Chapter 896: Possession (1/2)
Goumang wants to refine Ling Weiyang?
Lu Yun wouldn't tolerate that no matter what. Although he wasn't close to the current Ling Weiyang, his future self Ashu would be Lu Yun’s friend.
Lu Yun’s presence grew stronger with each step he took and hellfire slowly ignited on his body. His measured pace to the Builder Tree left behind a trail of hellfire footprints. Yu Hen and the others parted before him, not daring to block his way any longer.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Lu Yun had crushed the dignity of the Mu nation beneath his feet all by his lonesome.
Troublemaker Tushan held Ah Bao’s hand and followed close behind the human youth. This kingdom wasn't how it appeared on the surface; if Lu Yun set off on his own to confront Goumang, he could very likely fall into a trap.
She swiftly re-refined the Bell of Chaos, making it hers again and activating the final restriction within the treasure. The bell expanded explosively into the size of a small mountain and hovered over her head. The bell was hers to begin with, so only Tushan could undo the final restriction within it.
Although the troublemaker couldn’t deploy the bell’s true strength just yet, she could direct it to reinforce Lu Yun and enhance his strength. What put her mind at ease was that Dijiang had been unsuccessful in attempting the final restriction, and he hadn’t been able to open the last corner of the bell to disturb the Deaf Prince and the others either.
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“I suspect that Goumang died a long time ago, and that who we see now isn’t the real Goumang!” the little fox’s voice suddenly sounded in Lu Yun’s mind. “Goumang’s dead, something else is possessing his body!”
Lu Yun frowned slightly, recalling the Mu ruler’s appearance. He looked just like the future Deaf Prince, the implications of which made Lu Yun’s expression even graver.
“Lie Shan, you’ve obtained your Constellation Willow. Do not meddle further in my nation’s matters. Please depart from the premises.” Goumang’s voice traveled out of the Builder Tree as the tree itself shuddered gently, releasing an aura as vast as the heavens.
Goumang’s enormous form slowly floated out of the tree. He was in human form and looked exactly the same as Deaf Prince Xiangliu Hongzhen of the future. Even their bearing was very similar, but he exuded a much stronger presence than the Deaf Prince.
A beam of black sparks erupted out of Lu Yun’s eyes to scan the projection. Though he couldn’t use Spectral Eye right now, he still picked up on a slight note of something off—there was a tiniest hint of frost hidden deep within Goumang’s body.
“Realm monsters!” Lu Yun exclaimed. “So you’re a realm monster! You killed the real Goumang!”
His outcry sent a wave of incredulity through the nation.
“What nonsense are you sprouting, Lie Shan?!” Yu Hen burst out with shock and loudly reprimanded the human.
“It looks like you're not of Goumang’s bloodline either, but a realm monster too,” Lu Yun sneered and punched out with a casual turn of the body.
“How DARE YOU!” Goumang’s expression changed drastically within the Builder Tree as he quickly sent a mountainous hand down from the heavens to block Lu Yun’s punch. Emerald radiance then cascaded through the skies and took Yu Hen into the tree.
“Hold, you cretin!”
“What do you think you're doing, Lie Shan?!” The three Mu chaos realm experts revealed themselves at the same time when they saw Lie Shan attempt to kill Prince Yu Hen. However, they didn’t dare to overly threaten the human. What if he turned the entire kingdom into a sea of hellfire on an angry whim?