Soul Town: Claiming the throne? You've asked my Tian Ce Army, haven't you?

"What we do in the underworld is none of your business!"

Lu Weijun crossed his arms and said, "But you, at such a young age, have already entered the second realm of immortality, and are even the host of Emperor Yan. Why would you collude with the Tang Sect?"

Jiang Ciyou frowned slightly and said coldly, "What I do is none of your business..."

"Wow, this little girl has quite a personality!"

Wang Shengan was still trying to stop them, "Eighth Uncle, Ninth Uncle, why don't we go back? These guys can't cause any trouble, there's no need..."

"Saint Ann, have you taken the wrong medicine?"

Lu Shangyu was a little puzzled. "Have you forgotten what I taught you? When you do something, either don't do it at all, or do it thoroughly, nip it in the bud, and prevent future troubles!"

He pointed at Jiang Ciyou across from him, "You've seen that girl's talent too. Her future achievements will definitely surpass ours!"

"If we don't nip it in the bud now, are we going to wait for her to settle scores later? You need to learn this from your father, otherwise how will you inherit the Underworld?"

"Can……"

Wang Shengan wanted to say something, but Lu Weijun behind him slapped him unconscious. "This kid is too emotional. Let him sleep for a while!"

He snapped his fingers, and several chains of hell instantly flew out from the ground behind him, binding Tang Wunian and Lin Haiyuan tightly.

“You originally had a chance to leave, but I didn’t expect you to actually come back to us like this…”

As he spoke, the King of Equality behind Lu Shangyu suddenly revealed his murderous aura, "No matter what, I admire your courage and will leave you with a whole corpse!"

This is difficult...

Shi Mo's expression turned serious. These two had clearly set their sights on Jiang Yatou. It seemed that a fight was inevitable!

"I'm with you!"

Li Moxuan, whose face was slightly pale, suddenly stepped forward, which surprised Lu Weijun and Lu Shangyu.

Why would a depleted sixth-realm Creator God be bothering in a battle between immortals?

"Kid, you'd better go take a break!"

Shi Mo reached out and stopped Li Moxuan, whispering, "That's not how you use courage. Jiang Yatou and I will hold them off for a while, and you find a chance to rescue them!"

He hesitated for a moment, "If all else fails, we can find a chance to capture Wang Shengan and use him to blackmail these two. That way, we can all get away unscathed..."

Although he felt it was a bit excessive, Shi Mo knew it was the only way to both save people and escape unscathed...

"Yup!"

Jiang Ciyou agreed, "Although I'm not good at fighting, I can still hold someone off!"

Li Moxuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded. In his current state, going into a fight would only cause trouble and wouldn't help. He could only take advantage of their inattention to find an opportunity to capture Wang Shengan...

The battle is about to begin...

"Judgment Locks the Soul!"

Several soul-hooking chains flew out from behind King Pingdeng and attacked Cangjie, Shi Mo's guardian deity. Ancient seal characters flew around Cangjie's body, and the Nine-Character Imperial Realm firmly resisted King Pingdeng's soul-hooking chains.

The aftershocks of the collision between the Soul-Hooking Lock and the Text Array swept across the entire area. Shi Mo was thrown off balance by the force of the impact, but he still held the brush firmly and used the divine power of the brush tip to draw the seal script character "护" (protect).

With a flick of his wrist, a thin barrier of divine power was sent towards Jiang Ciyou, instantly blocking the aftershock of a yin energy wave that Lu Weijun had swept towards her.

"You still have time to care about her?"

Lu Shangyu suddenly attacked Shi Mo and slammed his mace down on him. Shi Mo dodged to the side, but was struck in the waist by another mace and knocked back. Blood instantly soaked his clothes.

On the other side, Jiang Ciyou was also in a bad situation. Lu Weijun's purpose was very clear: to have the City King hold off the Yan Emperor while he went to take Jiang Ciyou's life.

Shi Mo just blocked a blow for her, giving her a chance to retaliate...

Jiang Ciyou gritted her teeth, flicked her wrist and swung the Hundred Herbs Whip, the whip wrapped in sacred fire, and flung it out through the gaps in the spirit vines.

The whip struck Lu Weijun's wrist, which was gripping the hot staff, with precision, forcing him to retract his attack and defend.

He slammed his fiery staff into the ground, causing the Netherworld Poison Fire to explode and crack the ground with Netherworld fissures. Jiang Ciyou retreated at lightning speed.

She coiled the tip of the Hundred Herbs Whip around the tree trunk, using the force to leap into the air and avoid the poisonous fire. At the same time, the whip spun around and lashed out at Lu Weijun.

Just when he thought he would have a chance to catch his breath, Lu Weijun grabbed the whip that Jiang Ciyou was lashing out with his bare hands, and then pulled her over with all his might.

With his other hand, he gripped the Staff of Anger, divine power gathering on it, and all the punishment runes on the staff lit up, converging into a dark, poisonous light that pierced through heaven and earth.

This is Lu Weijun's ultimate move—the Burning Hell Annihilation Slash. If this move hits a Deity cultivator like Jiang Ciyou, who is two minor realms lower than him, he would be severely injured even if he didn't die...

Realizing the situation was not right, Emperor Yan disregarded everything and turned back to defend, wanting to block the attack for Jiang Ciyou, but how could the City King let him have his way?

The Yin Sha chains pierced through the sacred fire, firmly blocking the Flame Emperor's advance, while simultaneously summoning countless ghosts to surge towards him, making it impossible for him to move an inch.

At this critical moment, Lu Weijun caught a glimpse of Li Moxuan, who was wielding the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and rushing towards the unconscious Wang Shengan.

Oh no, this kid wants to kill Saint Ann!

Lu Weijun always remembered the primary objective of this trip; everything else was secondary. If something happened to Sheng'an, he wouldn't be able to explain it back to the prefect...

He immediately turned the direction of the Heat-Induced Staff around and slashed the Heat-Induced Hell-Destroying Slash directly towards Li Moxuan, intending to kill this kid first!

It's over, there's no escaping it...

Li Moxuan wanted to use the power of the Void Divine Pearl to freeze time and space to evade, but the divine power in his body was not enough to use this move.

He could only hold the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword in front of him, trying to block with the blade. "Emperor Taizong, stop watching the show, you're going to die!"

Li Moxuan received no response. The Netherworld Poison Light of the Hellfire Slash struck his chest with a deafening roar, and he flew out like a kite with a broken string.

Blood flowed along his path, as endless Yin energy and poisonous fire madly devoured his body and the remaining divine power within him...

"Cough cough, I shouldn't have... trusted you..."

Li Moxuan spat out a mouthful of blood, his consciousness instantly plunging into an abyss. Blood continued to gush from the wound in his chest, and his breath gradually weakened.

"Lingyan!!"

Jiang Ciyou withdrew her whip, kicked Lu Weijun aside, and rushed to Li Moxuan to check on his injuries...

Lu Weijun did not pursue, feeling somewhat puzzled. This kid was just a sixth-level Creation Realm Deity, and he was in a weakened state.

I am a god of immortality in the fourth realm, yet he did not die immediately after taking my full-force attack. Who exactly is this guy's guardian deity?

Not only him, but even Jiang Ciyou was very confused. Li Moxuan's guardian deity was the Ziwei Emperor. How easy would it be for someone like him to find a suitable host?

How can we just let this go? What exactly is he planning to do?

Chapter 369: Ascending to the Golden Palace, Descending to Fengdu

"Lord Ling Yan?"

Lin Haiyuan was stunned by what he saw. Lady Lingyan wouldn't just...

"Hey kid, are you alright?"

Shi Mo clutched his chest and backed away. Damn it, it seemed the kidnapping wasn't going to work...

"No, his health is too bad..."

Sensing that Li Moxuan's aura was becoming weaker and weaker, Jiang Ciyou frowned deeply. The Yin Sha power and poisonous fire within his body were frantically ravaging him.

We need to get him treated quickly, or it might be too late...

However, Lu Weijun on the other side did not want to give them a chance. His pupils glowed with a dark blue light, and he chanted the Netherworld Summoning Incantation exclusive to the Eighth Hall.

"Using the divine covenant as a guide, we beseech the Eighth Hall's gateway to open, and the Yin soldiers and ghost generals of the Eighth Hall to descend upon the world!"

Before the words were finished, the ground suddenly cracked open, and a dark hole covered with the patterns of the Eighth Hell slowly opened, spewing out rolling waves of black evil energy.

From within the black hole, the Eighth Palace's Yin Soldiers, clad in dark armor, stepped out. Each of them had a stern face and held a long spear made of Nether Iron. They formed a strict and orderly formation.

As the formation of the Eight Palaces' Yin Soldiers was initially completed, the void shone brightly with a great light. The oppressive aura of the City King, who held the power of life and death in the Eighth Palace, spread out with a thunderous roar, and he sat behind the Yin Soldiers.

The ghostly soldiers raised their spears and roared, their murderous aura soaring to the sky. They pressed in from all directions like a tidal wave, their military formation encircling Li Moxuan, Jiang Ciyou, and Shi Mo in the center.

"Brother, isn't this a bit unnecessary?"

Lu Shangyu was a little surprised, "Do we need to summon ghost soldiers to deal with them?"

"It's too much of a waste of time to keep going like this. We need to finish the mission quickly, or things will get complicated if Saint Anne wakes up..."

"Go, go, go!"

Lu Shangyu picked up the Blazing Fire Maces and stepped forward, "However, I won't summon my Nine Palaces Yin Soldiers..."

Looking at the menacing ghostly soldiers around him, Jiang Ciyou gritted her teeth. It seemed she had no choice but to use the Human Emperor's Decree given to her by the Yellow Emperor. She hadn't expected to have to use it so soon...

Just as she was about to use the Human Emperor's Decree, the world suddenly darkened, and the vast sea of ​​clouds was instantly swallowed up by the dark, ink-like Yin energy of the Nine Netherworlds. The sun disappeared, and the sun and moon lost their color.

A sudden gust of wind arose, the eerie wind swirling and howling with the shattered mist of the underworld. The ground cracked open with spiderweb-like black ravines, and wisps of chilling air from the underworld rose from the earth, carrying the deathly coldness of the other shore of rebirth.

"What... is going on?"

Jiang Ciyou was stunned for a moment. Had the Underworld sent people again? Was it really necessary?

Lu Shangyu was also stunned. "Brother, did the Underworld send other people over? Such a big fuss..."

"wrong……"

Lu Weijun stared intently at Li Moxuan, who was being held in Jiang Ciyou's arms. "This aura is coming from that kid. His guardian deity seems to be a god from the underworld!"

"And his status is not low..."

Jiang Ciyou realized that Li Moxuan's guardian deity was about to appear, but this aura didn't seem like that of the Ziwei Emperor; rather, it seemed like...

Behind Li Moxuan, a huge dark purple yin-yang rift slowly tore open in the void. Within the rift, the mist of the River of Oblivion surged, and the runes of rebirth floated and flickered.

An ancient and majestic figure slowly emerged from the rift in the netherworld.

He wore a dark black and gold imperial robe that flowed like clouds, with reincarnation patterns and the Nine Netherworld Soul-Suppressing Seal covering the hem. The purple-gold imperial patterns shone with golden light in the black mist.

He wore a nine-beam Netherworld Emperor's Crown, with pearl tassels hanging lightly. His brows and eyes were like an ancient abyss, solemn and without sorrow or joy. Black and white yin and yang energies swirled and flowed around his body.

He commands the Nine Netherworlds, governs the Ten Kings of Hell, holds the Book of Life and Death, establishes the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and suppresses all ghosts and evil spirits in the world. This is the Great Emperor of Fengdu!

King Pingdeng and King Dushi were both stunned to see that their superior was actually this kid's guardian deity? Why didn't anyone notify them?

Even the ghostly soldiers of the Eighth Hall were bewildered? What's going on? Is the Hall Master about to rebel? Have they... become rebels?

The surrounding air instantly fell silent. King Pingdeng and King Dushi exchanged bewildered glances. They still wanted to stay in the underworld! Naturally, they weren't about to court death...

"King of Equality, who is this guy's guardian deity?"