Gods of the Nation: You worship the God of Longevity, I worship the King of Hell!

Chapter 192 The Deaf and Mute Demons Great Power! The Two Departments of Heaven Are in Turmoil Again!
"What did you say?!"

Upon hearing this, the three Heavenly Kings were all shocked, and even their respective cloud-platform thrones trembled slightly.

Guangmu Tianwang was greatly puzzled: "Third brother, the Emperor is in charge of literary fortune, what does that have to do with your Qian Tian Music Array?"

"It has nothing to do with the Emperor, but it does have something to do with the two celestial children under the Emperor's command, 'Heavenly Deaf' and 'Earthly Mute'." The Heavenly King of the Nation's face was ugly, and he no longer had his previous arrogance.

Only you know best the weakness of your own supernatural abilities.

He explained in a deep voice: "My great formation is so powerful that anyone who enters and hears the sound of the zither is difficult to break, even among the gods below the Star Lord level. It only fears two things: one is Laozi's 'Nine Heavens Fire-Fixing Bead'; the other is these two children, the Deaf and the Mute. The Deaf cannot hear the sounds of the mortal world, only the sounds of the Heavenly Dao; the Mute can determine the pitch, rendering my zither's supernatural power ineffective. With these two working together, my great formation becomes useless, and it is impossible to disturb it in the slightest."

"But I never expected that the brat would find out our fatal weakness!" King Dhritarashtra was also incredulous: "Let alone mortals, even the many immortals in the Heavenly Court would find it hard to imagine that these two unassuming pageboys under the Emperor's command would be the Achilles' heel of my musical array!"

"It's the Kitchen God!" The Heavenly King of Growth's voice suddenly rose: "It must be the Kitchen God who gave the guidance!"

"I knew this kid was wicked!" King Duowen gritted his teeth. "Although the Deaf and Mute Heavenly Kings are close attendants of the Emperor, they are not usually worshipped by mortals. Yet this boy managed to go through all this trouble to persuade the Emperor to come to his aid... It turns out that we brothers were all deceived by his previous actions!"

"Oh dear!" The hot-tempered Guangmu Tianwang couldn't help but complain, "Third Brother! Why didn't you say so sooner? If we had known about this earlier, we could have taken precautions and wouldn't be in such a passive position!!"

"I..." King Dhritarashtra was speechless for a moment, then said with a bitter face, "How could I have imagined that he would dare to ask the Emperor Wenchang for help? I never imagined that this boy would have the talent to ring the Wen Bell! To put it another way, even if he could guess the key to the Heavenly Deaf and Earthly Mute formation, persuading the Emperor to lend a hand would be no less difficult than breaking the formation itself! But... he actually did it! Second Brother was right, this boy is indeed wicked! Extremely wicked!"

"Enough!" King Zengzhang shouted, interrupting his brothers' argument. "At this point, arguing is useless! It's never too late to mend things! We must immediately redo the magic array and not let him take the treasure!"

"yes, Sir!"

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly King of Duowen immediately summoned his magic weapon, the "Hun Yuan Umbrella".

This umbrella has the ability to store all treasures, conceal the secrets of heaven, and provide defense and protection.

When the extraordinary treasure appeared in the world that day, it was Virupaksha who first noticed it, and then Vaishravana used his umbrella to cover the phenomenon and open a passage.

It took the combined efforts of the Four Heavenly Kings to set up multiple layers of restrictions.

At this moment, they intend to repeat their old tricks.

After all, the treasure was less than an hour and a half away from being fully matured in the mortal realm.

Time is clearly on their side!
However, just as the Hunyuan Umbrella emitted its divine light and attempted to cleave open the passage to the lower realm once more, it seemed to have struck an invisible barrier.

"Om-!"

The divine light surged, but was abruptly blocked by a powerful divine force, and there was even a faint feeling of being pulled and torn apart!

"Oh no! A celestial being has intervened?!" The Heavenly King of the North exclaimed in alarm.

A melodious divine voice, tinged with coldness, emanated from outside the Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings: "Four Heavenly Kings, isn't this inappropriate? We agreed before that neither of us would interfere in the aftermath. Why are you going back on your word now?"

That voice belonged to Zhou Xin, the Eastern Plague Envoy!
"It's the Plague Department!" Guangmu Tianwang's expression changed drastically: "The Plague Department has interfered again!"

The Heavenly King of Growth's expression became extremely solemn. His Azure Sword was instantly drawn, and a surge of azure light erupted, instantly enveloping the entire Heavenly King's Palace and completely sealing off its energy.

The four of them could no longer remain seated. With a flash of rainbow light, they all leaped down from the cloud-top throne.

"Brother, what should we do now?" The three Heavenly Kings, Duowen, Chiguo, and Guangmu, were all somewhat flustered.

They thought victory was assured, but unexpected events occurred one after another.

The arrival of the five plague envoys from the Plague Department must be orchestrated by the Plague Emperor.

With this constraint, it is absolutely impossible for the four brothers to descend to the mortal realm again to protect the formation.

The Heavenly King of Growth remained silent for a moment, then suddenly sighed, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes: "It seems we are stuck here. But... fortunately! When we set up the formation that day, we left ourselves a backup plan! Even if the formation is broken and that brat manages to enter the secret realm, he will definitely not be able to take the treasure!"

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly King Duowen did not appear relieved: "But if it really comes to that... the Marshal will probably still blame us for our poor performance."

"Punish him if you will!" King Zengzhang snorted coldly. "It's better than letting that brat fall into his hands! At worst, we can make up for this with merits and demerits, and he can make amends by doing good deeds in the future!"

The other three Heavenly Kings exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.

Dhritarashtra said in a deep voice, “If the treasure is truly stolen, my four brothers and I will be guilty of countless sins and will surely suffer the wrath of the Marshal!”

Guangmu Tianwang nodded vigorously: "The current situation is beyond our complete control. Next... I'm afraid the Marshal will have to make the decision himself."

"Further words are useless." The Heavenly King of Growth turned his gaze to the Heavenly King of the Nation: "Third brother, you must immediately try to activate the final changes of the great formation and see if you can stop him. If you can, that would be best; if not... then the Marshal will have to decide!"

"yes, Sir!"

The Four Heavenly Kings returned to their thrones on the cloud platform.

The Heavenly King Guangmu once again summoned the Mysterious Mirror, its divine light focusing on the mortal realm below.

Meanwhile, outside the Hall of Heavenly Kings.

The five plague messengers arrived on their orders, each occupying a different position. Their divine senses intertwined to form an invisible net, trapping the entire Heavenly King Palace.

Forget about using supernatural powers, not even a wisp of cloud could escape from inside!
“Junior brother, just go ahead. We senior brothers will guard this Heavenly Court for you!” Zhou Xin slowly closed his divine eyes, exchanged divine senses with the other four Plague Envoys, and pushed the sealing power to its limit.

This scene was witnessed by several passing immortals, who were all filled with astonishment.

It was unclear why these usually low-profile killing gods of the Plague Department had suddenly clashed with the Four Heavenly Kings guarding the Southern Heavenly Gate. Overwhelmed by the chilling aura emanating from them, none dared linger to observe; after a fleeting glance, they quickly departed, silently carrying this astonishing commotion throughout the Heavenly Court…

……

The lower realm is the mountain behind Caomiao Village.

A journey that takes an hour by car can be shortened by more than half by air.

With a low roar, Qingkong Biao landed steadily outside the Qiantian Sound Array.

Lu Chen jumped off the back, turned around and bowed to Wang Yiming to express his gratitude.

"Go, go! I can't wait!"

Knowing he couldn't break the formation, Wang Yiming decided to see if Lu Chen could actually do it!

After all, this is a formation set up by the gods.

If it were broken by a mortal.

This is absolutely incredible!
He is witnessing a historic moment!
Lu Chen said no more, took a deep breath, and stepped into the invisible array.

The moment he stepped in, countless pale golden, mysterious musical notes suddenly appeared in front of him, layer upon layer, dense and impenetrable.

Perhaps it has encountered its "natural enemy".

At this moment, the battle formation was fully unleashed!
"Zheng——!"

A clear yet icy melody suddenly rang out!
"Holy crap! It's playing again?!" Wang Yiming behind him was astonished. He had thought Lu Chen had obtained some secret technique to suppress the music, but it turned out to be the same as before.

Just then, a streak of light rushed over and landed steadily beside Wang Yiming; it was none other than City Lord Huang.

He clearly heard the music immediately, and his face darkened as he thought to himself, "Have I failed again?"

But the next second, they were both stunned.

Despite the sound of the zither, Lu Chen remained motionless within the formation, continuing to walk forward steadily without being disturbed by the music, and unlike those who had tried to break the formation before, he was not instantly teleported out of the formation!
"He did it! He really did it!" Wang Yiming exclaimed in disbelief.

"Young Master Wang, what... what exactly is going on?" City Lord Huang was completely dumbfounded and turned to look at Wang Yiming: "What has Patriarch Lu done in the past half day?"

"I don't know the specifics, but I do know that he went to ask the Wenchang Emperor for help, and after that, he was directly promoted to the fourth rank."

"This……"

Looking at Lu Chen, who was bathed in light, Lord Huang swallowed hard several times: "This phenomenon is so amazing, how much blessing must he have received?"

As they spoke, several more streaks of light landed one after another, all of them being experts of the fourth rank or above from Rongcheng City.

These people were all newly rich family heads and heads of powerful clans whose spirits had been completely worn down by this S-level secret realm.

When they saw Lu Chen walking unimpeded through the music towards the towering tree that represented the entrance to the secret realm, they were all stunned, gasping in astonishment.

"Could it be... that this S-rank secret realm is really going to be conquered?"

……

Inside the Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings in the Heavenly Court.

The scene was clearly reflected in the Xuan Guang Mirror, and the Four Heavenly Kings all felt their scalps tingle and their faces turned extremely ugly.

"Third Brother! Is there any other way? If so, use it quickly!" Guangmu Tianwang shouted urgently.

Without wasting words, Dhritarashtra suddenly grabbed the jade pipa in his arms, his fingertips carrying a fierce divine power as he slashed across the strings!
"Zheng——!"

This time, the sound of the zither was no longer clear and melodious, but rather a chilling and menacing sound, like the clanging of metal.

The Qian Tian Music Array in the lower realm was instantly drawn in, and the originally clear and melodious zither music suddenly became deep, heavy, and violent.

The countless golden musical notes suddenly transformed into countless divine soldiers clad in armor and wielding swords, spears, and halberds, converging into a surging torrent that, accompanied by deafening battle cries, rushed toward Lu Chen, who was alone in the midst of the formation!

Its momentum far surpasses any previous one!
"Not good!" Lord Huang's expression changed drastically.

The heads of the families behind him also changed color. Some looked solemn, while others had a hint of schadenfreude in their eyes.

"Damn it! These Four Heavenly Kings are utterly shameless!" Wang Yiming couldn't help but curse, his face full of indignation. "They actually had such a deadly move hidden! Didn't we agree not to kill anyone? Are they going back on their word and going for the kill?!"

He paced frantically, shouting at the great formation, "Lu Chen! Run! The gods are unleashing a ruthless attack!"

He only realized after shouting that Lu Chen was being protected by the Heavenly Deafness Divine Power and couldn't hear any outside sounds at all!

"It's all over, it's all over now!" Wang Yiming stamped his feet anxiously.

—"Awooo—!"

The music of the zither conjured a thousand armies, which roared deafeningly and charged toward Lu Chen with murderous intent, as if they wanted to crush him into dust!

However, facing this overwhelming killing intent, Lu Chen remained calm, though a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

"As expected, they don't follow the rules... Fortunately, I came prepared."

The Heavenly Deafness Divine Power helped him isolate himself from all interference from the music.
The Earthly Mute Divine Power helped him determine the foundation of all musical scales!
It can be used as a combination of two supernatural powers.

Then one can unleash a silent formation that freezes a region of the world.

"Next, it's my turn!" Lu Chen thought to himself.

An invisible divine power spread out from his body, instantly enveloping the entire Qian Tian Music Array.

The sonic-powered soldiers who had charged forward seemed to have been put on pause, instantly freezing in place, unable to move. Even their deafening roars completely disappeared, and the entire formation fell into a deathly silence!
With a light touch of his fingertips, Lu Chen caused the musical weapons to vanish like ashes in an instant.

This scene not only left Wang Yiming and the others completely frozen in place.

Even the Four Heavenly Kings were equally astonished when they saw it.

Unexpectedly, the suppression of this great formation by the deaf and mute was so effective.

Seeing how easily these "musical weapons" were defeated.

Lu Chen was slightly taken aback, a cold smile flashing across his lips.

The next moment, he stopped testing and suddenly accelerated!
Charge toward the entrance to the secret realm!

“Bang bang bang bang—!”

Along the way, any musical weapons that stood in his way were smashed to dust and could not stop him in the slightest!

In the blink of an eye, they broke through the Qian Tian Musical Array, which had rendered even the Five Plague Envoys helpless.

In one leap, he arrived in front of that towering tree!

"I'm going to...cook it!!!"

Behind them, the group led by Wang Yiming stood there stunned for several seconds before erupting in a deafening shout and uproar!
"It really broke! Awesome! Bro, you're amazing!!!" Wang Yiming was so excited that he danced around.

Lord Huang could no longer contain his elation and burst into laughter: "It's broken! This S-level secret realm is truly about to be broken!"

The breaking of this formation would be a tremendous political achievement for him, and he would naturally be happy to see it happen.

The other family heads had complex expressions, a mixture of admiration, jealousy, and disbelief.

At that moment, Lu Chen raised his hand and plucked a vermilion fruit from the branch of the towering tree.

He stared at the vermilion fruit for a second.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes—

"Bang bang!" A mouthful.

He bit down hard!

　A lengthy chapter of four thousand words is presented.
　　
　
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