197: Chapter 197 Warning: Human Stick? This old hag is playing some tricks!

Tang City, on the border of the Lingxiao Divine Kingdom.

In the central square of the city, gusts of bloody wind howled.

A giant Formation covering an area of a hundred feet was flashing with a blinding red light.

Inside the Formation, dozens of guards dressed in Treasure Pavilion uniforms stood back-to-back, covered in blood.

At their feet lay the shattered fragments of defensive Magic Treasures.

"Manager, the Formation Plate is about to fail! The Spirit Stones are almost exhausted!"

A young guard wiped the blood from his face, his voice trembling with despair.

He looked at the writhing blood-colored tentacles outside the barrier, nearly gagging.

The lead manager was named Qian Duoduo. At this moment, his once handsome face had become sunken.

A whip wound on his chest, deep enough to see the bone, was still bleeding continuously.

He gripped the last Distress Talisman in his hand and gritted his teeth, saying,

"Hold on a little longer! Chief Manager Pei will definitely bring reinforcements!"

Though he said this, he had no confidence in his heart.

Tang City was King Youtang's lair. With the city's defensive array fully active, it was indeed difficult for outsiders to enter.

In mid-air,

A handsome male cultivator at the Golden Core Stage was currently completely naked, kneeling in the Void Realm like a dog.

A pink leather dog collar was fastened around his neck.

And on the male cultivator's slightly trembling back sat a woman.

The woman wore a suit of red gauze that was almost transparent.

Aside from a few shiny scales covering her critical parts,

Large expanses of snowy white flesh swayed wantonly with her movements.

She was heavily made up, holding a white jade wine cup in her hand, with her long legs swinging back and forth near the male cultivator's ears.

The tips of her toes would occasionally tease the male cultivator's chin.

This was the master of this place, a vassal king of the Lingxiao Divine Kingdom—King Youtang.

A perverted old hag who had reached the Early Stage of Body Integration but was famous for torturing and collecting human pets.

"Good boy, don't tremble. If you spill the wine, this King will have to punish you."

King Youtang let out a spine-chilling giggle, then took a sip of wine and glanced sideways at the Formation below.

"Haven't you figured it out yet? Someone from your Main Pavilion has already sent word to this King."

"These three nine tribulations nirvana fruits were originally intended as congratulatory gifts for this King. You insist on blocking it; isn't that ruining everyone's fun?"

Qian Duoduo spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm onto the ground.

"Pah! You old hag, stop trying to sow discord here!"

"This cargo was personally escorted by Manager Pei. You dare to hijack Treasure Pavilion's goods? When Manager Pei arrives with reinforcements, she will surely raze your Tang City to the ground!"

King Youtang hated it most when others called her old.

Her eyes turned cold, and the hand holding the wine cup suddenly tightened.

"That little bitch Pei Qinglan can barely protect herself; how is she going to save you?"

Poof!

The white jade cup shattered into powder.

The male cultivator acting as her mount beneath her let out a faint sob due to fright.

"Unlucky thing, you've spoiled this King's mood."

King Youtang expressionlessly raised her hand and flicked her finger.

A streak of bloody light surged into the male cultivator's body through the chain.

Bang!

The young male cultivator didn't even have time to scream before he exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

King Youtang reached out and grabbed it, and the blood mist condensed in the air into a crimson whip of spiritual power.

With a casual wave, the long whip sliced through the sky and struck heavily against the Treasure Pavilion's defensive Formation.

Crack!

Several guards were directly sent flying by the aftershock, their fates unknown.

"This King's patience is limited."

King Youtang licked her crimson lips, her gaze sweeping over several burly men inside the Formation.

"Hand over the Nirvana Fruits. This King sees that you burly fellows are quite sturdy; I might consider sparing your lives and taking you into my harem to serve me every day. How about it?"

...

Meanwhile, above Tang City.

A Flying Boat was quietly hovering.

"Young Master Cao, below is Tang City's defensive array. This array is connected to the earth's ley lines. If we attack forcefully, it might alert the Divine Kingdom's imperial family."

Pei Qinglan stood beside Cao Kun, pointing with some concern at the layer of barrier below that was flowing with light.

"Qinglan suggests we descend with the Flying Boat first, disguise ourselves as Loose Cultivators entering the city, and then wait for an opportunity..."

"There's no need for that! I'm not used to taking the back door."

Before she could finish her sentence,

Cao Kun suddenly reached out, wrapped his arm around Pei Qinglan's soft and slender waist, leaped out of the Flying Boat, and plummeted straight down from ten thousand feet in the air!

"Cao Kun! You lunatic!"

Pei Qinglan's terrified cry echoed in the high altitude.

The Tang City garrison below hadn't yet realized what was happening.

They only saw a streak of black and white light instantly collide with the city's defensive barrier.

Boom—!!!

After a world-shaking explosion,

A huge hole was smashed right through the city's defensive barrier!

The violent shockwave instantly reduced buildings within a thousand feet to dust.

As the dust settled,

Cao Kun, holding Pei Qinglan, landed steadily in the center of the square.

"Cough, cough... Young Master, this entrance of yours is truly... too barbaric!"

Pei Qinglan lifted her head from Cao Kun's chest. Though she looked a bit disheveled, her eyes were full of shock.

She suddenly realized that her previous assessment of Cao Kun's strength seemed to have been too conservative.

"Who is it?!"

"Audacious thug, you dare to force your way into the King's city!"

All around, over a thousand city guards who had regained their senses brandished spears and broadswords, closing in.

A commander at the Peak of Void Refining, riding a Spirit Leopard covered in flames, roared, "Take them down!"

Over a thousand elites shouted in unison, raising their weapons as spiritual light merged into a single sheet, closing in on Cao Kun.

Cao Kun brushed the dust off his sleeves, his eyes scanning the surrounding garrison with indifference.

"Noisy."

He didn't bother with nonsense. Facing the commander and the thousand guards, he pressed down through the air.

"Great Desolation Heaven-Imprisoning Finger, One Finger to Imprison Heaven and Earth!"

A dark-golden, sky-propping giant finger emerged from the void.

Nine phantoms of five-clawed golden dragons coiled around the giant finger, letting out deafening dragon roars.

Thump! Thump!

Before the giant finger even landed, the terrifying air pressure alone caused over a thousand guards to fall to their knees in unison.

Boom!

The giant finger crushed down ruthlessly.

The earth shook, and dust mixed with a sky full of blood mist rose into the air.

Once the finger's phantom dissipated, the once-aggressive city guard was now entirely sprawled on the ground.

In the center of the square,

King Youtang was startled by this sudden commotion.

She instantly tore through space and appeared a hundred feet in front of Cao Kun.

When she saw her heavily injured and dead subordinates,

Her heavily made-up face first turned as dark as water, and her killing intent surged.

But after seeing Cao Kun's appearance clearly, that gloominess vanished.

"Pei Qinglan, this King seems to have underestimated you before."

"I didn't expect that after all these years of silence, you would actually be keeping such a high-quality toy boy outside."

King Youtang stared fixedly at Cao Kun.

Her eyes swept back and forth across his broad shoulders and... body.

"This build, this bearing, and that ruthlessness just now... the more this King looks, the more I like it."

"With such vigorous Qi and blood, you must be able to withstand quite a bit of tossing!"

She completely ignored Pei Qinglan beside Cao Kun, lightly flicked the crimson whip in her hand, and gave Cao Kun what she thought was a flirtatious wink.

"Little gentleman, as long as you enter this King's tent tonight and serve me well enough to make me happy,"

"How about this King gives you one of those three Nirvana Fruits?"

Looking at the heavily made-up old hag in front of him, who reeked of rotting flesh, Cao Kun felt his stomach churn.

He had seen many beauties in his life and encountered many vixen spirits.

But this level of biological weapon was a first.

Luo Qingcheng