"Why don't you take off your mask, sister? It's not like you're ashamed to be seen by anyone."
Dongfang Bai stared directly at Zhou Xueyi's mask, his words sharp with a hint of a smile.
"You're still a virgin, so it's too early for you to call yourself 'older sister'!"
Zhou Xueyi retorted without backing down; she had long disliked Dongfang Bai.
Despite having spent the most time with Wang Hao, she still held a place in his heart less important than this seductive slut, which greatly displeased her.
Previously, she couldn't come to the Central Plains in person because she had to carry out Wang Hao's plan to completely blockade the Australia base. But now that the time has come and the two sides have met, she no longer needs to hold back.
"Sister, don't be silly! My husband's disciples have already acknowledged your status, elder sister!"
Playing with a strand of hair, Dongfang Bai still wore a gentle smile, gazing at Zhou Xueyi with the air of an older sister.
" Lin Pingzhi!"
Enraged, Zhou Xueyi slapped Lin Pingzhi, who was about to slip away, sending him flying. Lin Pingzhi crashed into a mountain opposite them, creating a large hole and shaking the entire mountain.
This scene made Zhang Sanfeng and the others' eyes twitch, but it was a family matter, and they couldn't say anything.
However, they were filled with envy, jealousy and hatred towards Zhou Xueyi and the others. Not only were they strong, but their equipment was also many times better than theirs!
Look at their incredibly ornate armor and weapons, and then look at theirs.
Sigh, I won't say anymore, it's all tears if I do!
Just as Zhou Xueyi had calmed down and was about to say something, she suddenly seemed to sense something and looked up at the Full Moon in the sky.
Dongfang Bai and the others also suddenly looked up at the sky, their expressions becoming more solemn.
Because their long-awaited opponent is finally here!
A streak of fire shot rapidly from the moon, instantly transforming into a fierce fire meteor that crashed heavily onto the Chunyang Branch Palace.
A terrifying shockwave spread outwards, shattering the entire Chunyang Branch Palace into ruins, and even causing Mount Hua to tremble.
As the smoke and dust cleared, an extremely burly figure strode out, uttering a flippant remark.
"Oh! Everyone's here!"
That's right, the person who came was Wang Hao, who landed on the moon.
Having spent his time in seclusion on the moon, he had little concept of time, and with Xiao Mengmeng also falling into a deep sleep, he could only rely on other means to observe her.
Otherwise, it would be quite embarrassing to break our promise to meet during the Mid-Autumn Festival because we didn't set an alarm.
Fortunately, the Cybertron Space was large enough, and with its dazzling gold color, it could be clearly seen even from the moon.
After Cybertron left the Central Plains, he knew the time had come, so he jumped off the moon, forcibly breaking through the repulsion of the Great Magnetic Field of Heaven and Earth, and landed on the summit of Mount Hua.
When Zhou Xueyi and the others from the Australia base saw Wang Hao arrive, they were so excited that they almost rushed over to hug him. However, they remembered Wang Hao's plan, so they put on a look of being on high alert.
Although their acting skills were not very good, they were all wearing full armor, and even had face shields to cover up their flaws. Even if their acting skills were not up to par and there were some flaws, they could still fool people.
" Wang Hao!"
The frivolousness that had been in his earlier contest with Zhou Xueyi was gone from Dongfang Bai's face. His once perfect features were now filled with rage, and his beautiful eyes had turned bloodshot, radiating murderous intent.
For the past two years, she had been thinking about killing this bastard every single moment, and now it was truly a case of enemies meeting each other with intense hatred!
However, the first person to call out Wang Hao's name was not Dongfang Bai, but a young man whose cultivation was not much weaker than Dongfang Bai's.
"You're Linghu Chong? You do indeed resemble the Imperial Lord in temperament; no wonder you managed to fool that foolish woman into willingly sacrificing her life. However, I must thank you; without your scheming, I truly wouldn't have been able to handle that Imperial Lord!"
Glancing at the vast Fortune above the young man's head, Wang Hao immediately guessed his identity: Linghu Chong, the only male protagonist of the Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
It has to be said that this guy truly deserves to be called the Protagonist of the Era. Even without his cheat codes, he still managed to raise his cultivation to the Celestial Person Realm Peak, and he was only half a step away from breaking through to the Shattering Realm.
However, the aura within this guy doesn't seem pure; he must have received some kind of transfer of power from someone else, which is quite foolish.
As one progresses in cultivation, the emphasis shifts to pure and unified Hunyuan. While absorbing the power of others may not pose any immediate risks, it inevitably leaves traces of those others within the power, which can then contaminate oneself.
Even if this guy manages to break through to the Shattering Realm, he'll probably be the weakest Shattering Realm.
Wang Hao has never been a fan of the protagonist Linghu Chong; in fact, he quite dislikes him.
Although this guy is the protagonist in Old Master Jin's novels and even in his films and TV series, it's not easy to see any problems from his perspective.
But if you look at it from other angles, it's quite a rip-off.
For example, from Old Yue's perspective, this guy is a complete ingrate. In the original work, he is the Grandmaster of the Mount Hua Sect, but he lacks responsibility and even associates with bandits. Most importantly, he is on friendly terms with lecherous thieves like Tian Boguang.
It is important to know that there is an Huaxia proverb. "Of all virtues, filial piety is the most important; of all vices, lust is the worst." Lustful thieves are the most despised.
In the original story, the Mount Hua Sect was in a very bad situation. The Demon Cult, the Mount Song Sword Sect, and other forces were all eyeing it covetously, and it was only by the efforts of the Old Yue couple that it managed to survive.
Even Old Yue had to use the righteous name of the Gentleman Sword to protect himself, but this guy went and befriended a lot of bandits, including even lecherous thieves, who are despised by everyone.
This is practically going to ruin Old Yue and even the entire Mount Hua Sect!
Old Yue was lucky he didn't die of anger back then; besides that, this guy had so many flaws, he was practically a complete mess, and his brain was definitely not working properly.
You should know that in the original novel, this guy was tricked and deceived by Xiang Wentian Ren Woxing for quite a while, and in the end, he was imprisoned in the dungeon in place of Ren Woxing, never seeing the light of day. But after he got out, he not only didn't seek revenge on Xiang Wentian, but also continued to call him brother.
This is seriously outrageous!
This guy is one of only two truly awful protagonists in Old Master Jin's works that Wang Hao knows of. The other one is Chen Jialuo, the protagonist of the Book and the Sword: Gratitude and Revenge. Both of them are incredibly treacherous, especially when it comes to their own people!
" Wang Hao, you traitorous scoundrel! You killed my father! Today, I will fight you to the death!"
The long sword was pointed directly at Wang Hao, and the hatred in Linghu Chong's eyes almost materialized.
"Your father? You mean Feng Qingyang! So you've recognized each other?"
Wang Hao blinked in confusion, and it took him a while to understand.
When Dongfang Bai was tricked, he naturally wouldn't let the person behind it get away with it, so he eliminated Feng Qingyang, who had lured Dugu Qiubai away.
Originally, he intended to kill Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying as well, but seeing the vast Fortune from them, he could only give up for the time being.
The Protagonist of the Era possesses an extraordinary Fortune. Such a being can commit suicide, but cannot be killed by others, especially someone like him, an outsider without proper status, who is also blacklisted by the Will of Heaven and Earth.
Once action is taken, the Will of Heaven and Earth will surely go berserk, and it might even cause Heavenly Mandate to awaken prematurely.
This was not what he wanted to see, so he gave up on it.
Of course, most importantly, he planned to leave these two guys to Dongfang Bai to deal with.
Breaking through to the Shattering Realm is extremely difficult; even a man with such a cheat code as him paid a huge price.
Most importantly, if Xiao Mengmeng hadn't used up her reserve energy to temporarily elevate him to the Shattering Realm and accumulate valuable insights into the realm, it would have been impossible to break through to the Shattering Realm without hundreds of years of arduous cultivation.
Although Dongfang Bai is one of the Protagonist of the Era and possesses extraordinary talent, coupled with the benefits he has given her, her cultivation level and strength are quite formidable.
However, reaching the Celestial Person Realm Peak was already the limit for the opponent; there was simply no way for them to advance further and achieve the Shattering Realm.
However, if it can gather the Fortune of the entire era, it might be worth trying to break through.
If Protagonist of the Era like Dongfang Bai were to kill Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying, not only would he not anger the Will of Heaven and Earth, but he could also plunder the Protagonist Halo from these two and strengthen himself.
It's even possible that they could become true World Protagonist through this.
"Brother Chong, don't be impulsive!"
Ren Yingying, who was standing next to Linghu Chong, quickly pulled him back, her gaze towards Wang Hao filled with apprehension.
She wouldn't let Linghu Chong foolishly rush up to his death. Although this man was one of the strongest in the Central Plains, he wasn't a Shattering Realm expert. Even if he was only half a step away, it was still a world of difference.
Charging forward like that is simply suicide!
How did the Benevolence Sword end up in your hands?
Looking at the longsword in Linghu Chong's hand, Wang Hao felt completely uneasy.
That was one of the Great God he had forged. He had originally left it, along with the knock-off version of the Peerless Sword, to Zhao Xiu'er, who was staying at the Confucian School, but now it had ended up in Linghu Chong's hands.
This made him understand why this guy could also possess such cultivation; clearly, he had obtained a portion of the inheritance left behind by him in the Benevolence Sword.
Although the divine sword is mysterious, this world is ultimately a low-level martial arts world, unable to develop very advanced settings. Therefore, that thing doesn't have a strong identification function, and anyone with a decent cultivation level can refine it.
Furthermore, Linghu Chong was also one of the Protagonist of the Era, favored by the Will of Heaven and Earth, and naturally he was able to obtain the entire inheritance within.
He understood, but it still disgusted him quite a bit.
Is this a real-life example of aiding the enemy?
Wang Hao, who was in a bad mood, immediately turned his gaze to Zhao Xiu'er and the several Confucian School experts standing behind her. He sighed in a pretentious manner and said, "I never thought that Jing Tianming of the Little Sage Manor would risk his life to leave his inheritance to your Central Plains Confucian School, but you would give it to others. Don't you know that it contains all of Jing Tianming's Fortune as Shattering Realm expert, as well as most of the Fortune of the Confucian School?"
Now that the sacred Benevolence Sword of benevolence, a treasure of the Dao, has been leaked out, its Fortune will also dissipate, and the Confucian School of the Central Plains will likely be wiped out of history.
As Zhou Xueyi and the others from the Australia base listened to Wang Hao's charade, their faces twitched beneath their visors, knowing that this guy was up to his old tricks again.
The Confucian School experts at the Celestial Person Realm couldn't hold back any longer. With dark faces, they pointed at Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying and cursed, "You, Linghu Chong! We agreed to lend you the Benevolence Sword temporarily because of Elder Feng, but you secretly plotted such a vicious scheme!"
If you don't give us Confucian School an explanation after today's battle, we will fight you to the death!
They were still rational enough to know that they were facing a great calamity and it was not the time for civil war. Moreover, it was clear that Wang Hao had no good intentions in revealing this matter.
However, the Confucian School has remembered this debt and will definitely seek revenge in the future.
This made it impossible for them not to hate, because this concerned the overall Fortune of their Confucian School, and the Benevolence Sword was their Confucian School protective treasure. Originally, they hadn't thought much about it, but who would have thought the consequences would be so severe.
If Confucian School were to decline because of this, they would have no face to meet their Confucian School ancestors even in death!
"Hmph! That sounds nice, but Benevolence Sword voluntarily recognized Brother Chong as its master. When did it become something you Confucian School borrowed?"
Ren Yingying retorted coldly, a sinister and murderous glint flashing in her eyes as she began to plot how to completely annihilate the Confucian School.
She shows no mercy to her enemies!
Linghu Chong's expression was equally grim, but he gripped the Benevolence Sword tightly. It was his only means of revenge, and he would never give it up!