"Oh, that's a piece of good news then," said Donghai Lin, curling his lips into a devilish grin.
Hui Láng, the Giant Black dog, grinned as he saw his Martial Uncle Lin's grin. Growing familiar with that type of smile, Hui Láng began to mutter under his breath as his heart began pounding with excitement. "Hee-hee-hee, here he goes again. What's he planning?"
Donghai Lin continued, "Do you want to know the reason, yeah?... Ha ha ha, well, the first thing that came to my mind after learning that you are invincible in this place is now I can.... kill you countless times."
Just after he finished his words, he swiftly slashed the saber and the 10th Yama's head rolled on the dusty ground.
He then turned at Hui Láng, the Giant Black dog, and said: "Have you heard of a mere mortal beheading a mighty god?"
"No, I haven't yet." Hui Láng, the Giant Black dog, replied briskly.
"And now you are. Behold the sight–I'm the first-ever mortal to have ever trampled on a mighty god's head and beheaded one too." Donghai Lin's voice thundered as he raised his saber in the air.
And Hui Láng, the Giant Black dog's eyes scintillated in bewilderment.
As he said earlier, the 10th Yama's severed body and head turned into a yellow mist of purest natural Qi and vanished within the thin air.
Three seconds later, the space fluctuated and the 10th Yama materialized with a brand new body. The next thing, he flew up high in the air and tried to flee away from there.
"Blackie!" Donghai Lin yelled, pointing at the 10th Yama.
A Giant Black Dog appeared abruptly before the fleeing Yama and blocked his path. He then gave a resounding smack across his face, sending him down to the ground.
In a sharp, silent voice, the Giant Dog reappeared and pressed his paw over the 10th Yama's body while pinning him against the dusty ground.
"Aight, I'll take it from here." The gentle voice of Donghai Lin chimed as he approached them, his body covered with the Azure-colored Dragon's Extreme Yang essence. He then padded on the Dog's thigh to release the 1oth Yama.
Hui Láng, the Giant Black dog, reluctantly released him and stepped two steps back.
"Oh Yama, oh Yama, there's no point in running." As Donghai Lin said this with an amiable smile, he suddenly stomped his right foot on his face, hitting his head hard against the dusty ground.
Bang!
His smile abruptly changed into a grimace of rage and he bellowed, thundering like a Dragon's roar. "Did I give you the damn permission to leave?" Then he kicked him ever harder, trampling his face under his foot.
He then swung the saber twice and chopped his two lower limbs and blood sprayed, oozing out from his severed limbs unceasingly.
"Aaah! Aarrhh!...." Xue Zhunluan, the 10th Yama wailed like anything, feeling the sharp pain coming down from his lower limbs.
"Shhh!" Donghai Lin hushed and said with a sharp undertone, "Shhh-shhh! Now, do you get my point here, Oh reverend Yama?"
Xue Zhunluan, the 10th Yama, kept wailing with a husky voice as he nodded his head.
"Good! You can die now." Then he stabbed him in his head, penetrating through his brain.
With another shrill scream, the 10th Yama convulsed rapidly and then finally stopped as the light in his eyes dimmed.
Donghai turned his attention to the Giant Dog and said, "Blackie, what're you waiting for? It's two now. Start counting…. Careful boy. The price of killing him will be further reduced from your remuneration."
Just like before, his physical form decomposed into a yellow mist of purest natural Qi and vanished soon.
Seconds passed, and another space fluctuation occurred once again. And the physical form of the 10th Yama formed rapidly.
This time, Donghai Lin was prepared as the first thing he did was chop his legs with one swing of the saber.
"Aaahhh!" Xue Zhunluan screamed and his body fell over the ground while staining the ground with his blood.
Donghai Lin killed him once again, and the cycle kept repeating every time Xue Zhunluan, the 10th Yama mysteriously got reborn as if nothing happened.
Donghai Lin killed him differently using a variety of methods, puncturing his heart, lung, and different parts of his body as if he were practicing on him and honing his skills at the same time as observing how much time had passed before the death of the 10th Yama in each case.
As he did that, killing became as natural to him as cutting a cabbage.
It was already the 25th time Donghai Lin had killed him.
In the 26th life of the 10th Yama, the moment he appeared, Donghai Lin kicked him down on the ground and said, "Well-well-well, oh my mighty god of death, Yama! How do you feel the taste of being invincible in the Underworld? Now, tell me, what do you desire the most?"
He added with an evil grin. "I need your honesty."
"I wish I could die an actual death now," responded Xue Zhunluan, the 10th Yama, with a pleading tone.
"So you call this 'Invincible'. Invincible, my foot! Thanks to you, now I know several ways to kill a god faster or even slower." Donghai Lin sneered, "Alright since you cooperate, I'll make this painless this time." He slashed his neck and beheaded him in one swift blow.
Dong! Dong! Dong!....
Just after Donghai Lin killed him, the tolling sound of a bell chimed, reverberating the entire underworld.
Seconds later, the space fluctuated, and another 10th Yama appeared.
This time, Donghai Lin didn't attack him as he did before. Instead, he commanded, "Sit!"
After going through all those unnatural tortures and painful deaths several times, he cringed even when he heard Donghai Lin's soft voice.
He sat down hurriedly.
"What's with this tolling bell?" asked Donghai Lin.
Hearing his question, the 10th Yama realized that the bells of the underworld were tolling. Then he laughed and said, "Hahaha... That bell means your time is up."
Immediately thereafter, the surrounding became overshadowed while the light dimmed.
Donghai Lin glanced up and saw hundreds and hundreds of white boats appearing, feeling the sky.
In each of them, at least two crews were boarded. And each of them wore a neat white Daoist robe.