Virus King - Chapter 401

Chapter 401: Ghost Gate Pass! Yellow Springs Road! Naihe Bridge!

TL: Rui88

The darkness was like a bloody maw slowly opening wide, swallowing everyone who dared to enter this place.

Chen Bai and the other two leaped directly in. Sure enough, beneath this dark rift valley, a massive dark vortex was situated within.

As the three of them approached this place, a prompt from the Cosmic Will appeared before their eyes!

[Do you wish to enter the large-scale chain Secret Realm: The Underworld (Levels 20-99)?]

Hmm!?

Even Chen Bai couldn’t help but be stunned, looking at the scene before him in disbelief, as if he thought he had misread it the first time.

A Level 20 to Level 99 Secret Realm Dungeon?!

Although such large-scale Secret Realm Dungeons definitely contained more subdivided instances within them, this maximum level cap still caught Chen Bai off guard.

Good lord, no wonder the Evolvers from the Dragon Nation and the Evolvers from Goryeo were beating each other’s brains out fighting over this Northern Kingdom territory.

In his previous life, it seemed they fought over this for a full ten years or so. In the end, it appeared that the famous Ghost King had made his move, completely cementing the Dragon Nation’s victory and causing that Monarch-level existence to gain massive fame in the Dragon Nation for a time in his past life!

It was just a pity that the Ghost King of the present had already completely become a ghost. In the future, no matter when, it was unlikely his turn would come again.

The massive dark vortex world slowly fell silent before Chen Bai. With his consent, the descent speed of their three bodies also became incredibly slow in the next moment. Then, the dark rift that originally seemed like it would never bottom out slowly reached the lowest point.

Beneath the soles of their feet, a sensation of extreme softness appeared!

Unknowingly, although the darkness was still shrouded over this gloomy world along with the gray haze, it was no longer absolute darkness like before. The world before them suddenly seemed somewhat clearer.

Underfoot was gray-black soil, extremely soft. It didn’t feel like the mud of the ground, but rather like earth that had been used for farming after being soaked in corpses.

Every step taken would cause one to sink in slightly, giving an indescribable feeling of muddiness. This sensation brought about an unspeakable feeling of disgust.

“Is this The Underworld!?”

Beside him, Liu Huai couldn’t help but speak up. She, on the other hand, was able to find an extremely familiar aura here.

Between his past life and present life, even though this large-scale Secret Realm Dungeon was so famous, Chen Bai had never actually entered it.

Arriving now, it could truly be called an eye-opener!

The place where he stood was a patch of wasteland.

Flowers of the Other Shore, crimson in color, swayed in the wind in the distance.

Not far away, Chen Bai and the others saw the closest one to them, which was also the first small-scale Secret Realm Dungeon within this Underworld!

[Ghost Gate Pass (Level 20-28 Hell-level Dungeon)]

Ghost Gate Pass! A Hell-level dungeon?!

Was this place this exciting?!

Chen Bai’s brows twitched rapidly.

He exchanged glances with the other two. They didn’t rush to enter but instead looked further back again.

This Ghost Gate Pass was in the image of an empty gate. Nothing could be seen from the outside. Aside from this large gate depicting a massive ghost head pattern, there was a long, slow road covered and painted by the Flowers of the Other Shore.

Of course, this was the situation observed from the outside of The Underworld. As for what Ghost Gate Pass actually looked like after entering, no one knew.

The three didn’t rashly enter. Instead, they walked directly past Ghost Gate Pass and soon saw two more Secret Realm Dungeons appearing before their eyes!

It was a long, vast river.

Its width was inconceivable.

The river water, blood-red and yellow-green, looked like a mixture of fresh blood and some other liquid.

Upon approaching the riverside, a prompt appeared!

[Do you wish to enter the Hell-level Secret Realm Dungeon: Yellow Springs Road (Levels 30-40)]

(Note: Only by clearing the Secret Realm Dungeon Ghost Gate Pass can you enter the Yellow Springs!)

Another Hell-level!

The three moved forward again and soon discovered a special bridge appearing before their eyes above the Yellow Springs!

[Do you wish to enter the Nightmare-level Secret Realm Dungeon: Naihe Bridge (Levels 30-40)]

(Note: Only by clearing the Secret Realm Dungeon Ghost Gate Pass can you enter Naihe Bridge!)

This was getting interesting.

The level of this Naihe Bridge was the same as the Yellow Springs.

It was just that the difficulty and dungeon grade of Naihe Bridge were obviously inferior to the Yellow Springs.

And the prerequisites for these two Secret Realm Dungeons were identical; both required clearing Ghost Gate Pass…

If that was the case…

The group raised their heads together and looked across the Yellow Springs.

On the opposite side of the yellow-green and blood-red spring water, there were rays of gloomy light.

It was like candlelight swayed by wild winds in the deep of night, or the light within pale lanterns, extremely weak.

Under that faint light, barely visible at the end of their line of sight, there seemed to be a massive, dreamlike city!

And even further away, who knew what else existed!

Fengdu City!?

Everyone knew the myths of The Underworld, and Chen Bai couldn’t help but think of this location.

If Yellow Springs Road, Naihe Bridge, and even Ghost Gate Pass were already Secret Realm Dungeons of this level and difficulty, then what level and difficulty would the terrain within Fengdu City be?!

Did the Ten Halls of Yama and the Eighteen Levels of Hell exist?

Chen Bai didn’t know, but if possible, he still wanted to see them.

However, just as the three were about to step onto Naihe Bridge, wanting to bypass the dungeon and simply enter the location of Fengdu City to take a look, they were obstructed by the Cosmic Will and received a prompt!

[Without passing through Yellow Springs Road, you cannot cross the Yellow Springs and Naihe Bridge to enter the range of Fengdu City and the City of the Vainly Dying! Only after clearing the dungeon and obtaining the Yellow Springs Token or Meng Po’s Document can you pass!]

Interesting!

Chen Bai raised his eyebrows and exchanged glances with the other two, all seeing the curiosity in each other’s eyes!

Chen Bai then spoke:

“Let’s enter this Ghost Gate Pass first to test the waters! There’s no rush for Yellow Springs Road and Naihe Bridge for now! It won’t be too late to come back when our levels are sufficient! It’s just slightly far away. I wonder if this place produces supreme treasures like the Mount Shu Token that can teleport us directly here!”

The two nodded as well.

Within this miraculous cluster of large-scale Secret Realm Dungeons, there were obviously unimaginable opportunities!

If they didn’t explore it properly, wouldn’t it be a waste of their current strength?!

However, just as the three returned to the location of Ghost Gate Pass, suddenly, vortexes appeared in the sky one after another. Subsequently, figures descended from the heavens!

Someone else had entered this large-scale Secret Realm of The Underworld!?

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Hi all, another translator has volunteered to pick up translating this novel. I’m too busy to edit and check their work, so please don’t mind any terminology changes, or other errors!