The Ultimate Divine Class-Chapter 581 - 1: The Beginning in Desperation

"Netherworld River Notification of Death... Netherworld River Lighting..."

Lu Yuan gazed at the point of light, murmuring to himself.

After chanting for a while, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and abruptly turned to look at the woman in the black dress beside him, blurting out, "You wouldn't be trying to lead me to... the legendary Netherworld, would you?

Am I... have I already died?!"

The woman in the black dress sat at the bow of the boat, quietly looking ahead, not saying a word.

It was only then that Lu Yuan realized, he didn't know when it started.

Dense fog had begun to rise on the Netherworld River.

Unknowingly, fog enveloped the Netherworld River.

The giant moon submerged in the water behind and the blooming Other Shore Flowers on both banks were all invisible now.

The black boat silently drifted through the dense fog, and everything beyond the boat was invisible, except for the dim light ahead, similar to a lamp, which seemed impossible for the fog to obscure, always remaining distinctly visible, and clearly getting closer.

The atmosphere suddenly shifted from previously serene and peaceful to somewhat eerie.

A huge sense of bewilderment and sorrow quickly arose from the depths of Lu Yuan's heart.

He stood barefoot, dazed at the bow of the boat, unable to find suitable words or expressions to convey the complex emotions in his heart at that moment.

"Am I dead?

Have I really died?..."

A thought kept swirling in Lu Yuan's mind as he recalled his last battle with "Andusha."

He had indeed used the vortex generated by the panel to swallow "Andusha" as upgrade material.

But before that, his Life Potential had almost been completely drained by "Andusha," so if he had died as a result, it would be understandable.

However...

But he wasn't prepared at all.

"Did I just die like that?

From now on, do I really have to become a Netherworld Warrior?..."

Lu Yuan didn't know whether he should cry or laugh now.

Death is something everyone has to face eventually. It wasn't like he hadn't thought before about what would happen if he died one day.

But when the day suddenly came, Lu Yuan was still caught off guard and even felt it was absurd.

It was as if someone had suddenly played a huge joke on him, but this joke... really wasn't funny at all.

Just as Lu Yuan was lost in his thoughts, the small boat gradually approached the dim light.

Lu Yuan instinctively looked up and saw the full appearance of that dim light slowly emerging from the fog.

It looked like a strangely shaped street lamp, emitting a mysterious yellow light, slanting down by the bank of the Netherworld River.

As Lu Yuan curiously observed the strange street lamp, he suddenly saw the light flicker and then slowly turn to "wink" at him.

"Uh..."

Lu Yuan was taken aback.

He then saw that behind this dim street lamp, there were many more similar street lamps.

These street lamps seemed alive, with the part emitting the dim yellow light being their eyes.

Amidst the dissipating fog, on both banks of the Netherworld River, ghostly creatures resembling street lamps turned their heads, their dim yellow lights staring fixedly at Lu Yuan on the black boat, blinking.

The scene was silent yet overwhelming, with an indescribable sense of eeriness and horror.

"Netherworld... Honor Guard?!"

Lu Yuan stared dumbfoundedly at the seemingly "welcoming" Netherworld street lamps before him, not knowing what expression to make.

At that moment, a giant vortex suddenly appeared on the pitch-black river in front of the boat.

As the vortex formed, the woman in the black dress who had been sitting at the bow stood up quietly.

She seemed to glance back at Lu Yuan.

And then she reached out towards the vortex and pointed softly.

In an instant, Lu Yuan felt a strong force surging from behind, pushing him rapidly forward.

He was helpless, stumbling off the small boat, falling into the river.

Before his body was completely swallowed by the vortex on the river, Lu Yuan could faintly still see...

A figure in a black dress standing at the bow, quietly watching him across the vortex and water surface.

....

"Hoo—"

Like countless times before, waking up from a dream, as if a drowning person finally breaking through water to see daylight, Lu Yuan abruptly opened his eyes, instinctively trying to prop himself up.

The overwhelming feeling of weakness and the intense constraint binding his body, however, caused his action to come to nothing.

"I'm not dead!"

The first thought that came to Lu Yuan's mind after opening his eyes was to determine whether his life was still vibrant.

Fortunately, the feedback he received filled him with a sense of relief and gratitude.

Once again, it proved that what he experienced in the Crow Dreamscape was just a dream.

Then again...

If the woman in the black dress hadn't summoned the vortex to make him leave, if he'd continued along the Netherworld River on the small boat, he might never have woken up again.

Of course, now was not the time to dwell on this issue.

Lu Yuan suddenly noticed... he was in a rather cramped, bizarre, oppressive, and unfamiliar place.

"Where is this?"

What met Lu Yuan's eyes were rough, uneven, constantly squirming dark red walls resembling a fleshy interior.

It was as if he was currently inside the belly of a large creature.

Some curved osseous structures extending from the dark red fleshy walls held him firmly in place, seemingly just for safety?

Lu Yuan also saw overhead and around him, numerous things resembling fluorescent screens. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

And a chubby, emerald-green thing was jumping between these fluorescent screens.