132: It's all because of my kindness

The scene in the meteor crater was projected by the Mountain View Mirage.

When Qin Yang raised his hand and condensed a Divine Weapon Phantom, shouts immediately erupted from the village.

"The Centipede King isn't dead yet! But Young Master Qin is still going for the kill!"

"The Centipede King is the Myriad Mountain Medicine Spirit, why does Young Master Qin want to kill him!"

"Grandma Zu! Stop him quickly!"

Seeing Qin Yang preparing to execute the Centipede King, the Villagers all looked at Grandma Zu, begging her to stop Qin Yang.

But Grandma Zu could only shake her head helplessly.

Even He Zhiyi, a Tian Gu Spiritual Medium, couldn't stop Qin Yang; what could she, a person a thousand miles away, do?

Seeing Grandma Zu sigh and shake her head, expressions of sadness and despair appeared on the faces of the Villagers.

Though the Centipede King looked terrifying, he was the kindest among the many Gu Spirits.

When Villagers were seriously ill or poisoned, as long as the Tian Gu Spiritual Medium prayed and called to him, he would send a small centipede to the injured person.

These small centipedes were Medicine Spirits.

They would burrow into the human body, absorbing and dissolving toxins.

They were also willing to be used as medicine to treat various diseases.

Such a kind Gu Spirit was being killed.

Whether it was for their benefit or their emotions,

the Villagers could not accept it.

Facing the Villagers' pleas, Grandma Zu was helpless.

She had tried to contact He Zhiyi but received no feedback.

She herself was a thousand miles away from the Centipede King and simply couldn't stop Qin Yang.

Moreover, she had many doubts in her heart.

As a Gu Spirit, the Centipede King, fighting on his home ground, had many ways to stop Qin Yang.

The miasma above the swamp not only contained paralyzing toxins but also absorbed Mental Energy.

Even if Qin Yang wasn't afraid of poison, his Mental Energy would be greatly weakened by the miasma, leading to various hallucinations.

The Centipede King's gentle Nature was inherently not warlike.

Coupled with communication from the Tian Gu Spiritual Medium, the probability of the two sides fighting fiercely was even lower.

"Something must have gone wrong here."

Grandma Zu speculated in her heart.

But now she didn't have time to think about these things.

She only prayed in her heart that Qin Yang would show mercy to the Centipede King.

A thousand miles away.

Qin Yang had already condensed 100 Divine Weapon Phantoms above the Centipede King.

This wasn't him being cruel.

It was because the Centipede King, in a critically wounded state, still had thousands of Physique bonuses.

If a single blow wasn't guaranteed to be fatal, he might suddenly retaliate and injure someone.

However, just as he was about to strike, Qin Yang hesitated for a second.

For some reason, he felt that directly killing the Centipede King would not maximize the benefits.

"As a demonic creature, he can still be revered as a guardian spirit of a region."

"This giant centipede must have something special about him."

"I can try Pacification first, then consider whether or not to execute him."

Thinking of this, Qin Yang temporarily left the Divine Weapon Phantoms suspended.

Then, he activated the "Pacification of All Races" skill towards the dying Centipede King.

[You are attempting to Pacify the Level 125 Centipede King.]

[The Centipede King is in a dying state and cannot respond.]

[The Centipede King did not refuse your Pacification.]

[Congratulations, the Centipede King has become your Imperial Beast.]

"It worked!"

Qin Yang's eyes lit up.

The moment the Pacification succeeded,

Qin Yang felt a slight tremor in his Soul.

He was surprised to find that what he had contracted was not an individual, but a System.

The moment the contract was established, Qin Yang and the soil beneath his feet, the surrounding forest, etc., all established a certain connection.

It was as if the Myriad Mountain Forest of Lizhou had become a part of his body.

He could even hear the whispers of the forest and feel the consciousness of Nature.

"I've become a Tian Gu Spiritual Medium?"

Qin Yang rejoiced in his heart.

He really didn't expect the Pacification skill to have this effect.

It seems that... contracting a regional guardian spirit is the true and complete conquest!

"Ah, good deeds are rewarded!"

"It is My benevolence that allowed the Gu Spirits of Lizhou to willingly submit."

Qin Yang was in a great mood and established the policy of conquering the world with "benevolence" in his heart.

Upon arriving at a place, he would first attempt Pacification; if the other party disagreed, he would fight until they agreed.

In short.

No one can refuse My benevolence.

Qin Yang looked at the Centipede King.

At this moment, he had actually recovered some vitality.

A hundred-legged insect, though dead, never falls.

Much less a hundred-legged insect with a Physique of over a hundred thousand.

However, the recovery speed was still too slow.

Qin Yang raised his hand and activated the skill: Imperial Grace.

[Target for Grace: Centipede King (Level 125), requires 26299 / 171221 Imperial Power, Death Countdown: 1:20]

"This reduction in consumption is too drastic!"

Qin Yang sighed inwardly.

According to the original 100% consumption, healing a Level 125 Centipede King would require 171221 Imperial Power.

After possessing "Eternal Imperial Power," he could divide his own Rank by the opponent's Rank to get a 36% reduction in consumption.

The consumption of Imperial Power plummeted to 109581 points.

And after that, his own fixed reduction in consumption, which was 76%, had to be calculated once more.

With all these reductions, fully healing a Level 125 unit only required just over twenty thousand Imperial Power!

Calculated this way, it was a 5% discount, already exceeding the upper limit of consumption reduction.

And this set of formulas had the same effect when applied to skills like Exterminate the Nine Clans and Emperors Demeanor.

The price of the Nine Lineages Extermination Technique has finally been brought down!

Qin Yang showed a smile.

With Imperial Grace in one hand and Exterminate the Nine Clans in the other, he truly held the power over life and death!

Buzz!

Imperial Grace was cast.

Golden light surged into the Centipede King's massive body.

Immediately, his cracked carapace and the ulcerated wounds caused by Gu Insect parasitism all healed rapidly at a visible speed.

His colossal body, like a train, also trembled in waves.

Crack, crack, crack!

The Centipede King's tentacles began to sway.

Row after row, as if thousands of soldiers were brandishing halberds and scythes.

Qin Yang was surprised to find that

this fellow's tentacle joints actually had eyes, making him look extremely eerie.

"Thousand feet, thousand eyes."

Qin Yang murmured in his heart, feeling somewhat familiar.

Rumble, rumble!

A large amount of black dust was stirred up.

The Centipede King's massive body rolled over, allowing his supine form to once again lie prone on the ground, then slowly raised his front body and looked at Qin Yang.

"Your head is too high," Qin Yang glared.

The Centipede King paused, then abruptly lowered his massive head and spoke in a hoarse voice: "Long live My Emperor."

Qin Yang was slightly stunned.

In this world, only his summoned creatures and Summon Heroes would shout "Long live My Emperor."

As for Yun Yao, she was just imitating the Imperial Guards.

The Centipede King, seeing him for the first time, knew to shout "My Emperor"?

Could it be that Pacification of All Races had assimilated him into a summoned creature?

Qin Yang shook his head, feeling that things wouldn't be that simple.

He asked, "Do you recognize My identity?"

The Centipede King nodded slightly and said, "Your Majesty is the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor who rules the world, and in the future, the Ninetynine Human Emperor who controls the Human Dao."

"How do you know?" Qin Yang asked.

The Centipede King was silent for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty, I don't know why, but these things are in my memory."

"Indeed."

Qin Yang narrowed his eyes, confirming his conjecture.

This world was a huge hodgepodge.

Whether it was professions or demonic creatures, the settings were all taken from the Myriad Worlds.

Most of the demonic creature backgrounds came from Western Fantasy settings, with very few Xuanhuan backgrounds.

The Centipede King before him had an Eastern Xuanhuan background.

If he guessed correctly, besides Centipede King, he also had other names—

Duomu Wugong, also known as Honghuang Undying Insect.