The chaos at Holy Mountain was nearing its end; assassins from Tingxue Tower and the rebels combined couldn't handle Sisi at all. The rebels either died or surrendered, and the assassins from Tingxue Tower had begun to flee.

When Sisi chased away the last assassin without any interest in lingering combat, she was about to lead her group to assist Zhao Changhe when Yin Kui suddenly arrived.

Fortunately, Sisi was outside the temple, and since Yin Kui was being hotly pursued by Zhao Changhe and his wife, he had no intention to make extraneous moves and went straight for... the coffin holding Ye Wuzong.

To hell with controlling any axe; controlling the owner of the axe directly seemed much more luxurious. Corpse Puppets could help fight against Zhao Yue, control the axe, and whoever could control corpses was indeed incredibly lavish.

The moment Yin Kui's energy entered the coffin, his heart skipped a beat and before he could even curse in his mind, the coffin cracked open, and a pair of withered hands pressed viciously against his chest!

Ye Wuzong was not dead at all! He could actually play dead in the coffin so motionlessly for so long, allowing the Holy Temple to fall into chaos, the Divine Axe nearly changing hands, his apprentice struggling, and yet maintaining a Turtle Breath posture and playing dead! Who could have expected this?

Moreover, this was a competitor well-known for speed on the Heavenly List. To suddenly attack from such close range was not a joke. Even with Yin Kui's speed, he could barely dodge, taking a hit to his ribs instead of his heart, and there behind him Zhao Changhe's knife and Yue Hongling's sword arrived simultaneously.

No longer in the mood to fight, Yin Kui fled from the temple's exit.

This battle was hard to describe; trapped by Lie, ambushed by Yue Hongling, fooled by Ye Wuzong... Few throughout history could afford such an extravagant lineup, surviving first before speaking of other things...

Behind him, Zhao Changhe drew the bow and aimed at Yin Kui's heart, his eyes ice-cold.

Although you're stronger than the previous ones... with such a luxurious lineup, if you escape like the others, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the ancestors, to Hongling, to the Thief Saint?

This was no ordinary arrow; it was the one that had killed the Sea Emperor, with a natural god-killing trait. Just resting on the bow, it made Ye Wuzong's scalp tingle: "What is this?"

Sisi turned her head and snapped her fingers sharply.

In the direction Yin Kui was fleeing, a bug suddenly burst open, and space froze with ice.

Ice Silkworm Gu!

As the ice frost restricted him, the Dragon Soul Arrow streaked through the sky like a shooting star, straight for the back of Yin Kui's head.

He felt the crisis, instinctively trying to dodge, but burdened by his severe injuries and temporarily restrained by the frost, he couldn't fully avoid it.

The Dragon Soul Arrow grazed his scalp, inflicting a flesh wound.

And that was enough!

Yin Kui screamed in agony and fell from midair, asking: "What is this!"

That arrow from Zhao Changhe also drained his last essence, making it extremely difficult for him to say: "I don't know if you're qualified to call yourself the Netherworld Emperor, but if you are, this arrow is very prestigious; first killing the Sea Emperor, then executing the Netherworld Emperor."

Without waiting for Yin Kui to respond, Zhao Changhe turned to look toward the direction of the cemetery; the feeling of an earthquake was still there.

He was anxious: "If this man's soul fire has been extinguished, why hasn't the magic stopped?"

Yin Kui laughed: "The magic that has been initiated does not cease with a person's death; you will all accompany me in death."

"Is that so?" Zhao Changhe suddenly turned to ask Ye Wuzong, "Thief Saint, can you still command the Divine Axe?"

Ye Wuzong's condition was also very bad. He was already in a weakened state and had taken a frontal blast from Yin Kui, now left with barely a breath. Hearing Zhao Changhe's question, he could only shake his head: "I can't control it. If you are willing, I can remove the brand and let you take over."

Zhao Changhe took a deep breath and grasped the Longevity Heaven God Axe: "Then I'll do it..."

Yue Hongling and Sisi exclaimed in unison: "You're also seriously injured!"

Ye Wuzong also said: "You understand thunder, huh!"

But it was too late, Zhao Changhe pulled out the Divine Axe, and electricity instantly flashed across his body. He groaned in pain and raised the axe again: "Thanks to the Thief Saint for removing the brand... Control isn't too difficult."

Ye Wuzong: "?"

Control isn't difficult? Why have I been bedridden for so long? And why did those stupid birds get electrocuted just now?

But what he didn't realize was that Zhao Changhe, who seemed clueless about thunder, had already comprehended it through the Heavenly Book's Natural Page; he just didn't use it because there was no corresponding Cultivation Technique. Additionally, thunder belongs to wood, and this element was present in the Eastern Extreme Dao Fruit that Xia Chichi had fully accepted. After Dual Cultivating many times with Xia Chichi, he naturally also had an affinity with the wood element.

An affinity is one thing, but controlling it is still not easy.

Zhao Changhe couldn't control it in that moment, nor did he need to... He just needed to make sure he could execute this one strike, triggering the inherent power of the Divine Axe!

By then, Yin Kui's soul fire had been extinguished; he had completely died. The last image he saw before his death was Zhao Changhe soaring into the air, furiously slashing at the Void with the Divine Axe, godlike and demonic.

"Boom!"

The heavens roared with thunder, and Divine Thunder illuminated, spreading throughout the Spirit Clan's space.

The Yin Corpse Qi was instantly swept away by the might of the Divine Thunder, not even leaving a breath behind.

Most crucially... the faint tremors beneath the ground, hinting at an even more horrifying twist, were all severed under this one strike.

If the earth was personified... if the Divine Axe could open the heavens.

Then when the Divine Axe slashed down, and heaven and earth were judged, the earth naturally remained as unmoving as before!

Yin Kui watched the figure in the Void wielding the axe, and the hope in his eyes turned to despair, dimming until there was no light left.

All the Spirit Clan members knelt and prayed, everywhere from the cemetery to the Holy Temple, a sea of bowed heads, not daring to lift them.

Yue Hongling and Sisi looked up, stars in their eyes, too embarrassed to express themselves.

"Thud!" The awe-inspiring Zhao Changhe fell from the sky, and Yue Hongling leaped to catch him, then turned to instruct: "Sisi, help... uh?"

As Zhao Changhe passed out, Sisi fainted too.

Turning to look again, Ye Wuzong had also fainted.

Yue Hongling looked at the sprawling Spirit Clan members and felt like she, as the female Saint Envoy, was the only one left in charge.

"This stronghold keeps getting bigger day by day..."

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