The aftermath of the explosion lingered for a long ti. It was impossible to tell how much ti had passed before everything finally returned to calm.
Within the vast Langhuan Holy Land, not a single intact building remained. The earth was cracked open, with rivulets of bright magma seeping through the fissures and emitting pungent black smoke. Only a handful of survivors stood stupefied, their faces ashen. A mont before, they had been engrossed in scheming and struggling for power. The next mont, it was as if they had experienced the apocalypse. Everything was over; everything was gone.
Suddenly, a blood-red silhouette erged in the sky. Faint at first, it gradually beca visible to the naked eye. This was the new incarnation of the Blood Ancestor.
His face was contorted with rage as his gaze scanned every inch of the surrounding space. Has that ant, Long Tianji, died, or has he escaped?
He wasn't sure. A long ti passed, yet there was still no sign of Long Tianji. For this reason, He decided not to fully awaken His main body.
But there was no way He could swallow this indignation. The losses were too great! Since you've beco the Central Earth National Master, aligning yourself with humanity, and dared to provoke this god, then let your people pay the price they deserve!
The Blood Ancestor sneered. He decisively sent his incarnation out of the Langhuan Holy Land, planning to reap a great harvest of blood from the human world. It would allow him to vent his anger and replenish his strength—killing two birds with one stone.
However, just as he arrived over a city, ready to drain the blood of the teeming masses in the streets and buildings, the Mysterious Lady's incarnation arrived.
She was furious with Long Tianji for disregarding the bigger picture to go fight the Blood Ancestor, but she was also helpless to control the man… and now she had to clean up his ss!
"Blood Demon, please go back," the Mysterious Lady said calmly. "According to our past treaty, you cannot harm these humans."
The Blood Ancestor's incarnation recognized the Mysterious Lady. "You?" He was wary at first, but her words made him explode with rage. "You have the nerve to ntion the old treaty? I accepted so many martial clans and even agreed to side with the surface world against the future invasion from the Underworld. And in return, the humans' State Preceptor runs rampant inside my body! Humanity broke the treaty first! It is only right that I collect so blood food now. Get out of my way!"
The Mysterious Lady shook her head. "Long Tianji rely took advantage of National Destiny Power; he has not truly beco the leader of humanity. He alone cannot represent all humans. If your main body is unhard, then retreat at once!"
"Impossible!"
"Hm?"
"...Senior Mysterious Lady, I respect you, and I'm willing to give you face. Please, give a way to back down. How about this? Let devour the million humans in this city, and then I will retreat. What do you say? A re million is just a tiny fraction of the human population, a trifle..."
"I said no," the Mysterious Lady replied, her expression indifferent.
The Blood Ancestor's form trembled with renewed rage. "Fine! Fine! Fine! So you're forcing to side with the Underworld, is that it? Alright, have it your way! I was a Demon Cultivator to begin with. Don't you regret this!"
His form flickered and vanished. The Mysterious Lady gazed in the direction he had gone, remaining silent for a long ti before she, too, departed.
Far below, in the city, the million-plus inhabitants went about their day, completely unaware they had just had a brush with death. Like ants, they scurried about, each attending to their own duties, preoccupied with the simple necessities of life.
***
At the very mont Lin Tang was swallowed by the cataclysmic explosion and vanished, his doppelgänger, who was sightseeing with Lee Encai, suddenly seized up like a malfunctioning machine or a computer infected with a virus.
"Huh? Lin Tang, what's wrong?" Lee Encai asked in surprise.
"Take... ... back... to Jiangbei... I must... enter seclusion..." Lin Tang's doppelgänger managed to force out before his eyes closed, his body becoming as still as a statue.
Lee Encai stared, utterly confused. She quickly supported him, her hands moving over his body as she tried to sense what was wrong. She found that he was still simulating the breathing and heartbeat of a living person, but his consciousness was gone. It's like an empty shell… or a man in a vegetative state!
"Lin Tang... Darling, don't scare !" she pleaded, patting his cheeks.
She waited for a long ti, but he didn't wake up. Having no other choice, she did as he had asked. She lifted him onto her back and flew toward Jiangbei. Her flying speed was much slower than Lin Tang's, so the journey took several hours longer than usual.
When she entered the house, she found it empty. Worried for Lin Tang's safety, she paid no mind to such details. She simply placed him on the bed and stood guard, refusing to leave his side.
She knew he was at his most vulnerable right now. If an enemy were to take advantage of this, he would be finished. She was also aware that this wasn't his real body, just a doppelgänger. He wouldn't die even if it was destroyed. But a doppelgänger is incredibly precious! It would be such a sha to lose it. I have to protect him. I can't let him co to any harm.
What worried her more was his true body. He wasn't responding to her ssages. Sothing must have happened...
Ti flew by, and soon it was almost dark. Shen Qiushi ca ho alone. He flipped on the light and jumped in fright.
"Encai, you're back! Why didn't you call ahead? Have you eaten?" he asked as he walked over. His eyes then fell on Lin Tang, lying as still and stiff as a corpse, and he gasped in shock. "What... What's going on here?!"
"Grandpa Shen, don't worry. Lin Tang isn't dead, just unconscious. He told before he passed out that he'd recover in a few days."
"What?!" He could speak before he fell unconscious? Why would he pass out for no reason? Sothing must have happened! Sothing terrible must have happened!
Shen Qiushi scrambled to call Shen Youling. "Youling, you have to co back right away! Lin Tang is unconscious! I don't think he's even breathing! Hurry! Hurry!"
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