"Admit defeat? You've killed monks, scholars, foreign friends, and even didn't spare an old man who made a living from shadow plays. Is there anyone crueler and more ruthless than you in this world? You heartless creature!"
"That monk molested my sister, and the scholar—"
"Shut up!" Hell Road shouted, "You dare to argue with me? Black and White Impermanence, tear his mouth apart!"
A ghostly shadow black and another white, one wielding a Mourning Stick, the other holding a Soul Summoning Bell, appeared behind Li Changzhou.
In his mind, the Chaos Yang Snake hissed and roared furiously, and the Yang Qi in his body exploded.
"Qing Lan!"
Yang Qinglan took two steps forward, the boat rocking as she flew upward.
"Run! Jump off the boat!" Qian Xia shouted, grabbing Zheng Chenggong's neck and sweeping him away into the distance.
In the sky, Li Changzhou and Yang Qinglan drew closer to each other.
"Run fast!" Qian Xia kicked over a boat and yelled to Zheng's troops, who knelt on the deck in the distance, "My brother and sister-in-law are about to turn into Chaos Giant Pythons!"
Boom!
Larger dark clouds gathered, purple Heavenly Thunder danced wildly like bombardment, and a storm whipped up between heaven and earth.
The sea wailed mournfully, the ships were tossed about like toys, and the trees along the shores of Treasure Island undulated like grass pulled from the ground.
Everyone came to their senses and began to run in a panic, some being blown away by the storm after a few steps, others kneeling on the ground, praying for divine protection.
The sea turned into an enraged beast, lightning constantly struck down from the sky, and in the early morning at Lu'er Gate, the scenic seaside swiftly transformed into an apocalyptic scene.
Turquoise Pool stood amidst the dark clouds, wild thunder, and storm, watching the primordial Chaos Light in the mid-air, her white hair fluttering as her brilliant eyes sparkled.
In a moment, an unparalleled aura suppressed all directions.
A more than two-hundred-meter-long black Giant Python, god-like, coiled between heaven and earth.
Typhoons, Heavy Rains, hail, thunderstorms, earthquakes, scorching suns—every type of weather imaginable erupted all at once.
The snake's body meandered, the Five Elements of heaven and earth were in disarray, the Yin Yang Qi collided, and everything returned to Chaos.
"Everything in the world is but an illusion, only Hell is eternal! Suppress them for me!" Hell Road ascended into the air, stepping heavily upon the eighteen layers of Hell.
With a thunderous rumble as if the sky was collapsing, the eighteen layers of Hell pressed down, seeking to eternally imprison the Chaos Giant Python!
Typhoons, Heavy Rains, hail, thunderstorms, earthquakes, scorching sun—all were shoved aside to make way for Hell.
The S-level Instinct "Hell Road" displayed its incomparable power of suppression.
"Ksitigarbha said, 'Till Hell is empty, I will not become a Buddha.' Today, I will transcend you all!" the Chaos Giant Python bellowed fiercely.
Li Changzhou's clear and resonant voice filled the air as if it was the sound of heaven and earth.
The Chaos Giant Python's body ignited with golden flames. With a powerful flick of its tail, it seemed to aim to split the heavens!
The snake's tail collided with Hell.
Bang!!!
An explosion cleared the air, the color drained from heaven and earth, and even the booming thunder was drowned out.
"Boom!" The eighteen layers of Hell shattered, breaking apart in all directions.
The bronze pillars collapsed, oil pots overturned, ice mountains crumbled, Evil Ghost Yakshas twisted and deformed, turning into trails of black smoke and dissipating.
"Ah!!" Hell Road wailed and screamed, "Impossible! Hell and the world have always existed, Hell cannot be shattered!"
The [Chaos Giant Python] opened its mouth wide and sucked in the fragments of the eighteen layers of Hell, along with rolling black clouds, like a stream of smoke, into its maw.
Everything was chaos.
The Six Paths, Heaven and Earth, Yin Yang, the Five Elements, they were all facets of chaos.
In all the vast cosmos, chaos reigned supreme.
The winds gradually subsided. The soldiers blown away by the storm fell heavily to the ground, emitting painful wails.
Those unfortunate enough to be struck by lightning were still twitching.
In the sea, Zheng's troops supported their drowning comrades, clinging to wooden planks, desperately swimming towards shore.
At that moment, nobody cared whether the other was friend or foe, whether they were from the Ming Dynasty or Holland; before Heaven's might, all were victims.
When the dark clouds dissipated, and the [Chaos Giant Python] vanished, Li Changzhou and Yang Qinglan floated down like a couple of ethereal immortals, alighting upon a beach strewn in ruin and filled with cries of agony.
"I, I surrender! I am willing to leave Treasure Island!" the governor of Holland in Treasure Island, Kui Yi, said, trembling as he raised his hands.
Li Changzhou didn't look at him. A force within him surged uncontrollably as 'Physical Enhancement' could no longer be restrained. Any movement might trigger a breakthrough.
Suddenly, a figure appeared beside Zheng Chenggong, his steel blade sweeping towards his neck.
A twisted excitement flickered in the assailant's eyes.
So what if you are strong!
The one who completes the mission is the winner!
Boom—
The armored assailant was smacked away by a powerful force, shooting across the sea like a cannonball, plowing a shallow trench in the water.
The King Cobra revealed its form from invisibility, its forked tongue hissing.
Zheng Chenggong was startled.
"Don't be afraid," Qian Xia patted the King Cobra's fierce triangular head, "this is Golden Crown, my brother's pet."
"You, you are snake demons, no, snake immortals?"
"Snake immortals?" Qian Xia paused, "No, we are just ordinary people."
"..." Zheng Chenggong fell silent.
He bowed his fist and said solemnly: "In retaking Treasure Island, we owe much to the help of several Immortal Masters, especially you, who saved countless soldiers. Once I have stabilized Treasure Island, I must build temples of life for all four of you!"
"Don't don't don't, with that money and manpower, better to build a few more houses for the people."
Saying this, Qian Xia suddenly thought that once they returned, these historical figures would forget everything, and history would revert to its rightful course.
She lost the interest to speak.
"Forget it, all as you wish."
Li Changzhou glanced over there, then said to Yang Qinglan: "Are you sure you want to finish the mission? Success or failure doesn't matter to me, but you and Qian Xia, you'll face penalties if you fail."
Once Zheng Chenggong accepted Kui Yi's surrender, the mission would fail for both of them.
Yang Qinglan looked at Zheng Chenggong: "He recovers Treasure Island as a contingency for himself, but from the standpoint of history, he is indeed a national hero. Given the choice, I'd rather kill three inconsequential white-card holders."
"I didn't realize," Li Changzhou turned his head towards her, "you were so perceptive of righteousness."
"It's because you are by my side," Yang Qinglan also looked at him, "To help you complete the mission. Besides, with you by my side, I'm not afraid of any punishment."
"..." Li Changzhou lightly scratched the corner of his left eye with his right hand.
"Are you shy?"
"No, those with glib tongues go to the tongue-pulling hell, did you know that?"
"Would you bear to send me there?"
The Identity Card of Hell Road was now in Li Changzhou's hands.
In the end, what instinct is the strongest?
"Little radish!" Before Li Changzhou could delve further into thought, he suddenly heard Qian Xia's excited cry.
He and Yang Qinglan turned to look; Little Radish, in her aboriginal dress, rode on a butterfly, emerging from the forest with a group of natives.
"See, see! I told you I knew the incarnation of Mazu, ha!" Little Radish stood on the butterfly's back, hands on hips, regal like a little Nezha.
This guy...
"Sooner or later, I have to catch her when I enter the game!" Li Changzhou resolved fiercely.
Yang Qinglan lightly smiled like a snow lotus swaying in the wind.
The Turquoise Pool was meeting with her subordinates. It was fascinating; not only did she have undercover agents among the Hollanders, but among the natives, and even among Zheng Chenggong's troops.
This woman was impossible to guard against.
The sea continued its own chatter, sweeping across the beach to leave a few words.
[Mission Ended]