Chapter 1050: It's Our Turn To Make Trouble!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Bang!
Dazzling golden light exploded in the body of the man who used the long halberd. Along with the distortion of the void, the man was blasted into a cloud of blood mist instantly. At this time, the golden light became a giant shadow of a fist, which flew up into the sky and disappeared at last!
Xu Que's broken sword was quite short, so he had failed to cut the man into two parts immediately. The Sword Spirit strengthened this broken sword, which was just a low-grade Celestial Artifact. Now, the sword could destroy the defense of cultivators whose cultivation stage was lower than the Human Celestial Realm and kill them instantly. However, Xu Que couldn't kill them if he missed their vital organs like the viscera or the brain.
But Xu Que managed to jab the sword into the man's back, which meant his defense was destroyed and his vital organs were just in front of Xu Que. Therefore, Xu Que threw out a King of Tough-Acting Fist. No matter how powerful the man was, he couldn't withstand an attack like that. So his life was ended there.
It was just like an ordinary person whose arm or leg was cut by a knife could survive and recover through treatment. However, this man would definitely die from a cut in his viscera. It was possible that this man could be reborn after crossing over to another world.
Cultivators from the Half Celestial Realm looked quite powerful, but they were not real Celestials at all. Even cultivators at the Human Celestial Realm or the Earth Celestial Realm could be killed when their viscera were attacked by the King of Tough-Acting Fist of Xu Que. They were still not powerful enough to realize the legendary art of rebirth with a drop of blood!
"Is this… the magic art mentioned by those people?" The young Celestials who were trapped by Xu Que's Thunder Illusion Body asked in surprise, for they had been intimidated by Xu Que's ferocious attack. When the man who used the long halberd gave a play of the Blood Escape Art, they thought he would escape. They didn't expect that Xu Que's attack would be so vicious. Of course, any of them would have done the same if they had had some time to think about it.
However, Xu Que was totally different from them. They saw clearly that Xu Que used his chain attack without any consideration. It was his knee-jerk reaction, and the fight for viciousness had infiltrated into his bones! Such a vicious man would be a horrible devil in the future!
"It seems… we will end up here today!" a woman said with a wan smile.
If they couldn't escape with the Blood Escape Art which was their unique skill, how could they survive in front of Xu Que's vicious attack?
None of them had expected they would be killed in the Four Great Continents, where no cultivators at the Great Vehicle Stage could be found. This was so frustrating for them!
"I really don't want to die in this way!" Another young man yelled with a ferocious expression.
When he saw that Xu Que's real body was back, he knew they couldn't survive under the attack of Xu Que and his replica who also had Celestial Artifacts.
"You don't want that? Heh, heh, you should have been prepared for a situation like this from the first day you intruded on this land!" Xu Que said with a cold smile. Now he had reached the perimeter of encirclement. The next moment, he raised the broken sword in his hand like a butcher raising his cleaver.
The young men and women didn't want to accept this result. So they did their best to defend themselves with all kinds of close combat magic arts. Deep in their hearts, they had already lost all hope. They knew they would die here unless the Teachers of their Academy came to save them.
Xu Que didn't give them any time to wait for reinforcements. With the assistance of his Thunder Illusion Body, Xu Que didn't even need to surround those people. In a short while, Xu Que and his Thunder Illusion Body killed the last four of them.
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que' for killing a powerhouse of the Half Celestial Realm. The reward is 300 million Acting Tough Points!"
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que' for killing a powerhouse at the Half Celestial Realm. The reward is 300 million Acting Tough Points!"
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Along with several warning tones, Xu Que gained 2 billion, 100 million Experience Points. Now he had reached Level 5 of the Crossing Calamity Stage.
Boom!
Xu Que canceled his Thunder Illusion Body and landed on the ground by stepping on the Firestorm Wheels. From the beginning of the combat, Xu Que had managed to kill several young men and women from the Half Celestial Realm in a short while.
This situation and result totally surprised all the members of the Exploding Heavens Faction and the powerhouses of the Heaven Horn Ox Tribe. Even if they had estimated the result according to their knowledge about Xu Que aided by their wildest imaginations, they were still surprised. Several extremely powerful Celestials were killed in such a casual way!
"Ah!" The powerhouses of the Heaven Horn Ox Tribe came to themselves at this moment.
The Celestials had been killed. Soon it would be their turn to die! At the thought of this, they turned pale. But they had no regrets that they hadn't escaped in time. After witnessing Xu Que's speed, they knew they would still have been caught by Xu Que even if they had escaped at the very beginning of the combat.
After all, compared to the Celestials, they were much slower.
"Ah! Faction Leader Xu, we… we were wrong! All of us were forced to come here!" The members of the Heaven Horn Ox Tribe knelt down and started to beg for mercy miserably. In their faces, the joy and arrogance had long ago disappeared; only deep fear was left.
"Faction Leader Xu, we were forced by these Celestials, for they asked us to lead them to you!"
"Exactly! We…"
Rumble!
Xu Que didn't want to waste his time hearing this nonsense. He threw out a 3-Color Fiery Lotus and blasted all these powerhouses at the Void Training Stage and Form Synthesis Stage into ashes.
When he was just at the Void Training Stage, he could kill cultivators at the Form Synthesis Stage with the King of Tough-Acting Fist. After reaching Level 5 of the Crossing Calamity Stage, he could kill any cultivator whose cultivation stage was lower than the Great Vehicle Stage with only one 3-Color Fiery Lotus.
The first group of enemies who left from the South Continent was eradicated by Xu Que easily with no one surviving. The members of the Exploding Heavens Faction were shocked. Their hearts were filled with wild joy.
"Our Faction Leader is awesome!"
"Hah, hah, hah! Our Exploding Heavens Faction will rise again!"
"The Exploding Heavens Faction is awesome!"
They started to laugh and yell wildly to vent the grievances and agony in their hearts.
They had lived a dog's life during these years when Xu Que was away. Sometimes, they were even more miserable than a rat crossing the street.
The point was they weren't loyal to the Exploding Heavens Faction. They joined this faction on an impulse and were tagged and hunted down after that even when they announced they would quit the Exploding Heavens Faction. Therefore, they had to drag out an ignoble existence.
After witnessing Xu Que's horrible strength, these people got a sense of belonging, which was based on a sense of security. Now, they thought they were members of the Exploding Heavens Faction from the bottom of their hearts! From now on, this identity would never bring them grievances and helplessness, but confidence and pride!
"That's enough! Stop wailing like ghosts! Clean up this area and help me set up a stronghold here as we wait for the rest of the members. Now, it's our turn to make trouble!" Xu Que said, waving his hand with laughter.
"Yes, sir!" Now the members of the Exploding Heavens Faction were fully motivated. When they realized Xu Que was about to make trouble, they were so excited. All of them rushed out to find lumber so that they could build a stronghold in this place.
Seeing that, Xu Que couldn't help but smile.
When all members of the Exploding Heavens Faction gather here, we can move on to the next step!
Party time has just begun!
Whoever sends cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm or the Human Celestial Realm here, I will entertain them with the mighty power of the Exploding Heavens Faction!
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Chapter 1051: How Could Be Such A Weirdo?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
In the valley at the entrance of the Mystery Land in the South Continent, all the members of the Exploding Heavens Faction were working together to build a stronghold with all kinds of magic arts. A magnificent building was being built up rapidly.
Xu Que didn't want to waste his time in supervising their work. He just stood there and watched. What he needed was just a stronghold. He didn't care what the building would look like. Anyway, it would just be a temporary foothold.
"Little brat!" Jiang Hongyan's voice called out at this time.
Xu Que turned around and said with a proud smile, "Little girl, how was my performance just now? Was it awesome?"
"You were flaunting yourself as usual!" Jiang Hongyan said with a smile. Then she stopped smiling and reminded him in a low voice, "Just now those people said powerhouses of the Human Celestial Realm were also here. You should be more cautious!"
She knew Xu Que could defeat cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm now because he had the Firestorm Wheels and the lethal attack of the Sword Spirit! With these two Celestial Artifacts, Xu Que managed to take the initiative by killing the most powerful cultivator among seven cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm before they had time to organize defenses. Then he killed another cultivator when they fell into disorder.
If these cultivators had taken Xu Que seriously at the very beginning, Xu Que would now be surrounded by them. No matter how fast he was, he would still be driven into a limited area when he was attacked by seven cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm at the same time. In that case, he would never have won in such an easy way.
After all, Xu Que was just at the Crossing Calamity Stage. The gap of cultivation stages couldn't be filled up by Celestial Artifacts easily. Therefore, she worried that Xu Que would face great danger when he fought against a cultivator of the Human Celestial Realm. Cultivators of the Human Celestial Realm were much more powerful than cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm.
"I got you! Actually, this was just a start which I used as warm-up. Also, I took this opportunity to know their strength as well as my strength! Know yourself and know your enemy, you will win every battle!" Xu Que said, nodding his head with a smile.
Actually, he had learned the actual strength of powerhouses of the Half Celestial Realm through this combat. As expected, they were much stronger than the powerhouses whose strength was suppressed in the Refined Moon Palace.
Moreover, Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan had the same idea. If those seven powerhouses of the Half Celestial Realm hadn't underestimated him, he would have been defeated and had to escape together with his team and the rest of the members of the Exploding Heavens Faction now. However, Xu Que wouldn't escape from those Celestials in the Four Great Continents even in this way. The large gap of cultivation stage and strength would never scare him away.
He was used to confronting his powerful enemies in extremely adverse situations. As long as there was a strand of hope of winning, the winner at the end would always be those who were good at scheming!
"What you said is correct! I also realized something through this combat. I need to perform secluded cultivation now. After that, I will be able to defeat cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm!" Jiang Hongyan said, nodding her head thoughtfully. She knew she was not powerful enough to help Xu Que now. Therefore, she was anxious to enhance her strength to reduce Xu Que's risks.
"Defeat cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm?" Xu Que was surprised.
Jiang Hongyan had realized remarkable progress in cultivation. Now, she had reached Level 3 of the Great Vehicle Stage, which was not far away from the summit of this stage. After all, she was a genius. Together with her Body of Kismet and diligent cultivation, her cultivation stage was always higher than that of Xu Que.
Now, she said she could defeat cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm after performing secluded cultivation, which really surprised Xu Que. Apparently, Jiang Hongyan was going to reach a new level through this secluded cultivation, which meant he would reach Level 4 of the Great Vehicle Stage at that time.
Could a cultivator at Level 4 of the Great Vehicle Stage defeat cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm?
Awesome, my Hongyan!
"Little girl, just focus on your secluded cultivation. I will take care of Feifei!" Xu Que said with a smile.
He knew clearly that Jiang Hongyan was as powerful as he was since she had reached the Void Training Stage. Therefore, when she said she would be able to defeat cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm when she reached Level 4 of the Great Vehicle Stage, Xu Que had no excuse to doubt her.
"Feifei could perform cultivation together with me! My Good Fortune Jade Disk could strengthen her physique and improve the quality of her Spiritual Root!" Jiang Hongyan replied with a smile.
Hearing that, Xu Que realized Xu Feifei could start her cultivation since they had arrived at the Four Great Continents. Although the Four Great Continents were not safe, Xu Feifei's security could be ensured if she stayed with Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan.
"But….
After a short hesitation, Xu Que said, "You need to find a safe place to perform your secluded cultivation. Otherwise, if cultivators of the Human Celestial Realm arrive…."
"Don't worry! I found a safe place on our way back to the Four Great Continents." Jiang Hongyan said with a smile, as she waved her slim hand to take out that Good Fortune Jade Disk. Then she continued to say, "On our way back, I found my Soul could go into that disk! I found a Small World in it which is full of intense Spiritual Qi. It seems the Soul from Mount Kunlun has benefited a lot from her cultivation in it!"
"A Small World in the Good Fortune Jade Disk?" Xu Que was surprised immediately.
Xu Que remembered the Soul of Mount Kunlun mentioned by Jiang Hongyan. It was the woman they met at Mount Kunlun. She said she was the incomplete Soul of the Master of Kunlun. She decided to follow Jiang Hongyan and performed cultivation in Jiang Hongyan's Good Fortune Jade Disk.
"Right!" Jiang Hongyan nodded her head slightly. "I guess this Soul interacted with the Good Fortune Jade Disk and opened this Small World by breaking some restrictions. It seems she is really related to the Good Fortune Jade Disk!"
"What? Are…you sure you can control her?" Xu Que asked hurriedly.
If that Soul was really the Master of Kunlun or the Queen Mother of the West or even the master of the Good Fortune Jade Disk, Jiang Hongyan could be endangered.
Jiang Hongyan replied with a faint smile, "Don't worry! That Small World is under my control!"
Xu Que nodded his head. Since Jiang Hongyan said so, it meant she was quite sure about that!
Also, Jiang Hongyan knew more about cultivation knowledge than Xu Que. So, compared to Xu Que, Jiang Hongyan would be a better teacher for Xu Feifei in cultivation. Finally, Jiang Hongyan and Xu Feifei entered the Small World in the Good Fortune Jade Disk. The Good Fortune Jade Disk was kept by Xu Que.
This Celestial Artifact had accepted Jiang Hongyan as its master. Xu Que was not able to put it in his System package or storage ring. He had to take it with him. He placed some small restrictive spells around the disk to avoid any possible damage to it during combat. Xu Que thought it was an unnecessary move. If he was not able to destroy that jade disk, how could it be damaged during combat?
At the thought of this, Xu Que murmured, "Just focus on your cultivation! I will bring peace and tranquility to the Four Great Continents in this period!"
After saying that, Xu Que walked toward the newly built stronghold.
The entire stronghold was high but not very majestic. However, it was still more spacious than most hotels in the Ancient Cities. Dozens of members of the Exploding Heavens Faction were standing below a plaque which was hanging on the main entrance. It seemed they were waiting for Xu Que to inscribe it.
Without any consideration, Xu Que started to write by injecting his Taoist Connotation into two fingers.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Several strands of light flashed out instantly. Then a line of words appeared on the plaque—The South Continent Branch of the Exploding Heavens Faction!
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That day, more members of the Exploding Heavens Faction joined them. Now they had around 40 people in this area. Xu Que placed a rocking chair at the gate of the branch and started to sit in it and enjoy the sunshine.
Buttface hadn't come back. It seemed he was quite afraid of the Sword Spirit. But Xu Que sensed something was wrong. Buttface shouldn't be so cowardly. According to his knowledge of Buttface, Buttface should be attracted by something precious.
"Faction Leader!" At this time, screams could be heard from outside.
Xu Que looked up and saw a group of more than ten people who were coming here to join them. However, these people looked like they were messed up. Some of them were even seriously wounded.
"Treat your wounds first!" Xu Que threw out some treatment pills to those people.
"Thank you, Faction Leader!" They received the pills with great joy. Then they sat down on the ground and start to heal their wounds.
The people who weren't wounded came up to Xu Que and said, "Faction Leader, we came from the edge of the East Continent. On the way, we heard much news. People of the Bai Family of the East Continent are coming toward this place together with several Celestials!"
"It's OK! I'll kill them all!" Xu Que waved his hand calmly. He didn't have time to think about those who were seeking death in this place. He started to prepare a plan to kill those powerhouses of the Human Celestial Realm infallibly.
If he showed the white feather first, he had a great chance to kill those cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm. However, he would still be in great danger if he had to deal with too many cultivators of the Half Celestial Realm at the same time. Moreover, if he encountered cultivators of the Human Celestial Realm, he would have a narrow escape.
The Firestorm Wheels and the broken sword were his two ace cards. He needed a good plan of winning in an adverse situation with these two ace cards.
"By the way, Faction Leader, we saw Vice Faction Leader Buttface on our way. He was running excitedly toward a place!" A faction member said at this time.
Hearing that, Xu Que raised his eyebrows, "Did he mention his destination?"
"Yes, we greeted him, and he said he is going to find someone in the Celestial Burial Valley, so that he could also become a Celestial. Then he will come back…to…usurp power!" A faction member said in an embarrassed manner.
Basically, everyone knew Buttface's hobby of boasting. Therefore, nobody took his words seriously, even when he said he would usurp power.
"Heh! I didn't expect that he would go to the Celestial Burial Valley! It seems there is a big opportunity there!" Xu Que was interested immediately. Buttface went to the Road of Heavenly Ascension from the Celestial Burial Valley. Now, he went back to that place when they had just arrived. Maybe something precious was hidden in it.
Hearing that, the faction members replied with shock, "Faction Leader, didn't you know the thing happened there? A big tomb appeared in the Celestial Burial Valley. In that tomb, a dead woman was found. It is said that she was the owner of the Celestial Burial Valley! Although those Celestials are scattered in the Nine Deathtraps, most of them have arrived at the Celestial Burial Valley. It seems they are going to open that tomb!"
"What?" Hearing that, Xu Que stood up from the rocking chair abruptly.
A big tomb in the Celestial Burial Valley? A dead woman? Owner of the Celestial Burial Valley?
Why do these things sound so creepy?
It seems the Celestial Burial Valley is really a mysterious place. He didn't expect a tomb in it could attract those cultivators at the Human Celestial Realm.
"Wait! This is not correct! Just now you said Buttface is going to find someone in the Celestial Burial Valley so that he could also become a Celestial, right?" At the thought of this, Xu Que's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but gasp!
How could Buttface be such a weirdo? He fell in love with the Warden with the girlish voice! I didn't expect that he even has a passion for dead women!
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Chapter 1052: Let's Go To The Celestial Burial Valley!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Faction Leader, what we reported just now is absolutely true, for we got this information from our Vice Faction Leader!" The faction members spoke definitively.
Xu Que couldn't help but shake his head. Buttface was always flaunting himself in such a manner that he would tell his plan to everyone before doing something!
But the Celestial Burial Valley…
When this name came into Xu Que's mind, he would always remember the scene where Jiang Hongyan was trapped in the Ancient Bronze Hall outside the Celestial Burial Valley. At that time, a lot of people said a Celestial was buried in this valley, which was hearsay passed down from ancient times. However, nobody had ever seen that so-called Celestial. At the time, Xu Que even suspected that the Celestial was about to take Jiang Hongyan away from him.
Luckily, he figured out that it was just a coincidence that the Ancient Bronze Hall appeared outside the Celestial Burial Valley. There was no correlation between them.
Now, the news that a Celestial was buried in this valley had been confirmed, which even attracted many powerhouses of the Half Celestial Realm and Human Celestial Realm. It simply meant that the dead Celestial was extraordinary. Maybe her cultivation stage was higher than the Human Celestial Realm. Or, she had remarkable grave goods or even more secrets.
"Alas! What a pity! This time Buttface was faster than us!" Xu Que said regretfully.
Buttface definitely knew something about that tomb. So he left alone and was going to try to take exclusive possession of the opportunity and fortune in the Celestial Burial Valley with the excuse that he was terrified by the Sword Spirit.
"Faction Leader, it is quite difficult to enter the Celestial Burial Valley now! The Celestials placed a Celestial Spell Array at the entrance. It is said that senior Duan Jiude tried to go into the valley. As a result, he was almost killed by that Celestial Spell Array. He ran out with his body mangled and bleeding!" A faction member said at this time.
"Duan Jiude was almost killed in it?" Xu Que was surprised!
When he had met Duan Jiude for the first time, that old guy had just reached the Crossing Calamity Stage. However, his strength was so unfathomable that he was almost as powerful as cultivators at the Great Vehicle Stage!
After that, Xu Que's burger helped him to break the bottleneck. This old guy had realized rapid cultivation progress since then. Now, maybe he had reached the Great Vehicle Stage!
The point was that Duan Jiude was a cautious man. Xu Que didn't expect that Duan Jiude would risk his life by breaking into that Celestial Spell Array. It simply meant that something in the Celestial Spell Array was so attractive for him that he was willing to risk his life to obtain it!
It seems we can't stay here. The Celestial Burial Valley is the eye of the storm! Xu Que couldn't help but contemplate.
He had planned to stay here to wait for the Celestials and study the Mystery Land in the South Continent. However, it turned out that he couldn't find any useful clues. And he would only waste his time if he continued to stay here.
Also, most Celestials were gathering in the Celestial Burial Valley now, so the valley would be a better place to make trouble. If he made a big noise in the Celestial Burial Valley, the rest of the Celestials would also come to help. In this way, he could save a lot of time.
"OK! I have made a decision. Let's go to the Celestial Burial Valley!" Instantly, Xu Que stood up and shouted.
"Ah?"
The faction members were dumbfounded immediately. Those who had just arrived almost spat blood at this moment.
We came here to find you from the East Continent. After such a short while, you will go back to the East Continent! Are you kidding?
"Don't be confused! We need to be active if we want to make trouble. You've just arrived here from the East Continent. So, you should know the situation there very well. You should go with me. The rest of you shall stay here to wait for others as well as our return in triumph!" Xu Que announced his plan directly. Hearing that, the faction members turned pale immediately.
…..
Stay here? You are sentencing us to death!
"No, Faction Leader, please don't do that! We also want to go with you! If we stay here, we can't match those Celestials!"
"Right! Faction Leader, we came here with great difficulty! How could you just leave us in this way?"
"We are just targets here. A lot of people are coming to shoot at us!"
"Exactly! Faction Leader, they will shoot us to death!"
Those faction members said hurriedly.
"D*mn! You are so cowardly! You must be fake members of the Exploding Heavens Faction!" Xu Que said.
The people replied with a wry smile, "Faction Leader, we are not cowardly! But the enemy is too powerful!"
"I've said you don't need to worry! Since you have joined the Exploding Heavens Faction, you shall fear nothing! The enemy is powerful, but the Exploding Heavens Faction is more powerful!"
Xu Que rolled his eyes as he took out a Spell Disk from his crotch.
"I'll set up a Black Tortoise Array for you. Now, you feel much safer, right? Come on, I need someone who knows the spell Arrays! This guy should control the Spell Flag. If those Celestials dare to enter this Array, just bombard them to death with the power of this Array!" Xu Que said as he looked at them.
People were shocked by his words.
The Black Tortoise Array? Are you sure it can stop those Celestials?
"Don't worry! I used to fight against those Celestials. I know their strength! Although this Black Tortoise Array is not quite offensive, its defense is flawless! Under the attack of those Celestials, it will protect you for at least one year!" Xu Que replied calmly.
He found this One-star Celestial Spell Array in the System store. It was a new product for sale when the System was upgraded to Version 10.0!
The price of this spell Array was very high—500,000 Acting Tough Points! Luckily, Xu Que still had a coupon for 80 percent off. So he purchased this spell Array with 100,000 Acting Tough Points! The advantage of this spell Array was that it could be used by anyone and didn't need profound spell expertise. Therefore, it was really a perfect spell Array for the current situation.
Boom!
When Xu Que placed the Spell Core, the entrance of the Mystery Land in the South Continent was covered by a sea of gray light. Seen from the sky, it was just like a black tortoise which was guarding this area.
When those faction members saw the intensive Spiritual Qi as well as the invincible Array barrier, they felt much relieved. They knew this spell Array was very powerful, way beyond their knowledge and imagination. However, they were still worried about whether this spell array could withstand the attack of the Celestials!
"OK! You are in charge of the Spell Flag now. If other faction members arrive, just let them in! If those Celestials arrive, just hide in the Array and attack them with whatever you have. Anyway, you can hurt them, but they can't hurt you from outside!"
After saying that, Xu Que made a hand gesture to summon his Firestorm Wheels. The next moment, he waved his hand to roll up one faction member who came from the East Continent with his magnificent True Core Strength. Then he started to dash toward the Celestial Burial Valley by stepping on the Firestorm Wheels together with that faction member.
"Ah? Faction Leader, wait…" Those faction members came to themselves and shouted in surprise. However, Xu Que had already disappeared. Instantly, those faction members looked at each other with embarrassment and didn't know what to do. Even though Xu Que had told them the spell Array would protect them, they were still not fully convinced.
After all, Xu Que's personality was…
"Ahem! Forget it! We shall obey the Faction Leader's order!" someone said, clearing his throat.
"Right! I'm sure the Faction Leader wouldn't fool us!" someone else said, although he himself didn't believe what he said.
"Howl, howl, howl!" At this time, the toy poodle shouted abruptly. His little body twitched a bit. Then he stood up from the ground.
All the people were surprised as they fixed their eyes on the toy poodle.
Why is another dog here?
"Why are you looking at me? I am the Eight-headed Snake, and I am the Guardian of the Exploding Heavens Faction! Buttface is my elder brother! Just don't worry! If those Celestials come here, I will lead you to defeat all of them!" The Eight-headed Serpent said proudly. His eyes were full of confidence.
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At the same time, Xu Que, who was stepping on his Firestorm Wheels, was flying toward the Celestial Burial Valley rapidly with a faction member of the Exploding Heavens Faction.
The East Continent was far away from the South Continent! Normally, people had to use the Teleportation Device to cover this distance. However, one moment in the Teleportation Device might equal two months outside. Xu Que didn't want to waste his time in this way.
Now, with the assistance of the Firestorm Wheels, he believed they could arrive at the Celestial Burial Valley within two weeks, which should definitely be faster than Buttface.
"Eh, Faction Leader… Xu, could… you stand in front of me? I am being poked by your weapon, which is so unconformable!" At this time, the faction member who was with Xu Que said with embarrassment.
Xu Que was surprised. "Holy crap! You are a girl! I didn't expect girls could be members of the Exploding Heavens Faction!"
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Chapter 1053: The Reunion of the Combination of Que, De, and Dog!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Xu Que was astonished. He did not expect that his random pick had gotten him a female follower from his Exploding Heavens Faction!
The only problem was that the female follower was too ordinary and unattractive. Maybe she just looked too flat in her black robe. Maybe she was too tired from all the fleeing for so many years, and her face was covered with dust and blood. It was hard to distinguish her gender; she didn't look like a female at all!
"Uh, reporting to the Faction Leader, I'm the female follower. My name is Zhang Suyue," she replied in an awkward manner.
Xu Que laughed. "Good name, good name, all right, enough nonsense, tell me about everything you know, such as the recent rumors about the Celestial Burial Valley!"
"Celestial Burial Valley…" Zhang Suyue was startled for a second, but soon she reported on everything she had seen and heard in the East Continent. Along the way, Xu Que sort of figured out the general situation.
The so-called Immortal Cultivators weren't targeting the Nine Deathtraps such as the Celestial Burial Valley in the first place. They were here merely because the Xuanzhen Continent had undergone a drastic transformation. There had been a crack in the Void, affecting the Shackle Spell of The Four Great Continents!
When the spell was broken, the Immortal Cultivators came in just a night, occupying several sites abundant in Spiritual Qi. Subsequently, they discovered the Nine Deathtraps, especially the Celestial Burial Valley, which amazed them.
"Faction Leader, coincidentally I was somewhere close to the East Continent's Celestial Burial Valley then. One of them was expressing his amazement when he came out of the Celestial Burial Valley. He even mentioned that the place was the Heavenly Human Tribe's tomb!" Zhang Suyue continued.
Xu Que was astounded.
The Heavenly Human Tribe? Those extremely arrogant and haughty angels?
He had encountered them when he was on his route to Immortal Attainment. To his surprise, now he found out that the Celestial Burial Valley was their tribe's tomb!
"It's interesting that they would recognize the people of the Heavenly Human Tribe. I guess there must be some of them in the World of Near Celestial too!" Xu Que's eyes narrowed and he smiled faintly.
Zhang Suyue was confused. "Faction Leader, have you seen those from the Heavenly Human Tribe? Why are they called the Heavenly Human?"
"That's what they called themselves. In fact, they're just a group of human-birds with wings. The key is that they're extremely weak. In the end, they were annihilated by me!" Xu Que explained proudly.
In the first place, if they hadn't been too arrogant to provoke him, he wouldn't have annihilated that tribe. He could only say that the other side was simply seeking death! But the bottom line was the law of survival in the World of Cultivators—the survival of the fittest!
Zhang Suyue's face was stiff when she heard his words—annihilated the entire tribe? Such a thing…was really the style of their Faction Leader!
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After gaining a basic understanding of the general situation and seeing that Zhang Suyue didn't know much, Xu Que didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he rushed all the way to the Celestial Burial Valley!
Previously, he had wanted to inquire about something from those aces in the Half-Celestial Stage, but they were too arrogant. Moreover, they were hard to catch alive, so he simply killed them. Otherwise he would know more about the situation now.
It seems that I have to advance further. If I could step into the Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage, I could then capture a few to interrogate with torture! Xu Que was secretly making plans to himself.
He had killed seven in the Half-Celestial Stage, and, as a result, he attained a minor cultivation stage and stepped into the fifth stage of the Crossing Calamity Stage. In the future, the experience points he needed would get higher and higher. He estimated that he would need to kill at least 70 or 80 Half-Celestials before he could enter the Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage!
It was a journey of upgrading that Xu Que was gradually feeling was a little too slow, but his own cultivation was even slower. He wasn't used to it! Ah, this is utterly depressing!
…..
Two weeks later, after Xu Que's depressing sighs, he finally arrived at the East Continent's Celestial Burial Valley! As Zhang Suyue had described, the entrance of the Celestial Burial Valley was set up with a Celestial Spell Array. Spiritual Qi was all around and it was emitting a strong murderous vibe. Even when he wasn't up close, it made his hair stand on end. There was a feeling of suffocation!
"Uh? It's a Celestial Spell Array at Half-star Level!" Xu Que was instantly dumbfounded. The level of that Celestial Spell Array was beyond his imagination; it had reached a Half-star Level.
Previously, in the Mystery Land of the South Continent, he bought a Black Tortoise Array which was worth 500,000 Acting Tough Points; it was only at the One-star Level. He had never thought that those aces from Half-Celestial could lay a Celestial Spell Array at Half-star Level in the entire valley. Their backgrounds weren't that simple. No wonder Duan Jiude had been badly defeated!
"Faction Leader, what should we do now? They're all in the Celestial Burial Valley, but if we get close, we'll be discovered!" Zhang Suyue lowered her voice.
Both of them were hiding behind the boulders, dozens of miles away from the Celestial Burial Valley, observing it from a safe distance.
When Xu Que heard Zhang Suyue's questions, he shook his head, "This landscape is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Coupled with this Celestial Spell Array, I'm afraid we can't sneak in."
"Ah? What can we do?" Zhang Suyue was muddled; she thought to herself that the Celestial Spell Array was indeed remarkable, if even their Faction Leader was at a loss of what to do.
However, Xu Que smiled. "What can we do? Since we can't sneak in, we can only barge in forcefully!"
Barged in forcefully? Zhang Suyue was taken aback. That Celestial Spell Array was so dreadful and their Faction Leader was going to just barge in?
"No…no, don't be impulsive!" Zhang Suyue urged.
"No, it's not an impulse, I've decided on it. You'll wait for me here; witness how I drive straight into the enemy's den!" Xu Que smiled lightly, as he slapped a hand gesture to call out his Firestorm Wheels. Then he bolted through the sky!
Boom!
Accompanied by a tumultuous noise from the Firestorm Wheels, Xu Que turned into a shadow as he bolted to the entrance of the Celestial Burial Valley in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Suyue stared wide-eyed. All she saw was Xu Que holding onto his Dark Heavenly Sword in one hand as he tore open the protection screen with ease. Then his figure vanished as he directly entered the Celestial Spell Array!
"A…awesome!" Zhang Suyue couldn't help exclaiming.
That powerful spell and intense murderous vibe were hard to approach even for her, and she was at the peak of the Cultivation Stage in the Infant Transformation Stage. If she got slightly closer to the spell, she would be squashed by it and turned into ashes in a moment. To her surprise, Xu Que merely dashed across, tore up the spell easily, and barged through it. He was absolutely formidable!
Thud! Thud!
At the same time, there was a series of rumbling sounds resonating from the Celestial Spell Array. The whole Celestial Spell Array was shaking, blooming in brilliant brilliance with wind and lightning radiating in between. The sound alone had already struck Zhang Suyue and caused indistinct pain in her chest. She was gasping with astonishment. She was glad that Xu Que had left her here. If she had been any closer, she might have been hurt by that thunderous sound!
"He's indeed the Faction Leader. This Celestial Spell Array, I'm afraid only the Faction Leader…" Zhang Suyue was flabbergasted. She was murmuring in praise of Xu Que's strength. But before her words ended, there was a sudden loud rumbling sound from the Celestial Spell Array, followed by another crack in the protection screen, and a flesh-and-blood blurred figure dashed out of it.
"D*mn it! How can this spell be more powerful than the Heavenly Tribulations?" That figure was swearing as he ran, stepping on his Firestorm Wheels as he flashed past.
Zhang Suyue stared with eyes opened wide; that was obviously Xu Que's voice!
"Faction Leader!" She immediately stood up and yelled.
"Stop talking, lower your head, and hide!" In the blink of an eye, Xu Que had rushed back on his Firestorm Wheels. He was bleeding all over his body, and his entire black robe was torn apart; the numerous wounds on his body were completely gruesome!
Almost at the same time, the spell made another huge roar, and several cracks appeared at once, and a few figures dashed out! Among them, those who ran in the front were one man and one dog! Behind them were several grim-faced Immortal Cultivators.The Immortal Cultivators were chasing and killing those in front with their Magic Art. The man and the dog ran frantically and were dashing toward Xu Que's direction. They were cursing and swearing relentlessly!
"Urgh, d*mn it! Dude, are you crazy! Your Holiness was almost successful. Why are you here to mess us up?"
"D*mn, I've been hiding here for over a year, and now it's all destroyed by you two. Son of a b*tch!"
"D*mn it! Duan Jiude, why are you scolding Your Holiness! What has this got to do with me?"
"D*mn it! If not for the two of you, I would have already dug my way in!"
"Dug? That was Your Holiness's underground tunnel from previous years!"
"What nonsense! It doesn't have your name carved on it. You've got no proof!"
One man and one dog cursing and swearing and scolding and blaming each other.
Zhang Suyue's eyes and mouth were open in shock. She was startled and utterly dumbfounded.
Xu Que!
Duan Jiude!
Buttface!
The combination of Que, De, and Dog was famous in those years when The Four Great Continents were reunited!
Hiss! Thinking of that, Zhang Suyue couldn't help but gasp in shock!
God, something big was going to happen!
She guessed she had to mourn for the Immortal Cultivators in advance!
Chapter 1054: A Swift and Ruthless Act
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"What are you two fools doing sneaking in there? If it hadn't been for fear of hurting both of you, your Act-Tough Saint would have succeeded in getting in!" Just then, Xu Que dropped to the ground and dashed toward Duan Jiude and Buttface as he chided them.
A moment ago, he had planned to barge into the Celestial Spell Array with his King of Tough-Acting Fist and smash and crush the spell! Unexpectedly, the power of the Celestial Spell Array was far beyond his imagination, and it couldn't be completely destroyed with his King of Tough-Acting Fist. Furthermore, it led to a stronger counterblow. The killing vibe within the spell was overbearing and smashed his whole body into a bloody mess. If Xu Que hadn't opened the System's automatic recovery ability in time, Zhang Suyue might have seen an escaping Xu Que without his limbs.
As for his complaints to Duan Jiude and Buttface, it was just Xu Que's excuse for the failure to barge into the spell; the three of them were pushing blame onto each other.
After all, before Xu Que entered the Celestial Spell Array, the three of them didn't even know the other ones were there.
"D*mn it, dude, stop making excuses. If you hadn't mingled with Duan Jiude, Your Holiness would have succeeded!" Buttface scolded as he ran frantically. They were all trying to put the responsibility on the others.
Duan Jiude was also fuming with anger, "I've been in there for more than a year. Is it not obvious who was creating trouble here? What a mess!"
"Nonsense! Your Holiness dug these tunnels more than ten years ago. What do you know, you old fool!"
"Come on, why aren't you even a little embarrassed? What's the point of telling lies?"
"Impudent! Duan Jiude, how dare you be disrespectful of your Patriarchs? Your Holiness is your forebear!"
"Nonsense! I've already quit the Mighty Sect!"
"He who teaches you for one day is your father for life! Your Holiness is your father!"
"D*mn it!"
When the man and the dog were at odds, if not for the pursuit of several aces from the Half-Celestial Stage behind them, the two of them might have gotten down on the ground and wrestled on the spot.
During this time, Xu Que's wounds had been cured by the System's automatic recovery ability. All the wounds were healing at the speed of light. While Buttface and Duan Jiude were scolding each other, he had fully recovered.
"All right, stop quarreling. Let me be fair. You two are too foolish to do it alone. You can't even fight a few of those in the Half-Celestial Stage—that was embarrassing enough!" Xu Que adjusted his state and shook his head with disdain as he spoke.
As soon as he had ended his sentence, Buttface and Duan Jiude felt that they had lost their credibility and dignity. They went ballistic then and there!
"D*mn it!"
"D*mn it! You assh*le!"
"Dude, where's your conscience, do you still have a bit of it? Easier said than done! You're not in our shoes, why don't you try fighting with them!"
"Humph, the world is getting worse; some don't even have any moral values and virtue. Dude, when you dashed out a moment ago, you were stepping onto those two wheels under your feet. Quick, let the old man borrow them. I'm already so old; can you bear to see me being hunted down?"
Buttface and Duan Jiude were running at full speed, but the distance separating them from the aces at the Half-Celestial Stage was narrowing! Their speed couldn't be compared with Xu Que's. Xu Que had covered the same distance in a minute.
"Hey, you two had better die fast, lest you spoil my plan! As for those in the Half-Celestial Stage, they aren't on a par with me. Rest assured that when you die, I'll surely kill them to avenge you both!" Xu Que bragged.
Fortunately, the group of Immortal Cultivators hadn't received news of his killing several Half-Celestials in the South Continent, and they had only sent a few people to hunt him down. This gave him a chance to recover from his wounds!
"Humph! Ignorance!"
At that moment, several aces of the Half-Celestial Stage heard Xu Que's bragging and immediately cried out in cold voices. Their speed accelerated suddenly!
"D*mn, dude, are you crazy? Don't provoke them!" Buttface and Duan Jiude were instantly distressed. If they were caught again, they would inevitably suffer or even be in great danger.
Xu Que squinted and stared at those aces of the Half-Celestial Stage with a faint smile. "You guys don't seem to belong to the Ivy Academy. I heard that you would introduce yourselves before you engaged in a battle. Why aren't you following the rules?"
"You've seen those from the Ivy Academy?" Several aces of the Half-Celestial Stage were startled. One of the women turned to him with a cold gaze and said with a sneer, "This is a little interesting now. You're merely at the fifth stage of the Crossing Calamity Stage and you survived after encountering those from the Ivy Academy. It seems like the Ivy Academy wasn't that efficient!"
"Ha, ha, how could those good-for-nothings from the Ivy Academy be compared with our Dongsheng Academy?"
"Perhaps their accumulated points were enough to pass, but they were too lazy to fight!"
"All right, stop the nonsense. First, let's kill these leftovers from the Exploding Heavens Faction. I need three points to pass!"
"Ha, ha, I guess you're the only one that hasn't passed. All right, go ahead, these three points are for you!"
As their conversation ended, their bodies gushed out enormous amounts of Spiritual Qi, their speed suddenly increased, and they bolted toward Buttface and Duan Jiude with a sole intention to kill.
"D*mn it!"
"D*mn it! We're done for! We're dead!"
"Dude, save us!"
Buttface and Duan Jiude screamed for help as they made a beeline toward escape.
Xu Que frowned slightly, and he seemed to have heard some incredible clues. The rationale of those Immortal Cultivators for killing the Exploding Heavens Faction was for accumulation of points?
Accumulated points?
Why?
Were these people targeting the Exploding Heavens Faction? And could they even give orders to those in the Half-Celestial Stage and Human Celestial Stage?
It's impossible! The Act-Tough Saint hadn't offended any of those in such a high Cultivation Stage!
Xu Que was puzzled. Originally, he thought that it was a simple invasion by outsiders. He had thought that this group of people had targeted the Exploding Heavens Faction entirely because they were incited by the Heaven Horn Ox Tribe and other Sects who were enemies with him! But now, he realized that it wasn't as simple as he had thought—there was absolutely more to it!
"It seems like…I've got to catch one alive to interrogate him!"
A hint of brutality flashed in Xu Que's eyes, and his gaze suddenly fell onto the disciples of Dongsheng Academy! Next moment, following a clang, Xu Que took out his broken sword, the Firestorm Wheels under his feet turned at high speed, and with the Firestorm Thunderous Roar, he transformed into a blurred shadow and bolted toward those aces of the Half-Celestial Stage!
"What?"
"That…was a Celestial Artifact!"
The aces of the Half-Celestial Stage was alarmed and let out a cry. Xu Que's broken sword and the pair of Firestorm Wheels under his feet emitted a strong aura, and it was hard not to attract their attention! Next moment, those aces of the Half-Celestial Stage expressed joy and greed on their faces. Without communicating, in an instant they changed their target and rushed toward Xu Que.
"Hand over the Celestial Artifact!" A woman hollered and took out a long whip, stepping on a stone plate. Her slender hand swung up and down, and the whip, accompanied by a thunderous roar and sending out a great aura seemingly like a punishment meted out by God, came fiercely crashing down.
"Uh? Junior, you're using your Whip of the Heavenly Tribulation for a dude in the Crossing Calamity Stage. It seems that you're trying to snatch his Celestial Artifact?" The man standing next to the woman sneered.
"Senior, you're overthinking. When in front of any goodness, we depend on our capability to attain it!" The female replied casually and continued to wield the whip.
"Humph!" The man immediately snorted coldly, seemingly wary of his junior. He didn't speak further, but his gaze swept back to the rest of the people as he spoke in an enigmatic manner, "You guys also want to compete with me over the Celestial Artifact?"
The three men behind heard him and quickly stifled their ambitions. They stopped moving and squeezed out with ugly smiles, "Senior, you're overly concerned, we dare not!"
"That's good!" The man said in a cold voice, and, in a flash, he caught up with the woman with the long whip. But soon he was stunned. There was no one in front of him. Even the woman next to him with a long whip was astounded.
Just a second before, Xu Que had bolted toward them on his Firestorm Wheels. But now, in a blink of an eye, Xu Que had vanished right in front of them!
…..
"Oh, no! He's behind us!" The Soul Strength of the whip suddenly pulsated and she cried out. The long whip in her hand veered direction rapidly backwards!
The man took out his swords immediately. The blades of the swords transformed into a large sword shadow that hung behind him and defended him.
"Ha, ha, I'm here!" Suddenly, Xu Que appeared in front of the man with a dirty smile.
The man's expression changed instantly, his pupils contracted sharply, and retreated backwards abruptly. However, Xu Que's broken sword had already come crashing down. While the man was trying to dash to the back, his body had been chopped in half, flying in different directions, and his blood started trickling down. He had been violently killed on the spot!
Suddenly, the whole scene fell into a dead silence. You could hear a pin drop!
Everyone was dumbfounded, even the woman with the long whip turned pale in a second! At that moment, she was finally aware of how horrifying Xu Que was. Her Soul Strength had clearly captured him behind her, but at the moment her whip flung out, he had actually killed the man on the other side. That kind of speed wasn't something they could manage! And the most frightening thing was that the broken sword could kill them with one strike; that was at least a middle-grade Celestial Artifact.
"Run!" Immediately, the woman with the whip shouted as she turned and fled toward the Celestial Spell Array. Even if the broken sword was a middle-grade Celestial Artifact, it wasn't something she could covet at all.
"Run? That's interesting. Where would you run?"
Accompanied by Xu Que's laughter, they noted that he had already blocked the entrance to the Celestial Spell Array, blocking their route of retreat. The woman with the long whip stopped in mid-air, holding the long whip in her hand, while she looked at Xu Que with great fear. The other three were stupefied, jittery, and skittish. Their minds had gone blank. They still hadn't collected themselves from the scene in which their senior was violently slaughtered with a single strike.
Xu Que's strength completely overturned their understanding of those in the Crossing Calamity Stage.
"D*mn! Dude, you're awesome. Your Holiness wants to fight shoulder to shoulder with you!"
"Ha, ha, ha, good job! I'll lend you a helping hand. Kill!"
Buttface and Duan Jiude were shocked for a second, but now they finally understood the situation and shouted. But those two were only supporting Xu Que using their mouths; they hadn't slowed down their speed to escape! After all, there were more than a few aces of the Half-Celestial Stage in that Celestial Burial Valley. There were 70 or 80 Half-Celestials and more than a dozen Human Celestials!
"Assh*les! Come right back here this moment! Help me catch one alive or I'll rush over to castrate both of you with one strike!" Xu Que hollered as he swung his sword across the sky!
Buttface and Duan Jiude gasped and put their hands over their crotches at the same time!
Chapter 1055: Lord Voldemort-Buttface
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Are you coming over or not?" Xu Que stared at Buttface and Duan Jiude.
"Yes, yes, yes, we're coming!" Buttface and Duan Jiude covered their crotches and ran back without a moment of hesitation!
Xu Que then pointed his broken sword at the four aces at the Half-Celestial Stage and declared, "If you don't want to die, you can surrender!"
Surrender?
The aces at the Half-Celestial Stage heard him and their eyes opened wide! A dude who was merely at the fifth stage of the Crossing Calamity Stage was asking them to surrender?! That was absurd and out of the question! But…at the same time, it was impossible not to surrender. The fellow was using Celestial Artifacts with such an evil speed and he was blocking off the entrance to the Celestial Spell Array. They had no way to escape.
"Fellow cultivator, I ask only one question!" At that moment, the woman with the long whip suddenly looked at Xu Que and spoke.
Xu Que squinted, and he finally had a good look at the woman with the long whip. In terms of appearance, she had a beautiful face, but she couldn't be compared with Jiang Hongyan or Liu Jingning. However, she was exuding a wise charm. Her eyes were fathomless; it was difficult to guess her mind!
"Yes, please ask!" Xu Que nodded.
The woman questioned, "You said you had met the people of the Ivy Academy. I want to ask how many of them were here in total and how many are dead?"
"Seven, all dead!" Xu Que smiled, as he was too lazy to brag and told the truth!
"Seven?" The woman frowned slightly and then nodded, "That was a reasonable number. I guess if they had nine or ten in total, you wouldn't be able to kill them all!"
Following her speech was a sound ta-ta, and the woman threw away the whip in her hand as she raised her hands to surrender, "I don't want to die, so I choose to surrender!"
"Uh?" Xu Que was stunned; he didn't expect the woman to surrender so simply. She was decisive, and her surrender was completely without arrogance, unlike the typical aces. Obviously she was a smart woman who understood the situation very well!
"Senior Li, you…what are you doing?"
"How could you surrender to someone at the Crossing Calamity Stage?"
"We're the apprentices of the Dongsheng Academy. Aren't you a disgrace?"
"It would be a taint to the reputation of the Dongsheng Academy if this was leaked out, and our masters won't forgive you when they find out!"
Right away, the three other aces at the Hal-Celestial Stage were shocked at her surrender and anger was in their eyes! Although they were fearful and wary of Xu Que and even knew that there was no way for them to retreat, they didn't consider any form of surrender—they regarded the word surrender as a joke!
But now, the strongest one among them had chosen to surrender and they were humiliated by her decision!
"He who understands the situation is a wise man. Do you really think you can escape?" The woman responded coldly, but her eyes were fixed on Xu Que. She was afraid that Xu Que would take the opportunity to go back on his word and kill her! But this time Xu Que was acting like a gentleman. He didn't engage in any dirty tricks, but looked at her with a smile! His plan was to catch a few living targets and get a thorough understanding of where these people were coming from and what was going on in the Celestial Burial Valley!
"Ha, ha, Your Holiness is here!"
"The girl is very clever. Those on the side, aren't you all going to surrender? If you don't surrender, your fate will be a bloody mess!"
By this time, Buttface and Duan Jiude were standing behind the three aces at the Half-Celestial Stage, and then they leaped out brandishing threats. The expressions on the faces of the three aces at the Half-Celestial Stage were unpleasant. Asking them to surrender was harder than death, they couldn't afford to lose their dignity.
If Xu Que was in the Human Celestial Stage or in the Half-Celestial Stage like they were, or at the least a Mahayana, the Great Vehicle Stage, surrender would be acceptable for them. But Xu Que was merely at the Crossing Calamity Stage. It was causing them devastation if they were to surrender! Deep in their hearts, they heard a voice telling them: He was merely at the Crossing Calamity Stage, even with Celestial Artifacts, he was still in the Crossing Calamity Stage. They had a chance to win in a counterattack if they could join forces and perhaps do a deed of merit! As that thought was planted in their heads, it made it even more impossible for them to surrender.
Most of the Old Saints had a common trait—they had The Gambler's Fallacy. They liked to gamble on their chances. If they fought hard enough, they might win, and if they win, it would be a piece of enlightenment. If they lose, they would probably die.
And the reason why gamblers are called gamblers is because, in most circumstances, the majority would choose to fight!
"Humph, the three of us should work together to break through in different directions. As long as we dash into the Celestial Spell Array and tell the news to our master and fellows, this guy will surely have a terrible death!" One of them finally spoke.
The other two nodded in unison. They had already found their best spots, readied their Magic Art and weapons, and they were ready to fight!
The woman with the long whip stood calmly aside, looked at them indifferently, shook her head, and commented, "Stupid!"
"They're indeed stupid, but you'd better be smart. Don't try to escape while I'm dealing with them, or you'll regret it!" Xu Que looked at the woman and warned her with a smile.
The next moment, Xu Que stepped on his Firestorm Wheels accompanied by the Firestorm Thunderous Roar, and bolted across the sky and disappeared from their view in an instant!
"This is the time, go!" Almost at the same time, the three aces at the Half-Celestial Stage of Dongsheng Academy yelled and traveled in three different directions at the speed of light, rushing desperately toward the Celestial Spell Array at the entrance to the Celestial Burial Valley!
Boom!
A Firestorm Thunderous Roar resonated beside them. The Soul Strength of three men was knocked fully open. As they briefly saw Xu Que's position, they increased their speed to their limit and dashed away many miles in the blink of an eye!
"We're there!"
"Three more seconds, just three more seconds, and we can be safe!" The Celestial Spell Array fairy was just right in front of them and they were delighted. The woman with the long whip at the back frowned slightly and held her hands tightly. It seemed that she was already considering whether she should flee!
Psshh!
Suddenly, there was a clear, crisp sound ahead!
Following which, three bodies of the aces at the Half-Celestial Stage had blood oozing out of them, one after another. Their bodies were cut in half by a broken sword.
The woman took a small step; she couldn't resist the chance to flee! She knew that she had a good chance to escape, even if an old man and a dog were in her way. She felt that with her strength, the two at the back wouldn't be able to stop her at all!
But after a little struggle, she suppressed the desire to escape in her heart! Because Xu Que had warned her before he started, and she was very wary of his words; intuition told her that if she ran away, the next one dead would be her!
Boom!
In the meanwhile, Xu Que had already returned in his Firestorm Wheels. He appeared in front of her, his gaze filled with happiness, "You're really smart, and you didn't try to flee!"
"I was sure you wouldn't break your promise!" The woman was composed but her eyes were still full of vigilance!
"Of course, the Exploding Heavens Faction always mean what they have promised, especially Xu Que. I'm often known as Honest Xu or Sincere Xu; I never break my promises!" Xu Que immediately laughed. Then he waved his hand and the woman heard a whoosh behind her. A dark shadow darted behind her and toward Xu Que, transformed into a vast lightning and was absorbed into his body!
"Shadow Replica?" The woman responded immediately and looked surprised. She knew that the dark shadow that had darted behind her was Xu Que's replica. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible to have such a fast speed or to merge into Xu Que's body at the very end!
At that moment, in hindsight, she felt a chill and a shiver down her spine. If she had fled just now, she would be dead!
"Heh, heh, don't mind me. I'm not suspicious of you. I'm just always careful, but I'm also open and honest. I never play dirty tricks, so you can rest assured!" Xu Que said with a faint smile as though he were a gentleman who was open and magnanimous! If people in general had seen his expression and heard his words, they would have spat on him directly and scolded him for having no sense of shame!
But Xu Que's appearance was too deceptive. He looked gentle and elegant, refined and cultured, just like a scholarly man. And what he said from time to time did sound like a gentleman!
The woman instantly believed most of his nonsense and nodded slightly, "It seems that I didn't trust the wrong person, and, if I'm not mistaken, you're keeping one alive to extract information. What do you want to ask…?"
Bang!
Her sentence hadn't finished and a muffled sound rang out and the woman had a sudden blackout. A strong sense of dizziness hit her, her eyes shut, she fainted, and she dropped on the ground stiffly!
Ha, ha, ha, dude, your black club is so insanely useful. Lend it to Your Holiness to play with in the future!" Buttface was holding onto Xu Que's black club and jumped out of the grass behind the woman, looking excited and proud. Xu Que had just made use of his replica to hand the black club over to Buttface. He was self-taught and replayed Lord Voldemort's tricks and successfully plotted against that Half-Celestial woman at the Medium Stage!
Regarding the unconscious woman on the ground, Xu Que nodded with a smile and looked at Buttface and said, "Awesome, that was a good one. Well done! But I just smeared poison on the black club. If you don't want to die, return the black club and find some treasures for antidotes!"
Buttface grimaced and said, "D*mn you!"
Chapter 1056: The One Who Rose to Immortality
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Damn! What a big loss!" Buttface complained as he handed over the black rod. Then he took out an ancient log, which was his most precious possession, and threw it to Xu Que to trade for the antidote!
Xu Que was wild with joy. He really liked Buttface's honesty! Buttface had just surrendered his treasure without considering whether he was really poisoned or not! This log seemed quite ordinary but ancient. When Xu Que checked it with his Soul Strength, he found an immense space in it. The space in it couldn't be used to store items, but was rich in magnificent Wood Element Spiritual Qi!
"Holy crap! Buttface, this item is awesome! Where did you get it?" Xu Que asked, widening his eyes.
The Wood Element Spiritual Qi in it was so magnificent!
When he was in the Five Elements Mountain, he drained the Dragon Veins of the Fire Nation and the Metal Nation, which perfected the Fire and Metal Nature of his Hell King's Prison Suppression Style. Then, he absorbed the energy of the Heavenly Tribulations, which even enhanced the Thunder Nation to a state that was higher than perfection!
These three natures gave him a physique that was stronger than most cultivators. He had never met a cultivator whose physique was stronger than his until now!
Xu Que was quite indolent. So he didn't search for other treasures to enhance the rest of the nature of his physique. Now this ancient log provided by Buttface, which was full of magnificent Wood Element Spiritual Qi, fitted in exactly with Xu Que's wishes! He firmly believed his Hell King's Prison Suppression Style would be enhanced remarkably after absorbing this Wood Element Spiritual Qi!
"I found it in the Celestial Burial Valley! Damn! There are a lot of treasures in it. If I hadn't entered the Void Crack by mistake, I would have found more treasures!" Buttface said ruefully. Then it seemed as if an idea had occurred to him suddenly. He said angrily, widening his eyes, "Damn! Little brat, don't change the subject! I've given you a treasure; just give me the antidote! Crap! I didn't expect that I would fail miserably in an easy task! This is so annoying!"
Xu Que laughed as he took out a bottle of pills, "Here, take them!"
"What? Liuwei Dihuang Pills?" Buttface looked at the bottle in his paws. Then he opened the bottle and started to pour the pills into his mouth.
Seeing that, Duan Jiude, who was beside them, was shocked. Buttface was stupid but Duan Jiude wasn't. He had figured out that Xu Que was fooling Buttface by getting back the black rod and extorting a treasure from Buttface.
"Wait, Buttface, don't move!" Duan Jiude shouted immediately.
"Crap! What?" Buttface was surprised and said angrily.
Duan Jiude sneered, "I placed poison in the grassland where you were staying just now! Unless you give me two treasures, I won't give you the antidote!"
"Damn! The one who teaches you for one day is your father for a lifetime! Old beggar, you are a bastard! How dare you plot against your father?" Buttface was annoyed immediately.
Hearing that, Duan Jiude was also annoyed, "Nonsense! If you don't hand over your treasures, you will be killed by my poisons!"
"Damn! Both of you are adults, just stop playing these dirty tricks! Don't worry, Buttface! The pills I gave you just now would protect you from all kinds of poisons. If you give me one more treasure, I will capture Duan Jiude and avenge you by flicking his dick!" Xu Que tried to spoil Duan Jiude's trick.
Duan Jiude was very angry after hearing Xu Que's words, "Crap! Little brat, are you really going to do that?"
"What? You got a problem with me, right? I am no longer that young boy anymore. Are you sure you can defeat me now?" Xu Que said proudly as he took his broken sword in his hand.
"You…." Duan Jiude calmed down and didn't know what to say. He knew he couldn't rival Xu Que at this moment!
"Forget it! This is all wasting my time!" Buttface waved his paw and said disdainfully. He didn't think it would be worthwhile to spend a treasure to flick Duan Jiude's dick.
Xu Que smiled and ignored Duan Jiude and Buttface. Then he walked toward the unconscious woman on the ground and threw out several seals with his hand rapidly.
Swish!
Dazzling light gushed out from his hand to form a shackle with his Taoist Connotation. Then the shackle flew toward the woman directly! Although she had reached the mid-level of the Half Celestial Realm, she was not able to resist Xu Que's Taoist Connotation shackle when she was unconscious! Instantly, she was restrained completely. Her meridians and Dantian were sealed to stop the flowing of her True Core Strength.
This shackle wouldn't last for a long time. When the woman woke up, she could break the shackle in one or two days. For Xu Que, one or two days were totally enough to get useful information from this woman. It seemed as if this woman was quite cooperative. However, Xu Que didn't believe her. After staying in the World of Cultivators for so many years, Xu Que knew he had to use some safe measures to prevent this woman from playing tricks or cheating him with false information!
"Little brat, I can extract a confession by torturing her! Do you need that?" Buttface walked up and said eagerly at this time. For him, nothing could be more satisfying than punishing a powerhouse at the Half Celestial Realm who was not able to fight back.
"That won't be necessary! I don't need you now; just get lost!" Xu Que waved his hand and pushed Buttface aside. Then he took out a Refreshing Pill from his System package and inserted it into the woman's mouth. Soon, the woman regained consciousness gradually. Then she opened her eyes abruptly and tried to fight back subconsciously. When she raised her hands, she was dumbfounded.
Her body was being restrained by Taoist Connotation seals. Even her Dantian was sealed. She was not able to use any True Core Strength! In other words, she was just like a tiger which was tightly tied up. Although she could still use her Soul Strength, she could be killed by a cultivator at the Form Synthesis Stage or Crossing Calamity Stage easily.
"My fellow cultivator, what do you mean by these actions?" The woman's face darkened as she asked Xu Que coldly.
"Nothing! I am just trying to prevent you from playing tricks! Anyway, just answer my questions! If you are cooperative, I will definitely let you go!" Xu Que replied with a faint smile.
Hearing that, the woman was not totally convinced. The current situation had gone beyond her expectations. She planned to leave after answering Xu Que's questions for it was unnecessary to safeguard her dignity with the cost of her life.
She never expected this young man, who looked nice and gentle, would knock her unconscious and restrain her. The point was this guy had just reached the Crossing Calamity Stage. To be killed by a cultivator at the Crossing Calamity Stage would be humiliating. However, to be knocked unconscious by a cultivator at the Crossing Calamity Stage was more humiliating!
However…there was no way back for her now. She had no choice but to be cooperative! At the thought of this, the woman said seriously, "You really don't need to do this! I've said I will tell you anything you want to know truthfully! Forget it, I don't want to waste my time here. Just ask me your questions! I hope you will let me go and keep your word after getting answers from me!"
In fact, she didn't believe Xu Que at all. A guy who would knock others unconscious from behind would never keep his word! But, she wasn't going to give up any chance to survive!
Xu Que said, nodding his head with a smile, "Don't worry! I will let you go if you tell me everything truthfully! I am not a sanguinary man!"
Hearing that, the woman looked at him in disbelief. Duan Jiude and Buttface stared at Xu Que disdainfully. Even Zhang Suyue, who was hiding behind a giant rock, twitched her lips slightly.
You are not sanguinary? That's impossible! Faction Leader Xu, that's really impossible for you!
"OK! Here is the first question! How did you come to this place?" Xu Que started to ask his questions seriously.
The woman answered without any consideration, "We came from the Xuanhuang Continent in the World of Near Celestial! We are from the Dongsheng Academy! Together with the Ivy Academy and the Jiuhe Academy, we are the three biggest academies in the eastern part of the Xuanhuang Continent. Several years ago, we attended a routine trial but we had an accident in the Mystery Land!"
"An accident?" Xu Que asked, furrowing his eyebrows.
The woman said, looking at Xu Que, "At that time, someone in this world should have crossed the Perfection Heavenly Tribulation and reached the Half Celestial Realm. When he was rising immortally towards the World of Near Celestial, his Void Tunnel passed through the Mystery Land of the three academies. When the Void Tunnel was opened, the Void was quite unstable. So the guy fell out of the tunnel. All of us were sucked into the gap on the Void Tunnel!"
"Oh? Who was that guy?" Xu Que asked as if he didn't know the answer. Actually, he had guessed that it was probably Lord Zeng! When he was about to go to the Road of Heavenly Ascension, Lord Zeng had started to prepare his Heavenly Tribulation. He planned to realize a breakthrough in the Great Vehicle Stage and reach the Half Celestial Realm.
The woman said, shaking her head calmly, "At that time, we didn't know who he was for we didn't have a chance to capture him. All the people from the three academies who attended the trial were sucked into the Void Tunnel. When we reached this world, we found out that he was an emperor of the Xuanzhen Continent and his name is Ji Yuan!"
"What?" Xu Que's eyes got wide and he was totally shocked.
Ji Yuan?
This is the name of Jiang Hongyan's father, who is the Emperor of the Xuanzhen Continent!
I didn't expect the one who rose to immortality could be him!
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Chapter 1057: We've Been Targeted!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Exactly! He is Ji Yuan, who is your so-called Emperor!" The woman nodded her head and said as she looked at Xu Que thoughtfully, "In fact, he is also your father-in-law!"
"He is nothing!" Xu Que snorted immediately. Even Jiang Hongyan didn't want to accept him as her father! In the face of such hatred, how could he call that guy father-in-law?
To his surprise, he had stolen that God-realization Tree together with Jiang Hongyan. Technically, Ji Yuan couldn't reach the Half Celestial Realm. At least, he shouldn't have been able to reach that realm in such a short time. How could he rise to immortality in several years?
"Before coming to the Four Great Continents, we had heard a lot about you and the rest of the people of the Exploding Heavens Faction. But it is quite weird that…" The woman said as she looked at Xu Que in puzzlement, "For several years, the three academies have been hunting down members of the Exploding Heavens Faction. However, the legendary elites like Xiao Yan, Li Bai, and Joker didn't show up! You are the first one we've found!"
"Humph! How could the elites of the Exploding Heavens Faction show up easily? Normally, we are extremely busy! I have just returned to the Four Great Continents after spending several years finishing my other businesses! However, the rest of the members of our faction won't be bothered for I can handle all of you alone!" Xu Que snorted proudly.
The woman was totally shocked by his words. When they had just arrived in this place, they felt disdain whenever people in the Xuanzhen Continent and the Four Great Continents touted the geniuses of the Exploding Heavens Faction. For them, no matter how powerful those geniuses were, they would be forgotten if they could be killed in the cradle!
When she saw Xu Que, who was one of those geniuses, at this time, she was totally shocked. As a cultivator at Level 5 of the Crossing Calamity Stage, he had two Celestial Artifacts and could use them skillfully. One genius like him would startle the entire world. More geniuses like him would bring great disorder to this world! The most horrible point was that all these geniuses came from the Exploding Heavens Faction!
"OK, since you have been to the Xuanzhen Continent, you must have learned a lot of things there. Just tell me how Ji Yuan rose to immortality! As far as I know, it's not possible for him to rise to immortality in such a short time normally!" Xu Que asked as he looked at the woman.
The woman nodded her head, "Exactly! Originally, this world was sealed. Normal cultivators couldn't reach the Half Celestial Realm. Several years ago, a man broke the bottleneck of his cultivation stage and attracted the Perfection Heavenly Tribulation! The Heavenly Tribulation destroyed all seals and helped him to reach the Half Celestial Realm. So, he rose to immortality! After that, all the cultivators in the Xuanzhen Continent, the Four Great Continents, and the Xuanling Continent were free from the influences of those seals and could rise to immortality!"
"If my guess is not wrong, is the one who destroyed the seals with the energy of the Heavenly Tribulation Lord Zeng?" Xu Que asked.
The woman said by nodding her head, "Yes, it was him! Although we also wondered how he did that, he left earlier than Ji Yuan. We were not able to find out his secrets! As for Ji Yuan, after so many years' accumulation, he could definitely rise immortally to the World of Near Celestial after the disappearance of those seals. However, when they reached the World of Near Celestial, they would just be small fish in a vast ocean because of their limited cultivation achievements.
Hearing that, Xu Que got a general understanding of how these "Celestials" arrived in this world.vThe most direct reason was that Ji Yuan's Void Tunnel passed through the three academies' Mystery Land coincidentally, which caused the accident and everything that had happened after that.
Ji Yuan was able to rise to immortality because Lord Zeng brought benefits to the World of Cultivators by breaking the seals. Lord Zeng could rise to immortality because Xu Que gave him a New Orleans Grilled Drumstick Burger, which helped him to break the bottleneck of the summit of the Great Vehicle Stage. Therefore, Xu Que was more or less be responsible for this outcome. However, members of the Exploding Heavens Faction never take responsibility! So, Xu Que shirked all his responsibilities to Ji Yuan.
"Humph! I don't care what will happen to Lord Zeng! That Ji Yuan really chose a bad time to rise to immortality. His kismet is terrible! So he could only bring scourges to others! Only his death would benefit society!" Xu Que said coldly.
If he went to the World of Near Celestial in future, he would definitely kill that old bastard!
The woman kept silent as she looked at Xu Que calmly. Apparently, she was not interested in Ji Yuan. If Xu Que had no more questions, she would ask him when he would let her go.
Xu Que sneered and said coldly, "Don't look at me in this way! I still have more questions! OK! Here is the second question! You said you are hunting down members of the Exploding Heavens Faction and you would get score points for it. Just tell me about this! Who the hell is so bold to plot against our Exploding Heavens Faction?"
"I don't know!" The woman said, nodding her head, "I knew you would ask this! But I don't know the answer! We are just the apprentices of the academies. We attended this activity for the trial, which is continued even in this world! This activity is co-held by the Masters of the three academies! Therefore, the rule of getting score points by killing members of the Exploding Heavens Faction was also established by them!"
"Heh, heh, your answer doesn't satisfy me!" Xu Que said, shaking his head with a cold smile.
The woman said anxiously, "I really don't know! It is not necessary to cheat you! This is my Score Point Plate! Whenever we kill members of the Exploding Heavens Faction, score points will be added to our plate. Our Masters are not powerful enough to do that. I guess they were ordered to do so by a big shot!"
"What?" Xu Que took the plate from the woman directly. He found five short horizontal lines on it, which just passed the acceptance line. In other words, each apprentice of the academies should kill five members of the Exploding Heavens Faction to reach the acceptance line! The point was this score point plate could identify members of the Exploding Heavens Faction, which was an awesome function that could not be realized by cultivators at the Human Celestial Realm! After all, even Xu Que couldn't identify his faction members if they didn't wear black robes!
This is weird! What kind of rule is used in making this plate? Xu Que murmured to himself as he looked at the score point plate with puzzlement.
Buttface and Duan Jiude also walked over curiously for this item also puzzled them. They enrolled faction members casually without any rules. After the enrollment, they only gave those members a black robe respectively and nothing else! However, if they identified those faction members according to their black robes, it still made no sense. When faction members who didn't wear black robe were killed, those apprentices of the academies could also get score points!
"Little brat, this is quite creepy!" Buttface said vigilantly.
Duan Jiude also said, nodding his head, "This is quite unusual! I'm afraid something big will happen soon!"
"Exactly! I have had ominous presentiments recently. Could it be that we have been targeted because of our excellence?" Buttface said.
Xu Que waved his hand for he didn't want to waste his time in meaningless guesses.
He looked at the woman and said as he pointed one finger up with a faint smile, "This is the last question! What are you looking for in the Celestial Burial Valley and the rest of the Deathtraps?"
"We are not looking for anything!" The woman shook her head and said seriously, "The owner of the Celestial Burial Valley ordered us to go into that valley!"
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Chapter 1058: A Despicable Man
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"What?" Xu Que, Buttface, and Duan Jiude all shouted in surprise!
The woman's words were so terrifying. She said the owner of the Celestial Burial Valley had ordered them to go into the valley. It simply meant the owner was still alive!
The Celestial Burial Valley had existed for tens of thousands of years! If its owner was still alive, this guy would come from the era when Buttface was still living in one of his past lives!
"Young girl, stop your nonsense! I've ascertained that all of you went into that valley to look for treasures! In other words, you are robbing graves! Don't try to whitewash your actions with those terrifying words!" Duan Jiude said, widening his eyes.
The woman shook her head. "What I said is true! There is no reason for me to cheat you! When we arrived at the Four Great Continents, a voice spoke to us from the Celestial Burial Valley, which was heard by all the people from the three academies clearly!"
"A voice? What did it say?" Xu Que asked immediately.
"It was a woman's voice, which sounded so majestic as if it came from remote antiquity. She ordered us to go into the Celestial Burial Valley and open the tomb seal for her. Also she sent some people to the rest of the Deathtraps to check whether anybody else had also woken up!"
Anybody else?
Hearing that, Xu Que was shocked. Could it be that ancient big shots are buried in the Nine Deathtraps? Damn! If all of them escaped their tombs, the Four Great Continents would be ruined! How could I survive at that time?
"This is not correct! Why do you follow this woman's order given to you in such a way, when you don't even know who she is?" Duan Jiude asked wisely.
The woman replied with a cold smile, "We ignored her orders at the beginning. However, she is from the Heavenly Human Tribe and knows a kind of Soul Art. She placed seals on our Souls. If we didn't obey her orders, she threatened to kill us all when she comes out in future! If we help her, she will help us to leave this place and allow us to choose whatever Celestial Artifacts and treasures in the Celestial Burial Valley that we want! Now you tell me, should we have followed her orders?"
"Eh…" Duan Jiude said as he smiled lamely, "You really weren't given much of a choice—you definitely had to say yes!"
"Right! If I had been there, I would also have said yes for I could get Celestial Artifacts! Wait! This can't be correct! Damn! I used to go into the Celestial Burial Valley. Why didn't she ask me to help her? She must be as blind as a bat!" Buttface said.
"Mind your words or you may dig your own grave with your teeth!" The woman reminded Buttface with a cold smile.
Her words stunned Buttface, who covered his mouth immediately and started to look around vigilantly. It seemed he was really worried about possible revenge.
"Enough! Stop your nonsense! If she were really so powerful, she would have already come out of her tomb! Why did she ask you to help her?" Xu Que said overbearingly. He was not afraid of the woman as long as she was still trapped in her tomb! "What is your progress now? When will you open the tomb seal?" Xu Que asked.
The woman answered truthfully, "We are still at the perimeter area. Only the Taoist Connotation of cultivators at the Half Celestial Realm or higher could cause damage to that tomb seal. It is a pity that we are shorthanded now. The progress has been quite slow! I'm afraid we will need 100 years to open the tomb seal!"
"Oh? 100 years?" Xu Que raised his eyebrows immediately. If she comes out 100 years from now, I won't need to worry about her for I will be much more powerful at that time. And she won't cause any threat to me!
"What? Wait!" Suddenly, an idea occurred to Xu Que. He asked, looking at the woman, "Did you get your score point plates from the woman in the Celestial Burial Valley?"
"No!" The woman shook her head. "If she had been able to send something out, she would have sent all the Celestial Artifacts in the tomb to help us in breaking the tomb seal!"
Hearing that, Xu Que nodded his head slightly. He had thought the woman in the Celestial Burial Valley knew that he had slaughtered the Heavenly Human Tribe in the Road of Heavenly Ascension. So now she had decided to seek revenge against the Exploding Heavens Faction.
Now, however, it seemed to be a different story. He hadn't offended any other big shots recently!
"Little brat, stop making blind and disorderly conjectures! I guess you've done too many evil things and the Heavens are going to punish you!" Buttface cautioned him.
"Get lost! If the Heavens really want to punish someone, it should be you!" Xu Que stared at Buttface, but felt guilty in his heart. After all, it seemed the one who he had offended seriously was the Heavens!
At the same time, the woman said as she looked at Xu Que seriously, "I've answered your last question! When will you let me go?"
Xu Que replied with a smile, "Wait! Don't be impatient! We are playing the Truth or Dare game. Now, let's start the exciting part!"
"Why don't you keep your promise?" The woman's expression changed and she stepped back slightly. Although she didn't understand the meaning of the Truth or Dare game, she knew Xu Que wasn't going to let her go.
"I will definitely keep my promise, but you must lead us into that Celestial Spell Array without being detected first!" Xu Que said with a smile.
They had arrived at this place. How could they stay out of it? He would never waste his time in waiting outside that Array!
"What? Did…you ask me to lead you into the Celestial Spell Array?" The woman was stunned by his words and couldn't believe what she had heard. After all, Xu Que's decision was equal to setting free a tiger. Deciding to go into that Array was the same putting his head in a noose! Nobody would do that for then the woman would definitely escape according to her knowledge about the Array. Then she would ask the Masters of the academies to help her.
"Wait! Are you going to ask me to vow with the Inner Demons that I won't sell you out in the Array?" Suddenly, an idea occurred to the woman. She figured that this was a wise possibility.
Xu Que shook his head and said with a smile, "To vow with the Inner Demons is too illusory! I don't believe in it! What I want is to place a Soul Seed in your Soul. If you dare to sell us out, I will kill you with a flash of thought!"
"That's impossible!" The woman said angrily, "If you want to do that, I'd rather die!"
Once a Soul Seed was placed in her Soul, all her secrets would be revealed, and she would be turned into a puppet. This was even worse than death. She would never accept that.
"Oh!" Xu Que said, scratching his head with embarrassment, "When you were unconscious just now, I placed a Soul Seed into your Soul! Why didn't you tell me earlier? Now I am not able to take it out! What can I do now?"
"What?" The woman opened her eyes and almost spat blood on the spot!
Why didn't I tell you earlier? How could I know you would do that? If you were me, would you accept that?
"Hey, girl, don't get excited! Please look at my eyes! Look at them carefully! Do you see sincerity in them? I promise with all my personality that I will take out the Soul Seed for you if you take us into the Array safely!" Xu Que said.
Buttface also said hurriedly, "Right! Right! I hereby promise with my wolfality that what he said is true!"
Duan Jiude also nodded his head, "Young girl, as an old man, the salt I have eaten is even more than the rice you have eaten! I strongly suggest you believe him this time!"
The woman was trembling with anger and felt she had been fooled. She had met many despicable men in her life. However, she had never met a shameless man like Xu Que before! Nobody could rival him in shamelessness!
Also, this old guy and the dog are also evil! How could they lie through their teeth? Do they think I am a fool?
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Chapter 1059: We Should Trust Each Other!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"My fellow cultivator, you always change your ideas. I will never trust you again!" After a minute of silence, the woman with the long whip said as she looked at Xu Que and shook her head. She could basically confirm that Xu Que was not a person who would honor his word. And he was always fooling her with all kinds of wicked measures. Even though she was experienced in handling people, she was not able to figure out Xu Que's plans.
"Hey! Come on! We should trust each other!" Xu Que said immediately.
Buttface said, nodding his head, "Right! Trust is the necessary bridge among people!"
Duan Jiude also said seriously, "Exactly! Without trust, this world would be a horrible place! How boring it would be!"
Buttface replied, "Yes, very boring!"
Xu Que said, "Exactly! As the saying goes, this world is maintained by love and friendship! Can we remain indifferent when this world is becoming cold and cruel? Sorry, I can't do that! I believe everyone should be responsible to build trust!"
Buttface agreed. "What Mr. Xu said is right! I believe the trust between you and him will have an enormous impact in spreading positive energy in this society!"
Duan Jiude said, "Mr. Buttface is right! This is one small step for both of you, which stands for a giant leap for mankind!"
Xu Que said, "Young lady, look, Mr. Buttface and Mr. Duan agree with me. So, what are you waiting for? It is unnecessary to be hesitant. The shortest answer is action! Let's just walk into this Spell Array hand in hand and heart to heart!"
Then, the three of them started to look at the woman in a sincere and expectant way!
"….."
The woman with the long whip was totally embarrassed and really wanted to spit blood!
Build trust from every little thing?
This world is maintained by love and friendship?
A small step for us and a giant leap for mankind?
What the hell are they talking about? You just want me to lead you into the Spell Array! Is it really necessary for this nonsense?
The point is you've just fooled me! How could you have the nerve to mention "trust" in front of me? The shortest answer is action? I am almost driven mad by you!
The woman said nothing although her expression got very dark.
Behind a giant rock, Zhang Suyue, who had been brought here by Xu Que, was also dumbfounded. After witnessing the wicked measures of Xu Que, Buttface, and Duan Jiude, she felt her horizons had been broadened. She couldn't help but murmur in a low voice, "Awesome! No wonder they are known as the three wicked guys of the Exploding Heavens Faction! They are so good at boasting! How horrible they are!"
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"I have only one condition!" At last, after keeping silent for a long time, the woman with the long whip answered as she looked at Xu Que earnestly. "I will take you into the Spell Array. After entering the Celestial Burial Valley, you shall remove the Soul Seed immediately! Otherwise, I will sound the alarm in the Celestial Burial Valley and we will die together!"
"No problem!" Xu Que agreed with a shiny smile immediately.
When he went into the Celestial Burial Valley, he could play the hit and run game with the Celestials with the help of his Firestorm Wheels! So, he worried about nothing!
Only that Celestial Spell Array was too powerful! Even if it was just a half-star Celestial Spell Array, he was not able to break it. So, he had to take the initiative by controlling this woman, so that he could go into the Celestial Spell Array safely.
"I hope you will honor your word this time!" The woman said coldly as she picked up the long whip from the ground.
"Absolutely! Don't worry, you can count on me! OK, I will remove the restrictions on your body first!" Xu Que said as he patted his chest seriously. Then he removed the Taoist Connotation restrictions from the woman's body!
The woman replied with a cold smile. She was quite familiar with Xu Que's tone and expressions and she didn't believe what Xu Que said at all!
"OK, your cultivation achievements have been restored. Now, you can lead the way for us! Remember! Don't play any tricks. This is our last cooperation. And I will definitely let you go after this. I know you are quite clever. So I don't want to waste my words!" Xu Que reminded her with a smile.
The woman snorted coldly to herself. You don't want to waste your words? You've said enough!
"Follow me! Just go by following my footprints in the Spell Array. Don't use any magic art in it or you will be at risk!" The woman said coldly. Then she walked towards the Celestial Spell Array.
"Of course!" Xu Que smiled and waved to Buttface, Duan Jiude, and Zhang Suyue to move.
He knew he had stopped this woman from playing any tricks by doing that. This woman didn't want to die. So, she knew what she should do!
Soon, they appeared in front of the Celestial Spell Array. The woman with the long whip placed a hand seal on the barrier of the Array gently! Then an entrance appeared on the barrier, through which they walked into the Spell Array directly! When the Celestial Spell Array was running, nobody was sent to guard it! As the woman had said, they were shorthanded in the Celestial Burial Valley and were not able to send people to guard the Spell Array!
If they had had enough people to guard the Spell Array, the Array would be unnecessary. They believed nobody in the Four Great Continents could kill them quietly. Therefore, they could stop the infiltration of cultivators who tried to fish in troubled waters with the Spell Array, which was quite convenient. On the other hand, they could have an additional protective measure by setting up this Array. If someone really broke into the Array or even tried to damage it, they would hear the noise and send people to protect the Array. After all, this was a precious half-star Celestial Spell Array. They didn't want to see a scratch on it!
Therefore, Xu Que had managed to get into the Array by making full use of their plan. When Xu Que went in for the first time, he underestimated the power of this Array. Now, with the guidance of this woman, they didn't come across any obstacles as if the Array didn't exist at all. After a while, they had walked through the Celestial Spell Array successfully.
Xu Que was impressed by this Array. The mystery of Spell Arrays was unfathomable! Anyone who was unprepared would be killed in this Array. Those who knew the route inside the Array could walk through it like walking in the backyard of their home.
It seems I shall have to find time to acquire more knowledge about the Spell Arrays. In future, this skill could be used as a lethal weapon! Xu Que made up his mind to acquire more knowledge of his Secondary Occupations in the future.
Before long, when the woman pressed the last hand seal on the Array, a light screen appeared from nowhere. Then ripples started to appear on the screen.
The exit of the Celestial Spell Array was slowly opened in those ripples!
Boom!
Instantly, they sensed a gust of ancient and intense Spiritual Qi. Xu Que and his teammates were refreshed and cheered up by the Spiritual Qi. The Spiritual Qi in this place was even more intense than that in the Xuanzhen Continent. The Spiritual Qi here was not only intense but also pure. It would flow in one's Meridians like liquid True Core Strength!
"This place is awesome!" Xu Que couldn't help but exclaim. If he could perform cultivation in this place, it would be as efficient as gaining experience through killing his enemies!
"This place is the center of the Celestial Burial Valley. The density of Spiritual Qi here is the highest in this area. However, it can't rival the World of Near Celestials!" The woman with the long whip said calmly. Then, she said, looking at Xu Que, "Now, you should honor your word!"
"Hah, hah, you looked so worried! I've told you I am not the one you imagined! We should trust each other! Come here, let me remove the Soul Seed for you!" Xu Que said with a shiny smile. A hand seal appeared in his hands which was full of Taoist Connotation and Soul Strength to remove the Soul Seed.
Seeing that, the woman let out a sigh of relief.
It seems…he is not as despicable as I imagined!
Bang!
At this moment, a dull sound was heard from behind. Then the woman was knocked unconscious and fell to the ground.
Buttface said, "Holy sh*t!"
Duan Jiude said, "Holy sh*t! Holy sh*t!"
Zhang Suyue, "???"