📖 Chapter 1348 - Miscalculation

18 Sep, 2024

Hearing Cheng Lingzi’s words, Shen Ludao narrowed his eyes. He looked at Wang Baole and Feng Di among the mass of black tentacles, then again at Cheng Lingzi, and internally let out a cold snort.

It was obvious that Cheng Lingzi was making things up, and also that he wanted to incite conflict between Shen Ludao and Feng Di. However, Shen Ludao didn’t care about this, since he was planning to devour Feng Di in the first place.

As for whatever deeper schemes and conspiracies Cheng Lingzi had, they were all insignificant in the face of absolute strength. If not for Cheng Lingzi’s background, perhaps Shen Ludao would have already devoured him at this moment.

‘From his words, it seems almost as if this Cheng Lingzi is trying to help Master Icespirit… but that’s impossible. Cheng Lingzi’s father was the one who attacked Master Icespirit back then, and I heard from the other mincemeat acolytes that they fought again above the altar after I entered the vortex. No matter what, there’s no way he and Cheng Lingzi could have joined forces.

‘It’s more likely that Cheng Lingzi allied together with Feng Di to suppress Master Icespirit. Now that Master Icespirit’s in trouble with the fallen god’s finger, Cheng Lingzi wants to use me to take care of Feng Di as well.’

As all sorts of thoughts flickered through Shen Ludao’s mind, his body suddenly rushed out and headed straight into the sky. A moment later, he was already next to the mass of black tentacles.

Watching Shen Ludao’s distant figure, Cheng Lingzi sneered internally.

‘The highest realm of deception is to deliberately leave some flaws when mixing truth and falsehood, letting the other party think on their own and come to an independent conclusion. Like this, I’m not the only one deceiving him. He’s also deceiving himself!’ Pride rose up in Cheng Lingzi’s heart, and he felt as if he was peerless across the world.

But he didn’t reveal any of this on the surface. Instead, he stared at Feng Di’s dried corpse, appearing as if he was trying to hide his resentment. When Shen Ludao glanced over and noticed this, he became even surer of his analysis. Withdrawing his divine will from Cheng Lingzi, he placed most of his attention on the dried corpse of Feng Di.

Although Feng Di lacked any sort of vitality and seemed no different from a dead body, Shen Ludao had already been misled by Cheng Lingzi. After scanning the corpse with his divine will, he suddenly flipped his right hand, causing a wave of energy to pulse outward.

Then, he clenched his fist, and the wave that had spread in all directions rolled back, contracting into a pitch black sphere.

Hazy smoke emanated from this black sphere, and roaring seemed to echo out from inside. Shen Ludao grabbed the sphere and threw it, causing it to fly straight toward the mass of black tentacles up ahead. As it did so, the black sphere suddenly warped and expanded, turning into a huge and vicious black ant.

Normally speaking, this black ant would have instantly been suppressed the moment it entered the range of the tentacles. But right now, all the power of the fallen god’s finger was focused on Wang Baole.

Thus, the arrival of the black ant didn’t make any waves, and it quickly approached Feng Di’s body without incident. Seeing this, Cheng Lingzi was unable to tear his eyes away, and Shen Ludao became even more certain.

“Indeed, his divine soul has left his fleshly body. He must have used some technique to fuse into the fallen god’s finger… If I obtain this technique, then…” Greed flashed in Shen Ludao’s eyes. Without hesitation, he sent the black ant crashing into Feng Di’s body.

A loud boom rang out as the black ant blew itself up the moment it touched Feng Di.

Shen Ludao’s cultivation base was just a hair away from the level of a Gluttony Lord, so this secret art of his naturally had astonishing power. Violent fluctuations erupted in all directions, carrying overwhelming destructive force.

Feng Di’s body was the first to suffer damage. Because all of its essence had been sucked away, it was basically just an empty husk. Had the fallen god’s finger not been in a confrontation with Wang Baole, it could have granted the dried corpse a bit of power to resist, but now… Feng Di’s corpse was instantaneously reduced to dust.

Along with the corpse, a large number of tentacles were destroyed. These tentacles were similar to Feng Di’s corpse in that the finger that normally controlled them was occupied, so they couldn’t resist the violent force of the ant’s explosion. These tentacles, along with the dried corpses they held, turned to ashes in an instant.

Seeing this, Shen Ludao’s pupils abruptly contracted, and his heart suddenly trembled. He hadn’t expected things to go so smoothly. Feng Di’s body being destroyed so easily was one thing, but even the remains of a fallen god were the same?

The strangeness of this situation didn’t need to be stated. Even though Cheng Lingzi had misled him earlier, Shen Ludao immediately went on high alert as a sense of crisis erupted in his heart.

Expression changing, he moved to retreat, but… at that moment, hanging under a black tentacle a distance away, the motionless Wang Baole suddenly… opened his eyes and looked at Shen Ludao.

Shen Ludao’s head whipped around, and as he made eye contact with Wang Baole, he felt like thunder was exploding in his mind. His expression changed like never before, because he saw that… all around Wang Baole, the dozens of remaining tentacles that survived the black ant’s explosion were no longer hanging motionless. Instead, they simultaneously squirmed, protecting Wang Baole as if he were their master!

But what shocked him even more was the fact that the finger looming in the clouds was now emitting pressure, and that pressure… locked right on to his body!

“It wasn’t Feng Di controlling the remains of the fallen god, it was… you, Master Icespirit!

“Cheng Lingzi, you sure are bold!” Roaring viciously, Shen Ludao retreated at full speed. However, the black tentacles around Wang Baole suddenly stabbed out, lengthening like crazy as they shot toward Shen Ludao.

Below them, Cheng Lingzi looked on with excitement. When he saw Wang Baole wake up, he was so overjoyed that tears almost appeared in his eyes as he shouted at the top of his lungs.

“Congratulations, benefactor! Congratulations on exiting seclusion and subduing the remains of the fallen god! Congratulations on obtaining sure victory in this Great Hunt!”