King of Ten Thousand Years

Hearing the conversation below, Luo Tian quickly understood that the three were after his whip, planning to kill him for his treasure.

According to his senses, only Yan Lei was at the Peak of the Sixth Layer of Meridian Opening, his strength comparable to Tang Wei’s.

The other two were at the Sixth Layer of Meridian Opening, nothing to be afraid of.

”Heh! Since you’ve delivered yourselves to my doorstep, I’ll have to give you a warm welcome.”

A strange smile played on Luo Tian’s lips as he took the whip from his waist.

He hadn’t yet figured out this Exotic Treasure of a whip, so they would be perfect test subjects.

After he removed the whip, Luo Tian activated his Divine Vein Power and felt his Spiritual Power rapidly draining.

Fortunately, his Spiritual Power was more than ten times that of others at his level. An ordinary Meridian Opening Realm cultivator probably wouldn’t have enough to sustain it.

WHOOSH!

The whip suddenly glowed with faint black patterns, thickening and extending over twenty meters in the blink of an eye.

’Huh?’

’It’s attacking on its own again?’

Before Luo Tian could figure it out, the hook on the whip’s end grew as large as a scythe and, as if it had a mind of its own, shot viciously toward a target.

”Hmph! I have a feeling that kid is hiding somewhere around here. Once we drag him out... ARGH!” one of the three from Panshi Martial Mansion, a short-haired young man, sneered.

He hadn’t even finished speaking.

SWISH!

A long, thick black whip shot out like a spectral bolt of lightning. The massive hook on its end snagged his body and whisked him away.

”Where’s Liu Yuan? How did he disappear?!”

The other two from Panshi Martial Mansion were still confused, their companion having vanished without a trace.

Just before he disappeared, they had vaguely heard a muffled groan.

「Meanwhile.」

In the tree, Luo Tian saw the whip had hooked a short-haired young man and was reeling him in at astonishing speed.

A terrified young face flew rapidly toward him.

’Gotta dodge!’

Luo Tian tilted his head to the side.

He recalled the time in Martial City when the portly middle-aged man had been instantly hooked and pulled in front of him. That greasy, fat face had thoroughly disgusted him.

BAM!

The short-haired young man was instantly yanked over, his face smashing into the tree trunk. His nose collapsed and two of his front teeth were knocked out.

”Agh...”

The short-haired young man was drenched in a cold sweat from the pain. After being snagged by the hook, his consciousness seemed to be imprisoned, his blood and Qi stagnated, and even speaking was difficult.

Soon, he saw Luo Tian next to him.

’It’s you! You actually ambushed me...’

The young man’s face was covered in blood, giving him a savage look as he roared inwardly.

He now understood that the real ambusher was the treasure Luo Tian had picked up.

That whip was too bizarre. It was completely silent, hooking him without him noticing, and he couldn’t break free.

After the whip hooked him, his consciousness was suppressed by a sinister and terrifying power. He could only roar in his mind; his body, including the True Qi within it, was completely immobilized.

Luo Tian’s expression was thoughtful.

’So the whip’s hook suppresses or imprisons the target’s spiritual consciousness upon contact.’

’Moreover, the whip is Spiritual. As long as I infuse it with Divine Vein Power and Spiritual Power, it will automatically Attack anyone who bears me ill will or has negative emotions toward me.’

Just now, the short-haired young man had harbored malicious thoughts toward Luo Tian, making him the whip’s target.

”Over there!”

Yan Lei and the beautiful young woman heard the sound of the impact and ran toward the large tree where Luo Tian was.

”Hehe, we meet again.”

Luo Tian calmly knocked the short-haired young man unconscious and hung him upside down from a branch, like a cured sausage.

”You scoundrel! Hiding here to launch a sneak attack! Let him go, or I’ll make you pay!” the beautiful young woman rebuked, her voice filled with arrogant fury.

Despite her words, she was secretly on guard against an Attack from Luo Tian’s whip.

She figured that as long as she was prepared, she wouldn’t have to fear the whip.

The moment the young woman’s voice fell—

SWISH!

The hooked whip in Luo Tian’s hand once again flashed with faint black patterns and shot toward the beautiful young woman in an instant.

’So fast!’

The beautiful young woman caught a glimpse of the whip’s shadow and subconsciously tried to dodge.

However, the black whip was too fast. Like a black phantom, it hooked her just as she began to move.

”Ah...”

The moment the hook snagged the beautiful young woman, her blood and Qi froze, making it impossible to move.

Up in the tree, WHOOSH! A terrified, beautiful face zipped toward him.

This time, Luo Tian didn’t dodge. His face was nearly touching the young woman’s fair, pretty cheek as he grinned.

”You bastard... Let me go.”

Suddenly pressed against his face, the young woman was on the verge of a breakdown, crying out in alarm.

”Stop! Let Li’Er go.”

Yan Lei, the only one left, was stunned for a moment before he exploded with rage.

His two companions had been far too careless, getting ambushed and captured one after another by Luo Tian’s hook.

”Don’t worry, it’ll be your turn soon.”

Luo Tian knocked the young woman unconscious and hung her upside down from the branch just like the short-haired young man, making a matching pair.

”You little thief! Hand over the treasure and let them go.”

Yan Lei roared, and a dark cyan True Qi erupted from his body, forming a whirlwind around him that swept up all the fallen leaves.

CLANG!

He drew a Quasi-Treasure Sword to defend against Luo Tian’s hooking whip.

Luo Tian ignored Yan Lei and continued to study the whip in his hand.

’This whip has only been hooking people automatically. Can I control it myself?’

After infusing it with power, Luo Tian actively swung the whip, sending a faint black lash shooting swiftly toward Yan Lei.

SWOOSH!

Yan Lei was extremely vigilant and quickly dodged two or three meters to the side.

WHOOSH!

This time, the whip missed.

”Is that all?” Yan Lei snorted. ’My two companions were just too careless.’

In reality, Luo Tian had been controlling the whip manually this time. Since it was his first attempt, he wasn’t proficient, and his accuracy was poor.

Even if Yan Lei hadn’t dodged, the last hook would have missed anyway.

”Little thief! This treasure is indeed powerful, but with your Cultivation at the Fifth Layer of Meridian Opening, how many more times can you activate it?”

Yan Lei wore a sinister smile, looking as if victory was already in his grasp.

The stronger the Treasure Soldier, the greater the cost to use it.

He was wary of the strange whip, but he didn’t take Luo Tian, a mere Fifth Layer of Meridian Opening cultivator, seriously.

”You have a point.”

Luo Tian nodded with a smile.

Activating this whip consumed both Divine Vein Power and Spiritual Power, so it truly wasn’t suitable for frequent use.

SWOOSH!

Luo Tian leaped down from the tree and stood opposite Yan Lei.

’Hmph! It seems the drain from this whip is even greater than I imagined,’ Yan Lei thought to himself.

”Surrender now!”

Yan Lei roared. His Quasi-Treasure Sword, wreathed in dark cyan True Qi, slashed out, creating a flurry of sharp, cold Sword Light.

Luo Tian’s steps were unhurried. With an elegant shift, he moved as if on a leisurely stroll, weaving through the Sword Light.

”That Body Technique! It’s at least Spirit Level...”

Yan Lei’s expression changed slightly. A kid at the Fifth Layer of Meridian Opening actually possessed such a superb Body Technique.

Just then, Luo Tian activated the whip in his hand again.

’Let’s see you miss this time.’

A smile touched the corners of Luo Tian’s mouth.

Yan Lei had thought Luo Tian could no longer activate the whip and had let down his guard.

At that moment, they were less than ten meters apart.

WHOOSH!

Yan Lei’s body suddenly stiffened, his blood and Qi freezing solid.

”Ah, no—”

A phantom-like hooked whip snagged Yan Lei’s body and instantly yanked him away.

’Let me go! If you have any guts, fight me fair and square without that treasure!’ Yan Lei was furious and humiliated, roaring in his mind.

He felt utterly wronged and frustrated!

The three of them had gone up against a weakling at the Fifth Layer of Meridian Opening, only to be hooked one by one by that bizarre whip.

Even he, a top genius among the new students of Panshi Martial Mansion, had not been spared.

’This definitely isn’t because I’m weak or because Luo Tian is strong.’

’It’s that whip! It’s just too strange and sinister!’

After hooking Yan Lei, Luo Tian didn’t rush to knock him out. Instead, he tried to control the whip.

When he slowed the infusion of his Spiritual Power, he found that Yan Lei could struggle and speak with difficulty.

”You little thief! Let me go!”

”We are students of Panshi Martial Mansion, accompanied by an Elder! We’re here to participate in the new student exchange event at the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion!”

Yan Lei roared.

”Panshi Martial Mansion?”

Luo Tian was unfazed and began patting down Yan Lei’s body.

”Wh-what are you doing?”

The hair on Yan Lei’s body stood on end. As Luo Tian’s hands moved over him, he nearly shrieked like a little girl being molested.

「A moment later.」

Luo Tian pulled the Spirit Pearl that Yan Lei had won at the auction from inside his clothes.

Not only that, but he also found a dozen or so Spiritual Essence Coins.

He even took Yan Lei’s personal Quasi-Treasure Sword.

”The three of you came all this way not only to return the Spirit Pearl, but also to offer these gifts. You’re far too kind!”

Luo Tian’s smile was radiant.