Chapter 440 328: Meeting at Last (2)

Since Director Liang Ze had already gone to the city gates to help Ling Yunzi fight the terrifying behemoth, the one left guarding the Celestial Net Department was Vice Director Cheng Xuan.

The moment he received news of the riot in the dungeons, he rushed over with the Celestial Net Department's only two remaining Divine Sea Experts, more than a dozen Innate Experts, and numerous soldiers from the Divine Fire Forbidden Army.

"Damn it!!!"

The moment Cheng Xuan saw the Deceitful Bull, he knew he had made a grievous error!

Even though the Deceitful Bull's appearance had changed drastically, Cheng Xuan recognized him in a single glance.

It was Du Haoxuan!

There was no exchange of words...

The moment they met, they immediately engaged in a frenzied battle to the death!

Cheng Xuan and the two Divine Sea Experts engaged the Deceitful Bull and the Soul Chicken, while everyone else descended into a mad slaughter.

In an instant, the Celestial Net Department's grounds turned into a terrifying, bloody Purgatory.

Pools of blood, severed limbs, and corpses...

The downpour was not enough to wash the blood away.

Everyone fought as if possessed, slaughtering one another with reckless abandon.

RUMBLE!!!

At that moment, thunder boomed across the sky as the rain intensified into a torrential downpour.

Cheng Xuan, wielding a Giant Axe, chopped down at the Deceitful Bull like a giant god cleaving a mountain!

The beast was extraordinarily ferocious. It lowered its body and charged, aiming to ram him with its horn!

BAM!

As the Vice Director of the Celestial Net Department, Cheng Xuan's strength was, of course, extraordinary.

His Giant Axe instantly sliced off one of the Deceitful Bull's horns.

But the force of the Deceitful Bull's charge sent him flying into the air.

SWISH SWISH SWISH!!!

Evil Corpses controlled by the Soul Chicken suddenly materialized, pouncing madly toward Cheng Xuan!

Cheng Xuan roared, an earthy-yellow aura erupting from his body. Even in mid-air, he was able to swing his Giant Axe.

He sliced the attacking Evil Corpses in two.

RUMBLE!!

But at that moment, the Deceitful Bull charged forward like a rampaging buffalo on the grasslands.

Its target was the exact spot where Cheng Xuan was about to land!

Its single remaining horn was incomparably sharp, as if it could pierce the Azure Heaven itself.

Seeing this as he was about to land, Cheng Xuan roared, forcibly twisting his body in mid-air. He spun his Giant Axe around and brought it down in a powerful chop!

BAM!

Cheng Xuan was sent flying once again. He flipped to land on his feet, skidding for dozens of meters before finally bleeding off the momentum.

"Kill!"

He watched the Deceitful Bull charge wildly toward him, a savage glint in his eye. Raising his Giant Axe, he rushed forward to meet the beast.

The two clashed once more.

Judging by the state of the battle, the Celestial Net Department still held a slight advantage.

The Deceitful Bull and the Soul Chicken were being held at bay by the combined efforts of Cheng Xuan and the two other Divine Sea Experts.

As for the other prisoners, their long confinement in the dungeons had greatly diminished their strength. They also lacked proper weapons. Even with the Soul Chicken driving them into a frenzy, they were still showing signs of breaking.

"Don't panic, old bull!"

"I'm here!"

A brutish, deep voice suddenly echoed out.

RUMBLE!!!

Cheng Xuan felt the very ground begin to tremble.

He turned to look and saw a monster bursting in. It was over three meters tall and corpulent, with a pig's head on a man's body. Its skin was a dark cyan, its face was green with protruding fangs, and it radiated an aura of infinite resentment.

It was one of the Immortal Sect's Twelve High Priests: the Resentful Pig!

"I'll hold him off!"

The two Divine Sea Experts had been ganging up on the Soul Chicken. Seeing this new threat, one of them had to break away to intercept the Resentful Pig.

However, the Immortal Sect High Priests were inherently stronger than ordinary Divine Sea Experts.

Just like that, the Celestial Net Department's situation became perilous.

At the same time, large mounds suddenly bulged from the ground throughout the Celestial Net Department. Strange, twisted vines erupted from them, lashing out like tentacles at the department's members.

The sneak attack was so sudden that many of the Celestial Net Department's experts were caught, and their pained screams filled the air.

A figure wearing a strange, serpentine-tailed mask and holding a Wooden Staff quietly appeared atop a wooden tower.

Wooden Snake!

He seemed to be protected by some kind of power, as not a single drop of rain touched him.

"It's time for this to end."

Wooden Snake said faintly, raising the Wooden Staff in his hand.

He had sent the other High Priests to intercept any experts who might be coming to reinforce the Celestial Net Department.

'As long as the Source Seed Shredded Meat isn't dealt with, no one else should be able to make it here.'

Just as he was about to strike Cheng Xuan down.

A voice, cold yet excited and filled with boundless rage, suddenly echoed through the rainy night.

"Wooden Snake!"

"You've finally shown yourself!"

In the dark, rainy night, a figure drenched to the bone and wielding a vicious-looking saber charged into the Celestial Net Department!

The moment he saw Wooden Snake, he let out a roar, gripped his saber with both hands, and slashed!

Ever since being brutally beaten by Wooden Snake in Shunping County Town, Han Yuan had yearned day and night for a rematch.

Now, that chance had finally arrived!

Hearing the roar, Wooden Snake turned to look.

He saw a jet-black Saber Qi, dozens of meters long, tearing through the air toward him.

For a moment, the Saber Qi seemed to transform into a vicious Black Dragon, its aura monstrously terrifying and full of malice!

BOOM!!!

The entire wooden tower was sliced in two by the Saber Qi, collapsing with a tremendous crash!

The rain fell harder and harder.

"Han Yuan... long time no see."

"It seems you're much stronger than before..."

"I didn't expect that even Evil Tiger would die at your hands..."

Wooden Snake gazed at Han Yuan, his tone of voice completely flat.

The fact that Han Yuan was here and Evil Tiger was nowhere in sight spoke volumes.

"Of course... I've spent every day and every night thinking about how I was going to beat you to a pulp."

Han Yuan said with a grin.

"Is that so? I find myself looking forward to this more and more."

"Let's see what has become of the pathetic little bug I used to be able to crush so easily."

Wooden Snake struck the ground sharply with his Wooden Staff.

BOOM!!!

The ground beneath Han Yuan's feet collapsed, and a massive maw, like that of a Cannibal Flower, erupted from below, gaping wide to swallow him whole.

Han Yuan snorted. He gathered Fire Evil Qi in his left palm and thrust it downward!

BOOM!!!

After reaching the Divine Sea Realm, one's Innate True Qi became so condensed it could be projected from the body!

The Fire Evil Qi coalesced into a fireball that shot down into the Cannibal Flower's gaping mouth.

With a deafening roar!

The maw of the Cannibal Flower was instantly charred black.

Han Yuan used the propulsive force from the Fire Evil Qi's explosion to launch himself at top speed toward Wooden Snake.

"It seems you've really improved quite a bit."

Wooden Snake grinned at the sight.

He swung his Wooden Staff, smashing it forward!

For an instant, a cold, hissing roar seemed to emanate from the void.

The phantom of a cold, slithering serpent appeared behind Wooden Snake.

"Of course... this time, I'm going to chop off your head!"

Han Yuan let out a wild roar and activated the Second Stage of his Demon Whale Transformation! His muscles bulged and his black hair whipped about. Wielding the terrifying Heaven-Defying Saber, he looked like a god of slaughter as he brought his blade down in an explosive slash!

BOOM!!!

The instant the Heaven-Defying Saber and the Wooden Staff collided, the ground beneath them collapsed and shattered, sending countless fragments of stone flying in all directions.

A cloud of dust rose into the air, thick enough to defy the torrential downpour.

Two figures shot out from the dust cloud.

"Han Yuan... I didn't expect your power to have reached this level."

"No wonder Evil Tiger died at your hands."

For the first time, Wooden Snake began to take Han Yuan seriously.

"What else did you expect?"

Han Yuan cracked his neck.

"In that case... I suppose I'll play with you for a while."

Wooden Snake slowly removed his mask, revealing a pale, sinister face.

He opened his mouth, and a forked tongue flickered out.

BOOM!!!

His body began to expand wildly. His skin was quickly covered in a layer of scales, his head transformed into that of a dark-green python, and a ghastly green aura swirled around him.

SWISH!!!

After transforming into his true, full-power form, Wooden Snake once again swung his Wooden Staff.

For an instant, Han Yuan felt as if he saw a giant python lunging to tear him apart.

"Azure Heaven·Silence!"

Han Yuan roared, gripping the Heaven-Defying Saber with both hands, and slashed out!

An aura of annihilation, one that could make the Azure Heaven itself tremble, erupted from him.

The Heaven-Defying Saber billowed with black mist, which coalesced into the form of a twisted, savage Resentful Soul that roared toward the heavens.

BOOM!!!!

It was another head-on clash!

This time, the two did not separate. There, in the Celestial Net Department, under the pouring rain, they began a desperate, frenzied battle!