Chapter 666 First Meeting

This is a game of strategy.The Source of the Great Dao is the most precious resource in heaven and earth.Not long ago, the Ming Clan demonstrated its use of the Source of the Great Dao, only to have it stolen by the mortal realm and used as the power source for the new world.Therefore, anyone who wants to bid for the Source of the Great Dao must think twice.Zhuge Tianming's strengths and weaknesses are intertwined.Because he doesn't intervene or get involved, he often misses opportunities that only those directly involved can seize.But at the same time, no one knows how many trump cards he holds.This is the significance of staying behind the scenes.The Lu Clan naturally didn't bid for the Source of the Great Dao to deal with Liu Sheng.Let's wait and see.Now that the mercenaries have killed Zhou Chongli, he can no longer recklessly use spatial laws to divide the battlefield.The scales that should have tipped in favor of humanity were once again pulled back, the weight being the Qi Luck Bead given to the Heng Clan by the Lu Clan.Furthermore, the mercenaries' mission was not yet fully complete.On the battlefield.Li An, who was wreaking havoc, suddenly looked up.He clearly sensed an extremely terrifying force, capable of easily crushing him, locking onto him and rapidly approaching, likely arriving in seconds.Li An calmed down in an instant and took action.Spatial talisman, activated.He quickly moved away from the battlefield, randomly teleporting, and immediately activated the talisman upon landing.Under everyone's watchful eyes.Li An flashed continuously across the Immortal Realm continent, while the Demon Ancestor's figure leaped back and forth.An impatient look appeared on her face; she thought those who used spatial laws were all dogs.Then, a purple light flashed in her eyes.At the same time, millions of miles away, Li An suddenly felt dizzy."Damn it, a mental attack." The Demon Ancestor, possessing the power of the heavens, was naturally a cultivator of all three realms.The mental power of the fourteenth heaven covered an unimaginable area, instantly overwhelming Li An.She had no interest in dealing with a mere child.So when she appeared before Li An, she arrogantly raised her head, her hand like a blade.The blade rose and fell.But the blade hesitated to fall!Li An had recovered and turned to meet the Demon Ancestor's gaze. The distance between them was less than half a meter, and his first thought was that this woman was a head taller than him.The Demon Ancestor narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Open."Li An stubbornly shook his head: "No."Both knew what the other was talking about.The Immortal Realm Grand Array.Immortal Emperor Mode.Li An deactivated this mode at this moment.Because it was meaningless.The Demon Ancestor, however, felt a slight curiosity about this so-called hope for humanity.The moment she noticed he was locked onto, she moved away from the battlefield as quickly as possible.He's not activating his Immortal Emperor state now.The meaning is clear.If he doesn't leave the battlefield, the aftershocks of the battle will instantly kill countless immortal disciples. If he uses his Immortal Emperor state to block it, the Immortal Realm's fortune will suffer immeasurable damage."Aren't you afraid of death?" The Demon Ancestor's narrow eyes narrowed slightly.Li An grinned, speaking with a slightly arrogant tone, "You wouldn't dare kill me.""In this world, only those my age, or those from the Celestial Realm, can kill me, only they dare to kill me.""As long as you belong to the mortal realm, you absolutely, absolutely wouldn't dare kill me!""I even bet you can't kill me!" The Demon Ancestor took a deep breath.This was the first time in her history that she felt so helpless.Her mission was to incapacitate Li An.But to truly incapacitate him, she had to destroy his Immortal King mode.Right now, destroying his normal state is meaningless; the Immortal Realm's grand formation will immediately restore it.Therefore, to complete the task above, it was necessary to completely sever his connection with the Immortal Realm Array when he used it, then severely injure and render him unconscious. Only then would it be effective.Otherwise, the only option would be to kill him.But as Li An said, she couldn't kill him, nor could she kill him, since Zhou Chongli from the Dao-Merging Human Space was still there, and his true form was probably at the fourteenth realm.What to do?There were plenty of ways.The Demon Ancestor suddenly took a step forward, her long pink tongue licking her lips.She was already half a meter away from Li An, but now she was even closer, almost touching him.Although Li An smelled her alluring fragrance, he felt only extreme panic.Sure enough.The Demon Ancestor's slender finger touched Li An's brow, entering his spiritual world.In an instant, all of Li An's memories flooded the Demon Ancestor's mind, but these were merely supplementary; she was searching for the connection between Li An and the Immortal Realm Array.Found it.She pierced Li An's brow with her palm, pulled out the Immortal Ancestor Token, crushed it, then snatched his storage ring, took out the Immortal God Blade, and also took all the Luck Beads inside.Finally, she flicked her finger lightly."Bang!" Li An's internal organs exploded, his eyes became vacant and unfocused, and he fell straight backward."Little man, I can't handle you?" The Demon Ancestor smiled arrogantly, dusted off her hands, and turned to leave.Zhou Chongli was shattered, the Immortal Ancestor Token was gone, and Li An was crippled.Mission accomplished.Hengshi sent a message to Lushi: "No problems, right?""This service is efficient and of high quality, isn't it?"Lushi nodded: "That's enough."Hengshi: "Welcome to repurchase."Lushi: "..." On the Immortal Realm Continent.Two battlefields were still fiercely fighting.At this moment, apart from one person, no one else knew that the man who had single-handedly turned the tide of battle not long ago was now lying in a pool of blood, barely alive.The Demon Ancestor, who had just left, scoffed inwardly, saying, "Next time, remember to keep your true feelings even more hidden." When her finger touched Li An's brow, Li An's panic wasn't due to the current situation, but rather his fear that the Demon Ancestor would discover his backup plan and thus break it.He hadn't expected that she was just a mercenary, completing her mission and leaving without any real purpose.Even more unexpectedly, she was one of their own.The Demon Ancestor gleaned from Li An's memories that when he immediately used spatial teleportation to escape, he had been rapidly contacting his beloved wife, Shuangxue."I'm being hunted, but I bet they won't dare kill me.""After my life force weakens to near zero, come here, use the 'Withered Wood Rejuvenates' technique, and then give me the Immortal Ancestor Token you have."The Demon Ancestor quickly returned home after completing her mission.Just as the Lu clan thought the battle was won, a faint spatial fluctuation appeared beside Li An.Perhaps due to the great distance, this spatial fluctuation took a full five minutes to materialize.Then, Shuangxue appeared, arriving beside her destined self.Everyone saw that Shuangxue's face showed neither surprise nor sorrow. On the contrary, she frowned and muttered to herself, "Why does it smell like a woman?"Then, she cast a spell, and four talismans appeared before her. She wrote the four characters "枯木逢春" (Withered Tree Reborn) on them.Li An's body began to recover at a visible speed, and a second Immortal Ancestor Token appeared in Shuangxue's hand.The Lu Heavenly Emperor couldn't help himself at this sight. He stood up, his eyes seemingly trembling slightly."Was I tricked?" "Heng Clan, don't you need an explanation?"Emperor Heng was bewildered. "What explanation?""Li An hasn't lost his fighting ability!"Emperor Heng: "He just lost it."Clan Lu's voice rose: "But he's recovered now!!"Clan Heng's voice rose even higher: "What does that have to do with me!?"Clan Lu took a deep breath. "I'll give you another sum of money. I want your direct subordinates to take Li An back! Take him away from the battlefield!!"Clan Heng shook her head. "No, I've earned enough."Is money a small matter or a big matter?A big matter!But not the most important thing!The most important thing is how to become the ultimate winner. This "ultimate" doesn't refer to now, but perhaps a hundred years, a thousand years later, after the Great War of Heaven and Earth, still alive and possessing even greater power—the final king.Helping Clan Lu again would be detrimental to the overall situation for Heng Clan.Helping them just because they have money would make other kingdoms think they are ignorant and lack a sense of the bigger picture.The next party in this deal should be the Zuo clan, who have a grudge against the Lu clan.Helping the Zuo clan fight the weakened Lu clan will make them the most prominent force if the Zuo clan wins, attracting widespread criticism.Then, the emperor can help other Wang clans fighting the Zuo clan, acting as the behind-the-scenes manipulator.The tallest tree in the forest catches the most wind.True masters always appear mediocre, unremarkable, but not weak either. No matter how the situation develops, they maintain a middle ground, only unleashing their full potential at the last moment to surge to the top. This is the path to kingship.Emperor Hengtian thought to himself, "That fool Lu clan doesn't actually think I should help him win, does he?What benefit would your victory bring me?Money is necessary, and I need to favor my concubines, but important matters cannot be disrupted."