Duan Gujin scanned the nearby area and quickly spotted some deeply embedded gravel on a stone wall.

The gravel was a different color from its surroundings, and he deduced that these were the stones that had shot up from the ground earlier.

So, he took out a vine from his storage ring and with a thought poured Primordial Power into it.

Moments later, the vine began to move like a snake, wriggling up and down.

Duan Gujin aimed for the location of the gravel and let the vine approach it.

Once near the gravel, the vine visibly transformed to resemble a human hand and then firmly 'grasped' the gravel.

Duan Gujin withdrew the vine, and soon, he could clearly make out what the gravel looked like.

"This is a Fire Attribute Crystal Stone! The Fire Attribute Energy inside this crystal has been completely depleted!"

Duan Gujin immediately understood why there were Fire Attribute Crystal Stones underground.

The Netherworld Dark Clan feared flames, so to deal with some of the more powerful Netherworld Dark Clan, the Human Clan would arrange a large number of Fire Attribute Crystal Stones inside the Sealing Array.

Once the Netherworld Dark Clan were sealed within the Array, they could not only not escape but also had to endure the damage caused by the energy from the Fire Attribute Crystal Stones to their Bodies.

"It seems the Fire Attribute Crystal Stones inside this Sealing Array have completely exhausted their energy! I wonder how much power the sealed Demon King below still has."

After contemplating, Duan Gujin's eyes revealed a steely resolve.

"I should go down and check! Although it's very dangerous, since the Fire Attribute Crystal Stones inside the Sealing Array below have run out of energy, it means the Sealing Array is nearly ineffective! If the sealed Demon King below is powerful enough, it will eventually escape! I can't just ignore it and let it recover its strength here! Once it really escapes, the entire Qiankun Continent will become incredibly dangerous!"

Duan Gujin tried the Flying Technique and realized that the gravity here was ten times that of the outside.

If he really wanted to fly up from below, it would consume a lot of Primordial Power, which wasn't difficult for him.

Assured that he could indeed use the Flying Technique here, Duan Gujin took out a Luminous Pearl that could light up the surroundings and then leaped, flying downward.

With the help of the Flying Technique, he didn't plummet directly to the ground but descended gently from the air.

With the assistance of the Luminous Pearl, he quickly discerned the environment around him.

He saw the ground littered with gravel pieces the size of fists; these were the same Fire Attribute Crystal Stones he had seen earlier.

He picked up some of the gravel from the ground and used Divine Sense to look inside them.

After a moment, he found that there was no Fire Attribute Energy left in the gravel.

"The energy in the Array here must have been depleted!"

Duan Gujin quickly raised the Luminous Pearl high and followed the faint light cast by it to check the surroundings.

He walked a distance and soon saw a massive, Crystal-like Stele in front of him.

The giant Stele was five meters tall and about four meters wide.

"What is this?"

Duan Gujin took a sharp breath; he saw what seemed to be a huge object inside the Crystal.

He extended his Divine Sense into the Crystal Stele, and after a while, he sensed a significant amount of Soul Fire Power inside.

"Could it be that the Demon King previously sealed within the Crystal Stele has been completely destroyed by the Sealing Array?"

The thought flashed through Duan Gujin's mind.

Just as he was puzzled, suddenly, he sensed a strange thing drifting within the Crystal Stele, emitting an extremely terrifying aura.

"Human, you deserve to die!"

A moment later, a deep and terrifying voice echoed nearby.

Duan Gujin judged that the low voice must have come from what seemed like a round ball, his mind racing as he pondered what the spherical entity could actually be.

"Who exactly are you?"

After pondering for a moment, Duan Gujin still could not figure out what that mass of something really was.

"I am General Xinghai, a subordinate of the Jialuo Demon King!"

The 'Round Ball' replied.

"Heh, never heard of you! Why have you turned into what you are now?"

Duan Gujin asked directly.

If the 'Round Ball' had revealed its true identity outright, that would have been the best scenario for Duan Gujin.

"Does who I am matter to you that much?"

The 'Round Ball' inquired.

"Heh, it doesn't matter to me. Do you know what this is? This is the Netherworld Treasure Pearl from within your Netherworld Dark Clan bodies. Do you know whose Netherworld Treasure Pearl this is? Do you want me to tell you? Don't you want to know?"

Duan Gujin took out the Netherworld Treasure Pearl and asked indifferently.

"Human, don't be smug! One day, all of you humans will die miserably at the hands of our Netherworld Dark Clan! We will take revenge for the Jialuo Demon King!"

The 'Round Ball' said menacingly.

Hearing such venomous words, Duan Gujin knew that the 'Round Ball' must have recognized the Netherworld Treasure Pearl as belonging to the Jialuo Demon King.

"It seems that the Jialuo Demon King really should be dead!"

Duan Gujin inferred this implication from the 'Round Ball's statement.

"Do you have a Netherworld Treasure Pearl on you?"

Duan Gujin's eyes flashed as he asked.

"Heh, human, don't delude yourself. What you see now as 'me', isn't this the very Netherworld Treasure Pearl your Human Clan has been searching for? With a mere thought, the Netherworld Treasure Pearl that I painstakingly cultivated can instantly turn to ash!"

The 'Round Ball' responded coldly.

"What?"

Hearing the 'Round Ball's words, Duan Gujin was greatly shocked.

But he deliberately remained impassive, not showing any expression on his face.

His mind raced as he considered how to deal with the 'Round Ball'.

He had only heard that the Netherworld Dark Clan had Netherworld Treasure Pearls, but he had never heard that a Residual Soul of the Netherworld Dark Clan could actually enter the Netherworld Treasure Pearl.

He was facing such a situation for the first time and found himself temporarily at a loss.

"How should I destroy it?"

Duan Gujin's eyes flickered as his mind raced.

He carefully surveyed the surroundings and did not notice anything unusual.

"How did it manage to attack me before?"

Upon thinking of this problem, Duan Gujin felt that the 'Round Ball' might still launch a second attack on him.

Therefore, he remained on guard to prevent a surprise assault.

Duan Gujin introspected and entered the Crystal Stele, ascertaining that there were three clumps of Soul Fires of varying sizes, scattered in three different places.

"Why are those Soul Fires so far apart? Shouldn't they be gathered together?"

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