Chapter 197 Wake Up

"Wake up!"

Tie Wu, who was leaning against the cold wind and about to fall asleep, suddenly heard a voice next to his ear.

He shuddered, opened his eyes, and saw a smiling face squatting in front of him.

"Gu… Gu Shen…"

Tie Wu looked around… the Four Seasons Wilderness was empty, with no one but Gu Shen.

"Don't bother looking. Let's go back. Otherwise, I wouldn't have time to deal with you." Gu Shen squatted in front of Tie Wu, and said with a slight sarcasm, "I really underestimated you… you can even fall asleep at a time like this."

Tie Wu's old face flushed red with a hint of anger.

What else could he, a lonely ghost, do in this desolate wilderness? Watch those two lovebirds show off their affection? The dissipation of extraordinary source matter was happening all the time… his consciousness was becoming more and more ethereal… In the end, he gradually drifted, gradually dissipated… gradually… fell asleep.

The more he thought about the problem of life and death, the more painful it became.

Tie Wu gritted his teeth and said coldly, "Did you wake me up just to humiliate me?"

"…"

Gu Shen stared at Tie Wu and said calmly, "Qin Ye is dead."

Tie Wu was stunned.

"Committed suicide out of fear of punishment." Gu Shen said slowly, "Perhaps it's not appropriate to say it this way… but the adjudicators found him dead in his cell. They didn't even have the courage to bring it before the Extraordinary Tribunal, so they could only make this tentative conclusion."

Tie Wu silently clenched his fists.

Gu Shen saw this subtle movement, and he continued, "I'm not telling you this to get any response from you… I just want to let you know what's happening in the outside world."

"Evidence… I want to see the evidence…"

Tie Wu's voice was full of exhaustion. After hearing this news, all the strength in his body seemed to have been drained away. If he hadn't seen the dialogue between the Shenzuo (God's Seat) of the Deep Water District and Qin Ye, he wouldn't have seen any problem with Qin Ye's death… The Apostle should dedicate everything to the Shenzuo-daren (Lord God's Seat), but even with a thousand ways to die, they should never be abandoned.

This was the most undignified and faith-shattering death.

The Shenzuo-daren he revered only regarded him as a chess piece, and discarded him when he was no longer useful.

To ensure that it wouldn't backlash against the Source Tower and wouldn't harm his own interests… then this useless chess piece was best destroyed as soon as possible.

"Do I need to lie to you?"

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows and lifted his palm.

Blazing flames burned, and the photos of the prison cell taken by the Deep Sea were projected onto the Four Seasons Wilderness. It was a photo of the scene after Qin Ye's death… blood spread, and the man in the windbreaker leaned against the iron wall, his brow pierced by his own Sumeru.

He saw the photos.

Tie Wu fell silent… there was nothing left for him to collapse in his heart. When he woke up in the Four Seasons Wilderness, his faith had already begun to collapse… and even now, no matter how much he tried to deceive himself, he couldn't muster any respect or blind faith in the Shenzuo in his heart.

After a long silence.

Tie Wu gradually sorted out his scattered thoughts, slowly raised his head, and looked at Gu Shen: "Don't pretend to be a great philanthropist…"

This young man looked harmless and compassionate on the surface, reviving him in the Four Seasons Wilderness and presenting the secret communication images of the Deep Water District, but in reality… he was a truly ruthless character.

Killing without using a knife.

A scheme to attack the heart.

Compared to the current situation… Tie Wu would rather have died in the explosion of Shen Lin (God's Advent).

"Gu Shen, what exactly are you doing all this for?" Tie Wu asked expressionlessly, getting straight to the point, "I'm a dying man, I don't have time to play games with you."

"For no reason."

Gu Shen said lightly, "Qin Ye's death is atonement. He killed Lu Cheng. If the laws of the Eastern Continent don't kill him, others will."

"I'm the same." Tie Wu smiled mockingly, "You don't think… the number of souls under my command is less than Old Qin's, do you?"

"So, you should die too."

Gu Shen said leisurely, "A life for a life, the law of the jungle… and in fact, you have already paid the price. You are already dead. Your physical body is destroyed, leaving only extraordinary source matter and a wisp of residual will. Even if the seven Shenzuo came together, they wouldn't be able to save you."

"But… I can let you live a little longer."

A glimmer of light slowly appeared in Gu Shen's eyes, and he stared straight into Tie Wu's eyes, saying word by word, "Living as a wisp of remnant soul in this wilderness… your final destination will be greatly extended."

"???"

Tie Wu's face was filled with disbelief.

Was this something that a human could do?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"The moment my physical body was destroyed… the extraordinary source matter began to dissipate, this is an inviolable iron law."

Tie Wu narrowed his eyes, stared straight into Gu Shen's eyes, and said with a sarcastic smile, "Even if a small wisp of source matter remains in this wilderness… it will all dissipate before long. Even the Shenzuo-daren cannot reverse all of this."

"Oh… really?"

What made Tie Wu feel a little uneasy was the young man's eyes at this moment.

A hint of a smile was reflected in his clear pupils.

Gu Shen slowly extended his palm.

The entire Four Seasons Wilderness was filled with howling winds, the grass swaying with it, and a faint smell of iron rust lingered in the air… Tie Wu's pupils suddenly contracted. That was the power he was extremely familiar with. After confirming his remaining spirit, he had tried to summon the 'Power of Iron,' but the cruel reality was that he had completely lost his ability here, and the extraordinary source matter integrated into his spirit was gradually dissipating.

He was no longer the master of the Iron Throne.

Neither physically… nor spiritually.

At this moment.

Thousands of whistling blades of grass, and iron filings that flew in from nowhere, condensed in the sky above this wilderness, reflecting the starlight, clinging to the ground, like steel falcons, their large wings brushed past, dragging out bronze-colored iron flowers!

"Bang bang bang—"

This was Gu Shen's first attempt to use this extraordinary power in the mental world.

Yes… this had become Gu Shen's own extraordinary power!

Mr. Gu Changzhi had gifted him the Four Seasons Wilderness. At the moment when the Golden Divine Realm dissipated, the extraordinary source matter of Tie Wu that should have dissipated… was all absorbed by the blazing flames, and then stored in the position between his eyebrows.

Gu Shen didn't let the blazing flames "digest" this power.

In Tie Wu's shocked and astonished expression, thousands of falcons swept in from all directions to pay homage, and finally, when they approached Gu Shen's side, these falcons turned into molten iron, and then collided together, finally condensing into a steel throne cast in bronze.

"Your extraordinary source matter… is all well preserved here."

Gu Shen's brow was burning with fire.

He slowly leaned back, sat on the throne, and the grass in all directions bowed down, kowtowing to welcome the new emperor.

The Iron Throne was not suspended in the air. Gu Shen sat flatly like this, and it was enough to overlook Tie Wu.

Tie Wu's expression was dazed, and he only felt that everything was like a dream.

At this moment, in his eyes.

The throne in front of him was as majestic as a high mountain, and the young man in front of him was surrounded by flames like a god.

"As you said… this is something that the Shenzuo cannot do."

"As you can see…"

"I, did it."