204: Oumi Tofu, benefactor, now that you are here, why are you in such a hurry to leave?

With a 'whoosh' sound, a soul-locking chain shot out from the Human Emperor Flag in Chu Mo's hand, adorned with sharp hooks.

The hooks pierced Tree Demon Grandma's shoulder, instantly binding her. Her cultivation quickly receded, and her Primordial Spirit entered an extremely weakened state.

This hook was named Immortal Binding Hook!

It was a token from Xuanxiao Sect's Law Enforcement Hall, capable of sealing the cultivation of a Tribulation Stage Cultivator. With Tree Demon Grandma hooked, she naturally couldn't resist and was directly pulled into the Human Emperor Flag by the chain.

Just as Tree Demon Grandma's Primordial Spirit was collected into the Human Emperor Flag, the ground began to tremble.

Black Mountain Old Demon, having not detected any movement from within the county office for a long time, grew suspicious and, disregarding his plan, directly launched an attack.

However, when he tried to launch a surprise attack from underground, he found the entire underground filled with Talismans. The moment his body moved, those Talismans stuck to him like dog-skin plaster.

Three layers inside, three layers outside.

His body was completely wrapped.

Damn it, his true form was a mountain, and now that he had revealed his original form, the opponent could still wrap his entire body with Talismans.

How extravagant was this?!

How many Talismans were thrown to kill him?!

Noticing the Talismans underground being triggered, Chu Mo's Face showed a twisted smile.

"You are a rock person, and she is a tree demon, how could I not make arrangements underground? Try the power of my Talismans!!"

The moment the Talismans were activated.

Black Mountain Old Demon felt the weight on his body increase by more than ten times, making it difficult even to move his feet.

Furthermore, some Talismans even ignited, their flames burning blue, constantly scorching his body, eroding the Yin Qi on him. His tall body turned red from these blue flames.

Black Mountain Old Demon wanted to extinguish the flames on him.

But how could these flames, capable of burning Black Mountain Old Demon's body red, be ordinary flames?

The flames not only weren't extinguished but intensified due to the Yin Qi on Black Mountain Old Demon's body.

"Black Mountain, are you alright?!"

A red figure floated out from the ghostly mist, standing directly in front of Black Mountain Old Demon. She raised her hand, and streams of red silk flew out, intending to strip all the Talismans from his body.

However, as soon as these red silks touched the blue flames, they burned away.

Such terrifying flames scared the Nine-tailed Demon Fox, causing her to retreat repeatedly and decisively abandon the burning red silks.

"What kind of flames are these? They can actually use our Yin Qi as fuel..." The Nine-tailed Demon Fox maintained a safe distance from Black Mountain Old Demon, looking at the flames on his body, still feeling a lingering fear.

Unlike Black Mountain Old Demon, who was a mountain spirit born in the underworld, the Nine-tailed Demon Fox was a fox demon in her previous life.

After being killed by someone, her soul entered the underworld.

Coincidentally, at that time, the underworld was in chaos.

The Nine-tailed Fox, not sent into Reincarnation by the ghost messengers, had been cultivating in the underworld, eventually reaching her current cultivation.

Now, she could be considered a overlord in the underworld, which was why she was invited by Black Mountain Old Demon.

It was precisely because she was a Soul Cultivator that the Nine-tailed Demon Fox held deep reservations about the blue flames burning on Black Mountain Old Demon.

These flames were extremely effective against souls.

"Damn it! What kind of flames are these..." Although Black Mountain Old Demon relied on his strong body to endure these flames, it was only a temporary measure. These strange Talismans were stuck to his body like dog-skin plaster, constantly spewing fire and consuming his Yin Qi, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Now, he had to remove these Talismans.

As Black Mountain Old Demon called out, the dense ghostly mist echoed with the sounds of horse hooves and heavy footsteps.

Soon, a group of Yin soldiers appeared, led by a Ghost General riding a skeleton horse, exuding a formidable aura.

Since Black Mountain Old Demon's body was incredibly massive in his original form, it was difficult for him to remove all these Talismans himself. Therefore, he had these Yin soldiers climb onto him to remove the Talismans.

".....This."

These Yin soldiers hesitated.

In their past lives, they were all heinous criminals. After death, they became Yin soldiers because Black Mountain Old Demon forcibly conscripted them.

They wouldn't do something that was clearly suicidal.

"Whoosh--!"

The Ghost General chopped down three or four Yin soldiers with an axe, then sucked in streams of Yin Qi from their severed bodies through his skeletal nostrils.

"If you don't go, you die!"

Under the Ghost General's coercion, even though these Yin soldiers were unwilling, they could only bite the bullet and step forward to remove the Talismans from Black Mountain Old Demon's body.

These Talismans were extremely difficult to remove, requiring several Yin soldiers to die just to remove one. Moreover, if the blue flames touched one Yin soldier, they would spread to anyone else he contacted, which was extremely terrifying.

After a good while, almost all of Black Mountain Old Demon's Yin soldiers were consumed by the flames, and he finally recovered from the burning state.

"There's an expert in the county office. The Tree Demon's aura is completely gone; she might be dead." Black Mountain Old Demon, having just been freed, looked at the nearby county office with extreme apprehension.

The sky above the county office was covered with strange runes, forming a special barrier that obscured the aura within.

He couldn't sense the situation inside either.

But one thing was certain: something had happened to the Tree Demon!

"Didn't you say there were only one or two monks? These methods don't seem like Buddhist techniques!" The Nine-tailed Demon Fox landed on Black Mountain Old Demon's shoulder, her smooth feet treading on the black mountain rock. She could still feel the scorching heat of the blue flames from earlier.

The eerie atmosphere, the silent environment, and the unpredictable methods made the Nine-tailed Demon Fox furrow her brows slightly, feeling a subtle unease in her heart.

"I originally wanted to absorb the pure Yang of those two monks, but now it seems it won't be that easy."

At this point, she paused, gently tapping Black Mountain Old Demon with her jade foot, and asked, "You weren't seriously injured, were you?!"

"Just lost some Yin Qi."

"If that's the case, then let's go back! You can just capture more Yin soldiers to replace the ones who burned to death; after all, the underworld has no shortage of souls."

Looking at the county office shrouded in runes, Black Mountain Old Demon felt extremely unwilling. He was considered a overlord in the underworld, yet now he was retreating hastily without even meeting the opponent's Face.

Didn't he, Black Mountain Old Demon, care about his Face?

"Black Mountain, let me tell you, this guy is not to be trifled with. From his mysterious and unpredictable methods, you can tell that this guy is not an ordinary Dao Cultivator," the Nine-tailed Demon Fox warned.

Unlike Black Mountain Old Demon, who was a mountain spirit, she didn't have such innate talent. She had survived until now purely by acting cautiously.

In this situation, leaving was the best option.

Black Mountain Old Demon, however, completely disregarded her warning, merely snorting, "Nine-tailed, you've been in the underworld for so long, why are you still so timid? If they could subdue us, they wouldn't need to play so many tricks. It's just a bluff."

"Then take care, I'm leaving first!"

With that, the Nine-tailed Demon Fox transformed into a streak of light and fled, but just as she hadn't gone far, she was slapped back by a giant golden palm.

"Boom!!"

A large pit appeared on the ground.

The Nine-tailed Demon Fox was covered in black mist, with multiple burn marks on her body, looking exceptionally dishevelled.

"Amitabha, this benefactor, since you've come, why are you in such a hurry to leave? This humble monk and my friend haven't even greeted you yet!"

A figure stood in front, with a Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Idol behind him, looking extremely sacred and solemn.

The person who performed such a feat must be an enlightened monk, but his composition was somewhat complex.

Dressed in a Daoist robe, carrying a long sword on his back, with an ethereal temperament like an immortal sword master, yet in his hand, he held the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, constantly spewing black smoke.

Enlightened monk?

Sword Immortal?

Evil Cultivator?