Chapter 99: Secret Calculation

  Niu Jia Village

  Located in the central part of Middle-earth, it is a very remote and desolate place. The village has long been deserted, leaving only some scattered earthen walls and broken tiles, scattered in the bleak autumn wind, looking particularly bleak.

  This is indeed a typical hiding place for the remnants of Mo's Door.

  When Kong Zhan and his two companions arrived at Niu's village, it was already empty with no one in sight.

  "The last clue is cut off here!" Lu Kang walked slowly in the abandoned garden, his eyes narrowed as if sensing something. After a long time, he turned around and said to the two young men behind him, "The aura of those people weakened here, but they still left clues!"

  Kong Zuo and Zhu Zi Fan didn't say a word, this person named Lu Kang had a cultivation level above the Void Realm, unlike Tie Xuan, he didn't belong to any of the six major sects, but was instead a high-ranking expert personally cultivated by the Day, Month, Star Three Sects. Generally speaking, experts from the Three Sects all have their own unique specialty, for example, Lu Kang's forte was tracking, following Tie Xuan's orders, he brought Kong Zuo and Zhu Zi Fan, these two novices, out to hunt down and kill the Mo Men impersonating the Liu Lin Shi family, chasing them all the way here.

  "They split up!" Lu Kang said, "Divided into three paths, the person in the virtual realm went west, and the other five with slightly lower cultivation went northeast. Kong Zhuo, this path is handed over to you. They didn't go far, and I believe they're not your opponents either. Bring them all back, alive if possible, or their corpses!"

  "Yes!" Kong Zhan had no objection.

  "Also, there are two others who went southward. Zǐ Fán, you go too! Although these two have reached the Huà Shén phase, I think you can handle them!"

  "Disciple understands!" Zhu Zifan responded, glanced at Kong Zhuan, shook his hands and led the way southward.

  Kong Zuo smiled and bowed towards Lu Xun, then headed northeast.

  He had planned to get kicked out of the Moon Sect from the very beginning, and would occasionally pick a fight with someone from the sect, causing trouble until they couldn't stand him anymore. However, now that Tie Xuan was around, his original plan wasn't working out, as soon as he brought up the IOU, he would be finished.

  No choice, just go with the flow, do what others tell you to do, don't stir up trouble, behave yourself and spend a few years here, then get out, I'll still be a good man.

  As for this hunting work, let's just do our best and leave the rest to fate.

  Kong Zhan was thinking this way and chased after him in the northeast direction.

  But he didn't know that shortly after he and Zhu Zifan left, in the same abandoned garden, a wisp of clear smoke rose from within a withered tree.

  "This time, it's as if we owe you a favor!" Wén Shībó's figure gradually solidified from a faint outline to fully reveal his physical form.

  "There's no need to owe me anything, he's Mo Xiu's disciple and a freak, you'd better be prepared! " Lu Kang said calmly, "Besides, I'm doing this not for your sake, but for the future of my three sects, so you don't need to thank me for anything!"

  "However, this time, Lu Shixiong will inevitably offend Luo Fu and those stubborn people in the clan!" Wen Shibo's face showed concern. "And this matter, it was all because of my sudden idea, if it brings trouble to Shixiong, I, Wen Long, am really uneasy about it!"

  "It's not just a temporary idea, I will get rid of this Kong Zhuan too!" Lu Kang gave Wen Long a cold glance, "This Kong Zhuan's cultivation is too strange and abnormal, he's an anomaly. If we let him be for now, he won't only be the archenemy of your Demon Gate, but also a hidden threat to my Three Sects. It's better to get rid of him early on, rather than leaving future troubles."

  "It's indeed true that heroes think alike! For such a character, apart from Luo Fu, perhaps only the Qingling Gate wouldn't have any ideas, while other sects would probably want to get rid of him as soon as possible!"

  "A tree that stands out in the forest will be felled by the wind. This is a principle that everyone understands!" Lu said with an expressionless face, "He Ling Jia's recklessness in exposing such a person is truly eye-opening for me!"

  "Perhaps he thinks that in today's cultivation world, no one dares to make a move on Luo Fu's disciple?"

  "The six major sects have been sitting for too long, and their brains are probably already rusty!" Lu Kang coldly smiled and left with a flick of his sleeve.

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  "I'm surprised, with the internal instability of the three sects, why are you so at ease letting Kong Zhuan enter the Moon Sect?!" The same question came from Zhou Qing and Wei Qing, two of the five swords of Luo Fu. "Kong Zhuan, that little scoundrel, is strong like a monster, and the result of his battle with Long Tai was already astonishing. After returning, the most important thing he should do is to close himself off and cultivate, raising his strength to the point where he fears nothing external, rather than running off to the Moon Sect to do who-knows-what kind of nonsense!"

  Zhou Qing was even more dissatisfied with Ling Jia's decision, so he spoke bluntly, "Now Kong Zhuan is indeed strong, but not to the point of being fearless of external things. The several major sects, including the Demon Gate and the Three Orthodox Sects, can easily produce Void Realm experts who can take him down. Are you letting him wander around outside like a lantern, isn't that just asking for his death?"

  "Junior brother, no need to be anxious!" Ling Jia Shangren sat calmly in his chair, stroking his beard as he watched Zhou Qing vent his frustrations. He spoke leisurely, "Junior brother, do you think Kong Zhan's cultivation has not yet reached the point where he is unfazed by external objects?"

  "No!" Zhou Qing said coldly, "Although we have already stabilized our cultivation, if someone really wants to kill him without leaving any evidence, we still can't do anything about it. At least I have five ways to silently take him down!"

  "You're overestimating yourself!" Ling Jia said, "In terms of cultivation, you may indeed be higher than him by a few levels, but if it really comes down to a fight, junior brother, you might not be his match!"

  "What?!" As soon as Ling Jia's words came out, Zhou Qing was stunned, and even Bo Zhen, who had been silent beside him, was also stunned.

  Zhou Qing is also no match for him, how can this be?

  Zhou Qing is no ordinary person, he is one of the five swords of Luo Fu, different from ordinary virtual realm masters. His strength has reached the pinnacle of the virtual realm and will soon reach the top of the broken virtual realm. Generally, virtual realm cultivators are not worth mentioning in front of him, but now this Ling Jia Upper Person says that Zhou Qing may not be Kong Zhuan's opponent, is this possible?

  Kong Zhan was indeed a genius, having stabilized his Void Realm at an age of less than twenty. However, to say that he could defeat Wu Jian, a master of this level, was truly unbelievable.

  "Little sister, what do you think?" Ling Jia Shangren didn't answer directly, but instead threw the question back at Wei Qingqing.

  "Those three Cong Yue pearls!" Wei Qing's gaze suddenly became profound, "If he really understood, among those present, probably only Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother would be able to fight him."

  Lingga Shangren smiled, didn't say a word, just slightly nodded his head, as if he had acquiesced. His gaze also began to shift away from the hall, looking towards the vast cloudless sky outside the hall.

  "Kong Zhan has some, but it's not just those three Cong Yue pearls!"

  …………………

  Something seems off!

  Kong Zhan rode his sword forward, not particularly fast. Of course, when he first left the abandoned garden, he was extremely fast, but after flying over a hundred miles, his speed naturally slowed down. It wasn't that he didn't trust Lu's judgment, but rather he simply didn't want to chase after those despicable remnants of the Demon Gate. What was the point in stirring up trouble for no reason?

  Why not ride a sword and wander around, hunt some wild game, eat and drink to your heart's content, return and report that you didn't catch up with them, it's less trouble.

  So his sword light stopped quickly.

  It's about 300 or 400 miles from here to that abandoned garden. I suppose he didn't even realize when he started slacking off on the road.

  "Mom's, thinking of making me work, what a wonderful thought!" Kong Zhuo patted his butt and landed on a hillside, smacking his lips, his eyes rolling around, starting to patrol around, looking for something to eat. His stomach had been hungry for a long time, and during the flight on the sword, he could hear his stomach growling in protest, wanting to come down early.

  But just at this moment, his eyes narrowed slightly, "No way, is there such a good thing, I can find it by falling anywhere?"

  His cultivation has now stabilized in the Void Realm, and his understanding of the Earth's Core Magnetic Force has reached an extremely high level. As a result, when he steps on the ground, the web formed by the innate non-magnetic force naturally expands outward silently, covering everything within a hundred feet in his network.

  And now, just as he stepped onto this mountain slope, his net also spread out simultaneously to a hundred zhang outside, and the five targets of this time were focused forty zhang away from him.

  "How strange!" Kong Zhan thought to himself, this was a bit too coincidental, but as the saying goes, "no coincidence, no story".

  Kong Zhan's mouth twitched slightly. Although he was not willing to exert himself, now that these few guys were all within the range of his magnetic net, it was time to capture them. This was a merit that had been delivered right into his own hands. If he still didn't take action, it would be somewhat unforgivable to himself.

  In the blink of an eye, the power of the magnetic net suddenly tightened, and at the same time, a burst of electric light flashed in Kong Zhuo's hand, spreading out over a hundred feet in an instant. The five people didn't even have time to cry out before they were caught in Kong Zhuo's magnetic net and completely stunned by the powerful lightning force.

  "It's really too easy, I don't know if my hard work will be rewarded or not. If it is, that would be great! Maybe I can even complete more tasks and pay off the debt of the Dou Tianhe Xing Sha!"

  Kong Zhan thought about beautiful things in his heart and hummed a tune as he walked towards the direction of the five people who were being held by him.

  Everything went smoothly and easily, nothing special happened.

  Five people were lying on the ground in different postures, their bodies emitting a smoky smell from being struck by lightning.

  "What bad luck!" Kong Zhuo's right hand rose, his index finger wiping the tip of his nose, lightly sniffing the smell of burnt hemp, a smile spreading across his face. "You people are really not easy to serve, I originally wanted to let you go, but unexpectedly you've run into my net again, it's really... like this, even if I want to show mercy, it won't do!"

  He muttered to himself as he walked up to these people, just about to bend down and take a closer look when suddenly he sensed something was off.

  The bodies of these five people who were electrified to a crisp suddenly burst open as he approached.

  Without any warning, five bodies suddenly burst out with dark green lightning, a low hum, Kong Zhuo let out a muffled groan, his body was pushed back by an incredibly powerful shockwave, and at the same time, a dark golden light screen blocked in front of him.

  "Damn it, Devouring Soul Dark Thunder!" He cursed silently, his light shield blocked the powerful impact and energy of the explosion, but failed to block a strange and eerie dark energy that began to emanate from the blast.

  Soul-Devouring Dark Thunder

  Although he had never seen it before, Kong Zhuan still had some understanding of this power that was now eroding his own Yuan Shen.

  This is the dark thunder cultivated by the Mo Men high-handed, in addition to its devastating power, it also contains a formless and intangible strange energy that is specifically used to erode the cultivator's primordial spirit. Ordinary cultivators who are stained with this soul-eating yin force cannot shake it off, and can only let this yin force slowly erode their own primordial spirit, until they lose their souls and scatter, truly a vicious and unparalleled dark damage.

  However, such a Soul Devouring Thunder Refining is extremely difficult to come by, and even in the demonic sects, it's extremely rare. Kong Zhao didn't think that they would use up five of them here all at once, and the target was actually himself.

  Before he could think further, he felt the erosive dark energy sticking to his primordial spirit. Kong Zhuang was greatly shocked and his body swayed, transforming into a wisp of yellow smoke that drilled towards the ground, preparing to escape through earth concealment.

  Then came a loud "bang", and the yellow smoke that Kong Zhuan had transformed into turned back into Kong Zhuan's stout figure. Before anyone knew it, the ground on this hillside became even harder than refined copper, and bounced Kong Zhuan, who had just cast his spell, right back.

  It's fortunate that he cultivated the Witch Clan's Body Refining Technique, otherwise, with just that one move earlier, Kong Miao would have had his head cracked open and blood flowing.

  "Grandma's, who the hell has such a huge grudge against me!" Kong Zhan thought to himself. If he was dazed by the sudden thunder just now, then the previous collision had actually knocked him awake.

  Without thinking, the magnetic net under his feet suddenly shrank, from a range of hundreds of meters to just ten meters, and at the same time, three condensed jade beads flew out in the first moment, fixed on the three edges of the magnetic net, forming an extremely stable triangle. Kong Zhui sat down at the center of the magnetic net, focusing his mind and starting to use it to defend against the invading soul-eating dark energy.

  A sword flash suddenly appeared, and a lightning-fast thrust came.

  Kong Zhan's mouth corner twitched, a condensed bead of light flashed once, and the gravity in the direction of the sword light suddenly increased by nearly a hundred times.

  The sword light entered ten zhang at an extremely fast speed, and suddenly slowed down for a moment. At the same time, a gravity thread flashing with electric light was drawn from the ground and heavily struck the sword light.

  "Hiss, when——!" A clear cry, sword light suddenly split, dozens of cold lights shot towards Kong Zhuo.

  Within ten feet, speed and distance are compared, only fast, no slow.

  His face changed slightly, Kong Zhuo's fist slammed onto the ground, and the gravity net tightened instantly. After a few soft sounds, the sword light suddenly went out. A green-robed woman stood five zhang in front of Kong Zhuo, her face pale, holding a sharp sword, but she couldn't move anymore.

  At the same time, the last wisp of Soul Devouring Dark Energy was refined by Kong Miao.

  This Soul Devouring Dark Energy was indeed extremely toxic to other cultivators, but its effect on Kong Zhao was not good. In the world, everything has a counter, and this Soul Devouring Dark Energy was an extremely yin evil thing, while the Taiyang True Fire was almost the nemesis of all yin evils. Unfortunately, Kong Zhao had half of his body relying on the Taiyang True Fire to survive. Just as the dark energy began to invade his primordial spirit, he started to operate the Great Sun Crystal Golden Body Technique to absorb the thin threads of true fire emitted by the sun on top of his head. This time, it was not a refinement of the body, but a direct refinement of the yin energy within his body. With Kong Zhao's quick movement, he had not absorbed much of the dark energy, and in just an instant, the yin energy was refined away by the Taiyang True Fire. However, after refining the Taiyang True Fire, Kong Zhao's complexion became even paler, and his eyes began to lose focus. A thread of purple-black blood slowly flowed out from the corner of his mouth, looking like he had been severely damaged in his primordial spirit by the yin energy.

  "Is it you?!" Kong Zhan's face was filled with doubt as he looked at the green-robed woman, "Soul-Devouring Dark Thunder, you people are indeed the remnants of the Demon Gate!"

  Although the voice is slightly weak, it reveals a resolute and indignant tone, with a strong sense of justice and righteousness, just like a righteous warrior.