Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

The underground passage was shrouded in endless darkness.

A female corpse lay on the ground, her heartbeat ceased, and her blood had cooled.

Dozens of meters away.

A three-meter-tall black woman bent down and held Shen Ye in her arms.

Her long fingers pierced through Shen Ye's chest, protruding from his back, raised high, allowing the blood to flow down from her fingertips.

The woman opened her mouth, extended her long tongue, coiling it seven or eight times around her finger, and licked all the blood clean.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

A deep and thick voice, both male and female, spread out amidst the intense sense of ill omen:

"Blood."

"—The blood of the powerless, diluted to the extreme."

Shen Ye did not move, merely listening.

She didn't kill me.

Why?

At this moment, he staked his life and cast aside all concerns, wanting to uncover the reason behind the entire incident.

Maybe at any other time, anyone who knew would curse him as insane.

But Shen Ye just stood there, motionless.

Because of that guess!

The other could have killed him.

But it didn't.

It just followed him here.

It held onto him.

—What was it trying to confirm?

Perhaps the unbelievable thought in his mind was about to receive an answer.

The answer.

Give me the answer—

Hiss!

The fingers were retracted.

Shen Ye's body trembled, and blood seeped from his mouth.

But he just spread his arms, allowing the other to hold him tight, and then continued to wait for that answer!

In the darkness.

The woman's strange voice was no longer crazy and bloodthirsty but became dry and hoarse:

"You have become a 'Dark Devourer' during your infant stage, which proves you have considerable potential, but you are also likely to die young..."

"Because you have overdrawn the power of your bloodline."

Shen Ye's pupils constricted.

Indeed, that drop of gold blood had lost its power but was still inside his body!

Not only that.

The other had also discovered that he had taken on the role of "Dark Devourer."

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Shen Ye held onto the other, silent, waiting.

The woman indeed spoke again:

"Able to transform into a human form."

"Even the Dharma Aspect is open."

"Among those destined to die young, you can be considered strong."

"But your Attributes are too low—such low Attributes prove you're extremely weak, liable to die at any moment."

Shen Ye's gaze dropped.

—My Attributes are at 20 points across the board!

This is considered "extremely weak"?

Liable to die at any moment?

Before Shen Ye could say anything else, the woman holding him moved.

Shen Ye felt the world spin around him.

A fear like never before crept into his heart.

—He was falling at an unimaginable speed!

At this time, if he hit anything, that would undoubtedly result in certain death.

He squinted his eyes slightly, then suddenly widened them,

He saw the flesh in the depths of the Great Tomb.

—The entire ground was made of writhing flesh.

Darkness surrounded him.

Oddly shaped worm-like beings perched on the surface of the flesh, their bodies covered in tentacles.

The falling speed slowed.

He stood firm.

The three-meter-tall woman let go of him, took a few steps back, placed her hand on the flesh, and softly chanted a Spell.

Before his eyes, the flesh around rapidly grew, soon forming a giant egg that enveloped Shen Ye within it.

The giant egg was gradually filled with a faint halo of light.

Shen Ye stood in this halo, feeling a warmth all over his body, as if basking in sunlight.

"To prevent your premature death, I will provide energy through an overlimit release."

"Relax now, child,"

"You are safe here. The isolating power will temporarily sever your aura, preventing any enemies outside from sensing you."

"—As long as you don't leave."

After speaking, the woman stepped back and disappeared.

At this moment.

Shen Ye fully understood his situation.

—The other viewed him as a larva of the king species!

How boring.

So, I should leave?

While hesitating, he suddenly saw a faint light emerging, condensing into words:

"A highly pure Cosmic Energy Wave is altering your Attributes."

"Your potential is being awakened."

"Please continue to stand in the light."

"Your Attributes are starting to increase."

Shen Ye quickly read them.

He decided not to leave.

He just stood there in the light, quietly waiting.

If possible—

He had no problem staying here for years.

...

It was the same tunnel as before.

Yun Ni's body lay on the ground, motionless.

It had been dozens of minutes since Shen Ye encountered that three-meter-tall black woman.

With Shen Ye's strength, even if he struggled fervently—

Dozens of minutes were enough to end the fight and settle everything.

Yun Ni opened her eyes.

She pulled the dagger out from her chest and cast a Healing Art.

After the wound healed a bit, she stood up from the ground.

Was Shen Ye dead?

She quietly sensed for a moment.

The formidable binding force from the contract had vanished, unable to be sensed at all.

She could no longer feel Shen Ye either.

Perhaps he really was dead.

He died too quickly...

She had been very careful, yet she still failed to obtain the power of the "door."

What a pity.

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But there was no other way.

Lilias was about to take action when a seven-colored streamer of light flashed by.

The sky and earth spun around.

The next instant.

She found herself on the ground.

The ground…

Under the illumination of the day, she squinted her eyes and looked around.

The entire Breath Soil High School had been leveled to the ground.

This place was the Dharma Realm.

Therefore, it was impossible to see how much damage the real world outside had suffered.

"Hello."

Lilias greeted the girl opposite her.

To pull herself up from deep underground in an instant, ignoring all physical barriers and avoiding any detection—

This could only be the work of Chaos Spirit Light.

Chaos Spirit Light and its master, Song Yinchen, stood before the ruins of the school, looking her way.

"I heard from Chaos Spirit Light that you are now Shen Ye's servant."

Song Yinchen spoke.

"Yes." Lilias bowed her head and said.

——They still didn't know Shen Ye was dead.

"Did he ask you to be his servant, or did you volunteer to be his servant to survive?" Song Yinchen asked.

"He asked me to be his servant, and I agreed in order to survive," Lilias said.

"He accepted?"

"Yes."

Lilias spoke cautiously, weighing every word, and trying to avoid all risk.

——After all, the dead can't testify.

The girl's smile faded as she sized her up and asked:

"What have you done for him?"

"Sending messages, fighting, protecting classmates." Lilias said.

"That's all?" The girl pressed.

"He wanted to hold my hand, and I refused," Lilias answered.

This body was still intact, having never been touched by any male.

So—

Holding hands was still something the dead can't testify to.

"Did he have improper thoughts?" Chaos Spirit Light guided the question.

"I don't know his thoughts, but I could only avoid his harassment," Lilias said boldly.

She saw Song Yinchen purse her lips, silent.

Song Yinchen was the master of Chaos Spirit Light.

If she wanted to kill her, but Chaos Spirit Light did not allow it, then she still had a chance to live.

But if Chaos Spirit Light wanted to kill her—

Then there was no hope at all.

"Has he ever used violence on you?"

Chaos Spirit Light continued to ask.

Lilias paused for a moment and said, looking down:

"His gaze on me was very discomforting; I felt his intentions were not good."

"Nonsense," Song Yinchen finally spoke up, her voice carrying a hint of irony:

"You've killed too many people, do you remember Yunshan Port?"

"He didn't think he could let you go—that's easy to guess."

There was a touch of mockery in Song Yinchen's voice:

"Also, your body is human, but you're a monster; I don't think he would be interested in a monster."

Chaos Spirit Light suddenly flashed into the Great Tomb and then back.

It wrapped around Song Yinchen's arm, motionless.

——It didn't pursue further questions.

Lilias stood still, her eyes lowered, silent.

It seemed that Chaos Spirit Light had not found Shen Ye.

It must have understood now.

——Shen Ye was dead.

Pressing her for more information about her relationship with Shen Ye was now meaningless.

Instead, it would make Song Yinchen suspicious of its intents.

So it stopped asking.

Song Yinchen, unaware of these things, looked at the large hole and said:

"Brief me on the situation."

"Yes."

Lilias recounted all the events in detail.

——Not mentioning the three-meter-tall woman, nor the news of Shen Ye's death.

Sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling, Song Yinchen quickly became engrossed in the various challenges Shen Ye had faced.

"Let's go down too, Aurora," she said.

"This place is complex and dangerous. You'd be better off fighting on the outside," Chaos Spirit Light said.

"No, I want to fight alongside him," Song Yinchen said.

Without waiting for Chaos Spirit Light to respond, she walked over to the hole created by the pillar of light and leapt in—

In the roaring wind, she shuddered and transformed into the Flame Phoenix, plunging downward like a streak of light.

Lilias remained where she was.

She lifted her head and looked at Chaos Spirit Light with a meaningful gaze.

"Are there many students below?"

Chaos Spirit Light asked.

"Over a hundred," Lilias said.

"Do what you must, and afterwards, I won't concern myself with you," Chaos Spirit Light said.

"But she has already gone down," Lilias said.

"There's a technique on you that will take you straight back to where you were before; besides, I can hold her back."

"Hee-hee, how interesting,"

Lilias said.

Chaos Spirit Light flashed and disappeared into the hole, chasing after Song Yinchen.

A playful light flickered in Lilias's eyes:

"As an Artifact Spirit, trying to control the life of the vessel holder. Too bad this girl isn't so easy to deceive…"

"Sooner or later, you'll get what's coming to you."

"——It might have been better to choose Song Qingyun instead; at least her desires are strong and clear."

Muttering in a low voice, Lilias still had an innocent smile on her face.

A figure flashed in her mind.

Xu Xingke.

If this strong individual knew everything, what would he do?

Especially about her fleeing.

He likely intended her to protect Shen Ye, while Chaos Spirit Light wanted her to tempt Shen Ye.

Now Shen Ye was dead.

What would he do?

Lilias was a bit curious.

"Shen Ye is already dead…"

"Well then, according to Chaos Spirit Light's suggestion, let's go play with those kids."

She suddenly burst into a radiance of seven colors, wrapping around her as she disappeared from where she was.

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