433: One Punch

“Hmm, you are right. What I am about to say next is the main point!”

Tang Ku said in a deep voice, “Just now, I went to the prison to interrogate them and met a very important prisoner. He answered my questions the most and was the most rational one among this group. From what he said, I realized some very important information!”

As he spoke, Tang Ku detailed their conversation in the prison.

However, after he finished speaking, everyone looked at him in confusion; only Shi Jingmo seemed to have thought of something, frowning slightly in thought.

“...You don’t understand?”

Seeing the difficult expressions on everyone’s faces, Tang Ku couldn’t help but smile, “First, the most important point in his words is that the immortals and deities who have descended to earth to perform Possession on Mortals do not have a clear leader!”

Great Immortal Zhenyuan suddenly realized, “I see. Originally, this Xin Huan was a subordinate of the orthodox deity of the Thunder Department, but the one who gave them orders was the Nine Luminaries Star Lords... In other words, their entire system is in chaos!”

“Exactly!”

Tang Ku sneered, “Right now, these guys are like loose sand, and it’s basically certain that they are acting independently. I don’t think there is a unified command among them; otherwise, it wouldn’t just be Xin Huan who received specific orders while the rest were just told to lie low and wait. The lack of military orders is their weakness! We just need to find them, defeat them one by one, and resolve this lingering threat!”

“But Master, even if they aren’t that united, we can’t find their specific location. So how are we supposed to deal with these people?”

Wu Zhen couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

“Easy to deal with!”

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes and said, “I have already thought of a way!”

Everyone was startled and then exchanged glances, wondering what method Tang Ku had come up with.

That night, Tang Ku came to the celestial prison again. When the group of Divine-Grade prisoners saw this fiend arrive, they all trembled like chaff, except for Xin Huan, whose eyes were full of confusion.

“Listen... I don’t want to say this a second time!”

Tang Ku said in a deep voice, “I will let you out. All of you join forces to take one punch from me, and I will let you leave... However, from now on, if I see you in the territory of the Great Tang again... I will kill you! Do you understand?”

The prisoners were stunned on the spot, and then an uproar broke out. Xin Huan looked at Tang Ku with slight surprise, stood in front of the cell door, and asked, “Are you serious? You are willing to let us go?”

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes and said, “Listen clearly, it’s not that I want to let you go. The prerequisite for you to leave is that you must take one punch from me!”

“We are willing, we are willing, we... are willing!”

Everyone shouted loudly while grabbing the cell door, but Xin Huan looked suspicious and said in a deep voice, “Did you... not intend to kill us?”

“Heh, do you really think you can survive a punch from me?”

Tang Ku sneered.

Everyone fell silent, then Xin Huan nodded and said, “I understand. Survival of the fittest, is it? Hmm, we... brothers, this might be our only chance. Let’s... give it a try!”

All the prisoners were silent for a moment, then silently walked out from the slowly opening cell doors and faced Tang Ku.

Tang Ku took out his communicator and said into it, “Mr. Yuan, remove all the defenses here!”

Hum!

A flash of light passed, and all the prisoners instantly felt that the strange pressure that had been suppressing them had disappeared. Their own power suddenly returned to them; it was the immortal energy they had worked so hard to Cultivate back.

Only now did they believe that Tang Ku really wanted to compete with the hundreds of them.

“Old Xin, your magic power is the strongest. We will channel our immortal energy to you, and you stand at the very front!”

Someone suggested to Xin Huan.

Xin Huan did not hesitate at all and nodded, “Alright, then let me try...”

These people didn’t actually have any malicious intent to let others take the fall. In fact, facing a powerhouse like Tang Ku, it didn’t make much difference whether one stood in front or behind. Since Xin Huan was indeed the strongest among them, it was only natural for him to stand in front and confront this terrifying opponent. Anyway, if they were going to die, they would die together.

“Holy Monk, pardon me!”

Swish!

White rays of light instantly enveloped their entire bodies. Immediately after, the Qi on their bodies connected, just like a spider web, connecting back and forth. Then, all their power concentrated onto Xin Huan.

The white light on Xin Huan became a bit brighter. Then, a faint phantom appeared behind him, forming a huge phantom that carried wings on its back and held dual hammers, resembling a Dharma manifestation. This phantom had a fierce and evil appearance, with lightning flickering all around its body, exuding an extremely strong sense of oppression.

“Oh? Is this your true form? Hmm, it’s actually worth a look!”

Tang Ku slowly raised his right fist and sneered, “Do you want to leave any last words or anything?”

Xin Huan shook his head and said, “No need, Holy Monk. I have only temporarily restored my original cultivation base. Next, I will use all my strength to take a punch from the Holy Monk, and this is also out of respect for you.”

“Good, I will wait for you to raise your power to the limit, so you will die convinced!”

Tang Ku stood where he was, watching them, allowing them to act.

Indeed, the immortal energy on Xin Huan became thicker and thicker, and the phantom behind him became more and more solid, as if it were a tangible object, vivid and lifelike.

Behind Xin Huan, the faces of the group were flushed red, almost to the point of dripping blood. Some people were indeed bleeding... blood was dripping from their noses... This was a sign that they had basically overdrawn their immortal energy.

“Are you ready?”

Seeing that they had no room for further improvement, Tang Ku smiled slightly and said, “Then, this punch is coming. You... pray!”

There were no fancy tricks, no dazzling light. It was just the fist vibrating gently in the air, a shadow flashed by, carrying an air current as it smashed fiercely toward the opposite side. The phantom behind Xin Huan let out a roar, its body suddenly leaned forward, and the dual hammers in its hands blocked in front of Xin Huan.

Boom!

With overwhelming force, without the slightest hesitation, wherever the fist energy reached, the phantom disintegrated in an instant and disappeared without a trace. Everyone who was channeling their power was hit hard, spitting out a mouthful of blood and falling backward.

From beginning to end, it took no more than a second.

They couldn’t even hold on for a second, and they were defeated just like that?

Bleeding from his seven orifices, Xin Huan slowly fell backward. Looking back at the group, among the hundred or so people, twenty percent of them no longer had any breath of life.

“However... at least... they managed to hold on!”

Looking at the scene before him, Tang Ku seemed very dissatisfied.

“Holy Monk... you must... keep your... word!”

His breath was weak. Xin Huan supported himself on the ground and said in a deep voice.

“Hmph, I, this monk, always keep my word... Scram...” As he spoke, Tang Ku narrowed his eyes slightly, flicked his sleeves, and walked out.

The remaining sixty or seventy survivors felt as if they were in a dream. Then, they couldn’t help but cheer and practically carried Xin Huan out of the dungeon.

They didn’t dare to stay for even a moment, fearing that the monk would change his mind. Therefore, as soon as they left the prison door, they took flight one after another, using the last bit of their remaining strength to fly out of the city and head towards the encampment they came from.

However, what they didn’t know was that behind them, several tails had already been trailing them...