"Unbelievable!"
Everyone stared dumbfounded at the scene, including the elites from the nine camps. A deathly silence fell over them all. Their leaders, the legends in their hearts, the pillars of Central Earth—a full eight Grandmasters had joined forces! Yet… they were still defeated!
"The sky… it's falling!"
"I'm starting to believe he's a real demon!"
"No human could possibly be this powerful!"
"Will he take his anger out on us?"
"Should we run?"
"Run? Who could possibly escape that terrifying speed?"
Chen Shanchun and the others were at a complete loss.
"Demon! Fiend!" Ning Yuexi gritted her teeth, her entire body trembling like a delicate white lotus in a raging storm. This was the first ti in her life she had ever lost her composure to such an extent. She was filled with fear for Lin Tang, baffled by the situation, regretful of the past, and reluctant to leave this beautiful world...
In the end, all her emotions were replaced by grim determination.
"Even if I am shattered to pieces, I will never allow you to wreak havoc upon the world!"
Ning Yuexi shot to her feet. She retrieved a necklace from her bosom and tore off the sealing talisman wrapped around it. The pendant was, in fact, a relic ford from the remains of her ancestor and connected to her by blood. She knew a secret technique—a way to sacrifice her blood, her flesh, her very being to it… and detonate it. It would surely be enough to kill this fiend and drag him to the grave with her!
She clenched the pendant, its sharp edges piercing her palm and drawing blood. Without a shred of hesitation, she charged toward Lin Tang, preparing to unleash the secret technique!
"Oh, a Golden Core!"
Lin Tang's eyes lit up. He wasn't in good shape himself. The combined assault of eight Grandmasters had put him under imnse pressure. He was injured and exhausted, remaining on his feet through sheer willpower alone. He had never imagined that Ning Yuexi possessed a Golden Core left behind by an ancient Cultivator!
"Are you offering this to ? In that case, I'll gratefully accept!" Lin Tang laughed and charged toward Ning Yuexi.
The next mont, one of the eight Grandmasters—it was unclear which—bellowed, "OPEN FIRE!"
As if waking from a dream, the thousands of elites surrounding them all pulled their triggers at once. This was their best and final chance to eliminate Long Tianji. Although Ning Yuexi was in the line of fire and would beco collateral damage, they could no longer afford to care.
RAT-A-TAT-TAT—
The deafening roar of gunfire echoed throughout the district.
"Ah!" Tears stread down Chen Yuyan's face as she watched helplessly, seeing Ning Yuexi swallowed by the storm of bullets and disappear into the thick smoke. "Why? Why is this happening? Master was helping you! How could you kill her?" she cried out in despair.
Chen Shanchun was equally pained and regretful, but he rationally covered Chen Yuyan's mouth to stop her from speaking words that would bring disaster.
"Haha, he must be finished now, right? Who cares if he's human or a demon," Zhuo Renxiang sneered, a ferocious smirk on his pale face. Having narrowly escaped being beaten to death by Lin Tang monts before, he now hated the man to the bone.
The terrifying destructive power Lin Tang had displayed was simply too frightening. Therefore, all the elites tacitly divided into several groups and fired in rotation. As one group depleted their ammunition and reloaded, another seamlessly took over. This cycle continued for several minutes without any break in the gunfire, carving a bowl-shaped crater into the ground where Lin Tang and Ning Yuexi had stood.
"That should be enough, right?"
"He must have been blown to bits!"
"We finally eliminated him..."
Just as they were about to stop, Guo Jufeng and the other seven Grandmasters, who had sowhat recovered, shouted, "Don't let your guard down! Keep firing!" Supporting one another, they arrived at the edge of the encirclent, their faces still showing lingering fear. They had never imagined that even by joining forces, they would co so close to failure. Now, they were his mortal enemies. If Long Tianji wasn't completely eradicated, there was no telling what would happen later.
Long Tianji… must die!
"Yes, sir!" The elites continued to fire relentlessly, ignoring their scorching-hot weapons.
No one noticed that the sky above the district had, at so point, beco filled with countless objects resembling dandelion seeds. They drifted down silently, landing on the soldiers. At first, they were completely unaware, until…
"What is this stuff?"
"It's so itchy!"
"This is bad!"
"Quick, brush this stuff off!"
"AHHH—!"
The grayish-white specks spread rapidly, like spiderwebs. Then, as if turning into mosquitoes or leeches, they furiously burrowed into their victims' skin to drink their blood, growing rapidly. In an instant, more than half of the n were screaming on the ground, rolling and scratching themselves frantically.
Shocked and furious, Guo Jufeng and the other Grandmasters tried to release their internal energy to blast the ghastly things away, but their Dantians were empty, devoid of any energy. For a mont, they could only watch in helpless rage.
"Hahahahaha—" A voice as grating as an owl's hoot echoed through the air. "As the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman profits. I originally only planned to take the opportunity to kill Xiao Xuanye, but I never thought I'd be able to slaughter all nine of you today! This victory ca without any effort at all!"
A group of figures in black robes and pointed hoods floated in like wraiths. It was the ghost slaves sent by Mu Jiuzhou. These particular ghost slaves were not at the level of Master Realm martial artists; they were rely comparable to Innate experts. They were also more rigid, moving like automatons. The sole exception was their leader, who possessed human-like intelligence and unleashed an aura barely weaker than that of a Grandmaster.
Under normal circumstances, Guo Jufeng and the others could have killed him with a single palm strike. In their current state, however, they were powerless. Their hearts sank.
"Who are you?" the one-eyed dragon asked, stepping forward as his injuries were the least severe.
"I am Mu Yangren," the leader of the ghost slaves replied, bowing with a gentlemanly air.
"A shepherd?"
"Hm? You've misspoken my na. For that… you shall be the first to die!" Mu Yangren lunged forward, his withered, branch-like fingers clawing viciously at the one-eyed dragon's remaining eye.
Although the one-eyed dragon had no internal energy left, his exquisite marksmanship remained. A gun appeared in his hand with a flick of his wrist. Within seven steps, his shots were swift and true.
BANG!
Mu Yangren's body shook as a large hole appeared in his chest.
"I thought you were sothing special, yet you couldn't even dodge that…" the one-eyed dragon sneered with contempt.
"Ouch, that hurt!" Mu Yangren simply tilted his head, rubbing the bloodless hole in his chest before he forcibly squeezed the wound shut.
"You…"
HISS—
Mu Yangren grinned, the corners of his mouth tearing open to his ears to reveal rows of serrated fangs. The one-eyed dragon's eyelids twitched violently, but before he could react, he was tackled to the ground. His entire face was gnawed away, accompanied by a spine-chilling chewing sound.
"Monster!"
"This is the real monster, isn't it?"
"The undead?!"
"Kill them!"
Under the increasingly horrified gazes of Chen Shanchun and the others, Guo Jufeng and his comrades refused to sit and wait for death. They fought back with all their might. The elites who had not yet been afflicted also shifted their fire toward the ghost slaves. But the ghost slaves possessed an incredibly tenacious life force. They seed to feel nothing when shot, leaping and bounding forward to counterattack.
"Ah, how truly delicious," Mu Yangren said, blissfully sucking the blood from his fingers. He grabbed Guo Jufeng and was about to bite through his neck when he suddenly sensed sothing. He looked toward Lin Tang's position.
There, like a great eagle, Lin Tang shielded Ning Yuexi's petite body beneath his own. Above his head, a golden pearl spun and hovered, emitting a protective golden glow that blocked every single bullet. Incredibly, both Lin Tang and Ning Yuexi were still alive!
What is this? Such magnificent energy! Isn't this what Master wants from that man, Lin Tang? It turns out he has it on him as well!
Mu Yangren tossed Guo Jufeng aside like trash, sparing no one else a second glance. With a look of pure fanaticism, he shot directly toward the object above Lin Tang's head.
anwhile, Lin Tang also reached out… and lifted the veil from Ning Yuexi's face.
What in the world? At a ti like this, what are you doing, you old pervert? Can't you see that monster is coming to kill us?
Just monts before, when she saw Guo Jufeng's n firing indiscriminately without any regard for her life, Ning Yuexi had been both stunned and deeply disappointed. She had been sure she was going to die. She never expected Long Tianji to be the one to protect her.
I clearly wished for his death, so why is he saving ? Ning Yuexi was confused, and her resolve for Demons Extermination wavered.
Now, with the monstrous Mu Yangren about to snatch the pendant and kill them both, Lin Tang remained unhurried. Lifting her veil was one thing, but he even stroked her face!
Ning Yuexi was on the verge of a breakdown.
"My apologies, beautiful. I'll be borrowing your ancestor's Golden Core," Lin Tang said with a smile. His other hand shot up, grasping the pendant a split second before Mu Yangren could reach it.
Then… he tilted his head back, opened his mouth, and swallowed it whole.
"OOOOOOOH—"
Lin Tang let out a long howl as ten thousand rays of golden light erupted from his body, making him shine like the midday sun, shattering all darkness and blinding everyone present.
"A Golden Core swallowed whole. My fate is mine, not heaven's to control!"
It was as if the entire world was enveloped by Lin Tang's towering, radiant silhouette. These golden rays beca the most terrifying of weapons. The furious Mu Yangren, who had been about to devour Lin Tang, was instantly vaporized, leaving not even ashes behind. Every "dandelion" floating in the sky disintegrated into nothingness.
A towering, semi-transparent phantom coalesced above Lin Tang's head. Its hollow eyes swept forward. The elites all felt as if a giant hamr had struck their skulls. They collapsed, screaming in agony, their ability to fight completely gone.
"Is that… could that be an aura?"
"Has Long Tianji broken through to the Heavenly King realm?!"
"It's completely over for us now!"
The Grandmasters, including Guo Jufeng, were not only shocked and horrified but also filled with a bone-deep envy. A Heavenly King! The greatest desire of their lives had been effortlessly achieved by their enemy.
When the phantom's gaze fell upon them, they felt as if they had been stripped naked, a bone-chilling cold seeping into their souls. Their will to fight completely shattered. With a clatter of armor, they all fell to their knees in submission.
In humble reverence, they cried out:
"We greet the Heavenly King!"
"We greet the Heavenly King!"
"We greet the Heavenly King!"
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