Just a mont ago, Yu Huaji had held nothing but disdain for Long Tianji. The next mont, he was in a state of utter discomposure. One could only say the slap to the face had co far too quickly. A Grandmaster and a Dragon King were two entirely different concepts. The gap was simply imnse.
Ignoring Hong Yongqun's wails for rcy, Yu Huaji summoned a group of his subordinates. He ordered them to hastily select their most precious gifts and find a way to contact Long Tianji. They were to seek his forgiveness and beg him not to unleash retribution on the dical Immortal Sect.
When everyone else in the sect learned that their Vice Sect Leader had provoked a Dragon King, they were panicked beyond belief. If not for the poison in their bodies that bound them to the dical Immortal Sect, they would have all fled. This was the terrifying deterrent power of a Dragon King.
「Star Evil Group.」
From the chief officer down to every last mber, all were still reeling from the news that Long Tianji had severely injured Xiao Xuanye with just three punches. Upon suddenly learning he had ascended to the rank of Dragon King, they were utterly dumbfounded.
"Good heavens..."
"Such a heaven-defying figure..."
"It's like we've taken a trip to the underworld and back..."
Zhao Xinghe took out the Dragon King Order, his hand trembling as he caressed its surface.
He just snatched my *Heart Monkey Nine Calming Techniques* and broke through this quickly. Was it because of this secret technique? But he didn't even have the visualization charts! Now that he's a Dragon King, he probably doesn't need them at all. My plan to use him to eliminate my enemies is hopeless now.
As he was agonizing over this, a voice suddenly whispered in his ear.
"What's on your mind?"
"Nothing... Who?!"
A shiver ran down Zhao Xinghe's spine. Without a second thought, he threw a punch. Halfway through the motion, he realized the newcor was Long Tianji!
"Ah!"
His soul nearly flew from his body. Zhao Xinghe scrambled to retract his fist, the clash of his own internal energy almost causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood. Ignoring the suffocating pressure in his chest, he frantically knelt and kowtowed, his body shaking with terror. "This servant deserves death! I deserve death!"
Lin Tang gave a calm command. "Dispose of these things. Do whatever it takes to exchange them for dicinal herbs used for nourishnt or healing."
CLANG.
He tossed the gold, silver, and jewels he had taken from Xiao Xuanye onto the floor. As for the herbs like the Purple Cloud Ginseng and King Ganoderma, he had already consud them all by the lake in the middle of the night. What remained was useless to him. He had neither the ti nor the channels to offload the goods, so he might as well have Zhao Xinghe handle it.
"Yes, yes, yes! I will see to it at once!" Zhao Xinghe was, of course, completely obedient.
"Also," Lin Tang added, "take my token and et with Xiao Xuanye's people. Urge them to gather the things I require as soon as possible."
"Ah?"
Zhao Xinghe was stunned. The Star Evil Group was a company in na only; in reality, they operated in the shadows and couldn't bear the light of day. They usually avoided any kind of exposure. Showing up now would be tantamount to turning themselves in.
"What, are you unwilling?" Lin Tang's voice turned cold.
"This servant is willing to go through fire and water for you, Senior! I would never refuse! It is my honor to be of service," Zhao Xinghe said through gritted teeth.
This might not be such a bad job after all. Perhaps I can even borrow the tiger's might for my own ends... That's right! I'm working for Dragon King Long! Even if you gave Xiao Xuanye and his n ten tis the courage, they wouldn't dare touch . I've been so foolish!
Just as his despair turned to joy, he looked up to find that Lin Tang had already vanished.
Coming and going without a trace, he was as mysterious and unpredictable as a phantom.
「Kuntong Mountain Range. A mysterious canyon.」
Seizing the opportunity of Xiao Xuanye's serious injuries, he had sent Mu Yangren and a group of ghost slaves to finish him off. No matter how one looked at it, it was a brilliant move—one that should have been guaranteed to succeed.
Yet Mu Jiuzhou suddenly awoke with an ominous premonition.
What's happening? Did Mu Yangren fail? But even if he failed, with his skills, he should have been able to escape. Even if his luck was abysmal and he was captured, he would have self-destructed imdiately. He would never betray , much less reveal this location...
Under normal circumstances, that would have been true. But he could never have imagined that Lin Tang, having prematurely experienced the Golden Core Realm, could forcefully conduct a Soul Search and obtain so of Mu Yangren's mories.
Though he didn't know the source of his sudden panic, he saw no reason to abandon his lair. He had invested far too much in the equipnt here; the cost of leaving would be too great.
But still, Mu Jiuzhou resolutely gave the order, "Take my physical body and leave this place at once!"
His subordinate was confused. "But Master, your body is incredibly frail. Moving it without reason carries a significant risk of death..."
"There's no ti to worry about that! Hurry, do as I say!" Mu Jiuzhou's eyelids twitched violently. He felt more and more as if the sky itself was about to co crashing down.
"Yes!"
The subordinate obeyed. His n scurried about like ants, dismantling various facilities and disconnecting circuits. Mu Jiuzhou's hunched and deford body was lifted from its chamber.
HACK... HACK...
He gasped like a fish out of water, his lips struggling to open and close as his heartbeat grew faint. Under normal circumstances, he should have died of old age long ago. His life was forcibly sustained by a combination of ancestral secret techniques and modern high technology.
"Living in such pain... is it really necessary to keep going? Why don't I help you find your peace? No need to thank ."
A ghostly voice abruptly echoed through the chamber.
"Who's speaking?"
"On alert, on alert!"
"Enemy intrusion!"
"Summon all the ghost slaves! Kill him, kill him!"
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!"
An ear-piercing alarm blared throughout the lair. Everyone converged swiftly, activating ancient chanisms and modern weapons. Lasers scanned the area as monitors searched for the intruder.
Just as they were about to achieve a lock...
BOOM!!!
A deafening explosion rocked the canyon like an earthquake. The lair trembled violently before collapsing in on itself.
"AHHHH—"
A chorus of screams rose, as if the apocalypse had arrived.
When Lin Tang was still at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishnt, he could suppress nine Grandmasters. Tearing down walls and buildings was effortless for him. Now, having advanced to the late stage, he was absurdly powerful. One could say that, aside from lacking the spiritual pressure and ntal attacks of a true cultivator, his raw strength was no less than that of an early-stage Dragon King. If he fought a mid-stage Dragon King, the outco would only be decided in battle.
Against such a human-shaped tyrannosaurus, even Mu Jiuzhou's fortress of steel and iron couldn't withstand his rampage. The defensive weapons were a complete joke.
In a flash, all the ghost slaves, along with the sane mbers of his staff, were dead.
Only Mu Jiuzhou was left, curled up alone inside an Arican football-shaped biological pod, its glass lid not yet secured. He had been on the verge of falling into a coma but was jolted awake by the earth-shattering chaos. Looking around, he saw his lair had been torn apart like a beehive ravaged by an excavator.
His eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets.
"It's you, Lin Tang?! How can it be you?! Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Like a rat on a glue trap, Mu Jiuzhou's entire chest cavity heaved violently. He was so gaunt that the outline of his heart could be seen pounding like an engine, threatening to tear through his skin. His eye sockets seed to crack, and the wrinkles on his face were stretched smooth by his exaggerated expression. His toothless, withered lips twisted like mating slugs.
He was too shocked, too stunned, unable to comprehend how the one who had stord his base and destroyed everything could be Lin Tang. Shouldn't it have been Xiao Xuanye leading an army to his doorstep? Wasn't Lin Tang supposed to be a cripple?
Even if he wasn't a cripple, the last ti they fought at his grandson-in-law's tomb, Mu Jiuzhou had held the upper hand. If Lin Tang hadn't been so cunning as to destroy the rcury pool, he would have devoured him long ago.
How much ti had passed since then? How had he beco this powerful?!
"You're not Lin Tang! Who are you? How did you possess that little brat's body? Are you a reincarnated demon from the legends? You... you..."
"Noisy!"
Lin Tang kicked the biological pod over, sending Mu Jiuzhou rolling out pathetically. "Speak. Do you have the Millennial Golden Polypore? Hand it over, and I'll give you a quick death. Otherwise..."
"Do you really think you've won?"
As if experiencing a final surge of life, Mu Jiuzhou suddenly sat up. His face was a mask of resentnt, fear, madness, and regret.
"It has co to this... I have no other choice."
"Humans, after all, have their limits."
"Therefore..."
"I REJECT MY HUMANITY!"
He placed his hands on his stomach and, with a sudden motion, tore it open. Instantly, a fissure like a crack in a parched field split open from his navel.
"Hm?"
Lin Tang's eyebrow twitched. Just as he was about to act, one mushroom, then two, then three sprouted from the crack. In the blink of an eye, Mu Jiuzhou's entire body was covered in mushrooms of every color.
SPLAT!
The mushrooms, along with Mu Jiuzhou's body, exploded.
Lin Tang had thought it was suicide, but then he saw the mycelia from all over the canyon rapidly converging on the spot. Soon, they coalesced into a massive, bloated, deford sphere covered in tentacles, much like a sea urchin.
Most horrifying of all, a face that looked like it was wearing a cheap facial mask materialized on its surface—a face identical to Mu Jiuzhou's. The thing towered over ten ters tall, an absolute behemoth. It gazed down upon the ant-like Lin Tang.
Baring its teeth, it shrieked madly, "I'LL EAT YOU, I'LL EAT YOU, I'LL EAT YOU, I'LL EAT YOU!"
Outside the canyon, Lee Encai held a pair of binoculars, staring dumbfounded as the nauseating, terrifying monster swallowed Lin Tang whole.
"No—"
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