No Money to Cultivate Immortality?

Under Xiangshan’s bombardment, murderous energy blanketed the earth, temporarily blocking Zhang Yu’s path.

In the next instant, Xiangshan charged forward and caught up to Zhang Yu.

With a single collision, Xiangshan merely staggered back a step, while Zhang Yu was sent flying toward Mo Shangjin’s location.

From that blow alone, Zhang Yu felt like he’d been slammed by a mountain. He barely managed to stabilize his body using the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Might at full force.

“This guy…” Zhang Yu gritted his teeth. “With the Sumeru Mountain King Codex combined with a military-grade Law Husk… two layers of military-grade power stacked together… he’s nearly immovable.”

Mo Shangjin brushed off the dirt from his body and glanced at the solemn-faced Zhang Yu beside him, speaking lightly, “Once I find an opening, I’ll hold him off with everything I’ve got. You handle the others from Demon-Beast University.”

“If we have an array’s support and they don’t, we might actually stand a chance.”

Zhang Yu nodded, but then his eyes narrowed as he noticed Xiangshan’s rapidly swelling belly. “What the hell is that?”

Mo Shangjin frowned. “That guy just absorbed some of my blood. He might be trying to create my bloodline offspring on the spot. The swelling… it’s probably the breeding module expanding. Looks like it’s officially activated.”

Mo Shangjin replied calmly, “As long as it’s not treated as life—just construction material—it’s not against the rules.”

“Besides… compulsory breeding is every member of Demon-Beast University’s duty. For the demon-kin, breeding isn’t taboo—it’s a skill, a responsibility, and a way to earn money. It’s highly respected among them.”

His eyes sharpened. “We need to interrupt this breeding process. Nothing good will come out of it.”

Meanwhile, in the audience stands, countless demon-kin erupted in wild cheers as they saw what was happening.

“Breed! Breed! Breed! Breed! Breed!”

Watching the frenzied crowd—how they howled, bit each other, dual cultivated, defecated, urinated, bred on the spot, and cheered like madmen…

Zhang Yu gradually understood: these demon-kin didn’t despise breeding. What they despised… was unpaid breeding and the breeding tax.

“So this is what it means… to be a demon,” Zhang Yu thought.

Feeling the wild fervor of the crowd, Xiangshan let out a maniacal laugh and raised his arms high in response to their roar.

“Demon brats!”

“Today, you’ll all witness me seize the championship, surpass professional limits—surpass racial limits!”

He raised his elephant trunk to the sky and unleashed a violent spray—a torrent of thick, pungent demonic aura that instantly flooded the battlefield.

The stench blanketed the heavens and earth, forcing everyone from Wanfa University to activate cleansing artifacts and Law Husks to purify the air.

But the crowd only grew more ecstatic. Many demon-kin eagerly inhaled the foul aura, some even fighting over the particulate matter carried within.

“That’s Xiangshan’s dung! I’ve been waiting for this fresh bite!”

“It’s mine! All mine!”

“It’s so pure! One bite of this and I won’t need to eat for ten days!”

Amid the writhing horde, Xiangshan turned his gaze toward Mo Shangjin and Zhang Yu, stepping forward with overwhelming pressure. He grinned, baring increasingly savage fangs. “Come. Let’s continue.”

With a single step, the ground trembled, and the battle resumed.

Xiangshan punched once—Zhang Yu was blown away. A powerful kick—Mo Shangjin was launched through the air.

Yet the two, like twin dragons, charged back with earth-shaking might, relentlessly assaulting Xiangshan.

But Xiangshan stood like an immovable mountain, resisting every onslaught from the two with rock-solid stability. Blow after blow, he repelled them without budging.

At that moment, Mo Shangjin’s hands, which had been forming seals behind his head, suddenly shifted. Above him, the long-accumulated gravitational core erupted.

From the beginning of the battle, Mo Shangjin had been channeling both the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Might and his Law Husk’s power, constantly amplifying the gravitational source.

Now it exploded forth, transforming into a cage known as the Eternal Calamity Abyss—locking Xiangshan down.

Zhang Yu’s eyes narrowed. “The most difficult of the Ten Planetary Forms—Eternal Calamity Abyss? So this technique evolved from the Seven Absolutes Law Husk?”

“Makes sense. In real combat, I’d need time to charge up Eternal Calamity Abyss—it’s hard to use mid-fight.”

“Only a Law Husk could let Mo Shangjin fight and charge at the same time…”

Just then, Mo Shangjin transmitted a message: His military-grade Law Husk is too strong. Even with all this buildup, Eternal Calamity Abyss won’t hold him for long. Make your move now!

He spread his fingers wide and fired a barrage of gravitational wave cannons at Xiangshan.

Zhang Yu vanished in a flash, understanding that Mo Shangjin wasn’t asking him to help in the assault—there’d be no time to make a difference.

He rushed straight toward Demon-Beast University’s formation, aiming to eliminate Xiangshan’s teammates first.

As the gravitational blasts rained down, Xiangshan’s swollen belly suddenly deflated—the breeding process had been interrupted.

Mo Shangjin aimed his palm at Xiangshan’s head, ready to attack his brain.

But in the next moment, Mo Shangjin’s expression twisted—his entire body began to spasm uncontrollably as the Seven Absolutes Law Husk convulsed.

The Eternal Calamity Abyss, once running at full power, suddenly faltered—its strength plummeting, teetering on collapse.

“Hm?”

With a sickening crunch, Xiangshan clamped a massive hand over Mo Shangjin’s head, grinning viciously. “The breeding module weakens my torso’s defense. I left that vulnerability on purpose.”

“You focused too much on exploiting it once Eternal Calamity Abyss was triggered… and let me invade your Law Husk.”

Mo Shangjin could feel it—his Law Husk was being overrun by a horde of soul cultivators. Even the soul cultivators he had carefully trained were being overwhelmed.

Especially terrifying were those invading soul cultivators who hurled themselves in with suicidal determination, crashing into his Law Husk one after another.

In the spirit realm, Mo Shangjin heard the soul cultivators’ panicked cries:

“Boss! We can’t hold out! He’s crazy!”

“This is a bankruptcy-level assault! We’re pulling out!”

“Our pay doesn’t cover this kind of risk…”

“Raise our pay! Raise it now!”

Mo Shangjin knew that with a bit more time—and enough spirit coins—he could recover his Law Husk’s function.

Meanwhile, in the physical world, as their Mountain-Moving Might and the Sumeru Mountain King Codex clashed, the ground beneath them fractured in layers.

Yet Xiangshan’s hand remained firmly clamped around Mo Shangjin’s skull.

That jet-black hand was like a black hole, devouring every bit of incoming Earthfiend Gravity, rendering Mo Shangjin powerless to resist.

Feeling Mo Shangjin’s desperate struggle, Xiangshan sneered, “You’re probably thinking: just hold on a bit longer, get your Law Husk running, Zhang Yu will defeat my teammates, your side will finish the array, and you’ll turn the tide, right?”

“Too bad. That’s never going to happen.”

…

The moment Zhang Yu reached the construction site using his Mountain-Moving Might, he saw elephant demons had already impaled their own hearts, transforming into pillars embedded into the earth.

All around, piles of corpses were turned into Foundation Stakes, covering the ground like a forest of stone tablets.

“You… killed yourselves? Turned yourselves into Foundation Stakes?”

Zhang Yu was stunned. It was one thing for Demon-Beast University to use corpses to form the array, but even living teammates killed themselves?

As if deliberately luring him here, the moment Zhang Yu arrived, those elephant demons threw away their lives.

Their souls emerged and floated in the spiritual realm.

They laughed and said, “If it helps Big Brother Xiangshan win, what’s one life? We can always earn it back!”

Seeing the trust in their eyes, Zhang Yu was momentarily dazed—as if witnessing something familiar.

Then his gaze turned cold. Without hesitation, he activated Mountain-Moving Might and swept through the corpses.

…

At that moment, as Xiangshan’s teammates died and formed the Foundation Stakes, the array activated—pouring power into Xiangshan’s body.

But only for a split second before Zhang Yu destroyed it.

Still, that split second was enough for Xiangshan to attempt a finishing blow on Mo Shangjin.

The Eternal Calamity Abyss was broken. The Seven Absolutes Law Husk was paralyzed. Zhang Yu had been diverted…

Xiangshan knew this was the perfect moment to defeat Mo Shangjin.

If he could do that, then no matter how many arrays they had, no matter if Zhang Yu was still standing—Wanfa University wouldn’t stand a chance.

This fleeting moment had been bought by the soul cultivators—his brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts—who sacrificed everything.

His teammates had even given up their lives just to delay Zhang Yu by a heartbeat.

Now, he had to defeat Wanfa University’s strongest civil engineer—Mo Shangjin!

“Mo Shangjin! This blow carries not just the weight of mountains—but the hopes of my kin, my brothers, my descendants!”

With a roar, empowered by military-grade techniques, a military-grade Law Husk, and the array’s boost, Xiangshan’s right arm bulged with force.

Mo Shangjin felt his skull ring with cracks, as if it would tear apart in the next instant.

Their gazes clashed at close range.

Mo Shangjin’s heart wavered. “Will I… lose?”

“Will I die?”

“Go bankrupt?”

“Should I keep holding on?”

“Push through?”

“Zhang Yu should be arriving right about now…”

A final doubt surfaced: Can I trust him? Even if it means risking bankruptcy? Gambling the future… for this one final match?

Xiangshan howled in his heart: Generation after generation of lower-rank demon-kin from Demon-Beast University—devoured and sold off as children—they believe I can change all of this… They believe that today, dammit, everything will be different!

“Right arm! Give it everything!”

His right Law Husk initiated self-destruct mode—running at 120% capacity.

With a thunderous boom, just as Zhang Yu returned to the center of the battlefield and struck with his Mountain-Moving Might—

Xiangshan’s right arm Law Husk, pushed past its limits, began to rupture.

The terrifying force surged toward Mo Shangjin. The moment his body reached a high-risk damage threshold, the Law Husk automatically sent out the pre-set surrender signal.

Mo Shangjin—defeated.

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