182: Mantis stalks cicada

Thousands of miles away, Chu Qing stood in the air, gazing at the distant city, a flicker of doubt in his eyes.

Several hours had passed since he left that place. According to his previous settings, the three-colored puppet he obtained from the system should have already exploded.

However, until now, there was no movement from the city in the distance...

That three-colored puppet was a treasure he acquired through signing in with the system. It contained the power of a single strike from an Emperor Realm expert. The longer it charged, the greater its power.

Although the charging time he set earlier couldn't reach the puppet's maximum explosive power, logically speaking, destroying a city should have been effortless...

What was going on? Did he set it incorrectly?

Chu Qing shook his head.

"System, sign in!"

When troubled, signing in to calm himself down was a habit he had long adopted.

However, a bizarre scene unfolded. This time, the system's reply was somewhat strange.

{Ding dong, Host sign-in failed. There is an anomaly outside the Heavenly Dao within a thousand-meter radius. This sign-in is voided.}

Chu Qing's brows furrowed slightly.

What was going on?

He actually failed to sign in!

His system's full name was the Heavenly Dao Return Sign-in Reward System, which granted rewards based on the amount of Heavenly Dao power contained within objects within a certain distance.

The more an object resonated with the Heavenly Dao, the greater the future achievements it represented, and the higher the achievements one could attain. Simultaneously, the greater the benefits he received, and naturally, the more rewards he obtained from signing in.

Logically speaking, everything in the world should be under the control of the Heavenly Dao. Even a wisp of air, though containing scarce power, should belong to this world and should give him some reward...

But the current situation...

It was truly somewhat bizarre.

"System, what is that 'anomaly outside the Heavenly Dao' you just mentioned? Where is he?"

Chu Qing instantly became vigilant.

There must be a demon when things are abnormal. He had to be careful!

Just then, the system's voice suddenly reached Chu Qing's ears.

{Host, that is a person. His current location is...}

{He is right beside you.}

Feeling the system's transmission, Chu Qing's hair instantly stood on end, a shiver running down his spine.

Right beside him!

In an instant, Chu Qing felt a gust of wind, followed by a "smack," and his brain instantly crashed!

{Host, Host, wake up! Sensing the Host is in danger, the system has activated self-defense mode.}

A few seconds later, Chu Qing finally opened his eyes.

He clutched the highly swollen side of his face, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Just now, he had actually been slapped hard by someone!

At this moment, a warm current flowed from within his body, repairing his injured face.

He had been knocked out by Mu Wuchen's slap just now!

It was his system that automatically used the healing spiritual liquid for him, allowing him to recover in such a short time.

"Pfft!"

Chu Qing spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with teeth, looking at the White-Robed Man in front of him, his eyes filled with uncertainty.

"Who are you!"

Chu Qing asked, still shaken.

Looking at Chu Qing, Mu Wuchen was slightly surprised.

Mu Wuchen didn't expect that under his sneak attack, this Son of Destiny could recover so quickly, and he hadn't plundered any Destiny Points!

This indicated that after taking a slap from Mu Wuchen, his mindset hadn't changed at all.

As Mu Wuchen looked towards Chu Qing, Chu Qing's information instantly flooded into Mu Wuchen's mind.

Mu Wuchen was surprised to discover that this Chu Qing was also a system owner!

And his current Destiny Points were a staggering 50,000!

And this was even after he had taken down Oriental Huaiyu.

This was the second Son of Destiny with a system he had encountered.

The previous Son of Destiny he encountered, Patchiftenov, who had a very strange name, was also a system-wielding Son of Destiny, and he was from the behind-the-scenes manipulation faction.

And the Chu Qing in front of him was a sign-in type.

A Son of Destiny who could get rewards just by signing in for free!

And all his opportunities should stem from the system within him.

Mu Wuchen looked at Chu Qing, smiled strangely, and slowly spoke.

"Chu Qing, to kill my subordinate Lin Ziyan, you didn't hesitate to use a terrifying killing weapon comparable to a single strike from an Emperor Realm cultivator, sacrificing the lives of an entire city. You truly lack martial virtue, don't you?"

Hearing Mu Wuchen's words, Chu Qing's pupils instantly constricted.

The White-Robed Man in front of him actually knew about his methods!

And his three-colored puppet still hadn't exploded. Could it be that he had already intercepted it?

How was this possible?

To intercept that three-colored puppet, one would need at least an Emperor Realm cultivation. Even the Heavenly King Realm was far from enough.

Could it be that the man in front of him was an Emperor Realm expert?

Chu Qing's eyes flickered as he pondered, but in the blink of an eye, he denied his previous thought.

The man in front of him could not be in the Emperor Realm!

He then calmed down, took a deep breath, his eyes flickering slightly, as if he was communicating with something, but his face remained calm as he slowly spoke to Mu Wuchen.

"You're here to kill me for the ordinary cultivators in that city and your subordinate?"

Hearing this, Mu Wuchen shook his head slightly.

"No, those people have nothing to do with me. I don't care if you kill them. My purpose here is only one: to take your life."

At this moment, Chu Qing, who had been slapped by Mu Wuchen, had his swollen half-face visibly reducing in swelling, but it seemed a few broken teeth still remained in his mouth, which made Chu Qing unable to help but occasionally stick out his tongue to lick them. He wanted to spit them out but felt it would be embarrassing, so he ultimately hardened his heart and swallowed them.

"Kill me? I've never met you, and we've never had any connection. Why are you killing me?!"

Suddenly, Mu Wuchen sneered.

"My subordinate Lin Ziyan, you also never met him, and you never had any connection. Why did you kill him?"

"That's because..."

Chu Qing's words, which he was about to explain, abruptly stopped.

That's because of the system!

But this was his biggest secret; he couldn't say it.

Seeing his appearance, Mu Wuchen suddenly burst into laughter, an exceedingly sinister laugh.

"Hahahahaha, Chu Qing, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. It's just big fish eating small fish. If you had the ability to eat him, I wouldn't say anything, but do you know..."

Mu Wuchen suddenly paused, looking at Chu Qing with an inexplicable expression.

"The cicada and the oriole are on the same side. From beginning to end, the mantis was the only prey."

Hearing Mu Wuchen's words, Chu Qing's pupils suddenly constricted sharply.

"You already knew I was going to kill him?"

All his instructions relied on the system, and he believed he had acted flawlessly when he first met Lin Ziyan. So why did this person want to kill him?

For his eighty cities?

Or for...

His system...