Published: March 2, 2025
Ultimately, Tang Haofei made a compromise—it's unclear how Tang Yi and Tang Er reached an agreement, but they accepted Wen Yu's proposal.
Tang Haofei will retire in the Main City of the Layered Battlefield, under the 24-hour supervision (service) of the Mountain Puppet Clan members. After Tang Er expressed his thoughts, Wen Yu entered the heart resonance world once again to reinforce Tang Si's seal, ensuring there would be no mistakes.
Within the heart resonance world, Wen Yu saw Tang Yi—facing the blow of becoming a cripple, Tang Yi did not seem as dejected and desperate as Tang Er. Looking at his calm face, it was as if he had anticipated this day would come.
"Reinforce this seal to the best of your ability. You understand, if Tang Er becomes reckless and does something bad, my power won't be able to stop him."
Wen Yu nodded, indicating that he understood. After completing the reinforcement process, Tang Yi added one more thing.
"Thank you, thank you for not killing me directly..."
Wen Yu hesitated for a moment, unsure how to respond to Tang Haofei's words.
This time, Wen Yu took into account his friendship with Tang Haofei and did not choose the cleanest and most straightforward solution, but he still maintained the necessary vigilance—if there were to be a next time, it would actually make things simpler for Wen Yu…
Once Tang Si appeared once more, what awaited him would be Wen Yu's thunderous judgment!
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After finishing all this, an hour had already passed. At this moment, Tang Er still lay on the ground like a salted fish, with a lifeless look in his eyes. Wen Yu, in a daze, felt that he should seal Tang Er as well…
But as this thought just arose, it was cut off by Wen Yu—Tang Haofei was in this state, and if Tang Er was gone, would Tang San take charge? Or would he allow Tang Haofei to remain bedridden like a dead man, lost in a daze with no sense of time?
It was already quite tragic; it was better not to rub salt into the wound…
Wen Yu made this “full of human sentiment” decision in his heart while carrying Tang Haofei and heading straight for the Main City of the Layered Battlefield.
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After entrusting Tang Haofei's care to the Mountain Puppets and instructing them to supervise all of Tang Er's actions, Wen Yu had a meal with Tang Haofei, comforting him a few times in between, and then left to head to the next target location.
The plan was initially to visit Tang Haofei first and then check on Lin Haifeng. Although there were some unexpected events with Tang Haofei, it did not affect the next steps.
As he thought of this, Wen Yu suddenly realized he had forgotten to ask Tang Haofei about the Fateful Gourd, but seeing Tang Haofei in such a miserable state, he buried this thought deep in his heart—this matter could wait until Tang Haofei's emotions stabilized before discussing it.
At the same time, Wen Yu thought of another matter.
With Tang Haofei gone, the outer circle of the Layered Battlefield would inevitably lack a stabilizing pillar, and this loophole would require Wen Yu to personally address it.
Thinking of this, Wen Yu opened the soul realm space and released all five spirit pets, including the One-Eyed.
“Woof woof~~”
“Big boss, I thought you had forgotten about us…”
The One-Eyed made a light-hearted comment, and even Xing and Victor rolled their eyes in unison, which made Wen Yu feel a bit embarrassed—most of his spirit pets had become extensions of his own skills. There was no way around it; after using powerful spirit pets through their development period, Wen Yu's power had increased rapidly. Eventually, it was simpler to take down enemies himself rather than let spirit pets battle, saving him from anxiety. With his escalating power, Wen Yu realized that the strongest aspect of a soul master was not summoning powerful spirit pets but rather using skills that enhanced them.
However, in Earth, especially in the Layered Battlefield, Wen Yu did not fear sudden dangers. Moreover, after what happened with Tang Haofei, he decided to release the spirit pets to enhance his side’s high-level combat strength.