Chapter 2046: Tempting Offer
“Ah!” The Second Empress couldn"t help but cry out in alarm when she saw what happened.
It wasn’t just her; all of the soldiers in Mengte City turned pale and broke out into a cold sweat. The powerful regent had been devoured just like that?
If such a thing had happened previously, they definitely wouldn’t believe it, but in that instant, when the corpse ball opened its mouth, it looked as if it could even swallow up the stars. Its terrifying power made even the guards in the city far, far away tremble all over. The monster was just way too terrifying! More importantly, it was incredibly fast. The monster was clearly far away to begin with, and yet as soon as it opened its mouth, it had appeared where the regent was a second later, devouring everything around him.
However, just as their morale plummeted, countless golden lights suddenly rained down from the clouds.
The Second Empress endured her urge to rush out. She quickly wiped at the tears around the corners of her eyes, exclaiming, “That’s his sword ki! He is still alive!”
A figure descended from the clouds, and countless ripples appeared in the sky behind him. Then, nealy a thousand streaks of gold sword ki condensed in the air, scattering all across the corpse ball like rain. The incredibly sharp sword ki continuously eroded the corpses. However, there were just too many of them in the corpse ball, so even though some were blasted apart by the sword ki, more immediately rushed out to take their place. A million corpses wasn"t something that could be destroyed in a short amount of time.
Zu An wiped away his cold sweat. This monster attacked way too quickly, almost like instant movement. More importantly, it had clearly looked sluggish and clumsy, but it had become that fast a second later! That kind of baffling contrast really had nearly caught him off guard.
However, at that instant, ‘The Book’ in his head had shown him a scene of himself being devoured by a ma.s.sive mouth. He had already been saved by The Book’s warnings many times, so he hadn’t hesitated in the slightest, immediately using his exchange and teleportation skills to avoid that bite. Judging from the squirming monster corpses inside its body, he"d been able to tell that being devoured wouldn’t end well for him at all.
By now, the corpse ball was beaten badly by the golden sword ki. Even though it could promptly restore its body, it had to exhaust quite a bit of energy each time. Its mouth opened wide, resembling a silent scream. Then, a layer of dense green energy suddenly surged around its entire body. Whenever the sword ki touched the green energy, the swords quickly melted away.
When they saw that Zu An was safe and sound, the soldiers in front of Mengte City had been cheering, but many of their faces suddenly turned green. Then, they fell to the ground and suddenly died.
“What dense and horrifying sword ki!” the Second Empress exclaimed. She was highly experienced and immediately reacted to what was happening. She quickly ordered the chief medical officer over to save them, and instructed the formation masters to put up a formation that would guard against corpse poison. She also had the medicine masters distribute antidotes.
Those with lower cultivations were ordered to move to the center of the city. As for those with higher cultivations, when they circulated their ki, they could gain a certain degree of resistance against the corpse poison.
At the same time, the Second Empress looked at Zu An worriedly. The monster was many miles away, and yet the corpse poison was still this vicious, while he was so close to the monster. Wasn’t he thus in even more danger?
Zu An couldn"t help but clutch his nose. He almost fainted from the smell. This thing was just too foul-smelling! It was far worse than the herring cans of his previous world. He really wondered just how this monster was able to accelerate the decay of the corpses. The smell of a million rotting monster corpses was absolutely horrifying! No wonder it was able to fend off his sword ki.
The corpse ball stared at Zu An with its two deep eye sockets, as if looking at him. It almost seemed a bit stunned. How could a human like him be perfectly fine when facing such vicious corpse poison?
Still, even though Zu An’s body was impervious to poisons, he wasn’t immune to stenches. The smell really almost made him vomit. He quickly formed a protective barrier around him to block out the air, thus making it a bit easier to endure.
The corpse ball wasn’t willing to admit defeat and opened its mouth again. Its entire body immediately wrapped around the s.p.a.ce Zu An was in.
This time, Zu An was prepared and immediately shifted locations. At the same time, he created a hydrogen bomb. Since the bomb had been able to blast the monsters into corpses, he figured it would also be able to once again blast the corpses into smithereens.
Unexpectedly, however, after the corpse ball swallowed up the hydrogen bomb, the antic.i.p.ated explosion didn’t happen. Instead, the corpse ball"s "belly" wriggled, and it opened up its mouth again. A lump wrapped in green smoke flew in Mengte City’s direction.
The ones defending the front of the city were all strong. They quickly saw that what was wrapped up in the green mist was none other than the extremely powerful explosive the regent had flung out. All of them were horrified.
The Second Empress was even more aghast. She could only quickly order her subordinates to put up a formation, but she knew that if this bomb could kill a million monsters, there was no way their group could possibly withstand it. The corpse ball was too cunning, and had actually redirected the thing right back!
While they were feeling despair, the hydrogen bomb wrapped in green smoke vanished, and in its place was the regent. Then, a terrifying explosion happened in the distance. Unlike before, the mushroom cloud was actually green. It was easy to see just how powerful the monster’s poison was.
Those in front of the city didn’t know how Zu An had been able to send that iron ball into the distance in such a short time. They all cheered with grat.i.tude, thanking him for saving their lives.
Zu An wiped at his cold sweat. He had never expected this corpse ball to have an ability that could divert his hydrogen bombs. He had almost let the Fiend races’ elites get blown to dust. He didn’t dare to use any more hydrogen bombs, or else it could be tossed at Mengte City again.
The corpse ball opened its mouth and released cryptic and barely intelligible human speech. “Exchange technique? Such a thing is a divine skill even among the endless cosmos. I didn’t expect this weak world to have someone capable of it.”
Zu An was shocked. It seemed his keyboard system was even more amazing than he imagined! He wondered just who had created all the skills it contained. However, what left him even more shocked was that this corpse ball could actually speak, and it even spoke the language of this world.
He replied, “I always thought that there was something secretly commanding this army of a million monsters. Now that I think about it, it should be you, right? How should I refer to your distinguished self?”
The corpse ball gave Zu An a look. A while later, it said, “Human, you are very strong and have the right to learn this one’s name. I am the Manipulator of Death.”
“Manipulator of Death?” Zu An repeated, stunned. “Never heard of you.”
The corpse ball paused for a moment. It had never expected to receive such a response.
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“Who"s stronger between you and the War Priest?” Zu An asked, thinking back to the thing he had encountered over at Copper Gong Mountain. That thing had also been incredibly prideful.
“War Priest?” The corpse ball sneered. “It didn’t even have the qualifications to carry my shoes.”
Zu An was speechless. He had never expected that kind of reply. He could already sense that the pressure this thing gave him was a bit higher.
Even so, the War Priest was also really strong. It hadn"t even been able to appear with its full strength because of this world’s restriction. That was why Zu An had gotten the opportunity to kill it. If something as strong as the War Priest couldn"t even carry this Manipulator of Death’s shoes, just how strong was it? The War Priest couldn"t even fully appear in this world, so how had this thing done so? Could it be that something had gone wrong in the sealed land?
Suddenly, Mi Li’s voice said in Zu An"s mind, “Don’t let it scare you. This fella is strong, but i"s definitely not as strong as you’re imagining.”
Zu An was already used to her randomly awakening and quickly asked, “What makes you say that?”
“Do you still remember those things locked up in that great tomb? There are many beings you can"t even know the names of, to the point that speaking their names would instantly kill you,” Mi Li said. Her voice was always cold, as if she were a bystander merely observing thr world.
Zu An immediately knew what she was saying. He clearly already knew this monster’s name, but jr was still fine. That meant it wasn’t so strong as to be impossible to defeat.
The Manipulator of Death "stared" at Zu An with its eye sockets, saying, “Human, your strength has won our respect. I will make an exception and give you a chance. As long as you surrender and swear your allegiance to me, we can take over this world together. You will become the ruler of this world and manage this slave world. You can even follow us in dominating more worlds. Do you really want to be trapped in this insignificant world for the rest of your life?”
When they heard what the Manipulator of Death said, the people in Mengte City were all shocked. They had to admit that its offer was tempting. After experiencing this sealed land war, they already understood the monsters’ power. More importantly, there were just too many monsters in a seemingly endless tide. No matter how they thought about it, it was a losing battle. The only question was how long this world could struggle on for. As long as Zu An agreed to the other side’s conditions, he could change ident.i.ties and would no longer have to face this absolute despair.
And yet, what was most important was the allure of the final sentence. Which cultivator in this world didn’t want to rise to the next level? The late Fiend Emperor and the human emperor had both bbeen stunning, and yet even after exhausting their entire lives, they still hadn"t been able to transcend this world’s limits. Now, there was such an opportunity before Zu An, so what choice would he make?