A Young Man, the Patriarch Is Pulling the Wool Over Your Eyes

"Ha ha. How ridiculous!"

Zhou Yi sneered and cast Liu Yunzhi a disdainful glance. "Don't say I didn't take anything. Even if I did, I deserved it. When I called for people to investigate with me, why did none of you come?"

Zhou Yi shoved Liu Yunzhi aside, snorted, and strode out of the Buddha Hall.

"Not bad, not bad! You have to stand firm when it's time to stand firm."

Seeing this, Li Yu nodded, fairly satisfied with Zhou Yi's performance.

"Heavenly Book Spirit, give him a hint. The sandstorm is about to arrive. Have him take the Da Lei Yin Temple plaque while he has the chance."

Li Yu took control of the "Supreme Heavenly Book" and directly instructed the Heavenly Book Spirit. "Also, don't let him exchange things recklessly. When the Divine Crocodiles attack later, have him exchange for a one-use skill. Staying alive comes first."

The Heavenly Book Spirit naturally carried out Li Yu's orders without hesitation.

Zhou Yi walked out of Da Lei Yin Temple's Buddha Hall.

Having collected more than a dozen shattered Buddhist Artifacts, Zhou Yi felt that he could now exchange them for some extraordinary abilities.

"Heavenly Book Spirit, how many Energy Points do I have now? What can I exchange them for?"

Zhou Yi asked the Heavenly Book Spirit in his heart.

"Your Majesty, including the stone Buddha, you have collected fourteen Buddhist Artifacts in total. You possess eighty-four Energy Points altogether," the Heavenly Book Spirit replied.

"Mm! Eighty-four points are enough to exchange for some cultivation techniques and pills."

Zhou Yi nodded, his heart growing eager. I'll soon possess extraordinary power.

"Your Majesty, the current environment is unsuitable for cultivation. This old minister suggests that Your Majesty reserve these Energy Points. Should danger arise, you can exchange them for one-use skills to protect yourself."

"Hmm? Is that so?"

Zhou Yi paused, looked around at the desolate land, and nodded. "Heh, I was being too hasty."

"Your Majesty, the sandstorm is about to arrive. Da Lei Yin Temple's barrier will not hold for long. Your Majesty should prepare early."

The Heavenly Book Spirit reminded him.

"A sandstorm?"

Zhou Yi was startled. Raising his head toward the horizon, he indeed saw a faint cloud of reddish-brown dust rising in the distance.

"I'll take Da Lei Yin Temple's plaque first."

Turning to look at the people inside Da Lei Yin Temple, a cold smile appeared on Zhou Yi's lips. "Every last one of them wants benefits, but none are willing to take risks. Is there really such a good deal?"

With a wave of his hand, an invisible ripple swept across the area, and Da Lei Yin Temple's plaque vanished instantly.

"Boom!"

With a thunderous crash, all of Da Lei Yin Temple shattered, turning into debris scattered across the ground.

"Uh? It actually broke apart?"

Seeing this, Zhou Yi was startled. "Heavenly Book Spirit, what happened?"

"Da Lei Yin Temple had long since fallen into ruin. It remained standing only because of the residual Buddhist power supporting it. Now that Your Majesty has taken all the Buddhist Artifacts, Da Lei Yin Temple naturally collapsed."

"Is that so? Interesting."

Thinking of the people inside the Buddha Hall getting covered in dust, Zhou Yi could not help but laugh to himself.

Sure enough.

As the Buddha Hall crumbled into ashes, everyone immediately cried out in alarm.

"Ah! What happened?"

"The building collapsed! Run!"

"Ah! Help!"

Chaos erupted inside Da Lei Yin Temple. Covered from head to toe in ash and dirt, everyone rushed out in a miserable state.

"Zhou Yi, was this your doing?"

Liu Yunzhi ran out, filthy and disheveled. Seeing Zhou Yi standing leisurely to one side and watching the show, he flew into a rage. Pointing at Zhou Yi, he cursed, "Zhou Yi! It was perfectly fine just now, but it collapsed the moment you came out. You must have done something!"

"Shut up!"

Zhou Yi snorted coldly and looked at Liu Yunzhi as if he were an idiot. He raised a hand and pointed toward the horizon. "Look for yourself! Look over there!"

"Boom! Boom!"

A series of rumbling sounds came from afar. The ground began to tremble, like ten thousand galloping horses or raging waves crashing forward.

"Ah? What is that?"

"Now do you understand why the ancient temple collapsed?"

Zhou Yi shot Liu Yunzhi a scornful look. "With such a huge disturbance, the Buddha Hall was bound to collapse!"

"This is... a sandstorm... a super storm on Mars!"

The foreigner Kade stared at the scene in the distance, his expression changing drastically. Mixing English and Chinese, he cried out in terror.

"Boom!"

In the blink of an eye, the sandstorm swept in. The sky darkened, and the sun and moon lost their light.

The endless reddish-brown dust completely engulfed the sky. A massive storm that swept across all of Mars had begun.

"Holy crap!"

Li Yu shuddered at the sight of the overwhelming sandstorm and hurriedly activated the system's resource collection function.

An invisible black hole enveloped the area around Li Yu. Whenever the raging sandstorm reached him, it was absorbed by the system and converted into energy.

"The sandstorm has appeared. Next will be the Divine Crocodiles' attack."

Li Yu strolled leisurely through the sky-filling storm. Wherever he went, the wind and sand became calm, as though Moses were parting the sea, his divine majesty awe-inspiring.

"What a pity. No one is around to admire this old man's grandeur. I want to show off, but there's no one to watch!"

Unable to find a chance to flaunt himself, Li Yu sighed gloomily. "Better watch the show first! Heh heh, young man, don't be afraid. The patriarch is pulling the wool over your eyes!"

The ruins of Da Lei Yin Temple.

Seeing the sandstorm bearing down on them, everyone was terrified.

"Rumble..."

The sandstorm swept over them, filling the air with whirling dust and plunging the world into darkness. Everyone was so frightened that they did not know what to do.

"Ah! What do we do now?"

"We're doomed! We're doomed!"

Despair spread through everyone's hearts.

"Don't panic! We still have a way to survive!"

Zhou Yi looked up at the all-consuming sandstorm and spoke calmly. "We still have a way to survive."

"A way to survive? What is it? Tell us quickly!"

"This is Mars. Once the light barrier breaks, where else can we survive?!"

Life and death inspired great terror. Everyone was panicked and utterly lost.

"Have you forgotten how we got here?"

Zhou Yi pointed toward where the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull had fallen and spoke to the others.

"That's right. This may be our only way out."

Ye Fan's eyes lit up, and he nodded.

"Yes! Yes! That was an immortal opportunity! There must be a way to live!"

At that moment, everyone understood and rushed toward the Five-Colored Altar.

The distance was not far.

The ruins of Da Lei Yin Temple were only about a thousand meters from the Five-Colored Altar. Yet that stretch of ground seemed as distant as mountains and seas apart.

If they failed to reach the Five-Colored Altar before the light barrier in the sky shattered, everyone would die without a doubt.

"Quick! Run!"

The route was littered with ruins, broken tiles, and crumbling walls. It was not an easy path, yet even the frailest women were now running desperately for their lives.

"Your Majesty, be careful. Divine Crocodiles are attacking."

The Heavenly Book Spirit's sudden warning made Zhou Yi's heart jolt. "Divine Crocodiles? What are those?"

"They look like this."

The Heavenly Book Spirit displayed the image of a Divine Crocodile in Zhou Yi's mind. "Your Majesty, these creatures are extremely vicious. You must be very careful."

"Ah!"

As a woman ran through the ruins, she suddenly let out a miserable scream and plunged headfirst into the rubble, falling silent.

"The Divine Crocodiles are here?"

Zhou Yi's heart lurched, and he clenched his fists tightly.