Chapter 689: Supreme Power

Just now, Li Heng sensed the interior of the labyrinth and discovered that the straight-line distance had indeed been elongated, and it was elongated to an infinite distance; furthermore, it was not a simple infinity, but a higher-order infinity.

However, you have your stratagem, and I have my wall-scaling ladder.

He continued to choose to cheat.

The punch just now, infused with Source Power, had pierced through this labyrinth. And now, as his mind stirred and Source Power was consumed, he instantly crossed the distance of higher-order infinity and arrived here.

"The enemy has come; hurry and go defend against them."

The Artifact Spirit was greatly alarmed and hurriedly urged Diluo to act. This person had been under his surveillance just a moment ago; how did he appear here in an instant without him sensing anything at all?

But Diluo looked at Li Heng and suddenly became sluggish.

His body trembled slightly, and he spoke in astonishment.

"Li Daoren, why is it you?"

Li Heng smiled amusedly and shook his head. "Fellow Daoist Diluo, it has only been a short time since we last met; how have you become like this? You look just like an inflated balloon doll."

In his view, although Diluo was currently radiating an extremely powerful aura and his strength was extremely Terror-inducing, his internal foundation was very flimsy—one might even say non-existent—and he would burst at a single poke.

"Li Daoren, what do you understand? This is Supreme Power."

Diluo recovered from his astonishment and said coldly.

"Supreme Power? Did you give it to him?"

Li Heng looked toward the Light Orb, not looking Diluo in the eye.

Diluo appeared extremely furious at this moment. He was now far stronger than his original self; why did this Li Daoren not even look him in the eye? Could it be that he looked down on him!

"Naturally, I gave it to him. I do not know why you, Fellow Daoist, wish to invade my Wudao Gong; my Wudao Gong has not offended you, has it?"

The surface of the Light Orb rippled slightly as it spoke.

"You ask me why I want to invade this place? Then you should ask this Fellow Daoist Diluo; after all, I came specifically to kill him. Who told you to let this Wudao Gong protect his life?"

Li Heng answered casually.

"It's that simple?"

The Artifact Spirit was shocked. In his panic just now, he hadn't carefully examined the Causality of that Diluo. So that was how it was? Such a huge event had occurred, all because of Diluo.

He felt it was somewhat absurd, and even more so, he felt incomparably furious.

The Light Orb began to tremble violently, its aura Terror-inducing.

"Haha, did you see that? Li Daoren! Artifact Spirit Lord is furious right now. I advise you to surrender immediately; otherwise, under the infinite divine might of Artifact Spirit Lord, you will surely die without a burial ground!"

Seeing this, Diluo was happy, even ecstatic.

"Shut up, you idiot, causing such a great disaster!"

The Artifact Spirit spoke abruptly, shouting in anger.

"You lowly Menial Servant, why haven't you apologized to this Fellow Daoist Li yet! What kind of thing are you? Being able to become a Menial Servant of my Wudao Gong was already a stroke of luck for three lifetimes; I never expected you to offend this Fellow Daoist Li and cause such a thing to happen to my Wudao Gong!"

He directly withdrew the power from Diluo's body.

At this moment, Diluo was like a balloon gradually leaking air; his aura and strength began to plummet rapidly, and in the end, he even returned to a state weaker and more shriveled than he was originally.

However, now that the power had left, his intelligence regained the high ground. His reason was finally no longer affected by the incomparably Terror-inducing power, and his crazed, arrogant mindset became incomparably calm, and he remained silent.

"Apologies, Fellow Daoist Li. This Menial Servant actually offended you; you may kill him now, and my Wudao Gong will absolutely not protect him." The Artifact Spirit revealed a smiling face on its surface and said fawningly.

"Li Daoren, kill me."

Diluo was completely disheartened. This Artifact Spirit was definitely very powerful, yet it was so servile toward this Li Heng. It was clear he no longer had a path to survival, and he sought only death.

"Shut up, you lowly Menial Servant! Is it your turn to speak? Fellow Daoist Li, regardless of whether you want to kill him or torture him, I will absolutely not interfere. He truly deserves to die."

The Artifact Spirit cursed Diluo coldly and angrily, then revealed a smile to Li Heng again; one could say it had mastered the art of changing faces to the extreme.

But this was also to be expected; after all, for the Artifact Spirit, this was a case of sitting at home when disaster fell from the sky. It had done nothing, yet an enemy had pierced through the palace's defenses and damaged its foundation.

And in the end, it was just because of a Menial Servant?

Even if Li Heng didn't act, it wanted to tear Diluo apart alive.

"Just killing someone, why go to such trouble."

Li Heng shook his head, waved his hand, and completely annihilated Diluo. At this moment, a notification of Source Power arrival appeared in his mind, adding 2.5 million Golden Source Points to his total.

"Fellow Daoist is broad-minded; if it were me, I would have to torture him a thousand or a hundred times."

The Artifact Spirit hurriedly praised him.

"It's just that since Fellow Daoist Li has finished what you wanted to do, I wonder when you will be leaving?"

Looking at this large Light Orb trying to trick him into leaving, Li Heng said, "That's not urgent. After all, I haven't compensated Fellow Daoist Artifact Spirit yet, have I? Blowing up the palace gate and piercing through the labyrinth all require compensation."

He sighed, his expression sincere and earnest.

The Artifact Spirit's entire Light Orb went numb.

I need your compensation? You had better leave quickly!

"Fellow Daoist's heart is so broad-minded; I have decided to make this friend. So, there is no need to speak of compensation; after all, we are making friends." It hurriedly spoke, indicating it did not want compensation.

Li Heng frowned and extended his palm.

"That won't do. Even brothers must settle accounts clearly. If I break something and don't compensate, wouldn't that make me a bully who likes to pick on people?"

The Artifact Spirit felt very helpless inside; it really wanted to say one thing.

"Aren't you just a bully?"

But it dared not say it. After all, although this Li Daoren did not look strong on the surface, his actual methods were terrifyingly powerful. It seriously suspected he was pretending his cultivation was weak to fish for trouble.

"Fellow Daoist is joking. But since that is the case, it is hard to refuse such kindness. I wonder how Fellow Daoist wishes to compensate? Actually, if you really must compensate, you don't need to compensate too much; just a little bit will do."

The Artifact Spirit spoke with zero emotional intelligence.

"That won't do. I was the one who attacked and destroyed your palace gate first, so I must compensate double. How about this: I broke one of your doors, so I will compensate you with ten doors!"

Li Heng waved his hand, and ten doors appeared at the entrance of the Gong Dian.

The Artifact Spirit was silent upon seeing this. What is this Li Daoren trying to do?

Do you really want to kill me to silence me?

The moment these ten doors appeared, it lost its connection to the external Great Void, and they also blocked its path of escape.

It sighed aloud.

"Since that is the case, let us talk about something serious. I do not know what you, fellow Daoist, actually want to obtain from me or what you want to know; let us speak plainly."

Li Heng raised an eyebrow; this artifact spirit is quite sensible.

"I heard that this Wudao Gong of yours came upstream from a section of the Time-Space Mother River near its end; is this true?"

The artifact spirit was silent for a moment, then spoke.

"You are correct; I did indeed come from over there. But I advise you to ask less about matters over there; after all, I can be considered a refugee who fled here, and that place is very Terror-filled..."