324: bet

His recovery ability had vanished, and it seemed that his ability to expel foreign objects from his body had also disappeared, so Tang Ku flew directly into the huge hole, spreading his robes to scoop up all the living people being sent out into his sleeves.

The humanoid robots clearly discovered Tang Ku's presence and immediately tried to close the passage on the ground, but Tang Ku unleashed a flurry of punches and kicks, instantly smashing these humanoid robots into scrap metal before diving headfirst into the passage.

"Erlang Shen, do not attack this thing for now; wait until I come out..."

With that, the passage closed, and Tang Ku's figure vanished from sight.

Watching the colossal monster go berserk, Yang Jian's heart sank. He thought to himself, "This thing has immense destructive power. If it truly reaches the human world, I fear it will become a massive catastrophe."

"Heh, you must be the Erlang Shen Yang Jian from Eastern mythology, right? Heh, I've heard so much about you!"

A voice sounded in his ear. Yang Jian turned his head abruptly and caught sight of a figure in a suit, causing him to frown slightly. "Who... are you?"

"Me? I am merely an inventor, someone who likes to imbue all objects with life!"

Tesla shrugged and said, "Certainly not as famous as you!"

Yang Jian narrowed his eyes slightly. "Judging by your aura, your Bloodline is abundant, your Soul is tough, and there is even a faint lingering power of Law around you. It seems you are not a simple character... Are you with that fellow called Darwin...?"

"It seems I am indeed not famous enough; even you know Darwin, yet you do not know me!"

Tesla laughed self-deprecatingly and then said, "However, he and I are not friends, nor are we together... Hmm, that sentence might be ambiguous. In fact, he and I do belong to the same camp, but we also have a relationship as competitors, so we are not really friends! Our philosophies and ways of acting are completely different, so theoretically speaking... although I am an enemy to you all, I am an enemy of thought to him, a nemesis on the path of seeking truth!"

Yang Jian tilted his head, completely failing to understand the meaning behind his words.

Although our Erlang Shen was quite learned and talented, when it came to scientific matters, he was, as he himself said, completely clueless.

"Forget it, let me put it this way..."

Seeing that he did not understand, Tesla continued to explain with great patience, "You Cultivate to seek the Dao. You can understand it as us having different insights into the Dao. In your land of China, there is a saying: 'Those with different Daos cannot work together'... Can you understand it now?"

Yang Jian suddenly realized, but he curled his lip and smiled. "Here with us, even if our cultivation philosophies differ, even if our Daos are different, we are not necessarily enemies. But you all are different; it seems that when it comes to seeking the Dao, you are even more confrontational?"

"Right, that's exactly it!"

Tesla snapped his fingers. "In the eyes of us scientists, what we pursue is the only truth; everyone else's so-called science is pseudoscience and cannot compare to our own."

"Oh, conceited and self-righteous?"

Yang Jian suddenly stopped smiling and said in a deep voice, "You are telling me all this... just to chat?"

"What else?"

Tesla laughed.

"Then you are truly boring!" Yang Jian pointed at the Doomsday Fortress before him and said, "Did you make this thing? Do you have a way to destroy it?"

"Heaven is my witness, I really didn't make this thing!"

Tesla pointed his right hand to the sky and said earnestly, "Although I know the structural principles of this thing, I am not its creator!"

Yang Jian said, "Oh, then I have nothing more to say..."

Pointing his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade at Tesla, Yang Jian said in a deep voice, "Whether it is you or that Darwin, you are both extremely dangerous enemies. Since I happened to run into you here today, it means Heaven has given me a chance to eliminate you..."

Tesla's expression changed. Before he could speak, he waved his sleeves repeatedly, and countless diamond-shaped crystals instantly appeared before him, only to shatter into countless fragments in an instant.

"Hey, why are you attacking just like that? I have no defenses up at all!"

Tesla flew backward, and a pair of all-metal gauntlets suddenly appeared on his hands. When the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade approached again, his hands suddenly conjured countless afterimages, actually blocking Yang Jian's attack just like that.

"Oh? You do have some real skills..."

Yang Jian withdrew his weapon and looked up and down at this refined fellow before him. "Your strength should be quite good; why don't you fight back?"

Tesla gently tapped his glasses, and the metal gauntlets on his hands vanished. He smiled calmly and said, "I am actually not very good at fighting, but my verbal barrage is quite powerful... Well, of course, sometimes you might not understand what I say, but Tang Sanzang has profound wisdom and will definitely understand what I mean... If I were to face him, I could make him lose his Dao Heart and lose himself in just a few words. Do you believe me?"

Yang Jian's mouth twitched, and he suddenly smiled with interest. "I really don't believe it..."

Thinking about how Tang Ku could turn those Saint Seiya from Greek mythology into his Disciples in just a few words, and even make goddesses concede defeat, it seemed Tang Ku's verbal barrage had never lost.

"Heh, do you want to make a bet?" Tesla smiled mysteriously. "When he comes out, I will talk to him and definitely turn him into someone who has lost his faith, like a walking corpse. I can even make him commit suicide. Do you believe me?"

Yang Jian frowned slightly. "Very well... what are the stakes?"

"Heh, Erlang Shen has many treasures, but I don't covet any of them. As for the Howling Celestial Dog... perhaps that fellow Darwin would be interested in it..." A red wine glass suddenly appeared in Tesla's hand, followed by a bottle of red wine in his right hand. As he opened the bottle cap and poured himself a drink, he said calmly, "If I win, I only need to extract a wisp of your Soul power. Do you dare?"

"Why wouldn't I dare!" Yang Jian suddenly laughed. "Then what if you lose? What do you have that can serve as a stake?"

Tesla said solemnly, "I am a person with good sportsmanship. The weapon on this thing... should actually belong to you, right? If I lose, I will help you dismantle it and return it to you. How about that?"

Yang Jian curled his lip. "How does that sound like you're taking advantage of the situation? Isn't that thing originally ours?"

"Heh, you can't say it like that. With your abilities, it would be impossible to dismantle that Sacred Light Mustard Cloud Cannon from this huge body without damaging it. And if you dismantle it violently, the weapon will be ruined... So, I am offering technical expertise, do you understand?"

Yang Jian had absolute confidence in Tang Ku's reasoning ability, so he immediately agreed: "Fine, it's a deal!"