In the eyes of extraterrestrial warriors, Earth was a world barren of martial arts. Upon descending into this world, they carried with them an air of profound arrogance and prejudice.
However, this was not a mere coincidence!
With the exception of a few individuals like Tianlong Dao Ren, Jiang Zhan, and Jiang Wuming, Earth’s martial artists were at a disadvantage when facing extraterrestrial warriors.
The term "weak" here referred to being on an equal footing; it was almost impossible for Earth’s martial artists to defeat extraterrestrial warriors in the same realm.
Tianlong Dao Ren, Jiang Zhan, and Jiang Wuming were all individuals who broke this curse.
Among them, Jiang Wuming’s performance was the most astonishing—he killed extraterrestrial warriors from higher realms as if slaughtering chickens!
In such a scenario, the nine Five-Star War Gods, including Mark, had no chance of winning against Jiang Wuming, who was at the ninth stage of the Four-Star War God realm.
Their fate was sealed the moment Jiang Wuming arrived at the deserted island!
*Thump!*
From afar, Hughes watched as Mark and two others followed the footsteps of the six Five-Star War Gods who had vanished into thin air. His heart trembled violently, his face turned pale, and his legs uncontrollably shook.
At this moment, he felt as if he had fallen into the frigid Arctic, an biting cold permeating his entire body, seeping into his bones and soul, filling him with unprecedented fear!
“Lianyi, do you know who that person is?”
Jiang Wuming turned his gaze towards Hughes and asked Li Lianyi.
Jiang Wuming had noticed Hughes from the very beginning.
To be precise, Hughes had attracted Jiang Wuming’s attention more than Mark and the others.
On one hand, Hughes was an unfamiliar face to Jiang Wuming—he didn't know which faction Hughes belonged to.
On the other hand, while Mark and the others were Five-Star War Gods, Hughes did not possess the aura of a martial artist; instead, he was a spiritual energy cultivator.
“His name is Hughes. I don’t know his specific identity. However, when he was communicating with others, he mentioned his teacher. At that time, those who just died showed expressions of reverence. If nothing is amiss, his teacher is likely involved in this matter and is probably the mastermind behind it all.”
Li Lianyi first answered, then offered her analysis.
“It seems he is a disciple of Anthony @ Roman.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wuming’s heart stirred, and he immediately deduced Hughes’ identity.
“Furthermore, he took me away alone earlier. I thought he was going to interrogate me for the secret formula of Gene No. 1, but he didn’t. Instead, he launched a mental attack on me, attempting to make me his puppet, but he failed. After that, he launched another mental attack, as if trying to probe my memories.”
Li Lianyi added.
During the Global Martial Arts Convention, Jiang Wuming had taught Li Lianyi spiritual energy cultivation techniques and had also mentioned that extraterrestrial spiritual energy cultivators possessed powerful and wicked secret arts like soul possession and puppetry.
“Oh?”
Hearing Li Lianyi’s words again, Jiang Wuming couldn’t help but narrow his eyes, his expression a mixture of shock and, more so, anger.
He was shocked that Hughes might possess the puppetry technique from the extraterrestrial world.
He was angry that Hughes had attempted to turn Li Lianyi into his puppet!
*Gulp!*
As if sensing Jiang Wuming’s anger, Hughes, standing in the distance, nervously swallowed and trembled backward.
This was an instinctive action.
He wanted to distance himself from Jiang Wuming.
Doing so would alleviate his inner fear and make him feel safe.
However—
Hughes had only retreated a few steps when Jiang Wuming moved.
Under the sunlight, he took a step, his figure transforming into an illusion. Like shrinking the ground into an inch, he instantly appeared before Hughes.
“Even now, you still hope to escape?”
Jiang Wuming stared coldly at Hughes, “Tell me what I want to know, and I can consider giving you a quick death.”
“Hehehe…”
Facing Jiang Wuming’s threat, Hughes knew his escape was impossible. Instead of feeling as fearful as before, he let out a cold laugh, “You don’t need to fantasize about getting any valuable information from me, it’s impossible!”
Jiang Wuming’s brow furrowed. He sensed the decisiveness in Hughes’ words—he would never reveal any information to Jiang Wuming, even if it meant death.
If Hughes were a martial artist, Jiang Wuming would have had ways to make him wish he were dead but unable to die. However, Hughes was a spiritual energy cultivator. He could use his spiritual energy to self-destruct his soul, rendering himself a vegetable.
And… Jiang Wuming could not prevent this!
“Scum, although you hid your strength and deceived everyone, leading to the failure of this operation, next time, you won’t be so lucky!”
As expected, Hughes spoke in a low voice once more. Then, the muscles in his face contorted rapidly, his expression etched with extreme pain, and he fell to the ground.
Subsequently, the expression of pain on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a dull, vacant stare, as if he were a living dead.
Just as Jiang Wuming had predicted, Hughes had self-destructed his soul, turning himself into a vegetable!
This outcome caused Jiang Wuming to frown.
As the animosity between Jiang Wuming and Anthony @ Roman deepened, Jiang Wuming’s understanding of Anthony @ Roman also grew. He was perplexed as to how Anthony @ Roman held such a transcendent position in the War God Hall.
It wasn’t until he obtained the spiritual energy cultivation techniques and learned that spiritual energy cultivators could possess others, but might also encounter individuals with extremely powerful spiritual will and be counter-possessed, that he formed a conjecture.
Anthony @ Roman had likely counter-possessed an extremely powerful spiritual energy cultivator from the extraterrestrial world!
Only then could he possess supreme status within the Roman family and even the War God Hall!
And today, Hughes’ use of the puppetry technique on Li Lianyi further confirmed Jiang Wuming’s conjecture.
After all, such a heaven-defying art as puppetry would not exist on Earth. Even spiritual energy cultivation techniques and secret offensive arts had disappeared, only mentioned in the annals of martial arts history.
“What’s wrong?”
Just as Jiang Wuming was lost in thought, Li Lianyi walked over.
“It has confirmed a long-held conjecture.”
Jiang Wuming said, then bent down to search Hughes’ body.
Although he knew the possibility of Hughes keeping a paper version of the cultivation techniques, including the puppetry technique, was minuscule, he still wanted to search.
Finally, Jiang Wuming found no cultivation techniques on Hughes, but he did find a mobile phone.
Jiang Wuming placed the phone in front of Hughes and attempted facial recognition, which was successful.
This discovery caused Jiang Wuming’s pupils to slightly dilate. He then immediately searched Hughes’ phone and made an astonishing discovery—there was a hidden file on Hughes’ phone that specifically documented his cultivation journey, containing all the spiritual energy cultivation techniques and secret arts he had learned!
Jiang Wuming immediately emailed this document to himself.
At the same time, Li Lianyi seemed to recall something and said:
“By the way, after he used the mental attack on me, I fell into a coma. However, in my unconscious state, I faintly heard him speaking to someone. At that time, no one else on the island was around, so he might have made a phone call. You can check it.”
“Alright.”
Jiang Wuming nodded, then opened the call log and found the most recent call, which had occurred not long ago.
For this reason, after a moment of thought, Jiang Wuming dialed the mysterious number again.
“Is it over?”
The call was quickly connected. Anthony @ Roman, residing in an ancient castle in Europe, spoke first.
He subjectively believed Jiang Wuming had been killed and Hughes had reported it to him.
“Old dog Anthony, my master Tianlong Dao Ren sends his regards!”
Jiang Wuming confirmed his judgment—the call was indeed from Anthony @ Roman. He had heard Anthony @ Roman’s voice in a video before, and now he narrowed his eyes and said coldly.
“You…”
Astonished to hear Jiang Wuming’s voice, Anthony @ Roman’s face changed drastically!
Jiang Wuming had heard and remembered Anthony @ Roman’s voice, and the same applied to Anthony @ Roman remembering Jiang Wuming’s voice!
However, in his shock, Anthony @ Roman only managed to utter a single word, “you,” before hanging up the phone.
He realized Mark and the others had failed to kill Jiang Wuming and was worried about the call being recorded.
It had to be said that Anthony @ Roman was extremely cunning.
Jiang Wuming had indeed enabled the recording function before making the call.
“Lianyi, let’s leave here.”
After the call was interrupted, Jiang Wuming did not redial. Instead, he turned to Li Lianyi and said.
Although he had easily killed Mark and the others and successfully rescued Li Lianyi, he had not forgotten Li Rui’s words: Saint Lun @ Roman had left Europe and was very likely involved in this operation!
It was precisely because he remembered this that after confirming the person on the phone was Anthony @ Roman, he uttered that sentence. His purpose was clear: to intimidate Anthony @ Roman using his master, Tianlong Dao Ren, and to create a diversion, making Anthony @ Roman suspect that Tianlong Dao Ren was nearby!
As expected, Anthony @ Roman, in his European castle, became extremely solemn after ending the call with Jiang Wuming!
With almost no pause, he dialed Saint Lun @ Roman’s number.
In his opinion, if Tianlong Dao Ren was indeed in Los Angeles, North America, then Saint Lun @ Roman would surely perish!
In the global martial arts world, some might fear Saint Lun @ Roman’s status as the Hall Master of the War God Hall, some might fear Saint Lun @ Roman’s combat strength at the Half-step Heavenly God realm. Only one person disdained both of these.
Tianlong Dao Ren!
“Hoo…”
A few seconds later, the call was connected, and this discovery made Anthony @ Roman breathe a long sigh of relief.
“Is it over?”
Saint Lun @ Roman was still near the Western Wharf, standing not far from Dawson. After answering the call, seeing Anthony @ Roman remain silent, he proactively asked.
“Those good-for-nothings failed. They were killed by that bug. You, go and crush that bug immediately, you absolutely must not let him escape!”
Upon hearing Saint Lun @ Roman’s voice, Anthony @ Roman realized Jiang Wuming had been bluffing and playing him for a fool. He then said angrily.
“Alright.”
Saint Lun @ Roman was surprised by the failure of Mark and the others. However, because Dawson was nearby, he didn’t ask for details and directly responded to Anthony @ Roman.
Not far away, Dawson heard Anthony @ Roman’s voice, a teasing smile playing on his lips.
Although he didn’t know that Jiang Wuming had cultivated to the ninth stage of the Four-Star War God realm, he believed Jiang Wuming would be in no mortal danger.
This was because the task he received was only to intercept Saint Lun @ Roman, not to assist Jiang Wuming in saving someone!
After hanging up the phone, Saint Lun @ Roman saw the teasing smile on Dawson’s face. He hesitated for a moment, did not make a move, but instead sprung forward, soaring into the distance.
Time was of the essence. He needed to find Jiang Wuming and kill him in the shortest possible time!
“Saint Lun @ Roman, weren’t you going to have a good chat with me? Why are you leaving after only a few words?”
Seeing this, Dawson quickly pursued him.
“Dawson, you’re courting death!”
Saint Lun @ Roman sensed Dawson’s pursuit and knew Dawson wanted to prevent him from killing Jiang Wuming, so he warned him angrily.
“Then try me.”
Dawson showed no fear, his speed unabated.
*Swish!*
Saint Lun @ Roman immediately stopped, raised his hand, intending to slap Dawson to death.
However—
His hand had just been raised when it froze in mid-air!
This was because Dawson’s aura suddenly surged at that instant, completely breaking through the shackles of the Five-Star War God realm—it was the aura of a Half-step Heavenly God!
Moreover, that aura was no weaker than Saint Lun @ Roman’s!
“You…”
Saint Lun @ Roman’s eyes widened, and he looked at Dawson with utter disbelief.
“I really want to kill you…”
Dawson released his aura without reservation, looking at Saint Lun @ Roman hesitantly. Finally, he sighed and shook his head, “Never mind, I’ll leave you for Wuming!”
“You… What did you say?!”
Saint Lun @ Roman suddenly awoke, filled with rage.
Although Dawson being a Half-step Heavenly God realm expert was completely beyond Saint Lun @ Roman’s expectations, he didn’t believe Dawson could kill him.
However—
He soon realized something else.
Dawson hadn’t just broken through; he had been hiding his true strength!
And in this world, only the Dragon Country Daoist sects possessed the secret art of concealing true aura!
“You… What is your relationship with the Dragon Country Daoist sects?!”
As this thought flashed through his mind, Saint Lun @ Roman’s face was once again filled with shock!
“Scram!!”
Dawson responded, simple and brutal!
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