Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

"These people who invaded the Great Tomb are acquainted with 'Nine Aspects' from Hell, I guess you were on their side before, weren't you?"

Shen Ye said.

"Correct," Yun Ni admitted generously, "My world suffered a great trauma, they seized the opportunity to destroy my world, and I became their slave."

"Who are they?" Shen Ye asked.

"The 'Five Desires' world."

Yun Ni continued to elaborate, "Nine Aspects is not here, so I can mention his name—"

"Nine Aspects is one of the strongest among the 'Five Desires' world."

"There are a total of five Supreme Beings, all of them surpassing Divine Spirits in strength."

"However, one has fallen in battle."

"So now, the 'Five Desires' world is ruled by four people—Nine Aspects is one of them."

"As for those people you just encountered, they are under another top expert."

Shen Ye nodded, murmuring:

"It seems that even among these experts, there isn't much harmony."

"Interests."

Yun Ni smiled, as if touching upon her own expertise,

"Where there are interests, there are conflicts, they have conquered so many worlds, how could they trust each other completely as they did in the past?"

"Do you know their purpose in our world? Is it just for conquest?" Shen Ye asked.

Yun Ni shook her head, saying:

"I am just the most inconspicuous slave, I only know that they maintain a superficial harmony because they need each other's strength to complete an extremely secretive plan,"

"What about that sculpture—the one that was supposed to kill me, the Ten Thousand Ghosts' Cursed Sculpture? Do you know what's the deal with it?" Shen Ye stared intently into her eyes.

"How would I know?"

Yun Ni laughed bitterly,

"That's their thing, it's killed countless people over the long years, who knew it wouldn't kill you—I have no idea how you survived!"

Shen Ye paced back and forth, pondering:

"Can you fight now?"

"I've only recovered a bit of Divine Power," Yun Ni lifted her hands, "you can let your companions check me."

"Never mind."

Shen Ye shook the iron chains on his arms, pulled her back in.

He then fell into silent contemplation, took out his mobile phone, and started to swipe quickly over it.

After a while.

"Hey, what on earth are you doing?" the big Skull Head curiously asked.

"Editing a video," Shen Ye said without raising his head.

"What's that for?" the big Skull Head didn't understand.

"Changing the scene, removing useless footage, making the theme clear," Shen Ye said.

The big Skull Head still didn't get it.

But never mind—

Shen Ye didn't bother explaining further and instead sped up his video editing.

Once he finished, he instantly opened up a door.

Stepping through,

he arrived in the Netherworld.

The giant two-headed insect that had been sent over before was now dead.

Its body was eaten, leaving only a long and huge shell.

Shen Ye jumped onto the insect's shell, looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly:

"Lord Nine Phases!"

The gray sky gradually filled with heads.

A figure crossed through the sky, falling swiftly, and stood on the head of a serpent.

Nine Aspects!

This powerful being, surpassing Divine Spirits, was picking his teeth.

He patted Shen Ye's shoulder contentedly and said:

"You did well, I'm very pleased—have you called for me because you have a request?"

Shen Ye said, "It's not about a request; I'm just unsure about some food and had to come back and consult you."

Seeing that it was not about making a request, Nine Aspects had a smile on his face, and the numerous Skull Heads behind him also expressed their joy.

"Speak, what do you need to ask me about food."

"There are a few things, not sure if they are people or ghosts, their master might be acquainted with you—would you want to eat them?" Shen Ye asked.

Nine Aspects pondered for a moment, then said:

"Subordinates of the other few? I like to eat them, because they contain other people's power, which is enlightening to me—"

"But eating their subordinates is, after all, not a very good thing, and it's troublesome if found out."

"Then, what if it was justifiable?" Shen Ye asked.

"What do you mean?" Nine Aspects didn't understand.

"The incident that just occurred—please watch the VCR," Shen Ye said.

He pulled out his phone, unlocked the screen, and played the video he had just edited for Nine Aspects to see.

The screen displayed a vision of Hell:

"Who are you?" Shen Ye asked in a deep voice.

"And who are you? Tsk, a fool's underling, you're also undoubtedly a fool."

The person clad in gray battle armor, their features hidden behind face armor, spoke.

He also said:

"The stench of the Nine Phases stings the nostrils; I could naturally discern your master in an instant, but as for me—"

The voice of Shen Ye, who argued with reason, rang out:

"If there's no issue with me, why bother speaking of Lord Nine Phases?"

The man said with disdain:

"It can't hear anyway—the nerve of that lunatic fellow, if it weren't for his terrifying strength, he wouldn't be worthy to even be mentioned in the same breath as my master."

"Scram."

The video ended.

Shen Ye put away his phone, hastily jumped down from the shell, and stood at a distance.

Boom—

The earth burst open.

A wind as sharp as a knife exploded in all directions.

Nine Phases let out a roar of anger that shot straight into the sky.

But the next second—

It suddenly showed a smile.

"Hee hee hee, how splendid!"

"Vampire, you've done well. Now I can truly eat his underlings."

"There's nothing he can say about it!"

"Have you decided to eat them?" Shen Ye asked.

"Decided. You go and hunt for me—do I need to take action personally?" A flash of brutal cruelty flickered through the eyes of the Nine Phases.

Shen Ye immediately shook his head:

"No need. If I, as an underling, still troubled you with fights between us underlings, that would lower your style."

The Nine Phases immediately became happy, laughing merrily:

"Hmm, I await your good news."

After saying this, its physique trembled, it flew into the sky, and quickly disappeared.

Shen Ye stood in place, took out a raspberry pie, finished it in a few bites, and drank a can of cola before once again feeling that life was incredibly good.

There was no helping it; the oppressive force of the Nine Phases just now had been too strong.

If I were standing next to it—

Just the force of its anger could have hurt me.

The gap was too great.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Shen Ye isn't afraid."

He comforted himself in a low voice, and began to ponder seriously.

—Something was amiss.

I had initially taken a certain risk to probe.

But after the Nine Phases watched the video, it didn't question much.

What did this suggest?

—It suggested that the Nine Phases acknowledged something.

Another big shot was scheming against it in the shadows, and it was well aware!

Things were really getting interesting!

After dawdling for a while, Shen Ye decided to return to the Main World.

Just as he returned to the statue, faint lights began to appear all around. They converged midair, revealing small lines of text:

"You have received an Evaluation Entry from this opening of the door:"

"Swindler's Leap."

Shen Ye raised an eyebrow.

That's right.

A day had passed, and now it was a new day!

But, Swindler's Leap...

Big brother, how could a law-abiding citizen like me produce an entry like "Swindler's Leap"?

There must be some mistake!

He looked down:

"Blue Entry (Outstanding)."

"Description: Your character has further shifted towards 'Gallant Weak Handsome'; the power fluctuations and threat level emitted by all your moves become completely concealed by fifty percent; however, in reality, the power increases to 115%."

"Evaluation: 'The strong ones among the Five Desires are not as close as siblings, and you have successfully found a place of disrespect by one of their messengers, recorded and edited a video, blew the whistle, and thus allowed the Nine Phases to eat the other party with absolute glory!'"

"—How high the Swindler's Leap goes, depends on how slick your manipulation is."

"—Unexpected."

"You may keep this Evaluation Entry to upgrade it in the future; you may also devour it to obtain Basic Attribute Points."