Chapter 391: Master Gu, Who Has Been Busy for Tens of Thousands of Years

Zuo Cikui, the face of the younger generation of the City Lord’s Mansion, the chosen one of the Master of the Veil, and a future God of Drama of the heavens.

As a "Puppet Master of Past and Present" who was incredibly skilled at manipulating puppet pieces, he suffered a crushing defeat in his duel against Li Yu, the True Monarch of Bait.

He was completely unaware that he had already fallen under Li Yu’s control, his perception altered into a complete mess.

Now, he simply regarded Li Yu as an important piece for his own ascension to God of Drama, so after sensing danger, he scurried over to report the news, and after Li Yu prompted him for more, he continued to leak secrets:

"These Boundless prodigies have very significant backgrounds; even my City Lord’s Mansion dares not offend them all."

"They were invited here, so they are both contestants and guests, which grants them a certain degree of autonomy."

"As long as they don't massacre the citizens of Wanfu City on a massive scale, and only cause minor disasters—like killing a few hundred or a thousand people—they will not face any interference."

"Of course, it is not forbidden, and is even encouraged, for the citizens of Wanfu City to launch attacks against them."

"Because no one believes that any citizen could cause harm to these prodigies; even a joint siege would be nothing more than a warm-up for the Boundless Grand Tournament."

"However, Brother Li, you must not get involved."

"The four prodigies who have arrived now all have rather perverted obsessions."

"Like that Morning Star, who is addicted to using light radiation to scorch people until they burst; the more shattered the flesh and blood, the happier he is."

"Daoist Disaster is addicted to preaching; the various immortal techniques and secret manuals he gives out can indeed be cultivated and are incredibly real, but the consequence is that one will completely mutate into a monster like him, becoming one of his Disaster Slaves."

"That Brain of Annihilation is addicted to torturing human souls and then boiling the victims' corpses for oil."

"The tapeworm inside that Naked Woman is addicted to parasitism..."

Information that was not in the City Lord’s Mansion’s brief report was now all told to Li Yu by Zuo Cikui.

With this intelligence, even if Li Yu were not the Master of the Demon Star Order and could not exchange for targeted curios, at least his survival was guaranteed.

And the most crucial secret, the key to the plan for the collapse of the present world: the Child of the World.

Was likewise coaxed out of him by Li Yu in a single sentence.

Just as Li Yu had guessed!

Daoist Disaster was indeed connected to a Star of Disaster, which was filled with all sorts of calamitous objects.

Besides that, the Brain of Annihilation was also a Child of the World, connected to an Annihilation World behind it, which was filled with various artificial intelligences and mechanical lifeforms, and even possessed a divine entity known as the [Annihilation Machine God].

The target of this deity went without saying: it was the God of Heavenly Craft.

"The God of Heavenly Craft, Fuxi, is currently in a shattered state, and the status of his headquarters is unknown. It is unclear if he has any contingency plans."

"If a deity related to the mechanical Dao were to truly enter the present world, the Heavenly Craft Sect would indeed be in trouble, and it would also be a catastrophe for Hongdou."

"At the very least, this thing sounds much stronger than the [Aberrant Daoist] who has already ascended to a minor god."

"However, if the schemes of the True Gods can also take effect... these planets, world planes, and vassal deities are simply super-feasts delivered to their doorsteps."

"It is equivalent to the Ancient Saint, this 'Master Gu,' working hard for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, only to serve up a table of delicacies for the True God faction, letting them fatten up in one go."

Over the next few days, Li Yu indeed followed what Zuo Cikui said, making no rash moves and not entering the city.

Instead, he remained inside the Immortal Fortress, watching through surveillance and gazing from afar.

He witnessed one "Boundless prodigy" after another descend upon Wanfu City, each time with earth-shattering commotion.

Li Yu could almost imagine how busy the Ancient Saint, this incredibly powerful Ancient God with the status of a Sovereign, was outside the present world during this time.

These prodigies who came from the distant multiverse!

Their homes were spread across the Boundless Spirit Realm.

To teleport them all in such a short time was not easy at all; only an existence like the Ancient Saint could accomplish it.

What was shocking was!

Among the Boundless prodigies, there was not a single weakling.

The lowest were between the Legendary and Demigod levels.

And there were a whole bunch of Demigods.

It was no wonder Zuo Cikui sent a warning, telling Li Yu not to enter the city; he was truly afraid that Li Yu, the piece upon which his own ascension to godhood depended, would be accidentally broken at his own doorstep.

If something truly unfortunate happened, even if he, a disciple of the City Lord’s Mansion, came out personally to stop it, he would be unable to do so.

During this period, the entire Wanfu City was in a state of being "toyed with."

That’s right!

Simply toyed with.

From the city itself to the citizens, no one was spared.

One must know that almost everyone inside Wanfu City was a pervert.

The original body’s pair of ogre foster parents, as well as those water ghosts, the tofu beauty who practiced harvesting, the medicine shop owner, and other neighbors, were typical microcosms of the bottom layer of Wanfu City.

Not one of them was a pushover.

In any other place, they would be existences destined to be sliced into a thousand pieces.

Now that even the perverts were calling these outsiders perverted, one could imagine just how perverted they were. In fact, there was a live broadcast.

Practitioners who had some means and were hiding were all watching.

It satisfied their curiosity and allowed them to broaden their horizons.

For example, Li Yu, and those local prodigies within the Star Cluster.

Once, they were existences that were marveled at and feared, and the ordinary citizens were the audience; now, they too had been reduced to the audience.

Filled with fear, messages were rapidly refreshing one by one within the Star Cluster:

"Fellow Daoists, do not go to the East District these few days. That dead pervert called [Morning Star] appears randomly for dozens of breaths every noon. He doesn't care if you are a transcendent or not, he randomly captures a hundred people and uses light radiation to scorch them until they completely burst, turning them into a sky full of blood rain. He calls them human-flesh fireworks; it is a beautiful sight."

"Don't go to the markets in the South District either. The so-called Zerg prodigy inside that [Naked Woman] is actually a giant tapeworm. Every midnight, it splits into dozens of clones and randomly chooses transcendents to parasitize. Those parasitized by it will have their bellies turn into bottomless pits, eating everything in sight and transforming into bizarre giant monsters."

"The most disgusting is that [Daoist Disaster]. This demonic Daoist doesn't just wander inside Wanfu City; he often goes outside the city. No matter who it is, if you run into him, you will be forced to listen to his preaching. Even if you are already on guard, as long as you listen, you will become immersed and eventually turn into that kind of twisted, weird Disaster Slave. My junior sister, a beautiful girl, has now turned into that disgusting shape..."

"That dog thing called the [Artist] who descended a few days ago is also disgusting. He created a bunch of so-called artworks in the West District—large human-bone puzzles, flesh-and-blood trees, symphony orchestras... The materials were all citizens of my West District. In just a few days, the death toll has already exceeded a thousand."

"I heard the barbarians in the North District have also suffered. The prodigy called [Laughing Nightmare] who descended yesterday landed in the North District. Now, at least several thousand people there have had a weird, terrifying smile fixed onto their faces."

These discussions and complaints had already fully presented the current situation in Wanfu City.

A dance of demons?

No.

A more precise way to put it would be that these high-and-mighty "Demigods" were treating the entire city as a playground, playing wantonly.

The key is that this was actually the result of the tacit approval of a host of deities, including the Master of the Veil, the Ancient Saint, the Blood God, the Loving Father, the Sinister God, and the Hanging King.

Perhaps this was also one of the conditions these Boundless prodigies were willing to descend for.

From this, one can actually see.

Among the evil gods, not one is a fool.

Those inside the city were all cultivating the "Path to Godhood," shouting about the greatness of their masters, but in reality, their true thoughts were things like "I can replace him," so they were almost all shallow believers.

Ignoring the prayers of shallow believers and sitting by while they fell into suffering was simply the most normal thing in the world.

However, even if they were truly devout fanatics, once interests were involved, the evil gods would not hesitate to throw them away as currency.

Of course, the tragic scene in Wanfu City was actually already being controlled.

At this very moment!

The Master of the Veil’s "Narrative Authority" was shrouding the entire city, using rules to limit the performance of this group of perverted Demigods.

If they were truly let loose to let this group of Demigods play to their heart's content.

Let alone all of them, and let alone for several days.

In the absence of intervention from the extremely rare Demigod-level upper echelons of those sects, such as the [Ten Sages of the Holy Nest],

Just "Daoist Disaster," "Morning Star," and "Laughing Nightmare," these fierce Demigods, could have played a large portion of Wanfu City’s citizens to death.

And this monotonous, disgusting scene of toying with people did not continue indefinitely.

Although Wanfu City was extremely vast and huge, it was impossible for a large group of Demigods and Boundless prodigies below the Demigod level to never cross paths.

And almost every one of them was a perverted prodigy with serious psychological problems.

Once they met, how could they not fight?

And so!

Various inconceivable chaotic battles broke out one after another.

However, this was not a good thing for the citizens of Wanfu City.

Even though these Boundless prodigies were restricted by the "Void Garment" and could not exert their true power.

Yet, even the one or two tenths of power they could use was enough to cause terrifying destruction; a casual aftershock was a shocking great divine ability.

Now, Wanfu City could be described as a "complete mess."

Others, because of this, were trembling with fear and dared not enter.

But Li Yu was different.

His patience seemed to have reached its limit, and the restless look in his eyes could not be suppressed at all.

"A good opportunity!"

"Only this kind of scene is suitable for me to fish in troubled waters."

"Not to mention hooking them all onto my fishing line—these are almost all Demigods, all extremely perfect big fish—I must at least catch one first."

"However, before taking action, insurance measures must be secured."

"I imagine the Toad God wouldn't want to miss this kind of fishing scene; as a reward for being a spectator, a [Luck Aura] buff wouldn't be too much to ask for..."

"Hmm, I'll also ask Zuo Cikui for an identity that makes it convenient to walk in the city, so I can borrow the Qi of the Master of the Veil, lest I be noticed by the Ancient Saint who is busy teleporting the Children of the World."

(End of chapter)