King Nanlin turned around and was immediately astonished to see that the masked woman had grown a pair of flame wings.

His mind went blurry for a moment as memories from over sixty thousand years ago resurfaced, recalling the time he and the Ancestor of the Nether King fled to the grasslands south of the Polar Ice Land, where they encountered the Netherworld Azure Bird.

If it hadn't been for that Netherworld Azure Bird relentlessly pursuing them, the two of them wouldn't have been forced into the Polar Ice Land, they wouldn't have acquired the Nether King's Heart, and all that followed would not have happened.

Though tens of thousands of years had passed, he could scarcely forget the intense heat of the Netherworld Azure Bird, nor could he forget its wings that shone with a dazzling light.

And at this moment, the flame wings sprouting from the shoulders of the mysterious woman behind him were almost identical to those of the Netherworld Azure Bird.

By the time King Nanlin snapped out of his daze, the woman was already flapping her flame wings, striking towards him; at the same time, the crow transformed from King Wumeng's right arm was also within reach in front of him.

In a critical moment, quick as lightning, King Nanlin disappeared amidst the encirclement of flames and crow.

Right after, a red blaze appeared on the opposite side of the purple lake, revealing that King Nanlin had escaped there. Although he was swift, his clothing on the back was unable to escape disaster and was ignited by the flames.

The very moment King Nanlin fled, King Wumeng immediately transformed into hundreds of crows that surged into the sky to avoid the flame wings. However, the crow form of his right arm was not so lucky; it plunged into the flames and was instantly reduced to ash before it could detonate itself.

"Ah!" King Nanlin let out a slight scream as his back endured waves of searing agony. With his back to the others, he tried his best to control his body from trembling or convulsing, while his face was clenched in extreme pain.

Even though there was a lake nearby, he was quite aware that ordinary water could not extinguish the fire on his back.

He needed to take Chen Hao and leave at once, heading to a well that could extinguish the fire on his back, before the flames consumed him completely.

King Wumeng, hovering in the sky, was panting heavily, rattled by the close call. If the fire from the flame wings had touched him, he would likely have met the same fate as the crows that had formed from his right arm.

Suddenly, crows flew out from his shoulders and then formed two new arms. He kept reminding himself to be cautious, extra cautious, as his aim was to stall these two mysterious individuals, to prevent them from taking away Chen Hao and wait for the arrival of the Dark Law King.

"Woosh," the woman from the Purgatory Fire Pool continued to flap her wings, exhaling two streams of scalding air aimed at King Nanlin and King Wumeng, followed closely by two streaks of red flames.

As the hot air and flames swept across the purple lake, the water level abruptly dropped by half, with one half being evaporated by the heat and flames.

Chen Hao, lying by the lake shore, along with the grass underneath him, were scorched black by the hot air and flame. However, his charred body quickly recovered under the influence of the Nether King's Heart.

As the other stream of hot air headed towards the sky, King Wumeng saw the lush forest surrounding the purple lake instantly wilt and wither considerably.

King Nanlin swiftly dodged.

King Wumeng also quickly avoided it.

Meanwhile, the woman seized the opportunity to retract her flame wings and quickly leapt in front of Chen Hao lying on the ground, carrying him away swiftly.

After dodging the incoming stream of hot air, King Nanlin immediately saw the woman carrying Chen Hao away and roared as he gave chase. By now, the fire on his back had spread to his neck and upper back.

King Wumeng as well, upon avoiding the stream of air, transformed into a flock of crows and closely followed behind King Nanlin.

As the woman carrying Chen Hao flew past the north end of the twisted forest, she saw the ancient tree people locked in fierce battle with members of the Crow Tribe below. The woman from the Purgatory Fire Pool spewed a flood-like surge of red flames towards the battlefield, instantly turning it into an inferno.

In reality, her flames were also the Purgatory Fire.

The fire would take at least a decade to be completely extinguished by then the whole twisted forest would have already been burned to the ground.

Watching as their subordinates were instantly annihilated by the terrifying flames wielded by the woman, both King Nanlin and King Wumeng, who were following her, were filled with rage.

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Netherworld City.

Nether King Palace.

The Dark Law King, King Shuanglin, and King Qingyu sat in silence within the palace.

They were waiting for news from the front: one concerning King Wanfa and the other about King Nanlin.

Suddenly, a series of urgent crow caws came from afar.

"It's King Wumeng!" King Shuanglin's eyes shone with a strange light; he had sensed King Wumeng's Yin Qi approaching.

The somewhat tired Dark Law King opened his eyes wide and looked towards the entrance of the Nether King Palace.

After a while, under the three men's earnest gaze, a giant crow flew into the Nether King Palace and then transformed into King Wumeng's thought soul.

A thought soul, formed by thoughts and Yin Qi, is different from ordinary souls in that thought souls last only for a short period. In the mortal world, there are many thought souls, but most of them are spirits of resentment, formed from the resentment lingering after vengeful spirits are either destroyed or saved, with a lifespan of no more than three days.

In the Netherworld, summoning a thought soul not only requires strong Yin Qi spiritual power but also an innate talent. For example, between King Shuanglin and King Wumeng, even though King Shuanglin's spiritual power is slightly stronger, he cannot summon and control his own thought souls as King Wumeng can.

"King Wumeng, what has happened?" King Shuanglin asked urgently.

"Chen Hao has arrived in the Netherworld!" King Wumeng's thought soul said excitedly, "The prisoner under the gates of the Netherworld captured Chen Hao in the twisted forest, and a mysterious woman came to rescue him."

"What!" The Dark Law King, King Shuanglin, and King Qingyu were all shocked, hardly believing their own ears.

Every night, the Dark Law King and King Shuanglin found it hard to sleep because they had failed to kill Chen Hao and avenge the deaths of the three Dharma Kings. And now, Chen Hao, the man with whom they shared a deep hatred, was in the Netherworld! Before, due to various reasons, they couldn't go to the mortal world to seek revenge against Chen Hao, but now things were different.

Chen Hao was in the Netherworld, and there were no people or reasons to stop them from killing him.

"Are you telling the truth?" the Dark Law King asked, although he was quite certain that what King Wumeng said was true.

Actually, he was truly excited.

King Wumeng's thought soul nodded firmly.

King Shuanglin's face broke into a smile, laughing heartily for a moment before his expression suddenly changed, and with a flicker of fire in his eyes, he said, "The time for our revenge has come!"

"Let's go!" the Dark Law King, seething with a terrifying aura of murderous intent, said, "King Qingyu, you stay here in the Nether King Palace and wait for our good news!"

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