Chapter 2459: How absurd!

The last sentence was like a basin of ice water poured over Shangguan Biao's head, making him shiver.

This outsider spoke the truth—Longfeng Valley has always been like this; even if he did nothing, he would still be smeared with dirty water and blamed, let alone helping an outsider pick flowers!

Sticking your head out is a blow, pulling it back is also a blow—better to just go ahead!

Finish early and retreat early; maybe you can escape disaster.

Shangguan Biao gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and plucked those few lotus flowers—

He was indeed safe and sound.

This flower, only he could touch.

If He Lingchuan went to pick it, he might be kicked out of the Secret Realm, or something else might happen; but Shangguan Biao himself going to pick it was merely an accidental mutation, and the Secret Realm itself could still continue.

That voice shouted angrily: "Idiot, ass! What good have you done!"

When the lotus was plucked, the golden light covering the plant vanished.

Shangguan Biao stepped back a few steps, handed the lotus to He Lingchuan, who did not take it, but directly threw the wave drum at him:

"Go on, it's none of your business now."

As the wave drum left He Lingchuan's hands, that pair of stone fists instantly disappeared.

With this resistance gone, the entire Medicine Rock glowed red, and in an instant transformed into a seven-foot-tall stone figure, its build changing from sturdy to remarkably slender.

It is clear the Secret Realm's master moved first, shifting from the lotus to the stone pile.

But He Lingchuan letting Shangguan Biao act was not hoping to kill him this way; rather, he wanted to sever the enemy's "safe house."

Once the lotus were all plucked, the Secret Realm's master could no longer hide inside.

The irony is that it was precisely the "former self" who personally plucked this safest refuge.

Shangguan Biao took the wave drum, glanced at the stone figure, startled, but still suppressed his curiosity and fled like the wind.

Damn it, Li Yun will be back soon—I need to get out of here fast.

He ran too fast; the stone figure's gaze swept over his back and it growled low:

"Trash!"

He is also Shangguan Biao, but no longer the menial servant who suffered endless humiliation; instead, he is the master of the Duzhi Mountain Secret Realm and Yujing City.

The enemy ahead actually made the past him deal with the present him—how absurd is that!

But he also feels helpless.

He cannot move his former self, for the past cannot be chased; yet his former self can change his future—

The past is "cause," the future is "effect"; even he cannot reverse effect to become cause.

The relationship between the past Shangguan Biao and the present Secret Realm master has been so clearly understood by the enemy before him!

"How does it feel to watch the 'former self' betray the present you?" He Lingchuan had not arrived, but his blade came first.

The Secret Realm master said nothing.

He and He Lingchuan both know that under these circumstances, the menial Shangguan Biao will surely reach out to pluck the flower.

Since this bad deed is already done, might as well go all in—go straight to the dark end!

This is Shangguan Biao's innate nature, unchangeable.

He Lingchuan's sword technique remains the same as before—simple and swift, without too much flourish; even his sword aura is not as exaggerated as when he earlier split the Medicine Rock, only about two feet long, but purplish-black.

As they say, the greatest Dao is the simplest; the most plain is often the most effective.

The Secret Realm master, however, recognizes the danger and absolutely refuses to face the blade head-on, instead dodging.

Though this body is made of stone, it moves with unbelievable agility, able to twist freely from any angle.

But He Lingchuan's sword aura grows denser, like a fishing net rapidly tightening, leaving less and less space for this person to maneuver.

His sword qi does not leak outward—not even disturbing the sand and dust on the ground—but as this person dodges, it brushes past a cassia tree two people thick, and when the blade's light advances, it also picks up a trace.

Only a soft "crack" is heard, and the tree trunk is actually ground into powder!

Even the largest fragment is smaller than a fingernail.

The Secret Realm master can no longer dodge; a dark light flashes in his hand, he grabs a stone ruler, barely blocking the blade.

After only three strikes, the stone ruler is severed.

The Floating Life's first strike hit him from below the brow, and then this person, like the cassia tree just now, was dismembered into eight pieces.

Mingke Immortal drove his flying vessel from afar, happened to see this scene, and instinctively clenched his fists:

Done?

Tiger Wing General? No, the Nine Abysses Great Emperor has already successfully slain Shangguan Biao?

But He Lingchuan said to him and Zhu Xiuer: "Don't let him escape the Locust House territory! Once he leaves, his power will increase greatly!"

In other words, Shangguan Biao cannot cause trouble within the Locust House territory.

"Understood!" Zhu Xiuer had no time to think, leapt from He Lingchuan's shoulder, her body enlarged in midair, and sprayed a net at the remaining red mist, wanting to encircle it completely.

The blood demon behind He Lingchuan cackled: "Oh ya, I get it! This Locust House territory is the embodiment of his deepest obsession; since it's an obsession, even he cannot easily change it!"

"Exactly!" This Locust House place is so stubborn that even Shangguan Biao himself cannot change it, so he also cannot bring the earth mother's power in.

He Lingchuan earlier saw the stone figure encircling this place but not stepping inside, and he already knew.

Sure enough, this pile of rubble had not yet fallen to the ground before it gathered again, re-forming into a human shape.

It appears he suffered little harm.

Even the special effect on the Floating Life sword that breaks formless and substance-less things seems to have caused it no serious injury.

Let alone spiritual power.

How is this possible?

The stone figure stared at He Lingchuan, tilted its head: "How do you know I am in the golden lotus?"

Outsiders who have entered the Duzhi Mountain Secret Realm are not just one group, but no one has ever discovered this.

"Others can't see it, but I can. Your soul fire in my eyes is far brighter than fireflies." He Lingchuan said softly, "You couldn't possibly come out of my blade unscathed, hmm. Could it be that you're transferring the damage you take onto something else to bear, right?"

Zhu Xiuer reminded: "The laws of heaven and earth have changed; the divine ability to transfer harm no longer works."

"That's in the outside world." He Lingchuan shook his head, "This is his exclusive Secret Realm; many outside-world laws don't apply here. But it doesn't matter—he can only transfer a limited amount of harm, and he can't withstand many of my blades. As long as we can force him out of his hiding place, we've already won this round."

Shangguan Biao snorted: "Such big talk! Your newly built Secret Realm is almost completely devoured by me, and you still have the leisure to boast here?"

"What does it matter? As long as I kill you, everything becomes mine!" He Lingchuan curled the corner of his mouth, "You're also worn out—Ling Mountain and the Heavenly Demons aren't easy to deal with, otherwise why would you need to hide so secretly?"

Shangguan Biao is the hidden final boss of the Du Zhishan Secret Realm and even the entire Yujing City; He Lingchuan's difficulty in this mission lies in two points: first, realizing he's hiding within the Secret Realm, and second, finding his hiding place.

It's not that Shangguan Biao doesn't want to come out and kill He Lingchuan and the others, but he's busy both inside and outside the city, juggling three tasks at once.

(End of chapter)