Li Yan believed that his Severing Poison would also work on the true ghosts of the Netherworld, though he could not be certain of the ultimate effect.
Being able to come out even once was an exceedingly rare opportunity. He could use it to investigate the situation beyond the prison.
Yet although the two vicious ghosts had vanished, Li Yan had no idea where they had gone or whether they were still secretly watching them.
Moreover, if Li Yan wanted to scout the surroundings, he had to consider how to conceal it from Faku and the other two.
Even after killing someone, their soul could be found again and questioned. A place as peculiar as the Netherworld gave Li Yan quite a headache.
How wonderful it would have been if this were the Immortal-Spirit Realm. Most of the time, killing someone solved the vast majority of subsequent problems.
After learning that strange monsters dwelled in the River of Netherfall, Li Yan had wanted to take a risk and use the opportunity to look around. Only after grasping the situation here could he ensure that, at a critical moment, the deaths of those three would appear perfectly justified.
But the condition that had appeared in his body earlier had directly disrupted the plan Li Yan had only just devised, forcing him to set aside, for the time being, the matter of investigating the surrounding area.
Several thoughts collided endlessly in Li Yan's mind. As he walked and pondered, the scorching heat and icy chill increasingly gave him a sense of familiarity.
"Why does this feel so familiar? I should have encountered it somewhere before."
Li Yan walked while racking his brains, but the other three noticed nothing. At this moment, Li Yan had actually lowered his guard against them.
This was