Greed was endless. It swelled relentlessly in Pei Ling's heart, roaring like a tide and crashing madly against his reason.
Gradually, a set of hideous mouths sprouted across Pei Ling's face and torso...
Pei Ling's expression contorted violently. He forced himself to cling to a shred of clarity and struggled to utter a cold, sinister word: "Zhou!"
The word rang like a command. Every Tan Nu's body began to rot at once, while hideous, venomous faces grew all over them.
"Hee-hee... hee-hee... hee-hee-hee... hee..."
A cold, eerie giggle rang out. The laughter grew louder, and Pei Ling's awareness grew clearer.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately brought his palm down.
BOOM!!!
A deafening crash shook the heavens and earth. Every Tan Nu was instantly reduced to ashes.
Inside the shrine, Pei Ling returned to his original form. All the newly sprouted mouths vanished as well.
His expression darkened. Something was wrong!
He had only just dispelled [Bewitch Soul Divine Abilities], and the Tan Nu had immediately attacked him... It was as though he had never used [Sun Erosion Secret Record] at all!
More importantly, the Tan Nu were merely "Yu's" subordinates. They were both at the Spirit Transformation realm, and Pei Ling had always believed that even "Yu" himself would be no match for him.
Yet he had nearly fallen at the hands of the Tan Nu just now!
This was very unusual!
As he pondered, a drawn-out announcement sounded from outside the "Yan" Immortal Temple: "His Majesty has arrived—"
Pei Ling quickly came back to himself. "Ti" had told him earlier that there was something wrong with this emperor... He just didn't know what could be so special about a mortal ruler.
His condition was poor. It would be better to leave for now and observe the emperor another