Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?

Chapter 264: Chapter 266: The Root of Transcendence, The Descent of the Final Law Era

"Professor Li, this Yin Mountain Lord belongs to our Sheng Country, and you have illegally detained it," Xuan Long said, his face hard.

He was the unfortunate one pushed forward by the numerous powerful families to demand the return of the Yin Mountain Lord from Qin Muye.

The Zou family could perish, but the Yin Mountain Lord must not be lost.

It was a tool crucial for the families to maintain their ruling status.

Since the Yin Mountain Lord was seized and the Zou family was exterminated, all families and organizations understood one thing, that a new top power had emerged.

And it wasn't someone from the families, which made all the family heads look quite displeased.

Yet, there was no solution, the opponent was genuinely strong.

All of them together weren't even a match for the Yin Mountain Lord, and as a result, their adversary casually left him hanging there.

"Oh, so what? If you have the skill, fight me," Qin Muye spoke with mocking arrogance, not offering anything while these people came to demand his spoils of war, as if he were some kind of gentleman.

"We plan to rebuild the Shadow Administration, and we want you to be the head," Xuan Long said cautiously.

Qin Muye rolled his eyes, as if he would really accept to be a head, possibly becoming a mere enforcer for the families.

Likely to be stripped of power and sent to fight to the death, his insight was not as extensive as that of the families, who still hadn't thought of giving up.

"If you're happy, that's good," Qin Muye replied nonchalantly.

Xuan Long also felt a pang in his heart, realizing that this man simply didn't care about so-called power.

The families were probably mistaken in using this tactic to exploit him.

"Then what would make you willing to return the Yin Mountain Lord? Name your condition," Xuan Long said through gritted teeth, knowing that his words would definitely be used by the families behind him to criticize him; those families were extremely greedy, not wanting to give anything while hoping to make their opponent serve them as an enforcer.

They wanted to manipulate him just like they controlled Tian Peng, who, being from a family, had intricate connections and thus sat in power willingly, but the man before them wasn't from a family and paid no heed to all this.

Did they really think they were the only clever ones?

"Conditions? What conditions can I have, the Yin Mountain Lord is right there, if you can drive him away, he's all yours," Qin Muye stopped his work and replied mockingly.

This made Xuan Long pause, then a sense of alarm surged in his heart, realizing it couldn't be that simple.

"Thank you then, Professor Li," he replied, his words amicable, but his heart was anything but relaxed, and he gave a signal to someone beside him to move forward and retrieve it.

It obviously shouldn't be Xuan Long who went; if it were so, he would ignore the families' demands at all costs.

After all, that would be suicide.

A Death Soldier approached, equipped in Shadow Equipment and tried to climb up, but the moment his hand touched the crimson crystal on the surface of the Yin Mountain Lord, the crystal, like a living creature, climbed onto his hand. Before he could react, the Crimson Invasion further deepened, turning him into a ruby statue.

Seeing this, Xuan Long's eyes widened, realizing indeed it wasn't going to be easy.

The Yin Mountain Lord was indeed there; success meant being able to drive him away, but the problem was that they couldn't.

The Death Soldier was strong, but he was easily overcome in an encounter, and Xuan Long estimated that the same would happen to him.

He wanted to say something more, but soon realized that the figure of his opponent seemed to have disappeared, leaving him desperately wanting to weep.

Nevertheless, he finally calmed his mind and said, "Let's go, let's head back."

If they were not leaving, what else were they supposed to do there?

As for the explanation, there certainly was one; he had already demanded the return of the Yin Mountain Lord. Any family that wanted him could come and drive him back themselves; he was only responsible for getting him back, not actually delivering him into their hands.

This was a perfect opportunity to ensnare the arrogant families for once.

Otherwise, these families might really think they were gods above all.

As Qin Muye watched these people leave, he remarked, "They gave up just like that? I thought they'd struggle a bit more."

Regarding this, he felt a slight regret, wondering why they didn't keep falling like dominoes. Maybe then he could have gathered more Crimson Crystals.

[Annihilation Silence: Dead Silence Power Rank +6, Territory Dead Silence Power adaptability +6]

"It worked, but I almost lost my life."

Qin Muye felt his own magic power, which had mutated beyond recognition, was quite powerful; fortunately, he hadn't used a normal fusion method but instead the integration of Bloodline and Magic Power. @@novelbin@@

Unfortunately, this time there was no emergence of specialization and mastery, nor the corresponding magic power.

"The magic power and bloodline have formed a high-level integration; it looks a bit strange, and seems to be becoming increasingly distant from regular magic power."

Qin Muye looked at the subdued crimson and black glow beneath his skin.

"Crimson, Hell, Titan, Shadow, and Dead Silence."

"These five types of authoritative energies have completely changed my life form."

Now, Qin Muye appeared humanoid, but that was all that was left of him, thanks mostly to the bloodline power of the Titan Divine Race. This barely allowed him to maintain a human appearance.

Moreover, he couldn't make any significant movements, like fighting, for instance. If a battle were to break out, his outer appearance would rupture and reveal his horrific body.

Furthermore, because he had incorporated his Bloodline into his advancement, his Human Race Bloodline had also been elevated, with attributes rising from an increase of 100 per level to an increase of 200 per level. His abilities had also acquired negative states related to Shadows and Dead Silence, with the most significant being the upgrade of the Unbearable to Look power.

It evolved from Unbearable to Look into Indescribable.

[Indescribable: Immune to Reconnaissance Skill and other detection skills, and if reconnaissance-type skills are used to probe you, the user will receive a Soul Shock (Power × Rank) damage. If the Power Attribute of the user is lower than yours, they will fall into madness and fear. Long-term observation of you by enemies can randomly trigger 1 layer of Crimson Invasion, Hellish Fire, Divine Curse, Shadow Entanglement, or Energy Annihilation, stacking up to a maximum of 200 layers.]

Because of his profession as a Wise Man, the judgment for Power Attribute was forcibly changed to Knowledge Attribute. After checking his own Knowledge Attribute, Qin Muye felt that anyone trying to scout him would probably die...

He always felt that he was increasingly heading towards the direction of an Ancient God.

No, saying Ancient God, it seemed more like an Evil God.

He was completely an entity of the evil alignment.

"Forget it, as long as I'm wearing human skin, who can say I'm not human?" Qin Muye sighed.

Actually, he had also miscalculated. He hadn't expected that the force of Dead Silence would be the last straw that broke the camel's back. This tendency had been there when he became the Crimson Ancestor, although it was limited to changes in the flesh. After going through Hell, Titan, and Shadow, it finally fell on the Dead Silence Power.

Today, Qin Muye more resembled an amalgamation of authority and energy, speaking of a body, he actually had one indeed.

Luckily, he didn't care much about his species; as long as he could live, it was fine. He wasn't a protagonist immune to various costs.

His rapid increase in strength naturally came at a cost, and the best cost was no longer being human.

"If I continue to optimize, I probably won't even be able to maintain a humanoid form; what should I do then when entering instances in the future?"

Qin Muye suddenly realized this issue; that is, entering instances still required a human form, otherwise, if he encountered skills like a team-killing trigger, he could use them to trap teammates. At least it had to be judged as human.

"Forget it, just finish the mission and go back, lest the night brings more troubles." Qin Muye decided to deal with the matter later, especially since he did not have any instance scrolls now, so he couldn't plan any entries.

It was better to secure the rewards from this instance mission first and then come back to swallow all the benefits.

Regarding his appearance, it wasn't a big deal at all. As long as his strength was enough to let him live securely, it didn't matter what he looked like.

"With this Dead Silence Power, the difficulty of the Shadow Realm separation plan has plummeted."

He only had a trace before, but after the fusion, he could produce it himself—although getting as much as he wanted wasn't feasible, it was at least much easier than before.

So, all he had to do was to turn himself into the energy core for this plan.

"First, invade the Shadow Realm to obtain all the erosion nodes, then just split them apart."

A massive machine, accompanied by the spread of Qin Muye's magic power, gradually began to separate the Human Realm from the Shadow Realm, with the Shadows feeling their Spirituality fading from their own shadows.

The End of Dharma era has arrived.