Tycoon War God

”Red Lotus Ancestor was murdered. This is her newly accepted disciple from the secular world, and I’m taking him to the Sword Control Sect!” Shangguan Shiming explained, her gaze turning icy. The stare from a master at the Tenth Layer of Qi Cultivation was like a razor’s edge, slicing across Xu Wen’s body.

With a thud, Xu Wen dropped to his knees, his body trembling violently. ”Forgive me, Emissary! Please, forgive me!”

With a great show of authority, Shangguan Shiming let out a cold snort. ”Rise. In light of your loyalty, I will forgive your offense this time. If it happens again, I will not be so lenient!”

”Thank you, Emissary, for your mercy!” After kowtowing deeply, Xu Wen shakily rose to his feet and led Shangguan Shiming and Lin Mu into a cold storage room in the slaughterhouse. After ushering the two inside, Xu Wen bowed at the waist and respectfully exited.

Once he had departed, Lin Mu asked, ”Does that man have a relative who ascended to immortality and joined an Ancient Land Sect?”

Shangguan Shiming looked at Lin Mu in surprise. ”Sir, your perception is truly astonishing! Indeed. Xu Wen’s older brother, Xu Jian, entered the Sword Control Sect thirty years ago. He is a genius Disciple of the Sect.”

Lin Mu nodded. ”No wonder he dared to harbor resentment against you.”

”Resentment?” Shangguan Shiming was stunned at first, then exclaimed in astonishment, ”Sir, are you saying that just now, he…”

”He harbored the intent to kill you.”

The squabbles and grudges of such insignificant people were not something Lin Mu would concern himself with. It was nothing more than a trivial amusement to him.

Shangguan Shiming’s delicate body shuddered, a bitter expression clouding her face. I can’t believe I earned his resentment just like that. If I were still aligned with the Ancient Land Sects, I fear my future would be grim. she sighed. At this rate, she truly had nowhere left to turn.

”Sir, please wait a moment while I open the Ancient Land Gate.”

Shangguan Shiming gave a respectful curtsy, then stood up and retrieved a Token from her Space Ring. With a flick of her finger, she tapped the ancient character carved into its center.

BUZZ!

The Token vibrated, flew from her hand, and levitated in mid-air. It began to rotate slowly, tracing a mysterious trajectory. Ripples of energy undulated outward from the path it carved.

”The Ancient Land Gate is vital for the Ancient Land Sects to enter the secular world, so its defenses are extremely formidable,” Shangguan Shiming explained, worried Lin Mu might grow impatient. ”The Token, the method to activate it, and the trajectory of its movement—not a single element can be missing.”

Suddenly, Lin Mu’s brow furrowed. He grabbed the nape of Shangguan Shiming’s neck and, with a single push off the ground, shot backward like a bolt of lightning.

BOOM!

The instant Lin Mu moved, the Token exploded violently. Countless torrents of wild energy instantly razed the cold storage room to the ground. Not only that, but the horrific energy impact, like a nuclear detonation, triggered a chain reaction.

The terrifying shockwave flattened the entire slaughterhouse.

Xu Wen, who had only just left, turned back in horror. Before he could react, the shockwave engulfed him, reducing him to dust.

The blast swept across the small town, obliterating half of it. Houses, buildings, ditches, vehicles—everything was annihilated in the energy explosion. Of the town’s several thousand inhabitants, only a few hundred survived. They howled in agony amidst the ruins, their screams piercing the air. In an instant, the prosperous town had transformed into a living Hell.

High in the void above, Shangguan Shiming’s eyes threatened to split from sheer terror as she watched the disaster unfold. A moment ago, if Lin Mu hadn’t grabbed her by the neck and pulled her away, she would have perished in that terrifying blast, even with her strength at the Tenth Layer of Qi Cultivation.

The Ancient Land... The Ancient Land Sect set a trap, waiting for me to walk right into it!? They knew I would bring Lin Wudi here, so they tampered with the opening method for the Minor World Gate in advance?

A chilling cold coursed through Shangguan Shiming, rushing from the soles of her feet to the crown of her head. The Ancient Land Sect intended to kill me as well!

Looking down at the wailing crowd below, a flicker of compassion crossed Lin Mu’s eyes. ”This is their reward for serving the Ancient Land Sects for generations.”

Lin Mu’s words made Shangguan Shiming bow her head in shame. Even though the people of this town were mere mortals, like ants in her eyes, they had been unfailingly loyal to the Ancient Land Sects. They were its foundation. Now, to kill Lin Wudi, they had all been ruthlessly sacrificed.

”Sir, I’m sorry. The Minor World Gate has been destroyed. I cannot find another entrance...” Shangguan Shiming lowered her head, an icy coldness unmistakable in her eyes. She now truly hated the Ancient Land Sect.

”The Minor World Gate is destroyed? Not necessarily,” Lin Mu sneered.

The Ancient Land Sect’s scheme was quite clever. If blowing up the Minor World Gate killed Lin Wudi, that would be the best-case scenario for them. Even if it failed to kill him, it would destroy the gate and prevent him from entering the Ancient Land. However, the Ancient Land Sect had sorely underestimated him, Lin Wudi.

”Suppress!” Lin Mu pointed a finger, and an ancient ’Suppress’ seal materialized in the air, quelling the turbulent energy flows and reducing any secondary damage. Then, with a flicker of his Divine Sense, three Nine Tripod’s Bases emerged from his body.

WHUMP!

The moment the Nine Tripod’s Bases appeared, their terrifying pressure slammed Shangguan Shiming out of the sky and down to the ground, where she crashed wretchedly into the ruins.

What kind of Magic Artifact is this? Its suppressive power is terrifying! Shangguan Shiming’s face was a mask of horror. She was already at the Tenth Layer of Qi Cultivation, a level worthy of being called a genius even in the Ancient Land Sects. Yet, with all her strength, she was pinned by a single Magic Artifact, unable to even fly.

”Before me, no door can remain shut!” Lin Mu declared. ”Ancient Land Gate, open for me!”

He pressed his hand downward. The three Nine Tripod’s Bases, like three sharp swords, stabbed into the ground where the slaughterhouse had once stood.

RUMBLE!

Energy surged and shockwaves spilled out. The resulting tremors were even more intense than the explosion, but Lin Mu’s ’Suppress’ seal held them firmly in check. With nowhere to escape, the contained energy oscillated violently, battering the location of the Minor World Gate.

「On the other side of the Minor World Gate.」

Ancient Land! Three powerful experts stood in the air, gazing solemnly at the fluctuating Minor World Gate not far away.

”Someone did trigger the Minor World Gate, just as we thought.”

”It seems Nan Weiwo was right. That bitch Shangguan Shiming really did betray the Ancient Land. Zhuge Jing, your Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion has certainly produced a fine traitor!” jeered one of the three, a young man carrying a Sword Box.

”Xu Jian, Xu Wen was your own brother, and you kept even him in the dark. That’s truly cold-blooded,” retorted a middle-aged man in a Bagua Robe, holding a Five Elements Compass.

The young man with the Sword Box, Xu Jian, laughed coldly. ”A dragon does not dwell with snakes. Immortals are immortals, and mortals are mortals! From the day I ascended to immortality, he and I were no longer kin. How can you call that cold-blooded?” He shot a glance at Zhuge Jing in his Bagua Robe and added mockingly, ”However, if Brother Zhuge were to unfortunately fall, I might actually shed a tear for you...”

Zhuge Jing flushed with anger and was about to fire back when their leader interjected, ”Careful! Something is happening!” As he spoke, he spat, and a four-sided seal appeared, emitting a faint blue glow as it suppressed the void.

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the void trembled violently.

Red, black, and white beams of light pierced through the void, shooting into the Ancient Land Minor World.

BANG!

Zhuge Jing, still holding his Five Elements Compass, was caught completely off guard. The white light slammed into him, sending him flying seventy or eighty meters away.