Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 111: Chapter 109: I, the Mouse, Am Truly Defeated!

The scarlet sword edge pierced into the dragon head of the White Dragon.

Blood gushed out like a fountain, and the dragon shape after beast transformation could no longer be maintained, slowly reverting to the appearance of Tiangang.

A big hole appeared on Tiangang’s head, and the corpse fell powerlessly to the ground, no longer making any movement.

Among the Divine Empress, Tiangang, and Gongcao, Tiangang was the most reckless.

However, the reckless ones are also the ones who die the quickest.

From Tiangang’s charge to his slaying by Lin Yuan, the entire event took only a matter of two or three seconds.

Watching Tiangang being slain by a single sword was a shock to Gongcao, who was leaping in mid-air.

He had thought they weren’t a match for Lin Yuan and even anticipated defeat.

But being one-shot killed by a single sword was something he had not imagined.

After seeing this scene, Gongcao wanted to flee.

However, having already charged toward Lin Yuan, it was like an arrow already shot, and a released bowstring cannot be pulled back; trying to change direction was too late.

There was no time for regret, so Gongcao had to muster his courage and open his wide mouth to bite Lin Yuan’s head.

The transformed Gongcao into a dazzling tiger had a head as large as a millstone. If he bit Lin Yuan’s head, it would be like eating a steamed bun.

Lin Yuan and the pouncing dazzling tiger were just inches apart, and he could even clearly see the blood grooves on the sharp tiger’s fangs.

In the blink of an eye.

Right as the wide mouth of the dazzling tiger was about to bite Lin Yuan, he suddenly positioned Zhong Kui’s Demon-Slaying Sword in a horizontal stance.

”Crack.”

”Crack, crack.”

A chilling, goosebump-inducing sound rang out.

The scarlet sword lay horizontally in the wide mouth of the dazzling tiger, causing a violent collision between the sharp tiger teeth and the sword body.

The sharp tiger teeth of the dazzling tiger suddenly showed dense cracks.

Then these cracked tiger teeth shattered into pieces like a broken mirror.

A toothless tiger.

At this point, Gongcao had completely turned into a toothless tiger.

Lin Yuan drew Zhong Kui’s Demon-Slaying Sword with a reverse grip, with a resonant ”Zing” sound and a flash of blood-red light.

Blood shot out, and a large tiger head rolled to the ground.

With the tiger head on the ground, the body split in two, collapsing and transforming back into Gongcao’s shape.

Dragon, Tiger, Duckneck.....

Spit.

No, it’s Dragon, Tiger, Mouse.

Tiangang, Gongcao, Divine Empress.

Among the Li Family’s hunting squad, the three most powerful Tier Six Life Pattern Masters just began their official battle with Lin Yuan, and already two of them had perished.

At this moment, among the twelve zodiac masters, only the one representing the ”Mouse,” Divine Empress, remained.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan set his eyes on Divine Empress’s location.

Divine Empress, the mouse aspect, the leader of the twelve zodiac masters.

He had just received a blow from Lin Yuan’s sword, sent flying, and fell heavily to the ground.

However, when Lin Yuan’s gaze landed on the spot where Divine Empress had just fallen.

He found....

Divine Empress was gone, vanished into thin air.

Where Divine Empress had been, only a dark hole remained.

Dug a hole and escaped?

Being the mouse aspect of the twelve zodiac masters, Divine Empress had transformed into a large black rat.

Mice burrowing holes seems quite reasonable, doesn’t it?

Looking at this dark hole before him, Lin Yuan thought, is this the ”Disappearing Duck Neck,” or ”Where did the Duck Neck go?”’

This ”Duck Neck” that was about to be caught, Lin Yuan wouldn’t actually let it get away.

Without a second thought, Lin Yuan almost instinctively used the Yellow Springs Road Tattoo Ability.

Yellow Springs Road appeared beneath his feet, and Lin Yuan directly dove into the hole.

”Damn it, never coming back to Peng City again!”

”This Lin Yuan is a true monster; even a Tier Six Life Pattern Master is completely powerless against him.”

”The Zhang Family didn’t suffer this loss in vain!” muttered the large black rat as it rapidly burrowed to escape.

Now, not only did the Zhang Family suffer losses to Lin Yuan, but the Li Family’s losses were no less.

Divine Empress, transformed into a large black rat, was exceptionally fast at burrowing, digging several miles of tunnel in a very short time, escaping miles away.

Tiangang and Gongcao died before his eyes, and the rest of the twelve zodiac masters were besieged by a hundred Life Pattern Masters from Peng City, likely facing dire circumstances as well.

Originally, capturing Xu Weili was supposed to be an easy task.

Who would have thought that this seemingly simple task nearly led to the annihilation of the twelve zodiac masters.

At this moment, Divine Empress felt only the ecstatic joy of narrowly escaping death.

”I admit your strength is formidable, but if I just burrowed away like a mouse, how could you respond?” thought Divine Empress.

However, reality would soon show Divine Empress that he rejoiced too soon.

Because Lin Yuan was already catching up.

While burrowing to escape, the sound behind reached Divine Empress, and he turned to see Lin Yuan approaching, terrifying him senseless.

”Caught up with me?”

”Even this chase?”

”Even burrow into mouse holes?”

”Mouse me, duck! Truly admirable!” Divine Empress was now filled with frustration and speechlessness.

Divine Empress, transformed into a large black rat, frantically dug and burrowed, attempting desperately to shake off Lin Yuan.

Three seconds later.

The large black rat suddenly halted his digging, as Lin Yuan had already appeared behind him.

”Dig!”

”Why stop digging?” Lin Yuan asked, wielding Zhong Kui’s Demon-Slaying Sword.

The Divine Empress directly canceled the beast transformation and reverted to human form.

The Divine Empress was well aware of the power gap between him and Lin Yuan.

Whether in beast form or human form, Lin Yuan could kill him with a single sword.

Canceling the beast transformation and not using tattoo abilities was a gesture of goodwill toward Lin Yuan.

Or rather, it was more fitting to say he was surrendering.

”Can you...”

”Can you give me a chance to live?” The Divine Empress’s voice was somewhat parched.

Since the supernatural invasion, surviving until now was already a difficult feat.

Especially since the Divine Empress had gained extraordinary abilities, he didn’t want to die.

Being afraid of death doesn’t seem like something shameful.

Before Lin Yuan could reply, the Divine Empress continued to demonstrate his strong will to survive: ”I’m useful, my beast-transformed black-furred rat is very fast and can burrow underground.”

”I can be your mount, can you spare me?”

Lin Yuan: ”?????”

A mount?

I’d be riding you every day?

Lin Yuan thought to himself, ”If you were a beauty who, after beast transformation, turned into a golden-furred rat, I might consider letting you be my mount at night.”

This black-furred oversized rat can only be a mount during the day.

But the problem is, riding a black-furred oversized rat in broad daylight is like going out in trousers with an open crotch.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Yuan said to the Divine Empress, ”I’ll ask you a question, answer it correctly, and I’ll spare your life.”

Upon hearing this, the Divine Empress was ecstatic, seeing a chance for survival.

Indeed, you have to fight for your own path to survival.

”Please ask the question!” The Divine Empress quickly responded.

”Listen to the question.” Lin Yuan gave the Divine Empress what seemed like a question with the answer already given: ”What kind of animal are you after your beast transformation?”

Divine Empress: ”?????”

The Divine Empress thought, ”What kind of animal am I after beast transformation? Isn’t that obvious just by looking?”

Anyone with eyes on their head, not eggs, could see it.

Isn’t this clearly a giveaway question?

Looks like Lin Yuan indeed wants to spare me one life, huh?

Without thinking, the Divine Empress quickly answered, ”Mouse, it’s a mouse!”

After answering, a smug smile appeared on the Divine Empress’s face.

However....

His smile quickly froze on his face as a sharp pain hit him. When he looked down, Lin Yuan’s crimson long sword had pierced through his chest.

”Why...”

”Why did you kill me?” The Divine Empress, using his last ounce of strength, asked this question.

Clearly, he said he would spare my life if I answered correctly.

Why, why go back on his word?

”Wrong answer, it’s not a mouse, it’s a duck.”

”I say it’s a duck, so it’s a duck,” Lin Yuan said seriously.

Whether it’s a mouse or a duck doesn’t really matter.

Just like when Zhao Gao pointed at a deer and called it a horse, was he really so foolish that he couldn’t tell the difference between a horse and a deer?

Obviously not!

The essence of pointing at a deer and calling it a horse isn’t about whether it’s a deer or a horse, but about Zhao Gao showcasing his power.

As long as there’s enough power in your hands, if you want it to be a deer, it’s a deer. If you want it to be a horse, it’s a horse.

The life of the Divine Empress was in Lin Yuan’s hands, and his answer did not matter.

What mattered was whether Lin Yuan wanted to kill him.

The Divine Empress had considerable power, but he was part of the Deceitful King Faction.

Members of the Deceitful King Faction, kill one whenever you see one, you won’t kill the wrong person.

When facing death, he hoped to beg Lin Yuan for a chance to survive.

In the past, how many had begged him for survival, yet he had killed without hesitation.

Lin Yuan withdrew Zhong Kui’s Demon-Slaying Sword, and the Divine Empress’s corpse fell limply, silent forever.

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Lin’an City.

Under the West Lake.

Before the supernatural invasion, West Lake was a famous tourist spot in Lin’an City.

Prior to the supernatural invasion, the Ma Family had constructed a secret complex at the bottom of the lake.

Originally, this was planned to be a data transmission center, utilizing the lake’s water flow to cool servers.

After the supernatural invasion, it was directly converted into the headquarters of the Deceitful King Faction.

In the conference room, the family heads of major conglomerates were gathered here.

Xu Family’s research results were too important, warranting the family heads waiting here.

However, wherever there are people, there’s conflict.

Although the conglomerate families were known for unity externally, internally there were factional disputes.

”Old Zhang, I heard your Zhang Family suffered a major setback in Peng City, and only two members of the hunting squad survived?” Patriarch Li, Li Hongyan, nudged Zhang Yuandong asking softly.

Li Hongyan was like opening a can of worms, instantly darkening Zhang Yuandong’s face.

Before the supernatural invasion, the Li Family was in the internet business, and the Zhang Family was in retail.

And they were alike in that they were once industry leaders who were gradually surpassed by new industry players.

Like the empire on which the sun never set, once mighty, now truly struggling.

Zhang Yuandong frowned and said, ”I heard that Xu Family’s lad was heading towards Peng City, if he really escapes there, your Li Family might also take a big hit.”

(PS: Went to Shanghai for an interview, just got back. Publishing on schedule today, with three Chapters owed, which will be made up in the next two days. If any brother wants to see the author’s unmatched charm, you can join the reader group 1082631992; once the interview video is out, I’ll share the link in the group.)