Five Paths General, Chang'an Ghost Market

"Still trying to run?"

A cold glint flashed through Li Yan's eyes, and he shot forward like an arrow loosed from its string.

With no one obstructing them now, the Netherworld troops descended smoothly!

Darkness as thick as ink swallowed the surroundings in an instant. The rain-damp ground froze in the eerie Malevolent Qi from the netherworld, congealing into a sheet of crystalline ice.

The howling demonic qi moved with astonishing speed, eerily vanishing into the curtain of night.

Behind it, the dark area spreading from the Netherworld troops rapidly swelled and expanded.

Li Yan gripped the Soul Hooking Chain tightly, his fingers shifting rapidly to maintain the spell as he simultaneously drove his feet against the ground.

"Boom!" The ground exploded beneath him. He shot upward like a cannonball, landed atop the wall of the courtyard opposite, and moved faster than rolling thunder. Using Eight Steps Catching Cicadas, he pursued without relent.

The demonic qi had already been locked onto. Escape was impossible.

But Li Yan's target was far more than that.

With the lair of the Nine Gates Yin Ruins destroyed, Zhao Qingxu had hidden five streams of demonic qi throughout the capital. He might even be lurking nearby!

As long as the other party used the Earth Official's Treasure Edict of Atonement, Li Yan would have another chance to strike.

Earlier, in Jinmen, capturing the demonic qi from beyond the borders had yielded a divine celestial force and a Celestial Decree.

Reforging the Five Directions Fengdu Banner required not only a superb vessel, but also all five Celestial Decrees. Thus, he had hoarded them instead of using them recklessly. But if he could kill Zhao Qingxu, it would be worth it!

Late at night, the capital was shrouded in deathly silence.

Li Yan raced across the undulating