"Boss, did I hear that right?"
Xia Chen could hardly believe his ears. He had heard the legend of the Demon Eye, and once caught up in it, there would be no return.
Others would have seen the Demon Eye and couldn't even escape, yet Long Chen actually let him pilot the warship to take a look.
"Go ahead, it's fine." Long Chen said.
Last time, when he crossed Ziyan Heaven from Ming Hao Heaven, Long Chen encountered the Demon Eye. At that time, everyone on their ship was treated as a sacrifice by Longteng Trading Company and given to the Demon Eye.
It was also during that time that Long Chen met the siblings Bai Fang and Bai Rui. These two men with tragic backgrounds depended on each other, but were outwitted by Longteng Trading Company and ultimately died at their hands.
Long Chen had always been resentful about this incident, filled with guilt, and at the same time, harbored deep resentment toward Longteng Trading Company.
Seeing the Demon's Eye again, he remembered that sacrificial incident. Now, with the Qiankun Cauldron in hand, his strength far surpassed that of before, so Long Chen wanted to go see for himself.
Seeing Long Chen say this, Xia Chen had no choice but to grit his teeth and approach the massive vortex.
When they got close enough to the vortex, they were directly pulled along. The immense suction caused the space to roar and explode, with fierce winds and lightning clashing.
Everyone felt as if they were in a purgatory, an evil aura howling in, sending chills down one's spine and making hair stand on end.
As they approached the center of the vortex, fierce winds howled, seemingly threatening to crush the warship. Xia Chen hurriedly boosted the battleship's defenses to the maximum.
Yu Qingxuan stood beside Long Chen, her face a bit pale. Clearly, she was a bit afraid. Long Chen looked at Yu Qingxuan and smiled slightly, saying, "
Don't worry, with me here, nothing will happen. I came here just to figure out one thing."
"Buzz"—
the howling wind vanished along with lightning and thunder, and the whole world fell silent. The flying boat Xia Chen was on slowly descended.
Only then did everyone realize they were already at the very center of the Demon Eye—a vortex with no visible boundaries. Their warship was as tiny as a speck of dust.
As the warship descended, looking at the massive vortex barriers on both sides, it was as if they were sinking into the mouth of a demon, terrifying.
At this point, the warship was out of control—it couldn't fly up or dive, and all runes had failed. Everyone could only watch as the ship slowly sank.
The most terrifying thing was that the entire world had lost all sound, silent as if it were a dead world.
Long Chen stood at the very front of the warship, quietly observing everything here, showing no sign of panic on his face. Suddenly, Long Chen said to Yu Qingxuan,
"Qingxuan, do you feel any trace of familiarity with the atmosphere here?"
Yu Qingxuan was taken aback, sensed it slightly, and a strange look flashed in her beautiful eyes:
"Hearing you say that, it really does sound familiar. I feel like I've sensed ... somewhere."
"The aura of hell." Long Chen said.
"Could it be..." A look of shock appeared on Yu Qingxuan's face.
"It should be. This Hell's Eye is very likely related to the Nether Emperor." Long Chen nodded and said.
"It's related to the Nether Emperor, and you still want to break through?" Yu Qingxuan was so frightened her face turned pale. Wasn't this walking right into a trap?
Long Chen smiled slightly and said, "It's precisely because it's related to the Nether Emperor that we wanted to take a look." Yu
Qingxuan had no idea that the Nether Emperor had already been slain by the Lord of the Nine Stars and was currently in a state of Nirvana. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sought out prodigies from various races as a catalyst.
Right now, Long Chen hadn't reached the Realm King realm yet, and with the Qiankun Cauldron in hand, he was full of confidence, so he wanted to take a look.
Additionally, he still carries the Ghost Emperor mark. Last time, when the Demon Eye was sacrificed, he was released back, so Long Chen felt completely confident.
As the flying boat slowly sank, time seemed to stand still. After an unknown amount of time, they finally saw what was below.
When he saw what was happening next, even the well-informed Long Chen couldn't help but gasp in shock.
Below, there was a huge altar, surrounded by piles of bones like mountains—truly endless.
Seeing this scene, Guo Ran and the others couldn't help but feel their scalps tingle. These corpses were all human corpses, so numerous they were terrifying. They had never seen so many corpses before.
At the center of the altar stood a strange tree, towering thousands of miles high. By rights, it should be a towering tree, but in this vast space, it seemed extremely small.
When the flying boat slowly landed on the altar, people noticed that the altar resembled a skull, and the strange tree was rooted atop that massive skull.
But that skull was buried under countless corpses, its full form unclear. It was unclear whether it was a human skull or the skull of another living being.
When he saw this skull, for some reason, Long Chen recalled the skull from the Eternal Road and the skull he saw with the Eastern Emperor Bell. His heart raced wildly. Could there be some connection between them?
The ground was littered with corpses with no end in sight, and the massive skull was buried, its thickness probably tens of thousands of li. With so many corpses, even the battle-hardened Dragonblood warriors couldn't help but feel their scalps tingle.
"Most of the corpses on the ground are at the Immortal King or Realm King realms, with a small number at the Divine Lord Realm."
Xia Chen examined the corpses and reached a shocking conclusion: all the bodies here were high-level cultivators.
"How many people are there here, really? Billions? Billions, billions, billions? Guo Ran's voice trembled slightly as he spoke.
These are not numbers; each number represents a vibrant life. While everyone was terrified, they were filled with endless anger.
The human race was actually being slaughtered like livestock, with corpses piled up here. For them, it was unacceptable.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, the void trembled, followed by a terrifying aura. Everyone was startled:
"The aura of a Celestial Venerable?"
For a moment, people's expressions changed, and they all drew their weapons, thinking that a Heavenly Venerable had charged into the Milky Way to hunt them down.
But they quickly sensed something was wrong. The aura of the Celestial Venerable was chaotic, with no energy locked onto them. It seemed he wasn't coming for them, but was trying to escape.
"Rumble... The
void trembled, and soon people saw a figure—an elder in a gray robe, wielding a long sword, furiously slashing through the void.
He carved fissures into the void. He stepped on the cracks, using them as steps, and dashed toward the Demon Eye.
Clearly, he had been sucked into the Demon Eye and was struggling desperately. It should be noted that within the Demon Eye, there was a special law that rendered all of Xia Chen's runes ineffective, yet he could cut through the void, showing that he was a terrifying Heavenly Venerable.
But no matter how much he struggled, his body seemed to rise rapidly, but in reality, it was plummeting downwardAs he approached the surface, he suddenly spotted Long Chen and the others.
The man was shocked and was about to speak when the huge strange tree suddenly moved, and a branch shot out like a spear.
"Pfft!"
The Heavenly Venerable expert let out a miserable scream as the branch pierced his body. With a wisp of smoke rising, his essence, energy, and spirit were instantly drained dry.
"Huff, huff, huff... Clang! The
clothes of the Celestial Venerable drifted down, and his long sword also fell onto the altar. The legendary Celestial Venerable had mysteriously vanished. For a moment, Long Chen and the others looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.