Beneath the Abyss

A wildly styled young indigenous martial artist is traversing through a series of vast and deep cave passages, countless of which intertwine with each other.

But there was no fear on his face. Even when passing through areas with extremely strong magical and bewitching abilities, he could pass through with great ease. All of this relied on the special advantage of energy life forms that had no soul.

However, being unafraid of the mind-piercing demonic sound doesn't mean he's faced no danger along the way, as is the case now.

"Young Lu, there's an energy reaction from a Domain Lord Ninth Stage about 50 kilometers ahead on this road. Be careful." The voice of the Lord Shen quietly echoed in his consciousness.

"Domain Lord Ninth Stage? Interesting!" Lu Yan'an calm. Before entering Demon Mountain, he had already spent a fortune to buy certain supplies specifically to deal with the natives whose cultivation levels were above his.

"They're almost here!" Lord Shen's voice suddenly rang out again. Lu Yan'an remained unmoved and continued forward.

At about 15 kilometers, Lu Yan'an saw the energy reaction of the Domain Lord Ninth Stage. As expected, he was also a rugged native martial artist. He was also carefully advancing along the passage. The moment he saw Lu Yan'an, his steps faltered slightly, and a look of wild joy suddenly burst out on his fleshy face!

"Universe Level ninth rank! Haha, you're unlucky to have met me, Jean. See you in the next life!" With that, the indigenous warrior named Jean flashed and instantly appeared in front of Lu Yan'an. He raised his bloody Giant Axe high, a bloodthirsty and tyrannical smile on his face.

At this moment, Lu Yan'an, who was being targeted, showed no fear whatsoever. Faced with the sudden attack from the indigenous martial artist, he simply shook his head slightly and said in a rather mocking tone, "You ran into this yourself, so don't blame me."

In an instant, a D9-grade Laser Gun appeared in his hand.

"My lord, times have changed!" With that, Lu Yan'an waved his hand, and under the slightly terrified gaze of the Domain Lord, he pulled the trigger!

A dazzling beam of light shot from the muzzle of the D9-grade Laser Gun. The beam was so bright that its intense heat surpassed that of a planet's core; a mere glance from it would blind an ordinary person. This extremely hot and massive beam instantly disintegrated the indigenous warrior!

After engulfing the enemy, the beam of light did not dissipate but instead struck the ice layer behind it. The burst of energy caused the ice to shatter and spread in all directions, with countless fragments of ice breaking off from the rock face.

Even the incredibly tough black rock was shaken and cracked, with some fragments tumbling down, causing the entire passage to tremble. The incredible heat emanating from the contact between the super-powerful beam of light and the ice layer was far, far hotter than the sun, causing the surrounding ice to melt frantically, with mist billowing up.

"This is the power of technology!" Lu Yan'an curled his lips. He had made thorough preparations long ago. When he arrived at Demon Mountain, let alone a mere Domain Lord Ninth Stage native, even if a ninth-level World Lord came, the E9-grade Laser Gun that he had prepared in his Space Ring would not be just for show!

"Keep going! Keep going! Finding the inheritance is more important." Lu Yan'an no longer paid attention to the huge ice gap blasted open by the Laser Gun, but continued to advance into the tunnel. His goal had never changed: to find the inheritance of the Demon Sound God General!

He advanced relentlessly, swiftly eliminating any enemies he encountered who were at least seventh-tier Domain Lord using the power of technology—as easily as frying fish. Those below seventh-tier Domain Lord were dealt with quickly using the longswords equipped by his Demon Beast Clone. He swept through the enemy ranks, and all the Domain Lord and higher-level powerhouses he encountered along the way were transformed into the Black Token in his hand.

After a long journey of half a year, Lu Yan'an finally left the passage.

"Huh?" Lu Yan'an looked at what was in front of him with considerable surprise.

After passing through the narrow ice passage, a vast Iceberg plain suddenly opened up, dotted with enormous, deep pits. Each pit varied in size, some hundreds of kilometers wide, others only a few kilometers. The bottoms of these pits were completely invisible, appearing dark and unfathomable.

Although this pit is called a pit, it is actually more like an abyss, because the bottom cannot be seen at a glance. It is a vast expanse! On this vast ice plain, such abysses are everywhere, countless in number.

"Could this be the Abyss World from the original story, beneath these abysses?" Lu Yan'an's eyes lit up! After half a year of travel and obtaining more than three thousand Black Token, he had finally arrived here.

Of course, the number of enemies encountered along the way did not exceed three thousand. After all, for the natives, the Demon Mountain Mission could only allow a maximum of ten thousand people in at a time. But those enemies were also searching for the Black Token! And each opponent was quite formidable. After destroying two D-grade Laser Gun and one E-grade Laser Gun, Lu Yan'an finally reached his originally anticipated destination!

"Let's send our Demon Beast Clone down to scout ahead first. As the old saying goes, 'He who travels a hundred miles is only halfway there at ninety.' I can't just put myself in danger based on my impressions of the original story!"

Inside the Space Ring, Lu Yan'an thought cautiously. Now that he had Clone, his ability to protect himself had increased significantly compared to before, but he still maintained the same level of vigilance.

Then, his true form jumped out of the Space Ring. Above the abyss, two Lu Yan'an appeared simultaneously.

Upon seeing the real person, the demonic beast clone handed Lu Yan'an its storage ring. Then, the clone's aura surged, instantly transforming into an ice bear, a mythical beast commonly found in Demon Mountain. After exchanging a glance, the ice bear Lu Yan'an jumped into the abyss without hesitation!

"I hope I'm not wrong this time!"

Ice Bear Lu Yan'an vanished instantly into the dark, bottomless depths of the abyss.

In mid-air, Ice Bear Lu Yan'an was subjected to gravity and a considerable suction force, rapidly plummeting downwards. The air around him emitted a piercing whistling sound, mixed with the invading power of demonic sounds, but all of this had no effect on Ice Bear Lu Yan'an. As an energy life form, he was completely immune to these attacks that affected his soul.

Falling!

Keep falling!

Lu Yan'an, now transformed into Ice Bear, looked down into the dark, bottomless abyss, feeling uneasy. They had already fallen nearly a million kilometers, but there was still no end in sight.

Finally, after a long descent, Ice Bear Lu Yan'an saw the rocky ice layer for the first time! At that moment, a surge of joy welled up inside him, "Have we finally arrived?"

The distance of tens of kilometers was covered in an instant. The two thick feet of the Ice Bear Lu Yan'an slammed heavily into the ice below, causing the ice to shatter with a loud boom. The ice in the distance cracked even more. The thick black rocks beneath the ice trembled slightly but showed no trace, and the sound of the violent collision instantly spread out.

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"Roar..."

"Bah!"

Various piercing cries came from all directions.

But when they saw that the unfortunate creature that had fallen was just an ordinary Ice Bear, they only howled a couple of times and didn't do anything else. After all, as fellow creatures of the Demon Mountain, it was common for unlucky native creatures to fall from above; this was a very common occurrence in the Abyss World.

Meanwhile, Lu Yan'an, the Ice Bear who had just plummeted and landed hard on his backside, sat dumbfounded on the broken ice. He glanced around and then shivered! All around him stretched... large and small, humanoid, beastly, plant-like, and so on—the mystical beasts were so numerous that he couldn't see the end of them!

"If this had landed in human form, I'm afraid it wouldn't have even been able to leave with a whole corpse!" Ice Bear Lu Yan'an thought to himself.

He looked around at the countless Phantom Beast scattered around, and with a quick glance, he found a territory belonging to the Ice Bear!

The silly-looking Ice Bear slowly stood up, seemingly foolish, but secretly began to move towards the Ice Bear's gathering place!

"As expected! This is the Abyss World!" Ice Bear Lu Yan'an wiggled his huge ice buttocks and slowly moved into the Ice Bear clan under the watchful eyes of countless phantom beasts.

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