Purgatory Abyss

Chen Ao had already familiarized himself with the Purgatory Abyss mission.

The description was simple. The abyss contained ninety-nine worlds, inhabited by vast numbers of creatures without intelligence.

Although these creatures lacked intelligence, they were incredibly powerful. Domain Lords were mere infants, World Lords formed the main population, and there were also many Immortal Level creatures.

If someone at the Universe Level went there and encountered one, they would be serving themselves up on a platter.

Since these were all unintelligent beasts, they would attack anything that was not of their own kind. The danger was extremely high.

"That told me absolutely nothing!"

Chen Ao rolled his eyes, then boarded the spaceship arranged by the Virtual Universe under Angke's protection.

"Your Highness, won't you reconsider and choose another mission? There is a small penalty for abandoning a mission, but that's nothing compared to your life!"

Angke was very grateful to Chen Ao, so he did everything he could for him.

However, he could not help Chen Ao carry out missions.

Moreover, as far as he knew, although Chen Ao's performance in Chaos City had surpassed those of previous cohorts, he was not particularly outstanding within his own cohort. Wasn't charging recklessly into the Purgatory Abyss just asking for death?

"Do you think I want to? I'm short on points!"

Angke smiled. "Everyone is short on points, but there's no need to risk so much. Take your time and complete missions slowly. You'll still have a chance!"

There were plenty of dangerous level missions. Although there was a limit on the total number he could take, completing them one by one, along with a few desperate level missions, would still give him a chance of accumulating ten million points in a hundred years.

"Unfortunately, I don't want to wait that long!"

A hundred years was too long.

It was not that he felt compelled to seize every moment. His sole goal was to play it safe until he became a Universe Master. Even riding Luo Feng's coattails in the future would be fine.

The problem was, could he stay in the Initial Universe that long?

Who would give him that much time?

Even keeping a low profile required something to back it up.

With the Chaos City Lord's backing, of course he could keep a low profile. An ordinary person would simply be kicked out.

The Virtual Universe Company did not want mediocrity!

Either prove yourself or get out!

Chen Ao wanted neither option.

Besides, cultivation was his own responsibility. If he wanted safety, his own strength came first.

"The Purgatory Abyss is dangerous for other people, but I have a clone, and the Q Skill gives me a space to hide in. The risk isn't that high!"

If the death rate were ninety-nine percent, he would never go. Even being kicked out would not change his mind.

The Purgatory Abyss was already within the Primal Region, so Chen Ao soon reached its location.

"Despite being called purgatory, it isn't hot at all. It's even a little cold!"

Chen Ao landed on the first level of the Purgatory Abyss. To his surprise, it was a landscape of snowy mountains.

Deep within the first level lay the entrance to the second.

By comparison, the first level was not particularly difficult!

Q Skill!

Chen Ao instantly vanished from where he stood.

Then he quickly appeared at a spot within his line of sight.

His Q Skill did not let him travel through space at will. He could only travel to a position he could see.

The travel speed was extremely fast, no slower than teleportation.

The drawback was that it required a fixed target.

Nor was it like the Void Realm, where he could move and look around freely.

If he had the Void Realm, things would be far too easy.

Unfortunately, the Q Skill required him to select a target.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Chen Ao rapidly traveled through space.

Each time he entered or emerged from space, it caused a disturbance far greater than teleportation did.

It was enough to attract some World Lord creatures.

Fortunately, he could keep traveling without pause, so those World Lord creatures could not catch him.

Chen Ao continued traveling this way, constantly heading toward the lower levels.

Although the mission required him to survive here for a year, he could not simply hide in some corner for a year and pass.

The mission's other requirement was to reach the thirtieth level.

The thirtieth level contained a special kind of rock, fire li rock. Only by obtaining a piece and staying in the abyss for a year could he complete the mission.

Fire li rock was everywhere on the thirtieth level, so obtaining it was easy. The problem was getting there.

But with Chen Ao's Q Skill, that seemed quite simple.

Besides, Chen Ao did not just want the one million points. He wanted to earn more, preferably enough to reach ten million in one go.

"I wonder what good things this Purgatory Abyss has!"

Since the mission pointed him toward the thirtieth level, barring any surprises, that was where the good stuff would be!

The Virtual Universe Company always offered hints about such things, just as it did with obtaining Blood Luo Crystals in the Blood Luo World.

After roughly ten days, Chen Ao successfully reached the thirtieth level.

He casually picked up a piece of fire li rock. Now he only needed to wait another three hundred and fifty-five days to earn one million points from this mission.

"Next, I'll explore this level properly and see what benefits it has to offer!"

Having decided to explore, Chen Ao could no longer casually use the Q Skill to travel through space. He could only search slowly.

"Every level of the abyss is enormous. Exploring them takes a long time!"

Chen Ao chose a direction at random and began searching deeper within.

"I wonder what good things I might find. Something to improve my genes? Materials for refining Supreme Treasures? Something to enhance my law comprehension?"

Those were the only three categories Chen Ao could think of. After all, they would form the foundation of his future development.

Chen Ao had not found anything good yet, but he did discover an enormous cavern.

Faint beast roars came from inside.

Even with such a large cavern, Chen Ao could not be certain whether the good stuff was inside.

So he walked straight in.

"This smell really goes to your head!"

Outside the entrance, the wind had kept the smell from being quite so overwhelming. But after entering the cavern, Chen Ao felt that no ordinary person could withstand this stench.

He was at the ninth stage of the Universe Level and had long since gained the ability to block out all odors.

Yet this smell seemed to enter his body directly, forcing every cell to smell it.

It really went to his head.

Not just his head, either. His whole body was assaulted by it.

"This smell seems to contain a faint trace of laws?"

Not just anything could force Chen Ao's body to accept it. It had to contain the power of laws.

He had no choice in the matter.

"What the hell kind of creature is this!"

Before long, Chen Ao had descended at least a hundred kilometers. The light here was dim, but he did not care. His eyes shone.

He could see everything.

Soon, Chen Ao discovered enormous serpentine creatures moving about throughout the cavern.

"Domain Lord Level. In that case, these are just the most ordinary creatures here!"

One of the Domain Lord Level serpents soon noticed Chen Ao as well. Its tongue, almost larger than Chen Ao himself, flicked in and out as it came straight toward him.

"Is it because of my aura?"

Chen Ao watched the giant serpent approach without the slightest panic.

A gleam of sword light suddenly flashed before him.

Slash! The giant serpent's enormous head was severed.

Blood sprayed everywhere.

Chen Ao did not dodge, allowing the blood to soak his body.

"This should let me imitate the giant serpent's aura a little, right?"