Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 641 - : Solitary Dungeon Crawling

Chapter 641: Chapter 641: Solitary Dungeon Crawling

Gloomy Dungeon, Wang Chen walked alone.

He had only been in Yi Nine District for a short while before he gained a new enemy, which he felt quite indifferent about.

By now, Wang Chen had come to understand that the path of cultivation was about struggle.

To struggle against the heavens, the earth, and other people, to lie down and rot was to have no future.

Moreover, there were always those who wanted to prey on the weak and to greedily seize and plunder the cultivation resources of others.

Characters like Hu Qi existed in the past, are present now, and there will be even more in the future.

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Be it the Mountain and Sea Realm or the Haotian Realm, there is actually no essential difference!

He worked hard to improve his cultivation level precisely to avoid being bullied and oppressed by such despicable things!

So when Hu Qi enjoyed a bit of verbal advantage, Wang Chen couldn’t be bothered to hold a grudge against him.

But if this scumbag touched his bottom line…

Thousand Mechanisms Changing, take note!

Though he walked alone in the dungeon, Wang Chen felt no fear in his heart.

The new patrol route assigned to him was almost double the original length, winding and turning through many particularly complicated positions.

The Yongle Dungeon had nine layers, each with a different layout, and Yi District was like a large underground maze, composed of many smaller mazes.

Yi Nine District was one of them.

Possibly for safety reasons, the cells were often spaced quite far apart, even hundreds of steps from each other.

For example, within a hundred steps of the prison cell of the Hehuan Sect’s female cultivator Yu Fei, there wasn’t a second room.

Thus, even if she possessed enchanting powers that reached the heavens, she couldn’t affect the other prisoners!

And now, the cells Wang Chen was patrolling were spaced even further apart.

“Look, look, a little chick has come!”

The small window of a cell that Wang Chen had just passed suddenly opened, and a pair of blood-red eyes looked out, their gaze filled with unspeakable malice, “Let me guess, when will this poor little chick be eaten up, haha!”

The prisoner’s voice was old and hoarse, his laughter extremely unpleasant to the ear!

Wang Chen stopped walking, turned his head, and looked towards the small window of the cell door.

He met the prisoner’s eyes head-on.

“This little chick seems rather tender.”

The old prisoner chuckled sinisterly, “To be of such a young age with a high-tier Purple Mansion cultivation level, must have offended someone, right? How come you’re sent to watch over us old folks?”

Wang Chen’s heart grew cautious.

This foul-smelling old man had a venomous eye; it was worth noting that Wang Chen had concealed his aura, and it would be difficult for an ordinary cultivator to see through his realm.

“Eh?”

The old prisoner said in surprise, “Not only have you cultivated a Buddhist Body Refinement technique, but you have also reached the point where your essence is deeply hidden and your external shell does not reveal itself, this is really…”

He shook his head as if with regret or mockery, “Such a pity!”

Wang Chen remained collected, and after exchanging a glance with the prisoner, he continued on his way as if nothing had happened.

“Young man, wait!”

The old prisoner became somewhat anxious, “This old man has something to say to you!”

However, Wang Chen didn’t want to bother with this filthy old man, even if what the prisoner wanted to share was some earth-shattering secret.

The new patrol route, new prisoners—it was always right to be cautious!

The corridor ahead grew dim, and although the Luminous Stone lamps hanging on the stone walls tried hard to shine brightly, the thick Yin Sha Energy constantly suppressed their luminosity.

Wang Chen took out the patrol route map to check.

He hadn’t made a wrong turn; the corridors all had engraved marks and numbers, and as long as he followed the map, he would not lose his way in the labyrinth-like dungeon.

But this Magic Artifact-grade route map did not show the real-time conditions within the corridors.

Wang Chen had a nagging feeling that something was amiss.

The malevolent evil powers and thoughts that filled the corridor clearly seemed to be on the rise.

And there was a tendency for them to coalesce.

Once the evil powers and thoughts condensed into a mass, there was a very high probability that they would evolve into Evil Wraiths.

These kinds of Evil Wraiths were much more formidable than ordinary ones and not easily dealt with.

In the Yongle Nine-Layered Dungeon, it was unknown how many prisoners had been confined, and one could only imagine the massive accumulation of spite and malice over dozens and hundreds of years. Even though there were formations protecting the dungeon, a large part of the prison guards still died at the hands of Evil Wraiths each year.

Although Wang Chen hadn’t encountered any Evil Wraiths during his inspections since joining the Forbidden Prison Department,

he still knew what was what without having to eat pork—he had heard plenty of stories about the dungeon’s Evil Wraiths from others.

Some stories were so preposterous they simply couldn’t stand scrutiny, only fit to be used in plays as a means to make a bit of spending money.

Some were a blend of truth and fiction, which only added an air of mystery to the dungeon’s Evil Wraiths!

Intuition warned Wang Chen that there might be danger ahead.

With a thought, Wang Chen immediately gripped the Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net that had been tied to his arm all this time.

He had just walked about twenty or thirty steps when suddenly, a hissing sound came from the corridor in front of him, as if something was struggling to break free, short and anxious.

Evil Serpent!

The name flashed through Wang Chen’s mind in an instant.

The Evil Serpent was not a real snake, but it was more terrifying than most snakes in this world.

A fully manifested Evil Serpent possessed combat power comparable to a mid-tier Purple Mansion Cultivator, making it extremely difficult to handle!

However, as Wang Chen walked down the corridor with heightened caution, he did not encounter any anomalies.

The rumored Evil Serpent was as elusive as a dragon seen in legend but never in full.

Just as he was about to turn into another passageway, Wang Chen suddenly stopped again.

Without any hesitation or doubt, he instantly turned back and threw the Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net behind him!

Because at that very moment, the hair on the back of his neck stood on end, as if something extremely sinister was approaching, and even his Vajra Immortality Undying Body reacted almost instinctively.

As Wang Chen urgently channelled his mana, the Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net unfolded silently and as quick as lightning.

It occupied the entire corridor and even “pushed” further into the distance!

The Demon-Slaying Net contracted and expanded, enveloping some kind of invisible “venomous presence” within,

trapping an Evil Wraith in the net!

This time, Wang Chen didn’t hesitate any longer and forcefully pulled the net back by the rope.

“Squeak!”

An extremely unpleasant shriek burst forth abruptly.

What fell into the Demon-Slaying Net was none other than a python as thick as a teacup!

Its size was considerable, and it could conceal itself completely, making it impossible to detect even from a close distance.

But under the cover of the Demon-Slaying Net, it couldn’t hide at all, and immediately began to tear fiercely with its sharp teeth, then tried desperately to break the net ropes.

The result was the Demon-Slaying Net tightening even more, while continuously siphoning off the Evil Qi and evil powers from within the Evil Serpent.

Cold, mechanical, merciless!

Realizing that it was in deep trouble, the trapped Evil Serpent shrunk in size and suddenly erupted with force.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Different parts of the Evil Serpent’s body exploded.

A vast amount of Yin Sha Energy surged out from within the serpent, filling the already dense evil atmosphere of the underground space.

Dew frost began to form on the cave walls!

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