Something’s Wrong with This Game — I Became a God by Mining!

More than a dozen players showed terror in their eyes. The highest-level one took a deep breath and said:

"We're not disciples of Devour Heaven Palace. We were hired by someone."

"Hired by someone?"

Jiu Xingkong's eyes flashed with cold light. Suddenly, he reached out and snapped their limbs.

The sound of bones cracking sent chills down the spines of the surrounding civilians.

"Our Arhat Temple is merciful and compassionate, but when facing evildoers, we naturally wield Vajra means as well."

Jiu Xingkong's face showed no trace of ferocity. Even though his actions were ruthless, his expression remained peaceful, carrying a hint of compassion.

This group of players was taken away by King Subei's soldiers, clearly for interrogation.

Jiu Xingkong continued sitting upright on the high platform, reciting Buddhist sutras aloud.

"Let's go."

Yang Ling turned and left.

Zhang Hongyu quickly followed.

Along the way, he noticed that Senior Brother Yang's expression was very grave.

"Senior Brother Yang, now that they've scared off the prey, our decapitation operation will probably face obstacles too..."

"Mm."

Yang Ling responded casually.

That wasn't what he was thinking about.

He was thinking about those players.

"Players from the Rong tribe side wouldn't appear on the Zhao State's Divine Realm Level Ranking either."

"That's right. Those players might not be from other server regions; they could be from the Rong tribe side."

"No, wait. Is it possible that server regions are divided by states?"

"Zhao State counts as one server region, the Rong tribe counts as another, and so on?"

"If that's really the case, there would be at least forty server regions..."

"But Rong tribe players could send messages on the Divine Realm Communication Channel. Li Fengxian had sent messages before."

"If there are this many server regions, shouldn't players from those regions be sending messages too?"

"Unless the public channels between server regions are also isolated..."

Yang Ling's footsteps paused slightly. A strange light flickered in his eyes.

It seemed he had been misled by Li Fengxian.

"That old bastard sent messages on the public channel back then because he was in Zhao State, not Rong territory?"

A sudden realization dawned in Yang Ling's mind.

He had subconsciously assumed that both Rong tribe and Zhao State players could send messages on the public channel.

Now, thinking carefully, besides Li Fengxian, he really hadn't seen any messages that seemed to be from Rong tribe players.

Not on the public channel, nor in private chats.

"One, the game likely has server region divisions."

"Two, the Divine Realm Communication Channels between server regions are isolated."

"Three, that bastard Li Fengxian is probably hiding in Zhao State!"

"Senior Brother Yang, now that Arhat Temple has joined forces with King Subei, if King Subei is swayed by them one day, our Devour Heaven Palace will likely face total destruction."

"This time, we must kill Jiu Xingkong to show the outside world our Devour Heaven Palace's resolve and means."

As if worried that Yang Ling might back out, Zhang Hongyu kept observing Yang Ling's expression as he spoke.

"Junior Brother Zhang, why don't you tell me more about this King Subei? Let me see if I've missed anything."

Yang Ling's eyes shifted slightly as he spoke.

"This King Subei is our Rong State's first king granted a different surname. He enjoys deep trust from His Majesty. Starting as a mere soldier, he fought his way through countless battlefields to become a different-surname king. His iron-body training skills are astonishing. I've heard he has a chance to advance to Third-Rank Grandmaster Supreme!"

Zhang Hongyu rattled off the details like reciting from a treasured text.

Yang Ling was somewhat dumbfounded by what he heard.

What Rong State? Even if Zhao State hadn't been established yet, this place shouldn't be Rong State, right?

Zhang Hongyu didn't notice the strange look on Yang Ling's face and continued talking on his own. By the end, he sighed emotionally:

"Now, someone in the martial world has given King Subei another title, calling him King Zhao.

They say that in the Fourth-Rank Grandmaster realm, no grandmaster is a match for King Zhao.

He's the number one under the Third-Rank!"

"King Zhao?"

Yang Ling pondered. "What's King Zhao's given name?"

"Zhao De, I think? It seems to be Zhao De."

"Huh, not him?"

Yang Ling had seen some documents about Zhao State's history in the Ironclad Department. For example, the founding emperor was Zhao Chongxu.

"Now King Zhao has fathered a son, named Zhao Chongxu.

I heard that on the night this son was born, celestial phenomena appeared. The Abbot of Arhat Temple, who hadn't emerged for many years, personally came to name this child."

"..."

"So, Arhat Temple was already placing their bet on the Zhao family at this time. That's why after Zhao State was founded, Arhat Temple rose from Second-Rate to First-Rate?"

"In this current period, Arhat Temple probably doesn't have First-Rate foundations, but it might have more than Second-Rate foundations. That's why King Subei is willing to cooperate with Arhat Temple."

Yang Ling felt this information was very important.

At least he now knew there was this relationship between Arhat Temple and the Zhao family.

Perhaps, even in the current Zhao State, this relationship meant Arhat Temple received some kind of support.

"Junior Brother Zhang, you head back to the courtyard first. I'll take a walk outside the city."

Yang Ling walked toward the city outskirts.

Zhang Hongyu was momentarily stunned and instinctively followed.

"What? You still need to keep an eye on me? Am I the Chief Disciple of Qingyun Mountain, or are you?"

Yang Ling looked at Zhang Hongyu with a half-smile.

Zhang Hongyu quickly said, "Then I'll head back to the courtyard to await your return, Senior Brother."

With that, he hurried away.

"This Zhang Hongyu is a bit odd... He's probably not aligned with Qingyun Mountain."

"A mere upper Seventh-Rank, and his every word pushes me to complete this decapitation operation."

"Is it another frame-up scheme? A scheme by some Chief Disciple of Devour Heaven Palace targeting me?"

Yang Ling couldn't be bothered to think more about it and walked toward the city outskirts.

This place was just a dungeon, not the real Zhao State.

Even if this batch of martial artists like Zhang Hongyu had truly existed, they would have long died of old age. They couldn't still be alive.

What was the point of scheming against dead people? A waste of mental energy.

Arriving outside the city, Yang Ling found a deserted spot. Suddenly, his figure shot out like a bolt of lightning.

His speed was now at least forty to fifty percent faster than before.

After darting a hundred zhang, Yang Ling leaped up!

Treading Emptiness!

He activated the skill, and his Vital Qi visibly drained away at a noticeable rate.

Yet Yang Ling soared like a great bird, stepping through the air, directly covering a full li of distance.

Throughout the entire process, his speed had increased by at least double!

Landing steadily, Yang Ling checked his Status Panel.

His Vital Qi had dropped from 6,000 points to just over 1,000 points remaining.

"Damn, I can't use this skill recklessly. Who can afford this kind of drain?"

"I guess only after advancing to Fifth-Rank, or even Fourth-Rank, will I have enough Vital Qi to fully unleash the limits of Treading Emptiness?"

Yang Ling clicked his tongue in amazement, though he was still quite satisfied with Treading Emptiness's capabilities.

"When using Treading Emptiness, the most important thing isn't the air travel, but that my speed gets doubled!"

"My Agility is already extremely high. With a doubled speed boost, I can easily break through encirclements or execute ambushes."

"The distance is about five to six hundred meters. That's not short either."

Before entering the game, Yang Ling was just an ordinary person.

Now, being able to fly five hundred meters through the sky, in the past he would have considered this divine abilities.

"But if my Vital Qi is insufficient, this skill probably won't carry me far..."

Yang Ling secretly resolved to avoid getting bogged down in drawn-out fights from now on.

That would consume too much Vital Qi and cost him the chance to escape using Treading Emptiness.

"By the way, could Treading Emptiness and Wind God Vajra Legs be used together?"

A bold idea suddenly arose in Yang Ling's mind.

"If I use Treading Emptiness while executing Wind God Vajra Legs, and activate Two-Times Critical Hit..."

"With such terrifying speed making the leg techniques even more ferocious and fierce, plus Two-Times Critical Hit, even an elephant would be kicked into pulp, right?"

Thinking this, Yang Ling immediately sat cross-legged on the spot and activated the Vajra Bright King Technique to recover his Vital Qi.

He was going to test out this combo skill.

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