Chapter 559: You Call Yourself the Heavenly Dao's Rules?
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Without Su Cheng and Xiao Ai's intervention, the Valkyries would never cease their assault!
Even though the golden light had already materialized into a human form right in the center of the battlefield—the courtyard of the Lingxian Hall!
they still followed orders, deploying the suppression barrier against the pair of Divine Warriors!
"Um, I mean no harm. Could this divine maiden please hold back her divine power?"
"This world can't withstand such divine might!"
As he spoke, the golden light figure stamped its tiny feet like an ant on a hot pan, darting its eyes left and right, looking utterly distressed!
Su Cheng merely gave Xiao Ai a gentle pat on the head. Xiao Ai glanced at Su Cheng, then at Miao Miao behind him, before lifting her gaze toward the sky…
【What are you chatting about?】
【Xiao Ai is about to lift the power suppression. If you let that flashy little brat escape, Xiao Ai will sell you off to the south of Lisiac City!】
With that, Xiao Ai withdrew her "divine power," tilting her little head to gaze at the figure radiating golden light in the distance.
Though called a person, Xiao Ai felt it resembled more an energy form—a conglomeration of spiritual power and several other unidentified energies.
Though it held a human shape, it possessed no distinct features or facial structure—merely an outline.
"Oh? You claim to be the rules of Heaven's Way. What rules do you command?"
Su Cheng wore an icy expression. Though his words held no hostility, merely curiosity toward this glowing figure, his face betrayed none of it. Instead, he looked ready to strike at any moment!
Su Cheng now understood that the so-called Heavenly Dao rules were not the same as the laws he was familiar with.
The rules of Heaven's Way were like the foundational logic underpinning all things—a cycle of cause and effect, an endless repetition, the very laws governing the birth and evolution of all creation.
But the world rules he knew were not like that. They were the supreme will that countless worlds and universes had to obey.
Clearly, the rules of Heaven had never encountered someone as audacious as Su Cheng before!
Though he had observed Su Cheng for quite some time, he had only ever seen two individuals dare to speak to the rules of Heaven in such a manner. As for the previous one… it was Su Cheng's prized First Disciple…
At this moment, a hint of apprehension could be discerned on that featureless face. For Su Cheng was far beyond any being that could be suppressed by merely invoking the power of the rules.
To say nothing else, the power wielded by that pink-haired being accompanying him alone far surpassed the rules!
As a rule of the Dao, he could wield virtually any rule-based power, making him arguably the ultimate combat force in this realm. The rules governing space were naturally within his grasp.
Yet the girl's methods of suppressing space far surpassed his own, resembling the legendary primal force! The very source of all spatial power, the origin of space itself!
Suppressed by her, it felt as though all space itself originated from that petite girl—as if this very realm had been fashioned by her from the start. Forget counterbalancing her power; escape itself seemed impossible!
Yet this wasn't the most terrifying aspect. Beyond that spatial power, the Heavenly Dao rules faintly sensed an even more formidable force of rules stored within Su Cheng's body!
But that rule power—he had no words to describe it. It seemed like a pure form of energy, utterly different from the spatial power within Xiao Ai's body, yet it made him sweat profusely just as much!
Of course, the Heavenly Dao rules were unaware that this was the power known as Authority—the mightiest force beneath the rules themselves. Unbound by any regulations, unaffected by any restrictions, it was pure, unadulterated Authority.
"It is not about mastering any particular rule. My existence is to maintain the balance and stability of the world. All things under heaven must follow the Way of Heaven to…"
Before the Heavenly Dao's words could finish, Su Cheng rudely interrupted…
"Um, hold on a sec. You said you don't control any rules? So basically, you don't have much power, right?"
"Then what gives you the right to maintain peace and stability? If things get unbalanced or unstable, what can you do about it?"
Frankly, such words were downright presumptuous.
But Su Cheng was never one to spare the feelings of others. As for the disciples of Lingxian Hall? In his eyes, they were no different from his own children.
As for his personal style?
Su Cheng had traversed countless worlds, and so far, he'd never played the role of a good guy!
Just look at his subordinates and the Godslayer King—they're either chasing women or stealing treasures! The Lingxian Hall even has an Immortal Sovereign who's a thief…
As for this Revered One? Hmph. Under the rules, he's the most wanted criminal—the mastermind behind the Godslayer King's criminal syndicate. He's an expert at defying the very rules themselves!
"Well, if they're natives of this world, I can usually suppress them."
Su Cheng froze for a moment: "So basically, you're just a local warlord?"
But it was understandable that Su Cheng would think that way. After all, in Su Cheng's eyes, it was like telling a national leader that he was the big shot in his village—the whole village listened to him!
Honestly, if he'd known the Heavenly Dao's rules were this weak, Su Cheng would've thought summoning Xiao Ai was pointless—and downright embarrassing!
"No, I don't interfere with the normal…"
"So you're just a local warlord who doesn't do any real work?" Su Cheng seemed to ponder for a moment before arriving at this seemingly serious conclusion. He even nodded thoughtfully after finishing, as if convinced of his own brilliance…
"Uh…"
Su Cheng smiled, slowly clasped his hands behind his back, stepped forward, and declared sternly.
"Little Heavenly Dao, is it? I'll give you two choices."
"Either pay monthly protection fees, or I crush you right now!"
The Heavenly Dao Rules were utterly dumbfounded. Pay protection money monthly?
What the hell kind of village thug boss is this Su Cheng?
"Master, this guy's no good. Xiao Ai thinks it's safer to take him out now."
Xiao Ai tilted her little head, acting all high and mighty, like a little sister backed by a big brother!
"Master, look at this guy—he's covered in golden light. He's clearly no good!"
Su Cheng glanced at Xiao Ai, then looked toward the distant Xiao Tiandao. He nodded thoughtfully, as if finding Xiao Ai's reasoning quite sound.
"Wait! Hold on! What exactly is this 'protection fee'? As a rule of the Dao, I was born from this very world and exist alongside it…"
Xiao Ai immediately interjected, "Master, see how dishonest he is! Rest assured, Master, I can sever his connection to this world. He's just an energy ball with sentience, yet he dares to play dumb before my master!"
"No, I didn't! And besides, can you really sever my connection to this world?"
The Heavenly Dao Rules were utterly dumbfounded at that moment! That's fucking impossible!
He was the very rules of Heaven!
He had been intertwined with this world from the very beginning. One could say he embodied the very will of this realm!
This Xiao Ai actually claimed she could sever his connection to this world, implying she could kill him afterward without consequence?
"Huh? Holy shit, you think Xiao Ai's just bragging? Master, don't stop Xiao Ai! Today, Xiao Ai will chop him into mince meat to feed the Young Miss's spirit beast!"
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