Facing Su She, a peak-stage cultivator of the Outer Building Realm, Yin Guan showed neither hesitation nor fear.

He displayed an extraordinary confidence.

Before his words could fully fade, a fist was already hurtling towards Su She’s face.

To meet this punch, Su She raised a vertical palm.

Fist and palm collided, a tremendous force exploding outwards from the point of contact, scattering even the clouds above.

Like a hurricane unfurling, everything around them was blown outwards, yet the two combatants remained motionless.

Su She, enraged, laughed instead: “What audacity! Let’s see how you intend to kill me!”

Brilliant golden light erupted from his vertical palm. He transformed his palm into a claw, intending to “devour” his opponent’s fist with gold.

Crack, crack.

Yin Guan’s fist, however, responded with a series of cracking bone-shattering sounds. Before the resplendent golden light, a strange green glow unfurled!

In that instant, one fist multiplied into a thousand, each a thunderous blow descending with immense power.

Su She wanted to “devour?” Yin Guan would give him more than enough, to the point of bursting, to the point of death!

Each individual fist was like a mountain collapsing.

Such a fist-art manifested overwhelming power, encompassing all of heaven and earth.

Even Su She could only temporarily evade the onslaught. He dispersed his claw-form, retreating swiftly, finally disengaging from the golden ingot beneath his feet.

Yin Guan pressed forward, simultaneously crushing the golden ingot into flowing, fragmented light with a single kick!

With exceptional battle awareness, he detected Su She’s hidden maneuvers within the golden ingot, eliminating the threat in advance.

The eerie green light pursued the radiant golden glow relentlessly.

Seeing his trap foiled, Su She abandoned all pretense of weakness. He brought his thumb, index, and middle fingers together at his brow, communicating with his own spiritual will, then thrust his open hand towards his attacker!

“A thousand gold for fine wine, ten thousand for beautiful women! I plunder all the world’s wealth, lest I be poor!”

The green light swirling around Yin Guan was, at this moment, being “plundered,” transforming into green blossoms, drifting away from Yin Guan’s body. The process was so clear to the eye, so utterly decisive!

No matter how strong Yin Guan was, he could not possibly withstand such constant weakening. If he couldn’t lock down his own “wealth” in time, defeat was certain.

This was Su She’s cultivation, Su She’s path of commerce.

In his way of commerce, wealth was the foundation of all things, the source of all power.

Therefore, he was bound to pursue profit.

He would chase wealth throughout his life, never allowing himself to be poor.

And now, he would plunder his opponent’s “wealth,” leaving him as a destitute pauper.

Like one trapped beneath the earth, bereft of all but mortal strength – “poor”!

But Yin Guan countered with his own “Dao.”

“Man should hold hatred, repaying it with deep vengeance!”

The green blossoms, far from diminishing, were increasing in number, falling in greater abundance.

Yin Guan seemed to be assisting Su She’s “plunder”!

“Man should hold grievances, confronting them with injustice!”

More and more green blossoms, like weightless duckweed in the wind, drifted towards Su She.

If he wanted to plunder, then he would give him hatred, give him grievance, give him the most wicked, the most malevolent, cursed power.

They would see if Yin Guan would exhaust his power first, or if Su She would succumb to the backlash of such chaotic power. Head-on Dao confrontation, a battle to the death!

Su She found himself in an untenable position!

If he were to withdraw now, Yin Guan would seize the advantage, crushing him with overwhelming force, rendering the outcome of the battle inevitable.

Therefore, he could only grit his teeth and endure.

If this man dared to gamble his life, what did Su She have to fear!

Moreover, he was the plunderer, holding greater advantages and more initiative.

His hand remained still, but his eyes turned towards Jiang Wang.

Now, as he was locked in a stalemate with his opponent, Jiang Wang was the greatest variable.

And he had enough confidence that even with only one free hand, he could easily defeat Jiang Wang. After all, he was only a Tendon Manifestation Realm cultivator!

Jiang Wang did not disappoint his gaze.

He certainly wouldn’t lose courage due to his previous failures.

Running away might be the safest choice, seeking help in Linzi a convenient excuse, but Yin Guan was fighting for him, and he would never turn his back!

Enduring the void left by the expulsion of his power, he strode forward resolutely.

The nine Great River Stellar Circulation spun madly, generating meager Dao essence, as the Tendon Manifestation dragon surged forth, howling towards his Inner Mansion!

Divine ability, divine ability!

His aura soared, constantly ascending… and then, it abruptly halted.

Su She was stunned, but his shock was immediately extinguished.

A hand from behind pierced his heart.

The “plunder” crumbled.

In the final moments of his life, Su She turned his head to see a mask as black as ink, a ghastly white door on its forehead, inscribed with the bloody characters “Wu Guan” (Fifth Judge).

His appearance had been so silent, so secretive that even Su She had not noticed it, and his strike had been decisive, an end.

Hell had arrived.

“Judge Wu Guan… the Gate of Hell! Yin Guan!” Seeing the mask, Su She instantly connected the dots, turning to look at Yin Guan in disbelief: “You dare come to Qi!”

What he couldn’t comprehend was why the Gate of Hell would step in to save Jiang Wang.

But he could no longer ask.

Yin Guan smashed his head, still bearing an expression of shock, with a single punch.

“Don’t trouble yourself,” he said.

Jiang Wang halted his attempt to summon his divine ability to his Inner Mansion because he had seen “Judge Wu Guan.”

In such a short time, he had seen two Outer Building Realm experts from the Gate of Hell.

And although both were in the Outer Building Realm, Yin Guan today was many levels stronger than he had been when they met in You Country.

Su She’s body plummeted.

Yin Guan said in a low voice, “He had already found his Dao. He shouldn’t die so easily.”

Judge Wu Guan replied, “Before King Guang, death is never difficult.”

In legends, among the Ten Courts of Hell, the first is “King Guang.”

Yin Guan usually showed his true face, without concealing himself. But within the Gate of Hell, he was generally referred to as King Guang.

Judge Wu Guan’s voice was rough, as if he was not good at speaking, but he was quite aware of the importance of praising his leader.

Yin Guan remained noncommittal, but clearly agreed with the statement in his heart.

He turned around, looking at Jiang Wang with a wry smile.

“Long time no see,” Jiang Wang greeted him proactively.

“Indeed… a long time!” Yin Guan said.

Less than a year hadn’t been that long, but in that time apart, both of them had experienced so much that it felt like a distant past.

Jiang Wang had experienced a war, two secret realms, and the power struggles within Linzi. Yin Guan had built the Gate of Hell from nothing to its current scale. Its history could not be simply described in a few words.

He shook his head, saying leisurely, “My subordinate was beaten up, so I came to find justice for him. Never thought it would be you!”

At this time, Su Xiuxing timidly crawled out from his hiding place.

He really didn’t expect his new boss to know the Jiang kid! And the boss even killed a peak Outer Building cultivator to save him! They seemed to have a good relationship!

Su Xiuxing was on the verge of tears.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the harsh words he had spoken to Jiang Wang before running away from Qingyang Town. He couldn’t remember much, except for one clear sentence – “Kid, you just wait!”

Shouldn’t I be riding a fine horse, surrounded by many experts, menacingly surrounding the Jiang kid?

I didn’t want this situation!

Fate was so cruel!