Chapter 1 Liankou Islands, Continuous Rain

Countless drones hid in the black clouds of the gloomy sky.

On Wu Dai Island, nearly a hundred youths wearing Ying Hai-style kimonos patrolled the outposts with high density.

A speedboat docked at the shore.

A man wearing a wooden hat took out his credentials but was rejected before he could show them.

"Sorry, today is 'Island Lockdown Period'..."

The patrolman said coldly, "No matter what you're here for, go back."

"Bastard!"

A roar came from under the hat, "Take a good look at the credentials, and then look at me!"

The patrolman was stunned and quickly stepped aside, bowing in apology. "So it's Lord Ryukisho! What brings you to the island?"

"Do I need to report to you what I'm doing?"

Tose Ryukisho pressed his katana and slowly walked off the deck. Behind him were three other youths wearing hats and羽织(haburi) coats. The patrolman hesitated, gritted his teeth, and stepped forward to stop them.

"Lord Ryukisho, who are these three?"

Before he could finish speaking.

"Slap!"

A loud slap echoed in the wind.

Tose Ryukisho rebuked sternly, "These three are my guards! What, do I need to report to you who I bring onto the island?!"

The slap was heavy, knocking the patrolman to the ground.

The others dared not say anything more and fell silent.

According to the rules set by Tose Shozo, every person landing on the island during the lockdown period needs to undergo strict information verification.

But the person landing on the island now is the current head of the Tose family.

How dare they stop him?

They are just small characters, and there is no need to offend big figures for such a trivial matter. Moreover, every scene that happens here will be captured by drones and transmitted to Lord Tose Shozo.

"I want to see Father..."

Tose Ryukisho pressed down his hat and randomly pointed to a patrolman, saying coldly, "You, lead the way!"

"But—"

The patrolman who was pointed at bit his lip. He originally wanted to say something, but after seeing his colleague groaning in pain on the ground, he gave up the idea of being talkative and honestly led the way.

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"Boom!"

Deep within Wu Dai Island, there is a heavy-duty warehouse covered in cyan silver. As the dusty mechanical giant door is pushed open, countless smoke and dust spread out.

Hisss hisss hisss.

The moment the giant door opened, there was a dense sound of hissing tongues. In the darkness, it seemed as if countless vertical pupils flashed.

This warehouse is filled with unknown heavy machinery, and the endpoint of all the machinery's pipelines leads to the cylindrical nutrient capsules placed in the center.

A decaying body is immersed inside.

Tose Shozo slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of vertical pupils.

A hoarse voice echoed in the heavy-duty warehouse.

"Ryukisho, I saw the scene just now... Your courage has grown."

"Who allowed you to enter without my permission?!"

"..."

Tose Ryukisho took off his hat and said with a slightly trembling voice, "Father..."

After two words.

He smiled, and let out a few words with relief: "It's all over."

Swish.

The darkness of the warehouse was ignited by light and fire.

Three people slowly walked out behind him. Gu Shen, Song Ci, and Chen Li all took off their Ying Hai-style bamboo hats.

After the darkness was shattered, the warehouse revealed its original appearance. Countless venomous snakes were dormant here, and after being exposed to the light, they retreated to the deeper darkness.

Tose Shozo's ability is 【Poison Nest】.

This is a dangerous ability that is one in a million. In the era without 【Deep Sea】, 【Poison Nest】 was even hailed as a dangerous ability comparable to "S-level". Tose Shozo's entire body, skin, hair, and even blood, contain highly toxic substances. There was no antidote for this toxin back then. Just a few milligrams could kill ordinary people, and even transcendents would find it difficult to resist.

Because of this.

The power that Tose Shozo could exert on the battlefield made countless enemies tremble with fear.

But after 【Deep Sea】 was introduced, an antitoxic serum specifically targeting 【Poison Nest】 was developed.

This once terrifying power has greatly decreased in threat level...

"The betrayal of the Tose family has been discovered."

Tose Ryukisho said slowly, "He promised me that as long as we solve this from the root, we can preserve the lives of those innocent people..."

"He?"

The voice echoing in the warehouse was very cold, and the gazes of countless snake pupils seemed to follow the sound, staring at the three people.

"Me."

Gu Shen stood out with his hands behind his back. He looked around and said indifferently, "I promised Tose Ryukisho that if I can kill you and destroy the 'Wu Dai Island' base, I can protect those who did not participate in this matter... Of course, the 'Tose family' will cease to exist from today onwards, and you will permanently withdraw from the stage of history."

"Who are you?"

Countless pairs of eyes in the darkness looked at the "evil spirit" in front of them with confusion and vigilance.

"It's a bit complicated."

Gu Shen sighed and said, "Just understand that I'm here to kill you."

As soon as these words came out.

A gust of wind stirred up in the warehouse, and the hoarse voice couldn't help but laugh: "You, kill me?!"

"To be precise, it's you."

Gu Shen looked at Tose Ryukisho and said calmly, "Where are the 'accomplices' you mentioned?"

"Those guys usually send people to garrison, but for some reason today, they withdrew the garrison personnel."

Tose Ryukisho said, "But it doesn't matter, your spiritual power should have already seen the 'scene' on this island. There are nearly a thousand believers on Wu Dai Island, and their spiritual seas are not locked. With your methods, you can search their mindscapes at will and get the answer..."

"Fool! Traitorous son! You betrayed me!"

Tose Shozo's roar echoed, almost shattering the warehouse.

He already understood what had happened.

His own son, Tose Ryukisho, had actually defected, revealing all the plans he had worked so hard on for many years, and even confessed the "belief" thing!

This roar stirred up a strong wind, blowing the roof of the heavy-duty warehouse!

The nutrient capsule shattered, and the decaying body punched through the hatch. After landing, in just a moment, it directly returned to its "peak" state.

Tose Shozo reached out and grabbed a piece of broken robe and put it on.

At this moment, he could not see a trace of aging. He looked completely like a young man in his early twenties.

A large number of dormant poisonous snakes swept towards him.

A scalp-numbing scene appeared.

These poisonous snakes burrowed into his skin without any resistance. His flesh cracked with countless gaps, forcibly absorbing these thousands of poisonous snakes into it.

Skin and hide.

No picture could be more vivid than the scene at this moment.

"I regret it."

Song Ci rubbed his brow, looked at Chen Li, and said seriously, "Why don't you do it?"

Tose Shozo's skin continued to churn.

Those small snakes wriggled constantly after entering his skin, like blood vessels.

Looking at this disgusting scene, Chen Li felt a chill in his heart.

He cursed in a low voice, "Get lost, can I beat this thing?"

Tose Shozo was already a titled powerhouse thirty years ago!

He is only a fourth-order transcendent now!

This is the "hard work" that Gu Shen promised Song Ci. He knew that after leaving the mausoleum, Song Ci had been wanting to find a suitable enemy to practice with.

This titled powerhouse from the Tose family is a suitable candidate.

"It is indeed disgusting, but I have seen something even more disgusting."

Gu Shen smiled and asked, "Are you sure you don't want to use him to practice?"

"I really can't do it. You know, I'm a close combatant. This thing is too disgusting. I feel dirty even touching it with my fist."

Song Ci said very seriously.

"???"

The conversation between the few people fell into Tose Shozo's ears word for word.

"What are you talking about?!"

The veins on Tose Shozo's forehead bulged.

He had already sensed these three young people.

Their spiritual power is probably around the level of the fourth-order.

Even if there is a hidden power, it cannot be too different, unless the other party has a spiritual power far exceeding his own...

How is this possible?

The three young people combined are not as old as him. At just over twenty years old, they are far stronger than his own title?

"Sorry, you are really too disgusting."

Gu Shen sighed softly and slowly walked towards Tose Shozo.

The man in front of him is still undergoing some kind of "genetic mutation".

The obvious bulging vein on Tose Shozo's forehead burst open with a pop, and a poisonous snake with a forked tongue leaped out, very ferocious. Then, one poisonous snake after another broke through his pores and grew into dense, snake-like hair...

"Since Ying Ji is unwilling to do it, I'll have to do it."

Gu Shen took a step while casually making a void grip.

Countless silver rays and iron pieces fluttered in the air, condensing into a sword.

"?!"

Tose Shozo felt danger at this moment.

The spiritual power of the young man wearing the demon mask in front of him suddenly soared, constantly breaking through and breaking through again in his perception, fourth-order, titled, far stronger than his own title...

How ridiculous is this?

Is there really such a young and powerful genius in the entire Five Continents? Is this the White Sleeve of Nagano? Or the Red Dragon of the Source Tower?!

Gu Shen slashed down with his sword.

Boom!

Tose Shozo screamed sharply, and his vertical pupils condensed to the extreme. He raised his hands, trying to struggle for even a second in the overwhelming silver light, but the warehouse floor shattered inch by inch, and countless ice shards burst out from the ground, tightly wrapping him. After countless chills invaded, the ultimate heat penetrated deep into his mind.

Two completed domains descended at this moment.

It had been many years since Tose Shozo had experienced the feeling of being "completely crushed."

The reason why he left Nagano back then was because he encountered an unreasonable guy who held him down and beat him severely, and threatened to beat him every time he saw him...

If he remembered correctly.

The guy back then was called Gu Qilin, and his domain was 【Unfathomable Scale】.

At this moment, Tose Shozo recalled the terror of being dominated, but the power of this young man was even more terrifying and vast than Gu Qilin back then.

"Boom—"

Gu Shen's sword, containing 【Truth】, cleaved the entire heavy-duty warehouse in half.

The power of destruction swept across and lingered for a long time.

He stood in the midst of countless smoke and dust, waving his hand to disperse the red mist lingering in front of him. If he guessed correctly, this was Tose Shozo's last resort...

The spiritual toxin condensed by 【Poison Nest】?

Well, it's quite powerful, but unfortunately... it's completely useless against the "King of the Underworld" like himself. Even if he stood still and let Tose Shozo poison him for three days and three nights, he would not suffer any damage. It would only make this guy die from exhaustion.

This battle was even less suspenseful than the one against the Kurosaki group.

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(This is the third update! There will be one more update tonight!)