Tree vines burst from the ground, stretching nearly two meters before exposing their whiskered roots covered in soil.

At the same time, a strong Demonic Qi dispersed.

With a flash of red light, the vine transformed into a human figure.

Looking at the person, a gleam passed through Chen Hao's eyes as he exclaimed, "Ou Yuanlin!"

"It's me, Chen Hao!" Ou Yuanlin excitedly said, "I've finally waited for you to come!"

Chen Hao smiled happily and said, "Xie Xiaofeng has already told me about you. Rest assured, once we defeat the Second Generation Nether King, we will take you back to the mortal world!"

"It's you! It was you!" The Second Generation Nether King suddenly shouted loudly from atop the city wall.

Chen Hao and Ou Yuanlin looked towards the city wall, only to see the Second Generation Nether King angrily pointing at Ou Yuanlin.

"You destroyed the ancient city, destroyed everything I had!" the Second Generation Nether King continued, his sorrowful and twisted expression nearing collapse while his angry eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Originally, he had chosen Ou Yuanlin for the ancient city because he valued the power of a thousand-year-old tree spirit within him, which could solidify the land and reduce the impact of sudden eruptions from the Volcano King's heart on the city's buildings.

During his two years in the ancient city, Ou Yuanlin had always been well-behaved and showed no suspicious activities.

The Second Generation Nether King had not expected that this young man, who seemed to worship him unconditionally, would today use the power of the Tree Demon to overthrow the world he had created over tens of thousands of years.

What he had not anticipated even more was that Ou Yuanlin was well-acquainted with Chen Hao.

"The biggest mistake of my life," the Second Generation Nether King said regretfully with a tearless face, "was to entrust the foundation of the ancient city to you alone, allowing your roots to spread throughout its depths. Even more unforgivable is that your supposed faith in me was false!"

"I have always believed not in a certain god, but in nature!" Ou Yuanlin said. His life experiences had taught him that reverence for nature was fundamental for the survival of any being. His previously shown reverence for the Second Generation Nether King was more out of fear and forbearance, with no real respect.

"How dare you!" The Second Generation Nether King's eyes, fueled by inner rage, turned into black vortices. Instantly, the ice froze the ruins of the collapsed ancient city behind him.

No sooner had his words fallen than the Second Generation Nether King suddenly vanished from atop the city wall.

Chen Hao stood up straight, then rushed to Ou Yuanlin's side, wielding the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade.

With a "puff", an extremely cold aura spread in front of Ou Yuanlin.

Chen Hao and the Second Generation Nether King finally began their frontal confrontation, which was also their ultimate battle.

Subsequently, wherever the aura went, it instantly turned into ice, including the city wall behind the Second Generation Nether King, the demons above the wall; and also Ye Yuqiao's Nether Soul Body and Ou Yuanlin standing behind Chen Hao.

"You have already lost!" Chen Hao said to the Second Generation Nether King.

"You think destroying the ancient city can defeat me?" the Second Generation Nether King sneered, his face showing no sign of the previous sorrow or regret.

"I can just spend another thirty thousand years creating a new ancient city, one that will definitely be better than before!" the Second Generation Nether King said coldly, "As long as I am still a god, faith is enough!"

Chen Hao let out a mocking laugh, "You really are narcissistic, being the Nether King wasn't enough for you, you still want to be a god!"

"Human desires are always boundless," the Second Generation Nether King said, "It's precisely this desire that enabled me to create such an unimaginable city, a world unprecedented and aspired to by all! The people of your mortal world also develop step by step based on boundless desires."

"And you," the Second Generation Nether King stared intently at Chen Hao, "are also here because of your own selfish reasons, aren't you?"

"I admit I have desires, but I'm still not the same as you!" Chen Hao said, his eyes wide open as he stared at the Second Generation Nether King. "I have my own bottom line that I adhere to, while you resort to any means necessary for your goals. That's the biggest difference between us."

"Deluding yourself!" the Second Generation Nether King said in a mocking tone.

With that, the Second Generation Nether King suddenly thrust his right hand into Chen Hao's left eye.

Chen Hao didn't seem to want to dodge, or perhaps he reacted too slowly, so he just watched as the Second Generation Nether King's right hand reached into his left eye, directly touching the half of the Nether King's Heart within him.

"I was actually hoping you would come earlier, so that I could obtain the complete Nether King's Heart!" the Second Generation Nether King said with a smile to Chen Hao, not rushing to take the Nether King's Heart from his body.

"Are you not worried that you might be defeated by my hand?" Chen Hao asked.

The Second Generation Nether King looked up to the sky and let out two piercing laughs.

"You think you can kill me!" the Second Generation Nether King said contemptuously.

As soon as he finished speaking, a black mass spread from his body, engulfing Chen Hao within it, before shrinking and disappearing into the air.

Almost at the same time, Ye Yuqiao, in her Nether Soul Body, melted the solid ice covering her. She looked toward Ou Yuanlin, shooting a Purgatory Fire from her left eye, freeing Ou Yuanlin from the icy confinement.

"Where's Chen Hao?" Ou Yuanlin asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, he's fine! Just take care of yourself!" Ye Yuqiao said coldly, looking ahead.

In front of her, the elite guards of the ancient city, demon beastmen, had descended from the city walls and were attacking them.

She ignited her blood, transformed into a firebird, and charged at those demon beastmen.

Watching the firebird charge, the demon beastmen also erupted with the power inside them, transforming into terrifyingly huge demons and beasts.

In the distance behind them, Xie Xiaofeng and Xiao Bai were quickly coming to join the battle.

Meanwhile, Chen Hao had been taken by the Second Generation Nether King into a vast void.

Looking at the fruits in the high sky of the void, emitting a black sheen, Chen Hao realized this was inside the Second Generation Nether King's Nether Acupoint.

From just the Nether Acupoint alone, one could see the gap between Chen Hao and the Second Generation Nether King.

"This is my Nether Acupoint. The size of the Nether Acupoint space depends on your control of the Nether King's Heart," the Second Generation Nether King said. "I've had the Nether King's Heart for over forty thousand years. How could your familiarity and control compare to mine?"

"Just with that bit of the Nether King's Heart you possess, you think you can defeat me? What a joke!"

Chen Hao frowned, asking, "Did you bring me here just to show off?"

"I wanted you to see the difference between us, you ignorant fool!"

However, just then, Chen Hao's lips suddenly curled up, saying, "You're right, with the Nether King's Power in my body alone, indeed, I cannot defeat you. But, who said I was relying on the Nether King's Power alone to defeat you?"

"Could it be you're relying on your Yin Yang Arts?"

"No," Chen Hao shook his head, "but you will die by my Yin Yang Arts."

With that said, Chen Hao closed his eyes, and while bringing his hands together, he continued, "I will...

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