A farm that breeds gods and demons
Chapter 690 - 529: Thousand Hooks, One Catch

Chapter 690: Chapter 529: Thousand Hooks, One Catch

Liu Zheng remained silent, transforming into a half bear-panda. With arms spread wide, he lunged at Philando.

Fang Jiong picked himself off the ground, wiping the blood at the corner of his mouth. With a furious shout, "Revolving Pot–", he flung the giant pot from his back.

Gu Lingshuang stretched out both hands, sending countless white gossamer scarves flying at Philando.

Ren Honglin summoned the Dragon Spear and the Four-Sided Shield, lunging forward. The Dragon Spear extended and aimed for Philando’s back.

Cao Xiaoyu silently moved to the front, the "weakening" ability already deployed. As long as he grabs hold of Philando, no matter how strong the latter is, he would be nullified by his shielding ability.

Philando had just flashed a smirk when it suddenly froze on his face. This display stunned Ouyang Nuo, Jiang Hai, Jin Fuhua, and the others.

To them, Philando clearly has an overwhelming advantage. Facing off against him at this time would be suicidal. The only strategy at this point would be to let Philando take Xiao Wei, then immediately set off to find Su Yu. This would be the most sensible course of action.

However, Su Yun and Fang Jiong’s actions left them stunned.

Why would these people take collective action knowing they were outmatched? All for the insignificant Xiao Wei, risking potentially fatal danger? Why were they so impulsive, so foolish?

This impulsiveness was something Ouyang Nuo and his companions couldn’t comprehend. But somehow, they felt infected themselves, as though their blood too was boiling.

The smile froze on Philando’s face. Looking back and seeing these minions—who he saw as ants—swarming at him, he felt a surge of anger in his heart.

"Worthless rabble, deserving of death–" Philando growled furiously, suddenly swatting away the onslaught of fireballs from Su Yun. Swiftly, Philando gave a kick and Ren Honglin, mouthful of blood, was thrown back. Then, with a swift move, he wrestled the Dragon Spear from Ren’s hand, broke his shield and pinned him to the ground with it.

The moment Philando retaliated, everyone was thrown back, coughing up blood. But their mass assaults had a payoff – it gave Cao Xiaoyu the chance to grab hold of Philando and engage his shielding ability.

Bursting into scornful laughter, Philando retorted, "How dare you defile me with your unworthy hands..." Struggling to shake off Cao Xiaoyu, he suddenly found himself enfeebled. And then, he was thrown to the ground by a judo style shoulder throw from Cao Xiaoyu.

After groaning, Philando slammed onto the ground, bleeding profusely from the head.

Several of Philando’s companions were taken aback and rushed forward immediately.

Ouyang Nuo and the rest, though initially taken aback by their adversary’s might, now couldn’t hold back and charged forward. A melee was about to ensue.

With a loud pop, Philando kicked Jin Fuhua away just as he rushed in. The collision with the bleeding Philando caused him to let out an angry roar. At that moment, an explosion of terrifying energy surged within him, and in an instant he flung Cao Xiaoyu off him.

"You all deserve to die–" Philando yelled in a horrifying scream. With a look of surprise, Cao Xiaoyu was thrown back. Just as he had felt his blocking power weakening, not able to contain the horrific power within Philando, he was tossed away.

Philando, face stained with blood, grabbed Li Dong who was nearby and proceeded to violently rip him apart.

Li Dong, who had hidden away in the Great Hall, grunted in pain, his face pale.

It was only his duplicate that Philando had just killed. Li Dong had been brave enough to rush that close because he knew it was a duplicate, something he would never have done in the face of certain defeat.

"You’re all asking for death-" Philando looked like a vicious ghost with a blood-streaked face, pointing at the people in front of him. At this point, he could no longer care about Su Yu. Even if it were the Heavenly King himself, he would still massacre those before him.

Philando, laughing brutally, disappeared in a flash. The first one he lunged at was Cao Xiaoyu, who was just tossed out.

Of all these people, the one he hated the most was undoubtedly Cao Xiaoyu, who had just sent him crashing down, his head bloody.

This time, he didn’t make a move on Cao Xiaoyu personally. Instead, with a swift wave of his right hand, he sent out a cross-shaped, terrifying flash of light, like a sharp blade, aimed at tearing Cao Xiaoyu to shreds.

Philando was a figure who had already stepped into the ninth level, exceeding the eighth stage realm. Once he got serious, his speed was truly terrifying. Cao Xiaoyu merely saw a blur in front of her eyes and didn’t have time to react; she could do nothing but watch the cross-shaped blade of light approach. All the people present had time to do was watch, unable to even cry out in shock.

But in that instant, a figure flashed, and the cross-shaped light blade fell onto this person instead, producing a crisp sound like metal on metal. Then, this person casually swiped it away as if it was nothing.

Philando was slightly taken aback, caught off guard by the sudden development. Suddenly, a fist loomed in front of his face before striking him heavily in the chest.

With a grunt, Philando felt his face bones shatter. In that instant, his left eyeball popped, blood sprayed wildly, his nose collapsed, and then his body was sent flying with a roll.

One punch sent Philando flying dozens of meters away, shocking everyone present. All spectators were dumbfounded for a while before exclaiming in unison, "Su Yu?"

In their voices, there was surprise, joy, and absolute astonishment.

How could Su Yu, who had supposedly left, suddenly reappear? And in such a remarkable fashion, knocking the formidable Philando away in one punch?

The newcomer was indeed Su Yu. It was then that everyone realized that Lei Leian, Ma Ziye, the Treeman, and everyone else had returned as well.

Next, they saw Zhang Zhongmou, clutching a skull, swaying out from the main hall, wiping the fresh blood from his lips.

That earlier punch from Philando had sent Zhang Zhongmou tumbling into the main hall. He sensed trouble and immediately thought of the skull Su Yu had left with him. He spat fresh blood on it, activating the instructions Su Yu had left - sensing Su Yu. And sure enough, Su Yu felt it and instantly activated the "City Lord Seal", providing teleportation powers to return to Black Iron City just in time to see Philando’s fatal attack on Cao Xiaoyu. He immediately stepped in to block for her.

This skull he could rely on could sense him even if Su Yu had already left this world. And it was all the more sensitive as Su Yu was just transferred to a city not more than a few days journey from there. He sensed it immediately and rushed back to Black Iron City.

Watching as Su Yu’s punch sent Philando flying, the several people who had arrived with Philando realized something was wrong. Instantly, they grabbed the unconscious Kou Xiaowei and activated their teleportation powers.

Upon seeing this, Su Yu’s expression changed drastically. He took a step forward and reached out to grab them. His speed was nothing short of astonishing, yet he missed. They had disappeared with Kou Xiaowei.

"Hmm—" Su Yu planted his feet, covering a distance of several tens of meters in an instant. He then took out a blocking scroll from his storage ring and threw it.

He had just rushed back and immediately set Philando flying. He didn’t even know what was going on and forgot to throw the blocking scroll right away, which resulted in him being a step behind. The others escaped with Kou Xiaowei, but Philando, whom he had thrown with one punch, was unable to teleport away in time. Su Yu threw the blocking scroll and trapped him, then stretched out his right hand, grabbed the fallen Philando, and hoisted him up.

Looking at the White Tiger emblem on Philando’s body, and recalling the people who abruptly disappeared with Kou Xiaowei just now, Su Yu figured out what must have happened.

The people of White Tiger Giant City must have somehow gotten wind of Kou Xiaowei’s presence in Black Iron City, so they sent these people to capture her. What was surprising was that they made their move just as Su Yu had left Black Iron City. It was unknown if this was a deliberate plan or a pure coincidence.

Holding Philando in front of him and looking at those around him who were more or less injured, as well as thinking of Kou Xiaowei being captured, Su Yu’s brows twitched slightly as he felt a sense of anger.

He had thought he had made all the necessary preparations and that Black Iron City was safe. This made Su Yu willing to leave this world at ease. He didn’t expect an incident would occur less than a few minutes after his departure. Had he returned a little later, it would have been more than just some injuries. Some of his cherished companions might have died here.

"I can avoid causing trouble for others, but it seems that others won’t leave me be..." Holding Philando, Su Yu suddenly felt an indescribable sense of suppression and anger.

First, it was Black Dragon Giant City, now it was White Tiger Giant City. He thought that everything was going smoothly, only to encounter another problem just as he was about to leave this world.

Held up by Su Yu, Philando felt as though he couldn’t muster up a shred of strength. For the first time, a flicker of panic crossed his mind. How could this Su Yu be so powerful? He was a hundred times more formidable than what he imagined and heard about. Philando was somewhat panicked, but he was not afraid.

The White Tiger Giant City, being the leading city amongst the ten great giant cities, was not reputed for nothing. Even ignoring the powerful Aztec civilization backing them, the current White Tiger Giant City was undoubtedly tremendous in strength. No matter how terrifying Su Yu was, he was ultimately an outsider with no solid foundation. He might be able to intimidate Black Dragon Giant City, but to go against White Tiger Giant City, he was still a thousand years too early.

"Su Yu, what do we do now? They’ve captured Xiao Wei." Su Yun’s face was filled with indignation. While speaking, she gave Philando a vicious kick.

Lei Leian came over and asked, furrowing her brows, "Strange, the people from White Tiger Giant City have always been domineering, but why would they suddenly come here to capture people without any provocation?" (To be continued, to know what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com. More Chapters are available there, in support of the author and for authorized reading.)