Huo Yuanbai's betrayal had caused the Nightmare Legion to fall into the Great Ghostfiend Destruction Formation, losing more than twenty thousand men. This news spread among the survivors.
The most excited were naturally Deputy General Zou Li's trusted aides. Not long after, the news spread to the rest of the Nightmare Legion.
"Let's retreat first and preserve our strength!"
Deputy General Zou Li shouted as he led his trusted aides to retreat. Immediately, the remaining ten thousand Martial Cultivators left the Great Ghostfiend Destruction Formation.
Although most of the Martial Cultivators did not believe that Huo Yuanbai would betray Shura County, they could only retreat now.
In front of them was the Great Ghostfiend Destruction Formation. Countless vengeful spirits danced in the air. Once they fell into the formation, they would not be able to escape.
This tragic scene naturally fell into the eyes of Long Yu.
"General Huo, the Nightmare Legion has suffered heavy losses. Thirty thousand men led by Deputy General Zou Li fell into the Great Ghostfiend Destruction Formation's ambush. We lost more than half of our men."
Long Yu reported the situation to Huo Yuanbai.
The murderous intent in Huo Yuanbai's eyes lingered for a long time. "Zou Li, I've long felt that there's something wrong with him. Now that he's colluding with the Duke of Gui Xie and causing the deaths of our comrades, I will not let him off!"
"I'm afraid it's not that simple. Zou Li used helping you as an excuse. If you die, it's all your fault. Even if the Duke of Shura questions you, Zou Li will be fine."
Long Yu said worriedly.
"You underestimate our Duke too much."
Huo Yuanbai paused for a moment before continuing, "I believe in the Duke's judgment. He will not let the wicked get away with it. Also, we may not die."
Huo Yuanbai had already felt that the power of the Divine Chains that the Duke of Ghost Evil had unleashed was blocked by Long Yu. It was unbelievable.
This gave him a glimmer of hope. If they could hold on until the Duke of Shura arrived, there might still be a chance!
Long Yu nodded. He carefully observed the movements outside, especially the Duke of Ghost Evil's actions.
The Gui Xie Duke's attack had no effect on the Ancient Dragon Bone Tower, causing his expression to darken. He continued to brandish the Black-Gold Scythe, attacking the Ancient Dragon Bone Tower.
He didn't believe that he couldn't handle a Great Desolate-Level Warrior with his Emperor Path Arcane Realm cultivation base.
Seeing the Ghost Evil Annihilation Great Formation activate and kill the 20,000 Devil Legion of the Asura County, the Ghost Evil County King nodded in satisfaction. With such a result, the Ghost Evil County had earned big this time.
Even if Huo Yuanbai and the others managed to escape, Duke Ghost Evil wouldn't think much of it. To him, this mission was just to deal a blow to Duke Asura.
Whether it was Huo Yuanbai's death or the Nightmare Legion's twenty thousand men dying in the Great Formation of Evil and Ghostly Evil, Duke Gui Xie had made a profit.
He glanced at Zou Li, the Deputy General of the Nightmare Legion, who was retreating not far away. Zou Li was commanding his men to retreat from the crowd, and a sneer appeared on his face.
"This Zou Li has a good plan. He wants to borrow my strength to get rid of Huo Yuanbai and take the throne …"
Duke Ghost Evil's eyes flashed with coldness and disdain. "If you really succeed, the Nightmare Legion will no longer be a threat to me. The entire Nightmare Mountain Range will become my Ghost Evil County's territory! Unfortunately, Asura King is not a brainless guy. How could I let someone like him take the throne and become the general of the Nightmare Legion? "
On the surface, Duke Ghost Evil was working with Zou Li to support him, but in reality, he was just using Zou Li as a pawn.
Duke Ghost Evil was extremely disdainful towards Zou Li, but since Zou Li could bring him benefits, he reluctantly agreed to this plan.
This plan was not bad for Duke Ghost Evil at all, so he had no reason to reject it!
After all, Asura County's men would die, while his Ghost Evil County would not suffer any losses.
At this point, the Ghost Evil County had already earned big.
"If that's the case, why don't I get this ancient pagoda …"
Duke Ghost Evil thought and temporarily stopped attacking the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda. Instead, he transmitted his voice into the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda, "Huo Yuanbai, Shan Gui, if you leave this ancient pagoda behind, I can let you go. What do you think?"
The plan he and Deputy General Zou Li of Asura County's Nightmare Legion was to kill Huo Yuanbai and set up the Ghost and Evil Destruction Formation to wipe out the Nightmare Legion's 20,000 men, then frame Huo Yuanbai for the crime.
But now, Duke Ghost Evil had changed his mind.
Since he had already profited, it did not matter to him whether or not he kept his end of the deal. More importantly, if Huo Yuanbai died, Asura King would definitely hate him to the core and might even start a war.
How could it be so easy to frame Huo Yuanbai for betrayal?
Duke Ghost Evil thought to himself. Only those from the Nightmare Legion would believe him. As for Asura King, there was no way he could fool him.
Since that was the case, he might as well let Huo Yuanbai go. Getting another Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda was not a bad thing.
A desolate-level Warrior was a rare treasure. Moreover, Duke Ghost Evil had seen that his Godly Chains technique had not been able to destroy it, so he desired it even more.
If he could get his hands on this ancient pagoda, Duke Ghost Evil's ranking among the 72 Dukes of Tianqin Dynasty would definitely rise to a higher level!
The voice entered the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda, shocking Long Yu, Huo Yuanbai, and Ren Pingfan.
"General Huo, can we trust Duke Ghost Evil's words?"
Long Yu asked with a frown.
If he was trustworthy, he could agree to the other party's conditions at a critical moment. Exchanging the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda for their lives was worth it.
To Long Yu, the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda was just an external object. It could not be compared to his own life.
"The Gui Xie Duke is cunning and full of tricks. His words are hard to tell whether they are true or false. If we go out, we might be killed by him immediately."
Huo Yuanbai shook his head.
"Mm, I understand."
Long Yu nodded, indicating that he understood.
In that case, surrendering or handing over the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda was impossible. The only way was to hold on and wait for the Asura Duke's arrival.
…
The Great Formation of Evil and Heavenly Destruction of Evil lasted for a few hours before it finally stopped.
Deputy General Zou Li had already left with the remaining Martial Cultivators of the Nightmare Corps. There was no trace of them in the sky. It seemed that they had completely retreated.
In these few hours, the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda was constantly attacked by Duke Ghost Evil and suffered many damages.
During this time, Duke Ghost Evil had used the Godly Chains technique twice, attacking the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda with ten times the power of the Godly Runes, but they were all blocked by Long Yu's Nine Underworld Heavenly Screen.
If not for that, the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda would have long been destroyed.
"Are you really not going to surrender? I don't believe that a mere Battle Weapon like this can withstand four consecutive attacks from me using the Divine Chain Technique. "
Duke Ghost Evil sneered. He knew that Long Yu and Huo Yuanbai had chosen to resist to the end, so all he could do was destroy the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda.
Just as he was about to condense the power of the Godly Chains technique for the fourth time and use that terrifying power to destroy the Dragon Bone Ancient Pagoda, there was a sudden flash of lightning in the sky, followed by a patch of dark clouds. It was as if the God of Death was about to descend, causing the entire sky to turn pitch-black.
Originally, when Duke Ghost Evil had arrived, the sky was already filled with dark clouds, blocking the sunlight. However, there was not a single ray of light in the entire sky now.
"Asura Duke, you're finally here."
Duke Ghost Evil could not help but smirk when he saw this. "Huo Yuanbai is now mine. It's useless even if you come!"
As he said this, the power of the Divine Chain Law, which he had condensed for the fourth time, swept straight up into the pitch-black sky, forming a gray fog tornado that swept away the black clouds in the sky.
At that moment, a stalwart figure in a black robe descended from the pitch-black clouds. His body was surrounded by an endless Asura Storm, as if he was the God of Death that had just walked out of Hell.
This was the Duke of Asura County!
"Duke Ghost Evil, you've gone too far."
The Asura Duke's voice rang out. Facing the Ghost Evil Duke's Divine Chain Tempest, the Asura Storm around the Asura Duke expanded as well, condensing into divine chains that shot towards the Ghost Evil Duke.
The power of both parties collided, causing the color of the sky to change. It was as if a terrifying storm from Hell was rampaging in all directions!
Nearby, two towering mountains that reached the clouds were affected by the power storm from the two parties. They broke in half and collapsed.
One should know that the rocks of the Devil Mountain Range were extremely hard. Even a God's Secret Realm cultivator would find it difficult to mine ores from there.
Yet now, the shockwave from the clash between two Emperor's Secret Realm cultivators was enough to shatter two mountains. One could imagine how terrifying the power of an Emperor's Secret Realm cultivator was!
"Asura Duke, I've never gone too far."
Duke Ghost Evil snickered. "Your subordinate brought his men to my Ghost Evil County. I merely retaliated a little. What's wrong with that?"
"Cut the crap. Asura God Chains!"
The Asura Duke descended from the sky with an imposing figure. He raised his hand and the power of some kind of Godly Rune once again condensed into Godly Chains. Like a bolt of lightning, the Godly Chains wrapped around the Ancient Dragon Skeleton Tower.
"You're thinking too much. This Combat Weapon belongs to me!"
Seeing this, the Duke Ghost Evil snorted. The power of the Godly Chains formed a storm and blasted out in an attempt to shatter the Asura God Chains.
However, at this moment, a silhouette in a silver dress appeared in the sky. She raised her hand and a silver mirror appeared in the air, blocking the Gui Xie Duke's path.
The power of the Godly Chains collided with the silver mirror. In the next moment, the silver mirror reflected the power of the Godly Chains!
"Silver Mirror?"
Duke Ghost Evil was startled for a moment before he burst out laughing. "Asura Duke, I didn't expect you to send your woman to fight just to deal with me. I'm impressed!"
Despite his words, the Gui Xie Monarch's expression was extremely solemn.
The figure in the silver dress held the desolate-grade Silver Mirror Combat Weapon in her hand. It could reflect the power of most Godly Runes and was extremely difficult to deal with. She was one of the Asura Duke's women.
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