"Old... old turtle!"
Zhang Yuan had just killed Wenren Yue and heard his last words when another voice came from nearby.
He looked back. The speaker was a Flood Dragon in human form, still bearing many draconic features. He towered over an ordinary person at over three meters tall, and his cultivation was somewhat higher than Wenren Yue's: the late Purple Mansion Realm.
Zhang Yuan fell silent for a moment, then gave Xie Jingxin a slight nod.
Holding her sword in both hands, Xie Jingxin slashed. She moved so fast that the transformed Flood Dragon in the late Purple Mansion Realm could not react. Before he even realized what had happened, his head had parted company with his body. He died even faster than Wenren Yue.
He and Xie Jingxin had each killed two great demons in the Purple Mansion Realm.
With practiced ease, Zhang Yuan circulated the Great Qian Primordial Soul-Refining Scripture and delivered their souls.
"Mm, all settled. We know how to get to the other Demon King Palaces now, too. Let's go."
Zhang Yuan clapped his hands as he spoke.
Xie Jingxin was just about to nod when her small face suddenly turned grave. She grabbed Zhang Yuan before he could leave and said, "Someone else is coming."
"Someone else is coming?"
Zhang Yuan repeated her words, somewhat taken aback. Looking closely with a frown, he noticed that the river beside the great tree had suddenly stopped flowing. A Ghost Deity with jade-green skin covered in fish scales leaped out of the river, carrying a three-pronged Long Halberd. It was none other than a Demon King Palace Ghost Deity of the [Underworld-Penetrating Soul-Severing Palace].
The early Nether Annihilation Realm.
"I am [Returning God] of the Soul-Summoning Office. Were you the ones who killed my subordinates?" [Returning God]