...big move?

Deng Yougang thought for a moment and asked in surprise, "They want to go north?"

Fu Guojian said solemnly: "It is possible."

Deng Yougang frowned and said, "But this is too obvious."

Fu Guojian nodded and said, "That's right, so we guess that the Shadow King might want to lure the tiger away from the mountain and attack from the east. But we don't know which tiger he wants to lure away from the mountain..."

Deng Yougang listened to his cautious tone and said thoughtfully: "You don't mean to talk about me, do you?"

Fu Guojian smiled awkwardly: "It is indeed possible, but in that case, the question is, how did he know of your existence?"

“…”

Deng Yougang pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "I understand. You should react as you should. As for the group of people gathered on the other side of the border, I will deal with them for you."

Fu Guojian smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Deng!"

…

…

The residential area for the families of the Cultivation Department, the front yard of the Deng family’s villa.

Deng Herong was holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji and was waving it continuously under the guidance of the heroic young man next to him.

As early as two days ago, he had completed the discharge procedures and was taken home by his sister Deng Heying. He began to practice the Deng family's art of summoning gods and one of the eight great skills, summoning spirits and sending generals.

Due to the special nature of the art of summoning spirits and generals, Deng Yougang only let him practice to the entry level, then stopped practicing and turned to practicing the art of summoning spirits.

This is mainly because the subsequent practice of restraining spirits and dispatching generals requires the cooperation of spirits, and Deng Yougang cannot give out his own spirit for him to restrain.

Those spirits that have been with Deng Yougang for a long time may not necessarily look down on this young boy, so they will most likely not cooperate.

Therefore, the art of summoning gods with greater respect for immortals and spirits has become the fastest way for Deng Herong to improve his strength.

Not long after, a stream of light descended from the sky and transformed into the figure of Deng Yougang in the front yard.

"Brother Fengxian, how is this kid's training going?"

“Not so good…”

Lu Bu leaned against the weapon rack with his arms folded across his chest, curled his lips and said, "This kid has a good talent for cultivation, but his talent for martial arts is really too poor!"

Hearing this, Deng Herong couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

He was about to stop what he was doing when Lu Bu next to him glared at him.

Deng Herong's heart tightened, and he quickly continued to wave the Fang Tian Huaji in his hand.

Deng Yougang walked over with a smile: "The halberd technique is not okay, but the summoning technique should be fine, right?"

Lu Bu nodded slightly and said, "That's true, but do you really intend to let me become the first spirit in his contract?"

"With his current cultivation level, if he signs a contract with a certain family, he will probably not be able to sign a second contract for a long time. And a certain family wants to travel with you throughout the heavens and myriad worlds. If he leaves this world, wouldn't he have a long blank period..."

Deng Yougang smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Aren't there still spirit-binding and general-dispatching methods?"

Deng Yougang turned around and looked at Deng Herong and said, "Besides, we are about to attack the Shadow Kingdom. You don't want to just stand by and watch the upcoming battle, do you?"

"Yes!"

Deng Herong nodded solemnly: "Uncle Bu, signing a contract with you is not only the arrangement of the ancestor, but also my choice."

Lu Bu said calmly: "Then there will be no problem on my side."

Deng Yougang smiled, turned and walked towards the villa next door.

"Come on, let's start now without further delay!"

Deng Herong was cheered up and quickly stopped what he was doing, put the Fang Tian Huaji on the weapon rack, and then quickly followed.

Five minutes later, dazzling blue light burst out from all the windows in the entire house.

The blue light lasted for about ten minutes before gradually fading away.

Not long after, Deng Herong, looking brand new, walked out of the villa in high spirits. His original height of 1.78 meters had increased to 1.85 meters. His muscles, which had atrophied due to years of bed rest, also swelled up, making his shirt bulge out.

"Is this the power of Lu Bu, the best in the world?"

Deng Herong looked at his strong hands and muttered to himself.

Lu Bu, who came out from behind, sneered and shook his head, "Boy, you're still far from it!"

Deng Herong smiled shyly, raised his hand to grab the Fang Tian Hua Ji, and began to dance with it vigorously.

Compared with the previous time, this time not only were his moves very skillful, but the swing of the halberd was also mixed with mysterious power, which could even pull the gravel and dust on the ground into the air, drawing arcs with his movements.

Lu Bu said proudly: "Although it is just the tip of the iceberg of a certain family's methods, it is enough for you!"

"...Uncle Bu is right!"

Deng Herong stopped and paused the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand, poking a hole in the solid floor tile.

At this time, Deng Yougang had also walked up to them, looked at Deng Herong and said with a smile: "Xiao Rong, with Brother Fengxian here, your current strength is enough to be compared with the level 100 NPCs in the game."

"And such power is enough to sweep away all members of the Shadow Kingdom except the Shadow King!"

"So, I plan to have you and Xiaowen go to the south and eliminate all the members of the Shadow Kingdom gathered there. Do you have confidence?"

Deng Herong glanced at Lu Bu who was noncommittal, and nodded firmly, "Yes!"

Deng Yougang nodded: "Very good, I have arranged for someone to take Xiaowen to the Xiuzhen Department Airport, you can set off this afternoon!"

Deng Herong held the Fang Tian Hua Ji, clasped his hands together, and said respectfully: "I will definitely live up to the expectations of our ancestors!"

…

…

That night, Deng Herong and Shang Xiaowen left Jinghai City on a fighter plane.

Deng Yougang stayed in Jinghai City to take charge, while other members of the Cultivation Department acted as they should have.

Many ecological cities, including Jinghai City, have mobilized some personnel nearby to go to the south to guard against the Shadow Kingdom.

In addition, Deng Yougang also specially pulled up the reluctant Bai Lang and asked him to conduct high-altitude patrols across the province.

It can be said that Deng Yougang was quite wary of the Shadow King who was praised to the sky by the Cultivation Department. He believed that he possessed a powerful combat capability comparable to that of a max-level player in the game, and it was very likely that he had already connected with the soul of the main god.

On a dark night, at the mouth of a river outside Jinghai City, thick shadows clung to the water and silently climbed up the coast with the ebb and flow of the waves.

Soon, the shadow crept into Jinghai City and merged into the darkness between the tall buildings.

For the world's strongest dark attribute awakener, the night is his home ground. All the dark corners between high-rise buildings are oceans where he can swim freely.

Relying on the ability to jump freely in the shadows, the Shadow King arrived at the bottom of the Cultivation Department building at an extremely fast speed.

In terms of speed alone, his speed has already exceeded the speed of sound by several times, but he can still do it silently and will not attract any attention.

This is the advantage of the dark attribute awakeners, and it is also the main reason why they are called "natural assassins".

It can be said that if Deng Yougang was not there, he could completely avoid the perception of all practitioners, sneak into the building of the Cultivation Department silently without anyone noticing, and steal the top secrets of the Cultivation Department.

Unfortunately, this time he was facing a powerful existence that was beyond his common sense...

In the empty building, Deng Yougang stood in front of the huge French window, letting the faint moonlight shine in from the window, forming a trapezoidal moonlight and a human-shaped shadow behind him.

Suddenly, the human-shaped shadow behind Deng Yougang moved.

A black line as thin as a hair suddenly shot out from it and stabbed Deng Yougang's back of the head.

“clang——”

A crisp sound similar to the collision of metal was heard, and the Shadow King hiding in the shadows was startled.

His shadow thread is composed of pure dark attribute magic, and in terms of strength alone, it is comparable to military alloy steel.

Ordinary metal is as fragile as tofu in front of the shadow line. Even the armor plate of a tank can be easily penetrated by it.

But such a strong shadow line actually hit a wall on this seemingly ordinary young man, and even his scalp was...

The Shadow King's pupils suddenly shrank, and he looked at the twisted shadow line with a tingling scalp.

'No, not the scalp, the hair!'

'My shadow line is not as hard as his hair!'

'How is this possible?!'

At this moment, the young man with his back to him slowly turned around, looked down at the shadows under his feet and said lightly: "The dignified Shadow King actually only sent one henchman to sneak into the place I am guarding..."

"Why, he doesn't dare to come himself?"

The faint words were heard in the empty room, and the Shadow King hiding in the shadows was unable to react for a moment.

After understanding the meaning of Deng Yougang's words, the Shadow King felt a long-lost sense of shame and anger.

The next moment, a more solid shadow line suddenly burst out from the shadow under the young man's feet.

The pitch-black thread reflected a dark light under the moonlight and shot accurately towards the young man's eyes at a speed that exceeded the sound barrier.

“clang——”

An even clearer sound than before was heard.

The dark shadow line stopped in front of the young man's pupils and could not move forward any further.

The Shadow King looked at the young man in astonishment, and saw blue Qi light flowing through his body, forming a blue Qi light protective shield that adhered closely to his body, firmly fixing the line of shadow that was shooting towards him in front of his eyes.

Although the shadow line was only one centimeter away from the pupil, the young man did not even blink.

He simply raised his hand lightly, pinched the shadow line that was locked by the blue Qi light and entered a part of the blue Qi shield between his two fingers, and then slightly bent it with force.

“Bang!”

Under the incredulous gaze of the Shadow King, the young man actually broke his shadow thread so easily.

Then, the young man rubbed two fingers back and forth, crushing the broken shadow line into powder, and said thoughtfully: "This level of strength... I know, you should be a member of the Five Kage level!"