546: Chapter 546 Brothers Not United

"The Cultivators of this era are truly weak."

"With these weak Artifact Refining creations, you still attempt to oppose me?"

A Cultivator holding a large club and draped in animal skins was wantonly slaughtering civilians.

Among the crowd fleeing in all directions, one or two people were terrifiedly holding guns, attempting to resist.

But the energy bullets landed on the opponent like raindrops, having no effect whatsoever.

The Cultivator holding the large club scratched his chest, the corners of his mouth curling up, looking somewhat ferocious.

"Too weak. I'm almost losing the desire to even kill you all."

Upon hearing this, those who had been prepared to wait for death because their guns were useless suddenly revealed expressions filled with hope.

However, the next moment.

"Peanut!"

Watching his companion beside him instantly smashed into a pulp of flesh by the large club, the person fell to the ground in a panic and shouted.

"Hahaha, how is that possible? You are the path for this seat to achieve a higher Realm; how could you actually think I would let you go?"

He swung the club a few more times, and again, a large number of lives were extinguished.

The person wielding the large club suddenly stood still and roared loudly.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's coming! My power is coming!"

His already muscular body swelled up another circle at this moment, becoming a three-meter-tall monster.

"Hoo, this is truly exhilarating!"

"To think that my life could still have such an Opportunity."

With his power surging, he couldn't help but strike a few bodybuilding poses.

"This seat's body is truly becoming more and more perfect. I really wonder what stage this seat can eventually grow to."

"I'm afraid you'll reach your end right here."

An ethereal female voice fell from the air, and the man instantly picked up the large club, turned, and swung it backward.

Behind him was a woman wearing glasses and braided pigtails.

And that large club, which was bigger than the woman's head, was currently stopped right beside her.

It wasn't that the man had held back, but rather that behind the woman, a scruffy-bearded middle-aged man had caught the strike with one hand.

Seeing the attack blocked, the man quickly rolled backward, distanced himself from the two in front of him, and looked at them with a vigilant expression.

"Who are you? Are you also Cultivators who came here to advance further?"

Unfortunately, the two didn't pay him any mind at all. The scruffy-bearded middle-aged man stepped forward two paces, stood side-by-side with the woman, and spoke.

"Ms. Xieli, you forgot to bring your silhouette."

"What happened to not revealing our identities?"

Xieli looked at Kong Xuan, who had transformed into the appearance of a sloppy, bearded man, and revealed a mocking smile.

"I can't transform into such an ugly appearance. And while you keep harping on about hiding our identities, you went and blurted out my name directly. Your intentions aren't very honorable either."

Lord Canglan smiled awkwardly.

"Apologies, I forgot."

"How dare you ignore me!"

The man was incredibly furious to see that the two didn't take him seriously at all.

During his lifetime, he was a dignified Nascent Soul great Cultivator; to be looked down upon by these two greenhorns, he would let them see his strength!

"Shouldering the sun and moon, I walk alone; my club sweeps the galaxy, never knowing defeat."

"Blood rain pours from the heavens as ink; my broken body builds mounds to garrison troops."

"Born knowing the weight of the butcher's blade; only after killing all do I know the lightness of bones."

"Ask not where compassion lies; beneath this iron club, all things are equal."

"This seat is Tu Bugai, Vice Island Master of the God-Slaughtering Island. Today, I shall let you two know who it is that kills you!"

Although Tu Bugai recited a poem with great Aura and appeared arrogant on the surface, in reality, he did not attack the man who had caught his club with one hand. Instead, he flashed behind the two and launched a sneak attack with his club at the frail-looking woman.

"Go to hell, you skinny, ugly woman!"

This strike was heavy and powerful.

The original large iron club, set against his now even larger physique, looked like a baseball bat as it carried the force of the wind and struck fiercely toward Xieli.

But this time, Lord Canglan did not intervene, only watching this scene unfold quietly.

Because he had already noticed that when Tu Bugai said "ugly woman," blue veins visibly bulged on Xieli's cold face.

But Tu Bugai did not notice this change.

From his perspective, the man was useless, and he hadn't expected him to sneak attack his female companion first.

Although this man could catch his casual strike, presumably the two weren't much different.

So, as his female companion, this woman shouldn't be able to block his strike.

With one strike, if he severely injured her, he would have one less opponent.

If he killed her, even better; with his power surging, perhaps he could even kill this man too.

Countless good outcomes echoed in his mind, but after swinging the club for a while, he realized something was wrong.

"What is going on!"

He saw that the club was clearly only a tiny distance away from that ugly woman, but no matter how he swung, he only felt the club moving forward, yet it never hit the target.

Xieli also turned her head with a gloomy face.

"Tell me, who is an ugly woman!"

With a "bang," his Lifebound Treasure, the Nascent Soul-level mixed iron club, suddenly exploded from deep within the shaft, breaking into two pieces.

Seeing his Lifebound Treasure damaged, Tu Bugai didn't even look and turned to run.

But it was already too late; an angry Xieli lightly tapped her fingertips three times.

Three invisible forces pursued him.

The reflexes Tu Bugai had honed from years of Body Refining allowed him to quickly sense the danger behind him.

With an elegant posture completely inconsistent with his physique, he easily dodged the first attack... and then he was crushed by the second and third attacks.

Just like the young man who had been crushed into a marble, he turned into a larger marble that fell to the ground and shattered completely.

Meanwhile, a massive surge of power flowed toward Xieli.

"Young Miss Xieli, we are here to complete the mission, right?"

"If you had taken the initiative to stop him at the beginning, perhaps you could have explained it under the premise of sustainable development."

"But you took the initiative to kill this guy, so this area undoubtedly lost a very good seed player. How are we supposed to explain that for our subsequent tasks?"

For such a Demonic Cultivator who wantonly destroys things, Lord Canglan, being a model of the Righteous Path and a Clone of Heavenly Venerable Zhou, naturally would not allow such a thing to happen.

That was why he had specifically lured Xieli over, intending to kill the opponent in front of her and then find an excuse to shift the blame.

But he hadn't expected the opponent to anger Xieli and be killed by her directly, which actually saved him some effort.

Lord Canglan naturally intended to manipulate the situation, pin a few labels on her to gain the upper hand in subsequent plans, and leave room for himself to act again.

But he hadn't expected Xieli to simply look at Lord Canglan and say.

"Since you've come down, stop pretending. Li Heng doesn't trust you at all."

"His consideration for the groupings was to have us keep each other in check from the very beginning."

"You really expect to do the mission properly?"

Lord Canglan was stunned upon hearing this, then looked at Xieli with a serious expression.

"What do you mean?"

Disdain remained in Xieli's eyes; clearly, the previous episode, aside from that last sentence, hadn't affected her in the slightest.

"Just exactly what I said."

"Physical-type people together with Physical-type people, with an obedient ally thrown in as a bonus."

"So, from the beginning, the Northern War Zone was the one Li Heng needed to control well."

"That area is the most chaotic region of the Lianxing Pavilion, and the Joyous Union Sect area connected to it naturally doesn't have much population."

"It is a natural petri dish; even if the other war zones fail, as long as that one succeeds, it is enough."

"That's why he specifically chose several factions that don't get along to intersperse them."

"He put you and me together, nothing more than to make you think you are responsible for monitoring me. In reality, you are nothing more than a discarded pawn."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't need to get Florian involved. You surely don't actually think Li Heng is stupid enough to believe Florian would consider the big picture?"

"If you still want to report that I am not actively executing the plan and killed a seed suitable for going to the island, then go ahead and report it."

Xieli turned and left, not knowing where she was going.

But Lord Canglan spoke calmly to Xieli.

"You actually came to the Dream City a long time ago, but you delayed reporting back."

Xieli's footsteps suddenly stopped, and she turned to look at Lord Canglan.

"You are that guy beside An'an."

Xieli had indeed come to the Dream City early to make preparations, but she had never intentionally revealed herself.

Even Li Heng thought she had arrived suddenly.

The only time she had appeared was when she witnessed her idol at the park.

And at that time, there was only one person beside him.

Lord Canglan looked at her direct gaze, as if she were ready to strike at any moment, and also took two steps forward to explain.

"I can swear to you that I am not the person you speak of, if you require it."

"Of course, I tell you these things because I naturally know you have your own secrets, and as it happens, I do too."

"However, for now, our goals seem to be consistent."

"So... shall we cooperate?"

Looking at Lord Canglan's outstretched hand, Xieli's gaze became even sharper.

Within the four major war zones, except for the Northern War Zone, the same drama was being staged at this moment.

At this moment, only Florian, who had disappeared as soon as he landed, arrived in front of a hospital and stopped three young people who had just walked out.