99: Chapter 99 The Dream of a Godly Emperor? I'll crush it with my own hands! And eat it while I'm at it!

["Zhao Tianba, the ruler of this world! You will die a horrible death!"]

[The "Sect Head" kneeling at the very front looked up, cursing with a face full of grief and indignation.]

[That usually majestic face was now covered in blood and humiliation, as he cursed in a hoarse voice.]

["Smack!"]

[A golden wine cup filled with Jade Nectar was smashed ruthlessly onto the "Sect Head's" head by Elder Zhao—no, by the Dominator of this world, "Zhao Tianba, the ruler of this world."]

[The golden cup shattered, and the mellow wine mixed with blood, trickling down the "Sect Head's" hair in a wretched mess.]

["Keep barking."]

["Zhao Tianba, the ruler of this world" ground the tip of his foot into the "Sect Head's" face, his fat face flushed with a sickly red, his voice sharp and piercing.]

["Old dog, try barking one more time!"]

["Did you Geniuses with your heads in the clouds ever even spare a glance for me, Zhao?"]

["And now? Aren't you still being stepped on by me like a dog!"]

[He ground down hard a few more times, seemingly savoring the pleasure of trampling former authority into the mud.]

[After venting, he turned his gaze to the side.]

[Kneeling there was a young girl in white, cold and ethereal.]

[As cold as the moon, as aloof as the snow.]

[It was indeed Su Qinghan.]

[The former number one Prodigy of the Outer Sect, the same one Tang Xun had seen before.]

[At this moment, the Early-Stage Core Formation "Su Qinghan," though her clothes were still relatively intact, had an expression filled with humiliation and fear.]

["Yo, isn't this our great Genius Su?"]

["Zhao Tianba, the ruler of this world" released his foot from the Sect Head, rubbed his greasy hands together, and walked toward "Su Qinghan" with a lewd grin.]

["Weren't you quite proud usually? Weren't you supercilious?"]

[He reached out a short, fat finger and roughly tilted "Su Qinghan's" chin up, forcing her to raise her beautiful face, which was like a pear blossom bathed in rain.]

["Come, give your lord a smile.]

[If you smile nicely, your lord will reward you with a bone to eat."]

["Su Qinghan's" body trembled violently, her pearly teeth biting her lower lip so hard that traces of blood seeped out.]

[Tears burst from her eyes and slid down her cheeks.]

[Finally, under that absolute pressure, she squeezed out a smile more wretched and distorted than crying.]

["Hahahaha! Good! Good!"]

["Zhao Tianba, the ruler of this world" threw his head back and laughed wildly, laughing until tears came out.]

[It was the madness of someone who had been suppressed for centuries and finally achieved their ambition.]

[It was a perverted explosion from the deepest part of human nature, after dark desires were satisfied.]

[In the marshland outside the sphere of light.]

[Tang Xun withdrew his hand, a strange expression on his face.]

["Tsk tsk tsk, I couldn't tell."]

["This old fellow looked so business-like before, yet he had such a big drama hidden in his heart."]

["This isn't some Heart Demon illusion; this is clearly a live-action scene of a loser's counterattack and revenge power fantasy."]

[I have to say, this Elder Zhao's imagination is quite rich.]

[Though it's a cliché, it's certainly intense.]

[Not only did his cultivation reach the heavens, turning him into some bullshit "God Emperor," but he also captured everyone he was jealous of, hated, or even secretly lusted after, trampling them underfoot and humiliating them at will.]

[This kind of spiritual opium is harder to break free from than physical pleasure.]

[At this moment, Elder Zhao's entire Soul was deeply bound to this fictional world, completely lost within it, no longer able to distinguish between reality and illusion.]

[His Divine Soul power was burning continuously amidst these intense emotional fluctuations, turning into nourishment to sustain this illusion.]

[At this rate, in less than fifteen minutes, his lamp would run dry, and he would completely turn into a fragment in this marsh.]

["I originally intended to act immediately, but seeing you having so much fun, I can't bear to interrupt."]

[Tang Xun rubbed his chin, a mischievous smirk flashing in his eyes.]

[Since it's a harvest, naturally I must wait until the fruit is at its ripest.]

[Right now, Elder Zhao is still at the Peak of his pleasure.]

[When he's finished enjoying himself and that sense of emptiness hits, or when the illusion begins to collapse and he realizes it's all fake...]

[That despair of falling from the clouds into the mud is the most delicious "seasoning."]

[Tang Xun simply sat down next to the sphere of light, settling into a comfortable position.]

[The vertical mark between his brows glowed slightly as he continued to watch this grand drama called "The Counterattack of Guard Zhao" with great interest.]

["Hit him! Yes, hit him in the face!"]

["Ooh, even the 'Monkey Steals the Peaches' move? Low-class, but I like it."]

[As he watched, he critiqued the scene in his mind.]

[He was treating this entirely like a live broadcast.]

[Just as "Zhao Tianba, the ruler of this world" was preparing to do something even more excessive to "Su Qinghan"...]

[Tang Xun's brow suddenly furrowed.]

[It wasn't because the imagery was inappropriate for minors.]

[But because he felt a strange fluctuation coming from the depths of this marsh.]

[The fluctuation was very weak, yet it carried something that made the Savage God Dragon Transformation Art within him tremble...]

[Attraction.]

[It was something countless times more Advanced than these Soul fragments, or even the living person before him.]

["There's something good?"]

[Tang Xun immediately stood up, his gaze piercing through the heavy mist toward the very center of the marsh.]

[As for the grand drama before him that was about to reach its climax...]

[Tang Xun's tone carried a hint of regret, like a viewer called away to work overtime halfway through a show.]

["Forget it, I'll let you off easy and give you a quick end."]

[Tang Xun didn't have the patience to wait for this old fellow to collapse naturally anymore.]

[He reached out, his five fingers forming a claw, and with a clean, swift motion, he stabbed directly into the massive sphere of light.]

[Puff.]

[A soft sound.]

[Like piercing a multicolored soap bubble that had been blown to its limit.]

[Inside the illusion.]

[Just as "Zhao Tianba, the ruler of this world" was about to undress, his movements suddenly froze.]

[He discovered in terror that a large hole had cracked open in the sky.]

[A giant hand that blotted out the sun reached in through the hole.]

[That hand ignored the so-called "Sect Head" and "Genius," and it also ignored the so-called "divine skill" on his body.]

[Like crushing a bedbug, it snatched him up into its palm.]

["No—! I am an Emperor! I am a God! Who dares touch me!"]

["Zhao Tianba, the ruler of this world" roared hysterically.]

[But in that voice, there was already the panic of waking from a dream.]

["Emperor my ass."]

[A cold voice resounded through the heavens and earth.]

[Subsequently.]

[The giant hand closed.]

[Bang!]

[As "Zhao Tianba, the ruler of this world's" shrill scream came to an abrupt halt, the multicolored sphere of light shattered accordingly.]

[There was no world-shaking explosion, no brilliant fireworks.]

[Only a wisp of extremely pure energy, mixed with bits of light-dross like crushed gold, reluctantly spilled out from the shattered illusion.]

[That was the essence of Elder Zhao's lifelong cultivation, along with his unfinished dream of being an emperor.]

[Tang Xun wasn't polite.]

[The vertical mark between his brows suddenly opened, turning into an invisible vortex that sucked in that wisp of energy violently.]

["Slurp—"]

[Down to the last drop, nothing remained.]

[The Savage God Dragon Transformation Art roared into operation!]

[This foreign energy was instantly crushed and purified by the technique, turning into golden Dragon patterns that were overbearingly branded onto his entire skeleton and limbs!]

[Crack! Crack!]

[Bones all over Tang Xun's body were popping; his originally just lean and sturdy frame now had brilliant golden light flowing beneath the skin.]

[Every inch of muscle fiber seemed to be twisted into steel cables, brimming with explosive power.]

["The amount of a Late Core Formation Stage... not bad at all."]

[Tang Xun clenched his fists, feeling the strength that was almost overflowing between his fingers and palms, and smacked his lips.]

[This was just the appetizer.]

[He looked up, his gaze passing through layers of mist, deadlocked onto the very center of the marsh.]

[There, a sphere of light as dazzling as the sun resided.]

[The source of the strange fluctuation.]

[Even from a great distance, one could feel a terrifying pressure.]

[All the surrounding Soul fragments were like fireflies before a bright moon in its light, dim and lusterless.]

[The corner of Tang Xun's mouth curled into an evil arc.]

["Nascent Soul."]