Ascension Body

After hesitating before the mountain range for a moment, Nine Netherworld prepared to enter directly. The mountains were utterly silent; she could not sense even the aura of a single magical beast.

"Strange. Why does it seem like there's no reaction at all?" Nine Netherworld had already traveled nearly halfway through the mountain range, yet she seemed not to have triggered a single array.

Nine Netherworld muttered to herself, "Could that Spirit Array I saw the day before yesterday have been a decoy? Could that Heavenly Sovereign have been fake too?"

Everything had been unobstructed so far, and Nine Netherworld could not help but let her imagination run wild. What she did not know was that not long after she entered the mountain range, Xiao Yu had appeared behind her.

The reason none of those Spirit Arrays had been triggered was naturally because Xiao Yu had been helping her avoid them from behind. Otherwise, Nine Netherworld would have long since been destroyed by those Killing Arrays or Illusion Arrays!

Still walking ahead, Nine Netherworld grumbled, "The farther I go, the more wrong this feels. Could something have gone wrong with Chaos Palace? Could Lord Sky Vulture really have lied to me?"

"If Chaos Palace doesn't have a Heavenly Sovereign expert, wouldn't my ten thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid have been wasted?"

Just then, a faint cough reached Nine Netherworld's ears. Her delicate body instantly tensed, and she turned back with a grave expression. "Who's there? Come out!"

A handsome man dressed in snow-white robes emerged from behind a large tree. Looking at Nine Netherworld, he smiled faintly. "Are you heading to Chaos Palace?"

Nine Netherworld watched him warily. Though his face had momentarily caught her eye, a man suddenly appearing in this mountain range naturally made her suspicious.

"You...