Chapter 1667: We Have Things To Do?
The moment the Ghost Infant appeared, Immortal Dizang's expression turned solemn. He instinctively took a step back.
Ghost Dragon and the others were shocked by the sudden appearance of the Ghost Infant. Its aura was not particularly strong, but it made their hearts drop to their stomach.
They only ever got that feeling when facing Immortal Dizang. Trusting their instincts, the Great Yin Demons immediately concluded that the Ghost Infant was no ordinary being.
Eyes now covered, Chen Enxue stood motionless, as if she had lost all awareness.
Fang Chen took the Sin Mace from her hand and weighed it lightly. It felt quite suitable in his grip.
"Interesting. As expected, none of the core disciples of the Enlightenment God Palace are simple. You've only been their Ninth Brother for a few years, yet you already possess such a trump card?" Immortal Dizang's gaze shifted between the Ghost Infant and Fang Chen before settling again on the Sin Mace. "So you intend to stay behind yourself and let her leave?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Fang Chen smiled faintly. "We'll proceed according to the terms we agreed upon just now. Ten days. After ten days, I'll hand over the Sin Mace."
Immortal Dizang glanced at the Ghost Infant and nodded. "Very well. You're qualified to make this deal with me."
Fang Chen looked at the Ghost Infant. The infant let out a soft giggle and led Chen Enxue away. Her movements were slightly stiff.
The others watching felt a chill rise in their hearts. It was far too reminiscent of the technique known as the Ghost Blindfold. But they were all ghosts themselves! How could that technique affect a ghost?
Chen Enxue and the Ghost Infant soon left Dizang City, gradually disappearing from view.
The crowd unconsciously let out a breath of relief. That Ghost Infant had felt far too sinister.
Immortal Dizang suddenly chuckled. "The Ghost Infant and Chen Enxue are gone."
Fang Chen nodded. "Yes. In ten days, I'll give you the mace."
"You should have listened to her instead of acting on your own whims," Immortal Dizang said, grinning. "She wasn't lying. You truly cannot unleash the Sin Mace's full power.
He sinisterly glanced at Fang Chen. "Since that's the case, why would I bother waiting ten days? I can take what I want now!"
He suddenly vanished from his original position and reappeared in front of Fang Chen, a strange smile on his face.
"The Sin Mace is mine."
The next second, the Sin Mace erupted with dazzling divine light. The Candle Dragon carved upon it seemed to come alive, and the eight ghost beasts on its facets appeared to roar and howl.
Phantom images manifested around Fang Chen.
A chill shot down Immortal Dizang's spine. He tried to retreat, but it was already too late. A mysterious force surged from the Sin Mace, like mountains pressing down upon him one after another, pinning him in place and rendering him unable to move!
"I'll send you on your way, both for Third Senior Sister and her Ninth Sister,"
Fang Chen swung the Sin Mace and struck Immortal Dizang squarely on the head with a resounding clang.
Boom!
His soul disintegrated instantly, turning into drifting ash that scattered upon the ground.
Immediately afterward, the divine light of the Sin Mace and the surrounding phenomena vanished abruptly, as though nothing had ever occurred, like a collective illusion.
Ghost Dragon and the others were too stunned to even move. They had witnessed with their own eyes as Immortal Dizang—a supreme expert of the Motian Division—was annihilated!
Ghost Dragon was utterly horrified. Only now did he understand why Immortal Dizang had been so wary of the Sin Mace. Its power was truly terrifying. It was seemingly born to suppress ghosts and gods alike!
Fang Chen glanced at the mace and sighed. "No wonder only Monarch Yan can wield it freely."
During his recent returns to Jiangguang City and the Lesser Underworld, he had accumulated over one or two million years of Yin Lifespan. This one swing of the Sin Mace had devoured almost all of it, leaving him with only a little over 100,000 Yin Lifespan.
The power it had just unleashed was many times stronger than when Chen Enxue wielded it. Clearly, the more Yin Lifespan it consumed, the stronger it became.
Having consumed almost all his Yin Lifespan, the Sin Mace couldn't be used for the time being. Shame, Ghost Dragon and the others did not know that.
Dizang City didn't have any seventh-transformation Ghost Immortals. The strongest under Immortal Dizang was Ghost Dragon, and he was only at the sixth transformation.
Fang Chen lightly stomped his foot. Dizang City trembled as though a subterranean dragon were turning beneath it.
Ghost Dragon and the others stared at each other with uncertainty. Then they witnessed an enormous ancient tree burst forth from the very center of the city. The earth was heaved upward and torn apart, forming terrifying fissures that spread in all directions.
The ordinary Yin Demons within the city stood frozen, mouths agape. The ancient tree's aura was even more terrifying than Ghost Dragon's.
Tens of thousands of vines surged forth from the tree. One Great Yin Demon after another was caught off guard, captured alive, and hung upside down beneath the branches.
In the blink of an eye, every Great Yin Demon aside from Ghost Dragon had been suspended beneath the ancient tree, unable to move at all.
From the moment Immortal Dizang was slain to the emergence of the ancient tree, only a dozen breaths had passed.
Ghost Dragon felt as though everything before him had surpassed the limits of his understanding. His mind froze completely, unable to process anything.
"This city is rather large. The ancient tree alone can't fully control it."
With a thought, Fang Chen stomped lightly once more. Figures began appearing behind him one after another. First came the Dangyin Mountain Lord, then the Taiyin Dragon King, Pan Shan Monarch, Empress Ci, and Stone Dragon.
Ghost Dragon's horror deepened. Those Yin Demons were not as powerful as the Ghost Infant, yet the manner of their appearance was profoundly mysterious.
"Who exactly is this person? How can he possess such methods within the Underworld...?"
Fear gripped Ghost Dragon's face as he looked at Fang Chen.
Stone Dragon stepped forward to Fang Chen's side and glanced around curiously. "Your Highness, where are we?"
The Taiyin Dragon King and the others were also surveying their surroundings. It had been many years since Fang Chen had summoned them for action.
"Lord Stone, you were once an old Yin Soldier, weren't you?" Fang Chen asked with a smile.
Stone Dragon was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"Then you should have heard that the Underworld once produced a peerless Heavenly Demon who called himself Motian Dizang," Fang Chen continued calmly.
Stone Dragon's expression became unprecedentedly grave. "Your Highness, this place is—"
"This is Dizang City. Its lord was likely a subordinate of Motian Dizang. That city lord is now dead. I want you all to seal off this city and uncover everything related to him."
"I didn't expect that rebel leader to be still alive..." Stone Dragon's face darkened. Then he shouted to the Taiyin Dragon King and the others, "You heard him. Seal this place!"
In the next moment, Dangyin Mountain Lord and the others rose into the air, flying in all directions.
All the Great Yin Demons here had already been restrained by the ancient tree. Their strength was more than enough to completely lock down Dizang City so tightly that not even a fly could escape.
"Oh, right. Let him handle the interrogation."
With another thought, Fang Chen stomped lightly once more.
A figure condensed beside him as Marshal Xiao Lang appeared. He glanced around. He then looked at Fang Chen and asked, "We have things to do?"
