Imperial Treasure

"A bottle of cola equals two pieces of fried chicken, by tomorrow morning your stomach will grow three rings."

Sui Yi’s tone was calm, yet it carried the ill-intentioned style of Gong Jiu, making Li Luo tighten her grip on the cola as she flippantly glanced across her face.

"I’m thin, so I’m not afraid."

"Hmm, I know."

Did you know I’m not afraid or did you know I’m thin?

Li Luo instinctively touched her waist but then saw a smile pass across Sui Yi’s face, making her somewhat embarrassed. After all, this person had seen her skinny-dipping earlier, and this perspective ability... She turned to glance coolly at Leon who had perked up his ears.

Leon was startled by her gaze and quickly shook his hand: "We’ve arrived, the two of you, outside there’s the underground river, we can take a boat. Many who can’t see the light frequent this river, we put on these black robes... I know you’re formidable, but stirring up trouble in this populous Underground City has dire consequences, you wouldn’t want the Skeleton Society to erupt early, would you?"

Sui Yi was uncertain about the real and fake aspects of the Skeleton Society, from the commotion they caused in Ye Family Village, she could tell that at least two Void-breaking level individuals were deployed.

Adding that the history of the Skeleton Society at least dates back thousands of years, it turns out their foundation is quite deep. She was uncertain about what realm masters could cultivate to.

"Hmm."

The three grabbed black robes from the box beside them, once donned, you couldn’t distinguish male from female, let alone identify anyone.

The small door creaked open, revealing the river water and several swaying small boats. Evidently, the locals weren’t surprised at all by the small windows carved out of the river walls.

The three jumped onto the small boat below, untied the rope, and floated along with the current.

Standing at the bow, Sui Yi heard Leon behind tremble a bit as he asked, "I say, sir, can you ensure my personal safety when we head out?"

"You have no choice."

"Ugh, the answer is really discouraging... If I had known that monster would cause such a big trouble, I... well, I suppose I shouldn’t say this in front of you.. May I know what your relationship is with that monster?"

"Relative."

Thus, Leon did not make another sound afterward. After all, relatives are closer than friends, saying the wrong thing might just result in being thrown into the river.

—— Being on the same boat doesn’t necessarily mean being grasshoppers.

A particular bridge was especially wide, and as they passed under, they saw many swimming rats on the water surface, each bigger than a cat, rolling in the water, gnawing at a floating object with a pungent smell.

It was clear they were dead people.

Private live people were rare though for these rats, they didn’t dare approach Sui Yi and their boat, only continuously gnawed at the corpse. Of course, the base of the bridge piled up with heaps of bones, but they didn’t extend beyond this bridge hole, as if confined to this small realm...

Sui Yi’s glance had just swept over when she saw several more corpses drift over on the water surface opposite under the night glow...

"Just some poor souls who died on the arena."

"Arena?"

Upon Sui Yi’s inquiry, Leon pointed at the lights and said, "That’s the most chaotic area of the Underground City. We’ll have to pass through there... A crowd also means even if those people chased after us, they can’t act freely... Do you know how extensive the Underground City’s forces are?"

Sui Yi remained silent, and Leon seemed to find his sense of presence, invigorated. He said, "The Underground City permanently houses one million people, all cultivators from around the world, retired military personnel or people from various dark sides. Only SS-level numbers have been recorded over the past decade, five digits, although far fewer SSS-level, still four digits, and 4S-level very few, likely less than double digits, accumulated over time, average lifespan reaches two hundred years... Maybe random old guys or young folks around are three-four hundred-year-old ancients... But the strongest are always people from Skeleton Society, Ghost Party, and The Gate these superpowers."

"They also belong to Underground City?"

"How novel, Underground City is originally chaotic, with all kinds, such forces never operate in the visible world early on, mostly belonging to the dark side, Underground City is their main area of activity, only the primary part of Underground City consists of hermits, among them only the elite are part of these organizations... But mutually complementing each other, this isn’t their headquarters, but the influence isn’t small, the real City Lord of Underground City is Yao."

"YAO?"

"It’s Yao... to say, he’s Eastern, but where he’s originally from in Eastern countries, H country and R country have different views... I only know Yao is very mysterious and domineering, strong against Skeleton Society and these organizations."

Sui Yi and Li Luo exchanged a glance, fearing this Yao is also a powerful individual not weaker than Void-breaking.

"Look, we’ve arrived, ahead is the arena district...."

A secretive cluster of many small boats slowed their pace, nestled along the riverbank or drifted like tortoises.

Sui Yi and the group didn’t need to stand out, thus they slowed their speed too, the riverbanks and bridgeheads were crowded with people, on the right side lay the splendidly lit arena district.

As the name implies, the arena district is for rampaging, Sui Yi turned her head to see a melee on stage.

A chaotic mass brawl of over a hundred people, flying swords, and special abilities flaring, yet this large arena had a unique array, seemingly blending Eastern Formation art mysteries with Western Rune Technique intricacies, together generating a formidable effect— Hundred person melee energy surges, not a trace leaked outside the array.

"Truly impressive," Leon discerned among those hundred individuals, a substantial portion are SS-level masters, even SSS-level participating.

The scale of such group battles is rare.

Sui Yi also found it remarkable, not for those group brawlers who were exceptionally weak in their eyes, but for the array itself.

"Can you break this array?" Li Luo asked Sui Yi using Buddhist language.

"Hmm."

"Since you can break it, it’s not truly impressive."

Sui Yi chuckled, "That’s not how it should be said, being able to break it doesn’t mean being able to set it up, this person’s mastery is deep."

However, she did not say she couldn’t set up this formation, but she could create a purer, more powerful Witch Formation. It was just a different style.

And she possessed the memory of the High Priest, while this person was of a later generation. In the end, she did take advantage, there’s no comparison.

Li Luo remained silent, suddenly noticing some commotion. Her gaze swept over to see several people among the dense crowd, searching for something as if their efficiency was quite high, seemingly about to encircle their area...

This river is likely the key focus.

Leon’s expression froze, looking towards Sui Yi, while Sui Yi asked Leon: "How big must the disturbance be before Lord Yao appears?"

"...Um... Hard to say"

Hard to say indeed.

Sui Yi sighed slightly, her pupils turning a dark golden hue. The dense arena district was within her sight, with everyone’s slightest movements becoming incredibly clear. Naturally, her Magnetic Sensation extended through many people’s bodies, separately entering the formation, and some into the bodies of others, then...

A Strong Guy suddenly grabbed the clothes of a search-party leader, cursing: "****! Daring to grope my butt~!"

He struck with a palm!

This Strong Guy was quite skilled, managing to split the leader’s skull with one strike, prompting immediate retaliation from the black-clad men in the back.

It exploded in an instant.

Simultaneously, other search teams mysteriously suffered sudden attacks from various people. Following instinctive resistance, it was like igniting firecrackers; the already chaotic arena district spiraled into further chaos.

Up above, in the pavilions, sat several powerful, prestigious figures watching the trials. When they saw the chaos below, their first instinct was naturally to worry about any unexpected events threatening their safety, but upon second look, it appeared to be some personal conflict.

"Hey, it’s those troublemakers."

"These mongrels! Lord Yao should have gotten rid of them long ago!"

"What kind of person is Lord Yao, how could he deal with these rats? Let us take action..."

They chatted and laughed easily, but inwardly pondered the origins of those black-clad figures, seeming like people from the Skeleton Society or Ghost Party...

They wished to send a few people down to investigate when arrows sliced through the air, swiftly forming a blockade overhead, shadows darting across the sky.

"Skeleton Society is capturing people! Who’s causing a ruckus below, courting death!"

A white-haired, sharp-featured man scanned with eagle eyes, quieting the brawling Martial Artists by three or four tenths...

Just a bit more intimidating action was needed to quell such chaos; he wanted to see who was causing mischief behind the scenes.

Is it that Rattlesnake?

That old fool doesn’t have this ability.

Then....

Boom!

The arena suddenly exploded!

A hundred strong individuals spread their attacks outward, throwing the scene into utter disarray, shocking even those who only intended to watch the spectacle, damn it, the formation was breached!

This place is absolutely not safe!

"Quick, let’s go!"

Everyone began to move.

"Let’s go."

The Instigator, Sui Yi, turned her face leisurely, shifted her thoughts, and a small boat drifted along.

Contrasting sharply with the chaotic scene on both banks... Those people from the Skeleton Society were long ensnared within the crowd, unable to help themselves.

Leon was still confused when the boat had already drifted downstream and reached the exit...

Five minutes later.

The elegantly dressed Mr. Leon emerged from a clothing store alongside two enchanting Oriental Beauties. As soon as Sui Yi stepped outside, she saw Broadway Street, with Broadway Theater not far away, and a restaurant they had only recently visited even closer...

Clearly, beneath the world-famous Broadway Street lies the largest underground black market in New York!

The world is truly wondrous and absurd.

Li Luo paused briefly, then furrowed her brows; the people of this world are truly peculiar...

The exit they just came out of is unexpectedly a toilet.

Could it be that for this world’s people, toilets are quite a sacred place?

What nonsense!

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