The significance of these two earth-shattering treasures was naturally extraordinary, and it was normal for Kang Hui to harbor greed for them. However, he would not obtain a single one of them, not six thousand years ago, nor six thousand years hence!

Long Xi waved his hand: "Kill him! This traitor, every man has the right to execute him!"

Kang Hui roared with laughter: "Long Xi, do you have the ability? It won't be that easy to kill me!"

Originally, Kang Hui was pinned to the ground with his arms seized by two soldiers. After his laugh, he began to struggle. Those two soldiers, being Long Xi's personal guards, were naturally strong, and they certainly wouldn't let go easily, instead pressing Kang Hui's arms firmly to the ground. At this moment, a strange thing happened. A seam split open on Kang Hui’s body, starting from his head. The soldiers, who were about to open fire, were startled by this sight and for a moment forgot Long Xi’s order, standing stock-still.

That fissure started from the crown of Kang Hui’s head and rapidly split downward to his abdomen, as neat as if sliced by a blade, dividing the body into two pieces. Not only did no blood flow out, but the wound itself vanished. Instead, a large bulge swelled up at the cross-section, bubbling as if steaming. It grew rapidly, and with a bang, it burst open. Looking closely, they realized it had grown half a body!

Thus, one Kang Hui transformed into two Kang Huis! And one pair of hands became two pairs. The Kang Hui who was being restrained now had a pair of hands free. This freed hand instantly shot into the body of the guard holding his other hand!

No one anticipated such a turn of events. Only when the two soldiers cried out in sharp pain did they react. Laser guns sprayed toward Kang Hui like scattered beans, riddling his body with holes, yet he would not die. On the contrary, the wounds inflicted by the laser fire healed quickly. Kang Hui naturally would not let himself be toyed with without fighting back, and his attacks were vicious. Consequently, the guards standing closest fell one after another.

Dragon Girl gasped: "Is this the power of that virus!"

I instantly activated my laser sword: "Maybe it is. Take your brother and go!"

Who knew that Long Xi refused to flee from the battle? Dragon Girl tugged at him a few times to no avail, so she could only stay by his side to watch me charge toward Kang Hui. I swiftly sliced the two Kang Huis in half at the waist. Good heavens, half a body crashed to the ground, still muttering incessantly! At this moment, however, Dragon Girl had no mind to translate for me. But seeing the look in Kang Hui's eyes—hatred etched into his soul toward me—it seemed our feud was sealed.

The four halves of Kang Hui that fell to the ground actually grew rapidly taller. A large bubble swelled up at the wound site just as before, then cracked open to reveal a complete body! I was dumbfounded. One sword strike had created two more enemies. If I hacked a few more times, would countless Kang Huis emerge?

At this moment, Zhu Da, Cai Bao’er, and Xia Hu Ren arrived upon hearing the news. Without a word, the three of them headed for one Kang Hui each. I didn't have time to stop Zhu Da before he lifted one, roared, and ripped it in half at the waist! Meanwhile, Cai Bao’er and Xia Hu Ren smashed their fists into a Kang Hui’s head, causing it to crack open.

The Kang Hui torn in two by Zhu Da also swiftly split into two individuals. The one with the shattered skull attacked Cai Bao’er and Xia Hu Ren as if nothing had happened; the wound on its head also seemed to be healing rapidly. Zhu Da shouted at me: "What the hell is this thing? How can it turn one into two? It's like a transformation trick!"

I replied: "I don't know either. It first split itself in two, and when I slashed it, it went from two to four. Furthermore, its self-healing speed is astonishingly fast; I’m afraid it won't be easy to deal with. Everyone, be careful not to let it split further."

Elena arrived around this time too. She didn't care what Long Xi agreed to and went straight to dragging the siblings away from the palace. Staying here wouldn't help; on the contrary, they would be a burden, preventing the four of us from fighting the monster without restraint.

The four of us naturally dared not dismember Kang Hui again. Big Fist restrained one Kang Hui and smashed it repeatedly until its skull was utterly pulverized before letting go. After dealing with four Kang Huis, two remained. When we finished those two, we looked back and were stunned again. The four Kang Huis missing their skulls were now bulging out a large mass from their necks. Then the bulge rapidly burst open, sprouting new heads!

Damn it, they really cannot die! How long would this endless fighting last? Cai Bao’er cried out: "Let's try fire to see if we can burn them to death!"

The monster Kang Hui’s agility was extraordinary, but in the eyes of the four of us, it was still fragile. While dealing with one Kang Hui that had just grown a head, I said: "It won't work. The laser guns couldn't handle him; fire probably won't either. How about we try dunking them in water?"

Xia Hu Ren remarked: "I don't think he even needs to breathe."

Zhu Da kicked one creature in the stomach, blowing a hole in it, but the monster's wound healed quickly. Zhu Da exclaimed: "Then what do we do? Are we supposed to fight endlessly like this?"

There was a way—I could 'shoot' them to death—but I’m not into homosexual acts, and there wasn't time to craft weapons right now. Surely, I couldn't drag those two women outside to help me produce the necessary means to shoot Kang Hui?

After a few rounds of fighting, not only had we failed to kill the six, but the six automatically split in two, instantly becoming twelve. The situation on the field turned into a one-versus-three ratio. Cai Bao’er shouted: "Think of a solution quickly! If they split again, it will be one against six!"

The ground began to tremble, and then the hard crust was shattered as massive worms burrowed up from underground!

Zhu Da glanced over: "Damn! It’s those giant worms that spew 'shit.' Their destructive power is immense; tens of thousands of my Giant Ape soldiers were killed by them the day they broke the siege."

These worms didn't care about context. They poked their heads out, retracted them momentarily, and—Ptooey!—spatters of foul, concentrated acidic fluid shot out. When they struck aerial vehicles, they sprayed plasma fluid, but against ground targets, they shot out a strong corrosive substance similar to sulfuric acid. They truly seemed to be highly intelligent beings.

In a fit of anger, I grabbed one monster Kang Hui and threw it toward a pool of the acidic fluid. Whoosh! A plume of white smoke rose in the air. The monster Kang Hui, covered head-to-toe in highly concentrated sulfuric acid, crashed to the ground. After struggling for just a few moments, even its bones dissolved!

Strangely, it wasn't afraid of laser guns but couldn't withstand this acidic fluid. Truly, this was its doom. Zhu Da and Cai Bao’er also witnessed this. "So he fears corrosion! Quick, make those stinking bugs spray more 'shit'!"

This was one thing they didn't need to worry about. The ground of the entire palace seemed to shake like an earthquake; buildings collapsed with loud rumbles, and giant worm shadows appeared everywhere. They began firing before their bodies even fully emerged from the ground. Many soldiers who weren't sheltered by buildings were struck, and in moments, they were corroded to nothingness.

This truly helped us immensely. Although the shape-shifting monster Kang Hui wasn't weak in combat power, and it had spawned over a dozen helpers, the four of us were superhuman level; in a sense, we were also part of the monster family. We darted around among the giant worms, luring them to fire their sulfuric acid, which we then used to kill the monsters. Before long, the immortal Kang Hui vanished without a trace.

However, an even bigger problem loomed next. Although the rebel army was not currently besieging the city, the sudden emergence of these giant worms caught the defenders of Longshan City completely off guard, resulting in casualties higher than those during a siege in a short time.

But these giant worms also had a weakness: they couldn't withstand our laser swords and the great bronze hammers. By dawn, they were driven back underground, leaving piles of corpses behind as they retreated. However, the entire palace complex in Longshan City's inner ward was completely destroyed. The giant worms’ burrowing ability was too strong; they could even penetrate solid rock!