From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Seeing that this big guy could talk and was conscious, Jiang Liu was in no hurry to make a move. He carried the iron rod on his shoulder and said with a smile, "But you guys 'lured' me into this space. I haven't even questioned you yet, and you're turning around and blaming me for trespassing?"

"To fail to kneel before the Emperor is punishable! To speak nonsense and offend the Emperor is punishable by death!"

This demon in the form of an Asura is the master of this Great Black Mountain, and also the "Emperor of the Underworld" in this realm.

[Self-proclaimed!]

# Chapter 344 Ruyi~Golden Cudgel

As soon as he finished speaking, the Underworld Emperor, seemingly both angry and amused, leaped up and stomped down towards the river, as if Mount Tai were pressing down on him. Coupled with the gusts of cold wind that followed, the oppressive feeling was extremely strong.

Boom!

In an instant, the earth shook and Black Mountain trembled.

Jiang Liu had already jumped away, his Qi circulating freely, his power surging forth, and in the instant he leaped up, he slammed his staff down towards the ghostly spirit.

With a loud "thud," the Underworld Emperor raised his arms to block the attack, and then used his other two claws to strike Jiang Liu's body.

With a flick of his wrist and the circulation of his profound internal energy, Jiang Liu arched his back, dodging the blow. He swung his staff, and the golden band at one end instantly came to life, flowing along the staff and converging into the other end of the golden band. The two bands merged, transforming into a sharp, dark golden spearhead.

The golden hoops at both ends of Jiang Liu's "Ruyi Jingu Bang" were transformed from the golden branches of the divine tree. They were originally a peculiar "living thing". They had undergone a certain degree of deformation after being "internalized" by Jiang Liu, and thus became one with the iron rod that was refined using the Nine-Turn Elixir Method.

Previously, when he accompanied Jiang Liu up the mountain to fight enemies, Jiang Liu came to understand the principles of the Five Elements and Six Qi. He used the Qimen Dunjia technique to perceive climate change and master the fire control of the four seasons. While perfecting his cultivation, he was also constantly forging this iron rod!

Although he couldn't yet achieve the ability to "size at will," he could still use the two golden hoops to transform the stick into a spear at his will.

In the instant he dodged the attack from the Underworld Emperor, Jiang Liu swung his spear-wielding arm, channeling Bajiquan energy into the spearhead, causing it to gleam with a cold light.

chant—

Then the spear shot out like a dragon.

Just as the spearhead pierced through the Emperor of the Underworld's brow and the back of his head, Jiang Liu straightened his body, placed his feet on the Emperor of the Underworld's outstretched arms, which were about to retract, flipped over, and braced the spear shaft behind his shoulder, twisting it in the process.

Snapped!

The force was channeled into the spearhead along the shaft, and the man's magnetic field also drilled into the spearhead along the shaft. With a swing, it actually shattered half of the underworld emperor's head!

Is the emperor of the underworld weak?

in contrast.

Very strong.

He surpasses Jiang Liu in strength, speed, and defense, but is far inferior to Jiang Liu in agility, and Jiang Liu possesses a weapon capable of breaking through the opponent's defenses.

With a single blow breaking through the defense, Jiang Liu did not press his advantage. He lightly tapped the arm of the Underworld Emperor to create distance, and with a flick of his spear shaft, the spearhead seemed to melt, splitting back into two parts and returning to the two ends of the staff, transforming into the golden plates that originally had lotus platform patterns, furnace fire patterns, and coiled dragon patterns.

Unlike the ghosts and monsters that Jiang Liu had killed before, the fragments of the Underworld Emperor's face after his shattering did not turn into gray air currents and be absorbed by the iron rod. Instead, they hovered in mid-air and then floated toward the shattered cheek of the Underworld Emperor, piecing them together and healing them without a single gap.

Rather than being a ghost or monster, this underworld emperor is more like a living, breathing Buddha statue.

"Ouch, that really hurts!"

The sharp teeth and mouth of the underworld emperor opened and closed, howling, but his face remained half angry and half compassionate.

"You're even more annoying than the last guy!"

The previous guy...

Without a doubt, it's Zhang Zhiwei.

Jiang Liu wasn't worried that the other party would be killed by this underworld emperor.

Although it is not advisable to present Qi in the form of supernatural abilities in this place, with Zhang Zhiwei's talent, covering his internal organs with golden light and stimulating his meridians with thunder magic, as long as he does not release it, he can improve his life cultivation through these "internal" methods... which is more than enough to escape!

"Oh!"

Just as the Underworld Emperor roared in anger, Jiang Liu took a step forward, his long staff transformed into a halberd, and as it pierced the opponent's neck, he dodged the opponent's hands and pulled hard, severing the Underworld Emperor's entire head.

pat!

The enormous head rolled to the ground, but the body of the underworld emperor remained standing. As his four arms turned, gusts of cold wind swept towards the river.

Jiang Liu reacted swiftly, transforming his halberd into a staff. In an instant, he pushed aside his opponent's four arms, leaping out from between his sinister claws. At the same time, he extended his staff, penetrating deep into his crotch and striking left and right, breaking his knee joints and causing him to lose his balance and kneel on the ground.

Even so, the King of the Underworld remained unharmed, recovering in no time, as if external attacks could not cause him any damage at all.

After two consecutive attempts, Jiang Liu had two guesses.

First, the opponent's "core" is located in the chest, abdomen, and spine, just like the corpse gu he had previously dealt with.

second.

The opponent's true form is this great black mountain beneath our feet.

The peculiar magnetic field emanating from this black mountain, which connects with the underworld emperor before us, may be the key to ensuring his immortality.

If it's the former, everything is fine, but I'm afraid it's the latter—

This great black mountain is thousands of feet high, and it is probably the physical manifestation of all the evil spirits and spirits that have accumulated over the past thousand years.

The sheer amount of energy contained within is probably beyond human power to overcome!

However, even the King of the Underworld himself probably couldn't mobilize such a massive amount of energy, so he could only manifest a form three zhang tall.

"Try again."

Seeing that the Underworld Emperor had fully recovered and was charging towards him again, Jiang Liu had a thought. Within his ancestral aperture, the Azure Dragon roared and the White Dragon sang. As Jiang Liu's Qi energy took shape, he circulated the two ends of the iron rod and merged them into the two coiled dragon patterns. In an instant, he took flight.

In this ghostly realm, Jiang Liuming has mastered the art of controlling the four seasons' fire, but he is ultimately a living person, not a dead soul. Using Qi to construct supernatural abilities is to go against the overall energy of the ghostly realm, which is absolutely unacceptable.

The transformation of Qi into physical form is also like this!

But at the moment when Qi transforms into form, it is attached to external objects and blessed by spiritual entities, thus manifesting a physical form!

The Azure Dragon and the White Dragon merged with the Qi energy into the golden coiled dragon patterns at both ends of the iron rod.

The "Golden Hoop" was originally a living thing, and now it is controlled by the river. Its form changes with the flow of Qi, and it also merges with the dragon-shaped spirits of two snakes that have molted into dragons, making it even more powerful!

The golden hoop was a living thing; it expanded when it encountered Qi, causing the Azure Dragon and White Dragon to transform into creatures eight or nine zhang long. With a flick of Jiang Liu's iron rod, the dragons swept their crossed tails, sending the Underworld Emperor flying into the air. Afterward, the Azure Dragon and White Dragon coiled around him, trapping him in the center, constantly circling and squeezing him.

Bang!

A loud bang was heard—

The underworld emperor turned into dust and fell from the sky.

Jiang Liu raised the iron rod, and as his Qi swirled, the green dragon and white dragon turned back, their bodies shrinking as they coiled back around the two ends of the golden hoop.

And in that very instant.

A chilling wind swept through the air, and the fallen dust instantly transformed back into the three-zhang-tall body of the Underworld Emperor, unleashing a wave of yin energy. This caused Jiang Liu to twist his wrist, and before the spirits of the Azure Dragon and White Dragon could return to their ancestral apertures from the dragon patterns at both ends of the golden hoop, they were released from his grasp and tumbled down from the Black Mountain.

"It seems to be the latter."

Jiang Liu flicked his wrist, straightened his bones, and recovered completely. He didn't care about the iron rod that had fallen to the bottom of the Black Mountain. The Azure Dragon and the White Dragon were spirits, and could manifest their forms in this ghostly realm. Moreover, they were now residing in the golden hoops at both ends of the iron rod, so there was no worry about them collapsing.

The most pressing issue right now is to have a good fight with this underworld emperor.

This guy in front of him put a lot of pressure on him—

This is something even Zhang Zhiwei couldn't do!

He was completely excited!

# Chapter 345 Zheng Zha and Others in Action (Part 1) Nine-Turn Iron Cudgel

At the foot of Daheishan Mountain.

The many ghosts and monsters, due to the battle between the mountaintop river and the underworld emperor, trembled with buzzing sounds and even bursts of black and white light, causing magnetic field disturbances. They dared not wander in the streets and hid away.

This gave Zheng Zha, Chu Xuan, and Ling Dian, the three members of the Zhongzhou team, a considerable advantage in choosing to go to Black Mountain to gather intelligence and draw fire.

Among them, Zero Point had already quietly climbed to the top of another mountain near the summit of Black Mountain. He could not only watch the terrifying battle between Jiang Liu and the Underworld Emperor, which almost caused the space to fluctuate, but also look down at Black Mountain and see Zheng Zha and Chu Xuan, who had already climbed halfway up the mountain.

"How is the situation?"

Using the mental points Zhan Lan had set up in their minds to maintain contact, Chu Xuan asked Zero, "Has Jiang Liu gained the upper hand?"

"I don't know."

Zero lifted his chin, trying to calm himself down, and replied, "The battle between the two sides was too terrifying, too fast, I couldn't see it at all, and that evil spirit with a blue face, fangs, and crimson hair and four arms was very tall, I estimate it to be more than ten meters tall!"

And its recovery ability is amazing!

Jiang Liu ground it into powder, and the opponent instantly recovered, as if they were immortal!

Is that so?

Chu Xuan seemed to be deep in thought, realizing that the thing might be a glitch, and he needed to find another way to deal with it... He then instructed, "Then come down and help us find clues. You don't need to keep watching anymore."

"There are two more things—"

I got up at midnight and ran down the mountain while saying, "When I saw that evil spirit, I received a notification from the main god. That thing seems to be called 'Emperor of the Underworld.' Completely defeating it will reward you with an S-level storyline and 10,000 reward points."

"And the other one?"

Zheng Zha also asked in the "group chat".

"Just as Chu Xuan told me to come down, Jiang Liu's weapon was knocked away by the Underworld Emperor's energy burst-like skill, and it landed right in your direction. You can help look for it," Zero said.

"Didn't ask..."

Before the word "Question" could be answered, a "wind wheel" spun and rolled between Zheng Zha and Chu Xuan, landing on the stone steps a hundred meters below.

It is indeed a steel rod!

After exchanging a glance with Chu Xuan, Zheng Zha immediately descended the steps and arrived at the long staff.

Chu Xuan followed closely behind.

"This must be the weapon Jiang Liu always carried on his back! The Ruyi Jingu Bang!" Zheng Zha exclaimed, carefully examining the dragon, lotus, and fire patterns on the "golden hoop," his eyes glued to it.

Who hasn't dreamed of being the Monkey King?

Chu Xuan grabbed the iron rod directly, paused slightly, and said to Zheng Zha, "You'd better touch this rod."

"what happened?"