Chapter 1240: Chapter 1239: All Too Familiar

The Thief King finally ended his inner struggle and decided to go against his conscience to help Lu Yang.

"I’ll help you..."

Before the Thief King could finish, he heard a thunderous boom behind him. A monstrous tidal wave of energy erupted, flinging him into the air, making it impossible for him to stand steady.

Turning his head, the Thief King saw two figures emanating terrifying auras in a standoff, surrounded by ruins under their feet.

And that wasn’t all. As the auras from the two figures grew even more terrifying and rapidly spread outward from them as the center, wherever his gaze fell, Zhongshan County turned to ruins.

Frozen in place and allowing the cold wind to howl through him, the Thief King’s heart sank in despair.

What use is it that I’ve outlined the Speed Dao Fruit?

"Mid-heaven Emperor Lord?"

"Qilin Immortal?"

Lu Yang and Si Heng God Monarch were startled to see the two combatants and, in a tacit understanding, ceased their fighting, with the Yin Yang Body of Si Heng God Monarch merging into one.

Lu Yang was utterly confused seeing the Immortals battle. It made some sense for the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord to appear here since it could be explained that he, being cautious by nature, sent Si Heng God Monarch to test the waters while he waited for good news outside.

But the question was how the Qilin Immortal had suddenly appeared, and why were the two of them fighting each other?

Fairy Eternity was lying on a bed within the Spiritual Space, legs kicking up and down in the air, instructing Lu Yang on how he should fight Si Heng God Monarch: "Little Yang, you should fight like this... Huh, why is the Qilin Immortal here?"

Seeing the Qilin Immortal in battle, Fairy Eternity suddenly perked up, climbed up from the bed, and watched the Immortal Battle intently.

"That’s not the right way to fight. Why defend now? Go for a mutual injury strike. Little Yang, go over there and tell him how to fight!"

Lu Yang looked towards the center of the battlefield, felt a sense of futility, and quietly withdrew his gaze.

Fairy, leave me a way out, will you?

"Are you Lu Yang?" Lord Si Shi flew over—or rather, was blown over by the blast of the battle.

"My name is Survival God Monarch Si Shi. If it’s a hassle, feel free to call me Lord Si Shi," Lord Si Shi introduced himself in a rather familiar manner.

Having captured so many Great Qian prisoners, Lu Yang of course recognized Lord Si Shi.

"What are you here for!" Lu Yang watched Lord Si Shi guardedly. The God Lords of Great Qian were supposed to be his enemies, yet something about this didn’t feel right.

"My teacher said if he got into a fight with the Emperor, I should stand by your side. If you’re lucky, you might survive."

"Who’s your teacher?" Lu Yang, utterly confused, thought it might also be due to Fairy Eternity constantly prattling in the Spiritual Space, affecting his thinking.

"Si Shi, why are you standing with the enemy!" Si Heng God Monarch shouted angrily.

Lord Si Shi spread his hands: "Isn’t it obvious? I’ve defected."

"You!"

Si Heng God Monarch was so choked up he couldn’t speak.

"I advise you to stand over here too, it’s safe." Lord Si Shi kindly offered advice to his former colleague, noting that observing the Immortal Battle up close was extremely dangerous.

Si Heng God Monarch, though not book smart, was no fool. He sneered, seeing through Lord Si Shi’s intention: "You think I would believe a traitor’s words? I’ve already seen through your schemes. You must want to lure me over there and then join forces with Lu Yang to capture me, making me a Confession!"

Just then, without any sign, Lu Yang shuffled a few steps to the side, and Lord Si Shi quickly followed.

Si Heng God Monarch did not understand the move, but suddenly from the center of the Double Immortal Battlefield, an attack flew over, directly hitting where Lu Yang was just standing. It struck Si Heng God Monarch, who instantly exploded with injuries all over his body.

"Cough cough cough—" Si Heng God Monarch’s body rapidly healed.

Every living creature is composed of Yin and Yang, and as long as one maintains the balance between the two within the body, one can prevent all illnesses and heal wounds spontaneously.

Suddenly another aftershock flew over, and Si Heng God Monarch couldn’t dodge in time. He was blasted beyond recognition. On the other hand, Lu Yang seemed to foresee the future, predict where the aftershock would appear, and avoided it in advance.

Si Heng God Monarch chose to trust the traitor’s words and approached Lu Yang cautiously, step by careful step, and only when he saw that neither Lu Yang nor Lord Si Shi intended to strike him did he relax a bit.

It was Fairy Eternity who had anticipated the incoming attack and advised Lu Yang to move aside earlier.

"How come you all are together?" The Thief King regained his senses and, finding Lu Yang and the two Great Qian God Lords standing together, chatting and laughing, felt like he had missed something and curiously flew over.

"Young Sect Master," Lu Yang greeted respectfully.

The Thief King waved his hands frantically, "No, no, don’t call me ’senior.’ You are the senior."

The strikes that Lu Yang had directed at Si Heng God Monarch a moment ago had nearly caused him to faint from fright; he had been praying the whole time for Si Heng God Monarch to hold on.

Thankfully, Si Heng God Monarch lived up to expectations.

But considering the current situation, it didn’t seem to count for much.

As they were talking, a black vortex flew by from the Emperor Lord, passing close but not harming anyone. Nonetheless, it still made the four of them shudder.

Where the black vortex landed, only a large pit remained – the buildings and land had completely vanished.

Devouring Dao Fruit, devouring all things.

"Teacher was right; staying close to Fellow Daoist Lu Yang really does save lives," Lord Si Shi remarked with a smile. If it had been just him, he would have been severely injured long ago.

"You’re Lu Yang?" the Thief King asked in surprise.

"Yeah, what about it?" Lu Yang wiped his face, reverting it to its original look. Since entering Fengdu Space, he had been using the appearance of Young Master Lu, and even before that, when he was a constable, he had used another face. It was normal for the Thief King not to recognize him.

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

The Thief King’s expression turned increasingly strange: "My master is the Thief Ancestor."

The Thief King had become a disciple after being captured by the Thief Ancestor, and it was from the Thief Ancestor that he learned the key to condensing the Speed Dao Fruit Outline. However, the Thief Ancestor had stopped teaching him during the final step, leaving him to comprehend it on his own.

"Your master is the Thief Ancestor?" Lu Yang heard the insinuation in the Thief King’s words; the Thief Ancestor and Daoist Buyu were sworn friends, which made them peers.

The Thief King nodded, pretending to chat while probing for information: "By the way, I heard from Lord Man that Zhongshan County bought insurance. Do you know about this?"

"Yeah, I suggested Junior Brother Man buy it."

The Thief King recalled all the large transactions that had been signed at the commerce association, and to his knowledge, Zhongshan County had never bought insurance before: "When did you buy the insurance?"

"Seven days ago."

The Thief King: "..."

So, they had captured me and immediately insured Zhongshan County afterward!?

If Lu Yang didn’t know the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord and Qilin Immortal, he would have suspected that Lu Yang had colluded with these two Immortals.

Wait, didn’t one of the Great Qian God Lords just refer to Lu Yang as "Daoist"? What’s Lu Yang’s relationship with the Great Qian Force?

"Who’s the teacher you’ve been referring to?" Lu Yang turned to ask Lord Si Shi.

"The Qilin Immortal. He said you know him."

Lu Yang nodded; of course, he knew the Qilin Immortal. Although they had never met face to face, he was quite familiar with him: "What else did Qilin Immortal Senior say?"

"He said you should be quite familiar with the Immortal Fairies."

Lu Yang’s face turned ashen.

Listening from the side, the Thief King felt more and more that there was something extraordinary about Lu Yang.