Xu San, Xu Si, Zhang Chulan, and the others stood on the viewing platform, looking at the three corpses in the arena below.
Click.
Xu Si took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said, "Sigh~ I initially thought he was just talking."
"Who would have thought that the Ten Elders would die like this? If Yang Tao had been a little more ruthless, the Wang family and the Lu family might have been wiped out too..."
Xu San said with a solemn expression, "What do we do now?"
"What do we do? What can we do? When the sky falls, someone tall will naturally hold it up! Just report it as is. For an Outcast of this strength, let alone us, even the country would need to send a large army."
"The 'Absolute' title might have to change."
Feng Xingtong tugged at Zhang Chulan's sleeve, a hint of an awkward smile on his face: "Brother Zhang, help me up, my legs are weak..."
Zhang Chulan looked at the corpses of Wang Ai and Lü Ci lying on the ground, recalling how arrogant they had been yesterday when they called him over, practically saying they were going to snatch his grandfather's Qi Body Origin. And now, they were cut down and killed in this arena.
He reached out and helped Feng Xingtong to a seat.
"The weak are prey to the strong..."
"Brother Zhang, what did you say?"
Zhang Chulan smiled and shook his head gently, but said nothing.
Of everyone present, only Feng Baobao was eating without a care in the world.
...
In the forest.
Yang Tao, riding a magic broom, quickly caught up with Dou Mei and Shen Chong—no, it should be five people.
They had already rendezvoused with Gao Ning and the artificer Yuan Tao and his disciple.
In the forest, Shen Chong, with a look of extreme fear, saw Gao Ning and Yuan Tao ahead and immediately shouted, "The plan failed, run!"
Gao Ning saw Shen Chong, who was usually unperturbed by anything, showing such a flustered expression, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Shen Chong, what's going on? Has the Old Celestial Master come to kill us?"
"If it were the Old Celestial Master, that would be good. Some ruthless person appeared from nowhere and cut down Wang Ai and Lü Ci. Now he's preparing to deal with us, the Four Fiends."
"Wang Ai and the mad dog Lü Ci are dead?"
This information was truly shocking. Yuan Tao's face showed an interested expression as he said, "How interesting. Two of the Ten Elders died at once. Didn't the Old Celestial Master intervene?"
"The Old Celestial Master couldn't stop him..."
"If you're not going, I'm leaving!"
With that, Shen Chong was about to continue running down the mountain. Those who hadn't seen Yang Tao in action simply couldn't imagine such a monstrous being existed in this world.
Dou Mei followed behind Shen Chong, also preparing to leave.
But just then, Yang Tao's voice came from the sky.
"Leaving? Since you've come, don't leave."
Yang Tao leaped down from the sky, landing directly in Shen Chong's path down the mountain. He looked at the few people present with a brilliant smile: "Perfect, since you're all here, I don't have to bother searching."
His gaze fell on Gao Ning among them.
Gao Ning was also known as Monk Yongjue. He appeared plump and fair, with a benevolent smile on his face, looking like a compassionate monk. In reality, among the Four Fiends, he was the most ruthless.
His ability was the Twelve Labor Emotions Array.
It influenced the twelve meridians of those within the array, causing them to cycle between positive and negative emotions, eventually falling into an extreme emotion and suffering a mental breakdown. The corresponding internal organ would also be severely damaged.
"This benefactor, this humble monk salutes you."
"Just standing there and not moving counts as saluting."
Yang Tao didn't want to waste words with these people. He immediately pulled out the Yamato, and the overwhelming bloody aura made everyone present gasp.
'Dimensional Slash!'
The power to distort space reappeared, enveloping Shen Chong in front of him, and a shrill scream erupted.
A golden glowing bead flew towards Yang Tao; this was Yuan Tao's attack arriving.
However, Yang Tao reached out and directly caught Yuan Tao's bead.
"Heh heh, kid, my Yuan Tao's bead can... Where's my bead?"
Bead? The bead was, of course, lying in Yang Tao's backpack.
"Heh heh, Yuan Tao, for me, you're the easiest among this group to deal with, so you should go first."
Yang Tao chuckled softly. Phantom Sword appeared out of thin air around Yuan Tao's body. The simpleton beside him, caught off guard, was directly cut by Phantom Sword.
However, Yuan Tao had a lot of miscellaneous items on him; Phantom Sword's thrusts were actually blocked, but the protective treasure was also shattered.
It was clearly a triggered treasure.
"Idiot, run!!"
The idiot was Yuan Tao's disciple, with some intellectual issues, but his body was incredibly sturdy. Hearing Yuan Tao's words, the idiot immediately picked up Yuan Tao and tried to run.
At the same time, Yuan Tao threw another bead, Suanni, and a large amount of dense smoke appeared, obscuring Yang Tao's vision.
Yang Tao sighed.
If this group was determined to run, it would indeed be troublesome. He put away the Yamato in his hand, looked at Gao Ning, who stood in place with a look of surprise and doubt, and sighed.
No need to think, this guy must be using some kind of Twelve Labor Emotions Array.
"Alright, I'm dropping the act. I'm not faking it anymore."
With that, a large number of black squares appeared on his body.
When everyone saw Yang Tao transform, they all showed looks of questioning reality, but while they were stunned, Yang Tao was not.
The sound of the "Vulcan" cannon rotating began.
Buzz buzz...
The gun barrel started to spin.
Da da da...
Dense 20mm bullets poured out. Gao Ning, the target, wanted to run, but unfortunately, his speed was not as fast as the bullets, nor as fast as Yang Tao's wrist movement.
Let alone Gao Ning without a golden light body, even if he had one, he couldn't block a finger-length bullet.
This autocannon was for shooting planes.
To block it with a physical body, the level shown in The Outcast might be a bit lacking.
However, Gao Ning was quite tough.
The 20mm bullets hit his body, and he didn't even make a sound, though the scattered pieces were a bit disgusting.
Yuan Tao, who was about to drill into the dense forest, looked back, but just that one extra glance in the woods scared him so much he wet himself.
An AIM-120 air-to-air missile had already flown in front of him.
"Nima!"
Boom.
The ground shook.
Yuan Tao's figure disappeared, and several surrounding trees were also knocked down by the shockwave.
Now, only the heavily injured Shen Chong and the paralyzed Dou Mei remained. Yang Tao deactivated his transformation and walked to Shen Chong's side.
"You... What exactly is your purpose?"
This question startled Yang Tao. He looked at Shen Chong in surprise and said, "Wait... Are you not from the Quanzhen Sect?"
"Don't we, the Quanzhen Sect, just follow our hearts' desires?"
Shen Chong: "..."
The Quanzhen Sect doesn't have people as unrestrained as you.
Before Shen Chong could say anything, the Yamato had already pierced through his body.
Then Yang Tao walked towards Dou Mei. At this moment, Dou Mei's face was filled with fear. She truly couldn't understand why a human could transform into such a large robot.
And it wasn't an illusion.
Gao Ning's scattered pieces everywhere could prove this point.
Looking at Dou Mei, who was paralyzed on the ground, Yang Tao said with a chuckle, "Dou Mei... Tsk tsk, what a pity, you're a bit too old."
Dou Mei was at least forty years old this year. Although she was well-preserved, how could the traces of time be so easily concealed?
Her ability was very abnormal: to soothe and diminish people's inner pain, making them weak. In the story, when she appeared, she used her ability to soothe Hu Jie, who was in pain from mistakenly killing his father due to Lei Yan Pao's emotional control.
She forced him to change his emotions.
That scene was truly terrifying, so the nickname 'Intestinal Poison' was well-deserved.
"Come out."
Yang Tao looked at Dou Mei but said something that made her puzzled, but soon she saw a familiar figure.
'Bone Scraper' Sia He.
However, it seemed the 'Bone Scraper's' blade was gone.
"You're mixed up with them again?"
"No, I came to deliver money. I heard the explosion and came over. Also, many All Heavens Connect people have appeared down the mountain; they'll be here soon."
Yang Tao tilted his head slightly and glanced at Sia He from the forest. She was carrying a simple fertilizer bag.
It was the classic yellow urea bag.
He reached out to block Dou Mei, who was about to sneak a touch. Yang Tao was very satisfied as he grabbed Dou Mei's wrist, summoned a wooden door, and threw her in.
After Dou Mei was forcibly sent into the Overworld, she silently disappeared without causing a ripple.
After all that, Yang Tao walked to Sia He's side and took the bag from her hand. Inside were stacks of brand new banknotes.
"Withdrawing money requires an appointment, otherwise I would have come to you yesterday."