174: Who are you and what do you want to do?

Zhao Yuan flew in mid-air, his face grim, feeling very displeased at the thought of what had happened in Qingcheng.

Within hisPerception (Divine Sense) range, a Rank 5 Cultivator suddenly appeared.

Zhao Yuan casually glanced at him, and the next second, he saw countless explosive decomposition light cannons, imbued with flames, blasting towards him!

His vision instantly turned into a fiery white world!

"What the hell!!!"

What is this?! I just took an extra look, why did it explode!!!

Zhao Yuan didn't have time to think, directly activating the Protection Talismanic Incantation bestowed upon him by his Rank 9 Old Ancestor!

A golden-yellow circular barrier protected his body; Zhao Yuan dared not relax and hurriedly strengthened its effects!

Because of that extra glance, the speed at which he activated the Protection Talismanic Incantation was a split second slower!

Damn it! There must be Rank 8 Cultivators ambushing me!

Zhao Yuan was in mid-air, his body covered by the golden-yellow barrier, his hands pressed against it, his face drastically changing as he exerted his full strength to reinforce the defensive effect.

The light cannons were extremely fast; in just an instant, they collided with the barrier.

The golden-yellow barrier remained motionless, easily deflecting the bombardment of these Rank 6 scattered light cannons.

Zhao Yuan was stunned: "Rank 6 scattered light cannons?"

The next instant, Zhao Yuan was enraged: "Villain! How dare you toy with me!!!"

I thought this setup was a group of Rank 8s ambushing me!!!

How dare you bombard me with mere Rank 6 scattered light cannons!!!

You made me waste a Rank 9 Protection Talismanic Incantation for nothing!!!

Zhao Yuan was furious, but his spiritual sense began to scream in pain, instantly sweeping away his anger and warning him of an impending major crisis.

Zhao Yuan dared not relax, his face returning to a serious expression; his next thought was to directly contact his Old Ancestor, but he found that the surrounding world was full of scattered light cannons, and the elemental stability began to rapidly decrease, severely interfering with his Bloodline connection.

Zhao Yuan's face turned pale as he saw ripples beginning to appear on the Rank 9 golden-yellow barrier, yet the surroundings were still being bombarded by Rank 6 scattered light cannons—these trash Dao Spells that, theoretically, should not be able to cause any wear and tear damage to a Rank 9 Protection Talismanic Incantation.

"What's going on? Why is the elemental stability dropping so fast!?"

The continuous bombardment of scattered light cannons continued, but Zhao Yuan dared not lift his defenses and try to leave by enduring the attacks.

Under the cover of these Rank 6 scattered light cannons, there must be some terrifying attacks he hadn't noticed, just waiting for him to lower his guard to kill him.

Zhao Yuan dared not move, but he could only watch in terror as the stability of the Rank 9 Protection Talismanic Incantation began to slowly decline, its Rank even starting to slightly drop, slowly slipping towards Peak Rank 8 quality.

Zhao Yuan's mentality shattered; he pressed his hands against the Rank 9 golden-yellow barrier, perfectly channeling his magic power to strengthen its defensive capabilities.

However, the rate of decline accelerated, and it even reached a point where ten parts of magic power channeled for defense could only exert four parts of defensive effect.

Zhao Yuan's face was bewildered, completely unable to understand what was happening, why the quality of the Rank 9 Protection Talismanic Incantation was rapidly declining, and why the magic power channeling effect was so greatly reduced???

However, it was already too late.

As the quality rapidly declined, Zhao Yuan could only watch in despair as the surrounding Rank 6 scattered light cannons instantly tore through the golden-yellow barrier, completely engulfing him, leaving him no time to use any other means.

"Boom!!!"

From the moment he took an extra look and it exploded to the golden-yellow barrier exploding, the entire process took less than a second.

Tang Gao looked at the fiery white sun in the sky, and then at the disheveled Zhao Yuan, who, in a state of temporary magic power chaos, crashed onto the ground, creating a large crater, and due to the elemental stability in the surroundings dropping to an appalling degree, he couldn't recover himself by drawing on the power of heaven and earth in a short time.

Zhao Yuan gritted his teeth, mobilizing his Divine Thought to retrieve a Rank 8 ice-element Spirit Stone from his spatial ring; as long as he recovered fast enough, he could hold on... hold on...

Zhao Yuan swallowed hard; a young figure instantly teleported in front of him, a supremely sharp longsword held horizontally beside his neck.

If it was just the sword of a Rank 5 Sword Cultivator, Zhao Yuan would not be afraid in the slightest.

But.

If behind this Sword Cultivator, there were countless, boundless Rank 6 scattered light cannon Talismanic Incantations floating in the sky, like ocean waves, drifting in mid-air, emitting a faint red glow.

Zhao Yuan felt he needed to weigh his options; after all, he was currently in a state of magic power chaos and had just suffered some backlash from forcefully channeling magic power. In the short term, his instant Spells would definitely not be as fast as the opponent's sword and the sea of Talismanic Incantations bombardment.

Another wave of such bombardment, even if it didn't kill him, would strip away a layer of his flesh and blood.

He had to wait until his magic power chaos and minor backlash state passed before he could have the ability to protect himself.

Tang Gao looked at him indifferently: "Zhao Yuan?"

[Plunder · Activated]

[First rule]: Each attack can plunder 1 attribute point from the opponent and convert it into one's own temporary attribute.

[Third rule]: The more intense the battle, the more temporary attributes are plundered.

Zhao Yuan's face instantly turned ashen, and he spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood; two-tenths of his entire strength was drained away.

In his state of magic power chaos, these two-tenths directly crushed Zhao Yuan's condition, severely reducing his recovery ability.

Zhao Yuan looked at the young man in front of him in shock: "You... you... what Demonic Technique is this?!"

Now it's over; by the time the magic power chaos state ends, I'm afraid I'll only have Rank 7 combat power left.

Tang Gao smiled without speaking, directly extended his left hand and pressed down, instantly unleashing the ten thousand layers of Curses and Spells that Destruction Magic God had already prepared.

"Pfft!!!"

Zhao Yuan sprayed blood like a fountain, directly dyeing the ground in front of him green; every drop of blood that fell on the ground could corrode a large hole, directly turning plants into charred dust that melted into rolling toxic liquid, corroding deeper into the soil.

Zhao Yuan's eyes were filled with golden stars, his body lacked strength, and his face was a colorful mix of blue, purple, black, white, green, and orange, like an overturned paint bucket, exceptionally vibrant; his body trembled uncontrollably, and he vaguely saw his great-grandmother waving at him from across the river.

The Curses, combined with Plunder, directly weakened Zhao Yuan to a debilitated state with Rank 6 Early Stage combat power, making him dare not move recklessly anymore.

Zhao Yuan gritted his teeth, enduring his blurry, star-filled vision, and looked at the young man in front of him: "Who are you, what do you want to do?"

Tang Gao clicked his tongue: "Go back and tell the Zhao family that Stick Figure Great Power is guarding Qingcheng of Mountain State."

Zhao Yuan was extremely weak, his face exceptionally colorful, dark green blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, his voice trembling with anger: "The Zhao family will not let you go!"

"Slap!"

Zhao Yuan was directly slapped hard, his head buzzing.

"Stop acting, hand over everything on you, otherwise I'll strip you naked, record it, and post it on all online media platforms."

Zhao Yuan was utterly humiliated, but he could only put down his spatial ring: "The Zhao family is the Imperial Bloodline of the Xia Dynasty, you are..."

"Imperial Bloodline my ass, say one more word and I'll strip your clothes off and start a live stream."

Zhao Yuan was so angry he shivered, wondering when the Imperial Bloodline would ever rise up, but he could only obediently unseal the spatial ring.

Tang Gao glanced at the spatial ring, his eyes gleaming: "So rich! Wait a moment, I'll go grind another million Talismanic Incantations, and then rob a few more rounds!"

Honestly, farming isn't as fast as robbing!

The ancients were really right, killing and arson make you rich!

Zhao Yuan was extremely weak and utterly puzzled: "What do you mean 'rob a few more rounds', this is already my..."

"Mission, restart!!!"

...

Tang Gao repeated the process a full eight times, making his Clones cry from exhaustion, before he reluctantly stopped.

He watched the critically wounded Zhao Yuan with reluctance, who, clutching his chest, flew towards the Capital Yang City, extremely unwilling.

"Alas, what a pity."

[Mission completed, perfect evaluation, Rank reward increased]

[Reward: Perfect Small World (upgradable later)]

[1]: This Small World can be integrated into the body and evolve and develop on its own.

[2]:

Normal Introduction: This Small World can self-detonate at the Law level, causing very severe Law self-detonation damage within a certain range, requiring a three-second warm-up.

Conventional Introduction: "See that Rank 9 idiot? Stare at him for three seconds, and you can blow him into a big idiot."

Note: "The best nuclear deterrence is not to use it."

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Three updates done, time to sleep.

Hmm, can't forget to ask for gifts, asking for gifts...