Facing Two Enemies

At Sago's question, Yin Congyang sneered and shot back, "Are you so shameless that even your mother doesn't know?"

Maintaining a protective shield with Spiritual Force, controlling flying knives, and using Illusion Technique to interfere with Vino was putting a lot of pressure on Yin Congyang, so he decided to end the fight quickly.

Taking advantage of Vino's serious injuries, Yin Congyang sent all eight flying knives after Sago, relentlessly attacking him. Sago was, after all, the only Planetary Level Spiritual Master on Earth at present, and his strength was considerable.

Sago controlled two shields to fend off Yin Congyang's flying knives. Although he also had a Black God Set, his body had yet to reach Planetary Level, since he was a Spiritual Master. After seeing Vino seriously wounded by Yin Congyang's flying knives, he was even more reluctant to let them hit him.

His weapon was a custom-made Triangular Dagger, shaped like a rapier and suited to his Spiritual Force control. At that moment, in addition to the two shields, he was controlling seven Triangular Daggers. Five attacked Yin Congyang, while the other two tried to sneak around him and attack Luo Hua and his parents.

Yin Congyang snorted. He sent two flying knives to intercept the Triangular Daggers aimed at Luo Hua and the others, then casually swung the Heaven-Opening Axe in his hand and knocked aside the Triangular Daggers thrusting at him.

When Sago saw that his two Triangular Daggers, meant to relieve pressure by threatening Luo Hua's family, had failed, he immediately tried to control them with Spiritual Force again. But they ran into the force field Yin Congyang had set up and couldn't get through.

Sago swept the area with his Spiritual Force and saw Vino getting up from the ground, trying to rush into the house. He immediately sent a telepathic message: "Go around to the back and take them hostage..."

Vino agreed. If he simply charged inside, he might get hit by a few more flying knives. Then the question wouldn't be whether he could get the Moya Crystal, but whether he'd make it home alive. He immediately went around the back of the house, preparing to seize Luo Hua and the others from behind.

Yin Congyang's Spiritual Force was also keeping a constant watch on Vino. Seeing him get up and circle around, Yin Congyang naturally knew what he was planning. A disdainful smile tugged at his lips as his Illusion Technique, carried by his Spiritual Force, spread into Vino's Consciousness Sea. This weakened the flying knives attacking Sago, but with all eight working together, they could still keep him occupied.

Inside Vino's Consciousness Sea, a water-blue soul glimmered faintly. The flying knives had clearly left him badly injured, leaving his soul much weaker than usual.

Yin Congyang's thoughts stirred, and the mental illusion spreading toward Vino enveloped his soul. Vino stopped in his tracks, his expression shifting again and again.

Seeing Vino's state, Sago's face changed. His voice rang with shock as he shouted at Yin Congyang, "You're an Illusionist?"

Yin Congyang gave a faint, cold smile and couldn't be bothered to answer. He focused on controlling Vino while keeping the flying knives on Sago.

Once Sago realized Yin Congyang was an Illusionist, he continued fending off the flying knives while trying to tempt him. "Since the Swallowing Beast incident, Hong, Thunder God, Luo Feng, and the others have all died. Do you know who's running Earth now? Atkin, the chairman of the HR Alliance, Earth's strongest man. Join us, and we can give you everything you want: wealth, power, women... Whatever you want, it can be yours, as long as you join us..."

Yin Congyang had temporarily trapped Vino and was able to catch his breath. Facing two Planetary Level opponents alone was a lot to handle. They had both only recently advanced, but one of them was a Spiritual Master, whose methods were far more devious than a martial artist's.

Hearing Sago's words, Yin Congyang was so angry he laughed. "You have quite the dream, thinking you can run Earth. Who gave you the nerve to dream that big? Do you even know who gave you the peaceful life you have now? Hong, Thunder God, Luo Feng, Jia Yi, and the other four heroes! Their sacrifice brought us this peace. If it weren't for them, who would have stopped the Swallowing Beast? You?

"The heroes have already sacrificed themselves, and now you people want to seize what they left behind for your own gain. Are you even human?

"Hong and Thunder God are only sleeping. One day, they might yet wake up! Compared to those heroes, you're nothing but clowns. Your vision is as narrow as a frog's in a well. You're ridiculous..."

Sago was so humiliated by that speech that he flew into a rage and shouted, "A little over a year ago, I hadn't even broken through to Planetary Level..."

"Back then, as a high-level War God and Spiritual Master, how many Lord-level Monsters did you kill?"

Yin Congyang's retort left Sago speechless. A little over a year ago, as a high-level War God and Spiritual Master faced with the overwhelming hordes of sea monsters, he had only dared to cower in the Base City of the capital of India...

In truth, fighting in such a cramped space was a terrible choice for a Spiritual Master. There was too little room to maneuver; a Spiritual Master's battlefield should be the vast sky and open land.

Unfortunately, Sago would never get the chance to understand that. This was the moment Yin Congyang had been waiting for. While Sago was distracted for that split second, Yin Congyang suddenly burst into motion. He pushed off the ground, and the muscles in his legs visibly swelled, stretching the fabric of his combat pants taut. The next instant, he was in front of Sago. The Heaven-Opening Axe in his hand traced an elegant arc and struck Sago in the chest. The blow carried more than eight million kilograms of force. Even with the Black God Set reducing the impact by ninety percent, the remaining eight hundred thousand kilograms was more than Sago's body could withstand. His chest caved in, and he sprayed mouthfuls of blood as if it were free, along with fragments of his internal organs. Of course, Planetary Level beings were tenacious, so he wouldn't die just yet.

After taking a blow that powerful, Sago should have been sent flying, but he wasn't. Yin Congyang had concentrated the full force of the axe into a single point and driven it into Sago's body without wasting a trace. That was why it had this effect. The same force delivered by a flying knife could only have knocked Vino away as it had earlier; it couldn't pin someone in place like this.

Yin Congyang casually tapped Sago on the head with the back of the axe to make sure he was unconscious. Then he took a single step to Vino, raised the Heaven-Opening Axe, turned his wrist, and struck Vino on the head with its back. Vino immediately collapsed without a sound.

After sweeping the area with his Spiritual Force several times and confirming that both men were unconscious and unable to fight, Yin Congyang left a trace of Spiritual Force around them to keep watch and alert him if either woke up. Then he withdrew the force field surrounding Luo Hua and the others.

He slid the Heaven-Opening Axe back into the custom-made sheath on his back and smiled at Luo Hua. "Mr. Luo, are you all right?"

After Yin Congyang cut off Sago's Spiritual Force, Luo Hua's parents had already woken up. The three of them had witnessed Yin Congyang take on two Planetary Level fighters, one of them a Spiritual Master, and subdue them both. It hadn't taken long, but the hair-raising intensity of their battle, the rapid exchanges, and the sudden reversals had left them shaken.

Luo Hua checked his parents and the two children, and, seeing that none of them were seriously hurt, let out a long sigh of relief. He clasped his hands and bowed solemnly to Yin Congyang. "Thank you, sir. My parents and children are all right. May I ask who you are?"

"My name is Yin Congyang. Yin as in Yin Shang, Cong as in composure, Yang as in sunshine. As for those two shameless men, Mr. Luo, you should decide what to do with them."

"Decide what?" Luo Hua asked, puzzled.

Yin Congyang glanced at his parents. Luo Hua understood at once and asked them to take the two children upstairs to rest. His parents silently did as he asked.

"Don't let how badly injured they are fool you. Planetary Level beings are tough, and they might be fully recovered in three or four months. They broke into the Luo Family's home, so they deserve to die. But I don't want to make the Luo Family a mortal enemy, so I beat them half to death and left them for you to deal with. If you choose to let things go, I'll let them leave... Otherwise, I can take care of it myself," Yin Congyang explained quietly. "There are probably others behind them. No one would dare openly attack the Luo Family, of course, but it's easy to dodge an open attack and hard to guard against a hidden one. Think it over, Mr. Luo, and tell me what you decide."

Luo Hua fell into thought. After a long while, he looked up at Yin Congyang and smiled. "You were testing me, weren't you, Mr. Yin? Those two came to my home today and used force to threaten me. If I don't make an example of them, the Luo Family will never know peace from now on..."

Yin Congyang looked at Luo Hua with admiration. "It's best that you understand, Luo Hua. To be honest, whatever you decide, I won't let these two go. Letting them off would only bring disaster upon the Luo Family. Besides, it's anyone's guess whether the people behind them would dare come after you."

They looked at each other and recognized the other's steadfast nature. They were kindred spirits, and a smile of mutual respect passed between them.