socalfunplaces Chapter 169 The Terrifying Truth
Chapter 169 The Terrifying Truth
Chapter 169 The Terrifying Truth
"Wolf Rider...we've finally met..."
Will-o'-the-wisps flickered in the dark eye sockets of the skull-like creature, seemingly very interested in Tang Zijun before it.
"You know me?" Tang Zijun raised an eyebrow.
"I've wanted to get to know you for a long time, but I just haven't had a good opportunity."
All along, Jazz had been secretly plotting his schemes, without any magical girl noticing anything amiss, nor any other heretical demons discovering his secret.
But just as his plan was about to succeed, a group of faceless people who had disappeared for seven years suddenly appeared.
It was precisely this group of greedy people who caused his plans to be thwarted one after another in just one month. "To be honest, I really didn't expect our first meeting to be here. I was thinking of finding a more upscale restaurant, like those vain people, to form a business bureau or something."
"Business..."
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do; it's perfectly normal."
Sir Skull opened his mouth, making a series of 'crunching' sounds as his bones rubbed together.
"Don't you all consider yourselves reflections of reality? Yes, counterparts of humanity, embodiments of lies and greed?"
Born from illusion, yet dreaming of integrating into society—there's a saying that goes, "Human nature's inherent flaws."
"It seems you think you know me very well," Tang Zijun said indifferently.
"I haven't had much dealings with you greedy people, but what I do know is that we are much purer than you. What you call integrating into society is nothing but honey wrapped in lies."
"Stop deceiving yourself. With such great power, I believe you are a smart one among the greedy. Lies will eventually be exposed, but power is eternal."
As he spoke, the jazz opened his arms wide.
"Look around, wolf riders, and imagine how much we could benefit if we could cooperate."
"I can feel how strange the energy fluctuations within your body are; it's a power I've never felt before."
Yet you are also closely connected to the greedy; it seems you have already found a secret realm suited to illusion.
"There is never a shortage of negative energy in this world. As long as you can let me use the channel to reverse the world, those ancient secret realms will be our best source of goods."
Tang Zijun frowned. He wasn't surprised that Sir Skeleton mistook him for a greedy person, but the other man's subsequent words made him fall into deep thought.
"You want to use my passage?"
"It's just going with the flow. As you've seen, I used up almost all of my forces to invade the Canopy City, and it took me a hundred years. But if the Reverse World is willing to open its doors to me, those secret realms will be ours for the taking."
"When that time comes, what does it matter if the real world is handed over to you? You can take the entire real world into your possession at will, and I can guarantee that no heretical demon will ever descend upon your territory again."
Upon hearing Sir Lou's words, Tan Zhixin, Tang Cao, and the others all turned their attention to Tang Zijun.
The atmosphere at this moment was extremely delicate.
Tan Zhixin was unsure what choice Tang Zijun would make, and Tang Cao was also uncertain, because just a few minutes ago, she was still surprised that Tang Zijun could use the power of a magical girl.
It's fair to say that the vast majority of people present had no idea what had happened.
Because in their eyes, what they come into contact with is just one fragment of this enormous event.
Of everyone present, only Tang Zijun knew the full picture of the entire incident from beginning to end.
With a flicker in her eyes, Tang Zijun revealed a smile on her face beneath the mask.
"...I know you're lying, Skull, but the funny thing is, I don't know if you're lying to me or to yourself."
"I was just stating a beautiful vision..."
"No, you're just testing my strength."
Tang Zijun raised her head.
"You say that your heretical and demonic paths are the purest, but if what you say is true, then you shouldn't be the only high-ranking official standing here today."
"I guess the other high-ranking members of the Outer Path Demon Sect are unaware of your plan. You have no sincerity in cooperating at all, and everything you have said from beginning to end has been a lie."
"I just said what you wanted to hear."
Sir Skull's voice carried a hint of anger.
"You've been silent for seven years and are making a comeback just because of what I did in the Canopy Royal City? Don't be ridiculous."
"You're no better than me. Standing up now to team up with the magical girls, you just want a bigger slice of the pie, right?"
At this point, Sir Skeleton turned to look at Tan Zhixin. "Don't tell me you actually believed his nonsense. The balance of this world was broken seven years ago. He just didn't want this power to be possessed by other beings."
Tan Zhige glanced at Lou Juetu, then turned her gaze to Tang Zijun.
Then the Skeleton Lord continued, "Why do we have the ability to corrupt and erode the Tree of Life? Anyone with a brain should understand. This secret realm, which parasitizes the real world, is constantly drawing upon the power of nature."
"Her roots are still deeply embedded in the ground beneath Huailing. Even though she is dead, her body has stood here for thousands of years. Where do you think the barrier here comes from? It is all energy taken from the real world."
"So stop talking nonsense. This is all just an exchange of interests, Wolf Rider. I have shown you the utmost sincerity. I know I cannot represent all heretics and demons..."
"...But you can trust me, if possible, I wouldn't mind working with you to kill the other high-ranking officials!"
"Heh." Tang Zijun chuckled upon hearing this. "After all this nonsense, you've finally told the truth."
Seeing the wolf riders' reaction, Sir Skeleton's face stiffened, and then the anger that had been suppressed in his heart slowly surged up.
"I've already been very sincere, Wolf Rider..."
"You don't understand anything at all."
Before Sir Lou could finish speaking, Tang Zijun rudely interrupted him.
"Your sincerity is worthless to me. What's laughable is that you keep talking about benefits, but you have no idea what I want or why I'm standing here."
Sir Skull's eyes burned like fireballs as he stared intently at the metallic figure before him, which exuded the aura of a glutton. The aura was similar to his own, yet completely different.
When he heard Tang Zijun's words, a strange feeling suddenly welled up in his heart. At this moment, he finally realized that something was wrong, and the sense of unease in his eyes became even stronger.
The enormous figure suddenly froze, and an incredulous look appeared in the dark depths of its eyes.
With his eyes fixed on the wolf rider at his feet, Sir Skeleton's gaze seemed to pierce through the wolf-shaped helmet and reveal the truth beneath.
A subtle feeling reappeared, an aura that did not belong to the greedy emanated from him. Under the cover of evil power, there was a scent that was all too familiar to him.
Loujue Tu moved closer, and amidst the illusion, a faint trace of a uniquely human aura entered his senses.
The other party seemed to have no intention of hiding anything. When Sir Skull's gaze fell on the face behind the mask, his senses snapped back.
The ghostly blue flames in his eyes trembled violently, and Sir Skeleton couldn't believe what he was seeing.
The greedy person before me... is actually a living, breathing human being!!
"This, this is impossible!"
The black mist began to surge wildly, and Sir Skull's body trembled slightly. A hint of panic appeared in his eyes, and his massive body emitted a series of twisting sounds.
He had never imagined such a situation would arise—a human possessing the energy of a glutton; it was a sight he had never seen before.
Sir Skeleton didn't know how this human had acquired this power, nor what he had done. In this dark abyss, he seemed to be caught in a huge mystery, and the human with the power of the Greedy One was at the core of the mystery, exuding endless eeriness and danger.
Sir Skull even wondered if the human before him was a pawn of some high-ranking greedy executive, but the next moment he overturned that conjecture.
The aura emanating from the humans before them far surpassed that of ordinary high-ranking officials. Even if the greedy ones truly possessed some unknown and bizarre powers, they could never have bestowed such immense strength upon humans.
Furthermore, with the Greedy Ones having disappeared for a full seven years, a terrifying idea began to slowly take shape in Sir Bones' mind...
Sir Skull unconsciously took a half step back, staring in shock at the diminutive figure not far away.
"What, what are you?!"
"A Kamen Rider who just happened to be passing by."
Tang Zijun raised her lance, the tip pointing directly at the skeleton knight in front of her.
"Remember this!"
Boom boom boom boom!!
After speaking, the engine behind Tang Zijun roared to life. Langya, who had been silent all along, could no longer suppress his fighting spirit. His hair pocket trembled violently, and a large amount of steam was ejected. Terrifying energy was instantly condensed on a single point.
Before Sir Skeleton could react to Tang Zijun's answer, he felt a violent and powerful aura sweep out of the figure in front of him like a tornado. The fierce wind swept up the black mist and transformed into a huge wolf-shaped phantom.
Mingyiyi!!
As energy surged, a giant wolf over ten meters long appeared out of thin air, roaring fiercely, and pounced directly at the massive body of the Skeleton Knight.
Seeing the phantom rushing towards him, the Skeleton King opened his mouth wide and spat out a mouthful of dark blue flames. At the same time, he raised his arms and grabbed the wolf's head by the throat.
Terrifying flames shot into the sky, and the two enormous figures finally collided fiercely under the watchful eyes of everyone!