Chapter 261 Deputy Commander
The barrier was already extremely dangerous at this time. With Zhou Chen's joining, it was broken in just three hours.

The moment it was broken, a violent demonic energy rushed towards them, and at the same time, a Taotie condensed from the demonic energy pounced towards the two of them.

"Oh no, it's a trap," Zhou Chen pushed Qinglong away and activated the space lock at the same time, instantly imprisoning Taotie in place. However, it only took a second for Taotie to break free from the space lock.

Fortunately, Zhou Chen had anticipated this result in advance. The moment he broke free from the confinement, the space crack had already opened and Taotie rushed directly into the crack.

After dealing with the Taotie, the two turned around and looked, but there was no secret realm. It was empty except for weeds on the ground. Where was the secret realm?

Seeing this, Qinglong shook his head and said, "I didn't expect to find nothing after searching for so long."

"My lord, I don't know what poison the commander has been poisoned with. With your strength, why haven't you recovered in a year?"

Qinglong shook his head and said, "It's okay to tell you now. My Lord, you have been poisoned by the fire and cold poison, which is a highly toxic fire attribute. The poisoned person will have his internal organs slowly corroded by the fire poison until death."

After hearing this, Zhou Chen waved his hand and took Qinglong to the different space under his puzzled gaze. At this time, Zhen Nantian was sitting cross-legged on the ground. Zhou Chen didn't pay much attention to it because the situation was urgent before, but now he found that Zhen Nantian's face was flushed and there was a trace of hot air coming out of his head. This breath was very weak and could not be seen at all without careful observation.

Qinglong stepped forward and half-knelt down, saying "Sir". Seeing that Zhennantian had no reaction for a long time, Qinglong stood up helplessly. His condition was even more serious than a month ago.

"A month ago, when I called him 'sir', he would open his eyes and say a few words to me. Now, he doesn't even have time to say a word. It seems that this is the most dangerous moment."

"Maybe I can help him." Without waiting for Qinglong to react, Zhou Chen came directly behind Zhen Nantian and condensed the icy true energy in his palm.

Seeing this, Qinglong was overjoyed and said, "I forgot that you have ice-attributed Qi. I just don't know if your coldness can restrain the fire poison."

Qinglong was not sure but Zhou Chen was certain. Now that his dantian had absorbed two pieces of black ice, the coldness was extremely strong. If it couldn't even control the fire poison, what was it called black ice?

At the beginning, he did not dare to use too much force, and tried his best to control the temperature of the true qi at a temperature that a normal person could accept, and then slowly lowered the temperature.

At first, his true energy was somewhat powerless against the fire and cold poison, but as his skills deepened, the cold poison in Zhennantian's body was slowly suppressed.

An hour later, Zhen Nantian's complexion slowly returned to normal. Seeing Zhen Nantian open his eyes, Qinglong smiled and said, "My lord, you are finally awake."

At this moment, Zhou Chen had already collected his power. Zhen Nantian turned to look at Zhou Chen, bowed and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome, sir."

Due to the departure of Xuanwu and Baihu, the two halls were leaderless. As there were no suitable candidates at the moment, Zhou Chen and Qinglong had to temporarily take over the second hall.

On this day, Zhou Chen brought his people to Xuanwu Hall, and the people in Xuanwu Hall had been waiting there since early morning. They couldn't help but be active. The crimes committed by the two Xuanwu men were serious. If they made Zhou Chen unhappy, he could kill them with just a thought.

As soon as Zhou Chen sat down, a Demon Suppression Guard came forward with a smile and flattered him, "Sir, everyone in the Xuanwu Hall is here. Please give us a lecture."

Zhou Chen nodded and looked at the people below. Three days had passed since the last incident, and those who were possessed by evil spirits had basically recovered.

But at this moment they just looked a little listless. They stood there expressionless, but they were extremely nervous in their hearts.

Zhou Chen took out the Yin-Yang Mirror from the storage ring, and then shone it on the people below. The Yin-Yang Mirror emitted a faint white light that shone on everyone.

Several people in the crowd were illuminated by the white light and black air came out of their bodies. Without waiting for Zhou Chen to speak, several people beside him immediately rushed forward. Seeing that they were exposed, the demon-suppressing guards with black air on their bodies immediately turned around and ran away, but they were killed by flying swords just as they ran away from the crowd. Seeing that there was no black air below, Zhou Chen put away the Yin-Yang mirror.

"Brothers, I'm sorry to have frightened you. Those people just now were all spies of the demon clan. Now that the spies have been eliminated, you don't have to worry anymore. Xuanwu's mistake will not affect you."

Afterwards, Zhou Chen announced Zhen Nantian's order, which roughly meant to cancel the previous four hall positions. Zhou Chen and Qinglong served as the left and right deputy commanders of the Demon Suppression Division, assisting Zhen Nantian in leading the Demon Suppression Division.

Everyone below knelt down and said, "Congratulations, Deputy Commander Zhou."

Then Zhou Chen issued the first order, "Everyone go out and find out the whereabouts of Xuanwu and Baihu, and report immediately if you have any news." Upon hearing this, everyone immediately bowed and said "Yes, sir."

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was already a month later. During this period, Wu'an County was very quiet. No monsters or demons harmed the people, and Baihu and Xuanwu also disappeared.

After Zhou Chen's treatment for a period of time, Zhen Nantian's fire and cold poison was completely discharged from his body. Not only that, he also turned a disaster into a blessing and successfully broke through to the third level.

In an instant, the momentum of the Demon Suppression Division increased greatly. Zhen Nantian led his Demon Suppression Guards to take the initiative to attack and recaptured several villages occupied by monsters in one fell swoop.

What surprised Zhou Chen was that even so, the Demon King Zhentian never appeared again, as if he had evaporated from the earth.

Seven days later, Zhou Chen was practicing sword in the yard when a demon-suppressing envoy fell from the roof. Zhou Chen quickly stepped forward to catch him.

At this time, the demon envoy Mingzhen had many wounds all over his body and was bleeding uncontrollably, "Brother, what happened?"
The demon-suppressing envoy reached out and grabbed Zhou Chen's arm and said with difficulty, "Sir Zhou, there is an unusual movement deep in Wuhua Mountain." After that, he fainted.

Zhou Chen turned to the Demon-Suppression Guards who had just rushed in and said, "Carry him away and give him good treatment." After that, Zhou Chen tore through the void and left the Demon-Suppression Division.

When he appeared again, he had already arrived above Wuhua Mountain.

The spiritual exploration was instantly started, and nothing abnormal was found during the search. Zhou Chen was a little confused, "Are you lying to me again? This shouldn't be possible." Zhou Chen fell down as he spoke, and he understood the moment he fell down.

"Hmph, so it's deep underground. No wonder I couldn't detect it from the air."

Although his spiritual exploration can detect a distance of one thousand meters in radius, if he explores the underground situation, the detection distance will be greatly reduced and can only reach a distance of five hundred meters.

"Hmph, I was wondering why you guys have been so well behaved during this period. Turns out you were all here."

Zhou Chen took out the jade pendant to send a message to Zhen Nantian, telling him the situation here, and then used his magical powers to find the entrance to the underground.

It was a very large entrance, with demonic energy constantly emanating from it. However, there was a faint barrier at the entrance that blocked the outflow of the demonic energy.

"It's done quite covertly, without any demonic energy emitted. It's indeed not easy to spot if you're standing in the air." Zhou Chen then stepped out and went straight into the cave. As for the barrier at the entrance of the cave, he directly broke through it.

The moment the barrier was broken, the evil spirit inside instantly dispersed. Zhou Chen didn't care about it. Anyway, no one would come to Wuhua Mountain now.

At the moment the barrier was broken, Zhen Nantian, more than 400 meters underground, also felt something unusual. Seeing this, Baihu at the side asked, "What's wrong?"
"Someone broke through the barrier and came in. It seems we have to speed up."

(End of this chapter)