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"Have you notified the Food King?" the leader of the black-robed figures asked, looking down at the three Cleaners on the ground without turning his head.

"Yes. We sent the signal as soon as Liang Kun died. And while we were capturing these three, I deliberately stalled for a bit to make sure they could contact Cleaner headquarters."

The figure controlling the man-eating flowers replied respectfully, his head bowed.

"Good. After this is done, you will be granted the right to attend the Food King’s banquet." The black-robed man was very satisfied with his subordinate’s answer and was not stingy with his reward.

"Thank you, my lord!" The figure was incredibly excited, as if attending this so-called "Food King’s banquet" was a matter of supreme honor.

He Xiaotian felt a headache coming on. ’Listening to them talk, it sounds like Zhou family Village is a trap, too?’

’And I don’t know what they’re plotting, but they deliberately let Zheng Peng’s group contact Cleaner headquarters.’

’And Liang Kun... he sounds like nothing more than a pawn sacrificed on a chessboard.’

’So, this group’s goal isn’t just to summon the Gluttonous King?’

’No, that’s not it.’

’More accurately, they have two objectives.’

’Liang Kun said before that their organization, Gourmet Kitchen, had made contact with the Realm Master in the Netherworld.’

’The Mirror Spirits are responsible for helping the Food King capture cultivators and other extraordinary individuals for the sacrifice.’

’And once that’s done, the people from Gourmet Kitchen have to break the seal at the Medical University to release the Realm Master.’

’So, judging by what the leader said, the Food King must have infiltrated Shanghai long ago and is planning to attack the Medical University.’

’Cleaner headquarters is bound to be shocked by the news from Zhou family Village.’

’Then they’ll dispatch agents to wipe them out.’

’And at that exact moment, the Food King and his forces will attack the Medical University.’

’Even if the Cleaners find out, they’ll be forced to choose between the two situations.’

’Do they abandon Zhou family Village to reinforce the Medical University and protect the seal? Or do they rescue Zhou family Village and stop Gourmet Kitchen from summoning the Gluttonous King through the sacrifice?’

’No matter which option they choose, the Food King will likely achieve his goal.’

’They might even try to split their forces, attempting to both protect the seal and stop the avatar of a major boss from the Netherworld from descending.’

’If they do that, though, the people from Gourmet Kitchen will probably laugh themselves sick. Splitting their forces can only lead to two outcomes.’

’One is a perfect victory on both fronts, and the other is a total failure on both.’

"Damn, what a scheme!"

He Xiaotian was dumbfounded once he pieced it all together.

’People who play with tactics really are a bunch of dirty-hearted bastards.’

’If I were in their shoes, it would be more than just a difficult choice.’

’But looking at the big picture, there’s probably a ninety-percent chance that Zhou family Village will be the one they abandon.’

’Sucks to be you, Lei Yang, you idiot.’

’You used Zheng Peng and Liang Kun as bait, and now your own organization is about to abandon you to fend for yourself.’

’Wait a minute!’

’One of them is out cold, and the other is barely holding on.’

’Doesn’t that mean I’m the main fighting force here?’

He Xiaotian’s expression instantly soured. He swore he would never, ever travel with the Cleaners again.

’Your skills haven’t improved, but you’ve certainly mastered the bureaucratic runaround. When it comes to showing up but doing no actual work, one of you is as good as three.’

"Ahem, if I said I just wandered in here by mistake, would you believe me?"

He Xiaotian spoke up, facing five opponents of unknown strength, dozens of Mirror Spirits, an unknown number of Dream Eyes, and at least three hundred dead villagers who had turned into some kind of unknown evil spirits.

How was he supposed to fight that?

By ramming his head into them?

When Lei Yang heard him, his eyes went wide, and the arcs of electricity crackling around his body nearly fizzled out.

’How can you just give up and bow down to these evil forces at a time like this?’

"Kill the three of them."

The leader of the black-robed figures couldn’t even be bothered to answer. He simply gave the order and walked back into the ancestral hall.

RUMBLE-BOOM!!

Three massive man-eating flowers, like giant pythons, ripped through the stone slabs as they lunged to crush He Xiaotian.

"Lei, if we get out of this in one piece and your Cleaner organization doesn’t offer me a reward I find satisfactory... then every single one of these five here today had better hide in your headquarters and never come out. Otherwise, I’ll beat down every single one I see."

Lei Yang gave a bitter smile. ’I’d love to get out of this in one piece, too.’

’If you can actually take out these Gourmet Kitchen guys, I’ll even offer myself to you!’

BOOM!

The enormous heads of the three man-eating flowers crashed into He Xiaotian. Smoke and dust billowed up, and countless stone fragments shot out in all directions like shrapnel.

"Got him."

The figure controlling the man-eating flowers let a smile creep across his face from beneath his hood.

But before the smile could fade, it froze on his face.

As the dust settled, the bright moonlight clearly revealed the scene.

He Xiaotian stood with his hammers crossed, having somehow withstood the full impact of the three giant man-eating flowers.

"You’ve... got to be kidding me."

The dark figure was intimately familiar with the man-eating flowers he had cultivated.

Though they were plants, their bodies were actually as hard as steel.

Each one weighed over a thousand pounds.

They could smash not just a person, but even a rhinoceros, into a bloody pulp.

"Acid!"

His lord had just praised him and even granted him the right to attend the Food King’s banquet.

And in the blink of an eye, He Xiaotian had made a fool of him. He couldn’t stand the loss of face.

As his voice fell, the three giant man-eating flowers writhed and spewed out a large amount of viscous fluid.

"GET LOST!"

Cyan flames erupted from He Xiaotian’s body, shooting more than ten feet into the air.

HISS!!

A massive cloud of white steam instantly filled the area around the ancestral hall, obscuring everyone’s vision.

An immense force of ten thousand pounds erupted from his arms, instantly flinging the man-eating flowers away.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

A fierce wind kicked up, instantly sweeping away all the steam.

He Xiaotian fixed his gaze forward and saw that the three giant man-eating flowers had landed in front of the four black-robed figures.

One of them stood with his hands outstretched.

It was as if an invisible wall in the air had stopped the flowers in their tracks.

"This is a pain."

Muttering to himself, he glanced over at the Mirror Spirits currently tangling with Lei Yang and Captain Su.

[Experience Points: 20050

Functions: Scan, Enhance

Martial Arts:"Fire-refined Golden Body"- 0/50000: (Godly Skill: Perfect-grade Heaven-burning... Expand↓)

"Iron Sand Palm"- ∞ (Mastery: ...Expand↓) Note: Stat bonuses in parentheses apply to hands only.

"Eight Steps Chasing Cicada"- 0/1000+ (Outstanding: ...Expand↓)

"Thirteen Grand Protectors’ Cross Training"- ∞ (Outstanding: ...Expand↓)

"Secret Dream Observation Achievement Method - Dharma Eye Chapter"- 0/6000+ (Minor Accomplishment: ...Expand↓)

"Vajra Lion’s Roar"- ∞ (Outstanding: ...Expand↓)]

’It seems the key to breaking this stalemate lies in my Fire-refined Golden Body.’

’Fifty thousand Experience Points... that’s only six Mirror Spirits.’

"Lei Yang, hold those four off for me! Otherwise, none of us are getting out of here today." He Xiaotian made his decision: he would push Lei Yang and Captain Su forward to take the heat while he used the time to farm some EXP and turn the tables.