109: Chapter 109 The Power of the Divine Thrust: Withdraw from the Eastern Region!

"Wah!" The three of them spat out blood simultaneously. White Luan, in particular, had blood seeping from her seven orifices, her small face instantly stained red with blood.

The spot where the light shield was struck indented deeply, and the center point was almost pierced through!

In the end, the spear exhausted its power, transformed back into a Divine Soul, and returned to Xia Jin's Physical Body.

The string of pink bells on White Luan's wrist now had several cracks, and she felt the world go black, falling directly from the sky.

"White Luan!" Hei Tu managed to steady himself, grabbed the unconscious White Luan, and cast a terrified glance behind them. "Hurry, let's go! Don't let that guy catch up again!"

The three figures disappeared into the horizon in such a disheveled state.

Above the Yuehua Dynasty palace, a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of Xia Jin's mouth again. Executing the "Soul-Shocking Spike" and attacking across such a distance was a significant burden on him.

Especially the final collision with that bell; the recoil force had affected his Divine Soul Origin.

He gazed into the direction where the three had disappeared, his brows furrowing slightly, a flash of regret in his eyes.

"What a pity, to actually let them escape! And I didn't even manage to keep that string of bells."

"Just what kind of treasure is that? To be able to withstand my 'Soul-Shocking Spike' head-on? ..."

Just as Xia Jin was deep in thought, the System notification sounded in his mind once again:

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing Mission One: Force back the three of the 'Ten Fierce Generals' – White Luan, Hei Tu, and Elder Mo Ya.]

[Congratulations on obtaining the System reward: 1,500 years of cultivation!]

Hearing the contents of the reward, a sharp light flashed in Xia Jin's eyes, and a hint of a smile appeared on his pale face. 1,500 years of cultivation! This System was truly generous.

"After I absorb this System reward, my strength should be enough to Breakthrough to the ninth level of the Land Immortal Realm." Xia Jin calculated in his heart that by then, his combat power would once again undergo a qualitative leap.

"Next time, if I encounter these three again, I will probably be able to easily finish them off."

Down below, as White Luan and the others retreated in defeat, many of the commoners and officials who had previously fainted began to wake up. They looked up at the incomparably domineering figure in the high sky and found themselves kneeling down unconsciously.

After a brief silence, earth-shaking cheers erupted like a tsunami:

"Emperor of the Underworld! It's the Emperor of the Underworld!"

"The Emperor of the Underworld is invincible! Long live the Emperor of the Underworld!"

"The Emperor of the Underworld is invincible!!!"

The waves of sound grew higher and higher. At this moment, Xia Jin's prestige in the Yuehua Dynasty reached its Peak. Even if he wanted to ascend to the throne immediately, the commoners and soldiers of the Yuehua Dynasty would definitely drive the original Emperor, Emperor Wei Cang, off the throne at once.

Xia Jin looked down at the seething capital below, his expression returning to calm. He didn't linger any longer; he took a step forward, and his figure disappeared from the Yuehua Dynasty.

"Father!! We really survived! It was Lord Emperor of the Underworld... Lord Emperor of the Underworld saved us!" Princess Wei Linger grabbed Emperor Wei Cang's hand, her face flushed with excitement.

"Hmm!!" Emperor Wei Cang glanced at his daughter, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

If he were fortunate enough to arrange a marriage with that Emperor of the Underworld, wouldn't he be able to walk sideways across the entire Eastern Region, or even the entire Eastern Profound Continent, in the future?

"Linger!? What do you think of this Lord?" Emperor Wei Cang patted Princess Wei Linger's head and asked with a smile.

"Father! What are you saying? That... that Lord already has a consort, right?" Princess Wei Linger's originally snow-white neck instantly turned bright red, the flush even spreading to her earlobes.

Clearly, Emperor Wei Cang's words made her feel a hint of shyness, but Princess Wei Linger did not refuse; there was even a faint trace of expectation in her eyes.

"What is there to fear? Even if you only become an equal wife to that Lord, it would be enough! If you agree, Father will prepare gifts right now, and we will go to the Great Xia together to seek an audience with Lord Emperor of the Underworld!"

...

Meanwhile, in a remote wilderness outside the Eastern Region.

Hei Tu landed in a disheveled state, carrying the nearly unconscious White Luan, along with Elder Mo Ya.

After Hei Tu stuffed a Medicinal Pill into White Luan's mouth and waited for a full half-cup of tea's time, White Luan spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood and finally slowly regained consciousness.

"Cough, cough... What... what a terrifying Divine Soul attack technique..." White Luan sat up straight, looked at Hei Tu and Elder Mo Ya beside her, and suddenly felt a wave of lingering fear.

She looked at the pink bell on her wrist that now had several cracks and let out a long sigh. "If it weren't for this secret treasure, I fear the three of us would have... died without a doubt today!"

Elder Mo Ya and Hei Tu were equally terrified at this moment; thinking of that pitch-black spear still made their Divine Souls ache faintly.

"It's a pity that the three of us only have fifty percent of our strength at our Peak. Otherwise, just now, after White Luan controlled that guy's Divine Soul, Hei Tu and I could definitely have destroyed that bastard's Physical Body!" After relaxing, Elder Mo Ya seemed still somewhat unconvinced, his face gloomy.

"Old ghost, don't underestimate this guy too much. This person's Physical Body strength is definitely on the same level as mine. If you add his near-perverted recovery ability, his Physical Body might even surpass mine." Hei Tu glanced at Elder Mo Ya and said indifferently.

"Even if all three of us were at our Peak strength, it wouldn't be easy to kill him."

Elder Mo Ya opened his mouth, but ultimately did not refute. Although he was arrogant, he was not blind to reality.

Seeing Elder Mo Ya silent, Hei Tu turned his head to look at White Luan, whose face was still pale, and asked in a deep voice: "Big sister, what should we do next? We've suffered a huge defeat this time; we cannot go to the Eastern Region again."

White Luan adjusted her breathing for a moment before slowly opening her eyes.

"Next, the priority is still to recover our strength. Don't go near the Eastern Region for now, lest we have another conflict with that guy!! Let's go to the Northern Border! Although there are fewer people there, even ants are meat."

"Still avoiding that guy?" Elder Mo Ya's eyes narrowed slightly, seemingly somewhat unwilling, but seeing White Luan's warning look, he still nodded.

"Also, don't forget! Since we have all awakened, the others who were Sealed back then are probably also nearing their time of awakening."

Elder Mo Ya's sinister eyes flickered, and Hei Tu, who was beside him, also had a flash of sharp light in his eyes.

"We must hurry and recover our strength before them, and then find the whereabouts of 'that item'!" When White Luan mentioned "that item", her tone became noticeably fervent.

Elder Mo Ya, however, showed a bitter smile on his face. He looked at White Luan and said in a low voice: "White Luan, do you think that the rumor regarding the 'Great Calamity' left behind by Yun Jizi, who exhausted his Lifespan to deduce the heavenly secrets... might be completely wrong? What if, in the end, it's all just a waste of effort? Perhaps in this world, there won't be any so-called 'Great Calamity'."

White Luan was silent for a moment, but her eyes were exceptionally firm. She shook her head: "Yun Jizi's cultivation and deduction techniques were unmatched in the world back then. When he left the warning, he was already at the end of his rope, burning his last Divine Soul Origin; what he saw... were true fragments of heavenly secrets. Of the nine prophecies he left behind, the first eight have already been fulfilled one by one in the past years, without a single error. We have no reason not to believe this final warning."

She raised her head and looked at Elder Mo Ya and Hei Tu: "And even if that prophecy is not verified, the three of us can use that item to join the Divine Temple! You should know what joining the Divine Temple represents, right?"