Chen Hao had never expected that upon being illuminated by the Nether Light, Liu Xuan's body would emit a "hiss hiss" sound, followed by white smoke rising from it.

When the smoke had dissipated, Liu Xuan had transformed into a hazy mist, approximately two meters tall and one meter wide, emitting a "drip-drip" sound of water. As soon as it appeared, the ground beneath, previously covered by yellow sand, became wet, and soon after, the damp spot spread outwards, almost swallowing the entire western district of the city.

Seeing this, the city's soldiers who had followed Liu Xuan were dumbfounded. Once they came back to their senses, they fled in all directions; Lin Huashan was so frightened that she hid behind Lin Mo.

"Ah! What the heck is that?" Chen Hao exclaimed in surprise. He had not expected that the man who had been dining with him for the past twenty or so days and sleeping in the room next to his would turn out to be such a rare and peculiar monster.

"What is that thing?" Chen Hao asked Ye Yuqiao beside him.

Ye Yuqiao shook her head, looking at the mist and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be a Rain Beast, similar to a Soul Devouring Beast. However, it originates from the Netherworld, an ancient creature that embodies a Yin Soul."

Saying this, Ye Yuqiao turned to Chen Hao and quietly reprimanded him, "You, you're really confused! You've lived with a monster for so many days and never noticed anything. If it weren't for me, who knows how long you would've been deceived? You need to be more vigilant in the future, understand?"

Chen Hao, not convinced, stuck out his tongue and muttered, "You'll be by my side in the future, won't you?"

"Liu Xuan, I didn't expect you to be a monster!" Lin Mo shouted at the hazy mist angrily. Like Chen Hao, he too hadn't anticipated this.

Listening to Lin Mo, Chen Hao felt a bit relieved, thinking to himself that he had only been fooled for a little over twenty days, unlike Lin Mo, who had been fooled for decades.

This thought, of course, earned Chen Hao a glare from Ye Yuqiao.

Suddenly, the mist flickered with several streaks of cold light, as if it had grown eyes, and spoke in a strange voice, "Brother Chen, since you arrived here, I've treated you quite well, haven't I? There's no need for us to fight. Feel free to take Huashan and leave, I won't stop you."

Chen Hao sneered and retorted, "Don't think I don't know that you treated me well only because you wanted to use me to deal with the Sandrock Demon. If I said I wasn't planning to deal with the Sandrock Demon anymore, would you let us go?"

As he spoke, Chen Hao's brow furrowed, and he suddenly noticed something suspicious.

"What's wrong?" Ye Yuqiao asked with concern.

Chen Hao fell into deep thought.

"Brother Chen, you misunderstand me! I rushed over here merely to bid you farewell, truly with no other intentions," the mist continued speaking, "On the contrary, Brother, you are being quite unkind. I've gone through great pains preparing your marriage arrangements, and you plan to leave without even saying goodbye?"

"Who said I was leaving!" A black-purple light flashed in Chen Hao's eyes, "Do you know what I do in the real world? I am an Onmyoji! My main job is to deal with you monsters! And besides!"

Chen Hao took two steps forward and continued, "Besides, how can we leave this painting without dealing with you?"

At Chen Hao's words, the other three were taken aback.

"What do you mean by that, Mr. Chen?" Lin Mo asked urgently, looking at Chen Hao.

Narrowing his eyes towards the Rain Demon, Chen Hao's left corner of the mouth lifted slightly as he said, "This monster's Spiritual Power is not weak; with its power alone, it could equal a well-equipped army of ten thousand soldiers. Moreover, being an ancient demon, how could it be enamored by mundane treasures like gold and jewels like us? Its true goal in seeking someone to fight the Sandrock Demon is to escape this painting because it is the true demon sealed within this painting!"

"And the Sandrock Demon, it must be an incarnation of the Nether King's Power," Chen Hao continued to say, approaching the Rain Demon. "Am I right?"

The Rain Demon snorted with a sinister laugh, "Brother Chen, it seems you're not so foolish after all. You've quickly figured out everything!"

"You monster!" Lin Mo suddenly pointed at the Rain Demon and roared furiously, his eyes filled with murderous intent. "So, you are the demon sealed within the painting. No wonder I could never defeat the Sandrock Demon; it's an incarnation of the Nether King's Power! Return my wife's Yin Soul immediately!"

Hearing Lin Mo's words, Lin Huashan was shocked and asked, "Father, what are you saying? My mother's Yin Soul is with it?"

Lin Mo nodded, explaining with a pained expression to Lin Huashan, "Initially, he refused to release you, so your mother traded her Yin Soul with it."

"What does he want with my mother's Yin Soul?"

"Didn't they build a Rain God Temple outside the city a few years ago? The priest in charge of the ritual said they needed a female Yin Soul to serve the goddess, so they took your mother's Yin Soul to the Rain God Temple," Lin Mo explained.

"Did dad ever go to the temple to look for my mother?"

Lin Mo shook his head in shame and said, "He forbid me from going, otherwise he would have killed you!"

"What kind of bullshit Rain God?" Chen Hao bellowed, "I bet the creature this Rain God Temple worships is that monster, and your mother, trapped inside, I'm afraid..."

Lin Huashan's face darkened, his voice trembled as he hoarsely asked, "Afraid of what?"

"Your mother's Yin Soul has long been absorbed by me to enhance the Spiritual Power of my Yin Spirit!" the Rain Demon answered for Chen Hao, "If it weren't for that knife on your dad, he would have been drained by me a long time ago!"

"Ah!" Tears immediately streamed down Lin Huashan's face.

Lin Mo as well turned ashen-faced, his pupils constricted. After a pause, he suddenly looked up and shouted at the Rain Demon, "Monster, I will kill you to avenge my wife!"

With that, Lin Mo rushed forward but was quickly stopped by Chen Hao, who blocked him with his arm.

Chen Hao looked at Lin Mo with a resolute gaze and said, "Uncle Lin, don't be hasty. Perhaps after defeating this monster, I can save Auntie Lin's Yin Soul."

"Ah!" A faint glimmer of hope flashed across Lin Mo's gloomy face as he excitedly grasped Chen Hao's arm and asked, "Are you serious?"

Chen Hao didn't respond but instead fixed a determined look ahead. On his pale and slightly trembling face, Lin Mo saw a cold killing intent and immediately moved back to Lin Huashan's side, wrapping his arm around the shoulders of Lin Huashan, who was trembling and crying.

With a 'whoosh', a purple fire dragon burst forth, speeding towards the Rain Demon.

"Hmph!" the Rain Demon sneered, its spots of light that resembled eyes flickered. "A mere trifle!"

As soon as the voice fell, a downpour washed away the purple flames heading towards it.

"If I were so easily defeated, why would the Great Ancestor of the Nether King have gone to such lengths to seal me within this scroll?"

"I think you're mistaken," Chen Hao countered, "The Great Ancestor sealed you inside merely as a decoy. His real purpose was...!"

"What was it?"

Suddenly, tens of thousands of eyes, shimmering with black and purple light, surrounded the Rain Demon.

In the blink of an eye, the countless eyes twisted into purple vortexes of Nether Acupoints.

Immediately, the misty vapor began to be devoured by the powerful vortex pull of the scattered Nether ****, torn apart.

"Whoosh!" Just before being sucked into the Nether Acupoints, the dispersed mist turned into fist-sized raindrops that slammed onto the ground, then seeped into the sand.

"Quick, retract the Nether Acupoints!" Ye Yuqiao approached Chen Hao, patting his shoulder and said, "You can't defeat it that way."

Chen Hao turned to look at Ye Yuqiao, reluctantly retracted all the Nether Acupoints.

"Hurry, separate your Yin Soul from your body and take out the auxiliary knife!" Ye Yuqiao continued, then handed the main knife, which the Ancestor of the Nether King used for execution, to Chen Hao. "I'll tell you a secret about these two knives."

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