Chapter 1094: Somewhat Interested
Unfortunately, there was no other choice but to clean up after the king of evil. If Zhang Lie and Yang Ze were to leave now and dispatch hunters to the scene when they returned to the draconian, Zongming, or scalemen worlds, the gray fluid would likely have reproduced to such an extent that they would have to deal with a reformed king of evil. Although Zhang Lie was confident he would be able to do so, there was no need for the hassle.
It would be most straightforward to deal with the king of evil now and clean up all the gray fluid that remained.
Yang Ze summoned white fog once more. Thanks to Zhang Lie and Yang Ze's continued attacks, the unclean world's atmosphere was filled with water vapor. It was straightforward for Yang Ze to manifest white fog, even over an extremely large region.
Shark hordes appeared within the fog, but the individual sharks weren't particularly strong. They tended to be defeated by the malformed creatures from the gray fluid, but they could easily re-manifest from the white fog.
Upon witnessing Yang Ze's actions, Zhang Lie thought of a good idea. "[The Boundless Blade: the River Lethe]!"
As black genetic energy surrounded him, the temperature of the unclean world dropped to sub-zero values, and a strong wind buffeted everyone present. Blood-colored frost appeared around them all.
An underworld river materialized in the sky, one so vast the entire world could see it. As though the doors to hell had just been thrown open, tens of thousands of serpents rushed out in a flood, consuming every bit of gray they could see.
Upon doing so, they exploded into pitch-black fluid.
The serpents were unable to withstand the might of the gray fluid—which were, after all, fragments of a superior king of antiquity—but they were likewise able to reform on the spot.
The combination of the sharks and serpents significantly cut down on the effort Zhang Lie and Yang Ze had to make to scour the world clean of the gray fluid.
The blood rain that poured from the skies signaled that Yang Ze and Zhang Lie's task was complete. Zhang Lie retrieved the proof of kingship from amidst the last of the gray fluid.
The proof of kingship was itself gray fluid. If not for the fact that all the gray fluid had now been destroyed, it would have been difficult to detect it.
Zhang Lie drained away the superior world's energy via the proof of kingship.
"As expected of a superior world of antiquity..."
The world of black fog had been rich, and so was the unclean world. The superior worlds of antiquity really had stockpiled a lot of treasures over their millennia of existence.
Even in its rundown state, the world of black fog had possessed five or six superior worlds' worth of energy, whereas the unclean world had ten superior worlds' worth.
Comparatively, the Zongming world, which had managed to obtain seven superior worlds' worth during the superior kings' meeting, was truly a world that had struck the jackpot.
After absorbing all that world's energy, Zhang Lie and Yang Ze flew out of the unclean world. Suddenly, Zhang Lie stopped in his tracks.
Yang Ze glanced at him. "Captain!"
Zhang Lie called out, "You've been watching for a long time, haven't you? Isn't it time for you to show yourself?"
Yang Ze glanced all around him, but didn't spot anyone.
Zhang Lie continued, "To think the strongest king of the third realm would just be a spying thief! Or do you have some other intention, king of chaos?"
Upon hearing the words "king of chaos", Yang Ze couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.
He had first learned of the king of chaos from Zhang Lie, who told him that he was the strongest superior king in the third realm, whom Zhang Lie couldn't see through completely.
As Yang Ze warily glanced around him, the space around him split up into twenty-four segments. A man wearing a white lab coat walked out from behind those segments, which were layered so perfectly Yang Ze wasn't surprised he had missed them.
"A human?" Yang Ze was shocked by the identity of the man in a lab coat. For the strongest king of the third realm to be a human... Yang Ze simply couldn't believe it.
Zhang Lie shook his head. "The king of chaos isn't a human. What he is, I don't know myself. His appearance as a human is simply an illusion.
Nightdemon, the Shining Trapezohedron in his hands, walked out from behind the layered space. "You're undoubtedly the man who managed to kill two superior kings, to have been able to detect me instantly."
Zhang Lie asked, "Did you enjoy the show?"
"It was very interesting. To think that you had such an ace up your sleeve—all the other superior kings fell prey to it." Nightdemon glanced at Yang Ze with interest.
Zhang Lie asked, "Don't you have anything else to say?"
"Not at the moment... Ah, I suppose there's one thing. You had better return to the Zongming world quickly."
Zhang Lie frowned. "Is something the matter?"
Yang Ze asked urgently, "Has something happened to the Zongming world?"
"You'll see once you return." Nightdemon didn't clarify. His white coat, stained by blood, turned a dark-red color. The red of Nightdemon's coat deepened and darkened until it was almost black. Then, it flashed and opened wide, transforming into a pair of bat's wings.
The black wings wrapped around Nightdemon as he took to the sky. When they unfurled again, he had morphed into a gigantic bat with a brilliant white smile the shape of a crescent moon, as though he were mocking the entire world.
A fiery-red eye widened, then split into three. Everyone nearby felt a deathly sense of fear. He flapped his wings and left.
The king of keys was currently traveling through the void among the three thousand worlds of the third realm. He suddenly sensed an imbalance among the worlds.
"The unclean world, destroyed; the world of black fog, destroyed... We've truly underestimated the Zongming world, haven't we?"
A spatial fluctuation appeared before the king of keys. "You've returned?"
A fellow with a planet for a head appeared before the king of keys.
"Has the king of black fog been destroyed?"
The planet-headed scout nodded. "The Zongming king's more tricky than expected. His forces seem to have recovered the death spirits' weapons of war, and they're in the process of researching them. I had a little setback, but thankfully, I have something to show for my troubles."
"Don't worry—I'm hardly affected. What did you bring back?"
The planet-headed scout replied, "I encountered an interesting beast near the outskirts of the Zongming world. I thought you might be interested, Your Majesty, so I brought it back with me."
Meanwhile, Zhang Lie and Yang Ze hurriedly returned to the Zongming world...
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