CHAPTER 1257: CHAPTER 1186: THUNDER SPIDER, THUNDER PEARL

"Friend Jiang Li, you’ve worked hard."

"Since you managed to break into Tavern No.1, you should lead our operation."

After Ye Chen changed his appearance, he had been calling himself Jiang Li.

At this moment, hearing Ye Chen agree to enter the Light Gate first, the other few all showed joy on their faces and flattered Ye Chen as they spoke.

After all, saying flattering words doesn’t cost a thing.

Ye Chen was willing to take the risk first and pave the way for them; these people were more than happy to see it happen.

Standing aside, Tian Lan Yan rarely showed concern for the now slightly plump middle-aged Ye Chen and said, "Be careful, friend."

Ye Chen waved his hand and directly walked first towards the Light Gate.

Lin Tong and the other three ninth-level Divine Masters, as well as Tian Lan Yan, closely followed behind Ye Chen.

Lin Tong and the others thought Ye Chen was going to take the risk.

However, Ye Chen was aiming to take the initiative to grasp this Mysterious Place. Since they had to venture anyway, it was certainly better to first clarify the situation!

Arriving right in front of the Light Gate, Ye Chen took a deep breath.

In an instant, the terrifying divine power in his body and his Defensive Divine Treasure were triggered, transforming into protective divine light that enveloped his entire body within it.

The Light Gate was the entrance to the Mysterious Place; no one knew what lay inside, no one knew what they would face, not even Ye Chen would rush in without any protective measures.

As Ye Chen’s defensive divine power and the divine light of the Defensive Divine Treasure burst forth from his body,

Lin Tong and the others behind Ye Chen couldn’t help but narrow their eyes, exchanging glances with astonishment written in them.

Because they sensed that the defensive divine light Ye Chen was currently unleashing absolutely had Cosmic Emperor-level power!

A first-level Divine Master able to unleash Cosmic Emperor-level defensive power—despite knowing Ye Chen must have such capabilities to breach Tavern No.1—the sight still deeply shook these ninth-level Divine Masters.

Tian Lan Yan, seeing the protective divine light on Ye Chen, couldn’t help but nod gently.

Apparently, this talented female cultivator was also very approving of the strength Ye Chen showcased.

"This Divine Master is definitely one of the most powerful individuals I’ve met in the Sea of Exile; with a Divine Master-level realm, yet possessing Cosmic Emperor-level power..."

"Yet, he is still far from comparing to Ye Chen and Chining Xiaoxiao."

"Especially Ye Chen. Ye Chen as a Sovereign can slaughter vast numbers of peak Cosmic Emperor-level demons, truly unimaginable!"

Tian Lan Yan looked at the "Jiang Li" in front of her and thought silently.

In Tian Lan Yan’s heart, the most admired was Ye Chen.

When a genius appeared, she couldn’t help but want to compare them to Ye Chen.

If Tian Lan Yan knew that the "Jiang Li" in front of her was the Ye Chen she had been thinking about, she would probably be thoroughly startled.

What Tian Lan Yan didn’t know was that Ye Chen had already successfully advanced to the Divine Master Realm!

Lin Tong, those three ninth-level Divine Masters, and Tian Lan Yan were merely shocked by the Cosmic Emperor-level defensive power they saw on Ye Chen.

They did not know that Ye Chen still had many hidden protective powers unactivated. Moreover, Ye Chen possessed Star Lord-level protection power—the power of the Ruyi Qiankun Rod, hidden in defense.

If all this were revealed, Lin Tong and the others would probably be so intimidated that they wouldn’t dare to team up with Ye Chen.

After all, no matter how much they wanted stronger team members, if they were too fearsome, they would deep down fear their teammate might backstab them.

Under the shocked, concerned, and expectant gazes of Lin Tong and others, Ye Chen, standing at the forefront of the Light Gate, left behind a Life Rune Talisman, and the next moment, stepped directly into the Light Gate!

The void flickered briefly.

In the next moment, Ye Chen directly sensed a force of stickiness shooting towards him, and atop this stickiness was even a thunderous explosive force.

The combined killing force of the two was enough to instantly kill many Divine Masters.

However, the defensive power on Ye Chen’s body was unbelievably strong.

The terrifying stickiness and the thunderous explosive force hadn’t even gotten near Ye Chen before being entirely evaporated by his divine power.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen focused his gaze on the newly entered Mysterious Place.

With one look, Ye Chen couldn’t help but take a deep breath, revealing a look of surprise.

Merely by crossing through the Light Gate, Ye Chen found himself in a peculiar cave, massive in scale, exhibiting a strange white color.

Looking at these white colors, it was clear that these were terrifying thunder materials.

On top of them, crackling thunderous energy was still flickering.

Ye Chen roughly estimated the thunder materials here were more precious than some materials he had seen in the Flash Change Thunder Environment of the Nine Bends Demon Realm.

And what surprised Ye Chen even more was what lay further in.

Looking towards the white cave, he could see numerous massive white spiders, each about ten meters in size, clinging to the walls in various parts of the cave.

The sticky force that had shot at Ye Chen earlier must have been the killing force of these white spiders’ webs!

These white spiders were all enveloped in surging thunderous light.

These were clearly thunder giant spiders!

And looking towards the floor of the cave, he could see all over it lay small white beads, each one emanating an intense thunder force to Ye Chen’s senses.

Thunder Pearls!

The thunder spiders on the cave walls.

The thunder beads on the cave floor.

These two things were the first that Ye Chen saw upon entering this mysterious ground!

Ye Chen reached his hand toward the ground.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The densely packed thunder pearls on the ground all flew toward Ye Chen, swiftly being collected into his pouch.

These thunder pearls contained a surging thunder power.

Since Ye Chen cultivated the All Elements Canon’s Star of Thunder Astrology, these thunder pearls were extremely useful for his cultivation, so he was unwilling to miss out.

As Ye Chen collected the pearls, the thunder spiders above in the cave became agitated.

They scrambled around madly, and in an instant, eight thunder spiders lunged toward Ye Chen.

Each leg of these thunder spiders was comparable to a divine weapon, extremely sharp. Their physical attacks were terrifying, and simultaneously, the webs they sprayed were even more horrifying, covering Ye Chen like a vast net.

Facing the attack of these thunder spiders, Ye Chen pointed his hand into the void, and a sword light flew directly from his body toward the thunder spiders, ready to slay them.

This sword light was from the Polar Star Divine Sword!

Splat! Splat! Splat! Splat! Splat!

The Polar Star Divine Sword, what a formidable divine weapon.

It was far superior to these thunder spiders.

In an instant, the eight thunder spiders attacking Ye Chen were directly slain by him.

Then, something unexpected happened.

At the moment of the eight thunder spiders’ death, a rain of thunder pearls suddenly began to fall in the cave, and eight waves poured down, filling the cave floor once again with densely packed thunder pearls.

Slaying eight thunder spiders resulted in more thunder pearls?

Ye Chen’s eyes shifted.

At this moment, Ye Chen noticed new thunder spiders crawling in from unknown places in the cave, and these new thunder spiders had even stronger auras than the previous ones, and there were more of them.

Slaying thunder spiders.

Resulted in more powerful thunder spiders?

A gleam flashed in Ye Chen’s eyes.

While Ye Chen was inside the mysterious cave, slaying thunder spiders and collecting the dense thunder pearls.

Outside the Light Gate, Tian Lan Yan, Lin Tong, and others were nervously watching the life rune talisman left by Ye Chen.

Upon seeing that the life rune talisman remained normal after Ye Chen entered the Light Gate, Lin Tong and the others felt slightly relieved.

However, they didn’t act immediately.

They continued to wait for a moment.

Seeing that after a while, Ye Chen’s life rune talisman remained unchanged, they couldn’t hold back.

"It seems there’s no danger inside for now."

"Let’s go, we should hurry and enter as well."

Lin Tong was the first to rush inside the Light Gate, followed closely by the other three Nine-fold Divine Masters, while Tian Lan Yan wasn’t in a hurry. After the four rushed in, she finally moved and flew into the Light Gate.

"This..."

When the five of them entered, they found themselves in the same white cave as Ye Chen.

However, by this time, Ye Chen had already collected countless thunder pearls and slain dozens of thunder spiders, and the thunder spiders appearing now in the cave were even more numerous and more terrifying!

As Lin Tong and the others entered the cave, they instantly realized that the cave walls were covered with massive white spiders hanging dozens of meters high, making the cave seem like a spider nest!

If not for the countless thunder pearls on the cave floor that seemed like the benefits of this place, the newcomers might have thought they had entered a deadly danger zone.

"By killing these thunder spiders, you can get more thunder pearls."

"However, every time you kill some thunder spiders, more and more powerful ones will appear afterward. One wonders what conditions will end this phenomenon."

Ye Chen told Tian Lan Yan, Lin Tong, and the others who had just entered the mysterious land.

Upon hearing Ye Chen’s words, Lin Tong and the others felt a chill.

Thunder spiders, the more they were killed, the more they appeared, becoming increasingly powerful?

Now, they sensed that among the dense mass of spiders in the cave, quite a few had already reached the Overlord Level.

Even though they could handle the present thunder spiders, if more powerful spiders appeared later, and a swarm of Cosmic Emperor level spiders emerged, it would indeed pose a serious life threat!

Ye Chen continued to scoop up the thunder pearls from the ground in large handfuls.

But Lin Tong and the others were not as free in action as Ye Chen; they had to fend off the attacks of the thunder spiders while urgently searching for a way out in the cave.

None of them specialized in cultivating Thunder Divine Skills, and they did not intend to risk their lives for the sake of these thunder pearls on the ground, only to end up dead in this cave.

This was only the beginning of their entry into the mysterious realm, and dying off the bat would truly be disastrous!