Chapter 158: Chapter 158 Unknown Intentions

LIFTING THE TWO of them up in the air, Yang Lujia watched as their faces were filled with confusion. Using the rules of space, he easily restricted the space around them, temporarily restricting their movements.

‘What? Why can’t I move? Is this the so-called rules of space? I can’t even move? What the hell is going on? Why is he also constraining my movements? This is not part of the plan!’

Sun Feng’s eyes constricted as he realized something. His other bodily movements were restrained, but it wasn’t the case for his eyes. As his eyes fell on Yang Lujia, he felt his heart growing cold, beating abnormally fast.

Panic overwhelmed him. He quickly mobilized his qi out of his body, trying to utilize the rules of devouring left within the space he was confined within. Afterward, the pressure on his body increased by ten folds and the rate of his qi absorption was raised to a degree where even the weaker rules of space used by Yang Lujia were slowly breaking apart.

“Oh?” Yang Lujia was surprised by Sun Feng’s rules of devouring. “Does that mean he could really devour anything?”

“That’s one of the characteristics of someone who could manipulate the rules of devouring. Once their comprehension of these rules shot up to a certain extent, they could even devour an entire realm.”

“What the hell?” Yang Lujia’s eyes almost bulged after he heard Fortuniel’s timely response. “What did I just hear? Did you just say he could devour anything, even an entire realm—given that his comprehension level on such a rule was that high?!”

“However, even the person with the highest cultivation in this realm could not do that. One needs higher-ranked rules, which you will know soon, host.”

By the time Fortuniel completed what he said, Sun Feng unbelievably broke free from the confined space Yang Lujia had set up. Jia Ling was also on the way to breaking his confinement with just the use of the rules of strength.

“Although they were only using these rules in the early stage as Inferior Rules, they dealt quite a damage to the spatial restraint I created.”

“They broke through. Their rules are now at the middle stage,” Fortuniel suddenly reminded him. “Because in order for their early stage Inferior Rules to advance to the middle stage, they needed to rack themselves up until they comprehended denser or higher-ranked rules. Perhaps they were just so desperate that they were able to break your rules of space.”

“I wanted to test their rules if they were indeed weaker than the rules of space. Indeed, it seemed to be the case. If it weren’t for their breakthroughs, it would have taken their lives to break through the rules of space.”

However, Yang Lujia’s face showed a frown as he stared at the panting Sun Feng. “It seemed like it’s not because of desperation that they’ve had their breakthroughs. Instead, it was because of those black wisps. Is a Dark Executive powerful enough to make their puppets have some breakthroughs? That’s quite incredible.”

Indeed, just like what Yang Lujia observed, the black wisps inside Sun Feng and Jia Ling’s bodies had become much thicker than they were earlier. Could these Dark Executives use the dark rules even when they’re far away?”

Scanning the entire place, Yang Lujia didn’t find anything or anyone unusual with his mental power.

“Host, the Dark Executive who was controlling Sun Feng seemed to be someone with high cultivation. He should be a pure-blooded executive. Other than controlling people using the dark rules, you should know that they could also increase the cultivation of their puppets as long as it wouldn’t surpass theirs.

“However, it could be taxing even for a pure-blood executive to do so. That’s the same case for the other executives as well. However, a half-blood executive could die if he used this innate ability exclusive to those with pure blood.”

“I also think so. As much as it is an overpowered ability, it should come with a price. After all, such an ability alone is already against the natural law, where cultivators should, step by step, become stronger, and not become stronger in one fell swoop,” Yang Lujia said, his words hinting at the system.

But he acted like he did not suspect anything of Fortuniel.

Fortuniel did not reply. Still, Yang Lujia poured all his attention on the two before him. He looked at Sun Feng who had a dumbfounded look on his face.

“Why did you do that, Dum Gai?! You almost got me killed!” Sun Feng roared with bloodshot eyes, his body slowly changing form. He then stared at Jia Ling and ordered, “It’s time, Jia Ling! I don’t want to drag this further! We need more women to sacrifice! If we fail on this plan, the lord will not be able to forgive us!”

“So, you’re showing your true colors now?” Yang Lujia grinned. “I have long known about everything that’s been going on between the two sects. After arriving and knowing about my strength, you looked flustered and panicked back then, but you alone knew that it wasn’t the case, Sun Feng. Otherwise, why would a puppet feel fear?

Ignoring the ferocious and transforming Sun Feng, he continued, “You have two daughters. In fact, they’re twins. It seemed like you weren’t able to control the other daughter of yours because she had some special bloodline that rejected the intrusion of the black wisps. I wonder, though, if they were twins, why did she have that bloodline when the other did not?

“Sun Feng, oh, Sun Feng, what have you gotten yourself into?” Yang Lujia’s eyes turned sharp as he appeared in front of Sun Feng with a raised hand, slapping the latter’s head downward.

The moment he did this, Jia Ling also attacked him. When he recognized the black wisps inside his body, Yang Lujia discovered something.

“It seemed like you were not controlled by the Dark Executive himself. Instead, Sun Feng managed to do that, so that’s why your moves when you fought him were a bit strange. I wonder how he did that. Or perhaps it was the Dark Executive himself who did this to you, huh? After all, both of you are on par in terms of overall combat prowess,” he said.

Although the Dark Executives could control or manipulate people like puppets, they could not control an astronomical number of cultivators. That Dark Executive was definitely not doing this kind of thing in one place. Perhaps even in the other regions… but again, for what purpose?

‘Is it because of the Sacrificial Rites that I heard about? Or is it for something even graver?’