Gates of Hell

== Qu Jianying ==
Continuing on the path, he suddenly saw a giant gate. This gate also had three characters on it.
"Gates of Hell."
Evilmoon recognized them again. What it said caused Long Chen's heart to pound.
There was a huge castle ahead, with giant gates opened outward. The gates had huge rivets that were many miles long.
Standing in front of this giant gate, humans seemed as miniscule as ants. What was beyond the gates was shrouded in primal chaos. It was impossible to see anything inside.
The Gates of Hell did not have the guards of legend like the Ox-Head and Horse-Face. There was nothing around except primal chaos.
Just as Qu Jianying was not far from it, she saw two figures enter it, vanishing within without a trace.
Due to the great distance, Long Chen hadn't managed to see whether those two were human or some other species.
Suddenly, a figure appeared not far from Qu Jianying. It was a giant colorful tiger. When it passed by Qu Jianying, it glanced at her and then ignored her, going straight into the gate.
Even its huge, mountain-like body was miniscule in front of the giant gates.
Qu Jianying hesitated for a moment before also entering.
Just at that moment, the vision faded. The dark aura vanished, and the sun appeared in the sky again.
Long Chen and the old man both took a deep breath. Only now did Long Chen realize he was covered in sweat.
The atmosphere of the Netherworld was too nerve-wracking.
"It's not that I ran out of energy but that this memory was only this long. You might not know this, but it's very difficult to remember anything about passing through the Netherworld. Practically, everyone has their memories of that time stripped away by some mysterious energy. Jianying's Spiritual Strength is exceptional, and I don't know what technique she used to preserve some of her memories, but doing just that is already extremely heaven-defying. As for what's behind that gate, even she is powerless to remember anything about it. However, this is already very helpful to me. Without it, I would probably fail to get past that bridge."
The old man felt some lingering fear. Qu Jianying's caution had just saved his life.
With the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect's men's characters, that bridge was too dangerous. At the very least, these memories had guaranteed his safety for the first part.
== Long Chen and Wu Guangyuan ==
When they arrived at the ground, they saw a giant castle with giant gates.
When Long Chen saw these Gates of Hell, there were already dozens of other figures in front of it.
Amongst them was the red-haired man. He was sitting lotus-style in a corner.
Although he looked calm, Long Chen knew he was faking it to not appear weak. He was definitely in the midst of recovering. The black mist should have exhausted a great deal of his energy.
Although they saw through his act, Long Chen and the old man didn't expose him. They looked toward the other people.
Perhaps they shouldn't be described as people. Many were not fully humanoid.
Some were humanoid with wings. Some were covered in scales. Some had long tails. There were all kinds of lifeforms. There were some giant beasts amongst them as well.
Long Chen's heart shook. Was the Martial Heaven Continent truly so powerful? There were this many experts attacking the Netherpassage realm?
"These fellows aren't from the Martial Heaven Continent, or there's no way I wouldn't recognize any of them. They came from other domains," transmitted the old man to Long Chen as they sat down to rest.
He could still see the staircase, but the old man couldn't. Could it be that after crossing the Yellow Springs Path, the experts attacking the Netherpassage realm could not go back?
== Creatures ==
There are many lifeforms that congregate here to attack Netherpassage. They speak all sorts of languages.
"Xigaluca..." (系噶卢卡): one of the lifeforms shouted.
== Staircase ==
Xie Qianqian had walked the orange path, and Long Chen couldn't see the staircase here. That was one of the laws present. Each person could only go through their own path.
Long Chen's staircase was at the black region of the Nine Springs.
== Door ==
There were countless nails on this giant door. The door was pitch-black, but the nails emitted divine light. They were definitely something good.
Riches naturally had to be taken from danger. Long Chen ignored Evilmoon's roaring. He looked at the blood essence stones, blood soul stones, as well as the chains and blades from the Skinners that he had in his primal chaos space. He couldn't help but sigh.
This time, his trip had been very profitable. In fact, Long Chen had an urge to go take a look at the second level of Purgatory to see what else he could get. Right now though, it was the nails that made him excited.
"The Gates of Hell definitely have their own restrictions on them! If you take a nail, it will definitely disturb some terrifying existence!" shouted Evilmoon.
But nothing ventured nothing gained.
Once Long Chen was close enough, he jumped up and began to run along the door to get higher. He only reached the nail after half an incense stick's worth of time. Only once he was there did he realize the doornail was even larger than what he had thought.
Just this single doornail had a diameter of thousands of meters. In front of this nail, Long Chen was like a dragonfly trying to shake a tree.
Long Chen began to use his full power, forcing the nail out of the door. As he increased his power, the nail began to shudder.
However, as the nail slowly rose, the Gates of Hell began to shake. At the same time, divine might crashed down. The lifeforms all fled for their lives.
The world shook as the huge nail flew out of the Gates of Hell.
At that instant, a berserk aura came from within the Gates of Hell. Terrifying killing intent filled the world. The small crack of the two doors opened wider.
=== Huge hand ===
A huge hand suddenly came out of the Gates of Hell and reached toward Long Chen.
However, Long Chen was too fast. He reached the whirlpool in an instant and fled up the staircase near the black lake. The hand missed.
Just as Long Chen thought that the danger had passed, that hand snaked up from below and reached out for him again.
That huge hand had been a manifestation of the laws of the Netherworld. Now that he had left, it would also vanish. The old man's gate would be fine.
==References==
Category:Underworld