Behind them, Banshan Sect and Hundred Refinement Hall experts gave chase, cursing endlessly, but they grew ever farther away from Chen Shi and Black Pot, unable to catch up.
Baili Mu, with the highest cultivation among them, pursued tenaciously. However, the distance between him and the man and dog only grew.
He spurred on his Primordial Spirit, but here in the underworld, the chilling winds blasted against him, bone-piercingly cold, which was extremely detrimental to the Primordial Spirit.
Moreover, given the giant dog’s speed, even if he exerted his Primordial Spirit to its fullest, he probably couldn’t catch up.
In the direction where the giant dog ran, there appeared a demon creature larger than mountains, with a dragon’s head, a long neck, and a dragon’s tail, sitting between heaven and Earth, opening its wide mouth to look this way.
Above the demon’s head, there was also a fiery red sun.
Seeing this, Baili Mu dared not continue the chase and stopped urgently.
Seeing this scene, the members of Banshan Sect and Hundred Refinement Hall felt fear and dared not continue either.
They watched helplessly as the giant dog, carrying the treasure hunter, leaped into the air, jumping over the dragon-headed demon creature’s head and vanishing without a trace.
Baili Mu clenched his teeth tightly, then suddenly saw an indigo-colored giant hand, emerging from nowhere, grabbing the dragon-headed demon.
The dragon-headed demon disappeared from the underworld.
This scene left Baili Mu terrified, and he immediately turned around and said, "The passage won’t last much longer, we should quickly go back to avoid attracting the ghosts and gods of the underworld!"
They swiftly followed him, still shocked by what they had just seen.
Such a colossal dragon-headed creature with the sun atop its head— who would have thought that the sudden giant hand was even larger than this demon!
The underworld is indeed mysterious and dangerously unpredictable!
Baili Mu’s face alternated between light and dark. This time, Banshan Sect and Hundred Refinement Hall mobilized over thirteen hundred people, meticulously planning for over three months, and using forty thousand taels of the sects’ silver to purchase various talismans and talismanic weapons.
The trip was supposed to be a sure success, definitely securing the Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword to present to the young master, earning his favor. Saintess Xuan could also gain the young master’s favor through this, satisfying everyone involved.
But unexpectedly, a man and a dog appeared and seized the Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword just as they were about to succeed!
When they arrived at the ring’s location, Baili Mu looked and saw over ten injured people, all impaled by Chen Shi’s Wuwang Spear.
Fortunately, Chen Shi had no intention to kill, only severely wounding them without being lethal.
Baili Mu huffed and his body trembled slightly.
He had suffered quite a few losses in his lifetime.
In his early years, after passing the Scholar examination, he considered himself highly educated and talented. However, during the imperial examinations, someone else took his quota. When he protested to the officials and accused the person who took his place, he was beaten with forty strokes and imprisoned for three years.
Once released, burdened with a criminal record, he had no chance of passing the examinations again.
Later, after achieving some success, he killed the person who took his place and the County Magistrate who imprisoned him.
That loss was significant.
But he had avenged himself.
Yet the loss this time was even greater!
How should he take revenge for this?
Saintess Xuan approached and said, "Sect Master Baili, I think that dragon-headed creature is called Chao Feng, although I did not see it clearly. I believe it is an incense burner. Chao Feng is a Divine Beast, a child of the True Dragon, so how could it appear in the underworld? My mentor once mentioned an Independent practician of peculiar skills, capable of making objects from the mortal world appear immensely large and terrifying in the underworld, to scare away ghosts and gods. It’s likely that the Independent made the incense burner look immensely large. In fact, Chao Feng serves as the gateway to the mortal world, which is why that giant dog could leap from its head."
After a moment’s hesitation, she added, "That giant hand that grabbed Chao Feng is most likely that Independent’s hand."
Baili Mu’s mouth twitched, and suddenly he flung his sleeve and said, "Whoever it is that took the young master’s treasure, don’t expect to leave the Great Southern Lake alive! Let’s go!"
He led the group out of the underworld, brimming with murderous intent.
Saintess Xuan also returned to the mortal world and took out a Thousand-Mile Communication Talisman, saying, "I will immediately contact my mentor to find out who this Independent with the unique cultivation is. Sect Master, please be patient."
On the small island in the center of Great Southern Lake, about three to five hundred li from Gongzhou, a man and dog suddenly sprang out on the altar, rolled over the platform, and then leaped up.
Chen Shi waved his long spear in his hand, excitedly saying, "Judge’s Pen, acquired! Granny, we can go back now!"
Granny Sha exclaimed in surprise, "So soon?"
Chen Shi displayed the long spear in his hand, flicked the new "spearhead", and laughed, "As soon as I entered the underworld, I found this treasure fighting some treasure hunters, so I took the opportunity to rush forward and seized it."
Granny Sha examined the "spearhead" and skeptically asked, "Isn’t this an object a sword? Why is it called the Judge’s Pen?"
Chen Shi speculated, "This is a Magical Treasure used by the Underworld Judge, probably transformed into the shape of a sword after being broken."
Granny Sha, having heard of such events before, did not overthink and moved forward to collect the incense burner, extinguishing the incense, and asked the three Ghost Kings to move the altar.
The boat girl examined the new "spearhead" and puzzlingly said, "Is this really the Judge’s Pen? I have never seen such a strange pen tip. This must be a sword, look, there is even a hilt here!"
Granny Sha coldly chuckled and said, "Girl, what is your position in the underworld?"
The boat girl honestly replied, "I am a Yin General."
Granny Sha asked, "How far are you from being a Judge?"
The boat girl answered, "From a Yin General, I would have to become a Yin Commander and then a Judge."
Granny Sha laughed and replied, "So far from being a Judge, it’s clear you’re inexperienced." free𝑤ebnovel.com
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