I Am Overlord c1-962

by Translator: Pokka; Author: 我本纯洁 (I Am Pure); Licensed From: Migu

  "Restricted space! That is something only those above the Sovereign Realm can create!" Du Xuanhao cried out in shock. For the first time, he realized just what kind of an existence Devouring Ghost used to be.

  "Yes, this place is safe enough. But how are we going to move in and out?" asked Xiang Shaoyun calmly.

  "Don't worry about that. I can teach all of you the method of leaving and entering," Devouring Ghost replied. "I am planning to stay here for some time and focus on restoring this body to its previous cultivation level. I might need half a year, or even an entire year. Therefore, we need to draw a plan and decide on what all of you will do next."

  "Since you already have a plan in mind, tell us about it," said Xiang Shaoyun.

  Chapter 400: Growing Soul Power

  "I personally think you should adapt yourself to the way of life here, to understand the cruel reality of this city and learn to not show any mercy to your enemies. Through slaughter, you can prove your strength. There are numerous Bloodsin Arenas for different cultivation levels in the city. At a King Realm arena, you can challenge the various experts of the city and battle the numerous captured devils as well. Through battle, you can increase your combat prowess. After reaching late-stage King Realm, you can enter the Devil Domain," said Devouring Ghost.

  "Bloodsin Arena? There is something like that here?" Xiang Shaoyun asked in astonishment.

  "Any battle on a Bloodsin Arena is one where your life will be placed on the line. You will have to rely on yourself in the arena, young master," said Devouring Ghost. He looked at Du Xuanhao and continued, "You are already a top Dragon Ascension Realm cultivator so you can directly enter the Devil Domain and do battle there. You will encounter many fearsome devils and know just how much more you need to grow. When you have finally mastered the saber steering phase of your saber intent, you will then be qualified to try for Saber Devil's inheritance."

  Du Xuanhao did not say anything and instead looked at Xiang Shaoyun for a decision. After all, he now considered himself a follower.

  Xiang Shaoyun looked at him and said, "Big Brother Du, just go to the Devil Domain. Don't worry about me. I still have Jin Wo and Badar by my side. You can only help me in the future if you can grow strong enough."

  Du Xuanhao replied, "Stay safe, young master."

  "Young master, since you are no longer guarded by a powerful Emperor, you have to be very careful in the city. If you are really pushed to desperation, you can always seek shelter here," said Devouring Ghost. "But I hope to see you slaughter a bloody path to the pinnacle yourself, young master. Back then, this was where the previous master had made his name. I believe you will be able to achieve the same."

  "Don't worry. I know what to do," said Xiang Shaoyun with a nod.

  "Take this medal. If the Ghostface Sect creates trouble for you again, just show it to them," said Devouring Ghost as he handed Xiang Shaoyun a medal.

  Xiang Shaoyun took the medal and found that a ghost face was carved into it. It emanated a sinister and dreadful aura.

  Devouring Ghost offered an explanation, "The Ghostface Sect might have some sort of relationship with me. Before I regain my strength, try to avoid having conflicts with them."

  "Sure. I know what to do," said Xiang Shaoyun.

  After telling them a bit more about the Devil Domain and Devil Blood City, Devouring Ghost began his seclusion. Xiang Shaoyun, Du Xuanhao, and Jin Wo moved outside to have another discussion.

  "Big Brother Du, before leaving for the Devil Domain, I need you to help me take over the Skeleton Gang," said Xiang Shaoyun.

  "They have three ninth-stage Dragon Ascension Realm experts. It will be hard with just us," said Du Xuanhao.

  "Don't worry. I will find you a reliable helper," said Xiang Shaoyun with a confident smile.

  Instead of leaving, Xiang Shaoyun took the time to seclude himself in a random room. Inside, he took out the soul elevation grass he had just purchased. He needed to further increase his soul power, so the ghostrune emperor could grow more.

  Only when his soul power grew would the nether soul energy in his Nether Soul Domain undergo an upgrade, which would allow the ghostrune emperor to grow stronger. At that time, with the ghostrune emperor helping Du Xuanhao, it wouldn't be hard for them to kill any ninth-stage Dragon Ascension Realm expert they encountered.

  Xiang Shaoyun was aware that to establish a footing in the Bloodsin City, he alone was not enough. An organization that wasn't the strongest yet not the weakest would be perfect to help him gain a footing.

  This was a plan he had devised ever since he had subdued Badar. Now, it was time to put his plan into action. He knew very well it would be very hard to take over the Skeleton Gang with just Du Xuanhao and Jin Wo. Therefore, he had to borrow the ghostrune emperor's strength as well.

  Xiang Shaoyun swallowed the soul elevation grass and, as soul power started pouring into his soul, immediately activated the soul restoration mantra of the Nether Dragon Soul Headband.

  His soul power was already strong enough to be comparable to a top-tier King's, so with the assistance of the soul elevation grass, his soul power immediately grew to a level equivalent to that of a peak King.

  With the growth of his soul power, the Nether Soul Domain started expanding, and the nether soul energy within became thicker. Unfortunately, just the soul elevation grass alone was not enough to push his soul power to a level comparable to an Emperor's. He took out a mid-grade king soul medicine and tossed it into his mouth.

  This mid-stage king medicine had an even stronger medicinal power. Xiang Shaoyun possessed a soul that had once been cleansed by a soul spring, and he was being constantly nurtured by the soul raising stone he kept in his Nether Soul Domain. With the help of the massive amount of soul power he was getting from the herbs, he immediately broke through the barrier of the King Realm, pushing his soul power to the level of an Emperor's.

  After reaching this level, his soul started solidifying, looking more and more lifelike. It was at this moment that a great change occurred in his Nether Soul Domain. It started expanding rapidly while thick clumps of nether soul energy flooded it.

  At the same time, the devilish aura drifting about in the sky above the Bloodsin City suddenly started seeping into the ground noiselessly. The devilish aura arrived above Xiang Shaoyun and gradually entered his Nether Soul Domain, providing a great boost to his nether soul energy.

  As for the ghostrunes, they went mad with joy. They started devouring the nether soul energy like hungry wolves that had stumbled upon the most delicious food. And as they devoured the nether soul energy, they started growing in strength.

  However, they couldn't directly utilize all the newly absorbed energy. They had to further enhance their bloodline. And thus, they started consuming the weaker ones among them again. This was an incredibly odd phenomenon, one that other races would find hard to understand.

  As the ghostrunes consumed their own, their numbers underwent a steep decline. Of the initial over 40,000 ghostrunes, only about 20,000 remained. Even so, this number was still plummeting rapidly as their strength was growing swiftly.

  Xiang Shaoyun was too busy to pay attention to what was happening to them. Currently, his blood had suddenly stirred as he seemed to have formed a sort of intimate connection with his Nether Soul Domain. Numerous ancient and abstruse symbols started appearing in his soul.

  These symbols represented an ancient inheritance, a memory inheritance for all who had the blood of the Imperial Nether Clan. In fact, these symbols were the characters of a language used exclusively by the Imperial Nether Clan.

  Xiang Shaoyun did not know where these symbols had come from. However, he did feel as if these symbols were something that came naturally to him. He did not even need to do anything as all the knowledge contained within the symbols started pouring into his mind. As time passed, more and more of the ancient symbols appeared in his soul. None of them harmed him. Instead, he benefited greatly from their appearance.

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p; Imperial Nether Prison.

  This was an innate ability unique to the Imperial Nether Clan, and it had now awakened in Xiang Shaoyun's mind.

  Chapter 401: Imperial Nether Prison

  In Bloodsin City's Yu Clan was a certain old woman. She spent most of her time in secluded cultivation nowadays, but today, she had suddenly appeared in the sky above the main hall of the clan after sensing a change in the city. She had a crooked figure and looked completely unremarkable, yet her eyes emanated an extremely sharp aura seemingly capable of piercing through everything.

  She stared at the sky and observed the change happening. The look in her eyes changed as she muttered, "The devilish aura is stirring. Is the Devil Domain trying to attack the surface again?"

  At a different spot in the city was a massive temple. Numerous monks could be seen chanting some religious scriptures; one Buddhist symbol after another formed in the air as they slowly purified the devilish aura hovering above the city.

  An old monk who had been seated in meditation for an untold amount of years suddenly opened his turbid eyes and muttered, "Amitabha. The devilish aura is stirring. Looks like trouble is brewing for the Bloodsin City yet again."

  Apart from these two, a few other concealed super experts had also sensed the change. They all did the same thing: tell their people to start paying closer attention to the Devil Domain. The moment anything happened, they would react immediately to prevent another devil invasion.

  ...

  Not one of them had noticed that the devilish aura had actually seeped into the ground and had all converged at a certain tiny restricted space.

  Imperial Nether Prison.

  This was a unique battle technique exclusive to the Imperial Nether Clan. Only those with a high-tier bloodline within the clan and the Nether Soul Domain would be able to awaken it.

  The Imperial Nether Prison was an innate ability capable of summoning the Nether Soul Domain out of one's body and transforming it into a prison to trap one's enemies. The prison's owner would be an absolute master of the space within it and would be able to freely do as he wished to those trapped within.

  Any person who wasn't much more powerful than the prison owner would be completely helpless once trapped. This ability was in fact one of the main trump cards of the Imperial Nether Clan. Presently, Xiang Shaoyun was completely engrossed in the comprehension of this newly awakened ability.

  The Imperial Nether Prison felt completely different to him than other battle techniques. He needed to train and comprehend any other battle techniques he wanted to use, but that was not the case for the Imperial Nether Prison. He only needed to accept these symbols for the comprehension to come naturally to him.

  Finally, new ancient symbols stopped appearing. He then slowly urged his Nether Soul Domain to move. Instantly, the Nether Soul Domain flooded out of him and filled the room. It did not stop and even spread to outside of it. Both Du Xuanhao and Jin Wo were given a fright as they thought they were under attack.

  Inside the room, Xiang Shaoyun was able to sense them clearly. He spoke to them through voice transmission, "Don't worry. It's me."

  They calmed down after hearing Xiang Shaoyun's voice.

  "Your highness, what power is this? It makes me feel very uncomfortable," said Jin Wo in agitation.

  "I feel like I am being restricted by something," said Du Xuanhao with a frown.

  "Y-young master, h-have you awakened the Imperial Nether Clan's innate ability, Imperial Nether Prison?" Devouring Ghost's surprised voice also rang out.

  "You know about the Imperial Nether Prison as well?" Xiang Shaoyun asked in astonishment.

  "Of course. This is one of the Imperial Nether Clan's strongest innate abilities. Looks like my decision to bring you here is correct. Continue your comprehension, but be discreet about it. Avoid attracting the attention of those old freaks in the city or things will become very troublesome for us," said Devouring Ghost.

  "Ok," Xiang Shaoyun replied and started withdrawing the Imperial Nether Prison. He did not fully withdraw it, though. He maintained enough of it to cover his room and continued studying it.

  "Prison, from its name, it is obvious this is used for imprisonment. The restrictive force from the Nether Soul Domain is the energy powering the prison. However, this is not its final form. Solidify!" Xiang Shaoyun continued studying the essence of the ability when he suddenly shouted and stirred his soul power. He started waving all 10 of his fingers, manipulating the nether soul energy around him.

  Swish! Swish!

  Strands of nether soul energy appeared and took the form of chains. Each looked like a real chain, swaying about as it changed freely in length, showcasing the ability to shackle anything. At the command of his thought, the 10 chains immediately shot toward a broken chair in the room.

  Bang!

  The chair was instantly crushed into pieces. Clearly, the chair was too badly damaged to handle the chains' might. Xiang Shaoyun used the same method to manipulate the 10 chains, sending them flying like 10 nimble dragons. They were extremely flexible and agile, capable of shrinking and extending freely.

  Apart from that, he also learned that the moment one went inside the Imperial Nether Prison, one’s combat prowess would drop by at least 30 percent. One's connection with spiritual energy and external astral energy would also be severed.

  The nether soul energy was also capable of eroding the mind of those trapped within, causing them to completely lose themselves and eventually die through the complete erasure of their souls. These were the wondrous functions of the Nether Soul Domain, allowing one to become the master of the space within the prison.

  Of course, for the Nether Soul Prison to be able to do all that, the Nether Soul Domain needed to first grow stronger so as to ensure the user had a sufficiently powerful soul to make use of such power.

  After finding out about all that, Xiang Shaoyun burst out with laughter and said, "What a great ability. I can definitely catch any opponent by surprise with it."

  He did not know if his Imperial Nether Clan bloodline came from the mother he had never met, but he did not intend to think too much about its origin anyway. He considered anything capable of helping him grow stronger to be something good for him. Finally, Xiang Shaoyun had the time to take a look at the ghostrunes in his Nether Soul Domain. His eyes almost popped out in shock.

  "There are only about 10,000 of them left? But not one of them is below the Transformation Realm anymore. There are about 300 or 400 Kings, and there are even two new Emperors!" a wide smile formed on Xiang Shaoyun's face.

  When the ghostrunes sensed Xiang Shaoyun's attention, they immediately knelt down and greeted him, "Greetings, master."

  "Rise, everyone," said Xiang Shaoyun. He was quite surprised, as he had not expected that all these ghostrunes would so easily acknowledge him as their master. He asked, "What do you think about living outside?"

  "No, master. We wish to keep staying here. This place is very suited to us. We swear to remain forever loyal to you, master," vowed Gui Qi on behalf of all the ghostrunes.

  All the ghostrunes had an expectant look. It was obvious none of them wanted to leave.

  "Haha, sure. I was just joking," said Xiang Shaoyun. "You can stay here, but you will have to obey my every command in the future. Otherwise, I will either kick all of you out or directly kill all of you in here."

  "Yes, master," the ghostrunes replied.

  "Splendid. I have a perfect chance for you to demonstrate your loyalty," said Xiang Shaoyun with a glint in his eyes.

  Chapter 402: Han Clan Sisters

  The Skeleton Gang was only a second-rate organization in the Bloodsin City, but they were still an organization that had established themselves. Just that feat alone proved that they were no pushover.

  Their leader was a person called Tian Yiqi, also known as the Celestial Skeleton. He was a peak Emperor cultivating an extremely odd cultivation method granting him an extraordinary combat prowess. He had two powerful unde
rlings known as Earth Skeleton and Human Skeleton, both ninth-stage Dragon Ascension Realm cultivators.

  Presently, the Skeleton Gang members were gathered together. All of them were dressed in clothes with skeleton emblems, creating a sinister atmosphere at their place of gathering. Seated on the main seat was Celestial Skeleton, a tall and slim middle-aged man. A chilly, baleful aura lingered around him, and his eyes were constantly pulsing with a dreadful green radiance that made them look like two clumps of ghostfire.

  Seated to his left and right were Human Skeleton and Earth Skeleton. Both were constantly emanating an aura of ruthlessness and bloodlust. Apart from them, about a dozen Emperors were also gathered in the room, each of them a late-stage Emperor. These were the elites of the Skeleton Gang. There had to be a reason for all of them to be gathered here today.

  "Leader, based on the information we have obtained, a large number of Han Clan people have entered the Devil Domain, and the two sisters have been left behind," reported one of them respectfully.

  "Where are they now?" asked Celestial Skeleton with a lusty look in his eyes.

  He had noticed the Han Clan sisters when the two had first arrived at the city. Both of them were extreme beauties, and they also possessed the Yin Frost Physique. With the dual-cultivation technique he cultivated, they would be perfect to help him gather sufficient yang energy and push himself into the Sovereign Realm.

  That was why he had been sending people to pay close attention to the Han Clan recently. The people in the gang thought that he coveted the two women for their beauty, oblivious to the fact that he had a completely different motive.

  "They are currently at the Han Clan turf," replied the same person from before.

  "Excellent. Tonight, we will purge the Han Clan. I want to capture the sisters alive," said Celestial Skeleton in excitement.