60: Give me back my ribs

“Hmph, I don’t believe you’ll abandon the lives in this city!”

Abaddon stretched out his right palm, aiming to cast a Spell towards the city, but unexpectedly, a gust of wind suddenly swept past, and Tang Ku had already arrived in front of him, grabbing his wrist.

The immortal version of Lingbo Weibu not only allowed him to be extremely agile, but also enabled him to reach his maximum speed in a short time. Combined with his insights from flying with the Somersault Cloud daily, Tang Ku’s speed on flat ground had already exceeded 2 times the speed of sound. Although Abaddon’s Spells were extremely powerful, he himself was not skilled in close combat, so he immediately suffered a great loss.

The fist, which looked much smaller than his, contained infinite power. This punch, thrown fiercely, instantly knocked him to the ground.

Tang Ku, with a fierce look, grabbed his wrist with his left hand and suddenly kicked his elbow joint in the opposite direction with his right foot. With a crisp crack, Abaddon immediately cried out in pain, his arm instantly twisted into a bizarre shape, clearly broken by Tang Ku’s kick.

Asmodeus was truly scared this time. This handsome bald monk, who looked so refined, had such ruthless methods? She finally understood why a strong individual like Hercules had been defeated by him. This guy was truly not human; he was a human tank.

“I don’t even need my ultimate moves to beat you guys!”

Tang Ku cracked his knuckles, then stomped Abaddon’s head, which was still groaning in pain, back into the ground. In an instant, the fellow went silent, unsure if he was dead or alive.

However, Tang Ku was well aware that this guy’s vitality was still very strong, because after this kick, he didn’t gain any Iron Fist Points, which meant this guy wasn’t dead. The two previous hits on this guy had only amounted to 1 point in total.

In other words, their strength simply couldn’t threaten Tang Ku.

Tang Ku was too lazy to even look at their combat power. In fact, their Spells did have many merits, but in front of Tang Ku, it was like hitting a rock with an egg.

“Run…”

Asmodeus, with immense hatred in her heart, fearfully spread her wings and flew towards the sky again.

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes slightly, letting her fly into the air, then picked up a fist-sized stone from the ground, aimed it at the back of her head, and threw it.

Whoosh!

The stone was faster than a sniper rifle bullet, almost grazing Asmodeus’s cheek and drawing a streak of blood.

After taking this hit, Asmodeus immediately flapped her wings even more frantically, desperately flying towards the sky.

“Hmm, my aim was a bit off!”

Tang Ku had already picked up a large pile of stones, some as big as a human head, others as small as a fingernail. This time, he didn’t even aim; he just blindly threw a barrage of stones in Asmodeus’s direction.

Every stone, regardless of size, instantly surpassed the speed of sound. No matter how agile Asmodeus’s wings were, it was impossible for her to remain unscathed under such a “hail of bullets.”

Bang… bang bang bang bang…

The moment one fist-sized stone hit her wing, four more stones of different sizes subsequently struck her like cannonballs. The intense pain immediately caused her to lose the ability to fly, and she plummeted straight down from mid-air.

Tang Ku immediately flew up. How could the speed of the Somersault Cloud be understood by these so-called fallen angels from another world? In the blink of an eye, he not only arrived nearby but had also punched Asmodeus squarely in her beautiful face.

Asmodeus’s body suddenly accelerated, then slammed heavily into the peak of Poison Enemy Mountain. This time, she didn’t even let out a scream before directly falling unconscious.

Tang Ku immediately grabbed the back of her neck, lifting her back like a little chick. He pulled a rope from his robe sleeve, and with a soft incantation, the golden rope instantly flew out, firmly binding the two together.

This was one of the Magic Treasures Nezha had found in the treasure cave back then: Taishang Laojun’s Golden Binding Rope.

Tang Ku had been given three Magic Treasures at that time, and this precious item was among them. It had previously been thrown back to Earth by that powerful being in the Universe, destroying the jinlan kasaya in the atmosphere, but these three treasures were surprisingly durable and all remained intact. Later, the Grand Tutor of Daughter’s Country, during his treatment, found these treasures and placed them all in the pocket of his robe sleeve.

Activating his Spiritual Awareness Eye, Tang Ku observed the energy flow throughout their bodies, then gained some understanding in his heart. He extended two fingers, inserting them into each of their ribcages, and forcefully extracted two black and red intertwined ribs.

These two ribs were the source of their power; the power of plague and lust all came from these two ribs.

“Ah!”

Two simultaneous screams, in unison, mixed together, sounding incredibly harsh.

Asmodeus was the first to wake up, looking at Tang Ku in shock, gasping for breath, “You… what did you do to us?”

“Nothing, just temporarily crippled your cultivation!” Tang Ku pointed in the direction of Daughter’s Country and said, “Look, Abaddon’s so-called Plague Sprout is no longer effective!”

Abaddon finally came to his senses and shrieked, “You monk are the true demon, a demon more evil than my Lord Satan!”

“Whether one is a demon or not is merely a matter of differing perspectives. From my perspective, you are the demons!”

Tang Ku sneered, “Let me ask you, who sent you to capture me? Your leader Satan? Or some powerful angel?”

“Give them back to us, give us our bones back…”

Abaddon angrily said, “Otherwise, I won’t say anything!”

“Hmm, then don’t say anything!”

Tang Ku threw the two ribs on the ground, making to stomp on them.

“Don’t… Stop, stop!”

Asmodeus said in shock, “I’ll tell, I’ll tell… No… it wasn’t Lord Satan, nor a Great Archangel… It was… it was a human named Darwin!”

Tang Ku was momentarily stunned, his mouth twitching for a moment before he said, “Are you kidding me? Do you even know the meaning of that name?”

“No, we don’t know. We only know that his power is very strong, much, much stronger than our master Satan. Although he is just a human, he is a very terrifying person!” Asmodeus said with a sob, “We truly didn’t know you would be this powerful, otherwise, you could beat us to death and we wouldn’t dare come trouble you!”

Abaddon looked at the two ribs under Tang Ku’s foot and swallowed, saying, “We… we really don’t know why he made us capture you. Honestly, with his power, it’s impossible for him not to know your strength. He… he might very well want to use your hand to kill us… I know what you want to ask, yes, we usually don’t really obey his commands, sometimes even feigning compliance, but this time, he said that the Hell leader, Lord Satan, wanted to find you, so we reluctantly came… came…”

“Came to capture me? Heh heh, this is eagerness to gain merit!”

Tang Ku suddenly laughed and said, “Too bad you miscalculated and kicked an iron plate!”

With a stern expression, Tang Ku suddenly stomped the two ribs into dust with one foot.