Great Demon Sun Wukong

The Flame God's quite dashing leap genuinely startled Rogue Heart Sword Hero. Although he was aware of Flame God's familiarity with fire due to his innate attribute, he never imagined Flame God would leap into the fiery pit like a man seeking death. The terrifying flames within that pit made Rogue Heart Sword Hero very wary, yet Flame God jumped straight in.

However, after the initial worry, recalling Flame God's previous actions and his words, Rogue Heart Sword Hero became reassured. Flame God may seem reckless, but he's certainly not foolish. He wouldn't have jumped into the flames without reason. Knowing the flames' terror and still choosing to dive in, he must have his own plan and confidence. Moreover, with Flame God already in there, there was nothing he could do. Whether Flame God would die, he didn't know; but if he went down, his own death was certain.

The squad leaders were also stunned to see Flame God jump directly into the flames, but they quickly shifted their attention back to Rogue Heart Sword Hero, who was still fighting. Four squad leaders swiftly led a group of Underworld God Army soldiers towards the four directions of the cave. They had been fortifying this cave for hundreds of thousands of years, so their defense and enemy repelling measures were quite comprehensive. However, apart from the occasional ferocious beast that accidentally fell in, they hadn't faced any foreign invaders, so aside from the layer of magma above, the other defense measures had not been activated.

To the Underworld God Army, the Spirit Stones that could directly provide pure Spiritual Power were exceedingly precious. They only resorted to using Spirit Stones for recovery when their own accumulated Spiritual Power was insufficient for the chains' absorption. Such valuable items—they could hardly bear to use them to maintain the Defensive Arrays. Hence, those arrays had only been activated once since their construction, which was to test their effectiveness.

The amount of Spirit Stones consumed that one time had pained the squad leaders for a long while. Now, with the Underworld Venerate's physical body stolen, they could no longer afford to economize. Nearly simultaneously, the four squad leaders activated the arrays in all four directions of the cave, and instantly, the entire cave was completely enveloped by three layers of Light Barriers. Above the three layers of barriers, a hundred-meter-tall humanoid apparition appeared, bearing the likeness of the Underworld Venerate.

The three Light Barriers were black on the inside, yellow in the middle, and red on the outside. Depending on the need, the light emitted by these barriers of different colors could switch positions. Now, their main priority was to prevent the thief who stole the Underworld Venerate's physical body from escaping, which is why they placed the defensive black Light Barrier on the innermost layer, to stop the perpetrator from fleeing. The squad leaders' responses and actions were extremely rapid, and they reacted almost instantly.

Furthermore, Dao Zhun, after taking the Underworld Venerate's body into his Mystic Space, didn't leave the cave immediately due to Rogue Heart Sword Hero and Soul Devourer still entangled in combat. Feeling the emergence of the three Light Barriers and the apparition of the Underworld Venerate, a wry smile couldn't help but spread across Dao Zhun's lips. From his earlier clash with Qian Yuye and the three thousand Underworld God Army, he already knew the might of the three Light Barriers, especially the yellow one that could invoke the Underworld Venerate's dreadful heart, an attack Dao Zhun was very reluctant to face.

Yet, he was still concealed within space, and his mind raced as he pondered his next move. Now, Dao Zhun had three options. First, immediately bring Rogue Heart Sword Hero and Soul Devourer into his space, and since Flame God had said not to worry about him, Dao Zhun could only choose to trust him. Once he had the two of them back, he could rely on his space ability to forcefully break through the three layers of barriers and escape. This method was arguably the safest and most secure.

Second, reveal himself now and fight the Underworld God Army. He had observed that the Underworld God Army obeyed the squad leaders completely, so if he eliminated those seven individuals, the Underworld God Army would lose control. At that point, he could choose to take them into his space or utterly destroy them. However, this increased his own danger, as he was not at his peak strength, and he didn't know if the Underworld God Army had any aces up their sleeve.

Third, release the people from his space and combine their strength to destroy the entire cave. But by doing that, it would become difficult to gather everyone back into his space again. To take people into Dao Zhun's space, the basic condition was that the person wouldn't resist; of course, that wasn't absolute. Dao Zhun could use his power to suppress the opponent, preventing them from resisting, or take them in undetected. But with a precedent set, these people would certainly be on guard against him, plus Dao Zhun hadn't yet confirmed the spy's identity.

Moreover, if he chose to fight or destroy the Underworld God Army, Dao Zhun couldn't fathom the intentions of the Law Enforcers, as he lacked sufficient evidence to link the Underworld God Army's actions with those enforcers. Therefore, after weighing his options, Dao Zhun could only choose the first approach.

At this very moment, in front of the Genesis Palace, a group of people suddenly appeared, and the nine guardians of the palace noticed them right away. However, when they saw who the arrivals were, they breathed a sigh of relief. This group that had come unannounced was from the Netherworld World, led by one of the Five Battle Generals of the Netherworld World—Old Wang. Although at the beginning of the Patrolling Celestial World trial, Genesis Divine Nation had some unpleasantness with the Netherworld World, no further conflicts had escalated, and after the alliance of the five forces later on, the two sides even showed a trend of reconciliation.

Therefore, upon seeing that the people who'd come were from the Netherworld World, the nine guardians of the Genesis Palace were not overly vigilant. Still, they inquired carefully, and Old Wang told the one who appeared to be the leader that they had originally been stationed at the Netherworld Palace. Still, they had suddenly received orders that a squad of four to five hundred from the Underworld God Army was heading towards Genesis Palace, seemingly planning to launch a night attack under the cover of darkness.

Old Wang and his people were concerned that the defense at Genesis Palace might be insufficient, so they came to assist. Moved by Old Wang's words, the guardians of Genesis Palace made arrangements, and everyone rested, but of course, rest was not really on their minds. However, that night no Underworld God Army appeared, everything was as usual, without any disturbances. It wasn't until dawn that no sign of the Underworld God Army had been seen. Just when the people of the Genesis Palace relaxed a bit, something unexpected happened.

The ten people from the Netherworld World, the very same ten who had just been laughing and talking with them, suddenly turned aggressive, catching them completely off guard. Two from the Netherworld World fell dead in an instant. The remaining seven were variously wounded. But before the seven could even react, Old Wang had already charged at them with the snow-white blade in his hand. The remaining nine people also exploded with their greatest combat power, rushing towards the seven.

In that moment, even a fool would understand what was happening. The Netherworld World had betrayed their alliance, intent on annihilating Genesis Divine Nation. Once they realized this, the seven were aflame with fury. Although there were only seven of them and all were injured, not a single one shied away, all roaring as they charged at the forces of the Netherworld World. Then a brutal battle erupted.

But soon the seven from Genesis Divine Nation were at a disadvantage. They were outnumbered from the start, and they had all been injured in the abrupt assault from the Netherworld World forces, so after their initial full-force explosion of power, they were clearly outmatched. At that moment, three from among them had a determined look in their eyes, following which they all simultaneously took out a chain from their chests and fastened it around themselves.

These three chains had been shown to everyone by Jue Luan at the Netherworld Palace alliance meeting. When the three men put them on, they showed pained expressions and then began to madly consume all kinds of elixirs to replenish their spiritual power. Despite the continuous consumption of elixirs, their actions did not stop, they all advanced, planning to withstand all of the Netherworld World's forces with just their strength.

As a result, the three were mortally wounded by the ten attackers and then killed one by one. While the three charged forward, the other four members of Genesis Divine Nation immediately retreated. As the three were killed by the ten from the Netherworld World, the four from Genesis simultaneously launched their own attacks, which merged into one and struck one member of the Netherworld World.

The man was directly killed by this powerful attack, which was a combination of full-force strikes from the four. After releasing this strike, the four immediately fled the scene. Just as Old Wang and the others were about to pursue, the three who were already dead beyond any doubt suddenly resurrected, each grabbing tightly onto the nearest Netherworld World foe. Then, the three exploded violently.

In an instant, three more from the Netherworld World perished in battle, reducing ten to six in a fleeting moment. The six survivors were affected by the blast wave from the self-explosion, sustaining injuries. However, since the self-exploding three from Genesis controlled all their explosive power to ensure the deaths of their enemies, the resulting shockwave was not very strong. Enjoy exclusive content from My Virtual Library Empire

This sight truly shocked Old Wang, but he quickly understood because he already knew about the mysterious chains' ability possessed by the Underworld God Army to grant their bearers the power of resurrection. So, with an extremely ugly expression, he ordered the remaining five not to bother with these three but to immediately enter Genesis Palace and kill the other four.

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