Subduing the Four Generals

Yin Yunze's tone was not very varied when he said this, and it even carried a hint of teasing. But Judge Qian was very keen to detect the trace of a firm killing intent in his voice.

Without needing to say anything more, feeling his soul flicker like a candle in the wind, Judge Qian understood that Yin Yunze had no room for negotiation.

Faced with this final opportunity, Judge Qian stopped beating around the bush and said directly, "Lady Qingnü, I admit defeat this time! I can give you all my assets in exchange for your mercy! But how can you prove that you will really keep your word and let me go?"

"Let's swear an oath. What could be more reassuring for us than a vow?"

Unlike mortals who swear oaths as if they were nothing, deities, not only are swearing itself imbued with divine power, but they also possess the ability to Forge Oaths with each other, so they are not afraid of the other party breaking their oath and then renege on it.

Looking at Judge Qian, Yin Yunze said, "However, I need you to swear an oath first. You swear that if I let you go, you will hand over all your assets to me! In return, I will swear that I promise not to kill you!"

Being under someone else's roof, Judge Qian knew that further delay would only bring him suffering, so he boldly declared, "I, Qian Weichen, swear that if Lady Qingnü spares my life, I will give her all my assets! Heaven and earth bear witness; if I break this oath, may I be struck down by heaven and earth!"

Upon hearing this oath, Yin Yunze immediately activated his Forge Oaths skill, turning the oath into an invisible shackle.

After sensing the invisible weight of this oath, Judge Qian directly took off a ring from his hand and handed it to Yin Yunze.

Looking at the antique-style ring, Yin Yunze was momentarily puzzled.

After all, such a clean and efficient approach is quite inconsistent with Judge Qian's previous sinister persona.

Could there be some hidden feature in this ring?

With a degree of wariness, Yin Yunze took the ring. After carefully examining it, Yin Yunze found that there was really nothing wrong with it.

After this investigation, Yin Yunze discovered that the ring was actually a storage ring whose original owner's mark had been erased.

Compared to the Storage Bag Yin Yunze had previously obtained from the Third Prison Warden, this storage ring was considerably larger, with approximately ten cubic meters of space.

Moreover, most of the space inside the storage ring was already filled with all sorts of things.

After a quick glance, Yin Yunze discovered that Judge Qian seemed to be much wealthier than the Third Prison Warden.

That makes sense, although in terms of strength, the Third Prison Warden is definitely superior to Judge Qian.

In terms of wealth accumulation alone, the Third Prison Warden, a newly recruited mid-level member of the cult, is no match for Judge Qian, the City God's second-in-command for hundreds of years.

However, now was not the time for a thorough inspection, so Yin Yunze didn't get too distracted. After confirming that there were no hidden traps in the storage ring, Yin Yunze sent it to the real world.

"Your Lady Qingnü, are you satisfied with this deposit?"

Seeing Yin Yunze's actions, Judge Qian smiled and said, "This is only one-third of my wealth. The remaining two-thirds are kept at my residence in the City God. After the Goddess takes her oath, we can go back together to retrieve them and give them to her."

To be honest, Judge Qian was being too cooperative, which made Yin Yunze a little suspicious.

Even if money could buy one's life, the Judge Qian's attitude towards this was far too cooperative!

Taking out the copper coin that had been nurtured by incense offerings for some time, Yin Yunze, in front of Judge Qian, put out Casting Stones to Ask the Way.

However, the calculation results showed that Judge Qian was indeed sincere in wanting to fulfill this agreement.

Of course, Yin Yunze would never have imagined that Judge Qian's cooperation was due to Yin Yunze's Innate Holy Spirit.

Yin Yunze is essentially a corrupt adult, so naturally he sees others as having dirty hearts and would never cooperate with them properly.

But in Judge Qian's eyes, Yin Yunze was an Innate Holy Spirit less than half a year old, the kind that already harbored murderous intent.

For children who throw tantrums like this, it's best to give them a good beating; they'll behave afterward.

The problem is, Judge Qian hasn't even fought before!

Since you've already gotten yourself into trouble with that naughty kid, you should naturally try to smooth things over, not the other way around.

If things go wrong and people lose their temper, Judge Qian could really be finished here.

Moreover, the consistently positive reception of the character's appearance Innate Holy Spirit, coupled with the fact that Yin Yunze is now seen by others as someone who is doing good deeds to help the people, even if it means defying the City God's orders.

They all Judge Qian a wrong judgment, that is, Yin Yunze is truly a compassionate Innate Holy Spirit.

Since a compassionate, Innate Holy Spirit had offered to let him go, Judge Qian certainly wouldn't be so ungrateful.

After all, judging from Yin Yunze's past behavior, this fox has a strange obsession with gold. Although simply liking gold doesn't equate to greed, it does indicate that it's an object of trade.

Because Judge Qian was also a man of deep thought, he understood even better how to treat different people with different attitudes.

For this little Innate Holy Spirit who is not yet a year old and is naturally greedy, it is natural to behave honestly in order to gain the other party's understanding.

If you are even slightly uncooperative, they won't waste any more words with you.

Judge Qian, having already died once, naturally understood that compared to being alive, money was truly just an external thing.

As long as he can live a peaceful life and return to his Civil Judge, this wealth is nothing more than accumulating over a few hundred more years.

Not to mention, as long as they can survive and return, they might not even need to accumulate for hundreds of years.

If Yin Yunze really dares to go to the City God with Judge Qian to collect the money, then Judge Qian will indeed hand it all over to Yin Yunze as he swore.

However, once everything was handed over to Yin Yunze, the vow was fulfilled.

How things develop after that is beyond Yin Yunze's control.

At that time, Judge Qian can simply ask the City God to help him snatch the money back.

Even if Yin Yunze is too timid to go with them and insists that Judge Qian, that's fine too.

At worst, we can allocate a portion of our assets to the City God, and City God 'll still intervene.

Judge Qian wasn't like some clueless fools who were worried about not being able to offer a price back then.

It's important to understand that by then, all the money will be in Yin Yunze's hands; it will all be Yin Yunze's assets.

The nature of the matter has changed from Judge Qian to Judge Qian getting something for nothing, and getting the City God to help him rob Yin Yunze.

If Judge Qian could get even a little bit of the City God back, he would be making a pure profit.

Therefore, Judge Qian doesn't care about anything like 3/7, 2/8, or 1/9.

When the time comes, the balance of power will shift, and Judge Qian will teach this greedy, foolish fox what true cruelty is.

It can be said that Judge Qian's logic was actually sound, and he was also quite patient and sensible.

If it were someone more greedy, they might have fallen for it.

However, a problem arose in the whole logic: Judge Qian made a slight misjudgment.

That is, compared to a true Innate Holy Spirit, Yin Yunze's bottom line is much more flexible.

The foundation of Judge Qian's entire plan was Yin Yunze, a true man of his word and a compassionate Innate Holy Spirit.

Unfortunately, Yin Yunze was not one of those born Innate Holy Spirit who were still somewhat dull at birth.

From the very beginning, Yin Yunze never intended to let that treacherous Judge Qian go.

They're already at loggerheads, are you really going to give them the chance to pay to have their lives saved?

Aren't you afraid that you might get the money but not live to spend it?

Therefore, when Judge Qian suggested going to the City God to collect the money, Yin Yunze simply smiled and then took out a Soul-Capturing Pearl.

This Soul-Capturing Pearl is a wonderful thing; it can both nourish and trap the soul.

If it were in its complete state, this Judge Qian wouldn't be able to be trapped by a single Soul-Capturing Pearl.

However, now that Judge Qian has been severely injured by Yin Yunze, it's a good time to use this Soul-Capturing Pearl to keep him safe!

The moment Judge Qian Panguan saw Yin Yunze take out the Soul-Capturing Pearl, his eyes widened instantly.

"Qingnü, what are you doing! Didn't we agree that I would give you money and you would let me go back?!"

I've already given you a deposit! Why didn't you swear an oath, but instead produced this evil thing—"

"Can't I change my mind?! Women are all fickle, don't you understand?! Not to mention I'm a vixen now, so I'm even more fickle!"

Seeing Judge Qian's exasperated appearance, Yin Yunze felt relieved. "Besides, you didn't hand over all your property to me, only a portion! I didn't receive it all, so naturally I'm not required to come as agreed! You didn't fulfill your promise, so how can you blame me!"

"Despicable! Shameless!"

Looking at Yin Yunze, the illusory body of Judge Qian was filled with resentment.

Judge Qian never expected that Yin Yunze, this seemingly compassionate Innate Holy Spirit, would break his promise and become rich.

"Thank you for the compliment."

To be called despicable and shameless by one's enemy clearly shows that Yin Yunze did the right thing; it's practically a compliment.

As a reward for this praise, Yin Yunze unleashed several more Evil-Breaking Purple Lightning that struck Judge Qian.

This further weakened Judge Qian, and also forced him to swallow those potentially offensive insults that might not pass censorship.

After taking the dying Judge Qian into the Soul-Capturing Pearl and properly sealing it away,

Only then did Yin Yunze set off, braving the wind and snow, towards the place where the mortal body and the four Yin General playing hide-and-seek.

After wielding the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag, which deepened the color of the dark clouds in the sky.

"Okay, stop playing."

After informing his mortal body through telepathy, the divine body plunged the Pure Scenery Ruyi Saber into the ground and then used Illusion Technique to conceal his figure in the wind and snow.

Knowing that the divine body had dealt with Judge Qian, the mortal body finally ended this game of cat and mouse.

Sensing the location of the Pure Scenery Ruyi Saber, Yin Yunze sprang from underground. With a nimble leap and somersault, he kicked off his shoes in mid-air and then stepped barefoot onto the hilt of the Pure Scenery Ruyi Saber.

After using his feet to grab the hilt of the Pure Scenery Ruyi Saber to stabilize his body, and then using his nine tails to protect his body to ensure that nothing unexpected would happen, Yin Yunze then formed a hand seal with both hands.

"The Vajra Rope!"

With full force, and further enhanced by the Pure Scenery Ruyi Saber.

In an instant, dozens of golden threads appeared around Yin Yunze's body.

Like a snake, under Yin Yunze's focused control, these dozens of golden threads intertwined and transformed into a net.

Centered on the Pure Scenery Ruyi Saber, it covered the ground within a radius of more than twenty meters around Yin Yunze.

It sounds complicated, but in reality, Yin Yunze had already completed all of this in just a few breaths.

Just as Yin Yunze transformed the Vajra Rope into a net covering the ground, four figures burst forth from underground.

The moment they rushed out, the four Yin General realized something was wrong.

Unfortunately, by then it was too late to react.

The moment Yin Yunze realized that the four Yin General had fallen into his trap, he tightened the net and repeatedly entangled the four Yin General.

Not only that, Yin Yunze also continuously activated the Vajra Rope, causing it to produce even more golden threads.

Instead of directly binding the four Yin General with the newly appeared golden threads, Yin Yunze braided ten of these threads into one strand, then twisted three strands together, transforming the Vajra Rope from threads into a rope.

Then, using the golden rope transformed from the Vajra Rope, they bound the four Yin General.

In that instant, Yin Yunze had already demonstrated the best possible application of the Vajra Rope.

However, these four Yin General were not like Guo Jing, who was just a vengeful ghost.

As Yin General under the City God system, protected by the Dynastic Karmic Luck.

These four Yin General were not so easily subdued by the Vajra Rope.

Furthermore, as the auras of the four Yin General intertwined and merged, although there was no actual fusion, their auras became several times stronger.

The Vajra Rope that had been binding them tightly seemed to groan under the sudden increase in force.

Like the original golden silk net, it was broken one by one.

Even the woven diamond rope stretched to its tightest point in an instant.

With a slight twitch at the corner of his eye, Yin Yunze could only exert even more effort to tighten the Vajra Rope, reinforcing the restraints on the four Yin General.

For a moment, the two sides were at a stalemate.

While the four Yin General were unable to break free of their restraints for the time being, Yin Yunze was also unable to finish the job in one fell swoop by completely sealing off their mobility.

If Yin Yunze dared to relax even slightly, the Vajra Rope would be slightly loosened by the four Yin General.

Therefore, Yin Yunze could only concentrate on maintaining his position, and couldn't even spare the energy to use his tail to curl up the Pure Scenery Ruyi Saber and strike them a few times.

Of course, without the blessing of the Great Wisdom Sword, it's hard to say whether the Pure Scenery Ruyi Saber could even cut through the four Yin General.

However, if Yin Yunze were to switch to the hand seal of the Great Wisdom Sword and fail to maintain the Vajra Rope, he might be freed by the four Yin General in the next moment.

Even if you manage to kill one of them, you might not be able to escape the attacks of the remaining three.

It can only be said that Yin Yunze's ability to defeat these four in one go truly represents the upper limit of his normal strength.

If it were two people, Yin Yunze could spare some energy to execute them after trapping them.

Faced with four people, it seems the only option is to see who can outlast the other.

Fortunately, although Yin Yunze was alone, he was not alone.

"Stop looking! What are you looking at, sister?! Why aren't you doing anything yet?!"

He mustered his energy to shout, but this distraction allowed the four Yin General to loosen the Vajra Rope a little more.

Upon hearing the mortal's call, the four Yin General immediately sensed something was wrong and began to struggle even more fiercely.

Faced with this, the mortal body could only remain silent, focusing all its efforts on maintaining the Vajra Rope's binding force on the four figures.

"If you were my sister, wouldn't I be watching her? Such a good opponent, don't you want to test the effectiveness of the Vajra Rope?"

Just when the mortal was about to curse, finally, accompanied by a slightly sarcastic and teasing remark.

Four black, Evil-Slaying Mystic Lightning emerged from the dark clouds in the sky and viciously struck the four Yin General.

It's unclear whether these four Yin General were simply weaker than Judge Qian, or if it was a flaw in the amplification method of merging and combining energy.

After the four bolts of heavenly lightning struck, the four Yin General not only immediately broke free from the state of merging auras, but also suffered full damage, all four entering a weakened state of soul trembling and ethereal disarray.

Therefore, the second strike of the Evil-Slaying Mystic Lightning, which the divine body habitually unleashed, directly brought these four Yin General to the brink of death.