Time passes slowly in the underworld; meanwhile, in the mortal world, two days and nights have already elapsed. Now it's the evening of the second day, and the God-given King, burdened with heavy blood energy, has been in a state of severe exhaustion for a long time. That's why he didn't mobilize his troops last night; he simply had a good sleep.

He thought he would need to sleep for several days to recover, but unexpectedly, after one night he felt invigorated, as if the stench of blood on him had intensified, and his knife seemed sharper than usual, causing him to squint his eyes.

"Turns out your Li Family has been guarding and stealing, plundering the powers of resentment from the Bloodstain Pond..."

At this moment, seeing the actions of the Li Family's Housekeeper, Hu Ma suddenly came to understand.

Back then, he saw the truth about the Futu Army—no soldiers and horses at all, just corpses. At night, they would rise with the God-given King, killing under his blood energy.

But the question remains: where does the God-given King get so much blood energy, flowing endlessly, enough to raise an entire army of the dead?

Now he realizes—it's because the Li Family bet on the God-given King, helping him hollow out the coffers.

The God-given King, ultimately, is just one person committing bloodshed. The killing nature is not excessive, but the Li Family helped him create an army of the dead, with all living and killing falling on the God-given King.

The heavier the killing, the higher the authority, securely placing the God-given King at the closest proximity to the Bloodstain Pond, even leaving everyone else far behind.

Of course, normally, the Li Family even felt that the God-given King was out of control, intentionally reducing the blood energy he borrowed from the Bloodstain Pond, yet now to win this duel, they're ramping it up again.

And so now, the Li Family's Housekeeper has augmented the God-given King, certainly fearing that in the mortal world, he will enact a grand slaughter.

Meanwhile, in the underworld's Bloodstain Pond, the Burning Blade is likely to immediately face a formidable enemy.

"Across the world, strange techniques and abnormal magic, which of them isn't stealing the power of heaven and earth? Is our Li Family the only one doing this?"

Facing Hu Ma's demand, the Li Family's Housekeeper responded with a sinister gaze, holding a vermillion pen, rapidly writing in a ledger held by a little ghost beside him.

Even as he supported the God-given King, he was somewhat worried about losing to the ghostly ally brought in by the Hu Family, boasting with firmness outwardly but internally highly anxious.

Through a brief exchange, the Burning Blade was already in the Blood Pond, surrounded by surging blood energy, directly swirling toward him. Even so, he couldn't suppress the rampantly increasing killing intent, indicating the weight of the murderous aura.

Confronting this killing aura, the figures around him were swept away and unseen, leaving only the God-given King and the Evil Servant wielding a broken knife. One figure grew more solid, blood energy enveloping him as the Burning Blade faced off against him.

The other Evil Servant, unexpectedly, opened his eyes at this moment.

"Dreaming again?"

Not practicing the Path, he didn't understand why he frequently dreamed, coming here to kill, but over time he got used to it.

Upon opening his eyes, the first scene he saw was the blood-infused Burning Blade, also feeling the strong hostility from the other person. On his dark face was no special expression, he merely raised his knife.

"Is it that Old Geda?"

Suddenly witnessing his reaction, even the Impermanence Li Family's Housekeeper was inwardly shocked, though immediately upon seeing his movements, couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

The Li Family selected someone from the Bloodstain Pond to be made the grasshead king in the human world, initially choosing from the three people in front of the Bloodstain Pond.

Originally, the third-ranking fellow was just a Madman who knew only killing, lacking any brains, so the Li Family felt he was too easy to lose control and threw him into the Bloodstain Pond.

While the second-ranked Old Geda initially had a killing nature even higher than the God-given King, the Li Family discovered his identity in the human world, finding him quite ignorant and somewhat doltish, having neither knowledge nor skills, hence gave up.

Even here in the Bloodstain Pond, it was hard to command him.

Choosing left and right, it was still the God-given King, with a good background, knowledgeable in winning hearts, so ultimately he was selected by the Li Family, though being arrogant, now even the Li Family is considering replacing him.

Ultimately, concerning killing nature, without Li Family's interference, Old Geda was the purest, and the most capable of stirring the Bloodstain Pond. Now seeing him preparing to attack the fake person, they've felt surprised and thrilled.

"Not good..."

Simultaneously at this moment, Hu Ma's brow suddenly twitched, seeing the actions of the Evil Servant.

Since the first time he met this person, he dared not underestimate him, and now equally, he dared not, with a slight chill in his heart, he suddenly called out: "Hey, brother."

"Do you still remember the old friend from Wutong Town who gifted the knife?"

"..."

"Eh?"

As Hu Ma spoke, the Evil Servant wielding a broken knife became momentarily dazed, turning to look at Hu Ma with some disbelief: "Why are you here in my dream?"

Before Hu Ma could respond, he seemed to understand something: "Could it be that you also died, here to settle old accounts with me?"

According to ancient lore, people's debts vanish upon death, but some people, even in death, are reluctant to let go of these debts and will appear in the dreams of those who owe them, reclaiming them.

Those visited in dreams must settle these debts; it's a rule.

The Evil Servant deeply believed this reasoning; once he figured it out, his dull old face displayed a rare faint smile, saying: "You're a good person, you gave me half a knife, I remember!"

"Speak up, what do you want me to do for you?"