Chapter 154
Chapter 154: The Dragon God Descends
"He… who is he?"
Liu Ruyan collapsed in a pool of blood, coughing up blood.
"Shouldn't it be… No Words Needed?"
Not far away, Luo Kun was still in a dazed, dreamlike state.
He responded blankly.
"Very similar…"
"The silhouette on him and that aura of contempt for all!"
"Exactly the same as No Words Needed in the kill records!"
"But…"
Luo Kun swallowed, "No Words Needed doesn't have white hair…"
"And has never had hair this long."
"And what's with this ancient, worn armor?"
Just as the two were puzzled.
The man with hair as white as snow turned around.
"Was it you who forcibly summoned This Sovereign from slumber within the River of Time?"
The White-Haired Figure looked down at Luo Kun from above.
"Uh… it… it was me."
With those Dragon Eyes fixed on him, Luo Kun felt his very brain trembling.
But he still cautiously probed.
"May I ask… which senior are you?"
Hearing this, the White-Haired Figure's sword-like brows furrowed.
"You don't recognize This Sovereign?"
"I… should I recognize you?"
Luo Kun was even more confused, sweating profusely from anxiety.
Terrified that a single wrong word might enrage this ancestor.
The White-Haired Figure was thoroughly puzzled, sizing up Luo Kun's clothing.
Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask again…
Bang!!!
A sound of something tearing through the air erupted from behind him.
"Watch out!!!"
Luo Kun roared in warning!
It was the Phantom Scarecrow's Straw Needle bullets!
Yet, faced with this attack.
The White-Haired Figure didn't even turn his head!
He merely reached backward with casual indifference.
Ding!
That Straw Needle was pinched to a halt in midair!
"A boring attack."
The White-Haired Figure said impatiently, flicking it back!
"What?!"
The Phantom Scarecrow in the distance was completely dumbfounded.
Then it was pierced through the head by its own bullet and fell to the ground.
The White-Haired Figure turned, his Dragon Eyes looking in the direction of another wave of malice.
There, the Watchful Scarecrow was staring at him!
Trembling violently!
Not from fear!
But from excitement!
Bang!
The Watchful Scarecrow furiously kicked the still-burning Shadow out from under its feet.
"It's him!!! It's absolutely him!!!"
It could never mistake him!
That face, cold to the absolute extreme!
Those eyes that regard all things as mere ants!
Even if it turned to ash, it would never forget!
Though the man before it now!
Was vastly different from the black-haired youth in its memory who had killed it, but…
The soul within him would absolutely never lie!
Still that same bone-deep scent!
He was the very source of despair who had burned it alive with Black Flames!
Rooooar!!!
The Watchful Scarecrow let out a long howl toward the sky!
When enemies meet, the hatred burns all the brighter.
It had now absorbed the power of countless powerhouses; it was no longer the wheat field monster that had once been at others' mercy!
This time, it would tear this man apart with its own hands and rebuild its invincible warrior's heart!
It would completely become him! Take the place of No Words Needed!
Yet faced with the Watchful Scarecrow's towering hatred, the White-Haired Figure remained completely calm.
"Hm?"
He showed an amused expression, sizing up this scarecrow before him that bore a 70–80% resemblance to himself.
Sensing that crude aura emanating from the other, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips slightly.
“A mere cursed creature, yet it can mimic to this degree?”
“Rather interesting.”
The White-Haired Figure rolled his neck.
"In that case…"
"Let's first dispose of you, this eyesore of a counterfeit."
"Then ask these little brats just where exactly this place is."
"Ar… rogance!!!"
"I will destroy you no matter the cost!"
The Watchful Scarecrow clasped both hands together!
Boom!
Black Flames compressed in its hands, condensing into a spear dozens of meters long!
Then it hurled it with all its might toward the White-Haired Figure!
The spear surged like a dragon, tearing through space!
'Die!'
The Watchful Scarecrow roared inwardly.
But…
That Black Flame spear, said to be able to burn all energy, when it pierced into the White-Haired Figure's chest.
Clang!
Accompanied by a faint, crisp sound.
The Black Flame spear, upon contact with that worn armor, didn't leave even a single white mark.
Like a dying candle in the wind, it was extinguished without a trace!
"Gah?"
The Watchful Scarecrow froze in place!
'This… what the hell kind of monster is this?!
Its one-shot-kill finishing blow couldn't even break through his defenses?!
It even began to seriously doubt whether it had mistaken the person just now!
That black-haired youth absolutely did not have such absurdly extreme defensive power!'
The White-Haired Figure lowered his head, casually brushing off the faint ember remaining on the armor.
"Heh, arrogance?"
"What a long-forgotten word."
"I remember, a hundred years ago, there was also a fool who didn't know his own limits, who said this to me."
"So This Sovereign…"
"Shall be merciful and send you down to keep him company."
The instant the words fell.
The White-Haired Figure's gaze instantly became colder than ten-thousand-year-old ice!
Whoosh!
No spatial fluctuation, no sonic boom!
The White-Haired Figure simply vanished from everyone's sight!
"Where did he go?!"
The Watchful Scarecrow was terrified, wanting to defend itself!
But!
The moment it formed this thought, a hand had already gripped its head!
Ignoring the Black Flames!
"Too slow."
The White-Haired Figure's voice sounded in its ear.
Crack!!!
Without giving the Watchful Scarecrow any chance to react or resist!
The White-Haired Figure's right hand yanked upward!
The Watchful Scarecrow's head was…
Ripped clean off!
Thud.
The headless scarecrow body collapsed to its knees on the ground.
Everyone present went deathly pale with shock!
"This… what ability is this?!"
"So fast! Too fast!"
Luo Kun's eyes nearly popped out of his skull.
'This was infinitely faster than Liu Feng with his S-Grade Ability activated!'
"Are you blind? This is no longer a matter of speed at all!"
Liu Ruyan sharply saw through it,
"He just… crossed through space!"
"Hey…"
Just as the two were discussing.
A weak, grumbling voice suddenly came from beside them.
"I'm saying… can you two stop chatting for a moment?"
"Could you save me? This old lady is nearly well-done!"
Shadow, who had been kicked aside, was rolling on the ground in agony.
Her half-severed right arm was still burning with Black Flames.
It had nearly burned all the way to her shoulder.
Only then did Liu Ruyan and Luo Kun snap back to reality!
"Holy shit! We forgot about Shadow!"
Luo Kun crawled over on all fours, and together with Liu Ruyan, helped Shadow divert the Black Flames burning her energy.
But at the center of the battlefield, the fight had not ended!
“Kekekeke…”
The scarecrow head that had fallen to the ground suddenly burst out laughing!
"You can't kill me!"
"Here, I am indestructible!"
"And… I still have a surprise for you!"
Hum!
The headless body on the ground instantly dissolved into countless withered stalks of grass, fusing with the head once more!
The Watchful Scarecrow stood up again.
Drawing on its energy, it waved for Rex Scarecrow to step forward!
Bang!
Rex's full-force strike, loaded with stacked kinetic energy, came crashing down.
The White-Haired Figure merely extended a single index finger, stopping that fist capable of obliterating mountains in midair!
Unable to advance even an inch!
"Is this all you're capable of?"
The White-Haired Figure kicked Rex Scarecrow into fragments with a single foot.
With a wave, he used a slash strike to cut the Watchful Scarecrow to pieces!
Yet moments later it reformed to its original state!
"No! It's not over yet!"
The Watchful Scarecrow sneered!
The energy reserves it had previously absorbed were still maintaining the domain.
As long as this wheat field remained, no matter how many times its twisted straw body was shattered.
It could reform that many times; it simply couldn't be killed!
"What a truly unkillable cockroach…"
The White-Haired Figure said impatiently.
This phantom of his that had been forcibly pulled from the River of Time didn't have much time left to maintain itself.
He still had many questions he wanted answers to.
He had no time to waste here with an ugly piece of trash.
Hum!
Tribulation Flame ignited at the tips of his slender fingers.
"Since physical means cannot finish you off."
"Then let's burn your soul and this disgusting domain into nothingness together."
Yet, faced with this flame of despair that had once completely annihilated it.
The Watchful Scarecrow not only didn't flee, but rose up with brazen confidence!
“Kekekeke…”
"Burn then! Go ahead and burn!"
"See the surprise I've prepared for you!"
The Watchful Scarecrow arrogantly pointed at the 8 blood-red crosses behind it.
"Look carefully! The souls of those 8 prime prey have been completely bound to me!"
"Half of their bodies have already been converted into my scarecrow avatars!"
"The moment you dare to use the Tribulation Flame on me, it will spread to them as well!"
"If I die, these 8 will vanish into smoke and ash right alongside me!"
"Come on then! Make your move!!"
Moral Coercion!
It had seized humanity's greatest weakness!
But what the Watchful Scarecrow didn't know was.
What it faced was not a purely human being at all!
In the distance, with Luo Kun and Liu Ruyan's desperate assistance, the Black Flames on Shadow's right arm were finally extinguished.
She and Luo Kun, clutching their wounds, heard the Watchful Scarecrow's words and erupted in furious cursing.
"Despicable! Shameless bastard!"
Yet just as the two were boiling with indignation.
Liu Ruyan glanced at them, speaking with confusion.
"Such a simple matter, and you're still wasting breath over it?"
"Just kill them all."
"Huh?"
Shadow and Luo Kun froze instantly.
The two looked toward Liu Ruyan.
Liu Ruyan sat cross-legged in the pool of blood.
Her eyes were filled with pure innocence, without a single stray thought.
In her logic, since the hostages had become an obstacle to killing the monster.
Then killing both the hostages and the monster together would solve the problem, wouldn't it?
Luo Kun and Shadow finally understood a profound truth.
A villain racking their brains is no match for a fool's flash of inspiration!
They had finally seen through to Liu Ruyan's true nature!
She wasn't selfish at all—she was simply an extreme with broken mental wiring!
Ultimate rationality is ultimate madness!
No wonder she could always do those shocking things without the slightest psychological burden.
And say those shocking words!
"Liu Ruyan is right!"
On the cross, veteran Zhao Yan, whose body was already more than half covered in straw, bellowed.
"Don't worry about us! Kill it!"
"Don't let this scourge go free for the sake of these old lives of ours!"
A flash of panic crossed the Watchful Scarecrow's eyes, and it immediately sealed Zhao Yan's mouth!
This was its only chance to turn things around; it absolutely could not let this old bag of bones ruin things!
Just as the Watchful Scarecrow thought the White-Haired Figure would hold back for fear of harming others.
“Hahahahaha…”
A burst of laughter poured from the White-Haired Figure's mouth.
The Watchful Scarecrow raged, hoarsely demanding: "What are you laughing at?!"
"This Sovereign laughs at your ignorance, laughs at your pipe dreams."
The White-Haired Figure closed his fingertips, and the Tribulation Flame was casually snuffed out.
He looked down at the Watchful Scarecrow from above, his Dragon Eyes full of mockery.
"You creature, surely you don't think…"
"That the Tribulation Flame is This Sovereign's only means of killing you?"
"You!"
The Watchful Scarecrow was completely infuriated!
At the same time, its ultimate trump card had been readied!
In those few minutes of chatter just now.
It had been secretly and furiously absorbing energy from the 8 people on the crosses!
Now, it was time!
"Get out here!!!"
The Watchful Scarecrow reached out and hauled out the 【Ling Yu Scarecrow】 that had been lurking in the shadows!
And cradled in Ling Yu's arms was the head of the 【Angel Scarecrow】!
These 2 scarecrows—in life, one was a blue buff, the other an energy-draining blade!
Combination technique activated!
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
On the crosses, the energy within all 8 people flooded in reverse into the Watchful Scarecrow's body!
Its aura had climbed to an unprecedented level!
"Now! It's my turn!!!"
The Watchful Scarecrow felt the destructive power within that nearly burst its body apart, and let out an arrogant, manic laugh!
Hum!
A massive blood-red scythe dozens of meters long condensed in its hands.
Carrying the might to cleave mountains and rivers.
It transformed into a bolt of blood-red lightning, slashing down at the White-Haired Figure!
"Die!"
Yet its hysterical roar had only half-finished when it halted in midair!
That massive scythe on the verge of cleaving the White-Haired Figure could no longer advance even a single fraction!
Because the Watchful Scarecrow discovered with horror…
That white-haired man, faced with its all-out finishing blow, was still smiling!
"Surely you didn't think This Sovereign hadn't noticed you stealing things like a rat?"
The White-Haired Figure raised his hand,
In that instant, the aura around him changed.
It was a divine might that reigned supreme over all things!
4 Divine Pronouncements, like funeral bells, resounded across heaven and earth!
"In the name of the King, sever thy limbs!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Watchful Scarecrow's 4 limbs exploded grotesquely in an instant, dissolving into a sky full of blood mist!
"By the Emperor's command, force thy submission!"
Boom!
Ten thousand mountains crashed down!
Its ravaged body was forced down into the mud.
Like a lowly maggot, forced to kowtow before the man!
"By the Sovereign's might, bind thy soul!"
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Golden chains materialized from thin air, piercing through its husk.
Wrenching that sinful soul out from within it, imprisoning it in midair!
The White-Haired Figure descended through the air, the 2 fingers of his right hand pressed together, like a divine sword executing heaven's judgment.
"By the Divine Word… judge thy sins!"
"Judgment!"
Hum!
A column of pure white divine punishment light that pierced the nine heavens instantly engulfed the Watchful Scarecrow.
No resistance, no surprises.
That soul bearing countless resentments rapidly dissolved in the divine light.
In the final microsecond before its consciousness was extinguished.
The Watchful Scarecrow's shattered soul stared fixedly at this man who was like both god and demon, and issued its final, desperate question:
"You… just who… are you?!"
The wind stilled.
The White-Haired Figure stood with hands clasped behind his back, his Dragon Eyes looking down at the dissipating scarecrow.
"Dragon God."
Bunny-Bunny