Poverty

Chapter 1820 Human Nature

One by one, the Dao Lords from other realms changed their expressions drastically and unanimously wanted to retreat.

These two hundred-plus innate spiritual treasures possess astonishing power when unleashed; none of them could survive under their combined might.

Master Chen's strength is truly astounding.

This shocked them and left them in disbelief.

The Heavenly Sun Dao Master's eyes flickered, and he hurriedly said, "Brother Dao, please wait! We are from the same era as you, and now that our old friends have passed away, do you really intend to slaughter them all?"

Master Chen coldly said, "You have assisted the rebels of the lower realm in their rebellion, intending to overthrow my Holy Domain. What use is there in keeping you alive?"

Daoist Tianyang said with grief and indignation, "If it weren't for Brother Dao's ruthless extermination, we wouldn't have ended up in such a state." As soon as Daoist Tianyang finished speaking, everyone deeply agreed.

Master Chen raised an eyebrow and looked at Master Tianyang. His expression was calm, and his thoughts were unreadable.

At this moment, he summoned more than two hundred spiritual treasures but held them back. These spiritual treasures exuded terrifying power of the Great Dao, and if he had the slightest thought, they would kill everyone.

Seeing that Daoist Tianyang had yielded, Daoist Chen, though somewhat disdainful of Tianyang's character, was now in need of manpower. If he could poach Li Yanchu's manpower and spiritual treasures, it would be truly delightful.

Master Chen suppressed his anger and said, "If you all abandon the darkness and help me kill Li Yanchu, you can sit with me in the Great Luo Heaven. We are all of the Holy Clan, and we should unite against external enemies. We must not be deceived by treacherous people."

These words immediately caused an uproar.

Although the crowd did not immediately agree, their gazes toward Li Yanchu changed.

Previously, they followed Li Yanchu, admiring his unparalleled combat prowess, which allowed him to contend with the three Dao Lords.

But today, Master Chen's strength was too great, so great that they were somewhat desperate.

Having refined the vast power of the universe and possessing over two hundred innate spiritual treasures, not to mention his own supernatural abilities, such an opponent is invincible.

Even the proud and arrogant Jun Wushuang gave up completely.

Although Li Yanchu was exceptionally talented and brilliant, he had absolutely no chance against the likes of the three Dao Lords.

Therefore, after Master Chen finished speaking, everyone's eyes flickered, and several Daoists looked at Li Yanchu with murderous intent.

Li Yanchu said, "Master Chen, are you trying to turn my men against me during the great battle?"

Master Chen said, "I really admire you. You are a lowly commoner from the lower realm, a lower race. In the past, I would have scalped you to make boots for me. You have actually managed to lead so many fellow Daoists to risk their lives for you. I truly admire you."

Master Chen changed the subject: "What a pity! Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. Today, I'm afraid your men will betray you and kill you. I wonder how you feel."

He observed the expressions of the Dao Lords around him. Dao Lord Chen's unreserved attack had thrown everyone into disarray.

The Lord of Tianyang Dao was the first to pledge allegiance to Li Yanchu, running around making arrangements, but now he is also preparing to betray him at the first opportunity.

Tianyang Dao Master looked at Li Yanchu and said, "Brother Li, we started this uprising with you to seek a position in this foreign land. But now, as long as we join Dao Master Chen's sect, we can obtain that position immediately. If you were in our shoes, you would probably make the same choice as us."

Li Yanchu was not angry. Instead, he nodded and said, "That's right. You are only doing this for survival and power. If Master Chen is willing to tolerate you and promises you power, then naturally, it is the easiest way to submit to him."

Li Yanchu's attitude surprised the Heavenly Sun Dao Master, who had some words stuck in his throat.

Daoist Tianyang sighed and said, "Brother Dao's magnanimity and demeanor are indeed extraordinary. It's a pity that you were born 130 million years too late."

He was absolutely right. We live in an era of resource monopoly. The three great Dao masters have blocked all paths for those who come after them, making them insurmountable giants.

Even someone with extraordinary talent like Li Yanchu couldn't catch up with them.

Master Chen was in high spirits and smiled, "Li Yanchu, how does it feel to be betrayed by your own men?"

Li Yanchu said, "It's not like everyone will betray me."

Master Chen smiled and said, "Fellow Daoists, now that you have turned back, I am willing to accept you all without any reservations, to sit together in the Great Luo Heaven, and to share resources."

The crowd was intrigued. They suddenly turned around, activated the innate spiritual treasures in their hands, and all looked at Li Yanchu.

The oppressive aura emanating from Master Chen was simply too strong.

They followed Li Yanchu in rebellion for resources, but now it seems there is a more convenient path.

In an instant, everyone turned against them.

A series of cold, unfamiliar gazes swept over him, but Li Yanchu remained calm.

"With a formidable enemy at hand, it is lamentable that there is not a single loyal person among them."

His gaze swept over each of the faces.

Master Guo said in a deep voice, "Brother Dao, go in peace. I will find a good place for you here."

Another Daoist leader from another realm said, "This can be considered as Daoist Brother leading us to a successful rebellion. Apart from you, we have all obtained what we wanted, and our survival is directly due to Daoist Brother's efforts."

The crowd discussed it animatedly, expressing their gratitude to Li Yanchu.
If Li Yanchu hadn't led them to this extent of rebellion, and if Li Yanchu hadn't posed such a great threat to Master Chen, Master Chen wouldn't have offered them such generous terms, helped them clear their names, and accepted them.

Li Yanchu laughed, feeling a wave of mockery.

He led a rebellion, and in the end, as long as the other side removed him as a troublemaker, the rest of them would not have to take huge risks and could still gain benefits. In the end, only he would lose power.

Li Yanchu said, "As the saying goes, those who carry firewood for the masses should not be allowed to perish in the wind and snow, but you gentlemen are trying to kill me."

Jun Wushuang said in a deep voice, "I beg you, fellow Daoist, to die."

Soon, the dozen or so foreign Dao Lords said in unison, "Please, fellow Daoist, go to your death!"

Li Yanchu laughed heartily, his heroic spirit soaring to the heavens, and said in a deep voice, "Since you gentlemen have severed all ties with me and wish to kill me, then come on."

Li Yanchu's eyes were sharp as knives, and his expression was no longer as calm as before, but like a sword drawn from its sheath.

More than two hundred innate spiritual treasures surrounded Master Chen, and Master Chen enjoyed watching such a spectacle.

Li Yanchu led this gang of bandits who were extremely vicious and caused destruction everywhere.

Now that he has been able to turn these people against him and make them attack Li Yanchu, he has finally been able to alleviate some of the resentment in his heart.

More than ten foreign Dao Lords made the most rational choice: rather than confronting the invincible Dao Lord Chen, they decided to target Li Yanchu.

The crowd unleashed their innate spiritual treasures at Li Yanchu.

Li Yanchu handed these spiritual treasures to them, and the group repeatedly refined them, forming an array to besiege Master Chen.

It's truly unpredictable how things can turn around and launch a counterattack against Li Yanchu.

Li Yanchu remarked with emotion, "Wherever there are people, there is a world of its own. No matter how high one's level of understanding is, human nature never changes."

He stood still, enduring more than twenty innate spiritual treasures, and fought them off with his bare hands.

Everyone was shocked. They hadn't seen Li Yanchu use his full strength for a long time, and their memories of him were still from when he proved the Dao of the Nine Innate Paths.

At this moment, a Daoist master from another realm, who wanted Li Yanchu to die, wielded an ancient sword called Han Que, which was a cosmic spiritual root.

The man swung his sword at Li Yanchu, but Li Yanchu reached out and grabbed it. In the blink of an eye, the Han Que sword was taken away, and Li Yanchu swung his sword to sweep it horizontally.

The Han Que sword severed the head of the Daoist master without any hindrance.

Li Yanchu's sword strike contained two different Daos: the Dao of Slaughter and the Dao of Annihilation and Calamity.

They directly killed this foreign Dao Lord, extinguishing his Dao and preventing him from reviving.

In this battle, no matter what kind of supernatural powers these foreign Dao Lords used to attack Li Yanchu, Li Yanchu always fought back with even faster and more ruthless supernatural powers.

In a short time, five people around him had died.

He killed all five people with extremely brutal methods, and also took back the innate spiritual treasure.

Li Yanchu said coldly, "These spiritual treasures were given to you by me. If you want to use them to kill me, you must return them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he smashed the head of a Dao Lord with a single punch, and a torrent of powerful blood and qi gushed out.

Destroy its great path, sever its foundation.

Everyone was shocked by his ferocity. Daoist Tianyang cried out, "Brother Chen, Daoist Master Chen, hurry and kill this villain!"

Just a moment ago, he was Brother Li, but now, in their mouths, Li Yanchu is a thief.

Master Chen was quite interested in Li Yanchu's fighting techniques. He appeared to possess no Daoist aura, yet his attacks were swift and decisive, killing several people in quick succession.

Compared to him, I was like mud in the clouds back then!

But the more this is the case, the more they deserve to be killed!

Lord Chen was unwilling for these Daoist masters who had surrendered to him to die in battle immediately, so he said in a deep voice, "Li Yanchu, prepare to die!"

More than two hundred innate spiritual treasures were hurled at Li Yanchu all at once.

Faced with such a terrifying attack, Li Yanchu had no choice but to temporarily avoid its sharp edge.

These two hundred-plus spirit-controlling treasures unleashed astonishing power, forming a unified whole, and various forms of cosmic spiritual roots annihilated everything.

However, nine Great Daos circulate endlessly around Li Yanchu.

These are respectively: Chaos, Primordial Chaos, Taiyi, Wuji, Cause and Effect, Reincarnation, Slaughter, Calamity, and Annihilation!
Li Yanchu had actually managed to perfectly control the nine innate paths and put them into a cycle.

Despite the power of over two hundred magical treasures, it survived and continued to advance.

Jun Wushuang, Tianyang Daozhu, and the others were greatly shocked.

They knew that even if they attacked together, they would be annihilated by this magical treasure. Unexpectedly, Li Yanchu had cultivated the Nine Cycles and survived unscathed.

However, instead of regretting their actions, the crowd hoped that Master Chen would kill Li Yanchu immediately. To them, Li Yanchu's survival was evidence of betrayal and desertion in the face of battle.

Human psychology is sometimes so strange; people of their status and position shouldn't care about such things.

But since he had done such a despicable thing, he wished he had never done it. The best outcome would be for Li Yanchu to be wiped off the face of the earth.

Not only did Master Chen unleash his innate spiritual treasure to attack Li Yanchu, but several other powerful Dao Masters, including Jun Wushuang, also unleashed the spiritual treasures that Li Yanchu had previously bestowed upon them, pursuing and killing Li Yanchu at this crucial moment.

Li Yanchu was in a very dangerous situation. His Nine Cycles held out for a moment, but he could not hold out indefinitely.

Soon, Li Yanchu tore through the void in an attempt to leave, but Master Chen blocked the void with his vast magical power.

Master Chen smiled and said, "The stage for this great show has been set up, how can it be complete without you as the main character? You should stay!"

Despite the astonishing power of the innate spiritual treasure, Master Chen did not summon it again, and one by one, the cosmic spiritual roots returned to his side.

Master Chen casually unleashed a divine power, and with the help of Jun Wushuang and the others, they trapped Li Yanchu.

This time, Li Yanchu's killing was not as simple as before.

However, after a long and fierce battle, Li Yanchu still hadn't fallen, putting immense pressure on everyone.

They betrayed Li Yanchu because Chen Daozhu was too powerful, but Li Yanchu's strength far surpassed theirs!
They were extremely cautious when facing Li Yanchu, not daring to be distracted in the slightest, otherwise the previous deaths of several Dao Lords would serve as a bloody lesson.

As time passed, a hearty laugh echoed from the void: "Interesting! I thought I would find Li Yanchu first, but I didn't expect him to ambush you first, only to be trapped by your scheme. The things in this world are truly unpredictable!"

A towering figure appeared, and Jing Qing clapped his hands and laughed loudly, the halo behind his head vibrating violently.

His mood was quite peculiar at this moment.

Li Yanchu was surrounded at this time. After acquiring innate spiritual treasures, the Dao Lords such as Jun Wushuang and Guo Huchan had become much stronger than before, and had reached a new level.

With the addition of the unfathomable cultivation of Master Chen, it seemed only a matter of time before Li Yanchu was suppressed and killed.

Jing Qing laughed loudly from the side, observing the flaws in Li Yanchu's attack.

Master Chen said, "Fellow Daoist Jing Qing, kill him and get rid of this outsider."

Jing Qing's eyes flashed with a fierce light: "You're right about this one thing only. When did outsiders get the right to swagger around in the Holy Domain?"

Jing Qing offered up the Void Flower, and the petals of the Void Flower opened one by one, forming a unique Daoist landscape.

Layer upon layer of endless resistance arose in the surrounding void, sealing Li Yanchu in place.

With the addition of a master like Jing Qing, Li Yanchu's side immediately found themselves at a disadvantage.

To everyone's surprise, even though Li Yanchu looked like he would be captured or killed very soon,
Despite their long and fierce battle, Li Yanchu remained unharmed.

Moreover, Li Yanchu's gaze was extremely cold, exuding a chilling aura.

Guo Huchan, Tianyang Daozhu, and others wanted to kill Li Yanchu and bring peace to the world.
They could now peacefully ascend to the Great Luo Heaven to become kings and ancestors, reaping resources from the vast universe, and their actions became increasingly ruthless.

Chen Daozhu also didn't think that Li Yanchu had a chance to escape.

Killing Li Yanchu would have been easy for him, but he didn't want Li Yanchu to die like that.

He wanted Li Yanchu to experience what it felt like to be betrayed by those around him and then be surrounded and killed.

With a supreme expert like Master Chen standing guard, the attacks of the Dao Lords became even more ferocious.

A series of divine powers filled the sky, annihilating everything.

Jing Qing activated the Void Flower and summoned the Void Treasure, instantly suppressing Li Yanchu's Dao-Slaying Divine Blade.

Jing Qing was curious, though: "Even at this point, he hasn't used his Dao-Severing Divine Power. What exactly is this kid up to?"