Thunder God!

Realizing the identity of the person ambushing him, Xiao Mu's figure suddenly wilted, turning to ash and falling to the ground the next moment.

A flash of white light in the void locked onto the opponent's position, and Xiao Mu, using the Power of Creation, enveloped himself to transfer through space, appearing in the next second at the location of the ambush.

It was a lush forest with ancient trees rising from the ground, their mushroom-like canopies spreading open, the thick black-green leaves obscuring the sky.

This place was undoubtedly the world outside Twilight Forest Village, and Xiao Mu had already discerned the true face of the attacker.

It was a man in his thirties, dressed in clothes woven from hemp leaves, of ordinary build, with a face as wide and flat as a pumpkin, body interlaced with Thunder, exuding the aura of Divine Spirits.

"Xiao Mu, it's you!"

The man recognized Xiao Mu at a glance, and while his gaze was profound, his complexion also changed.

Immediately, he turned and launched the Five Escapes Combined Technique heading westward.

A Five-Color Light Spectrum flickered beneath the man's feet, and his entire being seemed to turn into a beam of five-colored light.

The man's Escape Speed was swift, covering a dozen miles in the blink of an eye.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

Xiao Mu initiated his own Escape Art in pursuit, five different brilliances seemed to merge into one, his speed naturally faster than that of the square-faced man, and after ascending to the Peak of the Divine Spirit Realm, even more so.

In a moment, the distance between Xiao Mu and the square-faced man had closed, the gap of a dozen miles reduced to seven or eight.

The square-faced man sensed trouble and without looking back, suddenly took out a Yellow Paper Lantern and held it in his hand.

This lantern, akin to the one Li Laoshi carried, was much more elaborate.

Around the lantern were tiny black dots resembling small insects, out of which came cries, so wretched that behind each cry seemed to be a dying person crawling on the ground, weeping blood, making the listener feel as if caterpillars were crawling on their heart.

Inside the Yellow Paper Lantern, a black Oil Lamp released a dim, chilly Brilliance, which shone forward and altered the terrain ahead, creating an incredibly cold and profound circular opening that plunged vertically into the endless depths below.

Door of the Underworld!

Upon seeing this cold and profound circular opening, Xiao Mu thought of the Door of the Underworld.

This indeed was the Door of the Underworld, the square-faced man's Yellow Paper Lantern had opened the Door of the Underworld, which led directly to the Netherworld.

Xiao Mu's heart chilled; the Netherworld is the Station of the Nether Kings, and each Netherworld possessed one such ruler, which he dared not enter lightly.

The square-faced man reached the Gates of the Underworld, then suddenly looked back at Xiao Mu, and subsequently leapt into the Door of the Underworld.

Crack!

A flash of white light burst from Xiao Mu's hand, striking the ground where the square-faced man stood just before he jumped into the Door of the Underworld.

The Door of the Underworld shifted; space distorted, moving the Door of the Underworld southward by five to six hundred miles.

Boom!

The square-faced man's feet finally landed on solid ground; his complexion utterly changed, twisted as if dripping with blood, like a square pumpkin.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

Xiao Mu drew forth a Judge Pen and began to sketch directly in mid-air; the Life and Death Divine Array within him converged, and nine light spots flashed brilliantly.

One Stroke of Life and Death!

The square-faced man was marked with an 'X' by Xiao Mu, and pfft! The energy of death was unleashed, his body was pierced through, a transparent blood hole pricked into his chest by the Judge Pen, and at the same time, the shadow of death descended from nowhere, beginning to spread from his head down to his feet.

"Ugh!"

The square-faced man spat out blood in anger, gravely wounded he cast aside the Yellow Paper Lantern in his hand, and looked up to the sky.

Crack! Boom!

The square-faced man's eyes interwove Thunderbolts, and from afar, the pitch-black Tribulation Clouds swooped in, in the blink of an eye covering a large swath of the sky overhead.

Crack!

The sound of Thunder resounded within Xiao Mu, and suddenly, a Thunderbolt exploded from within his body, turning his left shoulder pitch black on the spot.

Xiao Mu looked up sharply, and right above his head, the Thunder God Avatar flew out, with the Golden power of authority cascading down and protecting his body.

Simultaneously, his body sank directly into the Earth, melding with the soil.

The square-faced man froze for a moment, and the power of the Thunder on Xiao Mu was temporarily suppressed.

Bang!

The Earth suddenly cracked open, and both the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor and the Great Decree, wrapped in the highest will, flew out from underground.

The square-faced man looked to the sky, and the Thunder God Avatar emerged from his body, suspended over his head.

The appearance of the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor and the Great Decree instilled fear in the square-faced man, who tried to use the Thunder Lord's authority to withstand the Heavenly Emperor's Might.

Lei Gong's Thunderous Attack appeared in his right hand, and on the Thunder God Avatar and his own body appeared the Thunder Lord's Treasures: the Eight Tribulations Silver Wind Crown and the Eight Tribulations Silver Wind Robe.

A crown and a robe flickered with the Brilliance of Retribution, propelling his own power of retribution to its extreme.

On his body, the Destiny Point of Retribution opened up, with the light from the Retribution Lamp shining from the depths of space, reaching the Human world through the Mysterious Ancient Well.

Confronting the suppression from the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor and the Great Decree, the dark green Power of Retribution burst upward, turning into a circular column above the square-faced man's head to block the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor.

Hum!

The Seal of the Heavenly Emperor descended amidst intertwined Golden and Purple Rosy Clouds; the dark green column, formed by the Power of Retribution, began to wobble immediately.

Xiao Mu suddenly emerged from the ground, and just as he surfaced, the rumbling sound of Thunder once again erupted from within him – the moment he broke from the ground, he had to withstand the bombardment of the Thunder Power once more.

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