Chapter 3: The More You Believe, The More Real I Become! Nine-Star Dou Emperor!
“Hand over the item quickly!” Mu Li snorted coldly.
Xiao Yan and Little Medical Fairy both broke out in a cold sweat. They exchanged a glance, then simultaneously retreated to a corner of the cave, distancing themselves from the ice coffin.
“Hmm?”
Mu Li furrowed his brows, uncertain about what the two were up to.
“Hey…”
Just as he was about to speak, a terrifying aura surged forth from within the ice coffin.
“Who is it? Who dares disturb my slumber!”
“Boom!”
The shattered ice coffin exploded completely, releasing countless shards of ice crystals. The sleeping youth inside opened his violet-gray eyes. Clad in snow-white robes, his handsome features resembled a fallen immortal.
Even Xiao Yan was momentarily stunned.
Yet now, a bone-chilling fury blazed on that handsome face.
“Master, do you think you can defeat this ancient powerhouse?” Xiao Yan asked anxiously in his heart.
“Perhaps we should attempt negotiation first…” Elder Yao was also uneasy. From the aura, he judged the cultivation of this millennium-old powerhouse.
Just as he had suspected, even awakened prematurely and without full recovery, this ancient warrior still maintained the strength of a Dou Huang.
A Nine-Star Dou Huang!
This was the youth’s current cultivation level.
“If we disregard the expenditure of soul power, I could match a Nine-Star Dou Huang briefly and lead Xiao Yan and the girl to safety… but is this person’s combat power truly limited to the Dou Huang level?” Elder Yao’s expression grew grave.
“Who are you?” Mu Li’s expression changed drastically. Even he, dull as he was, understood he had provoked a formidable foe.
“Ant, is it you who disturbed my sect’s slumber?” Su Yun’s voice was icy, but deep within his eyes flickered the satisfaction of rebirth.
He was a transmigrator, taken from the mortal world by the sudden screech of brakes and honking.
Upon arriving on the Dou Qi Continent, Su Yun found his aptitude mediocre, fortunately, he had his own trump card.
The Lie System! Practice falsehood until it becomes truth—the more you believe, the more real it becomes!
As long as Su Yun’s woven lies were believed by others, the lies would manifest as reality!
“It was worth the five years I spent, with the system’s aid, disguising this cave as the burial site of a millennia-old cursed poison body, fabricating its history and abilities.
Now Elder Yao, Xiao Yan, and Little Medical Fairy believe it to be true, and I truly have become the perfect cursed poison body, wielding netherworld poison fire unafraid of any poison outbreak!”
Su Yun’s heart surged with pride; it had not been easy to come this far.
[Notification! Your lies have convinced Elder Yao, Xiao Yan, Little Medical Fairy, and Ling Ying utterly. The lies have become truth. You have earned 100,000 Truth Points.]
[Rating: A dwarf borrows light, a giant shadow casts a wall; illusions deceive, a gaunt frame becomes king!]
[Remaining Truth Points: 100,404]
“Hmm?”
Su Yun’s expression flickered slightly.
Meanwhile, Mu Li was still denying vehemently.
“It wasn’t me!” he cried in terror, waving his hands desperately.
“Not you?” Su Yun’s tone was calm. A simple gesture summoned the broken wooden spear shaft lying amid the ice shards into his palm.
Engraved on the wood were a few small characters.
“Wolf Head Mercenary Corps…”
Su Yun’s eyes flashed sharply, a cold smile appearing on his face.
Mu Li instinctively glanced at his exposed chest, where a conspicuous wolf head tattoo was inked.
“Kill! All of them—no one leaves alive!” Mu Li bellowed, determined to fight desperately in the face of doom.
“An ephemera shaking a tree, yet unaware of its insignificance.”
With a light flick of his sleeve, purple mist materialized out of thin air, sweeping over all members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Corps within moments.
“Ah!”
Screams of agony rang out as Mu Li and his comrades watched helplessly while their bodies visibly dissolved into white bones!
Xiao Yan gaped in shock—this was the power of a Dou Huang! With a mere gesture, lives were extinguished without trace!
“And you two,” Su Yun’s gaze shifted to Xiao Yan and Little Medical Fairy, eyes glinting as if weighing their fate.
Xiao Yan hurriedly said, “Dou Zong, it’s not our fault! The Wolf Head Mercenary Corps disturbed your slumber!”
“Lies and truth are meaningless now. Since you stand here, you are implicated,” Su Yun’s expression turned cold.
Elder Yao sensed impending disaster. “He was awakened prematurely, his cultivation plummeted, and his rage is boundless. No matter how much you plead, it won’t help!”
“Go repent in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs,” Su Yun said, lifting a finger as Dou Qi condensed at the tip, brewing destructive power.
“Swish!”
At the critical moment, a shadow darted into the cave, three jet-black short blades slashing toward Su Yun!
Su Yun smirked, flicked his fingers, and the Dou Qi turned into a violet-blue ribbon that shot out with sudden speed.
“I’ve been waiting for you, you skulking rats!”
“Boom!”
The Dou Qi ribbon shattered the three blades effortlessly, its might undiminished as it surged toward the shadow.
Ling Ying’s heart jolted. He activated his body technique, transforming into nine ghostly shadows that scattered in all directions.
“Phantom Nine Flashes!”
Yet to Ling Ying’s shock, the plain Dou Qi ribbon locked firmly onto his true form, relentlessly pursuing him!
“What!”
Su Yun clenched his palm, the ribbon’s speed surging even further.
“Boom!”
A cataclysmic energy wave arose, whipping up an eighteen-level hurricane across the Beast Mountain Range. Trees toppled, wild beasts fled in terror, and boulders rolled down the peaks.
After several breaths, the aftermath gradually subsided. Ling Ying spread his dark Dou Qi wings in midair, but his condition was dire: his upper garments torn, blood staining his body.
Su Yun stepped out of the cave as his emerald poison fire wings slowly unfurled. He said indifferently, “Young one, who are you?”
“Heh, it’s better you don’t know my identity,” Ling Ying replied stiffly, though inwardly cautious.
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