Time flowed by and eras changed.
No one knew if the Despair City that was once cursed by the mysterious creature was still cursed.
In other words, the curse had a time limit. After so many years, the curse had already disappeared.
In short, there were too many things that they needed to consider. Hence, they needed to plan for the long term.
"Take a look."
The old man in the middle of the thatched cottage handed the token to Fang Chen for him to take a look.
Just now, he had been secretly observing Fang Chen. He had to admit that although the latter was young, his willpower was very strong. He had merged the nine fragments to form this token, but he wasn't worried at all when he held it in his hand.
From this, it could be seen that he was a very courageous person.
Of course, there was another thing that made the old man in the middle of the thatched cottage wary.
Perhaps, he was really confident and wasn't afraid that the three old men would take the token for themselves.
Fang Chen took the token and played with it in his hand. He carefully sensed it. The ultimate force in his body quickly passed through his palm and entered the token.
Weng!
He sensed a special aura. This special aura followed the Ultimate Power and entered his palm before entering his mind.
Boom!
This unique force exploded in an instant, turning into a gray fog. Just as Fang Chen's expression changed, the gray fog suddenly formed lines of dense words.
"This is …?"
Fang Chen was shocked and hurriedly looked at it.
After reading it, his expression softened. These words were sent from the token, and it mainly talked about the matters of Despair City.
The message mentioned that the curse in the Despair City still existed. It was an extremely terrifying curse. Even if a peak Ninth Order True Saint Realm expert entered, they would be corroded to death in an instant.
The message even vaguely mentioned a Tenth Order True Saint Realm expert.
"Even I can't resist the curse?" Fang Chen's heart trembled.
As a Tenth Order True Saint Realm expert, his strength was definitely above a Ninth Order True Saint Realm expert. However, he still couldn't resist the curse in the Despair City. Then, how strong was this curse?
Countless chaos epochs had passed, and who knew how many eras had changed. It was already the end of the Chaos Era, but the curse was still there.
Just who was it that cast this curse?
What were those mysterious creatures?
Were they really related to the mysterious Netherworld?
He turned to look at Elder Jia Yuan. Among the five people present, Elder Jia Yuan was the most likely to know about the Netherworld.
After all, he was a member of the Jialuo Race.
The Jialuo Race was known to be in charge of the six paths of reincarnation. After a cultivator died, as long as their primordial spirit didn't shatter, they would be able to enter the six paths of reincarnation.
The Netherworld was the place where people went after they died.
There should be some connection between these two places.
"Underworld?"
Elder Jia Yuan's expression was solemn as he said in a low voice, "A long, long time ago, when I was still young, the Underworld was often mentioned in the clan. However, when I turned eighteen, the Underworld became a taboo, and no one in the clan was allowed to mention it."
. "I remember clearly that my younger cousin, who was one year younger than me, asked about the Netherworld out of curiosity. The next day, he was expelled from the Jialuo Race."
Elder Jia Yuan recalled. "After that, I heard that after he left the Jialuo Race, he met with a calamity."
In other words, Elder Jia Yuan didn't know anything about the Netherworld.
The curse in the Despair City was most likely planted by creatures from the Netherworld. It was too difficult to break the curse.
"What should we do?" The old man on the left asked.
"What else can we do? Didn't we hibernate for countless years to find the path to the Venerable Realm?
Ghost artifacts are related to the secrets of the Venerable Realm. Even if we die, we must snatch them. "The old man on the right expressed his attitude.
They had hibernated for countless years to find an opportunity.
Now that the opportunity was right in front of them, they couldn't give up.
So what if it was the Despair City?
So what if it was the Netherworld?
"That's right. Even if the Despair City is extremely dangerous, the three of us are willing to go." After saying this, the old man in the middle straw hut looked at Fang Chen and Elder Jia Yuan.
"We'll go as well," Fang Chen replied.
Elder Jia Yuan was more familiar with the Despair City. "I'll lead the way."
The Despair City was located in the extreme north, and the glacier was in the northwest. It wasn't too far away.
With the group's speed, they quickly arrived in front of the Despair City.
"The Despair City is right in front of us."
Yellow sand filled the sky as far as the eye could see. Everywhere was a desert.
In the center of the desert, the old site of a city could be vaguely seen. It was the legendary Despair City.
Fang Chen stood in front and looked at the desert.
He saw countless skeletons in front of the dilapidated city, and the ground around the dilapidated city was covered in dried crimson blood.
"This blood?"
He frowned slightly. If corpses could dry up, why didn't the blood fade?
Why was it only dried up?
This scene attracted Fang Chen's attention. He suspected that it had something to do with the curse.
"Why don't we find a demonic beast to test it out?" The old man in the middle straw hut asked.
The old man on the left was more impatient. His figure flashed and entered the mountain behind him. Soon, he came back with a huge demonic beast.
It could be seen that the demonic beast was covered in wounds. It must have been suppressed by the old man.
"You, go to the ruined city and take a look," the old man ordered.
The huge demonic beast didn't dare to make a sound. It could only brace itself and move forward. When it got close to the ruined city, cracks appeared on its huge body. The blood in its body seemed to have frozen.
Roar!
It let out a furious roar, but at this point, there was no turning back. It continued to stride forward, but after taking only one step, it was directly struck by a red light that shot out from the dilapidated city.
Crack!
Its enormous body instantly exploded into pieces, leaving no corpse behind.
Buzz!
The void was filled with a scarlet aura. The demonic beast's blood flowed in the desert. However, it was absorbed by the yellow sand in a second. The scarlet color remained on the surface of the desert forever.
No matter how the wind blew, it wouldn't move.
"What a terrifying curse."
That demonic beast had reached the Ninth Level of the Saint Realm. However, it was destroyed in just one move. Wasn't this too terrifying?
Suddenly, the old man wanted to retreat.
As long as he was alive, he would find an opportunity. However, if he died, it would be over.
"Did you notice the same thing with the blood?" Fang Chen reminded them.
Everyone looked over and indeed, they found some clues.
"The blood has obviously dried up, but it can't be buried by the sand?" Elder Jia Yuan also noticed this problem.
He looked around and saw traces of dried blood everywhere. Logically speaking, it was impossible for the blood to exist for such a long time in this desert.
There must be a reason for this abnormality.