Chapter 109 The Old Friend

Gu Shen couldn't see what was happening at the door, nor did he want to.

He could imagine the scene of Meng Xiao being swallowed by the Saint Adjudicator's soul.

The important thing was—

After "releasing the hounds," the danger warning that had been constantly coming from the pendant clearly lessened.

Gu Shen stared at the closed door, patted his hands expressionlessly, and said, "I wish this 'righteous' Chosen of Light from Light City a happy reunion with old friends after many years."

Indeed…

These Saint Adjudicators who had lost their minds could be considered old friends.

And it had been twenty years since they attacked the Underworld Palace.

"Is this a dark joke?" Mu Wanqiu asked in a low voice.

"Of course."

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows. "Shouldn't we be telling these kinds of jokes, given our identities?"

The Chosen of Light from the Light Throne did everything in the name of justice.

Then they, as apostles of the Underworld King, could only dwell in darkness, no matter what they did.

Mu Wanqiu was silent.

"I feel like what this great hall experienced twenty years ago… wasn't just an attack by Saint Adjudicators," Gu Shen said, turning his gaze to the depths of the main hall.

That was where the light spot that the devil had pointed out to him was located. According to the terms of the deal, the source of the "mental toxin" was in the deepest part of this great hall.

The cross pendant didn't transmit any fluctuations.

Theoretically, after the Saint Adjudicator's soul was purged, the danger in this great hall would also be removed.

"You mean… someone else has been to this great hall?" Mu Wanqiu asked in surprise upon hearing this.

She hadn't really believed Gu Shen's words before.

But after traveling with him this entire time, she had completely changed her mind.

Gu Shen was indeed a descendant of divination. Almost every event he predicted had come to pass.

Mu Wanqiu had a clear understanding of her role. With a "diviner" on the team, she only needed to be a straightforward fighter.

"Don't you think this great hall is too clean?"

Gu Shen said softly, "The Saint Adjudicators fought here, but it shouldn't be this clean… It's like someone emptied the Underworld Palace…"

That was it.

Mu Wanqiu nodded in agreement.

She had felt this way even before entering the main hall… This damned place had nothing but the bronze figures!

Could it be that someone had come earlier and looted all the valuables?

"I don't believe anyone would dare to loot the Underworld King."

Gu Shen murmured, "But this is too strange…"

The light spot floated at the end of the Underworld Palace.

Out of caution, Gu Shen approached slowly, but he didn't encounter any danger until he arrived. At the end of the Underworld Palace stood a huge, smooth black rock wall. The texture felt completely different from the previous stone walls…

"This isn't it."

Mu Wanqiu bent her finger and tapped lightly, saying, "This is just an extremely hard stone wall, nothing more."

Although she didn't draw her sword, she had a rough estimate of the strength after touching it.

She definitely couldn't cut through this stone wall. If they were outside, she might be interested in what material it was made of that even she, at the peak of Tier 3, couldn't cut through. Taking it back to the Investigation Corps laboratory might accelerate the progress of some research projects.

But this was the Underworld Palace, so nothing was surprising.

"But… it should be here."

Standing next to Mu Wanqiu, Gu Shen, listening to the sound of the hard tapping, said with some bewilderment.

This Underworld Palace had reached its end.

If the meaning of this great hall's existence was only to connect the ancient gate, then… it was actually a meaningless thing. How could the Underworld King build the most important main hall just to do this?

Of course, there was another reason why Gu Shen was so sure.

That was because the "light spot" was right in front of him.

But he couldn't see it.

The devil in the ruler seemed to have lost its voice, determined not to say a word. No matter how he transmitted his spirit, he didn't get a response… Gu Shen was helpless because, according to the agreement, the devil was responsible for providing the location, and nothing else.

This was probably the most frustrating thing in the world.

So close, yet so far.

This black, ink-like, nearly hundred-meter-wide rock wall didn't have any ancient inscriptions carved on it. It really didn't look like a door… Gu Shen stared at it for a long time, racking his brains but unable to figure out how the "source" of the mental toxin was placed here.

"If it has to be here…"

Just as Gu Shen was pondering, Mu Wanqiu slowly extended her palm and said softly with some uncertainty, "Perhaps, it can be opened in the simplest way?"

This time, she pressed her five fingers on the smooth rock wall.

The Judge also extended its huge palm.

The two palms overlapped.

Exerting force.

"Rumble rumble…"

The palace deep in the Underworld River suddenly shook violently.

Gu Shen silently watched the shocking and speechless scene before him.

This seemingly "seamless" smooth rock wall really didn't have any supernatural aura. It was just an ordinary hidden door, only made too large.

As long as there was enough strength… it could be pushed until it flipped over.

Mu Wanqiu obviously met the conditions for "opening the door."

The black hundred-meter door was slowly pushed by her and the Judge. An invisible domain surrounded the woman. It wasn't easy to push the door with her brute strength… To this end, Mu Wanqiu summoned her Judge domain. The tall ghost shadow stretched out its hands, pushing the "hidden door" forward slowly!

A ray of dazzling light was refracted from the edges of the rock wall.

Gu Shen took two steps back.

This time, he was truly silent.

The back of the rock wall was actually a huge "divine statue"!

Who would have thought that there would be a magnificent divine statue, hundreds of meters tall, hidden in the Underworld Palace? The statue's forehead was inlaid with a black, gorgeous gem. The light just now was refracted from the gem… Gu Shen finally found the "light spot" he had been chasing all along. The toxins of the entire Doru River were emitted from this black gem. The black rock wall was completely pushed open.

Mu Wanqiu stood dazedly at the foot of the divine statue.

In the Saint Adjudicator's dream, she wanted to see the face of the Underworld King, but she failed.

Those Light City transcendents only had the qualification to be tortured by the Underworld River. They had no chance to see what the Underworld King, who controlled the Underworld River, looked like.

At this moment, the face of the divine statue was still surrounded by mist.

However, this "mist" was carved from black rock, with a light texture, like a veil.

The entire face was still mysterious.

But the "black gem" on the forehead was extremely dazzling.

Mu Wanqiu came back to her senses and asked, "So the Underworld King carved the rock wall in this place… to hide something precious, like this divine statue?"

Gu Shen shook his head.

"No… what's truly precious is the gem on top of the divine statue."

His voice was a little hoarse, but his eyes were fixed on this gem.

Gu Shen had been holding the cross pendant tightly, constantly sensing the mental fluctuations… However, until the rock wall was pushed open and the divine statue was revealed, everything was calm.

This calmness made Gu Shen feel a little strange.

After all, this was the Underworld Palace…

With the sensitivity of the cross pendant, even if he just took two steps, there should be some fluctuations, right?

At this moment, a subtle "ominous feeling" had already been born in his heart.

But the pendant still didn't react.

To remove the mental toxin, he had to take off this "black gem." From the current situation, it seemed there was no difficulty in taking off the gem…

But Gu Shen's intuition told him.

This "light spot" should not be touched.

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"All teams, please report your exploration progress."

In the main control艇 (tǐng -艇, boat) , Lin Lin tried to establish a mental link with the team leaders who had gone out to explore.

Due to the previous disconnection incident, the main control艇 would proactively request a connection every once in a while.

"Deep Scale Team, all is well."

"Triumphant Team, signal is stable."

This was the fourteenth link established. The team's exploration was nearing its end… More than a dozen branch lines had all been explored to their ends. The good news was that no team had been attacked.

The remains of the transcendent creatures that had been previously excavated seemed to be just a "coincidence"… No team had detected any "living" transcendent aura.

And the bad news was that it still hadn't appeared.

Osmonde stood on the lookout of the airship, his one eye looking at the distant, cloud-covered Black Snow Mountain, looking pensive.

Her Majesty the Queen dispatched the elite of the Northern Continent to the Doru River disaster area for only one thing—

To find that door leading to the old world!

As long as it was found, they could find the transcendent source matter that supported the growth of the Doru River!

At this moment, the Central City Furnace urgently needed fuel!

The Pavilion had never put pressure on him, the chief commander… but he felt a great sense of oppression in his heart. Judging from the current progress of the mission, if they couldn't find it again, the main command艇 would need to move towards the Black Snow Mountain.

No one would want to set foot on that cursed snow mountain.

Just as Osmonde was pondering, a joyful shout came from the mental link of a certain river branch.

"Found!"

Only one word, but it was powerful and resounding!

Osmonde's pupils shrank. He quickly came to the main screen, looking at the team that sent back the good news.

They had reached the end of the river branch.

At the place where the river dried up, there was a withered forest, and a swaying, four-sided door that emitted bursts of black mist was covered by layers of forest leaves… But the black brilliance was extremely eye-catching against the backdrop of the snow.

Two team members stood on the left and right sides of the swaying black mist door, showing the main control艇 their "results"!

"Triumphant Team, successfully completed the mission, coordinates have been recorded!"

This scene was unexpected by both the large and small commanders.

Lin Lin looked at Osmonde in surprise, and found that the expression of this "Eye of the Third Legion" was the same as his, full of astonishment.

He was even prepared for a tough battle.

If all the teams found nothing next, then everyone would need to go to that ominous Black Snow Mountain!

But he never expected that things would take a turn for the better.

The surprise came so suddenly!

However, the surprise didn't last long. A few seconds later, the entire main control艇's link channel almost exploded.

"Beep beep beep!"

Under the synchronized coordination of the commanders, the captains almost arrived at their mission locations at the same time.

One message after another exploded in the communication channel.

"Deep Scale Team, found it!"

"Heavenly Dust Team reports, found it at the end of Doru River Branch No. 7!"

"This is Zhongyuan, the Lu Zhe team found it at the end of Snow Ridge!"

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(There's more tonight.)

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