Chapter 2197: The Next Step (1)
"His objective is to get Alderman, the former Executive Administrator, the replacement for the emperor I killed!"
Tang Shaoyang told the dying man, but he received no response. He could no longer feel the fluctuating emotion from the dying man, and that was when he heard a notification that he had killed a God Rank.
He killed more than thirty God Ranks and was rewarded with two hundred and twelve levels. It was a lot, but he was surprised by the fact that a single Alderman was worth more than fifteen God Ranks. He stored the body in his inventory.
He didn’t know who these people were, but they were a bonus for him, one of the best sacrificial qualities. He thought of using the bodies in his inventory to summon a new spirit.
"I don’t think that’s a good idea..."
Tang Shaoyang then glanced in a direction. He sensed a group of people to the west of him, and he could guess who they were. They must be the Alliance Leader and his subordinates.
"Yeah. I don’t think the quality of the spirit in this world is good."
Location was one of the important factors in the Spirit Summoning. Considering the strength of the cultivators he met so far, they were not very strong cultivators. Even the Murim Alliance Leader, who was supposed to be the strongest, could not be compared to the people he knew.
Maybe the best grade he could get from the Sacred Realm was SSS Spirit. Grade SSS Spirit was once his strongest spirit, but with his current spirit arsenal. He wanted a Mythical Rank Spirit, one rank below the Archaic Spirit.
He didn’t want to spend a lot of sacrificial materials for the advancement. That was why he thought the Sacred Realm was not an ideal location for Spirit Summoning.
[Why don’t you give it a try? Han Taiyang is a high-ranking Archaic Spirit, and he is a cultivator.]
Han Taiyang was a spirit he summoned in the abandoned world where he got his Martial God class. However, it was the Skywound Realm, not the Sacred Realm.
"I summoned him in the Skywound Realm... Tch..." He clicked his tongue. If only the abandoned world hadn’t been destroyed once it was cleared, he didn’t mind going back there, hoping to summon more Supreme Grandmasters like Han Taiyang.
"But I guess it’s worth trying. Who knows, I might summon a Heavenly Beast instead of a cultivator spirit."
The Heavenly Beast was embedded in the cultivation lore. His technique was the proof of their existence. He wanted to give spirit summoning a try, as he might be able to obtain the Heavenly Beast.
"But before that..." He turned toward the group that was approaching him. They were still three thousand meters away, but he could see them with his Chaos Eyes. They were heading toward him.
It was because of his current size that they easily spotted him. But he was surprised that they dared to come at him. He expected the Alliance Leader to flee, but they came to him instead.
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Zhong Tian Yun led the surviving people and his subordinates to fight Tang Shaoyang. He believed that Tang Shaoyang was exhausted after the battle against the Heaven Founder and the Demonic Faction. This was their chance to take down Tang Shaoyang.
The eight-headed black dragon terrified him, but he convinced himself that Tang Shaoyang was weakened after the battle. Especially when he noticed the flying ship, and Tang Shaoyang fought them too.
This was his only chance, even without the Murim Alliance’s main force. Initially, he wanted to gather the Murim Alliance’s force, the four empires, and the great sects before fighting Tang Shaoyang again. But he changed his mind when he saw the flying ship.
He had the Sky Hall and the Heavenly Fortress. They were considered on the same level as the first-rate sect, close to the great sect’s level. Then he also had the Bai Family, the Sikong Family, and the Duanmu Family.
The three families had a different motive than he did. Their motive was vengeance as they lost their loved ones along with the city.
Even though it was their plan to trap Tang Shaoyang in the city with the Heaven Founder and the Demonic Faction. Their family members remained in the city, the place that was protected by a defensive formation.
They thought their family would be safe. They made a wrong calculation as their home was swallowed by the magma. That was why they returned with him to fight Tang Shaoyang to the death.
However, Zhong Tian Yun could sense that their spirits were shaken at the sight of the eight-headed dragon.
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"I am surprised you still have the nerve to come back, Alliance Leader. I don’t really plan to chase you if you decide to flee, but I will not run away from a fight as well."
Tang Shaoyang greeted the group. The group was a few hundred, five hundred at the top, no more than that. He could tell with a single glance that half of them were terrified already.
"Silence, you monster!" The Bai Family’s head responded in anger. He was one of the few who was not intimidated by the dragon. He was determined to avenge his family even if it cost his life.
"I will make you pay for killing my family!"
Tang Shaoyang’s eight heads looked toward the person who spoke. The Bai Family Head flinched when he met with the eight-headed dragon’s gaze.
A middle-aged man with white hair, wearing a black and gold robe with a sword in his hand. He didn’t recognize this person, but his Detection came back with an unexpected result.
[ ??? - 7th True God Realm]
It was quite high for a cultivator, comparable to the Dongfang Family’s head. The same rank as the Supreme Guardian from the Heaven Founder. But he didn’t remember this figure from the Murim Alliance. Someone like him should leave an impression on him, but this was the first time he met this person.
[He is Bai Jinwei, the family head of the Bai Family.]
Ouyang Biya filled in the information about this guy, and it finally made sense what this man said about killing his family.
"I think you got the wrong person. The one who killed your family is Alderman, the person from the Heaven Founder. That magma was his doing, not me."
Tang Shaoyang didn’t play words. That was the fact. The magma was not his doing, but Alderman’s. Technically, it was not him who killed the people in the city. In fact, he saved a lot of them with Zara’s help.
"And in fact, I am your benefactor. I killed Alderman, who turned the city into a sea of magma. I am helping you to get your revenge."
The Bai Family Head didn’t know how to respond to that. What Tang Shaoyang said was not wrong. It was not him who wiped out the city, it was the outsider from the Heaven Founder.
[And his family is safe within our secret realm. I think I moved them altogether with the normal civilian in one go.] Zara added.
Tang Shaoyang asked Zara to move the civilians to the secret realm during the fight earlier. She also moved the Bai Family’s people.
Tang Shaoyang canceled his transformation and returned to his human form. He had a different idea than wiping out these people.
"Also, your family is still alive. At least the people in your residence are still alive, but I am not sure about the ones outside your residence."
The revelation caught the Bai Family Head off guard. He saw that the city was swallowed, and he could not save them because of how powerful the technique was. Even if he returned in time, he knew he could not save his family. It happened so fast that the city was gone in a few seconds. Yet this man claimed that his family was still alive.
"Don’t be fooled by him, Bai Jinwei. He is at his limit, and he tries to trick you so you don’t go after his life. On top of that, he is an Outsider! We must kill him!"
Zhong Tian Yun misunderstood about Tang Shaoyang canceling his True Dragon Transformation. The Alliance Leader thought Tang Shaoyang was at his limit and tried to get away from them by tricking the Bai Family Head.
Considering their people, the three families’ force outnumbered his subordinates. If the three families didn’t help him, his chance to kill Tang Shaoyang became much lower. Even if Tang Shaoyang was weakened, he still didn’t have the confidence to win. Especially after witnessing the entire fight between the outsider. He needed the three families to help him.
Tang Shaoyang chuckled when he heard Zhong Tian Yun. The misunderstanding that he was at his limit was quite evident as he revealed his aura.
The Absolute Aura went wild and suppressed the Murim Alliance’s people, along with the three families. More than four hundred people fell on their knees, and half of them passed the moment the Absolute Aura hit them.
A terrifying aura mixed with murderous intent was enough to make a few hundred of them pass. Those people were the God Realm and lower-ranked cultivators. Only twenty-six people remained on their feet as the rest were on their knees.
"Do you think I am at his limit, Alliance Leader?"
Zhong Tian Yun’s complexion paled, and he was shocked that Tang Shaoyang remained this powerful after the fight. It was as if Tang Shaoyang didn’t fight at all.
"Do you think I will be exhausted from that fight?" Tang Shaoyang chuckled, shaking his head. Then he waved his hand, "Just leave. I don’t really plan to kill you. In fact, I still need you because I let the Heaven Founder’s leader flee to save the people."
Tang Shaoyang sent a message to Liang Suyin, then he opened the portal to the secret realm. That was when Liang Suyin and Bing Ruohan brought out the people from the three families.
