Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 268 The Nine Netherworld Python of the Two Clan Chiefs

Lin Ran and the Nine Netherworld Python were old acquaintances.

Back when the ancient ruins were still in existence, Lin Ran had already come into contact with the Nine Netherworld Python. At that time, he even used a drop of his own blood essence to completely bewitch those guys whose bloodlines were declining.

However, due to various developments and the incident involving Zi Yan, Lin Ran's attention was mainly focused on the Ancient Dragon of the Void, and the matter was eventually dropped.

Currently, among the three major magical beast families, the Ancient Void Dragon and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix both have close relationships with Lin Ran, leaving only the Nine Netherworld Python.

Now that everything has come to an end, even setting aside the advancement of Cai Lin's strength, just taking control of the Nine Netherworld Python's forces is enough to make Lin Ran's trip worthwhile.

The next day, as soon as the sky brightened, Lin Ran left the Starfall Pavilion with Cai Lin and headed towards the Beast Domain.

Since this wasn't Lin Ran's first trip to the Beast Domain, he was quite familiar with the route. Now that his strength had greatly increased, his travel speed was naturally much faster. What used to take several days could now be completed in just half a day.

After entering the Beast Domain, Lin Ran and Cai Lin did not linger for long, but went directly to the area where the Nine Netherworld Python Clan was located.

The true headquarters of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan is deep underground, but they also have many branches on the surface.

This race has the largest population among the three major races, but their large number naturally leads to impure bloodlines.

According to the elders of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, if things continue like this, the ancient bloodline possessed by the Nine Netherworld Python Clan will likely be completely depleted in a hundred years. At that time, the Nine Netherworld Python Clan will be reduced to a situation similar to that of ordinary magical beasts.

The Nine Netherworld Python Clan has a great deal of disagreement and arguing over this matter, but without the replenishment of ancient bloodlines, and given their current rate of reproduction, that day will come sooner or later.

This is one of the reasons why Lin Ran's drop of blood essence caused the Nine Netherworld Python to be so excited.

After all, a pure Yang body is capable of evolving one's bloodline!

The underground world of the Nine Netherworlds has an extremely complex terrain, and its yin energy is vast. Even Lin Ran would face considerable pressure if he were to explore it using his soul power.

Fortunately, Lin Ran had made thorough preparations for this trip and naturally had a detailed map. Therefore, in less than an hour, they arrived at the underground world and passed through snake-people tribes along the way. After about half a day, they finally arrived at the main camp of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, the Netherworld Serpent Vein.

The Nether Serpent Vein is the headquarters of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan and a sacred place in the hearts of many snake-people tribes. As a sacred place, the Nether Serpent Vein is naturally extremely heavily guarded, and even ordinary snake-people cannot enter it.

"As expected of one of the three major races in the world of monsters, this mountain range is truly teeming with powerful individuals."

On a mountain peak outside the Nether Serpent Vein, Lin Ran and Cai Lin appeared. Cai Lin's gaze fell on the plains below, where the densely packed snake-people tribes swarmed. She murmured, "I didn't expect to see a snake-people tribe here, and on this scale, it's countless times stronger than my snake-people empire..."

"I once saw in the family genealogy that our tribe also migrated to the Tagor Desert a long time ago, but I don't know if we migrated from this beast realm."

Lin Ran smiled, looking into the depths of the earth's veins, and said, "The Nine Nether Yellow Springs is considered the ultimate serpent's lair in the entire Dou Qi Continent. Perhaps you really did migrate out from here back then."

"Um."

Cai Lin nodded slightly, her emotions somewhat agitated.

Lin Ran chuckled lightly, and with a flick of his sleeve, the surrounding space rapidly distorted, then tightly enveloped the two of them. With a ripple in the space, their figures vanished mysteriously.

Lin Ran is now a pinnacle of existence in this world, and with the power of the Dragon-Phoenix Body, he has mastered the power of space to perfection.

Even creating a small space is easy, let alone simply taking people to walk through the void.

Before long, Lin Ran and Cai Lin arrived at the depths of the Nether Serpent Vein.

Deep within the Nether Serpent Vein lies a massive, dark abyss, hundreds of feet wide and bottomless. An astonishingly cold aura, like a gale, constantly howls upwards from its depths. Even ordinary experts would feel their blood and fighting spirit freeze simply by standing here.

At the bottom of this deep ravine lies the sacred pool of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, which is also Lin Ran's destination.

Beside the deep ravine, there were no defenses, because everyone understood that the chilling winds constantly howling from the ravine were the most natural protection. Faced with these winds, even a Dou Zong level expert would not dare to venture too far.

"laugh!"

As the cold, biting wind howled incessantly, the space here suddenly distorted slightly, and two figures slowly emerged, naturally Lin Ran and Cai Lin.

Upon revealing himself, Lin Ran glanced at the dark abyss, smiled slightly, and without lingering, waved his sleeves again. The dense spatial power directly enveloped the colorful scales, forcefully breaking through the extremely cold gale and plunging into the bottom of the dark abyss.

The ravine was extremely deep; even at Lin Ran's speed, it took him nearly ten minutes to reach the bottom.

As it approached the ground, it also came into view of an extremely large lake not far away, from which a chilling aura capable of freezing the fighting spirit within a person emanated.

The lake was enormous, and its water was a deep yellow. Yet, within this deep yellow, there seemed to be traces of blood-like color flowing through it. Wisps of light yellow mixed with a faint trace of blood seeped out from it, eventually rising and roaring into the sky.

"This is the legendary Netherworld."

Gazing at the yellow lake, Lin Ran slowly approached. As he drew closer to the Netherworld Yellow Springs, he could feel a hidden, chilling power constantly penetrating his body.

"That does have some merit."

With his physical strength and cultivation, he was naturally unafraid of this chilling aura, but if an ordinary Dou Sheng were to come, it would be hard to say.

"Cai Lin, I'll go to the bottom of the Yellow Springs to handle some matters first. After I succeed, you can enter the Yellow Springs, and I'll protect you," Lin Ran said softly.

At the bottom of this Yellow Springs lies the former patriarch of the Nine Netherworld Python clan. Once he is dealt with, the entire Nine Netherworld Python clan will be Lin Ran's for the taking.

"Okay, be careful. If it really doesn't work, come back."

Cai Lin nodded slightly, and said with some solemnity, "The Yin and cold power of the Nine Netherworld is too terrifying. It is hard to imagine that there is such an extremely cold place in the world. At first, she was a little doubtful about what Lin Ran said about this place being able to help her advance to the Nine-Colored Devouring Python, but now that she has seen it, it may really be possible."

"What do you mean 'can't'? Have you forgotten how strong your man is?"

Lin Ran chuckled lightly, Cai Lin blushed slightly, and spat softly.

Lin Ran chuckled, his mind racing. A thin layer of Sacred Golden Meteor Heart Flame enveloped his body, and with a swift movement, he crashed directly into the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs. Then, his figure hurtled towards the bottom of the Yellow Springs with lightning speed.

"Hiss!"

As Lin Ran jumped into the Nine Netherworld, a white column of smoke rose from the lake surface, and bubbling water appeared continuously, clearly caused by the strange fire.

With a wave of her jade hand, Cai Lin dispersed the white smoke column completely. Only after the smoke column disappeared did she breathe a sigh of relief. Then she sat cross-legged and slowly began to absorb the cold energy of the surrounding world.

……

"laugh!"

A figure flashed past like lightning in the murky yellow lake water, flames swirling around him, and each time he came into contact with the surrounding water, a hissing sound would erupt.

The chilling power deep within the Netherworld seemed to have a special effect on eroding battle qi, but Lin Ran's physique was exceptionally strong, and with the addition of a strange fire, it naturally had no effect on him.

"Hiss!"

However, as Lin Ran was moving through it, a faint strange sound suddenly entered his ears, and he immediately realized that the water flow behind him had suddenly become rapid.

"Bang!"

As the water flow suddenly accelerated, Lin Ran also threw a punch behind him. The terrifying power passed through the water in a strange way and slammed into a dark shadow, blasting it away.

"Interesting. I didn't expect that there would still be creatures surviving in the Netherworld."

Looking at the creature that had been blasted into a mass of blood and gore, a hint of surprise flashed across Lin Ran's eyes. The chilling power here was such that even the Nine Netherworld Python could not stay for long, let alone survive.

"Hiss!"

Lin Ran punched the dark figure to pieces, and before he could even dive down, he suddenly felt the water become turbulent. Then, in his field of vision, a dark, dense fog rapidly spread out.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be formed by countless strange snakes, all black in color and covered with eerie scales. The piercing hissing sound was also made by these strange snakes!

"Hiss!"

Even when these strange snakes were still a long distance from Lin Ran, they opened their ferocious mouths, and instantly, countless jets of dark black water shot out from their mouths. As soon as these water jets hit the lake water, the lake water automatically split apart, which made the water jets' speed soar. The whooshing sound of the water breaking through the air caused the surrounding lake water to emit a low explosion.

"Such a strong, chilling energy!"

Looking at those dark water arrows, Lin Ran couldn't help but frown slightly.

These water arrows are exactly the same as the chilling power of the Nine Netherworld, but they are even more concentrated and lethal. If they penetrate the human body, even the person will be affected to some extent.

"Strange places are bound to produce strange things."

As this thought flashed through Lin Ran's mind, he suddenly remembered the magma world beneath Canaan Academy, where a strange creature unknown to outsiders lived, and in extremely terrifying numbers.

There are frost snakes here, but beneath Canaan Academy dwell fire lizards...

Lin Ran moved swiftly, his speed suddenly soaring, transforming into a bolt of lightning that tore through the lake water, hurtling towards the bottom of the Nine Netherworld with lightning speed. However, in response to his actions, the strange black snakes also quickly turned around and pursued him relentlessly.

Seeing the strange snake still following him like a leech, Lin Ran's expression turned cold. He glanced behind him, and a vast amount of soul power suddenly burst forth from between his brows.

"Buzz!!"

In an instant, all the strange snakes were knocked unconscious by this soul-shaking impact and disappeared into the undercurrent.

After dealing with all the strange snakes, Lin Ran glanced down and discovered a glimmer of light at the end of the path. He immediately increased his speed and soon appeared at the spot where the light appeared.

"Is this the bottom of the Netherworld?"

What appeared before Lin Ran was an extremely vast expanse of sand and gravel, with countless fist-sized pebbles scattered throughout. These pebbles emitted a faint glow, which was why the place appeared quite bright.

"The bottom of the Nine Netherworlds should connect to an extremely deep underground. If we were to go deep into there, even I probably wouldn't be able to hold out for long."

"Beneath Canaan Academy lies the cave dwelling of the ancient Emperor Tuoshe. I wonder if there's also a Dou Di cave dwelling beneath the Nine Netherworlds..."

"Help...help...me..."

Just as Lin Ran was sensing his surroundings, a very faint groan suddenly reached his ears through the water.

"Oh?"

Hearing the faint sound, Lin Ran slowly lowered his head, his feet landing deep inside, and his hand suddenly grabbed downwards.

"Splash!"

With a single grab, a palm print was immediately left on the sandy ground, and as the sand and stones rolled, a massive iron chain, hundreds of feet long, was suddenly exposed to Lin Ran's view.

Upon seeing the enormous iron chain, Lin Ran narrowed his eyes slightly. With a grab from a distance, the chain was slowly pulled out. As the chain was pulled out, the ground around it suddenly trembled. Three more huge iron chains rose from the mud. These chains were all connected to the surrounding massive mountains. They couldn't be moved at all when pulled.

Lin Ran's gaze did not concern himself with where the chains were locked; instead, his eyes were fixed on the center of the four chains, where there was a large mass of dark mud.

Looking at the clump of mud, Lin Ran casually waved his hand, and the mud was shaken away. As the mud dispersed, what was inside was revealed: a person!

A person whose entire body is withered and looks like a skeleton!

"Save me, save me, save me! I'll make the entire Nine Netherworld Python Clan serve you as their master!"

As Lin Ran gazed at the withered figure, the latter's sunken eyes suddenly snapped open, his gaze turning somewhat crazed as he stared at Lin Ran. A hoarse roar echoed through the depths of the underworld, sounding like a ghostly wail that chilled the soul.

At that moment, Lin Ran's lips also curled up in a smile.

Found you, former patriarch of the Nine Netherworld Python!

(End of this chapter)