The massive Black Dragon blocked the exit, striking fear into their hearts. The Great Elder and the others were stunned when they saw it.

"I... I heard that the expert who rescued Yang Xixue and captured Steward Qian seemed to have a Black Dragon!?"

At this moment, Mu Xian’Er recalled something—the unbelievable story Yang Xixue and the others told when they returned. They had wondered why the Celestial Extreme Mansion had such a powerful helper. Now it seemed this helper was none other than their own Mansion Master!

This was still just their guess. The Black Dragon was the biggest clue, but it wasn’t definitive proof; it was possible someone else also had a Black Dragon. After all, Yang Xixue hadn’t recognized him at first.

That was what they were thinking, but the other Mansion Masters present thought differently. They recalled the most recent, sensational wanted poster!

A young man riding a Black Dragon had slaughtered the Wang Family! They immediately connected that to the young man before them. ’Could they be one and the same?’

They didn’t have to wonder for long. The Black Dragon had already charged forward. Its massive body stomped down, and with a swing of its sharp claws, it slapped the steward-level cultivators from the other sects to death. Others were incinerated into charcoal by the terrifying flames from its mouth.

"Ding! Successfully killed the steward from Flowing Wind Prefecture. Obtained 690,000 Experience, 1,400 Madness Value, 50 Sin Value. Obtained..."

"Ding! Successfully killed..."

...

The Black Dragon’s ferocious power was unstoppable. It trampled everything in its path, crushing any Cultivators with lower cultivation levels. No one was getting out of here alive. ’It wouldn’t be good if any news of this got out.’

Yi Tianyun wasn’t just standing by, either. He joined the frenzied slaughter, plunging into the crowd. In total, not many factions had joined the Netherworld Empire—only about five. Previously, they had all been fawning over the Netherworld Empire, not forced in the slightest. They had all wanted to help annihilate Yi Tianyun.

No matter what they were thinking, Yi Tianyun had only one thought: Kill!

In the blink of an eye, he had easily suppressed and killed these Mansion Master-level experts. It wasn’t difficult at all. This meant the Mansion Masters of these factions were completely finished, and a group of elders would also be annihilated by him. ’Their sects can be ignored, but these Mansion Masters must die!’

"Today is the day you die!" Lin Hao, standing off to the side, roared. Immediately after, the sound of him crushing something was heard. A phantom of the Netherworld Emperor then materialized before everyone, its terrifying aura radiating outward.

The terrifying pressure made many turn to look. The stewards and elders being hunted by the Black Dragon revealed ecstatic gazes when they saw the Netherworld Emperor.

"The Netherworld Emperor has descended! The Netherworld Emperor has descended! Quick, kill them all!"

"Quick, save us!"

Seeing the Netherworld Emperor, they all wore expressions of wild joy. To them, he was their absolute savior.

Yi Tianyun’s eyes flickered as he watched the Netherworld Emperor appear. This didn’t surprise him. ’As one of the ministers, it’s normal for Lin Hao to have a Protective Talisman of the Netherworld Emperor. It would be strange if he didn’t.’

"Netherworld Divine Palm!"

The moment the Netherworld Emperor appeared, it immediately unleashed its strongest Absolute Skill at Yi Tianyun: the Netherworld Divine Palm! A massive palm materialized in the sky and came crashing down toward Yi Tianyun’s position. The sight of this sky-covering giant palm made the Great Elder and the others’ faces drain of color, and they quickly fled.

However, there was basically nowhere to run from the area the Netherworld Divine Palm was covering. Even the fleeing elders and stewards were within its attack range.

"Lord Lin, save us!"

When they saw the giant palm descending, their faces turned deathly pale. They hadn’t expected the attack to include them. With such a massive palm coming down, they’d be crippled if not killed. This was an indiscriminate attack; their lives and deaths were completely disregarded.

"You’re all a bunch of trash. You can’t even deal with one piece of trash, so you can all just die together!" Lin Hao’s expression was savage as he stared at them coldly, as if looking at a pile of garbage.

’He had only been interested in recruiting the Mansion Master-level experts. Now that they were all dead, there was no point in leaving these wastes of space alive. More importantly, the Netherworld Divine Palm was just that domineering—everything in its path would be turned to dust!’

Lin Hao turned to Yi Tianyun, his expression still savage, looking at him as if he were already a dead man. He knew Yi Tianyun’s cultivation was astonishing, but ’can he be stronger than the Netherworld Emperor?’

Yi Tianyun stopped and squinted at the descending giant palm, clenching his fists. The Dragon God Bloodline within him detonated, and a thick layer of Dragon Scales instantly covered his body. Outside the Dragon Scales, a layer of pale blue crystal formed, but beneath that pale blue crystal, there was also a faint layer of gold!

Three ultimate, powerful Defense Divine Techniques erupted forth. The Profound Celestial Divine Technique and the Golden Body Technique stacked together, instantly boosting his Defense Power to its absolute peak.

BOOM!

He stomped hard on the ground, leaving a deep crater as he shot forward like a red meteor, piercing toward the Netherworld Emperor’s phantom. Just as the Netherworld Divine Palm was about to land and everyone’s faces changed drastically, Yi Tianyun stomped on the ground again, instantly launching himself upward and lashing out with a powerful kick!

BOOM!

Accompanied by a colossal explosion, the descending Netherworld Divine Palm was shattered by his kick! The blast kicked up vortexes of air that swept up everything nearby. Tables and chairs were sent flying, while the others squinted and braced themselves, worried they too would be blown away.

Immediately after, a figure descended from the sky, kicking straight down at the Netherworld Emperor’s phantom, shimmering with an unusual light!

"What!!"

Lin Hao’s face was ashen. He was shaken to his core. Yi Tianyun had shattered the Netherworld Divine Palm with a single kick and hadn’t sustained the slightest injury; he looked completely unscathed. ’Just how much power is needed to reach such a terrifying level?’

"Netherworld Divine Palm!"

The Netherworld Emperor’s gaze was cold as it stared directly at him, showing not a trace of fear. Of course, the phantom wouldn’t show fear or any other emotion; it was merely an energy projection stored in a Jade Pendant.

"Break for me!"

Yi Tianyun kicked down fiercely. With a thunderous CRASH, he collided violently with the Netherworld Emperor. The entire hand the Netherworld Emperor had brought down was shattered by his kick.

The Netherworld Emperor’s power was not weak, reaching a Combat Power of nearly seven million. But after Yi Tianyun unleashed his full strength, he was even a bit stronger! With the stacking of his triple power, his Combat Power reached a staggering seven and a half million!

Spinning once more in mid-air, he delivered a sweeping kick, and the Netherworld Emperor’s phantom was completely shattered. In less than ten seconds, he had utterly annihilated the phantom. This time, he didn’t need to stall.