“You…”

Only when Hu Ma’s voice borrowed the boundless authority of the Town Demon Bureau and pressed down on his head did the Meng family elder finally react. Just now, he was only shocked by the appearance of the Hu family here and their collusion with evil spirits.

But this time, seeing the Town Demon Bureau, he suddenly understood, “Not good, could this little bastard be thinking…”

“…Killing me!”

“…”

In the past, he truly couldn’t believe that he would ever be associated with the words “killing me.”

The so-called Yin God Palace and stealing fortune that Hu Ma spoke of were things he didn't take to heart at all. Who couldn't shout a couple of nonsense words?

But watching the dark and heavy gazes from within the Town Demon Bureau fixed on him, and seeing the gates of the Town Demon Bureau wide open, with the golden-armored warriors already stepping out, a real tremor ran through his heart for the first time.

At this moment, he couldn't suppress the fear in his heart. He suddenly cried out, retreated rapidly, raised the Yin God Palace token in his hand, and shouted for the City Gods beside him to take action.

However, the thirty-six City Gods, whose appearance could even tilt the City of Wrongful Deaths, their figures towering, almost reaching the heavens and the earth in this underworld, suddenly fell silent in the face of the golden armor emerging from the Town Demon Bureau.

Their originally towering figures kept shrinking as the golden-armored warriors approached, as if they were just shadows. The closer the golden light, the smaller they became.

Even with the Meng family elder's stern urging, they all fell silent, some slowly lowered their heads, and some quietly sank into the depths of the underworld.

At this moment, the Meng family elder was trembling with fear, feeling this real and profound terror for the first time, as if recalling the earth-shattering battle that shook the Netherworld and the human world when the Town Demon Bureau was first established.

Seeing the golden-armored warriors approaching side by side, the dazzling golden light making everything blurry, he couldn't care about anything else and shouted,

“Ancestral Grandfather, save me!”

“…”

“…”

“Whoosh!”

At the same moment Hu Ma summoned the Town Demon Bureau, the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather had gone mad.

He had been greedily and ferociously staring at Longjing Mister's Natal Spirit Temple, countless tentacles drooping down, frantically penetrating the Natal Spirit Temple, only to discover that it was empty, with nothing he wanted to find inside. He had been tricked.

This made him burst into rage, his fierce power surging, rapidly approaching. In his fury, he only wanted to devour this evil spirit, along with his Natal Spirit Temple.

This had happened moments before. Faced with his ferocity, Longjing Mister had no intention of resisting. However, the appearance of the Town Demon Bureau suddenly attracted his attention. At the same time, Longjing Mister also turned his head and looked at the Town Demon Bureau.

“So that's how it is?”

Longjing Mister looked at the Town Demon Bureau with clear eyes and a slight surprise. He seemed to understand something, and a sense of clarity arose in his heart.

He couldn't help laughing loudly, “Even that old pond dweller has fallen into our hands?”

“So that’s it. Worthy of being Lao Jun Mei…”

Rumble!

It was precisely because the appearance of the Town Demon Bureau instantly attracted the attention of the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather that the Meng family elder, who was now being targeted by the golden-armored warriors and had urgently called out the Meng family's unique skill, was finally saved by the Ancestral Grandfather…

Or rather, it was the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather whose instinctive anger and ferocity upon seeing the Town Demon Bureau even surpassed his desire for Longjing Mister.

Suddenly, the endless scarlet tentacles that had been drooping down rushed towards the Town Demon Bureau, one by one, fluttering in the wind. A closer look revealed that they were actually arms. They not only bypassed the countless golden-armored warriors but even reached directly towards Hu Ma on the high platform.

Even within the Town Demon Bureau, Hu Ma felt the countless indescribable evil aura, felt the almost irresistible pressure.

It was as if, in front of the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather, even the Town Demon Bureau could no longer provide him with a sufficient sense of security. But he also knew the importance of this moment. Sooner or later, he would encounter such a move, so he hardened his heart, abruptly rose with his mace in hand, and shouted,

“Before the Town Demon Bureau, what kind of demon dares to act wildly?”

“…”

Amidst the shouting, suddenly heaven and earth trembled. The golden armor collection on the table seemed to be blown by the wind, rustling and flipping. The golden-armored warriors within the Town Demon Bureau, awakened, stepped forward together, their eyes glowing with golden light, their divine might surging. At the same time, they raised their halberds to the sky and let out an earth-shattering roar.

These golden-armored warriors, except for the two who had awakened from the beginning, seemingly guarding the Town Demon Bureau, were all asleep.

Hu Ma had awakened some when he opened the Town Demon Bureau, but now, it was the first time he had completely opened the golden armor collection. The result of opening the golden armor collection was that all one hundred and eight golden-armored warriors within the bureau awakened at the same time, unleashing their divine might.

The power of their awakening alone made this underworld tremble.

In the next moment, the tentacles of the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather that had stretched into the Town Demon Bureau were shattered into pieces and disappeared without a trace. The golden-armored warriors held their halberds and roared angrily, and their surging divine might even forced the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather behind the layers of void to retreat slightly.

That thing naturally became even more furious, a deathly silent face revealing clear and real anger. After retreating slightly, it became even more ferocious, as if it wanted to pounce directly on the Town Demon Bureau.

“Eat my mace!”

Facing the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather's anger, Hu Ma's heart was also heavy, and an invisible panic constantly overwhelmed him from above.

It seemed that just looking at the other party would shatter his soul and collapse his body. Countless sinister and strange things were rapidly pouring into his body, almost assimilating him in an instant.

He had been reminded before entering the underworld that one should not directly look at other wandering souls in the underworld. When looking directly at them, the memories and perceptions of the wandering souls' past lives would flood into one's body, and the longer one looked, the easier it would be to be assimilated.

And now that he was facing the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather, this feeling was magnified ten thousand times, a million times.

But so what?

Since he had already raised the mace, he might as well be more aggressive. He instead mustered his courage, rallied his blood energy, and struck towards the direction where the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather had appeared!

The Town Demon Mace was short, and Hu Ma was in the Town Demon Bureau, far away from the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather, the difference in height was even more immeasurable.

But now they were in the underworld. Hu Ma borrowed the power of the Town Demon Bureau and struck with his mace, aiming to knock the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather on the head.

It was just that the distance and the gap were still there. The weight of the Town Demon Mace had never felt as heavy as it did now. Hu Ma roused the power of his Four Pillars Daoism, but only barely managed to lift it, his body and soul almost collapsing under the immense weight.

Fortunately, he had just consumed the Purple Tai Sui, which was much sturdier than before, so he was able to swing this mace out.

Then, a scene that exceeded anyone's imagination, even felt like a dream, appeared.

The nine copper rings of the Town Demon Mace gradually moved, emitting a leisurely chant. The sound of the iron rings seemed to echo back and forth in this City of Wrongful Deaths, and the sound did not gradually disappear but became increasingly loud.

It was as if some existence within the City of Wrongful Deaths had merged with the chant of the Town Demon Mace, and along with the swing of this mace, it seemed to have awakened some power that had been accumulated for hundreds, thousands of years, some power that had not even been activated when they fought the Guanzhou City God last time.

Facing the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather's substantial sinister gaze, infinite golden light gradually began to emerge on the mace, dispelling the ghostly mist that had darkened the City of Wrongful Deaths for countless years.

It was as if the rust on the Town Demon Mace was being washed away, revealing its most original and truest appearance.

“Huff…”

Deep within the City of Wrongful Deaths, the sound of low breaths flowing appeared. Some things that had been buried for a long time were affected by the aura of the Town Demon Mace. The flesh and blood decayed, and only the skulls of skeletons remained. In the light of the golden light, shadows appeared.

From afar, the golden light on the golden mace reflected in their eye sockets, as if they had also gained divine color, quietly watching the Town Demon Mace in Hu Ma's hand, also making this mace hum with golden light, its weight suddenly increasing.

Hu Ma had not expected this change, he only felt that the Town Demon Mace suddenly had the power to destroy the old and rotten and strike straight into the heavens.

Bang bang bang bang…

Layers of strange and harsh sounds, as if heavy things were being torn apart, kept ringing under the mace. Those were layers of dark clouds breaking open, rippling circle after circle under the mace.

The entire underworld was shaking violently under this mace, golden light piercing through the heavens and the earth. Hu Ma's mace pierced through layers of dark clouds and really hit the Meng family Ancestral Grandfather's head solidly and without reservation.

“Thud!”

The Meng family Ancestral Grandfather's pale and gloomy face seemed to be knocked out of some kind of astonishment. The endless terrifying intent shrank sharply, the aura was forced to retract, and it even looked like it was stunned for a moment.

Heaven and earth were instantly silent, and there was no movement for a long time.

The Meng family elder, who had just shouted for the Ancestral Grandfather to save him, was now standing frozen on the spot, his eyes wide open, his expression as if he had seen a ghost.

“The…the Ancestral Grandfather, was hit?”

The Erguotou on the stone platform, on the other hand, had a wooden expression at this moment. He grabbed his thigh and pinched it hard, “What kind of illusion is so powerful? Hehe, you can't fool me. How could such an outrageous thing happen? It's all fake…fake…”

“Being able to see this great show before leaving, it's worth it, it's worth it…”

In this instant, when everything was silent, Longjing Mister on the stone platform laughed loudly. He nodded to the Town Demon Bureau and to the golden armor of the Town Demon Bureau, and the only regret in his heart was finally eliminated at this moment.

“So, we have all realized the mistakes of the past, and we have not been idle for a moment…”

“The Ten Surnames have made great progress, so have we not?”

“This world, those who can truly be called gods, although their endings are miserable and their fates are tortuous, have finally been pulled back to their original positions…”
Chapter 1 The Beginning