194: Chapter 193 I Have a Big Deal

At that moment, a member of the Yanhuo Tribe accidentally fell while carrying fire crystals, causing them to roll and scatter in all directions with a crisp clattering sound.

Several nearby members of the Yanhuo Tribe immediately stepped forward to collect the scattered fire crystals, and just as a Dragon-Lizard Ant-man poked its head out of the magma, it happened to be discovered, causing those members of the Yanhuo Tribe to shout and yell.

The commotion broke out instantly.

The Flame-Holding Skulls patrolling in mid-air immediately made a move, and the closest giant skull suddenly swooped down, its massive mouth opening to an exaggerated angle.

A strong vortex of Qi formed within its mouth.

The fire crystals and mineral residue on the ground, along with those members of the Yanhuo Tribe, were all yanked up into mid-air by this suction force.

The Dragon-Lizard Ant-man hiding beneath the magma was not spared either, its body flying uncontrollably toward that abyssal maw.

The upper and lower jaws snapped shut heavily.

A teeth-aching sound of chewing echoed out, and high-temperature magma mixed with the shattered bodies of the Yanhuo Tribe trickled down from the severed neck below the Flame-Holding Skull.

The Yanhuo Tribe below were frightened into fleeing in all directions, trampling on one another.

Gu Han issued an oracle: "All personnel retreat! Return to the passage at top speed!"

Just as the words fell, the chewing Flame-Holding Skull in mid-air suddenly stopped its movements.

It coughed heavily twice, and with a "ptui", spat out a massive lump of something.

"What the hell is this, it's so hard on the teeth!" The giant skull let out a muffled curse.

That lump of something heavily slammed into the scorched earth, rolled twice, and stopped.

It was that Dragon-Lizard Ant-man; it was curled up into a ball, its outer dragon-scale shield armor barely pieced together, its surface covered in cracks, yet it had stubbornly withstood the chewing.

That Dragon-Lizard Ant-man quickly stretched out its body and jumped into the magma at top speed.

The escape of the other Dragon-Lizard Ant-men created a commotion that diverted attention, but it instead drew even more patrol squads down from the sky, as thousands of Flame-Holding Skulls whistled down from the mid-level of the mountain, forming formations in the air and aiming at the fleeing squad below.

Dazzling red light lit up in their mouths.

A series of watermelon-sized fireball bombs poured down, smashing onto the escape route of the Dragon-Lizard Ant-men.

The violent explosion overturned the magma, and the berserk shockwave shook the Dragon-Lizard Ant-men into fleeing in panic; the destructive power of a Rank 10 unit was fully revealed at this moment.

Several Dragon-Lizard Ant-men that failed to dodge in time were hit head-on by the explosive bombs, their hard shield armor shattering on the spot, and some even had their limbs blown off.

Some Dragon-Lizard Ant-men attempted to dive deep into the magma to hide.

But those Flame-Holding Skulls hovered above the magma sea, opening their mouths to suck in fiercely once again, forcibly pulling the Ant-men hidden in the magma right out.

The suppression brought by the gap in Rank was simply too strong.

Gu Han decisively withdrew his consciousness, no longer performing unnecessary micro-operations, letting the remaining Ant-men escape the Divine Kingdom passage on instinct.

His consciousness returned to his original Divine Kingdom.

After a while, a Dragon-Lizard Ant-man with a blasted-off lower half of its body and charred, scabbed wounds tumbled out of the Divine Kingdom passage, and Gu Han caught it in one hand, directly sending it over to Ier.

Fifty elites went out, and only this one managed to escape back.

Immediately afterward, a piercing screech came from within the Divine Kingdom passage.

Over a dozen Flame-Holding Skulls forcefully squeezed into Gu Han's Divine Kingdom. As soon as they entered, they opened their mouths to spit fireballs.

Gu Han raised his hand and waved.

[Forced Breeding] activated.

The skill effect instantly enveloped those dozen-plus Flame-Holding Skulls, forcing them to cuddle up right on the spot.

Gu Han furrowed his brows. Rank 10 units were indeed difficult to deal with, and this was even a magma Divine Kingdom where the Ant-Fist Shrimp-Men were restrained.

With a thought, he exited the Divine Kingdom. Gu Han picked up the handheld device on the table and searched which country's mythical creature the Flame-Holding Skulls belonged to.

Soon, a row of information popped up on the page.

These were folklore mythical creatures from the regions of Mianyin, Tailing, and India. Legend had it that they were Devil Kings whose heads had been severed, possessing a fire attribute and a tyrannical personality.

It was Mianyin again. Gu Han closed his eyes once more, his consciousness descending into the Divine Kingdom again.

Gu Han lifted the block on that deity's voice.

"Let me go... I really don't have any left... Help! Demon!"

Its voice carried an unmaskable weakness. This primitive impulse that struck straight at the instincts might feel a little exhilarating at first, but after too many times, the brain would block out this pleasure and turn it into agony; no one could withstand it.

Gu Han directly interrogated: "What country are you from? What is your name? Were your believers created using 'Visualization Creation'?"

That deity gasped heavily, and upon suddenly hearing Gu Han's voice, it no longer dared to utter harsh words and honestly replied: "I am from Mianyin... My name is Cui Shi."

"No..." Cui Shi's voice trembled, "It's because I joined the Truth Cult and spent a huge sum of money to buy this race from over there."

Gu Han curled his lips in disgust, his eyes full of disappointment.

He had thought he caught a high-quality coolie, but come to think of it, if his skill were [Visualization Creation], his Divine Kingdom definitely wouldn't look like that ghost of a place.

Seeming to sense no response, Cui Shi hurriedly shouted: "Don't leave! I have a big deal on my hands! As long as you let me go, we can do it together. With your methods, you'll definitely make a fortune!"

"Let's hear it, what big deal."

As if grasping at a straw, Cui Shi spoke at a rapid pace.

"A few days ago, I took a boat across the river at the border to visit relatives in Jiangcheng, and the boatman salvaged a corpse from the water."

Gu Han imperceptibly furrowed his brows, harboring an ominous premonition.

Crossing the river? A corpse?

Cui Shi continued, "I found a loading card on that corpse. Guess what's inside the card?"

Gu Han's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"Inside there are eight portions of Divine Sources, and most importantly, something else—a new type of 'Joy' with extremely high quality! That purity has definitely never been seen on the black market!"

The surroundings were very quiet, with only Cui Shi's chattering voice echoing.

And Gu Han, standing before the white light, took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the urge to curse out loud.

Damn it!

After spending so much effort setting up that scheme, it turned me into a clown!

Gu Han's mood at this moment was simply beyond words.

With all his calculations, he never expected that the decoy entrusted with diverting the gaze of various experts would go full circle and end up back in his own hands.

Seeing that Gu Han didn't speak for a long time, Cui Shi felt unconfident and asked cautiously, "How about it? Is this deal big enough? As long as you lift the skill on me, I'll split the items with you fifty-fifty... No, seventy-thirty, you get seventy and I get thirty!"

Gu Han really wanted to strangle this guy right now. Of all the times to take a boat to visit relatives, and why the hell did he have to take an order that came to urge repayment from him.

If even a single link in the chain had been missing, his plan would have succeeded.

"Where are those things now?" Gu Han asked after calming down.