The giant ball of flesh and blood continued to writhe incessantly.
Occasionally, blood and bones detached, coalescing mid-air into enigmatic and eerie runes.
āāThe entire plaza was engulfed in a kind of extremely maddening power.
However.
Shen Ye was not afraid.
He held up the property document and shouted in a deep voice:
"Iāve decided itās you, come forth!"
Bang.
A light sound echoed.
A 110 square meter house appeared on the plaza!
āāThis was no normal house!
A highly knowledgeable cloak man had already cried out in surprise:
"Is this houseā"
"Indeed, it clearly appears to be the one!" A long-haired man said with certainty.
"Is the house a kind of power?" The "King" asked uncertainly.
The crowd looked over, only to see a plaque hanging on the house, with words written on it:
"Panda Agency."
Precisely.
This was Tie Nanās safe house!
Under the influence of the multi-layered universe, its safe house had also been upgraded!
Bangāā
The door opened.
A muscular panda stood inside the door, bowing to Shen Ye:
"You have worked hard today."
"Bring me a stool, thank you." Shen Ye said.
"Here you go."
Tie Nan brought out a small stool from the room and handed it to Shen Ye.
Shen Ye sat on the stool, crossing his legs, shaking his foot as he looked toward the crowd.
"Drink!"
Tie Nan shouted.
Shen Ye caught the tossed can, said "Thanks" and opened it to drink.
"Towel!" Tie Nan shouted again.
"Thanks!" Shen Ye used the hot towel to wipe his face.
"Peanuts and sunflower seeds!" Tie Nan continued to shout.
"Thanks!" Shen Ye began to munch on sunflower seeds.
"Stop!" The pocket watch screamed:
"Donāt look at him, he has the property document, what do you have?"
"āāWe continue!"
It hopped, landing in front of the long-haired man, full of killing intent as it shouted:
"Why can you stay here?"
The long-haired man raised his hand, performed a strange gesture, then finally spoke:
"It was I who retrieved the compass from the seal land of old."
"And it was I who, avoiding innumerable pursuits, ultimately brought it through the aether to here."
"I paid the price of being torn limb from limb."
"āāI have the right to witness the construction of the nest!"
The pocket watch fell silent.
A few moments later.
It finally spoke:
"Everything youāve said is true, but only one of you can remain, the rest of you will still be sacrificed."
The aura around the long-haired man changed entirely.
He appeared ready to act at any moment.
Yet the pocket watch continued:
"You should know the nestās mighty power, so donāt do anything foolish."
A single sentence.
The long-haired man froze for several moments, sighed, and said:
"I understand, please give me some time."
"Go now ā your bodies have been separate for too long, each with its own thoughts and consciousness, itās time to resolve this matter." The pocket watch said.
The long-haired man turned and walked away, gradually disappearing into the depths of the darkness.
āāA finger leaped from his hair, landing opposite, transforming into a body of flesh and blood.
"Come on, only one of us can remain."
The long-haired man said.
The body said too: "Thereās no choice about this, luckily whichever one remains, it is myself."
"Then letāsā"
"Fight to the finish swiftly!"
The two charged at each other, recklessly attacking.
In only a few moments.
They exchanged hundreds of blows back and forth, the long-haired man was covered in wounds, and the body was similarly riddled with injuries.
The battle continued relentlessly.
Suddenly, the pocket watch spoke:
"Waiting idly is dull, letās continue."
It flew, swaying down before the "King," and spoke:
"Tell me, what qualifies you to stay here?"
The "King" hugged his arms, pondered deeply: "I donāt know either."
"You donāt either?" the pocket watch asked, surprised.
The "King" appeared somewhat confused, muttering:
"Since my creation, Iāve constantly been killing, killing for ten thousand yearsā"
"Later I found out the beings who created me were a bunch of pathetic trash, they didnāt deserve my hatred."
"āāThe laws call me the āKingā."
"But I really donāt know what I should do next."
"Destruction of the Myriad Realms?"
"It does seem interesting, but whatās after that?"
"Utter emptiness."
"So I came here to take a look."
The pocket watch, after listening seriously, couldnāt help laughing boisterously:
"You truly deserve the title King of Laws, but youāre too weak yet unripeā"
"You may stay here!"
Finishing its sentence, it flew toward the "Hungry Ghost."
āāSo simply did the "King" pass.
The crowd exchanged confused glances, not quite understanding.
At this time, the pocket watch had arrived in front of the "Hungry Ghost," and asked:
"What about you? What makes you think you can stay?"
The "Hungry Ghost" said nothing, swung its fist, and directly smashed the pocket watch.
Clang clangā
Parts of the pocket watch scattered across the ground.
The "Hungry Ghost" stepped on the dial, coldly said:
"What qualifies you to question me?"
Silently.
The ground revealed numerous human heads, all gazing at it.
On the ceiling.
Long, slender bodies also extended outward, human heads turning toward the "Hungry Ghost."
These unknown beings densely filled the range of everyoneās sight, almost endless!
"Do you seek death?"
The "Hungry Ghost" said disdainfully.
In an instant.
All humanoid entities spoke in unison: "You have just awoken, the truth you wield is not as much as that human building a house here, you dare affront the nest?"
"Do you know my identity?" the "Hungry Ghost" asked.
Those humanoid entities one after another, all revealed smiles.
They were smiling.
Yet the air lacked even a shred of joyous atmosphere.
Everyone only felt chilly all over.
Because individual humanoid entities crawled up from below, merging together, forming a towering monster over five meters high.