Chapter 749

As a deity, the purple-haired old man's move, which had been charging for so long, was naturally massive in scale.

Even though he controlled his outward-spreading power, it still affected the flower beds and lawns of the Royal Palace garden that had just been rebuilt.

Plants that could grow in the Plague God Kingdom already possessed significant toxicity and resistance.

But under the energy fluctuations of this black-purple spiral, they all withered and rotted, turning into dust and being blown away by the surging air waves, as if they had never existed.

This was still with the purple-haired old man trying his best to control it; if he had gone all out without regard for anything, everything in the Royal Palace would certainly have rotted away completely!

Hmph, even if my seniority isn't as high as yours, this long-charged [Poison Burial Palm] is enough to shake your soul!

Furthermore, you actually maintained such a calm and indifferent posture; this time I will definitely make you taste some bitterness!

However, the scene the purple-haired old man imagined did not appear.

Yun Shen remained in his original posture, standing on the spot without moving an inch, simply taking the hit with his back.

The black-purple spiral condensed in the purple-haired old man's palm was stuck dead on Yun Shen's back, blocked by a layer of golden light emitted by the Merit Divine Ring.

The purple-haired old man's expression shifted from his original sneer of triumph to one of suspicion and uncertainty.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Although this wasn't a life-or-death battle and the purple-haired old man hadn't used his desperate moves, this attack was definitely not weak. How could this person have no reaction at all?!

As the power of this palm gradually dissipated, the purple-haired old man stood behind Yun Shen, his eyes complex and shocked.

He really didn't move at all...

Although he had restrained himself a bit and didn't cause too much impact on the outside, the fact that the other party could remain completely motionless—meaning there was essentially no impact—meant that the other party's strength was far above his own!

However, the purple-haired old man also noticed that this layer of defense on Yun Shen was entirely brought about by the power of merit.

It was just that the purple-haired old man didn't pay attention to this point; after all, since the day he was born, except for this Adventer incident, there had never been a world-ending crisis in the whole world, making it impossible to obtain such terrifying power of merit.

As for the outside Adventers?

According to the information obtained from soul-searching, there was simply no such possibility. These Adventers were all of very limited age; where would they have the opportunity to obtain such a massive amount of merit?

After a long time, the purple-haired old man sighed deeply, bowed, and cupped his hands: "Senior's divine abilities are peerless; this junior is convinced."

"Oh? You're not continuing?"

Yun Shen's voice remained indifferent as he turned around to look at the purple-haired old man who was bowing his head.

"Senior's cultivation is heaven-reaching; this junior naturally shouldn't overestimate his own abilities and waste Senior's time."

The purple-haired old man was ashamed, suspecting that this Senior had cultivated merit to become a deity, which allowed him to use the power of merit as a defensive means.

What difference did one move or three moves make?

Yun Shen: "Hmm, remember the ten-fold compensation."

Purple-haired old man: "...After I return, I will order people to send the compensation and properly repair all the damage."

This small matter was nothing to the purple-haired old man; it only required one word, and his subordinates would do it.

After the purple-haired old man left, Yun Shen finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Good, good, this time it was successfully bluffed through.

Figures standing at the peak of a world are the least likely to take risks or fight with their lives.

Especially since the purple-haired old man couldn't see through any of his information, he would naturally be cautious.

The more arrogant and confident he was, the less the other party dared to act rashly.

In fact, even if the purple-haired old man had really stayed to ask Yun Shen various questions about cultivation, it wouldn't necessarily have been difficult for him.

He might not understand, but there were plenty of people in the Flat Peach Immortal Realm who did!

If he needed to guide the purple-haired old man, he would just let Wu Wu Xiangning use the Heavenly Deduction Small Spirit Communicator to contact the Eternal Divine Beasts in the Flat Peach Immortal Realm, and then relay it to Yun Shen through mental communication.

But since it wasn't needed, Yun Shen wouldn't waste that effort.

"For a long time in the future, the Soul-Suppressing Kingdom will not be harassed by these indigenous powerhouses."

This was the biggest gain from bluffing the purple-haired old man: strike one blow to avoid a hundred.

Since even a deity had suffered a setback here, some small fry would be even less likely to come and disturb him.

At the same time, even if some major commotion occurred within the Soul-Suppressing Kingdom in the future, it would basically not arouse the covetousness of outsiders.

The outside world had always believed that the special ghost-raising method possessed by the Soul-Suppressing Kingdom would also be regarded as the handiwork of this "Old Ancestor."

It was just that there was one drawback to this: Yun Shen could not use the Merit Divine Ring in the main world for a long time to come.

Otherwise, if the outside world learned that he possessed great merit, not only would this matter itself be very strange, but it would also attract the renewed attention of the powerhouses in the Plague God Kingdom, exposing his identity as an Adventer.

……

After the purple-haired old man left, he ordered people to prepare a gift of apology to be sent to the Soul-Suppressing Kingdom and had people go to repair the Royal City.

Yes, not the Royal Palace, but the entire Royal City.

The Royal City itself was in a semi-ruined state; logically speaking, this shouldn't be his responsibility, but he did it as a favor.

Anyway, he wasn't the one doing the hard work.

It was precisely this action that attracted the attention of many unknown people.

Some came to ask the purple-haired old man what had happened, and he gave an ambiguous answer, roughly meaning that he had met a Senior and they had talked happily, and the Senior had even guided him for several hours.

He simply didn't mention the fact that he had been charging his move for several hours.

With the purple-haired old man's endorsement, in the eyes of most indigenous powerhouses in the Plague God Kingdom, the suspicion on the Soul-Suppressing Kingdom was completely cleared.

However, this also attracted the attention and suspicion of many lords, though they didn't dare to act recklessly for the time being.

What if it was true? What would they do then?

……

Several days passed, and Yun Shen felt quite speechless listening to the reported news.