Chapter Sixteen God

"Why aren't you chasing him?" Yan Yuanyi looked at Wang Chao's receding figure, stomped her foot in anger, her expression chilling, and questioned He Heng.

"Because I'm exhausted!" He Heng said, feigning extreme weakness, his body trembling as if he would fall. Yan Yuanyi quickly had two soldiers help him up.

"Look at me, how could I possibly have the strength to chase him..." He Heng panted, "Wang Chao's martial arts are truly the best I've ever seen. Today's fight with him was inconclusive, but at least he could still run, while I'm completely spent. If you hadn't arrived so quickly, Yan Yuanyi, I might have been in grave danger. As expected, my cultivation method is still a bit lacking. Take me back to seclude myself for a few years, and then I'll help you again."

With that, He Heng signaled the two soldiers to help him into the car and immediately drove home.

"Wang Chao, He Heng..." Yan Yuanyi's face was like frost as she coldly watched He Heng's retreating back, her expression extremely complex.

"Whoosh!!" Once in the car, He Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had managed to fool them. His panting stopped abruptly, and his complexion became ruddy again. He urged the driver to hurry, knowing Yan Yuanyi would soon discover the truth.

As expected, after he returned, Yan Yuanyi quickly found him. And then... well, He Heng was absolutely determined not to admit he hadn't given his all.

"Instructor Yan, don't push all the blame onto me. I risked my life fighting that Wang Chao for so long. It's your fault for arriving so late. Couldn't you have come two minutes earlier? I know you and Tang Zichen don't get along. I understand. You women are just..." He Heng rambled on.

You still bring up Tang Zichen to me? Yan Yuanyi glared fiercely at He Heng, her gaze seeming to want to flay him alive.

In front of a strong woman, mentioning another woman who was even more formidable was definitely not a wise choice.

He Heng, however, was smiling inwardly. He said that precisely to distract Yan Yuanyi and avoid further trouble.

"Alright, none of this is useful now, Instructor Yan. Instead of dwelling on blame, you should focus on how to capture Wang Chao."

"How to capture him? We missed this opportunity, and dealing with Wang Chao later will be more than ten times harder," Yan Yuanyi said indignantly, gritting her teeth.

"According to the news I just received, Liao Junhua has already taken Wang Chao to see his old man. That nouveau riche Wang Chao bribed him with a hundred million euros to whitewash his identity. From now on, we won't be able to deal with him openly anymore," Yan Yuanyi said with some helplessness. After all, she was part of the military system and couldn't break the rules.

"Oh, so what do you plan to do?" He Heng asked indifferently.

"The only way now is to act in secret. Wang Chao has many enemies, including several Core Strength masters. I plan to rally them together to deal with him," Yan Yuanyi revealed her intention, which was to recruit He Heng. Although she knew many masters, there were few who could deal with Wang Chao. And only He Heng was not weaker than Wang Chao.

"That's probably not possible. I just fought with Wang Chao and had some insights. I plan to go into seclusion recently. It might take a few months, or even a few years. I'm afraid I can't help you," He Heng naturally didn't want to be Yan Yuanyi's pawn and immediately made an excuse. However, it wasn't entirely an excuse. After his fight with Wang Chao, he did gain some enlightenment and needed to go into seclusion to digest it.

"You..." Yan Yuanyi glared angrily at He Heng. With her discernment, she could naturally see the evasiveness in He Heng's words. She coldly pointed at him.

"Alright, Instructor Yan, if you have nothing else, please leave. Don't come looking for me recently. I'm closing my doors to visitors." He Heng acted as if he was kicking her out, directly ushering Yan Yuanyi out.

"You don't need to see me out, I can walk myself!" Yan Yuanyi said icily and left resentfully.

I wasn't planning on seeing you out anyway... He Heng quickly closed the door.

"From now on, it's none of my business." He Heng returned to his life as a shut-in, diligently studying his fist techniques, absorbing the nourishment gained from Wang Chao, gathering strength, and comprehending the Heavenly Dao and the hearts of men.

Several months passed quickly like this, until one day, He Heng's phone rang.

"He Heng?" A detached voice came from the other end of the phone, devoid of any emotion, as if a high and mighty deity was looking down upon mortals.

Hearing this voice, He Heng's expression instantly turned serious: "God, I've already left the organization. Why are you still looking for me?"

"Congratulations on achieving the Core Dao and reaching a god-like realm, becoming one of my kind." The voice on the phone belonged to the leader of the world's largest assassin organization, the ultimate boss of Dragon Snake—God!

He Heng had once joined God's organization to temper himself, working as an assassin for several years. But all that ended when he achieved Core Strength. After achieving Core Strength, he had already left the organization.

Although He Heng understood God's ideology and could accept it, that didn't mean he would help him fulfill his ambition. In this world, God's ambition was destined to be impossible to achieve. He Heng wouldn't do such a meaningless thing. To him, this heaven and earth was merely a fleeting moment in his life; his journey lay across the myriad worlds of the heavens.

When God founded the organization, it was to cultivate more "gods" to help him achieve his ideals. Many Grandmaster-level figures above Hua Jin joined simply to seek breakthroughs. At the time, God had also promised that once they achieved Core Strength, he would never interfere with their departure. With his martial arts realm, he could never lie about this, and it had indeed been carried out over the years. Didn't the Twin Dragons of Great Tang leave God after breaking through to Core Strength?

Logically, he shouldn't have come looking for He Heng again. Why today?

He Heng vaguely glanced at the calendar and realized that more than two months had passed since his last fight with Wang Chao. That meant, according to the original Dragon Snake story, God should have already fought Wang Chao by now and nearly perished, thanks to the combined efforts of Tang Zichen and Wang Chao.

As expected, God's voice remained icy: "I have disbanded the organization and the Reincarnation Squad."

"Why?" He Heng feigned confusion.

"Because I want to cast off all attachments and constraints, to free my mind and body, and fight one person!" God said indifferently, showing no sign of discomfort or sorrow after decades of effort, only infinite indifference and determination.

"Who?"

"Wang Chao!"

"It's him? I fought him not long ago. I didn't expect he could push you to this extent," He Heng said calmly.

"He alone is naturally not enough, but with Tang Zichen, it is. That woman is only a hair's breadth away from perfection, and in terms of realm, she has already achieved the Dao of Utmost Sincerity, a realm I haven't even comprehended," God's voice remained undisturbed, showing no anger or shame due to his own failure.

"Interesting, but why are you looking for me?" He Heng asked.

"I want you to deal with Wang Chao's wife, so I can have a fair fight with Wang Chao," God revealed his purpose. "Originally, I planned to cultivate someone who was not inferior to Tang Zichen myself. She can cultivate Wang Chao, and I can naturally cultivate someone who is not inferior to her. But since you have already achieved this realm, there's no need for such trouble."

"Make me deal with Tang Zichen? Why should I help you?" He Heng asked coldly.

God's answer was: "Because we are the same kind of people, transcending mortals, existing like gods. Unlike Wang Chao and the others, who, despite having the power and realm of gods, associate with a bunch of monkeys."

"Heh." He Heng said nothing, remaining silent.

"Will you help me?" God continued to ask.

"Helping you is not impossible, but you have to promise me one condition," He Heng said sternly.

"Alright, what condition?" God asked without hesitation.

"I want to have a fight with you." He Heng suddenly erupted with an earth-shattering fighting spirit, incredibly vigorous.

As of now, among all the masters in this world, only this "God" was someone He Heng hadn't fought. With He Heng's personality, he naturally wouldn't let go of such a master. He just happened to have this opportunity today.

"Good, I am in the country now, in the capital city. You can come find me," God's voice also carried a hint of fighting spirit.

"Very well, I'll be there immediately." He Heng stood up abruptly, changed into a set of clothes, and walked out the door.