Chapter 013: The King of the Underworld

"Who are you, and what do you want?"

The brief battle just now made her realize that she was no match for Wang Bo, so she had to abandon the fight and communicate with him. If they continued fighting like this, she was afraid she would be killed.

Wang Bo answered evasively, "Have you seen a strange goddess of death?"

The death angel was taken aback and shook her head.

Wang Bo said, "Then have you seen any unfamiliar women here?"

The death angel finally caught on, "You're looking for someone?"

Wang Bo nodded and said, "I'm looking for a goddess of death. She should have entered this realm through an underground city."

A flicker of understanding passed through the death angel's eyes, and she said coldly, "The underground city you mentioned is probably the City of Death, the passage between our underworld and the mortal world."

"But that passage is not fixed; it shifts every moment. Even if you enter one after the other, you might end up in different realms."

"The Bone Wasteland does not have the person you're looking for."

Wang Bo suddenly understood. So this realm was called the Bone Wasteland, and indeed it belonged to the underworld of the Western fantasy world, similar to the Eastern underworld.

The归宿 of the dead.

Wang Bo said, "Can you tell me about the underworld?"

The death angel was reluctant, but she still said, "The underworld is vast and boundless, divided into the Bone Wasteland, the Sea of Death, the Gray Castle, the Dark Desert, the Ghost Mountains, the Wailing Canyon, and hundreds of cities of the dead. The person you're looking for could appear anywhere in these places."

There was no helping it; she couldn't defeat Wang Bo.

Wang Bo couldn't help but click his tongue. This was troublesome. Who knew where Hela would be randomly sent?

But a flash of inspiration struck him.

Hela was a goddess of death. Coming to the underworld, she certainly wasn't here for a visit. Once she figured out the divisions of the underworld, she might try to take control of this world.

Just like she had taken control of Hell before.

With the three realms of the underworld, Hell, and Asgard under her control, her power would become even more terrifying. Then, even if she fell out with Wang Bo, she would have more leverage.

Wang Bo immediately asked, "Who rules the underworld now?"

The death angel answered honestly, "The underworld has only one ruler, His Majesty the King of the Underworld. Since ancient times, he has been the sole ruler of the underworld."

Wang Bo asked, "Where is this King of the Underworld?"

The death angel asked, "Are you going to trouble His Majesty the King of the Underworld?"

Wang Bo laughed, "What, do you want to stop me and pledge loyalty to your King of the Underworld?"

The death angel sneered, "His Majesty the King of the Underworld is the master of the underworld. Even the gods of heaven cannot defeat him in the underworld. Since you want to die, why should I stop you?"

She pointed in a direction and said, "Go straight ahead from here. After you leave the Bone Wasteland, you will reach the Central Land, where there is a majestic temple—that is the temple of His Majesty the King of the Underworld."

Wang Bo nodded, and with a flicker, he vanished from the spot.

As for the death angel, after watching Wang Bo disappear, she turned and left. In her eyes, Wang Bo was already a dead man. In this world, no one could defeat the King of the Underworld.

Wang Bo sped along like the wind, flying at nearly the speed of light.

Such speed was enough to circle the Earth in a second, but even so, it took Wang Bo more than ten minutes before he saw a majestic temple.

This showed that the underworld was not ordinary in size, far exceeding Earth.

As soon as Wang Bo approached the temple, he sensed two powerful and grand forces constantly colliding. One of them was very familiar to Wang Bo—Hela's magic.

This woman really came to trouble the King of the Underworld, intending to bring the underworld under her control.

Her ambition was too big.

As Wang Bo neared the temple, he found that Hela's magic had reached a peak. Even so, she still hadn't defeated the master of the temple, the ruler of the underworld—the King of the Underworld!

The King of the Underworld was a handsome man, wearing a magnificent divine robe, holding a black longsword, and riding a bone dragon that exuded intense deathly energy.

Every bone of the bone dragon was crystal clear, its body enormous, at least several thousand meters from head to tail. A simple flick of its tail could shatter a mountain.

Elegant and arrogant, the King of the Underworld rode the bone dragon high above the temple, looking down at the goddess of death Hela. "Submit to me, become my divine consort, and I will spare your life, unknown goddess."

Wang Bo: ...

Hela laughed coldly and casually released terrifying shockwaves, each containing immense magic power that could easily erase a city or a mountain range.

But the King of the Underworld paid no heed to these shockwaves. Dense deathly energy coiled around his sword blade. With a light slash, he released a black sword light that ground all the shockwaves to nothing.

The black sword light did not stop and slashed toward Hela.

After Hela dodged the black sword light, it grazed the ground, silently leaving a sword scar ten thousand meters long, extending to the edge of sight.

"My patience has its limits, unknown goddess."

The King of the Underworld's arrogance carried a hint of impatience, and a trace of displeasure flickered in his eyes as he stared at Hela. "If you refuse again, I will have to destroy you."

Hela retorted without backing down, "If you hand over the underworld to me, I might spare your life and make you my slave."

These words angered the King of the Underworld, who flew into a rage. "Foolish wretch, you don't know when you're beaten."

He finally abandoned the idea of marrying Hela and decided to kill her outright, to serve as a warning to everyone in the underworld that those who defied him would come to no good end.

He raised his sword high, and the tip gathered endless deathly energy, forming a black ball of deathly energy. The power contained within it made even Wang Bo's heart race.

"Disappear now." The lofty King of the Underworld pronounced Hela's death.

The next second, the black ball of deathly energy appeared before Hela as if teleporting, then exploded with a bang, and endless deathly energy engulfed Hela in an instant.

An area hundreds of kilometers in radius was completely submerged in deathly energy.

Wang Bo could sense that there was nothing within the deathly energy; anything that entered its range would be completely decomposed, leaving not even residue.

A few seconds later, when the deathly energy dissipated, Wang Bo saw a bottomless pit.

The land within hundreds of kilometers had vanished, leaving no trace.

Wang Bo could no longer sense Hela's presence. Could it be that she was killed in one blow by the King of the Underworld?