I'm a magnetic field madman

In that instant, the silence and blankness transformed into fury in Xu Ziling's mind!

He was consumed by an uncontrollable, rational, and overwhelming rage.

"Kou Zhong, I'll kill you!"

With a roar, Xu Ziling unleashed a powerful Whale-Slaying Fist towards Kou Zhong!

It struck him squarely in the chest, mercilessly, as if it were meant to kill him!

Kou Zhong didn't speak, nor did he use any protective power. Instead, he took his brother's punch head-on, like a doll that couldn't move, and was knocked down by the punch.

Xu Ziling did not calm his anger or regain his composure because of that punch... On the contrary, Kou Zhong's silence only fueled his fury!

"Speak up! Speak up! How could you be so heartless?"

"Have you forgotten how Zhenzhen took care of us back then? Have you forgotten that we promised to give Zhenzhen a good life? Speak up, speak up!"

Punch after punch, punch after punch, and no matter how he attacked, Kou Zhong just silently endured it.

"Seventeen Thousand Horsepower of Power - Whale-Slaying Overlord Fist!"

Extreme anger, anger that burned away reason, and Xu Ziling's long-suppressed power erupted in an instant at this moment of extreme rage!

But Kou Zhong caught that punch squarely with his bare hands. His palm gripped Xu Ziling's fist tightly, and without a word, Kou Zhong slowly rose, his face darkened by the night…

"I could give you countless excuses and reasons," Kou Zhong said in a low voice.

“I can tell you, I did it to deal with Li Shimin who was coming to kill me… I did it to save the people of the Heavenly Kingdom, I did it for my brothers, I did it to survive…”

“But Young Master Ling, I will not deceive you, because I know I cannot deceive you, and I do not want to deceive you.”

"Killing Sister Zhenzhen was my own act, my own choice, and everything I did was for—"

"Powerful—strength!!"

In an instant, a powerful magnetic field erupted from Kou Zhong's body.

Not only was his strength immense, but his power level was also far superior to Xu Ziling's!

The massive impact sent Xu Ziling flying. He landed somewhat disheveled, his eyes reddening as he growled...

"Is power really that important to you? So important that you'd abandon your humanity?!"

"Did I seek power for its own sake? Did I seek power to do whatever I wanted? Perhaps yes, perhaps no."

Kou Zhong murmured, the moonlight shining down on his face and illuminating the battle markings on his head that resembled black patterned plaques.

"But I know that I may just be pursuing power for the sake of power. There is no need for a reason, because that's what we were like in the beginning. Survival does not require power, nor does the pursuit of power."

"I don't need excuses, and I won't make excuses. I'm just a madman, an bastard, a bastard who abandoned his humanity for power... a bastard."

Looking at the composed Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling knew that there was not a single lie in his brother's words.

These words should have enraged him, but... Xu Ziling was no longer angry.

He looked at his brother, his heart aching, yet he spoke coldly and earnestly...

"Kou Zhong, from this day forward we are no longer brothers! Go and pursue the power you crave, but one day, having embarked on this path of no return, I will stop you."

"Ha, just as I predicted," Kou Zhong chuckled.

“But even though you don’t treat me like a brother, I will always treat you like a brother.”

Because Kou Zhong simply couldn't deceive himself, even after Xu Ziling severed ties with him...

Kou Zhong also believes that they will still consider each other their closest brothers...

Because they have such a close relationship, even without blood ties, their mutual respect and acceptance of each other goes far beyond what is expected.

Kou Zhong cannot and will not deceive himself, because even the giant shark in his heart... makes it impossible for him to deceive himself.

Xu Ziling was right; Kou Zhong had embarked on a path of no return. The giant shark in his heart had already tasted blood, so sooner or later it would inevitably return.

But perhaps he can continue on the path of the strong, and perhaps he, who is always the absolute victor, will always be the invincible Blood Shark.

Kou Zhong said nothing more, but soared into the air and flew away into the distance. Xu Ziling stood on the deck in silence for a long time, until Shi Qingxuan came up and the woman he loved gently embraced him.

"Ziling, you..."

Without a word, Xu Ziling held the beauty in his arms tightly. The embrace was so strong, so intensely hot, as if he wanted to crush and melt Shi Qingxuan into his body.

Shi Qingxuan didn't speak, but silently held her man, enduring the pain... Under the cold moonlight, reflecting on the broken bond between the brothers, Xu Ziling silently shed tears, and saw the bloody scars.

We will never go back to the past. Between those who pursue supreme power and those who must stop him, one day, one of us will die at the hands of the other.

Perhaps this is our destiny, the destiny between those with strong magnetic fields!

57. Tyrannical King

Kou Zhong left the Dongming and returned to the Central Plains.

But instead of returning to Luoyang or attempting to retake Jiangdu to find Yang Guang, he went to Licheng, the last city he stayed in before killing Wei Zhenzhen.

Without any attempt to conceal or hide, amidst the thick, rolling black clouds, the blood-red shark, roaring and undulating, landed above Licheng in the horrified gazes of countless people.

He didn't speak, remaining silent as he gazed at the city. Yet, even without doing or saying anything, a suffocating pressure still permeated the air.

He didn't say anything, but his actions and everything he did seemed to tell everyone...

Or rather, to give a simple message to those who know of Kou Zhong's past sins.

He is very stingy.

Soon, the local commander whom Kou Zhong had once appointed stepped forward... and in his hand was the man who had insulted Kou Zhong in the teahouse, his "nephew."

"Your Majesty! It is my fault for failing to manage my subordinates properly, allowing this fool to defy you! I beg Your Majesty to punish him as you see fit!"

The man knelt on the ground and offered up his blood relative without hesitation. He was trembling and terrified. His shaking body and the fact that he almost urinated were enough to show the extreme fear in his heart.

Because he knew the Blood Shark King's brutality. Compared to the rule of reason, the Blood Shark King's cruelty and egocentrism were terrifying.

Compared to the strict but never arbitrary ruler, the Blood Shark King, with his deep emotions and strong sense of justice, is the most terrifying and cruel ruler.

You would never want your ruler to be someone completely dominated by emotions... especially one who possesses power that you cannot resist.

Kou Zhong remained silent; his face was completely obscured by the darkness of the night.

Only the battle markings on his forehead stood out vividly in the night.

The man looked up, and an extremely bad feeling immediately arose in his heart.

Kou Zhong saw his fear clearly, just as clearly as everyone else here.

They fear themselves; they are terrified of themselves. And loyalty and obedience are born from fear and endure from terror.

Kou Zhong slowly raised his right hand.

"Keep quiet."

Simple words, yet they had an incredibly powerful effect. All voices fell silent; all eyes were fixed on them—fear, trepidation, unease, and waiting…

boom!

Then, without a word, Kou Zhong neither answered nor uttered a single word. The next moment, a sword cannon with unrestrained power blasted out from his palm.

In just a moment, the dazzling aurora almost covered the entire sky! And when the aurora receded, all the survivors looked at it all in utter terror.

Most of Li City was completely destroyed by this terrifying sword cannon, leaving only black and gray ruins destroyed by the power, and charred bones that "survived" at the edge of the ruins.

Without a doubt, all those who didn't come tonight, regardless of their identity, age, or gender, have been reduced to ashes by this single sword cannon shot.

This is a simple message, a straightforward answer: refusing those who come to worship the Heavenly King...

Regardless of their reasons, their hardships, or their fates, this is an example.

And in the sky above, the one who had accomplished all of this, or rather... God, suddenly laughed.

"Hehehe, you don't think I'm just going to let you off so easily, do you? No way, it can't be that simple."

Kou Zhong gently tapped his thigh, and with a wave of his hand, he destroyed the things he had once tried to protect. He could no longer sense any negative influences.

He simply did it because he wanted to; it was that simple. He didn't consider the consequences, nor did he want to consider anything else, because he wanted to, because he could.

Just because someone in this city spoke ill of him, Kou Zhong wants them all to pay the price!

He was willing to be a slave or a servant, or simply die. There was nothing more to say, and he didn't care if others called him petty, because he was willing to do it.

"Please, Your Majesty, show mercy!!"

Among the crowd, a group of elders and other influential figures from prominent families knelt down before Kou Zhong. The leader appointed by Kou Zhong was so frightened that he wet himself and defecated in his pants, collapsing to the ground with wide eyes and panting heavily.

But still, trembling with fear, he knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly and wailing.

"Heavenly King, we are all your loyal subjects, please forgive us!"

"Forgive you? Let me think... In that case, you'll have to build a tomb for my sworn sister." Kou Zhong grinned.

"I want a mausoleum even more magnificent than the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, built on the ground. I want it to be higher than a mountain and bigger than a city. Can you do it? It's best to build it within three years, or you will all die."

"I, I..." The chieftain was so frightened that he couldn't speak, but an elder bravely stepped forward and shouted to Kou Zhong...

“Your Majesty, your demands are far too unreasonable! It's not that we're unwilling to do it for you, it's just that…”

"Just what?" Kou Zhong asked with a chuckle.

The elder gritted his teeth, glanced at the scorched earth, and shouted...

"Today, the nation has just been established, and the people's hearts are not yet at peace. Your Majesty's large-scale construction projects, which waste resources and burden the people, will cause you to lose their support! We urge Your Majesty to reconsider!"

"Oh, I understand." Kou Zhong pointed to his temple and tilted his head with a smile.

"Are you trying to... threaten me? Are you implying that if I insist you build the tomb, you'll rebel?"

"No! Heavenly King, that's not what I meant... Ah!!" the elder shouted immediately, but it was too late, too late.

He screamed and howled in agony as countless drops of blood seeped from his pores.

Slowly but unstoppable, accompanied by excruciating pain all over the body, every drop of blood dripped from the pores!

He quickly became a blood-soaked figure, surrounded by crimson blood. He lay in the pool of blood like a dried corpse, convulsing like a fish out of water.

"I am a kind and generous person!" Kou Zhong said with a smile.

“I understand your difficulties, so Heaven will provide you with everything you need. Whether it's craftsmen, materials, or financial resources, it doesn't matter if it exhausts the resources of this country. But you only have three years.”

"If it can't be fixed, you'll all die."

His words were soft, but there was no doubt that Kou Zhong would keep his promise.

Such atrocities, such cruelty, yet they still built such a massive and meaningless structure.

Kou Zhong was now more tyrannical and cruel than any other tyrant in the Central Plains!

But look at those people, kneeling on the ground, trembling, they have succumbed to reality, they dare not resist.

Because they knew that Kou Zhong was not a tyrant, but a god, a cruel god.

Kou Zhong is their Heavenly King, so isn't it only natural that he is a god? And isn't his atrocity also only natural?

Because that's how God is. Because mankind does not conform to His will, He sends down torrential rains... He pours down floods, He inflicts droughts, He makes the world suffer.

Just because someone accidentally spilled their offerings, an entire prefecture didn't receive a single drop of rain for three years. They even added a cruel twist: only after the chickens had eaten all the rice, the dogs had licked all the noodles, and the fire had burned through the lock would a single drop of rain be allowed to fall.

Even so, people still revere the God and worship Him. This is because they know that the God is unyielding, beyond resistance, just like the rules of heaven and earth. They can only adapt, not change.

Of course, Kou Zhong understood that there would inevitably be those who resisted; such is the essence of heroism. But, a hero's significance only lies in the accomplishment of their cause.

Kou Zhong was happy that someone would stand up against him, because that would definitely be a lot of fun...

"Alright, you guys get back to work! Oh, and that bastard and his friend too." Just before leaving, Kou Zhong seemed to suddenly remember something. Pointing to the thing that was trembling like a leaf, he thought for a moment, then grinned, revealing his gleaming white shark teeth…

"You guys can handle him yourselves, just remember to make me happy..."

After saying this, Kou Zhong headed straight in another direction. The remaining surviving civilians looked at each other in bewilderment, and then gathered around those people.

What are they going to do? What will they do? Without a doubt, these people will treat those who have angered the king in the cruelest way imaginable, simply to curry favor with their king.

"What are you doing? Don't come near me! Don't come any closer!"

The agonizing screams spread into the night, and Kou Zhong, who was flying in other directions, also heard the shrill cries.

He grinned, knowing he now had another source of amusement to come and visit whenever he had free time.

Damn it, he's such a petty and narrow-minded person!

It is said that the wisdom of the masses is boundless. I wonder what kind of interesting torture methods these things will present to him?