Above Destiny

Chapter 642 Hunter’s Prey
boom!
In the shadows, a pale hand emerged from the black water and was suddenly grasped by him. The water ape hand, which looked like it was carved from beautiful jade, was revealed in its true form. It was covered in thick hair and scars, and sharp claws sprang out from between its fingers, piercing Tong Shan's flesh.

Tong Shan remained expressionless and unconcerned. On the contrary, the water ape's screams grew increasingly shrill, and its arms trembled and spasmed as if it had grasped a piece of red-hot iron.

The disorder created by the tyrant was covered by the order and laws of the Heavenly Origin, and was ravaged once again, destroyed inch by inch from the inside out, as if it were dissolving.

The water ape's hand struggled wildly, tearing his flesh and blood, almost scratching his hand down to bone.

Throughout, Tong Shan remained unmoved, not even bothering to look down at the water ape in his hand. His indifferent eyes swept around, and his psychic power, which had been like a candle flickering in the wind, maintained an incredibly stable domain, discerning everything.

With his other hand, he suddenly drew his brush and slashed at the strange figure that had appeared out of nowhere behind him.

A bone saw appeared in the hands of the tax collector who had been sewing up faces. The saw slashed and slashed at the faces that were screaming, ignoring the wounds on his own body, at an incredible speed.

Amidst the dazzling slashes, Tong Shan felt his spiritual energy rapidly draining away.

It's the saw in their hand!
Each strike drains one-tenth of his spiritual essence!
The tax collector's usurpation is absolute. Once he has identified a target and is entangled with him, every effective strike will take away a third of his life, and every collision will take away a tenth of his spiritual essence.

Don't look at the existing stock, look at the total amount!

There is absolutely no way to exempt them.

But the question is, how long has this been going on?

The eyes of the lurking observer narrowed slightly.

In other words... this guy's spiritual energy recovery speed might be even faster than the tax collector's usurpation!
No, the tax collectors didn't receive any tax on spiritual energy at all, otherwise the aura wouldn't remain the same, but the amount of spiritual energy taken away each time was clearly distinct...

Even the tax collectors themselves went berserk, unable to comprehend how the stolen spiritual energy had vanished into thin air!
Tong Shan made no attempt to hide it.

Just below his collar, the jade pendant hanging around his neck glowed faintly, repeatedly altering his own state and reverting it back to its state before the usurpation!

Another blessed creation of the etheric system!

But who the hell would have thought that a Tianyuan would have more equipment than a craftsman, and even more outrageous equipment at that?!

Given his current condition, how could he possibly withstand such an immense burden? He wasn't drained and crushed by the blessings bestowed upon him...

Gu Huo roared again.

Life was plundered; thick blood dripped from Tongshan's mouth and nose, flowing away once more.

With his own strength, he actually managed to restrain the water ape and the tax collector, and even had some strength left over... His burning eyes suddenly rose and looked at Gu Huo.

The telekinetic energy surged, surged, and roared away.

Suppressed for a moment!
It was too late for Guhuo to rise again.

An even more menacing black shadow emerged from behind it.

Little bull... no, Longshan armored vehicle!
On the shoulder of the armored vehicle, An Ning casually twirled a hair clip with her five fingers, while her other hand pressed down on the calf's head, telling it, "Beat it up."

Thus, Longshan went berserk.

The enormous iron fist rose and slammed down on the stiff Gu Huo. Flames erupted from the iron elbow, propelling and accelerating it. Boom!
The Guhuo, with its head held high and neighing, was smashed into the mud. The sound of cracking was incessant. The dragon mountain continued to rise, its blood boiling. The four iron arms of the armor swung, like a tamping machine on a construction site, smashing down one after another.

Ignoring the restoration of the Guhuo, he repeatedly crushed it into powder. Even that wasn't enough. He roughly grabbed a head with both hands and suddenly ripped it off!
Amidst the tearing sound, he lifted himself up and poured the viscous blood onto his body, gulping it down greedily.

The dragon's blood surged greedily, determined to devour even the tyrant's disordered beasts.

Crimson eyes stared intently, beeping repeatedly, yet they couldn't extract any life. What could a mechanical creation, which inherently lacked any life, possibly extract? Engine oil? Or phlogiston?!

The infants that were climbing and entangled on it screamed in agony. The armor suddenly opened and closed, and scorching red dragon blood extended out like tentacles, wrapped around them, and pulled them toward the furnace, stuffing them one by one into the engine.

Delicious! I love it! I want to eat more!
The dragon roared, thirsting and raging.

In the instant of silence, An Ning suddenly turned around and saw that scarlet arrow was already close at hand!
After an unknown period of waiting, they suddenly launched their attack!
She didn't even have time to dodge. She unleashed her full power, but it only slightly deflected the arrow's trajectory before it grazed her face, tearing her cheek and drawing blood.

The wound looked like it had been gnawed on by a wild beast, cruelly rolled back, exposing the gums.

"How embarrassing, Uncle."

An Ning sighed softly, looking at the figure that had finally emerged from the darkness. Her eyes were blank, showing neither pity nor hatred.
"Can even hunters turn into wolves?"

The hunter in the cave corner remained silent, drawing his bow and nocking another arrow!
His thirsty eyes were filled with crimson...

Undisguised, giving it their all, like an arrow reflecting the sun!
No, that can no longer be described as the fierce and violent sunlight.

Instead, it was a scarlet blood moon.

An Ning remained calm, seemingly oblivious to the pain, sitting motionless on the calf's shoulder.

An Ning remained still, and so did he.

Hunters and hunters, prey and prey, the moment their eyes met, the duel had already begun. The masterful skills of Fei Guang and Ying Ri were evenly matched, but the one who first revealed a flaw was already destined to perish! Tong Shan was caught off guard and didn't even have time to provide support.

They couldn't care less about anything else.

Just as the werewolf in the cave corner suddenly attacked, a sharp claw appeared out of thin air from the shadows behind him, reaching for his head.

Seizing this crucial moment, the two wolves, lurking in the darkness, sprang forth and attacked their prey.

Its response was a surge of telekinetic energy that suddenly erupted from its weak state, like a storm!

Within the realm of the usurper, in the domain of the Heavenly Craftsman—the [Realm of Disaster Prevention] suddenly unfolded! Showing no weakness whatsoever, its awe-inspiring solemnity surpassed even its former glory!

Disregarding oneself and the scope, shrinking to the limit within tens of meters around the body.

And then...

—Fire in the sky!
A spark of light appeared out of nowhere, illuminating Tong Shan's ambiguous smile, and also the bewildered face of the wolf behind him. In the midst of the struggle between the water ape and the tax collector, Tong Shan, who had been on the verge of death, suddenly unleashed his former full power, even more exaggeratedly than before.

The flames, indiscriminate of friend and foe, engulfed everything!
A fiery tornado rose from the ground!

Like the core of a blazing sun, a terrifying flame raged and spread, engulfing the barren mountain and the wolves. Amidst the shrill screams, a figure, as charred as charcoal, flew out, his body mangled, almost as if he had been cleaved in two by a single stroke of the brush!
In the dissipating flames, the barren mountain remained completely unharmed.

Admittedly, disasters do not discriminate, but within the scope of the Disaster Prevention Book, he can naturally change his own attributes at will. For example, he can instantly transform himself into a part of the flames, and then forcibly transform himself back into his original form.

The water ape was horrified and finally tore off its own hand. One by one, faces that looked like they had drowned emerged from the black water, staring with resentment.

Tong Shan calmly lowered his head and slowly pulled the tax collector's saw from his chest.

I gripped it tightly.

Crush it into powder!

In that instant, just as the wolf turned to flee, the tax collector, caught off guard, could only launch a final, desperate attack, but unfortunately, it was utterly useless.

Failed.

How could it possibly fail?

The mountain wolf, almost cut in half, distanced itself again, staring intently at his appearance—Jin Wuyan's surprise attack, the suppression from the Forest Kingdom, the roaring charge of the third wolf, the interference from the Craftsman's Circle, the suppression from the Usurper Heavenly Craftsman, the entanglement from the Water Ape, and the attack from the Tax Collector, and so many other chaotic extractions of blessed creations…

Each of these things alone would be enough to cripple a caught-off-guard Tengen, but all of them combined become just one problem...

—You fucking bastard, how come you're still alive!
"It's really unfortunate that I've always been a bit too tough since I was a child."

Tong Shan, supporting himself with his brush, smiled slightly on his pale face, still appearing as if he were on the verge of death.

And so, right in front of them, he unscrewed a bottle of potion, poured it into his mouth, restored his spiritual essence and state, and forcibly activated the power of the matrix.

The potent medicine was administered bottle after bottle. Other chosen ones were on the verge of death, yet he remained alive, no matter how bad his condition was!

To be alive means to be threatened, it means that he can unleash his full power at any time!

"It's just the last gasp of its power, don't be afraid."

Tong Shan smiled and comforted him, "I might die here in the next second, so there's no harm in trying."

A crack appeared on that face, splitting open to reveal flames inside that resembled burning blood.

With a backhand motion, he once again erected the circle, directly dismantling Tao Chen's attempt to force Ji Jue's Frost Flame Riot. The hand supporting the brush trembled slightly, ink spreading out, and he began to interfere with the usurper's divine work.

At the end of its strength?

That's fucking ridiculous!

But is this a desperate struggle or a deliberate attempt to mislead?

The wolves lingered in the mountains, spying, but were unwilling to go any further, despite Tao Chen's repeated scolding and urging. Seeing that he was unwilling to move forward, Tong Shan was not in a hurry at all, and instead turned his gaze to the corner of the cave where Fei Guang was confronting him... the hunter who had transformed into a wolf.

The ink-black color, like a sword, appeared out of thin air and slashed down.

It penetrates deep into the bone marrow, causing blood to gush out.

The wolf in the corner of the cave remained motionless, as if it felt no pain. Its bow-drawing posture was as if it were cast in iron, locking onto An Ning's aura and searching for any flaw or weakness.

Instead, An Ning laughed, grinning mockingly.

At that moment, the wolf in the cave corner finally moved... The Blood Moon Arrow vanished from the bowstring, disappearing without a trace, yet it never flew toward An Ning.

Instead, it targeted Ji Jue, who was completely unprepared for its presence in the sky!

(End of this chapter)