Chapter 329: Another Me in the World

As the most favored young heir of the old Dragon King of the East Sea, the palace of Ao Tan is the most luxurious in this East Sea.

The decorations alone exhaust the rarest treasures of the entire East Sea, and the frame of the palace is even crafted from the corpse of a Void Refining Realm Sea Beast.

Furthermore, eight Great Generals with diverse specialties have been assigned to him, enough to ensure his safety in the vast majority of situations.

It can be said that in order to protect this good-for-nothing son of his, the old Dragon King has truly exhausted all his efforts.

Even though Ao Tan is good-for-nothing, knowing only how to eat, drink, and play without the slightest desire to improve, he remains in the eyes of many a strong contender for the next Dragon King because he looks the most like the old Dragon King.

But now, all of this has become history.

This most arrogant and domineering Eighth Prince of the East Sea has already become a dead dragon, and everything that belonged to him has been usurped by others.

No one could have imagined that the cause of all this was merely the love, hatred, and grudges between three small Transformation Realm Great Demons.

Ao Tan cannot be said to be completely clean, but at least in this matter, he really was an innocent fish caught in the crossfire when the city gate caught fire.

And the ultimate Array in his palace, originally meant to deal with foreign enemies, has at this moment become a magic treasure for his enemies to defend against outsiders.

But fortunately, the sinister schemes of those two treacherous female demons did not succeed.

They were seen through!

If Ao Tan had a spirit, I wonder if he would feel comforted at this moment?

Perhaps he would also heroically shout, "Avenge me!!!"?

But it is a pity that Ren Yidao does not understand soul-communication and cannot hear the cries emitted by Ao Tan's soul.

Firstly, Huhu cannot hear it.

Secondly, Huhu is not a savior here to uphold justice for Heaven.

You, Ao Tan, are not a good dragon either; dying is just dying, and it can even be considered a contribution to the peace of the East Sea.

And the most important point.

Huhu is free!

Ren Yidao looked at the two people whose expressions had changed drastically with a smile, standing with his hands behind his back before the Array.

"Are you surprised?"

"Or rather, when did you develop the illusion that I had fallen into your trap?"

It is a pity.

This is underwater; Ren Yidao cannot stand in the sky.

He also does not have the ancestral hair-gel hands, so he cannot strike that classic pose.

However, no matter!

It doesn't matter if the pose isn't enough; just making up for it with presence is enough.

Anyway, for things like Role-playing, as long as the temperament is right, it's fine.

Isn't it just the temperament of a charlatan?

I am familiar with this.

After exposing their tricks, Ren Yidao did not rush to attack, but instead chatted with them in a relaxed tone.

He said:

"Do you know? Before this, a little guy once told me something; he said... we are very similar."

"Although I didn't say anything at the time, I actually didn't take this matter to heart."

He seemed not at all anxious.

But the more he acted with such unperturbed confidence, the greater the psychological pressure he could bring upon Yaoyue and the others.

Villains eventually die from talking too much.

Ultimately, is it because they said those few extra words?

No.

The fact that a villain talks too much is not wrong in itself.

As long as it is used appropriately, trash-talking can be effective and can truly cause real damage!

The true reason why those villains are overturned at the last moment is one, and only one.

It is because their own hard power is insufficient.

It has not reached the crushing gap that makes the protagonists give up resistance.

It is not enough to make them feel powerless and desperate from the depths of their souls.

Looking at strength alone, Ren Yidao might not reach that level now, but this does not prevent him from displaying such a posture.

From Ren Yidao's own perspective, there is an element of bluffing, and this strength has some water in it.

But when the perspective shifts to Yaoyue and the other, the situation... becomes completely different.

In their eyes, Ren Yidao is a villain through and through.

Moreover, an extremely dangerous and unstable bomb!

Is what he is showing at this moment necessarily the truth?

Yaoyue and Canglan are not stupid; naturally, they will have doubts.

However, what is the use of just doubting?

Listen to their words, observe their actions.

Actions, Ren Yidao had already displayed them throughout this pursuit.

A physical body comparable to Void Refining, manipulation of the Heavenly Demon Technique, seemingly omnipresent, cunning and treacherous, temperamental... these are just what he has shown; how much more has he not revealed?

Before the new trump card is revealed, they dare not act rashly.

He is like a fog that can never be seen through; no one knows what he will pull out from it in the next moment.

Is it a blood-stained Long Sword? Or a dagger hidden in the darkness?

Or perhaps, a grenade launcher?

In the deep seabed, at the center of the ruins, before the dragon corpse, the youth stood with his hands behind his back, continuing to recount "idle matters":

"Although I noted his words, I threw them to the back of my mind the moment I turned my head."

"It is not that I am biased, but he was truly too small, and had no experience; he was the kind of naive child who would take the narrow patch of sky he saw above his head to be the entirety of the world."

"I do not feel the moon in his eyes had any similarity to mine; they were merely the words of a childish brat."

Thinking of the disciple he had casually accepted before his departure, Ren Yidao's smile could not help but carry some emotion.

You and I, we are indeed fated!

"But I must now admit my own arrogance... perhaps what he said was the truth."

Zhang Mang, born like wild grass, trapped from birth in that tiny, insignificant city, could have perished at any moment.

But he did not possess only the life of a blade of grass.

In the eyes of the world, he was a little blind fortune-teller, using swindling tricks to scrape together a living.

But in reality, he was born with a pair of eyes that could clearly see the true nature of things.

In Zhang Mang's eyes, Ren Yidao was extremely similar to Yao Yue!

"You and I are truly very much alike."

Ren Yidao looked at Yao Yue, whose expression had already returned to calm, and could not help but sigh with emotion:

"Aside from appearance, our personalities, methods, abilities, hidden tactics... even our instincts."

"Do you know when I discovered that this palace was an illusion?"

"From the very beginning."

Ren Yidao kept one hand behind his back, reached out with the other, and lightly swiped.

Hum, hum, hum—

The next moment, a blurred dividing line appeared between the illusory and the real.

Within the illusion, only the three of them were confronting each other here.

But in reality, besides the Array before them, there existed a large number of broken corpses to the side of this palace.

Those Sea Beast corpses were arranged in specific positions, forming a massive Array, forcibly seizing the dragon corpse placed at the center of the Array to infuse it into Cang Lan.

Has Cang Lan's state recovered to its peak?

No, it is merely a disguise beneath the disguise of the illusion.

In reality, Cang Lan's state at this moment is at least thirty percent stronger than before!

Although this is like drinking poison to quench thirst by overdrawing potential, looking purely at strength, the current Cang Lan is undoubtedly extremely dangerous.

Clap, clap, clap.

Ren Yidao clapped his hands, sighing sincerely:

"Using a dragon head to seize the initiative the moment I stepped into the illusion, diverting my attention—that was the first step."

"Having Miss Cang Lan use the mark on her body to argue with me, further dispersing my perception of the surroundings—that was the second step."

"Then having you personally come forward, first using a promise to lure me, then deliberately using an annoying attitude to provoke me, letting me step into the prepared trap while in a rage—that was the third step."

Thus, this was the three-step killing intent Ren Yidao encountered after entering the Ao Tan palace.

Yao Yue's preparations naturally went beyond three steps, but what the fourth and fifth steps were, Ren Yidao could no longer know.

But even so, Ren Yidao still wanted to applaud her.

Because even if it were him doing it, it would likely be just like this.

Ren Yidao even had the illusion that he was facing himself.

Not only that, Yao Yue also kept a second hand prepared, stimulating Cang Lan's potential in the form of a blood sacrifice.

Openly repair the plank road, secretly march to Chencang.

"An illusion that passes for real, added with layers upon layers of lies, interlocking, inviting the gentleman into the urn."

If she hadn't encountered Ren Yidao, an outlier naturally extremely sensitive to illusions, she really would have succeeded!

For this, Ren Yidao gave a highest evaluation that was, to him, from the bottom of his heart:

"I have to say, you are simply a natural liar."

Disappointed?

No, no, no, fake, it's all fake!

Huhu here is actually very happy right now.

My Dao is not lonely.

Hearing this evaluation from Ren Yidao, which was unclear whether it was praise or an insult, the previously expressionless Yao Yue suddenly raised an eyebrow and said strangely:

"You said before that we are very much alike... then is this sentence about me? Or about yourself?"

To this, Ren Yidao nodded and smiled:

"It is about you, and it is also about me."

"Because... I am one too."

Yes.

I am also a natural liar, oh.

Oh!

Or should I say... a natural mastermind?

Well, anyway, those who play with tactics and conspiracies have dirty hearts, so it's not much different.

"Since you already know, then I have no need to continue acting."

Ren Yidao had already uncovered most of Yaoyue's trump cards, and there was no longer any need for her to keep up the pretense, so she simply laid her cards on the table.

"So, what do you want to do now?"

She put away her disguise, revealed her true nature openly, and chuckled enchantingly:

"You are indeed very powerful, but after all, you haven't reached the Heaven Realm, so you are not invincible."

"You have seen Cang Lanlan's current state, and with me at my peak, I don't think you have a hundred percent certainty of winning."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have wasted so much breath talking to us."

Ren Yidao understood her methods, and Yaoyue could likewise guess some of his trump cards.

The two of them were like looking into a Mirror.

There were subtle differences, but on the whole, they were similar.

Watching Ren Yidao, who seemed to be thinking, Yaoyue added fuel to the fire:

"Oh, right, I want to remind you of one thing: the old East Sea Dragon King already knows the news of his son's death, and the murderer looks exactly like you."

This was Yaoyue's third insurance policy.

Diverting the disaster.

Even if they couldn't deal with Ren Yidao in the end, surely an Asking Dao old dragon, the master of the East Sea, could?

Yaoyue looked at Ren Yidao's expression, regretting that she did not see panic on his face, only some faint surprise, and... gratification.

Gratification?

You guy, what exactly do you mean?

Tsk!

"If I'm not mistaken, he is already rushing here with all his might; you don't have much time left to run for your life!"

Pushing down the strange thoughts in her heart, Yaoyue directly offered her terms:

"How about you just let us go like this, and the grudges between us will be wiped clean from now on, and we will never interfere with each other again! How about it?"

Finally, to increase the sincerity of this proposal, she said earnestly:

"I can take an oath."

This time, Yaoyue truly had no intention of playing any clever tricks.

If she could just get rid of Ren Yidao this way, she was truly willing to swear an oath.

But...

"Sigh, you are still saying such naive things."

Ren Yidao did not intend to accept the step down that Yaoyue offered.

He shook his head and asked in return:

"The East Sea Dragon King is a fatal disaster for me, but isn't it the same for you? Do you really think he will be deceived?"

It was very possible that the old East Sea Dragon King would kill the innocent for the sake of Ao Tan, but to think he couldn't even find the true murderer... that would be looking down on an Asking Dao powerhouse too much.

Those who could cultivate to this level, where would there be any real idiots.

Ren Yidao spread his hands and said casually:

"As long as I drag you along with me, do you think he will be magnanimous enough to let you go?"

Yaoyue was silent.

She, of course, understood the pros and cons of this.

This was a double-edged sword that hurt others as well as oneself.

If she could, she wouldn't want to kill Ao Tan either.

But at the time, in order to protect themselves, they had no choice but to kill that idiot dragon prince who couldn't read the situation.

Just as Yaoyue's mood sank to a low point, pondering how to continue, Ren Yidao spoke.

"However, I can agree to your previous proposal."

Yaoyue: "What? You mean..."

She couldn't quite understand Ren Yidao's move.

Could it be that he was just bluffing, and in fact, he was already afraid?

But looking at Ren Yidao's face again, there was not a trace of gloom, but rather full confidence.

Even arrogance.

He said:

"I've grown a bit tired of this game of you chasing me and me running."

"Since you want to talk, then I will give you this opportunity."

The youth stretched out his arms, opened his embrace wide, and smiled gently.

"Come on!"

"Force me to use my full strength."

Come on, ladies.

Strive to ravage me fiercely.

Do not be polite to me at all!

In the silent gaze of Yaoyue and Cang Lan, Ren Yidao's smile was sunny yet treacherous:

"As long as you can force me to use my full strength, I will agree to your terms, let you go to the Demon Emperor City first, and then follow me to the Divine Path Sect later."

"Conversely, when and where you go? That will be decided by me."

"How about it?"

After speaking, Ren Yidao kindly reminded them:

"If you agree, I advise you to act quickly."

"If you delay any longer and end up waiting for the old Dragon King to arrive, you're going to suffer greatly~"

Heh.

You want to use an Asking Dao Great Demon to pressure me?

You have truly chosen the wrong person.

Right now, that old Dragon King who lost his dragon son is no longer a mountain pressing down on Ren Yidao's head.

Instead, he is a death warrant for the three of them!

As for Ren Yidao's proposal, Yaoyue and the others also gave their answer.

However, what responded to Ren Yidao was no longer words.

It was a sharp claw containing violent rage and killing intent.

Clang!

The empowered Cang Lan had already endured him for a long time!

Awoo—

Kill!

And at the same time as Cang Lan's attack, another figure appeared beside Yaoyue, rushing toward Ren Yidao together with her.

That figure...

Was another her!