When Heavenly Venerate Xiaoming made his move, everyone felt only calm.
A terrifying calm, as though nothing had happened at all.
Wan Heng also stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what had happened. He even thought Heavenly Venerate Xiaoming had forgiven him. But in the next moment, he completely lost consciousness.
Then, with a bang, he turned into blood mist!
He had fallen completely.
This scene made everyone suck in a breath of cold air. Yet regarding Wan Heng's fate, all parties felt greatly satisfied and utterly vindicated.
This was exactly how it should be done. Being a deserter was one thing, but this kind of contemptible wretch had even slandered others to glorify himself. His shamelessness had reached the utmost limit.
Heavenly Venerate Xiaoming was also feeling low at the moment. If Wan Heng had merely been a deserter, he could still have covered for him. But Wan Heng should never have glorified himself and smeared others after deserting.
Having stirred up public outrage, this matter could no longer be settled easily.
Even if he wanted to protect his own, he could not.
Seeing Heavenly Venerate Xiaoming's low spirits, yet having no choice but to ask about the City of Ten Thousand Ghosts, Heavenly Venerate Xingtong said, "You said you fought someone at the level of a titled Ghost Venerable. Did you obtain any other specific information from that battle?"
"Heavenly Venerate, we obtained quite a lot of information. First, the Underworld—this plane—seems very likely to be invading our world. It may even have already invaded," Yuan Ming said.
"The Underworld?" Heavenly Venerate Xiaoming's pupils contracted.
"Lord Heavenly Venerate, do you know of the Underworld?" Yuan Ming asked in surprise.
Heavenly Venerate Xiaoming said gravely, "How could this old man not know? The Underworld, the Underworld... This Mysterious City is