77: Chapter 77 The Law of Illusion

"Interesting, so you're here to fulfill a vow? I thought you came to avenge your brother. After all, he was your own flesh and blood. How about I compensate you with some money?"

Hearing this, Xu Hu's expression tightened.

"My Lord Deity, how can you say that? He offended you, so this outcome is what he deserved."

Watching the man before him break out in a cold sweat, Lin Xiao found it quite amusing. Because a demigod can actually control themselves. In other words, this appearance was something the other party was deliberately putting on for him to see.

"My Lord, it seems we might not be able to visit the residence for now. The fate of those two little ones has changed slightly. Although their strength is not bad, it's best if we go over and watch just in case."

"Didn't you say the event would happen tomorrow? Why is it so sudden?"

A look of helplessness appeared on Guan Hong's Face. "My Lord, fate is constantly changing. Any sudden factor could alter the trajectory of fate..."

Snatching the large stack of cards from Xu Hu's hands, Lin Xiao smiled and shook them at him. "Helping others is the foundation of happiness. To fulfill your wish, I will accept these resources without modesty."

Watching the figures of Lin Xiao and his group leave, then glancing at his empty Divine Kingdom and his bewildered Believer, Xu Hu wished he could find Xu Mingjie and kill him all over again.

Fuyuan Residential Complex, Wang family. The group of young people who had been responsible for monitoring were clamoring behind Jin Yao.

"Kid, I think you're tired of living! How are you talking to My Lord?!"

"A mere Divine Being, has it even been half a year since your Awakening? Do you know what a demigod is? You don't respect the strong and you provoke them voluntarily. According to Federation Law, even if Lord Jin kills you, it would be considered protecting his own reputation!"

"Kid, kneel to Lord Jin now. Then hand over all your Divine Kingdom resources, and be sincere. Lord Jin might even spare your lowly life!"

Wang Tao looked at Jin Yao with an incomparably cold expression. "Wantonly oppressing a Subordinate Deity and forcibly seizing resources that don't belong to you. It would be one thing if you felt no shame afterwards, but you actually want to grab more? I only asked him to return things that didn't belong to him, and that counts as disrespect? Heh, disrespect? A mere demigod, with airs like that, someone who didn't know better would think you were a High-tier God. Since you all say I'm disrespectful, if I don't do something, wouldn't I be wasting your good intentions?"

A Low Grade Magical Artifact longsword appeared in his hand, and Wang Tao pointed the tip directly at Jin Yao. "Divine Being Wang Tao, hereby initiates a death match against demigod Jin Yao! It will not end until one party falls!"

On the other side of the residential complex, Su Xue happened to say the exact same thing. "Divine Being Su Xue, hereby initiates a death match against demigod Zhenyu! It will not end until one party falls!"

Looking at the golden Talisman emerging before him, Jin Yao's originally mocking expression became incomparably ugly. "Kid, do you know what you are doing? A mere Divine Being dares to initiate a death match against me. Do you not know how the word 'death' is written? I'll give you one chance: retract the death match and obediently hand over the A-grade resources. This Deity might consider forgiving your crime of disrespect!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect the environment here to be so mediocre, yet everyone's temper is unusually explosive. Since when is a demigod qualified to call themselves a deity? You're already calling yourself 'This Deity', so what does that make us?"

The suddenly appearing voice made Jin Yao's heart skip a beat. When Meng Ning and the other ten stopped concealing themselves, that surging Divine Power instantly made Jin Yao and his group struggle to breathe.

The originally arrogant Jin Yao turned pale. With a thud, he knelt before Lin Xiao and his group. "This humble one greets the Lords. I didn't know the Wang family was protected by the Lords, and I have offended you greatly. I am willing to compensate..."

Watching Jin Yao, who had slid to his knees, Lin Xiao's expression was indifferent. "I seem to have heard someone say earlier that my subordinate was disrespectful to you, and that killing them would just be protecting your reputation? Then I wonder, what does it count as when you seize the resources I bestowed? Your Face is a Face, but mine isn't?"

As soon as Lin Xiao's words came out, Jin Yao's already pale complexion turned white as paper. A Divine Being who travels with a group of deities? Even the direct descendants of those powerful clans wouldn't have such an entourage, right?

"This humble one knows I was wrong. Please, My Lord, spare my lowly life. I am willing to offer all my Divine Kingdom resources as an apology!"

"Compensate with resources? Heh. If, like you, someone hits my people and seizes the rewards I've given out, and then just needs to give a few divine power points afterwards to settle it, I'm afraid everyone will come to provoke me in the future. After all, if they get caught, they just have to pay a few divine power points, right?"

Hearing that Lin Xiao had absolutely no intention of letting him off, Jin Yao's expression shifted. He raised his head to look at Lin Xiao and spoke in a deep voice. "My Lord, your subordinate has suffered no loss, and I am willing to offer everything as compensation. Why must you be so aggressive? After all, I work for the Chen family. If you truly kill me, I fear it will sour the relationship between you and the Chen family. For someone like me... it's not worth it."

"So you are using the Chen family to pressure me? Interesting. Since that's the case, I will give the Chen family some Face..."

Seeing Lin Xiao seemingly intimidated, Jin Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you for your understanding, My Lord, I will..."

Lin Xiao waved his hand, unceremoniously interrupting the other party. "Since this is a matter between you and the Wang family, let Wang Tao resolve it. A death match in the arena in three days. If you win, everything is wiped clean. If you lose... then use your life to compensate."

Following Lin Xiao's words, that golden Talisman moved a few inches closer. Looking at the Talisman before him, the joy that had been on Jin Yao's Face vanished completely. "My Lord Deity, must you really take it this far?"

Lin Xiao looked down at him, his voice faint. "Remember, three days later. If you dare to run away early, bear the consequences yourself. You may leave now. See you at the death match."

Jin Yao glanced at Lin Xiao once more, kowtowed respectfully, then stood up and took the group of young people away from the Wang family.

Anping County, the cross-Star Domain teleportation array flashed with light. A group of slightly disheveled young people with injuries on their bodies appeared on the spot. The leader was a young man who looked to be in his twenties. Yang Xu's brows were deeply furrowed, and his Face revealed a clearly displeased expression.

"Is this Anping County? Isn't the environment a bit too poor? No wonder they say there are no Intermediate Gods here. It's actually quite suitable for me to lay low. Is the damn Liu family really going this far? Doesn't that Liu Feng enjoy it himself? Always calling them the 'love of his life'. Is it necessary to be so rigid about gender? You want your love, I want to increase my Law comprehension; isn't it good for us to each get what we need? Why make everyone unhappy like this now?"

At this moment, in the eyes of the Chen family disciples, the young man leading them was the Patriarch, Chen Shanzhang.

Yang Xu tilted his head, looked at the Chen family disciples beside him, and gave an order. "Let's go, back to the Chen family."

Hearing the "Patriarch's" order, the Chen family disciples bowed and obeyed.

"These people's strength is too low; they can't provide me with more power of Law at all. Otherwise, should I wait until I've emptied the Chen family and then go find some Third-order Deities to 'play' with? Intermediate Gods are still too dangerous; if I'm not careful, it's easy to get seen through, which is no fun. I just wonder if I'll be able to play with a Intermediate God after I reach the third order. Tsk tsk. I really want to play with a Divine Temple for fun. I say: Everything should be this way. It will definitely be very interesting then, hahahahaha hahaha!"