"That is..."
Cao Yuan looked up at the figure floating in the sky, his expression changing slightly.
"A god." Lin Qiye took a deep breath. "That aura could only belong to a god."
No one understood the pressure of gods better than Lin Qiye. Back in Cangnan, he had encountered Indra and had even killed one of Loki's incarnations.
"But how could there be an Outer God within Fengdu? How did he get in?" Cao Yuan frowned tightly.
Lin Qiye studied the figure, connecting the clues with the ghosts' descriptions from within the residence, and came to a bold guess.
"Perhaps he had been here all along and never left."
Emperor Fengdu looked up at the figure in the sky, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Yama." Emperor Fengdu's voice echoed through the air. "Stealing a Fengdu Shard wasn't enough for you? You even left behind an incarnation here. What do you want?"
The pitch-black god floating in midair looked down at Emperor Fengdu below and spoke with a sneer.
"When we shattered Fengdu back then, I couldn't beat those three bastards to the loot and only got the smallest piece. Naturally, I had to secretly leave myself a backup and set my sights on the last shard... Unfortunately, with your imperial might guarding it, I still haven't been able to budge it after all these years."
Yama slowly descended, floating before Emperor Fengdu. He gave him a teasing once-over, a sinister gleam appearing in his eyes.
"I never expected you to return. And... you've become so much weaker than before."
The corners of his mouth rose uncontrollably. "If I kill you here, your imperial might will be erased completely. Then this final Fengdu Shard will truly be mine."
Emperor Fengdu spoke calmly. "You cannot even shake my imperial might, yet you