This Guy’s Vitality Was Extremely Tenacious

After hearing this, Taiqing smiled softly. "If you trust me, perhaps I can help you find a way back someday.

But there are no guarantees—only a sliver of hope. It will depend on how well I recover."

Xiao Yan was not optimistic about this, but he still said gratefully, "Thank you! I’ll wait for your news. I hope it comes true."

"If you can answer my questions, then sending you back would only be natural.

But it will still depend on my recovery progress," Taiqing continued. "If my recovery goes smoothly, everything will be easy to handle."

If progress was slow, perhaps Xiao Yan would never live to see the result.

However, Taiqing believed this matter was full of hope, because he had already recovered some of his strength.

As his strength increased, his recovery speed would also accelerate. After all, strength was the key to ensuring his own safety.

Once he had strength, he could obtain more resources and thereby speed up his recovery.

Xiao Yan could do the same, but the Card Masters in this world were not to be underestimated either.

The power of the Dou Qi system was difficult to use against powerful Card Masters, so Taiqing advised him to keep a low profile.

After saying those final words, Taiqing vanished in an instant.

For him, tonight’s task was complete. He had already learned everything he needed to know.

All he had to do next was wait for the next Descender to arrive.

The information provided by a single Descender was not enough to explain everything. He needed data from more Descenders to verify it.

Only then could he clearly see the disciples hidden behind it all.

Although Taiqing had already parted a corner of the fog, it was only an extremely small part.

Completely lifting the fog would require a great deal of time, but he had no shortage of time at all.

As long as his realm did not decline, time was practically infinite to him.

This was completely different from Card Masters.

Although the Card Masters here were powerful, even the strongest among them would not live beyond two hundred years.

Even a Celestial Immortal-level expert like Xiao Yan, because he cultivated the Dou Qi system, would never live longer than five hundred years. He might even live far less.

Compared to that, cultivators possessed an overwhelmingly obvious advantage, one enough to make countless people fight at any cost for the chance to cultivate.

Unfortunately, cultivation methods were not passed on lightly. Taiqing would never casually spread his cultivation methods in this world.

Moreover, in a world full of unknowns, rashly revealing one’s strength was far from wise.

However, although Taiqing did not take the initiative to provoke trouble, trouble could still come looking for him.

Late at night, Taiqing encountered an extremely bizarre creature!

It was a man covered in tentacles, currently gnawing on a woman whose face was caked in heavy makeup and had clearly been ruined by plastic surgery.

The woman had obviously been dead for some time, and deep fear and despair still lingered on her face.

Her abdomen had been torn open, and the heart in her chest was nowhere to be found.

If an ordinary person saw this scene, they would surely flee as quickly as possible.

Faced with such a bizarre creature, most people probably would not even be able to muster the thought of fighting.

Before such a creature, ordinary people had no ability to resist.

Even if they tried to fight back, the result would only be death.

Therefore, when facing such a bizarre existence, fleeing became the only option.

But Taiqing made a completely different choice. His expression remained calm and his eyes cold as he directly ignored the other party and walked onward.

Only an expert with extraordinary courage like Taiqing could make such a decision.

At first, he had intended to act, but when he saw that the woman was unquestionably dead, he could only sigh helplessly before turning to leave.

After all, intervening now would only be futile. It might also draw unnecessary attention and attract more monsters like Tentacle Man.

That would clearly be more trouble than it was worth. Turning around and leaving was the only wise choice.

However, Taiqing’s restraint did not make Tentacle Man give up.

Sensing the presence of a living person nearby, Tentacle Monster immediately charged at Taiqing.

The tentacles covering his face rapidly extended, reaching fifty meters away in the blink of an eye.

Every tentacle was as thick as an adult man’s arm and incomparably sharp.

Faced with the sudden attack, Taiqing finally could not hold back any longer.

He had not wanted to get involved, but this fellow was being far too arrogant. Since that was the case, he could not blame Taiqing for showing no mercy.

Even if this might expose him to certain people, the situation no longer allowed him to retreat.

He struck without hesitation. Whether it was soldiers or floodwaters, there was always a way to deal with it.

He feared no number of kills. All he sought was to clear the clouds and see the light.

Seeing the tentacles about to pierce Taiqing, he merely smiled leisurely.

His extraordinary speed allowed him to dodge like a gale.

Before the tentacles could reach him, he had already circled behind his opponent.

Then, his right palm turned into a blade and slashed down in a single strike.

Tentacle Man’s head fell to the ground, yet those tentacles continued to writhe wildly.

This guy’s vitality was extremely tenacious.

But how could Taiqing be someone easily dealt with?

He had seen all manner of undead creatures before. This thing was merely more tenacious than usual; it was absolutely not one of those truly immortal, indestructible beings.

At this sight, he sneered and immediately delivered a heavy kick.

At that moment, his right toes were clearly covered in a special kind of energy—the energy source he had been absorbing all along.

The energy source clung to his right foot, granting it extremely powerful properties that even disciples could not block.

Even when facing disciples, his foot would not suffer the slightest damage.

Now, that foot came down on the tentacle-covered head.

"Splat!"

Tentacle Monster’s head instantly exploded, and both the head and countless tentacles were crushed flat beneath that single stomp.

Under such circumstances, Tentacle Monster naturally could not survive.

According to Taiqing’s assessment, Tentacle Monster’s overall strength was only five.

This meant that, apart from its mental faculties, it was five times stronger than an ordinary person in every aspect.

Meanwhile, Taiqing’s overall strength was already more than eighty times that of an ordinary person.

The gap between them was enormous, so Tentacle Monster died a particularly miserable death.

However, after dealing with this monster, Taiqing did not feel much joy.

Just as he had expected earlier, it seemed that some kind of monster had truly set its sights on him.

This Tentacle Monster appeared to be the subordinate or descendant of some monster. By killing it, Taiqing had undoubtedly offended that monster.

Although he was currently powerful, Taiqing did not believe himself invincible.

Therefore, he had to make preparations in advance, just in case.

He had long been aware of this.

He had already made ample preparations before, and now that he faced the monster about to arrive, he had made even more thorough arrangements.

He resolved to prepare a grand "welcome ceremony" for this monster!

The journey remained calm and uneventful. Aside from that Tentacle Monster, he encountered no other abnormalities.

The world seemed exceptionally quiet, a silence that even carried a faint chill, as though this were merely an ordinary world.

However, Taiqing knew full well that this world was anything but ordinary.

Whether the Descenders or the monsters lurking in the shadows, all of them showed just how extraordinary this world was.

In a world filled with challenges like this, even a powerhouse like Taiqing felt his long-dormant fighting spirit reignite.

It had been a long time since he had encountered a true opponent. Most of his past experiences had involved crushing everything with ease.

But now, in a world where unknown incidents occurred frequently and his strength had yet to fully recover, he looked forward to an all-out battle.

After returning home, Taiqing continued using the Infinite Secret Codex to absorb the energy around him.

This secret art he had created could increase the speed of energy absorption to more than ten times its original rate.

As time passed and his strength continued to grow, the power of this secret art would become even greater.

Taiqing had named it the "Infinite Secret Codex" precisely because he believed it possessed limitless room for growth.

As long as he could incorporate more cultivation systems into it, this secret art would certainly become even stronger and more profound.

Right before him was an exceptionally mysterious system—Card Masters—a power Taiqing had long desired to master.

Unfortunately, he still knew very little about this field.

But now, he had undoubtedly become the target of those monsters.

As long as the monsters fixed their sights on him, those Card Masters would never stand idly by.

Card Masters were rarely heard of in ordinary times, but Taiqing knew that they were the guardians of the night.

Without them, this world might have descended into chaos long ago.

It was precisely because of these powerhouses that there were so few monsters in the surrounding area.

Without the protection of these powerhouses, even a weak Tentacle Monster might kill hundreds or even thousands of people in a single day.

Under normal circumstances, Card Masters could basically ensure the peace of major cities.

However, for some unknown reason, a Tentacle Monster had actually slipped into the city this time.

Although this Tentacle Monster had limited destructive power, the threat it posed to the residents could not be ignored.

If Taiqing had not acted in time, at least dozens of civilians would have died this time.

And by then, even if the Card Masters managed to find and defeat it, the outcome would have been impossible to undo…

Fortunately, Tentacle Monster ultimately failed to cause a greater disaster.

It had encountered an opponent who showed no mercy, an existence capable of crushing it to death with one hand.

Before such an enemy, it had no ability to resist and was stomped to death like an ant.

Clearly, Taiqing had successfully stopped Tentacle Monster’s evil acts.

But the problem now was no longer that Tentacle Monster.

At this moment, Taiqing was at the outer defensive line of Annan City, Eastern Mountain Province, Myriad Heavens Kingdom.

The battle between Card Masters and monsters had already begun, and the monsters were clearly at a disadvantage.

They were exceptionally frenzied tonight. No matter the price, even if it cost them their lives, they wanted to drag someone down with them.

Under these circumstances, the army and the Card Masters worked together and successfully suppressed them in a short time.

At the same time, Annan City’s Level One alert had been triggered.

Even a powerhouse like Taiqing could not help but feel full of doubts.

In his view, a Level One alert was nothing more than an empty formality, yet tonight it had actually been activated.

Piercing sirens rang out as patrol officers and soldiers urgently evacuated the crowds and organized their retreat.

Many civilians had no idea what was happening. They left their homes grumbling, only to hear thunderous explosions!

"What’s going on? Did the Trister Federation attack? Those bastards!"

"What is this? I can hear artillery fire!"

"Looks like some countries are still eyeing our territory!"

"Stop arguing and evacuate already!"

Faced with danger, ordinary people could only choose to flee.

Unarmed, they could not join the battle, and the military would not allow them to take such risks.

Their task was simply to evacuate. They did not need to worry about anything else.

Staying alive was what mattered most!

Very few people refused to evacuate, and Taiqing’s parents were among those exceptions.