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**Chapter 993: Despicable and Shameless Im!**
Marine Calendar, August 8th, 1503.
Sea Star Underworld.
Because the entire world was divided by two Underworld Rivers, its overall layout was very similar to the Sea Star Human World, which was divided into the Four Seas by the Red Line and the Calm Belt.
Centered around Enma Castle, it was mainly divided into four major regions: East River, North River, West River, and South River.
Each region had large and small towns and villages, as well as vast forests and mountain ranges.
At this time, somewhere in the northwest corner of the West River Region.
The sky, like a sea of fire, suddenly began to gather in a spiral of wind and clouds.
Before long, a massive, fiery red tornado, like fire and clouds, formed between heaven and earth.
This caused the undead residents in the nearby villages and towns to change their faces drastically, becoming panic-stricken.
Because they didn't know what was happening. They could only tremble and desperately pray in their hearts, hoping it wouldn't affect them.
Instantly.
Following an earth-shattering explosion, the towering, flame-like tornado suddenly burst open, forming violent winds and air currents that swept in all directions.
The Underworld Trees on the earth below, as black as charcoal and resembling withered wood, simply couldn't withstand such terrifying wind force.
Their seemingly thick tree trunks snapped like dry branches instantly, flung high into the air, their destination unknown.
When the tornado dissipated and the fiery clouds cleared, all sound and fury returned to calm.
Only the mess left on the earth could prove that a disaster-like commotion had just occurred.
However, beneath the vast fiery clouds, a strange figure appeared at some point.
His height was about seven meters, similar to Kaido.
Two purple-gold long sabers were at his waist, their surfaces gleamed with a bright purple light.
He had pale, fluffy long hair that reached his waist, a rugged face with distinct features, and a pair of sharp, phoenix-like eyes.
Most striking were the exposed brownish-black skin on his chest, the pair of ink-black wings behind him, and the fiercely burning flame at the back of his neck.
A Lunarian!
Who could have imagined that this King Yama, who had gained a new life with the help of the Will of the Underworld due to his identity as the Lord of the Underworld, had a main body that was actually a Lunarian, a race once called the 'Tribe of Gods' on this world, but now on the verge of extinction?
"As expected, there are many experts in these myriad worlds. I encountered someone who could defeat me so quickly. However, the top priority is to hide the Underworld first. I hope they haven't found their way here yet..."
King Yama, who had long forgotten his name from his previous life, muttered to himself while looking down at the earth below.
Although Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura had teamed up to defeat him, as an expert of a world, he wouldn't use that as an excuse.
As for hiding the Underworld, as he mentioned, it was actually about communicating with the Will of the Underworld to isolate the aura emitted by the souls within to the outside world.
This would make it difficult for others to find it using soul coordinates, even if they possessed them.
However, this isolation couldn't last for too long.
Because it would also obstruct the flow between the Underworld River and the outside Underworld Sea.
This would cause the Underworld River Water, which normally wouldn't evaporate, to gradually vaporize as time passed.
And vaporization wouldn't just dry up the Underworld River; it would also form rain clouds that would scatter across every corner of the Underworld. This rainwater was no different from potent poison and strong acid to the undead.
Basically, a single heavy rain could cause the undead in the area who couldn't find shelter in time to be annihilated.
Crucially, if there was no Underworld River within the Underworld, the Underworld Origin would be harmed. In severe cases, the Will of the Underworld would suffer death, and the Underworld itself would fall apart.
As the Lord of the Underworld, he would naturally suffer as well. And this world, having lost its Underworld, would have nowhere to house the undead, causing demons and monsters to run rampant in the human world, filled with demons and ghosts everywhere, until a new Underworld was naturally born over a long period of time, only then would things gradually return to normal.
In other words, worlds where many ghosts and humans coexisted were basically worlds where something had gone wrong with the Underworld.
Of course, King Yama, who was well aware of all this, wouldn't seal off the Underworld for too long either.
He only needed to buy himself about two hundred years of time to recover his vitality.
Two hundred years might be a very long time for humans, but it wasn't the case for the Underworld and the Underworld River.
This amount of time would at most cause some of the Underworld Water in the Underworld River to vaporize into clouds, resulting in the death of a certain number of undead.
But as long as he took action at that time to re-condense these clouds back into Underworld Water and pour it into the Underworld River, and then had the Will of the Underworld cancel the isolation, there wouldn't be any major problems.
As for the undead who died because of this, as long as it didn't reach a level that affected the balance between the two worlds, who would care about these ants?
"Hmm?!"
But just as King Yama was preparing to communicate with the Will of the Underworld, he suddenly noticed that his Underworld seemed to have undergone a strange change.
He subconsciously activated his divine sense to scan the four directions of the Underworld, with Enma Castle being the main focus.
This ability to observe any corner of the Underworld at any time was one of the privileges of being the Lord of the Underworld.
Slowly, King Yama's face became increasingly grim.
The World Government's Underworld Army invading? His Enma King City being under occupation?
This made him immediately sense Im's intense malice towards him. Im's ultimate target was clearly aimed at him!
King Yama was extremely angry, and this anger was mixed with strong disappointment.
Because he genuinely wanted to have friendly cooperation with Im, to rule the Human World and the Underworld of this world separately, and at the same time, launch a Multiverse Conquest in their respective domains.
If needed, they could also help each other, such as providing the World Government with a few resurrection quotas, or some precious resources from the Underworld side.
Furthermore, if the World Government were to encounter a powerful enemy one day, he could also take action to resolve it by using possession on a Yomi-Yomi no Mi user.
In King Yama's view, there were no conflicts between himself and Im at all.
Therefore, the current situation was completely unbelievable to him!
But immediately, this mood quickly turned into hatred.
King Yama felt that Im had betrayed him and also broken their promise!
He just didn't understand, what was going on with the World Government's Underworld Army?
It wasn't until King Yama noticed Yama's presence that he suddenly understood.
But immediately, an irrepressible sense of danger and fear arose in his heart.
Because he noticed that Yama was rapidly flying towards him, bringing Im who had appeared out of thin air!
King Yama immediately suppressed the rage and hatred in his heart, gritted his teeth, turned around, and flew towards the West Underworld River Mouth.
Yes, he was fleeing, without the slightest hesitation!
King Yama wasn't a fool. Even in his anger, he hadn't lost his reason.
Because the scent of death forced him to calm down, and at the same time, make the most reasonable choice.
In his current state, he was eighty percent likely to be unable to defeat Im. In that case, the outcome awaiting him would be complete destruction.
Therefore, he had to escape, and he had to leave this Sea Star Underworld!
Although doing so was equivalent to giving up his identity as the Lord of the Underworld, how could that compare to his life?
He would wait until he recovered his strength, then return to reclaim everything that belonged to him!
King Yama's speed was unimaginably fast.
Moments later, the repeated sonic booms and violent rushing sounds produced by his flight attracted the attention of the garrison at the West Underworld River Mouth.
"What is that?"
The one responsible for guarding this place was a Host of a certain generation of the Armored Titan.
Mattai.
The current Rear Admiral of the Underworld Army under Yama's subordinate.
He had already mastered Stone Breathing, Iron Body, and the Coating and Hardening aspects of Armament Haki. His strength was quite good.
However, his Armored Titan was more like a Stone Giant, covered in a large amount of hard stone.
And the ten Underworld Boats he led each carried five hundred Eldian soldiers.
"Enemy Attack!!!"
When Mattai's roar rang out.
All the soldiers became nervous. At the same time, they bit their thumbs and quickly transformed into one Pure Titan after another, wearing purple military uniforms. The scene looked incredibly spectacular.
The next second.
King Yama, like a black-red meteor, descended from the sky, instantly blasting apart one of the Underworld Boats.
[BOOM!!!]
A towering fire pillar engulfed the shattered hull and all the Pure Titans on it.
"This King wants you to tell that shameless! Despicable! Damned Im!"
"One day!"
"One day, This King will return! When that time comes, I will surely make him suffer eternal damnation and regret everything he has done!!!"
King Yama, who appeared from the sea of fire, let out a furious roar at Rear Admiral Mattai, who was standing on another Underworld Boat.
This roar was deafening, echoing in all directions.
Im and Yama, who were about to catch up from a distance, could faintly hear it.
(End of this chapter)
Marine Calendar, August 8th, 1503.
Sea Star Underworld.
Because the entire world was divided by two Underworld Rivers, its overall layout was very similar to the Sea Star Human World, which was divided into the Four Seas by the Red Line and the Calm Belt.
Centered around Enma Castle, it was mainly divided into four major regions: East River, North River, West River, and South River.
Each region had large and small towns and villages, as well as vast forests and mountain ranges.
At this time, somewhere in the northwest corner of the West River Region.
The sky, like a sea of fire, suddenly began to gather in a spiral of wind and clouds.
Before long, a massive, fiery red tornado, like fire and clouds, formed between heaven and earth.
This caused the undead residents in the nearby villages and towns to change their faces drastically, becoming panic-stricken.
Because they didn't know what was happening. They could only tremble and desperately pray in their hearts, hoping it wouldn't affect them.
Instantly.
Following an earth-shattering explosion, the towering, flame-like tornado suddenly burst open, forming violent winds and air currents that swept in all directions.
The Underworld Trees on the earth below, as black as charcoal and resembling withered wood, simply couldn't withstand such terrifying wind force.
Their seemingly thick tree trunks snapped like dry branches instantly, flung high into the air, their destination unknown.
When the tornado dissipated and the fiery clouds cleared, all sound and fury returned to calm.
Only the mess left on the earth could prove that a disaster-like commotion had just occurred.
However, beneath the vast fiery clouds, a strange figure appeared at some point.
His height was about seven meters, similar to Kaido.
Two purple-gold long sabers were at his waist, their surfaces gleamed with a bright purple light.
He had pale, fluffy long hair that reached his waist, a rugged face with distinct features, and a pair of sharp, phoenix-like eyes.
Most striking were the exposed brownish-black skin on his chest, the pair of ink-black wings behind him, and the fiercely burning flame at the back of his neck.
A Lunarian!
Who could have imagined that this King Yama, who had gained a new life with the help of the Will of the Underworld due to his identity as the Lord of the Underworld, had a main body that was actually a Lunarian, a race once called the 'Tribe of Gods' on this world, but now on the verge of extinction?
"As expected, there are many experts in these myriad worlds. I encountered someone who could defeat me so quickly. However, the top priority is to hide the Underworld first. I hope they haven't found their way here yet..."
King Yama, who had long forgotten his name from his previous life, muttered to himself while looking down at the earth below.
Although Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura had teamed up to defeat him, as an expert of a world, he wouldn't use that as an excuse.
As for hiding the Underworld, as he mentioned, it was actually about communicating with the Will of the Underworld to isolate the aura emitted by the souls within to the outside world.
This would make it difficult for others to find it using soul coordinates, even if they possessed them.
However, this isolation couldn't last for too long.
Because it would also obstruct the flow between the Underworld River and the outside Underworld Sea.
This would cause the Underworld River Water, which normally wouldn't evaporate, to gradually vaporize as time passed.
And vaporization wouldn't just dry up the Underworld River; it would also form rain clouds that would scatter across every corner of the Underworld. This rainwater was no different from potent poison and strong acid to the undead.
Basically, a single heavy rain could cause the undead in the area who couldn't find shelter in time to be annihilated.
Crucially, if there was no Underworld River within the Underworld, the Underworld Origin would be harmed. In severe cases, the Will of the Underworld would suffer death, and the Underworld itself would fall apart.
As the Lord of the Underworld, he would naturally suffer as well. And this world, having lost its Underworld, would have nowhere to house the undead, causing demons and monsters to run rampant in the human world, filled with demons and ghosts everywhere, until a new Underworld was naturally born over a long period of time, only then would things gradually return to normal.
In other words, worlds where many ghosts and humans coexisted were basically worlds where something had gone wrong with the Underworld.
Of course, King Yama, who was well aware of all this, wouldn't seal off the Underworld for too long either.
He only needed to buy himself about two hundred years of time to recover his vitality.
Two hundred years might be a very long time for humans, but it wasn't the case for the Underworld and the Underworld River.
This amount of time would at most cause some of the Underworld Water in the Underworld River to vaporize into clouds, resulting in the death of a certain number of undead.
But as long as he took action at that time to re-condense these clouds back into Underworld Water and pour it into the Underworld River, and then had the Will of the Underworld cancel the isolation, there wouldn't be any major problems.
As for the undead who died because of this, as long as it didn't reach a level that affected the balance between the two worlds, who would care about these ants?
"Hmm?!"
But just as King Yama was preparing to communicate with the Will of the Underworld, he suddenly noticed that his Underworld seemed to have undergone a strange change.
He subconsciously activated his divine sense to scan the four directions of the Underworld, with Enma Castle being the main focus.
This ability to observe any corner of the Underworld at any time was one of the privileges of being the Lord of the Underworld.
Slowly, King Yama's face became increasingly grim.
The World Government's Underworld Army invading? His Enma King City being under occupation?
This made him immediately sense Im's intense malice towards him. Im's ultimate target was clearly aimed at him!
King Yama was extremely angry, and this anger was mixed with strong disappointment.
Because he genuinely wanted to have friendly cooperation with Im, to rule the Human World and the Underworld of this world separately, and at the same time, launch a Multiverse Conquest in their respective domains.
If needed, they could also help each other, such as providing the World Government with a few resurrection quotas, or some precious resources from the Underworld side.
Furthermore, if the World Government were to encounter a powerful enemy one day, he could also take action to resolve it by using possession on a Yomi-Yomi no Mi user.
In King Yama's view, there were no conflicts between himself and Im at all.
Therefore, the current situation was completely unbelievable to him!
But immediately, this mood quickly turned into hatred.
King Yama felt that Im had betrayed him and also broken their promise!
He just didn't understand, what was going on with the World Government's Underworld Army?
It wasn't until King Yama noticed Yama's presence that he suddenly understood.
But immediately, an irrepressible sense of danger and fear arose in his heart.
Because he noticed that Yama was rapidly flying towards him, bringing Im who had appeared out of thin air!
King Yama immediately suppressed the rage and hatred in his heart, gritted his teeth, turned around, and flew towards the West Underworld River Mouth.
Yes, he was fleeing, without the slightest hesitation!
King Yama wasn't a fool. Even in his anger, he hadn't lost his reason.
Because the scent of death forced him to calm down, and at the same time, make the most reasonable choice.
In his current state, he was eighty percent likely to be unable to defeat Im. In that case, the outcome awaiting him would be complete destruction.
Therefore, he had to escape, and he had to leave this Sea Star Underworld!
Although doing so was equivalent to giving up his identity as the Lord of the Underworld, how could that compare to his life?
He would wait until he recovered his strength, then return to reclaim everything that belonged to him!
King Yama's speed was unimaginably fast.
Moments later, the repeated sonic booms and violent rushing sounds produced by his flight attracted the attention of the garrison at the West Underworld River Mouth.
"What is that?"
The one responsible for guarding this place was a Host of a certain generation of the Armored Titan.
Mattai.
The current Rear Admiral of the Underworld Army under Yama's subordinate.
He had already mastered Stone Breathing, Iron Body, and the Coating and Hardening aspects of Armament Haki. His strength was quite good.
However, his Armored Titan was more like a Stone Giant, covered in a large amount of hard stone.
And the ten Underworld Boats he led each carried five hundred Eldian soldiers.
"Enemy Attack!!!"
When Mattai's roar rang out.
All the soldiers became nervous. At the same time, they bit their thumbs and quickly transformed into one Pure Titan after another, wearing purple military uniforms. The scene looked incredibly spectacular.
The next second.
King Yama, like a black-red meteor, descended from the sky, instantly blasting apart one of the Underworld Boats.
[BOOM!!!]
A towering fire pillar engulfed the shattered hull and all the Pure Titans on it.
"This King wants you to tell that shameless! Despicable! Damned Im!"
"One day!"
"One day, This King will return! When that time comes, I will surely make him suffer eternal damnation and regret everything he has done!!!"
King Yama, who appeared from the sea of fire, let out a furious roar at Rear Admiral Mattai, who was standing on another Underworld Boat.
This roar was deafening, echoing in all directions.
Im and Yama, who were about to catch up from a distance, could faintly hear it.
(End of this chapter)
