Twilight Boundary-Chapter 675 - 666: Striking the Ancestor with a Heavy Blow

"You..."

Finally, as Hu Ma's voice, borrowing the immense authority of the Zhensui Mansion, pressed down from above, the Eldest Master Meng suddenly reacted. Just moments ago, he was only shocked by the Hu Family's presence here and their collusion with evil spirits.

But now, seeing the Zhensui Mansion, he suddenly realized, Oh no, does this little dog intend to...

...silence me!

"..."

In the past, he truly couldn't have believed that he would ever be associated with the word 'silence.'

The so-called Yin God Temple and the stealing of fortune mentioned by Hu Ma didn't concern him in the slightest; anyone could spout nonsense.

However, looking at the Zhensui Mansion, with its gloomy and heavy gaze fixed directly on him and its wide-open doors from which the Golden Armored Warriors had already begun to step out, he felt true fear for the first time.

At this moment, he couldn't hold back the panic in his heart. Suddenly shouting, he quickly retreated and raised the Yin God Temple Order in his hand, loudly calling for the Lords by his side to take action.

But when those thirty-six Lords appeared, their presence capable of tilting this City of the Dead, towering figures in the underworld, they suddenly fell silent as they faced the Golden Armored Warriors emerging from the Zhensui Mansion.

Their once towering figures began to shrink the moment the Golden Armored Warriors approached, as if they were merely shadows. The closer the golden light got, the smaller their forms became.

Even with the stern orders from the Eldest Master Meng, they each remained silent. Some slowly bowed their heads, while others quietly sank into the depths of the underworld.

The Eldest Master Meng, at this moment, was filled with terror, feeling such genuine and profound fear for the first time, as if remembering the turbulent battle that shook the netherworld and the human realm during the Zhensui Mansion's initial construction.

Seeing the Golden Armored Warriors advancing side by side, their dazzling golden light blurring his vision, he could no longer concern himself with anything else and shouted,

"Meng Family Ancestor, save me!"

"..."

"..."

CRASH!

And just as Hu Ma summoned the Zhensui Mansion, the Meng Family Ancestor flew into a rage.

He had been greedily and viciously eyeing Mr. Longjing's Lifebound Spirit Temple. Countless tendrils dangled, madly infiltrating this Lifebound Spirit Temple, only to find it empty, lacking what he sought. He had been deceived.

This infuriated him immensely. His menacing presence surged, and he approached rapidly. In his fury, he only thought of devouring the evil spirit along with its Lifebound Spirit Temple.

This had happened a few moments ago. Faced with his ferocity, Mr. Longjing showed no intention of resisting. However, the appearance of the Zhensui Mansion suddenly caught the Meng Family Ancestor's attention. At the same time, Mr. Longjing turned his head to look at the Zhensui Mansion.

"Is that so?"

Mr. Longjing, gazing at the Zhensui Mansion, his eyes bright and slightly surprised, seemed to understand something, a sense of clarity dawning in his heart.

He couldn't help but laugh aloud, "Even that entity from the old pond has fallen into our hands?"

"So that's it. No wonder it's Lao Junmei..."

RUMBLE!

The appearance of the Zhensui Mansion instantly caught the attention of the Meng Family Ancestor. Meanwhile, the Eldest Master Meng, already targeted by the Golden Armored Warriors and desperate, shouted out the Meng family's Ultimate Skill and was finally saved by the Meng Family Ancestor...

Or perhaps, the moment the Meng Family Ancestor saw the Zhensui Mansion, his instinctual rage and ferocity surpassed even his desire for Mr. Longjing.

Suddenly, endless blood-red tendrils, one by one, floated and surged towards the Zhensui Mansion. Upon closer inspection, they were actually arms, not only passing through countless Golden Armored Warriors but also reaching straight for Hu Ma, who was on the high platform above.

Even within the Zhensui Mansion, Hu Ma sensed the indescribable evil aura and felt an almost irresistible pressure.

It seemed that in the presence of the Meng Family Ancestor, even the Zhensui Mansion could no longer provide him enough security. Yet he knew the urgency of the moment; sooner or later, he would have to face such a situation. Thus, he steeled himself, suddenly standing up with the mace in hand, and shouted,

"Before the Zhensui Mansion, what evil spirit dares to act so audaciously?"

"..."

Amidst his shout, the heavens and earth suddenly stirred. The Golden Armor Collection on the table seemed to be blown by the wind, its pages rustling, while the awakened Golden Armored Warriors within the Zhensui Mansion stepped forward in unison. Their eyes flashed with golden light, overflowing with divine might, as they raised their halberds towards the sky, letting out earth-shattering roars.

Among these Golden Armored Warriors, apart from the two who had awakened initially, seemingly guarding the Zhensui Mansion, the others had been in slumber.

When Hu Ma had previously opened the Zhensui Mansion, he had awakened some. But this was the first time he had completely opened the Golden Armor Collection. The result was the simultaneous awakening of all one hundred and eight Golden Armored Warriors within the mansion, shaking off their divine might.

Merely the power of their awakening caused the underworld itself to tremble.

The next moment, the tendrils of the Meng Family Ancestor reaching into the Zhensui Mansion shattered into pieces, vanishing into nothingness. The Golden Armored Warriors, wielding halberds and roaring, with their overwhelming divine might, even faintly pushed back the Meng Family Ancestor, who was beyond layers of the void.

That entity became even more furious, its lifeless face showing palpable and real anger. After a slight retreat, it grew even more ferocious, seemingly about to pounce straight at the Zhensui Mansion.

"Taste my mace!"

Facing the Meng Family Ancestor's wrath, Hu Ma also felt a weight in his heart, an invisible panic engulfing him from above.

It seemed that just by looking directly at the other party, his soul would scatter, his body would collapse, and an unknown number of sinister and strange things would quickly flow into his body, almost instantly assimilating him.

Long before entering the underworld, he had been warned: in the underworld, one must not look directly at other yin souls. Upon doing so, the yin soul's memories and perceptions from life would flood into one's body. The longer one looked, the easier it was to be assimilated.

Now, facing the Meng Family Ancestor, this sensation was magnified ten thousandfold, a millionfold.

But so what?

Since he had already raised the mace, he might as well be more decisive! He summoned a ferocious courage, his blood qi surging, and swung towards the direction where the Meng Family Ancestor had manifested!

The Demon Suppression Golden Mace was short, and Hu Ma, being within the Zhensui Mansion, was thousands of miles away from the Meng Family Ancestor, an immeasurable difference in elevation.

But now, in the underworld, Hu Ma leveraged the might of the Zhensui Mansion. Swinging the mace, he aimed to strike the Meng Family Ancestor on the head.

Yet, considering the distance and disparity, the Demon Suppression Golden Mace had never felt as heavy as it did at this moment. Hu Ma unleashed the power of his four columns cultivation, barely managing to lift it, his body and soul nearing collapse from the immense weight.

Fortunately, he had just consumed the Purple Tai Sui, making him far more resilient than before, allowing him to swing the mace outward.

Then, utterly beyond anyone's imagination, an almost dreamlike scene unfolded.

The Nine Copper Rings of the Demon Suppression Golden Mace activated sequentially, emitting a prolonged, resonant call. The sound of the interlocked rings echoed back and forth within the City of the Dead, growing louder instead of fading.

Certain presences within the City of the Dead seemed to meld with the resonant call of the Demon Suppression Golden Mace. As this mace swung, it awakened forces accumulated over hundreds, even thousands of years—forces not even activated when fighting the Lords of the Official Zhou Prefecture in the past.

Facing the Meng Family Ancestor's tangible and sinister gaze, an infinite golden light gradually appeared on the mace, dispelling the ghostly fog that had shrouded the City of the Dead for countless years.

It was as if the rust on the Demon Suppression Golden Mace was being washed away, revealing its most original and authentic form.

"WHOOSH..." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

In the depths of the City of the Dead, a low exhaling sound emerged. The aura of the Demon Suppression Golden Mace stirred long-buried things: fleshless skulls, mere bone, appeared under the reflection of the golden light.

Looking from afar, the golden light from the mace illuminated their eye sockets, seeming to give them spirit. They quietly watched the Demon Suppression Golden Mace in Hu Ma's hand, causing it to boom with golden light and its weight to abruptly increase.

Even Hu Ma hadn't expected this change, only feeling the Demon Suppression Golden Mace suddenly possessing the force to shatter rot and strike directly into the heavens.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

A strange, piercing sound, as if layers of something heavy were being torn apart, echoed continuously from beneath the mace. Layers of dark clouds broke apart, sending ripples outwards.

The entire underworld trembled violently under this mace's impact. Golden light pierced the sky as Hu Ma's mace swung through layers of dark clouds, striking the Meng Family Ancestor's head truly, solidly, and without reservation.

DONG!

The Meng Family Ancestor's gray and gloomy face seemed to show a kind of astonishment. Its boundless, terrifying aura contracted intensely, its arrogance forcibly withdrawn; it even looked momentarily dazed.

The world fell silent instantly. For a long time, not a single sound was heard.

The Eldest Master Meng, who had just shouted for the Meng Family Ancestor to save him, now stood frozen on the spot, eyes wide open, his expression as if he had seen a ghost.

"The... Meng Family Ancestor... got struck?"

On the stone platform, Er Guotou, dumbfounded, pinched his own thigh, muttering, "What kind of powerful Illusion Technique is this? Hehe, it can't fool me. How could something so preposterous be possible? It's all fake... fake..."

"To witness such a grand spectacle before departing is no loss, truly no loss..."

In that instant, when all was silent, Mr. Longjing on the stone platform burst into laughter. He nodded slightly towards the Zhensui Mansion and its Golden Armored Warriors, the last trace of regret in his heart finally dissipating at this moment.

"It turns out we all realized our past mistakes and never for a moment stopped working on them..."

"The Ten Surnames have made great progress, and haven't we too?"

"In this world, those beings truly deserving of being called gods, though they faced bleak destinies and tumultuous paths, have finally been restored to their rightful places..."