Chapter 145: Strange Rules

Fortune does not come in pairs, but misfortune never comes alone.

The main body of the Buying Life Money seemed to perceive that this agent was unable to repay its debt, so it directly issued another collection notice. It warned him that if he could not pay off the loan by the deadline, it would revoke his agent status and reclaim his life!

The agent fell silent.

He hurriedly offered prayers through the connection in the dark.

However, the main body of the Buying Life Money ignored him entirely; in fact, because the agent had pleaded too many times, it directly blocked the connection between them, causing despair to rise in his heart.

But after all, having managed to reach this level of strength, the feeling of despair was quickly suppressed. He still had a sliver of a chance; he could still turn the tables! The agent roared in his heart, hypnotizing himself.

If so much Buying Life Money could not buy the life of that Living Dead, it meant his value was extremely high. Therefore, no matter where that Living Dead came from, what great power stood behind him, or what trump cards he possessed, he had to take him down and then sell him to the Buying Life Money!

Otherwise, the one who would die in the end would be himself.

He did not want to become one of those grave mounds under the Buying Life Money!

The agent was frantic in his heart, completely throwing caution to the wind. Even if this Living Dead came from some great power within the Hanging Mountain, he had to capture, suppress, and behead him to exchange for his life.

Above the Grave Mountain.

The owner of the Ancient Residence seemed to perceive the subtle changes in the agent.

A faint, ominous premonition rose in her heart. Could this guy have really flipped his car? If so much Buying Life Money could not buy the life of one Living Dead, what kind of terrifying existence had she provoked!

"Owner of the Ancient Residence, it is your turn to act next."

The agent spoke suddenly and calmly.

"What, you couldn't buy his life?"

The owner of the Ancient Residence said in a deep voice.

"Yes, that's right. So you and I must fight for our lives!"

Boom!

A pale, skin-and-bones hand broke through the soil, reaching out from within the grave mound. Immediately after, this smooth, round grave mound exploded suddenly, revealing a pale, human-shaped dried corpse.

"You're crazy. Why do we have to fight for our lives? It's not like we don't have a way out; at worst, we can just keep running." The owner of the Ancient Residence was startled, saying with some confusion.

And in her heart, she was even more suspicious.

What kind of madness had this agent caught? He actually crawled out? Did he really intend to risk his life against that Living Dead? Though it didn't really count as risking his life, since the agent's life had long been sold to the Buying Life Money anyway...

"Neither you nor I have a way out."

The agent said hoarsely. As his words rang out, the vermilion coffins on the Grave Mountain began to vibrate, and the Inauspicious things hidden within them began to slowly awaken.

"Wait, what did you lose just now?"

The owner of the Ancient Residence said coldly, immediately realizing this point. The agent's current appearance was like that of a gambler who had lost everything and gone mad—the more he lost, the more he wanted to gamble.

"Are you really willing to part with that Ancient Residence?"

The agent said eerily.

"Do you really think I don't know your background? In order to occupy that Ancient Residence, you used a Secret Technique to disrupt Causality, directly discarding your own name and adding the title of 'owner of the Ancient Residence' to yourself."

"Isn't it because you wanted to deepen your Causality with the Ancient Residence?"

The owner of the Ancient Residence fell silent.

"Now, I am the one with the deepest Causality with the Ancient Residence. As long as I do not die, neither you nor that Living Dead can occupy the Ancient Residence. And as long as the Ancient Residence is not destroyed, provided I can outrun that Living Dead, I can return once he leaves."

"At worst, I just won't place the Ancient Residence here during the next Great Tribulation."

"Hmph, do you dare to gamble?"

"So much Buying Life Money of mine couldn't buy that Living Dead's life. Who knows what methods he has hidden? What if he really can bypass your Causality and refine the Ancient Residence? Are you willing to take that risk?"

The agent said in a low voice.

As the conversation between the two progressed, the Inauspicious things inside the coffins fully awakened. Some coffins exploded completely, sending wood chips flying into the sky and revealing the forms of the Inauspicious things within, while others floated in the air, emitting heavy resentment.

These were all living beings whose lives had been bought by the agent in the past.

"This kind of thing does have risks, but there's no need to fight to the death."

The owner of the Ancient Residence shook her head.

That Ancient Residence was certainly good, but compared to her own life, it was not worth mentioning. Only with life could one have everything! If she didn't even have her life, what use was the Ancient Residence? To give to someone else to live in?

"If you don't fight for your life now, can you even walk out of here!"

The agent's expression was grim. The gazes of those Inauspicious things also turned toward the owner of the Ancient Residence in unison, and the resentment from the vermilion coffins floating in the air surged, surrounding the owner of the Ancient Residence on all sides.

"Are you trying to threaten me?!" The owner of the Ancient Residence's expression was icy.

"I'm not threatening you; I'm doing this for the good of us both. You have left the Ancient Residence and come to my home turf. Guess whether I have the ability to suppress and kill you."

The agent said eerily.

In his heart, he hated the owner of the Ancient Residence to the extreme. If it weren't for this bitch provoking such a powerful enemy, he wouldn't have suffered this Great Tribulation, gone bankrupt, and even be on the verge of losing his life!

The owner of the Ancient Residence's expression stiffened, and she remained silent for a long time.

"Fine, I will join forces with you to suppress and kill that Living Dead!"

"It would be best to capture him alive." The agent emphasized this point.

Above the plains.

Li Heng was still studying that Weird Official Report. At this moment, the Weird Official Report already belonged to him, so even when he released the seal of his Great Sun Divine Intent on the Weird Official Report, he did not suffer any backlash.

The Weird Official Report also opened all permissions to him.

For instance, he could borrow the power of the rules of the Weird Official Report. With a thought, a newspaper appeared in his other hand; this newspaper also possessed some of the rules of the Weird Official Report.

If an ordinary person got their hands on it, they would be forced to sell the paper, and if they couldn't finish selling it, they would die. However, because it was only a derivative of the main body of the Weird Official Report, its power was not very great, and it could not kill anyone very strong.

Li Heng's expression was strange; this seemed a bit like a chicken rib.

Selling newspapers didn't do him any good anyway.

If the Weird Official Report really only had these uses, he might as well burn it with Sun True Fire; perhaps he could earn some Source Power or obtain something new.

But if it only had this kind of use, the host would not have been so flustered back in the Tian Ping Kong Jian. There must be deeper applications hidden within it, such as the power of rules...

Or perhaps the Weird Official Report has not yet grown up?

He pondered slightly for a moment.

He knocked Kong Que unconscious for the time being and revealed a trace of human aura. Instantly, the Weird Official Report became restless, revealing malice, wanting to launch a backlash against Li Heng to force him to sell reports.

The next moment, it seemed to perceive that Li Heng was its master and became calm again, but it no longer granted permissions to Li Heng. Yet the next moment, it began to grow restless again. It cycled back and forth between restlessness and calmness like this...

Not until Li Heng stopped revealing his human aura and disguised himself back as a Strange did the Weird Official Report calm down again, once again granting permissions to Li Heng and becoming usable by him.

He pondered slightly; the facts were just as he knew them. As a fallen and alienated rule, the Strange have deep malice toward the human race! Then, what exactly does this malice signify behind it?

Is the formation of the Strange natural, or man-made?

He faintly perceived that invisible giant hand behind it all...

After a long while, his thoughts returned to calm, and he hid his conjectures deep in his heart.

Thinking about these things now is a bit too ambitious; it would be better to first kill that Ancient Residence owner and the other Strange who sends him Buying Life Money, so he can earn more Source Power and grow strong quickly.

He was just planning to fly toward that Grave Mountain to look for trouble when he saw a group of vermilion coffins flying over from the direction of the Grave Mountain, with resentment and Yin energy dissipating around them, connecting together and radiating thoughts of resentment and poison.

Li Heng chuckled; it seems the Strange behind this really cannot sit still. Could it be that they went bankrupt because they were sending him money? He shook his head, looking at these flying coffins—what a bunch of rabble!

On the Grave Mountain.

"Are these methods of yours really useful?"

The Ancient Residence owner looked at these flying coffins and said worriedly.

"Rest assured, these are all resentful thoughts produced by people whose lives were bought by me, and I have placed them on the Grave Mountain, nurturing them with Yin wood for many years. The resentment and poison within them are something even you and I could not withstand."

"And according to your previous description, although that Living Dead is stronger than you, it does not count as a gap across a major class. This kind of resentful thought can naturally also have an effect, and might even cause him great trouble."

The agent smiled triumphantly, finally regaining a bit of superiority.

He has been an agent for so many years, and he has not only Buying Life Money, but also countless resources and powerful means exchanged for that Buying Life Money. Now that he has played all his trump cards, he does not believe he cannot take down that Living Dead!

Then... they saw those flying coffins explode.

The agent fell into a silence.

"Ahem, it's nothing, it's nothing, it was just the Yin wood coffins exploding. That Living Dead is truly stupid; exploding the container holding the resentful thoughts will only let the resentful thoughts drown him."

Coming to his senses, he hurriedly explained, fearing he would lose face.

Above the plains.

Those vermilion coffins were directly exploded by a shake of his Earth Dharma Image, and the massive, terrifying thoughts of resentment and poison that dissipated surged toward Li Heng, sending incomplete words of cursing at him.

Li Heng's expression did not change.

The manifested Earth Dharma Image shook once more, erupting with terrifying suction. Those thoughts of resentment and poison rushing toward Li Heng all rushed toward the Earth Dharma Image and were absorbed completely by the Dharma Aspect.

Be it resentment or unwillingness.

All return to dust, return to earth, returning beneath the earth, into the deep yellow soil. This is one of the true meanings of the Boundless Earth: containing Life and Death, bearing everything, and burying everything.

Seeing this, the agent fell silent again.

"Don't panic for now, no rush, let's wear him down first!"

He said awkwardly again, then ordered those Inauspiciousness items whose lives had been bought to rush toward Li Heng, wanting to consume Li Heng's power through human-wave tactics, and even intending to directly wear him to death.

Li Heng looked at these cannon fodder rushing toward him and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Is this sending him Source Power?

He couldn't help but sigh at what good people they were, so he would just accept it. The Earth Dharma Image shook a third time, and the heaviness of the Boundless Earth crashed down, directly crushing these Inauspiciousness items and blasting them into powder.

Source Power +1000.

Seeing this, the agent gritted his teeth. "I still have..."

Just as he wanted to say he still had trump cards and means, Li Heng's figure had already arrived in front of the two.

"I say, you two, you've watched enough of the show, right?"

Li Heng looked at the two and smiled faintly.