pappabearbooks Chapter 2545 - 117: Difficult to Cross_3
Chapter 2545 - 117: Difficult to Cross_3
But the limited resources... are simply not enough to annihilate Zhang Linchuan.It’s a paradox, yet it’s a reality he must face.
Upon hearing Tan Wenqi say this, the generals under his command bit their steel teeth, swallowed their bloody tears, rose gradually, and returned to command their troops.
In the military tent stationed in the wild, soon only Tan Wenqi remained.
Only at this moment did he reveal his fatigued expression.
A seasoned general like him didn’t fear the charge of ten thousand soldiers, nor how valiant an enemy general might be. It’s just about preparing for battle, fighting hard, killing fiercely.
But against an opponent like Zhang Linchuan, he truly feels like a mouse pulling a turtle—unable to start.
Can’t even find the person, so how could he cope with him?
This person has no relatives or friends, no family or companions. Even the Church of Lifeless he founded has vanished, and thinking of tracing the vine to find the melon, there’s no vine to trace.
Even if these existed, it would likely not affect Zhang Linchuan.
During this time, so many people have died in the Church of Lifeless, with countless devout followers crying and praying for the Divine Master to save them? Zhang Linchuan hasn’t even left a trace of smoke.
Such a person who extinguishes emotions and ends desires simply wouldn’t care about anyone.
Tan Wenqi silently stared at the fiery brazier, a violent anger brewing within him wanting to kick it over. Even he felt his strength unusable, his hatred unreleased.
Full of hatred...
He felt his anger had already filled his chest.
Thump thump!
He felt his heart beating rapidly, heavily.
Not good! Tan Wenqi, seasoned by countless battles, sensed something amiss in this instant and suddenly snapped to reality as Soldier Slayer surged like a tide.
But in the next moment—
Crack!
His chest bone directly tore apart the flesh, like a gate opening to the sides. His chest cavity split open, and a fresh red heart leaped out!
Tan Wenqi stared at his heart, seeing it also spread with dense cracks, then fragmented like petals, revealing a pale seed in the center.
The seed just jumped in the air, grew in the sunlight, transforming into a man with an unimpressive face.
"Zhang, Lin, Chuan?" Tan Wenqi saw his eyes were already cracked, hearing his voice painfully sound.
Though he had never seen this person, even though the scene had turned bloody, he was very sure the person appearing now was Zhang Linchuan, Founder of the Church of Lifeless.
Zhang Linchuan left as many as twenty-seven misleading clues in Late Mulberry Town to mislead pursuit, even designed to interfere with the Prefectural Governor of Xinlan County, gaining himself more time to flee.
But these were still merely decoys.
Zhang Linchuan was actually hiding in Late Mulberry Town, hiding inside Tan Wenqi’s heart, never fled a single step; no wonder the entire Department of Penalty of Wei Country went mad searching but couldn’t find any trace of the Church of Lifeless’s founder!
When was it? Tan Wenqi pondered painfully... The first time entering Late Mulberry Town and smelling that bloody scent, the first time feeling anger? The time he personally hanged Xinlan County’s Prefectural Governor, wishing he could slice him up bit by bit?
He couldn’t remember the exact moment he fell into the trap.
More painful than chest bone tearing the chest open, heart splitting—
He sealed Late Mulberry Town, watched the tragic state of the country’s people, vowed to avenge those innocent lives, participated in the relentless pursuit of Zhang Linchuan, only to personally send Zhang Linchuan out of Wei Country in the end!
And at this moment...
Zhang Linchuan opened his eyes, with a brief moment of confusion, like just awake.
But upon seeing Tan Wenqi’s state and hearing Tan Wenqi’s voice, he regained his sealed "self".
The "evil seed" had already harvested Tan Wenqi, dismantling Tan Wenqi’s ability to resist.
Without any nonsense, he just raised his hand and pressed, pushing Tan Wenqi into the ground, flattening him into a mixture of bloody flesh and broken bones.
This time in Wei Country’s activities, he hadn’t clashed with Wu Xun, nor experienced any fierce battle. But the process was riskier than the underground palace of Yanyun Mountain, unknown how many times more dangerous!
Throughout the process of being a parasitic evil seed, sealing himself, hiding inside Tan Wenqi, he was almost completely unaware of the outside world.
Once discovered, immediate death and Dao dissolution awaited.
At one point Wu Xun came personally, at one point Master Dongfang presiding over Longhutai was divining nearby; had he left even a slight clue, shown even a minor flaw, he was already beyond dead now.
He was always on the edge of danger, more than walking on the brink of Nine Deaths, One Life?
Although every step he took was impeccable, the final concealment nearly perfect. But the God-approaching level’s perfection appeared flawed in front of the True Men. With Dongzhen level insight, he could only do his best to "patch gaps", but not achieve "flawless".
But which True Man would deliberately scrutinize a well-established general like Tan Wenqi, who has reached God Arrives years ago?
That would almost be stripping Tan Wenqi naked for public display, a kind of extreme humiliation.
Zhang Linchuan understood well that once the matter in Late Mulberry Town was discovered, Wei Court would surely seal the borders first, with powerful figures like Master Dongfang prioritizing shutting down various checkpoints to prevent the killer from escaping.
Because the killer had already allowed himself time to flee, according to normal logic, closing off escape routes would surely be the most important step, while securing the scene and investigating evidence were secondary.
He played exactly on this lapse, quietly planted the evil seed on Tan Wenqi, then sealed himself, hiding within.