Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 258

“First, feed the students, then I’ll tell you my guess,” Shen Ye said.

“Is it a deal?” Nangong Sirui asked.

“It’s a deal,” Shen Ye replied.

Nangong Sirui looked at him for a few more moments, then slowly stood up and walked towards the students, announcing loudly:

“Everyone come and get food while it’s still relatively safe.”

“One portion per person.”

“No snatching.”

“Come on!”

Shen Ye sat aside, watching Nangong Sirui distribute the food, silently calculating his own affairs.

Now no one is leaving.

It should be temporarily safe, right?

He wondered how long that monster would stay here.

“Seeing that everyone is fine, I can relax,” he said with a smile, standing up. “So, I’m going to gather more intelligence.”

“Hey! What were you telling me earlier?” Nangong Sirui blocked him, asking unhappily.

Shen Ye was about to speak when he suddenly noticed something extra in his field of vision.

What was it?

He maintained his composure, eyes on Nangong Sirui, but his peripheral vision caught sight of a large black hand on his left arm.

No, not just his left arm.

His right arm too.

A huge shadow slowly descended, stopping behind him, leaning slightly forward, enveloping him.

—That three-meter-tall woman.

She embraced him, a long woman’s face pressed against his ear, her nostrils making a long inhaling sound, and a faint murmur came from her mouth.

But she didn’t move.

Perhaps—

She was judging whether or not to kill him now.

Shen Ye spoke in his usual tone:

“When I explored earlier, I didn’t find any other human activity. So the depth here has surpassed the sum of all past human explorations.”

“We’re making history!”

“How boring, isn’t that just stating the obvious?” Nangong Sirui said listlessly.

“We fell down, of course we’re deeper than those professionals who explored slowly,” Guo Yunye interjected.

Zhang Xiaoyi gave a thumbs-up:

“We’ll be recorded in history later, but for now, everyone still needs to be careful. It’s best to work together, follow my arrangements, and do a good job with defenses!”

—They couldn’t see it.

Why?

Nangong Sirui also had a spiritual eye!

Why couldn’t he see it either?

Shen Ye smiled and suggested, “Anyway, it’s almost mealtime now, why don’t we all have a meal together?”

“Alright, if it weren’t for an alien invasion, this would be a lot like a picnic.”

“It does somewhat resemble one.”

The group sat on the ground, eating, drinking, and chatting.

Seven or eight minutes later.

A gust of wind came from behind Shen Ye.

—The three-meter-tall woman shot up into the sky, floating and drifting, landing on the rock face by the lake, and quickly scurried into the depths of the underground, using both hands and feet.

She left.

Everyone looked normal, eating and drinking, completely unaware of what had happened.

Shen Ye casually picked up his phone, quickly typed a line of text, and flashed it in front of Nangong Sirui.

After flashing, he deleted the content.

“Everyone, take a break. I’m going to digest my food and patrol.”

Shen Ye smiled, his figure flickered, and he flew up, crossing the dozens of meters wide lake and heading towards the depths of the underground.

“I envy him, he can fly now.”

“Tell me about it.”

The students whispered among themselves.

Nangong Sirui’s smile faded. He lowered his head, chewing his food while unraveling the bandages wrapped around his hand.

Earlier, Shen Ye’s phone displayed a line of text:

“Never say anything about ‘leaving the tomb.’ A monster was lurking nearby just now, nearly killing us.”

Damn it.

He hadn’t noticed at all.

So this was a situation he couldn’t handle at all.

Nangong Sirui stood up and walked to a secluded part of the island, his expression gradually becoming serious.

The suppressed power burst forth.

“I’ve hesitated for too long… now I’ve decided to inherit the Yaksha Blood Pact.”

“Sisters, please lend me a hand!”

A phantom of a large shield appeared behind him.

The goddesses on the shield fell down, surrounding him, and began to chant ancient incantations.

…

On the other side.

Shen Ye was traversing the intricate underground passages, and after a continuous journey for a while, he softly called out:

“Lilith.”

Sure enough, the next moment, her voice rang out:

“I am here—I have been here all along.”

“I have a question for you,” Shen Ye said.

“Speak.”

“Can you see it?”

There was a pause on the other end.

“…Impossible, how could you see it?” Lilith’s disbelieving voice sounded.

She stood at the other end of the underground passage, eyes wide, staring intently at Shen Ye.

“You can see it,” Shen Ye stated in a declarative tone.

“Don’t provoke it. With my current strength, I can’t defeat it at all,” Lilith said.

“Where did it go?” Shen Ye asked.

“I wouldn’t dare follow it,” Lilith said.

“What is it?”

“Spirit of the art.”

“Are you joking? That kind of existence, and you’re calling it just a spirit of the art?”

“Shen Ye, you are currently only at the first level of the Dharma Realm. Controlling spirits of the art is already among the cream of the crop among humans. What makes you look down on spirits of the art?”

That’s true.

But why would he look down on spirits of the art?

…It’s all Big Skeleton’s fault.

Shen Ye forced himself not to think about Big Skeleton’s various transformations.

After a while.

He lightly cleared his throat and said solemnly:

“I also think spirits of the art are very powerful—is it really just a spirit of the art?”

“That’s right, it’s the spirit of an extremely powerful sealing spell, which is the ‘fate sealing art’ those people have been pursuing,” Lilith said.

Shen Ye was startled.

The truth was so ridiculous?

Those people desperately wanted to unlock the fate seal, yet the spirit of the fate seal had already been released and seemed to be plotting something.

“Lilith… how many secrets do you actually know?” Shen Ye asked.

“You misunderstand. I merely possess profound knowledge and exceptional insight, allowing me to understand the meaning of everything I see. That is all,” Lilith replied.

“What exactly does that spirit of the art want to do?” Shen Ye asked.

“I’m not sure, but it certainly doesn’t look like it has good intentions—I’ve seen many spirits of the art and deities, but I have to say, that one just now was even stronger than most deities. It’s a true anomaly.”

“Then why hasn’t it ascended to godhood?” Shen Ye pressed.

“Because the destiny seal that forms it is incredibly powerful and has the attribute of sealing, only a part of it has awakened, thus maintaining its state as a spirit of the art.”

A wisp of fear flashed in Lilith’s eyes:

“When the Destiny Seal awakens further, its power will become even more terrifying.”

“—Let’s go, Shen Ye, go to other worlds immediately. That way, you can survive, and I can survive with you.”

Shen Ye pondered, “What kind of strength do you think one needs not to fear it?”

“Among the entire Great Tomb, only Mictetikasiwa has the strength to participate in what comes next. Everyone else is merely collateral damage,” Lilith said.

Shen Ye nodded slightly and placed his hand in the void.

A white door immediately appeared before his eyes.

Many things were pressing.

But he had to first understand the purpose of this white door.

He reached out and pushed hard against the door.

The door remained motionless.

Can’t open it?

Shen Ye tried with effort but found it genuinely impossible to push open.

Two lines of faint luminous text then appeared:

“Unlike your Two Realms Link Door, this door cannot be reused repeatedly within one day.”

“Limited to once per day.”

Tsk.

How troublesome.

“Lilith, do you know what’s going on with this door of mine?” Shen Ye asked.

“I’m not sure—at first, I thought you had only gained the ability to link two worlds, but now it seems that the cursed sculpture of the King of Ten Fallen Evil Ghosts holds secrets I don’t know about.”

Lilith stared at the white door, muttering softly.

Shen Ye was silent for a moment.

The door’s ability isn’t just to link two worlds.

It also has the power to condense “fame,” acquire free attribute points, and even produce prophetic entries when in extreme danger.

Wait.

Could it be a prophecy?

A prophecy door?

…Only tomorrow will bring the answer.

As for now.

As Lilith said, he was only at the first stage of the Dharma Realm and had no strength to participate in what was to come.

So, he wouldn’t bother.

He would just wait for the teacher to arrive.

Shen Ye gradually relaxed his tense nerves, took out a can of drink, and was about to take a few sips.

Suddenly.

He subconsciously looked up.

The three-meter-tall black woman was inverted on the rock wall, coldly staring at him.

In an instant.

The black woman extended her hand.

One of her fingers shot out like a spear, piercing straight through Shen Ye’s chest.

“Ah ah ah ah ah!”

Lilith let out a sharp, hundred-times more painful scream.

Shen Ye was about to be killed here!

She had to make a decision in the shortest possible time—

Should she intervene and fight this spirit of the fate seal with him, or completely give up?

Lilith glanced at the three-meter-tall woman, then suddenly flickered and sped towards the other end of the passage.

She ran away.

This seal was no ordinary thing; it only revealed a tiny bit of its power to materialize as a spirit of the art.

If caught by it, even her soul might not escape.

Death would become a luxury!

Evading it was the only correct choice!

Lilith ran, pulling out a dagger.

Yes.

If Shen Ye died, she would die too.

But if she was already dead, she wouldn’t be affected by this spell!

Resurrection spell!!!

This spell, rare in all realms, was her true trump card!

Even Chaos Spirit Light didn’t know this!

As for Shen Ye, perhaps he could glean this fact by observing Zhao Yibing’s death and Yun Ni’s resurrection.

But he hadn’t paid attention to it.

So her chance was—

To die first!

Lilith pulled out a dagger, plunged it into her heart, and fell to the ground, motionless.

As soon as she died, her soul immediately escaped from the world.

—Her soul went to hell.

At this moment.

In the dark underground passage.

Only Shen Ye remained.

Actually, when he saw the three-meter-tall woman just now, he had a chance to open the door.

But an inexplicable feeling made him stay still.

Yes.

It was a feeling of…

Being scrutinized.

Even when the woman’s finger shot out, Shen Ye still didn’t activate the “door” ability.

The other party had no killing intent.

And the other party’s movements were not so fierce and swift.

As a powerful spirit of the art, it could appear behind him silently, embracing him.

—And he couldn’t detect it at all.

If it wanted to kill me, one move would be enough.

Why use such a clumsy and easily avoidable method?

An incredible possibility flashed through Shen Ye’s mind.

“Run! Or should I come out and fight with you?”

Big Skeleton roared anxiously.

Shen Ye didn’t answer, just waved his hand, signaling Big Skeleton not to act rashly.

Poof.

When that finger went through his chest, the spell mark on his hand also formed.

Next.

He could switch bodies at any time, using the inverted body in the mirror.

But Shen Ye didn’t activate the spell.

He just stood there, motionless, silently watching the three-meter-tall black woman inverted on the rock wall.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

The woman descended from the rock wall, walked step by step to Shen Ye, and embraced him.