Chapter 827 - 183: Li Tian
"Senior Brother Zhong is dead?"
An unbelievable sound resounded in the room, the chandelier overhead shook in response, emitting a creaking sound.
A woman wearing a tight-fitting white robe suddenly stood up from her chair. Her appearance was clear, making one feel refreshed just by looking at her. The robe had gray patterns, resembling floating clouds.
The Upper Church is the academic faction of the World of Heaven, inherited from Saint Kong, holding a highly esteemed position in the entire world.
"How could Senior Brother Zhong be defeated by him? Although Senior Brother Zhong’s tier isn’t high, his strength is already close to that of the Master."
The woman still couldn’t believe this event. Never had she imagined that Zhong Mingrui would actually die in such a place. He was someone capable of reaching new heights, younger than her but still her senior brother.
Her name was Chai Ningning, a disciple of the Upper Church, Zhi Xue Lineage. Their strength was among the top in their generation, and only elites like them would venture to this world.
Initially, they thought setting rules in this world shouldn’t be a difficult task.
After all, the world’s mystery had just restarted, and these people had just begun to encounter the extraordinary, so there shouldn’t be any formidable characters.
But the situation was unexpected upon their arrival. They discovered that the people of this world were having their strength surge at a bizarre speed, reaching heights in mere months that would take them years or even decades.
This was a hard reality to accept, yet it excited them, making them feel their choice to come to this ancestral land was right.
Indeed.
They originally stemmed from this world; in ancient times, their extraordinary civilization had reached a certain level.
But at that time, the saints noticed the mystery of the world gradually fading, the entire world was moving towards closure.
In proceeding this way, they would inevitably be trapped in this world. Thus, the saints led a large number of the extraordinary leaving this world, heading to Li Tian.
What is Li Tian?
Li Tian was originally a smaller world dependent on this one, smaller by two or three times, resources more scarce, and inhabited by some primitive civilized natives.
It was initially a place of little concern, after all, who would care about such a barren small world?
But at this time, it became their lifeline.
Under the guidance of several saints, a large number of extraordinary ones left the original world, entering Li Tian, not only the extraordinary ones but also a multitude of civilians, a wealth of resources.
They took everything away, anything of value was swept clean.
The closure of the main world wasn’t instantaneous, but a slow process spanning over ten years.
Such a long period was sufficient to take away all useful things.
But since Li Tian world was not as large as the main world, it couldn’t accommodate everyone, so only a part left, leaving behind all ordinary people, those without status, ordinary, and troublesome ordinary people.
When a group has to discard a portion, it always abandons the unnecessary, even troublesome parts.
What can a group of fools accomplish on this land stripped of mystery, perhaps surviving would become difficult?
Of course.
These people are always longing to return because this is their primary place, their original home, where their bloodline grew.
Powerful extraordinaries have a long lifespan, some things are hard to forget, so they continuously sought opportunities to return.
When a glimpse opens in this closed world, it drew their attention, and the scenes within amazed them greatly.
The fools here had developed an entirely different civilization, ubiquitous people and buildings, iron boxes that could fly without relying on mysterious powers.
All these were incredible, yet in their eyes, these things were like castles in the sky, bound to collapse without extraordinary support.
Indeed, when the extraordinaries poured into this world, everything crumbled, plunging the world into unimaginable darkness.
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"He’s indeed dead. The strength of that person is probably immeasurable, we likely aren’t adversaries, and there’s no need for direct confrontation."
A middle-aged man in black tight clothes said slowly. He was Chai Ningning’s uncle, Lu Yun.
Chai Ningning pondered and said, "Is someone coming to support us?"
Lu Yun shook his head and said, "No need. Based on our analysis, that person is likely the original leader of Seventeen."
"He’ll probably leave here and head towards the frontline battlefield, so we can wait until he leaves."
Chai Ningning frowned and said, "We must hide from him? He killed Senior Brother Zhong, we need to avenge Senior Brother Zhong."
Lu Yun snorted coldly, "His death serves him right, was instructed to wait and not act impulsively. This issue could have been deliberated long-term, with him here, we might have collectively been able to deal with that person."
"For now, we can only avoid direct confrontation to prevent greater losses, considering we are already shorthanded."
Due to changes in world rules, not everyone can enter this world, only a portion can, otherwise, they wouldn’t need to be so roundabout.
Even though so much time has passed, Li Tian still has saints present.
Chai Ningning clenched her fists, but said nothing coldly.
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Making his way upstream along the Black River, Su Changxing arrived in the northern part of Chenzhou. During this process, he intermittently optimized or modified Hua san several times, both big and small.
Each time it can enhance combat power to a certain extent, either by compensating for shortcomings or strengthening advantages.
However, Hua san’s appearance hasn’t changed much; her Flesh Puppet body and soul are completely covered, if anything else is added, it would just be cumbersome.
This area is mostly plains, and in the darkness there are many large creatures covered in armor that can swiftly roll on the ground like turtles.
When they roll, they can easily crush objects in front of them, and the strength of their shells is extremely high.
According to the information on the forum, these creatures are unexpectedly gentle and won’t attack proactively unless provoked.
Their most common activity is gnawing on the rocks on the ground, which seems to be their food, or at least one of their food sources.
This leads to varying sizes of pits and brown mountain piles scattered across the plains.
Those mountain piles are essentially their dung piled together, which is also rock in essence, digested rock, from which certain substances originally present are absorbed by these turtle-like creatures.
Su Changxing knew these creatures wouldn’t proactively attack humans, so he didn’t take action to clean them up.
The presence of these turtle-like creatures is actually a good thing for them, as they can help clear other monsters in the darkness, serving as a natural barrier for nearby settlements.
Approaching the settlements here, they can still see the familiar Bronze Tree, its branches covering most of the settlement.
"As expected, no mention of it,"
Su Changxing took a deep breath, finding it quite troublesome.
If these settlements are unwilling to proactively remove the Bronze Tree, things will become complicated.
Su Changxing did not immediately remove the Bronze Tree, but stood at the entrance of the settlement for a while, and someone came out.
Leading the way was a one-eyed man, blind in one eye, with strength at Tier Eight.
"Are you the leader of this settlement?" Su Changxing looked at him and questioned.
The one-eyed man wore a smile, quickly approaching, nodding and bowing, saying, "Yes, Leader Su, I am Zhang Pudu, the leader of Anshan settlement. I’ve heard of Leader Su’s great name for a long time!"
Su Changxing’s identity has already been exposed on the forum, everyone knows.
Su Changxing smiled and nodded, "Not bad. But I have a question."
Zhang Pudu patted his chest, "Leader Su, please speak, I will tell you everything I know."
Su Changxing’s eyes turned sharp and coldly questioned:
"I told other settlements to remove this thing, why are you still keeping it? You’re not putting me in your eyes, are you."
Zhang Pudu was dumbfounded upon hearing this, his eyes rolling, he quickly came up with a clever excuse and said:
"Haha, it’s like this. I actually wanted to remove it, but others disagreed and violently obstructed me, so there’s nothing I can do."
"Although I’m the leader, things at this settlement aren’t decided by me alone."
Su Changxing showed a sudden understanding look, "Oh, I see, I misunderstood you."
Zhang Pudu waved his hand repeatedly, "Not at all, not at all."
Su Changxing snorted coldly, turned to Hua san and gestured, "Beat him."
Zhang Pudu hadn’t even reacted to what had happened when he saw a dark shadow rushing at him, then saw a white parasol smashing down.
Under the immense power, he flew out suddenly, crashing heavily onto the ground. Hua san ran up, punched him in the nose, and kneed his abdomen, making him unable to move.
No one expected Su Changxing to suddenly take action, others also grew restless, but under Su Changxing’s stare, no one dared to act rashly.
After all, everyone knows the strength of this Plague God; acting recklessly and getting killed would be senseless.
If sacrificing one leader could send this Plague God away, it seems like a deal worth making.
Hua san turned back to look at Su Changxing, showing a confused look, not knowing what to do.
Su Changxing thought for a moment and said, "Spank him, thirty times, just don’t kill him."
Then, he said to the others present, "Record this and post it on the forum."
Hua san flipped Zhang Pudu over like a fish, picked up her parasol, and started spanking him on the buttocks, each strike heavy, producing sounds of flesh tearing and subtle bone fractures.
Zhang Pudu, like a helpless child in Hua san’s hands, unable to resist, could only be struck repeatedly.
This was an extremely humiliating event, getting spanked in public by a woman, and being posted on the forum.
He felt utterly disgraced, realizing he had bad luck, calling himself unlucky.
If he had known such an event would occur, he would have removed the Bronze Tree overnight, since it was going to be removed anyway.
Zhang Pudu cried out loudly while being spanked, others widened their eyes in interest, since it’s rare to see a leader getting beaten.
Several people behind took out their phones eagerly recording and then posted it on the forum.
This kind of content is sure to bring in traffic.