Rebirth Of The Villainous Crown Prince

The light slowly dimmed, and Ye Tian Yun slowly opened his eyes.

What surprised him was that mecha had now changed quite a bit.

The first thing to note was that it was now cleaner and was shining. It was now less red and more black, giving the vibe of an upgraded weapon.

"What happened?" He asked.

"It evolved." Wang Yao replied, he too slowly witnessed the scene, "It's now much more powerful, and I bet there's a new function in them too."

Ye Tian Yun lightly nodded and moved his hand forwards, gesturing to the young lady in front of him to take it.

Gao Suyin was a bit taken aback upon seeing Ye Tian Yun's hand, and after a moment of hesitation, she moved her hand and held his hand.

Ye Tian Yun pulled her up and helped her in standing up.

"So you have recovered now." He said, looking from up to down at her mecha.

Gao Suyin lightly nodded, "Yes, the exp also increases my stats."

"Your stats… as in, Status?" Ye Tian Yun had a thoughtful expression as he asked. He remembered the prompt Emblem System used to show in front of him whenever he thought of Status.

"Yes…" Gao Suyin frowned and finally couldn't help but ask the real question, "Are you also from Earth?"

"Hm? No," Ye Tian Yun shook his head, "I am from the Nine Heavens Continent."

"Oh…" Gao Suyin frowned, "How come you know so much about Earth? Like, you weren't as surprised as a normal cultivator would have upon seeing my mecha, and even now, you aren't surprised and even understood terms like exp and stats."

Ye Tian Yun shrugged, "Let's say a friend explained them to me once."

"Oh? Was he from Earth?" Gao Suyin pursed her lips.

Ye Tian Yun shook his head, "No."

"Oh…." Gao Suyin lightly nodded, and after a slight pause, she asked, "Should we complete the quest?"

"Hm?" Ye Tian Yun frowned, "Isn't it already completed?"

"It is…" Gao Suyin lightly nodded while staring at the sliced corpse of the Burning Wolf King and said, "I have a strong intuition that the Burning Wolf was just a setup, and the real deal is something else."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I have been going against this wolf for more than two hours."

"Two hours?" Ye Tian Yun frowned, "If I am not wrong, I heard your shout just a few seconds before I was forcefully sucked through a white screen. I don't think it's been two hours since then, utmost half an hour."

Gao Suyin nodded, "It would be true, but this place had time constraints."

"Time constraints?"

"Yes," She explained, "These constraints have affected the laws of time and increased the time spent in this place by about many times compared to the real world. In simple words, just ten or so seconds outside are almost two hours in this place."

"Woah…." Ye Tian Yun's eyes widened, "Who could do this?"

"Whoever did this, he must be very powerful." She sighed, "And these constraints are the reasons why I think this place has more than just this wolf king."

"Hm…" Ye Tian Yun frowned. "What do you think it is?"

She shrugged, "We don't know; this is an Unranked Dungeon after all."

"No…" Ye Tian Yun shook his head, "It was evaluated as D Rank dungeon."

"How? It said Unranked Dungeon when I came in…."

"It did say that. But then, a few minutes later, it was evaluated at D Rank dungeon."

"D Rank dungeon…." Gao Suyin scratched her chin, "Why would there be time constraints on a D Rank dungeon?"

Ye Tian Yun frowned, "Wait, when the prompt came, its first evaluation was not D Rank."

"Oh? What was it?"

"Calamity Rank."

"...what!" Gao Suyin gulped.

"Yes." Ye Tian Yun nodded, and was surprised by Gao Suyin's sudden change of expression and remembered Wang Yao's words.

Gao Suyin remained silent for a few seconds and said, "Let's head out."

"Hm?" Ye Tian Yun frowned, "Didn't you say the quest isn't finished? Can we leave before that?"

"Yes, we can." She nodded, "The Burning Wolf King's presence was the one stopping us from leaving. Also, I think I know the reason why the dungeon wasn't didn't evaluate in the beginning."

"Oh? Ye Tian Yun frowned, "Is it because I passed through the first floor?"

"No," She shook her head, "I passed that floor too. There was no notification as such, and I think it happened because the party is now complete."

"Oh…" Ye Tian Yun lightly nodded, "Two members."

"Yes," She nodded, "Every dungeon has an ideal member requirement, though it's not necessary. This dungeon had requirements set at two hunters, but I was alone. And I think this is also the reason why the Soul Gates forcefully sucked you inside the dungeon, but usually, this is not the case.``

"Yeah… I was forced inside this dungeon. I thought it was simply because that was how the white screen worked?"

"No," Gao Suyin shook her head, "The Soul Gates don't forcefully get hunters unless the circumstances are quite special."

"Soul Gates…? That's the name of that white screen?"

"Yes." She nodded, "The entrance to the dungeon is called Soul Gate."

"Any special reason behind it?" Ye Tian Yun frowned, "Does it have something to do with the souls?"

"Um… it's a bit complicated to explain. Let me try in simple words."

"Right now, this dungeon is not an independent space; rather, it's a cave in another realm. This realm is neither the Earth nor the Nine Heavens Continent. Rather, this is the Soul Realm."

"And it's called Soul REalm because the beings of this place do not have a corporeal body, especially the lower level beings. We call them Soul Beasts."

"Then what about this wolf king?" Ye Tian Yun frowned, "And the scorching wolves at the lower floor."

Gao Suyin nodded, "These all are Soul Beasts. And these are not their main bodies. Did you notice that those Scorching wolves were seemingly endless? You kill one, and another one pops up, and so on?"

Ye Tian Yun smiled, "Well, I just flew over them. Though, I was indeed surprised that they were seemingly appearing out of nowhere."

"Hm, that is called Spawning." She explained, "Those wolves were spawning."

Ye Tian Yun glanced at the dead Wolf King, "Then… this wolf will also come back? Is there no way to permanently kill them?"