Feeling a massive threat approaching, Ye Ming immediately turned and pointed his spear at Lord Nine Lives Cat’s throat.

Since the cat was suspended in the air, it had no time to dodge and had to forcibly withstand the attack, risking injury to its body as it stretched out its claw and struck Ye Ming.

In their first exchange, both used methods that the other hadn’t anticipated to battle.

Ye Ming’s body instantly flew backward, fiercely smashing into the temple’s wall.

The wooden structure of the temple wall was shattered by Ye Ming, and his body fell outside.

"Excellent, truly worthy of Lord Nine Lives Cat!"

Seeing Ye Ming severely injured, Wada Nanako and the other Goddesses all revealed delighted expressions.

This was the first time Ye Ming had been harmed since the battle began.

However, Lord Nine Lives Cat had also paid the price of one of its lives.

As the Nine Lives Cat, it naturally had nine lives to use. During the fight with Ye Ming, it was prepared to exchange one life for another, and even if it lost one, it could still survive.

It took a deep breath, and a purple glow emanated from its body, instantly healing the wound on its neck left by Ye Ming.

"Damn Dragon Country man, you actually wasted one of my lives, damn it! I will definitely devour your body you!"

After its battle with Ye Ming, Lord Nine Lives Cat became even more fond of Ye Ming’s body, deeming it the most perfect nourishment.

Therefore, it couldn’t wait to give chase. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

But as soon as it stepped outside, it couldn’t see any trace of Ye Ming.

Just as Lord Nine Lives Cat was stunned, Ye Ming’s voice had already come from beside its ear: "Are you looking for me?"

Lord Nine Lives Cat was startled, its fur instantly standing on end as it quickly backed away.

But it was all too late.

White light shone from all around, and Lord Nine Lives Cat clearly saw nine blades of True Qi forming above its head.

These blades stood erect in the air, waiting for the cat to appear before striking it down.

"If I guess correctly, you should have nine lives. I just took one with my spear, leaving you with eight!"

"Perfectly, I’ve prepared eight attacks, which should be enough to take your life," Ye Ming said coldly.

If one looked closely, they would see that Ye Ming’s body was weak, one hand trembling.

Struck by Lord Nine Lives Cat, Ye Ming’s body had suffered significant damage, with a shoulder wound so deep it reached the bone and blood continuously spurting out.

He had simply sealed his acupoints and summoned eight Flying Swords with the last of his True Qi while waiting for the rabbit.

He knew that Lord Nine Lives Cat would definitely come out looking for his body, so all he had to do was wait here silently.

Sure enough, Lord Nine Lives Cat fell into the trap.

"You despicable Dragon Country man, you’re very scheming. But do you really think you can take my life with just that? Too naive! Did you think I wouldn’t run? Looking at you now, you probably don’t have the strength to pursue, do you?"

Although Lord Nine Lives Cat was panicking inside, it maintained a calm demeanor on the outside and immediately planned to retreat and dodge.

Just then, a girl’s voice came from behind it: "Thousand Weight Curse!"

Slap!

A charm was slapped onto Lord Nine Lives Cat’s leg.

In an instant, Lord Nine Lives Cat felt its body become much heavier, as if a giant stone were pressing down on it.

Turning its head, it saw the caster of the charm was none other than Inoue Harusame, who Ye Ming had thrown out earlier.

Inoue Harusame, having escaped her confines, did not flee immediately but quietly waited outside the hall for her master.

When Ye Ming was struck and sent flying out of the hall, she immediately moved closer, wanting to offer him support.

It was at this time that Ye Ming handed her a charm and told her to hide to the side, waiting for the opportunity to stick it on Lord Nine Lives Cat when it appeared.

Such a task required considerable courage, as ordinary people would tremble at the sight of Lord Nine Lives Cat, their legs going weak.

But Inoue Harusame was different, she had complete faith in Ye Ming; whatever task he entrusted to her, no matter how dangerous or difficult, she would carry it out without hesitation.

She believed that this was a test given to her by Ye Ming.

Wada Nanako, who had witnessed this scene in the temple, was overcome with rage and wished she could charge forward and strangle Inoue Harusame to death.

However, the fight was not over yet.

Although Lord Nine Lives Cat, bound by the Thousand Weight Curse, had not completely lost its ability to move, its movements were greatly slowed and became very cumbersome.

In this gap, the Flying Swords summoned by Ye Ming had already descended upon it.

All the Flying Swords pierced into Lord Nine Lives Cat’s body; with each sword’s arrival, Lord Nine Lives Cat emitted a burst of light, then the light dissipated, repeating this cycle eight times until its body shattered.

It was a success!

Ye Ming revealed a satisfied smile but did not let down his guard.

At the moment when Lord Nine Lives Cat’s body shattered, Ye Ming pounced forward to capture the released Demon Soul.

A strand of azure light represented the Demon Soul of Lord Nine Lives Cat, which was purer than the souls of other Demon Gods and contained a more terrifying amount of energy within it.

This was what Ye Ming needed.

Having learned from his past experience, Ye Ming this time acted more adeptly, waving his hand to instantly summon a virtual prison, sealing off the released Demon Soul.

This was a technique from the Soul Transfer Spell, the Heaven-Earth Prison, which could restrain not just humans, but gods as well.

Trapping a Demon Soul was even simpler.

As the prison landed, the soul of Lord Nine Lives Cat lost its momentum, curling into a smoky wisp within the prison, no longer struggling.

Ye Ming breathed a sigh of relief, slowly walking forward with the intention to subdue the Demon Soul using the Soul Transfer Spell.

The battle was over; everything calmed down. Wada Nanako and the many Goddesses in the sacred temple watched the scene in disbelief.

They had lost too much.

All the Guards had been executed, blood flowed like a river inside the temple, and ultimately, the great Demon God they worshipped, Lord Nine Lives Cat, lost its physical form, leaving only a wisp of a soul struggling to survive.

They could not comprehend how a man from Dragon Country could possess such formidable strength, what on earth was Ye Ming’s background?

In front of the prison, after Ye Ming carefully sensed for a while, he couldn’t help but reveal a happy smile; the soul that could save Xu Lele was finally found.

He just needed to cleanly extract the consciousness from within the soul and transfer it into Xu Lele’s body for her to recover.

Impatient to begin subduing the soul, he started to remove the lingering thoughts within it.

Lord Nine Lives Cat’s soul harbored a very deep resentment; being killed in an instant by a human was something it could not accept.

Therefore, it harbored the thought of perishing together with Ye Ming.

Even in death, it wanted to drag someone down with it.

The temperature around suddenly rose, which was oddly unsettling.

Inoue Harusame felt a dangerous premonition and urgently warned, "Mr. Ye, there seems to be danger!"

No sooner had her words fallen than a massive explosion sounded, blowing her frail body away.

Ye Ming, on the other hand, was completely engulfed by the light.