I slightly raised my right hand, fingers splayed, and pressed down: "Break!"

All the doors erupted in flames, thunder roared, and as the fire surged forward, figures blown away by the blaze flew towards me.

As I slightly raised my eyes, the figures dancing in the air exploded into a sky full of phosphorescent fire. Green sparks still danced on the ground, but the lights in the building suddenly went out, plunging the entire structure into darkness, save for the eerie green glow in our room.

The next moment, a faint flicker of light appeared in the hallway.

A dark red glow slowly moved from the end of the corridor towards the door, gradually dimming. As the light paused, half a figure wearing a long dress appeared in the doorway.

Chun Xiaquan!

I sneered, "Ye Yang, she's yours."

Ye Yang turned, cold flames flashing like lightning in his hand, and in an instant, he slashed through the wall towards the ghost standing guard outside the door. Ye Yang's sword tip touched the wall, and slid down the surface. Dust flew up on both sides of the blade, but the sword energy passed straight through the wall.

The figure outside the wall split in two, flying to the left and right.

The next moment, strange flames ignited on both sides of the hallway.

Ye Yang simply pressed his sword tip down slightly, and the flames on both sides converged towards the door.

Ye Yang had cut Chun Xiaquan in half, but after splitting in two, each half held a torch and walked towards the door.

Ye Yang turned sharply and charged towards the right side of the door, while the half-figure flying out from the left side of the door chased after Ye Yang towards one side of the corridor.

In just a few seconds, the sound of Ye Yang's sword and the flames ignited by the ghost disappeared one after the other at the end of the corridor. My face darkened slightly, "It seems I overestimated the Coffin Gate."

I said grimly, "The Coffin Gate has joined forces with that woman in the black dress!"

"Is that possible?" Lin Zhao asked subconsciously, then immediately reacted, "The Coffin Gate actually did something so taboo!"

Sorcerers can trade with ghosts and gods, and they can negotiate terms with them, but they must never join forces with them.

This is an iron rule of the sorcerer's path!

Inviting gods and making sacrifices are inherently a type of secret art, and the sorcerer's path does not prohibit them.

However, the relationship between the sorcerer's path and ghosts and gods outside the Netherworld is like that between enemy countries. There is a clear boundary. When the two sides are evenly matched, they will benefit each other. Once one side is weak, a battle of life and death will inevitably break out.

The sorcerer's path will not allow sorcerers who secretly collude with ghosts and gods to exist.

The reason why Lin Zhao didn't initially think that the Coffin Gate had joined forces with ghosts and gods was because he never had the concept that the Coffin Gate would commit such a taboo. It wasn't until I reminded him that he reacted.

I muttered to myself, "Two tigers cannot share a mountain. A place haunted by one ghost or god will not allow the existence of other ghosts or gods. How could I not understand such a simple principle?"

"The black skirt woman trapping Dabing outside the Ancient Well Temple, and Chun Xiaquan chasing and killing the Coffin Gate, were all pre-arranged plays!"

"Two Realms Hall is in danger!"

Feng Ruohang stood up and said, "No, I have to go back to Two Realms Hall!"

I said in a deep voice, "This building is full of traps I've set up. If you go out, you'll open up one of the gaps. The Coffin Gate definitely brought more than just one Chun Xiaquan. If you go out, aren't you opening a back door for them?"

Feng Ruohang stomped his feet anxiously, "Then what do we do? There isn't even a single expert who can be of use in Two Realms Hall right now. If that Dabing attacks our rear..."

I took a deep breath and said, "Go out through the secret door in the northwest corner. After you go out, immediately block the secret door from the outside. You must be quick."

"Remember, after you go out, immediately take the Ghost Shadow Steps I taught you to get out of the building's range. Don't stop for a single step in between. Be careful!"

Feng Ruohang nodded and quickly left the room. Lin Zhao whispered, "Are we still waiting?"

"Wait!" I stood up and looked out the window, "If Feng Ruohang can get out, we might still have a chance of survival. Let's wait and see!"

Before I could finish speaking, I heard the sound of machinery whirring in the northwest corner of the house.

The next moment, Feng Ruohang appeared in my line of sight, but half a body had appeared behind Feng Ruohang.

The person who seemed to be back-to-back with Feng Ruohang seemed to notice that I was spying on him in the dark, and smiled coldly as he raised his head towards me.

"Feng..." I had just uttered a word when a sneer unconsciously appeared on my face.

"Li Po!" Lin Zhao, noticing that something was wrong with me, panicked, "Li Po, what's wrong? What are you laughing at..."

"Feng Ruohang... Feng Ruohang... there's someone behind you!"

Lin Zhao didn't know whether he should call out to me or to Feng Ruohang.

At that time, I stood motionless by the window, constantly sneering.

Feng Ruohang kept changing his position downstairs, but he couldn't shake off the person on his back no matter what.

Lin Zhao grabbed my arm and shook it desperately, "Li Po... Li Po... wake up! Don't look outside!"

Seeing that I didn't react at all, Lin Zhao jumped onto my back and covered my eyes with his hands, "Don't look outside."