"Yes, that's right!"
The Evil Emperor chimed in, "Back then, at least the Nether Ancestor escaped with an arm and a heart!"
The Evil Venerable then continued his analysis, "We didn't understand before why we were able to push open the first iron gate, but now we should have the answer!"
The Evil Thearch said, "It was the Netherworld Black Lotus that played a role! To be precise, it was the arm that gave birth to the Netherworld Black Lotus!"
Then, the Evil Thearch became even more puzzled, "But if it was Huang who sealed the incomplete body of the Nether Ancestor here, then the iron gate here should have been set up by Huang himself. Why would he allow one of the Nether Ancestor's arms to easily break in?"
"Doesn't this look like a trap?"
The Evil Venerable frowned and replied, "Using the incomplete corpse of the Nether Ancestor as bait, deliberately luring in the limbs that the Nether Ancestor escaped back then?"
"It's not impossible!"
The Evil Emperor's brows furrowed. "If that's the case, then we're in big trouble! We'll fall into the trap set by the Desolate!"
"There's no need to worry too much!"
The Evil Venerable seemed quite confident, "Back then, Huang was not the overlord of the Longevity Realm he is today. His strength was probably only at the Nirvana Realm! In addition, an extremely long time has passed, so the traps he set back then could not possibly still be very powerful today!"
"That makes sense!"
The Evil Thearch nodded.
"Regardless of whether there's danger or not, we've already come this far. There's a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon at the Supreme Saint Realm behind us; there's no turning back!"
The Evil Emperor said, "Besides, we can't just end up with nothing and lose a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure here, can we?"
"We're not entirely without options!"
The Evil Venerable said, "The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon can't get in, and it can't stay in this mountain forever, otherwise it will eventually lose its senses! If we can push open those two iron doors, we can leave on our own and stop following the corpse of the Nether Ancestor. Perhaps we can escape this calamity!"
"It will take some time to get results here. How about we go back and see if we can push open that iron gate?"
"The Evil Thearch suggested."
"Good!"
The Evil Emperor had no objection.
So the Three Evils emerged from the cave!
They quickly reached the beginning of the spiral cave and easily left the iron gate.
They were quite careful, only opening the door a crack.
Looking down through the crack in the door, they were astonished to see a dragon's head!
That Five-Clawed Golden Dragon of the Supreme Saint Realm is in the huge cave below!
Without hesitation, the three of them slammed the iron gate shut!
One can guess that the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, which had transformed into a dragon-headed, human-bodied form, was unable to push open the iron gate from below.
However, the three of them cannot return the way they came, at least not for the time being; they must wait until the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon leaves or until its consciousness is lost.
Supreme Saint Realm expert can endure for quite a while in this mountain!
Helpless, the Three Evils returned to the huge cave at the end of the spiral mountain cave.
The two claws were still scratching at the thick chains.
The sealing power on the cave walls and chains had already unleashed its might, but it couldn't stop the two claws from gradually wearing down the sealing chains.
As expected--
That Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, at the Supreme Saint Realm, did not pursue us!
After being scratched for several hours, the sealing chains broke one by one!
The stem of the Netherworld Black Lotus was snapped off by another claw, and the two arms were reattached to the headless body!
It seems that as long as the head and heart are found, the body of the Nether Ancestor will be restored!
To the astonishment, frustration, and helplessness of the Three Evils, the Netherworld Black Lotus, which had previously been controlled by the Evil Emperor, had all its energy absorbed by the remnants of the Nether Ancestor and turned to ashes!
After absorbing the Netherworld Black Lotus, the remnant body of the Nether Ancestor leaped into the air and fiercely attacked the cave's dome with its two claws!
It's easy to guess that the body of the Nether Ancestor is still sealed up there!
Just like the cave on the level below, the Nether Ancestor's two claws also dug a large hole in the cave's dome, and then pushed open an iron door.
The Three Evils did not hesitate at all.
Although they knew that following him might lead them into a dangerous trap, they still followed the corpse of the Nether Ancestor across the iron gate.
At the same time, Ao Lie, the sect leader of the Heavenly Dragon Gate Sect of the Demon Race, also successfully advanced to the next level!
This time was different; the iron gate that the Three Evils crossed did not close again afterward.
Next, there was another long, spiraling cave leading upwards.
At the end of the cave was still a huge cavern.
However, this cave is different from the two caves below!
It contained no chains, only a single fang protruding from its head, and a skull with a sharp horn on its forehead, hovering in mid-air!
Clearly, that's the head of the Nether Ancestor!
The body of the Nether Ancestor rushed directly into the cave.
As the head and body merged, a terrifying power suddenly erupted within the cave!
Immediately afterwards, chains emerged from the four stone walls of the cave, tightly binding the already relatively intact corpse of the Nether Ancestor. No matter how hard it struggled, it could not break free and could only twist and turn!
Even the two claws of the Nether Ancestor could no longer scratch those iron chains!
"It was definitely a trap!"
" The Nether Ancestor of the Underworld must have managed to escape with an arm and his own heart before being annihilated!"
"Huang set up this trap, truly intending to completely annihilate the Nether Ancestor!"
Three Evils's expression was solemn.
It was like being on Netherworld Ship; once they arrived in such a dangerous place, how things would unfold was completely beyond their control.
The Three Evils thought that by hiding outside the cave and not entering it, they would avoid being implicated, but that was not the case!
The sudden burst of terrifying power quickly swept outwards from the cave, then dragged the Three Evils, who were not far from the cave entrance, into the cave.
Then three more chains appeared, binding the Three Evils respectively.
The Three Evils were devastated to discover that all their internal energy and blood circulation had ceased.
In this situation, they cannot use any supernatural powers, nor can they escape by shrinking their bodies.
Fortunately, they and the corpse of the Nether Ancestor were only tightly bound by these chains and did not suffer any other attacks.
Even so, if they cannot break free, they will eventually be worn down and die here!
Even though they won't lose their consciousness thanks to the Nirvana Soul Flame, and even if no other dangers befall them, they will eventually exhaust their lifespan and die of old age.
"If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have fought that Five-Clawed Golden Dragon! Maybe one or two could have escaped. Now look what happened, they've all been captured!"
No sooner had the Evil Thearch finished speaking than Ao Lie appeared at the entrance of the cave.
Ao Lie was cautious enough not to rush directly into the cave, but instead stood and observed from the cave outside.
Something was clearly wrong inside the cave!
The terrifying power no longer erupted from the cave, and Ao Lie was not caught in it, nor was he bound by chains.