Chapter 149: A Sensible Rebellion (4th Request)

"Alright, I've helped you clear out those traitors. How about you do me a favor in return? I'm someone who believes in settling debts and reciprocating kindness clearly. What do you say?" Luffy's clone looked at Yin Zetian with a smile, his eyes briefly straying downward to steal a glance at her lower body.

"Oh, sure. It's a win-win for us. We wiped out the enemies together, so of course I can help you out. What is it?" Yin Zetian agreed readily. She shifted into her true form, which was breathtakingly beautiful. With her delicate seed-face and picturesque brows, she looked like a fairy who had stepped right out of a painting.

No wonder that Grand Priest had been obsessed with her, wanting nothing more than to destroy her when he couldn't have her. What a twisted psychopath he truly was.

"Well... it's like this. You don't seem to be walking very steadily. Are you having your period?" Luffy's clone asked, looking at Yin Zetian with an enigmatic smile. "Do you even have that symptom in a soul state?"

"That's not my period. It's just that down there... there's a curse seal covering it, which is why I can't walk steadily. That Grand Priest made sure this curse is impossible for anyone to lift," Yin Zetian said, her face flushing with shyness. She looked like someone completely untouched by the mortal world. To think an entire generation's queen could be this bashful!

Luffy was left somewhat speechless. "I can help you lift that curse. Of course, it requires touching that exact area. If you're willing, I can help you break it." Luffy said the final words with utmost seriousness.

"Really? You can lift it?" Yin Zetian was pleasantly surprised upon hearing Luffy's words. This curse had sealed away the majority of her power, causing her immense discomfort. If it could truly be removed, that would be wonderful; she could finally return to the Netherworld Clan and reclaim her throne.

"Of course. Who do you think I am? I'm omnipotent. Those fellows just now were wiped out by a single finger of mine," Luffy said with supreme confidence as he stood up. "Come with me, though I need to prepare some things first."

He began walking toward the front of the hospital.

"Okay, I'll go with you," Yin Zetian said happily. She hadn't expected this young man to have a way to break the seal. Yet, she also wondered if he was just saying this to take advantage of her. After all, he must have been captivated by her beauty. If that was his true intention, she thought, even if it meant death, she would detonate her core and drag him down with her. With these thoughts, she followed Luffy to the front courtyard, where they found Zeng Hongsen and Ma Bi were no longer in sight.

Walking over to take a look, they discovered that Zeng Hongsen and Ma Bi had been pressed deep into the earth by the formation's gravity. Both men were motionless and utterly miserable.

"What on earth happened to them?" Luffy was speechless for a moment.

"The gravity of this formation only affects those with powerful energy. I didn't realize they were inside it as well. My apologies," Yin Zetian said, looking rather sheepish and embarrassed.

"So that's how it was."

Luffy pulled Zeng Hongsen and Ma Bi out of the human-shaped craters, and the two men immediately began to lament their plight.

"Damn it... We almost died just now. That was terrifying. What kind of gravity is that?" Zeng Hongsen sat on the ground, lingering fear gripping him as his muscles ached all over.

"I really thought we were goners. Suddenly the gravity vanished, but I didn't even have the strength to get up," Ma Bi said, looking at Luffy with deep gratitude.

"Eat this." Luffy handed them a vial of Body Tempering Liquid to drink, which would restore their physical strength.

Then he walked forward. The reason he had claimed he could lift Yin Zetian's curse was that his system had previously scanned her body.

Breaking the curse sealing Yin Zetian required only a certain type of human blood combined with Luffy's Dragon Qi.

Naturally, that specific blood had to be menstrual blood from a woman, but where on earth was he supposed to find that?

He immediately thought of Qin Bailing.

Meanwhile, the situation on the side of the Li family was also shifting. Luffy looked at the three envoys of the Netherworld Clan and said, "Your female commander or queen is already friends with us. Do you still want to court death?"

"How is that possible?" Yin Mo and Yin Shan never expected this young man to know about their queen.

"Your subordinates don't believe you're friends with me, so they're eager to be destroyed by my main body," Luffy's clone said with an ambiguous smile to Yin Zetian.

"What? You're just a clone, yet you're this powerful?" Yin Zetian was completely dumbfounded. This was simply too incredible for the Netherworld Clan to believe.

「"Yes, my strength is just as powerful as my main body's. Do you still want your three loyal subordinates?" Luffy's clone asked seriously.

"Of course I do. Just tell them my name, and they will obey my main body," Yin Zetian said earnestly. "Not many members of the Netherworld Clan even know my true name."

"Understood." Luffy's clone relayed the message back to Luffy's main body.

In front of the main gates of the Li family estate.

Luffy looked at the three Netherworld envoys and said, "I originally intended to finish you off, but your queen said she is a friend of mine. For the sake of a friend's subordinates, I'll spare your lives. Your queen's name is Yin Zetian."

"What!" Yin Mo looked utterly shocked upon hearing Luffy's words. How could this young man possibly know their queen's name? That was a top-secret classified information within the Netherworld Clan, known only by a handful of people.

"Boss," Yin Shan called out, looking at Yin Mo.

The other envoy similarly turned to their leader.

"It seems this is true. We're calling off the fight," Yin Mo said, leading his two clansmen off to the side. They stood at a distance, completely stripped of any opportunity to intervene.

As for the head of the Li family, he was left utterly bewildered. How could something like this possibly happen? Just by uttering a name, those three powerful helpers simply stopped fighting? How could this be?

With the three powerful reinforcements refusing to fight, their Li family was doomed to destruction.

The head of the Li family looked helpless. "How can you do this? Do you have no honor as warriors, going back on your word just like that?"

The three Netherworld individuals completely ignored them.

"Ancestor, the Li family is about to be destroyed!" the Li family head roared in anguish. Facing this young man, he was merely throwing eggs against a rock. He was well aware of the youth's terrifying strength; without the three Netherworld helpers, destruction was their only fate.

"..." No matter how loudly the family head roared, the Li family's supreme ancestor did not emerge at all, plunging him into even deeper despair. Could it be that the ancestor had fled?

"No... The ancestor wouldn't abandon us," the Li family head roared with extreme reluctance.

"He has to. You must bear the consequences of the evil you have committed yourselves. The other descendants of the Li family cannot be implicated."

The voice of the Li family's supreme ancestor echoed out, sounding deeply weary. Then, the protective barrier contracted, pushing the family head and a few others outside of its boundary.

Faced with such a formidable enemy, the Li family ancestor had no desire to let every single member of the clan perish. Casting the family head outside was the only wise choice left.