It seemed the other party was trying to recruit him. Had he failed to recognize his identity?
That was only natural. Even an old friend like Bo Saixi would probably fail to recognize that this young man was the renowned Qian Daoliu.
Yes, who could imagine that Qian Daoliu, whose life was nearly at its end, could grow young again and become what he was now?
Looking at Yu Xiao Gang, Michael gave a slight nod and revealed a polite yet distant smile. "So you are Grandmaster. I am Michael. It was merely a small favor."
A sharp glint flashed through Yu Xiao Gang's eyes as he stepped half a pace forward. "Brother Mi is so young, yet already possesses such strength. May I ask who your master is?"
Tang San stood behind his teacher, quietly observing the boy in white. He looked no more than fifteen or sixteen, yet he had rendered five soul masters completely unable to resist. That strength secretly shocked him.
"I simply taught myself," Michael answered casually, his gaze passing over the master and disciple. "Grandmaster, are you taking your disciple into the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain a soul ring?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Yu Xiao Gang's face before he straightened his back. "Exactly. My disciple is exceptionally gifted and is about to obtain his first soul ring." As he spoke, he patted Tang San's shoulder. "Xiao San, come greet Brother Mi."
Tang San stepped forward and bowed respectfully. "Tang San greets Brother Mi."
Michael examined the handsome young boy with interest, yet he could not shake the feeling that the face seemed somewhat familiar.
He nodded slightly in return. "Brother Tang, you are too polite."
Seeing the pleasant atmosphere, Yu Xiao Gang seized the opportunity to say, "Brother Mi, are you also entering the Soul Hunting Forest? If you do not mind, why not travel with us? The Soul Hunting Forest is fraught with danger. The more people there are, the more we can look after one another."
Michael laughed inwardly. Yu Xiao Gang was quite the schemer; he clearly wanted to use this chance to probe his background.
But this was perfect. He also wanted to see just how far the man Bibi Dong could never forget had fallen.
"Very well." After pretending to ponder for a moment, Michael agreed. "I was planning to enter the forest to gather some medicinal herbs anyway."
Yu Xiao Gang was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "That is wonderful! We were just about to enter the forest. If Brother Mi does not mind, you can share a tent with us."
The three headed toward the forest entrance together. Along the way, Yu Xiao Gang kept testing him. "Brother Mi's spirit must be very special. That method you used earlier to make martial spirits collapse—was it a Domain Skill?"
The two spoke freely. Although Yu Xiao Gang did not possess any extraordinary real ability, his knowledge was not weak, and he actually managed to hold a conversation with Qian Daoliu.
At the boundary between the God Realm and the human world, Ye Su did not continue watching. He was fairly satisfied with Qian Daoliu's handling of things, and he was also curious what choice Qian Daoliu would make once he learned that Tang San was Tang Hao's son.
But none of that required Ye Su's concern.
Ye Su withdrew his gaze, smiled faintly, and looked toward the God Realm above him.
That continental region floated above the heavenly realm like duckweed without roots—a land without an owner, blessed with profound fortune.
What?
You said this thing had an owner?
I disagreed.
The Dragon God had fallen. What could the current gods of the God Realm possibly count as? At most, with the tiger gone, the monkeys called themselves kings!
God Realm, your master had now arrived!
Ye Su chuckled and directly shattered the shackles between the God Realm and the human world, entering the skies above the God Realm.
His Role-playing Degree as God had now reached around forty percent. His power was not much, but it was enough to crush the gods!
A golden rift suddenly split the sky above the God Realm, stretching across the heavens. Countless angel phantoms flew forth from it, holding trumpets blazing with holy flames.
Ye Su's figure emerged amid radiant light, twelve golden wings spreading behind him. Creation runes flowed across every feather.
"Arrogant false gods." Ye Su's voice echoed through the God Realm like countless bolts of thunder. The clouds of the God Realm began to boil, and the originally peaceful seven-colored glow was dyed blood-red.
Sea God Poseidon was the first to sense the change. His trident tore through space as he appeared at the Divine Realm Nexus.
When he saw the figure in the clouds, his divine weapon suddenly gave a mournful cry as though it could no longer endure the strain.
"This pressure far surpasses that of the Dragon God in his prime!" He discovered in terror that his godhood was trembling.
God of Destruction and Goddess of Life appeared at the same time, and the five enforcers of the God Realm Committee quickly gathered. Asura God gripped his blood-red sword, only to find that his Slaughter Domain could not be unleashed at all.
"This is not the power system of this world!" Cold sweat seeped down his forehead.
Ye Su slowly raised his right hand, and the edges of the God Realm began to collapse.
Countless fragments of space turned into burning meteors, hovering above the God Realm.
Ye Su said, "This land shall suffer seven calamities."
The first calamity descended.
The Tree of Life in the God Realm suddenly withered, and Goddess of Life let out a scream before collapsing to her knees.
Her emerald hair turned gray-white at a visible speed, and cracks appeared in her godhood.
"Stop him!" God of Kindness brought forth the Sacred Codex, and boundless golden light formed a barrier.
Yet Ye Su merely blinked lightly, and the barrier said to withstand a God King's attack shattered like a bubble.
Sea God Poseidon roared as he raised a towering tidal wave, but the instant it touched the hem of Ye Su's robe, it froze into an ice sculpture.
The God Realm trembled.
Seven blood-red bolts of lightning tore through the heavens, blasting the golden palace of the God Realm Committee into fragments.
God of Destruction's purple-black robes whipped wildly in the gale. He had never felt such pure power of destruction.
It was not the law of destruction he knew, but a judgment from some higher dimension.
"This is impossible!" Asura God's blood-red sword shattered inch by inch. He watched helplessly as his Slaughter Domain was stained with sacred golden light. "How could there be an existence beyond a God King?"
At that moment, Ye Su's second calamity had already descended.
The divine spring of the God Realm boiled and churned, transforming into foul-smelling blood.
The angel phantoms sounded their trumpets. Wherever the sound waves passed, second-level gods clutched their ears and fell to their knees.
Sea God Poseidon's ice sculpture exploded with a boom. He staggered three steps back, and web-like cracks appeared across his trident.
"In the name of the gods!" God of Kindness suddenly set her divine soul ablaze, dazzling golden flames attempting to illuminate the increasingly dark God Realm.
Yet the instant those flames touched the clouds, they twisted into the shape of skulls, the backlash making her spit out golden divine blood. Goddess of Life struggled to grasp her husband God of Destruction's arm, their clasped hands rapidly aging.
At that moment, Tang San suddenly fell to his knees in the Soul Hunting Forest, seized by a violent palpitation.
In terror, he discovered that his Blue Silver Grass spirit had appeared on its own. He could feel something unseen and untouchable rapidly draining from his body. Those things were extremely important to him, yet he was powerless to recover them.
Thunderous roars sounded from the sky. Humans and soul beasts alike raised their heads toward the heavens, but none knew what had happened.
Only Michael, Qian Daoliu's incarnation, gazed toward the sky. The Angel Spirit within him was resonating and trembling.
The Divine Realm Nexus began to collapse.
The third calamity brought locusts that covered the sky and sun. These swarms, bearing holy flames, gnawed away at the foundation of the God Realm.
The moment God of Evil's true evil god form appeared, the locusts devoured him into bare bones.
Asura God finally broke down and shouted, "What exactly do you want? We can negotiate!"
Whatever you wanted, could you not just negotiate directly?
Why start fighting the moment you arrived?
Was this bastard trying to destroy the entire God Realm?
Holy Light shone brilliantly around Ye Su, making him seem like a blazing sun suspended in the sky.
The darkness of the fourth calamity engulfed the God Realm, and the gods collided with one another like blind men.
Sea God discovered in despair that even the laws of the ocean had begun to betray him. He heard the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King unleash a provocative, drawn-out cry in the human world.
When the plague of the fifth calamity descended, second-level gods turned into stone statues one after another.
God of Food's body suddenly exploded into a mist of blood, and cracks appeared in Nine-Colored Goddess's inheritance crystal.
God of Destruction held his dying wife and suddenly recalled a prophecy he had read at some unknown time in the distant past: "When Holy Light obscures the light of heaven, the false gods shall finally repay their sins."
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