"Damn you, Heavenly Venerable! Hehe, I, the Daoist, am here!"
Suddenly, a chubby face appeared above the hole above Nangong's head, looking down.
It was a man, his face flushed, and his mouth stretched all the way to his ears.
At this moment, Nangong Zheng also raised his head and looked calmly at the man at the cave entrance.
He never expected that his cultivation would break through his formation, and that it would be dug up as a tomb.
"My God, isn't this a divine medicine? How come it's him?" The fat man at the cave entrance trembled in fright, and his purple-gold crown almost fell off his head.
After saying that, he immediately pulled his head back and, without hesitation, took off running.
"What the hell? This person is Duan De?" Nangong Zheng's eyes flashed slightly, and he actually recognized this person.
In his memory, he had a grudge against Duan De, or more precisely, a grudge against Nangong Zheng.
Because it was rumored in the past that Nangong Zheng had long since passed away. Twenty years ago, Duan De secretly sneaked into Changsheng Valley to investigate and locate Nangong Zheng's "tomb".
However, when he sneaked into the Valley of Longevity, Nangong Zheng was briefly awakened by him and attacked him directly. But Duan De had excellent survival skills and managed to escape strangely.
At that time, Nangong Zheng was in a critical state of seclusion, so it was not advisable to make a big move; he did not pursue him, and the matter was eventually dropped.
"Young friend Duan De, it's true that you can meet anyone in life. Since you're here, why rush to leave?" Nangong Zheng laughed loudly, causing flower petals to flutter in the air and his voice to shake the heavens.
The next moment, Nangong Zheng's figure flashed and appeared outside the ancient cave, standing in mid-air, his white hair fluttering, blocking Duan De's path, calmly staring at Duan De.
"Senior Nangong, I apologize for disturbing you. I meant no offense. Farewell!"
The fat Taoist priest felt a chill run down his spine, cursing inwardly. This time, his mission had gone awry; he had been targeted by Nangong Zheng, an old ghost who had lived for over two thousand years. Although he looked bulky, he was surprisingly agile and fast.
Furthermore, Duan De summoned a divine talisman, and in an instant, a beam of light appeared, enveloping him and carrying him away at an unbelievable speed.
Nangong Zheng was very surprised. The talisman the fat Taoist priest used was extraordinary; it should be an ancient divine talisman. Its speed was too fast, even faster than that of an ordinary peerless saint.
He thought to himself, no wonder Duan De, despite frequently stealing graves and robbing tombs, always managed to escape unscathed, evading all kinds of pursuits, and even thriving in the World; his methods were indeed extraordinary.
"Don't rush off, young friend, let's have a chat!" Nangong Zheng also directly summoned a divine talisman.
Nangong Zheng's speed was also incredibly fast. Even as Duan De accelerated, comparable to a top-tier Holy Lord, Nangong Zheng followed closely and never fell behind.
"Lightning Talisman!"
Duan De was startled, his heart sank, and his face turned very ugly.
Nangong Zheng smiled and nodded. Among the ancient divine runes, there is a rune called the Lightning Rune, which can only be refined by the Supreme Master. Once it locks onto a person, the Lightning Rune will move as fast as the person.
It was only because Nangong Zheng happened to have a lightning talisman; otherwise, the fat Taoist priest would really have gotten away.
A light flashed between Nangong Zheng's brows, and then a small tree appeared, which he held in his palm.
He waved the sapling, unleashing countless laws and divine lights that forcibly restrained the fat Taoist, binding him tightly.
Duan De broke out in a cold sweat. This guy was a truly ruthless character. He had heard of his reputation before. Not long ago, Nangong Zheng directly killed three Holy Lords, shocking the Eastern Wilderness!
"Senior, can you please let me go?" The fat Taoist priest Duan De was almost crying.
He hunted geese all day long, only to have his eyes pecked by one!
He had been to the Imperial Mausoleum and the Divine King's Tomb before, and he could enter these places as if they were empty. Even if the descendants of these great tombs discovered him, he could escape on his own terms. But now he has been completely defeated by Nangong Zheng.
"I can let you go, but we'll have to see your sincerity first!" Nangong Zheng smiled slightly and looked at Duan De.
"I'll give this divine jade garment to you, senior, as an apology from me." Duan De presented a divine object.
This is an inner armor made of jade pieces strung together with divine silkworm silk. It is radiant and clearly not an ordinary item.
Divine Jade Robe!
He handed the item to Nangong Zheng with a pained expression.
He dug this out from the tomb of an unparalleled emperor.
"This item is of little use to me." Nangong Zheng shook his head, but still put it away.
"What does Senior want?" Duan De was almost in tears. Taking out such a thing had already pained him greatly.
"Ordinary divine objects are useless to me. How about this, give me an elixir of immortality or an ultimate imperial weapon, and we'll call it even!" Nangong Zheng smiled slightly.
"What? The elixir of immortality, the supreme imperial weapon? Senior, I don't have any of these things! I'm just an ordinary, poor Taoist priest!"
Duan De was shocked and almost sat down on the ground in fright. How could Nangong Zheng, who seemed so gentle and refined, be so ruthless and have such a big appetite?
"You're notorious, kid. You've dug up countless ancient tombs. I heard you've been wandering around the Cloud Broken Mountains. Did you manage to get the Devouring Demon Cover from the Ruthless Great Emperor?" Nangong Zheng asked calmly.
"How did you know I went to the Cloud Broken Mountains?" Duan De was stunned.
Nangong Zheng asked casually, hoping to trick him, but he didn't expect actually to get something out of it.
He remembered that Duan De obtained the Devouring Demon Cover at the Ruthless Man's dojo in the Cloud Break Mountains.
Previously, he did not know whether Duan De had been to the Ruthless Man's dojo.
Since Duan De went to the Cloud Break Mountains, he has most likely already obtained the Devouring Demon Cover!
The question took Duan De aback because he had just escaped from the ruthless man's dojo after narrowly avoiding death.
Just as Duan De was stunned, Nangong Zheng controlled the little tree and slapped it directly on the back of Duan De's head, causing him to roll his eyes back in pain and faint on the spot.
Nangong Zheng stared at Duan De's brow and went straight into it to search for the divine object. As soon as he entered, he was shocked and felt a terrifying pressure.
A lid floats and sinks, swallowing the sun, moon, and stars; its interior is vast and boundless, like a star field, radiating endless pressure.
"The ancient Devouring Demon's Cover, the skull of the Ruthless Great Emperor!"
He directly used his great magical power, and although Duan De had added multiple seals to it, he still managed to remove the Devouring Demon Cover.
Tens of thousands of dark rays shot out, revealing an ancient ceramic lid that floated in the void, bearing a striking ghost face mark.
The ghostly mark, stained with tears, yet also bearing a smile, a sadness tinged with sunshine, is unforgettable at first glance.
Such marks, resembling a child's scribbles, would send chills down everyone's spine if they appeared.
Because the Ruthless Emperor's life was too legendary, he was ruthless to others and even more ruthless to himself. Just thinking about his methods makes people shudder.
The Devouring Demon Canopy floated silently, with a faint aura of crushing eternity permeating the air. The entire canopy resembled a black hole capable of swallowing everything.
At that moment, Nangong Zheng refined the Devouring Demon Cover, severing the connection between Duan De and the Devouring Demon Cover.
An ordinary person might feel intimidated if they thought that an imperial weapon was forged from a head.
Nangong Zheng felt that controlling the Devouring Demon Canopy to unleash its power was equivalent to controlling the head of a ruthless person to fight the enemy. Just thinking about that scene was exciting!