Chapter 246 - - 244 Giving the Dean Face_1

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The strength of an excellent team is formidable, especially in a world of high martial or immortal martial combat, where one fighter can take on a hundred or even a thousand.

The process of capturing the Integration Realm Institute Director was very simple, easier than when capturing the branch director of the Supervisory Academy in Yang City.

A few “Forbidden” characters were placed at the entrance to the Institute Director’s seclusion chamber.

Then.

They found an elder from the Supervisory Academy to go in and report on work, inviting the Director out, and as soon as he stepped into the range controlled by the “Forbidden” characters, that was it.

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When the Integration Realm Director couldn’t move his feet and tried to struggle free,

his whole body was already fixed in place, full of powerful Spiritual Power, but he was just like Yao Liang, who had been trapped in Dan Cong’s courtyard, dashing east and west, unable to break out of the range of the “Forbidden” characters.

Eventually.

The Director had no choice but to stop.

As he looked at a group of subordinates who were eying him greedily, like looking at a piece of fat meat, his face immediately sank, and he scolded with a dark expression, “What are you trying to do? Are you trying to rebel?”

While speaking,

he secretly channeled his Spiritual Power, trying to break free from the constraints of the Spiritual Power on the ground using another method.

Those in the Mahayana Stage were preparing for ascension and seldom showed themselves.

Theoretically speaking, the Integration Realm holds the most powerful experts in the world today: the Nascent Soul has grown and fused with the body, meaning there is no longer a concept of meridians and Dantian. Spiritual Power fills every cell of the body, and can be summoned at will when activated.

Things like flying swords and weapons have become extraneous.

After reaching the Integration Realm, the body hardly suffers any damage; even if limbs are occasionally lost, one can use Spiritual Power to simulate the missing part, without affecting its use.

Of course.

If there is excessive bodily damage which cannot contain the energy, it will eventually collapse and dissolve. At that point, it involves possession, where from the Nascent Soul Realm onwards, the Spiritual Power begins to nourish the Divine Soul.

The Void Refinement Realm is almost entirely dedicated to nourishing the Divine Soul.

The Integration Realm is precisely where body, Spiritual Power, and Divine Soul become one.

Under the protection of Spiritual Power, when the Divine Soul leaves the body, although possession carries risks, the success rate is actually quite high.

Unfortunately, due to the mismatch between the body and Divine Soul, it’s easy for the soul to leave the body, and a Golden Core individual could easily detect it, also resulting in the loss of part of the memories.

Most importantly, after possession, one’s Cultivation Level is completely ruined. If one possesses a useless physique, then their life is essentially over.

The technical methods are far inferior to those of the Pan-Universe Entertainment Company, whose techniques can perfectly allow for possession without any side effects…

Despite this, Cultivators in the Integration Realm already have an incredibly strong survival ability.

From another perspective, the Integration Realm can actually be seen as a highly concentrated energy entity in human form. Except for the lack of spells, they could very well be called earth immortals.

Yet, their mastery over Spiritual Power is extremely proficient, soaring through the skies, traveling underground, telekinesis, raising winds with a wave of the hand, overturning seas, and mountains…

In the eyes of ordinary people, their abilities are pretty much Immortal Techniques.

But even such a figure of earth immortal caliber, once trapped by an advanced skill derived from keywords, had his Spiritual Power suppressed within his body, unable to be unleashed, which was incredibly frustrating.

After several attempts to move his Spiritual Power and failing to destroy the “Forbidden” character beneath his feet, the Director’s face showed shock as he looked at the ink characters, “Is… Is this Dan Cong’s Literary Heart Divine Skill?”

Dan Cong watched the trapped Integration Realm figure and silently sighed. This achievement should have been his!

To trap an Integration Realm heavyweight with the “Forbidden” character, turn him to one’s side with the “Control” character, and then have the Black Dragon’s protection.

If gods stand in the way, kill the gods; if Buddhas block the path, kill the Buddhas.

Unfortunately, Wang Chong suddenly appeared, and all of his achievements served to dress another.

“The Institute Director truly has discerning eyes. This is indeed Dan Cong’s Literary Heart Divine Skill.” Duge stepped forward, cupping his fists in respect to the Director, “Junior, Wang Chong of the Medical Immortal Sect, greets the Director.”

“Wang Chong? A man of chaotic times?” The Director looked at Wang Chong with cold eyes, then swept his gaze over the many supervisory envoys behind him, instantly understanding everything and laughing in rage, “Good, good, good. Worthy of a man of chaotic times, in just a few days, you’ve taken control of my enormous Supervisory Academy. Truly remarkable methods…”

“You flatter me, Director,” Duge said with a smile, swiftly moving in front of the Director, his hand moving as fast as lightning over the Director’s body, instantly stripping him of his clothes, removing his limbs, his mighty protective Spiritual Power deemed irrelevant.

His attributes had grown too quickly, and even without using Spiritual Power to protect his palm, his bare-handed strength forcefully breached the Director’s Spiritual Power defense, promptly healing any injury inflicted, as if he had not been injured at all…

“You…” the Director gasped in astonishment, “What Divine Skill is this?”

“Director, what I used just now wasn’t a Divine Skill, but medical arts,” Duge chuckled, placing his hand on top of the Director’s head, beginning to extract his Spiritual Power, “Now, this is a Divine Skill…”

The Director summoned a simulated arm with his Spiritual Power, shaping his palm into a blade, and slashing at Duge’s wrist. Within the range of the Forbidden character, he could perform small-scale manipulations.

Duge’s hand quickly withdrew, taking with it a head of the Director’s pale hair.

Tossing the hair to the ground, Duge smiled helplessly, “Director, Dan Cong’s Divine Skill is the Literary Heart, and my Divine Skill is the Way of Heaven. The Way of Heaven takes from the rich to give to the poor. My Way of Heaven isn’t fully practiced yet, and each time my hand leaves your body, it will inevitably take something from you, so you might as well not resist.”

Cultivating to the Integration Realm is not easy. This time it’s just hair, next time it might be your head, and I think even as an Integration Realm cultivator, you would have no choice but to reincarnate and start over…"

“…” The director stood stunned, staring at the clothes, limbs, and intact hair that had fallen to the ground, unable to find his words.

Duge clapped his hands: “Elders, please remove your clothes.”

Many elders of the Supervisory Academy were taken aback.

Chen Da reacted the fastest, quickly stripping off his clothes.

Duge’s eyes swept over the remaining people, who then came to their senses, removed their clothes, and bared their upper bodies.

The director looked up, and the corner of his eye twitched involuntarily as he saw the many supervisory envies, with neat scars covering where their arms and shoulders joined and on their bellies, some wounds still fresh.

With the help of medicinal drugs and spiritual power, cultivators heal much faster, but their bodies are ultimately no match for those of alien warriors, hence the post-surgery scars…

“All right, put your clothes back on!” Duge, with a smile, said amidst the rustling of clothing being put back on. He turned back to the director, “Every experience the director has gone through, they’ve all gone through it too. As long as you cooperate with me, with us, I will help the director reattach his limbs, and then, we’ll still be one family.

Director, a body made of spiritual power is never as good as your own, is it? Without a complete body, some meridians are missing, and when the time comes to break through to the Mahayana Stage, I fear that it will be a bottleneck!”

“Evil technique.” Bloodshot eyes overran the director’s pupils, as he stared at the smiling Duge and roared at the numerous supervisory envies, “Honorable supervisory envoys, how can you be beguiled by an Evil Demon? Wake up, each of you, execute the Evil Demon, and restore clarity to the world.”

Having said that,

he struggled desperately, colliding with the confining circle of the “forbidden” character, attempting to break free, but it was futile.

“Director, don’t struggle,” Zheng Tingwen took a step forward and said, “Wang Chong is not an Evil Demon. Everything he does is for our sake. Over the years, our Supervisory Academy has been in name only, only able to supervise those insignificant sects. When it comes to major sects, even those cultivators with lower cultivation levels than ours don’t take us seriously. It’s time for a change.”

“Yes, director. On my visit to Heaven’s Path Institute, I was investigating the chaotic times’ Luo Cang. Although our intent was good. But do you know what the deacon of Heaven’s Path Institute did?”

The elder who visited Heaven’s Path Institute smiled bitterly and said, “He asked me to confront Luo Cang directly. I went there to investigate him, but ended up having to face him down. What could I investigate? What would I dare to uncover…”

“My experience at Lanruo Temple was much the same…” another supervisory envoy shook his head.

“In the end, no matter how high our realm, in the eyes of those prestigious sects, we are nothing but the empire’s hunting dogs.”

“Director, we don’t want to be dogs, we want to stand tall and dignified as humans.”

“Wang Chong is right, the Supervisory Academy should oversee all cultivators across the world. Just managing some minor sects, what kind of Supervisory Academy is that?”

“Director, stop struggling. The Way of Heaven offered by Alliance Master Wang can quickly boost the combat power of all of us in the Supervisory Academy. Then, we can stand tall and noble and have a fair fight with those prestigious orthodox sects, letting them see what the true Supervisory Academy is.”

“Please understand our situation, director.”

“Director, just yield to Alliance Hierarch Wang. He is the only one who can lead the Supervisory Academy to glory…”

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Many supervisory envoys spoke at once, trying to persuade the director.

Dan Cong sighed quietly to himself. Strong, too strong. Binding people with interests was far more effective than pressuring them with authority.

The director was dumbfounded: “You… all of you… have you been brainwashed? Evil Demon, you are an Evil Demon…”

Duge smiled, gathering up all the clothes on the ground with his spiritual power and throwing them in: “Please get dressed, director.”

“…” The director, puzzled and angry, demanded, “What are you up to now?”

“It’s unseemly for the director to be naked, I wished to preserve your dignity,” Duge said with a nod.

Hmph!

The director snorted, “Evil path outsider, don’t think by doing this, I will comply with your wishes. Your actions will bring disaster to the people of this world. I will never submit to you. I refuse to believe that this ‘forbidden’ character can restrain me for a lifetime…”

Despite his words, he still dutifully used his spiritual power to put on all the clothes.

But as soon as he was dressed,

Duge’s hand was already stretching in again.

The director used his spiritual power to strike again.

Duge touched him once, withdrew his hand, and took one of his garments, along with some of his spiritual power…

Again and again,

Duge’s realm climbed little by little, while the director, who had just dressed, was once again stripped clean.

Then, he stood firm again, wrapping up the clothes from the ground with spiritual power and threw them in again: “Please get dressed, director.”

With such antics, reminiscent of toying with a monkey, the director was utterly infuriated, his face turning red, spiritual power surging like blades, shredding the clothes Duge had thrown in, “Wang Chong, why must you humiliate me like this…”

Alas!

Duge sighed, casually used his spiritual power to cut open his own flesh to demonstrate the healing effect for the director, and said, “Director, your spiritual power can’t really hurt me. The reason I gave you clothes is because every time I take someone’s spiritual power with my Way of Heaven, I must take something from the person’s possession.

Without clothes, not even hair left, if we continue, it will damage your internal organs. It’s not easy for you, director, to have cultivated to the Integration Realm. We have no bitter enmity, and I truly don’t have the heart to see the director fall like this!”

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