Chapter 610: A Million Celestial Soldiers Collect Debt!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Pay it back!"
The magnificent yelling echoed between heaven and earth. It was earthshaking and caused landslides on the mountains.
Xu Que stared dumbfounded. His mouth widely and he almost spat blood!
Pay it back?
What the hell? I don't owe you money!
He suddenly realized what was going on.
It seemed he really owed something—specifically, 8,000 Acting Tough Points. After the interest had been compounded by the unscrupulous System, the total sum had reached 20,000 Acting Tough Points!
Damn! This is not good!
Xu Que sweated profusely. He cursed the ancestors of the System 100 times in his heart.
I just owe 20,000 Acting Tough Points! Why the hell did you ask one million celestial soldiers to collect the debt?
No, this is not debt collection!
They are going to kill me here!
Xu Que opened the System. "System, what do you mean? Are you nuts? You're humiliating me! Why did you ask one million celestial soldiers to collect the debt from me?" he asked angrily. "Do you think I would rather kill myself than pay it back the Acting Tough Points!?"
Now it's a dire moment, the perfect opportunity for a hero to save a beauty! You asked so many people to collect your debt. How could I act tough in this scenario?
Ding! "The Host shall pay it back the principal and interest of 20,000 Acting Tough Points now. Otherwise, the Host shall face the consequences. It is right and proper for those who owe money to pay the debt. Please behave yourself!" The System's chilly and relentless voice echoed in Xu Que's mind.
Xu Que was enraged. Puff! "Why should I pay it back the Acting Tough Points I borrowed through hard work? Besides, now I only have around 1,000 Acting Tough Points. How could I pay you back? You can ask those celestial soldiers to leave now, and I will pay you back after acting tough this time. Okay?"
Ding! "The 'Debt Collector Beats Debtors' has been activated and it will not be deactivated unless the Host pays back the Acting Tough Points!"
"Then you're killing me now!" Xu Que said angrily.
However, this time the System fell silent and stopped replying.
Xu Que became even angrier. He remembered when he first activated the System it said it would act tough and fly together with him. How could it be so cruel and make trouble out of nothing now?
"Fine. You are forcing me to do so. You sent one million celestial soldiers, right? Hum!" After talking tough, Xu Que looked up again.
Among the thick black clouds, he saw one million celestial soldiers swiftly flying toward him with great momentum.
However, when these celestial soldiers drew nearer, Xu Que's face lit up.
It seemed the celestial soldiers were not substantial but composed of converged thunder. And the pressure and aura they gave off were exactly the same as the Heavenly Tribulation!
In front of these celestial soldiers made from converged thunders, the Heavenly Thunder of Purple Cloud and the Ancient Catastrophe were nothing.
Xu Que's heartbeat couldn't help quickening.
This is the Heavenly Tribulation! They are one million celestial soldiers made from converged power of the Heavenly Tribulation! They are no longer fearsome for me!
I got it! This time maybe it is really a coincidence!
A smile appeared on Xu Que's lips. The System had activated the "Debt Collector Beats Debtors" function to collect its debt. Maybe what it summoned were real celestial soldiers, but also some kind of mystical power. Coincidently, Jiang Hongyan crossed her Heavenly Tribulation today. Her Heavenly Tribulation was already quite difficult, and through combination of the two factors, the power of the Heavenly Tribulation had turned into one million celestial soldiers!
In other words, these celestial soldiers were not only the Heavenly Tribulation Jiang Hongyan had to face soon, but also the debt collectors for the System.
However, exactly what Xu Que needed eagerly now was the mighty power of thunder.
Originally, he thought it would be boring if Jiang Hongyan also had to face the Heavenly Thunder of Purple Cloud and the Ancient Catastrophe. Now he was excited!
"System, it seems I misunderstood you. I didn't expect you to be so considerate. Thank you!" Xu Que didn't forget to show appreciation to the System when he was overjoyed.
The System was confused by his words. Ding! "Host, please make yourself clear!"
If the System were intellectual, it might have been even more confused. I asked someone to beat you up, but you thank me in return. Why?
"That was clear enough! Ha-ha-ha!" Xu Que laughed loudly and waved his hand to purchase a Spirit Visage and a Banshee's Veil. Then, he put them on along with a Negative Cloak.
These items enhancing magic resistance protected him from the Ancient Catastrophe when he crossed the 59 Heavenly Tribulations.
However, these three items were not enough to protect him against one million celestial soldiers. But Xu Que had no choice. He only had around 1,000 Acting Tough Points left. He couldn't just use them up casually. He knew clearly that he would definitely be wounded, so he had to save those Acting Tough Points to keep the Automatic Recovery Function on.
Crack!
At this moment, a crisp noise sounded from behind him.
Xu Que turned around surprised and found Jiang Hongyan had also sensed the extraordinarily powerful momentum of the Heavenly Tribulation. It seemed her mind was influenced by the tribulation. Fractures started to appear on the frozen water curtain outside her body.
The long eyelashes on her beautiful eyes trembled slightly as if she were urging Xu Que to leave immediately.
Xu Que smiled. "Don't worry. It is just the 69 Heavenly Tribulations—let me handle them!"
After saying that, Xu Que raised his arms and a Dark Heavy Buster Sword appeared in his hand. He looked up slowly at the sky. A touch of perseverance and determination appeared on his face.
…
At this moment, the cultivators outside the spell watched completely terrified.
Although the Myriad Flame Incinerate Ghosts Spell blocked the inlet of the Celestial Burial Valley, it couldn't cover the sky. When one million celestial soldiers made from converged thunder appeared, everyone outside the spell was greatly shocked.
Within an instant, they experienced an emotioaln change from confusion, to astonishment, and finally to fear.
"Are . . . they Jiang Hongyan's 69 Heavenly Tribulations?"
"Impossible! This is no longer the 69 Heavenly Tribulations! Even the 79 Heavenly Tribulations couldn't be so horrible!"
"Could it be that these are the legendary humanoid lightning or heavenly tribulations composed of celestial incarnations?"
"No, they are not humanoid lightning. It . . . is a celestial army that could instantly destroy the East Continent!"
"Insane! This is totally insane! What is Jiang Hongyan exactly? How could she cause such a horrible catastrophe?"
"Wait. It sounds to me as though those celestial soldiers shouted 'pay it back' when they appeared. Are they here to collect debt?"
"Yes, I also heard them shout 'pay it back!'"
Many people were confused. Even the powerhouses, Holy Sons and Holy Virgins of the big families and sects looked quite pale.
They didn't know what exactly was happening. But they knew clearly that this kind of Heavenly Tribulation would not only kill Jiang Hongyan, but also eliminate them all. Even the entire East Continent could be ruined!
Dong Genji and his underlings of the Carefree Building were also terrified.
No matter how arrogant they were, they couldn't keep calm now!
The formation of one million celestial soldiers was endless. Its momentum was way too horrible!
"Jiang Hongyan really deserves to be called the number one cultivator from those years!" someone said with a wry smile. Even those who had reached the Void Training Stage were still no match for Jiang Hongyan.
Someone looked at Dong Genji and shook his head. "Building Head, I'm afraid she is doomed this time!"
Dong Genji's heart trembed. However, his expression didn't change. After staring at the sky for a while, he started speaking through clenched teeth. "It's a pity I can't get Jiang Hongyan. But for me, she is nothing but a toy. She could die. That guy could also die. But we must obtain that guy's storage rings. I bet he has a lot of treasuries with him! We can't afford to lose them!"
…
Not far away, Liu Jingning and Buttface had returned to the team of the Utopia Faction.
However, Liu Jingning and Buttface were also dumbfounded.
"How . . . could this be?" Liu Jingning asked with a shaky voice.
Buttface was also shocked. "I think the target of this Heavenly Tribulation is the little brat! He has no conscience—could it be that someone else's Heavenly Tribulation is also aiming at him?"
…
Boom!
A dull sound abruptly came in from behind the spell!
The next moment, a figure rocketed into the sky before so many shocked and frightened eyes. With a Dark Heavy Buster Sword in hand, the figure rose straight up with murderous intent!
Chapter 611: No One Will Survive This
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Bang!
Millions of Heavenly soldiers were shouting aloud as lightning flew across the clouds—it was extremely terrifying.
The power of the tribulation stunned every living creature standing on the ground.
What surprised everyone the most was the man flying toward those soldiers.
"That young man is the one who set up the high-level array?"
"Does he have any idea what he's doing?" everyone exclaimed. "These are the Heavenly Soldiers, for god's sake!"
The leader of the Jiang Family and cultivators from other Influential Families frowned at Xu Que.
They worried that once Xu Que was killed—which was inevitable—the valuable objects he had would disappear. In particular, the magic object that could see through ancient stone.
However, no one dared to get close. They believed they would be shredded to pieces once they got near to the tribulation, not to mention to take away Xu Que's Storage Ring.
Seeing this, most of the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins were shocked.
"It's him!" Qin Ji, the Holy Virgin of The Illusionary Flower & Moon Sect, murmured with a frown.
She had met Xu Que the first day he arrived in the Eastern Continent and also saw him make a mess of the Bright Moon Hotel, so she immediately recognized him.
Xiao Taixuan also recognized Xu Que.
"This young man is really quite something," Han Ying, the Holy Virgin of the Heaven Secret Pavilion said with surprise. "No wonder he took risks to kill the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins of the Jiang and Gong families!"
"I can't see his past or future . . . I've never even heard of this man before. I can tell he's twenty at most. Could it be possible that he's a disciple of Jiang Hongyan?"
"Then it seems Jiang Hongan found herself a good disciple. Anyway, that young man is really an idiot to get involved in the tribulation," Xiao Taixuan sneered.
"Even I don't dare to get close. He's just a man of Infant Transformation Stage and he thinks he can handle this?" Qin Ji also sneered.
He's too young and too naive," Xiao Taixuan concluded.
Hearing their conversation, Xiao Munan, Bai Linglui, and the other cultivators all laughed.
None of them cared if Xu Que was going to be killed or not. For them, a man of the Infant Transformation Stage was equal to an ant.
What they wanted to see was how Jiang Hongyan would be killed in this tribulation.
Han Ying was rather confused. Obviously, in her view, Xu Que flying toward those soldiers was tantamount to suicide, but she did not feel bad from him. She could tell that Xu Que was somehow shaded by luck.
Bang!
The sound of thunder echoed in the air, and countless bolts of lightning intertwined together. All the soldiers stood in great formation.
Compared with them, Xu Que was just like a wooden boat in the tumbling sea.
"Give my money back!" the soldiers shouted again.
This time, everyone else on the ground heard them clearly.
Xu Que was not afraid at all. He answered, "No!"
"Give my money back!"
"F*ck off!"
Hearing this, all the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins were shocked, and the pride in their hearts was destroyed.
The Heavenly soldiers came to ask that young man to give their money back?! What the hell! What's wrong with this world?! Millions of Heavenly soldiers appearing to ask a young man of the Infant Transformation Stage to give their money back . . .
"I must be daydreaming…"
Everyone's brain went blank; they could not possibly figure out how on earth this had happened.
"What on earth has Xu Que done?!" Liu Jingning murmured.
Buttface was also completely stunned and speechless.
"You've got the wrong person!" Xu Que shouted back, black fire erupting from his body. "Okay, yes, I borrowed your money, but that's because I'm strong enough to do so. So I owe you nothing."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked by Xu Que's words.
"I see," Dong Genji sneered, "so this young man is too stupid to taste fear. He's bound to be destroyed by the power of the tribulation."
He'd never liked Xu Que before, so he was very happy to see him confronting millions of Heavenly soldiers.
All the cultivators believed they were afraid of the power of the tribulation because they respected it, not because they feared it. And they all considered Xu Que's boldness as recklessness and ignorance.
"Just as the saying goes, the more you know, the more afraid you grow! The stronger you are, the more inferior you feel," an old man from an Influential Family said.
Xu Que was only a few hundred meters away from the Heavenly soldiers. All of a sudden, tens of thousands of them surged forward.
Each of them wore a piece of silver armor and held a silver spear in his hand. Their faces were all blurred as if hidden behind some sort of light.
All the cultivators were surprised because they believed they were simply not entitled to see their faces.
Bang!
Tens of thousands of Heavenly soldiers' bodies blurred and changed into silver bolts of lightning. The next minute, they all dashed toward Xu Que.
Meanwhile, Xu Que waved his Dark Heavy Buster Sword and exuded energy as powerful as the group of soldiers coming toward him. The next minute, tens of thousands of black shadows of the Dark Heavy Buster Sword appeared.
Bang!
The shadows of the Dark Heavy Buster Sword tilted down toward the soldiers.
Bang!
The shadows of the Dark Heavy Buster Sword collided with the silver lightning, and a huge explosion could be heard.
Suddenly, everyone was stunned.
They never thought Xu Que, a man of the Infant Transformation Stage, could be this powerful.
"I admit that I underestimated him!" Xiao Taixuan said seriously.
"Even I could only do as much as he did just now under the circumstances!" Xiao Munan said, showing Xu Que respect.
Bai Linglui laughed loudly. "I admit this young man is quite something. But still, he's dead. Now the rest of the soldiers are going to kill Jiang Hongyan."
"Jiang Hongyan is destined to be killed. We don't even need to do it ourselves—" Xiao Munan suddenly stopped talking.
Everyone's facial expressions suddenly changed.
"Impossible! How can this be?!" Xiao Taixuan was stunned.
A shadow quickly appeared, and it was Xu Que.
All the soldiers turned into electric arcs of lightning . . . but Xu Que was also not in good condition. His armor had already fallen to pieces, and so did his negative cloak. He was bleeding, and if it were not for the System's self-healing mechanism, he would have already been dead.
When the soldiers died, they turned into countless silver bolts of lightning and were absorbed into Xu Que's body.
With his God of Hell's Compulsion, his body became much stronger than before.
He also noticed that the cultivation of the Heavenly Thunder Seal had reached forty percent, which surprised him a lot.
Xu Que floated in the air while holding his Dark Heavy Buster Sword.
He pointed it at the rest of soldiers and coldly said, "No one will survive this today!"
Chapter 612: Extremely Powerful!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The whole area fell silent!
Everyone was dumbfounded and terrified.
Even the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins started to doubt they would live!
"Who the hell . . . is this guy?" Xiao Taixuan, the Holy Son of the Eight Directions Green Dragon Sect, asked in surprise. He couldn't look down upon Xu Que anymore.
He blew away tens of thousands of celestial soldiers with one move. Then, he pointed at the remaining celestial soldiers and none of them could escape this time! What a reckless guy he was!
"Interesting! This guy is qualified to fight me!" Xiao Munan, the Holy Son of the Heavenly Demon Sect, said seriously.
Several Holy Sons and Holy Virgins beside him couldn't help showing their displeasure. Han Ying, the Holy Virgin of the Heaven Secret Pavilion, sneered, "Xiao Munan, you just said you would die with those tens of thousands of celestial soldiers, right? That guy is still alive. Doesn't that mean you'll be defeated by him?"
"You're wrong! Just now I meant even I can only wipe out tens of thousands of celestial soldiers with one move. I didn't mean I will be killed by them!" Xiao Munan deadpanned.
However, this time no one retorted him.
The Holy Son of the Heavenly Demon Sect had become extremely powerful several decades ago. Now, he had just finished his cultivation in the Blood-Devouring Abyss. He could be deemed number one among all Holy Sons. Therefore, he was fully qualified to say this.
Bai Lingrui, the Holy Virgin of the Bai Family, sneered, "Xiao Munan, you could eliminate tens of thousands of celestial soldiers with one move. But do you have the guts to point at the remaining celestial soldiers and say 'none of you will escape?'"
"I never talk nonsense like this! Just now he was facing tens of thousands of celestial soldiers. If one million celestial soldiers attacked at the same time, even the Patriarchs at the Form Synthesis Stage could be killed," Xiao Munan replied coldly. His eyes snapped to the sky above the Celestial Burial Valley and he became speechless.
Everyone else just smiled silently.
Although Xu Que's actions and words shocked them, they still had the confidence to kill tens of thousands of celestial soldiers!
After all, those were not real celestial soldiers but converged lightning with limited strength.
Of course, all of them were sniffy about the last sentence Xu Que had said: "none of you will escape." They thought that was quite ridiculous!
Elimination of tens of thousands of celestial soldiers was totally different from the annihilation of one million celestial soldiers!
As Xiao Munan had said, if one million celestial soldiers attacked at the same time, even the Patriarchs at the Form Synthesis Stage would be killed on the spot!
Therefore, none of them believed Xu Que could win this fight. He was still in great danger. The elimination of tens of thousands of celestial soldiers just now was nothing but giving a few dying kicks.
However, Xu Que really planned to annihilate all the remaining celestial soldiers.
He'd had a rough time fighting just now, but he had benefitted from it.
The thunder forming those tens of thousands of celestial soldiers could compare with the 49 Heavenly Tribulations, which enhanced his Heavenly Thunder Seal by ten percent.
Now over 900,000 celestial soldiers were still in front of him. How could he let such a powerful thunder energy slip away?
"I will kill them all!" Xu Que smiled coldly in his heart when he opened the System Store.
He had earned around 10,000 Acting Tough Points during his attack just now. The warning tones kept echoing in his mind. And his Acting Tough Points were still slowly increasing.
He knew he couldn't save the Acting Tough Points now. He had to spend a lot of Acting Tough Points to arm himself against danger. Soon, he purchased a new Spirit Visage and a new Negative Cloak. Then, he purchased five new Banshee's Veils.
When he tried to put on all seven pieces of equipment, he failed to put on the last Banshee's Veil.
Ding! "The Host can only put on six pieces of equipment from League of Legends!" the System reminded him immediately.
Sh*t! I'm not playing games. Why can I only put on six pieces?
Xu Que's eyes widened, but he didn't want to argue with the System anymore. Six pieces of equipment were enough! His magic resistance doubled and his physique was also strengthened. Now it was time to fight again!
Whoosh!
He jumped into the sky with the Dark Heavy Buster Sword in hand, then he charged at the remaining celestial soldiers again by stepping on lightning!
This time, the celestial soldiers' momentum was even stronger than before. Over 100,000 celestial soldiers rushed toward Xu Que like an enormous sky net. Their dazzling silver light almost covered the sky.
Countless people in this area couldn't help gasping and felt their blood freeze.
Over 100,000 celestial soldiers attacked together like a silver sea on the sky. Xu Que was just like a grain of sand in the sea. How could he survive that?
"Celestial soldiers made from converged lightning are so mighty and powerful!" someone exclaimed. "If the real celestial soldiers come, we'll just be ants for them!"
"This time he definitely can't stop those celestial soldiers!" Xiao Munan said, shaking his head.
The attack from tens of thousands of celestial soldiers couldn't hold a candle to the attack from over 100,000 celestial soldiers! Even Xiao Munan thought he couldn't withstand such a horrible pressure, let alone a cultivator at the Infant Transformation Stage!
"He's survived up till now—that's impressive," Bai Lingrui, the Holy Virgin of the Bai Family, said indifferently. "His death is worthwhile, for he has impressed me." She was very arrogant and thought Xu Que should be honored for simply managing to impress her.
Hearing this, many Holy Sons and Holy Virgins nodded in agreement.
It was quite normal for them to hold such ideas based on their strength and status. A nobody should be honored if he could show up in front of these Holy Sons and Holy Virgins and impress them.
Buttface suddenly howled and began to cause trouble. "That little brat might die soon. I hereby declare that I am going to find a new human pet. Any Holy Son or Holy Virgin who is interested in being my human pet could contact me!"
However, after saying that, Buttface ducked into the crowd of the Utopia Faction immediately and didn't dare show his face.
Many Holy Sons and Holy Virgins tossed their angry eyes in his direction They didn't find the one who had shouted, however, so they forgot about it temporarily.
Liu Jingning ignored Buttface's clamor. She fixed her eyes on the sky and moved her red lips slightly to deliver a message to Xu Que. "Little brat, stop your pointless resistance. Just use your spell and leave with Hongyan!"
However, her message was ignored by Xu Que.
Stop the pointless resistance?
You must be kidding. I have automatic recovery function and six pieces of magic resistance equipment. How could my resistance be pointless?
"Thousands of disasters and a hundred times more hardships throughout the centuries all ends in the blink of an eye!" Xu Que shouted the acting tough verses loudly and dashed toward the celestial soldiers like a God of Killing.
The closely packed, inky sword shadows swooped across the sky carrying the magnificent black mystical fires.
"Immortal body and undestroyable soul of mine, shadow everyone!"
Xu Que continued to shout loudly and his yelling echoed between heaven and earth like a deafening bell!
At the same time, those inky sword shadows also rushed toward the celestial soldiers.
Rumble–!
All at once, a deafening bang came from the sky again. Countless sword shadows collided with the celestial soldiers. A horrible explosion ensued, which was several times more horrible than before!
Xu Que was devoured by the silver light. The magnificent impact force turned to scattered, tumbling ripples.
The mountains nearby were turned over by the airwaves. Countless hilltops disappeared abruptly as if they had been cut through the middle.
Fractures appeared on the Myriad Flames Incinerate Ghosts Spell set up by Xu Que; it was shaking and crumbling.
Everyone stepped back. Some powerhouses even formed invisible walls with magic arts to resist the airwaves.
This powerful impact was far more violent than the others.
"This time that guy was killed, right?" a man of the Carefree Building asked.
"Definitely!" Dong Genji replied coldly.
Xu Que's continued survival had embarrassed him a lot. But this time, he was quite sure that Xu Que had died because the strength of over 100,000 celestial soldiers had gone beyond his imagination. Even he couldn't withstand such a strike, let alone a cultivator at the Infant Transformation Stage!
However, when the silver light dissipated, a lonely figure appeared in the sky again with cold winds blowing.
The crowd exploded in an uproar.
"How . . . could that be?"
"This . . . is absolutely impossible!"
"He was not killed!"
Everyone was shocked and couldn't believe their eyes. This was way too outrageous! Even cultivators at the Void Training Stage couldn't survive such a powerful impact. He was just at the Infant Transformation Stage, but he survived.
Numerous Holy Sons and Holy Virgins stared with shocked expressions.
"Hah-hah-hah-hah…" Suddenly, Xu Que started to laugh loudly in the sky. His unbridled laughter shocked everyone and quieted the entire area. They eyed Xu Que's ragged clothes and countless wounds, which were heavily bleeding.
But he was still laughing!
"Thousands of disasters and hundreds of times more hardships throughout the centuries all ends in the blink of an eye! Immortal body and undestroyable soul of mine shadow everyone!" Xu Que repeated the verses he'd just shouted in a sonorous and overbearing voice.
After a short pause, he squinted and his eyes became piercingly cold. Then, he shouted, "I shall wait till the moment when the balance between the Yin and Yang is destroyed. I will wash heaven with my demonic blood!"
Boom!
Instantly, the blood on his body splashed up and exploded into clumps of blood mist. However, his wounds healed up insanely fast.
The next moment, he raised his hands as if he were dragging the mighty power of heaven and earth. The Spiritual Qi around him converged at an alarming rate.
When he put his palms together and created the magic seal, it seemed all Spiritual Qi in the area was pumped out instantly. The void twisted abruptly as if something was about to break out.
The next moment, Xu Que looked up at the remaining 700,000-plus celestial soldiers. He silently mouthed, Heavenly—Thunder—Seal!
Chapter 613: The Inscription of the Immortal Emperor
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Bang!
Countless bolts of lightning intertwined together in the air, and a huge amount of the Spiritual Qi from the Celestial Burial Valley erupted. The lightning collided with the Spiritual Qi, and together they formed a huge magic seal.
The entire seal was surrounded by the lightning, and on the top end of it there were two statues of a dragon and an elephant, which looked extremely terrifying.
The seal was floating right above the left seven hundred thousand Heavenly soldiers.
"Kill them!" Xu Que suddenly shouted, waving his hands.
Bang!
The seal fell right onto the soldiers, and the next minute, more than three million soldiers were killed and changed into countless electrical arcs. All the arcs quickly flew into Xu Que's body like snakes.
Seeing this, everyone on the ground was shocked.
"What is going on…"
"He killed more than three million soldiers…"
Everyone had believed that Xu Que would be dead by now; they never thought he would be able to perform another powerful inscription so quickly.
In just a few seconds, Xu Que had killed more than one-third of the entire population of the Heavenly soldiers.
"This is impossible! This is impossible!" Xiao Munan backed off a few steps and could not believe his eyes.
Even a cultivator in the highest level of the Void Training Stage could not be this powerful, while a man at the Infant Transformation Stage is already this powerful…
"I can't feel any Taoist Connotation from the inscription that young man just practiced, but to my surprise, it is really powerful. I think it might be an inscription of the Immortal Emperor!" Qin Ji, the Holy Virgin of The Illusionary Flower & Moon Sect, said with a cold face.
In fact, Qin Ji was right. Normally, if it were not for the inscription of the Immortal Emperor, a man of the Infant Transformation Stage could not be this powerful.
"Even if that young man is just at the Infant Transformation Stage," Xiao Taixuan said with a very serious face, "with the help of the inscription of the Immortal Emperor, he manages to be as powerful as we are! Besides, those Heavenly soldiers are just acting as lightning. I could also kill hundreds of thousands of them with just one shot."
In fact, he knew deep in his mind that even if he was able to kill one million soldiers with one shot, he would consume all his Core Strength and be killed by the electrical arcs.
The rest of the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins also knew that they would be heavily injured once hit by the electrical arc.
"That young man must have mastered a Body Cultivation Inscription," the leader of the Jiang Family exclaimed. "That is why all the electrical arcs are absorbed by his body. I think the Body Cultivation Inscription he has mastered must be a very ancient one!"
He was so surprised that his eyes stared wide ahead of him. Deep in his heart, he became greedy and wanted to have Xu Que's body for his own use.
"Even so, he should still be heavily injured—I saw just now his body automatically healed…can it be possible that…"
Hearing this, all the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins immediately knew what he meant and their hearts began to leap in their chests.
"The Immortal Inscription of the Immortal Emperor of Eternity?" a man suddenly exclaimed.
Once someone mastered it, no matter how badly injured he was, as long there was one drop of his blood left, his body would be healed.
"He has mastered two inscriptions of the Immortal Emperor and the Body Cultivation Inscription . . . who on earth is he?!" an old man from the Utopia Faction asked.
The rest of the old men of the Utopia Faction all turned to Liu Jingning, trying to find out the answer.
Liu Jingning shook her head. "I don't know his background at all. I only know he is an acquaintance of Jiang Hongyan."
Suddenly, Buttface appeared and said, "That young man is my doll, all the inscriptions he has mastered I taught him. Anyone who wants to learn those inscriptions can come to me and give me blowjobs. I swear I will teach you!"
"I think I have seen this dog before . . . "
Cultivators from the Jiang Family and the Gong Family, as well as those who participated the Stone-Cutting Convention, recognized Buttface.
"You pathetic dog! Give me all the inscriptions!" Bai Linglui shouted while thrusting her hand toward Buttface.
Bang!
An invisible hand hit Buttface and immediately vanished.
Buttface was alarmed and quickly ran away.
"How dare you sneak-attack me?! You wait here!" Buttface shouted while running away extremely quickly.
The cultivators were stunned to see Buttface still intact.
Can it be possible that this dog really knows how to practice the inscription of the Immortal Emperor?
All of a sudden, all the cultivators, Holy Sons, and Holy Virgins began to chase after Buttface, trying to catch him.
However, Buttface ran very quickly toward the Myriad Flame Incinerate Ghosts Spell.
"Xu Que! Help me! Let me in!" Buttface shouted aloud, realizing he was in deep sh*t.
While Xu Que was busy absorbing the electric arcs and by now, he had almost completed seventy percent of the cultivation for the Heavenly Thunder Seal.
Even if the Spirit Visage and the Negative Cloak he wore had been destroyed, Xu Que felt his body was already much, much stronger than before.
This was totally beyond his expectations.
"Buttface, you deal with your sh*t yourself! I am busy!" Xu Que laughed aloud and looked at the remaining five hundred thousand Heavenly soldiers. "You want your money back?! Come! I am going to kill you all!"
Chapter 614: My Storage Rings!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
At this moment, the remaining 500,000-plus celestial soldiers no longer posed a threat to Xu Que.
With aggressive offensive moves and a physique strengthened by the God of Hell's Compulsion, he was extremely powerful now.
It seemed the one million celestial soldiers were quite overbearing. However, they were made from thunder. Therefore, their strength was quite limited. In front of Xu Que, a man that had all kinds of cheating devices, these celestial soldiers could only heave regretful sighs.
Rumble–!
Because of Xu Que's successful provocation, the remaining 500,000-plus celestial soldiers rushed out simultaneously and charged Xu Que with limitless silver light and lightning.
From a distance, these celestial soldiers appeared to be thickly-dotted silver meteors pouring down from the sky. Xu Que had nowhere to hide.
Xu Que raised his hands again. An ancient but domineering aura came out from his body.
Boom!
The void twisted again. The Spiritual Qi in the Celestial Burial Valley gushed out like a tsunami. A Dragon & Elephant seal composed of converged thunder took shape. Its killing aura was twice as much as the previous one.
Buttface had been chased to the edge of the spell. He shouted, "Little brat, the plan worked. I've lured them here. Now open the spell, quick!"
A plan? You lured them here?
Hearing that, those who were chasing Buttface stopped immediately and started to look at the sky vigilantly.
However, Xu Que just ignored Buttface and continued to attentively create the Heavenly Thunder Seal with his fingers.
He knew Buttface's physique was extremely strong, and no one could kill him. Therefore, he didn't want to give a response to Buttface. As for the plan to lure the pursuers here, that was nothing but Buttface's bluff.
Boom!
A big bang suddenly came from the Myriad Flames Incinerate Ghosts Spell. An opening appeared on that colorful light screen.
Whoosh! Buttface dashed in, unscratched.
"That was close!" Buttface howled. "Damn! Little brat, you ignored my cry for help! Luckily, I could escape because I am good at spells. Otherwise, I would die young in this place!"
Xu Que was surprised. Indeed, Buttface used to say he was good at spells, but this unreliable dog had never shown off his skills. This time he'd managed to open and rush inside an Expert Spell quietly, which surprised Xu Que quite a lot.
At the same time, the chasers outside the spell realized they had been cheated and became quite furious.
Several powerhouses started shouting:
"What a cunning dog! This is outrageous!"
"Attack the spell! It was just slashed by the Heavenly Tribulation. Now it's going to crash and collapse!"
"Charge!"
Everyone else also started attacking the spell.
Rumble!
Countless magic arts turned into a cloud of magic energy, which smashed on the light screen of the spell abruptly. The ground started to shake.
Crack!
A crisp sound came in. The light screen started cracking and a lot of fractures appeared like a cobweb.
"Oh, no! Retreat now!" Behind them, something occurred to Liu Jingning suddenly. She hurriedly delivered messages to the people of her faction.
The Elders of the Utopia Faction also planned to chase Buttface. After hearing Liu Jingning's words, they couldn't help but frown.
"Holy Virgin, what do you mean? That dog might have the Celestial Emperor's Arts!"
"No matter how good the relationship between you and this dog or that guy is," an Elder said with furrowed brows, "if we don't grab those arts, they will also be robbed by others!"
In strength, they might have been as powerful as Liu Jingning. In status, they were slightly inferior to her.
Now Liu Jingning urged them to retreat. Although they wouldn't step back, they couldn't completely ignore the words of their Holy Virgin!
"Heh, you really believe that guy set up the spell without leaving room for maneuver, right? If you want to die, just go with them and I won't stop you!" Liu Jingning smiled coldly, then she stomped the ground slightly and flew back elegantly to stay away from the area.
The Elders were slightly stunned. After staring at each other for a while, they chose to ignore the temptation of the Celestial Emperor's Arts by jumping into the air and leading their underlings to retreat together with Liu Jingning.
On the other side, people of the Carefree Building had already rushed out.
When Dong Genji saw how Buttface remained unscratched after being attacked by Bai Lingrui, he was the first one to rush out and chase Buttface.
Several geniuses of the Carefree Building behind him were also following closely. Now they stood in front of the spell together with people from the other big families and sects.
With their participation, the crumbling light screen of the Myriad Flames Incinerate Ghosts Spell shattered at last. The next moment, they collided head-on with the blast of a horrible heatwave.
The boundless sea of black flames surrounded them immediately!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Over 100 explosive sounds came in one after another. Some cultivators whose cultivation levels were lower than the Original Infant Stage exploded into clumps of blood mist and disappeared even before they had time to scream.
"These flames are quite powerful! Everyone, take care!" Jiang Yushu, the Grand Elder of the Jiang Family said, taking out a defensive magic artifact and holding it in front of himself.
Everyone else became grimly serious. When they were outside the spell, they had sensed the uniqueness of those black flames. When they broke the light screen and entered the spell, they found the flames were extremely horrible and the power had gone beyond their imagination—it could kill cultivators whose cultivation level were lower than the Original Infant Stage instantly!
"Hah-hah, you stupid humans," Buttface sneered excitedly, standing behind the flames. "I entered through an entrance in the spell. You entered by breaking the light screen forcibly. Now you've put your heads in nooses."
However, the cultivators in the spell couldn't see Buttface for they were trapped in the spell and could only see the endless sea of black flames around them. This was something like a mirage, but it was not an actual mirage for they were trapped in the spell and surrounded by the world of the spell.
Only people w outside the spell could make a general, objective observation about it.
"No wonder it's an Expert Spell! They were trapped the moment they stepped into it. It seems they can't break the spell in a short period of time. Let's just have a look first!" People from the Utopia Faction around 10 kilometers away had stopped on a mountain to observe the situation outside the Celestial Burial Valley. One powerhouse still didn't want to give up and planned to observe the situation.
Liu Jingning was concerned about Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan. Therefore, she didn't leave but chose to stand aside silently. Hearing the words of that powerhouse, she started to smile coldly.
Her knowledge about Xu Que's tactics was much better than that of anyone else. Xu Que had prepared over 100 fire lotuses and put them in storage rings last night. That thought would forever freeze Liu Jingning's blood.
At this moment, the powerhouses of the big families and sects took out their defensive artifacts. All of them had reached the summit of the Void Training Stage. With the assistance of the defensive artifacts and their powerful strength, they were no longer threatened by the sea of black flames. Therefore, they started to find ways to get out of the spell.
"Miss Han Ying of the Heaven Secret Pavilion, please come into the spell and tell us the way to get outl!" Dong Genji shouted abruptly.
The rest of the people also realized that only those of the Heaven Secret Pavilion were good at spells. Now they needed to ask Han Ying, the Holy Virgin of the Heaven Secret Pavilion, to help them.
When they started to search for Han Ying after hearing Dong Genji's words, they found she was not in the spell.
All at once, many people felt upset for they knew the Heaven Secret Pavilion was always cautious, and never took risks when they sensed danger. Now they didn't find one apprentice of the Heaven Secret Pavilion in the spell. Could it be that . . . ?
"Little brat," Buttface howled, "they are in the spell now! You just eliminate those celestial soldiers and come here to help me!" He was now outside the spell.
He was temporarily safe. However, he was quite anxious for the sea of flames in the spell couldn't hold those cultivators for a long time.
Rumble!
A cloud of dazzling silver light burst forth in the sky again.
The second Heavenly Thunder Seal created by Xu Que crushed over 300,000 celestial soldiers—it was very horrible.
However, the remaining 200,000-plus celestial soldiers, which were not hit by the Heavenly Thunder Seal, all charged at Xu Que. Their long spears made from sliver lightning came at Xu Que from all directions.
Puff! Xu Que was blown off and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Meanwhile, it seemed a lot of shiny items fell out from his body toward the cultivators in the sea of flames.
"Those are . . . storage rings!" someone shouted ecstatically when he looked up and saw this scene.
After that, everyone rejoiced with wild excitement.
Those are storage rings dropped by that guy. The Celestial Emperor's Arts could be stored in those rings!
"Stop! Those are my storage rings! I will kill anyone who dares rob my storage rings! Ah!" Xu Que's gut-wrenching voice came in from the sky He was distressed by the loss of his precious treasures!
Chapter 615: Don't Take My Rings Away
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Seeing Xu Que's worried face, they were sure there were extremely valuable things inside the storage rings. Otherwise, he would not be this anxious and angry.
They got so excited that their hearts began to beat rather quickly.
"Don't take my rings away!" Xu Que shouted, ready to fly down. The remaining two hundred thousand soldiers stopped him from doing so.
Bang!
Xu Que was thrown back by the power and spit out blood again as if he had been seriously injured.
Right at this moment, another bunch of storage rings fell to the ground.
"Holy sh*t! He's got this many rings with him?!"
"I knew it! He must have randomly walked into an ancient holy temple and got these rings there."
"I want his rings!"
They all gathered together to pick up the rings. Jiang Yushu hurriedly jumped to catch a ring that was right above him.
Suddenly, the magic object of protection cracked, but he did not care. In his view, getting a storage ring in which there were either inscriptions of the Immortal Emperor or other powerful magic objects was more important.
However, right as he was about to open the ring, he was hit by an inscription right on his chest. The next minute, his magic object of protection crumbled to pieces and Jiang Yushu was surrounded by black fire.
"F*ck you!" Jiang Yushu shouted.
He was being attacked by an Elder from the Gong Family.
"Ha! You're wrong, each of us should have a ring here, I was just using my inscription to make this one fly toward me. I never thought you would suddenly appear," the Elder of the Gong Family sneered. He jumped up and was about to take the ring.
Bang!
A few inscriptions hit the Elder of the Gong Family. He spat out blood and his hair looked very messy.
"Damn Bai Family! F*ck you!"
"Well done!" Jiang Yushu laughed aloud and hit the cultivators of the Bai Family with his inscriptions to stop them from having the storage ring.
All of a sudden, the situation spiraled out of control.
The big three families, who had just mended their relationships, broke into fights with each other again.
At the same time, most of the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins also started fighting against each other to get the storage ring falling from the sky.
Xiao Munan penetrated a few cultivators with his red Fang Tian Ji and jumped up and caught a ring.
Suddenly, Qin Ji hit his arm and the ring slipped away from Xiao Munan's hand.
"F*ck you!" Xiao Munan cursed and started fighting with Qin Ji.
Under the leadership of Dong Genji, a few talents of the Carefree Building walked forward bravely. One helped block the black fire, others managed to kill people getting in the way. Dong Genji created a huge invisible hand and took dozens of storage rings away.
"Stop!" Xu Que shouted.
Hearing this, the fight on the ground got even more serious.
"Stop! Stop!" Xu Que shouted while helplessly watching them fight over his rings.
He was still fighting against the remaining two hundred thousand soldiers; he tried many times to fly down to the ground and every time he attempted to do so, the soldiers blocked him.
Seeing this, all the cultivators got more excited and were sure that there must be something extremely valuable inside the rings.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Countless inscriptions bumped into each other, and all the cultivators started fighting as if they had gone crazy.
There were only a few hundred Storage Rings, but there were at least tens of thousands of cultivators. It was impossible for everyone to have a ring.
"If we go now, we might still have a chance to get one or two."
The few Elders of the Utopia Faction could no longer resist the temptation.
Liu Jingning smiled and did not say anything.
I never thought Xu Qe would be this shameless—his few words caused them all to fight! This is hilarious—he is such a good performer.
Seeing Liu Jingning smiling, the few Elders shut up.
They knew Liu Jingning too well and were instantly convinced that not going was a better choice.
"You guys are crazy! Something horribly dangerous is inside these rings!" Buttface shouted.
He was shocked and had no idea why these people were fighting so hard to get these rings.
At the same time, Xu Que shouted from the sky, "Yes! He's right! There is something really dangerous inside the rings!"
"Please believe me!"
"Stop! Stop! Stop!"
"How can you do this to me!" Xu Que asked, his eyes watering.
No one listened to him.
Danger? You think I'm a three-year-old child?
"Kill!" Dong Genji shouted.
With the help of his peers, he managed to get more than twenty storage rings.
Seeing this, the other cultivators got extremely jealous and began running toward him.
The Jiang Family, the Gong Family, and other influential families also got more than ten rings each.
Since they were still in a fight, they didn't have the time to open the rings.
"You call yourselves strong men, but you're all in fact very shameless and greedy people!" Xu Que shouted angrily.
"You b*stard! Don't think I have no idea who you are!" Jiang Yushu sneered. "You're the young man who turned the Stone-Cutting Convention into a mess. What I've done is perfectly fair!"
"He is right! If it weren't for you, Jiang Limu could not have possibly run away with that magic object! You two must have made this happen!"
"We're just taking back something that belongs to us!"
Hearing this, Xu Que glanced at the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins and angrily asked, "So why are you guys taking away my rings?!"
"How dare you talk us that way?!" Bai Lingui shouted. "You are nothing!"
Dong Genji sneered and lifted his hand—there were over twenty storage rings on it.
"You want to know why? The reason is that you're not entitled to have them!"
"All the rings are sealed by my Holy Soul Restriction. I don't think you can even open them!" Xu Que sneered.
Hearing this, Dong Genji laughed aloud.
"The Holy Soul Restriction set by a man at the Infant Transformation Stage is a piece of cake for me!"
The other cultivators also laughed aloud.
In fact, for the Holy Sons and Holy Virgins, if they had enough time, they could also easily open a Holy Soul Restriction set by someone at the Form Synthesis Stage.
"Great! I have to admit, you guys are wonderfully powerful!" Xu Que sneered and turned back to fight against the soldiers.
Chapter 616: Please Don't Open Them
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Boom!
It seemed Xu Que had regained his mighty power and created the Heavenly Thunder Seal again!
The upgrade progress of the seal had reached 95 percent, which was very close to the consummation!
The Heavenly Thunder Seal was converging again. The Spiritual Qi in the Celestial Burial Valley pumped out at an exaggerated rate. From a distance, it looked like a river of Spiritual Qi being pumped out. The Spiritual Qi was intertwining with the thunder power in the air before being turned into a seal with engraved dragon and elephant.
The Heavenly Thunder Seal, which was close to its consummation, was twice as powerful as before. It seemed to be more and more substantial.
Especially the engraved dragon and elephant covered with flowing blue thunder. Lightning flashed around and gave off heavenly power like the heavenly retribution hanging over the remaining 200,000-plus celestial soldiers.
"Pay it back!" those celestial soldiers shouted again. It seemed they were not intelligent and could only repeat those words.
"You may collect your debt in hell!" Xu Que didn't want to waste time anymore. He controlled the Heavenly Thunder Seal with his hands and smashed it down directly.
Rumble!
With a big bang, the last 200,000-plus celestial soldiers exploded and turned into a cloud of dazzling silver lightning gushing toward Xu Que.
In the System interface, the cultivation progress of the Heavenly Thunder Seal was enhanced to 100 percent in the blink of an eye. Now it had reached its consummation!
After that, crackling sounds came from Xu Que's body. His bones filled with silver dots of light and his body was covered by a dazzling silver light that looked like an invulnerable silver skin!
Whoosh!
He opened his shining eyes and several small lightning bolts flashed above them. Now he could see things 50 kilometers away clearly. When he became stronger, his eyes became more powerful than telescopes.
Xu Que really wanted to roar wildly. This time he had gained a lot. Both his physique and the Heavenly Thunder Seal had been upgraded.
More importantly, he had won over 10,000 Acting Tough Points, which was quite rewarding.
However, he controlled his mood and pretended to be angry; then, he looked down at the crowd with intense murderous intent.
Most of the people beneath him had stopped fighting. Now all the storage rings were divided up. The powerhouses obtained most of the storage rings. However, these guys were still not satisfied. They were looking at each other as if they would kill and rob their opponents at any time.
"Guys, how about returning the storage rings to me?" Xu Que asked. "I promise to accept everything you request!"
His proposal was ignored.
Some Holy Sons and Holy Virgins even sneered. You want us to return the storage rings to you? Keep dreaming!
Xu Que looked at Qin Ji and folded his hands. "Miss Qin of the Illusionary Flower & Moon Sect, do you remember me? Please return the storage ring to me. You will get a fountain-like return of generosity from me!"
Qin Ji smiled wryly and angrily shook her head. "You caused big trouble in my Bright Moon Hotel and ruined two spells. Now it is perfectly logical and reasonable for me to take a storage ring from you!"
"What you said is reasonable, but don't you really want my fountain-like return of generosity in the future?" Xu Que asked.
Qin Ji frowned for she felt something was wrong with Xu Que's words. However, she just ignored Xu Que's question and said nothing.
"Little brat, are you crazy?" Buttface said. "They've grabbed the rings! Why do you ask they return them?"
Buttface was too stupid to figure out Xu Que's plan. He only knew those who had obtained the rings would suffer, but he didn't understand why Xu Que wanted to get the rings back.
Xu Que shook his head and said, "These storage rings are too dangerous. If they take the rings away, the consequence will be disastrous!"
After saying that, he turned to the cultivators and spoke, his face filled with righteousness. "Guys, I am not kidding. Please return the storage rings to me. Please!"
"Heh!"
Many people started to sneer at him.
Return the rings to you?
Why are you so innocent?
Why should we return the things we robbed to you?
"My young friend, this world doesn't suit you!" An old man shook his head, feeling that Xu Que's words were very naive.
"Just ignore him. He is not qualified to get these things!" Dong Genji smiled coldly and ignored Xu Que's request. Then, he distributed the storage rings to the geniuses of the Carefree Building and prepared to break the restrictive barrier and check the things inside.
Seeing that, people of the Jiang Family and other big families and sect stepped back vigilantly to keep a safe distance. They planned to check the things inside the rings before deciding whether they should continue killing others.
They couldn't hold back their curiosity anymore. The more eager Xu Que wanted to get back the rings, the more it seemed to confirm there were extraordinary items inside.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
All at once, many Soul Strengths reached out, and it almost formed a giant Soul Barrier. Then, they started to probe the contents of the storage rings.
Seeing that, Xu Que's face fell and he yelled, "Stop! Don't open them!"
Again, his yelling was ignored. After sensing the weak restrictive barrier on the storage rings, many people started to smile coldly. The next moment, they concentrated their Soul Strength and prepared to break the barrier forcibly.
"Please! Don't open them!" Xu Que shouted again and flew into the sky.
However, most people were focused on the storage rings. Nobody noticed Xu Que's movement,
With outstanding Soul Strength, Dong Genji decided to break over a dozen storage rings at once.
Crack!
Instantly, numerous crisp squishes came out. The restrictive barriers of the storage rings started to crack, which was unexpectedly easy.
Now Dong Genji openly expressed more contempt for Xu Que. Although Xu Que had shown some powerful strength, his Soul Strength was weak at the level of the Infant Transformation Stage. Dong Genji thought this reflected the true strength of Xu Que.
It was well-known in the World of Cultivators that those who chose to strengthen physique always had weak Soul Strength. After all, no one would waste time and energy cultivating physique and Soul Strength at the same time!
"It's done!"
At this moment, Dong Genji concentrated his Soul Strength to impact the restrictive barriers of the storage rings for the second time. The barriers were crushed instantly and his face started to be beamed with delight.
However, a moment later, he was directly covered by an extremely horrible momentum as well as the intense aura of upset and danger.
"No!" Dong Genji looked horrified as he realized something. He moved as if to throw the storage rings away.
It was too late.
When the restrictive barriers of the storage rings broke, the violent three-color fire lotuses gushed out crazily.
Boom!
All at once, over a dozen three-color fire lotuses in the storage rings exploded. The fiery violent energy directly hit Dong Genji's face.
"Sh*t! It's a trap!"
"Don't open the storage rings!"
Almost at the same time, everyone else also started to fearfully cry out.
The powerhouses of the Jiang Family, as well as the other big families and sects, had opened the storage rings. When they sensed something was wrong, they also wanted to throw the rings away. However, they were also too slow.
The reason that Xu Que threw the fire lotuses into the storage rings at the critical explosion time was to minimize these guys' time for response.
He wanted the fire lotuses to explode immediately when the storage rings opened.
Boom! Boom! Rumble–!
Instantly, dozens of earth-shaking explosions occurred in the sea of black flames.
The ground shook violently. Countless mountains collapsed on the spot. Horrible fiery airwaves rose skyward and created many enormous mushroom clouds like the explosions of atomic bombs.
Everyone was wrapped by the three-color flames. Numerous powerhouses at the Infant Transformation State evaporated into mists of blood.
"No—!" Dong Genji's gut-wrenching cry echoed between the sky and earth as if he were suffering terrible pain.
"Little beast, how dare you set us up? Ah—!" Jiang Yushu also yelled angrily in the explosion. He almost lost his mind and his yelling was very frightening.
Whoosh!
Xu Que descended slowly from the sky. His eyes narrowed in a cruel smile. "Why are you so despicable? I told you those rings were dangerous. I even begged you not to open them. But you insisted on opening them. What can I do? I am also quite desperate! Ha-ha-ha, are you angry? Are you angry? I just want to know . . . " As he spoke, Xu Que raised up a mountainous Heavenly Thunder Seal and smashed it down abruptly. He loudly shouted, "I just want to know: are you angry?"
Chapter 617: Something Wrong
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Bang!
The Heavenly Thunder Seal flew heavily toward the cultivators buried in the black fire.
The next minute, the Heavenly Thunder Seal burst and changed into countless silver bolts of lightning.
The entire sea of black fire immediately turned into a pond of silver lightning.
Hundreds of thousands of cultivators were burned to ashes…
In the distance, the Utopia Faction watched, all the members stunned.
A young man of the Utopia Faction was so shocked that his feet could no longer support his body and he collapsed to the ground.
The few Elder's faces all turned pale and their hands kept shaking.
They were very glad that they had listened to Liu Jingning's words and did not go over there.
This young man is really a cruel man! He just killed so many cultivators without even flinching.
"We . . . the Utopia Faction should never make ourselves an enemy of that young man!" an old man of the Utopia Faction said.
The Utopia Faction had always been proud of their evil characteristics, but now they felt extremely overshadowed compared to Xu Que's mercilessness.
Liu Jingning was also shocked. She had always been regarded as an evil and cruel woman by other cultivators. She had never expected Xu Que could be this ruthless—even more ruthless than her!
Not very far from the Celestial Burial Valley, there stood another group of stunned cultivators. Most of them were from the Heaven Secret Pavilion.
After seeing what had happened just now, they were all speechless.
"That young man is really at the Infant Transformation Stage?! He has killed almost ten thousand people and without even blinking…"
"I'm afraid it's not the first time he has done such a thing…"
"We were all wrong. Compared to Jiang Hongyan, he is a much tougher figure."
"If not for the Holy Virgin Han Ying, we would be dead by now…" a young man from the Heaven Secret Pavilion said.
Right at this moment, Han Ying looked extremely worried.
Earlier, when everyone was dashing toward the Celestial Burial Valley, she had suddenly experienced a strong sense that something bad would happen soon.
Thus, she immediately stopped her peers from entering the Celestial Burial Valley. She had felt that once they did, they would also be killed.
Even if she sensed the danger very early, she never thought the result would be this severe.
"Who on earth is he?!" Han Ying murmured, staring at Xu Que who was floating in the air. "I can't see his past nor his future . . . "
…
Ding! "Congratulations on the host getting 430 Acting Tough Points for successfully acting tough!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host getting 460 Acting Tough Points for successfully acting tough!"
…
Ding! "Congratulations on the host getting 200,000 Experience Points for successfully killing a cultivator of the Original Infant Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host getting 200,000 Experience Points for successfully killing a cultivator of the Original Infant Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host getting 1,000,000 Experience Points for successfully killing a cultivator of the Infant Transformation Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host getting 2,000,000 Experience Points for successfully killing a cultivator in the high level of the Infant Transformation Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host getting 2,000,000 Experience Points for successfully killing a cultivator in the high level of the Infant Transformation Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host getting 8,000,000 Experience Points for successfully killing a cultivator of the Void Training Stage!"
…
The sound of notification of the System kept ringing…
Ding! "Congratulations on the host successfully entering a higher level! You are now in the fifth level of the Infant Transformation Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host successfully entering a higher level! You are now in the sixth level of the Infant Transformation Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host successfully entering a higher level! You are now in the seventh level of the Infant Transformation Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host successfully entering a higher level! You are now in the eighth level of the Infant Transformation Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host successfully entering a higher level! You are now in the ninth level of the Infant Transformation Stage!"
…
In just a few seconds, Xu Que had entered the ninth level of the Infant Transformation Stage . . . now, he was only a step away from completing the cultivation of the Infant Transformation Stage.
There were only a few months between him and getting into the Infant Transformation Stage.
For others, to get into a higher level, they would have to absorb enough Spiritual Qi and learn a certain amount of inscriptions. While for Xu Que, he only needed to kill a certain amount of cultivators with the help of the System.
"I only advance five levels after killing this amount of people?!"
Xu Que frowned, unsatisfied with the achievement he had made.
In the past, he had managed to advance five levels after killing a few hundred cultivators; this time, after he had killed thousands of cultivators at both the Original Infant Stage and the Infant Transformation Stage, he had only advanced five levels.
This is not what I had expected. I can see that it takes about tens of millions of Experience Points to go one level higher when it comes to the Infant Transformation Stage. If I want to step into the tenth level of the Infant Transformation Stage, I'll need another ninety million Experience Points, which means I'll have to kill forty-five cultivators of the Infant Transformation Stage.
To reach the Void Training Stage, I'll have to kill hundreds of cultivators at the Infant Transformation Stage to get one level up.
The number will just keep growing and growing, and by the time I get to the Form Synthesis Stage . . . will there even be enough cultivators here in the Eastern Continent?
Thinking of this, Xu Que murmured. "That doesn't seem feasible . . . "
What if I kill all the cultivators and beasts in the continent and still can't reach the highest level? Others can do so through cultivation, but for me, this won't work . . . do I need to cultivate some cultivators and kill them later?
Xu Que shook his head. "Crap! My future seems rather bleak now!"
Ding! "Congratulations on the host getting a 'mysterious parcel' for successfully killing a cultivator of the Void Training Stage for the very first time!"
A mysterious parcel?!
Hearing this, he suddenly recalled that when he killed a cultivator of the Original Infant Stage and a cultivator of the Infant Transformation Stage, he also got such a parcel.
Xu Que became very happy and stopped worrying about the future.
"I wonder what's inside this time! I hope there's a beautiful maiden inside!"
Xu Que was very excited. However, when he was about to open it, he heard an explosion.
Bang!
The fire on the ground was out . . .
Xu Que noticed a few hundred injured figures still alive, some half-kneeling on the ground, some barely standing.
"Holy sh*t! They're still alive!" Xu Que was stunned. "That's impossible!"
Although the cultivators of the highest level of the Void Training Stage are very powerful, with my fully cultivated Heavenly Thunder Seal and other inscriptions, they should have all been killed.
Thinking of this, Xu Que quickly checked the System and found that he had indeed killed a cultivator of the Void Training Stage, but he was just in the first level.
"Can it be possible that my gesture was not right?"
Xu Que was confused and looked at all the strong cultivators of the Void Training Stage with surprise.
Dong Genji, who was bleeding, stared coldly at Xu Que.
"From now on, you are an enemy of the entire Carefree Building!"
The leader of the Jiang Family half-kneeled on the ground and shouted, "You b*stard! You'll see!"
"The entire Gong Family won't let you get away with this!"
"The Bai Family will make sure that you die a horrific death!"
…
Hearing this, Xu Que was not afraid at all.
He raised his hand again to make another Heavenly Thunder Seal and hit those on the ground.
Bang!
Countless silver bolts of lightning appeared.
The cultivators of the Void Training Stage screamed.
But when the power of the lightning faded, Xu Que found that they were still alive . . .
"This is impossible!" he exclaimed, making another three-color fire lotus and throwing it at them.
Then he summoned his Dark Heavy Buster Sword and hit Dong Genji's genitals.
"Ahh!" Dong Genji screamed in great pain.
Still, all the cultivators of the Void Training Stage remained alive.
Xu Que realized that there must be something wrong with himself. He put his hands behind his back and contemplated.
"Sorry! I think we all know each other very well now, so we shall be friends from now on. By the way, can you tell me how you guys are still alive?!"
Chapter 618: The Heavens are Envious of Hongyan
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Puff!
Several powerhouses at the Void Training Stage spat out mouthfuls of blood.
After being seriously wounded, they were once again annoyed at Xu Que. They couldn't suppress the aggravation they felt over their wounds and spat blood at him!
Out of blows friendship grows?
Who the hell is your friend? You are too shameless!
You want advice from us!? This is absolutely not how to take advice from others! You asked how we could survive your attack!? How the hell could we know that? It's none of our f*cking business!
All surviving powerhouses at the Void Training Stage were p*ssed off. Some old men even foamed at the mouth with rage. All of them were anxious to tear out Xu Que's mouth—his words were too cruel!
"Little beast, you're far from being qualified to kill us!" Jiang Yushu said angrily, his teeth clenched.
As the Grand Elder of the Jiang Family, he had never been in such a mess. Today he had been set up by a young man at the Infant Transformation Stage. Half of his hair had burnt away. How could he hold back his hatred?
"Little brat, I will be completely convinced if you could defeat me fairly and unequivocally. But you set me up with such despicable methods. I swear I will make you suffer!" Xiao Munan, the Holy Son of the Heavenly Demon Sect, yelled angrily. The Fangtian Halberd in his hand was becoming more and more scarlet and gave horrible murderous intent.
Everyone else said nothing but glared at Xu Que angrily as they healed their wounds.
Xu Que ignored their fury. He was confused as to why he hadn't killed these people.
He had used his most powerful magic arts, but the result was barely satisfactory.
All cultivators whose cultivation stages were equal to or lower than the Infant Transformation Stage had been killed. Only one cultivator at the Void Training Stage had been killed. This guy was just at Level 1 of the Void Training Stage. This did not make sense!
Suddenly, a soft, cutesy voice reached Xu Que's ears. "Little brat, wasn't your attack too ruthless?" Xu Que was stunned and looked around immediately. He realized Liu Jingning was delivering a message to him from afar.
"Little sister, your message came just in time! Please tell me, why can't I kill these people?" He asked through a message as well.
Liu Jingning was stunned. "What? Isn't it because you are softhearted?"
Xu Que's heart sunk. "Was I softhearted? I did my best to attack them, but they were only seriously wounded, not killed."
"This . . . wait!" Liu Jingning's surprised voice came in. "Little brat, you said you did your best to attack. Why didn't you use your Taoist Connotation? Please don't tell me you still have no Taoist Connotation!"
Xu Que was stunned again.
The Taoist Connotation?
Does this require the Taoist Connotation?
"System! You come out! Where is my Taoist Connotation?" Xu Que asked, opening the System.
Before the System's reply, a message from Liu Jingning reached him again.
"Little brat, your magic arts are quite powerful—comparable to the Celestial Emperor's arts. However, I discovered you don't have any Taoist Connotation. I thought you didn't attack them with your full power because you were softhearted. Could it be that you really have no Taoist Connotation?" Liu Jingning's voice was full of curiosity.
Xu Que was also puzzled and replied, "It seems I really have no Taoist Connotation! Could you come to me in the evening and check my body?"
"Okay!" Liu Jingning replied seriously.
Xu Que's eyes lit up immediately.
Is she really going to check my body? I mean, the body check that I will strip naked for . . .
This is so embarrassing . . .
"Little Queque, it is weird that you could reach the Infant Transformation Stage when you have no Taoist Connotation! However, what will you do in the future?" Liu Jingning asked. "If your Taoist Connotation can't be shaped into an embryonic form, you can't reach the Void Training Stage!"
Xu Que was surprised. "What do you mean? Is the Taoist Connotation a necessary condition for me to reach the Void Training Stage? Wait! Could it be that I couldn't kill them just now because they have the Taoist Connotation and I don't?"
This assumption was totally unacceptable for Xu Que. The Taoist Connotation was something invisible and elusive. He kept killing people to gain experience and upgrade. How could he have Tao? Moreover, in the System Store, the Taoist Connotation was not for sale.
Liu Jingning's voice came in again. "There are numerous Taos and arts. Everyone has his or her own Tao. Tao could be swords, the Spiritual Root, fire or water. In ancient times, there was a capable person named 'Taishang Buyi.' His Tao of Water was invincible in the world. However, all these Taos lead to the Way of Heaven. After that, the cultivator could break the void and become immortal! Little brat, since you don't have any Tao, how did you reach your current cultivation stage?"
Xu Que fell silent.
What is my Tao?
Xu Que had never considered it before. He'd originally thought killing people as the only way to upgrade. However, now he knew this way was a dead end. He had to participate in cultivation himself. After all, this was the World of Cultivators!
Another concern occurred to him. As his cultivation stage became higher, the powerhouses he could kill for an upgrade would become fewer and fewer. Maybe when he reached the Form Synthesis Stage and killed all his enemies, his cultivation would end.
"What should I do to cultivate my Taoist Connotation?" Xu Que asked Liu Jingning seriously with a message.
Liu Jingning sighed after a short silence.
"Alas! I'm afraid you . . . won't be able to cultivate your Taoist Connotation. Tao starts to be with the cultivator when cultivation begins. When they reach the Infant Transformation Stage, the cultivator must already know what his or her Tao is. Then, the cultivator will start to cultivate the Tao. Till the Void Training Stage, the embryonic form of the Taoist Connotation can generate! At that time, the cultivator will not perish as long as the Tao is not dead!"
"That's impossible! If a cultivator can't die as long as the Tao is alive, why did they strive for the art of being immortal? Oh, right—I just killed a cultivator at Level 1 of the Void Training Stage!"
"Your understanding is incorrect! Your current confusion could explain the meaning. No matter how powerful you are, you, as a cultivator at the Infant Transformation Stage, can't kill a cultivator at the Void Training Stage, even if he is seriously wounded. You can kill them only when your Tao is stronger than theirs, or when the combination of your Tao and powerful magic arts can defeat them! Otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to kill them. This is the Way of Heaven!"
Liu Jingning paused.
"As for the cultivator at Level 1 of the Void Training Stage you just killed, maybe his Taoist Connotation was too weak, or he had just generated the embryonic form of his Taoist Connotation and it hadn't solidified yet. Therefore, you could kill him with magic arts. Actually, this rule is just like knowing wind is there, but being unable to kill wind. When you can create wind with your power, you can use the powerful wind created by you to devour other winds!"
Xu Que fell silent again. He only vaguely understood the meaning of Liu Jingning's words.
Also, he knew clearly that a cultivator who reached the Void Training Stage through centuries of cultivation would be far above the one who only upgraded through killing people like him.
However, these issues were not important anymore. The most serious problem was that he couldn't cultivate his Taoist Connotation!
Without the Taoist Connotation, how could he kill cultivators at the Void Training Stage?
Maybe he could still kill cultivators at the Void Training Stage by enhancing the power of his magic arts. Then, he could kill them with overwhelmingly powerful strength like the kind he'd just displayed. However, this was not the way he wanted.
It was humiliating to kill a weakling with his full strength.
The key point of acting tough was to kill an enemy at the snap of his fingers.
"No! I have to cultivate my Tao!" Xu Que said seriously.
Liu Jingning replied with another message: "Stop worrying about that! Now those guys are healing their wounds. You must leave with Hong—"
Rumble!
Hardly had Liu Jingning finished her words when a deafening bang came from the sky.
With horrible pressure and tsunami-like momentum, numerous billowing thunder clouds flooded in!
The momentum of the thunder clouds was more horrible than that of the one million celestial soldiers.
Puff!
Below the clouds, all powerhouses at the Void Training Stage healing their wounds spat out blood. They looked up at the sky with terrified expressions.
"Heavenly…Tribulation?" someone said in a shaky voice after swallowing his slobber.
"How could this be? Isn't . . . Jiang Hongyan's Heavenly Tribulation finished?"
"The 69 Heavenly Tribulations! Could it be that . . . those celestial soldiers were just the first tribulation?"
"No, let's retreat!" someone shouted.
Hearing that, all cultivators at the Void Training Stage started to make a frenzied retreat, ignoring their wounds.
Xu Que couldn't kill them for he had no Taoist Connotation.
The Heavenly Tribulations represented the power of the Heavens, which was the supreme way of Heaven. They had been seriously wounded. If they got hit by the Heavenly Tribulation, they would definitely be turned into tribulation ashes on the spot.
Liu Jingning was also stunned. It seemed she hadn't expected the Heavenly Tribulation to continue.
She opened her red lips and murmured in a low voice, "The Heavens are envious of Hongyan!"
Rumble–!
Suddenly, the thick and inky thunder clouds tore open. The next moment, magnificent golden lightning appeared.
"The Ancient Catastrophe!"
The cultivators recognized it immediately, so they started to cry in terror!
Xu Que was also stunned. The golden lightning was more horrible than those he'd met in the Five Elements Mountain!
Compared to these golden lightnings, those he'd met in the Five Elements Mountain were like ants in front of a giant!
This is the real Ancient Catastrophe!
Boom–!
Another big bang came in from the sky, hurting everyone's eardrums.
After that, golden lightning poured down like waterfalls. With great momentum, the bolts converged in the sky and formed a great sword of golden lightning, which slashed at Jiang Hongyan sitting on the summit of the mountain!
Puff!
Before the great sword of golden lightning fell, Jiang Hongyan opened her eyes widely; she spat out a mouthful of blood. Her extremely beautiful face paled.
"Finally…I am defeated by the will of Heaven!" Jiang Hongyan's eyes were dim. With a wan smile on her lips, she closed her eyes!
At the same time, the great sword of golden lightning slashed down from the sky as if it were about to lacerate the heavens and earth!
At this moment, all voids touched by the great sword of golden lightning were torn apart . . .
Chapter 619: A Sad Ending
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The golden sword was about to hit Jiang Hongyan.
Bang!
All of sudden, the void around her rippled . . .
The golden lightning sword hit Jiang Hongyan's ice shield.
In just a few seconds, the ice shield, which she spent around an hour making, cracked and crumbled into pieces.
The golden sword continued to fall . . .
Seeing this, everyone was stunned—Jiang Hongyan seemed destined to die this time . . .
Bang!
Xu Que quickly ran toward her and used his hands to stop the sword.
He spit out blood and his face immediately turned pale . . .
"Xu Que! You…"
Jiang Hongyan opened her eyes and could not believe what she saw.
Xu Que, who looked extremely slim, was stopping the golden sword from falling further with his hands.
Although Xu Que was in great pain and his face was as white as a sheet, he still manages to smile.
He looked at Hongyan calmly "Don't be afraid—I'm here! This f*cking tribulation is nothing!"
…
All the cultivators were speechless.
He . . . he stopped the golden lightning?! My goodness! This is the Ancient Tribulation!
"This young man is really just in the Infant Transformation Stage?" Xiao Munan said with a serious face.
"Well done!" Buttface shouted. "Hurry up! Kill him!"
Hearing this, all the cultivators were stunned.
You're his pet, and you want the golden sword to kill your own master?!
"Buttface! You want me to hit you again?" Xu Que spat with a glare.
"Oops! I'm sorry," Buttface said hurriedly. "I mean, kill the golden sword!"
He activated his God of Hell's Compulsion as well as the self-healing mechanism of the System. All his energy erupted . . .
"Stop!" Xu Que shouted aloud and managed to lift the golden sword.
The lightning appeared right beneath his feet; he jumped up and pushed the golden sword into the air.
However, the sword was too heavy, and Xu Que could not hold it long by himself. As soon as he pushed it a bit away, it began to fall again.
"Xu Que, break it!" Buttface shouted. "I remember that it's not unbreakable!"
Xu Que quickly took out his Dark Heavy Buster Sword and, together with the inscription of the Killer Sword, hit the golden sword.
Bang!
The sword cracked like a mirror, creating a huge amount of energy.
Xu Que was thrown out by the shockwave and the Dark Heavy Buster Sword in his hand disintegrated. His arms were covered in wounds and his bones broke as well. His flesh became penetrated by his broken bones, which looked extremely terrifying.
"Are you okay?!"
Buttface hurriedly dashed over and held Xu Que. He had never seen him like this before. Both of Xu Que's arms were broken—even the bones in his chest were broken . . .
Xu Que was bleeding like crazy and his breathing was getting weaker and weaker.
"F*ck! Xu Que, wake up!"
Buttface was terrified and had no idea what to do.
"Little Que Que . . . " Liu Jingning covered her mouth.
Things were happening too fast; she thought Xu Que would be able to run away together with Jiang Hongyan. She hadn't expected the power of the tribulation would be this enormous.
Seeing this, the other cultivators all sneered.
"He deserves this!"
"I think he should die in a more severe way!" Bai Linglui sneered.
"What a pity! He was such an interesting person!" Xiao Taixuan shook his head, feeling genuinely sorry.
Bang!
The thunder tribulation was not over yet. Another lightning was forming . . .
"Jingning, take . . . him . . . away . . . " a weak voice echoed.
They all turned around to find Jiang Hongyan fixed on a huge rock by a piece of the golden sword. Her chest had been penetrated by the piece, and it looked like she had also been severely injured.
She was dying, but even so, she still managed to use her strength to ask Liu Jingning to take Xu Que away.
"The Ancient Tribulation is really something! A talented Holy Virgin like Jiang Hongyan can not even stand a piece of the golden sword . . . " Bai Linglui sneered.
She was very happy to see Jiang Hongyan badly injured.
"She still fails to stand the thunder tribulation anyway . . . that young man has already done everything he could do. If heaven is determined to take her life away, no one can stop it!"
Xiao Taixuan shook his head and worriedly looked at the sky.
Many Holy Sons and Holy Virgins lowered their heads and felt very depressed. They were not feeling sorry for Jiang Hongyan; instead, they felt like their existence was nothing compared to the sky.
The road to immortality was so long—so long that it seemed impossible to reach the end! The power of heaven was so powerful, so powerful that it seemed impossible to be as powerful as it was! Where on earth is the end of cultivation . . .