The First Time I Led an Army into Battle Alone, I Ran Into a Tough Opponent Like Bai Yuchan (Continued)

"Arrived."

He murmured the two words.

Like someone who had waited a long time, finally reaching the moment they had been waiting for.

Across from him, the instant Zos Omog saw Lin Chen's face, the iron-blue skin beneath its bird beak twitched violently.

"Lin Chen, you little brat!!"

Its voice brimmed with bone-deep, vicious hatred.

It was the old grudge from the River God Temple by the Qiantang River!

New hatred and old enmity—today, they would finally be settled!

Lin Chen, too, saw the bird-beaked judge, and his expression grew several degrees more solemn.

"Even a Thunder Department chief clerk as exalted as Heavenly Lord Xin has been occupied by evil filth?"

Moreover, Lin Chen sensed an extremely familiar, sinister aura from Heavenly Lord Xin.

That sticky, fishy stench from the abyss beneath the sea.

Lin Chen's gaze abruptly sharpened. "You're that Zos Omog—the Nine Yin Dragon Slug!"

The moment those words left his mouth, Heavenly Lord Xin's expression changed slightly.

Back at the Qiantang River, it had worn the face of Feng Yi, the river god. After taking over Heavenly Lord Xin's body, it had thought itself be transformed, believing no one would recognize it.

Yet Lin Chen had identified it from nothing more than that lingering trace of aura.

The terror and panic of having its true origins exposed flashed through its heart.

But hatred swiftly crushed it down.

The Thunder Department judge said viciously, "So you still remember me!"

Its bird beak let out a piercing sneer.

"This time, I've changed into a stronger dharma body.

I was just about to come find you and settle the score!"

Lin Chen smiled as well, with an exceptional calmness in his voice as he replied, "As soon as I saw you, my sword started itching too~"

Lin Chen tilted