Seven days later.

Wushuang City's walls were riddled with damage, scarred by both war and arrows, and streaks of dried blood remained uncleaned by the continual spring rains of the past two days.

"Boom boom boom!" The earth-shaking sound of war drums arose once more.

Upon hearing the deafening sound, the weary soldiers stationed on the city walls suddenly flashed a gleam in their eyes, then walked over to the parapet to look into the distance, only to see a vast sea of soldiers ahead.

"The Ghost King Battalion is attacking again!" a general exclaimed. He then turned to his deputy and ordered, "Quickly, go report this to the Nether King."

"Yes!" The deputy leapt up and dashed toward the city center with the greatest speed.

Before long, that general charged into a nearby watchtower to ring the alarm bell three times, alerting the soldiers stationed in the city to rush to the walls and prepare for battle.

Shortly after, hundreds of thousands of soldiers gathered below and above the walls, and at that moment, the Ghost King Battalion's army also halted its advance.

"Charge!" King Wumeng, the leader of the Ghost King Battalion, commanded, and shield-bearing cavalry split into three contingents—on land, low altitude, and high altitude—and charged toward Wushuang City.

"Release the arrows, hurl the stones!" the cavalry on Wushuang City's walls ordered, and tens of thousands of arrows poured down like torrential rain from atop the walls of Wushuang City.

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Inside King Ning's Manor, upon learning of the Ghost King Battalion's renewed assault, Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body simply ordered the soldiers to hold Wushuang City, not personally going to supervise the battle on the walls herself but sending Qian Feng and Zhao Chong instead.

This was the fifth large-scale city siege by the Ghost King Battalion within a mere eleven days. In the previous four, neither side had emerged victorious, with a combined casualty count of two hundred thousand soldiers from both sides.

Such staggering numbers of casualties did not alter the Ghost King's strategy in the slightest.

Ye Yuqiao was well aware that the Ghost King aimed for mutual destruction of both armies. Once that happened, nobody would be able to stop him, and he would kill Chen Hao, the only one who could pose a threat.

It was precisely for this reason that she did not go to supervise the battle on the walls herself this time, knowing well that the outcome would be the same as in the previous four conflicts: heavy casualties on both sides. She too was at a loss with the Ghost King's mad tactics.

However, another even more important reason for not personally supervising the battle today was her concern for Chen Hao above all else.

After her Yang Soul sacrificed itself to trigger Chen Hao's Nether King's Power that day, Chen Hao had been completely out of contact. She had made every effort to have people search for Chen Hao, but seven days had passed, and there was still no word.

She was very worried that Chen Hao, unable to accept what had happened, had vanished without a trace.

They could not hold out much longer. If Chen Hao did not appear soon, the terrifying Ghost King would massacre everyone in Wushuang City.

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Within Netherworld City.

Though the harsh winter had passed and spring had blossomed, the hearts of the city residents were still enduring a cold winter.

Everyone knew that the Ghost King Battalion had started its assault on Wushuang City again. According to the latest rumors circulating wildly within the city: in the previous four battles, the Ghost King Battalion had suffered a total of one hundred and ten thousand casualties.

Of the two hundred and fifty thousand soldiers of the Ghost King Battalion dispatched this time, seventy thousand had been forcibly taken to the battlefield.

The residents of the city all hoped that among those one hundred and ten thousand casualties, none were their own kin.

They hoped even more for the war to end soon and for their family members to return home. Who won and who lost no longer mattered as much to them.

Of course, deep down, most still wished for Ye Yuqiao, the Fourth Generation Underworld King, to lead the seven allied families to ultimate victory.

Though the streets were as crowded as in previous years, there was an unusual quietude. Everyone appeared like soulless corpses walking about, bearing solemn expressions.

Just then, a surge of Yang Qi suddenly blew into Netherworld City like a swift breeze.

Everyone was startled!

In the Netherworld, Yang Energy was extremely scarce, and many people within the Netherworld City were feeling this much Yang Energy for the first time!

Soon, the ball of Yang Energy grew intense.

Subsequently, a high-speed shadow passed over the heavily guarded eastern wall of the Netherworld City, flashed across the crowded streets, and headed towards the Naihe Bridge.

"Who's so fast!" someone exclaimed, "and they possess such profound Yang Energy."

"Could it be Chen Hao!"

"Ah, Chen Hao!"

People talked amongst themselves, and the originally eerie and quiet streets became lively and boisterous.

In the blink of an eye, the shadow arrived at the head of the Naihe Bridge and then stopped to reveal a figure!

This person was Chen Hao!

Upon seeing Chen Hao, the soldiers guarding the bridge were stunned, and then, with swords raised, they charged at Chen Hao.

Chen Hao lifted his eyes to look at the dozens of soldiers rushing towards him, his gaze filled with despair, as well as a terrifying murderous intent.

He raised his left hand, and the Sword of Dust materialized around him.

He swung the Sword of Dust in his hand.

Countless dust particles converged above the heads of those soldiers.

A person with a heart filled with despair usually refrains from action, but if they do act, they would surely show no mercy.

With a flash of golden light! The dust particles gathered and released a burst of powerful energy that turned into a gigantic speed of light, encompassing the dozen soldiers within it.

When the light vanished, the dozens of soldiers had been reduced to dust, not a single one left alive.

Chen Hao stepped onto the Naihe Bridge and headed towards the grand gates of the Netherworld, his face exceptionally cold.

It was hard to imagine that just seven days ago, he was a passionate youth with a face full of sunny smiles and hope.

Now, his heart was dead!

When he reached the middle of the bridge, over a thousand soldiers guarding the Netherworld's grand gates surrounded him from all directions.

With a wave of the Sword of Dust, he summoned the undead soldiers of the Dust Tribe to slaughter those soldiers, then alone, he arrived at the base of the Netherworld's grand gates as fast as lightning.

By then, the weapon in his hand had changed from the Sword of Dust to the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade.

It was the black Nether King's World-Slaying Blade!

Without hesitation, he raised the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade and struck at the seal on the grand gates of the Netherworld.

"Bang, bang, bang!" He hacked three times, and the seal flashed with purple light each time.

After each flash of purple light, the seal began to twist; after the second, the seal started to crack; by the third, the seal dissipated into a cloud of Yin Qi and scattered in all directions.

Chen Hao took a step forward and with a fierce lift of his foot, he kicked open the grand gates of the Netherworld.

Then, he turned around, by which time the soldiers guarding the grand gates of the Netherworld had been annihilated by the undead soldiers of the Dust Tribe.

Turning into a gust of wind, he arrived at the center of the Netherworld City's Nether King Palace in the blink of an eye. At that moment, the Nether King Palace was still in its initial stages of construction, the hole that had appeared due to the surfacing of the Purgatory Fire from the Eighteenth Level of Hell half a year ago had yet to be filled.

With one leap, he jumped into the hole and headed towards the Samsara Path.

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