Chen Hao plucked a strand of hair and tossed it into the black sphere, only to see the hair immediately disappear, as if devoured by the black entity.

Startled, Chen Hao's left eye emitted a gentle purple light of Nether Vision, shining upon the ever-expanding sphere. Like the hair before it, the beam of Nether Vision didn't penetrate the black sphere but vanished within it.

Then, Chen Hao activated Nether Vision, eager to see what exactly was inside this purely black sphere. However, two seconds after activating Nether Vision, his line of sight failed to penetrate the black sphere before him.

"Don't tell me this thing is a black hole!" Chen Hao murmured to himself, his face filled with astonishment.

Ye Fei was already staring agape and speechless. Unnoticed by them, the black sphere had already expanded to the size of a dragon fruit. In less than five minutes, its diameter would grow to one meter and swallow up the bodies of Chen Hao and Ye Fei, who were trapped in the so-called Seal Barrier.

"Eh!" A ray of light shot out from Chen Hao's eyes, "What if I swallowed it?"

"Ah!" Ye Fei exclaimed in shock, hastily advising, "Chen Hao, don't mess around. It'll devour your internal organs first, then expand to engulf your whole body."

Chen Hao's eyes brimmed with curiosity, wondering if what Ye Fei said were true, would he still be able to revive at that time?

Before Chen Hao had time to contemplate, the black sphere had already grown to the size of a soccer ball, making it impossible for him to swallow. Driven by curiosity, Chen Hao still couldn't help stretching his hand into the black sphere.

"Chen Hao, you..." Ye Fei was at a loss for words!

When his entire left palm was extended into the black sphere, Chen Hao felt nothing but a chill piercing his heart, with no other discomfort. However, when he tried to grasp the material within the sphere with his palm, he realized that he had lost all sensation in that part of his hand.

After a shudder of his heart, Chen Hao immediately stepped back, only then noticing that the portion of his left arm that had been extended into the black sphere was gone, with a neatly spherical break at the wound.

"My hand!" Chen Hao cried out in shock, his heart pounding wildly.

Ye Fei pursed his lips, unsure of what to say, lamenting in his heart that curiosity killed the cat.

Suddenly, Chen Hao felt an intense pain and soreness in his left eye, tears involuntarily streaming down. Then, a black light flickered from his left eye, followed by a surge of black power from his left eye, flowing into the black sphere.

Chen Hao was surprised. This black power was not one of the three Nether King's Powers flowing within the Nether King Orchid Heart; those three powers weren't as purely dark, nor were they as intense.

Seeing this, Ye Fei was stunned.

Soon after, the black power retracted from the black sphere, dragging Chen Hao's left arm with its tail end.

At that moment, Chen Hao understood that this black power must be the power of the Nether King's Heart, the purest and most primal Nether King's Power.

After reconnecting Chen Hao's arm to the severed limb, the black power tore a black vortex in mid-air, rapidly sucking in both Chen Hao and Ye Fei.

By the time Chen Hao and Ye Fei became aware again, they found themselves in a weightless space. Looking up at the sky, they saw a heart filled with black and purple blood. The heart was trembling and burning, flickering with dazzling black and purple light.

To Chen Hao, the sight was not unfamiliar; he had been here once before. This heart was the Nether King's Heart! It was the Nether King's Heart that had saved him and Ye Fei!

Before he could greet the Nether King's Heart, Chen Hao and Ye Fei were both sucked into a beam of bright white light. The light was so dazzling that both men had to close their eyes.

"Whoosh whoosh!" Listening to the whistling wind by their ears, Chen Hao and Ye Fei almost simultaneously opened their eyes, only to find themselves on the rooftop of the Zhongtian Building.

"Let's head back first!" Chen Hao said to Ye Fei.

Ye Fei nodded, his gaze somewhat dazed. For him, everything that had just happened was much too fast, and every image utterly inconceivable.

The night deepened.

Chen Hao and Ye Fei returned to Liu Xiajun's villa.

At this moment, Tang Jing, Xie Xiaofeng, and Ye Yuqiao were sitting in the living room watching TV. Seeing the two return, Xie Xiaofeng asked, "How did the investigation go? Did you find out anything from the president of Yun's Corporation?"

Chen Hao heaved a sigh, his tone somber, "Didn't find out anything, nearly lost my life."

Upon hearing Chen Hao's words, Tang Jing, who had been staring at the television screen, showed a look of surprise and said, "You were in danger of losing your life?"

"It's true, I nearly lost my life!" Chen Hao emphasized and then sat down next to Ye Yuqiao, recounting in detail the events that had just transpired.

"Boyfriend!" Ye Yuqiao's exclamation of surprise suddenly rang in Chen Hao's mind, "Think back through what just happened in your mind again."

Chen Hao nodded blankly and then replayed the events that had occurred in Yun Zhongtian's office in his mind. When the image of the mysterious man's silhouette appeared in his thoughts, Ye Yuqiao suddenly shouted inside his heart, "Stop!"

Chen Hao was stunned, then fixed the image in his mind at that moment.

"What's wrong with Yuqiao?" Chen Hao asked anxiously in his heart, he rarely saw Ye Yuqiao so flustered.

After a long while, Ye Yuqiao finally responded, "Boyfriend, let's talk back in the room later."

Following that discussion, which lasted for a quarter of an hour, everyone dispersed to their respective rooms. As soon as he closed the door, Chen Hao couldn't wait to ask Ye Yuqiao, "Yuqiao, what exactly happened just now?"

Ye Yuqiao lifted her eyes to look at Chen Hao, furrowing her brows and pondering for a while before saying, "Boyfriend, I suspect that the mysterious man who sealed you all inside the barrier is the same person who years ago took that mysterious ghost baby to the Netherworld and kicked open the Gate of the Nether King. Their silhouettes are extremely similar."

"Ah!" Chen Hao was astonished. He had heard from Ye Yuqiao numerous times about how years ago a man, possibly from the City of Yin and Time, had entered the Netherworld with a mysterious ghost baby, kicked open the sealed Gate of the Nether King, and released the evil ghosts from the Eighteen Levels of Hell, forcing Ye Yuqiao to use her Yin Soul to seal the Gate of the Nether King.

After a brief silence, a light flashed in Chen Hao's eyes, and he said, "Right, I remember that man exclaimed 'Void Barrier'. Does this sealing barrier technique have anything to do with the City of Yin and Time?"

Ye Yuqiao shook her head, indicating she was not very clear about it. Then, she told Chen Hao that the City of Yin and Time was always mysterious; although the residents there were also composed of Yin Souls and Yang Spirits, these people were born with some kind of magical abilities and would not go to the Netherworld when they died.

"I still remember the scent of the Yang Spirit on that man eighteen years ago," Ye Yuqiao mused, "Take me with you the next time you go to find him, so I can confirm if it's him."

Chen Hao nodded.

..

Night fell.

Ye Fei had planned to take his newly-made girlfriend and Chen Hao out for a meal but suddenly received an urgent call from his partner at the backstage.

During the call, the partner told Ye Fei: based on his observations over the past few days, he discovered that the Xin'an Gang had been making a mysterious transaction recently. Every three days, the boss of the Xin'an Gang would take a group of people and several trucks to the dock to pick up goods. Ten minutes ago, the boss had hurried to the dock again with his crew, so he needed Ye Fei to check out what kind of goods the Xin'an Gang was picking up.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Fei had no choice but to call his girlfriend to cancel the dinner and changed into the Campus Hero's black clothes with Chen Hao to rush to the north dock of City H.

A quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at the dock just as the Xin'an Gang was busy unloading goods from a cargo ship. Several customs officers were laughing and joking with the boss of the Xin'an Gang, clearly already bribed.

After exchanging a glance, Ye Fei and Chen Hao simultaneously leaped onto the cargo vessel.

"Ah, Campus Hero!" The Xin'an Gang underlings who were unloading shouted out loud, scared into dropping the goods they were carrying onto the deck.

"Damn it, how did this guy catch onto us!" the boss of the Xin'an Gang cursed, reaching into his pocket for a gun. Just as he was about to shoot at Chen Hao, he was stopped by the three customs officers beside him.

"Don't shoot, shooting will attract everyone, and what will we do with these goods then?"

"What are you waiting for, take care of them now!" the boss of the Xin'an Gang barked, face red with fury.

So, the Xin'an Gang underlings all raised their fists and surrounded Chen Hao and Ye Fei.

Within three minutes, more than thirty men were beaten to the ground by Chen Hao and Ye Fei, crying out in pain, no longer willing to fight.

Seeing this, the boss of the Xin'an Gang panicked. Just as he tried to reach for his gun again, Ye Fei quickly stepped from the deck and leaped behind him.

The three customs officers were hesitating whether to intervene, but were scared off by a roar from Ye Fei.

"Ugh!" The boss of the Xin'an Gang screamed, then his left knee thudded onto the ground.

Meanwhile, on the deck, Chen Hao waved his left hand towards a sealed wooden crate, releasing a sharp Sword Qi.

With a crack, the crate shattered, and Chen Hao saw that inside was an unconscious grey wolf.

Then, he split open another crate behind him and found it, too, contained unconscious grey wolves.

"What do you want all these wolves for?" Ye Fei interrogated the boss of the Xin'an Gang.

The boss of the Xin'an Gang laughed softly and turned to glance disdainfully at Ye Fei, then started whistling and shaking his head, acting as if nobody mattered to him.

With a grunt of anger, Ye Fei punched the Xin'an Gang boss in the mouth, knocking out two teeth and causing a lot of blood to flow.

After taking a furious breath, Ye Fei raised his fist again.

The boss of the Xin'an Gang quickly begged for mercy by kowtowing, mumbling unclearly, "I'll talk, I'll talk."

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