Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 896 - 891: Secret One

Chapter 896: Chapter 891: Secret One

This is a pale, oval-shaped lump of flesh.

On one side of the flesh lump, three arms and two legs have already grown, along with half a torso, poised to push out from within.

It looks as if it died suddenly halfway through development.

Lin Xin reached out and touched the lump of flesh.

Very soft, very soft, like touching a wad of cotton.

He hesitated for a moment, then casually grabbed the lump of flesh and stuffed it into his own chest.

Gulp.

A sound of swallowing spread, as he swallowed the lump of flesh in one go.

"Conversion rate is okay, less than a hundred points."

After dealing with the lump of flesh, Lin Xin continued to dive downward.

After a while, another fully clothed skeleton floated over.

It was clear that there were many of these things here.

Lin Xin reached out and pulled the corpse over.

This was a strong male corpse, dressed in heavy black armor, with a fist-sized bead that looked like flesh embedded in the armor.

He held a broken sword in his hand, and half of his face had been thoroughly burned off by something, revealing a ferocious and angry expression.

The most striking part for Lin Xin was that this male corpse had only one eye, which was much larger than that of an ordinary human.

With a wave of his hand, all the armor and items on the corpse floated next to him.

Clang.

He tapped the armor with his finger.

The hardness was indeed not bad. Although he didn’t know what material it was made of, given his realm level, the hardness was remarkably good, indicating the high level of this armor.

"Even ordinary Earth Immortals might not own a magic artifact of this level.....The strength and resistance could almost be called Lifebound Magic Artifacts of the Heavenly Venerables."

Lin Xin vaguely felt it becoming somewhat troublesome.

"What kind of place is this..."

The Underworld indeed has some kind of uniqueness.

Various myths and legends circulate here.

He remembered that once a young cultivator named Xue Xiaoyan from the Pine Sword Sect mentioned the myths and legends of this place to him.

’It is said that beneath the Underworld, there are countless bizarre realms, various mysterious tribes, Evil Gods, Demons, Yin Beasts, and many unimaginable entities.

There is speculation by Peng Shuzi that our earth exists in an incredibly deep and enormous abyss. The abyss rotates slowly, absorbing countless entities, integrating them into the ever-expanding part of the Underworld.

Therefore, theoretically, the Underworld is endlessly expanding at all times.’

And the Dragon-Tiger theory mentioned by the Yellow Robe back then.

The Sky Dragon, Azure Dragon, of the heavens, and the Earth Tiger, Black Tiger, of the earth. It is said that the world of the Underworld was once a chaos where the eternal Sky Dragon Azure Dragon and Earth Tiger Black Tiger fought and fought fiercely. They tore through the Yin Qi, opening up the Sun Spring. Later, both Azure Dragon and Black Tiger perished, their dragon eyes transformed into the sun and moon, and tiger blood into the numerous creatures of existence.

"It’s just that I don’t know which one is true."

Lin Xin carefully assessed his own capacity. He felt he could continue to dive deeper.

His current physical attributes were as enormous as fifteen billion, and his recovery ability had reached an incalculable degree. At least for now, no one could match his recovery and resistance.

Recovery and resistance, these two were the benefits brought by a physical attribute of fifteen billion.

So even though the water pressure here had reached the level of the Heavenly Venerable, he was far from reaching his limit.

By swallowing the one-eyed corpse in one gulp, Lin Xin continued to dive down.

The one-eyed corpse provided him with nearly one hundred and fifty points of Free Attributes, which was acceptable. After all, it’s a corpse that had been dead for a long time.

The golden seawater was endless. He couldn’t help but take two gulps, but unfortunately, to obtain significant benefits, he’d need to swallow about a hundred tons for just ten or so points, which was too low a cost-effectiveness.

Continuing downward, the corpses gradually became more and more frequent.

The one-eyed skeletons became were prevalent, mixed occasionally with some bizarre and strange biological corpses.

Another five to six thousand meters or so down.

Suddenly, a huge shadow drifted with the waves, gently swaying in the seawater.

Lin Xin took a closer look and gasped.

The shadow was illuminated by the golden seawater, revealing its entire body.

This turned out to be a white jade centipede, dozens of meters long. However, the centipede’s legs were bizarre, resembling pallid human arms rather than sharp insect legs.

Embedded in the centipede’s back was a cyan-green treasure bead, faintly glowing, clearly not an ordinary item.

Lin Xin thought for a moment and gestured to extract the treasure bead, deciding against touching the centipede’s body.

"A record exists on Green Lake Mountain about such a centipede with human hands... said to be a top existence among Extraterrestrial Demons according to lore.... a terrifying creature from another universe; its strength may not be suffocating, but its venom certainly is, having once bested even the Taoist Ancestor."

Lin Xin wasn’t keen to get too close. If he were to get poisoned himself, it would indeed be troublesome.

At this time, the remnants of bodies and some strange debris around him increased significantly.

"It seems there has been a great battle here, with the One-eyed Tribe and these Extraterrestrial Demons perishing together in this place."

He vaguely felt that beneath the Underworld lay even deeper secrets, perhaps many hidden mysteries indeed existed.

But he wasn’t suited to continue exploring now.

Who knows how long it might take to venture further. If he incidentally encounters a region with an extremely fast time flow, and in a blink, the outside world sees several hundreds of years pass, he’d not be able to remedy it when calamity hits.

Steadying his mind, he turned around and began to swim upward.

Shzz!

In an instant, a golden beam grazed past his waist.

A burning sensation spread from his waist.

Lin Xin was slightly taken aback, turned his head to chase after the golden light, but saw nothing.

Shzz!

Another golden light grazed his neck, unexpectedly looping around to fiercely attack the left side of his neck, almost piercing right through it.

"What a powerful golden light!" Lin Xin’s heart skipped a beat.

He knew very well how strong his physical body was now. Even if the Heavenly Venerable’s star-annihilating weapon struck him, it wouldn’t easily break his defense.

Yet, this golden light seemed to disregard everything, directly tearing two gashes into him.

The golden light took a turn and disappeared, and soon, it appeared behind Lin Xin, charging toward him again.

Sizzle!

Lin Xin reached out to grab it, his speed was incredibly fast, but he only caught a tail of the light.

The golden light once again tore open a gash on his chest.

All the wounds fully recovered under his terrifying physique, but Lin Xin’s face grew slightly grim.

"Capture!" He decisively executed his Taoist Arts powered by True Yuan.

A blood-red halo condensed into a blood-colored giant hand, swiftly grabbing at the shooting golden light.

Puff!

The golden light mercilessly penetrated the giant hand, piercing through Lin Xin’s forehead.

Caught off guard, Lin Xin had reached out to block, considered evading, yet somehow, he still got hit.

A blood-red bordered wound on his forehead lasted only a moment before automatically healing.

But his expression was one of extreme astonishment at that moment.

"Just now, that was...??"

Puff!

The golden light suddenly exploded through her body again, carrying a spray of blood.

Unable to avoid it, Lin Xin was fiercely knocked back.

Luckily, this was underwater, and the impact of the golden light wasn’t strong, allowing him to quickly stabilize his body and attempt to capture the golden light again.

Puff!

No use, Lin Xin’s thigh was pierced straight through once more.

Puff, puff, puff!!!

Continuously, within just a few moments, Lin Xin was pierced and severely injured over fifty times.

Gradually, he grew impatient with the relentless onslaught.

With a cold snort, he reached behind him and drew the Sword of Sorrow.

With a gentle shake of the sword, a hue of gray spread out in all directions from the Sword of Sorrow.

The golden light rushed from afar, but as soon as it entered the gray light, it quickly suspended motionless.

Lin Xin reached out and grabbed it.

With a tremendous crash, the Nether River seawater within hundreds of Spirit Miles compressed rapidly, and with a hiss, condensed into a golden water bead the size of a fist.

The golden light solidified within the bead, landing into his palm.

Remarkably, it was a small gold fish, with two sword-like golden metal strips embedded on either side of its body.

"This is... a purely sharp Heaven Shuttle Fish... Just as I predicted..."

Lin Xin sighed with regret.

The Heaven Shuttle Fish is also an ancient mythological top-tier existence.

Legend has it that the Underworld is dark, demons and ghosts run rampant.

The Buddha Ancestor showed mercy, granting a golden sun to illuminate the Underworld earth. And the light emitted by the golden sun is the Heaven Shuttle Fish.

The Heaven Shuttle Fish restrains all demons, ghosts, and extreme yin substances, its speed incredibly swift, traversing infinite distances in a moment.

It is said that in an instant, countless Heaven Shuttle Fish descend like sun rays, clearing the Underworld ground of demons within mere moments.

"Just one Heaven Shuttle Fish is so powerful, what kind of formidable strength does that golden sun possess?"

As for the Buddha Ancestor’s grant, Lin Xin completely overlooked it.

If the Buddha Ancestor could grant such powerful items, then why would there be a need for Arhat Bodhisattva legions? He alone could destroy countless opposing forces and leave other powerless.

Lin Xin did not continue further.

He had a gut feeling, sensing that whatever was below might not be something he should explore now.

What the Underworld concealed definitely wasn’t trivial.

Especially given that he now knew his universe was just a small black universe, a broader world had completely unfolded before his eyes.

Clutching the Heaven Shuttle Fish, Lin Xin hesitated no longer and swam towards the surface of the Nether River sea.

Suddenly, a triangular board drifted towards him from afar.

Lin Xin casually grabbed it, glanced at the board he grabbed.

"Hmm..."

The board was clearly a black jade rectangular plaque fragment.

Yet, just this small piece had inscriptions that caused Lin Xin’s eyes to narrow slightly.

’Luo Fu’!

These were the two large characters etched on the board.

The key wasn’t just these two characters, but the script they were written in.

Lin Xin unconsciously clutched the board.

"This is... Oracle Bone Script...!!"

Moreover, it was in the style of the Shang Dynasty!

During his time on Earth, he developed an interest in this period of history due to the novel Investiture of the Gods and even specifically researched information on this subject.

Seeing it now, he was truly startled.