"Bastard, goddess, something terrible has happened, Tang Jing has been taken away by King Mieji!"

"What!" Upon hearing Xie Xiaofeng say this, both Chen Hao and Ye Yu were shocked.

After landing, Ye Yuqiao anxiously asked, "What on earth happened?"

Xie Xiaofeng hesitated but, cautiously scanning the group of beggar Onmyoji nearby, frowned and asked, "Is everything here resolved? Before I came in, I saw the Barrier outside the wooden sculpture city had been breached."

Chen Hao nodded and said, "It's all resolved, let's get out of here first."

At this moment, Xie Xiaofeng noticed the look of hatred that flickered across Ye Yuqiao's face and thought to himself that something complicated must have happened just now.

"Sister Luo, we have an emergency and need to leave first, you all find a hole and get out of here later," Chen Hao said to Luo Luo.

"Okay! Hurry up!" Luo Luo nodded.

Immediately thereafter, Chen Hao, along with Xie Xiaofeng and Ye Yuqiao, leapt into the sky and left the wooden city through a hole.

Back in reality, Chen Hao, Xie Xiaofeng, and Ye Yuqiao left the guest room and hotel where Luo Luo was staying, and returned to the room in the hotel they were staying in across the street.

Then, Xie Xiaofeng began to recount the events surrounding Tang Jing's abduction: Half an hour ago, Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing were waiting in front of the wooden sculpture city for Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao to return. Suddenly, a terrifyingly powerful Spiritual Power approached. Before they could react, a tall and sturdy man wearing an ancient brocade robe with a stern face appeared before them.

Without explanation, the man grabbed Xie Xiaofeng by the throat and asked in an extremely cold tone, "Are you Chen Hao?"

After speaking, the man's left hand, which was gripping Xie Xiaofeng's throat, tightened even more. Xie Xiaofeng was close to suffocation, his consciousness nearly gone, as if hovering between life and death.

"He is not Chen Hao!" In her panic, Tang Jing blurted out.

King Mieji narrowed his eyes, pondered for a second, then released Xie Xiaofeng and coldly demanded, "Where did Chen Hao go?"

"He's gone," Tang Jing said, her face filled with fear, "to a place you'll never reach."

"When will he return?" King Mieji asked.

The oppressive gaze from King Mieji was so intimidating that Tang Jing, unable to look him in the eye, lowered her head and said tremulously, "I don't know."

As she spoke, Tang Jing's gaze inadvertently drifted to the wooden sculpture of the city on the bed beside her.

"You don't know?" King Mieji snorted, his tone growing icier and causing Tang Jing to feel increasingly afraid. She had never seen such a cold man, who seemed to exude heartlessness from every inch of his being.

After pondering for a while, the man suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Tang Jing by the left arm, and said, "Come with me."

Tang Jing let out a startled gasp. She wanted to resist, but upon seeing the cold murderous intent in King Mieji's eyes, she abandoned the thought of resistance and asked with a trembling voice, "Where are you taking me?"

King Mieji didn't respond to Tang Jing, but instead dragged her to Xie Xiaofeng and said coldly, "Tell Chen Hao for me that I, King Mieji, am waiting for him on Mount Broken Soul to engage in a decisive battle to the death! If he does not appear within seven days, I will make this girl live a fate worse than death!"

"Ah! So you are King Mieji!" Tang Jing exclaimed in shock, her face turning ashen pale.

King Mieji glanced sideways at Tang Jing with a cold gaze, then turned around to leave with her.

Just then, Xie Xiaofeng, who had somewhat recovered, tried to stop him. He immediately used the Yin Yang Five Elements Magic to transform himself into a blazing fire and hurled himself at King Mieji. King Mieji turned back, his body only slightly shuddered, and then a powerful force burst forth from within him, repelling the fire that was Xie Xiaofeng, sending it flying away.

After being repelled, the fire turned back into Xie Xiaofeng's human shape and he crashed violently against the wall, then fainted away.

When he awoke, it was already half an hour later, so he rushed into the Wooden City to find Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao.

"That's what happened!" Xie Xiaofeng said. His face was filled with bitterness as he blamed himself for not being able to stop Tang Jing from being taken away by King Mieji.

"Don't be too hard on yourself," Ye Yuqiao told Xie Xiaofeng, noticing the trouble on his mind. "It's not just you, even that bastard would probably have had a hard time stopping King Mieji."

Hearing Ye Yuqiao comforting Xie Xiaofeng, Chen Hao felt both surprised and somewhat pleased. Besides accepting him, Ye Yuqiao had gradually started to accept Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing as companions, gradually integrating into life in the mortal world and shedding her previously cold demeanor.

"Goddess!" Xie Xiaofeng was equally surprised, or rather flattered. After pausing for a moment, he excitedly nodded at Ye Yuqiao and said, "Alright, I will not think that way anymore, thank you, goddess!"

"How far is Mount Broken Soul from here?" Chen Hao asked Xie Xiaofeng.

"If we're quick, it should be a two-day journey by car, and with our Exorcism Special Vehicle needing another day for repairs, we should be able to reach Mount Broken Soul in three to four days. However, that would be different if you use one of your underground or sky-traversing techniques," he replied.

Chen Hao murmured, "Hmm," then looked at Ye Yuqiao and asked, "Yuqiao, what should we do next?"

Ye Yuqiao knitted her brows, deep in thought, and said, "Since King Mieji has given you a seven-day deadline, Tang Jing should be safe during this period. To tell the truth, I can't think of any good solutions either. I suggest everyone should go back and rest, and we'll discuss further tomorrow."

A few minutes later, Xie Xiaofeng had left, and only Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao remained in the room.

"Boyfriend, there's only one possibility for you to defeat King Mieji with your current strength," Ye Yuqiao said.

"Which possibility?"

"You have to wield the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade once its Blade Soul is unsealed."

Chen Hao's face grew somber. The thought of the chill that would surge into him upon grasping the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade and the strange voices that echoed in his mind made him shudder with a hint of fear.

At that moment, Ye Yuqiao's warm and soft left hand held his right, and she leaned her head against Chen Hao's chest, saying softly, "Don't be afraid of those voices! We'll enter the Nether Acupoint together later, and I will accompany you in taming that disobedient blade."

"Okay!" Chen Hao readily agreed. Having Ye Yuqiao by his side made him feel calm and fearless, "Then let's hurry into the Nether Acupoint."

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