Chapter 5

In order to escape the pursuers from Yingzhou, this clone severed all connections with its original body, its power plummeting to its lowest point. It lived in the main world under an assumed name for nearly a thousand years, changing identities countless times. Due to the suppression of the main world's laws, it was never able to recover its strength.

The suppression of the main world's laws was equally effective on everyone. The pursuers sent by Yingzhou several times were also unable to exert their true power in the main world, and were all eliminated by Yan Jifeng. They couldn't do anything to him, and it had been almost thirty years since he last saw a deity from the Divine Realm.

More than ten years ago, Yan Jifeng took on the identity of a young boy who died of illness, and since then, he has been living in this city as a boy named Ning Yue for over a decade.

Yan Jifeng originally thought that before Ning Yue's identity "died of old age," he wouldn't have any other troubles. At most, he would have some minor conflicts with his cousin Pang Qian, who had a naturally bad temper, loved to find ways to die, and was quite silly. He never expected that he couldn't escape the shadow of fate and would encounter someone from the Divine Realm again.

In less than three hours, actually less than thirty minutes, Feili called back and said, "Lord Yan Jifeng! Recently, five deities from the Divine Realm have come to our city. They are Xu Fu, Xu Xun, Luo Xuan, and one person whose identity I couldn't find. Another one is Loki from the Western Asgard Divine Realm. He condensed the clone's virtual form into a Great Annihilation Spell, destroying the residential building where your cousin Pang Qian lived. Moreover... except for Pang Qian, your cousin's entire family perished!"

Ning Yue couldn't help but take a deep breath and asked, "How could this happen? Has Loki gone mad? Why would he attack an ordinary residential building?"

Feili's clear voice came from the phone, saying, "He was chasing Xu Fu."

Ning Yue was even more puzzled and asked, "Why is he chasing Xu Fu? Asgard doesn't have the qualifications to offend Penglai, and besides, Xu Xun is in this city. If they join forces, Loki might not have a sure victory!"

Feili replied calmly, "I can't provide an answer at that level."

Ning Yue pressed his temples, feeling quite troubled by this sudden event. He asked casually, "Where are they now?"

Feili seemed to be confirming their locations and answered after a moment, "Loki's cross-dimensional attack exhausted the virtual form's power, and he didn't send another clone to the main world. Xu Xun and Luo Xuan booked different hotels. I've already sent you the map coordinates. I can't determine the location of the mysterious person, but I can tell you that he hasn't left the city."

Feili hesitated slightly before continuing, "Your cousin Pang Qian seems to be with Xu Fu. Do you want to do something about it?"

Ning Yue pondered for a while, shook his head, and said, "Let him stay with Xu Fu! Both Xu Fu and Xu Xun are from Penglai, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

Ning Yue hung up the phone, rubbed his temples, and couldn't help but frown, thinking to himself, "Xu Xun came to this city to capture the defector Luo Xuan, but why is Xu Fu from the Penglai Divine Realm also here?" He couldn't understand why people from Asgard would get involved, and why Loki would attack Xu Fu. These events were too chaotic, and without further intelligence, Ning Yue couldn't figure out the relationships.

The only good news was that his greatest enemy, Yingzhou, hadn't sent anyone, so his identity wouldn't be exposed for the time being.

Back when Yan Jifeng realized he couldn't recover his peak strength, he turned to building his own power base. After nearly a thousand years of operation, he had amassed a vast influence that could rival the government of any country.

However, he had no interest in governing a country, as the troubles outweighed the benefits. Moreover, he had to constantly guard against being hunted by deities from the Divine Realm and couldn't appear publicly. Therefore, he never interfered with any historical processes, only quietly accumulating strength.

A single phone call from Ning Yue could reveal how many mysterious figures were in the city, showing how successful his power base was, almost penetrating most corners of human society.

Ning Yue hadn't decided what to do next. He frowned and thought for a while, sighing slightly, and said to himself, "It seems this matter has nothing to do with me. I just need to wait quietly for them to leave. As for my cousin Pang Qian..."

Ning Yue put his hands in his pockets, shook his head, and ultimately said nothing.

He didn't want to go to school today and was thinking about where to spend the afternoon when he suddenly felt a warning and quickly crouched down.

A grayish-white dog head was just passing over his shoulder. If Ning Yue hadn't reacted quickly, it would have almost bitten off his head.

"Is this aimed at me?"

Ning Yue's body lightly turned, and he saw the monster behind him.

This monster had a ferocious dog head and a half-human, half-beast body. It was constantly licking its lips, drooling, and its fierce dog eyes were staring at him with a cold, cruel gaze, devoid of any emotion.

"This is a dog ghost! Who is controlling it to attack me?"

Without hesitation, Ning Yue clapped his hands, and two balls of fire appeared in his palms. These two balls of fire traveled several meters and landed on the dog ghost.

The dog head monster didn't dodge, allowing the two balls of fire to hit it. With a puff, the fur on its face was slightly scorched, but clearly, this fire wasn't enough to harm it. The dog head let out a mournful howl and suddenly pounced, leaping into the air and opening its massive mouth to bite down. Ning Yue had no doubt that it could bite through his neck in one bite.

"How can this be? The power of the fire is too weak!"

Ning Yue complained, separated his hands, and formed two more balls of fire, pushing them out with all his strength to test the power of the "Fire Palm."

When Ning Yue's palms struck, he deliberately increased the temperature of the fire, but this impromptu move didn't work as expected. Although his palms easily hit the dog head, it seemed to have no effect. The dog ghost, despite its fur being burned, continued to attack ferociously.

"How can this dog ghost be so powerful? Is it a specially bred species? If this continues, the protagonist of this story might have to change, which is a sign of failure!"

Ning Yue's "Fire Palm" didn't injure the dog head monster but pushed its mouth open by half an inch. He slightly lowered his head to avoid the vital areas, but the dog head's pounce was too strong, and it still sent Ning Yue flying across half a street.