Instantly, the night sky turned blood-red, illuminated by the fires of Purgatory!

Those dark lion beasts, just revived by the luminous tree, were once again burned to ashes!

Shortly after, countless orbs of silver light rapidly approached, reanimating all the dark lion beasts. Yet before their flesh could fully regenerate, they were devoured by the ferociously intense fires of Purgatory.

Eventually, the luminous tree ceased emanating the silver light with its mystical healing powers. It knew all too well that as long as the Purgatory Fire burned, the dozens of buried dark lion beasts would not be able to rise again.

"Your wife is amazing!" Seeing this, Hua Shan couldn't help but praise Chen Hao.

Chen Hao, however, felt no joy at all because he saw Ye Yuqiao slash her palm with a dagger!

He was very worried.

"Chen Hao, go now and stop the dark lion beasts in the east!" Ye Yuqiao telepathically communicated to Chen Hao.

Before coming to the mortal world, she had sensed the Nether King's Heart within Chen Hao and known the precise situation on Calabash Immortal Island.

Chen Hao replied in his heart and then turned to fly toward Hualian Town, located on the plain of the valley to the east of Liuzhi Mountain.

"I'll go deal with that luminous tree!" Ye Yuqiao sent another telepathic message.

"No," Chen Hao slowed his pace, "that tree has an ancient and mysterious power, it's too dangerous, you can't go!"

Having said that, Chen Hao looked back toward the expanse of the Purgatory Fire Pool. However, Ye Yuqiao's figure was no longer above the Purgatory Fire Pool.

"Yuqiao!" he exclaimed in shock, for Ye Yuqiao had already moved ahead of him, above the luminous tree.

"Stop!" Chen Hao ordered loudly.

Ye Yuqiao turned her head, first glaring angrily at Chen Hao as if upset by his shouting. But then, her lips curled into a pure and innocent smile.

Chen Hao was so anxious he gritted his teeth; he realized that the dangerous situation he feared seemed fun to Ye Yuqiao.

Especially since the more anxious he became, the more determined she was to proceed, deliberately teasing him to increase his tension.

"Ye Yuqiao, stop being naughty!" Chen Hao was livid with anger.

Ye Yuqiao chuckled lightly, and even cheekily stuck out her tongue at Chen Hao in triumph. Suddenly, her expression turned solemn, and for a moment she was filled with queenly authority and majesty.

She turned back, facing the luminous tree below.

Dazzling wings of fiery flames sprouted from her back, but considering her unborn child, she only spread the wings of fire without transforming into a phoenix.

Seeing those wings of fire, the dark lion beast leader, amidst fierce battle with Ye Fei, let out an earth-shattering roar, attempting to intimidate Ye Yuqiao from attacking the luminous tree.

Ye Yuqiao turned her head slightly and cast a disdainful sideward glance at the dark lion beast leader. In an instant, two long streams of crimson flames shot from her eyes—one targeting the dark lion beast leader and the other surging toward the dark lion beasts rushing towards Hualian Town.

Then, Ye Yuqiao began to flap her wings, slowly circling above the luminous tree.

"Boom!" The dark lion beast leader blocked the crimson flame rushing toward it with its bronze greatsword; the other flame fell like a meteor before the entrance of Hualian Town, startling the advancing dark lion beasts into halting.

The dark lion beast leader leapt into the air, roaring loudly at the dark lion beasts in front of Hualian Town to press forward. Then, it set its gaze on Ye Yuqiao, who was circling in the sky.

Just as the dark lion beast leader was about to leap and stop Ye Yuqiao, Ye Fei transformed into a beam of blue light and reached it. A burst of pale blue merfolk power erupted from within him and struck at the dark lion beast leader.

The beast leader parried with the bronze giant sword, but was knocked down into the forest below by the fish-men's power, as unstoppable as a tidal wave.

Ye Fei, wielding a pale blue sword, pursued and thrust at the beast leader.

Having witnessed this, Chen Hao shifted his gaze to Ye Yuqiao for a moment and then sped towards Hua Lian Town.

In a few seconds, he arrived at the only entrance to Hua Lian Town ahead of dozens of black lion beasts.

With the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade in hand, he charged at the oncoming pack of black lion beasts. Although he could kill a black lion beast with one strike, they were quickly resurrected by a silver light flowing in from the south.

To prevent the black lion beasts from entering Hua Lian Town and harming the civilians, he had no choice but to continuously kill off the relentlessly resurrecting beasts with the Nether King's World-Slaying Blade in his hand.

As long as he had breath left in him, he would not let those black lion beasts near Hua Lian Town!

Above the luminous tree, after circling for a few rounds, Ye Yuqiao suddenly sped up, completing a circle in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, she constantly released flames through her fiery wings.

After circling nearly twenty times, the tree that could glow was shrouded in fierce flames.

Ye Yuqiao shouted out loud. She suddenly stopped circling and shot straight up into the sky, while the flames she released spiraled downwards like a flaming vortex towards the glowing tree and the lake beneath it.

"Hiss crackle~" The sound of water vaporizing continued, and a large cloud of mist rose up.

When the steam dissipated, Ye Yuqiao saw that the glowing tree had withered, and the lake around it had been dried up by her flames!

She lifted the corners of her mouth.

However, at that moment, the withered tree emitted a faint light, and a few tender green leaves sprouted on the gradually recovering branches.

Ye Yuqiao was taken aback.

"So it turns out that this tree can absorb the life force of the entire mountain. No wonder it could resurrect those lions!"

After retracting her fiery wings, she landed on top of the tree. Once again, she slashed her palm with a dagger and let her blood drip onto the tree while it was still deprived of its restorative power.

When a few drops of blood fell on the tree, it vanished in an exploding flame, and the previously verdant lake was filled with Purgatory Fire.

Without the glowing tree, the black lion beasts could no longer be revived.

So, Chen Hao quickly cleared out all the black lion beasts in the vicinity.

"Husband, come quickly, I'm so tired!" Ye Yuqiao suddenly felt very drained and dizzy, and hurriedly sent a covert message to Chen Hao.

Chen Hao showed a look of alarm, instantly moved from the entrance of Hua Lian Town to Ye Yuqiao's side, and then embraced her.

"You're here!" Ye Yuqiao smiled weakly, "The tree has been dealt with!"

"Why are you so headstrong!" Chen Hao scolded.

"Stop criticizing me," Ye Yuqiao pouted aggrievedly, "It's all because of you, it's so late and you're still not home! Besides, if it hadn't been for me just now—Ah!"

In mid-sentence, Ye Yuqiao suddenly let out a painful cry.

"What's wrong?" Chen Hao asked urgently.

Ye Yuqiao's face turned pale and twisted, she clutched tightly onto Chen Hao's clothes, and said, "Baby, our baby."

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