The territory of the Nine Underworlds was much larger than that of the Xuanyin Demonic Domain.
What followed was a silent journey. At the same time, Li Xuanji's only pleasure was to teach Long Chen the Soul-Devouring Demon Pupil technique. Long Chen already had a solid foundation, and under the guidance of this expert, coupled with his rare talent, he managed to successfully cultivate the three-part magical power of the Soul-Devouring Demon Pupil within a month. Next, he only needed to practice it again and again to become more proficient.
However, Li Xuanji's body was getting worse. After a month, even talking became a problem for her. The injury of the Nine Yin Terminated Meridian had spread throughout her body. At this time, Long Chen could only watch as her body's various functions deteriorated. The most obvious change was that her long, dark green hair was gradually turning white.
Her originally supple, snow-white skin was no longer as lustrous as before. It was not even as beautiful as before.
Long Chen saw her weakening day by day with his own eyes, so he felt very sad. He did not say much. The only thing he could do was to quicken his pace and rush forward with all his might.
After losing the Nine Yin Terminated Meridian, Li Xuanji's body deteriorated faster than she had imagined. Her mind was still that of a young girl. Although she did not say anything after experiencing such a thing, which girl could watch herself getting uglier day by day? In her mind, she was probably close to despair.
"Long Chen, how far is it …" Lying in the whirlpool that Long Chen had created with the Taixu Qi, Li Xuanji was in a daze. She forcibly opened her dimmed eyes and looked at the world outside the Taixu Realm.
"I don't know. Don't worry." Long Chen did not say much and continued to move forward.
With his words, Li Xuanji was much more relieved. She knew that although he did not speak much, he was doing his best. From his bulging arms, it could be seen that he was definitely more anxious than Li Xuanji had expected.
In fact, Long Chen was indeed very anxious. Originally, Li Xuanji could not hold on much longer. Without her to guide the way, Long Chen found that he had deviated a little from his previous path. During this time, Long Chen took advantage of this time to reach a medium-sized city in the Nine Underworlds. He controlled a few people and found a unified direction to the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain. Then, Long Chen continued to move forward. However, this deviation had delayed him for at least two days.
"Damn it."
For Long Chen, time was Li Xuanji's life. He could not allow any mistakes.
At the same time, he had already heard that the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain would open in forty days. Of course, the first five days were for the registration and identification of the participants. The Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain would only open on the fifteenth day of the sixth month. Long Chen only needed to reach the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain before the fifteenth day of the sixth month.
There was still more than half the journey to the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain. If they were really participants of the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain, they would have set off long ago. There was an extreme lack of Cosmos Teleportation Formations in the Supreme Yin Demon Realm. There were only eight Cosmos Teleportation Formations in the entire realm, and they were located at the cores of the eight demon realms. The Profound Yin Demon Realm's Teleportation Formation was now in the hands of the Yang Clan. Putting everything else aside, at least they did not have enough time to reach the Yang Clan.
At the beginning, they had spent ten days waiting for Han Yunxing and Li Xuanji. After that, there were many factors that affected them, and they even deviated from their original path. Although Long Chen increased his speed again, it was still a little difficult to reach the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain before it opened. Long Chen had no choice but to rush as fast as he could without any time to rest.
If he used up his Divine Origin Energy, he would definitely not be able to bear it. Long Chen's body was still being tempered by the Golden Lightning Dragon, which was why he was able to persist to this extent.
At the same time, in order to ensure that he could fight in the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain, Long Chen also studied the second stage of the Nine Dragons Scripture while he was rushing.
It had only taken him a short while to reach the first stage back then.
However, he did not focus enough on the second stage, so it took him a lot more time.
No matter what, Long Chen continued on his way silently under Li Xuanji's touched gaze. Finally, he arrived in the vicinity of the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain after forty days. Long Chen could vaguely see a gray, sword-like mountain peak on the horizon from where he was.
This was the so-called Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain.
Of course, Long Chen did not dare to slack off. He understood that the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain seemed very close, but it was actually several hundred thousand kilometers or even several million kilometers away. There were only five days left, so he needed to work very hard.
At this moment, Li Xuanji had basically fallen unconscious. Her bodily functions had basically been used up. Her hair was snow-white, and her skin was dull. Who knew how much she had aged in a single moment. She should have possessed supreme beauty, so Long Chen felt rather pained when he saw her like this. However, he did not know how to express it.
The only thing he could do was obtain the Saints' Fruit.
"Can you hear me?" Long Chen's voice rang out in Li Xuanji's head.
"Yes …" Li Xuanji produced a slight nasal sound, indicating that she was still conscious.
"Can you last? At the very least, I'll obtain the Saints' Fruit after around six more days," Long Chen said through gritted teeth. This was his current promise. He would complete it even if he had to risk his life.
However, he had no idea what awaited him in the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain.
"Don't worry, I can do it …" Li Xuanji said with difficulty. Long Chen stopped worrying when he heard that. He knew that she was extremely tenacious and was similar to him. Although she was in an extremely terrible state right now, Long Chen believed that she would last until he succeeded.
After settling down slightly, Long Chen advanced as fast as he could. He shot through mountains and trees like a bolt of golden lightning, but Long Chen did not dodge at all. He directly passed through them. They could no longer affect his speed.
Long Chen knew that he had probably already begun to register himself.
Li Xuanji had already explained Long Chen's identity to Long Chen two months ago. The Li family possessed many organizations in the Nine Underworlds Demon Realm. Many smaller clans had been directly sent over by the Li family. They possessed quite a lot of accomplishments in the local area, such as taking over a large city. At the very least, they could become the leader of a village.
All these years, the Li family had been in contact with the other organizations in the Nine Underworlds Demon Realm. She was a very serious person. The Li family intended to train her as the new generation's patriarch. Therefore, many of their businesses were handed over to Li Xuanji to manage. Li Xuanji knew the Li family's influence in the Nine Underworlds Demon Realm like the back of her hand.
Among them, there was one person whose identity was very suitable for Long Chen. It was a youngster named Jiang Yunfan. He was in his twenties and had a cultivation of the second level of the Divine Martial Realm. The Jiang family was in the Eastern Victory City of the Nine Underworlds Demon Realm. It was one of the three major powers. The Eastern Victory City was not big, it was about the same size as the main city of specters. Therefore, this youngster named Jiang Yunfan could be considered a genius in the Eastern Victory City. He had been secretly sent to the Li family a few years ago to be trained. It was unknown whether the Li family's disaster affected him or not.
Regardless of whether he was affected or not, Jiang Yunfan was definitely still in the Xuanyin Demon Realm. Long Chen just happened to be able to impersonate him. After all, he was one of them.
When Li Xuanji was still conscious, she explained the structure of the clan to Long Chen, as well as some of the battle skills they practised. They were all battle skills that the Li family had sent over, so Long Chen learned them as soon as he arrived at the bottom of the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain. Long Chen had already made preparations to ensure that there would be no flaws in his identity. Moreover, the examination was not very strict either, unless the person was at the sixth layer of the Divine Martial Realm or above.
As for the others, they were just giving them a chance to make up the numbers, giving them a chance to control their destiny. However, those who could obtain the Saints' Fruit were usually people at the sixth layer of the Divine Martial Realm or above, and most of them were people from the nine great clans of the Nine Underworlds.
There were a total of nine huge camps at the bottom of the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain, which were established by the nine great clans. Jiang Yunfan's Dong Sheng City was the territory of the Shangguan clan, so this time, Long Chen had to go to the Shangguan camp. Only after passing the examination would he be able to enter the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain. The nine camps could be said to be the nine entrances, and the other places were all sealed.
The Dragon Chen Egg was full of energy, and on the last day, which was also the day it opened, it charged out of the nine camps. There was a large gap between the nine camps, and they practically surrounded the entire Nine Secluded Demon Mountain. But the Nine Secluded Demon Mountain was incomparably huge, and Dragon Chen was shocked to find that it wasn't easy to find the Shangguan Camp.
At that moment, even Li Xuanji could not speak. Long Chen could not find out which camp was the Shangguan camp from him.
Fortunately, there were many clans and powers that were escorting the disciples of their clans into the Ninth Hell Devil Mountain stationed here at this moment. Long Chen casually captured a person of high status and utilized the Soul Manipulation Technique to obtain the location of the Shangguan Campsite.
"It's on the other side."
Hearing that, Long Chen suddenly felt like his soul had left his body. The Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain was so huge that it would take around six hours to get to the other side. Looking at it now, the ten thousand people from each camp had already entered the Nine Underworlds Demon Mountain. In six hours, it might have already closed.
"Are all my efforts going to go to waste?"
Long Chen was a little disheartened. It was very rare for him to feel like this, but he was unlucky. If he had gone to the other side from the start, he would not have ended up in this situation.
"No, I'm already here, I can't give up."
Thinking of this, Long Chen didn't say anything else and directly used the Blood Escape Art. With the Blood Escape Art, he could travel 100 miles in one go. With the Time Reversal Art, Long Chen could travel 200 miles in one go. Although it wouldn't affect him too much, at the very least, Long Chen could save some time while recovering his spirit essence.