Chapter 372: Already Predestined

Dual armament, so what?

All the mechanisms accounted for, so what?

Long Batian couldn't react at all; the moment Yan Buji's Mutant Force collided with his Mutant Force, it shattered the technique he was about to use, and Yan Buji's special eye technique generated a spirit blast that stopped Long Batian's most crucial killing move!

That's actually not hard to understand.

Even though his Mutant Bone could ignore Yan Buji's surrounding defenses, it still falls within the scope of Mutant Force. The collision of the two Mutant Forces was clearly a huge, heavy burden for both sides.

But Yan Buji's Mutant Force was far less fierce than his Mutant Bone, so in an instant Long Batian lost his reaction ability and was blown apart.

And because Yan Buji's Mutant Force wasn't strong enough, and his growth speed after many wearings wasn't fast, at that moment Yan Buji could still use his eye technique, but Long Batian was not so lucky.

Yan Buji stood up, looked at the soon-to-mutate Long Batian, smashed his head with a hammer, sealed his Accumulation Device, extracted his Golden Core, and collected his corpse.

Beside him, Zhang Yao lifted her head, hair disheveled, eyes vacant, staring at Yan Buji, hatred in her eyes unmistakable: "You… you won't die a good death!"

"Brother Long…"

"Then you just go die."

Yan Buji stomped Zhang Yao's head, sealed her Accumulation Device, took her Golden Core, and collected her corpse as well.

Thus, three Golden Cores of the Dragon People were lost!

Yan Buji covered his left eye and paced his breath for a day.

"No one coming? Looks like Wang Man got into trouble," Yan Buji said lightly.

But aside from that, the Earth Vein beneath Soul Mountain is worth exploring.

After restoring some cultivation power and suppressing the Mutant Force, Yan Buji re-entered Soul Mountain, reached a collapsed cavern, used Cleave Technique to make an opening, and followed the earth demon down to the underground.

"What a magnificent Earth Vein Power… this place… actually uses a formation that moves the Earth Vein, no wonder, it's here." Yan Buji chuckled.

He probably guessed that Long Batian and his group also wanted to use Earth Vein Power for something, or thought Yan Buji was drawing Earth Vein Power while breaking through the formation to suppress it, but he didn't expect Yan Buji also knew how to use the Earth Vein, and ended up nullifying both setups.

Besides that Earth Vein moving formation, Yan Buji found another lingering formation nearby, which should be the second formation Long Batian's group prepared.

Yan Buji took the remaining formation banners, intending to return and study them.

But since the Earth Vein here is so massive, it indicates that the Boundless Rift may not be completely cut off from the outside world.

Then why does my activation of the Heaven Gate Law have no effect?

"Also this transfer formation has some tricks, but I'm not a great formation master," Yan Buji said regretfully, looking at that formation.

It's like a platform built in a river; the formation radiates numerous mysterious patterns around it, which are the array designs a formation master can set. Unlike forging Accumulation Devices, formations are even rarer, and cultivators who can arrange them are quite uncommon.

Although Yan Buji can also set up simple spirit-gathering formations, those rely on formation banners and disks forged by others, arranged step by step, and his knowledge of formations is limited to what he heard from the Great Priest of the Southern Asura in Youming Jie, leaving many things unknown.

But now that he's found this place, the next steps become much simpler.

【8】 Afterward, Yan Buji left the site and returned to Wanlong Palace.

Later, Yan Buji left this place and returned to Wanlong Palace.

But as soon as he arrived, Yan Buji saw Wang Man with his men waiting for him.

"What is this?"

Wang Man laughed, holding Wang Chao's head: "Welcome, Your Majesty!"

"Welcome, Your Majesty!" The surrounding Dragon People, seeing Yan Buji return safely, bowed their heads and paid homage.

Yan Buji was startled, looking at Wang Man: "You killed Wang Chao?"

"Indeed, Your Majesty. After you left, Wang Chao found me and revealed their plan. Though I was worried, I knew Your Majesty would return safely. The thief leader Wang Chao is executed; please, Your Majesty, take charge of the overall situation!"

"Please, Your Majesty, take charge of the overall situation!"

Yan Buji gave Wang Man a deep look and asked lightly: "What about Long Fei and the others?"

"They have been used to forge Anti-Life Blood Pills. Their descendants are all executed!"

Having said that, Wang Man displayed several corpses, and Yan Buji, pinching his chin, looked toward the palace not far away.

"Oh, I see," Yan Buji smiled.

"Everyone, the heavens have no second sun; the Dragon People cannot be without a ruler for even a day!" Yan Buji raised his right arm, also pulling out Long Batian's corpse, and said:

"From today onward, all Dragon People must obey my commands; those who disobey shall be killed!"

Thus, Yan Buji completed his unification of the Dragon People.

Among this were support from many factions, but Wang Man being able to kill Wang Chao was something Yan Buji hadn't expected.

In the following days, Yan Buji reformed some Dragon People regulations, established several departments to govern them, raised their wages and bonuses again, and then it was time to distribute the method for forging Anti-Life Blood Pills.

However, forging Anti-Life Blood Pills is quite risky; Yan Buji also promised the public that as long as a man and woman voluntarily come, he could help them forge Anti-Life Blood Pills.

And the status of female Dragon People rose during this period, lasting several years.

As for Yan Buji, after handling internal affairs, he let Wang Man secretly monitor all officials' actions, suppress bribery, quell riots, and with iron-blooded methods cleanse the Dragon People for years; people finally realized this new king seemed more direct than the previous one.

Three years later.

Yan Buji brought Wang Man to the Dragon Priest's palace, saw the other sitting before a great cauldron motionless, and bowed, saying:

"Priest."

"Your Majesty." The Dragon Priest smiled, bowed, and asked: "Why have you come here, Your Majesty?"

"I actually want to ask you, haven't you always opposed me?"

"Opposed?" the Dragon Priest asked oddly: "Why do you say that, Your Majesty?"

"You always supported Wang Chao and even told him how to leave the Boundless Rift, didn't you? I always thought you were on his side."

The Dragon Priest sighed: "I also wanted Wang Chao to succeed, but his methods were too gentle. If you, Your Majesty, were fierce and domineering, the Dragon People, now nearly a hundred thousand, could achieve a millennium of achievements in just three years."

"So you gave Wang Man a hand at the crucial moment?"

"Of course." the Dragon Priest smiled: "As long as the Dragon People have a better future, I don't mind helping anyone."

Yan Buji looked at him: "Then you also know what I intend to do, right?"

"Yes."

The Dragon Priest nodded, stepped down and bowed again: "This old bone of mine is willing to serve Your Majesty."

Wang Man laughed on the side.

Yan Buji sighed, looking at Wang Man: "Lord Demon King, stop pretending."

"Is it that obvious?" Wang Man raised an eyebrow, his form shifting: "Your Majesty, how did you figure it out?"

"Just a guess."

"Is that so… I thought it was your eye technique's problem," the Demon King said with a smile.

How could Wang Man possibly have the strength to kill Wang Chao?

The Dragon People priest likely already saw that Wang Man's body had been possessed by the Demon King; otherwise why would he personally step in to deal with Wang Chao?

Because of the Demon King, the Dragon People have no way to deal with him, and even the method to lift the bloodline sealing spell was given by the other side; who knows what this Demon, who has lived for an unknown number of years, is thinking?

In short.

All of this is merely a stage performance in their eyes, and the Demon King chose Yan Buji early on, so the ending was already predestined.