Nightmare Light

Chapter 188 Little Huang Quangong
"This thing isn't dead yet!?"

Lin Wang was extremely surprised when he saw what the cat girl was carrying.

Not only him, but Shi Xionglue, who was standing next to him, also looked on guard and reapplied the divine magic to the kitchen knife.

In the white cat's arms, a skeletal child, as tall as a normal person's thigh, struggled wildly. Its lizard-like lower limbs betrayed its true identity—

Lord Huangquan.

Lin Wang and Shi Xiong were initially wary, but soon they realized that their anxiety was unfounded—this little guy with legs so tall posed no threat to them, let alone being able to break free from the cat girl's grasp.

"Release me! How dare you disrespect a true immortal!"

"I am a true immortal! How dare you mortals act like this... Ouch! Ouch! Don't shake me! Don't pat me! Don't flick my forehead..."

"Oh My God!"

The little skeleton waved its two short arms, trying to slap the cat girl's hand away, but how could a curious cat listen to it?
The white cat's hands moved like lightning, turning the little skeleton over and over. Soon, the little Yellow Springs Duke seemed to lose all strength and lay motionless on the ground.

A few seconds later, He braced himself with his hands, raised his head, looked around at the crowd, and then glanced at the devilish cat girl.

Huang Quan Gong's skeletal mouth grinned: "Wow...you're bullying an immortal..."

Cried.

Lin Wang and Shi Xiong exchanged a glance, and both of them saw a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.

But Lin Wang had no intention of coaxing the little guy; he simply left him to the side.

He stepped forward and said to the cat girl, "Cat, I have something very important to tell you."

"As important as catching small fish?"

"As important as catching mice."

"Meow, I'm listening." The cat girl looked serious and pricked up her ears.

"In a little while, take this little guy back to the tree fern and lock him up... but don't lock him up with that snake demon from before, and don't let the two 'people' meet."

"Why?"

"The suspects cannot meet before cross-examination to prevent them from colluding," Lin Wang explained. As if afraid the cat girl wouldn't understand, he added, "I need to prevent them from conspiring to deceive me, understand?"

"No."

"..." Lin Wang's face twitched. After thinking for a moment, he said to the cat girl, "Just imagine that one day, the fish and the mouse conspire together to deal with you."

The cat girl looked up and pondered for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed, "Eek!"

"Once they succeed in their tradition, you'll be able to catch mice and fish forever."

"Ugh!"

"do you understand?"

"I understand, meow." The cat girl nodded seriously. "Which one should we kill?"

"...Don't kill them yet, I need to interrogate them!" Lin Wang's face twitched. "Separate them and lock them up in different places, the tree ferns are quite large anyway."

"Oh, I understand." The cat girl nodded. "Now?"

"No, after we finish things here."

After Lin Wang finished speaking, he walked to Huang Quan Gong, who was less than a meter tall, and squatted down.

The little thing held up its two little arms and rubbed its eyes hard, still crying loudly.

"Alright, stop pretending. I know you're faking your tears." Lin Wang raised his hand and flicked the little guy on the head, sending him flying three meters away before the cat girl quickly picked him up again. "A mortal is bullying this immortal again!" the little skeleton roared, turning his head to see Lin Wang. "...It's you, my master's successor."

"Didn't you say before that if I spared your life, you would agree to be my subordinate? Why do you still call me 'your lord's successor'?"

"Hmph, I saved my own life, you didn't give it to me! Why should I be your subordinate!" Little Yellow Springs Duke put his hands on his hips and raised his head, "Unless you..."

"Don't say that. We'll talk about this later. I have something I need you to do right now." Lin Wang interrupted the little guy and asked, "Are you the ruler of the Styx River?"

"Yes, how about it?"

"Go and command the dead to make way, so that the humans may return to the world."

"Laughable! Why should I, a celestial being, obey the orders of a mere mortal like you!" Little Yellow Springs Lord stood with his hands on his hips and his head held high. "Even the orders of my lord back then, I would have chosen whether to obey or not!"

"Cat, poke at it." "Meow!"

"Ouch! Ouch! Don't throw it! Don't scratch me! Don't lift it... I'll talk, I'll talk!"

Little Huangquan Gong lay on the ground for a long time before listlessly getting up: "Actually, it's not that I don't want to command... it's that I can't command."

"Can't command?"

Little Huangquan Gong spread his hands: "I have no power left now, how can I command all the dead on both sides of the River Styx?"

Lin Wang recalled His power, half of which He had released and half of which He had absorbed. Knowing that What He said was true, he said to Him, "Then shall I send some back to you?"

"That's not the problem! My lord... my lord's successor!" Little Yellow Springs Lord waved his short arms, "It's my energy core! That's the key!"

"Whether it's a small dead person or a great true god, the power within their body can be endlessly replenished and automatically restored! But your previous absorption took away my core power! So I lost the ability to restore my power!"

"Why can I take your power core?" Lin Wang asked, puzzled.

“…My lord’s successor, you really do know absolutely nothing.” Little Huangquan Gong shook his head with his hands on his hips, looking old-fashioned. “Sigh, really.”

Lin Wang glanced at the white cat, who immediately stood at attention and continued, "Don't touch me! I'm talking!"

"...Alas, I am probably the most pathetic true immortal in history..." Little Yellow Springs Lord sighed, "I ask you, what is the difference between an immortal and a god?"

"Don't be so secretive, just tell me."

"Do you think that a god can become a god simply by being powerful? If that's the case, then in my prime, I should at least have been the 'Lord of the Underworld,' so how come I only became the Duke of the Underworld?"

He said, "Lord Bo... is a celestial being, appointed by the true god, who walks the earth and serves the true god."

"A true god can bestow titles and authority upon immortals, but can also strip them of all power and reclaim it—now you understand why you were able to take away my core of power?"

He turned and looked at Lin Wang: "For that white fire is the authority of my lord—a great king."

Lin Wang nodded, his expression solemn, frantically digesting the information brought by Huang Quan Gong.

At this moment, he heard Huang Quan Gong say, "My lord's successor... I have an idea, how about this—you return the core of power to me, and I will help you command the dead to make way..."

"I refuse." Lin Wang refused Him without hesitation.

"Tch, you weak and despicable mortal!" Huang Quan Gong cursed angrily. "Just wait! Without my help, even if you spend another ten years, you will not be able to cleanse the banks of the River Styx of all the dead!"

"You and those humans will live forever on the banks of the River Styx, becoming its inhabitants!"

"No, I believe there must be other ways to leave here," Lin Wang said calmly.

At that moment, a lewd and fawning voice suddenly rang out in mid-air.

"Uh... My lord, if you agree, I would be very willing to share your burdens."

(End of this chapter)