Excessive ferocity due to caution

Five minutes later, in the spacious villa hall.

The petal-shaped chandelier cast a warm yellow glow as everyone gathered around the dining table to eat.

The dinner was far too lavish.

Looking at the dazzling array of food on the huge, long dining table, the visitors to Huangliangmeng felt rather embarrassed.

"I'm so sorry... Lord Huang."

The middle-aged man, Tan Xiao, spoke with a hint of apology in his voice.

Although it was just for show.

"We did not bring Zhao Yi's body back."

Huang Liangmeng, holding the spoon, said with some surprise:

"What? His body was taken by someone else?"

Tan Xiao remained silent for a moment.

"He's not dead."

Upon hearing this, Huang Liangmeng laughed incredulously:

"Not dead?"

"Tan Xiao, when did you start joking around?"

Tan Xiao put down her bowl and chopsticks:

"He's really not dead."

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became very somber.

Huang Liangmeng's eyes, which had previously held a leisurely and lazy air, narrowed, revealing a murderous intent within them:

"With so many people entering the movie theater, at least half of them wanted to kill Zhao Yi. How could he possibly still be alive?"

Faced with Huang Liangmeng's questioning, Tan Xiao showed neither anger nor fear, only saying:

"Back then, you suddenly altered the array's runes and laws, yet he still managed to escape, didn't he?"

Huangliang Meng said calmly:

"Mr. Tan Xiao, please watch your words."

"The teleportation array malfunctioned, but that has absolutely nothing to do with me."

"That's because the laws of the Boundless Realm have undergone unknown changes, and can no longer match the laws of the teleportation array."

Tan Xiao was silent for a moment, then apologized:

"I am very sorry, Lord Huang, I misspoke."

"I'll definitely be more careful next time."

Huang Liangmeng raised his hand, and a servant immediately placed a lit cigar between his fingers.

How strong is Zhao Yi now?

Tan Xiao exchanged a glance with his teammate beside him and replied truthfully:

"It's terrifying."

"I'm afraid even ordinary high-level fierce beasts might not be able to take him down."

Upon hearing this, Huang Liangmeng cursed:

"Bullshit!"

"How could someone who only recently broke through to the Great Ferocity Realm be this strong?!"

Tan Xiao looked at Huang Liangmeng, who was slightly on the verge of a breakdown, and said seriously:

"Lord Huang... he's just that strong."

"When Zhao Yi killed Yang Fei, she didn't make a sound at all."

"Although I don't know what you want Zhao Yi's corpse for, if you want him dead, you'll have to reconsider your investment and the price you're willing to pay."

"Moreover, the movie is over, and soon you will find out exactly how many of the actors who participated in this movie in the capital did not return."

"I can tell you with absolute certainty—at least 70%, maybe even 80%, of these people died at Zhao Yi's hands!"

"That damned Bright Cliff, the only safe place in the world, has become the eternal burial ground for these people!"

As he spoke, he gradually became somewhat agitated.

Because Tan Xiao remembers very clearly that if it weren't for Lady Luck's blessing, they would have died there forever!

Fortunately, they had left that courtyard at that time.

When Huang Liangmeng saw Tan Xiao's excited expression and the slightly trembling hands of his teammates holding chopsticks, he softened his tone.

After a hasty meal of the sumptuous dinner, the group was about to bid farewell to Huangliangmeng, but just as they were about to get up, they found that the doorway was blocked.

Tan Xiao and his companions keenly sensed that something was amiss.

"Lord Huang, what do you mean by this?"

Huang Liangmeng remained seated, the cigar in his mouth slowly burning.

"It doesn't mean anything."

"It's getting late, so I'd like to invite you all to stay here for a couple of nights."

Tan Xiao said coldly:

"We have no grudges between us. Aren't you afraid that doing this will attract an investigation from the Bounty Hunter Association?"

Huangliang Meng calmly said:

"I will naturally find a way to deal with the Bounty Hunters Association."

"As for grudges... you really have no grudges against me."

"But I really don't want even the slightest word about demanding Zhao Yi's body to leak out..."

"Otherwise, it wouldn't be you who die, but me."

Seeing the people gradually closing in from all sides, Tan Xiao slowly drew his weapon and stood back-to-back with his teammates, all the while trying his best to create an opportunity for himself:

"We've been in this business for many years, and maintaining employer confidentiality is a fundamental professional principle. We've never leaked any employer's information. Aren't you reassured?"

Huang Liangmeng smiled slightly and slowly exhaled the smoke from his lungs:

"Do you know why I didn't post this bounty directly within the association, but instead specifically asked Yang Fei to take on this private job?"

"It's because it's easier to handle afterwards."

"I do believe what you're saying... but when it comes to my life, I don't want to take any risks."

"After all, 'those guys' won't reason with me."

"If you have to blame someone, blame that stupid woman Yang Fei. If she hadn't forced you to take this side job, you wouldn't be in this situation now."

As he spoke, he got up, straightened his clothes, and turned to go upstairs.

"Be clean."

"Don't make it everywhere."

"We have distinguished guests arriving tomorrow."

...

Zhao Yishihai.

Inside the Bloodline Temple.

Zhao Yi arrived at the deepest part, gazing at the tattered red robe with a melancholy look in his eyes.

He raised his hand, attempting to purify the ominous aura emanating from the woman in red.

This tattered corner of the red garment came from the Silent Containment Center.

The blood on it... is the blood of the gods.

To this day, Zhao Yi still doesn't know what kind of realm the so-called gods are.

Is the master evil coming?

Or perhaps above both?

With his current strength, he can temporarily suppress the strange forces resurfacing within the tattered red robes, but he cannot completely eliminate them.

The eeriness in the blood above carries a mark exclusive to 'god'.

With Zhao Yi's current methods, he cannot eliminate them.

The fragmented consciousness within the red-clad creature had long since dissipated, and Zhao Yi could no longer obtain any further information from it.

"The red-clothed woman's bloodline power is very strong. Now that her new body and soul have completely merged into one, I can study the power of the Triple Body."

Feeling the harmony within his body, Zhao Yi had no more worries and nurtured his three bodies—Eight Arms, Extinction, and Colorless—with his bloodline divine power.

These things already existed; there's no need to cultivate and condense them again. We just need to wait for them to slowly repair themselves.

Although this process will be very long.

Once Zhao Yi's triple body is fully repaired, he will possess power that is currently unattainable!

PS:

Second update.

I finished writing around 9 p.m. tonight. Everyone should go to bed early. Lately, I've been feeling really sleepy after eating, yawning constantly, and then I can't fall back asleep after waking up in the morning. I feel uncomfortable all over.

It's probably because winter is approaching.

I'm numb, I'm done for.

Goodnight, my darlings!