Chapter 809: You Guys Are Ugly!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Hmph!" Xu Que scoffed and crossed his legs. Then he waved his hand.
Boom!
The wooden bench, pulled by an unseen force, crashed toward the three young men by the door. Two of the three wore red and green respectively. The young man in green looked peculiar and had two protruding front teeth – more commonly known as buckteeth. The red-clad man had ordinary looks, but there was something eerie about him. The third guy wore a mask so one could not make out his looks.
The men clad in red and green smiled scornfully when they saw the bench being hurled toward them. They raised their hands casually and pushed their palms slightly forward. The radiance of true core strength abruptly flared.
Boom!
With a loud noise, the whole wooden bench exploded into sawdust.
"I see that you've got quite the temper! How dare you attack us. Don't you know who we are?" The red-clad man smirked coldly.
"Trash!" Xu Que answered without hesitation.
At the same time, he frowned. It was quite clear that the three men were strong; they must at least be at the Crossing Calamity Stage. However, compared to Jiang Hongyan, they still had a way to go!
"You are atrocious! Who do you think you are, to talk like that to the Divine Son Division!" The man in green demanded menacingly.
The red-clad man also quipped, "Li Bai, one should not be too arrogant! If not for the Commander, who told us to inform you of your entry into the Divine Son Division, your act of aggression just now would be enough to warrant your death!"
"My death?" Xu Que laughed mockingly. "I'm afraid that you're the ones who'll be meeting your maker!"
He called out the System as coldness flared in his eyes. He was prepared to kill them with the King of Tough-Acting Fist.
"All right, that's enough!"
Suddenly, the masked man came forward and peered directly at Xu Que. He spoke emotionlessly, "You must be Li Bai from the Exploding Heavens Faction. Don't worry. We are not here to kill you today. This is the Token of Passing of the Divine Son Division. Once you accept this token, you will be part of the Divine Son Division, ranked No. 31!"
As he spoke, an ink-black token floated out from his sleeve and flew at Xu Que.
Bam!
Without even sparing a side glance, Xu Que smashed it into smithereens with a wave of his arm. He snorted, "Divine Son Division, my arse! Do you think I care? Playing by the rules of our Exploding Heavens Faction, once you anger me, you can't dream of walking away alive!"
Boom!
Xu Que conjured a significant amount of True Core Strength as his voice fell, and he balled his hands into fists. But shortly after, his brows furrowed into a frown. He didn't have enough Taoist Connotation!
The System reminded him silently why, and he came to his senses. He had just undergone a fight, and his Taoist Connotation had not recovered. Therefore, right now, he could not use the Tough-Acting Fist.
"Brazen fella! How dare you destroy the token of the Divine Son Division!" The green-clad man jumped up in a fury, and he ignored the final part of Xu Que's sentence entirely.
The disdain on the face of the red-clad man strengthened. He shook his head and said, "Don't you know that every member of the Divine Son Division is not to be trifled with? We are the ones, chosen out of thousands! All of us have exceptional potential, and every single one of us is stronger than you!"
The red-clad man paused and raised his head as if looking down on Xu Que. He then continued haughtily, "Don't think that just because you killed some Heaven Orcs on the battlefield, you're unbeatable! Those Heaven Orcs in Form Synthesis Stage are just a bunch of ants in our eyes, we sons of the Divine Son Division! They are not worth our time!"
"Ha, ha, idiot! You said that you are in the Crossing Calamity Stage, so isn't it a joke if you can't even defeat someone in the Form Synthesis Stage? Save the boasting if you can't kill so many Form Synthesis Stage orcs when you were in the Void Training Stage, like me!"
The red-clad man's face darkened at those words, and his smile disappeared.
Xu Que was speaking the truth. Even for the Divine Son Division, they could not kill so many powerful orcs in the Form Synthesis Stage when they were at the Void Training Stage.
"Hmph! So what if you could kill this many Form Synthesis Stage powerhouses? You are but a lowly cultivator in the Void Training Stage. In front of us, you are still an ant! I don't understand what this lady likes about you. To think that a powerful Crossing Calamity Stage cultivator would fall so low, that she would follow a lowlife in the Void Training Stage around!"
Jiang Hongyan had retained her modified appearance after using the change-self spell. Though not quite astoundingly beautiful, she could not hide her aura of being otherworldly elegant. The way she carried herself was poised and dignified, and people couldn't help but be drawn to her.
Ever since the three men entered, their gazes kept looking toward Jiang Hongyan, seemingly thinking that an outstanding woman like her should not be following a puny Void Training cultivator around.
"You ask what she likes of me? Isn't the answer obvious? Open your dog eyes wide and see for yourself! What is this that you see?" Xu Que patted his cheeks agitatedly as he said, emphasizing his face, "See that? It's because of this handsome face!"
Swoosh!
The trio from the Divine Son Division almost burst with anger when they heard his words, eyes bulging.
"What do you mean? Are you making fun of our common looks? How superficial!" said the red-clad man angrily.
Xu Que quickly cut him off. "Don't spout nonsense! Look at yourself. You look like a joke! And you, the one wearing green, look at your teeth, you could even do circumcision using them! I'd save my breath on the masked one. With looks like that, don't you three feel any shame bragging that your looks are just common?"
"Crap!"
The red-clad man was rampant with fury, his face beet-red like he would rush up and fight Xu Que any moment.
"Enough!" The masked man bellowed and stopped the green-clad man, sweeping a cold gaze at Xu Que, saying, "Li Bai, know your boundaries! We do not deny that your potential is astounding! However, the others at the Divine Son Division are not pushovers either. We do not lose to you in terms of potential, and every one of us only made it after going through life-and-death situations and unimaginable hardships! Like me, when I was 15 years old, I was found out to have no Spiritual Root at all and was deemed impossible to cultivate. But in the end, I still achieved what I have today!"
His words tickled Xu Que, who raised both of his hands. Clap clap clap! Xu Que applauded and he beamed. "No Spiritual Root at 15 years old, but you still achieved what you have today, are you flaunting how inspirational you are? Can't blame you all, since being inspirational is all you can be, unlike me, who is inspirationally good-looking!"
"How dare you! I'm telling you that this is a world where we talk with fists! You have no right to laugh at our looks!" The masked man spat, angered by Xu Que's response.
"I have no right? Ha, ha, I think not! So what if I call you guys ugly? Ugly so-and-so, can you turn on the lights? Angry? Hit me if you dare!" Xu Que sang out, his face smug and shameless. The trio just wanted to smash him to death!
It seemed like their wariness toward the Commander outweighed their anger, as all three of them swallowed the insults and did not touch Xu Que.
"Hmph, let's leave!" In the end, the masked man turned, shooting Xu Que a final glare.
The two men clad in red and green respectively also glared at him coldly and, without a word, left as they silently fumed.
"Little one, do you need me to teach them a lesson?" Jiang Hongyan smiled as she stepped forward, calm and elegant as always. She noticed that Xu Que had no intention of killing any more people today; otherwise, with his character, they would already be dead by now!
"There's no need. I will take care of them myself!" Xu Que stopped her from making a move.
All in all, he paid no attention to those three. If not for the fact that he had overused the King of Tough-Acting Fist today, he would have killed them long ago. But since he couldn't use it now, then there was no hurry — no need to dirty Jiang Hongyan's hands.
Also, those people were worth a lot of experience points. He needed to enter the battlefield once again after tomorrow. That would propel him into the peak of the Void Training Stage.
At that point, he wouldn't even need the Tough-Acting Fist to kill those so-called geniuses from the Divine Son Division. He would smash them with one hand, then prepare to break into the Form Synthesis Stage!
Chapter 810: So What! We Must See It!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
With that, the three young men from the Divine Son Division left in a rage. Xu Que waited for their aura to disappear entirely from the Soul Strength detection before he sat next to Jiang Hongyan again, his hands dying to touch her.
Jiang Hongyan shot him an exasperated look and whispered, "Frankly speaking, you could have taken up their offer to join the Divine Son Division."
"Huh? Is there anything special about this Divine Son Division?" Xu Que asked doubtfully.
After all, while those three men did seem quite powerful, they were not strong enough to make Xu Que think highly of them. Once he unleashed the King of Tough-Acting Fist, those three would surely perish! Why join this so-called Divine Son Division if that was the best they could offer? It could not even compare to his Exploding Heavens Faction!
"The key to the Divine Son Division lies in their commander-in-chief, Qin Wei! Also at the peak of the Great Vehicle Stage, he has an extraordinary position in the Xuanzhen Continent; even the Emperor has got to show him some courtesy and doesn't want to fight him. If you take refuge in the Divine Son Division, even the Emperor would need to think twice before touching you!" Jiang Hongyan said.
Xu Que could not believe his ears. "What? Is this commander guy stronger than the Emperor?"
"No. Strengthwise, the Emperor would surely be in the top rankings within the Xuanzhen Continent, and Qin Wei could never compare. However, cultivators who had reached their stage are often reluctant to fight. As even if there is a gap in strength, it's unlikely that they could kill each other that easily."
As Jiang Hongyan said this, she looked up slightly at the night sky beyond the windowsill and whispered, "When you reach that level, you will inevitably make numerous enemies. Once a war breaks out, you can't escape unscathed even if you killed the other party. Once that happens, the rest of your enemies would surely launch a sneak attack when you're weak. Therefore, instead of saying that Your Majesty fears Qin Wei, it is more appropriate to say that he is worried about getting injured!"
"I see. It's okay. Then there's nothing much to worry about. This division seems wicked; we just saw it too. They are all so arrogant that I'm almost annoyed!" Xu Que complained, his expression irritated.
Jiang Hongyan did not know whether to laugh or cry at his words. Do they annoy you?
Who else in the world can annoy you? Weren't you the one who pissed them off till they ran away in the first place?
"Ah, let's not talk about it. The more we talk about it, the more I get upset!" Xu Que stopped the topic with a wave.
Xu Que felt that it was such a pity that he could not kill those three people. If the King of Tough-Acting Fist had been available, he could have used it to establish respect and intimidate his detractors!
"Well, not joining the division was a good thing! Qin Wei isn't exactly the best of men; as far as I know, the purpose of him cultivating the Divine Son Division wasn't that moral either!" Jiang Hongyan nodded and said gently.
"Why is it immoral?" Xu Que was uninterested in the Divine Son Division but had wanted to distract Jiang Hongyan's attention. Only when she's absorbed in chatting will his wicked claws find a chance to slip past her defenses. So, he pretended to be a curious baby and asked.
Jiang Hongyan did not see Xu Que's "misguided thoughts" and responded earnestly, "His plan to nurture the Divine Sons was just for him to control them. He would make them enter Road of Heavenly Ascension, and bring him the Celestial Bone Fruit!"
"Hmm? What is the Celestial Bone Fruit?" Her words piqued his interest for real, and now he was genuinely curious.
Jiang Hongyan looked at him and said, "A kind of fruit growing from the remains of an Immortal cultivator. It's a rare medicine that could help to break through the peak of the Great Vehicle Stage!"
"Can medicine grow out of Immortal cultivators?" Xu Que was astonished.
Jiang Hongyan chuckled, "It's just hearsay, but according to ancient records, some people did see the remains of an Immortal cultivator on the Road of Heavenly Ascension a long time ago. They plucked a fruit from the bones, absorbed it, and achieved Celestial Stage. However, no one else had ever seen the remains of the Immortal again. Even if they did, they would not dare disclose it to the outside world. That was also precisely why the Emperor had nourished the God-realization Tree with a wisp of my past soul.
"So that's what it is!" Xu Que nodded, and his eyes narrowed slightly. Was it really that difficult to achieve the Celestial Stage?
"It's getting late. If you don't rest now, you may not be able to catch tomorrow's war!" At this time, Jiang Hongyan looked at Xu Que and smiled mildly. Ever since last time, she realized that Xu Que could not use his unique sure-kill fist technique as and when he wished. It needed time to recover when he had used it to the limit.
Xu Que looked out of the window and stared at the night sky. With a nod, he retrieved his hand. As Jiang Hongyan had said, if he could not restore his Taoist Connotation in time, he would miss out on the battle tomorrow. He sat on the futon and soon entered the state of Tao Comprehension, re-examining and re-perceiving his Taoist Connotation.
Jiang Hongyan sat beside him and looked at him quietly for a long time. After that, her beautiful lips rose slightly, and warmth swept across her beautiful eyes. Before she realized it, she had gotten used to and taken quite a liking to spending this kind of time alone with Xu Que.
They would stay together, fight together, chat with each other, and practice together, a simple life, a simple flow. It was wonderful. Finally, she closed her eyes and entered a state of meditation.
…
The next day, the trumpet sounded on the battlefield again!
Both the human cultivators and the Heaven Orc Tribe had rebuilt their armies and landed on the battlefield once again. Battle had commenced!
This time, Xu Que was late. Recovering his Taoist Connotation took some time, and the distance was slightly far; therefore, he did not bring Jiang Hongyan and came alone. When he finally got to the battlefront, Xu Que became a little worried as he had run out of ideas on how to pull the mob.
As the King of Tough-Acting Fist was a skill with area-of-effect damage, the efficiency of killing would decrease if the giants were not gathered. However, his eyes lit up when he passed by the series of toilets in the camp, and he entered them quickly. He called out the System and took out hundreds of storage rings! Xu Que began to pinch the many Buddha's Fiery Lotus and squeezed it to the brink of explosion. He then immediately put it into the storage ring, along with the stinky excrements from the dump pit.
Xu Que never left the toilet for the whole morning. It was not until noon that he burst out of the toilet, satisfied, and went straight to the battlefront. Some of the human cultivators in the camp were shocked when they saw him leave. "Isn't that Li Bai from the Exploding Heavens Faction? Didn't he go to the battlefield today?"
"Strange, I thought I saw him enter the toilet this morning? Why did he only come out now?"
"And to leave looking so satiated!"
All who were curious entered the toilet to check, and they were all stunned speechless. The usually stinky toilet had not even half a crap!
"My God! Someone had stolen our toilet crap!" The crowd immediately cried out in dismay.
"Holy cow, is he crazy?"
"That's terrifying. What's Xu Que doing with the crap he stole?"
"No, he left with a satisfied face, which looked like…like he just had a full meal!"
"Crap! I suddenly thought of a bold reason!"
"Crap! Me too!"
Then, a series of exclamations rang throughout the camp.
…..
At the same time, at the front line, a figure arrived hurriedly. It was Xu Que. He shouted at the top of his lungs from afar, "It's too late to explain. Everyone place your bets! Big or small?" Everyone on the battlefield was so engrossed in fighting that no one paid any attention to Xu Que. Xu Que was upset at their response. The Act-Tough Saint is opening a gambling table. How dare they ignore it?
Whiz!
He jumped. Steering a bolt of lightning, he plunged into the center of the battlefield. Only then did the giants of the Heaven Orc Tribe realize Xu Que's arrival. They roared, then collectively decided to ignore him. Instead, they turned away and charged toward the human cultivators.
"Wow, don't do that! I am neither Li Bai nor Li Xiaoyao. I am Jet Li!" Although Xu Que had changed his outfit, his appearance was still the same as that of his disguise. No one would believe him even if he claimed to be Jet Li. The Giants had learned their lesson after being fooled for two consecutive days. This guy was just here to make trouble. They would live longer if they paid no attention to him!
"Oh, come on, you're no fun. I'm going home!" Xu Que yelled from boredom like he had lost his pleasure because nobody wanted to talk to him. He turned to leave. Suddenly, something that gleamed slightly fell out of his clothes. It immediately attracted the attention of some Heaven Orc giants! They fixed their eyes on that item, and then their eyes brightened brilliantly, visibly excited.
"Storage Ring, that's a Storage Ring!"
"Snatch it! That human kid carries so many best-grade Spirit Stones. They must be hidden in these storage rings!"
Many giants of the Heaven Orc Tribe were alarmed by the commotion and stomped toward Xu Que, before jumping up suddenly to grab the storage rings. Xu Que continued to fly forward as if he hadn't noticed anything. The storage rings kept falling out while he flew, and the giants behind him began to grab at them madly.
Some cultivators who noticed what was happening couldn't take it any longer. They hastily reminded Li Bai, "Exploding Heavens Faction Li Bai, your storage rings have fallen out!"
"What?"
Hearing their words, Xu Que looked down and paled. He immediately turned around and yelled, "Stop it! Don't touch my storage rings! Don't look inside!"
The many giants of the Heaven Orc Tribe burst into laughter, overjoyed that they had finally gotten back at Xu Que.
Don't touch your storage ring?
Damn, we're going to rob you!
Don't look inside?
Crap, so what! We must see it!
…
Chapter 811: The Most Wicked Man Is Always Invincible!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Numerous soldiers were killing each other on the battlefield! In the chaos, hundreds of Orc soldiers were trying to seize the storage rings "lost" by Xu Que.
"Don't check the things inside the storage rings!" Xu Que shouted.
However, the louder he shouted, the more excited those Orc soldiers became. They had been totally annoyed by Xu Que and many of them had tried to tear Xu Que into pieces. Now they were so happy to steal something from Xu Que!
"Guys, let's drive that mankind guy crazy by opening the storage rings and stealing the treasuries inside!" A soldier of the Heaven Orc Tribe shouted, waving his arms as if they had won.
"OK!" The rest of more than 100 Orc soldiers who had gotten a storage ring replied delightedly. After that, they started to check the storage rings in their hands!
The next moment…
Rumble!
Along with a big bang, countless dazzling flames gushed out from the storage rings and created a big explosion. The fiery-hot air waves swept out directly. Then, many unknown yellow objects were blown up into small drops and fell along different parabolas on those soldiers of the Heaven Orc Tribe! Instantly, half of the battlefield was filled with an unprecedented stench.
The entire area fell silent abruptly as if even the air was frozen! Everyone in this area, including the mankind onlookers and the soldiers of the Heaven Orc Tribe, was dumbfounded.
What…is this?
Why are these feelings and smells so scary?
Looking at the stinking yellow-and-sticky object in his hand, a soldier of the Heaven Orc Tribe licked it with his tongue. After that, his eyes opened wide and his body started trembling!
"Ah!" A strident cry came out of his mouth and echoed around the battlefield! "It is excrement!"
"This is excrement!" The Orc soldier screamed as he ran about wildly in the battlefield.
Xu Que, who stood at a place 1,000 miles away from the battlefield, was looking at this scene with a wicked smile on his face.
"Crap!"
All the soldiers of the Heaven Orc Tribe came to themselves at this time. They were totally annoyed and almost lost their minds because of rage. The mankind cultivators in this area were also puzzled by what they saw. None of them expected Xu Que could use such a disgusting method.
He had placed excrement in the storage rings. Then, he exploded those excrements into small drops and threw them at numerous soldiers of the Heaven Orc Tribe!
This is too wicked!
They had never heard of a person who could throw excrement on his enemies during a combat!
"So, it is still the old ingredients and the old smell, right? Hah-hah, you are so angry! Come here to beat me up!" Xu Que ridiculed them with a wicked smile as he covered his nose. All the soldiers of the Heaven Orc Tribe who had been tainted by excrement lost control of themselves because of their unprecedented anger.
"Kill him!"
"We prefer death to humiliation. He has broken the rules. We can't let him live!"
"I will throw him into a cesspit!"
Many Orc soldiers roared angrily as they dashed toward Xu Que. Xu Que nodded his head in satisfaction. In front of thousands of his enemies, he clenched his fist and uttered some words calmly, "The King of Tough-Acting Fist!"
Bang!
Along with a dull sound in the void, Xu Que attacked with his fist! A giant fist shadow took shape above the clouds. Then, it fell down directly with magnificent momentum and Taoist Connotation!
Rumble!
Instantly, the fist created a blank area in the formation of the Heaven Orc Tribe. Numerous Orc soldiers were exploded into blood mists! However, this could not scare those crazy Orc soldiers, who still roared angrily and dashed toward Xu Que. They planned to tear Xu Que into pieces with their quantitative superiority!
Xu Que kept attacking with his fist, standing directly in front of them.
"The Unique King of Tough-Acting Fist!"
"The Explosive King of Tough-Acting Fist!"
"The Invincible King of Tough-Acting Fist!"
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Explosive sounds came from the battlefield one after another. More and more Orc soldiers were turned into blood mists.
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que' in acting tough successfully. The reward is 13,000 Acting Tough Points!"
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que' in upgrading successfully. The current stage is Level 9 of the Void Training Stage!"
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host 'Xu Que' in upgrading successfully. The current stage is Level 10 of the Void Training Stage!"
Ding! "The Host has reached the summit of the Void Training Stage! Before crossing the Heavenly Tribulation, all the experience points will be saved in the Experience Pool automatically!"
The warning tones of the System came in one after another!
"Phew!" Xu Que let out a sigh of relief. After three days' hard work, he managed to realize his upgrade at last!
He had reached the summit of the Void Training Stage. He would reach the Form Synthesis Stage after crossing the Heavenly Tribulation.However, before that, he would merge with his Taoist Body to enhance his strength remarkably as he crossed the Heavenly Tribulation. At that time, as a cultivator at the Form Synthesis Stage, his strength would be more horrible!
"Hah-hah-hah, the happy hours always pass by quickly. Guys, I need to go now!"
Xu Que said goodbye to those soldiers of the Heaven Orc Tribe who continued to rush toward him! He was really reluctant to say goodbye to the scene where thousands of enemies were dashing toward him. After all, those Orc soldiers were walking Experience Points! It was a pity that he had used up his Taoist Connotation, so he had to stop this slaughter.
Of course, he had reached the summit of the Void Training Stage. He could fight those cultivators at the Form Synthesis Stage with other magic arts. However, he could also kill dozens or hundreds of enemies with one King of Tough-Acting Fist. With other magic arts, he could kill several enemies with many attacking moves. It was too inefficient. Xu Que didn't have the patience to fight in this way.
"Farewell, guys!" Xu Que nodded to the Orc soldiers. Then he turned around and started to dash toward the front campsite.
At this moment, those Orc soldiers didn't want to ever let him go. They were so angry that they planned to tear Xu Que into pieces. Therefore, they started to chase Xu Que crazily. Xu Que waved his hand as he flew forward, "Guys, stop sending me off, we have to part sooner or later!"
Roar!
The Orc soldiers roared angrily. Nobody wants to send you off! If you are not a coward, come back to confront us!
The Orc soldiers continued to chase Xu Que, picking up speed. The mankind cultivators were speechless after seeing this.
This guy is really a weirdo! How could he be so shameless?
"This kind of person should be notorious! But why haven't I heard of him before?" someone asked suspiciously.
"I'm afraid he is using a fake name! However, we really haven't heard of a shameless person like him! As expected, the most wicked man is always invincible!" Someone exclaimed, shaking his head.
Rumble! Rumble!
At this time, countless soldiers of the Heaven Orc Tribe continued to chase Xu Que. "Alas! Stop sending me off. You don't want me to go, I also don't want to leave you! You are so enthusiastic! Come on, let's fight for another 300 rounds!" Xu Que said as he stopped. Then, he turned around and clenched his fist again!
Whoosh!
All at once, the soldiers of the Heaven Orc Tribe who were chasing Xu Que were surprised and couldn't help but stop.
"Heh-heh-heh, you've been fooled! Dumbasses!"
Xu Que smiled wickedly as he ignited a Divine Escape Spell. Then he disappeared from the battlefield directly.The battlefield fell silent instantly. Then, hysterical roars started to echo all around the area. The Orc soldiers were steaming mad!
…
In the distance, on the city wall at mankind's front line, Qin Wei, a middle-aged General, was looking at the battlefield calmly. Then, he glanced at the young men beside him and said seriously, "You mean he refused to join the Divine Son Division and smashed the ID plate of the Divine Son Division?"
"General, this guy is so arrogant. Please allow me to punish him!" A man in a red robe said, bowing.
Together with the man in a green robe and the man who wore a mask, they were the three people who were driven away by Xu Que last night!
Qin Wei squinted his eyes and shook his head calmly, "I'm afraid you are not powerful enough to punish him! Forget it, I will go with you tonight to find him. This guy must join the Divine Son Division and become one of my underlings!"
After that, a strand of creepy light appeared in the depth of his eyes!
…
Chapter 812: What Is He Going To Do?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Xu Que left the battlefield and went back to the hotel in the ancient city close to the front line again. When he had left in the morning, he was at Level 8 of the Void Training Stage. When he returned in the evening, he had already reached the summit of the Void Training Stage!
Even though Jiang Hongyan had mentally prepared herself, she was still shocked by Xu Que's rocketing upgrade. She could also tell that Xu Que's foundation was quite solid in realizing this rapid upgrade, and it wouldn't disappear like a dream.
"Little girl, tomorrow I won't go to the battlefield. I will start to prepare my upgrade to the Form Synthesis Stage!" Xu Que said delightedly as he lay down on his bed after entering their room.
If he could reach the Form Synthesis Stage, he would no longer be afraid of the cultivators at the Great Vehicle Stage, which would bring him a carefree life. Of course, the most important thing was to seize the God-realization Tree from the Imperial Palace and get back that strand of soul for Jiang Hongyan. Otherwise, if the Emperor stepped into the Celestial Stage, something terrible would happen!
Therefore, even though it seemed as if Xu Que was quite relaxed, he didn't dare to slack off for one minute. When he lay down on his bed, he started to restore his Taoist Connotation. He knew clearly that he had made a lot of noises in the last three days, although three days were only a short period.
For example, the Divine Son Division, General Qin Wei, and the Emperor, who didn't show up but could always know what they were doing, would probably have noticed him.
"Have a good rest. Tomorrow I will be your protector when you cross the Heavenly Tribulation!" Jiang Hongyan said as she walked over to him with a wet towel in her hands. She was graceful and elegant. With a faint smile on her extremely beautiful face, she began wiping the sweat off Xu Que's face carefully and gently.
Xu Que had been fatigued with the combat and the journey. However, he felt so relaxed when Jiang Hongyan did this to him. His mind became clearer, which even accelerated the restoration of his Taoist Connotation!
Soon, night fell!
Jiang Hongyan had restarted her cultivation on the futon again. Her calm breath filled the room with a faint fragrance.
After midnight, Xu Que opened his eyes and sat up on the bed suddenly.
He frowned as he looked at the door.
After reaching the summit of the Void Training Stage, his Soul Strength had become more powerful than before. He had sensed several auras were coming toward their room. One aura was quite powerful, which had suffocated him a bit even though it was still far away from their room.
The Great Vehicle Stage? Xu Que concentrated even harder.
At this time, only two cultivators at the Great Vehicle Stage could visit them: Qin Wei or the Emperor! However, Xu Que thought the possibility of Qin Wei was higher, for the momentum of the Emperor would be even more overbearing!
Jiang Hongyan opened her eyes and said calmly, "Little brat, it's time to go!"
Xu Que smiled as he stood up. "We will leave. But before leaving here, I will charge some interest to them and let them know they can't bully a handsome and honest man like me casually!"
Boom!
The next moment, a magnificent momentum gushed in from outside the hotel. After that, several dull air-rending sounds could be heard. Several figures appeared outside the door.
"Li Bai of the Exploding Heavens Faction, the General orders you to come out!" a voice spoke.
Bang! The door was broken down by a violent force. More than ten figures appeared in front of Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan. All the intruders were young men and young women who had reached the Crossing Calamity Stage. Arrogance and superiority could be sensed from these people, who were staring at Xu Que coldly and aggressively.
It seemed they were ready to attack directly if Xu Que refused to go out. However, Xu Que was so happy for now he could act tough again!
"What? You three came back again! You also brought so many people with you. Is my handsome face so attractive for you?" Xu Que asked with a wicked smile.
The man in the red robe, the man in the green robe, and the man who wore a mask, who were driven away by Xu Que last night, were also present.
"Heh-heh, Li Bai, it is useless for you to have a big mouth now. Your mistake in ruining the Divine Son Division's ID plate is unforgivable. The General ordered us to punish you!" The man in the red robe said with a cold smile.
"Ah? What did you say?" Xu Que asked, blinking his eyes innocently in shock, "Did I ruin the ID plate of your Divine Son Division? My fellow cultivator, although you are ugly, you can't talk nonsense! I haven't even seen an ID plate of the Divine Son Division. How could I ruin one?"
His words and his innocent expression shocked the intruders. The man in the red robe, the man in the green robe, and the man who wore a mask opened their eyes wide in surprise immediately.
What the hell?
Does this guy lose memory?
Damn! Is he going to frame us?
"Li Bai, what…do you mean?"
"I'm warning you. Don't play dumb here!"
"Last night, when we came here to invite you, you insulted the Divine Son Division and ruined the ID plate! Now, are you going to deny that?"
The three of them shouted hurriedly. They didn't want to take the blame for Xu Que! Moreover, none of them expected Xu Que, who was so arrogant last night, could frame them with this dirty trick by acting dumb tonight.
If the General believed Xu Que, they would at least be severely punished!
"Eh, my fellow cultivators, what…are you talking about? Last night, you asked me to stop acting ostentatiously on the battlefield, or you will…. Your threat bothered me for the whole day!" Xu Que said as he covered his chest with his hands and looked at them pitifully with his innocent eyes.
All at once, the rest of the intruders from the Divine Son Division fixed their eyes on the three unlucky guys.
The man in the red robe shouted angrily, "Don't believe him! He is framing us!"
"You…how can you say that?" Xu Que pointed at the man in the red robe immediately, like a little boy who had been wronged.
"Crap!" The man in the green robe couldn't stand Xu Que's disgusting expression anymore. He yelled angrily and was about to attack Xu Que.
At this time, a young woman who was tall and slim among the intruders said coldly, "Enough!"
The man in the red robe and the man in the green robe stopped talking immediately.
The tall woman stared at Xu Que and said in a low, expressionless voice, "I don't care whether you framed them or they framed you! Tonight, you should get out of this room and meet the General! But…" She paused a bit and continued to say with a strand of disdain and sarcasm, "Before that, we want to know why you could join the Divine Son Division as a cultivator at the Void Training Stage!"
"I…I.…" Xu Que couldn't help but step back perplexedly. Then he said diffidently, "Actually, I also don't know. Maybe I could join the Divine Son Division just because I…am handsome!"
Seeing his reaction, the intruders from the Divine Son Division became more disdainful. A strand of sarcastic smile appeared on the lips of the tall woman.
Just at this time, Xu Que raised his head and asked suddenly, "What about this?" Then, he waved his hand abruptly.
A silver-haired figure appeared behind the intruders suddenly. It was Xu Que's Taoist Body!
Whoosh!
The Taoist Body waved the black rod that was raised high in the air. In the moonlight, a strand of creepy light appeared on the black rod!
…
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Chapter 813: Just Because Of My Invincible Strength!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Watch out!" Xu Que shouted as he dashed forward rapidly.
Bang! Bang!
Before the intruders had time to react, two of them had been knocked unconscious on the ground. Then, the black rod was waved toward the tall woman, who was trying to dodge it. Xu Que blocked the black rod with his hand.
Patter!
His feeble palm hit the Taoist Body.
Whoosh!
The Taoist Body stepped back and disappeared instantly! The entire process only lasted for an instant.
The intruders changed their expressions as they looked at the two who were lying on the ground in terror.
What the hell was that?
His sneak attack was too fast!
If "Li Bai" didn't warn them in time, maybe all of them would have been knocked down.
"Nice! Your response was quick!" the tall woman said perfunctorily as she looked at Xu Que. No gratitude could be sensed from her words.
Xu Que smiled modestly, "It's nothing. The Divine Son Division is a long-cherished institution for me! How could I allow you to be attacked by someone! Ouch.…"
Suddenly, Xu Que frowned and covered his bleeding palm, which had been wounded by the black rod just now. Seeing that, the intruders changed their expressions slightly. They started to look at Xu Que in a slightly milder way. After all, this young man at the Void Training Stage was wounded because of them!
But…he is still too weak! He was wounded by blocking only one rod attack. He doesn't deserve a position in the Divine Son Division!
Someone shook his head. Their contempt for Xu Que was still not changed.
"It's OK, just a small scratch! I can relax as long as all of you are OK!" Xu Que said, shaking his head slightly. An undaunted expression appeared on his face.
Holy crap!
Those three unlucky guys couldn't stand it anymore. Their eyes were open wide and they felt like they were about to spit blood!
What the hell is this?
Yesterday, this guy looked down upon the Divine Son Division arrogantly. How could he change his style tonight?
He managed to grasp an opportunity through this accident! Does this mean the three of us have to take the blame for him?
At the thought of this, they were totally rattled.
"Don't believe him! The one who attacked us just now might be his partner!" the man in the green robe said, clenching his teeth angrily.
The man who wore a mask also frowned and said seriously, "This is the border area. Nobody dares to attack us here! The one who attacked us just now was quite questionable!"
"Enough!" The tall woman said as she glanced at the three unlucky guys coldly. The three unlucky guys closed their mouths immediately.
Seeing that, Xu Que couldn't help but laugh to himself. He had managed to sow distrust among the intruders with the cooperation of his Taoist Body, so that the three unlucky guys could take the blame for him. However, the internal conflict expected by Xu Que didn't occur. The tall woman turned to Xu Que abruptly.
"As I said just now, I don't care whether you frame them or they frame you! I will ask you the same question. How could you earn a position in the Divine Son Division as a cultivator at the Void Training Stage, who was wounded by just blocking a rod attack?" she asked aggressively.
Xu Que's eyes widened. He was as disgusted by her question as if a fly had flown into his mouth!
She is so mean! I've just saved you, although it was just a trick. You still want to embarrass me! Now you should accept the consequence!
"I don't know!" Xu Que shook his head and shrugged his shoulders slightly as he said in a low voice, "Maybe it is just because of my invincible strength!"
Your invincible strength?
Hearing that, the intruders from the Divine Son Division started to look at Xu Que dumbfoundedly as if they had just heard some absurd words.
Whoosh!
At this time, a silver-haired figure appeared behind the intruders again, who started to attack the intruders with a black rod rapidly!
"What?"
The intruders sensed something was wrong, so they changed their expressions and set about trying to dodge the attack. However, the next moment, the back of their heads were hit by the black rod heavily!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Along with the dull sounds, all of them were knocked unconscious. When they were about to lose consciousness, they could see the wicked smile of Xu Que who was standing in front of them!
…
At the same time, outside the hotel, a strongly built middle-aged man was standing with his hands behind his back. He was looking at the sky thoughtfully! Apparently, this man was Qin Wei, the mankind's front line General and the founder of the Divine Son Division! Beside him, an underling was standing with deep reverence.
After several breaths, the underling said, bowing, "General, each Divine Son of the division is very arrogant. If they behave rudely in there, I'm afraid Li Bai…"
"I don't think they dare to kill the one who I want!" Qin Wei said in a low voice with his eyes flashing like lightning.
The underling was confused, "General, why did you send them here…?"
"Heh, you said the Divine Sons of the division are arrogant just now. For me, that Li Bai is an arrogant man who dared to ruin the ID plate of the Divine Son Division. He should be punished, so that he could know he is not the only genius in this world!"
Qin Wei said with a cold smile, "Some people will obey orders only after being disciplined!"
…
At this time, those so-called geniuses of the Divine Son Division had already been subdued by Xu Que. Xu Que locked the True Core Strength of those intruders with his Taoist Connotation in the wing room.
Jiang Hongyan, who had witnessed the whole process, said embarrassedly, "They will definitely be pissed off after coming to themselves!"
"Heh-heh, that's exactly what I want!" Xu Que said with a smile. Then, he purchased some Refreshing Pills from the System and inserted the pills into the mouths of those intruders. In a short while, the intruders woke up. Then, they tried to activate their True Core Strength to kill Xu Que immediately.
However, the next moment, they were totally stunned. All their True Core Strengths had been locked up by an overbearing Taoist Connotation tightly.
"How could this be?" Someone shouted in surprise.
"This Taoist Connotation…is against nature!"
The tall woman turned to Xu Que and yelled coldly, "Xu Que, how dare you do this to us!"
"Oh, yeah! Right, I did that to you, so what? Come and bite me!" Xu Que said in elation.
The intruders were so annoyed but could only stare at Xu Que angrily.
"Humph! You can only attack others from behind! When we break your lock, we'll never let you go!"
"We planned to teach you a lesson by punishing you. But you attacked us sneakily, now you have to accept the unavoidable consequences!"
"The General is just outside this hotel. If we shout at him, I'm afraid you will die immediately!"
All the intruders were threatening Xu Que as they stared at him angrily!
Chapter 814: You'll Die If You Don't Talk Big!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"I'll give you one last chance to let us go and apologize to us by kowtowing! Otherwise…the consequences will go beyond your imagination!"
The tall woman snorted as she stared at Xu Que coldly. The remaining people were quite arrogant. They even tried to threaten Xu Que with the Generals outside. However, when they spoke, they deliberately lowered their voices. It seemed they didn't want the Generals to perceive their dilemma at the moment! After all, they were all geniuses of the Divine Son Division. If the General knew they had been defeated by a young man at the Void Training Stage, they would be severely and terribly punished. The Divine Son Division would be humiliated. Therefore, they were even more reluctant to startle the General than Xu Que was!
"It seems that I need to help you figure out a truth!"
At this time, Xu smiled indifferently, but said nothing. Then he purchased a large jar from the System store!
Patter! He opened the jar and started to pour liquid on all the people! The people were totally annoyed, "How dare you! What are you going to do?"
"What did you pour on us?"
"Wait, it smells like…kerosene?" Someone sniffed it, and said in surprise.
"Yes, this is kerosene!"
Xu Que smiled. Patter! Then a green flame appeared on his fingertip.
This flame…is he going to set fire to kill us?
The people of the Divine Son Division could not keep their seats anymore.
They knew the flame on Xu Que's fingers was very extraordinary. Normally, this flame wouldn't cause any damage to them. But at this moment, their True Core Strengths were locked. If they were burned by this flame, they would die here without the protection of their True Core Strength!
"Li Bai, you…don't do anything reckless. The Generals are outside!" The man in red warned anxiously as he forced himself to calm down.
The tall woman and the remaining people also stared at Xu Que as if they were about to swallow him alive! After all, they were just angry at this moment for they thought Xu Que was trying to scare them and didn't dare to kill them!
Xu Que smiled as he asked with the green flame in his hand, "Come on, tell me the truth that you have realized!"
What did we realize?
The people of the Divine Son Division were suddenly stunned. Then they got so annoyed that they almost started to curse at Xu Que.
You attacked us secretly and locked our cultivation achievements! Then you poured kerosene on us and started to scare us by making a flame in front of us.
How could you ask what we have realized at this time?
Just stop your nonsense!
Nobody is in the mood to realize truths!
"OK, for you are the ugliest one, I'll give you a chance to tell me what you have realized?" At this time, Xu Que placed the flame in front of the man in green and asked him this question with a smile.
The man was totally frightened by the flame. He did his best to move back to stay away from the flame.
"Tsk-tsk-tsk, how stupid you are!" Xu Que shook his head and said exasperatedly, "I have put the fire in front of you, don't you want to blow it out? Actually, what I want to say is…you will die if you don't blow it out (what I mean is if you don't talk big)."
After that, Xu Que stood up calmly and flipped his finger! The green flame suddenly fell on those young men and women of the Divine Son Division.
The people, who were thinking about the meaning of "if you don't talk big" and puzzling, changed their expressions abruptly when they saw Xu Que throw the flame at them!
"No!"
"Stop!"
The sound of their screams was echoing all around the area!
Rumble!
The next moment, the kerosene on them ignited. Fiery flames started to burn their bodies directly!
"Ah!"
"General, save us!"
"Li Bai, I'll try to kill you till my last breath!"
The people started to scream hysterically.
As cultivators at the Crossing Calamity Stage, they could only stay alive for a while under the attack of the Molten Green Lotus when their True Core Strength was locked.
Whoosh!
At this time, a figure rushed into the hostel abruptly. The figure was so fast that it appeared in a blink of an eye!
Swish!
He gently waved his hand. Then a gust of violent wind swept out from his sleeve, which put out the mystical fire on the people of the Divine Son Division instantly. When the mystical fire was put out, the people had already been seriously wounded and their clothes had been totally burnt up and their burnt black skin was exposed embarrassedly.
However, they did not care about the pain, but shouted immediately as they looked at the figure in awe, "Thank you, General! Please forgive our inability!"
"You are good-for-nothings!" Qin Wei scolded angrily as he glanced at them coldly. At this moment, he was really angry, but he was also extremely shocked. He didn't expect dozens of geniuses of his Divine Son Division could be defeated by Xu Que!
If he hadn't arrived in time, these people might have really died here, which would seriously hamper his plan!
"So, you are the so-called General, right?" At this time, Xu Que looked up at Qin Wei with a smile.
Qin Wei stared at Xu Que coldly, as his magnificent pressure gushed toward Xu Que.
Jiang Hongyan immediately stepped out and stood next to Xu Que. Then, a cloud of pressure, which was as powerful as Qin Wei's, gushed out directly!
Boom!
Two Taoist Connotations collided and exploded in the air, which created a dull sound.
"What?" Qin Wei was suddenly stunned as he fixed his eyes on Jiang Hongyan.
Inexplicably, he got a familiar feeling and vaguely felt that he had met this Taoist Connotation before. At the same time, he was also shocked. A woman at the Crossing Calamity Stage could resist his pressure.
"Oh, little girl, don't be nervous, just stand behind me. I don't want you to be wounded!" Xu Que suddenly grabbed Jiang Hongyan's little hand and tried to drag her behind him.
All the people in the area, including Qin Wei, were embarrassed by Xu Que's words.
A cultivator at the Void Training Stage is trying to protect a cultivator at the Crossing Calamity Stage. Isn't this a joke?
However, Jiang Hongyan didn't reject Xu Que's wishes, but let Xu Que grab her hand with a faint smile. She knew Xu Que very well. If he could be so relaxed in this situation, it meant he was quite confident and was trying to annoy all the people.
And he did. All the people were shocked and annoyed when they saw Jiang Hongyan doing what Xu Que wanted her to do.
Why is this woman at the Crossing Calamity Stage so obedient in front of him?
Qin Wei also looked at Jiang Hongyan curiously. But he didn't overthink it. Then he asked seriously, "Li Bai, I invited you to join the Divine Son Division out of kindness. You ruined the plate of the Divine Son Division. Now you even tried to kill people of the Divine Son Division. I need your explanation!"
"Explanation? Heh-heh, the Exploding Heavens Faction never needs to explain to others!" Xu sneered and shook his head. "It may be a little bit arrogant to say it, but compared to the Exploding Heavens Faction, your crappy Divine Son Division is nothing!"
"Nonsense! if you hadn't attacked us secretly and locked away our True Core Strength, you would already have been a dead man!" The man in green said angrily. The appearance of their General had totally calmed them down and given them more courage!
Qin Wei also ordered Xu Que, while staring at him in a threatening manner, "You have three breaths to unlock their True Core Strength!"
"Heh-heh, three breaths? Do you believe I could kill all of them within three breaths?" Xu Que sneered, squinting his eyes.
Qin Wei was annoyed immediately. He widened his eyes, and his magnificent pressure gushed out again, "How dare you talk this nonsense in front of me?"
"Shut up!" Xu Que retorted.
Before Qin Wie had time to react, Xu Que grabbed Jiang Hongyan's hand as he took out a Divine Escape Spell.
Almost at the same time, he detonated the Taoist Connotations of the people of the Divine Son Division. Then he shouted, "Nobody can save those who the Exploding Heavens Faction want to kill! I'm going to run away after killing them. Is it exciting enough for you?"
Qin Wei felt something was wrong. His expression changed and he shouted angrily, "Stop!"
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Instantly, the people of the Divine Son Division exploded into clouds of blood mist.
And, at the same time, Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan disappeared abruptly!
…
Chapter 815: Reaching The Form Synthesis Stage
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Li Bai of the Exploding Heavens Faction!"
General Qin Wei, one of the most powerful cultivators of the Xuanzhen Continent, yelled angrily. His shout echoed throughout the entire ancient city!
Rumble!
The void trembled from his shouts, which even turned the hostel into a heap of rubble!
He had spent almost 100 years and enormous effort to cultivate this Divine Son Division! Each member of the Divine Son Division was a rare genius found by him through innumerable hardships! They were his hope to enter the Road of Heavenly Ascension and find the Celestial Bone Fruit. The more geniuses he had, the better chance he would have!
Now Xu Que had killed more than ten people right in front of him, which was extremely crippling for the Divine Son Division. This meant the possibility for him to find the Celestial Bone Fruit was at least halved. Moreover, the Road of Heavenly Ascension was about to open soon. He didn't have enough time to find more geniuses! His plan, which had been prepared for 100 years, was practically ruined. For all these reasons, one could understand the rage in Qin Wei's heart!
However, what was more annoying still was that he couldn't vent his anger because Xu Que had escaped!
…
Whoosh!
At the same time, the void in a place that was close to the frontline camp was distorted abruptly. Then,two figures stepped out from the void and landed expertly on the ground: Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan!
The Divine Escape Spell had brought them to a place near the frontline camp, which was over half a day away from the ancient city. Qin Wei wouldn't catch up with them right away.
"Hah-hah-hah, little girl, isn't this exciting?" Xu Que started to show off in front of Jiang Hongyan as he landed on the ground.
He had placed his Taoist Connotation on those people. When he was about to leave, he detonated the Taoist Connotation by using the King of Tough-Acting Fist with the help of the System, which was much more powerful than the normal King of Tough-Acting Fist.
Even though those geniuses had been powerful, they couldn't survive that attack! Xu Que was quite proud of this attack!
"Impressive!" Jiang Hongyan smiled and chimed in with Xu Que. She had not expected Xu Que to use his magic arts in this way!
At the very beginning, she thought Xu Que was about to escape. However, she didn't expect that he would kill those geniuses when he was about to leave. It surprised her a bit.
"Hey, we've returned to the frontline! Great, a place that is more dangerous should be safer for us! I need to find a place to reach the Form Synthesis Stage!" Xu Que smiled, as he found this place was quite familiar.
If he managed to reach the Form Synthesis Stage, his Taoist Connotation would be more powerful. The King of Tough-Acting Fist would also be more destructive, which could even threaten cultivators at the Great Vehicle Stage!
"I'll protect you!" Jiang Hongyan looked around and nodded her head. Then she pointed at a mountain in the distance and said, "The Spiritual Qi on that mountain is quite ample!"
"OK, you are the boss!" Xu Que smiled as he dashed toward the mountain riding on lightning and holding Jiang Hongyan by placing his hand on her small waist.
In a short while, they landed on the top of the mountain.
Rumble!
Xu Que patted the stones on the mountain with his palm to create a cave. Then he stepped into the cave. With the protection of Jiang Hongyan, he summoned his Taoist Body and asked it to sit in front of him with legs crossed.
"Are you going to merge with your Taoist Body?" Jiang Hongyan was surprised a bit.
After all, only the big shots in ancient times used to cultivate their Taoist Bodies, which mainly appeared in their Form Synthesis Stage. They merged with their Taoist Bodies during the Great Vehicle Stage to recover their original simplicity.
However, she had never heard of someone who could merge with his Taoist Body during the Form Synthesis Stage, for cultivators at the Form Synthesis Stage wouldn't have enough control power. Their True Core Strength would be muddled and couldn't realize their full strength!
"Don't worry, my Taoist Body is different from mediocre ones!" Xu Que replied with a faint smile.
The Taoist Bodies of others were cultivated by themselves independently. Xu
Que obtained his Taoist Body from the System's gift bag. All cultivation achievements of his Taoist Body were from his real body!
He brought his things back into his body, which wouldn't cause any of its acclimatization to suffer!
"Just be careful!" Jiang Hongyan didn't say more when she saw Xu Que's confident expression. She left the cave after nodding her head. Then she waved her hands. Strands of golden light came out of her fingertips and dashed toward the wall of the cave, which created dazzling patterns.
Rumble!
Instantly, the Spiritual Qi in the area gushed in crazily and formed an ever-increasing whirlpool at the entrance of the cave. The Spiritual Qi kept flowing into the cave.
Almost at the same time, Xu Que was sitting face-to-face with his Taoist Body with legs crossed. He closed his eyes and placed his hands in front of his energy center. The next moment, he opened his Soul Strength to cover the Taoist Body completely with powerful thought strength.
Soon, the Taoist Body gradually became blurred and transparent. Along with the nourishment of unknown amounts of Spiritual Qi, the Taoist Body became more and more misty.
…
At this time, the night had faded gradually. A grey dawn was breaking.
On the battlefield, many combat squads of the Heaven Orc Tribe were moving toward the frontline of the humans secretly. Behind those combat squads, an elite team composed of 20 Generals at the Crossing Calamity Stage was moving forward by the light of the moon and stars.
"This mission is very important. You shall tear the human's first line of defense open and force them to retreat. We are responsible for assassinating Li Bai of the Exploding Heavens Faction!" A stern-looking General gave his orders to those combat squads.
All the Heaven Orc soldiers nodded as they dashed out rapidly and quietly.
Those 20 Generals gathered together. One of them was checking a round jade in his hand. On this jade, a faint red dot was flickering.
"Great! The guy is very close to the battlefield. I guess he is hiding in one of the mountains!"
"This is really a miraculous item. The Soul aura extracted from that guy's storage ring can be precisely used to activate this Qi-Searching Jade Disk!"
"Although the positioning is not very accurate, it is not difficult to find him! This time we must kill him, or he will pose more threats to the war situation of our tribe in future!"
After saying that, they nodded slightly, making eye contact.
Whoosh!
Then the 20 Generals turned themselves into black figures and started to dash toward the cloudy sky!
They were heading for the mountain where Xu Que was!
…
Soon the sky became brighter and brighter. A golden sun was rising slowly!
When the sunlight was shining down on the earth, the combat broke out on the battlefield!
The combat squads of the Heaven Orc Tribe were progressing well. Human cultivators were taken by surprise. Before the human cultivators had been able to organize any counterattack, the main force of the Heaven Orc Tribe pushed forward. The human cultivators could do nothing but retreat. Fierce combat was more and more close to the human's frontline.
At the same time, 20 Heaven Orc Generals at the Crossing Calamity Stage were searching for Xu Que among several mountains near the battlefield.
…
Chapter 816: The Only One From Ancient To Modern Times
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
At this time, in a hidden cave among the barren mountains, Xu Que's Taoist Body had been blurred. The merge stage had started.
His real body was still sitting on the ground motionlessly like a rock. Innumerable Spiritual Qi was flowing into his nose and mouth slowly.
In front of him, his white-haired Taoist Body had become totally transparent. Its blood veins and white bones would have been visible to the eye if anyone had been there watching.
Under the control of Xu Que's powerful Soul Strength, all the bones of the Taoist Body were becoming transparent because of the pressure of Xu Que's Taoist Connotation.
Crack!
Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out.
The Taoist Body cracked abruptly. Its body was full of thickly dotted cracks! Then, the area between its eyebrows started to disintegrate. Skin particles started to fall down like dust. A small hole appeared between its eyebrows.
After that, a strand of dazzling golden light came out from the small hole and lit up the pitch-dark cave.
Crack! Crack!
The hole between its eyebrows was being enlarged along with the crisp sounds.
The golden light became more and more dazzling. The Taoist Body got darker and darker. When it lost all its essences, only a hollow shell, which was full of impurities, was left.
Flop!
At last, a fist-sized hole appeared between the Taoist Body's eyebrows, when a small golden figure stepped out. The small golden figure looked the same as Xu Que. The figure was only as large as a palm. Its body was golden, including its hair, eyes, and pupils.
Strands of Taoist Ripples, which were full of violent strength, were rotating slowly around its body.
"Merge!"
Suddenly, Xu Que's real body shouted in a low voice as he raised his hands in the palm up position.
Boom!
All the Spiritual Qi inside and outside of the cave flooded into Xu Que's body abruptly.
The small golden figure also opened its eyes instantly.
Boom!
A strand of chilly Terrifying Spiritual Qi gushed out from the eyes of the small golden figure.
Swish!
Instantly, the entire cave was full of the chilly Terrifying Spiritual Qi. The air was even frozen and turned into ice particles. Then the cave was covered with snow!
The next moment, the small golden figure started to drift forward slowly.
A hole also appeared between the eyebrows of Xu Que's real body, which was guiding the return trip of the small golden figure!
…
Outside the cave, Jiang Hongyan, who was sitting with her legs crossed, was startled by the sound. She looked at the cave, her sparkling eyes full of shock.
"I didn't expect he would make such a big noise when he merges with his Taoist Body!" She murmured in a low voice, which was like an orchid in a hollow valley.
However, she didn't worry about Xu Que. A faint smile even appeared on her beautiful face. Because the noisier Xu Que was, the more extraordinary his merger with the Taoist Body would be!
Maybe a sovereign, who could startle the universe and move the gods, would appear soon!
However, the sound also startled the Heaven Orc Generals who were searching for Xu Que in the mountains.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Twenty black figures rushed over from all directions rapidly and gathered in front of the mountain.
���I sense great turbulence in the Spiritual Qi. Someone is breaking the cultivation stage!"
"According to this noise, I guess it would come from Li Bai of the Exploding Heavens Faction!"
"This is really horrible! He is just at the Void Training Stage. The noise he made could even be mistaken for a cultivator at the Crossing Calamity Stage who is about to reach the Great Vehicle Stage, by someone who doesn't know him!"
"We have to get rid of him, or he will definitely hamper our great cause of unifying the Xuanzhen Continent in the future!" Several Heaven Orc Generals said gloomily.
After witnessing Xu Que's performance on the battlefield, they didn't dare to underestimate him anymore. A young man at the Void Training Stage who could kill cultivators at the Form Synthesis Stage easily. Even cultivators at the threshold of the Crossing Calamity Stage were also killed by him. If he reached the Form Synthesis Stage, maybe only cultivators at the summit of the Crossing Calamity Stage or even the Great Vehicle Stage could defeat him!
"Kill him!"
Soon, the 20 Generals dashed toward the mountain where Xu Que was as quick as lightning.
Outside the cave, Jiang Hongyan was startled. She stood up and glanced at those 20 figures calmly. She was as calm as usual. She raised her hand slightly and golden light appeared on her fingertips. Even though she was facing her enemies, her actions were still so graceful and elegant – just like the majestic Empress that she was!
"Humph! The woman is protecting Li Bai as expected!" The Heaven Orc Generals snorted after recognizing Jiang Hongyan.
Jiang Hongyan glanced at those Heaven Orc Generals and said calmly, "Anyone who dares to come closer will be killed!"
Hearing that, the Heaven Orc Generals sneered, "Heh-heh, are you able to kill us?"
"Human woman, you are overconfident!"
"You are just at Level 3 of the Crossing Calamity Stage. Everyone of us is more powerful than you! How dare you stand in our way!"
"We don't want to waste our time killing you. You have three breaths to get lost!"
"The only one we want to kill today is Li Bai!" The Heaven Orc Generals said coldly.
Although they looked down upon Jiang Hongyan, they still needed to spend some time to defeat her since she was also at the Crossing Calamity Stage. Therefore, they tried to scare her away.
However, their words were ignored by Jiang Hongyan. She stood in front of the cave calmly.
"OK, since you are seeking death, we will satisfy you!" Several Heaven Orc Generals dashed toward her with chilly lights in their eyes.
"The three of you take this human woman down! The rest of you, follow me into the cave and behead Li Bai!" Another Heaven Orc General gave his order. Then he rushed toward the opening of the cave with the rest of the Generals.
Jiang Hongyan frowned slightly. In front of the three powerhouses at the Crossing Calamity Stage she stomped the ground with her tiptoes and jumped into the sky. Then she pointed her fingers, which were wrapped by golden light, at them gently.
Bang!
Instantly a dull sound rang out.
Before reaching the opening of the cave, more than ten Heaven Orc Generals were startled by this noise and felt something was wrong. Then, they widened their eyes in disbelief.
The three generals at the Crossing Calamity Stage who were trying to take down Jiang Hongyan were lying on the ground. Fresh blood was flowing out from their mouths. Now, they were looking at Jiang Hongyan with pale and shocked complexions!
"How…could this be?"
"Who is she?"
"Only one person in the Xuanzhen Continent could be so majestic and powerful from ancient to modern times!"
"The Empress of Human Beings!"
All at once, the 20 Heaven Orc Generals figured out Jiang Hongyan's identity, which shocked them completely!
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Chapter 817: Stay the Crap Away!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Anyone who takes a step forward will be killed without mercy!" Jiang Hongyan spoke again, and an unseen air of majesty pressed down on the whole area.
Swoosh!
With a wave of her slender arm, countless golden sparkles filled the air. They sliced the atmosphere and slit the throats of the three Crossing Calamity Stage Generals lying on the ground.
"Tch!"
Before anyone could react, the three powerful Crossing Calamity Orcs had died an instant death.
"Tsss!"
The 17 remaining Heaven Orc Generals inhaled sharply and shivered in their hearts.
"Withdraw!" All of them yelled at the same time, chilled to their spines. Almost instantly, their troops had retreated a great distance. In the face of the horrifying strength of Jiang Hongyan, they knew deep down that with just the handful of them, going against her would be as futile as trying to break a stone with eggs.
The powerfulness of the human Empress was just as they heard all those years ago – unrivaled and unparalleled!
"Holy moly, the human Empress was disappeared for years! Why would she suddenly show up here?"
"Judging from her appearance, she must have modified her looks! Otherwise, she would have been recognized long ago!"
"It's too scary! In that case, wouldn't the identity of Li Bai from the Exploding Heavens Faction be even scarier? Even the Empress is protecting him!"
"This won't do. We have to report this to the higher-ups right now!"
The Orcs were shaken to their cores as they retreated quickly. They conversed using the art of soundless communication.
"Yo, since you're here, why not stay to play a game at least?" Right then, a burst of familiar teasing laughter sounded from within the cave. It was none other than Xu Que!
But the Orc Generals ignored him. The one that they were afraid of was Jiang Hongyan, so they spared no time reacting to Xu Que's sarcasm.
Boom!
Suddenly, a massive explosion shook the area.
He had completely demolished the whole mountaintop that the cave was located on, reducing it into ashes that drifted away with the wind. A tremendous gush of cold air that swept past the area immediately followed.
Clack!
Icy snowflakes froze from air particles, forming a world of snow and ice in an instant. The snow then began to spread in all directions.
"It's…it's snowing?" asked a Heaven Orc General, surprised and confused.
"No, this is…."
"The Field of Sinisterness!"
One of them paled and let out a fearful scream when they realized the situation.
Thonk! Thonk! Thonk!
A soft but powerful footstep slowly approached them.
Xu Que stepped out from the snow with his hands behind his back. He had long glistening black hair that reached to his waist and a gangster-like smile.
"Come forth, O' sword!" He suddenly lifted his hand and called out softly.
With a swish, the Qi of the surroundings suspended momentarily and bound the bodies of the Orc Generals, trapping them in the Field of Sinisterness. Then, tens of thousands of ice blades formed from thin air, every single one of them emitted a bone-chilling sinisterness. The tightly packed sword tips glistened like the eyes of poisonous snakes as they pointed at them.
Crack!
Almost at the same time, a massive crack of thunder resounded from the skies.
Ding! "Please be alerted that the Heavenly Tribulations for the Host will arrive at any moment. If you manage to bear it, you will officially step into the Form Synthesis Stage, and obtain a Big Gift Bag of Heavenly Tribulations!" The System notification rang in his mind.
Heavenly Tribulation?
Xu Que raised his eyes and a smile formed on his lips. With one hand pointing at the sky, he yelled, "Come forth, O' Thunder!"
Cr-ack!!
Instantaneously, a golden lightning bolt as thick as a dragon sliced the sky and crashed down with the enormous pressure of a Heavenly Tribulation!
Crap!!!
At that instant, all 17 Heaven Orc Generals paled and almost went insane.
Oh god!
You call him a fucking Void Training Stage?
Who are we to assassinate him? Assassinate their ass!
"Run! We have to get out of here!" A Heaven Orc General yelled angrily. The rest of the Generals struggled with all their might, trying to break free from Xu Que's Field of Sinisterness.
"Stop wasting your energy. With the likes of you guys, you are all too weak to escape!" Xu Que smirked coldly and shook his head.
He had successfully merged his Taoist Body into his Real Body. His powers did not just double, they had instead reached an incredible level as if he had broken through a ceiling within this stage and went to an extreme!
The Field of Sinisterness was an unexpected gain.
Back when he annihilated those massive amounts of people, with corpse counts in the millions, sinisterness had infiltrated his body and almost jeopardized his advancement into the Void Training Stage.
Luckily, his Taoist Body had appeared and absorbed all his cultivation, including that sinisterness.
Now that his Taoist Connotation was complete and he had become one with his Taoist Body, he could now use the sinisterness that he had nurtured from the start.
When other cultivators cultivate, they either consciously or subconsciously try to comprehend the Taoist Connotation. Xu Que, on the other hand, had nurtured Sinisterness subconsciously during his cultivation. In other words, as of now, the power of his sinisterness was on par with his Taoist Connotation.
Now that the Field of Sinisterness had formed, he could describe it as a result of a mutation, an unexpected gain. Ordinary cultivators, even if they were as powerful as these Heaven Orc Generals in the Crossing Calamity Stage, could not break free from it easily once they were trapped!
Boom!
The skies darkened and thunderclouds kept forming. An unprecedented 79 Heavenly Tribulations were brewing.
"Little Missy, stay further back! I gotta concentrate on riding through the tribulations!" Xu Qie looked at Jiang Hongyan and grinned.
Jiang Hongyan returned a smile and nodded lightly, bouncing off the air with the tip of her shoes and landed further back.
Those Heaven Orc Generals couldn't process what they had heard.
There was a lot of information packed in that short sentence Xu Que had made.
That fella called the Empress of the human race a Little Missy?
Also, was that lightning that was formulating in the skies not a spell, but his Heavenly Tribulation?
Oh, freak!
That was his Heavenly Tribulation?
Crap, even the Heavenly Tribulations when you cross from the Crossing Calamity Stage to the Great Vehicle Stage would be less scary!
"Here's our chance! For the heavens to give him a Heavenly Tribulation of this degree, it's clear that the heavens want him dead!" One of the Heaven Orc Generals lit up and transmitted his thoughts soundlessly to his comrades.
"He is doomed to die from Heavenly Tribulations of such a scale! We can find a chance to kill him then!"
Someone immediately shook their head in disagreement. "No way, if we go near him when he's undergoing the Heavenly Tribulations, the severeness of the tribulations will multiply, and we will all be caught up in it!"
"Forget it then, let's first free ourselves from this Field of Sinisterness, then escape when he's undergoing tribulations!"
"That's right! Anyway, by the look of the current situation, even if we don't do anything, he is destined to die here!"
"Also, I'm sure that our punishment could be waived with all the information we gathered today!"
After finalizing their plans using the art of soundless communication, the Orcs decided to escape when Xu Que was undergoing his Heavenly Tribulations. With an escape route settled, they began to ease up and relax. The Orcs looked at Xu Que coldly while trying to escape the Field of Sinisterness. Meanwhile, they couldn't help but gloat at Xu Que's plight. As they see it, with a prelude this intimidating, a young man at the peak of the Void Training Stage could never survive such ferocious Heavenly Tribulations!
Even them, powerful beings at the Crossing Calamity Stage, would likely be killed by this sort of Heavenly Tribulations.
"Yah! Tribulations are troublesome as usual! It takes such a long time to formulate every time it wants to strike!" Said Xu Que who kept looking upward, his face irritated. Suddenly, his eyes sparkled as he looked at those Heaven Orc Generals. He said excitedly, "Brothers! Why don't we take this time to play a game of cards?"
He then ran toward the direction of the Heaven Orc Generals. The group of Heaven Orc Generals was almost scared senseless by his actions. Fear crawled over their faces as they screamed, "Screw you! We don't want to play cards! Don't come over, ahhhh! Stay the crap away!"
Chapter 818: This Fella Is Insane!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"No!"
With a mischievous smile, Xu Que walked over to the Heaven Orc Generals, ignoring their screams. The dark, ominous lightning clouds followed him as he moved.
The Heaven Orc Generals were utterly flustered. However, they could not wriggle out of Xu Que's Field of Sinisterness. One of them quickly yelled, "Li Bai, are you insane? If you pull us into your Heavenly Tribulations, we will all die together!"
It was common knowledge that when multiple cultivators appeared together under the tribulation clouds, the heavens would automatically register that they would bear the tribulations together. When that happened, the strength of the tribulations would be multiplied to match the number of cultivators!
"Eh, now that you said it, I remember it's quite dangerous. I almost forgot!" Xu Que nodded.
The orcs thought that he had finally abandoned the idea and heaved a sigh of relief. However, to their dismay, Xu Que did not leave but inched closer instead. He pulled out a green helmet and a cape and put them on. He also quickly pulled out a pile of palm-sized crosses and hung them all over his body.
"Okay! A Spirit Visage and an Anti-mana Cloak, as well as 20 Banshees Veils. I'd say that these are enough!" Xu Que smiled.
In actuality, the System had ruled that he could only equip himself with six equipments from the League of Legends at any time. Thus, other than the Spirit Visage and the Anti-mana Cloak that he was currently wearing, he was left with four Banshees Veils for spell resistance. The other 16 were just replacements should they get destroyed by the Heavenly Tribulations.
"Come on. I'll give out the cards now!"
Xu Que was well prepared and therefore fearless. He took out a pack of poker cards and sat right beside the orcs, as he waited for the tribulations to strike.
Crap! The group of Heaven Orcs felt so angry that they almost vomited blood. They had never seen anyone this crazy. Did he really believe that he could survive the tribulations by putting on some flimsy green armor and cloak while wearing crosses all over his body?
Mind you, that's the golden lightning, the legendary Ancient Catastrophe!
These days, who else could bear them aside from those powerful demonic beasts?
"Claim!" Xu Que suddenly shouted after issuing all the cards. The gang of Heaven Orcs all jumped up and almost exploded with anger.
How could he still be in the mood to claim land at this point in time?
What the hell was he planning with these pathetic cards?
"I'm bloody unlucky! If I had known that he was this crazy, I would never have volunteered myself to assassinate him, not over my dead body!" one of the Generals blurted out miserably. For him, dying just like this was too hard to swallow. The rest of the orcs also had anger spelled out on their foreheads, but were powerless to do anything. Even now, they remain locked within the Field of Sinisterness. With Xu Que so close to them, it was as if he had used his Taoist Connotation to hold them down!
… …
Not far away, Jiang Hongyan stood at the mountain peak. Her eyes shone like stars as she contemplated. She still thought that it was too risky for Xu Que to try to pull this off.
His tribulations were already unusual and several times more ferocious than that of the ordinary cultivators.
That was just his Heavenly Tribulations, 79 Heavenly Tribulations in total, for stepping into the Form Synthesis Stage from the Void Training Stage. However, on top of that, he had included 17 powerful orcs in the Crossing Calamity Stage. It was too much of a risk!
But now, Jiang Hongyan dared not go near the area of tribulations; otherwise, instead of helping Xu Que, she would have worsened the severity of the tribulations. "It might help if I attach some Kismet on him!" Jiang Hongyan suddenly thought of an idea. She closed her eyes, and suddenly, a light formed between her brows.
Swoosh!
With a light pop, a piece of green, flawless jade with the shape of a semicircle emerged from her forehead. Glowing sizzles flowed out as they showered onto the earth beneath.
"I part with my Kismet. May it protect you from the tribulations!" With utmost seriousness, Jiang Hongyan squeezed out some blood from her fingertips. She dabbed it onto the jade, then faced in the direction where Xu Que stood.
Boom!
The air suddenly dipped, and a slight wind swept past. An unclear and untouchable mass of heavenly fortune seemed to gather around Xu Que.
Jiang Hongyan paled as the color of blood faded from her cheeks. The half-moon of jade that she had activated was the Celestial Artifact that had helped her to be reborn, but her cultivation stage was too low to unleash its full power. She could not control it entirely, just part of it. She had gone beyond her abilities to transfer a small part of her Kismet to Xu Que.
…
At the same time, Xu Que suddenly felt a faint breeze sweep past his body. He felt a bit more spirited, like when he had activated the Lucky Aura. He felt comfortable.
Crack!
The deafening crack from the skies signaled that the first Heavenly Tribulation was finally about to descend. Within the thundering clouds, the dragon-like golden lightning bolt split the heavens and thundered down! It pierced the heavens with high speed. Armed with a tumultuous power of destruction, it went straight for Xu Que and the Heaven Orc Generals!
"No!" The Heaven Orc Generals howled in agony.
Xu Que leaped upward instead and swung out a punch. It was the King of Tough-Acting Fist, with a worth of 3,000 Acting Tough Points! That was the real reason why he had dared to face the Heavenly Tribulations head on.
However, he was stunned the very next second. The Tough-Acting Fist that he condensed from thin air had missed its target. It was as if that golden lightning had eyes; it moved so fast it avoided the punch the very moment that the fist was formed and swung. It then quickly shot behind him and landed heavily on the Heaven Orc Generals.
Boom!
The Heaven Orc Generals instantly exploded into a hot mess of blood and bones. Out of the 17, ten of them died before they could make a sound.
After all, it IS the Ancient Catastrophe. Back when Xu Que bore the blow for Jiang Hongyan during her Heavenly Tribulations, he was equipped with six anti-spell equipments and had an impenetrable body. Even then, a single strike of golden lightning was enough to throw him before the gates of Hades.
The immense power of divine punishment was not to be underestimated. Only something as absurdly powerful as the Tough-Acting Fist could go against it!
"Ayo, what in the world, it's an intelligent lightning bolt!" Xu Que was stumped.
He had never encountered a lightning bolt that could sense impending danger, much less avoid it. That was so creepy.
Crack!
Within the area of the bombardment, the golden lightning had not dissipated. It sprung up from the ground again and crashed toward the final few severely injured Heaven Orc Generals.
Bam!
With that, even the last few orcs had turned into blood mist.
Ding! "Congratulations to Host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting tough! You have been rewarded 8,000 Acting Tough Points!"
Ding! "Congratulations to Host 'Xu Que' for eliminating a powerhouse at the Crossing Calamity Stage! You have been awarded 60 million Acting Tough Points!"
Ding! "Congratulations to Host 'Xu Que' for eliminating a powerhouse at the Crossing Calamity Stage! You have been awarded 60 million Acting Tough Points!"
… …
Ding! "Congratulations to the Host for your first kill of a powerhouse in the Crossing Calamity Stage! You have received a Big Mystery Bag!"
The System notification rang in his mind. Xu Que almost popped his eyes in disbelief.
What does that mean? Don't tell him that the Heavenly Tribulations were here to help him?
He didn't need to use the Tough-Acting Fist to annihilate the 17 orcs in the Crossing Calamity Stage. That had saved him a ton of Acting Tough Points.
More important, those 17 orcs added up to 1 billion, 20 million, experience points, and he had gotten them all!
"My tribulation's awesome!" Xu Que almost clapped in joy.
Boom!
Suddenly, the lightning that had demolished the 17 Crossing Calamity Stage orcs with two launches sprung up and bolted right toward Xu Que with incredible speed.
"Hey, did you think that yours truly, the Act-Tough Saint, can't deal with you?" Xu Que smirked and, with a move of his mind, released an astounding amount of Taoist Connotation. Then, under his control, the Taoist Connotation speedily reduced to a rich and thick substance, which he held firmly between his palms.
Snap!
The large golden bolt had arrived. Xu Que formed claws with his fingers and pounced toward it!
Pa! With that sound, Xu Que had captured the whole lightning bolt firmly in his hands. Horrifying energy gushed out of Xu Que's arms. He swung the bolt over his shoulder and then slammed it hard into the ground.
Boom!
With one hard hit, the entire lightning crashed into the ground, forming a seemingly bottomless crevice. The glow of the lightning bolt dimmed. But before the golden lightning could do anything, Xu Que threw it over his shoulder again and smashed it into another part of the ground.
"Naughty!"
"You're too naughty!"
"Try being naughty again!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
After a few explosions, with Xu Que's curses in the mix, the whole peak was destroyed by the smashing. Not far away, Jiang Hongyan was speechless at what she saw. She had seen the Heavenly Tribulations chase cultivators as they ran, but she had never seen someone smashing the bolts as if they were snakes.
Boom!
At last, with the sound of one final vigorous explosion, Xu Que had finally broken the first stroke of lightning apart. It cracked into several small golden beams, all of which he forcefully absorbed. Almost instantly, the thunderclouds up above boiled and rolled. Their pressure became more potent than before.
Xu Que raised his gaze to the skies and smiled. He shouted to Jiang Hongyan, "Little Missy, wait for me here! I'm off to the battlefield!"
As soon as Xu Que said that, he leaped into the sky. With thunderclouds hovering above him, he flew toward the battleground.
Chapter 819: I Missed You All So Much!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
At this moment, the flames of war raged across the battlefield. The Heaven Orc Tribe attacked ferociously. With a raiding team of dozens of giants, they had successfully torn through the first line of defense of the human cultivators. Then, the army pressed in and launched a full-on attack. It was amazingly effective!
Boom!
Blinding and eminent spells roared atop the battlefield. Figures of the defeated fell steadily through the air, among which were human cultivators and giant orcs. If you were counting, you could see that humans formed the majority. There was a reason for the humans being so severely beaten up and being forced to retreat. Xu Que had to take half of the responsibility.
In the beginning, the humans had been vigilant. They fought aggressively with the Heaven Orc Tribe, where they were locked in a fierce struggle. However, just a few days ago, Xu Que suddenly appeared on the battlefield. In only three days, he slaughtered the giants like ants and attracted all their attention and hatred.
Human cultivators could do nothing but watch during this whole process. Too stunned, they had involuntarily relaxed their vigilance. They had formed a tacit understanding that Xu Que was whom the Heaven Orc Tribe was afraid of and that, with Xu Que present, the orcs would not attack them so quickly. Nevertheless, the orcs had developed into such a colossal force today, they were not to be trifled with.
After three days of 'Xu Que chaos', they resolutely went against the norm. With great decisiveness, they dispatched dozens of large teams of Heavenly Orcs to launch a sudden attack. Should they fail, the Heavenly Orcs would be even more demoralized.
However, should they succeed, they would have a good chance of taking over the area. Now, it seemed that the orcs were right; victory was within their reach.
"Kill! As long as it's a human, kill them all! We the Heaven Orc Tribe do not let the prisoners live!" On the battlefield, the Generals of the Heavenly Orcs roared and shouted, boosting their morale. Blinded by the battle spirit, countless giants of the Heaven Orc Tribe rushed madly forward.
On the other hand, Qin Wei, the only person at the peak of the Great Vehicle Stage, was not in the camp. The remaining dozen people of the Divine Son Division were arrogant and unconcerned. Without Qin Wei's orders, they refused to join the war and looked on coldly. As a result, the hearts of the people fell apart quickly. Under the fierce impact of the giant beasts, the cultivators became increasingly demoralized.
The battle situation of the whole battlefield could be described as crushing. The human cultivators were beaten to a pulp, and their formations were chaotic. Many people simply ran aimlessly about, and they promptly turned into free kills for the giants.
"We are finished. The battle is over. Let's run!" Someone finally broke down and suggested in panic.
"He's right! We are not real soldiers anyway; we are fighting just for merit, so in the face of such an impossible war, there is no need to die in vain!" Someone immediately responded.
However, these people immediately attracted the glare of many cultivators.
"Hear yourself! We are holding down the territory of our people. Are we going to hand over our land to the orcs?" said a righteous man, his face red with anger.
"Yes! When did we humans fall to be this pathetic? Can you please have some guts?"
"Kill! At most, we die! To preserve the honor of the people, I'm willing to battle to the death!"
"Kill!"
Many people still did not want to retreat. They roared thunderously and rushed to the battlefield! Nevertheless, with their strength alone, they could not compete with the orcs, who outnumbered and outlasted them. The human cultivators were still retreating!
"Ha, ha, ha, I told ya! In front of us, humans are just like a group of ants!"
"Look at how vulnerable they are. What a joke!"
"Those men, including Li Bai, were so white and tender! Such a thin frame, they would lose to even the women of my family!"
"By taking over this territory, we must wash all the cities within this radius with pools of blood, to prove the dignity of our race!"
"Good, well said! Ha, ha, ha, we must kill to our heart's content!"
The Heaven Orc giants laughed proudly and thought that victory was imminent. It was as easy as pickpocketing!
Boom!
Just then, thunder burst from afar across the sky.
At first, nobody paid attention to it. After all, the battlefield was chaotic enough. The various explosions of spells going off were so deafening that no one cared about the few thunder cracks. However, the sky quickly grew darker. The thunder sounded louder by the second, and many people began to notice something wrong.
"What's the situation?"
"Why is the sky getting darker and darker?"
"And that thunder! Something is wrong!"
"The atmosphere is weird too. There is a sense of oppressive suffocation, and it's intensifying!"
Both the human cultivators and the orcs slowed down their battle and begun to check the skies distractedly. Not long after, a figure propping a large thundercloud above him finally appeared in their vision. It was Xu Que! He had arrived from far away. His speed was fast, and the thundercloud over his head contained a second bolt of golden lightning. It was larger than its predecessor!
Boom!
Deafening thunder boomed again.
Xu Que had arrived near the battlefield just on time. The second golden lightning came at last and, with unfathomable speed, flew toward Xu Que and chased him in a crazy manner.
"OMG!" The whole audience suddenly paled and screamed in alarm!
"Crap, isn't this fella Li Bai of the Exploding Heavens Faction?"
"He's crossing his Heavenly Tribulations!"
"That can't be! Wasn't he at the fifth or sixth level of the Void Training Stage just the other day? Why did the Crossing of his Calamity Stage take place so quickly?"
"Come on, run! His tribulations seem wrong!"
"What the hell, a bolt of golden lightning? Ancient Catastrophe?"
"Li Bai, you mother. Don't run over to us!"
"Crap, Li Bai, don't come over, you – !"
When the cultivators saw the enormous golden lightning behind Xu Que, they were immediately terrified and howled. And so, especially, did the orcs. They almost spewed blood on the spot.
With just a bit more time, they would have crushed the human race, and victory would be won! However, Xu Que came out of nowhere again and rushed to them while bearing his Heavenly Tribulations; he had intended to drag them into his tribulations!
However, most of the cultivators of the human race were surprised and pleased that Xu Que had come with his calamity thunderclouds. Xu Que's arrival had suddenly boosted their morale and confidence. Especially so when he arrived with the thunderclouds. Many people had already guessed what he wanted to do! Suddenly, many human cultivators saw hope. They cried out silently in their hearts that the human race is saved!
"Be careful!" Xu Que warned the crowd from midair.
Everyone went still for a moment. Before anyone could respond, they heard Xu Que continue to shout, "Thunder is coming, and so is the rain! Time to collect your laundry!"
Boom!
As soon as his voice fell, another deafening thunder cracked in the sky. No one could keep their mouths from twitching.
Rain your ass!
Collect your goddamn clothes!
You're crossing your Calamity Stage for god's sake, and you've still got the time to fool around?
"Eh? Orcs, you are here again?"
Xu Que glued his eyes on the giant beasts. Pleased and surprised, he said, "It's great that there are so many present today. I missed you all so much! Let's shake hands and embrace to promote friendship between the two races!"
After saying that, Xu Que stepped on his lightning bolt and flew toward the Heaven Orc giants, at the speed that only Xu Que himself could surpass!