The imposing figure arrived so swiftly that by the ti an ordinary person's retina could react, he had already struck Wen Liangjue. Only after a loud BANG echoed did everyone realize he was there.
Shen Youling's head snapped up, thinking it was Lin Tang. A closer look revealed it was actually Xiao Xuanye.
I must be losing my mind, she sighed inwardly. I knew Lin Tang was in prison, yet I still held out hope for him.
Zhu Yingning had also thought Lin Tang had arrived, but she was mistaken. "It's better than no one rescuing us," she muttered.
"Xiao Xuanye, are you insane?!" Guo Jufeng roared, seething with fury. He wished he could slap Xiao Xuanye several tis. He knew perfectly well that the Lord of Pleasure held the lives of tens of thousands in His grasp. How could Xiao Xuanye dare to provoke Him now? It was completely reckless and disregarded the bigger picture!
Fortunately, Wen Liangjue was surprisingly unhard. Otherwise…
"Ugh—"
Wen Liangjue was frozen to the spot, completely motionless. For a fleeting mont, he thought he saw his great-grandfather and was about to be beaten to death. Luckily, the Lord of Pleasure had intervened in ti.
"A re speck of dust dares to shine?" the Lord of Pleasure sneered, seemingly teleporting to Wen Liangjue's side. With a flick of His finger, a transparent shield of light materialized, covering Wen Liangjue and blocking Xiao Xuanye's fist.
Xiao Xuanye's expression remained unchanged. Without another word, he threw another punch, this ti aiming for the Lord of Pleasure's face.
"Xiao Xuanye! That is enough!" Guo Jufeng scrambled to intercept the blow, shielding the Lord of Pleasure. The collision of their energies erupted outward, sending floor tiles flying and injuring several bystanders. Grabbing Xiao Xuanye's wrist, Guo Jufeng warned him again not to disregard the lives of tens of thousands of people. He absolutely, under no circumstances, could be so selfish.
"So I'm just supposed to stand here and watch as my daughter is humiliated and then murdered?" Xiao Xuanye said, his voice cold as ice.
"There's no other choice! We sacrifice her to save everyone else," Guo Jufeng said helplessly. "What other good options do we have?"
"Of course there's another option," Xiao Xuanye stated. "The number of people involved has never been the absolute standard for right and wrong. As long as my daughter is safe, I don't care how many others have to die."
"You—"
Guo Jufeng was rendered speechless. The company employees stared with bewildered expressions. Even the tens of thousands of won, their minds corrupted and their self-awareness lost, turned in unison to look at Xiao Xuanye. The atmosphere suddenly beca incredibly tense.
As the person at the center of the conflict, Shen Youling didn't know what to make of Xiao Xuanye's declaration. Still, she couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
I always thought my adoptive father's feelings for were lukewarm at best. I never expected him to change so much. He's being so good to now, but I've never done anything for him… Shen Youling was completely baffled.
"Ha! Hahaha!" At that mont, Wen Liangjue finally snapped out of his stupor and began to laugh mockingly. "Xiao Zhanchong, who do you think you are to talk so tough in front of the great Lord of Pleasure? You dared to attack Him! You're dead, absolutely dead!"
The Lord of Pleasure smiled. "I find this human rather amusing. Tell you what, if you are willing to beco my believer, I can forgive your impudence."
Wen Liangjue imdiately adopted a sycophantic posture, crowing, "Did you hear that? The Lord of Pleasure is personally recruiting you! This is the honor of a lifeti! Get on your knees and offer Him your faith!"
Guo Jufeng felt a pit form in his stomach and silently shook his head. Old Xiao, Old Xiao, you were truly reckless this ti. You could have stayed out of this. Now look at you. You've dragged yourself right into the middle of it.
"Why don't you…" Guo Jufeng began, trying to persuade Xiao Xuanye to swallow his pride and endure the humiliation, at least until the tens of thousands of hostages were saved.
"Get lost!"
Xiao Xuanye attacked again, holding nothing back. Each of his moves was a desperate, all-or-nothing strike aid at mutual destruction. Caught off guard and unwilling to perish with him, Guo Jufeng could only retreat again and again. This allowed Xiao Xuanye to break through his defense and land a vicious kick straight at the Lord of Pleasure's face.
"You are incorrigible!"
The Lord of Pleasure, who had been calm and gentle since His arrival in this world, finally showed a flicker of anger. He spread His arms, and a spectral image of an intertwined man and woman materialized above His head. The phantasm transford into a streak of light, diving down to effortlessly parry Xiao Xuanye's attack. It then flowed over Xiao Xuanye's skin, invading his body and heading straight for his mind.
"Release your desires. Imrse yourself in the endless sea of passion… Huh? Your consciousness has been…" The Lord of Pleasure trailed off, finally realizing that Xiao Xuanye's mind had already been tampered with.
Just as He was about to expose this discovery, a palm strike descended from the heavens, slamming down on His head. To be precise, the attacker ca plumting headfirst from the skyscraper's roof!
Who was it? Martial Saint Number Seven!
The power of his palm was far greater than that of Xiao Xuanye and Guo Jufeng combined. It shattered the spectral image of the intertwined couple and smashed the Lord of Pleasure's handso face into pulp. His body dissolved along with it, transforming into a foul, yellowish-white fluid that emitted a decadent, cloying scent.
Within the fluid, countless tadpole-like creatures swam about. They coalesced into a twisted face, and from its hollow mouth, a voice that was both male and female echoed: "You! You have truly angered now!"
The tens of thousands of won were driven into a frenzy, roaring and dancing wildly as if their intense lust had set them all ablaze. A vast amount of their energy was absorbed and devoured by the Lord of Pleasure. He transford into a mountain of flesh, its surface covered in protruding tentacles that plunged back into adjacent pits.
SPLAT! SPLAT!
Corrosive venom, countless tis more terrifying than sulfuric acid, shot toward Xiao Xuanye and Martial Saint Number Seven. It moved like living worms, possessing a tracking function that locked onto its targets. They threw up protective shields with their vital energy, but the barriers dissolved as quickly as paper-mâché. They tried to move and dodge, but the venomous liquid was everywhere—above, below, and on all sides. There was no escape to the heavens, no path to the earth below. Just as they were about to be completely engulfed, another figure appeared.
"You're an Evil God? If you are an Evil God, then you deserve to die!"
The newcor arrived like a gentle breeze.
"Again and again! Is there no end to you people?!" the Lord of Pleasure bellowed, His form swelling to several ters in height. He was genuinely losing His patience. With a roar, He swiped at the newcor with a massive, sticky hand.
"This is bad!" Guo Jufeng's face paled again as he recognized the arrival. He frantically tried to warn the Lord of Pleasure, "Don't underestimate him!"
Alas, his warning ca too late. The Lord of Pleasure hadn't taken Lin Tang seriously at all.
Lin Tang's head shot up. He drew his sword and slashed.
A streak of light tore through the air, so powerful it seed to shake heaven and earth and make ghosts weep. The ground trembled for a kiloter in every direction, and the surrounding skyscrapers swayed on the verge of collapse. The Lord of Pleasure's enormous body was cleaved in two, then into countless pieces, before dissolving back into a pool of murky liquid.
Just as it began to reform, a blanket of fire descended upon it.
SIZZLE—
The sound and sll of a frying egg filled everyone's ears and noses. The flas burned hotter and hotter, and the liquid rapidly evaporated. Finally, it condensed into a palm-sized figure that writhed and shrieked on the ground.
"Who are you?! Tell your na so that I may rember it!" The creature stared at Lin Tang with a look of pure venom, bizarrely mixed with a hint of humiliated fury.
"You sick freak. Rember this!" Lin Tang spat, goosebumps rising on his arm from the intense stare. He imdiately increased the intensity of the flas.
"Hahaha—" As He was about to be completely annihilated, the Lord of Pleasure began to laugh. "A very interesting mortal. We will et again…"
Seeing the tens of thousands of won collapse, their life force fading, Guo Jufeng urgently asked, "If you're burned to ashes, what will happen to them?"
"They will die, of course. Including him," the Lord of Pleasure replied, glancing at Wen Liangjue.
"What?" Wen Liangjue was dumbfounded. He didn't want to die! Why wasn't the Lord of Pleasure fighting back anymore? How could He lose to a re human? Wasn't He a god? "Great god, hold on! Save ! Dad, get over here! This god is unreliable! You have to save !" he shrieked, looking around in a panic.
Wen Dingchen finally pushed his way through the crowd. Taking in the scene, he bellowed, "Long Tianji, stop at once! How dare you blasphe a deity! Do you not fear the punishnt His true form will bring down upon all of Central Earth when He returns? If you destroy Him now, all these people will die! Have you no conscience?"
Guo Jufeng was also frantic. "Lord Long, I beg you, show rcy! We can't lose the lives of these tens of thousands! Perhaps you should…"
"Noisy."
With a single wave of his hand, Lin Tang struck. Wen Dingchen, the mighty Night King, was sent flying backward, his face swelling up like a pig's head as countless bones shattered on impact. Guo Jufeng suffered a similar fate, though his tougher body was spared any broken bones.
It's over, it's all over. Such a massive number of casualties… this is an absolute tragedy! Guo Jufeng despaired. He had witnessed Long Tianji's lawlessness before, but he never imagined he could be this ruthless, willing to sacrifice any number of lives to eliminate a deity.
As the life force of the tens of thousands of won grew ever weaker, about to be extinguished along with the last remnant of the Lord of Pleasure, even Shen Youling couldn't bear to watch.
"Lord Long, please, try to find a way to save them," she pleaded. "If you can't, then just let the Lord of Pleasure go. I'm begging you…"
She thought that since Long Tianji had saved her multiple tis, she must hold so importance in his heart. Surely, he would listen to her plea.
However, Lin Tang rely shot her a sidelong glance and said irritably, "Are you so kind of saint? The one thing I despise most is a saint! Get out of my way. Keep nagging, and I'll burn you to ashes with them!"
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