Chapter 1203: Save the Old Man

"Good Heavenly Being!"

"You truly are the best Tianren Wushuai! I misunderstood you before!"

In his invisible state, utterly helpless, Xu Xiaoshou watched Yu Ling Di get controlled and was so thrilled he almost rushed over to hug Tianren Wushuai and give him a big kiss.

He gave a tentative shout...

To his surprise, Tianren Wushuai actually showed up!

He had been hiding for so long, afraid to reveal himself. What made him come out now? Just because Xu Xiaoshou called him? What kind of bond was that?

Xu Xiaoshou could hardly believe it himself.

He didn't even think his alliance with Tianren Wushuai was that deep; it was just something he'd mentioned casually before.

Just look at Feng Xiaosao, who appeared to admire Xu Xiaoshou immensely on the surface, but as soon as he faced Er Hao, he unleashed the Great Red God's Fury and fled in embarrassment.

That was a normal alliance!

Xu Xiaoshou could accept that because it was realistic.

People who met by chance shouldn't be expected to risk their lives for each other in battle. But Tianren Wushuai...

Counting the time he fought against Night Owl,

This was the second time Xu Xiaoshou called for help, and both times Tianren Wushuai rushed out without hesitation!

This time, he even faced Er Hao in combat mode without a hint of fear. "Has Tianren Wushuai already reached the semi-saint level? Does he have the confidence to defeat the Tianji Divine Envoy?"

"A clash of two heavens?"

"Damn it, if you, Tianren Wushuai, can smash Er Hao to pieces, I'll agree to any demand you have from now on!"

With four swords in his left hand and the Yan Python in his right, Xu Xiaoshou crouched down and cheered for Tianren Wushuai who was charging forward. Of course, since he was in his invisible state, Tianren Wushuai couldn't hear him...

Clearly, Er Hao was just as incredulous as Xu Xiaoshou.

Whether ally or enemy, no one expected that just one word from Xu Xiaoshou would make Tianren Wushuai, from the Yanwang organization, stop hiding and charge out directly.

He charged straight to Yu Ling Di's side, and Er Hao almost didn't react in time!

"Instant teleport."

Seizing the moment, the Tianji Divine Envoy, whose combat awareness was greatly enhanced in combat mode, flashed his form and teleported to the front of the bronze cauldron.

At that moment, Tianren Wushuai's withered hand had already touched Yu Ling Di's head.

"Heavenly Being... strokes my crown..."

"I seek... eternal life..."

Yu Ling Di muttered disjointedly, his words fragmented.

"So fast."

A red light flashed in Er Hao's eyes, his mind on high alert, realizing that in that instant, Yu Ling Di was completely under control. Using San Yan Tong Mu to manipulate a spirit refiner who had comprehended the water element mysteries... the latter's Dao heart was actually quite unshakeable. According to Er Hao's original calculations,

In the brief time from when Yu Ling Di was first controlled to when he was fully dominated, Er Hao should have had plenty of room to maneuver. But now, it seemed the intelligence was wrong.

Tianren Wushuai wasn't just at the Taixu level; he was a semi-saint!

In that split second, under San Yan Tong Mu, Yu Ling Di had become Tianren Wushuai's pawn!

"Suppress."

Er Hao suddenly opened his mouth, spitting out a golden Tianji character.

Accompanying it was a holy force fluctuation from his mouth, enough to cause brief dizziness. At such close range, this face-to-face blast made Tianren Wushuai's form begin to distort.

Xu Xiaoshou watched with a tremble in his heart, feeling a bit worried, only to realize that what was distorting wasn't Tianren Wushuai's body, but the space in front of him.

"So fast!"

Tianren Wushuai's emergence was sudden, but Er Hao's reaction was even faster, leaving no flaws to exploit. Even starting later, he arrived first!

This Tianji Divine Envoy couldn't be judged by ordinary standards!

With a buzz, as the "Suppress" character flashed away, the water element mysteries array beneath the bronze cauldron lit up abruptly. Yu Ling Di's face turned pale in an instant, his qi sea and spiritual energy completely drained.

As if risking his life, he unleashed his most powerful Dao principles, making the water element mysteries array flash and then forcibly grind Tianren Wushuai into a water flow, drawing him in from the top of his head into his body.

"Does Yu Ling Di still have consciousness?"

Er Hao was surprised. After being manipulated by San Yan Tong Mu, Yu Ling Di could still cooperate with him and try to devour Tianren Wushuai?

But the next second, Er Hao sensed something was off.

Because with this move from Yu Ling Di, Tianren Wushuai vanished.

Now, the only one left to withstand Er Hao's "Suppress" character was Yu Ling Di. Yu Ling Di had become Tianren Wushuai's shield!

This move formed under Er Hao's later but faster attack, all to protect Tianren Wushuai!

"Utterly absurd."

Er Hao's emotions showed a slight fluctuation.

He valued Yu Ling Di highly, yet he never imagined that some random person could control him so easily. Should he blame the Lingbu Chief for lacking combat strength?

Er Hao strongly opposed the rising danger assessment of Tianren Wushuai; it was the members of Yanwang who were vicious, not that Lingbu Chief Yu Ling Di was too weak!

Yu Ling Di's form, crushed to pieces by the "Suppress" character, exploded inside the bronze cauldron but reformed into water flows, gathering back into shape behind.

"Hehehe..."

He tilted his head, revealing a chilling expression, his eyes fixed deadly on Er Hao.

"Er Hao predecessor, please kill me..."

Yu Ling Di said, then suddenly his eyeballs bulged, and he roared hoarsely: "No!"

The three gray spots in his eyes dimmed for a moment before solidifying again, and he began to laugh menacingly.

"I'm in so much pain, I'm in so much pain, ahhh..."

"Er Hao predecessor, please kill me! Please kill me!"

Er Hao lowered his brows slightly, falling into a half-breath of silence.

In his invisible state, Xu Xiaoshou found the scene hair-raising. He had been parasitized by Yu Ling Di before and knew that helpless agony all too well.

He never thought Yu Ling Di would end up like this, forcibly absorbing Tianren Wushuai to parasitize himself and then "enjoy" the pain.

"So hateful."

"This move of Tianren Wushuai is truly disgusting!"

Xu Xiaoshou's mouth twitched wildly.

He was trying his best to suppress the expression that was about to lose control.

The more he saw Yu Ling Di's grotesque and painful demeanor, the more delighted he felt.

But he realized that might make him seem psychologically twisted, so he forced his emotions back to normal.

"How will Er Hao choose?"

"Will he kill the parasitized Yu Ling Di himself, or just watch him suffer?"

Xu Xiaoshou realized that ever since Tianren Wushuai entered the fight, he didn't know how to coordinate anymore.

This guy was basically a demon, using tactics no one could anticipate.

Maybe just observing was the best form of support?

It had to be said, Yu Ling Di's will was incredibly strong. Even under the strong control of San Yan Tong Mu, he occasionally broke free thanks to his perfected mindset from the Wangzuo Dao realm, revealing his own voice.

"Kill me!"

"Not—"

"Please, Er Hao predecessor! You're the best Er Hao predecessor; fulfill my last wish..."

"No!!"

Perhaps it was these lingering pleas of self-awareness that made Er Hao hesitate, unsure whether to strike.

But in that brief moment of indecision, Tianren Wushuai found his own way to... uh, fight.

Yu Ling Di spoke intermittently again:

"The gate... of the secondary realm... where is it?"

Then, answering himself:

"The gate... of the secondary realm... is in my heart."

With a whoosh, Er Hao's eyes filled with crimson, and he teleported in front of Yu Ling Di, charging a foot full of black energy to strike.

The water element mysteries array unfolded just in time, and massive gray decay mist poured out from Yu Ling Di's back.

Thud.

The foot landed, and Yu Ling Di's head exploded like a watermelon.

In the face of absolute power, even the water element mysteries couldn't self-repair; Yu Ling Di was blown apart by Er Hao!

Clap, clap, clap.

In the crisis, Tianren Wushuai had already detached from the host and reformed behind, raising his hands to applaud gently.

Under his mask, his eyes held a hint of playfulness, his hoarse voice even more emotionless than Er Hao's: "Splendid indeed."

"Watching your own junior, whom you delayed time to revive, get their head kicked in by you."

"This complex emotion—perhaps even you, as the Tianji Divine Envoy, don't know how to describe it?"

Tianren Wushuai chuckled softly, lowering his head: "We humans have a phrase that describes it perfectly, just for you... a mix of five flavors."

Er Hao rarely got angry.

Or rather, his emotions almost never fluctuated much.

Last time, someone named Zhu Yi Ke had a big mouth and provoked him, but now that person was on the brink of death and had been replaced.

But even then, Er Hao wasn't angry; he just chose to let the other meet their end first.

This time, for the first time, he truly wanted to crush someone, utterly destroy them, leaving no chance for revival or negotiation.

"You will die a horrible death."

Er Hao cooled his mind, suppressing his fluctuating emotions, and spoke calmly.

"Oh? A curse?"

Tianren Wushuai laughed, lifting his chin and pointing with his finger, his eyes playful: "Then I'll say, you'll meet a violent end!"

As soon as the words fell,

The ruins of Zhenhuang Dian erupted with thick decay mist from all sides, enveloping the area in a gray, hellish world like Jiuyou Refinery.

The decay was heaviest at Tianren Wushuai's feet.

Merely by fixing his gaze on Er Hao, changes began rapidly on Er Hao's body. His clothes became filthy, his hair withered...

"The phase of Tianren Wushuai?"

Er Hao looked down at the changes on himself, snorting after a breath: "I'm no ordinary person; I won't invite the phase of Tianren Wushuai, nor will I trigger the saint tribulation."

Whoosh, he teleported in front of Tianren Wushuai, swinging a heavy palm like twin peaks crashing.

The thunderous strike roared in, but Tianren Wushuai seemed unconcerned, decay mist surging from his robes in advance. However, Er Hao was too fast; Tianren Wushuai's head couldn't turn to mist in time and was hit on the spot, exploding with blood.

Sizzle...

In the distance, another orange figure condensed, seeming a bit dimmer.

Tianren Wushuai reformed, paused for a moment, his voice still light, as if unbothered by the strike: "Is that so?"

"Then you think I only have the ability to make people invite the phase of Tianren Wushuai?"

"...Sorry, that's just a side effect of bad luck!"

Tianren Wushuai stepped back half a pace, a slight smile under his mask, and politely bowed his head slightly.

At the same time, ethereal hoarse sounds echoed from all directions:

"The three rites of falling into the Dao, the bowing rite."

With sizzle after sizzle, the overwhelming decay mist went berserk.

Seeing its master bow to something, it seemed to gain approval, instantly transforming into endless gray dragons that madly injected into Er Hao at the center.

Vast dragon tornadoes filled the sky, outlining a massive, chaotic, and dilapidated gray canvas.

Xu Xiaoshou watched in shock.

Tianren Wushuai had become even stronger!

Now, he could summon such a massive amount of decay mist with a casual move.

If it were Night Owl facing this... ten Night Owls might not withstand this level of decay force invasion.

"Defense mode."

Er Hao reacted swiftly.

He activated defense mode first, his body turning silver.

But the decay mist was formless yet substantial, like an abstract curse, instantly bypassing the defense mode and seeping into his body.

The light in Er Hao's eyes dimmed for a moment.

"Semi-ethereal mode."

Sensing his physical strength trending toward decay and loss of control, Er Hao responded calmly.

His silver body became semi-transparent in an instant.

Now, the decay mist seemed to lose its target, swirling chaotically like dragons without a leader.

But Tianren Wushuai pointed from afar:

"Right here."

His words took effect immediately; with a sizzle, the decay mist received the command and poured recklessly into Er Hao's position.

When the forces of misfortune and curse reached a critical mass, they triggered a qualitative change.

Even in his semi-transparent state, Er Hao felt his luck decaying and falling.

"This isn't an attack on the body, spirit, or soul; it's influencing the level of luck."

"And once luck turns bad, certain accidents in battle can lead to death."

Er Hao judged instantly.

Tianren Wushuai's abilities were too bizarre!

His strongest reliance was faintly being restrained.

But... it was only "faintly."

Er Hao could see clearly that using this ability took a heavy toll on Tianren Wushuai. His state didn't seem stable; it gave off an illusion of being strong on the outside but weak within... or was it an illusion?

Recalling how Tianren Wushuai didn't dodge his attack earlier but predicted it in advance and turned into decay mist to escape,

Er Hao decided to test it again. If he couldn't defend, he'd attack!

Attack was the best defense!

Whoosh, Er Hao's form vanished from the spot, appearing where Tianren Wushuai was.

Once again, Tianren Wushuai had predicted it in advance, his form turning to mist and surging out from behind.

"As expected, he didn't escape into the robes."

"Escaping from there once means next time it'll be another direction."

Er Hao's ability to analyze human thinking was already at its peak.

The spot where Tianren Wushuai retreated to was the one Er Hao calculated as the highest probability to hit.

Boom!

The foot connected.

The void exploded with blood, and Tianren Wushuai was kicked out of his mist form into his physical body.

He crossed his arms in front of his chest, eyes shocked, his body flying like a cannonball. In the process, his arms completely shattered, leaving no flesh.

"A semi-saint level physical body?"

Er Hao withdrew his foot in surprise.

When did Tianren Wushuai cultivate such a body? Another intelligence leak?

The Shengshen Hall's intel on Yanwang's Tianren Wushuai was full of errors!

"Did he get hit? How is that possible? Tianren Wushuai... didn't react in time?"

In his invisible state, Xu Xiaoshou was also astonished.

But thinking back to how Tianren Wushuai's head was blown apart earlier and how all his dodges against Er Hao's attacks were preemptive,

Xu Xiaoshou reached an absurd conclusion:

From the beginning, Tianren Wushuai couldn't dodge Er Hao's attacks at all.

All his composure, dominance, and disdain... were just an act!

His reaction speed wasn't even as fast as Xu Xiaoshou's own.

This conclusion was terrifying.

Xu Xiaoshou hoped his deduction was wrong, that it wasn't true.

But right then, facing Er Hao's relentless attacks, Tianren Wushuai responded forcefully.

He roared loudly, no longer maintaining his mysterious image: "Xu Xiaoshou, are you still just watching the show?"

"Save me, old man!"