After bringing Chen Hao, who was in a state of selflessness, to the Twisted Forest in the Netherworld, King Nanlin carried him to the southern edge of the forest, before a purple lake.

In the jungle surrounding the lake, the moist cold of the Yin Qi mingled with miasma and spread. Because of Chen Hao's arrival, his skin and cells were continuously absorbing Yang Energy, causing even the scant Yang Energy from hundreds of miles around the Twisted Forest to converge towards this spot.

Without delay, King Nanlin laid Chen Hao down on the shore.

Then, he pulled out a knife with his right hand from within his robe, and made a cut across the palm of his left hand, which was as large as a beast's paw.

With a roar, blood surged out of his left palm, boiling.

After a sneer, King Nanlin extended his left hand toward Chen Hao's left eye.

The Nether King's Heart would not reject the blood on his left hand, so he would easily extract the Nether King's Heart from Chen Hao's left eye.

The moment the Nether King's Heart was removed, Chen Hao's physical body would immediately turn to ash.

As King Nanlin's finger touched Chen Hao's left eye, a flash of gold appeared, and a Sealing Talisman emerged!

This Sealing Talisman had been written by Chen Hao with a large amount of Yang Energy not long ago.

Suddenly, King Nanlin withdrew his hand, finding the Yang Energy on the talisman not only undiminished but also intense and scorching. He could feel his own Yin Soul being eroded by that sphere of Yang Energy.

After a pause, he injected a massive amount of ancient Yin Qi Spiritual Power into his left palm before reaching towards Chen Hao's left eye again.

As his left palm touched the seal again, the surrounding air trembled and shook.

The Yin Qi Spiritual Power in King Nanlin's left palm fiercely contested the Yang Energy on the gold seal on Chen Hao's left eye.

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Outside the Twisted Forest.

King Wumeng and the warriors of the Crow Tribe were hidden in the tall grass.

Two days earlier, they had tracked King Nanlin to this location by following the ancient and gloomy Yin Qi emanating from him. Fearing the mobile and man-eating trees within the Twisted Forest, they didn't dare enter.

King Wumeng knew clearly that it wasn't necessary for him to capture the prisoner who had been held under the gates of the Netherworld. He had come here with the warriors of the Crow Tribe only to provide an explanation to the Eight Great Clans: to show the Clan Leaders that they, the Dharma Kings, were indeed searching for the escaped prisoner.

What he needed to do for now was to keep an eye on King Nanlin and wait until more than twenty days later, when the Ghost King would leave his retreat.

For him and the other Dharma Kings, everything would become much easier after the Ghost King emerged from his seclusion.

However, not long ago.

While King Wumeng was casually drinking his wine, he suddenly felt the ancient and gloomy Yin Qi of King Nanlin disappear.

He was startled, for he hadn't sensed the direction in which the prisoner had fled.

Just as he was about to send men into the Twisted Forest to search for King Nanlin, he felt the ancient and gloomy Yin Qi once more.

Besides that, he sensed another strong presence—Chen Hao's Yang Energy.

Yet it never crossed King Wumeng's mind that King Nanlin would have captured Chen Hao and brought him to the Netherworld.

"What's going on?" King Wumeng frowned. In his memory, only immortals and demons from the mortal world or highly skilled Onmyoji could possess such intense Yang Energy.

As he pondered, he felt the energy within the Twisted Forest churn— the ancient and gloomy Yin Qi was colliding with the strong Yang Energy.

Furthermore, King Wumeng saw that the surrounding Yang Energy was all flowing towards the Twisted Forest.

In the Netherworld, Yang Energy is a rare gas, and King Wumeng had never seen such an abundance of it within the Netherworld.

"What in the world is going on?" King Wumeng grew more puzzled the more he thought about it.

After a short while.

With a "whoosh," a gust-like sound came from within the twisted forest. Soon after, King Wumeng saw the trees inside the twisted forest starting to fall outward.

An energy field exploded outward!

As the dispersed airflow rushed over him like a fierce wind, King Wumeng detected two scents within that stream of air.

These two scents were the Yin Qi from King Nanlin's body and the Yang Energy sealed within Chen Hao's left eye.

The Yang Energy seal on Chen Hao's left eye had been broken by King Nanlin.

King Wumeng's eyes widened in surprise, and he was very curious to know what exactly had happened within the twisted forest.

After a long moment.

Just as King Wumeng hesitated about whether to enter the twisted forest, suddenly, he felt another strong presence approaching from behind at high speed.

This presence was strange, neither Yin Qi nor Yang Energy.

King Wumeng looked back, only to see a black silhouette in the sky above the courtyard.

King Wumeng focused intently and saw that the black silhouette was actually a person. Judging by her slender figure, she seemed to be a woman. King Wumeng couldn't see her face, as she wore a white mask over her head.

This woman was from the Purgatory Fire Pool. Having learned that Chen Hao was captured by King Nanlin and brought here, she immediately rushed over without delay.

Her speed was incredibly fast, almost like a gust of wind. Apart from King Wumeng, the other warriors of the Crow Tribe couldn't see her silhouette but could feel the terrifying power emanating from her as she drew near.

In the blink of an eye, she was above the heads of King Wumeng and the Crow Tribe warriors.

Suddenly, she halted.

"Ah!" The warriors of the Crow Tribe were shocked to see her appear in the sky. Only King Wumeng managed to maintain a semblance of calm.

After exchanging a glance with King Wumeng, the woman directly blasted a massive orange flame below, instantly turning the grass where the Crow people were hiding into scorched earth.

The wails of the Crow Tribe warriors burned by the flames immediately filled the air.

These screams quickly drifted into the twisted forest, and in an instant, attracted the attention of the tree people within. A rustling noise ensued, accompanied by rising clouds of dust.

King Wumeng looked toward the twisted forest, only to see the trees uprooting themselves from the ground and advancing toward them.

King Wumeng's face darkened as he realized that the mysterious woman had lured the tree people to confront them intentionally.

At that moment, the woman turned into a shadow and charged into the twisted forest. Immediately, balls of intense fire descended from the sky like meteorites, striking down upon the twisted forest.

Instantly, the twisted forest was ablaze with fire.

Tree roots and vines shot up into the air like thousands of hands trying to stop the woman from advancing deeper into the forest, but they were all turned to ash by the flames she emitted.

"Warriors, draw your knives!" King Wumeng shouted loudly at that moment, "Today we shall level the twisted forest to the ground!"

A battle cry resounded!

Suddenly, countless pairs of crimson eyes appeared from the underbrush, and the blood of the Crow Tribe warriors boiled. They then charged towards the twisted forest wielding the unique curved sabers of the Crow people.

As for King Wumeng...

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