"Such massive Qi Luck!" In the darkness, a faint gleam flashed in Zhang Menglong's eyes as he activated his White Eyes again.

This Nine Nether Sunset Art was obviously also a Cultivation Technique that had a lot to do with Qi Luck. When he fought that white‑feathered bird last time, he'd only been plundering the free‑floating Qi Luck around him, but this time, he was almost plundering the Qi Luck of heaven and earth itself!

The Qi Luck he'd seized this time was at least ten times what he'd taken before. The aura on Qi Congyun's body was even several times stronger than that Dao Realm Warcraft from back then! Last time, he hadn't even gone all out!

"This little old man, what the hell is he hiding for?" Zhang Menglong muttered to himself. "He doesn't need my help at all, he could've totally chopped that white‑feathered bird up by himself… Could it be there's some flaw or drawback in this Cultivation Technique?"

...

Qi Congyun made his move. Facing the three of them's fierce, razor‑sharp attacks alone, he simply lifted one hand slowly. As he clenched his fist, the three strikes that were enough to destroy a whole city were actually crushed to pieces by Qi Congyun just like that!

"Boom!" A violent explosion erupted. With this hotel as the center, everything within tens of kilometers was flattened in an instant. Some Martial Artists who didn't manage to flee in time were directly blasted badly injured, vomiting blood. The clash of these few forces was absolutely on a destruction level!

And at the center of the blast, the ones taking the brunt were Zhang Menglong and Qi Congyun!

"So this is what a battle between Dao Realm experts looks like?"

"I think I just saw that Elder from the Sunset Sect crush all three of their attacks with one punch! Not dissolve—crush!"

"So this is the difference between worldly Dao Realm experts and Dao Realm experts from a superpower? No wonder countless people want to join a top Sect."

"The last‑place Elder of the Sunset Sect is already this fierce, then wouldn't the first‑place Elder of the Divine Profound Hall be even more terrifying?"

These Heavenly Prides didn't know the story between Divine Profound Hall and the Sunset Sect. With Qi Congyun's move, he'd actually given Divine Profound Hall a wave of reverse advertising. If he knew, he'd probably be so pissed he'd cough blood!

The smoke and dust lasted several minutes before dissipating. The spot where the hotel had been was now a sunken basin. Only the spot where Zhang Menglong and Qi Congyun were standing still had a small patch of ground, sticking up alone in the basin like a lone pillar.

Qi Congyun had his hands clasped behind his back. In front of him, a light purple barrier had blocked all of the explosion's shockwaves.

In front of them, Hong He and the other two were still floating in mid‑air, but now they looked downright miserable.

The blast they suffered was in no way weaker than what Qi Congyun took. They had basically just faced the combined attack of two Dao Realm experts. They couldn't be said to have taken both hits head‑on, but they'd eaten at least seventy or eighty percent of the force!

Their hair was disheveled, their clothes tattered. All three had blood at the corner of their mouths—clearly all three were injured!

Not only had they struck first, they'd also used their trump cards, yet they not only failed to injure Qi Congyun, they didn't even make him take a single step back, while they themselves ended up injured and coughing blood. The difference in strength was obvious at a glance.

"666666! Old man's badass, old man's badass!" Zhang Menglong immediately laid on the rainbow farts. Qi Congyun's strength was way beyond what he'd imagined! That made him even more convinced that the Sunset Sect was packed with monsters!

A legendary figure who'd soloed an entire superpower, and a perverted old freak like Qi Congyun—Sunset Sect was definitely the most low‑profile Sect out there.

Qi Congyun took a deep breath, and the sun in the sky once again burst into radiance as the surroundings returned to brightness.

He turned his head, his face returning to its usual lecherous look. "Just average badass, just average badass. Guys like me—our Sect still has more than a hundred of them!"

"What's that Cultivation Technique of yours, can I learn it?" Zhang Menglong had just received a mission from Gou Dan—Gou Dan hadn't issued any missions in who‑knows‑how‑long.

Even in Gou Dan's database, there was no record of a Cultivation Technique like this. The mission requirement was for Zhang Menglong to obtain the Cultivation Technique Qi Congyun cultivated. Gou Dan could then modify and upgrade it according to its own knowledge graph, making it even more perfect.

The reward for this mission was 10 billion Cred Points!

"Of course you can," Qi Congyun grinned, revealing several crooked, big yellow teeth. "As long as you join the Sunset Sect, you can learn it. But whether you can learn it, and how much you can learn—that depends on your own fortune. This Cultivation Technique has three layers, and I've only learned the first layer just now."

"What about that badass you mentioned?"

"He's the only person in our Sunset Sect for tens of thousands of years who's comprehended all three layers! If he were still around now… ai…"

"This Sunset Sect's got some serious stories!" Zhang Menglong thought to himself. Anyway, he was getting more and more interested in this Sunset Sect!

"Hey, you three, still planning to keep arresting me?" Zhang Menglong provoked Hong He's group of three.

The three only glared angrily at Zhang Menglong. They'd already lost the bet; they couldn't lose in demeanor on top of losing in the fight, or they wouldn't have a shred of face left.

"Huh? Cat got your tongues? If you're not making a move, I'm gonna leave now!" Zhang Menglong had just planned to turn around when he suddenly thought of something. "Oh right, you blew up the hotel I was staying in—you have to find me a place to live. If really nothing else works, I'll reluctantly make do with staying in the palace for now!"

Zhang Menglong's swaggering posture made the three of them grit their teeth, a killing intent unconsciously leaking from their bodies.

"You three, you've lost. You should keep your word, right?" Qi Congyun immediately warned. "I don't care what other methods you use to get the Antidote out of this brat, but if you bully the small with the big and lay hands on him yourselves, even if you really do kill him, I'll just wipe your Hong Yun Empire off the map!"

"I know Hong Yun Empire has some ties with the Divine Profound Hall," Qi Congyun said with a smile, "but you'd better go ask that Elder who's protecting your Empire whether he has the guts to stand up for you."

The three of them trembled. They didn't doubt for a second that Qi Congyun had that ability! As for him openly provoking Divine Profound Hall—having once come out from a superpower themselves, they'd heard some rumors more or less, they'd just never taken them to heart.

Now it seemed those rumors weren't baseless.

"Forget it…" Hong He let out a deep sigh. "Gu Tianle, you say it. What kind of terms for the Antidote?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"I already said, 260 trillion Divine Crystals or equivalent value! You can also split it between your two families—half each! 130 trillion for one family isn't that much, right?"

"Take it!" Hong He directly tossed over two cards. One contained all the cash assets currently in the Royal Treasury, and the other contained everything he himself had saved up to this day.

As heartbroken as he was, compared to Hong Yang this money was still just worldly possessions. For this selection they were hosting, as the biggest beneficiaries, they could probably recoup this money in a short time just by collecting taxes and leveraging the Royal Family's assets.

"And you?" Zhang Menglong looked at Mu Yifeng.

Mu Yifeng really didn't want to save anyone, but in public like this he was riding a tiger. If he abandoned his own grandson, he, Mu Yifeng, wouldn't have the face to live in this world afterward.

"Here's 50 trillion!" Mu Yifeng tossed over a storage Crystal. "For the remaining 80 trillion, I'll use the Mu Family's assets to offset it. Going by the current population of the Imperial City, before the superpower selection ends, it'll be enough for you to earn that money back!"

"Heh heh, thanks, bosses. You bosses are so generous!" Zhang Menglong pocketed all the money and finished all the asset transfers—most of it was hotels and the like.

"Where's the Antidote?" the two asked.

"There's no Antidote," Zhang Menglong said with a grin. "What I gave them were just two Kidney‑Tonic Capsules. Treats kidney deficiency, sugar‑free!"