Chapter 91

What's going on? He strained to look down and found that his shadow was bound by something. He was so frightened that his soul almost fled. It was the terrifying 'shadow'!

He was bound by the shadow!

Hua Zhi Long, with his formidable strength, barely managed to lower his head, only to be stunned. His shadow, along with those of his other three children, was bound to Hua Ying Long's body.

Hua Ying Long was his eldest son, the one he was most proud of.

Hua Zhi Long's strength was a realm higher than Hua Ying Long's, allowing him to endure the pain of being bound by the shadow. Except for Hua Ying Nian, the other two children felt as if they were being tightly constricted by a giant python, with their souls and bodies about to be torn apart.

Feeling Hua Zhi Long's questioning gaze, Hua Ying Long finally spoke, saying calmly, "I'm sorry, my most respected father. As long as you cooperate, I will ensure your safe departure from here, but our father-son relationship will end here."

As he said these words, Hua Ying Long's heart was wrenching. He was very reluctant to say this. If it weren't for that damned cannon fodder not being able to come, he wouldn't have had to step forward himself. He was reluctant to part with this family bond and desperately wanted to continue living in this family after secretly helping the Dragon Emperor retrieve the chaotic broken stele.

Shadows were originally just loyal machines without other emotions, but they were also human beings.

Since he was old enough to understand, Hua Ying Long had been his mentor, teacher, and protector, giving him a perfect childhood. He should have been grateful, but he never felt that way.

In Hua Ying Long's soul, there was a binding oath symbol that restrained his emotions. It was an oath curse! He could not betray the Dragon Emperor. Too many grievances could not be expressed, and that was naked betrayal.

He could betray the world and his own brothers, but there were three people he did not want to hurt, and one person he could not betray.

Hua Zhi Long looked at his most beloved and proud son with great confusion. He wanted his son to give him an acceptable explanation, to retract what he had said, and to tell him it was a joke.

Hua Ying Long's eyes returned to their coldness, and he said coldly, "I'm sorry, I am the Dragon Emperor's man, the shadow of death, Shadow No. 7. The real Hua Ying Long was replaced by me at birth. I have been潜伏in the Hua family for so long, just to find this stele. I have waited for eighteen years, and I no longer need to suffer."

"Shadow No. 7?"

Hua Zhi Long's emotions were shattered by this blow! He felt like a lump of mud, losing his support, his soul wandering like a zombie. This was not a matter of understanding or not, but of being unable to accept it.

Shadow No. 7 did not need Hua Zhi Long to understand. He did not want to see the man's reaction. He hated the hero, hated why he had to break away at this moment, and also hated the spider.

He successfully transferred his pain to the hero, turning it into hatred.

When in doubt, one must act decisively. A powerful spatial fluctuation erupted from Shadow No. 7's body! He was going to use the Star Fixer to summon the Dragon Emperor. He had already discussed this with Long Zaitian; once the Star Fixer was activated, the Dragon Emperor would be teleported to its location.

"Want to activate the Star Fixer to summon the Dragon Emperor? I won't let you!"

As the Star Fixer was activated, several root tendrils suddenly burst from the ground beneath Shadow No. 7, directly snatching the Star Fixer from his hand!

At the moment the hero snatched the Star Fixer, Shadow No. 7 tried to dodge but found himself unable to move. His body was already entangled by dozens of thumb-thick roots. This obstruction caused the already activated Star Fixer to be dragged underground, its whereabouts unknown!

This sudden change caught everyone off guard.

Three minutes ago, when the hero's roots were hiding and sneaking into this underground world, out of curiosity, he had spread thousands of roots throughout the entire hillside villa area, connecting with all the plants to form a natural surveillance network, with him as the host.

When several ordinary tree roots extended to the underground of Hua Lao San's residence, they had not yet broken through the soil when they were detected by Xuan Yuan Ming, who was discussing happily in the hall. He instinctively activated his soul symbol.

"Who are you, come out!"

Xuan Yuan Ming's cold snort formed a symbol in the air above the tree roots!

A symbol formed by will? This was the ability of a super-powered warrior.

Wherever the will reached, it could condense the energy of heaven and earth into a symbol.

After the symbol was formed, it burst with powerful symbol power, a dragon head emerging from the symbol, emitting a dragon roar at the spot where the tree roots were about to break through the soil.

The dragon roar condensed into a powerful sound wave attack, creating a five-meter-wide deep pit in the hall.

In this time of heightened alert, any sudden change could make Hua Lao San and his companions tense. They came to the pit to see what was happening.

In the pit, they found only a few broken tree roots, not even a piece of flesh or bone. Xuan Yuan Ming frowned at the pit, finding nothing, and wondered, "Could it be that the granddaughters Hua Lao San presented last night were too good, and I overdid it, causing a hallucination?"

At this moment, he did not know that the hero was secretly laughing in a small house on a hill several miles away: "If you don't sleep at midnight, you'll have weak legs."

It was only nine o'clock in the evening, not midnight!

Xuan Yuan Ming shook his head and turned, saying, "Let's continue."

The old men gathered again, staring at each other. Soon, Hua Lao San received information from his subordinates and broke the silence, saying, "That old man has already evacuated all his family members. It seems he has made the worst-case scenario. According to the rules of the underworld, women, children, and the elderly, who are unable to defend themselves, cannot be harmed. Now that he has evacuated these family members, he has nothing to worry about. When we negotiate with him, we will have fewer bargaining chips."

Xuan Yuan Ming laughed coldly and said, "Then why don't you quickly block the mountain road and intercept those who haven't had time to escape? If Hua Lao Dog says no, cut off one of his grandsons. I want to see if his heart is harder than his mouth."

Hua Lao San, Hua Lao Si, and Hua Lao Wu were startled, and even the other Hua family elders frowned. This was a very taboo matter. Misfortune should not extend to wives, children, and grandchildren, especially since they were all Hua family members, born of the same root. Using his grandchildren as leverage was too despicable.

Xuan Yuan Ming snorted and said, "Since he has played this card, it shows that he would rather die than speak. Without using some means, even if the elders of the Xuan Yuan clan come, they won't be able to pry his mouth open. When the direct approach doesn't work, we can only use harsh tactics. The elder council of our clan has already sent four elders with super-powered warrior-level strength, and they might be watching the show in Tianchuan City right now."