Chapter 1047: The Great Earthquake
In the end, the biggest reason for the meteoric rise of c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang and the c.o.c.kroach gang was the leftovers from the crispy noodle snacks that w.a.n.g Ling had eaten. What kind of divine treasure were the leftovers of the Immortal King’s crispy noodle snacks? Just a little bit was enough for a small c.o.c.kroach to grow to the size of a rabbit…
w.a.n.g Ling knew this was his fault, which was why he had come forward to take responsibility now. To be honest, if Super Chen and Dopey Guo hadn’t mentioned using a c.o.c.kroach as a witness, w.a.n.g Ling probably wouldn’t have remembered this matter.
Back when the c.o.c.kroach gang had been at its worst, w.a.n.g Ling had thought about solving the problem himself; in the end, it was at that moment that Lee Zheng Tan’s independent regiment stepped out and dominated the scene. w.a.n.g Ling didn’t make a move, because if he did, all the c.o.c.kroaches in the world would have been destroyed in an instant. Every living creature existed for a reason. Even if c.o.c.kroaches were pests, they were still part of the food chain. As long as they could be controlled, there in fact wasn’t any need to kill every last one of them.
And now, w.a.n.g Ling had once again shown up in his long-unused guise as “Immortal Meow” because he wanted c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang to atone for its sins with its own actions.
So when w.a.n.g Ling appeared here, all the cats were utterly stunned. The Monk was already too excited to speak and fell flat on its bottom as it gripped its head with its paws with a disbelieving expression on its face. w.a.n.g Ling’s Immortal Meow persona had always been a legend in the cat world, and something big always happened every time it appeared. When they saw w.a.n.g Ling, all the cats couldn’t help kowtowing in wors.h.i.+p, and Lee Zheng Tan was no exception.
c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang was astonished when it saw that even Lee Zheng Tan had knelt down after w.a.n.g Ling appeared. “So you’re the boss behind the cats…” It had been suspicious before: there was no way Lee Zheng Tan could have taken down the c.o.c.kroach gang with its cats alone. After w.a.n.g Ling showed up, c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang instantly understood.
Staring at c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang, w.a.n.g Ling didn’t open his mouth.
A voice sounded directly in c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang’s mind.
In accordance with Immortal Meow’s regality, w.a.n.g Ling chose to speak telepathically, and requested that c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang testify in court.
In the end, c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang had a very tough att.i.tude. “The terms you agreed to before can’t be changed, or don’t expect me to testify! In any case, you can’t beat me to death, and I won’t starve to death here either. Let’s see who dies first!”
Its att.i.tude was so vile that w.a.n.g Ling choked on his words. This c.o.c.kroach that had grown this big on the leftovers from w.a.n.g Ling’s crispy noodle snacks, and who was so arrogant about how invulnerable it was, had actually learned how to act like a tyrant? w.a.n.g Ling felt that he had to teach c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang a lesson.
Hence, in the next moment, w.a.n.g Ling lifted his cat paw and ordered Lee Zheng Tan to release c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang from the fish tank.
c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang was a little stunned. It didn’t know what this white cat, which had suddenly shown up, was capable of, but since it could boss Lee Zheng Tan around, its realm should be higher than Lee Zheng Tan’s, right?
Golden Core? Nascent Soul?
c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang a.s.sessed w.a.n.g Ling’s realm, and felt that the white cat’s level was only just so – it didn’t know exactly what breed the cat was, but how high could a spirit beast’s realm go? c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang had provoked all the spirit beasts in the Pet Trainers Guild before, and none of them had been able to directly kill it.
It was a c.o.c.kroach that had endured blows from Soul Formation cultivators – what kind of battles had it not seen?
How ridiculous.
After it was released from the goldfish tank, c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang could breathe free air once again. It stared at w.a.n.g Ling and crossed its legs in a very arrogant manner. “Let’s hear it, how do you want to fight? I’m telling you, I’m a c.o.c.kroach that can’t be killed.”
All the cats: “…”
Lee Zheng Tan started to cover its face with its paws. It had never seen someone court death so much…
But this was normal. w.a.n.g Ling’s Immortal Meow persona was no more than a legend in the cat world which only the old cats of Lee Zheng Tan’s generation knew about; it was only by hearing the stories from the old cats that newborn kittens learned about “Immortal Meow,” and even fewer cats had seen Immortal Meow for real.
Lee Zheng Tan’s independent regiment thus seemed more like a cat group favored by w.a.n.g Ling. The cats in the independent regiment had already seen w.a.n.g Ling no less than three times. This was also why many cats were willing to follow Lee Zheng Tan; in their eyes, Lee Zheng Tan was a cat favored by “G.o.d.” If they followed Commander Lee, good things might happen to them.
But there was no way for c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang to understand the beliefs of the cat world. It even started to taunt w.a.n.g Ling, and was certain that w.a.n.g Ling’s slap couldn’t hurt it at all. “How about this, let’s make a bet. If you can knock me out with one swat, I’ll testify.”
It could be said that this was the first time that w.a.n.g Ling had ever met such an arrogant c.o.c.kroach… Even the Old Devil and Evil Sword G.o.d had seen their lives flash in front of their eyes after w.a.n.g Ling slapped them – the moment they were slapped, they were convinced they were going to die.
c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang, on the other hand, actually thought that it would only be knocked out at worst – this baffling confidence annoyed w.a.n.g Ling.
Of course, he wouldn’t swat c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang to death, since he needed c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang to find a witness from back then.
But he could still teach c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang a lesson.
Gathering a measure of strength, w.a.n.g Ling imbued his paw with primordial qi. Deep blue streams of air instantly sprang up out of his paw, rising up like colored vapor.
The materialization of spiritual energy…
The cats were petrified.
It could only be said that Immortal Meow was in the end Immortal Meow… This was the manifestation of spiritual power at its peak, and was proof of a high concentration of spiritual energy, which led directly to spiritual qi taking the form of vapor when it was released.
It was the sign of an expert.
Because there were very few cultivators that could materialize “spiritual energy.”
c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang broke out in a cold sweat. It never expected this white cat to be so different from any spirit beast it had ever seen before. Even a Soul Formation cultivator couldn’t materialize spiritual energy… unless the cat was…
At True Immortal level?
A True Immortal cat?
How was that possible?
c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang was alarmed. If that really was the case, then this Immortal Meow could be recorded down in The Cultivation Encyclopedia as an object of historical research. How could there be a living spirit beast like this in the world?
“Ready?” The next moment, w.a.n.g Ling opened his mouth and spoke in his form as Immortal Meow for the first time.
Before c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang could react, that paw pulsing with power was already flying toward c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of li around No. 59 High started to shake violently in a great earthquake…
And just as w.a.n.g Ling’s paw was about to land on c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang’s head, c.o.c.kroach Wenqiang was so scared it fainted…
And w.a.n.g Ling withdrew his paw just in time.
No one expected this sudden earthquake.
Songhai was a coastal city and didn’t sit on any cracks in the earth’s crust. Earthquakes were very rare events. The magnitude of this sudden earthquake was 12.0, and it lasted for two seconds… Although it didn’t cause any damage, this slap of w.a.n.g Ling’s was in the end recorded down in The Cultivation Encyclopedia by geological experts, and caused human cultivators to reflect on protecting the natural environment.
Only w.a.n.g Ling and Lee Zheng Tan’s cat regiment knew that this “great earthquake” had been triggered just to scare a c.o.c.kroach…