Chapter 156: Presence Of The Great Army
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"Why did that happen..."
"His cultivation level was so much higher and yet he didn't even dare to retaliate!"
"He died just like that in fear…"
Within the hall, many of them had terrified looks on their faces!
The looks on their faces wasn't just because they had witnessed someone of the same race being slaughtered in cold blood. It was more of the fact that they realized how weak and powerless they were in the face of their enemies.
Some distance away from the tower, several Foundation Building and Golden Core Stage beasts were crushing their way through. They relied heavily on their massive frames and incredible strength to catch many demonic humans who were fleeing.
Blood and flesh flew into the air as the demonic humans were torn into pieces. The war was extremely one sided.
Horns were being blown repeatedly, signalling that the demonic beasts' army were inching nearer and nearer. The air was filled with the rancid stench of blood which turned many stomachs.
This… Was the smell of the blood of their fellow comrades.
And many tribes along with their leaders and elders were still hiding within the tower. They had placed every last dash of hope on the Shaman Demon King.
"What should we do now?" An elder asked, trembling.
"Should we just watch on as they kill their way into the tower?"
"I'm not willing to just sit here and wait for my death to come. I would rather take the fight outside and battle for my life!" Another hot blooded young demonic human shouted out through gritted teeth.
Frowns could be seen across all the Sky Demon Tribe members faces. Their eyes would often look towards the stairs, anticipating Xu Que's return to the main hall and to show them the miracle he promised.
But… Under such a situation, was there still going to be a miracle?
There were far too many beasts. How were they supposed to defend themselves?
"Roar!"
The ferocious roars of the beasts radiated across the entire area. More and more demonic beasts were entering Demon City and the tower wasn't very far away from the entrance.
Some distance away, several dozens of Golden Core Stage demonic beasts were viciously lurking around the tower.
Su Ling'er's face froze as she shouted out, "The Shaman Demon King requires a little more time. Since he isn't ready, we have to guard and defend him down to the last moment. Everyone, please activate the defensive spells around the tower!"
"Activate defensive spells?"
When everyone in the hall heard this, they were stumped and were rather suspicious.
"In order to maintain the protective spell around the tower, all of us would have to use our core energy for extended periods of time. With so many beasts and an Infant Transformation leader with them, we wouldn't be able to hold it for very long anyway."
"That's right. And when the spell does break, we would have wasted all our core energy. We wouldn't be able to defend ourselves then."
Everyone started to question and doubt her. Many people felt that it wasn't a good idea to waste their core energy on a spell that would be destroyed sooner rather than later. They thought that a better alternative would be to go out and kill the beasts!
Su Ling'er then replied firmly, "In the face of such strong enemy, we have to cooperate and work together. We should follow the orders given by the Demon King, his majesty. Activate the protective spell and await his return. Besides, the protective spell around the tower was placed by our forefathers. The protective spell is stronger than most. All we have to do is to channel your conviction into the spell and its effectiveness will be increased. Even an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator would find it extremely hard to break through!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of the crowd gleamed as though their hopes had just been revived.
"That's right. The spell within this tower is supposed to be extremely strong. As long as we believe in our cause and channel our conviction into it, the spell will be fortified."
"As long as we persevere, even an Infant Transformation leader will not be able to break through!"
"Right. Since we're already at this stage, let's take a gamble. Activate the spell!"
"I agree!"
Before long, everyone had made a decision to activate the protective enchantments of the tower and defend it.
The protective spell was supposed to be activated on the first level and would require three demonic humans of at least an Original Infant Stage to activate it. The three of them would have to use a great amount of core strength in order to start it up.
Su Ling'er didn't even hesitate and was the first person to walk within the radius of the spell. She placed her hands on the beast's bone which was filled with numerous inscriptions.
"Me too!"
Yet another tribe leader stood up and walked over to the spell radius and placed his hands on the second beast's bone.
At the next moment, another tribe leader stood up wordlessly and walked towards the third beast's bone.
"Let's begin!"
Su Ling'er looked at the other two of them and nodded her head.
Immediately, the core energies from their bodies gushed out from their bodies into the three bones. The spell was activated at once as the inscriptions on the bones started to glimmer and was illuminated.
"Whoom!"
The tower let out a strange sound. From the highest point of the tower, a layer of light swept across, covering the entire tower in bright light.
"Everyone, it's your turn now!" Su Ling'er watched the rest of demonic humans with a serious expression etched across her face.
"Alright!"
Everyone present nodded their heads and looked at each other before sitting down within the main hall. Their hands were placed across their dantians as they channeled their core energy onto the protective spell around the entire tower.
"Whoosh!"
The spell which enveloped the tower was immediately fortified as the light around it became whiter and brighter.
When that happened, the spell started to regulate itself along with the convictions of all the cultivators within the halls, giving off a magnificent glow to the entire tower.
"We've succeeded!"
"At this rate, we should be able to prevent the Infant Transformation leader from breaking through!"
"That's right. As long as our conviction doesn't waver, the strength of the spell would be kept at its maximum."
Everyone present celebrated in joyous victory.
The presence of this spell had given them a renewed zeal for survival and allowed them to heave a sigh of relief. Even those who were extremely anxious earlier allowed themselves to relax as their fear dissipated.
Su Ling'er smiled to herself as she looked up towards the floor board and whispered, "As for the rest, we have to rely on you, Sun Wu Kong!"
At the same time, on the upper floor of the tower...
Xu Que had created the frame of the nine identical God Powered Cannons. All that was left was the final step which was to purchase the enchanted rocks from the system store and place them inside the cannons.
The growls and roars coming from the beasts outside had long been heard by Xu Que but he had never been afraid of them.
With his current strength, he had no reason to be afraid of combat, be it single combat or in group fights. He had far too many tricks up his sleeves to be worried!
"Ai, looks like even this tower has a protective spell on it. In fact, it looks rather extraordinary! It seems like core energy isn't the only thing required to sustain this spell. There had to be the convictions of those who cast in as well. Looks like the beasts are going to attack soon. I better hurry!"
Xu Que noticed the spell becoming stronger as he thought to himself. His eyes squinted as he smiled and whispered under his breath.
At last, when he waved his hands, he retrieved nine enchanted rocks and placed each of it within a cannon. His fingers started caressing the cannons as he conjured the inscriptions over each one.
Before long, one by one, each cannon was ready to be used!
Outside the tower...
More and more demonic beasts had gathered outside. The main vanguard of the beasts had reached as well. Due to their vast numbers, their footsteps caused dust to fly everywhere and the ground even cracked beneath their heels.
Within the hall, the demonic humans looked outside and saw that the beasts were swelling with numbers. Their faces started to turn pale but continued to remain calm and channel their convictions into the spell.
However, with the activation of the spell, they had completely blocked off the outside from the inside. Hence, they were unable to attack from within the tower as well.
Chapter 157: Unity Is Strength!
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"Roar!" Several Golden Core Stage demonic beasts reared their heads and roared. Immediately after, they bared their fangs and claws before charging towards the tower.
Right at the same time, the protective spell from the tower glowed brightly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The thuds rang out consecutively as all the demonic beasts smashed against the protective spell. Their skulls cracked and blood gushed out from their wounds while their entire bodies flung high up into the air.
The protective spell however, glowed brighter than ever and didn't even seem like it took any damage at all!
"Haha! We've succeeded! The power of this spell far surpassed our imaginations!" Someone from within the hall shouted out in glee.
"The most important thing now is to dispel all our fears and doubts and increase our courage and faith. That will help increase the strength of the spell."
"That's right. Let's continue to maintain this. Nobody can break through our spell!"
Seeing that everyone around were in good spirits, their confidence in their survival increased as well!
"Whoosh!" Several sounds could be heard coming from the skies. After that, some shadows emerged as it landed right outside the tower.
The leader was a tall and sturdy looking male. Based on his appearance, he looked exactly like he was of the human race. He had an extremely overpowering aura emanating from him. Indeed, it was the Infant Transformation leader everyone was worried about.
He had a certain coldness in his eyes and his expression was stoic. He scrutinized the protective spell around the tower as his lips curled upwards showing his displeasure.
Behind him, there were several beasts who were extremely massive. A cold snigger lingered on their faces as they glared at the demonic humans within the hall.
"Leader, it seems like these half-humans have many tricks up their sleeves. Their death is fast approaching and yet they still wish to struggle." A twin headed lion said to his leader.
The black bear stood on its hind legs and laughed out, "Just a broken damned spell. Do they really think it can stop us?"
"Keke… Pitiful ants!"
"We shall tear them into pieces in no time."
Many other Original Infant Stage beasts started laughing out.
Within the hall, the demonic humans' faces fell as they glared at the beasts angrily. All of them maintained their level of convictions and upheld the strength of the protective spell.
However, most of their states were directed at the leader who was standing in the middle of several large beasts.
A demonic human elder then shouted out, "If I'm not mistaken, he's the leader of the demonic beasts. As soon as he broke through the Infant Transformation Stage, he morphed into human form."
"His killing intent alone is extremely overpowering!"
"Indeed, an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator is extremely powerful!"
Su Ling'er's expression was grave as well as she stared at the man viciously. Ever since her Tribulations had ended, she was just a short distance away from breaking through to the Infant Transformation Stage as well. She could feel the aura being emanated from him and realized that the strength he possessed was indeed terrifying.
Although she was just half a step away from becoming an Infant Transformation cultivator, the difference in strength between herself and the leader was vast, and was like heaven and earth.
It seemed like the demonic beasts had just elected a new Infant Transformation Stage young leader to lead them. That's the reason they were so fearless and bold to lead an entire army to attack the demonic humans' race.
At this point, most of the army were still outside the Demon City. The Infant Transformation leader and several other more powerful beasts had proceeded ahead to kill first. They wanted to wipe out the new Shaman Demon King and the entire race as soon as possible.
However, they were a step late. Under Su Ling'er's guidance, the spell within the tower had already been activated.
Besides, she managed to encourage everyone around thus tapping on the conviction within their veins to strengthen the spell.
After the demonic beasts' leader scrutinized the spell, he taunted, "A mantis trying to stop a chariot. You half humans are just like ants. How can you stop me?"
As soon as his words were spoken, his body started giving off immense power, coursing through the entire region. In fact, the power radiating out from him was so powerful, it just permeated through the entire spell and entered the hall.
"Boom!"
Everyone within the hall could feel his strength and their faces turned pale. The level of confidence and conviction plunged tremendously, causing the spell to weaken.
This affected the brightness of the white light as well as it dimmed down significantly.
Seeing something like this happen, Su Ling'er's face fell as she shouted out, "Don't be affected by him! This spell was created by our ancestors! Please concentrate harder. Focus on your convictions. They will not be able to force their way in. Hold the spell, just for half an hour. Half an hour more and our Demon King will lead us in the counterattack!"
The Sky Demon Tribe elders hurriedly echoed her, "That's right. We have to maintain our confidence and conviction!"
"If the spell breaks, we are doomed for sure."
"Maintain it and allow the spell to strengthen. They can't do anything about it!"
Under Su Ling'er's repeated words of encouragement, the people within the hall gritted their teeth and concentrated hard.
The entire spell seemed to have regained a little of its original splendor.
However, Su Ling'er was secretly worried deep down as well. The entire army could already be seen from where they were. If the demonic beast leader decided to charge their way in…
…
Outside the tower, after seeing the tower increased its strength and glow even brighter, the beast leader didn't seem to mind it at all. He mocked and laughed once more, "Let's test it out and see how your broken spell can withstand the power of my 60,000 strong army!"
His pale face and devious features grimaced before he reared his head to let out a loud howl.
"Chi!" The Beast King's roar!
The sound was filled with tremendous power!
The protective spell seemed to be able to defend against the demonic beasts' attacks but it wasn't able to block out sounds.
The demonic humans within the tower started to tremble in fear after hearing his ferocious roar. Their morales started to crack as they all felt the immense urge to kneel down before the Beast King out of fear.
The most terrifying thing was that after the loud roar rang out from the Demonic Beast King, 60,000 demonic beasts started charging towards the tower and resembled a huge tidal wave at sea. They seemed to have been given courage by his roar as they crashed against the protective screen fearlessly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The protective spell around the tower started shaking violently as it received severe damage from the oncoming horde with the intent of destroying it.
Beast after beast charged right at it, using their horns, claws or even their own bodies plated with armor to destroy the protective spell.
"We're doomed! We're doomed! Our spell is going to be destroyed!"
"There're so many! There're so many beasts! It's too horrifying! We're going to be trampled by them till we're minced meat…"
"I can't take it anymore. Under such an unrelenting assault, what hopes of survival do we have left?"
Just a single roar by the Demon Beast King caused tens of thousands of demonic beasts to become enraged.
The protective spell belonging to the tower became weaker and weaker. Most of them within the hall had grown pale faced at the point as well.
Just a few moments ago, everyone was filled with confidence and conviction in their abilities to survive. After seeing the sheer numbers of their enemies, that sense of confidence had been shattered.
Boom!
Yet another wave of beasts charged against the spell, causing the entire tower to shake violently once more.
This was a clear sign that the spell was about to be broken!
"Everyone hold onto your convictions! For our race! Everyone hold on! If not, the spell is going to break!" Feeling the strength of the protective spell diminishing rapidly, Su Ling'er shouted loudly in fear.
However, her encouragements this time didn't work as they used to. It was clear that these demonic human Elders had completely lost their courage and their will to fight. At this point, they weren't even thinking of fleeing. Their minds were completely blank.
"What should we do? What should we do now? The spell is going to be completely destroyed at any moment. With this many beasts trying to destroy it, even the tower will come crashing down sooner or later. But… We're just a minute away from successfully defending the tower for an hour. Sun Wu Kong, I'm sorry. I… I cannot hold on anymore…" Su Ling'er closed her eyes. She knew that in a matter of ten seconds, the protective spell would be completely shattered. When that happens, the entire tower would come down with it and be completely destroyed by the beasts.
Based on the way things had turned out, it was clear that the situation was hopeless and irreversible. Even though she was the bravest of the lot, the amount of conviction within her heart started to fade little by little.
Right at this moment, on the upper floor of the tower, Xu Que could feel the tower beneath his feet shaking violently as well and startled him.
"Fuck me! An earthquake? Why can't you let me study in peace? Pui! I mean let me finish up my cannons in peace?" Xu Que shouted out angrily.
He had almost completed the God Powered Cannons. When the ground shook, he got a shock and almost blew his own balls apart.
However, when he craned his neck out of the window to look, he saw the huge army outside the tower. He also noticed that the spell was reduced to an extremely faint light. It was evident that it wouldn't be much longer before the spell breaks.
"Damned retards! These demonic human ancestors were really useless. What a weak spell they created. Its capabilities only extend this far? It can't even last an hour of assault!"
Xu Que then hurriedly called out for the system and asked, "System, is there any way to save this useless protective spell? Should we give it some blood or infuse some enchantments into it?"
"Host, the protective spell was created by the blood of the strongest demonic humans of that time along with several other powerful magic. This protective spell is extremely potent and is unrivaled in strength. No other additions are required to strengthen it." The system replied coldly.
"Fuck me! Extremely potent? Unrivaled in strength? System, are you trying to be funny? The spell is about to be destroyed. Is this what an 'extremely potent and unrivaled in strength looks like to you?" Xu Que grimaced and remained speechless.
"This strength of the protective spell comes from the presence of blood belonging to the demonic human race and conviction of the people. The spell is strengthened when their conviction and confidence increases. The system suggests that the host can think of a way to encourage the demonic humans, so as to improve their conviction and confidence in the spell." The system suggested an alternative for him in a neutral tone.
"Encouragements?" Xu Que repeated after the system before a brilliant idea struck him. He then asked, "Would singing work as well? I have an amazing work of a lifetime which is popular and hasn't failed me. It's lyrics are gold and would definitely solve the problem. I guarantee, just hearing these lyrics would ensure that they would fucking be confident once more. They would work together so well they might as well make love to each other."
System : "But just any simple motivational methods would do as well."
"Yeah! Wouldn't that be too simple? Watch me…" As he spoke, Xu Que shut his eyes and decided to solve two problems at the same time.
Using his incredible amount of soul strength, he concentrated hard on two tasks simultaneously. With one hand, he was inscribing enchanted words onto the God Powered Cannon. At the same time, he purchased a musical instrument!
A drumset!
He hurriedly withdrew the musical instrument from within the inventory.
Soon after, he cleared his throat before using his left hand to hold onto a drumstick tightly. He then hit the cymbals ferociously.
"Chiang!!!" The sound of a loud and crisp sounding vibration rang out all the way from the upper floors down to the lower level. At the next moment, a rhythmic beat could be heard.
"Dong dong dong, dong!!!"
Xu Que took in a deep breath as he pressed his throat, while emitting a low voice.
"Unity~ is strength, unity is strength. This strength is as strong as metal, it's as tough as steel…"
In that instant, a firm and unwavering voice singing could be heard. This was coupled with the fast paced and loud beat which was being drummed out and sounded out into the ears of the demonic humans who were afraid and trembling at this point.
Unity is strength!
This strength is as strong as metal!
It's as tough as steel!
No it's tougher than steel!
It's stronger than steel!
…
All who heard this were shocked.
The moment they heard it, they were once again filled with the will to fight. A certain hot blooded rage filled their hearts and circulated throughout their bodies!
Chapter 158: While You're Acting Tough, Your Father Is Frowning!
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"Unity is strength…"
Within the hall, Su Ling'er who was initially filled with despair, opened her eyes wide and was thrilled to hear a response from Xu Que.
"That voice… belongs to Sun Wu Kong! He's singing again! Besides, this song, is giving me an adrenaline rush and psyching me up!"
She looked within the hall and saw that all the members of her race were extremely riled up as well. Their fists were clenched and they were pumped up. It was almost as if the despair which griped them earlier had disappeared!
"The Demon King, that's the Demon King singing!"
"Looks like he never left. He had always been here, making preparations for our war."
"That's right. It's indeed his voice. I never expected that the Demon King could sing and he sings so well too!"
"I can feel the blood in my veins boiling in anger and I feel like rushing out to fight with those beasts."
"Don't go out. The Demon King is just trying to encourage us and reignite our convictions. He wishes for us to unite and continue maintaining the spell."
"That's right. Let's stop being afraid and persevere! The Shaman Demon King will be down shortly!"
The entire group of them broke out in shouts of zeal.
Within several moments, the entire spell within the tower took a brighter turn and shone magnificently once again. In fact, it shone brighter than ever before!
Indeed, Xu Que's song had been very effective.
His One Star Musician ability caused this song to stir up courage within anyone who listened to it. He managed to soothe the worries within the hearts of the demonic humans and inspired them to feel bold.
Outside the tower, the demonic beasts paused in shock.
Why was there someone singing randomly? And it even came from within the tower…
They couldn't feel the effects of the song, since his One Star Musician talent only affected those within a certain radius of him. Hence, only the demonic humans on the first floor could feel its effects even though they could still hear him sing.
To these beasts, all that they could hear was just a normal song with strange lyrics.
Still, the strength of the spell was significantly improved that even the Beast King and several other Original Infant Staged demonic beasts were shocked.
The spell was almost going to shatter when it suddenly regenerated and even became stronger?
"That's not right. The half humans were affected by that song!"
"Could this be the legendary Musician?'
"According to several human tales, there was a fabled Musician who attained the Dao through his musical talents!"
"His musical abilities were able to summon spirits and even control thoughts!"
"I couldn't tell that these half humans actually had a Musician within their midst. For them to have someone like that with them is advantageous for them! The Musician is too useful. We have to capture him!"
The eyes of several demonic beasts who heard this gleamed in eager anticipation.
At the same time, up above the tower, Xu Que was still hitting the drums while he inscribed the last few enchantments onto the God Powered Cannons.
Soon after, several system beeps rang out in his head.
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 90 act tough points!"
"Ding! Everything, including music, starts from humble basics but ensure that it comes rom the heart. Congratulations to host for truly comprehending the genuine meaning of music. You've advanced to Two Star Ranked Musician!"
Two Star Musician?
Xu Que paused in shock as his heart was filled with joy.
Looks like even the Musician talent can be upgraded this way. Xu Que felt like he reaped profits! A single "Two Star Musician" book costs 1500 act tough points in the system store!
"Dong!"
With his last drum beat, he finished performing the song "Unity is Strength"!
And the final God Powered Cannon was completed as well. Xu Que then entered the system inventory and placed all nine cannons together.
"Oh, looks like it's time to go down and act tough. Demonic beasts huh? Several tens of thousands huh? Hehe… all these will become nothing more than experience points. EXP, come to me!"
He then stood up and laughed coldly while making his way down.
At the same time, outside the tower...
The demonic beasts had already stopped clashing against the protective spell. They realized that the spell had increased in protective strength and was extremely hard to break from the outside.
Hence, all the beasts had stopped on the instructions of the leader and had moved back.
As the leader of the beasts, he did have a foresight. He had realized that the protective spell surrounding the tower was rather extraordinary. He noticed that in order for it to break, he had to destroy the sense of convictions within the half humans inside!
After pausing for several seconds in deep thought, the leader waved his hands and laughed out, "Get the half man half tiger to lead the captured half humans here!"
"Yes, leader!" An Original Infant Staged bear responded before turning around and running in the opposite direction.
Before long, all the beasts behind cleared a path.
At this point, ten demonic humans were being led over. Strangely, the person who was in charge of ensuring they didn't escape, was also of the demonic human race!
Within the tower, the demonic humans watched on as their faces fell.
"Tiger King? That's the Tiger King!"
"What… What are you doing? Why are you holding our own race captive?!"
Shouts filled up the entire tower.
The reason was because the person in charge of the captives was the Tiger King!
The crowd completely didn't expect that the leader of Thousand Demons Tribe, Tiger King, would actually give up people of his race to the beasts. Right atbthis moment, he was walking step by step over to the tower slowly.
"Damn it. Looks like the traitor is Tiger King. He actually sold us out and collaborated with the beasts!" The Sky Demon Tribe elders were fuming as they shouted out, shaking in fury.
Even Su Ling'er had a cold expression on her face, while killing aura emanated out from her body.
Most of the other demonic humans felt a chill ran down their hearts. Right at this point, everyone finally understood why they were being pursued here. There was a traitor from their race who had given them up and it was the Tiger King!
It must've been the Tiger King who revealed that the coronation ceremony was to be held here today and thus brought all the beasts here.
Tiger King looked into the tower and noticed that everyone was glaring at him in anger. He didn't seem to mind as he sniggered, "Keke... what traitor? The throne was supposed to be mine. Today, I'm just claiming back what's mine."
He looked at the human looking Beast King and spoke respectfully, "Besides, I've already extended a hand of friendship to the Beast King. As long as I am the Demon King, our race can live under the protection offered by the beasts. We shall help them plant herbs, mine ores and minerals, forge and smith weapons. We no longer have to hide from them anymore. What's wrong with that?"
As soon as his words were spoken, everyone in the tower broke out in raged discussion.
"Outrageous! You traitorous idiot, how dare you speak such words ever?!"
"Help the beasts plant herbs, mine ores and minerals, forge and smith weapons? Won't we be their slaves then?"
"You cowardly traitor. Even if we were to die, we will never agree to becoming slaves!"
The demonic humans started shouting in anger.
Tiger King laughed coldly and shook his head, "Being able to serve the Beast King should be an honor and privilege. Since you disagree, you should just die."
As he finished speaking, he took a step back and pushed his dozen of captives forward. These captives were covered in blood and were evidently badly injured.
Indeed, these dozen of captives were the first group of people who had left the tower in a bid to escape. None of them from the group had managed to escape. In fact, everyone who left the tower either died or were taken as captive and were severely wounded. It seemed like they didn't even have any energy to speak.
The Beast Leader stood right in front of the tower and stared at the demonic humans. He then taunted while laughing, "Keke… I shall give you a chance to come into my service and become my slaves. If not, this will be your fate!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he palmed the demonic human captive kneeling down next to him!
"Boom!"
A loud crashing sound could be heard. The captive didn't even have time to scream and instantly became a mist of blood as his remains scattered on the ground before him!
This scene caused everyone within the tower rage out in anger as their eyes nearly bulged from their sockets.
Their convictions in the strength of the spell started to shake unsteadily at this point!
That captive who had been killed with just a single palm was of the Original Infant Stage and he was level 8!
Just a mere slap was enough to kill him and disintegrate his entire body into nothing more than just a puddle of blood. This showed how powerful the Infant Transformation Stager was!
"Forget it. Killing them like this would only dirty my hands."
At this point, the Beast King frowned as he cast his eyes down at several Original Infant Staged beasts. He then spoke plainly, "As for the remaining captives, I shall give them to you. Eat them cleanly. I don't wish to see a single bone or meat remaining!"
"Many thanks to our King!" The beasts were clearly excited as they leapt forward and started tearing into the flesh of those captives.
"Ah!!!"
The remaining captives started letting out screams of agony as they witnessed their own flesh being torn apart by those beasts.
The entire scene was gory and grotesque. Just watching on sent chills running down their spines as their scalps felt numb.
"Stop it!"
"You bunch of wild beasts!"
"You crazed and vile things... There shall be punishment for your deeds!"
Within the tower, the crowd were extremely agitated as they shouted out in anger.
Clearly, they were powerless to prevent the beasts from killing thier own comrades. The captives outside suffered painful, agonizing deaths. The sight of such a gory deaths befalling their own kind was too much to watch!
Tiger King stood by the side as he watched on and his face didn't even exhibit sympathy of any kind. Instead, he stood there laughing while the entire scene unfolded. He then shook his head, "Why haven't you knelt down and begged for your lives? If not, this shall be your fate."
The Beast King then looked into the tower and mocked once more, "I still stand by what I said earlier. Fall to your knees and kowtow to me. You shall then live, and become slaves of mine!"
"..." The entire hall was filled with silence.
Everyone around had witnessed the horrifying scene. Some of them were clearly enraged, while others were extremely afraid, unable to contain their fear any longer.
Such a death was way too frightening. Maybe before the protective spell gave way, the best solution was to end their lives to prevent such a painful death!
As soon as this thought formed in their heads, the brightness of the spell was significantly reduced once more.
Seeing the evident decline in strength of the spell, the Beast Leader laughed out loudly, "I shall give you another 3 seconds. Either you kneel down and kowtow to me, and become my slaves. Or… Die!"
"Hahahaha!!!" Right at this point, a cold laughter reverberated across the entire hall.
Everyone within the hall paused before turning their heads to look at the source of the laughter.
Xu Que had jumped down from the upper deck and stared right into the eyes of the Beast King. He shook his head and shouted out, "Outside the tower, behind the forest, you're acting tough while your father is frowning!"
"Eh? A monkey? That's cute. Are you the new Demon King? You should come and be my pet!" The Beast King was visibly angry as he glared at Xu Que. After scrutinizing him, his face was filled with mockery and taunts.
Xu Que stood still and smiled, "You idiotic retard. My imperial band lacks a flute playing boy. Why don't you fall to your knees and kowtow to me? I might consider taking you into my band. If not, you shall have to swallow my cannon!"
As he finished, he flipped his hands and retrieved a single God Powered Cannon from his inventory.
With a loud thud, the cannon landed heavily onto the ground and aimed right at the demonic beasts standing outside.
Chapter 159: I've Never Heard Of Such A Cheap Request
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The entire area fell silent!
Everyone stared strangely at Xu Que's cannon and were stumped.
A cannon?
What's the use of a cannon at this particular juncture?
Within the hall, all their excited and happy expressions froze and their expressions turned to shock when they saw Xu Que's cannons.
At the same time, all of them started to feel uneasy.
Some of them gulped down loudly and looked at Xu Que uneasily, "Demon… Demon King, your majesty. You spent an entire hour upstairs… Was this the reason?"
As soon as this question was uttered, everyone fixed their gazes at Xu Que. Even Su Ling'er was no exception.
Everyone had seen a cannon like this before. It was used it battles between mere humans. Its power and effectiveness was unquestionable when it came to fights between mortals. However, to a cultivator, the blast of a cannon was as powerless as a tickle!
Hence, they were extremely uneasy. If this Demon King had spent the entire hour forging a cannon, they would all vomit blood till they died!
Indeed, when Xu Que heard this, his eyes lit up as he slapped the cannon and laughed, "Yo, I couldn't tell that some of you are so intelligent! But this is no ordinary cannon. This is called the God Powered Cannon! A cannon with the power of God is unrivalled under the heavens!"
When they heard his reply, their faces fell as their vision turned dark while most of them were on the verge of passing out.
The fuck? All of us risked our lives and exerted so much energy into maintaining the protective spell for an hour. We even managed to prolong the life of the spell up 'till this point and you wasted your precious time on building a cannon?
What God Powered Cannon? God Powered your sister! You're crazy!
In that split second, the last remaining ounce of conviction had plummet and dissipated.
The spell emitted a strange pop as it darkened and became extremely weak and frail.
However, it didn't shatter and break yet because several of them were still maintaining the spell.
Those who persisted in the spell included several elders from Sky Demon Tribe, Su Ling'er and Su Xiao Qi!
Su Ling'er and the elders from her tribe had seen Xu Que's strange methods. They knew that he was capable of pulling miracles out of strange situations.
Although their convictions had faltered after being disappointed by the cannon, a hint of confidence still remained.
However, it wasn't of much use as well. The entire spell was severely weakened to the point of near collapse. In fact, just a mere Golden Core Stage beast was capable of shattering the remnants of the spell by himself.
"Ah, I didn't expect my death to be such a hilarious one!" An old demonic human forced a bitter laugh as he lost his last remaining strength and sat down on the ground in exhaustion and despair.
A grim atmosphere filled with despair permeated all across the hall.
Everyone presented didn't even have the energy to be angry with Xu Que as they started accepting their fates.
"Honestly, I don't blame the Demon King, his majesty. I only blame myself for being foolish for choosing to stay!"
"If I had known this was the outcome, I would choose to charge out. Even if I were to die at the hands of these beasts, it would be a better outcome than this."
"Yes. At the least, we won't have to be humiliated and defeated like we are now!"
"Ai, forget it, forget it. Looks like this is the fate of our race. We've been unlucky and despised all our lives!"
"Since we have so many tribe leaders here with us today, when we all die, our race will be extinct before long."
"My race… Is going to be extinct just like that?"
More and more people started shaking their heads and sigh. They started blaming themselves or started pitying their own situation. Their hearts were filled with sorrow and regrets!
Su Ling'er looked at Xu Que and asked him expectantly, "Sun Wu Kong, you must have other plans up your sleeve right?"
"Nope! When it comes to dealing with bastard beasts like these, just a God Powered Cannon would be enough. By the way, do any of you have spirit stones? Hurry and take them all out. I shall lead all of you in slaughter, we shall kill them all!" Xu Que shouted out in confidence.
However when Su Ling'er and the rest of the Sky Demon Tribe members heard this, their faces turned pale.
He only has the cannons? There aren't any other plans?
Then we're doomed!
Their anticipation and eager excitement had vanished just like that.
Witnessing such a scene from the outside, the Beast King almost laughed himself dead as he watched on.
They weren't anxious to force their way in any longer. From the way he saw it, this protective spell was as good as done. The entire group of demonic humans inside were just like pathetic ants. As long as he wished, all he had to do was to press down on them with his fingers and they would be crushed to death.
"Haha! Monkey... You are such an interesting Demon King! I was actually worried about that protective spell, since we couldn't break through earlier. You are really kind to help me weaken the spell and giving me such a good gift!" The Beast King laughed out, his face was full of mockery.
Even the Tiger King stepped forward and laughed out. He then looked at the rest of the demonic humans inside and asked, "What now? Have you seen this? What kind of dog shit rubbish Demon King have you elected? I told you this earlier. The Demon King throne should belong to me!"
It was only at this point that Xu Que realized that Tiger King was around and was even standing together with the demonic beasts. He then realized what had happened as his face fell. Xu Que then shouted out, "You untamed beast. So it was you who betrayed us!"
"Scold me all you wish. I just can't wait to see what vile words your toxic mouth still has to spew when you die." TIger King seemed to be exceptionally bold today as he replied.
Xu Que's brows twitched when he heard this.
Aiyo, did you just step up and volunteer to be scolded by me? Sure, I shall grant your request!
Looks like I shall borrow the words which Zhu Ge Liang used to scold Wang Lang!
His expression remained stoic as he channeled the anger from within his dantian and shouted out confidently, "How dare you, traitorous tiger! When I first saw you, I thought that you were a senior in this race and thus had high expectations from you. Now you have disappointed me by being so crude in your language! You were actually the leader of a tribe and were highly esteemed. Yet you actually betrayed the entire race and linked up with our enemies to plot and destroy this race. That was such a vile act. Even the heavens wouldn't tolerate your deeds!"
"Eh? That's all?"
When everyone in the hall heard this, they were astonished. Even the Tiger King looked shocked.
What was going on?
Wasn't this monkey famous for scolding and cursing well? Why did he scold him so lightly and politely now? In fact, he even scolded Tiger King with so much dignity. What was he trying to do?
Tiger King paused before he broke out in laughter, "Darned monkey... your standards of verbal abuse has dropped considerably. Are you afraid now?"
Xu Que ignored him as he continued, "Tiger traitor, you actually dared to join forces with the enemy of our race, and even dare to be disrespectful towards me? Old whiskers traitorous tiger, how will you have the face to meet your ancestors in hell when I send you there? Traitorous infidel, you've actually lived for several hundred years but the only thing you've learnt is to wag your tongue and suck up to the Beast King as a lowly slave!"
"You…" As soon as Xu Que mentioned his ancestors, the Tiger King was enraged.
Xu Que's brows twitched once again as he continued, "When you were young, you lacked calcium in growth. When you're old, you lacked love. Your aunts didn't pamper you and your uncles didn't love you. Your left cheek is always asking to be punched and your right cheek is always asking to be kicked. When a camel sees you, he kicks you. When a pig sees you, he tramples over you. You're most similar to a cucumber and deserved to be slapped! You're also very similar to a walnut, you deserved to be cracked!"
"Outrageous!!! You…"
"You what? You what? I am your grandfather. I taught you to practice your knife but you decided to practice the sword. Instead of practicing your sword properly, you decided to practice being a bitch. I had big plans for you to become a sword master but you refused. You could've become a God in swords, but you chose to become the God of bitches! Really, why should you do this?"
(T/N : The chinese word for 'sword' is pronounced the same way as 'bitch')
Without even pausing to breathe, Xu Que fired his insults like a machine gun. Everyone around were shocked at his words, especially Tiger King. This vicious mouth was really unparalleled.
Tiger King was trembling in anger at this point. He took in a deep breath and was ready to rebut, "Damned monkey, you…"
Indeed, Xu Que was waiting for him to open his mouth. The second he spoke out, Xu Que interrupted him once more, "Shut up! You are an anus, with all that shit coming out from you. There are a thousand varieties of flowers but you're just another cross bred dog."
"You…" The Tiger King was clearly infuriated.
Xu Que glared at him as he continued firing insults, "You spineless abandoned dog, how dare you even stutter while you bark at your King! I have never seen such a thick skinned shameless dog in my entire life!"
"Pu!"
At this point, the Tiger King spat out a mouthful of fresh blood!
Everyone around watching on were stumped, their faces revealed expressions of shock.
Several of them had seen the way Xu Que hurled insults by the Lightning Pool. They knew that this monkey was extremely vile when he started scolding.
He was extremely unpredictable with the words he used. Anyone who got caught up in an argument with him was surely looking for an agonizing death!
However, these words had found Tiger King's weaknesses and insecurities.
He had betrayed his own race and linked up with his enemies. Indeed, he was nothing more than a spineless dog.
"What now? Do you still wish to quarrel with me? I still have a hundred more insults to throw at you." Xu Que's lips curled into a smile as he laughed."
Tiger King clutched his chest and was so infuriated that he was trembling. He raised his head and shouted out, "Cursed monkey, I swear to the heavens that I shall never rest as long as you are alive!"
"Your mouth is full of shit, remember? Don't speak to me! I really wonder why your father didn't throw you over the wall when you were born?" Xu Que had a look of indignance as he replied.
Tiger King felt a sharp sensation in his chest once more and couldn't even speak.
He realized that he had made a huge mistake by quarreling with this monkey again. He had done himself in!
Right at this point, the Beast King looked on, clearly entertained. He then laughed, "Monkey, on account of how well you can insult others, I shall give you one last chance. Turn off your protective spell and kneel down to me before kowtowing. I promise, I won't kill any of you."
"Heheh… exactly what I was about to do!" Xu Que laughed out coldly. Without hesitation, he waved his hands and shouted out, "Turn off the protective spell!"
At this moment, the demonic humans, including Su Ling'er's expressions fell.
"Turn off the protective spell? Demon King, what are you trying to do?"
"Do you really want us to kneel down and kowtow to these beasts? No, I would never!"
"That's right. I'd rather die!"
"If you wish to, you cowardly bunch can go ahead and kneel!"
The crowd were visibly upset as they shouted out in anger.
Even Su Ling'er was stumped as she shouted out, "Sun Wu Kong, do you know what you're saying?"
"Damned monkey, have you lost your mind?" Su Xiao Qi was startled as well.
Even though the spell couldn't defend them against the beasts any longer, nobody wished to turn it off.
That was because such a gesture was an indication that they had surrendered and it meant that they were willing to bow down to the beasts.
Hence, they would never endorse such a move! Even if death were to come, they were willing to face it without compromising their dignity.
Xu Que was also shocked by their responses and replied, "What are you thinking? Do I look like the cowardly sort?"
"Then… Then what do you mean?" Su Ling'er was clearly shocked.
Xu Que rolled his eyes and pointed at the rest of the beasts outside along with the Tiger King, "If you don't turn off the spell, how am I supposed to blow these idiots apart with my cannons?"
"Gulp…" everyone then understood what he meant.
So it seems like the Demon King wanted the spell to be switched off, not because he was going to surrender to the beasts. Instead, he wanted to retaliate.
Alright, not bad. Although that's a silly move, it shows that he has courage!
Demon King, your majesty. Good move!
Let us fight back together, even in the face of death!
"Boom!"
Su Ling'er turned off the spell. She knew that even if she persisted in channeling her strength into the spell, it wouldn't make much difference. The outcome would still remain the same!
Outside the tower...
The Beast King noticed that Xu Que had actually ordered for the spell to be switched off and even saw that he planned to shoot him with the cannon. Beast King then broke out in laughter, "Hahaha! That's interesting. It's really interesting. I really didn't expect someone as silly as you to become the Demon king. Looks like your race is really doomed!"
Several Original Infant Staged beasts behind echoed their leader and started laughing as well.
"This monkey's brain is really rotten. He actually thinks that a single ordinary cannon is enough to deal with our king!"
"Looking at this cannon, I think it won't even be able to tickle our king!"
"They actually have such a muddle headed King. It's no wonder after so many years, they're still so weak."
"No, no, no. I think it's that among the entire race, this stupid monkey is the smartest among them all."
"Hahaha!!!"
The entire group of demonic beasts broke out in hilarious laughter as they started taunting and making fun of their half human enemies. They completely ignored the fact that Tiger King was standing in their midst.
Beast King took a step forward and was extremely intimidating and awe inspiring.
He then looked at Xu Que before shouting out, "Darned monkey, I shall stand here and wait for you to fire your cannon at me. Come on then! Shoot at me. If you can hurt a single hair of mine, I shall call you my father!"
"Fire my cannon at you? And you will call me father?"
When Xu Que heard this, he was elated. Sure, I shall do that. I've never heard of such a cheap request.
"Ling'er, quick get me some low grade… Oh no, get me some high grade spirit stones!"
Chapter 160: Boom! Everything Exploded!
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
High grade spirit stones?
Su Ling'er and everyone around were stumped.
Just fire the damned cannon, why would you want spirit stones at a time like this for? And you even requested for expensive high grade spirit stones!
However, Su Ling'er still retrieved a single high grade spirit stone and handed it over to Xu Que.
"Sun Wu Kong, have you secretly casted a teleportation spell?" Su Ling'er asked quietly.
In this realm, spirit stones were used a currency to purchase items and to a smaller extent, were used to draw spiritual energy for cultivation. A less common usage for spirit stones was also to activate teleportation spells.
Since Xu Que wanted high grade spirit stones, everyone were extremely confused. Only Su Ling'er was quick enough to assume that he had conjured a teleportation spell to rescue all of them.
Xu Que laughed out, "I cannot conjure teleportation spells. This spirit stone will be used to activate the cannon!"
"Ah?"
Everyone around were shocked.
Spirit stones? Activate the cannon? What's the link between those two?
"Actually, a low grade spirit stone is enough to activate the cannon. But I'm afraid it won't be powerful enough to kill him. That's why I asked for a high grade spirit stone!" Xu Que replied as he sniggered. He then slapped the spirit stone into the slot located at the butt of the cannon.
Afterall, he had fought with Zhang Danshan of the Celestial Sect before. He knew how powerful the Infant Transformation Staged cultivators were!
Although this Beast King was a level lower than Zhang Danshan, Xu Que knew that once they broke through to that level of cultivation, their defensive prowess were extremely frightening. In fact, it far surpassed Original Infants and must never be underestimated.
However, the crowd within the hall were still extremely confused. Although it made sense that a higher grade spirit stone would harness more power, how did he hope to hurt the Beast King with just a cannon and a spirit stone?
"Did you transform the spirit stone into a cannon ball?" Su Ling'er asked curiously.
"Nope."
Xu Que laughed out once more before he purchased an entire bunch of sunglasses. He then handed them out, "Come on, everyone put on a pair of sunglasses."
"Eh? Sunglasses?"
They were once again caught off guard and scrutinized this perfectly ordinary looking pair of sunglasses.
At this point, the demonic beasts outside were extremely impatient. Beast King then shouted out angrily, "Darned monkey, are you still going to fire your cannon?"
"I am! Be patient my son… Pui, I wouldn't have such a stupid son like you."
Xu Que then wore his pair of sunglasses before he placed both his hands on the cannon. His fingers started moving rapidly, as if activating the numerous enchantments inscribed on it.
At the same time, he activated the mode of the cannon within his head and adjusted the power to the highest possible level!
"Whoosh!"
At the next moment, a golden burst of light emitted out from his hands.
"Have all of you worn your sunglasses?" Xu Que asked out as in a dignified, kingly voice.
At last, everyone behind him responded, "We've all worn it."
Su Ling'er: We're ready!
Su Xiao Qi: Darned monkey, hurry up!
"How about the beasts across, are you ready? What about my friends by the hills, are all of you ready too?" Xu Que stood behind the cannon and asked out proudly.
"We're ready!" The demonic beasts replied subconsciously as well in excited voices, probably from the effects of waiting for so long without any action.
The Beast King looked very excited as he smiled coldly, "Ignorant child. Just a mere high grade spirit stone and you think you can hurt me? Come on, fire your cannon at me! Bring it!"
"Hehe... with this pair of hands, I shall make your wish come true!" Xu Que's lips curled upwards as his hands glowed brightly in a gold light. He then slapped the butt of the cannon once more.
"Thud!"
The cannon which has been created out of scrap metal, made a strange vibrating sound.
At the next instant, the numerous inscriptions on the body of the cannon started glowing a bright shade of gold as well. It glowed so brightly that it almost resembles the sun, radiating light all around.
A powerful aura equal to heaven diffused around as well!
The demonic beasts outside raised their hands to their eyes to shield themselves from the bright light.
"Eh?"
Beast King exclaimed in shock, as his eyebrows furrowed. A sense of discomfort started to take root deep down, as if he was facing an extremely dangerous situation.
"Boom!!!"
Right at this point, the God Powered Cannon which contained the high grade spirit stone exploded in a powerful blast of golden light.
In that second, that golden ray of light carried fearsome powers enough to shatter both heaven and earth. It shot through the air and landed squarely on the chest of the Beast King!
"Bam!"
The Beast King didn't have any time to react as his entire body was enveloped by the bright light.
At the same time, an immense wave of energy exploded out from within the chest of the Beast King!
"Boom!"
Following the ear piercing sound, a terrifying shockwave rippled into the air around the Beast King and radiated out across in all directions from him.
Even the beasts standing outside the Demon City were knocked to the ground from the impact of the blast.
Several Original Infant Staged beasts standing outside the tower didn't even have time to avoid the blast and were enveloped by the bright light. These beasts were immediately reduced to ashes and not a single drop of blood remained.
The Beast King had taken the full impact of the blast and flew high up into the sky before landing heavily onto his own demonic beasts some distance away. He remained motionless on the ground as large puddle of blood formed beneath his limp body!
Within the hall, every single demonic human watched on in shock.
All of their mouths were wide open and their faces were filled with astonishment.
Although the burst of golden light hurt their eyes, they had the protection of their sunglasses and allowed them to see everything clearly!
Just a mere cannon blast was able to shatter several Original Infant Stage beasts into ashes. More than a thousand beasts outside had taken the full force from the blast and were mangled beyond recognition.
A clear path had been created from the entrance of the tower all the way down to the far end of the city. Any living thing who stood in the path of that beam of light had been decimated!
This single cannon blast had annihilated every single living organism in its way.
There was utter silence within the halls of the tower. The demonic humans watched on in wide eyes and opened mouths. They were unable to regain their senses for a long time!
That was because this scene had far surpassed any of their imaginations!
Just a mere cannon with a high grade spirit stone was able to cause such devastating damage.
It harnessed… The powers of an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator of at least level 3 or level 4!
"How… How could this be?"
Sounds of shock seemed to come from outside the tower.
Tiger King's mangled body laid on the ground. He had been one of the first few to be hit by the full force of the cannon and his body had split into half. He's clearly dead and by the looks of it, he won't be able to rest in peace for the devastating effects on his body.
His eyes seem to express intense shock as they seemed to portray the extent of his surprise!
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 80 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 100 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing 962 Foundation Building Stage beasts . The reward is 7,696,000 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing 36 Golden Core Stage beasts. The reward is 1,800,000 experience points and 36 storage rings!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing 6 Original Infant Stage beasts. The reward is 1,200,000 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for gaining two levels. Your current level : Original Infant Stage, level 6!"
A large stream of system notifications rang out in Xu Que's head continuously.
From killing more than a thousand demonic beasts of different cultivation levels, he had gained a shocking amount of experience points.
However for someone of his cultivation level, he required several million experience points in order to ascend a single level!
Hence, receiving approximately 10 million experience points was only enough for him to gain two levels. In fact, the next level required double the experience points.
Xu Que threw a glance at the hall filled with demonic humans and laughed out, "How was that? I told you to give me an hour and I shall lead all of you in a blood bath!"
"..." Everyone snapped out of their dazes and looked at Xu Que as they opened their mouths but no words left it.
After living for so many years, they had never seen anything like this!
At first, they were surrounded by numerous beasts and an Infant Transformation leader. It was as good as a lost cause for them.
Then, a mere Original Infant stage Demon King took an hour before he managed to create such a fearsome killing machine. It's power was unrivalled as he annihilated an entire bunch of demonic beasts.
This was what it meant to crush your opponents!
It was too scary. Way too scary!
Their hearts were still pulsating rapidly in fear. However, what ensued next was the immense level of respect and happiness!
Since their Demon King was so powerful, didn't that mean their race was going to become much stronger?
At this point, the demonic humans within the hall exchanged glances with each other.
Soon after, they fell to their knees.
"Respects to the Shaman Demon King. Long live, long live, long live our King!"
The demonic humans started shouting out. Even an extremely powerful tribe king had knelt down as well. Their voices were so loud, they were deafening!
They had been completely convinced by Xu Que's might as they cast reverent glances at him!
Indeed, he was an elite cultivator!
"Roar! Roar!"
The remaining tens of thousands of beasts regained their senses as they roared loudly.
There was a large empty gap where the Beast King had fallen, as the beasts scattered away fearfully.
Xu Que casted his glance in that direction as his heart fluttered.
He realized that he didn't receive the notification for killing an Infant Transformation Stage beast. That meant that the Beast King was still alive!
However, Xu Que had expected this. Although the God Powered Cannon was very powerful, it was limited in its damage output. It could only achieve the power of an Infant Transformation cultivator!
Even though he had used a high grade spirit stone, he could only replicate the strength of an Infant Transformation cultivator at best. More spirit stones wouldn't increase this effect. It only meant that he could cause the same damage multiple times!
Besides, Infant Transformation Stage cultivators have an extremely strong defense attributes and regeneration capabilities. In addition, this was the leader of the demonic beasts. Naturally, he would have powerful passive defense spells to use and protective items. In simpler terms, this was an extremely tanky boss monster.
However to Xu Que, this wasn't an issue at all.
If one cannon blast won't kill him, maybe two will!
His lips curled into a smile as he activated the inscriptions once again.
Indeed, at that moment, a large shadow emerged from within the group of demonic beasts as it took flight and emanated terrifying power. The power he radiated out was as powerful as mountains, as it loomed over the entire Demon City.
"Darned monkey, you caused me to waste a defensive item and a Five Star Pill! If I don't vanquish you to ashes, I shall not rest!" The person in the air was the Beast King.
There was a large gaping hole in his chest as blood seeped out of his wound. He glared angrily at Xu Que.
Xu Que smiled coldly as he laughed out, "Didn't you say that if I can hurt a single strand of hair belonging to you, you would address me as your father? Hehe... you rebellious child, how dare you be disrespectful to your father!'
"You're asking to die!"
The Beast King was clearly enraged as he roared out, sending massive killing intent out in ripples towards the tower. He then shouted out as his large army of demonic beasts, "Kill them! Tear them into minced meat! Bring back that cannon for me!"
"Roar!"
After his last words fell, tens of thousands of beasts let loose their terrifying roars as they charged towards the tower once more in a crazed fashion.
The faces of the demonic humans within the tower turned pale as they shouted out in fear.
"Not good… protect the Demon King!"
"Don't worry, Demon King your majesty, we shall buy time for you. Fire your cannons at them!"
"Let's kill us a blood path out of these beasts. As long as the Demon King survives, there would be a chance for our race to survive!"
Everyone stood up as they surrounded Xu Que. They were all willing to sacrifice their lives just to ensure his safety.
Xu Que waved his hands impatiently, "What are you doing? Stop playing around. Haven't you seen how powerful my God Powered Cannon is? I shall kill as many as they send!"
"No." Su Ling'er replied solemnly, "Sun Wu Kong, you have to survive this ordeal. You must not die here!"
"Yes! Demon King, your majesty, although this God Powered Cannon is extremely powerful, there's only one of it. It would be hard to defeat the oncoming charge of so many beasts!"
"That's right. We're already surrounded. One cannon won't be able to do much."
"But if you can survive this place, you can create more God Powered Cannons for our race. We will have a chance of survival in this world then!"
"Our aim is to escort you to safety. Even if we die, it will be worth it!"
The demonic humans all echoed similar sentiments and refused to back down. They had already made up their minds to sacrifice their lives for him!
The Beast King who was still levitating in the air was rapidly healing and thus was unable to attack. However, he was certain the entire group of them were dead meat.
"Darned monkey. I wish to see if your God Powered Cannon can defend you against 60,000 beasts!" The Beast King broke out in angered laughter.
Xu Que tapped the point of his nose and laughed out as well, "Hehe... sorry to bring this up, but I almost forgot. I have 8 more God Powered Cannons! Come, move away all of you!"
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
In that second, 8 God Powered Cannons landed heavily within the hall.
Once again, there was complete silence within the halls.
Chapter 161: Is There Nobody In Your Race That Can Fight Me?
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
Nine God Powered Cannons!
There were nine of them!
All eyes were gaping wide as they stared at it, completely astounded!
Just a single God Powered Cannon along with a high grade spirit stone was enough to severely wound an Infant Transformation Staged elite cultivator.
But now, the Shaman Demon King has taken out nine of them!
My god!
This... This was simply a defiance of the heavens!
Everyone around found it hard to believe. Their eyes and mouths were wide open. Some of them even swallowed their own tongues in shock!
Outside the tower, the Beast King watched on as his vision turned dark and he almost fainted in mid air, nearly falling to the ground.
"Fuck!"
He shouted out in anger as he suppressed the need to throw up. His face was filled with anger and shock!
Just a single cannon was enough to almost kill him. Now that nine cannons were out, if they were to all fire at him simultaneously, won't he be reduced to ashes?
In that second, the wounded Beast King's face turned pale!
He glared at the nine God Powered Cannons with a sense of greed welling up within his eyes.
"Come, come, come! Stop daydreaming. Let me give you a crash course on how to activate the cannons using the inscriptions. Such a crash course would only teach you how to control a low grade spirit stone. But when it comes to dealing with all these beasts, it's more than enough!" Within the tower, Xu Que shouted out for everyone to follow his methods.
"Watch closely everyone and follow my actions. Move both hands in a gradual and circular motion. Your left hand then swirls in one direction and your right hand follows suit straight after. Yes, yes... Ling'er has got it right. My Ling'er is so clever!" Xu Que simply demonstrated his crash course methods in activating the cannons. Since Su Ling'er was very bright and intelligent, she learnt it quickly just by watching.
Before long, many other people from different tribes managed to grasp the concept as well. Although they were all very unfamiliar with such things, it didn't prevent them from learning how to operate it.
Soon after, the entire crowd shifted the nine God Powered Cannons outside the tower. These black cannons were aimed at different directions, pointing straight at the beasts which lurked nearby.
Xu Que smiled happily. Regardless of who operated these cannons, as long as they managed to kill, he would get the experience points anyway!
"Come, we can start using the cannons!"
Seeing that the demonic beasts were all charging towards the tower, Xu Que waved a hand and gave the order to start firing.
At this point, Su Ling'er and the rest of them retrieved a low grade spirit stone before inserting it into the slots at the back of the cannon. Then, they started activating it via the series of hand movements taught by Xu Que as gold light filled the entire area. Once they controlled the gold light, the cannons were ready!
"Pow! Pow! Pow!"
The nine God Powered Cannons first erupted in loud sounds as the inscriptions on the cannons radiated extremely bright gold light.
"Boom!"
At the next moment, the bright rays of light exploded and shot out in all nine directions. Just by looking at it, it resembled the Kamehameha with its blinding rays of light.
The entire mass of rushing demonic beasts were utterly destroyed as they charged towards the tower. In the blink of an eye, they had been reduced to ashes!
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing 3 Golden Core Stage beasts. The reward is 500,000 experience points and 3 golden cores!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing 68 Core Bearing Stage beasts. The reward is 680,000 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully killing 129 Foundation Building Stage beasts. The reward is 1,030,200 experience points!."
Following the system notifications, Xu Que realized that he had earned a great deal of experience points.
Up in the air, the beast King didn't move for a long time and didn't attack as well. He was still regenerating and healing himself.
The reason he didn't move wasn't because he was suppressing his desire to kill. It was because he was at the critical point in his healing process. Apart from speaking, his body was unable to move at all. If he tried to move, he would rupture his meridians and mess up the core energy coursing through his body!
However, deep within the recess of his pupils, that look of greed was becoming more and more intense.
He knew that if he'd able to obtain these nine God Powered Cannons, his status amongst his demonic beasts counterparts would increase considerably. It was even possible that he would ultimately become the strongest beast amongst the five kingdoms. He would be the sole leader, with more than a hundred thousand men beneath him!
"Just you wait monkey. Although your God Powered Cannons are very powerful, I've been hurt by the cannons before. As long as I stay away from that beam of light, there's nothing you can do to me!" The Beast King laughed coldly.
He admitted that he had overestimated his abilities and assumed that it was just a normal cannon. That was why he allowed the bright ray of gold light to hit him.
But with his reflexes and speed, avoiding the gold ray of light would be too easy!
When Xu Que heard the Beast King laughing from above, he raised his head to look and his face fell. He then shouted out, "You rebellious kid, why haven't you come down and made peace with your father? Where's your mother? Get her to come and serve your father!"
"Outrageous!" The Beast King was enraged as he shouted out in anger. His eyes were almost bulging out in fury showing his level of displeasure.
Boom!
The Infant Transformation Stage leader sent his boundless energy rippling outwards with immense killing intent towards the tower. His killing intent was so great that it seemed to carry the strength of the mountains.
Several Golden Core Stage cultivators within the tower turned pale at this instant as they fell to the ground and spat out mouthfuls of blood.
Even many Original Infant Staged cultivators were unable to withstand the crushing pressures emanated from the body of the Beast King. All they could do was to focus on their soul strengths and attempt to resist the effects of it. In fact, even Su Ling'er who was almost an Infant Transformation cultivator could feel the immense pressure.
However, there was one person who didn't react the same as everyone else!
The color of grass might change in seasons, but the color of mountains remains eternal and unwavering!
With his hands behind his back and his clothes flapping in the wind, he had a smile on his face and was radiating toughness. It could even be said that he had attained a new level of acting tough as it emanated out from his body!
"Just a little Infant Transformation Staged cultivator is just a grain of rice to me. How dare you try to attempt to outshine me?" Xu Que's expression revealed immense dissatisfaction but he still smiled coldly. Since his soul strength was extremely powerful, he wasn't the least afraid of such pressures!
Within the hall, the demonic humans were astounded as well.
The Shaman Demon King could actually withstand the crushing pressures emanated out from the Infant Transformation Beast King. In fact, he looks so relaxed and calm. He's really very powerful!
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"
The system rang out abruptly in Xu Que's head.
Up above in the air, a cold look flashed past the Beast King's eyes. He gritted his teeth, "Dead monkey, I shall let you run your mouth now. But when I've fully recovered, I shall give you a taste of what it means to be neither dead nor alive!"
When Xu Que heard this, he was elated. Before this, he thought that this mentally challenged Beast King was charging some extremely powerful spell in the air, hence he didn't attack for very long. Now Xu Que knew that he was healing his wounds!
At this point, Xu Que shouted out ferociously, "You have the audacity. I challenge you to a fair combat, here before everyone, to settle our scores once and for all!"
Chi!
As soon as his words landed, Xu Que mounted his Lightning Haste spell and soared up into the sky. Clutching onto his golden rod, he charged towards the Beast King.
When the Beast King saw this, he opened his eyes wide and almost vomited blood.
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
Fuck your mother!
The Beast King truly wanted to slap himself on the mouth. Why was he so loose tongued to tell that cursed monkey that he was healing his wounds?!
Within the main hall, the demonic humans watched this scene and couldn't control their emotions any longer.
This Shaman Demon King actually requested for a fight while the Beast King was healing his wounds.
And he even pretended like everything was normal and asked for a fair fight before everyone!
How could that ever be fair? The Beast King was injured to such an extent. In fact, he hasn't even stopped bleeding and you requested for a fair fight?
What a shameless Shaman Demon King!
But…. We love it! Under such leadership of this Demon King, we wouldn't ever be treated like dirt by the other races!
Smiles were etched across the faces of the demonic humans as they continued to activate the God Powered Cannons, killing the oncoming beasts.
"Here, freaky beast, eat Old Sun's rod!"
Xu Que had already reached the Beast King and had raised his golden rod and was about to bring it down on the Beast King.
The Beast King's face fell, as he rapidly shut off the meridians in his body which was channeling energy for recovery. Additionally, he also managed to seal off the part of his body which core energy was flowing and healing. Soon after, he tapped on the remaining core energy from his dantian to move and narrowly dodged the blow by Xu Que!
"Pu!"
At the same time, the Beast King spat out a mouthful of blood.
Since he had already sealed up his meridians, ensuring that there's no damage is taken, he still interrupted his healing process and had to pay a price for it.
When Xu Que saw this, he burst out in laughter and taunted, "He's really as weak as a chicken. So what if you're an Infant Transformation cultivator? You can't even retaliate. In fact, I didn't even have to hit you. Just the air around my rod is enough to make you spit blood!"
"Ai, don't tell me nobody in your entire race is capable of fighting? I really have to ask. Is there anyone here? Anyone here at all that can fight with me?"
Chapter 162: Demon King, His Majesty Knows How To Have Fun!
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
"Who else is there?" Xu Que's voice echoed through the skies.
"Pu chi!"
"Hahaha!!!"
At the next moment, the demonic humans within the tower who had been paying close attention to the exchange between the pair of them, broke out in uncontrollable laughter.
It was extremely obvious that the Beast King had only spat blood because his healing process was disrupted. And yet the Shaman Demon King could say that it was because of the gust of wind from his rod. Indeed, nobody can ever win you, Demon King.
But, this Shaman Demon King… Really knows how to have fun!
And he's really trying to earn fame for our race!
The demonic humans down below couldn't help but feel proud of their King. As time passed, they were becoming more satisfied with their choice of leader and were developing a strong liking for him!
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!"
Once again, the system notifications rang out in Xu Que's head.
However, the Beast King's face was swollen red in anger. His eyes were bloodshot with hate and he looked like he could spit fire with the rage that was welling in his chest!
"Darned monkey, you're finished!"
Beast King gave a loud shout before he sent out yet another blast of his crushing pressure, rippling across the air. His long black hair started to stand as it pointed towards the skies. He raised both his hands as he conjured a huge sea of fire while in the air. At the same time, a swirling vortex appeared beside him as it sucked everything nearby into it.
Xu Que felt a chill ran down his spine and felt as if he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. He knew that this was a particular dangerous moment and he was rather taken aback.
The Beast King was of the Infant Transformation Stage, level 1. Although he had taken a severe injury, he was still able to wield such immense power and strength. That was very shocking.
"Infant Transformation Stage is such a powerful realm to be in!"
Xu Que licked his lips as a smile formed across his face. Although he had just managed to cross over to the Original Infant Stage, he couldn't wait to become an Infant Transformation cultivator.
"Boom!"
The sea of fire conjured by the Beast King had coalesced into a huge flaming ball which resembled the sun. It carried powerful rays of heat as it was being hurled over towards Xu Que.
"Cursed monkey, go to hell!"
The Beast King was laughing in a maniacal frenzy. He then dispatched a pair of black swirling conical drills after the ball of fire!
Xiu!
The pair of conical drills cut through the air and increased its speed as it made a beeline for Xu Que.
"Not good! Be careful Demon King!" Within the tower, the demonic humans were startled by the sudden show of power and shouted out in fear.
"Dodge it Demon King!"
"That Beast King was actually a bull! He had cultivated his pair of horns to become deadly weapons. Not only are they indestructible, they contain immense strength and must be avoided at all costs!"
"Dodge it Demon King!"
Everyone within the tower shouted in fear as looks of anxiety spread across their faces.
They had assumed that after the Beast King was hurt, his might would be significantly reduced. Nobody was able to predict that he would still remain so strong!
Su Ling'er slapped the cannon once and fired it at the oncoming demonic beasts before raising her head up to look at the fight. Her face was filled with worry.
However, Xu Que was still laughing coldly.
"Immense strength? Haha!!! I've never been afraid! Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation, activate!"
Boom!
At once, nine blue dragons materialized from Xu Que's palms as they soared into the sky and blocked out all the light.
At the next moment, he clutched his golden rod tightly and soared towards the pair of swirling drills and the ball of fire.
With his Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation and Killer Blade which still had full Glory, his strength was boundless as well. With such formidable strength, he swung his golden rod down, causing a huge rift in the air.
"Boom!"
The pair of bull horns had crashed against Xu Que's golden rod and… had shattered into fragments, becoming nothing more than powder as it scattered all across the ground.
At the same time, the huge rift in the air collided together with the flaming ball and wrapped itself around the ball. The force from the air rift was so powerful that it completely extinguished the fireball and was now rippling towards the Beast King.
"What?"
Beast King's face fell as he shouted out in fear. At the same time, he spat out a mouthful of blood after the force from the ripple knocked into him!
He had suffered yet another injury on top of his existing wounds. The pair of drills or horns were his ultimate weapon which he had used to achieve great strength. It was supposed to be indestructible and yet it was shattered into powder by Xu Que just like that. When he was defenseless, he was then hit by the wave of air ripple and caused another set of serious injuries.
The blood which he spat out was blood from his meridians flowing to his heart!
"How… How could this be? He's just a mere Original Infant Stage. How could he possess such strengths!"
The Beast King clutched onto his chest as his face turned pale. He glared at Xu Que with intense hatred and fear.
He was the mighty Beast King. One of the five Beast Kings from the five nations and had attained the Infant Transformation cultivation stage. Now, he was filled with dread and fear.
Down below the tower, everyone had sunk into silence.
All the demonic humans were stumped.
They had assumed that Xu Que would suffer severe injuries after clashing with the bull's ultimate weapon!
At last, the pair of indestructible horns were shattered into nothing more than powder!
This… What kind of strength was this?
How was it possible that an Original Infant Staged cultivator could possess such strengths?
Everyone around swallowed hard. Their new Demon King's might wasn't as simple as they imagined it to be. He was too scary!
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!
The system rang out.
A cold smile lingered across Xu Que's face as he looked at the Beast King who was extremely weak at this point. Xu Que shook his head, "Infant Transformation? TOO WEAK!"
The Beast King raged out, "Ignorant monkey. If I wasn't already hurt, killing you would be as easy as killing a dog!"
"Then why don't you tell me who was the one who caused your first injury?" Xu Que smiled as he asked.
The Beast King had no words to reply him.
Xu Que didn't waste any more time as he laughed out, "I know you're not satisfied with the outcome but that's fine. When I finally give you this big present, you shall be satisfied!"
Chi!
As soon as his words landed, Xu Que turned both his palms up as he conjured a pair of mystical flames.
Molten Green Lotus! Bone Freezing Fire!
"Piak!"
A strange sound echoed in the air as Xu Que clapped his palms together, fusing both the fires with each other. At the same time, his ten fingers moved in an erratic fashion as he controlled the pair of fires!
"What… What's that?"
The Beast King's eyelids twitched as he felt immensely uneasy.
From such a close distance, he was able to feel the full intensity of both flames. One was extremely hot and the other was extremely cold. Feeling both these sensations at the same time made one feel like his entire body was going to explode. At the same time, fear enveloped his entire body.
In that second, the Beast King was already thinking of ways to flee.
He felt that if he didn't escape now, he wouldn't ever get the chance to!
One step, two steps, three steps…
He was still hovering in mid air, trying to take small steps back, away from the pair of mystical flames in Xu Que's hands.
After he had retreated several more steps, the pair of flames in Xu Que's hands had been fused into a single brilliant fiery lotus.
Beast King's face fell, as he turned towards his thousands of beasts down below, "Retreat!"
Without another moment of hesitation, he conjured his speed enhancing skill and turned back to flee!
When Xu Que saw this, he was flustered. "Fuck! Why are you running? Nevermind… If you decided to flee alone, why did you ask all your thousands of beasts to flee to! Fuck! If all of you escaped, who am I supposed to act tough to? Don't run please! My experience points and act tough points..."
Chapter 163: Big Mystery Bag, Big Gains!
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
Xu Que watched on as the Beast King turned tails and fled after being so afraid. He even commanded the beasts to retreat as well.
Of course, Xu Que was extremely displeased. He was looking forward to converting those demonic beasts into experience points and help him push forward to the Full Foundation of the Original Infant Stage. This change in plans frustrated him to no end. After the Beast King roared out, all the beasts down below turned around and fled at once, just like a receding tidal wave.
"Monkey, when I've fully recovered, I will come and wipe out your entire race!"
The Beast King probably realized that fleeing just like that was too embarrassing. Hence, after fleeing some distance away, he turned back and shouted viciously in an attempt to get some face back.
Xu Que was enraged when he heard this.
"Damn it, you retard child! You ruined my big plans. I shall blow you to pieces!"
He then stepped atop his Lightning Haste and chased after the Beast King. At the same time, he flung his hands towards him. The Buddha's Fiery Lotus in his hands hurtled towards the Beast King and through the air.
Seeing a scene like this, the Beast King opened his eyes wide in shock before decided to flee once again.
However, that burst of radiant lotus was glowing brightly within his eyes and was reaching him before he even realized.
"Boom!"
The entire sky lit up in flames before a second ripple of shockwave coursed through the air and smacked right into him.
The Buddha's Fiery Lotus exploded right before the Beast King in all its splendor.
Even the extremely strong body of the Beast King was blown into smithereens from the effects of the blast and became nothing more than a mist of blood!
It can be said that the combination of both flames, the Buddha's Flaming Lotus was Xu Que's strongest show of strength ever.
Being in the 6th level of the Original Infant Stage, along with the Soaring Dragons Nine Transformations, the strength of the fiery lotus was extremely terrifying. Even a first level Infant Transformation Staged cultivator was unable to defend himself against it!
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough. The reward is 80 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for killing an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator. The reward is 1,000,000 experience points and a storage ring!"
"Ding! Since this is the first time that the host has killed an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator, a big mystery bag has been rewarded. Would you like to open it?"
Several notifications rang out in Xu Que's mind.
At the same time, down in the tower, the demonic humans watched the boundless might exuded along with the sky filled with fire and were appalled.
"That Beast King… Has died?"
"So… He was killed by our Demon King just like that?"
"Not even his body remained… He was completely turned into ashes!"
Everyone were mumbling to themselves in utter disbelief.
Su Ling'er and the rest of them had already stopped firing the cannons.
The demonic beasts came very quickly and left even faster. Hence, they didn't bother chasing after them and focused on the fight which happened in the air as their hearts were filled with fear.
Su Ling'er had seen Xu Que conjure the Buddha's Fiery Lotus once before but she realized that this time, it was much more powerful than the previous one. It was so strong that even an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator was defenseless against it and was turned to ashes!
At this moment, all the demonic humans were filled with a sense of relief and gladness.
Because the person who was holding onto that golden rod, the person who was floating in the air, the person who had killed an Infant Transformation Staged King, was their Demon King!
Someone who was able to lead them and show them a brighter, glorious future!
"Shaman Demon King! Shaman Demon King!" A young demonic human was filled with motivation and awe as he shouted out.
Everyone around paused before they joined their voices together and cheered out.
Hence, under this dilapidated and broken down tower within Demon City, cheers of "Shaman Demon King!" rang out and echoed across the entire city.
Xu Que was still floating in the air as his lips twitched while he watched on!
…
The next day, Xu Que, along with Su Ling'er and the rest of them returned to Sky Demon Tribe's stronghold.
Despite the fact that he was the Demon King, Demon City was inhabitable. Hence, it was best that he returned to the tribe domains.
Furthermore, the Sky Demon Tribe had changed their name to Demon King's Tribe!
This caused the Sky Demon Tribe members to be elated. Additionally, Xu Que had brought back the God Powered Cannons for them. Tales recounting Xu Que's heroism had spread all around.
The entire Tribe members who weren't present were stumped by their stories. When night came, they held a lavish dinner and invited every single leader of each tribe to celebrate where they rejoiced 'till morning of the next day.
However, the crowd's favorite Xu Que had returned to his own room earlier to pack his luggage!
He was headed towards the Imperial City!
His plan after finishing with Sky Incense Valley's test area was to cross his Tribulations before quickly heading towards Imperial City. He was still bent on breaking into the Imperial Tombs to steal the Genesis Fire Herbs. He would then break into the other four nations' tombs to steal the required herbs in order to concoct the medication required to revive Xiao Rou.
He never expected to bump into Thousand Demons Tribe where a series of incidents happened, which compelled him to stay. At last, he even became the King of Demons!
The occurences of so many strange incidents which drew him into this conflict left a bitter smile across Xu Que's face.
However, with the nine God Powered Cannons, they no longer had to live their lives in secrecy. In fact, they can now strengthen the entire race create a brighter future for themselves!
Hence, Xu Que decided that it was time to be on his way as well!
Ever since he left Pan Shan Village, he had wasted considerable amount of time. He became much stronger as well and even earned a truckload of act tough points.
Reviving Xiao Rou--bringing the dead back to life, isn't a simple affair and just the thought of entering the Fire Nation's Imperial Tombs was enough to make his head hurt. Yet, he still had to break into the other four nations' Imperial Tombs as well.
He realized that he couldn't just rush into it without proper planning and yet he mustn't delay it any longer.
With his current capabilities, the chances of successfully breaking into the Imperial Tombs were slim but they were much higher than before. Especially since his he managed to cultivate God of Hell's Compulsion, he could strengthen his physical body and gain control of the elements. Indeed, it was time for him to depart.
Thinking these thoughts in his head, Xu Que summoned the system interface and checked out his own statistics.
He did earned a significant amount of act tough points, having amassed more than 5,000 points. He was considered rather wealthy!
And his experience points was 3800000/4800000. He still needed one million points in order to ascend to level 7!
Xu Que's attention turned to the big mystery pack which he had received after killing an Infant Transformation Staged cultivator for the first time.
"The last time I acquired a similar reward was when I killed the leader of the Fallen Spirits Sect. That was the first time I killed an Original Infant Staged cultivator and thus earned the reward. From that bag, I received the Bone Chilling Fire. Now that I've gotten another one, I wonder what it could contain?" Xu Que mumbled under his breath, his heart was filled with excitement.
However before he opened it, he saw yet another pack - a big growth bag!
He had opened a bag like this once before as well. That was when he crossed over into the Foundation Building Stage. However, he had forgotten about that bag because he got into a conflict with Fallen Spirits Sect and Celestial Sect.
Hence, he had the chance to open the big growth bag thrice as well as the Big mystery bag!
"Keke.. Which one should I open first? Oh, let's open the big growth bag first. Afterall, I have three chances with it!" Xu Que considered for a moment before using his thoughts to open the big growth bag within his mind.
Whoosh!
As soon as he did, several rays of light swirled around it before revealing its contents. At the same time, the system notification rang out.
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for acquiring an Intermediate Escape Emblem!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for acquiring a book on Tai Chi!"
[Intermediate Escape Emblem ]: Enables the user to teleport to within 50 km of current location!
[Tai Chi Manual ] : Ancient punching method that teaches the user how to control his strength and covert gentleness to strengths. Acquiring all ten manuals will complete the entire set!'
Xu Que paused in shock.
Tai Chi… ancient punching method? Fuck me. Isn't this a world of cultivation? What's the use of knowing Tai Chi?!
"I've been made a fool. Looks like my luck isn't very good today!" Xu Que's lips curled as he shook his head in resignation.
At least he received an Intermediate Escape Emblem, which filled his heart with relief.
The previous escape emblems which he received were all of the beginner's level, and only allowed him to travel up to 5km of his current position. Now that it has increased by ten fold, it was rather useful.
"Forget it. Looks like this big growth bag isn't going to yield me anything fantastic. Let me try the mystery bag." Xu Que still had two more chances to open the big growth bag but he turned his attention to the other pack.
The previous time he had opened something like this, he had acquired a mystical fire. Xu Que will never forget that moment. Afterall, it was his first time killing an Original Infant cultivator. His heart was filled with anticipation.
"System, open the mystery bag!"
Xu Que took a deep breath before announcing to the system.
Whosh!
As soon as the bag opened, three rays of light shrouded the items within as the system notification rang out.
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for receiving a free upgrade in the system store. An additional class of items have been added!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for acquiring a book"300 Tang Poems ""
"Ding! Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for acquiring the sixth ranked mystical flame 'Eight Waste Destruction Flame!'"