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Chapter 69 The Lord in Yellow!!! (Seeking monthly votes and recommendations)

Zhou Lei was gesticulating wildly and shouting incessantly; these people were basically divided into three factions.

Li Changgeng formed his own faction, Li Zhiman was a wealthy young lady, and Gu Chao and his bodyguard team formed another faction. The minority obeyed the majority, which clearly meant that Li Changgeng was cannon fodder and the first to die.

"Why should I? No way." Li Zhiman felt that this was too unfair to Li Changgeng. The Swamp of the Dead was no place to be trifled with; those who walked at the front had the highest probability of dying.

During wartime, when reconnaissance was needed, a group of scouts would be sent out. Even in a reconnaissance team, one person would always walk at the front. The two greatest risks were landmines on the ground and being killed by snipers, as the enemy was in the shadows.

"The minority must obey the majority, that's the law. Are you suggesting we make Young Master Gu Chao a cannon fodder? Young Master Gu is the son of the owner of PPLN Paleontological Gene Company, his life is precious, unlike that poor wretch Li Changgeng!"

Zhou Lei was convinced that Gu Chao also wanted Li Changgeng to die, and as Gu Chao's loyal and devoted lackey, this was a good opportunity for Zhou Lei to show off.

Just now, Zhou Lei reached a preliminary agreement with the bodyguard team through eye contact. Li Changgeng would lead the way, and if they encountered any ancient creatures, monsters, or water demons, they would take action if they could handle them, and run away if they couldn't. Li Changgeng was essentially acting as bait.

The trip to the Undead Swamp was just a pretext; the main purpose was to lure Li Zhiman out.

"You're just a lapdog that wags its tail! Do you even have any money? You're just a thug!" Li Zhiman was thoroughly fed up with this thing that kept buzzing around like a fly.

"I'm going to cross the Undead Swamp today. I'm not going back until I've had my fill of fun."

Zhou Lei's face immediately turned red. It was true. Gu Chao was rich, but that didn't mean he was rich. He was obviously just using Gu Chao's influence to bully others. In reality, he didn't have much money. Everything he used was given to him by Gu Chao, and he didn't even have his own house.

clap clap!

Gu Chao raised his hand and slapped him twice, once forward and once backward.

Zhou Lei is a good-for-nothing. He's nothing but a disgrace to us. He's completely useless. We thought he had some skill, but he was defeated by Li Changgeng with a single punch!
"Useless? Not ashamed enough? You've angered Zhiman!"

Thud! Gu Chao kicked again, landing squarely on Zhou Lei's groin.

Even though Zhou Lei could see through Gu Chao's attack pattern, he didn't dare to dodge. He could only take the hit head-on, jumping up and down on the spot, clutching his crotch to relieve the pain, and his face turned a liverish color.

"You bunch of useless trash! Today's protagonist is Zhiman. You all usually brag like crazy, saying you're fearless, but when it really comes down to it, you're all cowards!"

Gu Chao waved his hand and said, "Who among you will go and lead the charge?!"

Li Changgeng sensed a strong aura of a demonic beast. He could even smell the scent of a white wolf, the same white wolf that had devoured Lin Mo's family members at the giant city wall north of Black Sea City.

Li Changgeng tried to summon the cards in the bronze shrine, and there was a response, which reassured him that he would be alright.

The Skeleton Reaper card was black, and it was pecked to pieces by the night hawk, which caught Li Changgeng off guard.

The mythical lock on the bronze shrine is still there, and his name engraved on it shines with golden light. The Grim Reaper's scythe and battle axe rise in the bronze shrine, flashing with an unusual purple light.

A ragged, faceless man in yellow appeared before Li Changgeng. Li Changgeng was startled, but judging from the reactions of the others, they probably couldn't see the man in yellow.

This man in yellow had appeared before Li Changgeng many times. It was he who personally delivered the bronze shrine to Li Changgeng. After Li Changgeng touched the bronze shrine, it mysteriously appeared in his mind. Before he saw the man in yellow, when the eternal night mist had just descended, Li Changgeng had a vague image of the bronze shrine in his mind.

"You... can call me... Lord of the Deep Space Star Sea!" The faceless man in yellow uttered a soul-stirring cry from the starry sky.

"Don't worry, no one else can see me except you."

Lord of the Deep Space Star Sea?

Li Changgeng blinked hard. For a while now, he hadn't been dragged into the Sky Sea by the red countdown, and this yellow-clad man had inexplicably appeared. "The Skeleton Reaper isn't dead. You can revive him, or you can choose to forge and fuse him. You've performed well lately, so I'll give you a forging furnace! This forging furnace, uh… it can only be used twice. It can forge and fuse cards, and it can also fuse divine weapons!! In the Sky Sea, you'll find the forging furnace you need! The Thirteen Coffins of Evil Spirits have descended upon Black Sea City again; your tasks are getting heavier."

Li Changgeng was very excited, his eyes twitching slightly. "Who am I? What exactly is going on?"

"The choices of fate are not subject to personal will! Li Changgeng, you must be ruthless! Born into a chaotic world of evil gods, you must survive and stand at the pinnacle of the gods to save your family and save more people!"

The man in yellow had been acting strangely. When he finally spoke, Li Changgeng decided to ask him what was going on. He was exhausted, feeling like he was being pushed along by some mysterious force without any independent thought. He didn't like this feeling.

What happened to him was too bizarre and terrifying. Why did it have to happen?

"I know you want to ask a lot, but I don't know either." The man in yellow gently pushed with both hands, and a dazzling crack appeared in the void, like fireworks blasting a deformed little hole in the sky.

An unremarkable, rusty four-legged cauldron appeared before Li Changgeng. Needless to say, this should be the so-called fusion forging furnace, which can only be used twice.

"Rise!" The man in yellow slowly raised his octopus-tentacle hands, and the Grim Reaper's scythe and battle axe flew out of the bronze shrine and slowly fell into the forging furnace.

"Use the fusion forging furnace and the pure yang fire of heaven and earth. Chang Geng, what type of divine weapon do you desire?"

Li Changgeng then realized that the divine weapon the man in yellow had mentioned meant a weapon. A transparent panel appeared in front of Li Changgeng, showing various golden weapons, including knives, swords, and other strange things, but no firearms, only cold weapons.

"The Shadowless Blade!?" Li Changgeng was drawn to the name.

The so-called Shadowless Blade was born at the beginning of chaos and possesses the power of starlight. The hilt is the size of a palm, fits perfectly in the hand, and is very comfortable to hold. You can control the spiritual light to form the blade with your mind, making it very pleasant to slay evil spirits. In other words, it is usually just a hilt, but you can make the blade appear with your mind.

"Then let's make the Shadowless Blade! I still prefer swords because blades are curved!" The man in yellow pressed the word "Refine" from a distance, and purple flames leaped in the forging furnace. A few seconds later, the Shadowless Blade was complete.

Li Changgeng held the hilt of the sword, and with a thought in his mind, the blade, infused with the light of stars, appeared.

After returning the Shadowless Blade to the bronze shrine, Li Changgeng heard Gu Chao's voice for the second time.

"Who among you will go and lead the charge?!"

Li Changgeng was in a daze, feeling that time had just stood still, and that time had not passed since what happened between him and the man in yellow.
"This, this is too difficult, whoever goes will die!" The long-bearded, burly werewolf shrugged.

"Young Master Gu, we're not fully prepared today. How about tomorrow? The Swamp of the Dead, exploring a new path is easier said than done!" The middle-aged martial arts master at the Innate Realm looked dejected. He had personally witnessed too many martial arts masters being devoured by demonic beasts.

The female evil spirit in the flowing crimson robe was still shaken. "We can't get through with just this many people. The guardian beast of the Undead Swamp is a water python! There aren't even enough of us to feed it! We're all going to die!"

Gu Chao's face turned green. It was so embarrassing. He had invited Li Zhiman to come and play, and Li Zhiman wanted to cross the Undead Swamp, but now there was no one to lead the way.

"Zhou Lei, what about you?"

Zhou Lei was startled and gave a fawning smile, "Young Master Gu, I'm a coward, I admit defeat!"

There's no shame in admitting defeat when faced with death.

"Fuck you!!" Gu Chao, who was usually very well-mannered, was so angry that he cursed and reached out to hit Zhou Lei, who covered his head and ran away.

Li Changgeng said to Li Zhiman, "I promise to take you through the Swamp of the Dead, but I have one condition: I want to bring my Qixi home."

"Deal!" Li Zhiman said readily.

(End of this chapter)