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Chapter 259: 258: Hunting in the Ruins!
Chapter 259: 258: Hunting in the Ruins!
Chapter 259: 258: Hunting in the Ruins!
Translator: 549690339
The ruins only had one entrance, but not long after they entered, they had to deal with a eight-way crossroad.
There were many such crossroads all along the way, with several different paths at each junction.
Du Gang had been led by Yin Deyu and the others on a winding detour.
“Brother Yin, are there any resources in these ruins?”
“None!”
At this moment, Yin Deyu’s grin hadn’t yet turned to a snarl. He still greeted with a radiant smile, “I heard that these ruins used to be a unique wilderness area, but I don’t know how it was abandoned…”
“This place is basically a labyrinth, very few people come here…”
Du Gang dawned upon realization and asked, “Does this mean that there’s pretty much no one here?”
“That’s right!”
Yin Deyu laughed, “This is essentially a deadly place. There might be a few people in the outskirts, but as soon as you step inside, that’s the end….”
“Once you enter the ruins, getting out would take a hell of a time. However, most of the people who tour the upper wilderness would generally step into the ruins to do a personal search and look for any element of mystery…”
After walking for quite some time, they had reached a place that was very unfamiliar. The surroundings were overgrown with weeds and the place seemed very desolate.
Yin Deyu and the others stopped.
“God Spirits!”
Five God Spirits were summoned with a low sound and surrounded Du Gang.
“Hum!”
The moment the five God Spirits emerged, they were suppressed by an invisible force. They could only hover about three meters above the ground.
“What are you guys doing?!”
Du Gang appeared confounded but asked as if he was putting on an act.
A triumphant grin appeared on Yin Deyu’s face followed by a sneer, “Brother, today we teach you a lesson not to trust people easily…”
As he spoke, he, along with the other four, surrounded Du Gang.
“Wait, what do you mean?”
At this moment, Du Gang expressed horror and surprise as if bidding for the best actor award.
“Hahahaha!”
Yin Deyu and the others began laughing.
Seeing this, they didn’t immediately take action. Instead, they snickered. “You are so naive. Do you actually see me as your brother?”
Then, a stern-faced teammate directly added, “Quit the games, we still have pursuers. Let’s take care of him quickly and leave…”
Hearing this, Yin Deyu’s smile faded and was replaced by a cruel sneer, “Du Gang, you don’t even realize that death is on your doorstep…”
On hearing this, every bit of fear on Du Gang’s face disappeared, replaced with a mocking smile.
Seeing his reaction, Yin Deyu had a bad premonition.
“Attack!”
With that low command, the five attacked simultaneously, along with the five God Spirits, launching a variety of brilliant Divine Light attacks.
Jie-Character Secret!
At this moment, Du Gang, without any hesitation, instantaneously used his most powerful secret technique.
Tenfold combat power bonus!
“Kill!”
The first to charge was his God Spirit.
In these ruins, while the flight of the God Spirits was limited, they were by no means slow, bringing them into the range of his attack.
“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”
The five God Spirit didn’t put up any resistance and were instantly killed by Du Gang’s God Spirit.
“Pfft~!”
Yin Deyu couldn’t guard against this surprise attack and spit out blood, “How is that possible!”
His eyes couldn’t have been bigger, filled with shock and disbelief.
Not only him, but also the other four, they all looked as if they had seen a ghost.
“Hehe!”
Du Gang gave a faint smile, and said: “What goes around, comes around. Dare to move against me, and be ready to die!”
He did not speak any more as his execution of the Jie-Character Secret had a limited window of effect and could not be wasted casually.
“Kill!”
The next second, Du Gang transformed into a mighty dragon, moving in and out of the group, making only one round before all the bodies of the five exploded.
“Run!”
The moment of Yin Deyu’s death, his attached God Thought tried to escape, but it was too late!
Regardless of him being left with only the God Thought, even if he was left with the God Spirit, escaping from Du Gang who had a tenfold, full-rounded bonus would still be very difficult unless he was Duan Youde…
Du Gang suddenly thought of the cunning Duan Youde who he had not met since the South Mountain Secret Realm.
“Perhaps only that guy would have a chance of escaping?!”
Whilst pondering, he caught all the God Thoughts of the five.
“Hand over all your valuables…”
Before Du Gang could finish his sentence, Yin Deyu suddenly broke in: “Du Gang, don’t kill me, I belong to the Yin Family, my father is a True God Level powerhouse…”
Du Gang with a naive look on his face, chuckled and said, “Why would I want to kill you? Look, hand over the most valuable things on you, and I promise not to kill you…”
The group looked at each other in disbelief.
Du Gang continued, “Haven’t you heard of my exploits? When I was in the Universe, I often captured your eighteen tribes and collected ransom…”
“Are you serious?”
Yin Deyu was somewhat unconvinced, but he was hopeful.
Du Gang laughed and said, “Why would I kill you all? How much is your life worth?”
“Don’t you know that when I was in the universe, I ransomed seventy billion Saint Crystals…”
Soon, he recounted his exploits of catching Long Aotian and others in the past.
On hearing this, the five of them breathed a sigh of relief mingled with anxiety.
“Aren’t you afraid that we will come after you and take revenge later?”
Du Gang chuckled, “If you have the capability, feel free come. However, don’t even think about plotting against me again unless you have got enough worthwhile stuff…”
“I’m too soft-hearted. As long as you bring enough money, we can get along. If not, then…”
On hearing this, the five truly believed him. They were somewhat relieved. They were merely lucky to have met Du Gang. Otherwise, they were as good as dead.
At this moment, they had no choice but to forget, for the time being, about Du Gang’s unexpectedly high level of power, and hurriedly took out a bunch of life-saving items.
“Wow, what rank of True Divine Armament is this?!”
Du Gang looked at the divine armament Yin Deyu took out, and asked in surprise.
Yin Deyu showed a hint of pride on his face, and said, “This is a Rank Six True Divine Armament, worth one million Divine Crystals!”
One million Divine Crystals!
Du Gang was astounded. A million Divine Crystals from the outside world wasn’t a small sum. That alone could buy a hundred grams of the source material.
He nodded his head and asked, “Is there anything else?”
Yin Deyu’s brow furrowed, “Isn’t this enough?”
After finding out that Du Gang wouldn’t kill him, he wasn’t afraid of death anymore and started to haggle.
It wasn’t that he didn’t understand the situation, but that Du Gang was too good at pretending, letting him think he was safe.
But in reality…
Du Gang gave a faint smile, “If there’s nothing else, then forget it. I hope, the things you offer for your life next time will be more than this…”
Hearing this, Yin Deyu completely relaxed, he knew that he was going to live.
At the same time, he secretly vowed, wait, next time your life will be mine!
He hadn’t forgotten that Du Gang still had a reward of ten million Divine Crystals on his head.
The other four, upon seeing this, all breathed a sigh of relief and took out their respective life-saving artifacts.
These people who were able to team up with Yin Deyu were naturally from prestigious families, with deep foundations. Everything they brought out was a Real God artifact, and it even reached Rank Six.
From this, it could be seen that their wealth was no less than that of Yin Deyu.
“You’ve taken the God artifacts, can you let us go now?”
The five Real God artifacts worth more than five million Divine Crystals were taken by Du Gang. Yin Deyu directly asked.
Du Gang just chuckled, “I’m sorry, I lied to you!”
“???”
At this moment, all five of them widened their eyes, somewhat shocked and somewhat fearful.
“You…”
Yin Deyu hurriedly said, “Du Gang, you’re joking with us, right? You said that you want money and not lives…”
Du Gang coldly laughed, “You all intended to take my life, why should I keep you?”
“The reason I said that was, on one hand, to trick you out of some God artifacts, and on the other hand, to give you hope before plunging you into despair…”
When dealing with enemies, he was never kind.
Being kind to enemies is being cruel to oneself.
A spare these guys? Impossible!
“Don’t kill me, I still have money, you have my divine thought, find my Yin family, I guarantee you a satisfactory remuneration…”
Yin Deyu didn’t give up and thought of the ransom Du Gang had mentioned earlier.
Du Gang gave a faint smile, “Before, I was willing not to kill Long Aotian and the others because they didn’t have any murderous intent towards me, and because I was still unfamiliar with Penglai Island and wasn’t sure about the situation…”
“But now, what does it matter even if I kill you?!”
“Not to mention whether anyone knows about it, just the fact that you’ve accepted a commission from the Demon Realm to assassinate me is enough for you to carry the crime of betraying your clan…”
“What?!!”
Yin Deyu’s eyes were filled with shock, he didn’t expect that Du Gang knew about his collusion with the Demon Realm.
All of this just now could be explained as dissatisfaction with him, or some other reason to justify their actions.
But now…
“Don’t worry…”
Du Gang coldly chuckled and continued, “I’ve recorded all of this, you think you’ll just die like this? I’m going to bring these evidence to your Yin Family and bring justice, have you nailed to the pillar of shame of your Yin Family, never to turn over!”
He knew that for these people, the most important thing was the honor of their family. After all, they had grown up in such an environment and cared a lot about their families.
Sure enough, upon hearing those words, Yin Deyu was in despair, “Don’t do this… I’ll give you money…”
Du Gang let out a laugh, saying: “Don’t worry, the compensation your family will give me later will definitely be much more than what you can offer!”
His objective was achieved, the enemy closed his eyes in pain!
“Die!”
At this moment, he finally made his move, directly extinguishing the last Divine Thought of the five men, causing them to die with their eyes wide open.
“This is what you deserve, if you dare to oppose me, you have to be prepared for this!”
Du Gang sneered continuously, while heaving a deep sigh of relief.
He did this after deep consideration.
The Demon Domain is a powerful force capable of rivaling two God Clans. Even if they don’t know why this force did not attack the Ancient City, they remain a formidable entity.
“The Demon Domain can’t attack the Ancient City. Either there’s a trump card left by other god clans, or the Ancient City itself has a method capable of annihilating enemies…”
He understood that the nature of this continent was the survival of the fittest.
The Ancient City possesses eighteen Supreme Techniques, which should incite an attack from the entire continent, but it is still thriving well, there must be some powerful means that prevents other forces from acting.
At the same time, he could confirm his judgement by the fact that most people from the Ancient City are active in the city itself, the universe, and the depths of the Ancient City.
Previously, he had examined the Primordial Daily, and news about the Ancient City was scarce.
There was very little news about important figures leaving the Ancient City. Only a handful of Celestial God Level or at most True God Level powerhouses have ever left the Ancient City. Anyone stronger has never left, to his knowledge.
Previously, he thought it was because the Primordial Daily did not report it, but now it seems likely that those above Celestial God Level dare not leave the Ancient City.
At the very least, the eighteen God Kings dare not leave the Ancient City!
This is enough to prove that the Ancient City possesses powerful countermeasures, enough to destroy or at least deal with one of the forty-five powerful factions, or even more.
This means that, as long as he does not leave the Ancient City, nor the Abyss of the Ancient City, then he is essentially safe!
After arriving in the abyss, he realized that the power of the Ancient City in the abyss is not lesser than that in the city, but rather, there might be even more powerhouses here.
The whole Abyss of the Ancient City is built like an iron bucket, the experts of the Demon Domain definitely cannot force their way in, otherwise they wouldn’t send people to win over others.
“Therefore, I need to strike down people from the Ancient City. The example of Yin Deyu and others will tell the world that I, Du Gang, am not to be messed with. If anyone dares to kill me, they must bear the consequence of being killed by me!”
“Furthermore, they will have to contend with a reputation of betraying their clan and aligning with the Demon Domain, and face the scorn of others!”
This time, he’s not just out to kill people, but also to intimidate, to let everyone in the Ancient City and surrounding forces know the immense cost of trying to kill him!
Du Gang quickly picked up the ten plus divine crystals dropped by Yin Deyu and others, and quickly continued towards the ruins.
After arriving in another unfamiliar region, he came to a halt and found a hidden place to absorb the energy from the divine crystals.
A dozen divine crystals are equivalent to a dozen Naer’s divine power, it is better to absorb them early.
Soon, he had completely absorbed the energy from the dozen divine crystals. These third-level divine crystals not only contain abundant energy but are also quickly absorbed.
“Next, it’s time to hunt the remaining people!”
A cruel look emerged on Du Gang’s face. Those who had the audacity to chase after him clearly wanted him dead. Hence, regardless of their method of death, they wouldn’t be wronged!
“The Jie-Character Secret still has 7 seconds, it will need a day to recover… ”
He pondered silently, “I don’t know how many people followed me, but it should be quite a lot, at least more than ten teams, right?!”
“If I want to slaughter them along with their gods and bodies, it would take at least three seconds…”
His eyebrows knitted together, “So, next, I could hunt at least two more teams… but I need to save one second as a means to escape…”
One second of Jie-Character Secret, is enough for him to escape, and completely get rid of his pursuers.
“I have to find a way to increase the usage time of the Jie-Character Secret!”
At this moment, Du Gang couldn’t help but sigh, compared with divine power, the Jie-Character Secret was his strongest weapon.
However, he also had some speculations in his heart.
Can the restoration time of the Jie-Character Secret be extended with increased physical strength?
He was quite convinced that along with improved physical strength, the use of the Jie-Character Secret would also be prolonged!
“However, I’ll experiment with this after getting out…”
But deep within the abyss, he had neither the resources nor the means to enhance his body, making it impossible to test.
And so, Du Gang wandered around, lost in thought.
Soon, he ran into another group while passing through a corridor.
“Du Gang?!”
A surprised voice came from the front.
Not too far from him, about thirty meters away, a five-person team appeared.
With so many winding paths, a distance of thirty meters seemed rather significant; there were even intersections where the paths were just a couple meters apart.
“Controller?”
Du Gang’s eyes sparkled. The looming threat of the five characters in front of him wasn’t overpowering, merely at a Controller level.
Could this possibly save me three seconds of using the Jie-Character Secret?
He was a master Controller, vastly superior to an ordinary one, though probably requiring a bit more Divine Power to deal with.
But he possessed two thousand Naer of Divine Power, and even if he used his most powerful techniques for every blow, he could still release twenty attacks.
Twenty attacks using a hundred Divine Power would be more than ample to kill all five of them!
“How come you are here?”
Du Gang looked puzzled as though he was genuinely curious.
The opposite five were stunned as well, but they quickly replied, “We are here to absorb the essence. The ruins are relatively safe because nobody ever comes here. Where are Yin Deyu and the others?”
They certainly did not forget that Yin Deyu and the rest had come with Du Gang.
Du Gang nodded and said, “I too am here for the essence…”
He then expressed his indignation, “Those guys Yin Deyu, they dared to attack me, they covet my essence…”
Covet the essence?
The five newcomers rejoiced secretly but put on a frowning face, “Are you saying that Yin Deyu ambushed you?”
“Exactly!”
Du Gang was furious, “Those guys are ungrateful backstabbers. And I thought that they were my kind-hearted comrades…”
Confused, the five asked, “Yin Deyu and his gang seemed to be top-level Controllers, how did you manage to escape?”
Du Gang shook his head, “Thankfully, I had an escape charm, or else I could have died there…”
After saying that, he looked terrified.
Then, alertly, he looked at the five and said, “You guys won’t try doing anything to me right?”
Startled, they quickly said, “Do you have any essence left?”
“Nope, used it all!”
The five laughed, “Isn’t that settled? Your essence is all used up, why would we do anything to you?!”
And so, with these words, they continued walking, “Besides, you are a Master Controller, and we are merely Controllers…”
Thirty meters was not very far; in just a few strides, they had surrounded Du Gang.
“Attack!”
The five of them took action without hesitation.
Even though they were merely Controllers, five of them teaming up could take down a Master Controller without a problem.
After all, one couldn’t expect Du Gang to fend off all five of them, considering how many they were and how strong his attack was, right?
“Heh heh!”
Du Gang sneered, swiftly transformed, and became a three-meter-tall giant.
“World Creation!”
Suddenly, he unleashed a colossal ax shadow that stretched over thirty meters.
A group attack and a single attack can be interchanged at will. Like Du Gang’s single attack that stretched over thirty meters, it could essentially be used as a group attack.
Once he launched an attack with a hundred Naer of Divine Power, who among them dared not to defend?
Indeed, this was the case. The five of them jumped in fright after sensing the mighty force. They hastily began their defenses.
They had considered that Du Gang might display a hundred Naer power technique, but were not anticipating that he could launch such a powerful attack that covered a thirty-meter radius.
They had seen others employ Divine Power techniques, with the most extensive range not exceeding a few meters, they had no idea that Du Gang had such long-range techniques!
Upon realizing this, Du Gang made his move.
People who could transform like him, Long Aotian, the Little Hawk King, and the others indeed had something extraordinary about them.
In Primordial Continent, powerful beings at God Spirit Level using the Supreme Technique could only cover a few meters. However, people like him and Long Aotian who could transform had an advantage of tens of meters.
This meant that their attacks naturally evolved into group attacks.
“Puff!”
The five of them simultaneously displayed their most powerful capabilities but still suffered a hit. Du Gang’s ax was incredibly powerful!
Could this be the robustness of the Divine Clan?
Du Gang realized the commonality between him, Long Aotian, and the others.
His lineage was of the Ancient God, whereas others had Divine Clan lineage. This lineage was what left a gap between them and normal people.
“Another!”
Upon seeing this, Du Gang did not hesitate. He again unleashed World Creation, chopping down towards the five.
Not only that, but he also quickly unleashed World Creation again after seeing the opponents adopt a defensive position. At this moment, the Supreme Technique seemed to have no restrictions for him, and he kept unleashing it incessantly.
“How is that possible?!”
The five were taken aback. Even the Supreme Technique, if executed, involved a significant cooldown or stiffness.
The power of this technique was immense. It was impossible for anyone to use it incessantly as Du Gang had done, as though he was firing a machine gun.
“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”
Five ax shadows successively flew out, chopping towards the five.
“Damn it!”
All five of them, despite managing to block only three attacks, were struck by the fourth.
“Puff!”
“Bang!”
In an instant, all five of them burst into several pieces, with their deities flying out.
“Retreat!”
Seeing this, the five did not surrender but started to flee.
“Trying to run?”
Seeing this, a glint flashed in Du Gang’s eyes as he instantly activated the Jie-Character Secret.
“Kill!”
At this moment, his heavenly spirit flashed, and a beam of golden light flew out, flickered rapidly, then returned to his body at extreme speed.
In the distance, five divine beings that had just flown a certain distance seemed to be slashed thousands of times with a knife in this instant, immediately splitting apart.
“Puff!”
Each of the divine beings looked like a broken mirror, cracking and gradually dispersing.
“Boom!”
At this moment, both divine beings and divine thoughts of the five people were killed and disappeared completely.
They didn’t even have a chance to beg for mercy because when they left their bodies, they took all the divine thoughts in their bodies with them.
Looking at the scene, Du Gang was taken aback, “I should have killed their divine beings first, this way I could retain their mental essence and extort them…”
It was clearly better to retain the divine thoughts than the divine beings.
Because the divine beings move fast, apart from destroying them with a ten times boosted divine being like now, there was nearly no way to kill them.
However, it was not the same with divine thoughts. Once the divine thoughts lose their divine beings, they barely have a chance to survive. The escape speed is extremely slow and they can be threatened slowly.
No matter if it’s a divine being or divine thought, both can open their independent internal world. This means, things of value from within their bodies can be obtained from both…
“Remember it for next time…”
Du Gang sighed, “I was initially trying to conserve the use time of the Jie-Character Secret, but it seems I can’t save it!”
However, it still saves a lot compared to the previously expected three seconds.
Just now, his divine being flew out and killed five other’s divine beings in just one second.
This meant that when he faces the controller’s team, he could first spend one second to kill their divine beings using the Jie-Character Secret, then rely on his own divine power to slowly kill their bodies.
“Also, I could actually pull in one more team…”
When Du Gang had killed the divine beings of five people earlier, it was counted as one second for the Jie-Character Secret, but in reality, it only took half a second, wasting the remaining half a second.
“If I pull in two teams together, it’s also one second. It’s more efficient…”
Thinking of this, he nodded secretly to himself. Let’s do it like this!
Next, he started wandering around as per his thoughts.
Soon, he encountered another team. Again, it was a controller team.
Just as he had thought, after encountering these people, he did not hesitate and ‘fled’ quickly, while the people of the team chased anxiously, spouting various lies of danger and relation.
I am your father!
Du Gang cursed silently and soon encountered the second controller team.
Only then did he finally stop, pulling both teams to the same location.
“Du Gang, you’re not running anymore?”
At this moment, the two teams also bared their fangs, thinking that Du Gang was stuck in the middle with nowhere to run.
However, Du Gang showed a smirk, “Want to kill me?”
“Attack!”
Seeing his expression, the others panicked, guessing that he had some means to escape, and hastily rushed towards Du Gang.
Not only that, their divine beings also flew out at the first moment, forming a siege to kill Du Gang.
Compared to the body, the flight speed of the divine being was faster. In just a blink of an eye, they reached Du Gang.
“Die!”
Du Gang roared low, a beam of golden light flew out from his body and quickly passed through the ten divine beings in front of him.
“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “…”
A series of explosions were heard, and all ten divine beings were killed.
“How is this possible?”
People were all shocked, looking at Du Gang in astonishment.
“What’s impossible?”
Du Gang sneered, “Not just your divine beings need to die, you all need to die!”
“World Creation!”
At this moment, Du Gang, who had put away the Jie-Character Secret, quickly used supreme technique. He madly used World Creation and released four to five in continuity.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Without a divine being, the ten people could not escape from the axe shadow, and in just three times, their lives were lost.
“Splash!”
Ten paths of divine thoughts flew out simultaneously, trying to escape in different directions.
“Trying to escape?”
Du Gang sneered in his heart and quickly reached out his divine being. At this moment, with the divine being presiding, his divine thoughts were endlessly boosted. Even if they divided into ten paths, he still smashed the remaining divine thoughts of the ten people and caught them all.
“Pay money, buy life, no need to say more!”
Very directly, he just wanted to extort, earn whatever divine artifact he could. He wasn’t greedy, whatever he could get he took, if they didn’t have it, he didn’t ask for it.
As for the promises of these people that they would give more later, or even those who tried to tempt him with treasure maps and such, he rejected all of them.
He had to kill people. Killing here and killing in the outside world were two different concepts!
So, compared to wealth that might or might not be at hand, it’s best not to make unnecessary complications.
For the ten people, no matter if they handed over the divine artifacts or not, he treated them all the same. That is, he killed them all, physically and mentally, without any possibility of resurrection.
Just like that, Du Gang began to hunt in the ruins.
Due to the limited use time of the Jie-Character Secret, he could only launch a few active attacks every day. The teams he killed were actually limited, generally three to five teams a day.
In just a week, he had destroyed twenty-seven teams and killed hundreds of people.
He also obtained hundreds of divine artifacts. Many of these people chose to compromise in the face of the danger of death; they basically all handed over their divine artifacts.
But from the eighth day onwards, he encountered fewer and fewer people.
This was because some teams gave up after not finding any people.
Because they felt that Du Gang might already be dead and was taken away by Yin Deyu or some other team.
So, on the eighth day, most of the teams retreated. Only a few teams were still not convinced and stayed in the ruins.
However, there were also a few teams that ambushed near the entrance of the ruins, waiting for Du Gang.
“If Yin Deyu and the others come out, we can also grab a share…”
“Can we manage to grab it?”
“What’s there to be afraid of, we have three controller teams, even if Yin Deyu and others are top-level, we are still fine…”
At this moment, there were three teams ambushing at the entrance of the ruins, all of them being controller teams. They had formed an alliance, planning to lay one final ambush.
As for the other teams that left, they chose to let them pass because, without evidence that they had taken Du Gang’s corpse, they could only let them go.
And Du Gang, after failing to find people, started to slowly move towards the direction of the entrance…