"Primary Territory Upgrade Card detected. Upgrading the territory requires no time. Do you wish to upgrade?"
"Yes."
As soon as Leng Shiqi's voice fell, the entire Underworld shook and black gas billowed. He spread out his spiritual power and instantly discovered that the area of the Underworld was rapidly expanding!
The original buildings were also expanding proportionally. The most peculiar thing was that the entrance to the Six Paths of Reincarnation had separated itself from the Fengdu Necropolis and opened up a unique small space.
The most noteworthy thing was that small spaces had appeared in the newly expanded area of the Underworld, layer upon layer leading to the underground.
A name was imprinted in Leng Shiqi's mind. "Eighteen Levels of Hell!"
Leng Shiqi was deep in the Underworld. The surrounding time seemed to have sped up countless times. Everything was changing at an unimaginable speed.
Soon, the movements in the Underworld suddenly stopped. He immediately saw a system prompt. "Territory upgrade successful."
Leng Shiqi immediately looked through the territory system. In the past, he would obtain some abilities every time the Underworld was upgraded. After the last upgrade, he could move freely in the Underworld. He also had the convenient ability of the Netherlamp Illusion.
This time, he obtained the ability of the Underworld's Gate!
Leng Shiqi's eyes lit up. This Gate of the Underworld could finally directly increase his combat power!
The Gate of the Underworld had two uses. One was to allow Leng Shiqi to use a portion of the Underworld's power, which could be considered as a means to increase his combat power.
The second was to summon the Gate of the Underworld!
When the Gate of the Underworld appeared, the Gate of Hell opened, and the surrounding hundreds of miles would become hell!
According to the rank of spiritual skills, the Gate of the Underworld was definitely comparable to a rank eight spiritual skill, or even higher!
This time, the Underworld's upgrade finally had the ability to fight. This surprised Leng Shiqi.
Moreover, the Gate of the Underworld was a new ability he had obtained. It could be used in his new identity as the disciple of the Wave Sword Monarch.
With his swordsmanship alone, he could at most survive the next round of the World First Spiritual Cultivator Conference. If he could use the power of the Underworld, it would naturally be very different. There was still a chance for him to enter the Flying Dragon List!
However, there was no way such extreme Yin energy could have come from the Wave Islet Sword Monarch's inheritance. It would be hard to say if someone were to look into it.
However, it didn't matter. His participation in the World's First Spirit Cultivator Conference was just a spur of the moment decision. At worst, he could just make this identity disappear in the future.
Following that, he circled around the Underworld and found that the souls were no longer directly sent into the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Some of them would be sent into the 18 levels of Hell, where they would be subjected to endless torture before they had a chance to reincarnate.
This was to pay for the sins of his past life.
Finally, Leng Shiqi looked at the conditions for the next upgrade of the Mansion of the Dead.
[Underworld Territory's current level: Tier 5]
"Requirements for upgrading the territory of the Underworld:
1. Recruiting two Yama Kings of the Ten Palaces.
2. Collect a top-level soul, 0/1.
Three 160000 System Coins. "
Seeing these three conditions, Leng Shiqi felt a headache coming on.
First of all, the first condition was for him to summon two Yama Kings of the Ten Palaces or even higher ranked members of the Underworld!
Wu Xiang was already like a blind cat running into a dead mouse, where was he going to find two more?
Just this condition alone would be enough to hold him back for a long time.
And the second condition was to collect a top-level soul!
What was a top-level soul?
One must know that the soul of an expert in the Unity of Heaven and Man realm was only a high-level soul. A top-level soul could only be the soul of an expert in the Heavenly Origin realm!
Leng Shiqi believed that his strength was not much weaker than an expert in the Heavenly Origin realm. However, it was still extremely difficult to kill an expert in the Heavenly Origin realm.
At this moment, Leng Shiqi could not help but think of the Thousand Illusion Swordmaster. If he had died a little later, wouldn't he have gotten this top-level soul?
As for the third condition, it was not a big deal. With his current status, 160,000 System Coins was not a big problem.
However, it would be a long time before the next upgrade of the Mansion of the Dead.
Since that was the case, Leng Shiqi was not in a hurry. He collected his emotions and left the Mansion of the Dead to return to the Dark Thunder Guards headquarters.
Fortunately, his doppelganger was not detected and a report was placed in his study.
After a day of competition, half of the participants in each realm were eliminated. This caused quite a stir in the outside world.
This was because there were indeed some people who were unexpectedly eliminated. There were even a few people who were thought to be able to compete for a place in the Dragon Rankings who were eliminated.
It could not be helped. The participants were randomly selected. It was not impossible for two experts of the same realm to meet each other in advance.
When the results came out, it became a hot topic before tea and dinner. After the first round of competition, the people who participated in the gambling were naturally happy and sad. The Imperial Capital was now more lively than two days ago.
Leng Shiqi also saw information about himself in the report. The Dark Thunder Guards thought that it was necessary to investigate his background. They even sent people out to sea to find information about the Wave Islet Sword Monarch.
Leng Shiqi did not know whether to laugh or cry. It was not good for his subordinates to be too hardworking and capable.
He silently checked this report. Of course, it was impossible to investigate.
There was nothing else worth paying attention to. He closed his eyes and rested.
After two days, Leng Shiqi and the others came to the Minor Five Elements Chaos Paradise again. This time, the number of people was reduced by half. After today, it would be reduced by half again.
Most of the people who could come here again were great experts at the Unity of Heaven and Man realm. Any one of them was an existence that people looked up to.
There were only a few people who could definitely obtain a place in the Flying Dragon Rankings. As for the remaining people, the difference in strength was not very big. It would depend on whether they were willing to use their trump cards.
There were about four people who were recognized by everyone to be in the Flying Dragon Rankings.
They were Wei Zhen from the Six Directions Spiritual Region. He was one of the personal disciples of the Six Directions Spiritual Sovereign!
Ever since he participated in the First Spirit Cultivator Conference, he had easily defeated all the opponents. No one could force him to use his true strength. In the eyes of others, he was most likely to obtain first place in the Flying Dragon Rankings!
There was also Cui Linglong from the Mysterious Ten Thousand Laws Sect. She was a rare beauty and the most outstanding disciple of the previous generation. She was also one of the candidates for the next sect master.
It was worth mentioning that she had also signed up for the Phoenix Dance Rankings selection. Her popularity was quite high.
In addition, Huo Feiyuan, an expert from the Five Levels Sect, Liuhuo Palace, was also very strong. He had the Heaven Scorching Poison Fire, a variant of the fire element. No one dared to take it head-on.
As for the last person, he was a devil cultivator from the Purgatory Demon Sect. No one knew his name, only his title, Black Devil Hand.
Those who lost to him were all seriously injured. If it was not for the fact that there were people watching, they would have died!
These four people were top-notch in terms of status and strength. They had taken four places in the Flying Dragon Rankings by default.