Every hair on the Lord of the Underworld's body stood on end. He forced a faint smile onto his face. "Yun Che, there's been a misunderstanding. I was..."
"A misunderstanding?" Yun Che advanced another step, the gray power at his fingertips surging ever more violently. "Why didn't you think of it as a misunderstanding when you lured Divine Eye here?"
The Lord of the Underworld's face instantly turned deathly pale. He secretly channeled Divine Power beneath his feet, intending to break through the boundary and flee, only to discover that Yun Che's gray Laws had already locked down the surrounding space so tightly that not even a sliver could escape through.
He gritted his teeth, suddenly raised his hand, and sent a streak of dark nether light striking toward Yun Che's face, shouting fiercely at the same time.
"Don't push me too far! Even if you concealed your strength, I am the Lord of the Underworld. I'm not someone you can trifle with!"
Yun Che neither dodged nor ducked. With a casual grasp, he crushed the oncoming nether energy, then unleashed the Heaven-Swallowing Hand, seizing the Lord of the Underworld by the neck and lifting him into the air.
"I never intended to fight you head-on. You were the one who got greedy and insisted on following Divine Eye here to steal the spoils. You can't blame me for that."
The Lord of the Underworld's feet dangled above the ground as he flailed his limbs, wheezing through his throat. He looked toward Yun Jin and the others still standing nearby, wanting to beg for mercy, but Yun Che's grip prevented him from uttering a word.
Yun Jin watched the scene before him and took a long while to recover his senses. He wiped the blood from his shoulder and spoke