Watching the darkness return, the hundreds of thousands in the army below were silent, once again dumbstruck by the scene before them.

Within the mountain forest, the only sound was the howling of the cold wind accompanying the falling snow.

It was a strangely terrifying quiet!

"Ah!"

Finally, a heart-wrenching scream shattered the eerie atmosphere. It was the voice of the Dark Law King, and it was also the last sound he made in this world.

Immediately, everyone's gaze was drawn to the Dark Law King. They saw his body torn in two, with black blood flowing from his body and scattering onto the snowy ground in the cold wind.

When the aura inside the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade completely tore the Dark Law King's body apart, his corpse fell in two pieces from the sky. Suddenly, a massive figure swept across the sky and swallowed the Dark Law King's body. This behemoth was the nine-tailed serpent summoned by Qian Feng just before.

And the Dark Law King's soul had already been drawn into the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade.

Watching the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade fall from the sky, Chen Hao immediately wrapped his right arm around Ye Yuqiao's waist, taking her into the air with him, and caught the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade with his left hand.

"The Dark Law King is dead!" It was then that the soldiers of the Ghost King Battalion reacted. What then appeared on their faces was deep despair.

"Another Dharma King is dead, Chen Hao and that woman joined forces to kill the Dark Law King!"

"It's Chen Hao again!"

In stark contrast to the reaction of the Ghost King Battalion's soldiers, the allied troops of the Qian and Li families were greatly emboldened, excitedly shouting, "The Dark Law King is dead!"

"The Dark Law King is dead! Let's keep killing!"

Amidst the uproar, the allied forces of the Qian and Li families began to swing their swords towards the Ghost King Battalion's soldiers who had lost the will to fight.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"ordered a general of the Ghost King Battalion.

Subsequently, the horses neighed incessantly, and tens of thousands of the Ghost King Battalion's soldiers fled quickly towards the south.

"Don't let them get away!"

Every quarter of an hour, hundreds of thousands of soldiers chased after the ones out of Chen Hao's line of vision, disappearing into the night.

Chen Hao looked down at the ground and found that the black blood from the Dark Law King could no longer be seen on the snow, as it had been buried by the heavy snowfall, just like the over ten thousand corpses that had just fallen in battle. Looking at the pure white, tranquil snowfield, Chen Hao sighed in his heart, wondering if behind any prosperity and peace, there are always countless bloodshed and bodies hidden.

"Chen Hao, I'm so tired!" Ye Yuqiao suddenly leaned against Chen Hao, her voice extremely weak.

Chen Hao immediately picked up Ye Yuqiao horizontally and said, "You should rest if you're tired. I'm here for you!"

After revealing a pale smile, Ye Yuqiao closed her eyes.

"Chen Hao, the Nether King is okay, right?" Qian Feng approached Chen Hao and asked; he had already retracted the nine-tailed serpent behemoth.

Chen Hao looked at Qian Feng expressionlessly and shook his head, saying, "She's just a bit exhausted. She needs some rest."

"Our camp is not far ahead; why don't you bring the Nether King there to rest a bit? Huashan is also there; he can take care of her."

"No need!" Chen Hao declined Qian Feng's offer without a pleasant expression. As he spoke, he summoned a vortex above his head, then holding Ye Yuqiao, he entered the Nether Acupoint. After making sure Ye Yuqiao was settled, he emerged alone again.

Qian Feng looked at Chen Hao and smiled, "We owe you for coming to our aid this time. Because of you, we were able to fend off the Ghost King's army."

"We did not come to support you," Chen Hao said coldly, "our main goal was to kill the Dark Law King!"

"Whether you admit it or not, we are indispensable to each other," Qian Feng's eyes grew hazy.

"Like I said, that's only temporary!"

"That should be enough for now!"

Chen Hao showed a look of disgust, realizing that it was difficult to get the upper hand while talking with Qian Feng. After all, he was still a child at heart, too green in the presence of the experienced Qian Feng.

After a moment of silence, the clan leader of the Li family, Li Zuole, came up to the two excitedly and asked, "Clan Leader Qian, if I'm not mistaken, that woman just now was the Fourth Generation Underworld King!"

"Oh, this is Clan Leader Li Zuole of the Li family!" Qian Feng introduced to Chen Hao.

Eyeing Li Zuole, Chen Hao immediately felt puzzled, thinking that Qian Feng, considering Li Zuole an ally, had not shared what he knew with Li Zuole. It seemed that Qian Feng didn't take Li Zuole seriously at all, merely treating him as a useful pawn.

"This is the renowned Chen Hao!"

Li Zuole was dumbstruck, and after a pause, he exclaimed in amazement, "You are Chen Hao! I've already witnessed your ability just now, truly as remarkable as they say!"

"Clan Leader Li, right now our main forces are pursuing the Ghost King Battalion. Hurry and give the order to inform them not to chase too far, be wary of ambushes ahead. They must all return here before dawn."

"Alright, I'll do that now," Li Zuole agreed, then departed, not forgetting to give Chen Hao a smile before he left.

Once Li Zuole had gone far, Chen Hao scoffed derisively, "So, you just sent him off like that, as if calling and dismissing him at your whim!"

"Are you mocking him for being too obedient, for letting me command him?"

"I think he's a bit foolish."

"What's wrong with being foolish? Even the most foolish person has their value."

"Value?" Chen Hao asked. "I guess it's because being foolish makes it easier for others to use him."

"Being able to be used is his value," Qian Feng stated coldly. "At least he's of some use, unlike certain people who don't even possess that much value. That's why, despite his foolishness, he can still be the clan leader of a major family and has survived until now."

Chen Hao let out a cold laugh, finding Qian Feng's words logical, yet heartlessly cruel.

In Qian Feng's eyes, whether in personal matters or in doing business, it seemed that he only cared about so-called interests and value. Such a person is often the most rational and also the most ruthlessly terrifying.

"You brought your troops here probably just to put some pressure on the five major families over there, trying to force them to compromise with you."

"Not only that," Qian Feng shook his head. "Bringing them here also makes it easier to return to Wind Shelter Valley. If there's no reply from the Nether King by tomorrow's deadline, I'll lead my troops to cross the Hong River region myself."

"But didn't you just say that both parties consider you indispensable?"

"That also depends on whether the other side thinks the same way."

"You're testing their sincerity?" Chen Hao frowned slightly. "Perhaps they are also testing your sincerity."

Qian Feng looked at Chen Hao, and a rare gleam flashed across his eyes before the weariness and urgency in his gaze fully appeared before Chen Hao.

Seeing Qian Feng's expression, Chen Hao felt extremely surprised. He had thought Qian Feng was a person of extreme composure.

"My clash with the Ghost King Battalion tonight is my greatest show of sincerity," Qian Feng said. "In any case, I definitely will not compromise."

"Why?"

"Because it doesn't align with my interests," Qian Feng explained. "You should help me persuade that Nether King."

"Why?" Chen Hao asked again.

"Because it aligns with the interests of both you and the Nether King."

Chen Hao was left speechless.

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