Long Chen extended both hands and tapped the back of Meng Qi and Chu Yao's heads. Meng Qi and Chu Yao also extended their hands and placed their hands on the backs of Tang Wan'er, Ye Zhiqiu, Liu Ruyan, and Dong Mingyu.
Dongming Yu and the other four reached out their hands, tapping the back of Gu Yang, Xia Chen, Guo Ran's heads—one to two, two to four—connecting them all.
Even Xiaoyun and Liu Ruyan had entered. Because they had broken through to the Tongming Realm, their primordial spirits needed to enter the Netherworld independently.
Because everyone was at the same cultivation level, they couldn't lead people into the Underworld like the old man did before.
Except for Aman, everyone in the Dragonblood Legion came, because Aman wasn't following the cultivation path—his advancement didn't have a realm.
Liu Ruyan, also a beings from another world, must pass through the shackles of the Underworld to enter a higher realm, which also signifies that Aman is different from everyone else.
"Buzz"—
everyone's brows lit up, and one glowing little figure after another appeared—these were their primordial spirits.
Everyone's primordial spirits lit up, and soul chains tightly bound them together. All their primordial spirit power surged toward Long Chen.
Long Chen's primordial spirit roared and exploded. Even with his strength, linking so many primordial spirits together still felt extremely difficult.
To outsiders, Long Chen's action seemed like a wild fantasy. If even one of these people harbored ill intentions and launched a primordial spirit attack, it could kill Long Chen in an instant—and take the lives of everyone as well.
Although some people would join in the attempt to break through to the Tongming Realm, besides absolute mutual trust, the harmony of their primordial spirits was also required; otherwise, as the main body, they would inevitably endure terrifying pressure.
But even if they charged together, it would never exceed five people. For all the Dragon Blood Warriors to charge together like Long Chen was insane.
However, Long Chen clearly underestimated its difficulty. Even though the Dragonblood Warriors had achieved absolute tacit cooperation among themselves, the pressure on Long Chen was very weak.
But with so many primordial spirits connected to him, he still felt immense pressure. Fortunately, his primordial spirit was strong enough; if it were someone else, his primordial spirit would have been crushed instantly.
"Get ready, let's go."
Long Chen formed seals with his primordial spirit, the space trembled slightly, and in an instant, all the dragonblood warriors' souls were enveloped by the power of death.
Impacting Tongming means the primordial spirit is pushed to the extreme of death. At the moment of death, the laws of the Heavenly Dao change, opening an alternate dimension.
To put it plainly, breaking through the Mingming is a form of suicide, so if you attempt to break through the Mingming without comprehending the Way of Life and Death, you truly die.
Only by comprehending the Way of Life and Death and truly touching the barrier can one seize that sliver of chance at the moment of death and enter the underworld.
Long Chen and the others' primordial spirits vanished, their bodies collapsing to the ground, with no sign of life left, leaving only shells behind.
Darkness, endless darkness, sinking into endless darkness, unable to feel time, unable to feel space, only coldness can be felt.
"Whew."
At some point, a portal appeared in the endless darkness. When that portal appeared, Long Chen and the others finally felt their presence.
"We're not really dead, are we?" Guo Ran looked at his own body, clenched his fist, and a strange expression appeared on his face as he spoke.
His body was clearly left in the Sky Realm, but now he realized this body was his—his clothes hadn't changed, even the texture of his skin was perfectly matched, and he couldn't sense anything unusual.
But they remembered it clearly—their primordial spirits had already left their bodies, and everything before them was beyond their imagination.
"Then try it—can you find your star space?" If we could find it, that would be bad—maybe we really would be dead. Long Chen's expression also changed.
As soon as Long Chen finished speaking, everyone immediately communicated with the Star Space and found that it was still there. For a moment, everyone's faces were filled with shock.
"Hahaha..." Long Chen suddenly burst out laughing, and only then did everyone realize that Long Chen was deliberately trying to scare them.
Tang Wan'er angrily reached out to choke Long Chen, scolding, "At a time like this, you're still joking like this." "
Hehe, it's just a joke to lighten up the mood because everyone is too serious." Long Chen chuckled.
Only then did everyone feel at ease. Stepping out through the gate, they saw a misty world ahead, and the path beneath their feet was paved with ancient city bricks, stretching into the distance, with no end in sight.
Everyone curiously sized up the world. Gu Yang asked, "Boss, is this the Underworld?" It doesn't seem as terrifying as imagined. "
Here, mist swirls, and you can vaguely see some buildings ahead, but it's not as terrifying as the imagined dead zone."
"This is just the entrance. The terrifying part is yet to come... "
Boom"
Long Chen hadn't finished speaking when a huge portal split open in the void not far from them.
As soon as the portal opened, a massive figure slowly crawled out. The man was a hundred zhang tall, clad in animal hide, with incredibly strong arms and legs. As soon as he appeared, the terrifying power of his vital energy spread like raging waves in a raging sea.
"This is ... Who is this person? Everyone was shocked; that person's blood and energy were actually not much weaker than Aman's.
"Boom!"
The giant slipped in through the portal, glanced around, and upon seeing Long Chen and the others, snorted coldly, his eyes swept over the crowd, then strode straight ahead.
The sound of loud footsteps gradually faded into the distance until they finally disappeared. Everyone exchanged glances—was this also a challenge to the Tongming Realm?
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, not far away, the void split open, revealing a small portal, from which a rabbit jumped out.
"Rabbit... Son. Everyone's expressions were strange, their eyes fixed intently on the rabbit.
The rabbit was just over a foot long, snow-white all over, with ears standing high and upright. After entering, it glanced around, and when it saw Long Chen and the others, its figure suddenly flickered and disappeared.
"This ..."
The Dragonblood warriors were startled. The rabbit had run away, yet they couldn't even tell how it ran or which direction it was running.
"Rumble rumble... The
void trembled as another massive portal appeared. A ten-zhang tall Earthwalking Dragon appeared, covered in bone spikes that gleamed coldly. Atop its head grew a blood-red sharp horn, looking extremely fierce and its aura terrifying.
"Bang boom bang bang... The Earthwalker didn't even glance at Long Chen and the others, just walking forward.
"Whoosh."
Before the Earthwalker Dragon had gone far, a figure appeared. It was a tall, slender woman wearing a green long dress, very beautiful. However, on her forehead was a pair of tentacles, giving her a somewhat strange appearance.
"This beautiful girl dear girl, may I ask..."
Seeing the woman, Guo Ran immediately stepped forward to greet her. But just as he stepped forward, the two tentacles on her forehead flashed with light. Guo Ran immediately felt a powerful force strike him, as if he had been struck by a wall and sent flying backward, nearly coughing up a mouthful of blood.
Guo Ran was furious and was about to confront the woman, only to find she had already disappeared.
"Don't get angry. I've already held back. You have to understand, this is the Underworld, surrounded by beings from other worlds. No one can be trusted except myself.
If you suddenly approach someone, of course they should be on guard—just knocking you away, not killing you outright, which shows that person is already kind enough. Long Chen said with a smile.
"I spoke kindly to her, fully expressing my goodwill. Doesn't her conscience hurt by what she did?" Guo Ran said unhappily as before.
"First, although she looks a lot like us, she's definitely not of our kind and doesn't understand what you're saying. Second ..." Long Chen suddenly looked troubled, looking as if he wanted to speak but held back.
"Second place? Boss, just say it." Guo Ran couldn't help but ask.
Mengqi glanced at Long Chen, then at Guo Ran, covering her mouth and laughing, "Long Chen is embarrassed to say, let me explain."
Second, your smile is too sleazy and your gaze is too lewd. The girl will definitely think you have ulterior motives.
The reason she knocked you away without killing you was partly because the girl was kind, and partly because there were too many of us, so she had reservations. "
No way, I think I'm pretty good, Gu Yang. Tell me the truth, does my smile really look like a bad guy?" Guo Ran said defiantly.
Gu Yang looked at Guo Ran seriously, making him grimace and shake his head: "You don't look like it at all. That smile of yours is totally a bad person." Everyone
burst out laughing. Long Chen waved his hand, knowing Guo Ran was doing it on purpose—this kid was just trying to make everyone laugh.
In fact, although everyone appeared calm on the surface, they were actually a bit nervous. This was the underworld—only half of the people who came here would return alive, which meant half would die here. This was the iron law of the underworld—how could anyone not be nervous?
"Alright, let's get to business. I've been here before and am quite familiar with it. Although the Underworld is terrifying, it's not as exaggerated as rumors outside. Soon, everyone will follow my lead. Let's go."
As Long Chen spoke, he led all the Dragonblood warriors forward, and soon a massive arch bridge appeared ahead.
On the arch bridge, a person dressed in strange clothing and holding chains patrolled back and forth. Suddenly, the chain in the man's hand pierced through the void, and a scream rang out as a figure was pierced by the chains, turning into a cloud of blue smoke.
The Dragonblood warriors were startled. Everything happened so fast—the man was hidden in the void, and they had no idea at all.
"That person isn't human, but a soul. These strange beings are the guards here, preventing those souls from entering our world.
As long as we don't attack these monsters, they won't attack us. Long Chen said.
The last time he came in with the old man, he had witnessed the terror of this strange man, and he had an illusion that this strange man was far stronger than the last time he came, which put immense pressure on him.
Everyone carefully moved forward, when suddenly a roar came from behind.