When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

Chapter 36 The Sending Squad Exits the Divine Void

Three hours later, Zhu Chongjiu and Xiao Hei stepped into the Misty Dead Forest.

Zhu Chongjiu used his water control technique to take a bath, changed into new clothes, and the wounds on his body from the battle with the Dragon Patterned Heavenly Python were gradually healing!

After entering the Misty Dead Forest, Zhu Chongjiu told Xiao Hei to slow down, because the Misty Dead Forest was unlike the Divine Void Plain and the Swamp. Even without using divine sense or internal energy, one could basically react in advance to things that could be observed with the naked eye!

Visibility within the Misty Dead Forest is less than one kilometer; beyond a few hundred meters, visibility is virtually zero!

If someone were to ambush you on your usual route, it would be very easy for them to succeed.

Meanwhile, Zhu Chongjiu and Xiao Hei were carefully making their way back to the Divine Void Mountain Range when they reached the Dragon Pattern Heavenly Python.

Upon reaching the border of the Divine Void Mountain Range, the Dragon-Patterned Heavenly Python saw the Divine Void King waiting for it.

The Dragon-Patterned Heavenly Python wobbled over to the side of the Divine Void King, and said to him in a state of serious injury and near death, "My lord, this little brat is serious. If I hadn't run fast, I probably wouldn't be able to see you again!"

Shenxu Wang looked at the Dragon Pattern Heavenly Python and saw that a third of its tail was gone, but the flesh at the wound was still being eroded by the power of ice and fire!

Shenxu Wang raised his hand and pointed at the wound of the Dragon Pattern Heavenly Python, using his inner strength to force back the ice and fire power attached to the wound!

After being forced back by the power of ice and fire, the Divine Void King took out a pill that glowed with a blue light from his pocket and fed it to the Dragon-Patterned Heavenly Python.

After consuming the elixir, the Dragon-Patterned Heavenly Python used the power of the elixir and the formidable strength of its deep bloodline to urge new flesh and blood to slowly grow outward from its mouth!

After things returned to normal, the Divine Void King said, "Your life is no longer in danger, but this time your vital energy has been damaged, and you will need to recuperate for a hundred or two hundred years!"

Then he asked, "What exactly happened? How did you get beaten up so badly?"

After arriving at his lair with the Dragon-Patterned Heavenly Python, the Divine Void King asked...

The Dragon-Patterned Heavenly Python had recovered some of its strength and then taught the Divine Void King about its battle and dialogue with Zhu Chongjiu!

Upon hearing this, the Divine Void King asked in surprise, "A fire-ice fusion technique? That's incredible! You're truly a genius!"

Oh, by the way, someone take these forty rare and precious materials to the humans from the Ice and Snow Continent.

Then Shenxu King instructed: "Simply say that you have come to deliver Ninth Brother's spoils of war. You can visit Shenxu Mountain Range when you have time. Do not say another word. Go and come back quickly!"

Shenxu Wang muttered to himself: If he really comes, there are some things I can talk to him about.

In fact, the God of Illusion already had the answer: this human named Ninth Brother would definitely come, and he was looking forward to his arrival. What if he was the one who could change the God-Abandoned Continent?

While the Divine Void King was traveling through the vast void, hundreds of millions of miles away, in a castle surrounded by mountains and dense forests, Xiao Tian and his five treasures arrived at the castle gate, dusty and weary from their journey, and said loudly: "Your son Xiao Tian has something to report to his father!"

"Come in!" A middle-aged man's voice came from inside the castle.

The castle gates opened by themselves without any wind, and after Xiao Tian walked in alone, the castle gates slowly closed again!

Inside the dimly lit castle, a middle-aged man was looking down at the book in his hands under the light of an oil lamp.

Upon seeing Xiao Tian enter, he asked without even looking up, "What is it?"

Then Xiao Tian recounted in detail his encounter with Zhu Chongjiu!

After listening to Xiao Tian's account, Xiao Feng, Xiao Tian's father, only said, "I understand." Xiao Tian bowed and said, "Father, I'll take my leave now."

Vanguard raised his hand and waved it lightly twice, then Xiao Tian turned and walked out of the castle.

As the castle gates closed, Xiao Feng also closed the book he was holding. After pondering for a while, he waved his hand towards the sky! An old man emerged from the darkness.

He walked up to Xiao Feng, bowed, and said: "My lord, what are your orders?"

Go and find out about this man named Zhu Chongjiu. I want everything about him.

The old man replied, "Understood, sir. I will make the arrangements immediately." After saying this, he took two steps back and disappeared into the darkness.

On the same day, in the royal palace of Ruixue Kingdom, King Laixun sat on a high throne, with a group of princes and ministers below.

King Lai Xun asked, "What suggestions and solutions do you all have for this attack by the snow monsters?"

The elder of Dean Wang, the Duke of Wangguo, stepped out from the ranks and said, "Your Majesty, currently only the army of Viter City is blocking the monster army. According to the scouts, there is another monster army deep in the snowfield continuously reinforcing the border town, and we have also discovered traces of monsters."

Your servant suggests that we first send four large armies from Wind Snow City, Cloud Snow City, Cold Snow City, and Rain Snow City to quickly reinforce our forces.

The four cities of Wit, Wind, Cloud, and Cold, with their large numbers of martial arts mages, formed the main force, while the city of Rain and Snow, with its large number of magic mages, provided support, working together to block the monsters.

Depending on the situation, additional personnel may be drawn from the magic academies of nearby major cities.

The other cities also need to prepare for battle. The kingdom has no choice but to take this monster's appearance seriously!

Your subject is willing to go and lead the charge!

After listening, King Lai Xun asked, "What do you all think of the Duke's suggestion?"

Upon hearing this, the ministers echoed his sentiments, and several military officers volunteered to lead troops into battle!

Zhu Chongjiu and Xiao Hei had already walked halfway through the Misty Dead Forest. Zhu Chongjiu wondered to himself, "What's going on? Am I being too cautious?"

We'll be leaving the Misty Dead Forest in four or five days, so why haven't we heard a thing?

Little did they know that more than forty Emperor-level demonic beasts had already gathered two days' journey ahead of Zhu Chongjiu. Not counting those, they were too far away from Zhu Chongjiu's location to arrive in time.

After all, not all Emperor-level beings possess the speed of Zhu Chongjiu, Zhouju, and the Dragon-Patterned Heavenly Python. For instance, even if the Giant Spirit Hippopotamus and the Divine Void Giant Crocodile were located on Zhu Chongjiu's path, they might not be able to catch up even if given ten more days.

Two days later, Zhu Chongjiu, who was sitting on Xiao Hei's back and meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and transmitted his voice to Xiao Hei: Xiao Hei, stop!

After Zhu Chongjiu finished speaking, he flipped over and landed on the ground.

Xiao Hei looked at Zhu Chongjiu pitifully and said, "Brother Jiu, please don't put me back into your storage ring. I want to fight alongside you!"

You're a coward, you're just a cart puller. You need your Ninth Brother's help to fight.

Since you insist, then Ninth Brother will not put you into the storage ring. Let you see Ninth Brother's prowess outside. You didn't see the battle against the old snake before!

After bragging to Xiao Hei, Zhu Chongjiu said, "Come out, all of you. Stop hiding. I'm not playing hide-and-seek with you!"

As soon as Zhu Chongjiu finished speaking, more than forty Emperor-level demonic beasts slowly emerged from the mist and stood around Zhu Chongjiu and Xiao Hei, completely surrounding them!

Seeing this, Xiao Hei trembled and said to Zhu Chongjiu, "Ninth Brother, I thought I was good at causing trouble, but I didn't expect you to be even worse. If this doesn't work, I'll go back to my storage ring!"

Zhu Chongjiu ignored Xiao Hei's words and looked at the forty-odd Emperor-level demon beasts. He suddenly laughed and said, "You even gave me a big gift before you left."

Have you carried all the rare and precious medicinal herbs with you?

It's best to bring them all; they'll be very useful later.

At this moment, a demon beast that looked like a complete idiot spoke up and asked: What great use is it?

Zhu Chongjiu replied with a smile: "What great use? It can buy your life!"

After hearing Zhu Chongjiu's words, the silly Emperor-level demon beast scratched his head and asked again: "Can I buy a life? Whose life?"

Zhu Chongjiu looked at the rhinoceros-like monster and laughed, "You'll get half price later, but I've already reserved your horn!"

After Zhu Chongjiu finished speaking, one of the monsters next to the rhinoceros-like monster said, "Old Ox, what are you arguing with him for? We're here to kill him, let's go!"

Zhu Chongjiu: I haven't even made a move yet, and you've already gone first?

Since you're looking for death, then let's start with you!

Zhu Chongjiu disappeared from the spot, but his voice rang out: "Myriad Gods Fist!" With a loud bang, the brains of the Emperor-level demon beast splattered, and it collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

The great battle has begun!

All the Emperor-level demonic beasts launched an attack on Zhu Chongjiu at the same time. Whether it was their innate divine abilities or their own demonic power, they arrived in an instant. When Zhu Chongjiu attacked the first Emperor-level demonic beast, he activated the defensive spell "Qi Wall Shield" to cover his entire body!

At this moment, if one were to look down on the battle from above the Misty Forest, the area within a thousand miles of the battlefield would be free of mist, and the center of the battlefield would almost be a vacuum!

Various demonic beasts use spells, some are good at ambushes, some are good at using poison, some are good at pure strength, and some are good at techniques.

Even if Zhu Chongjiu is strong, he doesn't dare to take on the combined attack of more than forty monsters of the same level at the same time. So Zhu Chongjiu can only use his speed advantage to dodge and evade while seizing opportunities to kill the low-level monsters that he can kill with one blow!

A monster with low defense is not necessarily low in attack power. Even though Zhu Chongjiu was skilled in agility, he could not avoid being attacked by various supernatural powers!

Fighting like this is too tiring. We are surrounded by mist. We not only have to defend against the siege of dozens of monsters around us, but also have to concentrate on preventing more than ten monsters from suddenly attacking from within the mist.

Zhu Chongjiu's original plan was to fight and flee towards the outside of the Misty Dead Forest, placing the battlefield outside the forest so that his divine sense, internal energy, and naked eyes could observe more clearly and he could have more control over the battlefield. In this way, Zhu Chongjiu was confident that he could slowly wear down these Emperor-level demonic beasts with his speed and defense!

However, these demonic beasts may also know Zhu Chongjiu's plan. When they discover that Zhu Chongjiu is consciously moving towards the outside of the Misty Dead Forest, several demonic beasts with very strong defense will appear. They will withstand one or two attacks from Zhu Chongjiu and be seriously injured, but they will still drive Zhu Chongjiu back into the Misty Dead Forest!

Several times along the way, Zhu Chongjiu wanted to draw his greatsword to slaughter the group of Emperor-level demonic beasts, but he kept controlling himself and reminding himself that once he was separated from his greatsword, he would be nothing!

Although his own modified technique is powerful, it also consumes a lot of internal energy. It is not yet possible for Zhu Chongjiu to use it infinitely. He can only use it once when he has the opportunity to kill in one blow!

Moreover, Zhu Chongjiu discovered that the number of Emperor-level demonic beasts was increasing as the battle went on. The battle had been going on for more than an hour, and it seemed that seven or eight more had appeared!

In the battle that lasted for more than an hour, he had already killed seven Emperor-level demonic beasts, and now seven or eight more had joined the fray. In the end, he had worked for nothing all hour.

Zhu Chongjiu thought to himself, "This won't do. If this continues, these bastards will drag me down sooner or later!"

Just then, a deafening roar rang out, and all the Emperor-level demon beasts were frozen in place for more than two seconds!

Zhu Chongjiu knew that Xiao Hei was helping him.

Taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Zhu Chongjiu used the Yang God Finger to pierce the head of an Emperor-level demon beast. Then, he unleashed a move called Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Miles to freeze another Emperor-level demon beast before delivering a Heaven-Splitting Kick, which shattered the frozen beast into pieces.

Zhu Chongjiu instantly killed two demonic beasts, and then, taking advantage of the moment before the demonic beasts could break Xiao Hei's innate divine power, he flashed away and ran out of the encirclement!

Just as Zhu Chongjiu was about to break out of the encirclement, the group of demon beasts had already broken Xiao Hei's innate divine power. One of the demon beasts shouted, "Zhouju, are you going to make an enemy of the Divine Void Demon Beast?"

Don't you know the consequences of doing this?

Once we join forces to kill this human, your death will be imminent!