't provoke her, she turned a blind eye to them.

Hua Changxi carried the white bone lantern and explored everywhere. She was still thinking about those few Asura Gate disciples, but unfortunately, she didn't find their trace.

The Nine Nether is different from the human world.

The land of the human world is divided into five continents by vast sea areas, while the territory of the Nine Nether is integrated and connected in one piece.

Because of this, the vastness of the Nine Nether is far beyond imagination. Even just a ghost domain is vast enough to be staggering.

In the first layer of the Nine Nether territory, Hua Changxi couldn't figure out the direction, let alone in the dimmer second layer of the Nine Nether territory.

Fortunately, she had the black broken blade.

Because there was no clear destination, Hua Changxi simply took the guidance of the broken blade as the direction and moved forward in the direction where its vibration was most intense.

After traveling in the grey darkness for an unknown amount of time, a blurred outline of a mountain range gradually appeared in the distance.

The mountain range was undulating, like a sleeping giant dragon, lying between heaven and earth.

What was even more eye-catching was that on the mountain range, ghost lamps shaped like long dragons were hanging high, the lamp fire oil-green, flickering in the darkness, indicating that this mountain range had an owner and was guarded by a powerful existence.

Seeing the light ahead, Hua Changxi could see things, so she extinguished the white bone lantern in her hand and learned the appearance of ordinary Ghost Clan members, slowly approaching the mountain range.

When she got closer, she saw that the mountain range was actually a Nether Stone mine.

The mineral vein was exposed, emitting a faint ghost light, and the air was filled with a rich Netherworld energy.

Below the mountain range, ghost shadows were dense, and countless Ghost Clan members were densely gathered together, like a moving black tide.

Some of them talked in low voices, their voices hoarse and unpleasant, like sandpaper rubbing; others remained silent, just staring fixedly at the direction of the mineral vein with those scarlet or oil-green eyes, their eyes full of greed and longing.

At first, Hua Changxi thought these Ghost Clan members were here to mine. After all, Nether Stones were the most important resource for the various tribes of the Nine Nether, and they were inseparable from cultivation or forging weapons.

But soon, she found she was wrong.

An oppressive aura filled the air, as if a storm could break out at any time.

Those Ghost Clan members were not here to mine at all, they were clearly here to rob the mine!

"This is the territory of Ghost Commander Soul Hunt, get out!"

In mid-air, several Ghost Lieutenant realm Ghost Clan members stood in the air, ghost energy churning around them, their voices exploding like thunder, carrying rolling pressure, trying to drink back the ghost crowd gathered at the foot of the mountain.

However, the response they got was not retreat, but even more intense killing intent.

In the ghost tide under the mountain range, several figures also rushed into the sky, their auras no weaker than the former.

The two sides confronted each other in mid-air, and the ghost energy collided.

The next second, the battle broke out suddenly.

The Ghost Lieutenant realm powerhouses were the first to fight, ghost claws tore through the void, ghost energy churned, and every collision shook the mountain rocks and cracked them.

Once they started fighting, the ghost crowd below also completely lost control.

High-level against high-level, low-level against low-level, countless Ghost Clan members entangled together, tearing and biting each other, without mercy.

Oil-green ghost fire jumped in the darkness, like the lamp fire of hell, illuminating every ferocious face.

For a time, the sound of killing shook the sky under the mountain range, and ghost energy overflowed.

The weak were torn apart and swallowed by the strong, while the ghost bodies of the victors became more solid, and their strength quietly improved in the plunder.

Hua Changxi stood in the distance, watching this scene quietly.

In the Nine Nether, competing for territory is much more direct than in the human world. As long as you have the strength, even if it is something that has an owner, you can rob it.

Although she had long known that this was the survival law of the Nine Nether—the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest. Here, there is no pity, no mercy, only endless slaughter and plunder.

But she was still a bit uncomfortable.

A group of Ghost Clan members ran past her, and Hua Changxi bent down to pick up a Nether Stone they dropped.

It was a medium-grade Nether Stone!

The nine layers of the Nine Nether territory, because of the different concentrations of Netherworld energy, resulted in the first layer of the Nine Nether territory only being able to condense low-grade Nether Stone mines, and only in the second layer of the Nine Nether could medium-grade Nether Stone mines be condensed.

The lower one goes, the higher the grade of the condensed Nether Stones.

Obviously, the mountain range in the distance was a medium-grade Nether Stone mine.

Looking at the Nether Stone mine in the distance, Hua Changxi suddenly remembered that Lady Chi Yan also had her own territory, from the first layer to the fifth layer, all of which were managed by subordinates. The only ones she personally sat in were Ghost Nightmare Village in the first layer and Soul Nightmare Valley in the fifth layer.

Thinking of the Soul-Nourishing Wood, Soul-Attracting Insects, and Soul-Continuing Flowers growing in Soul Nightmare Valley, Hua Changxi became a bit restless.

The fifth layer of the Nine Nether can only be set foot by Ghost Clan members in the Ghost Commander realm. Ghost Clan members lower than the Ghost Commander realm entering it will die directly.

With her strength, it was enough to deal with Ghost Commander realm Ghost Clan members, and she should be able to withstand the Netherworld energy of the fifth layer of the Nine Nether.

"Why not go down and have a look?" Anyway, she was already here! ===== CHAPTER 503 =====

"How about we go down and take a look?" Anyway, since we're already here!