ASER - Chapter 198
Chapter 198: Off You Go!
It should be said, they had been targeted long ago.
Previously, was Moluo Chengguang the only one lying in wait to kill her?
Far from it. It was just that she had erupted then, directly using the base's Black Obsidian to eliminate Moluo Chengguang. Afterwards, these people went into hiding. After all, Grandmasters also had brains; they wouldn't mindlessly become cannon fodder. Without much confidence in retreating unscathed, even if they weren't completely giving up, they had to lie low.
So they hid. Later... when the Lesser Spirit Kings arrived, they had even less reason to get involved. They even thought about retreating first, lest Lushan people show up again and they end up as unlucky as the one who was crushed by Qing Zan earlier.
But before they could flee, the Sun Image Primordial Feast arrived.
This trapped them.
And now... they were dead.
When Zongzheng Weiye died, he had an epiphany about two things.
1. Chen A'Diao eliminated Moluo Chengguang. On the surface, it seemed she had employed her cunning style by using the base's Black Obsidian, making people still think her methods were formidable. In reality, she had disguised herself, concealing her true strength—she wasn't just capable of plotting to kill one Grandmaster; she could actually take on and kill many Grandmasters head-on.
2. With the strength she was currently displaying, she actually didn't need to hide at all. It seemed she had long since discovered them and had the ability to ambush them. Why didn't she? Why go through all this trouble, unless they weren't her true target? Could it be... the Lesser Spirit Kings?
He was destined never to get an answer. As they died, their corpses were swept away by tentacles from underground amidst a halo of light.
No one would trouble her for them later—'Why did you kill XXX? Your methods were too cruel, XXX! They had no grievances or enmity with you...'
Because she would ensure not even their bones remained.
During the storm, the devastation was even more widespread. Slaughtering demon spirits was like butchering dogs. But the demon spirits weren't fools either. Seeing A'Diao's destructive power, some high-level demon spirits, while controlling the backlash damage, collectively launched a long-range bombardment on the storm.
The high-energy attacks from both sides caused the city's energy field to explode directly. The storm, after all, had only utilized a wave of energy from the base's energy headquarters and lacked sustainability. It immediately weakened and dissipated significantly. However, the vast number of demon spirits caught in it were undoubtedly all dead, not even their corpses visible. Instead, a coiling dragon could be faintly seen soaring within the storm.
"Attack that dragon!"
The various Demon Kings hated A'Diao to the bone and attacked her frantically.
Seeing this, the cultivators wanted to go out and help, but the Sun Image Rays outside were fatally harmful to them.
What could they do?
Just then... Om... An energy shield suddenly appeared.
The energy station was repaired?!!
An announcement came: the energy station had been repaired, nearby demon spirits had been annihilated, and other cultivators were requested to come out and slaughter the remaining demon spirits... and seal the entrance to the Demon Cave.
Everyone was overjoyed and flew out collectively to join the battle.
But before they could launch two waves of attacks, they suddenly sensed an even more terrifying fluctuation of energy.
Turning their heads, they saw a ball of light explode in the southeast, in an area outside the city. Moreover, the significance of this explosion was somewhat different—it was accompanied by a kind of spiritual impact.
At that moment, all Grandmaster-level cultivators sensed it.
"A Spirit King has fallen," a Lesser Grandmaster muttered to himself.
"Impossible, how could it be? Even during the Sun Image Primordial Feast, in such a short time, a Spirit King's domain should be enough for them to resist the Sun Image Rays."
"How..."
While everyone was bewildered, three more consecutive impacts followed.
A total of four.
Beside them, Li Jinghui couldn't help but ask, "Seniors, are you sure it's Spirit Kings falling?"
One might be acceptable, but four.
Four Spirit Kings falling consecutively, is the world about to end?
Did a brick fall and crush four gambling addicts playing mahjong?
At this moment, Duanmu Biexue and the other two also had strange expressions, their judgment shaken for the first time. They knew what the fall of a Lesser Spirit King looked like, and had seen it. During the First Era, one might see Spirit Kings fall consecutively, but in the current era, Great Spirit Kings basically didn't exist, and Middle Spirit Kings had also mostly perished back then. What kind of existence could wipe out four Spirit Kings in one go?
It's done.
Qu Xia'er is so damn awesome!
However, the Corpse Spirit King truly lived up to her ferocious reputation from the First Era. It was terrifying, but... I'm so happy.
Hahahaha!
A'Diao was like Old Wang next door who just found out the young wife was pregnant, inwardly ecstatic: I'm a dad!!! Oh, no, that's not it. I'm no longer in danger here!
The Sun Image Rays can't kill me, I've killed Grandmasters, the Lesser Spirit Kings are dead, and Auntie likes me so much.
Even if I started disco dancing on the spot, no one could stop me.
Just as A'Diao was rejoicing, her mental body suddenly trembled.
Something was wrong. She was locked onto. There was someone nearby, someone was targeting her.
A... Lesser Spirit King.
There was another Lesser Spirit King.
Toilet: "How could this be!!! Your lineup is too grand! And this Lesser Spirit King should have appeared earlier. They shouldn't be able to resist the temptation of controlling the Sun Image matter, so..."
A'Diao: "This one probably came later. I don't know which side they belong to, but they're definitely not from Lushan, nor are they here to help me."
Otherwise, they would have saved her just now. And she was currently appearing to be severely injured by the Sun Image Rays... Why hadn't he come out yet? He also showed no intention of dealing with those high-level Demon Kings.
So, if they weren't here to help her, yet they were targeting her.
Damn it!
They were here to kill her again.
Fortunately, her mental body's talent had fully awakened, allowing her to counter-detect the Lesser Spirit King's presence. Otherwise, she would have undoubtedly died this time.
A'Diao cursed inwardly but remained outwardly calm. Since they had arrived later, they wouldn't know what methods she had used before, so...
A'Diao feigned needing rescue and deliberately flew towards the group of battling cultivators. Under everyone's gaze, she exhausted her body's strength, unleashing a final wave of Yin-Yang lightning to attack the Demon Cave entrance. However, numerous Level 18 Demon Kings, hating her to the core, gathered to besiege her.
Most of the Demon Kings had formidable true forms, instantly creating a vast and ferocious scene of a horde of demons battling the heavenly dragon.
The dragon's roar was tearing.
Violent and bloody.
Flesh and blood flew from the massive dragon body, which seemed unable to bear the burden. However, the number of Demon Kings she slaughtered was also countless, with Demon Kings continuously falling.
This scene was utterly tragic.
"Big Brother!!!"
"Big Brother, come down quickly!"
"Big Brother, ah..."
Everyone was moved to tears, trying to break through the encirclement from the outside. But their cultivation was limited; the strongest among them were only Lesser Grandmasters. Although numerous, they lacked the top-tier combat power to effectively blast through the Demon Kings' siege.
Therefore, they didn't know that within this encirclement of Demon Kings, a secretive, invisible Lesser Spirit King was approaching A'Diao.
Which side did he belong to?
The Imperial Clan?
A foreign Imperial Clan?
Lie Qin and Nan Jin?
Ghost knows.
Anyway, after locking onto A'Diao, he blended into the chaotic battle of Demon Kings, trying to find the right opportunity. When the most powerful Level 18 Demon King attacked A'Diao, he would mix his attack with those of other Demon Kings, striking her brain region to make her lose her ability to block, and then...
Timing, timing, perfect timing.
Finally, the opportunity arrived!
Just as the Lesser Spirit King was about to erupt, the wretched-looking Yinglong suddenly 'Wah!' and spat out dozens of catties of dragon blood, opening its mouth to scream in terror: "Who is it? A Lesser Spirit King?!!! Why are you harming me! Ah! It's you! You killed my Teacher Qing Zan, causing her to die protecting me! I'll fight you to the death!!!"
As these words burst from her mouth, in reality... Om! Something inexplicable enveloped him.
This Lesser Spirit King was stunned for a moment; his mind truly blanked because what enveloped him was—a Mental Domain.
What the f—!!
Holy crap!
The Lesser Spirit King didn't even have time to react and struggle free, because her dragon body had already coiled around him.
Precisely locking onto his position.
The 20 stars of pre-stored Mental Power, saved for life-preservation, erupted in all directions. This was her most secret energy trump card.
The powerful dragon body coiled and wrapped around him, like a vicious python.
He was a Lesser Spirit King, after all, and immediately wanted to unleash his domain, but!
First, she struck preemptively, opening an unexpected Mental Domain, blocking him from activating his energy domain.
Second, after the coiling dragon successfully bound his body, before he could expand his domain, she released the deeply hidden refined Sun Image light spots from her dragon body's surface, directly inflicting heavy damage on his true form.
Third, ...
The third point was because the first and second actually couldn't inflict much damage on a Lesser Spirit King. Their only effect was—control!
Control him for one second.
And in the second second.
Boom!!!
"I'll take you down with me!!"
The Yinglong, coiling around a Lesser Spirit King... plunged straight into... the Demon Cave.
So-called 'taking you down with me' meant there was a fiery pit ahead, and I'm going to push you into it with me.
"No!!!" This Lesser Spirit King screamed in terror. As he screamed, he sensed an aura.
The dragon coiling him... damn, it seemed to have changed.
He tried to interrupt her technique, but it was too late. The Sun Image light spots engulfed him.
Too many!
But with a whoosh, both person and dragon went in together.
The effect was like a certain son-in-law taking his parents-in-law mountain climbing and giving them a push...
"Dad, Mom, stand properly. This spot is good. Yes, this very spot."
"Come, 1, 2, 3, cheese... off you go!"
With a whoosh, the parents-in-law went down.
With a whoosh, the Lesser Spirit King went in.
Then the Lesser Spirit King was devoured by the densely packed demon spirits inside the Demon Cave.
The Demon Cave, that was an enemy stronghold that even Great Spirit Kings of the First Era were unwilling to enter.
There were barriers to entry and exit.
You, a human, went in, and you still expect to come out?
The entrance was directly sealed.
The shouts of demon spirits from inside could be faintly heard.
"It's a human Lesser Spirit King, kill him quickly!"
"Ignore the outside for now, kill this Lesser Spirit King!"
"And this human prodigy, eat them! Great nourishment!!"
"There are also many Sun Image light spots, quick, eat!!!"
Audience: "!!!"
Xie Jingyu and everyone else: "!!!"
Everyone at the military base: "!!!"
Chen Xun's brow twitched violently. Though he was a mechanical body, he subconsciously clutched his heart.
Chen A'Diao, perished together with this unidentified Lesser Spirit King?
Suddenly, that dragon exploded.
The demon spirits inside roared, "Fuck! It's a clone!! The clone self-destructed!"
The Lesser Spirit King, engulfed by a group of Level 19 demon spirits: "..."
From Nangong Wangyu +5 stars!
A'Diao: "?"
Nangong? Holy crap, isn't this the state surname of Lie Qin? The Lie Qin Imperial Clan.
MMP!
The three Imperial Clans are indeed no good, all old schemers!
However, I need to set the tone for this matter before the other bigwigs from Lushan and the Imperial Clan arrive.
A'Diao deliberately disintegrated her main body's Yinglong form, landing covered in blood and gore, leaning against a pillar and vomiting blood profusely. Just then, a shadow suddenly launched a sneak attack.
Who!!!
A'Diao flung her hand and sent the attacker flying. The person landed, spitting blood, and tried to pounce again, but was already restrained by A'Diao's technique.
"Who are you? You look so familiar?"
At this moment, Jiang Zhou shouted, "It's Ai Feng from Lie Qin!!!"
Ai Feng's face was ferocious as he roared, "Chen A'Diao, you killed my master! This enmity is irreconcilable!!!"
Wasn't Ai Feng crippled?
He could be crippled.
But A'Diao had used that Living Dead technique, tinkered with him, and turned him into a puppet that even a Grandmaster couldn't discern.
Unless a Lesser Spirit King was present, no one could tell he was a controlled Living Dead puppet.
But his identity was real, and everything he said next was also true.
Because that Lesser Spirit King was indeed from Lie Qin, and he was also Ai Feng from Lie Qin. These two points alone were enough for A'Diao to do something.
"Who? That Spirit King just now was your master? You are from Lie Qin?!" A'Diao feigned fury. "I, Chen A'Diao, have no grievances or enmity with you! Why do you harm me!"
"Pathetic. You don't even know why so many people are trying to assassinate you? Did you think those previous Spirit Kings came for the Demon Cave? Wrong! They came to kill you, but they just got entangled by the Sun Image Primordial Beasts."
He gave a sinister smile. "Among them are people from your Tang Song Nation too."
A'Diao clutched her heart. "No, I don't believe it! You're just trying to sow discord."
"Don't believe it?"
Ai Feng sneered and directly released a screen in mid-air.
A damn big screen.
On the screen, Zongzheng Weiye and a group of people were furtively hiding in a building. Because the signal was blocked, and Chen A'Diao had already been chased away by the Spirit Kings, they probably felt the situation was settled. Their own situation was dangerous, and they no longer had to worry about signals, so they spoke freely.
"Chen A'Diao is definitely dead this time. Our Lesser Spirit King has already gone over. I didn't expect this Chen A'Diao to be so formidable."
"Yeah, even sending in Grandmasters from Nan Jin and the Moluo couldn't kill her. I thought we'd have to do it ourselves. That would easily expose us, and when Lushan investigates, the Imperial Clan would definitely throw us out as scapegoats."
"But now that they're doing it themselves, Lushan will definitely find out."
"As long as there's no evidence, with the current national crisis, Lushan will have to accept it to avoid damaging the nation's prestige. They won't fall out with the Imperial Clan. But if we do it, it's different. We'd definitely be pushed out to be silenced."
"...Yeah, but even so, being trapped here this time, our safety is also uncertain."
When facing a life-or-death crisis, who would care about the missions issued by their superiors? They all wished they could sprout wings and flee. Moreover, at their level, how could they harbor any naive sentiments like 'a scholar dies for his confidant' towards their superiors? They were merely reared death warriors. When young, they relied on their backers, consumed resources, and cultivated extremely fast, feeling much more awesome and comfortable than those unaffiliated cultivators. But once successfully developed, this drawback emerged.
Also Grandmasters, unaffiliated cultivators could do whatever they wanted. They couldn't. They were death warriors who couldn't see the light of day. If you were told to go to your death and you refused, then you had to die right now.
However, this was a matter of give and take. If you ate someone's food, you had to help wash the dishes.
But their mouths had no filter.
Their complaints had a certain flavor of 'when a man is about to die, his words are good'.
But when the others saw it, the atmosphere became deathly silent.
So, the Spirit Kings had indeed come, but not for them, but to kill Chen A'Diao.
"I was wondering why it felt like they hadn't come at all."
"Exactly! No wonder I felt like she'd stirred up a hornet's nest. How did Grandmasters end up targeting her? I even thought she was terribly unlucky back then, attracting Grandmasters right after reaching the Star Realm. Now it seems my perspective was too narrow."
"Narrow, indeed too narrow."
A chill ran through everyone's hearts—for Chen A'Diao, for themselves, and for this country.
However, they believed it in a second, but Chen A'Diao...
Bang!
A'Diao was furious. She slapped Ai Feng, swelling his face, and said coldly, "Indeed, sowing discord! I, Chen A'Diao, have poured my heart and soul into Tang Song. Why would the Imperial Clan want to kill me? Is it just because I defeated their prince? How could the Imperial Clan be so shortsighted?"
"I work for Tang Song, and Tang Song belongs to the Imperial Clan. No matter how you think about it, they shouldn't harm me."
She was so resolute and convinced, while the others, on the contrary, felt emo...
Of course, this wasn't the first time Duanmu Biexue had heard the name Chen A'Diao.
If it were Li Wolong, she would regard the other party as a high-level talent who had mastered talisman technology.
But now she was Chen A'Diao.
Who was Chen A'Diao?
Zhao Ritian, she was Zhao Ritian, hailed within the military as a master of the insidious tactical school after the First Era, and also the scumbag her own elders often grumbled about.
So, Duanmu Biexue saw through it. Needless to say, sharp people like Jiang Zhou who were familiar with A'Diao not only saw through it but also played along.
"That's right! These foreign spies are just trying to sow discord! How could the Imperial Clan be so shameless!"
"And sending a Lesser Spirit King to kill our A'Diao, it's outrageous!"
"Only a fool would believe it, right, everyone!"
Jiang Zhou said with a straight face, while everyone else gave a dry laugh.
But Ai Feng continued to sneer, "What an idiot. You think I have no evidence? Just now, my master Nangong already gave me the recorded footage. He's a Lesser Spirit King! Even if the signal is restricted and can't transmit images, his mental body is incredibly strong. Look!"
"If this person isn't the Lesser Spirit King from your Dantai clan, then who is it!"
What was guided out from his brain region was naturally what A'Diao had guided there. But it didn't matter. He said his master Nangong Wangyu sent it to him, so it was sent by him.
The perspective was from a hidden position, and the hidden angle recorded the scene of four Lesser Spirit Kings scrambling to capture her.
What the hell...
Two from the Imperial Clan, one from Nan Jin, one from Moluo, plus Nangong Wangyu from Lie Qin, that's five in total.
The ironclad evidence is mountainous.
Everyone: "..."
"No, no, no!!!" A'Diao clutched her chest in a 'Yuan Hua pose'. "I don't believe it! But..."
Pfft... A large mouthful of blood spurted out like a fountain, three meters far.
Her eyes reddened, tears streamed down her face, heartbroken, grief greater than a dead heart... Finally, smack! She shattered Ai Feng's head with a palm strike.
Killed him.
Jiang Zhou and the others were startled, but within a few seconds, space tore open.
Swish, swish! Several figures appeared, their auras vast and imposing.
It seemed to be five Lesser Spirit Kings?
They're here!
Of the five arrivals, two were from Lushan—the Mountain Head and an old man—and three were from the Imperial Clan.
These five had come to close the Demon Cave. On their way, while tearing through space to teleport, they had witnessed through spatial secret arts A'Diao pushing a Lesser Spirit King into the Demon Cave, and then her main body swapping with a clone...
The operation was incredibly smooth.
Awesome plus.
The five Spirit Kings were all shocked at the time. Even the Mountain Head's mind was a bit numb, probably stunned. But then they saw... the matter with Ai Feng.
The two Imperial Clan members' faces turned somewhat unsightly.
Whoosh! As soon as the five arrived, the two Imperial Clan members immediately went to inspect Ai Feng's corpse, hoping to find evidence that this thing was controlled by A'Diao, but there was none.
Once a Living Dead's head was shattered, there were no flaws to be found.
On the other side, the Mountain Head immediately teleported over and supported A'Diao.
But this support.
"Wah, Master! Master, you're finally here!"
"It was too terrifying! To think there's such an insidious, shameless, and despicable Lesser Spirit King in the world, actually trying to assassinate me! He almost succeeded! Retch~~~ It was him, it was him! He killed Teacher Qing Zan... I never knew Teacher Qing Zan loved me so much, to die to save me."
"I... even if I have to die, I must avenge Teacher Qing Zan! Otherwise, I'm not fit to be human!"
Retch~~~
The Mountain Head's eyes also reddened. He comforted her, "Not dead, not dead. Your Teacher Qing Zan was saved by me. She's not dead."
"Really? I'm young and very naive. Don't lie to me."
"I won't. Master will never lie to you."
"Then tell me, why do so many people want to kill me? What did I do wrong? Am I not worthy of being a person of Tang Song?"
The two Imperial Clan members were cued.
An old man said in a deep voice, "Chief Chen, rest assured. You are a pillar of our Tang Song. My Dantai Imperial Clan would never harm you. This must be a slander designed by this person. However, this matter damages the nation's prestige, so I hope everyone... will be cautious in their words and actions."
These words were spoken with great caution.
But just as these words were finished, Ai Feng's corpse automatically started playing a message.
"Idiots, stinking idiots! You think I came here to die? Even if I can't kill Chen A'Diao, I'll expose the true face of your trash Tang Song Imperial Clan to the whole world."
"Didn't expect this, did you? I stored everything that just happened onto some demon spirits controlled by my puppets. They've already escaped the signal isolation zone and transmitted the information to the international networks of the three nations. Now the whole world knows about your Tang Song's internal strife, the Imperial Clan killing Lushan's Chief, the discord between the Imperial Clan and Lushan. The other two nations will definitely ally in the future. Just wait for your country to fall into chaos, hahahaha!!!"
This voice was so despicable.
What kind of deranged operation was this?
The three Imperial Clan Spirit Kings' heads were buzzing, as if they saw the Dantai Imperial Clan becoming an international laughingstock among the three nations, their royal dignity lost overnight—assassination was one thing, but it failed, and they lost two Lesser Spirit Kings and a pile of Grandmasters.
This was a huge disaster for both the international and internal situation, far more serious than the death of five Lesser Spirit Kings.
Bang!!
The Imperial Clan's Old Sixth, this very old man, angrily smashed Ai Feng's corpse into powder with a palm strike. But when he met the Mountain Head's expressionless face, his heart skipped a beat. Ultimately, he softened his tone and put on a kind and gentle expression.
"Rest assured, Lord Mountain Head, my Tang Song will absolutely not harm Chen A'Diao. I swear on my character."
At this time, the atmosphere between the two sides had already solidified. The other two Lesser Spirit Kings over there were already controlling the Demon Cave; hearing this, they all looked over.
A confrontation?
Swords drawn, bows bent.
About to tear off all pretenses?
Old Man Yu looked at the blood-vomiting A'Diao. Master and disciple had a brief eye-to-eye confrontation.
Old Man Yu: You designed this.
A'Diao: That's right, it was me. But you have to protect me. The Imperial Clan isn't giving you face, can you tolerate it?
Old Man Yu: This isn't a matter of tolerance.
Then what is it a matter of?
Old Man Yu's main thought was: "A Mental Domain! She has a Mental Domain! At the low-grade Star Realm, she has a Mental Domain! In which generation of Lushan's history has there been someone as awesome as me, to take such an awesome disciple? She is my disciple, she can only be my disciple... Can my disciple be killed by others? She is the successor who will inherit my legacy in the future! Comparable to the Founder!!!"
Damn it! Dog Imperial Clan! You almost ruined Lushan's future!
Old Man Yu shot a look over.
Boom!!!
A massive Mental Domain instantly enveloped the three Imperial Clan Lesser Spirit Kings.
"Today's matter, your word doesn't count."
"After all, what do you amount to?"
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