Zhu Jin's Dominance!

With the appearance of this gray-robed old man, the soldiers guarding the Underground Palace exit had looks of fervor in their eyes!

This man was none other than Ye Mo, deputy commander of the Dragon Devouring Legion!

A Nine-star Dou Di expert!

With this lord standing guard, they could finally rest easy. Otherwise, if Elder Zhu forced his way into the Forbidden Area, they would all be severely punished!

Within the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, two figures slowly appeared in a quiet bamboo grove.

"It seems it failed..." King Xuan Ling said slowly.

"Your Majesty..."

"How is that possible? That was the strength of Eight-star Dou Di Perfection. Dealing with two Five-star Dou Di should have been effortless..." Wen Zi said in disbelief.

"Nothing is impossible."

"Xiao Yan was able to kill the Twin Ghost Emperor, so he must possess some special means. And as for Mu Yingying, I sensed a familiar aura from her, though I cannot pinpoint what it is." King Xuan Ling shook his head slightly.

"After this failure, who knows when another opportunity will come. The potential of those two is truly terrifying." Wen Zi said helplessly.

"Perhaps this is not the time to be considering that..." After saying this, King Xuan Ling looked up at the sky and discovered that it was undergoing intense changes.

"Zhu Jin?" Wen Zi was startled as well.

With Wen Zi's seasoned eyesight, it was naturally not difficult for him to notice the violently churning thunderclouds in the sky.

"It seems that after this failure, that old bastard Zhu Jin will not let this go..." King Xuan Ling said slowly as he stared at the dark clouds crackling with lightning overhead.

Even King Xuan Ling, who had entered the ranks of Nine-turn Dou Di, could sense a chill from the sky.

"I'll deal with the loose ends." Wen Zi understood King Xuan Ling's meaning. He instantly crushed a yellow Jade Talisman in his hand, and the space around him wriggled slightly before he vanished.

"This fluctuation has actually touched upon the fluctuations of life and death..." King Xuan Ling shook his head helplessly, then rose slightly and headed toward the Underground Palace.

"Zhu Jin, do you intend to wage war against our Xuan Ling Imperial Family?!" Elder Ye Mo roared, and his aura surged explosively!

"You have actually entered the Nine-star Dou Di realm as well..." Elder Zhu said in surprise the next moment.

Hearing this, Ye Mo relaxed somewhat. Just as he was about to persuade Zhu Jin again, a voice that feared neither heaven nor earth suddenly rang out.

"If anything happens to him—"

"Then there will be no need for your Xuan Ling Imperial Family to exist." Elder Zhu stood in the air, towering in the void. Terrifying bolts of lightning flashed past him one after another, yet none struck his body!

At this moment, Elder Zhu resembled the sovereign of lightning between heaven and earth, looking down upon all living things!

Facing such terrifying pressure, Elder Ye Mo said helplessly, "Perhaps things are not as you think. Why don't we calm down first and sit down to talk?"

It was no wonder Ye Mo had adopted such an attitude. He knew that he had only just broken through to Nine-star Dou Di. At most, he was merely a Nine-star Dou Di now, not even a One-turn Nine-star Dou Di...

As for Elder Zhu before him, he had already been a Seven-turn Nine-star Dou Di a hundred years ago. After a century, who knew what height he had reached...

"Hmph!"

"Ye Mo, don't think I don't know the good deeds your Xuan Ling Imperial Family has done over the years!" Elder Zhu snorted coldly, his aura showing no sign of weakening.

"My lord, doing this will damage the goodwill between our Xuan Ling Imperial Family and the Burning Incense Pavilion," Ye Mo continued.

"Move!" Elder Zhu noticed that Ye Mo was blocking the entrance to the Underground Palace and immediately shouted fiercely from the sky.

As Elder Zhu's voice fell, the thunderclouds around Zhu Jin suddenly unleashed a brilliant beam of lightning, which howled straight toward the ground!

Boom! Boom! Boom! The terrifying lightning attack instantly spread across the ground. In the next moment, earth-shattering explosions rang out as countless fragments scattered through the air.

A massive crater a hundred zhang wide suddenly appeared before Ye Mo!

At this moment, Ye Mo wiped away a cold sweat inwardly, because he knew that Elder Zhu's attack had merely been a display of force!

If that terrifying attack had struck him, it would have been extremely difficult to deal with.

"Damn it!"

"That old bastard has actually touched upon the Dou Xian realm. His strength is probably already at Nine-turn Nine-star Dou Di..." Ye Mo muttered inwardly as he looked unwillingly toward the distant sky.

"My lord, you will pay the price for your choice today," Ye Mo said slowly, then directly stepped aside from the Underground Palace entrance he had been guarding.

There was no other choice!

After all, the man before him was a peak expert at the Nine-turn Nine-star Dou Di level. If he insisted on forcing his way in, Ye Mo knew that there was no way he could stop him.

"Threatening me?"

"I said long ago that if anything happened to my disciple on the territory of your Xuan Ling Imperial Family, I would not let it rest." Elder Zhu refused to yield.

"This..."

"Isn't this just shameless bullying..." Some extremely faint voices rose from among the soldiers guarding the Underground Palace entrance.

"Forget it. Who told him to have that kind of strength..." the soldiers murmured among themselves.

"What?"

"Disciple?" Ye Mo was shocked upon hearing this!

If Zhu Jin only possessed the strength of a Nine-turn Nine-star Dou Di, he was powerful, but not enough to make them utterly fearful!

What was even more terrifying was that Elder Zhu was the number one Array Master of Xuan Tian San!

An Array Master was a terrifying existence capable of opposing their entire Xuan Ling Imperial Family alone. Even King Xuan Ling had to show Zhu Jin some respect!

A hundred years ago, Zhu Jin had not yet reached the peak Dou Di realm, yet relying on his own strength and the power of an Array Master, he had single-handedly fought against eleven people, including the Dragon Devouring Legion and the current King Xuan Ling!

He had even severely injured several of their experts before retreating unscathed!

That battle shook all of Xuan Tian San, and it was precisely that battle which established Zhu Jin's title as the number one Array Master of Xuan Tian San!

Thus, Zhu Jin's strength could only be described as terrifying!

However, what reassured the Xuan Ling Imperial Family was that although Zhu Jin's own strength was exceedingly terrifying, and with the addition of his abilities as an Array Master, he was likely an existence capable of covering the sky with one hand throughout Xuan Tian San.

Fortunately, Zhu Jin had never accepted any disciples. Otherwise, with this expert's capabilities, given enough time, he would surely cultivate an even more terrifying Array Master!

Therefore, upon hearing that one of the people entering the Mysterious Spirit Imperial Pool this time was Zhu Jin's disciple, Ye Mo finally understood why Zhu Jin was willing to risk a war between two super factions to forcefully intervene!

"This is big trouble..." Ye Mo shook his head fiercely as he watched Zhu Jin head toward the Underground Palace. This man was famously protective of his own.