The Changes in the Source of the Netherworld

Jiang Liu looked at the still calm sea and couldn't sense any unusual activity within it.

However, Jiang Liu did not think that the seabed would be safe.

He was even more worried, fearing that something unusual might happen to the Source of the Netherworld inside.

Immediately, Jiang Liu stood up, took the prepared array materials, and prepared to enter the seabed.

But before he could leap up, he felt his clothes tighten. Jiang Liu turned his head and saw that it was Gongsun Haoyue pulling him.

"Wait here for a moment, I'll be right back," Jiang Liu said softly to Gongsun Haoyue.

Gongsun Haoyue shook her head and said, "I said that no matter what danger there is, I will face it with you."

Seeing this, Jiang Liu sighed and had no choice but to agree.

Then, Jiang Liu took Gongsun Haoyue's hand and they jumped down into the sea. At the same time, he sent a message through the Divine Sea to the Fire-Winged Monkey and the Sea Turtle, asking them to stay and wait there.

The two of them made their way towards the Source of the Netherworld the sea. Before they even reached the place where the Primal Qi Barrier, they already sensed something was wrong.

Ice had already begun to form in front of the Primal Qi Barrier, and the two of them also saw that there were many silk threads wrapped around it.

These threads are now visible, unlike before when they could only be seen through the illumination of one's Divine Sense.

This situation is much more serious than when they were pulled in by the silk threads last time.

The reason these threads haven't attacked them is clearly because they're on defense.

The fact that they've sealed off the entire Primal Qi Barrier shows that they're on defense.

Was he protecting that tall, injured figure?

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue exchanged a glance, both seeing a solemn expression in each other's eyes.

However, neither of them backed down; instead, they saw a determined look in each other's eyes.

Gongsun Haoyue took out the Skyfire Staff and slashed it forward. A flash of fire appeared, and the silk threads that Primal Qi Barrier immediately began to burn.

Upon seeing this, the two immediately felt strange, as the silk threads in front of the Primal Qi Barrier seemed to have become even more fragile.

Could this change be related to the injury to that tall figure?

As the silk threads in front of the Primal Qi Barrier burned out, Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue arrived in front of the Primal Qi Barrier.

Jiang Liu placed his hand on the ice block in front of the Primal Qi Barrier. He released Yuan Qi from his palm, and the Primal Qi Barrier, which had been covered with ice, immediately began to melt.

Seeing this, Gongsun Haoyue felt a little strange, but did not ask any further questions.

The two of them had been frozen stiff by the cold here.

Actually, Gongsun Haoyue misunderstood. They weren't frozen stiff by the cold before.

They were trapped by those threads that could seal their Divine Sense He Yuan, and then frozen by this chill.

Now the power of these threads has weakened, and they have failed to trap their Divine Sense He Yuan.

That's why the chill seems to have weakened considerably.

As the ice melted, Jiang Liu gradually saw the situation in front of the Primal Qi Barrier.

However, even after passing through the Primal Qi Barrier, the scene inside was still invisible.

The heavenly fire unleashed by Gongsun Haoyue gradually extinguished after reaching the Primal Qi Barrier.

Jiang Liu approached the Primal Qi Barrier, stood in front of it, and stretched out his hand, trying to pass through the Primal Qi Barrier.

"Ding!" A crisp sound came from the Primal Qi Barrier, and Jiang Liu's hand was bounced back.

Jiang Liu tapped the Primal Qi Barrier again, which appeared to be as clear as crystal.

They discovered that the entire Primal Qi Barrier still frozen solid, just like the seawater in front of them.

Moreover, judging from the thickness of the ice layer, it must be quite deep.

I wonder what the situation will be like inside the Primal Qi Barrier.

If the entire area were covered in ice like this, Jiang Liu felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about it.

In the brief moment that Jiang Liu hesitated, the ice that had just melted began to freeze again.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue immediately began to act together.

Soon, the two of them completely removed the ice layer and silk threads in front of the Primal Qi Barrier.

Immediately, the two passed through the Primal Qi Barrier, but as soon as they passed Primal Qi Barrier, they clearly felt that the difficulty of clearing the threads and ice layers was increasing.

Just now, in front of the Primal Qi Barrier, the speed at which the silk threads and the Primal Qi Barrier were cleared was relatively fast.

However, after passing through the Primal Qi Barrier, the cleaning speed became as slow as a snail.

The two are moving down very slowly.

However, the two were not discouraged. Instead, they put several Qi Replenishment Pill into their mouths and then accelerated the circulation of the Star Cloud Saint Art within their bodies to speed up the removal of the silk threads and ice layers.

The combined efforts of the two made the cleansing process much faster than before.

However, faced with this vast expanse of ice, the two still appeared very small.

Moreover, the two could sense that shortly after they left, the ice layer that had just been cleared quickly reformed.

This also made Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue realize that if they could not seal the Source of the Netherworld, they might be trapped here.

At that point, no one will be able to save them.

Fortunately, those threads did not re-form, for reasons unknown.

Because the filaments did not re-form after being removed, the rate of ice formation slowed down over time.

The space around Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue seemed to be getting larger and larger.

At this moment, both of them felt their vital energy beginning to deplete.

Immediately, Jiang Liu decided to let Gongsun Haoyue use her internal energy to recover her vitality, while he continued to break through the ice layer.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue are no longer able to completely clear away all the surrounding ice layers; they can only break through a straight path to reach the Source of the Netherworld.

Before entering, Jiang Liu never imagined that the biggest difficulty in sealing the Source of the Netherworld would not be whether or not it could be sealed.

Whether he could reach it was something he truly hadn't expected.

However, after the two took turns resting and recovering, they eventually saw the Source of the Netherworld.

Although Jiang Liu was slower than Gongsun Haoyue in clearing the silk threads, which caused the ice layer to form faster, it wasn't much slower.

And so, the two of them finally stood before the Source of the Netherworld.

Jiang Liu frowned as he looked at the Source of the Netherworld, which was now completely frozen, and then began to examine it.

The first thing to determine is why the previous Entrapment Formation became ineffective so quickly.

When Jiang Liu set up the formation last time, he had already taken into account the problem of external forces, so he added a reinforcement to the formation.

According to his estimate, with the way the Entrapment Formation was set up, it should last for at least a few months.

However, according to what Jiang Liu knew, it seemed that the Entrapment Formation lost its effect not long after he left.

Could it be that figure who made the move and directly destroyed the Entrapment Formation?

If that's the case, then even if we reseal it, won't it be destroyed by that figure just as quickly?

Jiang Liu stepped forward, preparing to remove the entire ice layer in front of the Source of the Netherworld.

Suddenly, the Source of the Netherworld trembled, and more threads emerged from it.