"Hahaha! You finally decided to show yourself." Old Yan said as he was laughing madly.

At this moment, he was truly happy. Honestly, he wasn't sure that the Great Luo Martial God had truly awakened before coming here.

All of his plans revolved around him being awake. If he wasn't then everything would have been for nothing.

Not only he would have killed and poisoned his human comrades for nothing, but he would have also died in this place without accomplished anything as well.

However, now everything was coming up nicely as the Great Luo Martial God was awake. With him awake, he could implement his plan to the fullest.

Meanwhile, the Demon Gods and the human experts were all lying on the ground, unable to lift a finger.

The poison that was given to them by Old Yan was extremely potent as it completely paralyzed their bodies. They could hear and see everything but they couldn't move or say anything.

Their hearts were filled with regrets and hatred. Unfortunately, they couldn't do anything about it. They could only struggle helplessly before their inevitable death.

"Little rat, you have my attention." Eventually, the ancient and archaic voice of the Great Luo Martial God rang out again.

His voice was imposing despite the low volume. At the same time, it seemed to contain a type of authority that no one could resist.

Old Yan didn't even get mad after hearing the Great Luo Martial God referred to him as a little rat. He might be considered as the most powerful expert in this world, but in front of the Great Luo Martial God, he was no different than an insect.

Knowing that the Great Luo Martial God was listening to him, he didn't waste any time as he went straight to the point and made his case."Great Luo Martial God, I know that you are heavily injured and the main reason you further or speed up the advancement of this world in terms of martial arts was so you could absorb the blood and life essence of the powerful warriors to heal your body."

"With your power, you could have just taken possession of anybody in this world and start to cultivate from scratch instead of spending that much time trying to heal your fleshy body, but you didn't."

"From this, I conclude two things. One, your fleshy body is special and you couldn't bear to discard it even if meant spending thousands of years trying to heal it."

"Two, you didn't find a body that was worthy enough to make you abandon your fleshy body until his birth, the Fateless Monster."

"He's the perfect vessel. His body is simply a treasure trove. Your desire to possess his body is so strong that you even abandon the fight against the World's Will just for him."

"You made that subordinate of yours in the Divine Demon Beast Region keep close tabs on him and report all of his progress to you. Sometimes, you also keep a close tab on him through the World's Will." Explained Old Yan with a confident look on his face.

At this moment, Old Yan felt as though he was in complete control because he had the thing that the Great Luo Martial God wanted the most.

"That's quite a nice story you have there. Let me guess the rest, now you are holding him hostage to threaten me to give you whatever you want, if I don't, you will kill him and I'll lose my chance to possess him." Answered the Great Luo Martial God with a hint of mockery in his voice.

Hearing the sarcastic tone as well the words of the Great Luo Martial God, Old Yan was suddenly taken back. It wasn't the response he was expecting at all.

"Don't try to play it off and pretend that you don't need him. I know just how important he is to you." Voiced out Old Yan in a nervous tone.

At this moment, he didn't know why the Great Luo Martial God was acting in such a calm and composed manner. It was as if he didn't have the upper hand which sounds kinda weird. It was as though he wasn't the one in control of the situation.

"I never said he wasn't important to me. In fact, he is worth far more than this little planet and even all the galaxies in the 9th and 8th Rings Of Chaos." Answered the Great Luo Martial God.

"Then, why are acting as though you don't want to negotiate with me?" Asked Old Yan with a confused look on his face.

The Great Luo Martial God's conduct and behavior towards the whole thing seemed off. It was as if he didn't care. No sane person in this predicament would react that way. If he was in his position, he would have done everything to please and appease him in order not to kill Ling Chen.

"The answer is simple, it's because you aren't the one holding him hostage, you are the hostage, his hostage." Slowly answered the Great Luo Martial God with a hint of mockery in his voice.

"What are you t...."

"Xshhh!"

Before Old Yan could even finish his words, blood-spattered everywhere as a dark tree root the size of an arm came out of nowhere and pierced his skull.

"Pooof…"

As the dark tree root invaded his skull, it sucked up all his blood and life essence in flash like a vacuum, leaving behind an empty husk or a shell.

The abrupt change happened so quickly that Old Yan didn't even have time to react, let alone scream.

His eyes dilated from confusion about his sudden death as he didn't know what went wrong. He didn't even know how he died or where the attack came from.

Meanwhile, the Demon Gods as well as the human Demi-God experts that were still on the ground paralyzed gasped after seeing such development.

They all turned pale from fear and horror as they were looking at Ling Chen with disbelief. This scene was too shocking.

Seeing this event that transpired right before their eyes caused all of them to feel a cold chill that reverberated throughout their paralyzed bodies!

"I've heard enough."Coldly uttered Ling Chen after finishing absorbing the blood and life essence of Old Yan.