Chapter 3549: TrappedEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"Nether Emperor, Sir!"

Rodney was extremely excited when he saw the Nether Emperor. He immediately knelt before him, "Greetings, Nether Emperor, Sir!"

The Nether Emperor slowly opened his eyes and looked at the one kneeling before him. His stone-like face gradually showed signs of life, and some spirit returned to his eyes, "Rodney, why are you here? Are my clansmen well?"

"Sir Nether Emperor!"

Rodney looked at the Nether Emperor, suppressing the excitement in his heart. The corners of his eyes could not help but grow moist.

"Our clansmen were displaced and suffered bullying from the God Clan, and I was imprisoned in the divine prison for tens of thousands of years, longing day and night to see you again!"

"The God Clan! They promised to treat my people well! On what grounds did they do this?"

When the Nether Emperor heard that his people had been bullied, he immediately became agitated. The dark golden chains wrapped around his body trembled violently, and the soul fire in his eyes flickered continuously.

"I will make them pay the price!"

The Nether Emperor suddenly turned his head to look at Fang Heng. The soul fire in his eyes flickered as he stared at him. "You are not from the God Clan! Who are you? How did you get here?"

"I am Fang Heng. I also have some conflicts with the God Clan. I happened to meet your clansman, so I came by to take a look."

As Fang Heng spoke, he extended his hand, and a burning death aura emerged in his palm.

"Nether Emperor, no offense intended. I have mastered a portion of the power of Death and am very curious about the Netherworld. I wished to meet the ruler of the Netherworld, the Nether Emperor."

The Nether Emperor frowned slightly and looked toward Rodney.

Rodney nodded, "Nether Emperor, I was still imprisoned by the God Clan until now. He brought me here to see you."

The Nether Emperor calmed the anger in his heart and nodded. "Fang Heng, thank you for bringing my clansman here. What do you wish to know?"

"I wanted to know about the Netherworld and what happened there."

The Nether Emperor closed his eyes, and scenes from the past flashed through his mind.

"It was nothing unusual. The Netherworld weakened while the divine realm prospered. It was merely that the God Clan coveted the power of my Netherworld. The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest. The loser had no excuse to offer."

The Nether Emperor opened his eyes again and said in a deep voice, "The God Clan invaded the Netherworld and launched a holy war. I led my clansmen to resist. I admit that our Dark Clan was once at a disadvantage."

"The God Clan proposed conditions. They would guarantee the safety of my people and allow them to continue living in the Netherworld. In exchange, the Netherworld would accept the rule of the God Clan. The Dark Clan would continue to maintain the daily operations of the Netherworld, and I voluntarily accepted sealing and imprisonment here."

Fang Heng could not help but interrupt, "Nether Emperor, I have been to the Netherworld. As far as I know, the Netherworld has now been sealed by the God Clan. I did not find any trace of the Dark Clan living there."

The Nether Emperor was immediately shocked and turned to Rodney. "Rodney! What is going on? Where are my people?"

Rodney showed a pained expression and said in a low voice, "Nether Emperor, not long after you were sealed, the God Clan began transferring the Death Vortex. The Dark Clan was also forced to migrate from the Netherworld into the divine realm to tend to the Death Vortex."

"The God Clan..."

The Nether Emperor suppressed the surging anger in his heart and muttered to himself. Underworld Fire flickered in his eyes as death aura continuously surged from his body, interacting with the holy chains wrapped around him and producing hissing sounds.

"They broke their promise. They will pay the price."

Fang Heng said, "Nether Emperor, do not be agitated. Be careful not to trigger the seal and attract the guards of the God Clan. Think about it another way. At least your people are still alive, aren’t they?"

"Humph!" The Nether Emperor snorted heavily. "The God Clan is not so kind. Keeping my people alive was merely to use their power to maintain the operation of the world."

Fang Heng asked, "What do you mean?"

Rodney let out a deep sigh and shook his head, "Let me explain."

"All souls, after death, are drawn by the Netherworld and guided into it. After being baptized by the Death Vortex of the Netherworld, a very small portion of souls will enter the divine realm and hell, while most will be cleansed of their aura in the cycle and reenter reincarnation."

"The God Clan wanted to forcibly interfere with reincarnation, to control life and death, and to seize the power of the Netherworld. That was why they launched the attack."

"They won. In the end, they reached an agreement with the Nether Emperor and took control of the Netherworld and the Death Vortex."

"After that, the God Clan used special means to move the Netherworld Vortex into the divine realm, enslaving the Dark Clan to maintain the basic operation of the Netherworld Vortex and the Netherworld, keeping the vortex firmly under their control. Finally, they transferred all the Dark Clan from the Netherworld and completely sealed it."

Fang Heng calculated silently in his heart.

The God Clan had made a grand move.

But that meant the Netherworld Vortex truly existed.

No wonder he had not found it in the Netherworld before. It had been transferred by the God Clan through some ritual.

Interesting.

If he could find the Netherworld Vortex hidden by the God Clan, he might be able to locate the source of Death and comprehend the origin of the power of the death realm vortex.

"Thank you for clearing my doubts. I have one more question."

Fang Heng looked at the Nether Emperor and asked, "How is the power of the source of the Netherworld generated?"

The Nether Emperor stared at Fang Heng and gently shook his head. "Your question is strange. The source of the Netherworld is the origin of its existence. It is inherently the destination of souls. As the soul vortex operates, it releases power. This power gradually forms the source of the Netherworld. The two complement each other, or rather are the same. There is no question of which came first."

Really?

Fang Heng remained skeptical.

If it were truly that simple, his death realm had been established in imitation of the Netherworld and already possessed a source of Death. Why had it been unable to complete a self-sustaining cycle and grow stronger?

He could sense that the power generated at the source of the death realm was insufficient, which was why it could not form the unique undead temple of the Netherworld.

There had to be something he had overlooked.

Did the Nether Emperor truly not know, or was he unwilling to say?

"Thank you again for your answer." Fang Heng did not press further and suppressed his doubts. "Nether Emperor, since our enemy is the God Clan, perhaps we can cooperate."

"Cooperate?"

The Nether Emperor thought for a moment and looked at Fang Heng. "I indeed need to deal with the God Clan. Cooperation would benefit both of us. But the question is, how can I trust you?"

"Fine. Since there is no trust, then forget about cooperation."

Fang Heng shrugged and abandoned the idea of cooperating with the Nether Emperor.

According to the Dark Clan, when they fought the God Clan, they suffered heavy casualties.

That meant they had lost.

Even fighting on their home ground in the Netherworld, they could not defeat the God Clan. The Dark Clan’s strength could only be considered average.

Now, so many years had passed, and the God Clan’s abilities had further improved.

On the other hand, the Dark Clan had been enslaved by the God Clan all these years. They had even lost the Netherworld, which had been sealed. The bonuses from the Dark Clan’s bound temple had all been wiped out. Now there was only a Nether Emperor who had been restricted and sealed for many years.

Their original full strength had declined to less than thirty percent.

They could not win.

They simply could not win.

With or without the Dark Clan’s cooperation, it would be the same in the end. He would still have to rely on himself.

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