NOVEL WEB Chapter 445 - Discussion at the Teahouse
Chapter 445: Discussion at the Teahouse
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Those eyes.”
Soon, someone noticed Li Tengfei’s twin pupils and shouted in surprise.
The twin pupils were too special. Just by looking at them, it was as if one was sucked into a layered space and imprisoned by them.
The sense of powerlessness they felt showed how terrifying the power contained in the twin pupils was.
“The South Palace Sect’s annual sacrifice is to worship the twin pupils on a stone tablet. It has only been two days since the incident at the South Palace Source Ore Workshop…”
Those who knew more about the South Palace Sect immediately recognized the twin pupils.
As more and more people saw it with their own eyes, the surroundings of the city ruler’s residence became even more chaotic.
Many people did not dare to confirm it verbally, but in their hearts, they were already certain that the incident at the South Palace Source Ore Workshop was probably related to the city ruler.
Could one fuse multiple pairs of Heavenly Eyes to create a twin pupil?
At this moment, it was not only the humans who had such thoughts, but also the alien species. However, there was another question. Did they need the bloodline of the South Palace Sect?
However, bloodlines were not a problem most of the time. They only needed to capture the people from the South Palace Sect who were traveling outside. The source ore shop was supported by a large faction, so it was impossible for them to all hide away and not leave their homes.
In other words, the appearance of Li Tengfei’s twin pupils had unknowingly placed the South Palace Sect in a dangerous situation.
Once it was proven that the method of fusing multiple pairs of Heavenly Eyes to create the twin pupils could be replicated, the South Palace Sect might even be in danger of being wiped out.
Under the burning gazes of the crowd, “One won’t do. It’s best if all of you attack together,” Li Tengfei’s gaze narrowed as he said calmly.
This was his decision after discussing it with his father, Li Zhentian. In order to have enough strength to participate in the fight for the true dragon’s corpse, he had to forcefully make himself an invincible opponent.
This started from suppressing geniuses of the same generation and gradually evolved defeating those in the level above at the jade star realm, and finally reaching Li Zhentian’s current level.
Finally, he would rely on the power of the twin pupils bloodline to fight for the true dragon’s corpse.
In fact, after being bathed in the true dragon’s blood, the only flaw of the twin pupils bloodline would be made up for, which was that the physical aspect was not as outstanding as the spiritual aspect.
At that time, the true ruler of the Hidden Dragon Galaxy, the territorial lord, might also usher in a new era where the younger generation replaced the old.
This was the confidence of someone with the twin pupil bloodline.
“You want to fight so many of us alone? We’re all at the star condensation realm. Even those publicly acknowledged geniuses of the Hidden Dragon Galaxy probably won’t dare to say such arrogant words.”
A man in a long robe sneered. He held a three-foot-long sword in his hand, and a sword aura that surged through the galaxy appeared in his eyes. He had comprehended the sword to an extremely deep level.
As soon as he finished speaking, “Let’s try it out…”
Before he could finish speaking, countless poisonous snakes with white light in their mouths appeared around him.
The snakeman from the feathered snake clan had launched a sneak attack. These poisonous snakes seemed to have appeared out of thin air extremely suddenly. The timing was perfect, and even the other geniuses who were considered to be on the same side could not react in time.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
The white light from the snakes pierced into his body.
Every drop of venom could cause a disaster that could engulf an ordinary planet and create a disaster that could destroy the entire world.
Furthermore, the venom contained in the white light in each snake’s mouth was different.
Usually, if the inner world was attacked by multiple such poisonous snakes and their venom entered the inner world, it could cause the inner world to collapse in a few seconds.
And the situation was exactly like that.
At this moment, Li Tengfei’s entire body was instantly covered in all kinds of strange colors. At the same time, cracks could be seen everywhere.
This was a sign that the venom from the poisonous snakes had hit the inner world in his body.
“Gasp! This person with the twin pupil doesn’t seem to be too strong.”
Around the city ruler’s residence, countless gazes witnessed the scene of Li Tengfei being hit and how he was about to be killed by the venom in the blink of an eye.
This did not match everyone’s understanding of the legend of those with the twin pupil bloodline.
However, he did not show any panic on his face.
“It’s nothing much. Even if you attack my inner world with the venom that can kill a god, it’s only equivalent to being bitten by an ant.”
As he spoke, all the abnormalities caused by the venom on his body disappeared like snow melting away. In the overlapping space between his twin pupils, countless poisonous snakes were trapped and unable to move.
“The inner world was so severely injured, but it was easily transferred away?”
The snakeman’s expression changed slightly.
The self-repair ability of the inner world was extremely powerful without any external interference.
As long as it was not a single attack that could completely destroy the inner world, the power of the world could quickly fill in all the cracks.
All of a sudden, when the young geniuses present saw this, they understood the difference between them and the person with the twin pupils bloodline.
The snakeman’s methods were not effective at all, and there was a high chance that it would be the same for the others. Unless they had practiced a combined attack in advance, it was very difficult for such a team to win.
“Is he really going to make the geniuses lose face and announce that he’s the strongest?”
Everyone’s expressions did not look too good. As the younger generation representing the factions behind them, they were the future of their factions.
If things ended in such a humiliating manner, what awaited them would be a cold treatment. There was a high chance that they would not be able to remain a representative in the future.
“Hmph!”
Li Tengfei snorted coldly and charged at the snakeman without saying a word.
“It’s the same move again. He wants to return the favor by using the snakes that are trapped in the overlapping space.”
The snakeman was naturally already on guard and was about to use his molting technique to dodge the counterattack. However, he suddenly realized that his body, mind, and even his inner world were trapped.
This was not the work of the city ruler, but the power of Li Tengfei’s twin pupils. It actually made geniuses of the same level feel as if they were trapped in an unknown overlapping space and could not put up any resistance.
“The second one.”
With a light shout, the snakeman fell to the ground.
Li Tengfei casually returned the other party’s sneak attack to him. Just like Li Shuhan, his inner world suffered a heavy blow on the spot.
“Third.”
Li Tengfei’s gaze turned to the man from the Purple Pill Sect.
In an instant, the man from the Purple Pill Sect turned into an alchemy furnace. The sky was filled with purple flames that were about to turn the galaxy into a fire domain.
Li Tengfei took a step forward, and the twin pupils suddenly expanded.
Under the influence of an invisible force, the alchemy furnace that spanned from heaven to earth was quickly compressed to a few meters in size. Then, it received an ordinary-looking palm strike.
“Boom!”
The furnace exploded.
Li Tengfei did not kill him completely. After succeeding in his first attack, he retracted the power of the twin pupils and allowed the figure of the man from the Purple Pill Sect to appear again.
However, at this moment, the man from the Purple Pill Sect was not much different from the previous two. The inner world in his body had exploded.
What was a little unexpected was that the physical talent of the person with the twin pupils bloodline could also crush the many geniuses present. It could be seen that the two sides were not on the same level in terms of talent.
It had to be known that the twin pupils bloodline did not focus on physical strength, but the power contained in the eyes.
“The fourth.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the remaining geniuses could only brace themselves and join forces.
Of course, because they had not discussed how to work together, they were actually still fighting individually. Li Tengfei was not actually fighting all of them at the same time.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
The silver-winged woman used her speed talent and tried to attack Li Tengfei at lightning speed. However, it was as if she had been completely seen through and was dodged by him.
Then, their eyes met, and the power of the twin pupils erupted. The silver-winged woman was instantly injured severely and fell to the ground.
The black lightning from the body of the war god Wang Cheng surged into the divine spear and stabbed at him head-on. However, the black lightning was actually stripped away by the power of the twin pupils.
Next, he sent the divine spear flying with a strike of his palm and punched Wang Cheng in the chest. Wang Cheng’s body exploded on the spot, and his body crashed into the barrier and bounced back to the ground.
The geniuses were crushed one after another and it was an unbelievable situation.
On the other hand, the strength of the person with the twin pupils bloodline was undoubtedly displayed. Even Wang Cheng, who had unparalleled physical combat strength, was not a match for him. It was as if the difference between him and the rest of them was too small.
It was small for him to treat all of them the same way, and small enough to be ignored. In any case, they were all easily defeated.
A few minutes later, only Li Zhentian and Li Tengfei were left standing. All the geniuses had attacked at the same time, but in the end, they could not do anything to the person with the twin pupils bloodline. Instead, it confirmed the start of his path to invincibility.
“So many people were defeated just like that?”
At this moment, under the influence of the outcome of the battle in the city ruler’s residence, the Heaven Suppressing City seemed to have fallen silent. They could not believe it.
It had to be known that the South Palace Sect’s Heavenly Eye was already a very powerful bloodline power, but it had never displayed a crushing power like this.
“The situation in the south mountain range is about to change!”
Thinking about it, the city ruler was naturally paving the way for Li Tengfei.
In the first battle, he had crushed a group of geniuses. Next, it would be the entire south mountain range. Perhaps other than those powerful elders who rarely appeared in the world, ordinary experts at the jade star realm might not be able to stop the power of his twin pupils.
As for those elders, with Li Zhentian’s support, it was very difficult for them to set up a trap for him. It could be said that it was very difficult to stop his rise.
At this moment, Li Zhentian’s voice suddenly echoed throughout Heaven Suppressing City. “From tomorrow onwards, half of the additional profit collected by all the source ore shops will be used as tax for the development of the Heaven Suppressing City.”
Choosing to say it at this moment was equivalent to dropping a bomb.
The Heaven Suppressing City instantly became noisy. The reason was that everyone gradually understood the purpose of the city ruler’s banquet. It could be said that it was all connected.
First, he would use the excuse of holding a banquet to give the public an explanation. Then, he would pave the way for the appearance of the person with the twin pupils bloodline, Li Tengfei. Finally, he would force the remaining many source ore shops in the city to bend to his will.
“Brother, no large city in the abandoned world has ever done this. Isn’t this forcing the source ore shops to leave Heaven Suppressing City?”
The middle-aged man turned to Chen Yiming in confusion.
He could not understand why he had forced them into such a situation. To the source ore shops, 10% of the profits was already a lot. There was no difference between snatching half of the profits and robbing them directly.
It had to be known that in the past, the source ore shops would only agree to stay in a large city after being given countless benefits. Now that they were taking half of the profits, none of the shops would want to stay.
“I think the ruler of Heaven Suppressing City is just one of the factions in the Infinite Island Group. Since he dares to do this, the other large cities in the vicinity will probably…” Chen Yiming replied casually.
The factions from the Infinite Island Group had launched a surprise attack on the team from the Golden Sword Source Ore Workshop in the Heaven Suppressing City. Gao Shuai had traveled to the south mountain range and roped in many factions related to the source ore shops to put up a resistance.
Now that it was the city ruler’s turn to cause trouble, it was obvious that the conflict between the two sides would become more and more intense. It was even to the extent that because of the true dragon’s corpse, the entire world would be in chaos.
The middle-aged man seemed to understand and nodded. “It’s indeed impossible for Heaven Suppression City to fight the source ore shops alone. That’s definitely not on the same level. The other large cities might change their rules soon.”
In the city ruler’s residence, Li Zhentian waved his hand, and the sky returned to its original color. The barrier around the battlefield disappeared.
The disappointed young geniuses bid farewell to the city ruler and turned to leave in a sorry state.
Li Tengfei had not killed anyone. Perhaps Li Zhentian had already instructed him not to offend too many factions at once, which would make Heaven Suppressing City the target of public criticism.
Or perhaps they had other motives. After all, everyone, including those from the factions behind the source ore shops, were on their way back from the Heaven Suppressing City.
At that time, if they were ambushed and killed, it would have nothing to do with Heaven Suppressing City. In fact, for the source ore shops, they were only forcefully snatching half of the profits. However, they might lose their lives if they were attacked on the way back.
Seeing this, the onlookers gradually dispersed.
In the end, Li Zhentian was the one who had the final say in Heaven Suppressing City. With the incidents of the three source ore shops in front of them, no one dared to show their faces to him directly.
…
At night, in a small teahouse.
During this period of time, shocking things had happened one after another. The teahouse, which was a suitable place for gossiping, had also prospered because of this.
At this moment, it had been a long time since the incident in the city ruler’s residence had ended. However, even though it was late at night, it was still filled with customers.
Chen Yiming and Gao Shuai sat at a table in the corner.
Gao Shuai was wearing a hat, and his face had changed slightly. It was unknown how he had found Chen Yiming so easily.
“Brother, how about this?”
Gao Shuai suggested.
Hearing this, Chen Yiming’s face twitched.
This person really knew how to trick others. Now, he had to worry about when he would be tricked.
The outside world had just heard that Gao Shuai was lobbying the factions related to the source ore shops to join forces to deal with the pressure from the factions from the Infinite Island Group. He wanted to take advantage of the situation and join hands with the factions from the Infinite Island Group to attack the source ore shops instead.
The situation in the Heaven Suppressing City was already very clear. There was almost no room for negotiation.
A place where fixed rules could be easily broken, and the ruler was the one who took the lead to break them, was not a suitable place for long-term development.
The remaining factions behind the source ore shops and the geniuses representing these factions would definitely pack up and retreat from the Heaven Suppressing City in a few days.
Seeing that Chen Yiming wasn’t saying anything, Gao Shuai had no choice but to drop another bomb. “Someone will deal with the ruler of Heaven Suppressing City. We’re just trying to take advantage of the situation.”
“How is it? There’s no need for a 50-50 split. The source ores will belong to whoever obtains it.”