"Hiss~~~Roar~~~"
The Black totem Snake lowered its head and hissed, its body firmly protecting Tang Yue, watching Jiang Yuan with vigilance.
"Who is he?" Tang Yue's heart was in turmoil. This Emperor's aura was many times stronger than the Black totem Snake's.
The Black totem Snake was the strongest living being she had ever witnessed. Now, a human-like being, many times stronger than the Black totem Snake, had appeared. How could Tang Yue not be shocked?
On the other side, Luo Mian, who was suppressed by the Mountain Peak Corpse, was also struck by a surging tide in his heart.
He couldn't understand why the Ancient King would appear in Hangzhou with the Sha Abyss.
It seemed he was even here for the Black totem Snake.
What was this Emperor thinking?
So, what was Jiang Yuan thinking?
Jiang Yuan was thinking about the teacher-student relationship; he should help Tang Yue, and also take the Black totem Snake to explore the secrets of the totem.
If he could learn how totem power helped break through to Super-Level, that would be even better, saving him the trouble of finding the star sea heavenly vein.
Finally, there was Luo Mian, the Federal Council Member, the mastermind behind this plague incident.
His cold gaze fell upon Luo Mian.
Luo Mian felt as if he had fallen into a frozen abyss, his body trembling uncontrollably!
After just one glance, Jiang Yuan shifted his gaze to Tang Yue and said indifferently, "I want to take the Black totem Snake away."
As his voice fell, Jiang Yuan's figure flickered, appearing on top of the Black totem Snake's head the next second.
Feeling the Emperor's aura above its head, the Black totem Snake dared not act rashly.
It was Tang Yue's first time seeing the Black totem Snake react like this. She said tremblingly, "The Black totem Snake is Hangzhou's guardian totem. If it leaves here, the demon tribes of West Ridge will turn Hangzhou into a living hell."
"Guardian totem?"
Jiang Yuan looked at Luo Mian again and smiled, "Do you think they will treat the Black totem Snake as a guardian totem? Only after the Black totem Snake is gone will they realize who truly protects Hangzhou."
"But the people of Hangzhou are innocent. If the guardian totem leaves, the people of Hangzhou will bear all the suffering," Tang Yue said.
"…"
Jiang Yuan fell silent.
He wanted to say that even if the White Demon Eagle attacked, there was no need to worry, but his identity was not suitable for saying such things.
A moment later, Jiang Yuan silently took the totem pearl from Tang Yue's hand and lightly stomped his right foot.
The space beneath his feet folded under the powerful force, and the Black totem Snake roared in resistance.
Although Jiang Yuan had not mastered the full power of the armor, using the armor to deal with the extremely weakened Black totem Snake was more than enough.
No matter how the Black totem Snake resisted, it could only be forcibly taken into the totem pearl.
Jiang Yuan put away the totem pearl and waved his hand, summoning Luo Mian.
The Super-Level Shadow Mage was lifted into the air like a little chick, yet even so, he had no thought of resisting.
He knew more clearly than anyone present that Emperor-level beings were the true rulers of the world; everything else had to step aside!
"This is?"
Jiang Yuan suddenly noticed faint strands of darkness on Luo Mian, connecting to a dimensional space.
Confirming again, Jiang Yuan was certain that the dimensional space was the Dark Plane, the location of the Underworld.
These faint strands of darkness were the origin of Luo Mian's Black Magic system, originating directly from the Dark Plane.
The source of all Black Magic in the world is the Dark Plane, controlled by the Dark King.
The Dark King can arbitrarily strip a person of their Black Magic.
The Underworld King is also one of the Dark Kings.
It's just that Jiang Yuan's Underworld King position was not complete enough, and his power was not in its full form.
Therefore, he still couldn't strip Luo Mian of his Shadow and Curse systems.
However, after further gaining the power of the armor, Jiang Yuan was not entirely powerless.
Luo Mian was very proud of being a supreme Super-Level Shadow Mage.
Then he shouldn't be a Super-Level Mage anymore.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan directly severed Luo Mian's connection with the Dark Plane, making him like rootless water, forever unable to advance further.
Once he continued to use Shadow Magic, he would find his realm plummeting, and even restoring his Shadow magic energy would become extremely difficult.
After doing all this, Jiang Yuan threw the half-dead Luo Mian to the border between Hangzhou and West Ridge.
...
Daybreak.
In a muddy patch, the cold wind woke the unconscious Luo Mian.
"I… I'm not dead?" Luo Mian ignored the pain in his body and quickly checked his condition.
After feeling his heartbeat, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
To have survived at the hands of the Ancient King, he wondered if last night was lucky or unlucky.
Luo Mian thought of everything that happened last night, his face turning grim: "Damn Ancient King, the only chance to kill the Black totem Snake in so many years was ruined just like that. Sooner or later, I will drag you down from your throne!"
Luo Mian crawled out of the mud, confirmed his location, and walked towards the West Ridge Military Department.
Upon seeing the patrolling military magess, Luo Mian immediately ran.
"Help, I'm a Federal Council Member!"
Luo Mian's voice was hoarse, sounding not like a human's, but rather like a demon's cry.
The patrolling military magess were startled by the sudden voice and immediately stood ready, their Star Maps appearing.
"What kind of demon is that?" The military mages looked at the muddy figure with some confusion; he had never seen such a demon in West Ridge.
"Looks like a new demon. Let's test how strong it is first. If it's not strong, we'll just capture it and send it to the Research Institute for study," another military mages said in a deep voice.
As his voice fell, the squad moved into action.
Magical radiance bloomed, and several large fireballs blasted towards Luo Mian.
"What are you doing? I'm a Federal Council Member!" Luo Mian roared in anger, his Shadow power devouring all the flames!
"It's a mud monster that can use High-Level Shadow power!" The military mages exclaimed.
"A new demon we've never seen before! Quickly capture it and send it to the Research Institute!"
The Military Law Enforcers' spirits lifted.
A mud monster that can use Shadow power.
Such new demons have extremely high research value.
Who knows what new things could be researched from it, which would benefit human society!
"What do you want to do?! How dare you attack a Federal Council Member? Do you want to go to the Military Law court?!!!"
The angrier Luo Mian became, the hoarser his voice grew, until it was completely unintelligible as human speech.
This made the military magess even more excited.
"Quick, quick, take it down!!!"
Magic spells flew in one after another, and Luo Mian could only passively defend, but he found that his Shadow magic energy was depleting unusually fast and recovering unusually slowly.
Soon, his magic energy bottomed out.
Finally, under the bombardment of a bolt of lightning, Luo Mian fell into a coma again.
The military mages walked over, spat a mouthful of thick phlegm onto Luo Mian, and cursed, "Damn demon, making so many brothers get injured."
"Send it to the Research Institute. That'll be another Credit," the military mages next to him said with a smile.