Enduring extreme pain, Chen Hao slowly turned around, only to see a blur that looked like a firebird. His eyes instantly widened, shining with intensity; without a second thought, he fainted due to a combination of spiritual power depletion and the sharp sting of the pain.

It was at that moment, the three strands of the Nether King's Power closed the vortex on the left side of Chen Hao's face, while the enveloping Nether Abyss in the sky also closed up.

Following that, Chen Hao began to fall along with the soldiers who had just been lifted towards the sky by the gravitational pull of the Nether Abyss.

A dazzling, scorching flame appeared! Ye Yuqiao, in the form of the firebird, spewed flames at tens of thousands of crows before they could make a move on Chen Hao.

Instantly, the massive flock of crows flew aside, dodging the fireball and also moving away from Chen Hao.

Seizing the opportunity, the firebird hurried to catch the unconscious Chen Hao on its back and then carried him back to the summit of the main peak, all the while continuing to spew flames at the surrounding soldiers.

After Ye Yuqiao brought the firebird back to the top of the main peak, Niu Tou returned just in time.

After handing Chen Hao over to a soldier to be taken care of, Ye Yuqiao looked towards the northeast where King Wumeng was and instructed Niu Tou, "Niu Tou, the Ghost King's army is in chaos over there; take all the soldiers from the mountain and hit them when they least expect it."

"Yes, Nether King!" Niu Tou acknowledged the order and, together with Ma Mian, led a large group of soldiers from the mountain to strike towards the northeast.

Seeing the sudden attack of the twenty-thousand-strong army, the massive forces led by King Wumeng and King Qingyu were still in shock and disarray, unable to fight back and could only flee disgracefully towards the east.

Niu Tou and Ma Mian led the troops in hot pursuit, only stopping the assault after the two Ghost King forces managed to regroup.

"Retreat, quickly retreat to the main peak!" shouted Niu Tou. After that, it retracted all of its avatars and returned to the main peak with the over ten thousand soldiers.

At this time, Ye Yuqiao was no longer at the main peak. She had already slipped into the yellow dust and black smoke beneath the mountain and was moving eastward at top speed to reinforce Zhao Chong.

"Soldiers, firmly hold the main peak!" Niu Tou looked towards the east, shrouded in yellow dust and black smoke, and shouted, "Their hundred-thousand-strong army is already severely damaged and poses no threat! As long as we hold out until tonight, victory will be ours!"

Thousands of miles to the east, a fifty-thousand-strong army led by the Clan Leaders of the Zhou, Wu, Zheng, and Wang families was drawing near.

Calculating in his mind, Niu Tou estimated: from the two proactive strikes just now, they had eliminated about seven thousand soldiers led by the Dark Law King. On the side of King Wumeng and King Qingyu, several thousand soldiers had been sucked into the Nether Abyss, with at least another ten thousand casualties from their recent pursuit, totaling a significant loss.

All in all, the Ghost King's hundred-thousand-strong army was now reduced to just over eighty thousand, while their own side had virtually no casualties, making the strategy quite successful. The only regret was that Chen Hao was severely injured and unconscious, leaving them without one of their main generals.

Including the Dust Tribe undead soldiers hidden around, the avatars of Niu Tou, and over ten thousand soldiers, the force guarding the Huiyin Mountains peak was roughly thirty thousand strong, facing an assault from an eighty-thousand-strong army until tonight seemed manageable.

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On the eastern side of the Huiyin Mountains.

The showdown between the giant black column and the blood jade giant sword had reached its final stage, with the air in a vast surrounding area becoming extremely distorted due to the collision of spiritual power between Zhao Chong and the Dark Law King; the ferocious spiritual power raged, allowing nothing to survive in its vicinity, even a tiny, invisible grain of sand from the south would be obliterated the instant it entered the area.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" With every slight tremor of the huge black column and the giant sword, the air rang out with a series of explosive noises akin to a mountain bursting open.

The Dark Law King and Zhao Chong were both desperately holding on, in a contest of who could last till the end to emerge as the victor. It was less a competition of spiritual power and strength and more a contest of glory and dignity.

The Dark Law King did it for the ultimate dignity of the Eight Great Law Kings, Zhao Chong did it for the honor of being part of a great clan.

Suddenly, a piercingly shrill bird cry came from the south, and the world around was instantly illuminated by a swath of crimson.

Ye Yuqiao transformed into a firebird, appearing with a body larger than ever before—as if igniting all the blood in her body!

As soon as the flames appeared, King Wumeng, who had ordered eighty thousand troops to surround the main peak, turned around and, his eyes shining with intense light, said in shock, "This isn't good, the Dark Law King is in danger!"

By then, it was too late for King Wumeng to go back to help, and even if he could have made it back, there was no guarantee he could stop it. All he could do was watch helplessly as the firebird plunged into the distorted air, silently hoping the Dark Law King could escape the calamity.

After diving into the extremely distorted air, the firebird that Ye Yuqiao had become let out a painful scream.

Then, her blood boiled even more fiercely, igniting the air that was being torn apart by two powerful forces of Spiritual Power. From the outside, the distorted air had turned into a gigantic fireball.

There was a "boom," a sound reminiscent of the heavens and the earth splitting apart!

The massive fireball exploded, casting brilliant light in all directions; the scarlet flames and surging Spiritual Power spread outwards.

"Boom boom boom!" Wherever the flames and Spiritual Power went, no substance could escape the fate of destruction.

Miles later, the fire and Spiritual Power finally stopped spreading. The eastern part of the Huiyin Mountain Range, already devastated by the stone snake beast, was now flattened, leaving only a bare, yellow rock surface and the dust floating above it.

Seeing this, everyone, including the soldiers guarding the main peak, were stunned.

The scene was simply too horrifying!

If the flames and Spiritual Power had spread a few more miles, all of them would have ceased to exist!

After a while, people gradually recovered from the shock. Then, everyone strained their eyes to look at the bare ground that was now just a pale yellow, wanting to know who among the Dark Law King, Zhao Chong, and the woman transformed into a firebird were still alive.

Although the distance was great, any moving black dot could prove there was a survivor.

"Look, it's the Dark Law King!" someone from the Ghost King's camp exclaimed with joy, and soon the others looked in the direction he was pointing. Vaguely, they saw a huge shadow on the ground.

It was the Dark Law King—he was still alive!

Just as the people from the Ghost King's camp were about to cheer, a streak of crimson flashed across their field of vision, followed by two scarlet dots.

Sighs arose immediately—Zhao Chong and Ye Yuqiao were also still alive.

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"Are you all right?" Zhao Chong asked Ye Yuqiao.

Ye Yuqiao shook her head, her gaze fixed on the huge shadow ahead. Just as she had crashed into the black column, that black column..

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