The Ghost King's jaws gaped open, revealing sharp teeth.

As those roots spread towards him, the Ghost King first gathered his strength and swung his front hooves, sending the two nearest roots flying, then lunged forward with his head, tearing at several other approaching roots with his sharp teeth.

However, when those roots were bitten off, they immediately turned back into crimson blood and then transformed into flames, burning the Ghost King's mouth.

Feeling waves of piercing, burning pain, the canine form of the Ghost King let out a painful howl to the sky, then opened his mouth and exhaled, using the Spiritual Power within his body to expel the flames from his mouth.

By this time, the roots formed of King Nanlin's blood had already entwined around the entire body of the Ghost King.

The colossal body of the Ghost King thrust upward, attempting to leap into the air with brute force to shake off the roots tangled all over his body.

However, contrary to his wishes, not only did the roots not come loose, but they also pulled even tighter around him.

Before the Ghost King could attempt another escape, the entwining roots all turned back into blood, then transformed into scarlet flames.

In the mountains, the howling of the Ghost King erupted again and again, scaring the surrounding birds, strange beasts, and evil ghosts into hiding.

With a "gulp," the canine form of the Ghost King leapt from the mountaintop, plunging into the river at the foot of the mountain.

King Nanlin let out a few triumphant laughs, then leapt down from the mountaintop in pursuit of the Ghost King.

However, before he reached the mountain's foot, the Ghost King suddenly leapt out of the river, directly pouncing King Nanlin onto the cliffs behind him. Just as he was about to respond, his head was bitten off by the Ghost King's teeth, abruptly thrown down to the base of the mountain.

Worried about being splashed by the blood spurting from the neck of King Nanlin, the Ghost King immediately leapt backward with a swing of his head, and King Nanlin's headless body slid down the cliff into the forest below.

After reaching the riverbank, the Ghost King first slid Yi Ning out from his right ear, then transformed back into human form.

"Yi Ning, you go first!" the Ghost King urged Yi Ning hurriedly.

"Uncle, didn't you say you would take me with you?"

"Go now!" the Ghost King interrupted Yi Ning, "There's no time if you don't leave immediately."

After a moment of hesitation, Yi Ning nodded. From the Ghost King's stern expression, she knew she was in great danger and that staying would only distract the Ghost King.

"Head to Sunset Pass and find King Wumeng!" the Ghost King said. He had already felt that strange occurrences were taking place in the woods around him.

Yi Ning's face lit up with joy, and she leapt into the air and flew away.

But at that moment, countless spinning leaves rose at high speed from the mountainside, chasing after Yi Ning like thousands of flying knives.

The Ghost King leapt upward, a burst of Yin Qi Spiritual Power erupted from within his body, destroying all the leaves that were chasing Yi Ning.

At this moment, a bright yellow ray of sunlight shot directly into his eyes.

Dawn had arrived!

And the real confrontation between him and King Nanlin had just truly begun.

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At this very moment.

In the northwest region of the Netherworld, at the place bordering the southwestern prairie of the Polar Ice Land, there was a mountain range that depicted a scene of utter desolation. This mountain, called the Huiyin Mountains, was where Zhao Chong secretly dispatched people to recruit and build an army.

On this Huiyin mountain range, not a blade of grass grew, nor a drop of water was to be found, though several dried-up riverbeds ran between the mountains. Now, the mountainsides were still emitting black smoke, as though fires burned incessantly below.

There were rumors that the Huiyin Mountains had once been a lush and green landscape, but it turned into the scorched mountain panorama of today after the Netherworld Azure Bird fought an intense battle with the ancient glacial beasts from the Polar Ice Land, the mountains scorched by the flames sprayed out by the Netherworld Azure Bird;

There were also rumors that the Huiyin Mountains were once the home of the Dust Tribe, but due to internal strife within the tribe, the Dust King led his people into the Sealing Void Realm of the Dust Tribe. With the Sword of Dust, he destroyed the Huiyin Mountains and eliminated all the insurgents within the tribe.

Zhao Chong chose this barren mountain range as a hidden base for troops partly because it was extremely secure and hidden; nobody would expect it. The second reason was due to the intentions of the woman from the Purgatory Fire Pool.

Because she had a way to revive what was essentially a dead mountain range. If she hadn't made such a promise back then, Zhao Chong wouldn't have considered this harsh mountain range as a place to conceal troops and store grain.

And now was the time for her to fulfill that promise.

Just before dawn arrived, she used the token given to her by Zhao Chong to command the seventy thousand troops stationed there by the Zhao Family to set off towards the direction of the great river wetlands, to provide support to the Zhao and Zhou families.

She went to the summit of the main peak of the Huiyin Mountains, the highest point of the entire mountain range. All around her, countless streams of hot air and ash were churning and rising.

Deep in her heart, she knew that beneath the charred surface of the entire mountain range were intense flames and magma.

All this was told to her by the Netherworld bird. The rumors were true; it was indeed the Netherworld Azure Bird that had turned the Huiyin Mountains into their current state with flames and blood.

What she was about to do was to absorb the hidden flames and magma below with her own frail body, to heal herself and revive the mountains that had been silent for ninety thousand years.

At this time.

A ray of sunlight shone on her face, announcing that daylight had completely arrived.

She closed her eyes, concentrated, and gradually, a pair of dazzling yet not scorching flame wings unfolded from her body, accelerating the arrival of daylight nearby.

At the same time, she slowly began to burn her own body, eventually transforming into a giant firebird.

Not long after.

The ground shook, and the scorched surface of the mountains began to peel off, turning into black rocks of varying sizes that tumbled down to the ground, revealing the true nature of the magma-infused landscape beneath.

After a quarter of an hour.

The once charred Huiyin Mountains had turned into a field of crimson. The surging hot magma and beast-like flames roamed and raged between the mountains.

From the high skies of the Polar Ice Land, it looked like the scene after a volcanic eruption.

"Hoo-hoo!" The firebird, transformed from the woman, flapped its wings and slowly ascended, resembling a new sun rising from the Huiyin Mountains, echoing the sun in the east.

Not until reaching a certain height did the firebird stop its ascent.

"Ying, ying!" The firebird let out two clear and immature cries, calling the blood and flames below.

As its cries drifted amidst the Huiyin mountain range, the blazing hot magma and flames began to boil, forming dozens of magma fountains that soared higher and higher, eventually flowing into the firebird's body.

And the light on the firebird's body grew more and more dazzling.

The firebird's eyes looked towards the southeast, where Chen Hao, whom it deeply cared for, was currently located.

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At this moment.

The shadow of the Dark Law King had already receded far into the background.

Zhao Chong's Yin Qi Spiritual Power had completely surrounded King Wanfa.

A beam of light shot from Zhao Chong's crimson eyes as the Spiritual Power he had been exerting began to release an immense energy.

King Wanfa...

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