The King of Urban Mercenaries-Chapter 1374 - 1377: Upper Realm, Lower Realm

The tourists dared not leave, as the Fog Sea engulfed the mountainside, with only the summit revealing such a marvelous scene. The originally ethereal scene had suddenly transformed into a hellish landscape, instilling fear in them. Meanwhile, those at the foot of the mountain also saw the ink-black surroundings, as if doomsday had arrived.

Moreover, within this dark area, there was no phone signal; all communication was paralyzed, making it truly feel as though they had entered Hell.

"It seems it has arrived!" The Immortal of Huangshan looked at the scene outside and shouted to the black fog, "Since you are here, why resort to tricks? Come out quickly!"

The black fog surged, soon taking the shape of a skull that roared angrily at the Immortal of Huangshan, then spoke, "Wei Huo, aren’t you meddling too much? Even meddling in my affairs? Do you think you’re invincible?"

The Immortal of Huangshan snorted coldly and said, "You demon, if you’re wise, you’d return to your body immediately. If you don’t leave, don’t blame me, Wei Huo, for being impolite to you!"

At this moment, the Immortal of Huangshan exuded an intense aura; a scorching sensation emanated, and his originally old frame suddenly became imposing, as if he had transformed entirely. Confronting the demon, he showed no fear but remained incredibly resolute.

"Wei Huo, it seems you’ve stayed too long in the Lower Realm and forgotten what overestimating oneself means!" said the skull-shaped black fog, then swiftly rushed toward Wei Huo.

The Immortal of Huangshan snorted again and said, "In neither the Upper nor Lower Realm is there a place for you; you belong to the crevices between!" After saying this, he snorted once more, clenching his fists. An intensely hot flame burst from his body, enveloping him. His fists then blasted forward like a shotgun, directly at the skull.

With each punch, a fireball shot from his fists. In the blink of an eye, these fireballs, like a rain of fire, sprayed towards the black fog, instantly destroying the black skull, turning it into a plume of dark smoke.

Simultaneously, the rain of fire burst forth from the black fog, resembling fireworks soaring toward the sky, but then plummeted like raindrops in every direction.

At the cave entrance, the Immortal of Huangshan placed his left hand behind his back, with his right hand in front, three fingers folded, two extended, in front of him. He uttered sharply, "Explode!"

"Boom!!"

The rain of fire landing around exploded like firecrackers following the Immortal of Huangshan’s command. Instantly, the entire Fog Sea erupted into a sea of flames, instantly obliterating the black fog in fire. The sky and ground were both illuminated by this fiery ocean on the mountainside, leaving the surrounding tourists in shock at such a rare natural phenomenon they had never witnessed.

Some tourists had cameras and captured the scene. If posted online, it would definitely shock the world! At that time, Huangshan might become overwhelmed with visitors...

The sea of fire gradually disappeared, and Huangshan returned to its tranquility, but the Fog Sea that had been hanging in mid-air vanished, revealing the true beauty of Huangshan.

However, a thin mist began to reappear, with this scene captured only in photographs. The dense misty sea returned as Lin Fei and the Immortal of Huangshan left the Emperor Cave, heading toward Man Mountain!

"Immortal of Huangshan, what was that thing? And what is the Upper and Lower Realm?" Lin Fei wondered. From their conversation, he gleaned some ideas, but he wasn’t sure because this could overturn the entire world’s understanding; he couldn’t believe everything before him was real!

"That thing was born from darkness, within the darkness of the crevices between the Upper and Lower Realms. Of course, they have no consciousness, but once controlled by conscious beings, they become this form," the Immortal of Huangshan explained.

At this moment, Lin Fei thought of the black hole in the secret lake of the Beidou Sect. Could that place be the fissure linking the so-called Upper and Lower Realms? No way!

"Immortal of Huangshan, what does the Upper and Lower Realm mean?" Lin Fei asked.

The Immortal of Huangshan looked at Lin Fei and said, "This isn’t something you should know, but sooner or later you will. Moreover, this battle may very well require the help of people from the Upper Realm; otherwise, it will be difficult to defeat these demons. They come from the Abyss of the crevices between the Upper and Lower Realms and are immensely powerful—not something we from the Lower Realm can handle."

"Then how do we contact people from the Upper Realm? How do they come?" Lin Fei asked, simply understanding that the Upper Realm must be where the strong beings live, in a different place.

The Immortal of Huangshan explained, "The Upper Realm is above." He pointed to the sky, and Lin Fei looked up, seeing only a blue sky with white clouds, nothing else.

"I don’t see anything..." Lin Fei said.

"Of course, you can’t see anything. Even if you could, you might not touch it, because the two aren’t the same world. Only through special means or personal ascension can one reach the Upper Realm, which is the most difficult part. We in the Lower Realm have no way to contact people from the Upper Realm!" the Immortal of Huangshan said.

"Contacting the Upper Realm requires such abilities to reach them?" Lin Fei frowned, realizing that their current power was insufficient to touch the Upper Realm.

The Immortal of Huangshan nodded and continued explaining, "Those who ascend to the Upper Realm will be repelled by the rules of the Lower Realm, unable to stay here. So, we cultivate, yet the stronger we become, the further we are from this world. Simply put, the wealthier you are, the further you are from poverty—just that simple."

Lin Fei was speechless, not expecting the Immortal of Huangshan to provide such an illustrative example, realizing his strength was still lacking! Lucky that the Immortal of Huangshan was willing to answer his questions. He continued to ask, "Why did you say that the source of darkness must be resolved by our Beidou Sect?"

The Immortal of Huangshan suddenly stopped and looked at Lin Fei, saying, "That’s my biggest mystery: where do these demons originate? As the saying goes: go back to where you came from. Your Beidou Sect is the source of the demons, so your Beidou Sect must have a solution; you just haven’t found it yet."

Lin Fei fell silent. Have they not found it? He felt that the true breakthrough might be in the Spirit Realm, but he wasn’t sure if his thought was correct. For now, he could only return to the Beidou Sect and discuss further.

"I wonder if Master Zhang Hu has reached the Beidou Sect yet," Lin Fei pondered. Judging by the time, he should have arrived by now!