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

The remaining six generals charged ahead to clear the way, while Li Jing and Li Ji stayed by Li Moxuan's side to prevent any sneak attacks.

"Brother Moxuan, are they all your guardian angels?"

Startled by what he saw, Su Xuanwei came to his senses and asked in disbelief.

"That's right!"

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Su Xuan swallowed hard. She knew that Li Moxuan could summon multiple guardian deities, but she hadn't expected there to be so many! And each of these guardian deities was quite powerful.

Although his elder brother's guardian deity is the Yellow Emperor, facing nine powerful guardian deities at the same time would probably be quite troublesome, wouldn't it?

Moreover, his elder brother's power is no match for that of Mo Xuan now...

Su Xuanwei took a deep breath. No, he absolutely couldn't fight. He had to persuade his brother when they got back that Mo Xuan had saved him and their mother, and there was no need to fight!

Meanwhile, at the Emperor's Palace.

What do you mean by this?

Bai Yucun gripped his katana in one hand, watching warily as Ji Haoxuan, Jiang Mingxuan, and Yao Xiaolin slowly approached, along with the Human Emperor Palace soldiers who surrounded him.

He stared at Ji Haoxuan and warned, "Ji Haoxuan, your sister is in our hands. Aren't you afraid something might happen to her?"

Ji Haoxuan's face immediately turned cold. "What you should be worried about is whether you'll die a quick and painless death!"

He was about to make a move when Jiang Mingxuan stopped him, "I'll do it, I'll do it. I haven't had anyone to practice with since the Lord of War regained his strength!"

"Now that we finally have a ready-made sandbag, don't try to take it from me!"

Seeing Jiang Mingxuan slowly approaching carrying the Absolute Fiend Sword, Bai Yucun breathed a slight sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was only a one-on-one duel...

Why would Ji Haoxuan dare to attack me? Wasn't he supposed to care most about his family? Could the intelligence be false?

Chapter 484: You dare to judge me?

The Way of Hades.

This is an ancient road carved through the mountainside, lined with black stone pillars inscribed with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, and neatly arranged sealed mummy coffins at the base of the walls.

A grayish-yellow mist lingers year-round, and deathly energy swirls around the road, carrying fine sand that rustles underfoot.

Lei Pao, carrying a giant cannon on his shoulder, stepped into the path. His footsteps on the yellow sand sparked with each step. He had only gone a hundred steps when the lids of the coffins on both sides suddenly exploded.

The mummy warrior, wrapped in linen, roared as he leaped from the coffin, his eyes burning with eerie green flames, and his hand gripping a rusty bronze scimitar.

At the same time, the yellow sand underfoot surged, and countless withered skeletons broke out of the ground. Their bone claws were a deathly gray color, and they surrounded the ancient road from all sides, instantly blocking it completely.

"Ha, they start with this welcoming ceremony?"

Lei Pao scoffed, his feet rooted to the spot, not even positioning the cannon barrel properly.

Just as the mummy's scimitar in the front row was about to strike his face, he casually raised his hand, and several blue-purple arcs of electricity shot out from his fingertips.

"Crackling sound—"

The electric arc spread along the ground, exploding the moment it hit the undead. The mummies in the front row were instantly electrocuted and stiffened, while the linen figure collapsed, emitting black smoke.

But the undead behind showed no fear, stepping over the remains of their kind and continuing to surge forward, their numbers growing ever larger.

"An endless rotten coffin lid!"

Lei Pao was getting impatient. He turned the cannon barrel he was carrying around his shoulder around and aimed the muzzle at the surging tide of undead.

The lightning at the cannon's muzzle surged rapidly, and the golden ball of lightning grew larger and larger, even causing the surrounding dark mist to crackle with electricity.

"Sky Piercing Explosion!"

A buzzing sound echoed through the ancient road as a giant ball of lightning, carrying destructive force, hurtled forward.

Wherever it passed, mummies and skeletons were instantly blasted into dust, with charred fragments mixed with yellow sand flying everywhere.

The ball of lightning swept through, clearing a straight path through the horde of undead blocking the way. It slammed into the stone wall at the end with a deafening roar, causing the entire ancient road to tremble slightly.

With one shot, half of the undead were reduced to ashes.

Lei Pao, carrying the cannon barrel, stood in the middle of the scorched passage, looked up into the depths of the ancient road, and said, "Will you come out on your own, or should I drag you out?"

As the words fell, a figure in black robes slowly stood up on the judgment stone platform at the end of the ancient road. Dori was dressed in a black robe with deep gold trim, and held a short staff of Nether Steel in his left hand.

He stood atop the high platform, not stepping down, looking down at Lei Pao below, "Who are you?"

"Your grandfather!"

"presumptuous!"

Dori's face turned cold, and he slammed his short staff heavily against the edge of the stone platform, causing a burst of green light to shine behind him.

Osiris, the guardian god, slowly emerged from the black mist. He wore a crown adorned with feathers, held a hooked scepter in his left hand, and a flail in his right. His body was surrounded by the deathly aura of the gray-yellow underworld.

"Oh? Finally, someone decent has come up."

Lei Pao grinned, casually raised his left hand, and a blinding golden light shot into the sky behind him. The Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable in battle intent form appeared in response, standing in front of him in mid-air.

The Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation and Responding to the Origin of Thunder was surrounded by lightning, his eyes were like lightning, and lightning could be emitted with the raising of his hand. The majestic power of the Thunder God forced the Netherworld Mist to retreat several feet.

Despite the fact that the opponent was a lightning-type god who countered him, Osiris indifferently raised his hand and gently tapped the flail in mid-air. The remaining undead instantly surged in attack, roaring as they pounced again.

At the same time, he pointed his hooked scepter forward, and several dark green Netherworld blades of energy materialized out of thin air, carrying a death curse that corroded spiritual power, and slashed at the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation of Thunder and Lightning in the Nine Heavens.

Dori on the high platform also made a move, pointing his short staff downwards, the scarab beetle on the staff tip glowing with an eerie light.

Three jet-black, bone-piercing spears shot out from the sky with the speed of arrows, heading straight for Lei Pao. The spear tips were coated with highly poisonous Netherworld energy, which would cause immediate decay upon contact.

"You dare to show off your dirty tricks?"

Lei Pao scoffed and fired a barrage of shots from the cannon on his shoulder. Two small Skybursts blasted out and collided head-on with the Netherbone Spear. With a deafening roar, the spear was instantly shredded to pieces.

Before the cannon fire had even subsided, he flicked his wrist, and the cannon barrel swept towards the oncoming tide of undead. A dense net of lightning spread out along the cannon barrel, scorching anything it touched, and turning the surging mummies into ashes in swathes.

In mid-air, the long-range exchange of fire between the Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable and Osiris had already begun.

With a flick of his fingertips, the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Thunderclap of the Nine Heavens unleashed several Thunder-Sealing Spears, the sound of lightning piercing the air never ceasing.

Osiris swung his hook and flail, and the death energy of the underworld condensed into a shield in front of him. The lightning spear struck it and exploded, sending fragments of the underworld flying. The shield instantly cracked with several fine lines.

Osiris frowned slightly, his flail drawing an arc in the air, and the sands of the underworld transformed into fine, hair-like needles that rained down on Lei Zu.

The Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable's body exploded with lightning, forming a spherical lightning shield. The Nether Sand Curse Needle struck the lightning shield with a hissing sound and was instantly evaporated by the power of lightning.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Thunder and Lightning condensed lightning again in his palm, and a thick pillar of lightning struck Osiris's face.

Osiris blocked with his scepter, and the lightning bolt struck the scepter, exploding with green and gold light. The stone platform beneath his feet instantly cracked with spiderweb-like patterns, and his body swayed slightly.

Dori frowned, swung his short staff again, and another giant rock from the underworld crashed down from nowhere. The Thunder Cannon shattered the rock with a single shot, sending fragments flying everywhere.

Unable to break through after a prolonged attack, Dori's eyes turned completely cold. He and Osiris were of one mind and simultaneously formed hand seals, their divine and human auras completely intertwined.

"Osiris, begin the judgment!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge scale rune appeared on the ground of the ancient road, and gray-yellow mist gathered wildly, condensing into an illusory hall of judgment.

The invisible power of judgment simultaneously enveloped both Lei Pao and Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun, which was Osiris's ultimate move—the Heart of Weighing.

He wanted to pull the souls of Lei Pao and Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun out of his body and weigh them on a scale with the Feather of Truth.

Once their hearts are burdened with guilt, they will be judged guilty, and the power of the underworld will directly devour their souls.

As the domain expanded, Osiris raised his flail high, and the sands of the underworld transformed into towering waves of sand, rolling down with the power of curses.

Dori also activated his short staff with all his might, and countless rays of Netherfire shot out from the sand waves, densely blocking all of Lei Pao's evasive angles.

"You're so mysterious and annoying! Who do you think you are to judge me?"

Lei Pao felt his soul sink, then laughed angrily. Instead of retreating, he slammed the cannon barrel into the ground and placed his hands on the cannon body.

He poured all his divine power into it without reservation, and the lightning at the muzzle of the cannon gathered and became brighter and brighter, the purple-gold light so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes.

"Boom! Levor!"

A colossal lightning shockwave erupted from the cannon's muzzle, sweeping forward along the ancient path. The pure, powerful lightning collided head-on with the sandstorm, instantly evaporating most of it.

Chapter 485: The Might of the Nine Li Soldiers

At the same time, the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation and Responding to the Origin of Thunder raised his hands high, and thunderclouds gathered in the dome.

"Eight Directions Cloud Thunder!"

Dark clouds spread across the sky, and countless bolts of lightning struck down, shaking the entire trial area to its breaking point.

"Break!" Lei Pao roared, and the power of the lightning surged even higher.

boom--

The scale runes shattered instantly, the weighing power vanished, and the thunderous waves surged straight in, crashing directly onto the high platform.

Osiris hurriedly channeled all his Netherworld power to form a giant shield, which he used to withstand the attack.

After the loud bang, most of the edge of the platform crumbled, Osiris's aura weakened, and divine blood dripped down his scepter.

Dori was also shaken so badly that his blood and qi surged, and black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, but he still stood on the broken platform without taking a single step back.

Taking advantage of the momentum, the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation and Thunder of the Nine Heavens pressed forward, unleashing several Thunder-Sealing Spears that aimed directly at Osiris's vital points.

Osiris swung his scepter to block, but a spear grazed his shoulder, leaving him charred black from the lightning.

"Is that all you've got?"

Lei Pao, carrying the cannon barrel, sneered, "Hiding up there won't do you any good. I'll still blast you to smithereens!"

Dori knew that if he dragged this out any longer, he would surely lose. A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. He decided to risk it all. He closed his eyes, floated up, and became one with Osiris.

"The gates of the underworld—open!"

Osiris issued a deep oracle, raising his hook and flail high in a cross shape.

The stone wall at the end of the ancient road suddenly cracked open, and a giant bronze door covered with skeletal patterns slowly rose up. Behind the door was an endless abyss of the underworld, from which endless death and the howls of the dead surged forth.

The pitch-black waters of the Styx River, carrying countless vengeful spirits, transformed into towering waves, bearing a curse that corrodes the soul, and surged overwhelmingly towards the Thunder Cannon and the Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable below.

"Ultimate Judgment: Styx Devours Gods!"

This is the ultimate move by Osiris and Dorius, a fusion of god and man, using the power of the entire underworld to remotely devour the opponent, annihilating both body and soul.

"Oh? Finally, you're going to show us something real?"