Chapter 122: Chapter 122: Li Yang Is ’Dead
Watching Shao Jie leave, Li Yang took a deep breath, his eyes filled with anticipation. His figure flickered and he, too, sped off into the distance.
Among the crowd, Zheng Hu had been secretly watching Li Yang.
When he saw Li Yang fly off in a certain direction, he paused for a moment before flying in that direction as well.
’Soul Ink, can you see if there are any treasures around?’ After separating from the crowd, Li Yang asked Soul Ink in his mind.
Hearing this, Soul Ink immediately rolled its eyes and said, "No. Besides, you call those Three-Striped Golden Fruits and Purple Gold Fruits treasures? There are countless of them in the Cosmos."
Asking it to help find such low-quality Spirit Fruits was simply an insult.
Hearing it say that, Li Yang felt helpless. "Well, it’s not like we’ve made it to the Cosmos yet, is it?"
These precious Spirit Fruits, desperately coveted by other King Level Cultivators, were clearly useless in Soul Ink’s eyes.
Seeing that Soul Ink was ignoring him, Li Yang had no choice but to search on his own.
He had just flown a short distance when his eyes suddenly lit up.
"A Three-Striped Golden Fruit!"
He spotted a fissure in the ground, and inside it was a tri-colored fruit.
A smile appeared on Li Yang’s face as he took the fruit in his hand.
"Haha, with this tri-colored fruit, I can easily raise Dad’s strength to Earth-Level!"
His own strength had reached the Peak of King Level and was essentially maxed out. He couldn’t advance further himself, but he was eager to raise his family’s strength.
For the sake of his mother, Zhao Rou, his father, Li Guohai, had now chosen to reconcile with the Zhao family.
Li Yang wanted to raise his father’s strength to a level that the Zhao family would envy and revere! Then, his father would never have to bow to the Zhao family’s whims again!
Putting away the Spirit Fruit, Li Yang glanced around.
’It seems this Relic Space has a lot of Three-Striped Golden Fruits and the like.’
It was the same for Palace Master Shen Xuan earlier, who had easily found a Three-Striped Golden Fruit, and now he had found one just as effortlessly.
It was easy to imagine just how bountiful this Relic Space was.
’I’ll keep searching! Even if I find other Spirit Fruits, I can trade them to the Celestial Origin Palace and ask the Palace Master to exchange them for a better weapon!’
His strength had risen to the Peak of King Level, but his weapon was still the Zhongxin Sword, which only tripled his power.
The Celestial Origin Palace must have even more precious Secret Pattern Divine Weapons!
If his weapon were stronger, his combat power would definitely be greater too.
"Li Yang."
Just as he was about to set off, a voice suddenly called out.
Hearing the voice, Li Yang looked over and frowned slightly. To his surprise, it was Zheng Hu flying toward him.
’What is this Zheng Hu doing here?’ Li Yang wondered. Their relationship was far from good.
Of course, it hadn’t reached the point of a true life-or-death struggle. After all, the Zheng family had never gone after his parents.
Therefore, even though his current strength would allow him to crush Zheng Hu with ease, he had never done so.
If the Zheng family didn’t provoke him, he couldn’t be bothered with them.
"Haha, Li Yang, it’s been over a month. Your strength must have grown even greater."
Zheng Hu said with a smile on his face.
Li Yang’s expression was calm as he asked directly, "Zheng Hu, what do you want?"
’Complimenting me for no reason? Is this Zheng Hu that idle?’
Zheng Hu paid no mind to Li Yang’s cold attitude. He smiled and said, "Li Yang, I do have something I want to talk to you about."
Hearing this, Li Yang said flatly, "Then say it."
With his current strength, he really wasn’t afraid of any tricks Zheng Hu might try to pull.
Zheng Hu paused for a moment before saying, "Li Yang, it’s like this. I’ve thought about it carefully over the past month, and there isn’t really any major conflict between us. So, I’d like to apologize for what happened before. Let’s just let the past be the past. I hope you won’t hold it against me, Li Yang. It was all my Zheng family’s fault..."
He apologized, his head bowed slightly.
’Oh, he came to apologize?’
Understanding Zheng Hu’s purpose for coming, Li Yang was a little surprised.
’Could it be that Zheng Hu sees my immense potential and doesn’t want to offend me, so he’s trying to get on my good side now?’
As Zheng Hu was apologizing with his head slightly bowed, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face.
He was holding a Token in his hand, which he then crushed.
BOOM!
In an instant, streams of red mist appeared around Li Yang, completely enveloping him.
In that moment, Li Yang’s expression changed drastically.
’This mist is poisonous!’
As his body came into contact with the mist, he could actually feel the Spiritual Power inside him slowly dissipating.
Realizing this, a look of fury instantly appeared on Li Yang’s face.
"Zheng Hu, you’re courting death!"
Zheng Hu had sought him out, and then this poisonous mist had suddenly appeared. Needless to say, this had to be a trap set by Zheng Hu.
Based on what Li Yang could feel, this mist would likely invade the body of an Early King Level cultivator directly.
However, since he was at the Peak of King Level, the poisonous mist only had a slight effect on him.
Killing intent flashed in Li Yang’s eyes. He couldn’t even be bothered with Zheng Hu, yet the man had dared to strike first.
Just as he was about to break free, Soul Ink’s voice suddenly rang in his mind.
"Li Yang, don’t be in such a hurry to kill Zheng Hu. I seem to have detected a soul fluctuation that’s manipulating the space here. I think it’s the master of this Relic Space. Let’s go see what’s going on. Don’t worry, a petty little soul from this Earth of yours is nothing to me."
Soul Ink’s words echoed instantly in Li Yang’s mind.
’The master of the Relic Space?’ Li Yang suddenly froze.
And as he stopped, a vortex appeared before him, and his figure promptly vanished without a trace.
Seeing Li Yang get enveloped by the mist, first cry out in fury, and then fall silent, a smile immediately spread across Zheng Hu’s lips.
"Haha, Li Yang, you’re still too green to fight my Zheng family. In the end, you still died by my hand."
"And with you dead, everything in this Relic Space is now mine."
As he was thinking these joyous thoughts, Zheng Hu’s expression suddenly changed.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
In the distance, several figures were flying over.
"Zheng Hu, what is this mist?"
Among the figures were Wang Bing from the Celestial Origin Palace, as well as King Level cultivators from other nations.
Seeing them, Zheng Hu’s expression flickered. "I don’t know," he said. "Li Yang and I were here just now when this mist suddenly appeared. Li Yang got trapped inside."
Hearing this, the expressions of Wang Bing and the others changed dramatically.
They tried to touch it, only to retreat in haste!
"This mist is poisonous!"
As Early King Level cultivators, the moment they touched even a tiny amount of the mist, their bodies felt as if they were about to be corroded.
Looking at the dense mist before them, from which no sound emerged, it seemed highly likely that something had happened to Li Yang.
"Li Yang is dead?" Wang Bing’s expression shifted.
Li Yang was the youngest King Level cultivator in their Celestial Origin Palace. His relationship with Li Yang was average, but he still hoped nothing had happened to him. After all, if Li Yang was strong, it meant the Celestial Origin Palace would be even stronger in the future!
