Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 419

Chapter 402: The Sky-Shaking Attack!

Tantai Mingyue opened her eyes.

A voice immediately rang out:

“You’re awake?”

It was Nangong Wantu’s voice.

Tantai Mingyue got up from the bed and observed her surroundings.

—It was a small, simple room with two beds, two lockers, and two desks facing each other.

Outside the window was a wall.

Besides Nangong Wantu, there was no one else.

It was very quiet.

Shen Ye was sitting at the desk, holding a round paper box in his hand.

Inside the box was steaming hot fried noodles.

He ate with relish, occasionally taking a sip of the drink on the table.

“I remember… that general captured me…”

Tantai Mingyue said.

“Yes, you were中了了一种精神控制的術, I summoned you in time,” Shen Ye said.

Tantai Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief, then her heart immediately tensed up again, and she quickly said:

“There’s a space-type master among them, they might come looking for trouble.”

“It’s fine,” Shen Ye said with a slight smile.

Some things were hard to explain.

For example, the characters still lingering in the void:

“Due to the influence of the dark gold entry ‘Gossip Protagonist’, the information obtained by the other party is as follows:”

“Li Kui, a member of the imperial family, is weak and has been hiding in a country called Eastern Tang in the 13th layer of the universe.”

“Li Kui is pursuing Tantai Mingyue, taking her to the Western Heavens. In a place called Wuzhang Plain in the Western Heavens, he begged an elder brother named Baoyu to take them to the 170th layer of the universe.”

Do you hear that?

I am Li Kui, and I am weak.

And they thought the destination of the transmission via the master-servant contract was—

The Eastern Tang in the 13th layer of the universe.

This was the reason for the successful “fishing.”

There were two key points here.

First, Tantai Mingyue was indeed controlled and offered no resistance, so they believed the information she gave;

Second, the dark gold entry “Gossip Protagonist” seemed to have some hidden effect—

The three preceding explanatory words “niche”, “extremely difficult to obtain”, and “element concretization” proved this effect:

Ordinary people simply couldn’t know the function of this entry.

That’s why they dared to break into the Cosmic Council.

—And then they were finished.

Shen Ye quickly finished his fried noodles, wiped his mouth, and changed the subject:

“Are you hungry?”

“Not hungry—where are we?”

“The Undetermined Layer.”

“The bottom layer of the universe? Panda is here, right?”

“Yes, once you’re rested, we’ll go find him.”

“Let’s go now, I’m fine!”

“Okay.”

Ten minutes later.

Yujing City Zoo.

Panda enclosure.

Shen Ye and Tantai Mingyue squatted in front of the glass window, watching the “round blob” that was sleeping soundly.

—It was lying on a block of ice.

In such hot weather, this was a good way to cool down.

“How did he get so fat—Hey! Tieren!”

Tantai Mingyue shouted loudly.

The people around didn’t mind, after all, many children were shouting “Panda, wake up!”

“He was affected by a spell… so he can’t remember some things from the past,” Shen Ye said.

“Are you just going to let him stay like this?” Tantai Mingyue asked incredulously.

—This was a high-ranking enforcer of the resistance!

How could he just sleep in the zoo all the time!

“I’ve already negotiated. The park closes in half an hour. A professional organization will help me move the panda to a specialized mental health recovery center.”

Shen Ye explained in a low voice.

Tantai Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief, then just as she was about to say something, a burst of cheers erupted around them.

Immediately after—

Splat!

A huge body pressed against the glass wall in front of the two of them.

Panda Tieren!!!

It stared at the two with a pair of innocent big eyes.

“Don’t.”

A telepathic message appeared in both of their minds simultaneously.

“Tieren, you don’t remember, but you’re actually a brave warrior! We’ll save you right away!” Tantai Mingyue couldn’t help but say.

“There’s no need to save me—I need to overcome the curse that envelops me with my own strength. That’s what a true warrior should do,” Tieren said solemnly.

Tantai Mingyue said, “But you’re here, and I’m worried about your safety!”

The panda’s eyes became sharp and cold, and it transmitted another message:

“I am like a lone wolf licking its wounds on the plateau. I must face the pain and failure in my life alone. Any help from you would be an insult to me.”

Tantai Mingyue bit her lip.

Shen Ye was awestruck.

—A true warrior would not tolerate such an insult!

The next second.

Two beautiful female pandas came out of the breeding house.

They surrounded Tieren from left and right.

Tieren’s resolute expression remained unchanged, and his paws naturally rested on the shoulders of the two female pandas.

Tantai Mingyue turned her head left and right, looking bewildered at the two female pandas.

Shen Ye was speechless.

Still insulting…

Looking at you with both arms around them, it seems you enjoy being insulted!

“What a lone wolf.”

Shen Ye sighed and said.

Tantai Mingyue snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Shen Ye followed closely behind.

The panda transmitted a loud message from behind: “Don’t close the park! Don’t let anyone take me away! This is my own challenge, did you hear me?”

Shen Ye transmitted: “What if one day your house gets blown up, and you still don’t need our help?”

“No need! This is my own challenge!” the panda said.

Okay.

You said so yourself!

Shen Ye’s guilt vanished into thin air. He silently picked up a card and sent a message to the Professional Guild, canceling the entire mission.

It was already dark by then.

Tantai Mingyue walked ahead, and Shen Ye followed behind her.

“Are you going back to the Human Resistance Army Alliance?”

He asked.

“I can’t go back…” Tantai Mingyue said blankly, “Back then, when the planet was destroyed, a strong member of the resistance saved me, so I originally vowed to dedicate my life to the resistance.”

She pulled out a dagger.

Shen Ye was startled and quickly said, “It’s not that bad. Think about the person who saved you; at least he wouldn’t want you to die.”

Tantai Mingyue crushed the dagger.

Pop.

Invisible fluctuations spread from the dagger.

“This dagger has the stellar coordinates of the resistance base—I’ve destroyed it,” Tantai Mingyue said.

“That’s good. From now on, you’re free,” Shen Ye said.

Tantai Mingyue, however, showed a reminiscent look and sighed:

“That master who saved me… later killed too many people and became a wanted criminal.”

“How could he kill people? Wasn’t he a strong member of the resistance?” Shen Ye asked.

Speaking of this, Tantai Mingyue seriously explained:

“Because the children of the military high-ranking officials were greedy and lustful, and bullied common girls, that master killed that wastrel, and then went all the way to the command post, killing everyone who tried to cover up the incident.”

“Finally, he killed that high-ranking official.”

“All the bodies were hung in the busy street, and he stood by, smoking.”

“—He saved too many people, but he also killed even more.”

Shen Ye couldn’t help but be stunned.

This way of doing things…

Why does it sound so familiar?

With so many layers of the universe, it couldn’t be such a coincidence, could it?

He thought for a moment, but still couldn’t resist asking:

“That master’s name is—”

“Xu Xingke.”

“Huh? Him?”

Shen Ye couldn’t believe it.

“You know him too? Yes, of course you know him.”

“Why do I know him?” Shen Ye asked.

Tantai Mingyue explained: “In a famous great battle, he was severely wounded while saving his companions.”

“While his strength was greatly diminished, the major organizations immediately issued warrants for his arrest, wanting to kill him and seize the card book on him—”

“Now he’s an SSS-level wanted criminal, indeed very famous.”

“But no one can find him.”

Shen Ye pondered for a moment, then pulled out a card and whispered, “Teacher, have you eaten? I’m treating tonight.”

Twenty minutes later.

In an alley opposite Xirang High School.

A small restaurant.

Xu Xingke listened to Tantai Mingyue recount the whole story, then stretched his hands and smiled, “Time flies, those newcomers from back then have become generals of the Third Base of the Anti-Resistance Army?”

“Yes, Your Excellency, they are jealous of the worthy, compete for fame and gain, and have made a mess of the Third Base.” Tantai Mingyue looked at Xu Xingke with agitation, like a fan seeing a celebrity.

One by one, she recounted the events.

Xu Xingke listened attentively, rarely moving his chopsticks.

When Tantai Mingyue finished speaking, he suddenly pulled out an old badge and casually placed it on the table.

“This is the Grand Overseer’s emblem—are you still in contact with the organization?”

Tantai Mingyue asked in surprise.

“Indeed, some people tried to retrieve this emblem, but they all died,” Xu Xingke said coldly.

“Then—”

“Before my strength fully recovers, anyone who wants to die can die, just as they did when my strength was at its peak.”

Tantai Mingyue was stunned, then suddenly reacted.

She raised her wine glass and sincerely said, “It’s good to see you again. I won’t leave this time. I’ll follow you and continue to serve the resistance.”

“Alright,” Xu Xingke said.

“Shen Ye, you eat with her first. I’m going to the restroom.”

With that, he got up and left the small restaurant, heading to the public restroom on the street.

“Zhao Yangping.”

Xu Xingke murmured a name.

His hands clenched into fists, as if ready to do something at any moment.

But—

There was no movement in the void.

“Tian Xinmeng.”

“Ge Baisheng.”

“Zhang Duxing.”

One by one, names were called out.

The void was utterly calm.

Xu Xingke’s face showed a look of surprise.

“Teacher, what are you doing?” Shen Ye appeared quietly and asked in a low voice.

“No need to hide it from you—I was going to get rid of those idiotic trash, but it seems they’re all dead,” Xu Xingke said somewhat puzzled.

“Teacher, the situation is actually like this…”

Shen Ye quickly explained the whole situation.

Xu Xingke listened carefully, then sighed:

“Forget it, I won’t kill them anymore.”

Shen Ye’s eyelids twitched.

—They’re already dead, what else do you want to do if you don’t forget it?

And what’s with that hint of regret in your voice, Teacher?

“Listen, Shen Ye.”

Xu Xingke’s tone suddenly became serious:

“Do you know the secret of the former Supreme Immortal Kingdom?”

“Not very well,” Shen Ye said.

“The Supreme Immortal Kingdom was the most powerful civilization in the entire multiverses.”

“Its collapse signifies a major change in the destiny of the multiverses, and everything is heading towards a bewildering unknown.”

“Both humans and cosmic monsters covet the power and secrets contained within the Three Arts.”

“—From now on, concerning the matters of the Three Arts, you must remain silent. All secrets must not be told to anyone.”

Shen Ye was puzzled: “Not even to you, Teacher?”

“Of course not to me—as long as it’s told to others, there’s a risk of leakage. You must minimize this risk,” Xu Xingke said with a solemn expression.

Shen Ye’s heart tightened involuntarily.

Normally, Xu Xingke was always very relaxed and at ease.

But at this moment, Shen Ye felt he was a little nervous.

Why?

Xu Xingke didn’t say, and Shen Ye found it difficult to press him.

After all, on many matters, if he could speak, Xu Xingke would tell him without hesitation.

Not speaking meant it was inconvenient to speak.

“Understood, Teacher.”

Shen Ye replied.

On the other side.

In the restaurant.

Tantai Mingyue mused, “So that’s how it is… This is the Undetermined Layer, and he possesses that entry, allowing him to cross infinite universes at any time and bring enemies before him…”

“As long as we stay here, everyone’s strength will drop to the eighth or ninth level of the Dharmic Realm.”

“He can still kill.”

“How amazing.”

She looked out at the street.

She saw Xu Xingke, with a cigarette in his mouth, patting Shen Ye’s shoulder, and the two walked back, chatting and laughing.

—Was he staying here to continue killing?

Tantai Mingyue couldn’t help but have this thought.

Next.

The dinner became relaxed and pleasant.

When everyone had finished eating and got up to leave the restaurant, Xu Xingke gave Tantai Mingyue a card.

“An identity card, you can contact all of us anytime. I hope you enjoy your stay here.”

“—I have to go back to the battlefield, Shen Ye, you make the arrangements.”

“Okay, Teacher.” Shen Ye said.

Xu Xingke waved at Tantai Mingyue, his figure flashed, and he disappeared.

On the street.

Only Shen Ye and Tantai Mingyue were left.

“What do you want to do next? Join a school to study? Or become a professional and join various organizations?”

Shen Ye asked.

Tantai Mingyue stopped, thought for a moment, and then said:

“I remember you once had a suggestion.”

“Are you talking about forming an organization of door ability users?” Shen Ye asked.

“Yes, I don’t want to endure strange looks anymore… And from what I know, door ability users generally hide themselves, fearing their powers will be discovered, only I foolishly exposed mine,” Tantai Mingyue sighed.

Shen Ye smiled and said, “Then we’ll unite. This matter—”

He suddenly looked towards the adjacent street.

A girl quietly appeared.

Song Yinchen.

“Brother Shen Ye, who is this?” Song Yinchen smiled sweetly, her gaze flickering over Tantai Mingyue.

Shen Ye smiled and stepped towards Song Yinchen, saying:

“This is Tantai Mingyue—”

Before he finished speaking, he vanished.

Both girls were stunned.

“Who are you? What happened to Brother Shen Ye?” Song Yinchen asked cautiously, already pulling out her long whip.

“I’m his comrade, and I’ve come to your world for the first time—don’t misunderstand, I didn’t do anything,” Tantai Mingyue said.

“How do you prove what you’re saying?” Song Yinchen asked.

Tantai Mingyue had no immediate solution. She thought that this girl seemed to have a good relationship with Shen Ye, so perhaps she could be told some things.

She reached out and snatched a contract from the void, tossing it over.

“I absolutely didn’t do anything—this is the contract between me and him.”

Song Yinchen took the contract and looked at it, her beautiful eyes immediately widening.

“You—you’re his—”

She stammered.

Tantai Mingyue sensed a certain emotion in her tone and quickly said:

“The contract is just a formality. The situation was complicated at the time, and to save my life, we set up this contract for the convenience of teleportation.”

“But—you’re his maid?” Song Yinchen was a little unwilling.

Tantai Mingyue’s expression was calm, and she said frankly, “—It is indeed a master-servant contract, but you don’t need to overthink it. He and I are battle partners, nothing else.”

“Are you sure?”

“Sure!”

“Hoo—” Song Yinchen breathed a sigh of relief, smiling and reaching out her hand: “Good sister, come with me, I’ll show you around our world.”

“Shen Ye just disappeared.”

“Ah! That’s right!”

…

Time rewound to the moment Shen Ye encountered Song Yinchen.

Shen Ye smiled and stepped forward, saying:

“This is Tantai Mingyue—”

In an instant.

On the street, everyone disappeared.

Only Shen Ye stood alone in the middle of the road.

He was startled and looked around, only to see lines of small text quickly appearing in the void:

“Your dark gold entry ‘Gossip Protagonist’ has been passively activated!”

“Due to various intelligence discrepancies, this attack targeting you has missed its mark.”

“You will bear a slight impact from this attack.”

“Please note!”

“The aftershock of the Sky-Shaking Art is coming!”

“To repeat, you were just hit by the Sky-Shaking Art. Although it didn’t hit directly, its aftershock can still kill you.”

“Please take cover.”

Sky-shaking Art!

Shen Ye’s heart sank instantly.

He hadn’t even seen a single figure, and he was almost dead?

If it weren’t for the “Gossip Protagonist” dark gold entry—

Rumble!

From far to near, distorted spatial ripples appeared one after another, crushing the entire world into dust, allowing it to turn into nothingness.

This scene was like an eraser wiping away patterns on paper.

Sky-shaking Art?

No, it was merely the after-effects of the spell!

But what was the situation with this world? Why was there an identical dead planet?

—He couldn’t see through the roots of this spell at all.

And there was no time to analyze, he had to dodge immediately—

“Door.”

Shen Ye let out a low cry.

A heavy, colossal metal door suddenly opened before him.

He pushed the door open, rushed in, and bolted forward along the small path, crossing the broken bridge, and leaping high—

A voice immediately echoed from the blood pool:

“You’re here?”

“Very good, quickly remove my seal spike, I can help you kill your enemies!”

It was the mummy’s voice!

Shen Ye suddenly disappeared.

He quickly hid into the form of the Invisible Celestial Demon.

The Invisible Celestial Demon, following the tunnel it had dug last time, burrowed in again, descending all the way into the blood pool.

It hid itself behind the mummy.

The next moment—

The aftershocks of the Heaven-Shaking Art arrived!

It was completely unknown how it penetrated time and space to reach this legendary sealed place.

But everything around was constantly turning to dust.

Everything was disappearing!

“Damn it, what is this!” the mummy couldn’t help but yell.

Dense tapping sounds resonated on its body, making it twitch uncontrollably as if constantly hit by machine gun fire.

And—

The Invisible Celestial Demon used it as a shield, fully resisting the waves of aftershocks from the Sky-Shaking Art.

Within the Celestial Demon’s form, Shen Ye pressed his hand to the void and shouted “Gate,” summoning a towering gate.

—If the mummy couldn’t hold on, he would leave immediately!

“Pfft!”

The mummy spat out a mouthful of blood, its body turning to dust.

Shen Ye immediately activated “Meeting at Yao Terrace under the Moon,” retracted the Invisible Celestial Demon, pushed open the door, and instantly returned to the giant flying ship of the Supreme Dao Palace.

As soon as he appeared, the entire flying ship immediately blared with piercing alarm sounds from its magic formations.

In the dark universe.

Ripples like an invisible large hand gripped the flying boat tightly.

The flying boat also began to turn to dust!

Shen Ye’s pupils contracted sharply.

—Even continuous spatial jumps weren’t working!

Just the aftershocks of the Sky-Shaking Art were this powerful?

There’s one more way!

Shen Ye casually drew his Spring Rain Blade and slashed at the void—

Blade Art: Dream Farewell activated!

Time around them froze.

But those invisible ripples were still continuously destroying the entire flying ship!

Time wouldn’t work either.

Couldn’t stop it!

In an instant, Shen Ye was pushed to a dead end by the invisible aftershocks coming from all directions.

He took a deep breath, suddenly drew the Bright Moon Bow, and shot an arrow.

The arrow twisted in the air, flew back, and struck the back of the Spring Rain Blade with a “clink.”

“Heavenly Dragon Service” activated!

“Description: Your ranged attack will cause the target to undergo a spatial jump, sending them directly to a deep world of death.”

“—One-stop funeral service, safe, fast, and efficient, everyone who used it says it’s good!”

Shen Ye instantly vanished from his original spot.

He appeared directly in a never-before-seen hell.

It was filled with mottled brick giant walls.

One by one, huge head-and-demon-bodied monsters relentlessly devoured wailing souls in the corpse-filled corridors.

Hell!

I’m dead, and I’ve arrived in hell!

—Will the aftershocks of the Sky-shaking Art follow?

Shen Ye held the Spring Rain Blade, standing at the crossroads, having taken a defensive stance, quietly waiting.

Several massive monsters discovered him and galloped towards him.

Boom—

A thunderous sound.

The giant brick corridors in front, behind, left, and right all shattered inch by inch, turning to dust and vanishing.

Can’t escape!

Time, space, and death cannot escape this spell!

In a flash—

“Benevolent God!”

Shen Ye cried out.

A rooster jumped out of the void, a carrot in its mouth, and landed on his shoulder.

Rumble Rumble Rumble!!!

The entire hell shattered into dust.

Only Shen Ye stood unharmed at the crossroads.

A line of faint small characters appeared before his eyes:

“Thanks to the combination of the Phoenix King ‘Benevolent God Rooster’ and the wondrous item ‘Carrot’: ‘Carrot Chicken’, you evaded the last weak aftershock of the Sky-Shaking Art.”

“The attack of this spell has ended.”