Chapter 1220: Chapter 968: Grandson!
The middle-aged man burst into laughter right away, "Who do you think you are? A royal member of the two great Empires? Do you really think the Empires would send troops here? Stop kidding yourself! If you really had that kind of power, would you have come here yourself to an auction? I suggest you stop wasting time, hand over the Tetrahedron honestly, and I promise to give you a quick end, otherwise, my torture techniques are not so pleasant."
But Long Yi found it even more amusing.
"Hahaha! Can you not be so funny? Your torture techniques? You’re just a businessman, what torture techniques could you possibly have?"
The middle-aged man’s face turned a mix of pale and flushed, then he gave a meaningful glance to the mercenary beside him: "I may not, but some here do! I guarantee you won’t last a minute!"
"If I last a minute, then you’re my grandson," Long Yi said, grinning.
"Agony Spell!" The Agony Spell is a psychic magic that disrupts a person’s mind, making them believe they are in intense pain. However, to Long Yi, who had been learning psychic spells from Little Zi for many years, this was a joke.
But, joke as it was, Long Yi certainly couldn’t appear completely unfazed, as that would be too fake. He widened his eyes, held his breath, and squeezed out a few beads of sweat on his forehead.
To be honest, Long Yi felt that even if he were actually in pain, it wouldn’t be more bothersome than this, but it was a pity that he was indeed immune to such minor psychic spells.
"A minute has passed, my grandson. What else have you got?" Long Yi pretend to struggle as he spoke.
"Don’t worry! You’ll feel it soon enough!" the middle-aged man growled through gritted teeth.
"Hahahaha! You really admitted it! My dear grandson! Hahahaha!" Long Yi laughed loudly a few times, then resumed his appearance of deep torment. An actor must commit to his role; this is a professional ethic.
As various torture spells were cast in turn, Long Yi went along with it, making painful noises despite his lack of suffering and ending up quite exhausted. Because of this, he gained a newfound respect for actors who were constantly busy on screens big and small. Acting was not easy if you wanted to do it well.
Seeing Long Yi apparently in great pain, the middle-aged man moved closer: "Give me the Tetrahedron, and I will let you go."
But Long Yi weakly lifted his hand, giving him the middle finger: "Bugger off, my grandson."
Having been openly scorned, the middle-aged man was irate. He was all too aware of how it felt to have such pain inflicted on oneself. He had never imagined that the man before him could be so tough, enduring such torture without the slightest concession!
"I must admit, you really are a man. Under normal circumstances, I might have great respect for you. Unfortunately, you’re forcing me to do the very thing I don’t want to do," the middle-aged man said, and shockingly gestured to the mercenary to cast the Agony Spell on Ai Lin!
Long Yi’s brows furrowed. He enjoyed playing and tormenting, so he didn’t care about it happening to himself. However, the thought of Ai Lin rolling on the ground in agony like him was absolutely unacceptable!
Just as Long Yi was deciding whether it was time to turn hostile, a voice suddenly intervened, "Stop!"
The middle-aged man’s facade crumbled into anxiety, as he raised his wrist where a sophisticated device displayed an old man’s figure.
"Sir... I am interrogating these two. They just won’t cooperate, they’re quite stubborn," the middle-aged man explained.
"I know that, you’ve done well. I will now infuse mana into your wristlet, bring them to me, and I will personally make them return what belongs to me!" the old man instructed.
"Yes, sir!" The middle-aged man was instantly energized, as this resolved many of his difficulties.
Turning back to Long Yi, the middle-aged man shook his head, "I really pity you. But this is your last chance to hand over the artifact and leave. Otherwise, you know very well what it means to face an Ancient powerhouse."
"Ancient powerhouse!" Ai Lin exclaimed in shock.
Yes, that’s the reaction he was looking for! The middle-aged man stood up straight with pride.
"Don’t be scared, my dear! All the Ancient powerhouses are now keeping a low profile. There’s nothing to be afraid of!" Long Yi called out weakly.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Alright, alright, you asked for it!" the middle-aged man sneered, nodding at the mercenary beside him. The mercenary immediately came forward, casting magic to completely restrain the two. Then, the middle-aged man tapped his wristlet a few times, and a beam of light shot out, forming a Teleportation Gate in front of them that was just big enough for one person to pass through.
"Farewell, both of you!"
With the middle-aged man’s words, the mercenaries pushed Long Yi and Ai Lin into the Teleportation Gate, which then shut promptly.
This place was at the top of a mountain, a solitary peak surrounded by plains, with a forest on one side and a grassland on the other—a very peculiar landscape that was clearly not naturally formed.
Having their constraints dissipated, Long Yi and Ai Lin helped each other up and looked toward the not-so-distant structure.
There was a small house, not particularly large, white, and made of some unknown material that glittered with a soft glow in the sunlight.
Yet that wasn’t what drew their attention; what truly surprised them was the faint presence of Divine Power emanating from the house.
"I knew there was something fishy about this," Long Yi said within the contract.
"Someone who doesn’t know the purpose of the tetrahedron would never go to great lengths to snatch it," Ai Lin said.
"So, be careful, we don’t know to what extent this guy has reached."
Long Yi and Ai Lin walked cautiously toward the white house as the sensation of divine power grew increasingly intense. When they arrived at the door of the white house, they could clearly sense the presence of divine status!
Long Yi raised his hand and knocked.
The door opened in response, and inside the room, devoid of any furniture, an old man watched them with a smile, a halo of light casting a glow around him.
"Hand over the tetrahedron, Long Yi!" The voice was not loud, yet it was filled with divine power and even the suppression of divine status!
"What?" It was Long Yi who was surprised, as he hadn’t expected his disguise to be seen through!
Since his cover was blown, he simply stopped pretending and, together with Ai Lin, they both removed their disguises.
"I must say, knowing it’s us and still daring to let me come before you, I can’t help but admire your courage," Long Yi said with a smile.
"Hehe, from the beginning, I suspected that these two might be you in disguise. In this plane, there aren’t many with such courage and wealth at the same time. I guessed it would be you. And when you came here, the two of you were completely exposed under divine power!" The old man seemed quite amiable.
"Alright, then, old rules, hand over all the treasures you’ve hoarded, and I might let you live. How about that?" Long Yi said.
"You’re going to let me live? Hahahahaha!" The old man burst into laughter, and even the divine power rippled, causing the white building to collapse instantly!
"Look around you, Long Yi! Everything here is my creation! I made this mountain on this barren planet in an instant! I commanded the forest to grow on this side of the mountain! I told the other side to become grassland! That is me! And I am a god! My commands are absolute! No one can defy my orders!"
"Are you scared mad, or are you just crazily happy because I decided to let you live?" Long Yi said, with a curled lip, hands behind his back, in a posture that showed no intention of attacking.
"I was driven mad by your audacity! The two of you, mere mortals, just a bit stronger than others, think yourselves invincible? Today, I will show you what real power is!" said the old man, who then launched a very ordinary magic missile, encased with a thin layer of divine power. Because of the divine power’s presence, any defensive magic would be completely ineffective!
Boom!
The magic missile struck Long Yi, and the old man was certain it would make Long Yi’s skin burst open!
But when the glow of the magic missile faded, Long Yi was still standing with his hand raised in defense.
"Just a lousy magic missile mixed with a bit of divine power makes you so confident?" Long Yi said with a chuckle.
"You know about divine power too! So you must have obtained divine status as well!" the old man bellowed.
"Also? So you have divine status too?" Long Yi, though aware that it was possible for someone to luckily obtain divine status, had not expected to encounter such a person so soon.
"Hehehehe! Maybe you got one divine status, but you could never imagine that I possess double! Kneel before me, mortal! I am your god, your creator, your everything..."
Bang!
The old man was interrupted by a massive fist, which punched through his protective divine power and mana shield. His vision went dark as he spun and crashed heavily onto the ground.
"Impossible! My divine status is stronger! Why don’t you submit? Why don’t you follow my commands!" the old man roared.
"Clearly, that’s because you’re not strong enough!"
Long Yi unleashed his divine status fully, and his quadruple divine status immediately and firmly suppressed the double divine status.
Thud! The old man, barely managing to stand, suddenly fell to his knees before Long Yi, trembling all over.
In a god-made hierarchy, rank is absolute; the powerhouses command the weaker without reason. However, Long Yi was somewhat puzzled that, as a bearer of divine status, he could not command ordinary people directly, but could suppress another being with divine status.
"Hand over your divine status!" Long Yi ordered.
The old man, with no thought of resistance left in his heart, separated his divine status from his body. Long Yi gestured for Ai Lin to approach, and after a slight hesitation, she reached out and drew the divine status toward her. The moment the divine status touched her fingertips, countless tiny runes and arrays appeared on the surface of her silver armor at such speed that even Long Yi could not see them clearly. Moments later, the divine status was fully integrated into Ai Lin’s body. She could feel divine power continuously generating inside of her! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)
