# Chapter 3339: Encirclement and Rescue
Vast stretches of void spanning hundreds of thousands of miles burned with crimson flames, divine power surging as fire converged into an ocean.
A pair of Vermilion Bird wings spread open within the sea of fire, appearing both illusory and real, radiating formidable energy capable of melting stars. The wings flapped upward, unleashing terrifying speed, instantly traversing the distance of several Divine Spirit Steps.
Such speed was extremely rare below the Infinite Realm.
Zhuque Huowu's human ghost body had already been shattered, and even her Vermilion Bird ghost body had turned into a mist-like state, her divine soul suffering severe damage. Fortunately, her Divine Sea had not been broken, and her foundational essence remained unharmed.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
Pursuers descended from all directions, tearing through space.
Yu Mang Jun charged out first, the spatial rift behind him yet to close as the battle axe in his hands swung forward, forming an axe light spanning a hundred thousand miles.
Where the axe light passed, it was like a divine moon flying through the cosmos, space continuously shattering.
Jiu Shou Gu She appeared ahead of the Vermilion Bird cloud mass, crawling out from the Void World. His bone body stretched hundreds of thousands of miles, with over a hundred million armored Bone Clan cultivators arrayed in battle formation atop him, their momentum grand and imposing like a cosmic-level monster descending.
Nine snake-shaped bone heads burned with green flames, countless Rune Divine Patterns flowing as they continuously devoured the flame soul-mist within the Vermilion Bird cloud mass.
A golden flame divine mountain materialized in this stretch of void.
Over a thousand Blazing Sun Civilization spiritual power cultivators stood atop the Flame Divine Mountain, arranged in neat rows, activating formations to generate a spiritual power storm.
The spiritual power storm descended like a divine waterfall from the Nine Heavens, landing upon the Vermilion Bird cloud mass, suppressing Zhuque Huowu's spiritual will.
This was one of the Blazing Sun Civilization's greatest foundations—the Sky Flame Divine Mountain!
It was a cultivation site left behind by a Blazing Sun Civilization spiritual power expert who had reached the Heaven Round Unlacking realm, containing countless ancient secret methods. For any spiritual power cultivator, it was a sacred mountain worthy of pilgrimage.
At this moment, over seventy percent of the Blazing Sun Civilization's top spiritual power cultivators had gathered on the mountain.
They came to slay a god, to kill Zhuque Huowu—a top-tier great god and titan of the Ghost Clan.
Xu Fa's spiritual power had reached the eighty-second level, making him the strongest spiritual power deity of the Blazing Sun Civilization in this era.
He stood at the very peak of the Sky Flame Divine Mountain, saying: "Don't let her escape again. End this quickly, and make absolutely sure no cultivator in this star domain senses anything. I will do my best to conceal the heavenly secrets!"
With divine combat this intense, the fluctuations of divine power could not possibly be concealed—only managed as best as possible.
In truth, they had missed the optimal window to kill Zhuque Huowu, allowing her to break free from the encirclement. Otherwise, the divine battle would not have escalated to this extent.
Pursuing a great god through the stars was an extremely unwise move.
The reason Zhuque Huowu had not fled into the Void World was precisely because she hoped the intense divine combat fluctuations would be sensed by deities from Fengdu Ghost City.
Yu Mang Jun said: "Rest assured! This is already the edge of the Hundred Clans Royal City star domain, bordering the Jue Han Desert star domain. No one can sense the divine combat fluctuations here."
"Once we deal with her, we'll annihilate all living beings in this star domain. That will ensure nothing goes wrong." Jiu Shou Gu She spoke in a deep, rumbling voice, spitting out gray death beams that blasted the Vermilion Bird-shaped flame divine mist apart.
The aura within the divine mist grew even weaker.
The divine mist rapidly contracted, condensing into human form. Zhuque Huowu's body was white as porcelain, a pair of flame wings on her back, holding the Zhu Shen Spear.
The surrounding space was filled with spiritual power storms, interwoven with formation patterns. She could not break free.
Zhuque Huowu's eyes were cold and fierce as she thrust out her spear, meeting Yu Mang Jun's descending battle axe.
Yu Mang Jun had already reached her, forcibly pulling her into his Divine Realm World—a world of massive stone formations. His battle axe carried the weight of a thousand jun, striking the Zhu Shen Spear until sparks flew, sending it flying from Zhuque Huowu's hands.
The Zhu Shen Spear pierced through stone mountain after stone mountain, falling into the distance, sealed by strands of stone qi surging from the ground.
Zhuque Huowu retrieved a feather-pattern shield, blocking the battle axe.
She was sent flying dozens of miles, cracks appearing in her ghost body.
"Is this all the strength of Fengdu Ghost City's second-strongest?"
Yu Mang Jun's second axe strike descended with even greater power, splitting a gap in the feather-pattern shield. Zhuque Huowu was pushed back another dozen miles, sinking into the ground.
"If not for your sudden sneak attack that severely wounded me, I, Zhuque Huowu, would not have you, Yu Mang Jun, in my eyes at all!"
Zhuque Huowu discarded the shield in her hands, soaring upward, activating a forbidden technique that burned her divine soul. Blazing divine flames emerged on her body.
Her wings became like blades as she dove toward Yu Mang Jun.
Yu Mang Jun's expression turned grave, knowing that today, without paying a certain price, killing Zhuque Huowu would be impossible. He too activated a secret technique, burning his own lifespan.
"Monarch Descends Upon the World!"
Raising the axe with both hands, Yu Mang Jun's crystalline jade-like divine body radiated brilliant divine light from within, blooming outward.
This was a Great Perfection Infinite Divine Ability. Executed while burning lifespan, Yu Mang Jun was confident that no one below the Infinite Realm could withstand it.
"Pfft!"
One of Zhuque Huowu's wings was severed.
Yu Mang Jun erupted with unimaginable speed, shifting to Zhuque Huowu's other side, grabbing her remaining wing with his bare hand, pulling her down from midair and slamming her heavily to the ground.
The earth seemed to possess a devouring ability, growing stone spikes that wrapped around Zhuque Huowu, pulling her deep underground.
The Blazing Sun Civilization's spiritual power cultivators continuously used the Sky Flame Divine Mountain's power to suppress Zhuque Huowu's spiritual will, affecting her attack speed and the speed at which she could condense divine qi. Many of her divine abilities could not be executed at all.
A sharp, piercing cry erupted from underground.
The earth beneath Yu Mang Jun's feet melted into magma, and the entire Divine Realm World seemed about to dissolve.
Zhuque Huowu rose from the magma ocean, retrieved the Zhu Shen Spear, and charged straight into the sky, attempting to break through Yu Mang Jun's Divine Realm World.
Above the Divine Realm World, nine streams of death divine light surged down, striking Zhuque Huowu.
Zhuque Huowu blocked with the Zhu Shen Spear, her body continuously falling. At this moment, she finally felt the threat of death, asking: "I very much want to know—was this a decision made after deliberation among the various Hell Realm factions, or a secret operation you launched yourselves? Did Hun Qi participate?"
Yu Mang Jun stood on the ground, axe in hand, death light patterns emerging on the axe blade, saying: "You don't need to think so much. Just know that Huang Tian killed you. He is the Death Master God—killing you is perfectly reasonable!"
Yu Mang Jun soared up, appearing at the edge of the nine death beams, swinging his axe horizontally.
"Boom!"
Zhuque Huowu's ghost body divine form was blasted apart once again. Under the impact of the nine death beams, much of the soul-mist directly annihilated and dissipated.
Jiu Shou Gu She charged forward with over a hundred million bone soldiers, dividing her divine soul mist and devouring it piece by piece.
One of the largest clusters of divine soul mist flew away, containing Zhuque Huowu's Divine Sea and Divine Heart.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Yu Mang Jun directly hurled his battle axe. The axe spun like a windmill, striking toward the soul mist that had flown a thousand miles away.
Just as the axe was about to strike the soul mist, space was suddenly split open, revealing a pitch-black spatial rift. The battle axe fell into the rift.
Yu Mang Jun's expression darkened, and he growled: "Who are you, honored one? Do you intend to interfere in Hell Realm affairs?"
One must understand, this was not the cosmic starry sky, but his Divine Realm World.
Being able to tear open a spatial rift dozens of miles long in his Divine Realm World was no ordinary feat. The newcomer was undoubtedly a top-ranked expert on the "Great God Theory" comprehensive rankings.
"I'm not interfering in Hell Realm affairs—you've provoked me!"
Zhang Ruochen walked out of the spatial rift, carrying the battle axe. Dressed in white robes, his bearing was proud and extraordinary, like a jade-faced scholar, yet also like a peerless swordsman, radiating an extraordinary aura.
"Zhang Ruochen!"
Yu Mang Jun sensed an inexplicable pressure from Zhang Ruochen.
But he absolutely did not believe that in such a short time, Zhang Ruochen could have made another major breakthrough.
As a Heart-Stop Realm expert, Yu Mang Jun's will was firm, and his battle intent unyielding.
From deep within the Divine Realm World, a blue ice-crystal warhammer flew into Yu Mang Jun's hands. Instantly, the surroundings turned icy and snowy, with towering snow mountains, cold ice divine palaces, divine tree ice sculptures, and other wonders appearing.
That battle axe was not Yu Mang Jun's war weapon—it had been seized from Shi Fu Jun.
With the warhammer in hand, Yu Mang Jun's aura increased another notch.
Zhuque Huowu stopped, reforming her human body, staring at Zhang Ruochen's back.
"See? We're the real friends. Those Hell Realm deities—for the sake of profit, they'll do anything!"
Xiao Hei appeared not far from Zhuque Huowu, arms crossed, looking like he was enjoying the show.
Zhuque Huowu was naturally moved inside, but she showed no good expression toward Xiao Hei, saying: "A mere Upper God dares to come join the fun?"
"Don't worry. With Zhang Ruochen here, even if I, this Emperor, were a mere mortal, I could go anywhere under heaven and earth." Xiao Hei looked very confident.
Roars sounded from the distance.
Jiu Shou Gu She abandoned the hundred million bone soldiers, rushing toward Zhang Ruochen and Yu Mang Jun's location.
Entering Yu Mang Jun's Divine Realm World, his bone body had shrunk considerably, but it was still as massive as a mountain range.
Xiao Hei watched the bone soldiers devouring Zhuque Huowu's soul mist, a look of interest in his eyes, saying: "I've been researching the 'Underworld Soldier Scroll' lately. Come on, help me collect those bone soldiers."
Zhuque Huowu knew the fearsome strength of Yu Mang Jun and Jiu Shou Gu She, and was somewhat worried about Zhang Ruochen, asking: "Are only the two of you here?"
"How could that be? Do you know Miao Li? The artifact spirit of the Sundial, that Xiu Chen Heavenly God—yeah, you know him! There are also several in the eighties. So don't worry about Zhang Ruochen—this time, they've come to slaughter!" Xiao Hei said.
Xiao Hei pulled Zhuque Huowu, flying toward the divine soul cloud mass and the hundred million bone soldiers.
He had no choice—he had to drag Zhuque Huowu along. He couldn't withstand the shockwaves of a Taixu Peak-level clash.
This experience infuriated Zhuque Huowu. To be ambushed and surrounded by her own side's deities, nearly falling in battle, left her heart ice-cold and murderous. She planned to recover her lost soul mist, restore her cultivation and combat power as quickly as possible, and take personal revenge. She would also investigate all participants—every single one would pay the price.
"By the way, what did you mean by 'in the eighties'?" Zhuque Huowu couldn't understand Xiao Hei's slang.
Xiao Hei explained: "Spiritual power! Their spiritual power is too high—I don't know the exact level, but it's definitely in the eighties."