Hong Jun the Cheapskate! Luo Hou's Scheme Falls Through! Qian Kun Makes a Run!

The moment those words were spoken, Qian Kun could not help but freeze slightly.

Such generous terms.

They were indeed more tempting than what Hong Jun had offered.

Although Luo Hou was honored as the Devil Ancestor,

the personality he displayed to the outside world had always been domineering and decisive.

Once he made a promise, he would not go back on it, nor would he shrink away from it.

Compared to him, Hong Jun, who excelled at sweet talk and empty promises,

who only knew how to scheme and, most of the time, did not want to offer the slightest benefit—the cheapskate Hong Jun—

was indeed far less trustworthy...

"Damn it, poaching my people right in front of me."

"What a bastard!"

Hong Jun was no fool.

Seeing Qian Kun's resistance weaken,

he understood that the other party had clearly been moved by the generous conditions Luo Hou had offered.

His fury instantly surged, and he wished he could crack open Qian Kun's Heavenly Spirit and see whether there was actually a brain inside!

Setting aside whether Luo Hou would honor his promise,

even if he did offer lavish rewards,

you had already sworn loyalty to him, to serve as his slave and servant for all eternity.

If he wanted to take back everything he had given you, then extort you for even more,

could you refuse to hand it over?

Or would you simply kill yourself?

"You can't even see through such a crude verbal trap."

"I really don't know how you survived this long!"

Qian Kun's wavering did not merely enrage Hong Jun. Five Elements and Yin Yang were equally frustrated.

However, they had not considered matters that deeply.

They merely felt as though they had agreed too quickly.

If they had been shameless enough to shop around before the battle and ask Luo Hou what price he was offering,

perhaps the benefits they ultimately gained would have far exceeded what they had demanded from Hong Jun.

With that thought, the two slightly weakened their attacks and instinctively glanced at their benefactor, hoping he would raise the price.

If he could even compete with Luo Hou,

that would naturally excite them even more.

When the snipe and clam fought, the fisherman profited!

That was precisely the principle.

Yet how could Hong Jun possibly give them what they wanted?

He immediately shouted toward the Immortal Trapping Sword Gate.

"Qian Kun, you brainless idiot!"

"You've fallen into a trap without even realizing it!"

"If you swear an oath to the Great Dao and pledge eternal loyalty to Luo Hou,"

"then everything you obtain from now on,"

"if he tells you to offer it up,"

"will you hand it over or not?"

Although he knew that once the Dao-Devil Conflict ended, most of those rewards would not need to be paid out,

he had no intention of competing with Luo Hou.

He could settle everything simply by exposing the lie, so why waste the effort and words

to stir up everyone else's greed and harm his own interests?

It had to be said, Hong Jun had played this move of removing the firewood from under the cauldron beautifully.

As his shout fell, the contemplation in Qian Kun's eyes instantly cleared considerably.

Seeing Hong Jun flip the table outright, Yin Yang and Five Elements no longer held any expectations.

"Looks like we were overthinking it."

"Making Hong Jun, that cheapskate, cough up anything is probably impossible even if Pan Gu came back to life."

"Forget it. The fact that he agreed to give each of us twenty percent of the Merit and let us freely loot the spoils is already him going all out."

"Trying to make him fork over more is probably impossible."

"..."

As the two communicated soundlessly, they both intensified their attacks.

Yin Yang continually wielded the Yin Yang Great Millstone and the Taiji Diagram, fiercely bombarding the Immortal Severing Sword Gate.

Five Elements, meanwhile, wielded the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag, Eastern Azure Lotus Precious Color Flag, Southern Lidi Flame Light Flag, and Western Cloud World Plain Color Flag from the Acquired Five Directions Flag.

He relentlessly ground away at the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Gate with the Great Dao of Five Elements!

"As expected of Demon God Reincarnations born shortly after the world was created."

"They're all filthy rich!"

Within the isolated void, Di Tian looked at the treasures in Five Elements' and Yin Yang's hands, and realization flashed through his eyes.

He had originally found it strange.

No matter how great Hong Jun's fortune was or how much free time he had,

under the rule that treasures possessed spirits and opportunities were determined by fate,

he should not have been able to cultivate while also accumulating enough Innate Spiritual Treasures to distribute among the Three Thousand Red Dust Guests, along with over a hundred high-grade and Top Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.

Now, it seemed that

a large portion of the treasures he had acquired likely came from the selfless contributions of these "close friends."

If not for their inheritances,

at least seventy percent of all the famous treasures in the Primordial Wilderness would not have ended up in Hong Jun's hands!

"As Father God's place of birth and a land formed from the leaves of the Chaos Green Lotus, I should find a chance to reclaim the inheritance."

"According to later classifications, the Acquired Five Directions Flag will eventually belong to Yuanshi, Jie Yin, Taishang, Western Queen Mother, and Nether River."

"I don't have time for it now. Once they fall into those five people's hands, or when Hong Jun preaches the Dao, I can easily extort them."

Thoughts flickered continuously in his eyes as Di Tian slowly withdrew his gaze.

He looked toward Qian Kun, who had already come to his senses

but possessed little ability to resist.

Compared to the other Demon God Reincarnations, Qian Kun was inherently just a weak support-type character.

Although the Heaven and Earth Cauldron and Qiankun Diagram were both decent treasures, they were more suited for refining treasures and stabilizing heaven and earth.

Their actual combat power was nowhere near that of the God Slaying Spear and the fully unleashed Immortal Trapping Sword.

After merely a few days of battle, Qian Kun's body was already covered in sword wounds and riddled with holes.

Yet that was not even the most dangerous part.

Being pierced by the God Slaying Spear and having the Immortal Trapping Sword tear through his body would not only leave injuries that could not be healed in a short time,

but would also allow the boundless baleful aura and extreme killing intent carried by the two weapons to continually erode his mind!

After several days, Qian Kun's eyes had long been consumed by scarlet, and his fighting style had gradually become one of attacking without defending.

"No, this absolutely cannot continue."

"If I keep fighting Luo Hou,"

"then even if Hong Jun wins in the end,"

"I'll lose my mind and become a puppet beast that knows only slaughter!"

"By then, no matter what benefits there are, I won't be able to enjoy even a fraction of them..."

As his thoughts churned, Qian Kun watched Luo Hou attack once more. A vicious glint flashed through his eyes as he deliberately exposed an opening and charged directly into the radiance of the God Slaying Spear.

At the cost of having half his body collapse, he feigned being too weak to fight any longer and withdrew from the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

"F-Fellow Daoist Hong Jun, I-I have the will to kill the enemy, but lack the strength to turn the tide."

"The task of dealing with Luo Hou, that great devil, is yours now."

"This poor Daoist has done his best!"

With a bitter expression and a reluctant tone, Qian Kun shouted several times before falling onto Mount Sumeru Summit.

However, he had no intention of sitting there and waiting to die.

With his body half-ruined, his soul in chaos, and his mana nearly exhausted,

as long as several Great Luo Perfection experts were willing to trade their lives, they could leave him here forever!

If he continued to remain here, and some rogue cultivators who came to loot Mount Sumeru saw him,

then, driven by greed, gathered experts of the Ten Thousand Races to besiege him,

he would truly be leaving the dragon's pond only to enter the tiger's den!

He immediately left behind an External Avatar sufficient to deceive outsiders, then quietly slipped into the void.

He intended to find a place to enter seclusion and recover for a time.

Once all the fighting had ended, he would reappear to claim his reward.

Then he would head Beyond the Chaos Heavens and travel with Yang Mei and Shi Chen.

From then on, unless absolutely necessary, he would never again set foot in the Primordial World!

However, his plans were beautiful, while reality was incomparably cruel.

At the very instant he slipped into the void,

Di Tian decisively acted, wielding the Chaos Pearl to smoothly draw him into the Chaos World!