Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

The Netherworld is too vast; most land-dwelling races would never explore the ocean, because the land is enough for them to roam for a lifetime.

If Liu Nian didn't intend to cross borders, he wouldn't have ventured into the ocean so easily.

If you do the math, even if the little dragon flies at full speed, it will take almost a day to get from Altavian to the cross-border vortex passage!

Kal'tsit continued, "There's a very famous place in Matalion—the Tower of Eternity."

Liu Nian's eyes lit up.

The Tower of Eternity?

He had heard Mosh mention it before; it was one of the three great arenas for competitive sports.

Kal'tsit continued:

"The Tower of Eternity is a tower-climbing challenge. There are no level restrictions, no reputation requirements, and you can enter at any time. Nobody knows how many floors the tower has, and no one has ever reached the top."

"Each floor has a boss; defeating the boss allows you to advance to the next floor. The higher the floor you climb, the stronger you are. Although there are no ranking rewards, each floor's boss drops decent loot!"

Liu Nian seemed to be deep in thought.

"What's the highest floor you've climbed so far?"

Kal'tsit: "The highest publicly known record is 1327 floors, held by Skylock, who is ranked first in combat power."

Liu Nian nodded.

1327th floor...

I wonder how many floors he can reach.

He thought for a moment, then asked, "Who exactly is guarding that cross-border crossing?"

Kal'tsit's reply:

"The passage is guarded by a large guild in Matalion called 'Abyss Watchers'."

"This guild is full of weirdos. The guild leader is a mind flayer, level 199, ranked twelfth on the combat power list. Their core members include beholders, amphibians, slimes, necromancers, and the like. They are very strong."

"They built an outpost near the passage and have people guarding it 24 hours a day. If you want to go to the Realm of Sin through the passage, you either have to force your way in or negotiate with them."

Liu Nian raised an eyebrow: "What conditions should we discuss?"

Kal'tsit: "I don't know, but it seems someone paid a large sum of money, at least 10,000 crystal coins."

Liu Nian frowned.

One trip costs 10,000 crystal coins?

How could he possibly give that money!

Although Liu Nian was riding the little fire dragon alone, he had already put the Sun Devourer into the giant's body.

He will wait until he reaches the other side before releasing the Sun Eater from the Colossus.

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The little dragon flew for a whole day, until evening, when it finally appeared as a black dot on the horizon.

Liu Nian squinted his eyes.

wrong.

That's not a black mark.

It was a large area—at least a dozen black dots—distributed in a haphazard manner on the gray sea surface.

As they got closer, the outlines of those black dots gradually became clearer.

That's not an island.

It is at least not a naturally formed island.

At the very center was a massive platform, the size of a football field. The platform was pieced together from countless corals and the skeletons of enormous sea creatures, and with the addition of island-building magic, its surface was covered with a pale blue light—the traces of magical creation.

Around the platform, there are more than a dozen floating islands of varying sizes. Some are only a few meters square, with a watchtower standing on them; others are like small mountains, densely covered with caves and buildings.

Countless creatures dart between the floating islands.

On the sea, a group of fishmen patrolled back and forth on giant seahorses, their tridents gleaming coldly in the setting sun.

In the sky, dozens of strange flying fish circled and soared, with fully armed players riding on their backs.

Even more bizarrely, there were also some huge eyeballs floating in mid-air, slowly rotating and scanning everything around them.

The vortex tunnel is located right in the center of this artificial island group.

The enormous whirlpool, tens of meters in diameter, swirled slowly across the hazy sea. At its center was a bottomless black hole, from which an eerie light could be faintly seen shimmering. Seawater surged into it, emitting a low, rumbling sound, like the breathing of a colossal beast.

Liu Nian slowed down, allowing the little fire dragon to approach slowly.

As soon as they approached the outermost floating island, a patrol of mermen immediately came to meet them.

The leader of the fishmen was covered in blue scales, wielded a huge halberd, and rode a giant seahorse that was seven or eight meters long. His eyes were an eerie yellow, and his pupils were unfocused like a fish's.

"Halt! This is the territory of the Abyss Watchers! State your identity and purpose!"

Liu Nian was in the form of a night owl at this moment.

"I am Night Owl," he said in a low voice. "I'm on my way to the Realm of Sin, and I'm just passing through here."

The fishman captain blinked and looked him up and down.

"No matter who you are, you cannot pass through the vortex!"

"I am the leader of the Shadow Hand Guild, ranked nineteenth on the assassin list!"

The fishman captain and his men exchanged glances.

A merman approached and whispered a few words. The merman captain nodded and turned to look at Liu Nian.

"Wait."

He took out a small conch shell, put it to his lips, and blew on it.

A moment later, a giant eyeball floating in mid-air slowly drifted over.

The demonic eye was three meters in diameter, its massive eyeballs covered in blood vessels. Below the eyeballs grew over a dozen tentacles, each ending in a small eye, all currently fixed on Liu Nian.

"A human?" The Beholder's voice rang directly in Liu Nian's mind, buzzing like metal scraping against glass. "Whoever you are, you must abide by our rules here! We have a new agreement with the other side: for the next month, neither side will allow anyone to enter the other's territory!"

Liu Nian remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he thought, "It seems this Night Owl is nothing... He doesn't give him any face at all..."

As for any new agreement, Liu Niancai didn't believe it!

He probably said that on purpose to rip him off!

"I'm just informing you, not asking for your permission!"

Liu Nian's attitude also hardened.

"Interesting! They dare to oppose us, the Abyss Watchers?"

"You've got it wrong!" Liu Nian sneered. "You're the one who's going against the Shadow Hand! I don't care what kind of Watchers you are, just get out of my way! Or I'll take you down too!"

"presumptuous!!"

The Eye Demon was enraged!

Liu Nian felt a sudden wave of dizziness...

The feeling was strange, like being hit hard on the back with a club, or like plunging headfirst into the deep sea, where all the sounds around you became distant and indistinct.

He shook his head vigorously to clear his mind!

The surrounding scenery had turned into boundless darkness at some point, and Liu Nian seemed to be in the void!

There is no sky, no land, no sea, and no wind here.

There was only endless darkness, and a single point of light slowly approaching from afar.

The light spot is getting bigger and bigger.

It's getting brighter and brighter.

Getting closer and closer—

Liu Nian's pupils suddenly contracted.

That's not a light spot.

That's a planet!

No, calling it a planet is too much of an exaggeration. It should be a giant meteorite with a diameter of at least 10,000 meters, hurtling towards him!