Chapter 1233 - 1233: Try Breaking It Again!

"Lin Wudi, you leave the Stone Gate Realm and we'll release your two trusted followers!"

The Eastern Luo King put forward the Eighth King's demand.

They'd never really thought they could use two Integrate Dao cultivators as hostages to tie Lin Wudi's hands and feet.

From start to finish, they only had one goal—to force Lin Wudi out of the Stone Gate Realm.

As for whether Lin Wudi would stir up storms behind the other Stone Gates in the Forbidden Sand Sea, they didn't care.

"My affairs, Lin Wudi's affairs—you think you're qualified to interfere?"

Lin Mu's gaze was indifferent; he didn't put the Ten Kings in his eyes at all.

"Lin Wudi, you really think we don't dare kill? Believe it or not, this king will kill one right now!"

The Western Mansion King's expression was vicious.

Among the remaining eight kings, only he and Lin Wudi were locked in a death feud, so of course he acted without scruples.

The other seven kings hadn't spoken, but they also wanted to give Lin Wudi a lesson.

If Lin Wudi kept stonewalling them, then they'd just kill one first and see!

Lin Mu looked toward the Eight Kings and suddenly gave a light laugh. "You all seem to have forgotten something important."

The Eight Kings all froze, feeling that Lin Wudi's smile at this moment was like a Devil's, making their hearts tremble.

"I..."

Lin Wudi said blandly, "Can leave the Forbidden Sand Sea at any time—come and go as I please."

When these words came out, the Eight Kings almost didn't even understand them.

But after the Eastern Luo King stared blankly for a moment, he suddenly thought of something and shouted anxiously, "Lin Wudi, disaster does not reach the family, you..."

"Since disaster doesn't extend to the family, then how do we settle the score for you abducting my people?" Lin Mu's voice was icy.

Disaster doesn't reach the family?

The other seven kings turned those few words over in their minds several times before they finally realized, like being drenched in enlightenment.

Once they understood, cold seeped through all seven kings' bodies, and even the air around them felt several degrees more frigid.

"Lin Wudi! You wouldn't dare!"

"That's the Heavenly Realm—if you run wild there, the Heavenly Realm Guard won't let you go!"

"We haven't threatened any of your kin!"

Among the seven kings, some threatened, some cursed, and some tried to compromise and explain.

Only now did they finally grasp one problem—that Lin Wudi could move in and out of the Forbidden Sand Sea at will.

They thought they could use Mu Gui and Liu Yuan to threaten Lin Wudi, but they forgot one fatal fact.

Since Lin Wudi could freely enter and exit the Forbidden Sand Sea, all of their families were under Lin Wudi's threat.

If Mu Gui and Liu Yuan were killed, Lin Wudi could simply leave the Forbidden Sand Sea, go to the Heavenly Realm, and settle accounts with their loved ones!

They'd been living in peace for too long and had already forgotten that when they kidnapped Lin Wudi's trusted followers and used them as leverage, Lin Wudi could just as easily threaten them.

They thought they had no family inside the Forbidden Sand Sea, and forgot all their family was in the Heavenly Realm!

For Lin Wudi, going to the Heavenly Realm to kill people was nothing more than an easy task!

"The Heavenly Realm Guard won't let me go? It's not like I haven't killed Heavenly Realm Guards before."

Lin Mu spoke casually, utterly disdainful of the Heavenly Realm Guard.

The Ten Kings didn't know that he'd even killed the overlord of the Heavenly Realm Guard!

"You..."

The Eastern Luo King's whole body trembled, yet he couldn't string together a complete sentence.

Only now did they realize that their so-called threat was nothing but a joke to Lin Wudi!

"Release them now, and I'll only kill the Western Mansion King."

Lin Wudi's voice rang again in the ears of the Eight Kings; this time, no one dared ignore it.

Don't release them?

Then the day Lin Wudi left the Forbidden Sand Sea would be the day their families paid the price!

Use their own way against them!

Once they resorted to this third-rate tactic of kidnapping, they forfeited any moral ground to stop Lin Wudi from copying their methods.

Boom!

Thunderbolt exploded as the Western Mansion King rode his Tribulation Thunder Thoughts and turned to flee.

He wasn't an idiot!

Compared to their families, he, the Western Mansion King, was nothing more than a dispensable piece on the board.

The other seven kings were never going to fight to the death for him!

Run!

Once the Western Mansion King understood that threats were useless, he immediately fled!

The other seven kings all fell silent.

At this point, they could only abandon the Western Mansion King.

Yet just as they were sighing, each feeling some measure of pity for the Western Mansion King, they suddenly realized that Lin Wudi wasn't chasing him. Instead, he was watching the seven of them with a half-smile.

The Eastern Luo King and the others shivered involuntarily.

"Chase him!"

Without a shred of hesitation, the seven immediately turned to pursue the Western Mansion King.

Lin Wudi had said he'd only kill the Western Mansion King. If the Western Mansion King got away, the ones who'd die wouldn't be limited to him alone.

In an instant, the situation reversed.

Not long ago, it had still been nine kings setting up a trap to threaten Lin Wudi.

Now, one of the nine kings was dead, one had fled, and the remaining seven were forced to chase down the Western Mansion King on Lin Wudi's behalf.

What looked like an unbreakable deadly situation was shattered by Lin Wudi in just a few words.

Clap!

Clap!

Clap!

As the seven kings departed, a rhythmic clapping sounded from within the black sand sea of Tianqian Valley.

A figure walked out from the swirling sand and dust.

This man was tall, like a giant, with a massive weapon strapped to his back—a huge wolf fang club.

His face was covered in a thick beard, a piece of unknown wild beast hide hung at his waist, and his whole body radiated a feral aura.

"Pretty boy! You're good at scheming, aren't you?"

The bearded brute grinned savagely at Lin Wudi, his eyes full of bloodlust.

"Hidden King?"

Lin Mu remained unmoved, as if he hadn't been provoked in the slightest, still calm.

The bearded man sneered. "Don't lump me in with those four wastes. Laozi's name is Lei Gun! Today, entrusted by the Ten Kings, I've come to take your life!"

"Oh? Not the Hidden King?"

Lin Mu suddenly recalled something. Before entering the Stone Gate Realm behind the first Stone Gate, Mu Gui had said that behind the first Stone Gate, the human race had three strongholds.

The Ten Kings counted as one stronghold, the Hidden King as another.

This wild-man-like Lei Gun—he was from the third stronghold?

"I hear you wiped out a hundred Third Tribulation Heavenly Realm Guards. Killing a genius like you should be quite entertaining!"

Lei Gun's smile was especially hideous.

After his laughter faded, he strode forward and, with a swing of his hand, brought the wolf fang club down toward Lin Wudi.

Only then did Lin Mu, somewhat surprised, realize that Lei Gun's wolf fang club was actually entirely formed from unowned Tribulation Thunder Thoughts—no fewer than a hundred thousand Third Tribulation Thoughts!

Inside the Forbidden Sand Sea, Magic Artifacts couldn't be used; that was practically a hard rule.

This Lei Gun, however, had opened another path, using Tribulation Thunder Thoughts to forge a weapon. It was actually fairly clever.

He just didn't know whether this was Lei Gun's personal insight or the collective crystallization of wisdom from that other stronghold.

"Suppression of Heaven Technique!"

Two thousand Second-stage Tribulation Thoughts formed Tribulation Thought Characters—the character for Suppress—striking out!

Rumble!

A terrifying suppressive force descended to envelop Lei Gun!

"You think you can suppress me with just two thousand Tribulation Thoughts? Daydreaming!"

Lei Gun didn't put the white-clad youth before him in his eyes at all.

So what if he'd wiped out a hundred Third Tribulation cultivators? With the wolf fang club in hand, even Fourth Tribulation Thunder experts could be smashed to death in a single blow.

If the Nine Kings hadn't invoked the Ten Kings Command this time, he'd never have had the chance to come to the Ten Kings' territory.

If he didn't take the chance to reap some benefits, wouldn't this trip be for nothing?

Laughable Nine Kings, actually scared silly by a pretty boy, ending up turning on each other!

So what if you can freely enter and exit the Forbidden Sand Sea? I'll smash you to death with one swing and see how you plan to threaten anyone!

Crack!

Lin Wudi's Suppression of Heaven Technique was directly shattered by Lei Gun's wolf fang club.

A Tribulation Thought Blade formed from a hundred thousand Third Tribulation Thoughts had power so terrifying it defied imagination.

"Interesting."

Lei Gun's wolf fang club made Lin Mu think of the Yulong Sword.

"Try breaking it one more time."

Lin Wudi released those one thousand Second-stage Tribulation Thoughts that had absorbed Ghastly Qi, roaring forth!