Yama Rising

Chapter 599: Abyssal Prefect (1)

He could sense massive fluctuations of Yin energy below. Choi Tae-min was clearly fighting, and his guess was as good as anyone’s as to who exactly he was fighting. That said, he knew that Choi Taemin was still in a rather vulnerable state, and if he didn’t get there in time, something huge was bound to happen!

Rumble! The path down into the depths of Gonjiam Asylum was filled with Yin energy and wreckage. The living dead groaned as they ducked away from Rumyantsev’s impressive charge, while the faceless palace maids cowered and prostrated themselves on the ground. Within moments, Rumyantsev rushed straight past the first level and arrived at the long passageway that led straight into the depths of the substratum.

“Trifling Infernal Judges… Trifling Infernal Judges!!!” He gnashed his teeth in exasperation as his eyes remained transfixed on the exit below. His heart was burning with humiliation.

Just then, he suddenly paused.

But he clearly wasn’t.

Whoosh… Just then, a soft nethergale swept up from below, gently tousling Rumyantsev’s garments as though it were the breath of a wild beast. A split second later, an overbearing aura suddenly filled the entire passageway. The weight of the aura was incredibly immense, and yet at the same time so incisive and sharp that it felt no different than if the tip of a sharp blade were pointed straight at Rumyantsev himself!

Something like this… could only have been done by a top-ranking emissary!

No… there must be other emissaries around here! And one that is stronger than myself… In fact, I’m quite certain that the strength of this emissary is well above my own! If he’s intent on killing me, I’m afraid that… I might not last long.

Unfortunately, he got no answers.

“Esteemed Emissary… Do you have business with me?” He probed cautiously, “Liu Yu has already gained independence, and is now the master of his own land. This certainly doesn’t count as trespassing, does it?”

It was impossible to see where he came from. In fact, his appearance was so natural and seamless that it almost felt as though he had been there all this while.

It was the silhouette of an old man with a black cloak around his entire body, and a mask of a demon in anguish concealing his facial appearances. He held a sword in front of him with two hands.

Shk!

“Do you know your crimes?”

“Shut up!” The old man sneered, “No matter what kind of fuss the Hanyang Underworld kicks up, it’s still part and parcel of Hell’s internal affairs. And since when did foreign underworlds start having the gall to meddle with the internal affairs of Hell?”

Rumyantsev gulped bitterly.

They’re not afraid of Hell in the slightest. After all, they, too, were one of the top four underworlds in the entire netherworld, and they even have a history of intense rivalry with the authority of Hell!

But now… all was lost.

Rumyantsev’s heart was filled with regret and resentment. There were endless words he wished to say, and yet he couldn’t bring himself to say anymore than a most respectful and placating, “Yes…”

“Yes…” Rumyantsev felt incredibly stifled. That said, he also couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief in his heart.

“No--...” Before Rumyantsev could even plead for mercy, a bolt of black light erupted in the dark. Rumyantsev felt an intense pain course through his body, and he couldn’t help but scream miserably. At once, his left index finger was completely obliterated and vanished into thin air!

It was because he suddenly discovered a long, black blade pressed threateningly across his neck at that very moment.

Whoosh… With that, the old man’s silhouette vanished into thin air. It was only then that Rumyantsev covered his wound and curled up softly. His entire body trembled both from the excruciating pain, as well as the overbearing humiliation he had just experienced.

“Hell… Hell!!!” Yin energy burst forth from between his teeth as he slowly looked up with a menacing gaze in Cathay’s direction, “One day… I’ll make you pay the price for your arrogance today! ARGGGHHHHHH!!!!”

There was no longer any need to go down.

But… why?

Where exactly did things go so horribly wrong?

Countless balls of white light had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, gushing straight towards the substratum of Gonjiam Asylum, almost as though the milky way was shifting! Furthermore… he could sense a somewhat familiar source of Yin energy quickly getting stronger below!

“How is this possible?!”

It was now 5.00 a.m.

They were located along the outskirts of Gwangju City. It was only five in the morning, yet the streets of Gwangju City were all well lit, and countless military vehicles plied each and every street as they did their level best to convince the citizens to load their valuables into their own vehicles and drive off into safety. Several military supervisors shuttled back and forth various streets, holding their loudhailers and barking commands at their soldiers, “Hurry up!” “A breach has been found in a bioweapons facility near Gonjiam Asylum! Hurry up and evacuate! Don’t bring along anything that is not of vital importance! Your life is at stake!”

“Everyone, please hurry up!! Lives are at stake! The explosion at the bioweapons facility was due to an oversight on our part! The Gwangju Municipal Government will bear all of the losses that you’ve suffered from this evacuation! Hurry up! Hurry, hurry!!” A middle-aged man stood on a platform with his loudhailer as he attempted to hasten the process, even in the slightest bit. As soon as he was done, he coughed violently and marched down with the loudhailer.”

It was only after he finished saying these things that he noticed that he was getting slightly too agitated. He glanced around, before ignoring the awkward glances and marching forward to his next task. Meanwhile, the secretary followed closely behind him and reported with a somber tone of voice, “Only one-tenth of the citizens have been evacuated thus far… Meanwhile, the situation at Gonjiam… has only worsened. Mr Lee, please board the plane and make your way to Hanyang. Given the current Yin energy readings, I’m afraid… we might not be able to hold onto Gwangju City.”

How could something like this happen…

Ah… that’s right… Gwangju is nothing compared to Pusan. But… Why?!

Just then--!!!

The secretary who was just speaking with the vice mayor dropped the glass of water in horror. His jaws dropped and his eyes widened as he turned back, almost as though he had just seen a living ghost. Then, with great trembling, he took several steps back. He looked as though he had something to say, yet he was unable to say a single thing because of the intense shock at the supernatural phenomenon.

The sky… had opened up.

As soon as the purple haze appeared, countless pitch-black birds flew out of the crack in the sky, chittering madly as they swooped straight down into Gonjiam Asylum, forming a massive swirling vortex of black birds.

Dead silence.

“Is this… God?” An old man with a walking disability stared agape at the crack in the sky, gently bringing his son and daughter behind him. Seconds later, the two children gasped at the same time, “Oh shit…”

“God…” A monk that was being evacuated among the crowd of citizens immediately trembled and fell to his knees, “It’s you! It’s the omnipotent God! God has appeared before us! This is a holy gift from God!!!”