I'm a magnetic field madman

Is this how you treat the people who protected you?

"Look at them, Kou Zhong. Do you still remember how high-spirited you were when you conquered the Wagang Army?"

Yang Guang pointed at the cowering, fearful people, mockingly trampling on Kou Zhong's head, and laughed...

"Without power, you are nothing. What is easily gained is just as easily lost, isn't it?"

"Nonsense—nonsense...kill me if you want!" Kou Zhong growled through gritted teeth.

"Kill you? No, no, no, I find humiliating you far more interesting than killing you," Yang Guang sneered.

"You have disappointed me. Since that's the case, I will cripple your power, and then cripple your brother Xu Ziling in front of you as well. After that, I'll throw you both to these rioters. I'm just wondering how they'll treat you properly..."

"Whale Killing Overlord Fist!!"

Just then, Xu Ziling, who had rushed over, roared and threw a punch at Yang Guang's face. The fierce attack was firmly restrained by the huge snake demon.

"Young Master Ling, don't worry about me, run!!" Kou Zhong shouted as he struggled, his heart filled with nothing but humiliation... humiliation at his own powerlessness and uselessness!

Xu Ziling gritted his teeth, but he would never abandon his brothers, absolutely not!!

But two against one was already no match, so how could Xu Ziling possibly deal with Yang Guang, who had already defeated Kou Zhong?

The ferocious serpent demon gradually closed in, and Xu Ziling's power began to decline uncontrollably.

Tears of blood streamed from Kou Zhong's eyes; what filled his heart at this moment was beyond simple humiliation.

Power…he needs power! What he needs is fucking unparalleled, unstoppable power!!

No matter the price he pays or the evil deeds he commits, he needs power—power that can stop everything!

Just then, a phantom of a Kun swimming suddenly rushed out from behind Yang Guang. It was Ning Daoqi. Having recovered some of his strength, he did not choose to run away, but instead used his last bit of strength to rush over to help Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong!

It wasn't just him; in that canal, a figure that split into eight ethereal beings watched all of this from afar.

It was the Evil King Shi Zhixuan who dared not approach the mad Yang Guang, but instead chose to help Ning Daoqi, thus helping Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong escape their predicament.

He unleashed all the power within him, the power of the raging valley surging with the life force drained from him. Like a human bomb, he rushed over and tightly embraced Yang Guang.

"Come on!"

Ning Daoqi roared, his last words fueling his final burst of power. As his body swelled like a balloon, Ning Daoqi, without hesitation, filled his cells with all his might and chose to embrace death.

Yang Guang's Tianjing Sword slashed horizontally, instantly cleaving Ning Daoqi in mid-air.

At the same time, the magnetic field power within his body erupted completely out of control, and a terrifying white light filled half of Jiangdu, causing Yang Guang to close his eyes involuntarily.

As the light faded, nearly half of Jiangdu was completely destroyed by Ning Daoqi's desperate attack.

As for Yang Guang? He was still standing there unharmed.

Ning Daoqi's desperate attack couldn't even break through his protective power.

The three grandmasters who were once renowned throughout the world have all ascended to heaven. But compared to Bi Xuan who ascended, Fu Cailin who died in battle, and Ning Daoqi who died by self-destruction, they are all less dignified.

But what he did was not meaningless.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's figures had disappeared beyond the horizon. Yang Guang's evil eyes narrowed slightly, but in the end he smiled and put away the Tianjing Sword.

Well then, since things have developed this way, Yang Guang has no intention of continuing the pursuit.

It wasn't out of kindness, nor for any other reason. It was simply because Yang Guang knew that letting Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling live would be a humiliation for them.

Because their escape was tantamount to abandoning the people of the entire Jianghuai region... it was tantamount to completely giving up half of their heavenly kingdom's land and people.

These people were already Yang Guang's provisions and toys... Could there be anything more humiliating for them?

Moreover, when Kou Zhong was being trampled under Yang Guang's feet, some of his thoughts were quite amusing to Yang Guang!

Yang Guang no longer cared about his own life, nor about anything else in the world. He lived only to destroy... only to make the fireworks of his downfall even more dazzling.

He had a premonition that Kou Zhong, whom he had let go, would give him an unexpected surprise!

Spring of the second year of the Heavenly Kingdom...

Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, who fought against the Heavenly Demon Yang Guang in the skies above Jiangdu, were defeated. The entire Jianghuai region was occupied by the Heavenly Demon Yang Guang, and the once prosperous Jiangnan region immediately reappeared in the miserable state of the former Hebei and Guanzhong regions.

But no one can condemn Yang Guang anymore, and no one will curse that mad demon king anymore.

Since there's nothing left to criticize, when he has done the most heinous and insane thing in the world and doesn't care at all, any condemnation is nothing short of a joke.

More attention was focused on the defeated Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

Undoubtedly, their leaders and kings have already disappointed the people of the Kingdom of Heaven!

Thus, some people left the Kingdom of Heaven, attempting to sail away from this place that could no longer protect them.

But many more remained in heaven because they had nowhere else to go... because they had no choice but to entrust everything to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling; there was nothing else they could do.

And what about Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong?

Xu Ziling spent several days recovering from his injuries, and then completely disregarded everything else and began to practice his martial arts like crazy.

Having relinquished all power, Xu Ziling would now focus on pushing his strength to its limit.

Then no one could help him. While the magnetic field power could spread under their influence, even if he obtained it, out of a hundred people…

It's not certain that anyone will be able to learn the method and talent to push this power to its peak.

Of the many talented individuals this world once possessed, more than half are now dead or wounded. And of those who survived, how many can truly help Xu Ziling and his companions?

Xu Ziling knew this, and that if Yang Guang attacked again in the future, these helpers would be of no help to him at all.

So he entrusted Shi Qingxuan and a group of concerned people to Shi Zhixuan's care, and let them take refuge on an overseas island aboard a ship from the Dongming Sect.

Yang Guang will attack again sooner or later, and whether he wins or loses, Xu Ziling cannot allow anything to interfere with his thinking.

But Kou Zhong disappeared after that day.

Some say that after being easily defeated by Yang Guang, the Blood Shark King was seriously injured and needed a secluded place to recuperate.

Some say that after that day, the Blood Shark King became despondent and, fearing Yang Guang, hid somewhere.

There were many different opinions, but no one knew where Kou Zhong had gone... because even the Grand Commander Xu Ziling did not know where his brother had gone.

Qi County, Licheng

The area, still under the control of the Heavenly Kingdom, is far from Luoyang and Jiangdu, and the one in charge of governing it is just a general of the Heavenly Kingdom army who was once appointed by Kou Zhong.

Perhaps it was precisely because it was far from the turmoil of war and the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Kingdom that this remote place in the past Sui Dynasty was surprisingly full of life. In a restaurant, one could still see people clinking glasses and exchanging toasts.

"Hahaha, let's drink! Bring on more drinks!"

"Wine alone isn't enough! Bring some 'Five-Stone Powder,' quickly!!"

A group of people dressed in fine clothes gathered in a luxurious restaurant, drinking heavily, making loud noises, and lewdly playing with the women they had snatched. It was an extremely disgraceful sight.

The place is decadent and corrupt, and the people are decadent and corrupt, because the leader who rules here is also of this kind.

Even if some people gain wealth and status they never had before through Kou Zhong's help, their decline can be incredibly rapid.

And these people gathered here are just like that. A few months ago, they were just farmers and commoners, thugs and hooligans. After seizing the land and wealth of those wealthy families, the first thing they did was to imitate those people they had plundered.

Didn't they realize that Yang Guang could attack at any moment, and that they could be devoured alive by a group of monsters at any time?

Of course they know, but they simply don't care. Or perhaps it is precisely because of this that they indulge in music with even greater abandon and trample on others to bring themselves pleasure.

Kou Zhong was right here, even inside this restaurant. But strangely, no one recognized him because he had taken off his cloak. Perhaps it was because he was no longer wearing such a distinctive outfit that he was instantly unrecognizable.

It's also possible that everyone in this world is actually their own "protagonist"... They play out perhaps boring and tedious stories in their own lives, and they don't care about anything else.

"Haha, you're right, brother. That Blood Shark King is probably already running away with his tail between his legs."

A lecherous, monkey-faced guy with his arm around a pretty girl was laughing and talking about dangerous topics, making no attempt to hide his true feelings and showing no respect as he slandered their superstar.

"Damn it, all that talk about power being everything. I think he's nothing but a damn stray dog ​​after his defeat!"

The words were blasphemous, but Kou Zhong stopped abruptly. He listened silently, drinking his wine in silence, like a passerby who had nothing to do with it.

But at that very moment, the very man who had insulted him came up to him, put his arm around Kou Zhong's neck, and laughed...

"What do you say, buddy? Isn't our Heavenly King just a spendthrift dog?"

Kou Zhong didn't speak, but silently drank his wine, acting as if he hadn't heard or seen anything...

This angered the guy, and perhaps fueled by alcohol, he grabbed Kou Zhong by the collar and arrogantly cursed...

"Damn it, I'm talking to you! Don't think we're afraid of you just because you're dressed up as Blood Shark King!"

Kou Zhong remained silent, as silent as a dead man, as silent as a completely unresponsive machine.

"Alright, alright, you should say less. If these words get out, you won't feel good either."

Upon seeing this, the shifty-eyed fellow's companion immediately pulled him away, and Kou Zhong suddenly stood up, his tall figure seemingly startling the fellow.

But soon, he shouted angrily...

"What? You dog, do you have some complaints? Let me tell you! The city lord of Li City is my own uncle, you..."

Kou Zhong remained silent, for the wine was already finished, and there was no point in staying any longer.

The next moment, he got up, flew out of the house, and disappeared instantly. This sudden change stunned the person who had been shouting earlier, and then his face turned pale.

Nowadays, there may be many people in the world with such superpowers... but someone so powerful, and dressed so similarly to Kou Zhong...

"Eek!! Could it be... really, it's the Heavenly King?!"

He was so frightened that his legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground, so scared that he wet himself.

Meanwhile, Kou Zhong was rapidly heading towards the sea. He had been wandering for months, yet here he was, in a place he shouldn't be. What was his purpose?

He was searching for an answer.

He was struggling with a choice.

53. Sacrifice the Star-Breaking

Kou Zhong's once youthful and arrogant face now bore the marks of hardship and silence. He had been missing for over a month, during which time he had been wandering within the Heavenly Kingdom.

He was thinking, he was hesitating, wasting such precious time on something so meaningless.

Has Kou Zhong truly been crushed by defeat and turned into a little goldfish?

No, of course not, it could never be like that. All the thinking and considerations are not meaningless; for Kou Zhong, they are all of immeasurable value.

Kou Zhong strode across the sea, heading in one direction, towards one place.

The Dongming is the largest ship of the Dongming Sect, and it is now the place where Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, along with some other important figures, left the Central Plains.

The atmosphere tonight was a bit strange. At the bow of the ship, a woman in white seemed to have sensed something and was standing there, waiting for something.

She is Wei Zhenzhen, the older sister of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, whom they regard as their mother.

Kou Zhong landed silently, and Wei Zhenzhen seemed to sense his landing. She turned around, looked at Kou Zhong, whom she regarded as a younger brother and a child, and smiled sweetly...

"Xiao Zhong, you've finally shown up?"

Kou Zhong remained silent, simply standing beside Wei Zhenzhen without uttering a word...

"On the day before Lord Wujie left, he also gave me a book called Huangji Jingshi Shu, and few people know that I am actually very talented."

Wei Zhenzhen said softly, "This weak and powerless little woman, who was once sold off like a commodity, has undoubtedly grasped the obscure and profound knowledge in the Imperial Supreme Book."

Is it hard to imagine? Not really, because talent is often such an irrational thing.

The fact that someone like Wei Zhenzhen could learn the Huangji Jingshi Shu (a book of astonishing knowledge) seems to be a sign of "heaven".

However, Wei Zhenzhen had no talent for magnetic fields whatsoever; she hadn't put any of her talent into martial arts.

On the contrary, the only useful part of the Imperial Supreme Book for her was—

“Xiao Zhong, you and Xiao Ling are both born under the star of power. Your destinies dictate that your fates will take a sharp turn for the worse when you pursue power,” Wei Zhenzhen continued softly.

"Lord Wujie once told me this as well. Even if those with the destiny of the Power Star do not pursue power, power will inevitably come to them. But pursuing power will always lead to moments when fate takes a sharp turn for the worse."

"I think this is the fate of you and Xiaoling right now."

“I have been interpreting your destinies, and I have been trying to find a way out for you… and now, Xiao Zhong, I have found such a way.”

"And the records of Huangji Jingshi also state that when one is unable to achieve something on their own, a clash between two destinies can allow one to transcend the constraints of their fate," Wei Zhenzhen said with a light laugh, looking at Kou Zhong.

“I think I was born for this moment, and even if I didn’t say all this, you came here to satisfy your Heavenly Martial Killing Dao, right? So, make your move, Xiao Zhong. For you, for Xiao Ling, and for the people of the entire Heavenly Kingdom.”

Fate is such a coincidental and hateful thing. What did Kou Zhong come here for? He already knew what the giant shark in his heart craved, and he also knew what he had to do to become stronger by cultivating the Heavenly Martial Killing Path.

He came to kill Wei Zhenzhen. Only by killing this sister who was as warm to him as a mother and the woman who gave him his first vague feeling of love would Kou Zhong's power increase greatly.