Yama Rising

SMACK!

A smattering of blood and flesh scattered everywhere, while Yin energy poured out profusely from its body. However, Qin Ye took care to ensure that the eggs below weren’t harmed.

Besides, Arthis had once told him that where there were monarch beasts, there would also be treasures. Naturally, Qin Ye wanted to take care not to damage anything that could be potentially useful to Hell.

He was just about to say “alright” when he noticed the bloodied carcass of the monarch beast some distance away. At once, he gasped in consternation.

For instance, the freak thunderstorms that they encountered.

But now… it was nothing more than a carcass of what once used to be an advanced Judge-class monarch beast.

He’s… truly become an Abyssal Prefect…

“Mr Oda, it’s been a while.” Qin Ye greeted Oda Nobunaga first, “Thanks for all your hard work over the last year. Rest assured, Nobutada has been well trained during this period of time.”

“Hang on!” Qin Ye stared at Oda Nobunaga as though he’d just seen a ghost, “Say that again? What did you just call the City of Salvation?”

What the hell?!

“Who did you… learn that manner of speech from?” Qin Ye asked, completely heartbroken.

“A sis.” Oda Nobunaga responded with embarrassment, “I mean… my secretary?”

“Where the heck did your secretary come from?! And what the hell is she doing here in the City of Salvation?!”

Qin Ye rolled his eyes, “Hurry up and have Gu Qing teach you properly! We can’t let this cancerous virus continue to spread like this! Speaking of which, bring your secretary along when you get remedial classes from Gu Qing!”

Oda Nobunaga felt bitter, “But she swore that I was picking up regular speech!”

Then, seeing that Oda Nobunaga was about to retort, Qin Ye promptly waved his hands dismissively, “Stop. Have Gu Qing relay your opinions to me for now. I want to steer clear from picking up any bad habits. For now, have some Yin soldiers clean up this place, and then bring in some of the talents we have in the field of biology and material sciences to harvest some samples from the nest for testing.”

Is there something wrong with my manner of speech?

Downcast, Oda Nobunaga transformed into a stream of nethergale and drifted away gloomily. It was only then that Qin Ye finally shut his eyes and allowed his mind to wander. At once, the clouds of Yin energy in the skies stirred, almost as though there were an invisible shockwave running spreading through the lands.

That said, Qin Ye was an Abyssal Prefect, and the range of his ability was naturally well beyond the borders of Hell. Thus, within an instant, he saw everything that he wanted to see.

Hell was finally the size of a province - and of the exact shape and size as the Insignia Province of the mortal realm at that!

The first thing that he noticed were six massive nodes of Yin energy.

Just as he glanced over, the six monarch beasts also glanced up into the sky, as though meeting his perspective.

At once, he sensed six sources of Yin energy tremble, followed soon by a sense of submissiveness.

Haha… He would never believe such cursory submissiveness of wild beasts.

“And that is to surrender yourself to Hell in three days’ time, and pledge your allegiance to act under the banner of Hell from now on. Otherwise…”

Monarch beasts might not possess the ability to speak, but they were still intelligent creatures. Therefore, Qin Ye said his piece and left them to their own thoughts. Without caring about their responses, he turned away from them and began to survey the other surroundings.

Even Kwon Kyung-ho or Ryu Changmin could deal with them on their own.

“Hmm?” Something caught his attention. He turned around, only to realize that there was a little glint of light.

He lifted his hands and rubbed his eyes, only to realize to his great embarrassment that… there was nothing in his eyes…

He still couldn’t get a clear look at the source of the light!

“Isn’t this Chuzhou City?” He took several looks at it, before furrowing his brows, “Is there… something there?”

It was almost as though an invisible sword had cleaved the sea of mist apart, scattering them to the sides as his piercing gaze connected with the contents beyond, and his perspective instantly drifted right into the skies.

“A spell…” He murmured softly to himself, “It’s a concealment spell that spans both the netherworld and the corresponding location in the mortal realm… But it doesn’t make sense. What’s it trying to conceal? No… That’s not important. What’s more important is the fact that it’s still in existence. This means that the concealed secret still has yet to be discovered…”

He grew taciturn.

In other words, it was an era when Hell was the strongest it had ever been!

Then, just as his mind was filled with bewilderment, something else suddenly caught his eye.

There’s something else here!

That said, he didn’t detect any traces of Yin energy emanating from this shadow!

Clatter! With the casual flick of his sleeves, countless chains rushed straight into the clouds below. A split second later, a voice of shock and anger came from the clouds.

Qin Ye’s body shook softly, and he glanced down in disbelief.

Without further thought, he tugged his hand up hard, and his Heavenly Dragnet retracted violently. Moments later, a colossal shadow was dragged up from beneath the clouds.

A golden monstrosity of a fish.

ROARRRRRRR!!!

At once, time seemed to slow down.

BOOM!

“Is this… a Dragon Carp?” He blinked and stared vacantly at the clouds below, “There’s a Dragon Carp here in Chuzhou City?”

“How could neither Hell nor the mortal realm have discovered something as amazing as this?”

This time, the tremors were even more violent than before. In fact… it was so powerful that even the surroundings were starting to glow with a golden hue. Meanwhile, day turned to night, while the sea of clouds beneath his feet slowly began to stir and swirl about, faster and faster, and with ever greater intensity. Then, finally… it transformed into a massive whirlpool of clouds!

“I obviously can’t sense any Yin energy, and yet… this source of energy… actually feels as powerful as an Abyssal Prefect?” Qin Ye gnashed his teeth, because he could see the Dragon Carp rising through the heart of the whirlpool.

It quickly grew finer and sharper. Within three seconds, the entire Dragon Carp that was hundreds of meters long actually shrank and transformed into…

A golden sword!

1. Do note that the author has kept all references to the name of the city and all of the counties within, presumably because of the historical significance of this place, so I’ll be doing a transliteration of the names as far as these references are concerned.

2. Chinese legends have it that carps that jump out of the water and through a mythical gateway known as the dragon’s gate would evolve into a dragon.