Chapter 137 The Fourth Level <TOC> Chapter 139 The Outer Being
Translator: SumTLMan
This astonishingly large greenhouse, which serves as the Santanu family’s residential area, naturally cannot be without well-prepared shelters and escape routes.
In fact, there are more than twenty shelters and three hidden passages that can lead directly to the various secret bases of the Santanu family in Avonigarda City.
Only a few members of the Santanu family know about these shelters and secret passages. Because they are located deep underground, even psychic-oriented awakened individuals have difficulty discovering them.
The psychic energy pulses they release are quickly absorbed and severely weakened in the soil.
Deshiron Santanu is hiding in one of the shelters, pacing back and forth anxiously. Even now, he is still somewhat nervous.
The situation outside was not yet dire enough for the Santanu family to be completely overturned, but his panicked escape into the shelter at the moment the monster appeared would certainly cause him to lose points in the eyes of his father, Raja Santanu.
The propagation of the Santanu family was somewhat difficult; Raja Santanu only had two siblings, and he only had five children in nearly two hundred years. This was quite few considering the number of his mistresses.
Rajaral Santanu, the youngest son, was just over forty years old and was the most favored in the Santanu family. As the third son, Deshiron Santanu had mediocre talent, and after advancing to the fourth level of power, his progress had almost stagnated.
This allowed him to secure a position as a member of the Pancaya Council of the fifteen districts of Avonigarda City, although he had only attended three times in his ten years in office.
When grooming candidates, the governor usually arranged for them to hold positions that could command armed forces, whether it was a sheriff or a territorial army. This was because without a direct base of support, even if one ascended to the throne of the governor, they would be overthrown by others.
For those like him who serve as council members, their future is almost certain – they can only collect a salary, and live off the Santanu family until they die.
Deshiron, who craved power, naturally didn’t want to be marginalized in this way. Relying on his identity as a member of the Santanu family, he barely managed to gather a few awakened individuals under his command.
The most powerful among them was Patrick, the first disciple of the Kallari Sect. Unlike those mediocre awakened individuals, his strength still advanced rapidly after he advanced to the fourth level. He had now opened six psychic energy channels in his body, and stood out among awakened individuals of the same level. He even had a considerable chance of becoming a powerful third-level awakened individual.
Patrick had also brought two junior brothers to follow Deshiron Santanu, semi-detaching from the Kallari Sect.
At this moment, he was sitting on the luxurious sofa in the shelter, feasting and watching Deshiron Santanu pace in circles.
“Since that’s the case, why not just go out and join the battle? I don’t believe that monster can withstand so many people’s attacks!”
He didn’t like using his brain, and the reason he chose to follow Deshiron Santanu was simply because of the endless money and countless women.
Deshiron Santanu hesitated for a moment and then shook his head vigorously after recalling the terrible aftermath of planting the scale powder.
Patrick’s two junior brothers also looked pale, not wanting to fight that monster.
“Wait a little longer, just a little longer.”
For a moment, only the sound of Patrick’s chewing could be heard in the shelter, as he wiped his greasy hands on his body.
“It’s a pity that this ordinary beef can’t compare to the high-quality lamb.”
After accidentally discovering the truth about the Santanu family’s cannibalism, Patrick firmly believed that the source of their power was this custom, and so Deshiron Santanu gave him a small share of the meat.
To appease the strongest subordinate, Deshiron Santanu had to reluctantly agree. He didn’t like the smell of women without gonads removed, unlike Rajaral, who was cold and unscrupulous.
At that moment, a red dot suddenly appeared on the sturdy metal door of the shelter, rapidly expanding and emitting intense light.
Black flames engulfed a sharp long knife that pierced through the door directly. The strong alloy was melted into hot molten metal.
Amid the sharp cutting sound, the long knife cut a vertical slit on the door. The knife twisted and cut another horizontal slit.
Deshiron Santanu was scared and trembling, hiding back with urine streaming down his legs.
“How is this possible?!”
How could the shelter be attacked? Had the Santanu family been defeated?!
Patrick kicked over the pot in front of him, spilling the soup all over the floor, and leaped towards the alloy door.
Intense psychic energy surged, covering his skin with a layer of white light. He had long since cultivated his energy to the point where it was visible externally. His powerful body was the strongest weapon.
Even if the attacker could cut through steel with a knife, he was not afraid in the slightest.
When the alloy door was completely cut open, Patrick’s entire body burst forth in an instant.
A muffled thunder-like explosion echoed throughout the spacious shelter, with wild gusts of wind, as if a hurricane was sweeping through.
“Boom!”
He punched the alloy door, and the fierce and unrivaled force left a fist print on the door. The heavy alloy door, now cut open, was like a cannonball flying towards the attacker behind it.
“Clang!”
A hand shimmering with blue scale-like light caught the spinning edge of the alloy door.
The entire alloy door instantly went from extreme speed to extreme stillness.
The attacker threw the door aside, revealing their figure. It was an ordinary-looking Xindu person, holding a sharp long knife in their hand.
“Who are you?”
Patrick asked solemnly.
“Remember, this is the consequence of harboring the enemy of the Soul Lord.”
Li Mu slowly sheathed the Blade of Annihilation.
Deshiron Santanu was short of breath, almost suffocating. That damned bank robber was not the one he had taken in, and had nothing to do with him. Why not go after Rajaral instead!
Before he could say anything, Patrick made his move. The Kallari Sect he practiced was a purely Steel Fist style, not concerned with fancy techniques.
His psychic energy surged, and his iron fists were frighteningly powerful. Before even hitting the opponent, the howling fist wind pressed down on the enemy like an overwhelming force. If the opponent were slightly weaker, they would be swept up by the fist wind, powerless to resist, and could only await their fate.
This was the Kallari Sect’s secret technique, the Breaking Flow Fist, only taught to formal disciples of the Kallari.
“This is the opponent I’ve been looking for!”
A hint of joy flashed through Li Mu’s heart. Amidst the howling fist wind, he stood firm like a rock, completely unmoved.
The fighting spirit instantly ignited his psychic power, and the cyan scale light surrounding him took on a layer of mysterious color. He also threw a punch in response.
In the blink of an eye, Patrick’s fist had already roared to Li Mu’s face.
The two fists collided head-on.
“Boom!”
A thunderous explosion rang out, and the entire sturdy shelter shook as if an earthquake had occurred.
Patrick was blasted back by the overwhelming force of the punch, landing on the ground and retreating more than ten steps, leaving a trail of footprints on the ground before barely stopping his momentum.
Li Mu’s feet were also buried deep into the steel-reinforced concrete floor, leaving a spider web-like pattern of cracks on the surface.
He pulled his feet out of the ground and slowly entered the shelter.
Patrick’s heart raced with fear. He only felt his right arm numb and swollen, with a sharp pain that suggested a bone fracture.
This was his first time competing with an opponent of the same power level, and he was already at a disadvantage in the initial exchange.
“He must be forcing himself too.”
A thought flashed through Patrick’s mind.
Chapter 137 The Fourth Level <TOC> Chapter 139 The Outer Being