Chapter 148: So, Should I Leave?

"I shall naturally be the first to charge."

Luo Hou is no ordinary person; his talent is outstanding wherever he goes.

Especially after pulling off the ruse of "openly repairing the plank road while secretly crossing the Chencang," he led Hongjun around in circles.

That the Great Desolation has formed into its current state today, he bears half the responsibility.

"Very well, then these four great gaps shall be left to you."

Since Luo Hou is so restless, Dijiang will not stand on ceremony with him.

"No problem at all, but!!"

Luo Hou agreed in one breath, which was something completely beyond Dijiang's expectations.

"Speak."

Dijiang naturally would not go to the Return Ruins, Qilin Cliff, or the Undying Volcano himself to repair the gaps; now that someone can do the labor for him, he is naturally happy to see it happen.

"I need to gather the power of the three Great Daos of the Great Desolation to solve this problem once and for all."

"I believe that as descendants of Pangu, you would not want to see the living beings of the Great Desolation suffer again."

Luo Hou came here with a plan in mind.

And Tongtian came here entirely out of his own wishful thinking.

Besides being the Lord of Humanity, he also wanted to contribute his own share.

Unfortunately, he tried his Jie Sword Great Dao, but it simply could not plug the four great gaps.

If it were otherwise, he would not have come to find Dijiang.

But upon hearing what Luo Hou said, Tongtian's expression instantly tightened.

To so brazenly demand his Earthly Dao—this Luo Hou is simply too shameless.

"The three Great Daos you speak of are no less difficult than plugging the four great gaps."

Dijiang sneered.

Luo Hou's abacus was clicking exceptionally loudly, but how could Dijiang let him have his way? Even if it were to be given, it would be for him to fight for it himself.

Why come here to bother him? What kind of situation is this?

Hearing Dijiang's reaction, Tongtian also breathed a sigh of relief.

He does not worry that his Humanity will disappear, simply because he has never truly merged with Humanity.

Being able to become the Lord of the Earthly Dao was entirely the merit of the Earth-Splitting Chisel.

Now it is the Earth-Splitting Chisel that is merged with Humanity, and he himself merely obtained the Earth-Splitting Chisel.

To put it simply, he could discard the Earth-Splitting Chisel just like discarding a magic treasure.

But what kind of person is Luo Hou?

He appears upright and honorable, but his heart is no better than Hongjun's.

Now that the Great Desolation is in great chaos, he would absolutely not be so kind coming here.

If Humanity were ultimately to fall into Luo Hou's hands, he would rather destroy it with his own hands.

"But if I do not have the power of these three Great Daos, I do not have the ability to plug the four great gaps."

Luo Hou spread his hands, showing an expression of being unable to help.

"Since you know you don't have the ability, then why did you take on this delicate task?"

The reason Dijiang has not taken action against Luo Hou now is not because he cannot defeat him.

It is because he holds the Earthly Dao in his hands.

If he were pushed into a corner, he could directly trigger an Exploding Dao.

Although he is now in the Dao Realm and holds eleven Great Daos.

Yet here in the Great Desolation, while the Earthly Dao might not be able to resist, Dijiang has no confidence in stopping him from self-destructing.

Moreover, Luo Hou is the type of person who would do anything.

One could see that from the Dao-Demon Struggle back then.

In desperate situations, he even dared to blow up the Western Dragon Vein.

He is truly the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Demons; his methods are extremely difficult to fathom.

"Then shall I leave?"

Luo Hou was not angry in the slightest; instead, he looked at Dijiang with a smile.

Although he did not know why, Luo Hou had already sensed that Dijiang simply could not leave Pangu Hall.

Ever since he knew of Dijiang, he had never left this place.

The Wu Clan is so powerful, with more than ten Witch Saints.

With this strength, they could pierce through Zixiao Palace and sweep across the Great Desolation. But what about the Wu Clan? Aside from the other Witch Saints, Dijiang has never once appeared.

It is not hard to deduce that Dijiang's true form is not as simple as the Wu Clan legends claim.

Luo Hou even guessed that Dijiang might be the manifestation of Pangu Hall itself.

That is to say, a tool spirit, or one could say, its will.

An existence similar to the Heavenly Dao.

If not, how could the various Heavenly Dao Masters lose their connection to the Great Dao the moment they entered Pangu Hall?

Besides Pangu Hall, who else in this Great Desolation could achieve such a level?

Even Spirit Treasures and supreme treasures like the Mountain and River State Map or the Taiji Diagram could not achieve this level at all.

Even a dojo as powerful as Hongjun's Zixiao Palace does not have such heaven-defying capabilities.

And as the Ancestor of Demon Dao and the Lord of the Earthly Dao, his Thirty-Six Grade Destruction Black Lotus also has similar capabilities.

But that only suppresses lower-level existences; something like Pangu Hall, which can directly suppress the Great Dao, is simply unheard of.

"State your conditions."

Dijiang would not believe that Luo Hou could suppress the four great gaps.

He just wanted to see what kind of tricks Luo Hou was trying to play now.

To have the audacity to come to his place and boast that he could plug the gaps.

"You know that I am the Lord of the Earthly Dao, and before long, the God-Demons from the Outer Realm will descend upon the Great Desolation."

Luo Hou did not state his own requirements, but instead spoke of a topic beyond the literal words.

"What are you trying to express?"

"I want you to protect me."

"Protect you?"

"The God-Demons of the Outer Realm are all Great Way Lords; I am currently only at the Half-Step Great Dao, and I do not want my Great Dao to come to an end here."

Luo Hou looked sincere.

"Oh, this does not sound like your style!"

Dijiang looked at Luo Hou with a scrutinizing expression.

"There is no other way; you are the descendants of Pangu and will not harm the Earthly Dao, but they are different—they want to... eat me!"

Luo Hou gave a bitter smile.

His face wore a bitter expression.

It was as if he would be eaten alive the very next second.

As a great demon lord, he had always been the one to eat others, but now he was the one being threatened with being eaten.

This feeling was something only he himself could know.

"You certainly have self-awareness, but I would like to ask, how exactly are you going to mend the gaps?"

Dijiang did not hide his thoughts and instead asked directly.

"I have my own methods; you do not need to worry about that."

Luo Hou was also a bit stunned by Dijiang's question; he had not expected Dijiang to be so direct.

However, he naturally had his own set of excuses for this, otherwise, why would he have come to Pangu Hall?

In the entire Great Desolation, there were no living beings left that were a match for the Wu Clan, especially since Dijiang was practically invincible within this Pangu Hall.

And since Luo Hou dared to come here, he had naturally made preparations.

"Very well, now that the gates of the Great Desolation are wide open, I truly cannot spare the time to repair the gaps."

Dijiang, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly stood up.

That immense aura nearly scared Luo Hou into losing control.

Fortunately, he held back; otherwise, everything he had done would have been for nothing.

"Lord Patriarch, what is the meaning of this?"

Dijiang was the Witch Clan Patriarch, so this was how Luo Hou addressed Dijiang respectfully.

"Naturally, it is to welcome our new friends."

Dijiang smiled slightly, but in Luo Hou's eyes, this smile made his heart race wildly.

Could it be that he had already seen through his scheme?

But that could not be right; he had planned this for several eons and had even integrated his origin into it—how could he have seen through it?

(End of chapter)