The moment the old man appeared, the expressions of everyone present changed.
"Mu Xiao, it was you." The City Lord's eyes flashed with a cold glint. "Why you! How could it be you!"
Mu Xiao: Grand Elder of Luoxia Sect, one of the top human powerhouses.
This wasn't enough to surprise Yu Jin.
What truly angered Yu Jin was...
Mu Xiao's parents, wife, and children had all died at the hands of demonic entities.
His original intention for cultivating was to eradicate these demonic entities.
Who didn't know that the Grand Elder of Luoxia Sect despised evil, always charging to the front lines in every battle against the demon race!
For so many years, he had made it his personal mission to slay demonic entities.
Regarding the demonic entities, Yu Jin had considered which people within the human race might have been corrupted.
But she had truly never thought that this person would be Mu Xiao!
When his family, wife, and children were slaughtered, were his anger and sorrow all fake?
Were his years of despising evil also fake?
The net had been cast.
Yu Jin calmly looked at Mu Xiao, asking only one question: "Why?"
Mu Xiao's expression was calm: "City Lord. The anger back then was real, and the subsequent hatred for evil was also real. But do you know how much I paid for it?"
Mu Xiao's expression was indifferent: "Scars all over my body, stagnant cultivation, boundless pain. That's all the hatred brought me. I also thought I would resent demonic entities forever, until the end of time. But do you know... how miraculous demonic entities are? The original me was just an ordinary Tribulation Transcender, but now, I am the Grand Elder of Luoxia Sect, a top powerhouse among Tribulation Transcenders, and my strength is only one step away from being supreme."
"Such terrifying power, could the me full of hatred have obtained it?"
Mu Xiao said: "At that time, I was too young and too naive. I was swayed by useless emotions, which hindered my cultivation. Only when I learned to abandon those superfluous emotions did I truly become a higher species."
As Mu Xiao spoke, his expression became somewhat fanatical: "The Land of Despair has many such higher species. One day, we will drive out the lower beings and completely occupy this beautiful world."
Yu Jin looked at him indifferently.
So.
In the end, was it just for power?
To gain power. Therefore, he abandoned everything.
He abandoned hatred, conscience, and even all his stances, becoming a true demon.
"You are very honest." Yu Jin nodded. "Then I don't need to hold back."
Mu Xiao smiled: "City Lord, are you in a very difficult situation right now? If this clone is suddenly destroyed, your main body will definitely be affected. Today will be your death day. Do you know why I'm saying so much? Because I'm about to send you and Li to your deaths together."
Behind Mu Xiao, a huge illusory tree suddenly rose up. Using the time he had just spent talking, his secret technique was fully prepared.
Demonic energy surged around him, and countless vines extended from the giant tree. On each vine, strange demonic patterns appeared, and wherever they went, even space trembled.
"This move, Ten Thousand Spirits Wither. City Lord, you and Li shouldn't feel lonely on your way. Because everyone here will accompany you to death." Mu Xiao's voice was gentle.
The vines wrapped around Li Shuang suddenly sprouted demonic patterns. She felt herself being wrapped tighter and tighter, her entire body feeling as if it would be shattered into a thousand pieces.
In this extreme situation, Li Shuang felt that the Heaven and Earth Furnace in her sea of consciousness was spinning faster and faster. At the brink of death, the furnace seemed to have some peculiar reaction.
Li Shuang was observing the state of the furnace.
The next moment, a sigh sounded.
The restraints on Li Shuang suddenly loosened.
With the crisis averted, the furnace returned to its quiet state.
Li Shuang was startled for a moment, then spun around abruptly.
She saw that Yu Jin, who had been severely injured, was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Her aura surged, instantly reaching its peak.
The numerous vines seemed to encounter something terrifying, and they all fell from the tree.
Mu Xiao's expression changed involuntarily: "You... Yu Jin! You were not injured at all."
Yu Jin didn't bother to engage in further conversation with him.
She calmly glanced at him. Behind Mu Xiao, a purple lightning bolt suddenly appeared, piercing directly into his sea of consciousness.
Intense pain struck, and Mu Xiao felt a momentary bewilderment.
The City Lord... had long ago hidden a purple lightning bolt in the void.
He... had gambled and lost.
So, he was going to die.
In this last moment of his life, he suddenly felt a little lost.
Was he now... considered a human?
Or a demon?
He stared intently at Yu Jin.
How good it was.
She would never doubt herself, always moving forward with her head held high. Only such a person could become a true powerhouse.
Before his eyes, the boundless blood-red night of the past seemed to reappear.
He had once sworn to kill all demons in the world.
But now... Mu Xiao forced a bitter smile. If his parents, wife, and children saw him in this state, they would probably no longer recognize him.
Mu Xiao didn't know whether he regretted it or not in the end. His consciousness completely dissipated, and his life ebbed away.
Mu Xiao's flesh slowly peeled away. When this layer of flesh disappeared, a completely black true demon appeared beneath it. That true demon turned to flee.
However.
Lightning rained down simultaneously.
This true demon also met the fate of having no bones left.
In the Land of Despair.
The expressions of several true demons changed slightly.
No, this didn't seem right.
They hadn't even reacted yet.
Yu Jin's main body looked at them expressionlessly, and the threads of rules in her hand transformed into a sharp blade, striking fiercely at the leading true demon.
The two heads that had just grown on him fell with a thud.
"Retreat!" The leading true demon completely panicked. He roared, and the seven great true demons immediately retreated into the depths of the Land of Despair.
Yu Jin watched expressionlessly, not pursuing them.
"City Lord Yu! We did it!"
The other supreme powerhouses gathered around her joyfully.
The Land of Despair's plan had completely failed this time, and instead, many hidden demonic entities had voluntarily exposed themselves.
Looking at the results of the battle, the human race had achieved a great victory!
"City Lord Yu's clone has refined the path of thunder to such an extent! Tsk tsk tsk, even we didn't know about this."
"The City Lord's path of rules has also advanced quite a bit!"
"If it weren't for the Land of Despair... I would have charged right in!"
As the others spoke, Yu Jin just smiled: "The Land of Despair won't make any moves for a short while. Let's continue to suppress this area."
Everyone agreed.
In Soul Prison.
Under the cleansing of lightning, the entire world's demonic energy dissipated, becoming clear and refreshing once more.
Yu Jin looked at Li Shuang and You Lan and said, "Both of you, come to the City Lord's mansion."