The Heart of the Netherworld Matures

"I've been waiting for you!"

Andres had always been wary of Ophelia's Innate Divine Ability. The original work did not describe the effects of the Death Sovereign's Innate Divine Ability in detail, but as the oldest life form in the Netherworld, it was obvious that her Innate Divine Ability must be terrifying.

"Buzz"

The moment Ophelia unleashed her Innate Divine Ability, a massive Black Tortoise Projection appeared behind Andres, and invisible waves emanated from the Black Tortoise Projection, enveloping Ophelia and the innate Innate Divine Ability she had unleashed.

Without knowing the exact effect of Ophelia's Innate Divine Ability, Andres did not intend to confront it head-on, but instead used Black Tortoise's innate Innate Divine Ability to deal with it.

"Whoosh"

Andres bypassed the range of Ophelia's Innate Divine Ability and appeared behind Ophelia.

He reached out and made a spatial rift several meters wide appear beside him. He dared not make the spatial rift too large, otherwise he would also be affected.

After the spatial rift appeared, Andres kicked Ophelia into it.

He wanted to try to banish Ophelia.

"Bang!"

Andres kicked Ophelia, but instead of being kicked into the spatial rift, Ophelia flew in another direction.

Because the moment Andres opened the spatial rift, Ophelia broke free from the "Spatial Confinement" state. She immediately turned around, and when Andres kicked out, she was kicked to another place instead.

Seeing this, Andres could only sigh softly.

"As expected, it didn't work."

He knew that opening a spatial rift would remove the "Spatial Confinement" effect, but he still wanted to try, betting that Ophelia wouldn't be able to react in time.

If Ophelia hadn't moved, she would have been banished into the Spatial Turbulence by him.

Andres felt a little regretful, while Ophelia on the other side broke out in a cold sweat.

"I was almost banished just now?"

She stared blankly at the spatial rift beside Andres, as if she hadn't yet recovered from the near-death experience, but soon she was enraged and attacked Andres madly.

"Boom"

Andres decisively slashed with his sword, sending Ophelia flying.

Ophelia charged again, Andres swung his sword once more.

A series of booming sounds rang out, and the onlookers could only see Andres constantly swinging his sword, while a black figure repeatedly repelled the attack only to return again and again.

While dealing with Ophelia's attacks, Andres used his Divine Sense to transmit a message to Orenth, who was watching the battle. "Orenth, you retreat first. Go to the Teleportation Array at the Undead Sacred Mountain and return to Iron Saber Gorge."

Orenth was surprised that Andres would suddenly send him Divine Sense message, and asked in confusion, "My lord, what about you?"

"I will find a chance to leave. You can't help me if you stay here, and it's inconvenient to run away with you," Andres said.

After his attempt to exile Ophelia failed, Andres decided to stop fighting her, as continuing would only be a waste of time and would not yield a clear winner.

Because of the Heart of the Netherworld, he cannot leave Nether Mountain yet, but the Heart of the Netherworld is nearing maturity. He wants Orenth to leave first, so that he can leave directly once the Heart of the Netherworld is mature.

Otherwise, with Orenth around, he would be a bit of a hindrance.

Orenth knew he couldn't be of much help if he stayed, so he simply said "okay" and turned to go down the mountain.

Youming and the others were focused on the battle between Andres and Ophelia and did not notice Orenth's actions.

In fact, even if they noticed, they wouldn't take it to heart; they simply assumed Orenth was one of Andres's men and not worth mentioning.

Seeing Orenth leave, Andres felt a little relieved. Now he didn't have to worry about whether he left or continued fighting.

He glanced at the Heart of the Netherworld. After the blood oath ceremony, he could clearly sense the state of the Heart of the Netherworld.

"It'll be soon," Andres thought to himself.

Once the Heart of the Netherworld matures, he will be able to leave the Nether Mountain directly.

At his speed, Ophelia and the others couldn't catch up with him.

After a frenzied attack, Ophelia gradually calmed down.

She stopped attacking and instead distanced herself, her face grim, as if she were deep in thought.

Seeing this, Andres laughed and said, "I think we don't need to fight anymore; it's pointless."

"Hmph!" Ophelia was clearly aware of this as well, but she refused to admit it.

She was furious and resentful because she had almost been exiled.

Andres didn't bother trying to guess Ophelia's thoughts; if she didn't fight, he'd save himself a lot of trouble.

"Um?"

Andres' eyes flickered, and with a flash, he appeared next to the Heart of the Netherworld.

His actions attracted the attention of Ophelia and the Youming, who all noticed that the Black Thread between the Heart of the Netherworld and the Thunderball had disappeared!

Andres held the Heart of the Netherworld in one hand, and with a thought, it appeared in Andres mind, hovering above the ocean of soul power.

"The Heart of the Netherworld has matured!" Yibai'er exclaimed.

Ophelia frowned slightly upon seeing this, but made no other move.

Andres laughed and said, "Ophelia, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

Upon hearing this, Yibai'er immediately tensed up and looked at Ophelia.

He didn't want Andres to leave unscathed.

Ophelia snorted coldly, "Get lost!"

Andres smiled slightly, not caring about the other party's tone, and with a flash, disappeared from the mountaintop.

"Ophelia, why didn't you keep him? That's the Heart of the Netherworld!" Yibai'er exclaimed anxiously, his face filled with resentment as he looked in the direction Andres had disappeared.

Ophelia glanced at Yibai'er with displeasure and said coldly, "Leave him? And then what? You have the ability to kill him?"

Yibai'er's expression froze. Although his strength had improved over the years, reaching the level of a superior Commander, he was still far inferior to Andres now.

"Since there's nothing we can do about him, what's the point of saying anything?" Ophelia tossed her hand and walked down the mountain.

Youming and the others quickly followed.

Silver glanced at Ophelia's expression and asked cautiously, "But my lord, is there no way to retrieve the Heart of the Netherworld?"

Ophelia didn't speak, frowning as she pondered something, then said, "There is a way, let's go back to the Nether Sea first."

The group flew down the mountain.

Meanwhile, Andres had already passed through the Mountain Gate and left Nether Mountain.

He took out a Metal Life and controlled Metal Life to fly at full speed towards the Undead Sacred Mountain.

Under the control of a powerful being, the speed of the Metal Life will be even faster.

The Metal Life soared through the air and soon caught up with Orenth. The two headed towards the Undead Sacred Mountain.