297: Chapter 297 Adding Fuel to the Fire; An Inexplicable Mystery

"Little Black, play by yourself for a bit, I'm going out to take a look!"

Zhao Gongming gravely settled the young black panther, furrowed his brows deeply, and transformed into a stream of light, swiftly dashing toward the location where the Black Panther Elder had fallen.

...

At the place of the fall, Quasi-Sage Black Tiger, hidden in the dark, was collecting minced flesh, images, and other evidence for frame-ups.

Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow, a flash of surprise crossing his eyes.

"How did Zhao Gongming rush over so quickly?"

Quasi-Sage Black Tiger glanced somewhat unexpectedly at the pool of minced flesh beneath his feet, contemplative:

"Could these two ants have some special status within the Black Panther Clan?"

However, after a brief moment of surprise and suspicion, the corner of Quasi-Sage Black Tiger's mouth curled into a cruel, sinister smile:

"Fine, since the fish took the bait so quickly, it saves me the trouble of continuing to carefully layout my scheme!"

With a thought, Quasi-Sage Black Tiger's figure instantly vanished into the deepest layers of the Void Realm.

The next moment, Zhao Gongming's figure crashed down into this mountain forest.

Looking at the scattered pieces of flesh and the collapsed, cracked terrain on the ground, a trace of helplessness flashed in Zhao Gongming's eyes, and he sighed deeply: "The Black Panther Clan really is plagued by disasters..."

With a casual wave of his hand, he unleashed a streak of Immortal Rank power to bury the minced flesh and soil, letting them rest in peace.

However, before Zhao Gongming could withdraw his magic power, the surrounding space suddenly distorted violently!

Rip——!

Yet another bizarre spatial rift burst into existence out of thin air without warning.

Immediately following that,

Those two patrol squads from earlier once again tumbled out of the rift in absolute wretchedness, landing right in front of Zhao Gongming!

"What the hell?! What is going on?!"

"Are we seeing ghosts or something? How did we end up back in this damn place?!"

The two squad leaders climbed up looking disheveled, loudly and exasperatedly complaining.

Yet at this very moment, high up in the sky where no one noticed, the malevolent Qi of the tribulation across the entire world suddenly surged drastically!

Amidst the operation of the Heavenly Dao, an invisible ripple of Law quietly descended, and deep within the Primordial Spirit of the Cultivators in the patrol squad, the tribulation Qi that already existed instantly became active.

Clearly, a certain chess player on the Primordial chess board had begun to go with the flow!

The Ape Clan squad leader only felt a violent dizziness in his head, his eyeballs instantly covered in scarlet bloodshot veins.

When he regained consciousness and looked up to see Zhao Gongming in his Daoist robe before him, as well as the somewhat familiar environment around them,

washed over by the tribulation Qi, his usual caution vanished completely, and he directly pointed at Zhao Gongming, roaring arrogantly and imperiously:

"Hey! Wild Daoist over there!"

Seeing that a mere ant at the Golden Immortal realm dared to command him in such an arrogant and rude tone,

Zhao Gongming's expression sank slightly, a trace of displeasure flashing deep within his eyes, but relying on his status, he still suppressed his anger and spoke in a deep voice:

"You lot? What brings you here?"

"Cut the crap! What kind of shitty place is this anyway? Why are there so many spatial rifts here?!"

The Ape Clan squad leader continued to clamor, and an Ape Clan lackey beside him immediately jumped out, echoing with an evil smile:

"Exactly, exactly! We were just in this shitty place earlier, and we casually crushed two blocking ant Trash to death here!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding atmosphere instantly froze!

Zhao Gongming's face instantly darkened completely with a swoosh!

Bang!

Before he could even be seen moving, his figure instantly appeared out of thin air facing forward in front of that lackey, his left hand forcefully grabbing the lackey's neck and lifting him up raw!

Zhao Gongming stared fixedly at him, demanding in a chilling voice:

"What did you say just now... crushed two people to death here? Two black panthers?!"

Feeling the overwhelming aura of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal pressing down from within Zhao Gongming, the dozens of patrol soldiers from the two clans present were instantly frightened into Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, their bodies going limp all over!

The lackey whose neck was gripped was even paler in complexion, finding it difficult to breathe, and stammered in an extremely hoarse and trembling voice:

"Se... Senior! Spare my life! I am a member of the Ape Clan! I am a person of the Ape Clan..."

Crack!

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Gongming brutally crushed the Dao body of this lackey who couldn't understand human speech!

A mist of blood burst across the sky, and Zhao Gongming casually shook off the bloodstains on his palm,

slowly turning his head, his pair of eyes brimming with anger coldly locked onto the trembling Ape Clan squad leader:

"I'll ask again... You guys just now, killed two black panthers?!"

The Ape Clan squad leader felt a chill running down his spine from Zhao Gongming's bone-chilling gaze, feeling as if his entire person had fallen into an ice cellar.

His brain, which had previously been muddled by the tribulation Qi, instantly became mostly sober under the stimulation of his companion's shattered Dao body's blood mist.

"Se... Senior, calm your anger!"

The Ape Clan squad leader swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his legs trembling, and stammered an explanation while pointing at the bloodstains beneath his feet that had not yet dried:

"We... we indeed just casually slapped to death two blind black panthers blocking the way, but those were merely two mindless, muddle-headed beasts!"

"Why should Senior make things difficult for our Ape Clan and Fox Clan over a mere two beasts?"

Hearing the other party admit it with their own mouth, Zhao Gongming's aura completely erupted at this moment.

"Mindless beasts? Those were Little Black's Elders and Old Black's Juniors!!"

Zhao Gongming laughed out of extreme anger.

Old Black, which was none other than the strongest member of the Black Panther Clan and Zhao Gongming's mount.

"The Black Panther Clan is under this seat's protection, yet you lot slaughter the innocent and still dare to talk big here!"

The Ape Clan squad leader and the Fox Clan squad leader simultaneously felt the taste of death, realizing that it would be extremely difficult to meet a good end today, and roared at the top of their lungs: "Attack together!"

"No matter how strong he is, he is only one person. If we attack together, we still have a glimmer of survival!"

"Courting death!"

A cold glint flashed in Zhao Gongming's eyes, and he couldn't be bothered to listen to these ants talk nonsense any longer.

With a wave of his large hand, accompanied by a swoosh, the twenty-four sea-suppressing pearls on his wrist moved.

Bang, bang, bang!

Several bright spiritual pearls, like stars in the dark night, fiercely crashed toward the patrol squad.

"No——!!"

Without any suspense, the Dao bodies of the patrol squad were like glazed glass, shattering upon contact.

In just the blink of an eye, two full squads consisting of dozens of Profound Immortal and Heavenly Immortal level patrol soldiers fell into eternal slumber right here.

After slaughtering this group of ants, Zhao Gongming recalled the twenty-four sea-suppressing pearls, standing with his hands behind his back above the littered mountain forest.

"Under the tribulation, there truly are many incidents, and the tribulation Qi disturbs the mind, to the extent that even a Golden Immortal dares to speak wildly to a Grand Unity Golden Immortal..."

Standing with his hands behind his back above the mountain forest, feeling a slight unease in his heart, he formed hand seals and used the art of divination.

The timing and manner of the appearance of these two patrol squads were simply far too bizarre.

"No matter who it is, no one would dare to scheme against the disciples of Jiejiao!"

After a long time, Zhao Gongming could not divine any clues, and directly cast the matter to the back of his mind.