"I'm scared, but also very excited. Although I'm still far behind in strength, I will work hard to surpass him."

Looking at Chen Hao, filled with fighting spirit, Ye Yuqiao revealed a slightly shy smile and then nodded, saying, "Boyfriend, I believe you can do it soon."

After speaking, Ye Yuqiao got up from Chen Hao's legs, her gaze following the direction of the river downstream, and said, "Let's go find Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng, so they won't worry about me."

Chen Hao nodded and slowly stood up. He had been carrying Ye Yuqiao on his legs for nearly two hours, and both his legs were almost numb.

After he took three steps forward, Ye Yuqiao suddenly ran behind him and leapt onto his back, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck.

His legs, numb, caught him off guard, and he almost couldn't support himself, his body tilting backwards.

"Boyfriend!" Ye Yuqiao exclaimed, realizing that Chen Hao couldn't hold them up and was about to fall backward.

"Ah!"

With Ye Yuqiao's scream, the two fell to the ground.

"Yuqiao, are you okay?" Chen Hao quickly asked, turning over.

"Boyfriend, you need to lose weight, you almost squashed me into a pancake!" Ye Yuqiao pouted and complained, with a face full of grievance.

Chen Hao gave a wry smile, thinking to himself that he was actually on the thin side. He reached out to pinch Ye Yuqiao's slightly reddened cheek, gently scolding, "You're getting naughtier by the day, not even telling me before jumping on me like that, do you think you're a monkey?"

"You're the real monkey!" Ye Yuqiao made a face at Chen Hao, "Humph! Useless boyfriend, you can't even hold me, how can I count on you to protect me in the future?"

Chen Hao smiled without responding, instead, he just quietly looked at Ye Yuqiao.

"Why aren't you saying anything?"

"I'm admiring a beauty," Chen Hao explained, "From this angle, you really are quite beautiful."

Ye Yuqiao humphed softly, retorting, "I, the young lady, look the same from any angle."

"But only I, Chen Hao, can admire you from such a close distance, I am your boyfriend after all." Chen Hao said with pride, "Thinking about it, I feel quite lucky."

Suddenly, Ye Yuqiao's face was flushed with red.

"Haha!" Chen Hao laughed loudly, "I just love watching you blush."

"You...you're annoying!" Ye Yuqiao glared at Chen Hao, "Alright, enough playing around, carry your queen and let's go find Tang Jing and Xiao Feng."

Chen Hao nodded, then carried Ye Yuqiao and displayed his qinggong to go find Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng.

A quarter of an hour later.

Chen Hao was carrying Ye Yuqiao, swiftly moving through the forest.

"There!" Ye Yuqiao suddenly pointed with her left hand towards the forest not far ahead, "Tang Jing and Xiao Feng are right there."

Chen Hao "Hmm"ed, and in the blink of an eye, he carried Ye Yuqiao to Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing's presence.

Seeing Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao, Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing immediately froze, both of them not believing their own eyes.

It wasn't until Chen Hao had put down the sorrowful Ye Yuqiao that Tang Jing suddenly rushed over, holding Ye Yuqiao tightly in an embrace, tears pouring down as she said, "Yuqiao, it's good you're okay, you scared me to death, I thought..."

Tang Jing choked up, unable to continue.

Feeling the sincerity in Tang Jing's emotions, Ye Yuqiao felt warmth in her heart and couldn't help her eyes reddening. While gently patting Tang Jing's back to comfort her, she said hoarsely, "I thought I would never see you again, but then... but then that annoying jerk showed up."

Chen Hao forced a smile, thinking to himself how he had become the annoying jerk again when he was obviously universally beloved.

At that moment, Tang Jing, who was still tightly embracing Ye Yuqiao, turned her head towards Chen Hao with tears streaming down her face and yelled at him, "Jerk, where on earth did you go?"

Chen Hao scratched his head helplessly, thinking that Tang Jing's agitation must mean that the situation had indeed been very dangerous.

Unnoticed, Xie Xiaofeng had already come up to Chen Hao, and with his left hand, he punched Chen Hao directly in the chest, demanding, "Jerk, where the hell did you go?"

Chen Hao coughed heavily and glared at Xie Xiaofeng, saying, "Xie Xiaofeng, aren't you a bit too heavy-handed?"

Xie Xiaofeng laughed smugly.

"I was kidnapped to the Netherworld just now."

"Ah!" Upon hearing what Chen Hao said, both Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing, who had harbored some resentment towards him, were stunned into silence.

"Later, I encountered the Dark Law King, King Shuanglin, and King Wumeng," Chen Hao continued.

Hearing this, the shock on Xie Xiaofeng's and Tang Jing's faces was beyond words, as if seeing the Grim Reaper himself.

Indeed, for them, seeing these three Dharma Kings was no different from seeing death itself.

At that very moment, within the Netherworld, the Dark Law King and King Shuanglin had already reached the Hong River region in the east of the Netherworld.

Just over two hours ago, the three individuals who had been in pursuit of Chen Hao in the southern part of the Netherworld suddenly received an urgent message from a soldier: Clan Leader Qian Feng of the Qian Family from the Eight Great Clans, and Clan Leader Li Zuole of the Li Family, had taken people and left Netherworld City. The city was now in chaos, with many people surnamed Qian and Li packing up to leave the city, and it seemed that other clans were poised to follow suit. The situation was urgent, and King Qingyu was no longer in control. The Dark Law King was needed to handle things.

After receiving this news, the Dark Law King was shocked, as if struck by a bolt from the blue.

He then remembered that before he left Netherworld City not long ago, he had met with Qian Feng, who had asked him what to do if something were to happen in Netherworld City during his absence.

At the time, he didn't take the question seriously, and never imagined that Qian Feng and Li Zuole would lead people out of Netherworld City while he was away pursuing Chen Hao.

This was a great mockery and ridicule, as if Qian Feng had slapped him hard in the face.

A short while later, the Dark Law King, accompanied by King Shuanglin and King Wumeng, returned to Netherworld City. His mind was in turmoil, and he could no longer pay attention to Chen Hao, who was still hiding in the Nether Acupoint.

Because of this, a short while after Chen Hao emerged again from the Nether Acupoint, the Dark Law King, King Shuanglin, and King Wumeng were nowhere to be seen.

A quarter of an hour later, the Dark Law King returned to Netherworld City with King Shuanglin and King Wumeng.

Seeing the three return, King Qingyu, who had been beside himself with worry, was overjoyed; the Dark Law King and his companions had come back two hours earlier than he expected.

Immediately, the Dark Law King ordered that all the gates within the Netherworld Gate be sealed, preventing anyone from entering or leaving Netherworld City; furthermore, he commanded the city guard to drive all pedestrians off the streets back to their homes, ordered all the vendors and merchants to shut their doors and stop business, and arrested quite a few people with the surnames Qian and Li.

After two hours, Netherworld City became uncannily quiet, and the turmoil triggered by the departure of Qian Feng and Li Zuole finally ceased.

Afterward, the Dark Law King went to the Hong River region with King Shuanglin.

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