Published: March 2, 2025
The scenery before him was a bit hazy...
It was as if a black mist was constantly spreading before his eyes.
The Black Cat struggled to open its eyes, and this was the strange sight it saw.
“So tired, so weary, but the wounds on my body seem to have disappeared.”
The Black Cat thought to itself, then once again fell into a deep sleep.
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The quiet night enveloped Las Vegas.
In this land of sin, listening to the chilling screams of the “resistance army” outside, Annie's eyes glimmered with tears before she fell heavily into dreams.
The world in her dreams was somewhat illusory and somewhat vague.
Annie felt as if she was walking on an empty land, with the sensation under her feet as soft as cotton, making her realize that this world was called a dream.
Then, a figure that looked exactly like her slowly walked out of the endless darkness.
“Sister? Sister!”
Annie shouted as she ran towards her sister, but no matter what, she couldn't get closer to that figure.
Until a drifting phrase brushed past Annie's ear.
Annie woke up.
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“I want to take back my sister’s ashes, is that possible?”
Claire nodded.
This was merely a small matter; yesterday, Annie and Claire had forgotten about it. Moreover, Anna and the Black Cat's ashes were intertwined, making it impossible to distinguish between them. This was also the reason why Claire and Annie hadn’t retrieved the ashes yesterday.
Anna's ashes were smoothly handed over to Annie.
But what Claire didn’t know was that this white powder was not merely ashes; it was also a medium connecting two worlds.
That world was called the Netherworld, located between life and death!
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Netherworld (race foundation level, passive skill): Between life and death, there is such a world, not of the mortal realm, not falling into hell! Once the skill is generated, it will automatically evolve into a small world based on the real world (equivalent to a regional parallel world). The creature controlling this skill will become the realm master of this world. The Netherworld can change its scenes freely according to the realm master’s thoughts and can expand its scope according to the realm master’s strength.
The Netherworld can move freely with the realm master at its center. When a creature from this world dies (this world refers to Earth), the Netherworld will automatically transform it into a Nether Warrior to guard the Netherworld!
Note 1: The realm master can actively open the Netherworld to cover the real world; at that time, Nether Warriors will appear in the real world to eliminate all the realm master’s enemies!
Note 2: The Nether Warriors retain only a small amount of consciousness, and their consciousness strength depends on their power when alive.
Note 3: The realm master can freely travel between the real world and the Netherworld through a medium (chosen by the host). However, unless the Netherworld is actively opened to cover the real world, Nether Warriors cannot appear alone in the real world!
Note 4: Creatures from the outside world cannot enter the Netherworld unless actively invited by the realm master!
The foundation level skill, the Netherworld, was the skill obtained by the Black Cat after becoming a divine beast species.
However, some unexpected events occurred.
When an unknown power transformed the Black Cat into a divine beast species, Anna also benefitted from it.
Under the influence of this unknown power, the Netherworld skill appeared twice!—Anna and the Black Cat, each possessing one Netherworld! Comparatively, the Black Cat’s Netherworld was much larger!
This was equivalent to a part of the Netherworld that originally belonged to the Black Cat being forcibly taken away by Anna, causing the two Netherworlds to border each other while also having some unknown connection... for example, the ability to devour each other!
Currently, no conflict had yet occurred.
Because both owners had a common enemy!
The massacre had begun...
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Strictly speaking, Bart’s plan was successful.