Chapter Eighty-Four: Radiant Horker

  Long Xing quietly snuck up to the few people outside the courtyard and, with lightning speed, instantly threw out three punches. The next moment, three of them fell softly to the ground. Among them, one person seemed particularly sensitive. As soon as Long Xing started acting, that person let out a cry of surprise and jumped back, immediately stretching out both hands towards Long Xing. At the same time, his hands released several grains of powder-like dust that floated towards Long Xing.

  In the pitch-black night, although Long Xing's eyesight was excellent, he was still stuck by the powder. The arm that was stuck to the powder began to petrify, scaring Long Xing so much that he shuddered. He quickly reacted and flashed behind the man, punching him unconscious before he could react. As the man fell unconscious, the petrification on Long Xing's hand also dissipated.

  Long Xing finally looked up at the rooftop, only to see that the person who was originally on the roof had quietly dissipated into thin air. Just as he was about to disappear completely, Long Xing suddenly appeared beside him and punched him unconscious without warning. Then, Long Xing carried several people on his shoulders and rushed towards the mountain forest, not even saying goodbye to his own woman.

  At the same time Long Xing left, a lazy voice came from inside the house, "Alright, the trash has been taken away by your idol, you can sleep peacefully now... Ah..." After speaking, she lazily let out a yawn.

  Originally, Yishui's ultrasonic waves could detect everything, even the group of people who came to make trouble at night couldn't escape Yishui's sonic waves. It seems that it has been upgraded again.

  The other two women heard this and also calmed down, going to sleep peacefully. It seems that tonight they will have to guard the empty house again...

  Long Xing quickly carried the five of them into the mountain forest, and along the way, he threw the other three insignificant people into the woods, leaving them to fend for themselves. Currently, there are very few wild beasts in the mountains, so they probably won't be eaten by wild animals.

  A very familiar place was found in the depths of the mountain, a cave where Long Xiang first practiced his skills. It was only abandoned when he discovered another location that could enhance his comprehension and aura. Now, this place is perfect for interrogating the two men, and it's unlikely to be discovered by others.

  With a loud crash, the two ability users were thrown into the cave and then tied up with the vines found outside earlier. Only after that did they fetch some water to wake them up.

  Looking at the two bewildered faces, Long Xing felt somewhat amused. These two obviously thought they were those villagers and were particularly easy to deceive. However, Long Xing also had his own trump card: "Speak up, what do you want to do by coming to our village? I'll make sure you can understand me. Hmm, I'll give you three seconds to answer. If you don't respond within the time limit, humph, I'll cut off that thing of yours! Guess whether I dare or not?" Long Xing finished speaking and drew out the military knife he was carrying, waving it at the two people.

  As psychics, they had never been treated this way before. At first, they pretended to ignore it, but soon they regretted it.

  After counting to three, Long Xing didn't show any courtesy anymore. With a flick of his hand, he cut off the treasure of the petrified ability user from before. The person who was in pain wailed and rolled around on the ground, constantly begging for mercy. In that voice filled with fear, there was still a hint of unwillingness. He hated himself for being caught by others, yet he still tried to put up a strong front.

  The invisible person on the side swallowed his saliva, looking at Long Xing's military knife with some fear, and struggled to confess everything he knew: "He is a member of the Holy See of Light, following the new Pope of the Holy See of Light to find the whereabouts of the Eastern Cultivators. The man just now was an underling of the Dark Pope, and currently the two cults are in a state of temporary cooperation. Apart from wanting to retrieve the sacred artifacts of each sect, their main goal is to find the Eastern Cultivators and then seize their cultivation methods when the opportunity arises, so that they can become as powerful as the Cultivators. In the end, the new Popes of both cults are ruthless people who want to dominate the dark world."

  Upon hearing this, Long Xing couldn't help but ask: "Do they really have that much confidence? Do they really think they have the strength to compete with cultivators?"

  Just as Long Xing asked, the person who was still rolling on the ground seemed to suddenly wake up: "Wu Ke, do you want to die? Aren't you afraid of the Pope's methods?"

  Long Xing saw that this guy was still stubborn, and with a slight shake of his shoulder, he asked nonchalantly: "Don't worry, the Pope won't know it was you who said it."

  That person looked at Long Xing with some confusion, then immediately turned his head to look at the guy on the ground again. It seemed that the man had been cut off his tongue now, and fresh blood was flowing from his mouth all over the floor, lying on the ground and trembling violently, looking like he wouldn't survive. After a moment of consideration, he decided to tell everything he knew. He thought to himself: anyway, speaking out would also lead to death, but not speaking might not even have the chance to die, which would be worse than death itself.

  "The means by which the Pope of Light gained my favor when he first approached me was his ability, for he is a wielder of high-ranking superior abilities, known as Kōmyō Kōk*, and his power can be said to be among the strongest. He can emit light from his limbs that is similar to a laser, capable of cutting through any material, no matter how hard it may be, and even shattering it. Currently, he is the strongest among all ability users."

  "As for the Dark Pope's ability, although it is not as powerful as the Light Pope's, it is still a high-level intermediate ability. His main ability is to devour. Initially, he was just an elder guest of the Dark Temple, but it is said that he evolved his ability after being stimulated by an explosion. Since then, he has not appeared in the Dark Temple again. According to his subordinates, he began to recruit all people with abilities and started his own ambition. However, the Light Pope had the same ambition as him, so they coincidentally joined forces and started this Eastern journey." The man finished speaking in one breath, then carefully looked at Long Xing, waiting for his next move.

  After hearing these words, Long Xing began to feel somewhat worried. He had previously heard Long Ji mention the level distribution of heterogeneity. With the strength of the Dragon Group members, the most powerful heterogeneity among them was only mid-level intermediate heterogeneity, but this time, the two Popes who came to the mountain village were actually high-level upper and middle-level heterogeneity, which made it impossible for Long Xing not to be surprised.

  Moreover, the Dark Pope among them was someone he had fought before. What surprised him even more was that his ability seemed to have successfully evolved only after his own explosion that time. So, in a way, he had also contributed to the creation of a super strong being. The problem was that this strong being's identity was giving him a headache.

  After a moment of contemplation, Long Xing continued his inquiry: "Why did you attack your own dwelling place?"

  That person saw Long Xing ask questions, and hurriedly said: "According to the fight during the day, we found that although you are not a cultivator, it is very likely that you are an expert, so you should have some understanding of those cultivators. We were ordered by the two Popes to come and capture you, but we didn't expect that you would be much more formidable than we thought..."

  A dark alley, a voice cursed, it seems that this time again he will be drawn into the turmoil, all of this is too much for Long Xing to bear, his hard-earned ordinary life, looks like it can't be achieved after all, but this has stirred up the eager and warlike mentality within him.

  After all, every man's heart is not reconciled to being inferior, so it was natural for Long Xing to be stirred up with a competitive heart, and after he cultivated the Divine Dragon Way, this psychology became more and more intense. Even if he had restrained himself very well in his daily life, as soon as he heard something that excited him, he would still be thrilled beyond measure.

  As he thought about it, Long Xing had an idea in his mind. Looking at the current situation, which was still relatively calm, he knew that he had to become stronger within a short period of time and make preparations for the impending turmoil.

  Very soon, Long Xing let out a hearty laugh and left the cave. As he was leaving, he swung his military knife backwards with his hand, and without looking back, he walked away from the cave. After he left, however, the head of that invisible person had Long Xing's military knife stuck in it, already dead.

  Guangming Haok: An orphan who grew up in the Guangming Temple, he would often emit bright lights from his body at a young age. His parents thought him to be a monster and abandoned him. He was later discovered by the Guangming elder and brought back to the temple. At that time, the Guangming Pope was only a few years older than him. From then on, he received special ability training in the temple along with the Guangming Pope.

  Ten years later, the two had mastered their own abilities. His ability was that of light manipulation, while the current Pope of Light had trained in the prophecy techniques passed down through generations of the Church's hierarchy. Over the next five years, the two excelled at completing their respective tasks, earning the Church countless merits.

  Later, in the next round of the Pope selection, he unexpectedly defeated the Pope of Light, but what happened next was even more disappointing for him. The reason is that the prophecy technique, which has been passed down as an alien ability by the Church of Light for nearly a hundred years, should be inherited by each generation of Popes of Light. Therefore, at that time, Hulk was disqualified from succeeding to the position of Pope.

  Hulk also thought these were right, so he had no complaints. Next, he asked if he could take on a relatively easy job as an elder and continue to practice his heterodox techniques in the forbidden area of the church.

  As a result, this request was rejected by the Pope at that time, because his qualifications were shallow and he was not qualified to be a senior member of the Vatican. However, what made him even more resentful was yet to come. The new Holy See required him to complete a certain number of tasks under his command before he could be promoted, but the position was not high and had no real power, which made Hork feel discontented.

  After all, he had defeated the new Pope himself in the papal election, and although the final papal position was given to his opponent, he should have at least held a light position. Unfortunately, the Pope disagreed and wanted him to serve under his defeated subordinate, which made it impossible for him to accept. In the end, the new Pope remained unmoved despite the persuasion of the College of Cardinals, leading this person who had power above the Pope to completely lose hope in the Vatican and leave alone.

  He then spent five years mastering his heteromorphic technique, advancing to high-level upper-tier heteromorphics and becoming the first ultimate heteromorph in the dark world. In the following time, he was always looking for an opportunity to kill into the Bright Church, but he knew clearly that although he was an ultimate heteromorph, there were still elders in the church who could restrain him. So he wandered outside until the Bright Church was about to be destroyed, and then appeared, but did not offer the expected assistance, watching with open eyes as the Bright Church was destroyed.

  At the same time as he saw the collapse of the Radiant Church, he discovered the participation of all Eastern cultivators, and this further strengthened his ambition to seize the cultivation method.

  Imagine that the current Holy See of Light is now in one's own hands, and if there are still a batch of cultivators under one's command, then the dark world of the future will be entirely within one's grasp.

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  Chapter 2 has been updated, seeing how brothers are doing it, Xiao Feng really doesn't have the confidence... just hoping to finish writing this book as soon as possible and start the next one. This book is just for attracting readers, big brothers, and testing character...