Chapter 912: Chapter 779: The Fuse, Chu Mu
Chapter 912: Chapter 779: The Fuse, Chu Mu
King-Li Hong, the strongest man in the World Realm!
When Chu Mu saw this strong man appear, his first reaction was not surprise at the emergence of this strong man who he always wanted to surpass, nor was it conceit that he was now standing at the height where Li Hong was. Instead, a rather disrespectful thought came to mind, “Where did this guy go when World City was in great trouble? Why did he show up in this insignificant matter?”
With Li Hong’s strength, even if he wasn’t a match for half-demon Bai Yu, at least he could be the only one who could compete with half-demon Bai Yu. With the support of the Seven Diagram Sacred Beast, Elder Liu, and Liu Binglan, they wouldn’t have allowed World City to fall into such a great crisis.
But this guy just didn’t show up. Was it possible he knew his time as king was up, so he didn’t care about the affairs of World City?
These complaints Chu Mu had were the same as those that elders such as Elder Liu and Liu Binglan from the Three Major Palace Powers had earlier complained about. But the Three Major Palaces couldn’t blame this king either, after all, even most of the senior members from the Major Palace Powers, which took World City as their base, were in the Wanxiang realm and rarely stayed in World City.
It was this negligence that gave the conspirators a chance and nearly destroyed World City.
No matter how one might complain, Li Hong, after all, was the strongest person in the World Realm, and he clearly sided with the power of the three major palaces.
Li Hong was from the Soul Pet Palace, initially serving as an Elder inside it. Later he gradually climbed to the highest position of lord in the Soul Pet Palace.
During the time of the Bai Yu uprising, Li Hong’s strength was roughly equivalent to that of the elders. After becoming the king of the World Realm, he gained access to the corresponding resources. Through his diligent cultivation, he broke through the human limit and became a strong one with a Dominator-level soul pet. He thus truly became the king of the World Realm.
There were several versions among the folks about how he had broken through this human bottleneck. Some said he traversed the Wanxiang Realm to the east, into the deeper forbidden areas. There, in the East Forbidden Area, he had an extraordinary encounter.
Others suggested that Li Hong had inherited the legacy of the Watcher God from the Soul Pet Palace, a being who had never shown his face or even had his name known to anyone until now.
Others even speculated that Li Hong’s emperor-level soul pet had a fortunate race mutation…
Every strong one has their own legend. To stand out from billions of people, their story is certainly not as simple as one or two versions.
No matter what, the strength of strong ones is worthy of respect. Chu Mu won’t belittle himself, but he won’t gloat over his special half-demon strength either. As a soul-master, he should strive to make his soul pet powerful. Chu Mu knew that without those special half-demons, the height where this man stood would still be far away from him.
One day, Chu Mu will, with the soul pets he himself has nurtured, fight upright with these kind of high-level strong ones!
…
Elder Jiang and others were slightly relieved to see Li Hong appear.
With Li Hong presiding, presumably, if both the super-powerful Heavenly Consort and Mo Ling had any intentions, they would also have to be cautious about Li Hong and the army of Snow City.
Mo Ling, one of the Four Heroes, didn’t look good. While Li Hong wasn’t named among the Heroes, his strength was definitely not inferior to the Four Heroes. He was even more of a thorn in the eyes of the Soul Covenant. If there was a chance to take him down, there would be no real threat from the Soul Pet Palace.
The Female War Goddess Heavenly Consort, on the other hand, didn’t care much about whether Li Hong showed up or not. She herself wasn’t interested in these disputes. She visited Snow City just with the intention of recuperating her soul which was invaded by the fire capital.
However, regarding the matter of the Silver Demon, she still bore a grudge. She turned to Li Hong and said, “The Demon Man came from the Nightmare Demon Empire at the far south of the Southern Forbidden Region, and he should be the king of this Nightmare Demon Empire. His strength is not below mine. I hope the World King will pay more attention to this matter. Otherwise, at the lesser cost, all living beings in the city will die or the city will perish; at the worst, all life will be annihilated and span thousands of miles.”
“I have heard something about the Silver Demon Man. Someone informed me about this not long ago. I just didn’t expect that even Heavenly Consort could not take him down. I will ask all city guardians to pay special attention to him.” Li Hong nodded his head. When it comes to foreign invasions, human beings must unite no matter how internally they feud. This is the rule of human survival!
Saying this, Li Hong rode his Eighteen-winged Dragon Snake and flew in front of Heavenly Consort’s Colored Luan to lead the way for her.
The Three Major Palaces didn’t want to offend the partially neutral Heavenly Consort. Since Li Hong had stated his stance, the Elders and Senior members also ordered the army to stand down from alert status and return to their original patrol state.
While Heavenly Consort was worthy of trust from the Three Major Palaces, Mo Ling may not necessarily earn their trust. As Li Hong flew forward, he specifically glanced at Mo Ling, who wasn’t very popular, appearing like he wouldn’t care because of Heavenly Consort’s sake.
Mo Ling’s face wasn’t looking too good either. Hindered by Heavenly Consort’s pressure, he couldn’t act rashly here, but upon entering the enemy’s headquarters, Mo Ling, being one of the Four Heroes, always felt uneasy.
“How strong is that Mo Ling?” Looking at Mo Ling, whose face was a little dark, Chu Mu asked.
“Among the Four Heroes, he ranks last in terms of strength, and is inferior to Li Hong. This guy doesn’t actually have a Dominator-level creature. His main pet is an invincible emperor, and the racial skills of this invincible emperor can contend with Dominator-level creatures for a certain amount of time.” Teng Lang responded.
“I see… so, apart from Li Hong, who else among our Three Major Palaces can be on par with the Four Heroes?” Chu Mu asked.
Teng Lang, the third young master, looked at Chu Mu, doubting whether Chu Mu was really from the Three Major Palaces.
Teng Lang had also met Chu Mu before, but it was a long time ago. Apparently, Teng Lang didn’t remember Chu Mu and only felt that he looked familiar.
“A dozen years ago, there was one, but now there is only Li Hong. Our Soul Hall relies on the Seven Diagram King of the Holy Realm. However, the Seven Diagram King is there to keep the Soul Alliance Master in check, so no matter what happens, as long as the Soul Alliance Master does not make a move, we would never summon the Seven Diagram King. This is because they are only willing to act on behalf of us humans once.”
“The Nightmare Demon Palace relies on that half-dead Nightmare Demon Ancestor. The person I mentioned who could contend with the Four Heroes a dozen years ago refers to the previous Demon Emperor Bai Yu. Bai Yu was the only one who challenged the Nightmare Demon Ancestor. At that time, the current Xiong Shou – Wang Shang was defeated by him. Unfortunately, he became half-demonized. A year ago, he stirred up a huge wave in World City, which was luckily suppressed by someone named Chu Mu… Oh, if that Chu Mu were still alive, it would probably not be a problem for him to deal with the Four Heroes. I heard that he could willingly shift into a half-demon state and then willingly return to normal. This is a heaven-defying ability. If he were given ten more years to grow, relying on his half-demonization, he might be able to contend with the Soul Alliance Master.”
At this point, Teng Lang shook his head with a sigh, obviously lamenting over the demise of such a promising talent.
It’s not just Teng Lang who felt regret, the three major powers of the Soul Hall, the Soul Pet Palace, and the Nightmare Demon Palace all felt regret. If Chu Mu hadn’t demonized, they certainly would have tried to cultivate him at all costs into a being that surpasses the emperor, or even the only person in this world who dared to contend with the Soul Alliance Master…
Of course, when Teng Lang felt regret, he did not know that the seemingly obtuse youth standing next to him was the person he was sighing about. It was only strange that the gold statue of Chu Mu, newly created in World City, wasn’t true-to-life, as it had been overly artistic and godlike!
“That said, if he were still alive, it wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing.” Teng Lang continued.
“How so?” Chu Mu hurriedly asked.
“If he were alive, the Soul Alliance Master would probably be uneasy and might take action to strangle him. I’ve heard Elder Liu once mentioned that there was an early intention to get rid of him, possibly because he had something in his hands that is equally important to the Alliance Master…”
“So, he might have been the fuse for the conflict amongst the higher-ups.” Chu Mu said with a bitter smile.
“Yeah.” Teng Lang nodded.
Having said that, Teng Lang deliberately looked Chu Mu up and down. It was at this point that Teng Lang realized that he hadn’t asked about the identity of the youth standing in front of him.
Teng Lang had seen the Tenth Level Vice Order in Chu Mu’s hand, so he knew that Chu Mu was also the son of a high-ranking member of the Soul Hall. As these were not secrets, Teng Lang did not conceal them from Chu Mu. If Chu Mu asked, he would tell him. Furthermore, Teng Lang could see that Chu Mu’s strength was not weak, at least at the Soul Emperor level.
There aren’t many who can reach the Soul Emperor level at such a young age. At this moment, Teng Lang was also a bit curious about Chu Mu’s identity, so he asked, “What did you say your name was, Chu Something Dust?”
Chu Mu had already introduced himself earlier, but Teng Lang hadn’t paid much attention to it since his mind was all on Heavenly Princess…
“Chu….” Chu Mu was about to say his name but recalling Teng Lang’s caution about the Alliance Master likely causing him trouble, he paused. Nonetheless, he responded with aplomb, “Chu Fangchen!”
“Oh, right, Chu Fangchen. You must have been wandering outside before, whose disciple are you?” Teng Lang asked.
“Elder De’s disciple,” Chu Mu answered promptly without giving away that he was fabricating a lie.
“A disciple of Elder De… It seems that we have another young talent in our Soul Hall. Let’s go; now that Heavenly Consort has been invited into the city, she is probably resting in our Soul Hall. Even though she is neutral, we need to ingratiate ourselves with her. I suppose we need to pay our respects as well.” Teng Lang didn’t doubt Chu Mu’s words. After all, Chu Mu had followed him out of the inner sanctuary of the Soul Hall, and it’s unlikely for an infiltrator to get to the inner sanctum.
“Yeah, I have long admired her…” Chu Mu responded insincerely.
Afterward, Chu Mu followed Teng Lang and the other representatives from the three major powers back to the Soul Hall to welcome Heavenly Consort to the city.
On the way, Chu Mu relentlessly rubbed his temples, inwardly vexed by all the complications Teng Lang had just laid out for him.
First, that Alliance Master surely knew that the ever-changing Mo Ye was under his control. The moment the Alliance Master found out that he was still alive, he would undoubtedly make a move. The Alliance Master was virtually unbeatable in the realm of humans.
Though the Seven Kings of Holy Domains were there to keep the Alliance Master in check, if he revealed his identity, the Alliance Master was bound to mobilize all the Soul Alliance Experts to kill him. To protect him, the Soul Hall would have to deploy the Seven Kings of Holy Domains. Consequently, Nightmare Demon Ancestor would leave his coffin, followed by Soul Pet Palace showing their trump cards…
This would instantaneously escalate into a grand melee among the top echelons of the human domain. If the three Palace Powers won, then all would be well. But if they lost, the consequences would be unimaginable…
The three Palaces and the Soul Alliance were currently in a deadlock, a state which was neither good nor bad. Chu Mu thought it best not to introduce himself as the catalyst to ignite the situation until he had significantly improved his Soul Pet’s power and could effectively challenge the Soul Alliance…
In normal circumstances, whenever he couldn’t stand watching any longer, he would pose as a Demon Man and take action.
Demon Man was recognized by Heavenly Consort as the White Nightmare Demon King of the Southern Forbidden Area. The only ones who could trouble him were her and Mo Ling. As long as he didn’t overstep too much, it might just result in some harmless wrangling with Heavenly Consort.
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