Not long after, King Mieji appeared atop a mountain.

Because his two sworn brothers, the Bat Demon King and the Cyclops Demon King, had been away from Mount Duanhun for three whole days and nights, he finally couldn't stay put any longer and came to Mount Dazhou to check on the situation of his two brothers.

In fact, for the past two days, he had consistently harbored an ominous premonition, feeling that both of his brothers had fallen to Chen Hao.

Seeing the utterly desolate scene beneath him, King Mieji knew that a fierce battle had taken place here. Instantly, his heart cooled by a fraction. The battle was over but since neither the Bat Demon King nor the Cyclops Demon King had returned to report their victory, it meant both brothers had been defeated by Chen Hao.

Then, two familiar scents drifted into King Mieji's nose. Although these scents were faint and fleeting in the air, King Mieji recognized them as belonging to his two sworn brothers.

Following the scents, King Mieji quickly located the graves of the Bat Demon King and the Cyclops Demon King one after the other. Beholding the words "second brother" and "third brother" on the tombstones, a surge of sorrow abruptly overwhelmed his heart.

"Ah!" King Mieji let out a sorrowful roar that shook Mount Dazhou three times. Even though the Bat Demon King and the Cyclops Demon King quarreled incessantly beside his ear every day, both were straightforward and loyal, which had always made his interaction with them quite enjoyable.

Unexpectedly, both brothers had departed from him, a conclusion which he found unthinkable. Although he knew Chen Hao was formidable, he had previously believed that with the abilities of the Bat Demon King and the Cyclops Demon King, defeating Chen Hao would be no problem. He had intended to use Chen Hao as a solution to his brothers' never-ending disputes, but now he realized that Chen Hao's strength was far beyond his expectations.

"Chen Hao, just how strong are you!" King Mieji mumbled to himself, his eyes filling with a killing intent. Being a renowned war god in the Netherworld of old, the more formidable the opponent, the more excitement he felt.

He couldn't wait to confront Chen Hao in battle!

Yet, he didn't go looking for Chen Hao right away, as he had something even more important to do.

In the blink of an eye, King Mieji vanished before the Cyclops Demon King's grave.

A moment later, he reappeared, but now holding two jars of wine in his hands. He wanted to have one last drink with his two brothers as a final farewell.

At this very moment, Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao, and Luo Luo had already entered into the so-called wooden city. Although the wooden city was carved from wood, the world inside was just like the ancient cities of reality, with white walls and black tiles, and the people clad in ancient attire.

Seeing the situation before him, Chen Hao couldn't help but think of the city in the desert from the painting he had seen before, causing him to harbor suspicions, yet he couldn't pinpoint what was amiss.

"Intruders!" Suddenly, loud shouts came from behind them on the city walls.

Chen Hao looked back to see a city guard officer pointing at them.

Hearing the shout from the city guard officer, the passersby on the street in front of them turned to look, their eyes brimming with hostility.

"Boyfriend, quickly use your Nether Vision to check these people," Ye Yuqiao's voice echoed in Chen Hao's mind.

Chen Hao complied. Two seconds later, after activating Nether Vision, he saw that the passersby were actually Yin Souls and fierce ghosts. This confirmed Luo Luo's previous statement that Xu Sheng had captured many Wandering Souls and wild ghosts to act as living people inside the wooden city.

"Capture those three!" commanded the officer on the city tower.

Chen Hao turned back to look at the officer, finding him to be a ferocious-looking evil ghost.

"This is not a wooden city at all, but a ghost town!" Chen Hao exclaimed.

As the passersby who were actually Yin Souls approached them again, Luo Luo wanted to use Yin Yang Arts against these people but found her spells hindered and difficult to cast. She closed her eyes in panic, "This is bad, I'm losing a lot of Yang Energy."

"Me too!" Ye Yuqiao said, "Our Yang Energy is being siphoned away by some mysterious force!"

"Not me though!" Chen Hao shook his head, feeling that the Yang Energy within him was still as abundant as before. This was probably due to his cultivation of the Return to Yang Spell, he surmised. The Yang Energy obtained through the Return to Yang Spell was temporarily stored inside the body from nature, which was different from the source of Luo Luo and Ye Yuqiao's Yang Energy, which originated from the Dantian.

"I'll take care of it!" Chen Hao stepped forward, instantly forging a sword of Yang Energy above his head, obliterating the souls of the townsfolk impersonated by Wandering Souls and wild ghosts into dust, their Primordial Spirits and Primordial Soul particles rising into the sky.

Immediately after, Chen Hao turned back, launching several swords of Yang Energy toward the evil ghost officer and several nearby ghostly soldiers on the city walls, eliminating all of the Yin Souls.

"All clear!" Chen Hao said with a light chuckle, as dealing with ordinary Wandering Souls and wild ghosts was a piece of cake for him now.

However, just as his smile faded, those Primordial Spirits and Primordial Soul particles that had drifted toward the sky suddenly fell like a meteor shower, gathering together and reforming into the very people they had been a moment before.

"What's happening?" Luo Luo looked around in alarm.

"I guess none of the Yin Souls in this city can die!" Ye Yuqiao said.

Hearing Ye Yuqiao's words, Chen Hao's suspicion about the wooden city deepened further. He felt there was something wrong with the wooden city, but couldn't come up with an explanation.

As the Yin Souls disguised as townspeople revived and approached the trio once again, Chen Hao used the Yang Energy sword to annihilate them once more, then quickly led Ye Yuqiao and Luo Luo toward the west.

Along the way, because they were all dressed in modern attire, they soon drew the attention of the surrounding area.

Shortly thereafter, the three of them dashed into a secluded alley, where by now no one was following.

The trio stopped, leaning against the wall to catch their breath.

"Meow!" Suddenly, the cry of a cat came from a distant wall.

However, what the three of them did not expect was that the cat suddenly pounced toward them; to be precise, it flew toward them, because no cat could leap nearly thirty meters through the air, jumping directly from a wall thirty meters away right in front of them.

Just as the cat's claws were about to graze Ye Yuqiao's cheek, Chen Hao kicked the cat, sending it flying into the air. As the cat ascended, Chen Hao used Nether Vision and saw: inside the cat was a complete human-shaped soul. That is to say, this cat, just like the people before, was filled with a Yin Soul.

When the cat landed on the ground, it immediately jumped onto a wall, then kept meowing as if it were calling for reinforcements.

"Woof, woof, woof!"

"Coo, coo, coo!"

...

Soon, responses of dogs, chickens, sheep, pigs, and other various domestic animals echoed from all around. Not long after, these animals all took to the sky, flying towards their location.

"Oh my God, pigs can fly too, it feels like I'm dreaming!" Chen Hao exclaimed, his eyes wide with astonishment.

Immediately after, using Nether Vision, he discovered that like the cat, these domestic animals were also filled with human Yin Souls, which allowed them to float in the sky like Yin Souls.

Once all the domestic animals had gathered in the air, Chen Hao once again used the Yang Energy Greatsword to eliminate them all in a single wave, leaving only the cat.

Out of the corner of his eye, Chen Hao had seen a flash of red light in the cat's eyes just moments ago. There must be something strange about it. Therefore, he didn't eliminate the cat. Instead, he threw a Soul Locking Rope in his hand to tie up the cat, then pulled the Yin Soul out from within it.

"Young man, have mercy!" The white-clothed Yin Soul that was attached to the cat immediately knelt on the ground, begging Chen Hao for mercy, "I am only a Wandering Soul wild ghost from Red Leaf Town, I don't know why I came here and became a cat."

"What was that red light in your eyes just now?" Chen Hao interrogated.

"It wasn't intentional, it just flashes from time to time. Whatever I see during that moment, they can see from over there."

This is just like a mobile surveillance camera, Chen Hao thought to himself, marveling at the wisdom of the creator of the city, Xu Sheng. After pausing for a moment, he asked, "Over where?"

"It's over by the imperial palace."

"Woof, woof, woof!"

"Coo, coo, coo!"

...

At this point, those domestic animals had revived.

After scattering their souls once more, Chen Hao asked the Yin Soul, "Is there a good place to hide?"

"There is!" The white-clothed Yin Soul nodded numbly.

"Hurry and take us there!"

Just then, Chen Hao suddenly realized: the cat that the Yin Soul had possessed had now turned into a Yellow Talisman.

This is Wood City, isn't it? Logically, the cat should have turned into wood, so why was it a Yellow Talisman? The more Chen Hao thought about it, the more he found it suspicious.

Following the guidance of the white-clothed Yin Soul, Chen Hao and company arrived at a barracks located in the west of the city. The white-clothed Yin Soul told Chen Hao that, although the barracks were large, no one had ever come to it. Chen Hao guessed that this was probably because Xu Sheng, when creating the city initially, knew that there would be no wars inside the city, so he didn't create any soldiers.

...

In the very north of Wood City stood a huge palace, and Xu Sheng, who had created Wood City, lived inside. He was the emperor of the palace and the master of this place.

Upon hearing the soldiers' report of three intruders, Xu Sheng instructed the eunuch to bring over a cat. Through the connection between cat's eyes, he searched for the whereabouts of the intruders.

Ultimately, in an alley in the northwest of the city, he spotted the three intruders. His gaze was immediately captivated by the stunningly beautiful Ye Yuqiao.

After the connection between the cat's eyes was severed, Xu Sheng took a long time to recover. Excited, he stood up from the throne and laughed, "I have found my empress!"

Although there were many beauties in the palace, Xu Sheng was very clear that apart from a few consorts who had been captured alive, the others were all Yin Souls. He had long grown tired of those consorts, so now that a living beauty had appeared before him, how could he miss such an opportunity!

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