234: Chapter 234 The storm is coming!

Lin Tianhe's mouth stretched from ear to ear, his heart bubbling with joy!

Invincible Legion! Rule the world!

Lin Mo is nothing? No matter how strong the sand is, can it withstand a single heat vision blast from Homelander?

When Earl William becomes emperor, he will be a founding father!

The King of Sakura Country? Thinking of all those charming… hehe!

He rubbed his hands, his face full of flattery, and leaned close to the empty cultivation tank:

"Earl, brilliant! Truly brilliant! But this 'shang-chi' you mentioned...?"

He pointed at the empty tank, a mysterious smile of "I understand" on his face:

"Could it be... top secret? An invisible man? That's too defying of the heavens!"

Subtext: Are there still good things hidden away?

Earl William slowly turned his head, the icy curve on his face deepening slightly.

"Invisible man? Heh heh..."

He shook his head slightly, his voice calm and unruffled:

"If there truly was one, it would indeed be good. Unfortunately... not yet successful."

"Then... then shang-chi is...?" Lin Tianhe's heart skipped a beat, his smile stiffening a little. Could an empty tank still hide a person?

Earl William's gaze, like two precise surgical probes, suddenly fixed on Lin Tianhe's face!

That sharp, unruffled look inexplicably sent a chill down Lin Tianhe's spine!

"shang-chi?"

Earl William's voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear, like an ice hammer chiseling at Lin Tianhe's nerves:

"Of course, it's you, Mr. Lin."

"Me?" Lin Tianhe was completely stunned! The fawning smile on his face instantly froze and shattered!

He pointed at his own nose, as if he had heard a huge joke, and let out two dry laughs:

"Earl... you... you really know how to jo..."

The last word, "ke," caught in his throat!

Because he saw Earl William's eyes!

Cold!

Cruel!

Without the slightest hint of a joke!

Only... the indifference of looking at experimental material!

"I... never joke."

Earl William's voice was like the whisper of death, and the moment the last word fell!

Swish!

Lin Tianhe only felt a blur before his eyes!

An iron-cold hand, carrying an irresistible immense force!

Instantly!

Gripped his throat!

Like an eagle snatching a chick!

It was Homelander!

He hadn't even seen how Homelander moved!

Crack!

His throat bone let out a groan of unbearable strain!

Suffocation instantly overwhelmed him!

His feet left the ground!

"Uh... ho ho!!" Lin Tianhe's eyeballs bulged! His hands frantically clawed at the hand gripping his throat! Futile!

Homelander was expressionless, his sapphire-like eyes as cold as a machine.

With a casual flick of his arm!

Lin Tianhe, like a broken sack, was violently slammed into the huge empty cultivation tank!

Bang!!! Crash—!!!

The hard glass vibrated violently from the impact! Lin Tianhe's body hit the bottom heavily, making a dull thud! The pain made his vision go black!

"No!!" He was scared out of his wits! He struggled to get up!

Too late!

Hiss—!!!

The sealed lid of the cultivation tank instantly dropped! Locked!

A bone-chilling cold instantly enveloped him!

"Earl!! Why?!" Lin Tianhe frantically pounded the thick inner wall of the glass, his fingernails scratching the smooth surface with a piercing sound! His voice was torn and distorted by fear and suffocation! Tears and snot streamed down his face!

"I've contributed to the company!! I've followed you for so many years!! You can't do this to me!!"

Earl William slowly walked to the cultivation tank, looking through the cold glass at Lin Tianhe, who was like a terrified beast trapped in a cage.

On his wrinkled face, a clear, visible trace of twisted and greedy... "satisfaction" finally appeared!

"Why?"

His withered fingers gently tapped the glass, making a soft knocking sound.

"Because... after tens of thousands of gene screenings and matches..."

"Only you... the people of Dragon Country, with your neural resilience and spiritual power spectrum..."

Earl William's voice carried a fanatical pathology!

"Are most likely... to perfectly bear the divine power of the 'shang-chi' core... originating from extraterrestrial meteorites!"

He pointed at the pipeline interfaces connected to the nutrient solution, his eyes flashing with inhuman light!

"Lin Tianhe..."

"Thank you for your 'contributions' to the company over the years..."

"Now..."

Earl William grinned, revealing a sinister smile:

"It's time... for the evolution of all humanity..."

"To sacrifice yourself."

As his voice fell!

He unhesitatingly pressed the control button on the base of the cultivation tank!

Buzz—!!

The machinery roared!

Dozens of cold metal tubes with needles instantly extended from the inner wall of the cultivation tank!

Like venomous snakes emerging from their lairs!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft—!!!

Precisely piercing Lin Tianhe's spine! Back of his neck! Limb joints! Temples!

Even... his crown!

"Ah ah ah ah ah—!!!!"

Lin Tianhe let out an inhuman, ultimate scream!

Excruciating pain, like countless red-hot steel needles, instantly pierced all his nerves!

Immediately after!

A viscous, scalding, lava-like... crimson liquid!

Carrying a pungent, strange smell of mixed rust and sulfur!

Poured in!

Instantly filling the cultivation tank!

Like thick blood plasma! Completely submerging Lin Tianhe!

His eyes! Mouth! Nose! Ears! All were filled with this terrifying liquid!

He could feel it!

That liquid!

Carrying terrifying activity!

Madly!

Following his pierced wounds! Drilling into his blood vessels! Nerves! Bone marrow! Even... his brain!

A violent, chaotic force, as if to crush, reorganize, and melt every inch of his existence!

Deep within his body!

Exploded with a roar!

Transformation!

Forced fusion!

"No—!!!" Lin Tianhe's last shred of desperate consciousness roared!

"Lin Mo... help..."

But his voice, in the thick crimson liquid, was only tiny bubbles... then!

His consciousness... was torn apart by that violent power from the stars!

Overwhelmed!

The last image was Earl William's twisted old face outside the glass tank, filled with fanatical anticipation.

And... on the outer wall of the cultivation tank... his own scalding blood... instantly!

Penetrating the glass!

Spreading out!

Like crimson wine... offered to the devil.