Startled by Lady Tao Hua's question, Chen Hao furrowed his brows, his tone surprised as he responded, "You knew I was coming?"

"Shouldn't you be more inclined to say King Xin knew you were coming?" Lady Tao Hua sneered, her voice as soft and comforting as a petal of peach drifting in the air. After a pause, she continued, "King Xin was worried you wouldn't dare to come, so she especially had me kill so many people to lure you over. I didn't expect you to be even stupider than I imagined."

Frowning at Lady Tao Hua's words, a dark anger quickly crept over Chen Hao's face. With a cold snort, he said, "All this time, I've thought that beauties tend to be brainless, until I met my girlfriend. Then I realized I was wrong. However, today, after meeting you, I find that I might not have been mistaken after all. Aren't you using your brain? I came here specifically to deal with King Xin, do you think I would be afraid of being lured over by her?"

"What a sharp tongue you have!" Lady Tao Hua was visibly displeased, though her voice remained soft and gentle. It was hard to imagine that such a comfortable-sounding voice was paired with a face that wasn't exactly friendly.

"Thank you for the compliment!" Chen Hao replied with a nonchalant smile, feeling quite pleased with Lady Tao Hua's irritation. "Since King Xin knows I've arrived, why hasn't she shown herself yet?"

"Hmph!" Lady Tao Hua let out a disdainful noise, "Does King Xin need to take care of you herself? I alone am more than enough."

"That's quite the boast!" Xie Xiaofeng laughed, his hands itching to have a go at Lady Tao Hua. "My lady, if by chance I strip you of your clothes unintentionally, please believe that my gaze was still pure before that happened."

"Such a rascal's provocation!" Tang Jing rolled her eyes at Xie Xiaofeng.

Lady Tao Hua's almond eyes widened, and through gritted teeth, she said, "I will certainly tear off your mouth and feed it to the flesh ghosts!"

"Then, before you tear off my mouth, I'll leave a kiss on every inch of your skin, beauty!" Xie Xiaofeng said with a lecherous gaze at Lady Tao Hua, his lips curling up as if he were drooling.

"This is getting more and more shameless!" Tang Jing said helplessly.

Ye Fei also had a helpless expression on his face, but at this moment, he was wondering whether Xie Xiaofeng would really take a bite of a demon.

"You were cultivated into a demon from a peach tree, weren't you?" Xie Xiaofeng said disdainfully, thinking that even if she were a demon, a peach tree was after all a wood element, which could be dealt with using fire spells.

However, just as Xie Xiaofeng was about to cast a spell, a sudden dizziness hit him like a tidal wave, leaving him feeling dizzy, weak, and his vision blurred.

The same sensation happened to the others as well.

"The peach blossom fragrance just now was poisonous!" Ye Yuqiao said, her face deathly pale, swaying slightly like a willow brushed by a gentle breeze.

"Yuqiao," Chen Hao turned his head towards Ye Yuqiao, barely able to keep his eyes open, "What should we do?"

After glancing at Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao closed her eyes, too weak to speak, she could only tell Chen Hao in her mind, "Let me see if I can stabilize my mind with the Nether King's Power."

However, as soon as Ye Yuqiao infused her blood with the Nether King's Power, she fainted towards Chen Hao. Unable to muster any strength, Chen Hao collapsed to the ground with her.

At the same time, Tang Jing, Xie Xiaofeng, and Ye Fei also fainted on the ground.

"I can't blackout!" Chen Hao emphasized to himself, "If I blackout too, Yuqiao and the others will be in danger."

Immediately, Chen Hao stuck out his tongue and bit down hard with his teeth, almost severing it in an attempt to keep himself conscious through the pain.

"Ah!" Chen Hao burst out with a heart-rending, agonized scream.

"Poor Chen Hao!" Ye Yuqiao's feeble voice echoed in Chen Hao's mind.

Upon hearing Ye Yuqiao's voice, Chen Hao felt the pain lessen several times over. He looked at Ye Yuqiao, who had collapsed on him, and saw that the last glimmer of light in her eyes had faded, she had completely fallen unconscious.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to everyone!" Chen Hao resolutely thought to himself.

Then, before being engulfed by a new wave of dizziness that threatened to consume his body and consciousness, Chen Hao summoned purple Nether Acupoints above the heads of Ye Yuqiao, Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Ye Fei, and quickly sucked everyone, including himself, into the Nether Acupoints.

Seeing this, Tao Hua was momentarily stunned, then stepped forward to stop it.

"Evil-Banishing Moon Sword, Blood Moon Evil Subduing Sword, unsheathed!" With his last bit of strength, Chen Hao summoned the two Yin Yang Evil-Subduing Swords.

"Ying ying ying!" Accompanied by the crisp sound of the swords, the two Yin Yang Evil-Subduing Swords flew out from Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao, then thrust rapidly at Tao Hua, who was ready to stop Xie Xiaofeng from entering the Nether Acupoint.

Seeing the two swords flying towards her, Tao Hua, who was about to grab Xie Xiaofeng's clothes, promptly forced the Tree Demon's power out of her body to block the incoming swords.

"Ying ying ying!" The two swords let out a crisp sound and continuously flashed dazzling light, releasing all the energy sealed inside them. They did their utmost to delay Tao Hua, allowing the others to hide inside the Nether Acupoints.

However, because Chen Hao's mental strength was dissipating and he was unable to continue infusing Yin Qi Spiritual Power into the Nether Acupoints in the air, the Nether Acupoints began to shrink in size and their light dimmed.

As Ye Yuqiao, Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Ye Fei were almost completely absorbed into the Nether Acupoints, Chen Hao bit down fiercely on his almost numb tongue with his teeth, using the faint pain to stimulate his consciousness and not fall into unconsciousness.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, an earth-shattering roar erupted. The once pure and elegant Tao Hua's face was distorted, and red light blazed from her eyes, as the two Yin Yang Evil-Subduing Swords forced her into a demonic form.

"Ying ying ying!" The two Yin Yang Evil-Subduing Swords trembled as they made sounds, their energy inside having been exhausted.

"Roar!" Tao Hua, transformed into a demon, bellowed again, and a vast amount of Tree Demon's power flowed out from her, blasting the two Yin Yang Evil-Subduing Swords into the clouds.

By then, Ye Yuqiao, Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Ye Fei had all been sucked into the Nether Acupoints.

After giving Tao Hua a defiant middle finger, Chen Hao passed out, and the four purple Nether Acupoints also disappeared from the air.

"Ao!" Tao Hua, now a demon, let out a loud roar, frustrated by the escape of Ye Yuqiao and the others.

It took two large strides to reach Chen Hao, kicked him into the air more than a meter above the ground, and then proceeded to punch and kick Chen Hao to vent its fury.

"Crack, crack!" A sound of bones breaking emanated from Chen Hao's body.

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