Boom!
Chen Cuo's true body, disguised as Nie Zhengrong, had only just stopped when two currents of Black and White qi crashed down around him!
In an instant, the space around him grew oppressively heavy!
The people walking beside "Nie Zhengrong" felt it at once. A moment ago, they had been striding briskly; now they could scarcely lift a foot. Each of them seemed frozen in place!
Worse, a bone-piercing chill erupted from Chen Cuo's body and spread outward like a cold front!
Su Ding, Hu Qiu, and the others shuddered. Their limbs became even harder to control.
Before they could react, Chen Cuo swept out both hands. A Repulsive Force burst forth and shoved them more than a dozen zhang away!
Once clear of Chen Cuo, they recovered. Still shaken, they looked ahead, alarm plain on every face.
Su Ding's eyelid twitched. Black and White were spreading around Chen Cuo, devouring the surrounding colors bit by bit. He guessed where the power came from.
"The power of life and death? Someone from the Underworld Office has attacked Nie Zhengrong?"
After he spoke, Su Ding and the others exchanged glances.
Besides the seven Daoists, five cultivators including Hu Qiu and Guan Yu had been following Chen Cuo. All were members of the Creation Gate whom Chu Zhengdao had previously trapped.
After Chen Cuo defeated Chu Zhengdao and sealed him on the spot, most of the Creation Dao Cultivators thanked Chen Cuo but ultimately chose to scatter.
Including the seven Daoists, only fourteen people had stayed with him.
Not all fourteen recognized the Underworld Office's methods, but Su Ding's words made every one of them realize how serious this was.
Su Ding was an elder of the Crow Mountain Sect, after all!
"Could Underworld Virtue have drawn a Heavenly Tribulation?" Hu