In the Underworld, there are two ways to expand one's domain. One is to expand the Wild Domain, which is abandoned and its laws are chaotic. Expanding such a region requires a lot of time, and repairing the laws requires consuming one's own source power.
The other method is relatively straightforward and brutal: directly seizing and killing the controller of a region, imprinting their mark on the world they possess and occupying it. As long as you have strength, the speed is the fastest.
Ming Cangyue had originally wanted to strengthen herself through plundering, but she found that facing certain surrounding forces, she simply couldn't act.
At that time, she realized it was her own kindness causing trouble, so she forced the goodness out, sent it to the Tianwu Continent, made it completely evil, and then retracted it.
At that time, her mind will be clear, and without kind feelings, she will have no worries about anything she does, and will not experience self-denial.
But she failed; her kind thoughts turned into cold moonlight, and although they influenced each other, they could never fully merge into one.
Ming Cangyue's original plan was to stop at nothing to become stronger, but Leng Yueyan disagreed. Her philosophy was: if people don't offend me, I won't offend them; if they do, I'll eradicate them completely.
But there must be one premise: she must not take the initiative to bully others. This is her pride deep in her bones and cannot be changed.
With no other choice, Ming Cangyue and Leng Yueyan searched for the wilderness. However, both were extremely lucky. Using their original dimensions, they activated another world. As soon as this world was activated, it immediately implemented a self-repair law, which surprised and delighted them.
In just two days, their cultivation advanced rapidly, and they activated this world. Their subordinates grew ever stronger, but the commotion in this wild land drew the attention of others.
Tuoming was one of them. Moreover, this man was ruthless and calculating, seemingly able to spy on the situation here. At the most critical moment when Ming Cangyue was breaking through to Immortal King, he launched an attack. If Long Chen hadn't arrived in time, he would have succeeded by now.
Because Tuoming was not fighting on disciples' territory and did not receive domain blessings, even though he was at the Heavenly Grade Immortal King realm, he was stopped by Leng Yueyan, who had just entered the Immortal King realm.
"After Tuoming fails, will he spread the news here and lure others to attack us?" Long Chen was taken aback.
"It probably won't. If the news leaks out, we'll be wiped out by someone else, and he won't gain any benefit.
He had given so much, almost giving his all; if he hadn't gained any benefit in the end, he wouldn't have done so. Leng Yueyan said.
Long Chen nodded. She made sense, but he still frowned and said,
"He definitely doesn't dare come alone now. Facing you two alone could cost him his life, but giving up like this is unacceptable."
If others learned about this place, they would attack as well, and he would gain nothing from it.
If I were him, I'd definitely find a way—quickly gather two or three helpers to take this place together, and then split the benefits evenly.
And you have to act quickly—if you're late, someone else will take advantage of the opportunity. In other words, we have to prepare quickly. Long Chen said gravely.
"There's nothing to prepare. In at most three days, Tuoming will return. Even if we only bring one Heaven-grade Underworld King, Cang Yue and I won't be able to hold out. Their subordinates only need to destroy the Nether God Tower, and this world will become ownerless."
Without control over this world, there is no continuous source of power to support us; we simply cannot fight them.
So, I plan to wait until Cangyue is consolidated, then leave here and return to my former dwelling, and then figure out a solution. "Leng Yueyan bit her cherry lips as she spoke, her eyes filled with reluctance and unwillingness.
But there was no other choice. This was the wisest choice. At least by doing so, he could still save his life and his foundation, but everything would return to the starting point, and all his efforts during this period would have been wasted.
Moreover, without this domain and no laws to support them, the world they once controlled was nowhere near enough to support their current realm. Within a year at most, their realm might fall, but there was nothing they could do.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be a way." Long Chen comforted Leng Yueyan while his mind raced.
The land he had painstakingly built was just taken away. Not only did Leng Yueyan and Ming Cangyue feel heartbroken, but Long Chen couldn't accept it either. He could only accept someone else being taken away, absolutely not someone taking his own woman, and even less could accept someone taking his woman's things.
"Yueyan, do you think this thing is useful?"
As Long Chen spoke, he took out a sharp arrow, its tip rusted. Leng Yueyan took the arrow, her expression suddenly changing slightly:
"Ghost Dao aura? How do you have something like that?"
"I scraped this off the iron chain of the ghost ship. I thought it was useful, so I kept it and also forged it into an arrowhead." Long Chen hurriedly said.
As for the ghost ship, Long Chen hadn't mentioned it before, because Bai Shishi was inside. She wasn't a fool, and in front of Leng Yue, facing another woman was simply twisted and twisted.
"Ghost ship?" Tell me, what did you see? Leng Yueyan's expression turned serious.
Long Chen honestly told him everything he had seen, except he didn't mention Bai Shishi.
"Ancient corpse spirits?" No wonder the number of beings in the underworld is decreasing year by year, and the ghostly path is secretly tampering with ...," Leng Yueyan muttered to herself, but as she spoke, she suddenly fell silent and stopped speaking.
"Forget about anything else, does this thing work?" Long Chen asked.
"It works. The rust on it contains the power of time, and it's a power of time that the Underworld doesn't have. Even a Earth-grade Underworld King would be struck by an arrow and still be in trouble.
But what shocked me even more was, where did you get this arrow shaft? Within this wood lies a terrifying wood-element vitality.
This kind of wood also has terrifying destructive power for beings in the underworld, because its aura carries the aura of death and counteracts the force of life.
If struck by such a tough and tough wooden arrow, it would instantly disrupt a person's nether energy and render them unable to fight for a short time. Leng Yueyan looked at the arrowhead, a bit surprised.
"Is this arrow shaft useful to you?" Long Chen said, both surprised and delighted.
"Do you have many?" Leng Yueyan's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.
"You can have as much as you want."
As Long Chen spoke, he took out a piece of Jianmu about ten feet thick and a hundred li long, and handed it to Leng Yueyan.
Leng Yueyan took the piece of Jianmu, her beautiful eyes flashing with excitement. The life force contained within this section was even more terrifying, and she suddenly saw hope.
"Someone, turn this piece of divine wood into arrows at the fastest speed. Remember, don't waste a single thing."
Leng Yueyan gave the order, and two Earth-grade Immortal King-level experts appeared and carefully carried away the Jianmu.
"Don't worry about waste, we just need speed. As much as I want, I'll have as much divine wood as I want. Feel free to build it boldly."
Then, with a wave of Long Chen's hand, dozens of wooden pillars appeared before Leng Yueyan. With her composure, she covered her cherry lips with her jade-like hand, her eyes filled with surprise.