I became Superman

Minglou thought to himself that Minglong must have been too cautious and cut off the passage without waiting for his permission to prevent any accidents.

He shouted into the darkness outside.

The darkness began to slowly dissipate, and a huge human face appeared above their heads, completely obscuring the sky. This face bore an eighty percent resemblance to Ming Lou.

Zhou Ming knew that this was the god created by Ming Lou.

This perspective is quite interesting.

They were like two residents of Lilliput, looking up at the giant who had come to their land.

At this moment, the saliva of the Candle Dragon was being held in Minglong's palm.

Minglou called out, "Minglong, Zhou Ming and I have reached an agreement. Open the passage quickly."

Minglong didn't reply, but silently looked down at them with a slightly sarcastic smile on his lips.

He suddenly stretched out a giant, Titan-like hand, picked up the Zhulong's saliva, and held it far away.

The two of them immediately saw the scene outside.

They have now reached the ground, and outside is the surface portion of the Southwest Headquarters, but it has changed drastically.

The inverted pyramid-shaped underground structure was uprooted and abandoned on the surface. The aliens that had been housed in those glass cells were now free and wreaking havoc at the Southwest Headquarters.

Shadows kept streaking across the sky.

That was a vampire with enormous wings.

High-ranking vampires, rarely seen on ordinary days, suddenly appeared in droves.

The inspectors from the Southwest Headquarters were surrounding the three king-level commanders, stubbornly resisting the enemy with their backs against the ruins of the inverted pyramid. However, the enemy was powerful, and inspectors kept dying.

The elderly Zhi Maoying whom Zhou Ming had met was missing her right arm, and Huang Hong and Jian Hao were also covered in wounds.

Many of their companions' corpses lay at their feet.

Minglou finally realized what had happened, and he said in a deep voice, "The Empire has treated you and me well, why have you done this?"

Minglong said, "Wrong. It's that I've treated you well. What am I? Have I ever been treated as an individual?"

Suppressing his anger, Minglou said, "We are one body. Treating me well is treating you well. When have I ever disrespected your opinion?"

Minglong sneered, "Even though we are one, there is still a master and a servant. You can't possibly understand my feelings."

Have you ever experienced the fear that your body and will could be taken over by someone else at any moment?

"Of course, you'll say you would never do that, but what I want isn't someone else's guarantee, I want true autonomy."

"If a person's existence is based solely on the guarantees of others, does he/she truly exist?"

"I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. I can take the Candle Dragon's Saliva from you without raising suspicion."

"I made a deal with Cain using that vampire in the prison. He will completely sever the connection between us, and I can finally exist as an independent individual. And you... you will witness my brilliant life within this tiny Candle Dragon's Saliva!"

"My life truly begins today!"

Minglong's words revealed a suppressed hatred and a sense of vengeful pleasure.

Minglou could not hide his shock.

He never imagined that Minglong harbored such intense resentment towards him.

He couldn't understand where this resentment came from. He had never used his power to restrain Minglong's behavior, nor had he forced him to do anything.

He just needs a partner, a partner to depend on.

He created a partner for himself, but this partner regarded him as an enemy.

Where exactly did the error go wrong?

Zhou Ming glanced at Ming Lou sympathetically and said, "It seems every family has its own troubles."

It turns out that not only can people turn against each other, but even the characters created in a person's mind can betray them.

It's a truly disheartening truth.

Zhou Ming's figure slowly floated up and flew into the air. Soon he encountered an invisible barrier.

This is the boundary of the Candle Dragon's Saliva.

He touched the boundary with his hand and felt that it was an absolutely rigid body, without any flexibility.

That was clearly not a material thing; even with X-ray vision, you couldn't see what was in front of it.

To be precise, the saliva of the Candle Dragon is more like a restriction that prevents progress. This restriction sets a boundary, and everything that is forbidden is not allowed to cross that boundary.

In summary, the image of the Candle Dragon's Saliva is a rule.

Rules are usually difficult to break by force.

Of course, this is just a general rule.

Every rule has its limits.

A terrifying power surged within Zhou Ming's body once again.

Fortunately, power never betrays people.

……

"Fuller, we should go. If he breaks free, none of us will be able to leave."

Minglong shouted at the vampire who had escaped from the prison.

The vampire laughed loudly, "He's being held captive by the Candle Dragon's Saliva, how could he possibly get out? Minglong, you've been terrified of him, how can you even dream of being independent?"

Minglong was speechless for a long time before saying, "Even if he can't escape, the empire will come to his aid."

Fuller said, "Cain's gaze is on us. We can escape from here in an instant. The people from the Empire won't arrive for at least half an hour. What are you afraid of?"

"The empire has imprisoned me for over a decade. I will drain all their blood to quell the anger in my heart."

His eyes glowed red as he slowly unfurled his enormous fleshy wings.

Dozens of nearby vampires, sharing the same aura, all spread their wings in response.

Blood-red mist rose from the valley, obscuring the sunlight.

Fuller felt comfortable all over, and the power that had been suppressed for more than ten years slowly recovered in the blood mist.

He smiled and looked at Minglong, saying, "Do you want to do it yourself?"

Minglong glanced at the Southwest Headquarters inspectors who were resisting against the ruins and said, "Not interested."

Fuller chuckled dismissively and said, "In that case, I'll go to the banquet alone."

After saying that, he flapped his wings and swooped down toward the battlefield.

The appearance of the blood mist suppressed the imperial inspectors of the Southwest Headquarters.

They felt their blood surging and burning, wanting to break free of their blood vessels and gush out.

Zhi Maoying lost her right arm, and the bleeding had already stopped, but then blood suddenly gushed out.

Unmoved, she calmly said, "This is Fuller's Blood Poison Technique. Bai Ling, you handle this."

Bai Ling was the girl who had accompanied Zhi Maoying to welcome Zhou Ming and the others.

She had been inside the defensive perimeter, protected by everyone. Upon hearing the commander's order, she immediately replied, "Yes, sir!"

Her face contorted in pain, her body swelled up like an inflating balloon, bursting through her clothes in the blink of an eye. Her arms transformed into two thick legs, and her head became an elephant's head with a long, drooping trunk.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Ling transformed into a white elephant.

The white elephant's body continued to expand until it became a giant beast nearly ten meters tall, at which point it stopped growing.

The white elephant stood in the middle of the crowd, radiating a pure white light that dispelled the surrounding blood mist.

The inspectors, enveloped in its radiance, experienced rapid healing of their wounds and complete relief from their fatigue.

Zhi Maoying's severed arm had stopped bleeding. Her face was deathly pale, but her expression remained resolute. She said, "Everyone, cover Bai Ling and wait for Imperial reinforcements!"