Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 106 Survival from a narrow escape
However, the death that Gong Tianwu expected did not come.

Under Yan Renying's astonished gaze, Gong Tianwu dragged half of his body and penetrated the Xiantian Lihe Divine Light without any injury, and hugged the jade pot containing the Tianbu Shui in his arms!!!
"How is this possible!"

Yan Renying's illusion angrily sent a signal towards the distance, and then completely disappeared into the air.

However, the three dog-slayer puppets nearby were not idle either. They quickly ran towards the platform and launched a fierce attack on Gong Tianwu who was holding the jade pot tightly.

Unfortunately, their attacks had no effect, as they were all ruthlessly blocked by the Xiantian Lihe Divine Light that was lingering nearby.
Even their weapons were completely shattered under the continuous attacks, but in the end they still did not dare to rush forward and die.

It was not until two minutes later that a flash of light appeared nearby, and a handsome man wearing a silver Jinxian crown on his head quickly flew in.

This person simply waved his hand, and the triggered innate clutch divine light was extinguished.

A dog-slayer puppet strode forward, fiercely kicked away half of Gong Tianwu's body, and snatched the jade pot. His expression suddenly changed:
"How is it possible that there is not even a drop of the Heaven-Replenishing Liquid left?!"

The man wearing the silver Jinxian crown on his head said sarcastically:

"It doesn't matter. I guess this idiot must have drunk it. Hehe, how could he possibly think of using such a magical item? Just throw him into the Yin Dan furnace and burn him. The Heaven-Replenishing Liquid will naturally precipitate out."

The dog-killer puppet looked at the Sun and Moon Jade Pot again, and felt that something was wrong. After taking a closer look, he exclaimed:
"How could this happen? Something happened to the Sun and Moon Jade Pot as well."

After hearing what he said, the others were all shocked. They all looked over and found that it was indeed the case:
Originally, the leaves on the wall of the pot would move, the stream would gurgle, and there would be the amazing sight of the sun rising and the moon setting. However, now the trees are withered, the water is dry, and the sun and the moon have disappeared altogether!

Such a scene really made them feel that misfortunes never come alone.

The man wearing the silver Jinxian crown on his head frowned again and looked at Gong Tianwu next to him.

The remaining half of Gong Tianwu's body was seen lying on his back, his eyes open and motionless. A large pool of blood had already flowed out from under his body, but a mysterious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Another dog-killer puppet saw this and immediately stepped forward, touched it and frowned, saying:

"Third Prince, he is dead!"

The Third Prince said coldly:
"Do I need your nonsense even after I die?"

The dog-slayer puppet said hurriedly:
"Your Highness, that's not what I meant. This person is a martial saint with a very strong vitality. Even if he was cut in half, he could still live for at least half a day. How could he die so quickly?"

The Third Prince said impatiently:

"How should I know? Maybe he didn't want to be tortured, maybe it was a reaction after drinking the Heaven-Replenishing Liquid, maybe he couldn't bear the pain of being cut in half. If you ask me, who should I ask?"

At this moment, the Third Prince looked at the mysterious smile on Gong Tianwu's face before he died. For some reason, he felt even more annoyed. Thinking of the many troubles that followed, he suddenly roared:
"Where are the people? Why haven't they come yet?! Turn on the Yin Dan furnace, now, immediately!!!"

***
Some are happy while others are sad.
Gong Tianwu has returned to Earth at this time and re-entered his brother Gong Mingzhen's sea of ​​consciousness.

He lay in bed and didn't want to move even a finger. The severe pain of being cut in half had caused great damage to his spirit. What's more, Gong Tianwu had to force himself to suppress the pain with his will and try his best to snatch the Heaven-Replenishing Liquid?

Therefore, after returning, Gong Tianwu really just wanted to empty his mind and relax. He had no time to care about other things. Otherwise, if he continued to be tortured by pain and tremendous pressure, collapse was only a matter of time.

Therefore, he had quickly fallen into a deep sleep and was snoring softly.

After a whole day and night, Gong Tianwu rubbed his sleepy eyes, stretched himself, sat up, and rubbed his eyes.
"What, what is this thing?"

It turned out that Gong Tianwu saw through the window that there was a golden light shining and moving in the distant sky, and it felt a bit like the golden marbles in the Quidditch game in "Harry Potter".

However, soon the golden light hovered in front of Gong Tianwu, and he realized that this thing was Kang's real body, but its surface seemed to be coated with a layer of gold, dazzling and extremely eye-catching.

“Wow, that looks really good.”

Kang proudly said:

"It's not just the appearance that's good. I have great news to tell you now."

Gong Tianwu said:

"You said."

Kang Dao:

"After bathing in the Heaven-Replenishing Water, I gained a significant improvement and almost completely recovered to my best condition, so I sensed the call for help from the same source."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu's eyes lit up and he said:

"Are there fragments on Earth that you can devour?"

Kang Dao:

"No, no, no, it's not accurate to use the word 'devour' on that guy. We are actually from the same origin, and we are together voluntarily, so it should be called assimilation and fusion."

"That guy is very unlucky. The controller he met is not very powerful. His karma points are almost all used up. He is on the verge of falling asleep, so we have to save him quickly."

Gong Tianwu said:

"No problem. I'll use Gong Mingzhen's body to order the plane ticket right now."

***
an hour and a half later,

Gong Tianwu has already boarded the flight to Cape Town.
It happened that Mrs. Gong was not at home at the time, so Gong Tianwu saved a lot of worry as he could just make a phone call and get it done.

Because Madam Gong is a typical loving mother, as long as the tone is a little stronger, she will have no choice but to give in, of course nagging is inevitable.

After getting on the plane, Gong Tianwu returned to his sea of ​​consciousness and handed over control of his body to Gong Mingzhen, letting him watch Patrick on the IPAD while he began to review the events of the previous battle.

After all, this battle was the most miserable and dangerous one he had ever experienced. It could be said that he was dancing on the edge of death.

What Gong Tianwu was most curious about was how he had passed the last line of defense safely: the innate clutching divine light. After calming down and thinking carefully, the only possibility was the badge on his body.

Yes, it was the golden badge that he got from Yan You after killing him, and it had the word "Zong" (General) on it.

Yan You's status should be very high, so the badge he carries is assumed to have very high authority, so of course he can pass through the blockade of the innate clutch divine light.

Then Gong Tianwu recalled the dog butcher who left a deep impression on him. There are actually two versions of this guy:

The first version is a puppet version, but it has the same intelligence and response methods as a living person. However, it must have been given a death order to protect the things around it, so it seems to be tied up and is always targeted by itself.

His strength is already very strong. If it is a head-on 1V1 fight, even if he can win, it will be a miserable victory.

The second version is the shadow version of the original body. He has super strength and is equipped with a terrifyingly powerful heavenly weapon, which gives him an overwhelming advantage. But it seems that his shortcoming is the duration?

Moreover, he called himself Yan Renying?

Gong Tianwu had heard of this name before. He was a master of Emei.
After adding up these details, and the law that once one in this world passes the tribulation and reaches the golden elixir stage, one must ascend to the upper realm, a bold guess began to emerge in Gong Tianwu's mind:

The world he lives in is actually just a sub-plane similar to a secret realm. The laws of heaven and earth and the spiritual resources here can only allow cultivators to practice to the foundation building stage. To reach a higher level, they need to go to the main plane, which is the real Shushan!
The powerful monks and those famous magical weapons in the main plane cannot come to this lower world directly because their strength is too strong, and they can only adopt various workarounds.

For example, the talisman that sealed the Ziying sword energy that he had encountered before, and the projection of Yan Renying that he met this time, are both examples of this kind.

Not only that, the Void Eye Organization seems mysterious and strange, but there is one very crucial point, that is the weapons they use!

There are four key words for this weapon: standard, extremely sharp, made of bamboo, and short sword!
The combination of these keywords completely points to another famous sect in Shushan: Zhushan! !

After figuring this out, the many puzzles in Gong Tianwu's mind were solved naturally:
Before, he was not at a high level, so he had no access to these inside stories. Now, with the increase of strength, it is natural for him to understand the high-level secrets of this world. Next, Gong Tianwu began to count his gains in his sea of ​​consciousness. Undoubtedly, what he was most concerned about was the upper limit of his soul lifespan, which had been directly reduced to less than seven years. It was obvious that it was not enough to consume another reincarnation.

But what appeared in Gong Tianwu's eyes now was no longer the cruel and cold number 7, but directly became 91 years old.

But even so, Gong Tianwu still felt a little unwilling, and directly called Kang Dao:

"You've deducted my share, haven't you? You make this Heaven-Replenishing Liquid sound like a miracle, but how come it only increases my soul's lifespan by a small amount? It should be at least two to three thousand years."

Kang was helpless after hearing this:

"The purpose of the Void Eye Organization building the Star Attracting Tower there is to use the special environment there to attract star power from above and gather earth fire from below to refine the water and fire flower."

"When the flower of water and fire shrunk to the size of a palm, it was refined from a tangible to an intangible, reaching the state of water and fire complementing each other, and the state of mixed origin and wish fulfillment. That was when their goal was achieved, and they refined it into the legendary Yin and Yang flower."

"The Heaven-Replenishing Liquid we got this time is to be used to transform it into mist every seven days for the Water and Fire Flowers to absorb and replenish their body."

"Because of this, the liquid in the Sun and Moon Pot is actually a product made by mixing a small amount of Heaven-Replenishing Liquid with Jade Liquid and Nectar. It is not pure!"

"So our gains this time are certainly huge, but not as big as you might imagine."

Gong Tianwu snorted coldly and said:

"I think you're just trying to put me off."

Kang sighed and said helplessly:

"Your soul lifespan has only recovered to 91 years, because your original upper limit is only 91 years!"

"To put it bluntly, if there was a turning point in time, and you were born normally on Earth and lived normally as Gong Tianwu, even if your body was always healthy, you would have developed Alzheimer's disease when you were 85 years old, and died of a complete mental breakdown at the age of 91."

"The purpose of the Heaven-Replenishing Liquid is to make up for the soul life you have wasted and lost. It cannot allow you to break through your own limits and days. Otherwise, it would be called the Heaven-Defying Liquid or the Heaven-Breaking Liquid, okay?"

After hearing Kang's answer, Gong Tianwu suddenly felt that "you are right, but I have nothing to say in response", and could only say awkwardly:

"Ah, I won't tell you anymore. Look at this stewardess's ass, it's so perky."

After a while, Gong Tianwu suddenly said:
"Didn't I change the fate of the others this time?"

Kang Dao:

"If you are not willing to pay the karma points, then you can only get the relevant information of the two people for free."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Then come and listen."

Immediately, a message appeared on his retina:

"Your actions have changed the fate of the dog demon Hua Manlou. Originally, this demon was going to die in two years. The cause of death was that he tried to escape from prison and was killed by the jailer."

"But after being released by you, he returned to Xiongbian Mountain/Mujiang City. Thanks to Rong Jian's guidance, his cultivation level improved greatly. Several decades later, because he tried to prevent the birth of Tiannv Ba, he was killed by Qingcheng elders Xu Chenzi and Xu Jingzi."

"Your actions changed the fate of Emei swordsman Zeng Ping. She was originally going to be released in two months, but she died of infatuation a year later."

"But when she escaped this time, she killed the captain of the guard Meng Qi, who was on his way to rescue Yan You at the time. Because you, the murderer of Yan You, have been executed, the Xutong Organization made her bear most of the blame for Yan You's death."

"Plus, Zeng Ping's personality was extreme and arrogant, so the enraged Void Eyes Organization abolished her cultivation and demoted her to a camp prostitute. She was tortured for four months until she died."

After seeing these two pieces of news, Gong Tianwu secretly sighed. He never expected that the two people he met would have such an unfortunate fate.
***
After a long journey, they finally arrived in Cape Town, South Africa. There were already people waiting here. They were a group of mercenaries contacted through Gong Yunyan's connections.

Yes, that's right, they are indeed mercenaries! They are armed with real guns and will kill without blinking an eye when necessary.

Although the old palace was very dissatisfied with the previous forced abdication, he is his own son after all, and he will definitely take care of him when it is necessary.

There were seven mercenaries traveling together. The leader was called Al, a man in his forties who looked very steady and reliable. After saying a lot of things, the entire team drove two cars and took Gong Tianwu to the north.

The roads along the way first changed from highways to ordinary roads, and then from ordinary roads to dirt roads. After driving about two hundred kilometers, we drove into a farm.

Soon, several mastiffs rushed out and bit the uninvited guests. Then an old man with a red nose drove over in a pickup truck, holding a shotgun and roaring angrily:
"You bunch of wild dogs, get out of my territory right now, or prepare to taste the taste of large lead bullets!"

Al seemed very calm at this time. He raised his hand and went forward to negotiate with the old man:

"Mr. Berson, calm down. We have no intention of invading your private territory. I just spoke to you on the phone this morning and hope to rent your helicopter for one day for $5,000."

Borsen pulled out a metal hip flask and took a sip. Then he growled:
"Get lost, no one can touch my Red Dragonfly (nickname for the helicopter)."

Al said calmly:

"I am very sincere, Mr. Berson, so do you think nine thousand dollars is a suitable price?"

Obviously, the rent of 9,000 US dollars is very convincing even for a drunk. Bosen hesitated for a moment, but then he saw Gong Tianwu next to him and said sinisterly:

"Are you going to give this kid my red dragonfly?"

Al raised his eyebrows:
"That's not important, right, Mr. Berson? What's important is that you will have nine thousand dollars in your account soon."

Benson roared, raising his shotgun:
"I will never let a yellow monkey use the Red Dragonfly, ever!! These despicable guys shamelessly murdered my uncle in North Korea (War of Resistance against U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea). What I want to see most now is the corpse of this kid after he was shot in the head!!"

Gong Tianwu narrowed his eyes slightly at this time, and in the next second a "hiss" sound was heard in the air, and then a bloody hole appeared in the middle of Benson's eyebrows.

The drunk old man froze in place for two seconds, then he collapsed to the ground and his eyes quickly became unfocused.

The person who fired the shot was not Al, but Mogansha, a taciturn black team member in the car behind.

Al tapped his forehead and chest three times with his index finger, then shrugged.

"Mr. Berson, thank you for saving me nine thousand dollars."

Al also glanced at Gong Tianwu, fearing that the child would burst into tears or scream in fear after witnessing the cruel scene of murder, which would make it very difficult to comfort him.

But what Al didn't expect was that the Chinese boy in front of him stared at the corpse calmly, and then began to look around. This made Al couldn't help but mutter "freak" in his heart.

Twenty minutes later, an agricultural helicopter took off into the sky. Its bright red paint shone brightly against the blue sky and white clouds, and it looked particularly high-profile. However, because this thing was an agricultural version, it could only seat four people.

After the helicopter took off, Al thought for a moment and said to Gong Tianwu:

"Hey, Alan, your father said it's okay to call you that, right?"

Gong Tianwu nodded and said:
"Yes, Mr. Al."

Al Dao:
"After we got here, we are still more than 300 miles away from where you want to go, and there is no road to get there. Do you know what this means?"

Gong Tianwu said:

“It’s been a tough journey.”

(End of this chapter)