Chapter 876: Well Done

Come, get it quick!

Nezha's face sank as the surrounding yin qi struck, making his severe injury unstable again.

In just a few breaths, a net of 100,000 yin soldiers formed around him, making it unlikely he could break out.

Heedless of everything, sacrificing his own life, he could inflict heavy casualties on the 100,000 yin soldiers.

If Tang Luo weren't beside him, Nezha would only need to consider how to make these yin soldiers die in greater numbers.

With Tang Luo present, Nezha had no intention of playing the hero, for his body wouldn't allow it.

The surging yin qi formed a blurry face: "Hand over the Register of Life and Death—it's you!"

The original words "Hand over the Register of Life and Death, and I can withdraw from this world" changed to just the two words "It's you," carrying a hint of surprise and delight.

"It's him!"

Hidden within the surging yin qi, a towering man clad head to toe in black armor, wearing a pair of ox-horn helmets, could hardly keep from crying out.

But his inner voice differed from King Qin Guang's delighted expression—it was apprehension, even fear.

Tang Xuanzang!

Demon monk Tang Xuanzang!

The one clad in black armor, with chains wrapped around his arms and a spear in his right hand, is Ox-Head.

Once the Ox-Head of the Mountain Sea Realm, he still holds the position of Ox-Head in the Underworld of the new Heavenly Court.

The difference is that, in the Mountain Sea Realm, there were actually many Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces.

In the new Heavenly Court and new Underworld, Ox-Head is the sole one—unique—Ox-Head!

His strength is also far greater than before.

Moreover, backed by King Qin Guang, Ox-Head dares to confront the gravely injured Nezha.

"A fallen tiger bullied by dogs"—though it's a self‑deprecating saying, it truly describes this situation.

The times have changed, Third Prince.

As a member of the Heavenly Court and an elder of the Mountain Sea Realm, Ox-Head naturally knows what major events occurred in the Heavenly Court not long ago.

The Venerable of Qi Luck was slain by Tang Xuanzang, Yang Jian, and Sun Wukong working together, completely disregarding the Heavenly Court's dignity. Already, the Jade Emperor, by decree of the Supreme Vast Heaven God Emperor, has designated the three (plus Zhu Bajie and others) as enemies of the Heavenly Court for a century.

Thereafter, many immortals clenched their fists, seeking the three.

However, Ox-Head and his new master, King Qin Guang, are not among them.

Like the Venerable of Qi Luck, King Qin Guang is also a deity on the List of Gods, and the Ten Yama Kings of the Underworld oversee the operation of the six paths of reincarnation that govern the thirteen million five thousand worlds under Heavenly Court rule.

Even the Underworld's six paths of reincarnation will not touch those who have passed the tribulation as Heavenly Immortals or higher.

Even just the mortals of the lower 1,050,000 worlds constitute an enormous number.

Among the Ten Yama Kings, there are three giants whose strength and influence surpass the remaining seven kings.

King Qin Guang is one of those three giants, with two other Yama Kings having defected to him and belonging to his faction.

His own strength may fall short of the Venerable of Qi Luck, but his power and authority are vast—absolutely beyond what the Venerable of Qi Luck can match.

King Qin Guang is not satisfied with this; he aims higher, setting his sights on the lost object of the Underworld—the duplicate Register of Life and Death.

Unlike the duplicate Register of Life and Death currently held by each Yama King of the Underworld.

The originally lost duplicate Register of Life and Death carries great symbolic significance.

The Supreme Vast Heaven God Emperor has a standing order: whoever can recover a lost heavenly treasure will be rewarded with merit.

To the Underworld, two duplicate Registers of Life and Death are extremely important lost treasures.

Once found, King Qin Guang, as one of the three giants, will surely increase his power, and it is not impossible for him to become the strongest Yama King of the Underworld in the future.

His purpose in coming to this world is to obtain the duplicate Register of Life and Death.

The appearance of this "Enemy of the Heavenly Court" is, for King Qin Guang, entirely an unexpected windfall—after all, who could refuse a free fat sheep delivered to his door?

King Qin Guang is pleased, but Ox-Head certainly is not.

He is an elder of the Mountain Sea Realm and knows that the demon monk Tang Xuanzang is certainly no easy companion.

Moreover, Tang Xuanzang is here—what about his chief disciple, Sun Wukong?!

Just thinking of that small figure makes Ox-Head tremble all over.

At least Tang Xuanzang only bears an external demonic curse—he has never attacked the Underworld.

But Sun Wukong truly raised hell in the Underworld, leaving Ox-Head with an indelible impression of fear.

Ox-Head was about to advise the "young man King Qin Guang" to calm down, but the fierce tiger before him had not fallen low.

Who knows—another hungry tiger might be eyeing him hungrily.

King Qin Guang, however, had already issued the order: "Kill! Bring back his head and the Register of Life and Death to the Heavenly Court to claim the reward!"

An unexpected delight.

The Register of Life and Death, the Venerable of Qi Luck's "legacy"—in this world he wants it all!

"No way! You didn't feel the aura Tang Xuanzang just released?" The surrounding yin soldiers howled as they charged toward Tang Luo, while Ox-Head groaned inwardly.

King Qin Guang is naturally not foolish; don't forget, his original plan was merely to obtain the duplicate Register of Life and Death and then withdraw.

Tang Luo's greeting proved effective, making him quite wary.

But the situation is now different—the opposing side represents not only the duplicate Register of Life and Death, but also the Enemy of the Heavenly Court.

King Qin Guang does not mind paying a greater price to kill this person.

Faced with the howling yin soldiers, Tang Luo grasped his hand, and the Mysterious Transformation became a Mysterious Transformation Spear.

He gripped the Mysterious Transformation Spear with both hands, pulled it apart, and employed the Dual‑Blade Style.

He dual‑wielded the Mysterious Transformation Spear.

In such a situation, naturally one dual‑wields to unleash the Peerless.

With a laugh, Tang Luo surged forward into the enemy formation; the yin qi enveloping the masses of yin soldiers was instantly torn open, revealing a large empty space.

It was like a clear trace appearing in a pile of black ink.

Without using any divine abilities, Tang Luo simply waved the Profound Change Halberd in his hand, with no particular technique to speak of.

Horizontal sweeps, downward smashes, upward thrusts, wide openings and closings—each strike killed many yin soldiers beneath his Profound Change Halberd.

In the high-intensity clash, the false Profound Change formed by the dual-blade style quickly shattered.

Tang Luo freed up a hand, and his killing speed not only did not decrease, but actually increased further.

With his other hand he drew talismans in the void—iron armor, swift wind, substitute death, healing—except for the Blood Talisman·Invisibility, none of them were useful.

The rest of the Blood Talismans were drawn by Tang Luo and then tossed aside.

A swing of the Profound Change Halberd in his hand surged with power, striking first after moving later, opening a completely clear "path" through the dense ranks of yin soldiers around him.

Four talismans flew over and stuck to Nezha's body, easing his urgent predicament.

"Buddha's Dharma is boundless!"

"Come on, let's vent some energy, see who kills more, hahaha!"

Various buffs were tossed onto Nezha, Tang Luo laughed, and with a thrust of the Profound Change Halberd he skewered the few yin soldiers before him into candied haws.

Some of these yin soldiers were skeletons, others were semi-transparent ghost bodies.

Usually the skeletons encircle while the ghosts take the lead in attack.

But here with Tang Luo, there's no distinction—they're just sandbags for him to loosen up his muscles and bones.

It looked like Tang Luo was trapped in a sea of yin soldiers, but in fact he was enjoying the slaughter, feeling that he hadn't encountered such a straightforward and decisive opponent in a long time.

No nonsense—he launched straight into battle as soon as they met.

"Great!"

"Your Majesty! This person is extremely dangerous!" Ox Head said, not joining the yin soldiers surrounding Tang Luo, stepping back to speak to that blurry face.

King Qin Guang is in this world, but he himself is not here.

Afterwards, the Yama Kings belonging to King Qin Guang's faction arrived; they were not in this world, they merely came to help King Qin Guang open the "Yin Soldier Borrowed Path," pour up to a million yin soldiers into this world, and then left.

Thanks to the Heavenly Court, King Qin Guang and the ten Yama Kings have sufficient authority to use the Yin Soldier Borrowed Path, sending the underworld's yin soldiers into other worlds.

In the worlds governed by the Heavenly Court, the Yin Soldier Borrowed Path naturally requires no cost.

King Qin Guang poured all the yin soldiers he could mobilize from the underworld into other worlds, needing only a few breaths' time.

But in worlds not ruled by the Heavenly Court, opening the Yin Soldier Borrowed Path is not cheap, and committing the yin soldiers also takes considerable time.

One hundred thousand yin soldiers took King Qin Guang himself a full ten days to bring entirely into this world.

As a result, under the combined forces of Sun Wutian and Nezha, they suffered some minor losses; they won, but it wasn't the great victory they'd imagined, and a Nezha still got away.

They immediately decided to increase their forces, and incidentally also bring this world under their control.

This world is brimming with heavenly and earthly vital energy, and King Qin Guang wants it too.

A million yin soldiers—when he, Officer King, and Biancheng King joined forces, the three of them took three days to fully commit them to this world.

The Yin Soldier Borrowed Path activated by the Ten Hall Yama Kings working together is not a simple additive effect.

The hundred thousand yin soldiers currently besieging Tang Luo and his companion are merely one‑tenth of the great yin army.

Thereafter, the true fighting forces have arrived.

The number of yin soldiers slain by Tang Luo has already exceeded ten thousand, yet the surrounding numbers show no sign of diminishing.

King Qin Guang was very pleased with his move to reinforce troops at the slightest disagreement; otherwise, he might not have been able to capture this enemy of the Heavenly Court.

"I know, so the million‑strong army has already arrived; later I will personally behead him." The confident voice of King Qin Guang came from his blurry visage.

"No, a million yin soldiers might still not be enough!" Ox Head shook his head repeatedly, "Please, Your Majesty, summon a few more as quickly as possible to reinforce…"

Ox Head paused, then gritted his teeth and spoke his true thought: "And report to the Heavenly Court! Only then can we be absolutely certain!"

"Oh?" King Qin Guang's blurry face turned to Ox Head, "Do you think I'm not his match?"

"Cut it out, you're not strong yourself! You think I don't know you can't beat the Qi Luck Venerable?" Ox Head cursed in his mind, "Putting on an act here is pointless!"

On the surface he looked terrified: "I dare not, I just think the opponent might not be alone!"

The enemy of the Heavenly Court is a three‑plus‑two combination (the Heavenly Howling Dog is overlooked).

Zhu Bajie, Ao Yu Lie in passing, and Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Tang Xuanzang—these three are the real dangerous elements.

Such remarks can remind King Qin Guang and also give him a face‑saving way out.

"Hmm, you make sense," King Qin Guang said, "but first let's talk about these few enemies of the Heavenly Court. I hadn't paid attention before, but I've heard rumors that they might once have been people of the Mountains and Seas realm?"

"Yes, they're all powerful figures from the Mountains and Seas realm, and… they're actually members of the Heavenly Court!" Ox Head hurried to strike while the iron was hot.

"Oh?" That actually piqued King Qin Guang's interest.

"They're still Heavenly Court members—why would they rebel against the present Heavenly Court?"

"Wasn't the Supreme Heavenly God Emperor originally the ruler of the former Heavenly Court?"

"The matter is rather complicated," Ox Head pondered, "simply put, these three are lawless madmen who refuse to submit to the Heavenly Court's discipline."

"Interesting, it seems they're indeed not to be underestimated." King Qin Guang, "Well done."

After a word of praise, King Qin Guang's blurry visage faded away.

Ox Head let out a relieved sigh—success!

"Well done."

Just then, a voice sounded at his side, also praising him.

Ox Head turned his head and saw that Tang Xuanzang had somehow already arrived beside him.

Following the words of praise, he reached out and slapped his shoulder.

Following Tang Luo's encouraging pat on the shoulder, Ox Head's body instantly shattered, leaving only a wisp of remnant soul that occupied a yin soldier's corpse in this yin‑filled, entwining environment.

Thus he managed to cling to life.