The Supreme God of Martial Arts
Chapter 358 The Mysterious Nether World (Part Two)

"Austin, you addressed me as Your Highness like other youngcultivators, but you don't know who I am. Do you? I think now it's timeto tell you. Austin, you might be aware that the current Emperor of theViolet Orchid Empire is Emperor Arthur. The Emperor has ten sons, andI am the youngest one. In the imperial capital city, everyone calls me"Your Highness’ when they see me."

"Hiss! Huh!"

Austin gasped uncontrollably. He couldn't believe that Reuben was theyoungest son of the current Emperor. He was speechless.

It meant that the young man in front of Austin was actually a prince!No wonder, Austin saw the houses, food, and furnishings all markedwith luxury, dignity, and splendor since he stepped into Reuben'spalace.

It was really a life of luxury and extravagance.

Austin soon regained his composure and continued listening toReuben'’s story.

"Austin, now that you know my father is the Emperor of the VioletOrchid Empire, I wish to share a few things with you. Soon, one amonghis ten sons will succeed him as the sovereign of the Violet OrchidEmpire.

And according to the royal family's rules, who among the princes willtake the throne is decided by a battle. Only the one who wins thatbattle can become the true successor to the throne.

The directives of each battle for the throne are different, and specificdirectives are determined and laid out by the present emperor.

The directives of this battle were decided a year ago.

My father asked us-all the ten princes-to do everything we could to getto know and win over outstanding people under the age of 25, andmake them our confidants.

Then, these confidants will be sent to participate in the OutstandingTalents Exchange Games held in the imperial capital city to compete forplaces in the top 50.

After that, the top 50 young people will go on a month-long test oftreasure hunting in the Mysterious Nether World, which is controlled byour royal family.

When a prince's confidant replaces the soul-recovering fruit in theMysterious Nether World, brings it out and gives it to my father, thatprince will be the winner of the battle for the throne.

To tell you the truth, Her Majesty, my mother, has a strange illness thathas left her spiritually confused for years. Only the soul-recovering fruitin the Mysterious Nether World is the cure for her strange disease.Therefore, the battle for the throne actually has two purposes: one is todecide on the successor of the throne, and the other is to cure thestrange disease of Her Majesty."

Reuben briefed Austin about the causes and effects of what he haddone till now.

If he wanted people to join him and work hard for him, first he had totreat them with complete openness and total honesty. Prince Reubenclearly had this message in mind. That was why he told Austineverything about his purpose.

Austin heard everything patiently and said, "Oh, I see! But there's onething I don't understand, Your Highness.

Her Majesty has been suffering from this strange illness for a long time,and your royal family is in charge of the Mysterious Nether World. Theroyal family could have sent someone into the Mysterious NetherWorld to replace the soul-recovering fruit, and bring it back to cure HerMajesty of the diseases as soon as possible.

Why have you waited until now to replace young talents to go to theMysterious Nether World in search of the soul-recovering fruit?

And why don't you send learned and experienced masters to get thefruit?”

"Well, there's something else that you don't know."

Reuben smiled softly.

"Austin, the entrance to the Mysterious Nether World is indeed underour royal family's control, yet we can't send anyone into it as we please.That world is mystical and unusual.

The entrance to it is always closed, and can never be opened by humanbeings.

It automatically opens every thirty years, and closes after a month.Every time the entrance is opened, only young people under the age of25 can enter the Mysterious Nether World. The cultivator who is abovethe age of 25 is expelled by the laws of that world. It doesn't matterhow powerful he is.

The expelling force in the Mysterious Nether World is extremely strong,and can even wound the most capable cultivator or make them fall todeath or kill them instantly. In short, it's impossible for a cultivatorabove the age of 25 to enter that world.

At the same time, for cultivators, the Mysterious Nether World is full ofopportunities. There are countless vital energy crystals, magical pills,elixirs, various secret martial art books, many spiritual weapons, evensacred weapons and Secret Weapons.

However, as you know, opportunities are always accompanied bydangers.

The Mysterious Nether World is fraught with dangers. In addition to thetreasures that can drive cultivators crazy with greed, there arenumerous demonic beasts and diabolic beasts of high-grade. There areall sorts of traps and arrays, and species of exotic creatures that are notfound in our world.

It's a place filled with danger and adventure for young people underthe age of 25. It presents them a chance to take up risks as well asmake use of opportunities.” Reuben presented all the facts beforeAustin.

"Well. I see. If my guess is correct, the real purpose of the OutstandingTalents Exchange Games which the royal family specially holds, is tohave the battle for the throne among the princes, and to ask the youngtalents who achieve the top 50 to search for the soul-recovering fruit inthe Mysterious Nether World. Isn't it?"

Austin asked as he felt suddenly enlightened by all those details.

"Yes! You're really smart, Austin.

The Outstanding Talents Exchange Games is actually the battle of theprinces to seize the throne and to replace the soul-recovering fruit.However, those young talents who are in the top 50 in the games andqualify to enter the Mysterious Nether World, but are unable to win forany of us, are not given up or abandoned by us. We will definitely tryour best to pull them on to our sides after the match.

Honestly, in the Violet Orchid Empire, our royal family is the mostpowerful in terms of strength. As long as we are willing to pay, there isno talent that we cannot win over."

Reuben said those words with a proud smile. What he said was true!The power of the royal family was indeed superior to all the sects withinthe empire.

When a prince desired to have someone at his side, only a few youngtalents could remain unmoved.