Chapter 1040

"It's good that you understand!"

Since his identity had already been exposed, Sunren Tianyin no longer made a move.

He simply floated in mid-air, his expression arrogant as he said,

"That thing is already in Dongying's pocket. You'd better leave quickly!"

For Dongying to obtain the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom this time, they had even dispatched Sunren Tianyin himself — they were determined to have it.

Although Zhebie was one of the Thirteen Wings of the Great Yuan, Sunren Tianyin did not fear him!

A tiny little nation?

Zhebie too found it extremely strange at this moment.

Clearly Sunren Tianyin's strength was so formidable that merely employing this one fire-attribute Wu Gong, he could match Zhebie's blade technique blow for blow.

Although blade technique was not Zhebie's forte either, it was still absurd enough.

After all, Zhebie was an expert on the Heavenly Dao Golden List; although Sunren Tianyin was a super expert of Dongying, he had never once made the list.

By now the Heavenly Dao Golden List had already been ranked up to sixteenth place!

Every person who made the list was either a local hero, or someone with shocking talent.

For instance, the sixteenth-ranked Lotus Living Buddha — he was not only the Great Yuan's original State Preceptor, but also its Chief Honored Guest.

He had moreover survived in this world for who knows how many years, creating that method of reincarnation through tribulation.

It could be said that the Great Yuan's unshakeable foundation of a thousand years was laid down by this very Living Buddha.

Then there was Jin Guang, tied for sixteenth place.

He was the Sect Master of the Xuanxinzheng Sect; his Daoist methods and Wu Gong had long since transcended the mortal world and entered sainthood.

The enemy of the Xuanxinzheng Sect was the Yin Moon Dynasty, which had declared upon appearing that it would destroy the world.

How could the leader of such a super faction be someone easy to deal with?

Sunren Tianyin was strong, but Zhebie had never felt that he could be stronger than the Lotus Living Buddha.

Then why had he not made the list?

"What? Still not leaving? You really think that just because I held back from killing earlier, I can't do anything to you?"

Sunren Tianyin watched Zhebie's expression shift several times, yet he still stood rooted on the spot, and could not help feeling a touch of impatience.

"Your Dongying is a tiny little nation, yet dares to provoke the Great Yuan?"

General Chilaowen, who had been lurking nearby for a long time, suddenly revealed himself behind Sunren Tianyin at this moment.

Although Zhebie had not fully exposed the matter, General Chilaowen was no fool.

Sunren Tianyin's appearance surely meant that those atop the peak were not people from the Shanzhuang.

Then the ones he feared most — Zhu Wushi, Duan Tianya and the others — were naturally not present.

With things thus, what was there to fear?

Therefore, after General Chilaowen revealed himself, his tone was extremely arrogant.

He actually called Dongying, one of the great powers, a tiny little nation outright!

"General Chilaowen?"

He did not expect Sunren Tianyin to recognize at a glance that the newcomer was indeed General Chilaowen; his expression unchanged, he merely said coldly,

"A tiny little nation? You lot truly look down on our Dongying!

Very well, since that is so, let you Menzhe Gang of grassland savages witness the methods of us Dongying people."

Having said this, Sunren Tianyin's entire body erupted with battle intent; an unfathomably mysterious意念 suddenly spread out like a tide.

This force was precisely the unique ultimate technique Sunren Tianyin had learned from the Boss, Xiao Aoshi — the All-Ways Forest.

Only each person's All-Ways Forest was entirely different.

Sunren Tianyin's All-Ways Forest naturally differed greatly from Xiao Aoshi's.

But the All-Ways Forest was originally a divine art that employed battle heart and battle intent to drag enemies into one's own Dao, manipulating and slaughtering them at will.

Even a flawed All-Ways Forest was created by Xiao Sanxiao, and was of immortal-grade Wu Gong level.

Therefore, the moment Sunren Tianyin activated the All-Ways Forest, Zhebie and General Chilaowen immediately fell into it.

At first the two felt nothing unusual, only sensing a vague chill at the bottom of their hearts.

Following Sunren Tianyin's eerie smile, a jade pendant hanging at Zhebie's waist —

suddenly transformed into a bizarre monster: emerald-green, with a bloody maw, four eyes on its enormous head, yet not a single limb.

Once this monster took shape, it bared its fangs, turned around directly, opened that great maw, and bit straight at Zhebie.

Although Zhebie felt the monster's appearance was abrupt, he paid it no great heed.

After all, no matter how vicious the monster, in Zhebie's eyes it ultimately possessed not the slightest presence.

He himself was an expert of the Heavenly Dao Golden List level, his physical body hard as iron.

How could a monster with no presence whatsoever harm him in the slightest?

Instead, he kept his full attention on his guard against Sunren Tianyin.

He only thought that once Sunren Tianyin showed an opening, he and General Chilaowen would rush him together and take down this Dongying man in one stroke.

He did not expect that when the monster bit at him, he not only felt his skin pierced, but also felt a piercing cold pain instantly spread throughout his entire body.

Caught off guard, Zhebie only felt the pain unbearable, even feeling as though his head were about to split apart.

For a moment, he could not help crying out in agony.

He dared not be careless any longer, and could only raise the small curved blade in his hand, preparing to cut the monster down and be done with it.

Strange to say, the moment Zhebie's mind willed it, the curved blade sliced through like the wind.

That monster, which had been ferociously vicious and could even bite through Zhebie's physical body, was actually cut clean in half by the curved blade in one stroke.

Zhebie only felt that this was no harder than cutting tofu.

An unreal feeling welled up from within.

Such a beast that could sting itself — how could it be so easy to cut down?

Just as he was puzzling over it, the beast's corpse, which he hadn't wanted to be cut in half,

suddenly split in midair into two identical beasts.

Then one of the two beasts went for the left chest, throat, and other vital points, attacking General Zhebie's upper-body vitals.

The other beast, however, lunged downward, its target precisely General Zhebie's lower groin and lower limbs.

General Zhebie was both startled and anxious, and at once swung his blade again.

Whether throat, chest, or lower groin and lower limbs — all were vital parts of the body.

How could he let a beast that could pierce his own flesh take a bite out of him.

Therefore this slash came out several fractions faster than the previous one.

The blade-light swept past, and the two beasts were directly sliced into four pieces.

Uneasy at heart, General Zhebie had no time to catch his breath.

When he discovered that the beast, now in four pieces, had truly become four beasts.

Once the four beasts formed, they lunged at General Zhebie from four directions at once.

At this, General Zhebie could not help falling into bewilderment.

If he didn't kill this beast!

Yet it could bite through his skin and flesh, causing unbearable pain — truly a most troublesome foe.

But if he did kill it!

Every one he killed would double along with it.

Multiplying endlessly like this, without cease.

Wouldn't his opponent only grow stronger?

After a moment's thought, General Zhebie saw that this beast could not be faced head-on.

At once he greased the soles of his feet, deployed his movement art, and fled directly.

At the same time, standing opposite General Zhebie, General Chilaowen had also run into trouble.

He, for his part, had not encountered any strange-shaped, unbeatable beasts.

Instead, the figure of his beloved, Timur, had suddenly appeared before his eyes.

General Chilaowen found it strange — Timur was clearly still in the Great Yuan, so how had he suddenly come to this foreign Great Ming?

Yet Timur's brows and eyes were full of spring warmth, and he called out an endearment to him.

That single endearment, however, made General Chilaowen's bones go soft all over.