"Master Yan!"
Xiong Wuji stepped forward and raised his voice. "If you are not on the same side as the Temple of Immortals, why did you kill your own brother and instigate a war between the Iron Plateau natives and the space residents? Do you have any idea how many people will die, how many towns will be destroyed, and how many people will have to live in the underground shelters for the rest of their lives in fear? "
"Of course I do. But as long as my plan is carried out, we will be faced with a war with the space residents sooner or later," Yan Xibei said casually.
"Since we will have to fight a war sooner or later, I might as well fight it in the name of the Temple of Immortals right now so that everybody will regard us as cannon fodder who have been deceived.
"Although there are a lot of cannon fodder, no one will pay attention to us, right? The only thing that the Cultivators will focus on is the 'real mastermind', the Temple of Immortals, right?
"Besides, we will be granted the ability to enter space through the war. We will even have the opportunity to manipulate several pirate gangs and even build our own starships!
"However, none of those factors are the main reason why I want to promote the war.
"The key is that you will never agree to meld yourself with the Blood Stripe Virus in peace.
"However, when the cruel war comes and Iron Plateau is on the brink of destruction, things will be different.
"Think about it. When the war begins, the surface of Iron Plateau will be burnt into a wasteland by the space residents. The surviving Iron Plateau natives will have to hide in the underground shelters, while countless qi-trainers will be heavily wounded in the battles against the Cultivators and won't be able to live for much longer.
"At that time, I will develop a method that can heal the heavily wounded and improve their combat ability quickly!
"Even though the method has minor side effects and makes people look hideous, what does it matter when faced with the deep hatred and the threat of the annihilation of all Iron Plateau natives?
"When a large batch of heavily wounded qi-trainers accept the foreign blood, the Blood Stripe Virus will be fused with the Blood Stripe Virus. After it melts with the Blood Stripe Virus, I don't think it will encounter much resistance if it continues to spread.
"Hehe. It won't take long. We will be able to gather a terrifying army of the Blood Stripe Virus below the ground of Iron Plateau!
"By then, we will be able to control the Temple of Immortals and the space pirates. Then, we will sweep across the Flying Star Sector and spread our will to every corner of the sea of stars!
"This is my entire plan. There is absolutely no selfishness in it. Everything is for the future of the Iron Plateau natives!
Xiong Wuji was creeped out. He gnashed his teeth. "It's a pity that your plan has failed!"
Yan Xibei sighed and said, "Man proposes, God disposes. I've been working hard for more than ten years. On the one hand, I can't let you see any clues. On the other hand, I have to scheme against those cunning old foxes in the Temple of Immortals! "
"They thought that I was stupid and incompetent. On the surface, they gave all the arrangements on Iron Plateau to me as the 'Mountain King', but they had been infiltrating me in secret. They were even bold enough to send spies to the Burning Sun Tribe, but I pretended that I didn't know anything. Everything I did was to wait for the apocalyptic body to mature. The flames of war have been ignited! "
"But I didn't expect that the Lotus King and the experts of the six tribes would fail to see through my scheme after more than ten years. The experts of the Cultivators failed to see through my scheme, either. But they were all defeated by … a barbarian who appeared out of nowhere!
"The bottom line is that the Lotus King was the one who messed things up. He told me that a space resident named 'Li Yao' had snuck into Iron Plateau. The man was cunning and cunning. He was cunning and ruthless. He asked me to be careful.
"Sand Scorpion, when I learned of your existence, especially after you and Xiong Wuji fled, I concluded that you were the space resident Li Yao. All the arrangements that followed were based on that assumption!
"If you were really the space resident Li Yao, you wouldn't have passed the test of the Truth Cabinet. Then, there wouldn't have been so many changes!
"I didn't expect that you would pass the test of the Truth Cabinet. You were not a space resident and had nothing to do with the Li Yao. That was the fatal flaw in my plan!"
Xiong Wuji burst into fury. "So, you killed your own nephew!"
Yan Xibei shook his head regretfully. "Ah Feng was a good boy. He had been in touch with the Mountain King, but he did not know that the Mountain King was me.
"Things were already out of control at that time.
"In order to produce the eggs of apocalypse, and to deceive the Immortal Cultivators such as the Lotus King and the experts of the six tribes, I had poured 99% of the foreign blood in my body into the eggs of apocalypse for the refinement of the apocalyptic body. I only kept a tiny bit of the foreign blood in my body to maintain my senses.
"Before I melted with the apocalyptic body, I was not strong enough to cope with the changes that followed.
"Therefore, when I discovered that the situation was beyond my expectations, I gave Ah Feng an order through the special methods of the 'Mountain King' and asked him to lure all of you to the valley.
"My plan was that it would be great if everything went well on the Truth Cabinet. If it did not work out, I would have to interrupt the refinement of the apocalyptic body and perform the fusion in advance.
"But I didn't expect that Ah Feng would kidnap me at the last moment. In order to get away, I had to … sacrifice him!"
"Hu …"
Li Yao had been holding his breath and listening attentively. At this moment, the few major questions were finally answered. He took a long breath in relief.
Sha Yulan's hands were moving faster and faster. Hundreds of stars seemed to be flashing on Li Yao's chest and abdomen. A moment later, she exclaimed in a low voice, "I've made it!
"I've finally dissolved the spiritual energy contained in all the cores and sorted them out one by one!"
"Now, as long as I guide the spiritual energy into your heart and limbs and massage them with secret arts, you will be able to absorb all the spiritual energy!"
Li Yao's eyes suddenly shone. He could not help but grin. "Excellent! With so much spiritual energy, I will definitely be able to resolve the last three layers of the Black Spider Death Curse!
"Yan Xibei, hehehe. You thought that victory was already in your hands, but you didn't know that there were so many variables in me!
"After breaking the Black Spider Death Curse, I will at least be able to advance to the peak of the Building Foundation Stage. Together with Xiong Wuji, who is in the 99th level of the Refinement Stage, Lei Dalu, who is half a step away from the Core Formation Stage, and so many other people, I will be able to fight you with my life!
"You can only blame yourself for being too talkative! Why do you supervillains like to waste your time with long-winded speeches when your schemes work out? How idiotic!
"Sister Sha, how long do you think it will take for all the spiritual energy to be channeled into my heart?"
Sha Yulan calculated quickly and replied, "Very soon. Thirty hours at most!"
"… Sister, let's not make fun of each other," Li Yao said.
Sha Yulan frowned. "Who's making fun of you? It was only because of the secret arts of the Sha family that we were able to dissolve the inner core that contained so many impurities. Together with your monstrous body, we managed to survive the ordeal. If it were other people who swallowed the inner cores of apocalyptic beasts randomly, they would've died a long time ago!
"If the inner cores could be eaten as tonics so easily, wouldn't any random person be able to become an expert after swallowing a few cores of apocalyptic beasts?"
Li Yao grimaced. "You do have a point, sister! However, according to my observation, however talkative Yan Xibei is, he will not be able to talk for another day and night … "
In the front, Xiong Wuji stared at Yan Xibei and said excitedly, "Yan …"
"Wait!"
Yan Xibei tilted his head, as if he had been waiting for something, and it was finally done. He put on a smile of relief and laughed aloud. "Little Xiong, if there's anything else, we can talk about it later. Right now …"
"Hoooo!"
Yan Xibei suddenly bulged his eyes and roared without any sign. Intense blood gas spurted out of the pores all over his body and spiraled into a crimson apocalypse cloud in midair!
His body was surrounded by a vague mist of blood. His aura was ten times more intimidating than before!
Everyone, including Li Yao, was dumbfounded.
"Excuse me. There's something I forgot to tell you."
Yan Xibei smiled. "The apocalyptic body is not mature yet. It is not an easy task to extract it from the egg of apocalypse in advance and fuse with it by force!
"In fact, I haven't finished the fusion yet. My nerves and blood vessels are still growing and connecting!
"If you had attacked me together without bothering about anything the moment I showed up, there might have been a twenty to thirty percent chance that you could've killed me.
"I had no choice but to find something that everyone was interested in and try to stall for more time!
"Right now, the apocalyptic body has been completely fused. Although it is still unfinished, it is enough to wield the combat ability close to that of Yuanying!
"Thank you for your patience and giving me so much time. Haha. Hahahaha!"
Sha Yulan looked at Li Yao emotionlessly.
Li Yao scratched his head. "Alright. It seems that Yan Xibei's wisdom is slightly higher than I expected …"
Yan Xibei waved his enormous scorpion tail and crawled close to everyone. He grinned hideously. "I know that there are still a lot of mysteries to be solved. But it doesn't matter. I don't intend to kill everyone here.
"I only want to beat you up, drag you to the underground cave, and modify you with the foreign blood. That's all.
"After everybody melts with the Blood Stripe Virus and evolves into a brand-new life form, they will naturally understand my intentions. They will also realize that the path that I'm walking on is the only choice. Only in such a way can we protect our home and create the brightest future!"
"Yan Xibei, you have been bedeviled!"
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