Escape So Smoothly, and Look This Cool Doing It

However, with the most powerful beings in the Purgatory Domain watching, the Purgatory Devil King couldn't bring himself to go back on his word. He could only reply sullenly, "That's right. I did promise you. But before that, you should ask King Chi Gui what she thinks."

"Her opinion doesn't matter, because..." Lei Dong's words stunned everyone and left King Chi Gui furious, but he merely said, in a calm, breezy tone, "Goodbye."

The moment he said "Goodbye," the hundreds of Suicide Ghosts circling Lei Dong let out a chorus of shrill, piercing, spine-chilling screams. With a tearing whoosh, they all accelerated at once, surging forward like a swarm of locusts. When Suicide Ghosts hit top speed, they were terrifyingly fast over short distances.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A continuous barrage of explosions sent waves rolling through the air, thick with sulfur and scorching heat, while clouds of red smoke billowed and countless rocks and fragments filled the sky. At the same time, Lei Dong planted his feet on Mò Yáo's shoulders. Mò Yáo understood at once and sped toward another exit.

Though Mò Yáo stood dozens of feet tall and spanned several yards from side to side, the way he moved through the air was astonishingly agile. Whether accelerating in a straight line, turning, or coming to an abrupt stop, every movement was graceful. His copper-colored puppet body had an ancient, dignified grandeur. And who was the Underworld King? A mighty being whose fame had endured throughout history, still revered by later generations tens of millions of years after his time.

How could a puppet personally designed and crafted by him be anything ordinary? Its abilities were astonishing in every respect. Though its overall combat strength couldn't compare to the three mighty avatars from the Demon Spirit Realm, it still