Vol 2 Chapter 704: Cooperation
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Destiny Dominates (Lord of Destiny)
- Wasteland
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- 2021-03-01 08:06:13
After retrieving his favorite source quality and artifact, Li Mochen's mentality became more calm and relaxed. He still goes out every other day, patrolling the shops that interest him as he pleases, and there is nothing unusual on the surface.
But after returning to the manor, Li Mochen worked overtime to transform the trophies in his hands into his own strength as soon as possible.
Since the original owner of the "Life Right Seal" is dead, Li Mochen can use this artifact directly. But if you want to use it more freely and as you want, it will take a while to thoroughly refine it like the'Gangnir Holy Spear'.
Ordinarily, this is the main purpose of Li Mochen's trip to Outland. He urgently needs insight into the power of evil chaos.
However, it is not possible for Li Mochen to complete the task of refining the artifact. It takes three or five months to complete with the work of water milling.
Therefore, Li Mochen's first choice is the enhancement of the "Dutianlei Martian Nuclear Sword Array". He puts all the star origin qualities and the Thundering source quality into all the sword weapons of the "Dutianlei Martian Nuclear Sword Array".
And only seven days later, this set of swords has completed its transformation, forming the "star" of truth and the "thunder" of false truth.
The law of truth is the threshold of false truth artifacts, and single truth is the weakest of all artifacts. But the stars themselves contain all phenomena, and the'Dutianlei Martian Nuclear Sword Array' is not a separate mythological weapon. Its five core main swords all possess the truth'stars'-this is very powerful. In terms of power, it is by no means inferior to the three kinds of truth and theocratic powers, which has been strengthened by Odin to be close to the truth-level ‘Gangnir’.
So when the'Dutianlei Martian Nuclear Sword Array' transformed, Li Mochen only hoped that he would not meet anyone who would test the sword and try his housekeeping method.
Then, Li Mo did not hesitate to use the metal source material on the'Scarlet Dragon Armor', and then immediately, this artifact changed tremendously from the inside to the outside, and naturally it became the ultimate. The'sturdy'.
Li Mochen did this not to continue to use the "Gladiator Power" of the "Crimson Dragon Armor" to acquire new abilities, but to strengthen the material to make this artifact stronger.
This mythical weapon that has followed Li Mochen for the longest time is still dependent on him today, and it still maintains a certain potential. It can also replace the target of replication in the future.
It is a pity that the "Gladiatorship of the Scarlet Dragon Armor" itself can no longer be improved. After Li Mochen himself mastered the high-level'Gladiator of the Gladiator', he found that he had touched its ceiling.
This theocracy is the unique theocracy formed by Spartacus combining'learning' and'plundering'. With the help of slaves in ancient Rome, the winner can obtain all the weapons and the concept of all the property of the loser. ability.
Therefore, apart from Spartacus himself, it is difficult for others to continue to expand it, and there is no "Gladiator" in this world, so the possibility of continuing to improve is also cut off.
Even the high-level "Gladiator" that Li Mochen masters is incomplete. Without relying on the "Crimson Dragon Armor", he cannot directly copy the power of others.
And just two days after the transformation of the "Dutianlei Mars Nuclear Sword Array", the annual auction event of the Radvin Exchange began as scheduled.
When Li Mochen and Zhuan Xu went to the meeting, they found that the list of items had doubled the number of items compared to a month ago! There are also two more pseudo-truth-level mythological weapons, as well as mythological materials of the same level.
"This is interesting. In the past, it was difficult to see one such pseudo-truth-level auction item, but now there are seven."
Zhuan Xu looked at the names of the items on the list and smiled sarcastically: "Brother, your appeal is really extraordinary."
Li Mochen had an indifferent attitude, and even had some expectations: "This is not a bad thing for me. If they really intend to do it, it will be in my arms."
Zhuan Xu glanced at him, then nodded slightly: "I can see it! Are you ready to go on the expedition?"
At this moment, Li Mochen was armed to his teeth again. And this time, there is an extra ‘seal of the right to life’ in his hand. However, he used his own abilities to modify and cover, unless he wanted to, others would not see it.
The more items in the auction this time, the more people eyeing him now. Li Mochen speculated that there might be variables before the auction ends, so he is always ready to fight.
He was naturally unafraid, and even deliberately took this opportunity to stand up and frighten the surrounding area, making the situation in the bright world more simple and clear. This requires overwhelming strength, and at the same time, he can't have the slightest look at his enemies.
The two walked side by side and soon went outside the auction house on the top of the exchange. At this time, Li Mochen's expression moved slightly, and he looked in a certain direction meaningfully.
"Why? But a threat was sensed?" Zhuan Xu also looked in that direction: "As far as I know, there are still a few good players under the command of No Land King. I don't know who came this time."
There were also several Divine Twenty that they had encountered along the way, but none of them could arouse Li Mochen's fear.
"My divinity is indeed a warning, but it does not give me too much sense of danger."
Li Mochen's reaction was dull: "Of course it may also be due to being obscured."
And just as the two entered the auction house, Cacchino, the trade representative of the Terra Empire in La Devon, who was standing high in the sky, also looked back.
"This is the rumored lucky one who has taken charge of the Wishing Tower. How do you feel?"
"I can't see much, but I don't feel the threat of this guy."
This is a tall and lanky man with green skin like a lizard, and a one-eyed eye on his forehead: "But you really intend to do it here? Radvin will definitely not sit and watch. If she let it go, Radvin The credibility of the exchange will also be ruined. The subsequent handling is also very troublesome, and she will not let it go."
"So we have to rely on Delo's mythological weapon, we solve the problem in the time section, and Radvin will not have the opportunity to intervene. As for afterwards—"
Caccino sneered coldly and looked confident: "The defeat in the battle more than two thousand years ago was the shame of the empire. If she finally chooses to expel me or go to war, it will happen again. This exchange is against us. The king is very important, and it is an indispensable jigsaw in the future of His Majesty’s business map.
"I have no problem, but the current intelligence shows that that person also has the timing of truth, and his ability may even be above my divine tool."
What interjected at this moment was the named'Delo' in Cacchino's mouth: "Although his main person is only eighteen, it is after all frustrating the existence of the Lord of Sin and killing the Glutton Wang, do you look down on him too much? Also, do you do this too well?"
"There will be no surprises."
Caccino sneered and met the eyes of the people around him: "I think you look at him too high, Delo. The King of Glutton is very strong, but in that world, his strength is not full, equivalent to two tied up. How can he not lose in fighting with that guy? But in Outland, he can't make up the difference in personality."
"Of course I will not underestimate the enemy. I have already contacted several princes who are friendly with Horus. One of them also has a certain interest. We are by no means alone. In fact, even if he really defeats the full strength. The king of gluttony, don’t even want to return to that world. Even if your Highness blames it, that’s my business. The only thing you have to do is to kill him as much as you can. Believe me, this is for the entire empire. Is beneficial."
Li Mochen didn't know the discussion that happened in the sky, he had entered the auction house with Zhuan Xu. The scale here is magnificent, covering at least one million mu. An auction platform is as high as one million square meters.
But this is not simply for the pursuit of magnificence, but for realistic needs. There are many races with huge bodies in the Void Realm, such as the Titan Protoss, which are three to five kilometers away, and there are not a few that are close to the size of the star beast like the gluttonous king Belek.
Of course, these powerful beings basically master the ability to change their bodies. But the problem is that not everyone in the Nineteenth and Twenty is willing to do so. Therefore, the auction house of the Radven Exchange is still relatively large.
Not long after they entered, the King of Lamour came to greet him personally, and personally led them to the third box provided by the organizer-only from this number we can see that Ladvin attaches great importance to him.
According to Lamour, the No. 1 box here is owned by Radwen, the No. 2 box has always belonged to the Trade Representative of the Terra Empire, and the No. 3 box has always been reserved for the most distinguished guests of the Ladvin Exchange.
This is something that can be expected. Li Mochen has strong financial resources, and this time it is clear that he is bound to obtain some items on the auction list. After the fact, the rake alone can provide more than one billion soul gold coins for the Radvin Exchange.
In addition, the ‘Mother of the Stars’ has decided to provide support for this master of destiny. The relationship between each other is regarded as a quasi-ally, and the exchange side naturally has something to say.
But just as they were flying on the promenade of the VIP area, the three of them saw an unusually fat figure in front of them, cramming this kilometer-wide promenade.
After seeing this person, Lamour's face instantly became gloomy: "Duck! What are you going to do? This is the Ladvin Exchange."
Zhuan Xu's gaze flickered, and he communicated with Li Mochen thoughtfully: "This is the warlord of the Aseras, and his name is Dak. The Aseras are the real tribes of the heavens, the war gods. Although there are only 30,000 members In the early days, the power is only weaker than the Terra Empire."
Li Mochen had heard of this race and knew that it was a race very similar to the so-called "Superman" in the American comics and the "Super Saiyan" described in another Dongying comic.
The people of their tribe have the power of the ancient gods of the tenth rank, and they can grow infinitely, burst out endlessly, have infinite power and infinite potential. They are all the darlings of ‘nature’, they hardly learn divine power and exercises, but instinctively can mobilize all the natural forces in the world. And most of them are naturally warlike and violent.
The strength of the Aseras is strong, not inferior to the Terra Empire. But they don't directly control the territory and the stars, and their way of existence is more like mercenaries. They launched wars in all corners of the heavens and worlds, and after conquering thousands of large and small worlds, they then changed hands and sold them. They occasionally accept employment from outsiders, but the cost is usually high, and it depends on the mood of these Asera people.
And an Asera warlord is already a relatively powerful individual among the Asera. They usually lead 10-20 companions, as well as some Asera larvae, and command a huge army equivalent to a thousand world-class gods.
"Ladevin? Do you think I would care? Lamour?"
The thigh meat that Dak was holding in his hand, who didn’t know what kind of creature was, smelled so fragrant and filled with demons. This one gnawed oily mouth while talking: "Are you the Andre? From the light world." The so-called master of destiny? Now, the great Dak grants you a chance to gain my friendship. Give me your wishing tower, a truth-level artifact, which must match a great master."
Li Mochen did not respond to him, he directly distorted the time and the void, and brought Zhuan Xu and Lamour to the back of the mountain as strong as the existence.
"Are you humiliating me?"
Duck stopped his biting, and his eyes flashed with cold light: "Are you trying to reject Duck? Rejecting the friendship of an Azera warlord? You don't think there is no price, do you? Monkey?"
Li Mochen finally stood still, a little helpless, and some expectations turned back: "I don't want to have to perform this kind of naive drama in front of the public after my life level reaches the current state. But if you insist on it. , I can give you the most painful lesson, Fat Pig!"
He knew that at this time, countless ulterior motives were watching. As long as he shows a slight weakness at this time, he might attract more enemies for himself.
So even if the guy in front of him is an Asera, he can't give in, and he doesn't need to think about relying on the power of the Radvin Exchange and the "Mother of Stars".
He could see that compared to the Aseras and the Terra Empire, the "Mother of the Stars" has no deterrent power to speak of.
In Li Mochen's view, an Asera warlord is actually a very good target for killing chickens, and can be used as a stepping stone to his power.
"Fat pig?"
Dark blinked in amazement, very unbelievable: "Are you scolding me? Compare me to that kind of lowly, dirty creature that can only be slaughtered? You dare to say that I am a fat pig. !"
"Then what should I say to you?"
Li Mochen looked at this person's body up and down: "It doesn't seem to be right to say that the fat pig is a fat pig without the hair-I think it might be more appropriate to use this to describe you."
After Duck listened, instead of not being angry, he laughed ‘Oh Hah’: "You are funny! You are a brave bastard."
But at the same time, his hand was already grabbing and photographing Li Mochen. The hand grew bigger and bigger, and when it stretched out in front of Li Mochen, it swelled to thousands of meters, and the heavy bans in the Radven Exchange were nothing but a layer of no resistance to him. Fragmented. The surrounding buildings have also turned into powder every inch.
And that huge power changed the color of Lamour who was trying to stop him. His theocracy seems to be doing all he can to stop the Asera warlord, but his people seem to be unable to support them, and they have retreated to three kilometers away.
"But courage must have enough strength to support it, monkey!"
The giant hand gradually closed by Li Mochen's side, and Duck's eyes had been paying attention to Zhuan Xu.
The Zhenwu Great Emperor shook all realms. In his eyes, this man was naturally more worthy of fear than the godlike eighteenth person wrapped in his palm.
If this intervened, he asked himself if he was not the opponent of the Zhenwu Great Emperor, but offending them would not be a good choice.
But Zhuan Xu didn’t make any moves, and had no intention of making a move. At this time, he just smirked and said,
What do you think I do? My junior’s strength is not under me now, Your Overseer. If not, If you start to exert all your strength, your defeat will be within ten and one second!"
Dark froze slightly, and then felt a sharp pain in his wrist. He found that the palm of his hand was forcibly pierced by an extremely powerful and extremely sharp force at this moment. Even along his arm, he continued to move up, causing his bones and flesh to disintegrate quickly.
Then he saw Li Mochen's eyes, indifferent and ruthless, the killing intent and fighting intent of soaring worship were brewing in the pair of black eyes.
"How dare you—"
Duck's next words were directly blocked in his mouth. Because of this moment, the core of his soul sensed the extreme danger.
At the core of the power confrontation between the two, the various natural forces that Dak mastered were rapidly collapsing. Timing, space, flames, earth spirits, the natural forces he mobilized, were crushed and destroyed by the opponent.
And that fierce gun power came like a high-speed spiral drill bit.
"Roar!"
Duck sprayed blood flames all over his body, his already sturdy body doubled, and his broken right hand recovered in an instant. At the same time, a pair of blue battle axes appeared in his left hand.
The Aseras never defended in battle. They always attacked with incomparable bravery until they knocked down the opponent with their own courage and strength.
And at this moment, the spatial timing between the two, all the dimensions of the few, were distorted and disintegrated under their incomparable mighty power, and the surrounding three thousand kilometers of laws were shattered into a mess!
But when the weapons of both sides collided with each other, Duck's face showed an incredible look. Then his body was thrown away suddenly, smashing countless buildings behind him. Not only did he fly out of this auction house, he also moved back thousands of kilometers.
Until this time, Duck could not stop his figure, and he could not control his body even though Li Mochen's gun power penetrated into his body. At this time, Li Mochen had already flashed to him.
Dak is already desperately urging the blood, and the Asera people can temporarily extract from their own body at least five to one hundred times the strength. But he found that his own time flow was unusually slow, even affecting his thinking speed. The sharpness of the ‘Gangnir’ Sacred Spear’ has made him cold all over!
He knew that Li Mochen's spear was enough to penetrate the core of his soul before he successfully urged his own blood.
But at this moment, it was less than one point and one second before Zhuan Xu said that.
Fortunately, at this moment, a middle-aged woman with a kind eyebrow and a slightly blessed body appeared between the two. This one snapped his finger and resisted Li Mochen's "Gangnir Holy Spear".
"Two distinguished guests, this is my exchange. If you do this, you will lose my face and ruin the exchange's ten-thousand-year reputation."
Duck had more jealousy in his heart. He glanced at Li Mochen who was still flashing light on the other side, and then decisively admitted: "I have no opinion."
Li Mochen stared at him, then put away the'Gangnir Holy Spear'.
He didn't know whether the mother of the stars appeared intentionally or accidentally at this time. But after all, he can't do what he wants when he is in this place.
What's more, he has just taken this cluster of star origin quality, and he still has to give this face.
Radvin's expression is slightly relaxed, but there is still a bit of chill in her words: "His Royal Highness, you are the first to provoke this time. I am so dismissive of Radvin in your eyes?"
"Sorry, I apologize, and I will compensate. As for this one, I will also give an explanation."
Dak was obviously talking with a smile, but when the words fell, he slightly raised his hand and sent three purple pills with gleam to Li Mochen: "You are very strong, I Not your opponent, especially strength. It seems that the rumors are wrong, and you are worthy of an artifact of truth. These are some of the spoils I have harvested not long ago, even if I am apologizing."
He grinned at Li Mochen, his attitude turned out to be very friendly: "I have a chance to have a good chat, I am very interested in you."
Li Mochen glanced at the thing, originally wanting to refuse it with disdain. But this thing not only surprised him, but also made him unable to refuse. So Li Mochen also raised his hand and put the thing in his sleeve.
"I accept your apology, and you admire me very much. As expected, you Asera people are as bold as the rumors."
Hearing Li Mochen’s words like praise and ridicule, Dak laughed loudly:
We Aserans admire the strong and the warriors. Besides, we can also perceive our hearts to a certain extent, Your Highness Wiltonstein You deserve my respect. I can feel that you were really going to kill me just now, and you didn't care about my race at all. Also, the hidden power in you made me in awe."
The complexion of Ladvin, the "Mother of Stars" next to him, changed slightly.
Before that, she, the ‘Mother of the Stars’, did not receive the slightest respect from the Dark Warlord. And even if she personally took action to save this guy's life, the latter dealt mostly with her.
Li Mochen couldn't help but glanced at the Dark Warlord. From this person's words, he heard the sincerity.
He is also a social man, and immediately curbed his anger and murder. Chunfeng smiled all over his face: "The temper of Warlord Dark is just right for my appetite. If I have the opportunity in the future, I would really like to make a friend of the warlord. ."
He had only said this politely, but he didn't expect that the opposite person would hit the snake with the stick: "Why wait until later? You are here to participate in the auction, or together?"
Li Mochen was speechless for a while, and then when he was thinking about how to tactfully refuse, he moved slightly, and then agreed.
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"Radevin this woman is uneasy and kind, you must be careful of her in the future, she is so bad."
In Box No. 3, Warlord Dark didn't care that this was the territory of the Mother of Stars, his eyes were disdainful: "That woman with a scheming stomach, she thought I would be grateful to her. But don't I know that she is actually capable of stopping Yes? All this shouldn’t have happened. She is too petty to be trusted. That is to say, there is no hero like Andre you in the nearby star field. This woman is lucky and has won an artifact of truth. Just let her get ahead."
Li Mochen couldn't speak ill of Ladvin, although he had already used the newly acquired "Seal of Life" to sense that this person had already reached Box 1 not far away when the incident happened.
"His Majesty Radvin's attitude to resist chaos, I personally admire it very much, and she has given me tremendous help this time."
Li Mochen didn't think that the mother of the stars must be wrong in doing this. This person didn't have a reason to offend the Aseras for him. This might also be a temptation for Radvin.
"Then you have to be careful. If you trust this mother of stars too much, the possibility of being betrayed is as high as 90%."
Duck smiled'hey': "Also, after this auction is over, you have to be careful too. People from the Terra Empire are eyeing you. The main ones are the people of Landless Kings. In addition, there may also be princes. One, Ferus Manus, the Hand of Steel."
Li Mochen and Zhuan Xu looked at each other, both showing unexpected expressions.
The Asera people give people the impression that they are reckless and militant, but they actually have an extremely powerful intelligence system. This is also the Asera family with a population of only 30,000, which can surpass most of the gods and races of the heavens and the world. And one of the foundations of power.
"I will guard against them."
Li Mochen nodded, and then turned to the subject: "But I want to know more, what exactly does His Royal Highness want from me?"
Duck blinked when he heard the words, with a look that he didn't know why.
Li Mochen sneered: "I know that your Royal Highness made a shot at me just now. In fact, most of the intentions are to try. I guess you must have a purpose for doing this, right?"
He didn't believe that Duck, who had the support of powerful intelligence resources, would attack him so recklessly.
"Do you gods of the light world speak so directly?"
Duck touched his bald head and looked embarrassed: "There are indeed some things that I want to ask you for help, but if you really are like a recent legend, you are just a very restricted God of law, just relying on the power of the root of the world, Defeating the impaired "Glutton King" Belek, then I don't think I need to talk about the following words. But you still shocked me, Andrei, I know you didn't use all your strength just now. Really? His Majesty Zhenwu should not lie, your strength is not below him."
"I did not use some power, but not as exaggerated as you said."
Li Mochen shook his head: "Can you get into the subject? Your Highness the Warlord? I'm very curious about the omnipotent Asera people, what needs my help on earth."
"Call me Duck! We are friends now, Andre."
Duck said familiarly: "This matter is not in a hurry. I will talk about the details later. Look~ The auction has already started. I am very interested in a few things that Lamour found this time. They are all relatively Forward—"
Li Mochen's eyes flashed slightly. In his memory, the first few pages of the auction list were almost all slaves, coming from many conquered or destroyed worlds. Others are simply provided by the slave looting group.
In the next five hours, Duck made a total of five shots, spending 70 million soul gold coins. All they bought were intelligent races that were good at fighting, and the number reached seven million.
In the future, these slaves will join the army of the warlord and become the minions of the Aseras.
Li Mochen doesn't have too many emotions. His divinity determines that he has a considerable degree of indifference and repulsion towards believers and life and races other than human beings. It wasn't serious, but it couldn't make him empathize with these slaves.
It is also very stupid to impose their own and human moral values on these intelligent creatures with completely different worldviews.
Moreover, these people will not be abused under Dak’s command. On the contrary, there will be delicious and delicious, and will be armed to the teeth soon, go to various tragic worlds to kill and conquer.
Five hours later, it entered the magic material stage. Li Mochen still stayed and watched, while Dak continued to make shots and bought a lot of magic materials.
"The disadvantage of not having a direct territory is here. We have almost no stable source of materials. Except for some forces that are friendly to us can provide stable sources of goods, we can only purchase from various exchanges. But these materials are very expensive. , The expensive one makes me want to grab it directly."
When saying this, Dak had already spent about 3.2 billion soul gold coins. He sighed: "I know we can't do this, it will only make us harder."
Li Mochen snorted in his heart, these Asera people are no better than those blood feast monsters. After each conquest is completed, the Aseras have scoured all the wealth of that world.
The reason why they did not damage the roots of those worlds was that they could not sell better prices after the world was damaged.
But by this time, he had already guessed Dak's intentions: "Dak, what you said about cooperation is related to magic materials."
"The two worlds you are in are very special. You can cultivate many strange creatures and plants. This is a big deal, Andre."
Duck nodded, and then brought out a light curtain: "Look at this list, you can choose from it. We can provide seeds, cubs and a full set of training techniques, and even the funds can be borne by us. And you just need to be optimistic about them and supply us exclusively at the best price."
Li Mochen glanced at the light curtain and found that there were more than 170 plant or animal names, many of which were unheard of and unheard of.
"Your brother is so knowledgeable, you can ask him for help. We are very sincere and can't hide you from him, right?"
Duck smiled: "But the cooperation we want is not just magic materials. The main purpose is also the modern weapon unique to your world, the starship. It is best that we provide the materials and you are responsible for processing the materials."
Li Mochen felt strange: "As far as I know, you have conquered many worlds, mastered a lot of modern and even future technologies, and have countless top craftsmen. In addition, you also have many stable military suppliers. "
Darker said with a bitter face: "What you said is right, but the problem is that there are not many worlds capable of producing high-tech warships in this vast star field."
"how can that be?"
Li Mochen couldn't understand for a while: "I can't produce with technology and drawings?"
"I can't help the younger brother." Zhuan Xu suddenly interjected: "The main reason is still the law. The ancient world and the modern world can't make this kind of weapon that needs to be supported by many laws. Just use those starships under your banner as the standard. There are no more than thirty-two worlds. The vast majority of them are in the hands of the Terra Empire and the empire’s allies. The remaining part belongs to the four chaotic gods and neutral forces. The light world and the dark world, It has always been taken care of by the Emperor's Xinghui, and the rules of the two worlds have been quite perfect. You should know this best."
Li Mochen nodded slightly thoughtfully, the emperor's stars are indeed shining on the bright world all the time.
"That's it!" Li Mochen asked back: "Then what can I get?"
"This business is very profitable, Andre. Even with the best price, your annual income can be several times higher than that of Radvin. In addition, I can also provide some corps to help you fight. The kind that Radvin has unpredictable, but the one that can really help you."
Dak spread his hands:
Don’t forget, our investment is also very large. This financial investment is very risky. We are really optimistic about you, but even Andre, you may not be able to guarantee that the time comes in the future. , UU Reading www.uukanshu.com, you can resist that invasion, can't you?"
Li Mochen's complexion changed slightly, he knew that Duck was referring to the emperor.
This is the biggest burden on his heart now, and it is also the source of all his anxiety and urgency.
Regardless of the fact that the emperor has never made any moves, nor has he interfered in the world of light. But He has been transforming the two worlds and ripening them.
Li Mochen believes that when the final time comes, both worlds will be able to fully accommodate the emperor's power and become a battlefield that can adapt to his body. This one will definitely intervene with Mount Tai overwhelming, using his irresistible power to sweep everything.
Neither the chaotic evil gods nor the gods of creation who are tossing the emperor can stop him, nor can they fight him in this world.
Perhaps in that person's eyes, everything that happened in the Bright World at the moment was meaningless, including his Li Mochen, who were just the clown before the real master came. No matter how happy they jumped, they were also about to be crushed to death by the road roller.
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