"Boom!"

As the woman leaped into the air, a bright red flame suddenly burst forth from the broken walls of the Nether King Palace, rushing skyward almost in sync with her.

The surrounding temperature also reached an extreme high. The firelight shone on the faces of the Ghost King and several Dharma Kings, clearly revealing their expressions of shock and the sweat streaming down their faces from the heat.

After being stunned for a moment, the Ghost King collected himself from the surprise and said in disbelief, "This is Purgatory Fire!"

The Ghost King was not mistaken; this flame had indeed surged up from beneath the Eighteen Levels of Hell and into Netherworld City.

With a "boom," the already ruined Nether King Palace finally collapsed, falling into Hell along the trajectory of the ascending flame. In the end, before even a tile or brick from the Nether King Palace reached the Eighteen Levels of Hell, they were consumed by the surging bright red flames.

What surprised the Ghost King even more was that the mysterious woman had actually entered into the Purgatory Fire. Within the dazzling red of the Purgatory Fire, her dark silhouette remained intact and did not vanish as quickly as other things caught in the flames.

"Could it be..." The Ghost King's eyes suddenly widened several times over, "Could it be that the fire in this Purgatory Fire Pool is the blood of the Netherworld Azure Bird! If that's the case, the Purgatory Fire Pool would be the final resting place of that very bird!"

Watching more and more Purgatory Fire flow from the Nether King Palace, as well as from a fissure spanning east to west of Netherworld City, forming a Fire Wall, the Dark Law King and King Wumeng, who had originally wanted to head to the north gate of Netherworld City, abandoned the idea.

The flames were simply too terrifying.

King Qingyu, who had transformed into a whirling azure mist, summoning rain and wind, returned to his original form. The falling azure rain he summoned evaporated before it even hit the ground.

"Ghost King," King Shuanglin arrived behind the Ghost King, his voice trembling, "this woman wouldn't be trying to destroy the entire Netherworld City, would she?"

Narrowing his eyes, the Ghost King fell into deep thought. In his view, the mysterious woman's appearance at this time was either to cover the escape of a certain family from the city or to rescue Niu Tou and Ma Mian. From the current situation, it appeared more likely that the woman was covering for a family's departure, hence she constantly blocked the Dark Law King and King Wumeng from rushing to the north gate of Netherworld City.

"She probably doesn't have that in mind," the Ghost King said after a long ponder, his tone not very certain. A look of utter helplessness flashed across his face; he was powerless against the Purgatory Fire.

He turned to look behind him, where the soldiers who had been slaughtering the avatars of Niu Tou and Ma Mian at the great gate of the Netherworld now stood woodenly on the city walls, staring dumbfounded in the direction of the Nether King Palace.

"King Shuanglin, quickly urge those city defense soldiers!" the Ghost King said. Despite being anxious, frustrated, and furious, he still managed to maintain a clear grasp of the overall situation.

"Yes!" King Shuanglin responded, then turned and flew to the Bridge of Helplessness. He shouted at the transfixed city defense soldiers, "What are you idiots staring at! Hurry up and slaughter all the avatars of Niu Tou and Ma Mian!"

With King Shuanglin's order, the city defense soldiers, who had initially been stunned, gradually came to their senses and resumed their slaughter of the now utterly defenseless avatars of Niu Tou and Ma Mian.

Just then.

The mysterious woman walked out of the bright red Purgatory Fire.

She seemed to have completely recovered.

The Ghost King's eyes were fiercely puzzled as he finally understood: this woman had inherited the blood and power of the Netherworld Azure Bird. Thus, the Purgatory Fire allowed her to heal and recover.

As for the woman's true identity and why she had inherited the blood and power of the Netherworld Azure Bird, he did not know.

All he knew was that the woman did not possess a Yin Soul.

A glint flashed in the woman's eyes as she glared at the Ghost King.

The Ghost King glared back at the woman. He was not afraid of the woman; from their previous encounter, he was well aware that her strength was far inferior to his. What he feared was the Purgatory Fire behind her. Although the Purgatory Fire could not kill him, he had found no way to counter it.

That's why he could only watch helplessly as the woman wreaked havoc right under his nose, leaving him in this predicament.

The woman once again spread her fiery wings, transforming into a giant firebird.

Afterward, she flapped her wings, and the Fire Wall that had risen to the sky behind her began to press forward slowly like a gigantic wave hiding the sky.

The Ghost King was taken aback, and so were the four Dharma Kings.

The Ghost King had miscalculated, having never expected that this woman would truly intend to destroy Netherworld City.

As soon as the wave formed by the Purgatory Fire touched the ground, half of Netherworld City would vanish in an instant, turning into a sea of fire.

"Roar!" The Ghost King could no longer contain the fury in his heart and let out an enraged roar, then his body began to expand, his eyes turning blood red. In the end, he transformed into a colossal beast as large as the firebird. From its appearance, the beast resembled a black Tibetan Mastiff.

"Stop this mass of fire!" commanded the beast-like Ghost King to King Qingyu, the Dark Law King, and King Wumeng.

Having said that, he leapt into the sky, issuing a deafening howl, a mass of Yin Qi Spiritual Power that was extremely cold surged out from within him, encircling his entire body.

And so, he charged into the Purgatory Fire that was coming at him like a giant wave.

On the other side of the wave, the woman transformed into a firebird saw a vicious-looking beast, with glaring eyes and bared claws, emerging from the sea of fire and approaching her.

She waved her left wing, made of blazing flames, at the beast that resembled a Tibetan Mastiff. Mid-air, the Tibetan Mastiff rolled away to dodge and then continued its frenzied charge towards the firebird.

"Roar!" The beast incarnated by the Ghost King let out another howl while swinging its sharp, ice-cold claws towards the firebird.

The firebird flapped its wings upward, evading the strike;

The beast incarnated by the Ghost King followed closely;

The firebird shot flames at the beast;

The beast dodged to the side and then, with a powerful leap, climbed atop the firebird, starting to tear at her;

The firebird issued a painful cry, instantly boiling the blood within her, causing the fire on her body to grow even hotter;

Soon, the beast leaped away from the firebird as it could no longer bear the flames on her body;

The firebird switched from defense to offense, commencing a fierce battle with the beast incarnated by the Ghost King in the sky.

Below them, the Dark Law King, King Shuanglin, King Wumeng, and King Qingyu forced out all the Spiritual Power within them, joining forces to block the giant wave of Purgatory Fire.

"Hurry and lend me your strength," King Shuanglin said with a ferocious expression, "I can freeze this Purgatory Fire into ice."

"Alright!" The three Dharma Kings agreed in unison, transferring their Spiritual Powers into King Shuanglin.

"Ahh!" King Shuanglin roared up to the sky, unleashing his power to the maximum.

Just at that moment, a figure emerged from the Purgatory Fire in front of them.

"That's..."

"Zhao Chong!" King Qingyu exclaimed in shock.

Zhao Chong walked emotionlessly out of the Purgatory Fire.

"I've come to kill!" Zhao Chong said coldly.

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