A flash of light passed, and Roy felt a pull on his body before opening his eyes again, finding himself in a different place.
"The Necropolis Holy Mountain?"
Rising from the teleportation array, Roy surveyed his surroundings.
Different from Hell, the underworld had a darker style, giving the impression that the colors were not vibrant enough, with black and white hues being more prominent.
Especially the mountain beneath their feet, it appeared bone-white overall, resembling a skeletal structure, while the vegetation on the mountain leaned towards a dark green color.
"Elder Roy."
At this moment, Shalai and the others also regained their senses, flying up into the air and standing behind Roy.
"Is this the Four Divine Beast Clan?"
The leader of the divine troops guarding the plane's teleportation array squinted upon seeing Roy and the others.
In recent centuries, the Four Divine Beast Clan had gained widespread fame across the myriad realms.
Legends of the Four Divine Beast Clan circulated throughout the seven major divine planes and Hell.
They conquered cities, seized resources, and dealt destructive blows to any clans that refused to submit.
Of course, apart from these feats, members of the Four Divine Beast Clan were also quite affluent.
Each individual possessed more than five drops of Divine Lord's power.
"Is the Four Divine Beast Clan planning to invade the underworld?"
Philip was just a small squad leader in the divine troops, with the strength of a four-star demon. Many among the ten thousand people before him surpassed his strength.
The first elder of the Four Divine Beast Clan had already appeared in the underworld, but this was definitely not the last.
Shalai took out the metallic life form from the spatial ring, infused it with divine power, and enlarged it.
Subsequently, the members of the Four Divine Beast Clan orderly entered into the metallic life form.
"Elder Roy, where are we heading?"
"We are going to the Nine Nether Realm."
When preparing to expand their influence to this side of the underworld, Roy naturally made his own plans.
With Roy's current strength, apart from some difficulty in seizing the position of a Prefecture Lord, obtaining the positions of city lords elsewhere would be effortless.
Moreover, there was precisely a place that Roy deemed most suitable for himself.
The Nine Nether Realm.
Located deep within the Underworld Sea, it comprised eighty-one islands spanning a million miles in diameter, forming a deep-sea archipelago.
These eighty-one islands, also known as the "Eighty-One Territories," each possessed a "Blood Battle Platform."
Those who fought on the Blood Battle Platform had a minimum strength of a five-star demon, with many being six-star demons, and a considerable number being seven-star demons.
Anyone capable of consecutively winning on the "Blood Battle Platform" was no ordinary figure.
By achieving a hundred consecutive victories on the platform and becoming a "Hundred Battle Champion," one could challenge the lord of the island and, upon victory, become the new lord.
If the lord didn't accept a challenge within ten thousand years, their qualification as lord would also transfer to the challenger.
In the Nine Nether Realm, it could be said that it gathered most of the underworld's powerhouses. The lords of these eighty-one territories were almost super-strong figures on the level of the Asura Palace Lords.
Besides the dimensional wars, this place was undoubtedly where most of the underworld's powerhouses congregated.
The spatial gate to open the dimensional battlefield was situated on the core Flame Bone Island in the Nine Nether Realm.
If given the chance, Roy also wanted to enter the dimensional battlefield for some experience.
In the legends of the Primordial Era, the owner of the Chaos Bell, Dong Huang Taiyi, was the emperor of the Yao Clan. He engaged in several major battles alongside the leader of the Yao Clan against the Wu Clan, establishing the formidable reputation of the Chaos Bell.
Roy aspired to elevate his Starry Clock to such heights and naturally needed to undergo numerous battles.
However, in Panlong, what kind of battles, with intensity comparable to dimensional battlefields, existed? Perhaps in terms of power, the Starry Clock was countless dimensions away from the Chaos Bell.
But by participating in several dimensional wars, absorbing the battlefield's intense fighting spirit, and with some planning by Roy himself, the enhanced Starry Clock might become another path for him to break through his limitations.
Before that, the Eighty-One Territories of the Nine Nether Realm were undoubtedly the most suitable for Roy.
Roy's party was the first from the Four Divine Beast Clan to head towards the underworld. Once they left the dimensional teleportation array at the Necropolis Holy Mountain, this news quickly spread through the Divine Army Corps.
However, the forces in the underworld didn't have a significant reaction to the Four Divine Beasts settling in.
The underworld was the dominion of death, and even the Augusta Family, the top family in a myriad of planes, dared not extend their hands into the underworld.
If the Four Divine Beast Clan dared to cause chaos in the underworld as they did in the seven major divine planes, the Lord of Death would give them a profound lesson.
Similar to Hell, the underworld also had "demons," but in the underworld, they were known as "Yao Demons."
During their journey to the Nine Hades Realm, Roy's group also faced attacks from underworld bandits.
However, with Roy's formidable strength, these bandits were nothing more than easy prey.
After over seven hundred years, Roy led the Four Divine Beast Clan's people through the vast Underworld Sea, and they stopped on the nearest island.
After landing on the island, with a gesture from Lins, Shalai immediately understood and went to inquire about the island's residents. Several minutes later, Shalai returned.
"Elder Roy, I've inquired. This is Lianyan Island, one of the Eighty-One Territories in the Nine Hades Realm, and the Lord of Lianyan has been here for the past ten thousand years."
"Very well, Shalai. You take everyone to find a place to rest. I'll head to the Blood Battle Platform first, strive to achieve a hundred consecutive victories in the shortest time possible, and then challenge the Lord of Lianyan."
"Yes."
After bowing to Roy, Shalai and the other three six-star demons led their people to find a place to stay within Lianyan Island's city.
Meanwhile, Roy accompanied by Chris headed towards Lianyan Island's Blood Battle Platform.
Those who dared to come to the Nine Nether Realm were battle enthusiasts.
Therefore, each island's Blood Battle Platform was the liveliest area in the city.
The Blood Battle Platform was a ten-thousand-meter-square arena enveloped by barriers. Around the arena were tiered stands. To watch the battles, one needed to pay ten inkstones.
"After them! Attack!"
"Roar!"
"Move quickly, strike!"
After paying the inkstones, Roy and Chris entered the viewing platform.
Upon entering, the two were shocked by the fervent atmosphere.
Of course, apart from the fervent ones, there were also some calm individuals.
These people gazed intently at the two fighters on the platform. Whenever the fighters unleashed their unique moves, these observers would contemplate slightly, likely thinking about how they would respond if they encountered such techniques themselves.
These people were like two extremes compared to the fervent ones.
Just by this, Roy could easily deduce that they were individuals intending to participate in the platform battles.
After giving a few instructions to the young servant girl, Roy went to register with the platform administrator.
There was no charge for challenging the platform, but participants had to leave their "titles."
Roy chose the title "Starry" for himself.
Based on the number of people who had registered before him, there were still around twenty-plus people before it would be Roy's turn.