"Chen Hao!" A voice filled with murderous intent rang out.

Chen Hao immediately looked toward the direction the voice came from, only to see a girl with an unfamiliar face glaring at him amidst a flurry of blinding sword lights.

This girl was none other than King Ning's daughter, Yi Ning. After learning that Chen Hao was still alive, she led the King Ning army to the Huiyin Mountains, waiting for the opportunity to assassinate Chen Hao. The King Ning army was renowned for striking swiftly and decisively, the best at stealth and assassination within the former Ghost King Battalion.

However, for Chen Hao, Yi Ning looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where and when he had seen her.

Startled for a moment, by the time he snapped back to reality, the group dressed identically had already surged forward with swords drawn, confronting him.

He casually dodged left and right, avoiding the sharp edges of the blades by a hair's breadth.

Although these strangers had formidable Spiritual Power, they still weren't a match for him.

Yet, before long, Chen Hao realized more and more of them were appearing. If this continued, no matter how profound his Yin Qi Spiritual Power was, it wouldn't be enough against so many opponents.

Therefore, he gathered the power of the Netherworld in his left eye into his left palm, forming cluster after cluster of dark purple Nether flames, hurling them continuously at the assassins who drew near.

"Form up!" the girl commanded.

Immediately, the increasingly numerous King Ning army formed a formation, encircling Chen Hao within it.

Then, each person extricated a stream of Spiritual Power from within themselves, and these thousands of streams amalgamated into a few massive, dense clusters of Spiritual Power, assaulting Chen Hao.

Seeing this, Chen Hao quickly leaped into a Nether Acupoint, narrowly escaping disaster. He didn't dare to imagine what would have happened if he were to be struck by that concentrated Spiritual Power.

Watching Chen Hao suddenly vanish from sight, Yi Ning rushed into the formation, looking all around while asking loudly, "Where's Chen Hao? How did he suddenly disappear?"

"He hid inside a strange Seal Barrier!" a King Ning army officer, Ke Yu, explained.

"Chen Hao!" Yi Ning shouted into the sky, "You coward, come out this instant!"

"Haha!" Chen Hao's laughter came from nearby, "If I were really a coward, do you think I would come out?"

Yi Ning looked toward the source of the voice, only to see Chen Hao standing atop a tent, his hand now brandishing a blade that emitted black and purple light.

At that moment, hurried footsteps approached from all directions, and Chen Hao, from his vantage point on the tent, saw Ma Mian and Niu Tou arriving with thousands of soldiers to the rescue.

"Yi Ning, their reinforcements have arrived," the King Ning officer Ke Yu whispered into her ear, "I think we should retreat for now."

After a moment's thought, Yi Ning nodded reluctantly, her face full of resentment.

Observing their intent to leave, Chen Hao quickly asked, "Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?"

"In the Netherworld, there should be no shortage of people wanting you dead."

"But I can feel it, you want to kill me more than anyone else."

"There's no harm in telling you," Yi Ning scoffed, her eyes still brimming with hatred as she looked at Chen Hao, "My father is King Ning!"

"Your father is King Ning!" Chen Hao exclaimed in shock, then as if he suddenly understood, continues, "I remember now, we have met before, and we've even kissed. At that time, you were trying to get rid of me, using..."

"Shut up!" Yi Ning abruptly interrupted Chen Hao, clearly not wishing to recall those shameful events, "A blood debt of murdering one's father is not shared under the heavens; I, Yi Ning, will not let you go!"

With that, Yi Ning and all the King Ning army present departed.

Chen Hao didn't pursue, feeling it was unnecessary. Since Yi Ning was so adamant about killing him, she would naturally come back for him.

Shortly after, Ma Mian and Niu Tou arrived with thousands of reinforcements. Looking up at the retreating silhouettes of the King Ning army, Niu Tou initially wanted to give chase, but Chen Hao stopped him.

"Don't chase them!" said Chen Hao, "They will come back."

"Who are they?" Niu Tou asked Chen Hao.

Chen Hao jumped down from the top of the tent and landed in front of Niu Tou and Ma Mian, saying, "King Ning's daughter, Yi Ning, she wants to kill me to avenge King Ning."

"According to intelligence previously obtained, the Ghost King Battalion has a team called Ning army, which was personally selected and assembled by King Ning himself, and has never shown themselves until now. Could it be that the people who came with King Ning's daughter to assassinate you just now were the Ning army?"

"Maybe," Chen Hao said, his tone not very certain.

...

...

After the failed assassination attempt on Chen Hao, Yi Ning led her group to flee towards the southern part of the Huiyin Mountains.

Just after they had left the Huiyin Mountains for a short while, suddenly, an ancient and profound Yin Qi approached.

"Be careful!" Ke Yu, the leader of the Ning army, said alertly, while drawing out his sword, "A powerful enemy is approaching, everyone quickly set up the formation."

It wasn't long before King Nanlin appeared before them, descending from the sky.

He started with a faint smile.

"Who are you?" Ke Yu asked.

"King Nanlin, Yao!"

"Ah!" Ke Yu's face revealed a shocked expression. The recent escape of King Nanlin from the prison beneath the gate of the Netherworld, and the great battle with the Ghost King, had spread throughout the Netherworld; it was common knowledge. Being a general of the Ning army, he naturally learned many more details.

Seeing that the troops of the Ning army became defensive upon hearing him announce his name, King Nanlin chuckled and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm here to cooperate with you."

"Cooperate?" Yi Ning's brows were full of suspicion, "What cooperation?"

"I saw the process of you attacking Chen Hao just now," King Nanlin said, "I'm afraid that just the people here may not be enough to kill Chen Hao. Among you, there is a lack of someone like me who can kill Chen Hao. We can divide the labor: you deal with the soldiers on the Huiyin Mountains, and I'll go kill Chen Hao."

"Chen Hao can only die by my hand!" Yi Ning suddenly said, her emotions flaring as she glared at King Nanlin.

"Fine, I promise you that!" King Nanlin said with a cold laugh.

"But why should I believe you, and why are you so kind as to help us deal with Chen Hao?"

"You must have heard that I captured Chen Hao to the Netherworld not long ago."

Yi Ning and Ke Yu both nodded their heads.

"Why did you take him to the Netherworld?" Yi Ning asked doubtfully.

"You don't need to know the reason," King Nanlin said, "You only need to know that I, King Nanlin, also want to kill him!"

Yi Ning looked at Ke Yu, conveying through her gaze a question of whether to cooperate with King Nanlin.

Ke Yu had been frowning all along and neither nodded nor shook his head.

Yi Ning's gaze returned to King Nanlin, hesitated for a long while, and then said, "I agree to cooperate with you, but don't forget, Chen Hao can only die by my hand."

King Nanlin chuckled and nodded.

Then, they led the several thousands of Ning army back to the Huiyin Mountains.

At this time, the setting sun had completely fallen into the western horizon, while in the east, Lin Huashan was only a stone's throw away from the Huiyin Mountains.

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