Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 31
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Following the sounds of dull thuds, the bodies of a dozen Fallen Spirits Sect disciples exploded from inwards out and became globs of blood mists.
"How dare you! And you still won't stop?!"
The black robed cultivator immediately reacted as he shouted loudly. At the same time, he waved his hand causing a crushing force to emanate from his palms and charged towards Xu Que.
"Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation, ninth form go!
"Roooaar!"
Xu Que activated the Soaring Dragons Nine Transformations. Its might could be felt by everyone present as the dragon attempted to block the crushing wave sent out by the Original Infant Stage old cultivator.
"Today, all of you shall die!"
He gave a low rumble as his voice reverberated around the room like a tidal wave.
His Lightning Haste spell had been activated causing arcs of electric pulses to appear. He held Xiao Rou with one arm and the great sword in the other hand. It made a peculiar sight as he charged into the group of disciples.
Countless disciples raised their sword up in defense but were unable to effectively protect themselves. They were crushed by the devastating blow from the buster sword as blood and flesh flew all around and many disciples died on the spot, turning into an entire mound of experience points for Xu Que.
At that instant, all the Broken Spirits Sect disciples were all in fear.
They were so afraid that their will and courage broke. They finally understood how scary Xu Ques might was!
The black robed cultivator in the air seemed to be somewhat taken aback as well. His pupils dilated in anxiousness. He couldn't help but to look at this mere Core Bearing Stage young man in a different light altogether.
"Indeed, a true disciple of Duan Jiu De. Since death is your wish, don't blame me for not showing mercy!"
The black robed cultivator straightened his back as he placed his palms together and chanted out several chains of mnemonics. His core energy was accumulating and coagulating right behind him as it took the form of a large black fire!
"Black Flamed Dragon, release!"
The old man muttered feebly but his spell was extremely vicious and powerful.
This was the black robed cultivators signature move and its strength was alarming beyond measure.
After seeing what their leader had done, their expressions were renewed with hope as they screamed out, "Long live Sect Leader! Only you have my unwavering respect!"
"Once the Black Flamed Dragon charges, the kids soul will be severed from his body."
"Were saved!"
"You're doomed kid. Don't think that just because you've got some mysterious spells up your sleeves, you're undefeatable and dare to show up here at our Sect to cause troubles. You shall regret your actions now."
Boom!
Black flames erupted high up into the sky as it obscured the clouds from view. Instantaneously, it felt like the entire sky has turned dark.
The black flames swirled in a violent and rapid manner until a dragon was birthed from the flames. Sinister killing intent arose from it and wafted towards Xu Que.
Xu Que squinted his eyes as his lips snarled into a curl. He then gave a cold harrumph, "Black Flamed Dragon, huh? Let me show you what true strength is!"
As soon as his last words fell, he gathered all the core energy from within. The hand which held onto the buster sword was bursting with veins. He then shouted loudly.
Boom!
A crack formed on the surface of the ground as Xu Ques arm was raised high up, still clutching onto the buster sword. It was as if he single handedly lifted a weapon that seemed to weigh thousands of pounds. All of a sudden, he broke into a charge towards the black flaming dragon.
The dragon gave a loud roar as it dashed towards Xu Que too. However, even before it could land an attack on Xu Que, a large slash mark appeared right on its head.
The once ferocious and formidable black flamed dragon was split into half in the blink of an eye, as one half of its body recoiled from the impact and was flung towards the disciples.
The entire bunch of disciples had a look of dread etched across their faces!
The Sect Leaders Black Flamed Dragon was Was actually hacked into half?
"No! All of you, move out of the way!"
The black robed cultivator sensed danger and hurriedly motioned for his disciple to get out of the way.
However, those disciple simply didn't have enough time to react. Even if there was a place to hide, they couldn't have moved fast enough. All they could do was watch on as they were engulfed in black flames.
"Ah!!!"
In the next instant, they screamed in so much agony that their shrieks and wails were hair raising.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 10 acting tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing a Core Bearing Stage cultivator. The reward is 10,000 experience points."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing a Core Bearing Stage cultivator. The reward is 10,000 experience points."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing a Core Bearing Stage cultivator. The reward is 10,000 experience points."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for increasing in level. Your current stage is Core Bearing, level 6!"
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A series of notices and beeps echoed within Xu Ques mind. He had gained another level with all the experience points.
"Xiao Rou, did you see that? I'm already at level 6 of the Core Bearing Stage. Wait a little longer. Once I reach the full foundation of the Golden Core Stage, I can finally revive you."
Xu Que looked at Xiao Rou who was in his arms as he smiled.
"You little bastard. Have you gone mad? Are you really going to start a war and take numerous of lives just for several insignificant normal folks?!" The Sect Leader bellowed as he glimpsed at the wreckage of dead disciples down below.
Although he wasn't afraid of Xu Que, since he hadn't heard of Duan Jiu Des reputation, he was still unsure of what Xu Que could do. Hence, he assumed that once Xu Que killed several disciples, his rage and thirst for revenge would be satisfied.
He never imagined that Xu Ques methods of revenge were so vile and destructive. Even after killing the 10 disciples on the way back, he wasn't even close to being satiated. Instead, he barged through the Sect domains and started slaughtering everything in his path.
"Hahahah!!!" Xu Que burst out in random laughter, an evil sinister look radiated from his eyes as his gaze fell upon the old, black robed cultivator. "What rights do you have to speak to me about killing innocents? Ive said this before, I shall trample over the entire Fallen Spirits Sect until its nothing more than a plot of ruins, where nobody is alive. WHAT. IVE.SAID. I. SHALL. DO.
What Ive said, I shall do!
These words echoed to the heavens and was deafening.
The remaining disciples who were alive in Fallen Spirits Sect had lifeless expressions on their face as though they had given up on survival. Their eyes however reflected immense panic and fear.
The disciples had expected to feel a sense of safety and security with the Sect Leader. In contrast, at this moment, they found themselves being extremely afraid, without a solution of extricating themselves from this mess.
The black robed cultivators face turned ashen as well. All of a sudden, he considered the possibility of this young mans words and understood that he really meant to wipe the entire sect out. Could it really be the return of the fabled and legendary Duan Jiu De?
"You What are you going to do? This is a small matter. Is there a need to blow it out of proportion?"
The only man eventually decided to give in to him, whatever he might ask. He then sighed as he spoke slowly.
However, these words had the opposite effect on Xu Que. Instead of causing him to calm down, it further enraged him.
"A small matter? An entire village of innocent lives were slaughtered by your sect ruthlessly and you dare to bloody tell me its a small matter? Keke" Xu Que started laughing sinisterly to himself once more as he continued speaking. "Fine, small matter. I shall let you taste a small matter as well!"
Whoosh!
The minute his final words were spoken, Xu Ques shadow turned into a blur and a flash of lightning could be seen. He then charged towards the remaining disciples.
Pu!
The black buster sword weaved in the air before slamming down hard on the heads of many disciples, causing them to fall to the ground dead.
Xu Que pulled out the long piece of fabric from the inventory space in his system. He had bought it yesterday after being instructed by Xiao Rou.
"Xiao Rou, we shall make new clothes for me on another day. This fabric shall be used as burial cloth for these dead people today!"
He then started laughing like a crazed maniac.
Dragging the long piece of fabric across the room, he draped it around the headless corpses of the disciples.
With a whoosh, the headless corpses were all tied together by the fabric and were dragged by Xu Que into the air as he stepped atop the Lightning Haste spell, aiming to kill more disciples.
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"You crazy thing. Do you really think that I dont dare to kill you?"
The black robed cultivator was clearly furious as well and found it impossible to contain his anger. He drew a long shiny sword.
Zhng!
The sharp longsword gave out a loud cry as it scratched against the surface of its scabbard. It swayed in the air for some time, reflecting light across the entire pitch black area.
Within seconds, the entire sword burst into black flames, covering the surface of the sword.
The intensity and heat of the fire radiated throughout the entire sects stronghold.
Xu Que instantly knew that his life was in danger. He frowned before hastily stepping atop his lightning and leaving the fiery location.
Shiu! Shiu! Shiu!
As soon as his body moved away, the spot which he stood at several seconds ago was blown apart by several bright rays of light. The force of the light rays were so immense that a huge crater was formed.
The strength and powers displayed by this black robed cultivator caused Xu Que to tremble in fear.
He was indeed an Original Infant Staged cultivator, for his might was colossal.
"Ignorant kid. I had originally planned to spare you and show you mercy on account of your masters great name. Who wouldve expected you to take advantage of my mercy and forced me to draw my strength from my core. Now, its too late for regrets!" The black robed cultivator cleared his throat and spoke before waving a large fist. Instantly, he conjured numerous swords which were covered in black flames too as they soared threateningly towards Xu Que.
"Hehe, why should I regret? Do you really think that just because Im a mere Core Bearing Stage, I wont be able to overcome you?"
Xu Que laughed out coldly as he forced his palms together. His ten fingers were all touching each other as a shadow emerged from his hands and conjured the ancient spell!
It was the secret character "Troops!"
This special secret character came from the novel , and was one of the nine secret ancient characters. Once this character was possessed and mustered, it would enable excellent and perfect control over an army or any weapons. What was special about this character was that it enabled the user to steal and gain control of an enemys weapons and troops. Therefore, he was able to cause the weapons to turn on its owner.
Although this particular spell only had a 10% completed mastery, it was a sky-ranked spell afterall and was specially created by the Imperial God. Its strength was immense and would be the nightmare of many cultivators to come.
Whoosh!
At the exact same time, the black robed cultivators swords filled up the entire sky like meteor showers and threatened to rain down upon Xu Que like a sky full of a thousand arrows.
However, just as the blazing swords were about to rain down upon Xu Que, he finally completed conjuring his spell. It was as if time was called to a halt. All those thousands of black flamed swords seemed to have been blocked by an invisible transparent wall for they froze in mid air unmoving.
"What the?" The black robed cultivator trembled in fear. He knew that this spelt trouble for him.
He then realized that he had lost all control of the spell which enabled him to conjure so many flaming swords. No matter how he tried to recall the swords, they wouldnt listen and remained unmoving just in front of Xu Que!
"Old baldy, go to hell!"
Xu Que gritted his teeth as he realized it was getting more difficult to upkeep the ancient spell. His hands were still waving in a ritualistic manner, attempting to keep control of the stolen fiery swords.
In the next moment, the boundless amounts of core energy within his body were all almost drained out. Even though he had 5 spiritual roots and had 5 cores, it was hard to sustain the amount of energy being used up by this special character-Troops.
However, it seemed like Xu Que had succeeded!
He managed to temporarily wrestle control over the old black robed cultivators skills and even managed to use it against him.
The tens of thousands of black fiery swords turned in unison and pointed at the black robed cultivator.
With a wave of his hands, the swords darted in the air once more as they soared towards the black robed cultivator this time.
"How How could this be?"
The old cultivator opened his eyes wide, unable to believe the scene that was unfolding before him.
At this point, he had nowhere to run and he has nothing to defend himself with!
He managed to conjure this spell by burning away at his core energy. Right now, he couldnt stop such a powerful spell. Unless
"No, stop it! Obliterating the village wasnt the plan of Fallen Spirits Sect. Someone instructed us to do it." The old black robed cultivator shouted out in panic.
Xu Que heard these words and hurriedly raised his hands up, causing all the black flaming swords to pause in mid air once more. He then looked coldly at the old cultivator, "What did you say?"
The black robed old man heaved a sigh of relief. He knew that his gamble had paid off. Only this young man could control the spell at this point.
"I have no feud against you, why would I send men to Pan Shan Village to kill them? This matter was commanded by me to execute by Elder Sun of Celestial Sect. It was her who personally broke through your protective screen by using the Spell Breaking Cartridge. She then commanded me to kill the villagers and rewarded me with a vial of Vitality Pill!" The old black robed cultivator shouted out in fear.
Xu Ques eyes gaped wide open as he replied, "Celestial Sect, Elder Sun?"
That old woman Sun Jue Li? Why? Why would she do that?
Her Sect Leader Zhang Dan Shan just promised me that he would ensure the safety of Pan Shan Village.
But at last, it was Celestial Sect who was behind this attack!
The more Xu Que thought about this, the angrier he became. Killing intent radiated across all directions!
"Thats right. It was her who planned this. Ive reached an obstruction in my cultivation and failed to ascend further. As a result of the failure, my soul and mental faculties were hurt. Hence, I required the Vitality Pill in order to recover properly. She used the Vitality Pill to entice me into destroying Pan Shan Village. If you wish to exact revenge, don't do it on my Fallen Spirits Sect. You should go and find her!"
The old black robed cultivator shouted out as he felt a sense of relief. He had started to regain his connection with the flying swords at last.
However, Xu Ques reply to him made him despair once again.
"My apologies. I take my words very seriously. Since Ive already said that I would annihilate your entire sect, thats what I will do."
The minute his words fell, Xu Que allowed his raised hands to fall, as tens of thousands of black flamed sword descended continued its trajectory across.
Pu! Pu! Pu!
Most of the black flamed swords pierced through the heart of the black robed cultivator, causing him to die almost instantly. All that was left was a severely wrecked body, which fell to the ground lifelessly.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 10 acting tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing an Original Infant Stage cultivator. The reward is 200,000 experience points and a storage ring."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully killing your first Original Infant Stage cultivator. The reward is a gift bag. Would you like to open it?"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for gaining a level. The current cultivation stage is Core Bearing Stage, level 7."
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Following the numerous beeps going off in his head, Xu Que didnt react like how he usually would in elation.
He shook his head as he carried Xiao Rous small frame and walked over slowly to the deceased black robe cultivator. He dragged the long piece of fabric along with him as he walked over. He then tied the fabric to the dead corpse of this Fallen Spirits Sect Leader.
His gaze then turned cold as he looked at the remaining disciples who were staring right back at him with intense fear and trepidation. With a stoic expression, he shouted across at them, "Next up! Its your turn!"
His indifferent and cold voice sounded to them like it came from the very depths of hell, causing their scalps to go numb in fear.
"Ah!!!"
Some of the remaining disciples couldnt endure the fear in their hearts. They screamed out shrilly before fleeing towards the mountains.
Before long, Xu Que managed to use his Six Corporeal Forms with his buster sword and hacked them down. Like with the rest of the bodies, he draped the piece of fabric along the corpses.
This was definitely a night for death and vengeance!
Xu Que acted like the grim reaper, collecting the lives of all the Fallen Spirits Sect members.
All the way till day broke, he didnt allow a single person to escape.
The entire Fallen Spirits Sect had been annihilated by him. Several long string of fabrics were filled with hundreds of corpses. Most of them were headless as Xu Que dragged them across on the ground, causing an entire trail of blood.
"Up next, itll be your turn, Celestial Sect!"
Xu Que stood at the cliff of the mountain and looked in the direction of Celestial Sect with cold hatred in his eyes. Killing intent welled within him and radiated out.
Although he was furious, he wasnt blinded by the need for revenge.
He was very clear that Celestial Sect was different from a small sect like the Fallen Spirits Sect.
Celestial Sect had several elders who were in the Original Infant Stage. There was also the Sect Leader, Zhang Dan Shan who was in the Infant Transformation Stage. With his current strength, there was absolutely no way that Xu Que could overpower him.
"Looks like I have to purchase even more powerful skills!"
Xu Que mumbled to himself before opening up the system interface. He then accessed the inventory.
He still remembered after killing the Sect Leader of Fallen Spirits Sect that he received a great deal of experience, a storage ring and a mysterious gift pack.
The storage ring was a personal item belonging to the Sect Leader. Xu Que looked at its contents briefly and noticed that apart from several spell manuals, there were vials of herbs and spirit stones.
Nothing much of worth could be found within. He then turned his attention to the mysterious large gift pack.
"Open the gift pack!"
Once he shouted out these words in his mind, the interface started to glow brightly with white light.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for obtaining 2x Beginners Divine Escape Emblem!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for obtaining 1x Disguise Puppet!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for obtaining Bone Freezing Fire. Would you like to assimilate this?"
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After the system had finished with its notifications, there were an additional three new items within the inventory.
As for the "Divine Escape Emblem", not much had to be said about it since Xu Que had even used it several times before.
As for the "Disguise Puppet", he had obtained one before but never had the chance to use it. Today, he managed to acquire another and Xu Que didnt think too much about it.
The last item was the Bone Freezing Fire. Receiving this item made Xu Que feel like he just stepped on dog shit for some strange reason.
Bone Chilling Fire. That came from the novel and was a very popular spell.
This spell was ranked 11th in terms of strength and belonged to Yao Lao. Soon after, it was handed over to the main character of the novel, Xiao Yan.
The might of this fire was extremely renowned. It combined both extreme poles of heat and cold, resulting in astonishing effects. Additionally, the coexistence of extreme heat and cold could only be witnessed once every couple of hundreds of years under extremely precise conditions.
Xu Que even checked the price of this spell within the shops of the system. He then noticed that it costed 1,300 acting tough points. Extremely expensive!
"Keke Looks like even the heavens are on my side. Celestial Sect, youre doomed!"
Xu Que gave a cold laughter before absorbing the spell capabilities into his body.
In that instant, he could feel an intense heat within his dantian region. This heat was emitting white cold mist. It was so hot that it could literally melt anything in this world.
Xu Que happily told the system, "Purchase and number 19s !"
"Ding! 50 acting tough points have been spent to purchase . Would you like to learn it?"
"Ding! 38 acting tough points have been spent to purchase Molten Green Lotus. Would you like to absorb it into your body?
"Yes!"
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Soon after, Xu Que had already mastered an additional sky level spell. Additionally, he had assimilated the Molten Green Lotus into his body as well and would coexist with the Bone Freezing Fire.
He then walked into the treasure room of the Fallen Spirits Sect and allowed the system to acquire their treasure. All of them were recycled into around 300 skill essences, which he spent all on Buddhas Fiery Lotus and successfully increased the mastery by 30%!
This meant that he could use all three types of mystical fires at the same time!
At last, Xu Que lifted up Xiao Rous body as he dragged the fabric containing all the dead corpses and returned to Pan Shan Village.
He knew that once he headed to Celestial Sect for his revenge, even if he was successful, he would never be able to return to Pan Shan Village after.
Hence, he decided to return to the village, where he personally dug up dozens of trenches. He then placed every single fallen villager within each grave and included a stone to mark their graves as well.
As for Xiao Rou, he buried her right at the top of the mountain, where everything was quiet and beautiful.
Xu Que erected a stone which had inscriptions on it. Xiao Rou, tomb for her mortal body! -Done by Xu Que!
Since Xiao Rou hasnt truly died, Xu Que was confident in reviving her. Hence, this grave can be considered a grave for the flesh belonging to her previous life!
Xiao Rous soul was being harboured within the Soul Pagoda and kept safe. When Xu Que used his own spirit to scry within the pagoda, he could recognize Xiao Rous soft and delicate features sleeping soundly and comfortably within the pagoda. The calmness about her sleeping surprised Xu Que to no end.
"Xiao Rou, trust me. It wont be much longer before I revive you!"
"And now, its time to seek my revenge from the Celestial Sect!"
As he finished speaking, Xu Que conjured his Lightning Haste spell as he dragged the long fabric of dead corpses along with him as he disappeared like lightning towards Celestial Sect.
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Before long, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky just above the domains of Celestial Sect. Killing intent radiated all around.
"Sun Jue Li, Zhang Da Shan. Come out of your hiding shells right now!"
An ear piercing and ground shaking voice sounded as it perforated through the layers of clouds and reached Celestial Sect.
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Many disciples were present at the training grounds of Celestial Sect as they conducted their usual morning training sessions. They were abruptly startled by a sudden onset of great, crushing pressure and someone shouting outside.
How could this person be so daring?
Is he crazy? He actually dared to speak so rudely to Elder Sun and Sect Leader Zhang? And even dared to ask them to come out of their shells?
All the disciples craned their necks to look up at the perpetrator and were stumped by the sight.
High up in the clouds, a youth was riding atop a bolt of lightning. He was clutching onto a several long pieces of cloth. The cloth were tied to countless of headless bodies. Blood dripped all around showing a gory sight.
What Whats happening?
Everyone were stunned by whatever they saw. Several of them had never witnessed someone dying before and they bent over to vomit violently.
Some female disciples were screaming out in fear.
Only the more bold and daring disciples looked up at the chain of corpses and shouted out, "Look at the robes worn by those dead bodies. Theyre all Disciples of Fallen Spirits Sect!"
"Ai, thats true. Theyre all from Fallen Spirits Sect."
"Wait a minute. Look at the black robed person How Hows that possible?"
"Its actually the Sect Leader of Fallen Spirits Sect!"
In that instant, the entire training grounds were rifled up.
The Fallen Spirits Sect Leader had actually been killed and so many disciples were hanging from the piece of cloth. Could it be that he Exterminated the entire sect?
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 20 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 20 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"
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Xu Que could hear the system going off in his head. He then looked down in the direction of the Celestial Sect stronghold.
"Shiu!"
Several beams of light could be seen appearing in the sky above Celestial Sect.
It was the elite disciples who had flew out from within Celestial Sect on their flying swords. The minute they caught a glimpse of Xu Que, their faces were full of dread!
Tang Xue Rou was among the disciples. When she looked at Xu Que, she noticed that he was tugging along countless of dead bodies. Her eyes widened as her lips trembled. She couldnt even speak a single word.
How How could this be?
He actually Killed the Sect Leader of Fallen Spirits Sect?
Xu Que floated down expressionlessly. As he stood atop a red tiled roof, he released the strings of fabric, causing the corpses to fall heavily down onto the training grounds!
"Boom!"
Instantly, fresh blood burst out of the body and seeped into the ground.
Most of the Celestial Sect disciples had never witnessed such a gruesome and gory seen before. Their faces turned pale as they retreated several steps back hastily.
Xu Que casted an icy glance across his surroundings and shouted out, "I shall repeat myself. Sun Jue Li, Zhang Dan Shan, come out of your tortoise shells now cowards! If not, I shall flatten the entire Celestial Sect too!"
"Outrageous! How dare your little mouth speak the names of my Sect Leader and Elders with such impunity?"
At this point, the elite disciples who had just came out from within the sect stronghold shouted out in fury.
Tang Xue Rou then realized what had happened and ran forward, "What have you done? The minute I returned, I informed the matter to my master and the higher ups. Today, my Sect Leader was supposed to handle the matter. You..."
At this point, Tang Xue Rou realized that her words didnt matter anymore. She then continued, "Since youve already killed the Sect Leader of Fallen Spirits Sect, why have you come today to kick up a fuss? Yesterday, we happened to pass by. When we saw Fallen Spirits Sect ravaging the village, we decided to lend a helping hand. We didnt assist them or participate in the slaughter at all."
Xu Que looked around coldly as he was lazy to explain himself. He stood atop the roof quietly.
After several breaths, the entire stronghold was still and quiet.
Xu Que then allowed himself to smile, "Fine. Since you wont come out, then. Your disciples would have to take the blame for you and suffer the consequences on your behalf!"
The minute his words landed, he stepped atop the bolt of lightning and transformed into the Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation and charged towards the group of elite disciples who had shouted out in disapproval at him.
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Earlier in the day, before Xu Que had arrived, Zhang Dan Shan and the rest of them already knew what had happened the night before.
The few of them gathered within the meeting hall of Celestial Sect. Zhang Dan Shan, Sun Jue Li and the rest of the Sect Elders were present within the hall. The atmosphere was tense.
Zhang Dan Shan furrowed his brows and looked at the old woman for a long time before sighing in anger. "Elder Sun, you How could you have done something like that? You do know that I just promised him yesterday that I would protect the entire Pan Shan Village. And you had the cheek to... Sigh!"
The old woman had a murderous expression on her face as she replied coldly, "Those are just the mere lives of ants. So what if Ive killed them? Would that little bastard really come seeking revenge just for something so minor? Ive followed you for more than 10 years and Ive helped by contributing hugely to the sect and to yourself. How can those insects whove died compare to what Ive done for you?"
"Ai, Elder Sun, that's not what I meant. But you probably didnt know that Pan Shan Village was very special to Xu Que. If he finds out about what transpired and comes to Celestial Sect, how should I account to him?" Zhang Dan Shan shook his head.
The old woman then laughed out, "Maybe you dont have to account to him anymore. Yesterday my disciple Tang Xue Ruo happened to pass by Pan Shan Village. When he saw the bloodbath that happened, he decided to go alone to Fallen Spirits Sect to take revenge. There can be two outcomes that may happen. If he dies at Fallen Spirits Sect, my plan wouldve worked in getting rid of him. Besides, should Duan Jiu De come for revenge, he would only look for Fallen Spirits Sect to have his revenge."
Zhang Dan Shan waved his hands, "Forget it, forget it! With his status and abilities, Fallen Spirits Sect will not be able to kill him so easily. How about this, send some men to Fallen Spirits Sect and demand for their Sect Leader to come out. After a few days, I shall execute him in public myself. This should be enough for Xu Que to see that justice has been served."
"Why? Sect Leader, you want to kill him yourself? Why not allow an elite disciple to do this? Why do you care so much about what this kid thinks?"
Zhang Dan Shan revealed an expression of bitterness and difficulty. He shook his head and replied, "You dont know the might of Duan Jiu De. If any of you here have met him before, you probably wont have such a defiant and stubborn attitude."
The minute he finished speaking, a loud shout rang out from outside of Celestial Sect. It was Xu Que shouting!
"Sun Jue Li, Zhang Da Shan. Come out of your hiding shells right now!"
In that instant, the faces of everyone within the hall turned ashen!
"Shit! Hes come for us. Look at the way hes speaking. Im afraid he already knows the truth!" An elder spoke out, frowning.
Zhang Dan Shan furrowed his brows as well.
The old woman however had a look of extreme anger. She slammed the table with her palms and stood up, "Screw him! How dare he speak our names with such disrespect! And that idiot Sect Leader of Fallen Spirits Sect. Hes asking for death as well. Not only did he release that little bastard, he even told him the truth!"
At this point, another shout could be heard from Xu Que.
"I shall repeat myself. Sun Jue Li, Zhang Dan Shan, come out of your tortoise shells now cowards. If not, I shall flatten the entire Celestial Sect too!"
The minute these words were spoken, even the mid tempered Sect Leader was enraged!
Flatten the entire Celestial Sect? Does this kid even respect me?
The old woman and the rest of the elders were infuriated!
The Celestial Sect had been established for hundreds of years. This was the first time that anyone dared to speak such words to them!
"This person doesnt respect anyone and is too arrogant. Sect Leader, ignore him first. The elite disciples of our sect would know how to handle him. The last time he managed to kill some of our sect elders is because of the protective spells. Since hes come today and misbehaved, does he really think nobody can kill him?" The old woman spoke out coldly.
Zhang Dan Shan fell into a moment of silence as he looked down and nodded his head, "He really deserves to be punished."
Outside, Xu Que had begun his massacre.
At this point, he was already a Core Bearing Stage cultivator, level 7. With the speed of the Lightning Haste on his heels, and the final form of the Soaring Dragons Nine Transformations, these mere Golden Core Stage cultivators were no match for him at all!
Within several breaths, Xu Que moved around the battlefields quickly and decisively ended the lives of anyone who stood in his way. He showed no mercy.
The rest of the disciples watched on in fear, their eyes were wide open in surprise. They had just witnessed Xu Que punching right through the bodies of the elite disciples. He even plunged his hands into their dantian to plunder their golden cores, causing them to die on the spot.
The disciples who were surrounding Xu Que were astonished by his prowess and were stumped!
Many of them still couldnt fathom whatever was happening.
Did that just happen? That Xu Que killed an elite disciple with a single punch?
How How is that possible?
He was only a cultivator in the Core Bearing Stage. He couldnt even fly on a flying sword. With his pair of bare knuckles, he completely obliterated these extremely powerful elite disciples!
Am I dreaming right now?
"There isnt enough cloth to tie all of your dead bodies! Since thats the case, how about I use your bones to form an entire pagoda as a tribute to my Xiao Rou and all the dead villagers!" Xu Que started laughing out coldly. He then collected the lifeless bodies of the elite disciples and piled them up in a heap of dead flesh.
Intense anger was written all over his face and eyes as he glared at the remaining Celestial Sect disciples who were standing there frozen in fear.
A group of disciples jumped up in fear as his gaze swept across them, causing them to tremble in fear. They regained their senses as their faces turned pale.
Then, they realized that things werent looking favorable to them. Someone was actually killing Celestial Sect disciples and the people he first killed were actually the cream of the crop, the elite disciples!
"Quick, run!"
"Inform the Sect Elders and Leader. Hurry!"
All of a sudden, the entire place was thrown into chaos as many disciples rushed back into the sect stronghold.
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"Sect Elders, Sect Leader, not good. That Xu Que is killing his way up here!"
"Hes gone mad. He brought an entire mound of dead bodies and even killed our elite senior brothers!" Outside the meeting hall, several Celestial Sect disciples clambered their way in, as they knelt before the closed door and shouted out in fear.
With a loud thud, the door to the hall opened up. A few Elders walked out with a surprised expression etched over their faces.
"What are you speaking of? That Xu Que dared to kill our sects disciples?"
They were all dumbfounded by this shocking revelation!
The elite disciples were all at least of Golden Core cultivation stages, and everyone of them had underwent training away from the sect domains and had a wealth of experience. How could they all be killed by just a mere Core Bearing Stage cultivator?
"That little bastard is sick of living! Sect Leader, I shall bring his head on a platter for you." The old woman was so outraged that it wouldnt be surprising if smoke bellowed from her nostrils and mouth. She gritted her teeth in anger and clutched her flying sword, ready to depart.
Zhang Dan Shans face fell, "Elder Sun, please hold it. You must not kill this person!"
"What?" The old woman widened her eyes in surprise, "Sect Leader, that little bastard even dared to kill our disciples under our noses. How can we let him off so easily? If word gets out, how can we still hold our own in Fire Country?"
Zhang Dan Shan was getting angrier by the minute, as he let out a loud shout, "Shut up! If you didnt take matters into your own hands, would this matter be blown out of proportion to this extent?"
"Sect Leader, you" The old woman paused in shock.
The few other Elders present were stumped as well. Elder Sun was one of the Elders who helped with the establishment of the Sect from the earlier days!
Besides, the Sect Leader had always regarded her very highly all these while, and gave her frequent privileges above everyone else. Yet he lost his temper at her just because of this Xu Que!
"Dont forget that this persons master is Duan Jiu De! Ive already mentioned that we cannot afford to offend him. Xu Que has an amulet on him. Once hes in danger, he would break the seal on the amulet and Duan Jiu De would come immediately to his aid. Lets not even speak of Celestial Sect, the entire nation would be finished." Zhang Dan Shan spoke in fear.
The Elders around him listened to his words and inhaled a breath of cold air.
The entire nation would be finished?
My god. Was that Duan Jiu De some sort of a deity?
No wonder that even the Sect Leader was so fearful of him. Looks like he really cannot be messed around with!
"Ai, what should we do now then?"
"We cannot allow him to kill everyone in Celestial Sect to vent his frustration, right?"
The Sect Elders voiced out in worry.
The old womans expression softened after being shaken by Zhang Dan Shans words. She finally understood that Duan Jiu De really couldnt be offended at any costs.
After several moments of consideration, the old woman gritted her teeth and decided to compromise. "Leader, this matter is my fault and I shall bear full responsibility. I shall go and account to him now."
"How do you think youre going to handle it?" Zhang Dan Shan asked.
The old woman shut her eyes and inhaled deeply. She then withdrew a vial of pills from her storage ring and replied, "This is my last bottle of Vitality Pills. I shall give it to him to atone for my actions!"
Zhang Dan Shans face softened as well as he nodded his head gently. "Although the Vitality Pills are precious, it might not be enough to soothe his rage. Take some other weapons along with the pills."
"Yes" The old woman replied through gritted teeth.
It was very obvious how unhappy she was at the prospect of having to do something as shameful as this!
The few people behind were stumped by this. Retrieving their flying swords, they made haste and headed towards the training grounds.
Before long, they finally arrived.
The sight that greeted them caused all the Original Infant Stage Sect Elders and the Infant Transformation Stage Sect Leader to take a step back in shock!
Xu Que was standing in the middle of the training grounds. To his right were the hundreds of gory and severely wrecked dead bodies belonging to the disciples of Fallen Spirits Sect. To his right were another mound of dead bodies. This time, belonging to the elite disciples of Celestial Sect. The entire training ground was dyed red from the amount of blood that had bled out!
However, the reason they were so stunned was the evident sight of the black robed dead body lying in the middle.
"The Sect Leader of Fallen Spirits Sect is dead? These These people were killed by you?" An Elder looked towards Xu Que and asked.
"You finally dared to show yourselves? Hehe... Wait till I get my hands on that old haggard woman. Then you shall know if I was the one who killed all these people." Xu Que laughed coldly upon seeing their emergence. His gaze fell upon the old woman as killing intent emanated from his pupils.
The old woman felt an intense chill ran down her spine as her heart trembled in fear.
The Elders present were all astonished by the sight.
That old man in black robes was an Original Infant Stage cultivator after all!
And he actually died at the hands of this kid?
How How was that possible?
At the same time, the disciples which had fled earlier noticed that even the Elders and the Leader had appeared. They momentarily returned and gained some courage.
Their faces were full of anger as they glared at Xu Que in anger.
Then, someone roared out, "Sect Leader, his moves are too vicious! My senior brothers merely exchanged words with him and he killed them all for it!"
"Thats right Sect Leader. You have to avenge our fallen brothers!"
"Give this evil person a thousand cuts to his body!"
Seeing that everyone had turned against him, Xu Que smiled confidently, "Please dont be too anxious. I shall send all of you on your way to meet your fallen brothers!"
Everyone present was enraged by his words and shouted out fiercely, "You killed hundreds of people without batting an eyelid. My fallen brothers shall return as vengeful spirits and will never let you off!"
"Today, our Celestial Sect will give you a hundred thousand cuts without ending your life!"
"You shall be in misery begging for your death but it shall not come!"
...
The harsh scoldings from the training ground rose up to the skies.
Tang Xue Rou stood in the middle of the crowd, her face was full of fury as well. She raised a finger and pointed at Xu Que and shouted out harshly, "Yesterday, I saw you weeping for that girl and I thought you were a good person who valued relationships and feelings. I didnt expect you to be such an asshole who cant differentiate wrong from right. I even explained to you yesterday that we were merely just passing and werent accomplices with Fallen Spirits Sect. Why have you come here to slaughter innocent lives?"
She was not alone for all the Celestial Sect disciples didnt know the truth. They thought that Xu Que was just killing for the sake of killing!
Xu Que shook his head and laughed coldly, his eyes were fixed upon Tang Xue Rou, "Have you heard of the phrase, big breasted but brainless? Well that describes you very well!"
"You" Tang Xue Rous face turned red as she shook in anger.
"You, what you? Dont you know who instigated the Fallen Spirits Sect to attack the village? Thats right, it was your master. The old hag without a conscience!" Xu Que shouted back.
The minute his words were spoken, everyone turned around simultaneously. It was pin drop silence. Everything was still!
All their glances were casted upon the old woman.
The old woman gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. She glared back at Xu Que, killing intent permeated in the air and radiated out from her pupils as well.
Her silence on this matter allowed all the disciples of Celestial Sect to understand a simple fact.
Their Elder Sun had actually collaborated with an evil sect such as Fallen Spirits Sect to kill the innocent villagers.
Tang Xue Rou was astounded in this revelation and her mind went blank. She looked at her own master in utter disbelief, not daring to believe those words.
"My friend, Xu!"
At this point, a plain voice rang out, breaking the silence.
Zhang Dan Shan looked calmly at Xu Que and spoke, "Please take a moment to calm down. This matter, we shall be accountable to you."
As soon as he finished her sentence, he turned his gaze to look at the old woman.
The old womans face turned ashen as she retrieved the vial of pill from her robes.
She then spoke out unwillingly, "This matter was started and caused by me. I shall give up this vial of Vitality Pills in order to compensate for the lives of the insects. I mean, villagers! You can also go to the treasure vaults belonging to my sect and pick out any weapons or treasure you fancy!"
As she spoke, she pointed at the vial which floated towards Xu Que and dropped gently before him.
Xu Que caught the bottle before it dropped. Without looking at the contents, he smashed it onto the ground in anger.
With a loud crash, the glass vial broke into a thousand tiny pieces. Several precious pills which incur the envy of many Original Infant Stage cultivators fell to the ground and dissolved under the thick blood on the floor.
Xu Que then laughed out loud, "What rubbish pills are these? You think a vial of rubbish pills can erase the innocent blood on your hands? Wishful thinking! Let me tell you. Even if you decide to give me the entire Celestial Sect as payment, it wouldnt even be enough!"
"Outrageous!" The old woman burst out in anger, her eyes were fixated at the pills on the ground which were dissolving gradually. Her heart was almost bleeding from the loss of such a valuable item!
Zhang Dan Shan trembled subtly as he creased his brows and looked at Xu Que, "What exactly do you want?
"What do I want? Hahahahahaha!!!" Xu Que burst out in uncontrollable laughter.
That course and evil laughter was mechanic like a clock and echoed throughout the entire sect domain.
In the next instant, his laughter ceased. His eyes were bloodshot as he glared at the old woman. He then spoke word by word, accentuating his feelings. "I want the life of this old hag! BLOOD. CALLS. FOR. BLOOD.
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Blood must be repaid in blood
These four words stirred the hearts of everyone present!
All the Celestial Sect disciples froze. They never imagined that Xu Que would give such a reply.
Blood must be repaid in blood. Did this mean that unless every member of Celestial Sect was dead, he wouldnt rest?
But where did he get the courage to speak words like these?
In front of the Sect Leader, there were so many other Sect Elders and he was just a mere Core Bearing Stage cultivator. Where did he get such courage from?
"Whoosh!"
Just as the disciples were deep in thought and fear, Xu Que had already began his silent assault.
His figure turned into a blur, a pair of lightning bolts interlocked with each other beneath his feet as he charged with astonishing speed towards the old woman!
Under the form of the Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation, Xu Ques powers were way stronger than the Core Bearing Stage which he currently was in.
With his fists clenched, he recalled all the killing intent which radiated out and charged it within his body. Right at its peak, he allowed it to explode from his body!
The old woman seemed to snap back from her daze as cold sweat started to form across her forehead. Her expression changed as she fell back in eager retreat.
Xu Ques power which emanated from his body used the complete strength of the entire 9 forms. His strength was 9 times more powerful than his usual strength and would definitely surpass and overcome an Original Infant Stage cultivator.
Additionally, the old woman had sustained internal injuries by destroying the protective screen created by the Four Directions Desolation. Her strength had been significantly reduced as well.
Time seemed to freeze as she realized she couldnt outmatch Xu Que in terms of speed. She looked dazedly at Xu Ques fists that resembled the head of a huge dragon, becoming closer and closer to her face.
Just before his fist could do any damage to her, half an inch away, a shadow appeared before the old woman, blocking Xu Que from her.
"Enough!"
A loud shout echoed out, as a wave of crushing pressure descended down.
Xu Que couldnt stop in time and crashed with the shadow. However, it felt like as though he fell onto a patch of grass and flowers, without sustaining any injuries to himself.
Soon after, he felt a large wave of energy crush down upon him. His chest quivered as his entire body was hoisted up into the air. With a dull "boom", he was flung onto the training grounds.
Pu!
Xu Que was on bended knees as he spat out a mouthful of blood. He had been wounded!
The Infant Transformation Stage Was too powerful!
At this point, even with the addition of many more spells, he was clearly of no match for the Sect Leader.
Xu Ques heart fluttered as his eyes looked up and fixed themselves like a death stare upon the Sect Leader, Zhang Dan Shan who was standing in front of the old woman, protecting her.
If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Dan Shan protected her, Xu Que was absolutely sure that the old woman wouldve sustained severe injuries. He wouldve then activated the Bone Freezing Fires and burn her to death.
However, the Infant Transformation cultivator decided to intervene, ruining Xu Ques plans.
The difference in strength between the Infant Transformation Stage and Xu Ques present stage were 2 huge stages. After his current Core Bearing Stage, he would become a Golden Core Stage cultivator before becoming an Original Infant Stage cultivator. The difference was too huge and couldnt be compensated by just having more spells.
"Friend Xu, you almost killed her. That would have to suffice!"
Zhang Dan Shan looked coldly at Xu Que and spoke in a low voice. Even in his tone, there was a threatening demeanor.
"Heheh Once I kill this old woman, that would suffice for me!" Xu Que clutched his chest and laughed out loud. At the same time, he conjured the system wordlessly to begin recovery and the healing process. Instantly, his wounds seemed to get less serious as he felt better with each second.
Zhang Da Shans face fell as he spoke out, "Are you sure you wish to make an enemy out of me over the deaths of those mere villagers? Even if your master were to show up here today, I wouldn't allow you to do something that would hurt both sides like that!"
"The deaths of mere villagers? Haha!" Xu Ques face revealed a laughter of mockery as he palmed the ground and gradually got up.
"So what if they were normal people? Based on the way I see it, killing an entire village of defenseless and helpless villagers is the lowest a person can go. And this old woman cant even compare to beasts!"
"So what if both sides would take damage? Its something that I would be willing to do even if death would come to me!"
...
His voice echoed throughout the entire training grounds like a ray of light.
All the disciples remained standing in a daze, watching him. Xu Ques words echoed continuously in their minds.
Tang Xue Rou was stunned as well, her mouth was mumbling under her breath as she repeated Xu Ques words to herself.
So what if they were normal people? So what if both sides would take damage?
Under such a situation, he was still able to speak such hot blooded, compassionate words. Does that show that he was sentimental and kind or that he was foolish?
Ai!
Tang Xue Rou shook her head. She was very sure that Sect Leader would defend her master to the very end. If Xu Que insisted on having his way, he would ultimately be the one who would suffer.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 20 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 40 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!"
The system rang out repeatedly in Xu Ques head.
Xu Que wasnt the least bothered by it.
At this point, Zhang Dan Shan shouted out angrily, "Idiot!"
However, he didnt make any move to attack Xu Que. Remaining rooted where he stood in front of the old woman, he continued speaking.
"On account of your master, I shall not attack you. However, I have to warn you as well. From this moment on, you must not kill Elder Sun or any disciple from Celestial Sect! My Celestial Sect is not a place for you to misbehave."
"Is that so?" Xu Ques lips curled into a sinister grin. "Then let me tell you as well. If I wish to kill someone, nobody would be able to save him."
The minute he completed his sentence, he summoned the core energy from within his body. His fair and white pair of hands started extending slowly out from beneath his robes.
Zhang Dan Shan paused, his face was full of suspicion and unsure of what Xu Que was trying to do.
All the Celestial Sect disciples and their sect elders were equally baffled at his actions.
What was he trying to do?
At the next moment, Xu Que turned his palms up towards the heaven as his boundless core energy was visible atop his palms. He then moved his hands until they were in front of his chest.
His movements were slow and steady. All of a sudden, a green flame of mystical fire appeared on his right palm and soared into the heavens, licking the clouds.
Whoosh!
The dazzling and burning fire warmed the entire around around him, causing the training grounds to feel the intense heat.
The flame was burning bright green as it emanated a fierce glow and immeasurable powers. The way the green flames licked the surrounding air and swirled about on his right palm looked extremely illusory.
Sssss!
The Sect Elders around all took in a deep breath of fresh air.
What spell was this? How could he conjure such astonishing and strange fire such as this?
None of them present had ever seen anything like this!
Zhang Dan Shans face started to turn severe as his brows creased.
Even someone as powerful figure as himself had never seen such a strange fire. It was green and burned deep with a strong and steadfast demeanor. It was extremely intimidating as it emanated a burning aura, heating up the entire area rapidly. Whatever he saw was more powerful than anything he had ever witnessed!
In the next moment, Xu Ques palms raised above his shoulders, facing the sky. A white flame then appeared atop his left palm. It was extremely subtle and looked more like smoke than flames. However, a strange frosty coldness radiated from that white flame, engulfing everyone around in a certain chilliness.
The disciples were all of varying cultivation levels and couldnt help but shiver from the cold. They hunched their necks as their faces were full of fear!
Zhang Dan Shan and all the Elders around were immediately taken aback by the sight of his powers.
As people of the Fire Country, they were more familiar with fire powers more than anyone else. However, theyve never seen anything like this. A flame which was as cold as winter? Such coldness was even colder than the Millenium Winter Spell.
Zhang Dan Shan trembled as he glared at Xu Que. He then thought to himself, "Where did this kid acquire all these strange and ancients spells from?"
Even for someone like senior Duan, he couldnt possibly have access to such special spells right?
For a split second, Zhang Dan Shan looked greedily in envy of the white flames resting on Xu Ques palm, almost as if he wanted to steal it away from him.
At this point, Xu Que had already immersed himself completely within the spell, not caring about anything else apart from himself. A wild and crazy yet subtle smile was etched across his pale face.
Buddhas Fiery Lotus!
This was the spell used in the novel Fight Breaks Spheres by the main character Xiao Yan. Being able to use it required the complete control of 2 different forms of fire.
However, Xu Que had already trained the spell Buddhas Fiery Lotus up to 30%, and was enough to fuse the 3 different fires. At this point, he only had 2 different types and combining them together wasnt difficult for him.
As his palms were drawing close to each other, attempting to fuse the different fires on each hand, the flames on his palms started dancing in frenzy. The Molten Green Lotus fire which costs 300 acting tough points and the Bone Freezing Fire which costs 1,300 acting tough points were churning and surging violently. The intense heat and fierce coldness clashed against each other at the training ground.
"Kid, what are you trying to do?" Zhang Dan Shans eyes squinted. Although he had several hundred years of cultivation experience, there was something extremely unsettling about what he saw.
The old woman who was standing behind him and the rest of the Elders and disciples took several steps back in apprehension.
At the next moment, Xu Ques eyes opened wide as he whispered, "Fuse."
"Boom!"
Each palm carried a different type of fire as he forced them together, ending with a clap. The minute his palms touched each other, a loud roar like that of thunder could be heard, shaking the ground beneath their feet.
"Not good!"
"Stop it! Are you crazy?!"
"The fires are of different elements. How could you fuse them? That would be akin to combining ice and fire."
"If you dont stop now, even you would die here!"
The several Elders were screaming out, their faces were full of fear.
They stood by the side, watching as Xu Ques expression took a complete change. It was exactly the same as watching a crazy person. A completely crazy person who had gone berserk!
Zhang Dan Shans pupils dilated as he raised a large palm up before him. Instantly, a screen of light formed between himself and Xu Que. It almost seemed as though he had expanded more than half of his entire core pool to create this barrier to protect himself and his sect members.
At the same time, he was still shouting out in rage, "Xu Qu! Im ordering you to stop. Theres no need to go to this extent and kill everyone present!"
Clearly, Xu Que didnt stop at all. In fact, there was no way he couldve stopped even if he wanted to.
He was clear to anyone else when it came to the strength and might of the Fiery Lotus.
Today, Sun Jue Li, the old hag would die for sure!
Boom!
The pair of fires swirled around his entire hands, green and white had fused together. It was an extremely queer and eerie sight to behold. The pair of powerful elements were repeatedly gelling against each other and looked as if it could blow his hands apart any moment.
Xu Ques fingers were moving much faster like he was kneading or plucking leaves from a tree. The fires were getting increasingly stronger and moved faster along with Xu Ques frenzied fingers.
Within the space of several breaths, under all their watchful eyes, that fire started to transform into a greenish white lotus which was the size of his palms.
It looked like a lotus which had just bloomed in spring as it rotated quietly around Xu Ques palms and looked extraordinary.
"Buddhas Fiery Lotus, explode!"
"Old woman, its time to die to atone for the deaths of the villagers!"
Xu Que shouted out manically as he flung his hands, causing the greenish white fiery lotus to pelt away from his hands. It floated in the air strangely before being catapulted towards Zhang Dan Shan and Sun Jue Li who stood behind him.
"Stop it!" Zhang Dan Shan looked extremely fearful as he shouted out.
"No!!!" Sun Jue Li was horrified as the hairs on every inch of her body were raised. She let out a huge shriek!
Soon after, the peaceful looking fiery lotus exploded right in front of Zhang Dan Shan and the old hag.
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"Boom doom!"
The huge stronghold belonging to Celestial Sect echoed with a loud boom as the ground beneath shook violently.
A greenish white flame engulfed the air and wrecked the earth, causing flaming ripples to scatter all around, inducing widespread damage.
The red roofed buildings within several kilometers radius were all destroyed and razed down to the ground.
Cracks started forming all over the white washed pavements and roads making numerous potholes.
Zhang Dan Shan and the old woman were at the forefront of the impact, right at the heart of the lotus explosion and took the most damage out of everyone present.
The old womans entire face contorted in agony as she wailed out in pain before exploding into a mist of blood and gore. Within seconds, even the blood turned into ashes due to the extremely high heat as she disintegrated into nothingness and her spirit scattered away from her physical body.
The protective shield in front of Zhang Dan Shan cracked and shattered as he was thrown into the air from the impact and collided heavily into a mountain some distance away.
Several Sect Elders standing around were also blasted away from the impact and were thrown into the ruins behind them. When they landed, they spat out mouthfuls of fresh blood, due to severe internal injuries.
The only survivors were those Celestial Sect disciples who were standing behind Xu Que.
They stood quite some distance away from the impact and also had another protective shield casted by Zhang Dan Shan before the explosion. This group of people sustained only superficial injuries. They didnt die but were thrown onto the ground as they screamed out in pain and fear.
Tang Xue Rou was one of the few who were standing behind Xu Que and had a clear view of the explosion. She watched on in a daze as everything unfolded before her eyes.
The magnificent and splendid impression of Celestial Sect had been reduced to ashes and ruin.
Her master who she revered and respected disintegrated in front of her as Xu Que vanquished her effortlessly.
Even the well respected and adored Sect Leader Zhang had also been impacted greatly by the force of the explosion.
The entire explosion and its devastating effects spanned no more than several breaths from start to end and was so shocking, making it hard for anyone to believe that it actually happened.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 80 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 100 act tough points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully killing an Original Infant Stage cultivator. The reward is 200,000 experience points and a storage ring!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully destroying more than 50% of the Celestial Sects infrastructures and buildings, causing widespread destructions to the foundations of the sect. The reward is 1,000,000 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for gaining 4 consecutive levels. You are currently of the Golden Core Stage, level 1!"
Xu Que ignored the notifications and beeps which rang out in his head. He watched on intently as the old hag burned to death before his eyes by Buddhas Fiery Lotus and laughed out wretchedly.
That indescribable feeling of hatred and anger deep down within his heart had been entirely vented out on that old woman!
He reared his head back and gave out a loud laughter.
"Xiao Rou, did you see that?"
"Village chief, did you see that?"
"Da Zhuang, did you see that?"
"Fellow villagers, did all of you see that?"
"The mastermind and culprit which plotted your deaths This black hearted crazy old woman, Ive killed her for you!"
"Ive avenged your deaths!"
...
The greenish white flames were still burning brightly as the Celestial Sect disciples around him screamed out in pain.
Amidst the clamour and din, Xu Ques vision turned blurry as tears welled up within his eyes.
All those kind-hearted and friendly villagers, their innocent way of life and their naive smiles seemed to appear before his eyes once more.
He could see Xiao Rou smiling sweetly at him!
He could see all the villagers carrying their hoes to plough the land happily!
He watched them for a long time until the smoke and fire had vanished as they disappeared before his eyes.
Xu Que then snapped out from his daze like being awoken from a dream. At this moment, he felt a certain clarity in his heart!
Its ended!
Everything had passed.
Gratitude, grudges, love and hatred are felt by all.
So what if they were mere naive mortals and normal people?
Do you think youre a big deal just because youre high and mighty cultivators who dwell within the mountains?
In Xu Ques eyes, Xiao Rou, the village chief, Da Zhuang and the rest of the villagers were much more important and valuable than these evil cultivators by a million times. Even by killing them a thousand times over, it wouldnt be able to make up for their losses.
Xu Que gazed down at the desolated and ruined domains of Celestial Sect including all the dead and injured cultivators around him and felt no regret. Looks like this acting tough wasnt acting after all for I had to be tough. So what if the Sect Leader was an Infant Transformation Stage cultivator? Xu Que still managed to kill that old hag right before his helpless eyes.
Vengeance had to be exacted. Besides, at this point, the most important thing for Xu Que was to ascend in levels so that he could revive Xiao Rou.
"Boom!"
In that instant, a large mountain from far away produced a loud crashing sound.
Stones and pebbles were thrown high up into the sky as a shadow emerged from beneath the debris. He had a furious look on his face as he flew over the ruined Celestial Sect. It was the Sect Leader, Zhang Dan Shan.
His long and white hair was messy and unkempt while the white robes which he wore was torn and tattered.
The Sect Leader casted a glance at the ruins which used to be the Celestial Sect he had built from scratch. He suppressed the deep and intense anger within his heart.
His eyes were bloodshot as he roared out in fury.
"Little bastard, Im going to kill you! I will kill you!"
Immeasurable anger welled up from within his heart, showing clearly over his face and was as immense as a volcanic eruption or the heavy tidal waves of the sea as it poured out over at Xu Que.
When an Infant Transformation Stage cultivator was this angry, a hundred thousand bodies will be scattered and the blood which was spilt could form a sea!
Xu Que looked up at him and spoke, "From the time Pan Shan Village was thoroughly obliterated to the time you devised a thousand ways to keep Sun Jue Li safe, you shouldve anticipated such an ending! Youve always appeared kind and polite to me but that was all because of the fear you had for my master. Let me tell you Zhang Dan Shan. I, Xu Que, will never rely on anyone but my own capabilities. In other words, I come and go as I please. I kill anyone I please and I shall leave when I feel like it! Haha! The next time we meet, you shall see how I will claim your dog of a life!"
As soon as he spoke this, he retrieved the Escape Emblem from within the inventory.
With a whoosh, he disappeared completely from where he stood and not a shadow remained of him.
...
On this day, Celestial Sect suffered heavy casualties and their strength and reputation diminished considerably. Not only did an important member of their sect, who was of the Original Infant Stage die, most of the disciples and Sect Elders sustained injuries as well. Most of their buildings and infrastructure had been damaged and the entire area was now nothing more than ruins.
Following Xu Ques disappearance, the enraged Zhang Dan Shan seemed to have gone into a crazed frenzy as he tried different ways to track and hunt him down for revenge.
However, he never managed to locate Xu Ques whereabouts. In fact, he never even managed to get a whiff or a hint of him.
"Damn it! Damn it! This is the biggest humiliation and insult to Celestial Sects 5,000 years of history. The biggest insult!"
An Infant Transformation Stage Sect Leader actually allowed this mere junior Xu Que to destroy everything under his nose. Even his entire Sect had been turned to ruins with nothing left standing. Right at the end, he even allowed Xu Que to escape through his fingers.
This defeat and humiliation, Zhang Dan Shan wouldnt be able to swallow even if it took him 1,000 years to get over it. However, he had no outlet to vent his anger and frustration for Xu Que couldnt be found at all.
Xu Que was long gone now, more than a thousand kilometers away.
Since the day at Celestial Sects stronghold, Xu Que was teleported to a desolate mountain far away. He instantly changed into Xiao Yans black robes and carried his dark buster sword. Anytime he wore the black robes, he would change physical form and was exactly like he had transformed into someone else. Even if he were to stand in front of Zhang Dan Shan in this form, he would not be recognized.
In order to get to the full foundation of the Golden Core Stage and revive Xiao Rou, Xu Que had been working very hard to attain the level. The minute he stepped into the forests, he never came back out.
The next few consecutive days, he kept pressing onwards, deeper into the forests.
The entire journey saw him kill numerous wild beasts and obtaining tons of experience points. From the little thousand experience points he had, he killed his way until he had more a couple of hundred thousand experience points. He was accumulating them bit by bit, ascending the levels little by little.
Whenever he was tired, he would sleep in the open wilderness with the skies as his blanket and the earth as his mattress. Whenever he was awake, he would continue his killing of wild beasts for experience points.
All the way until half a month later, Xu Que entered a miasma laden forest and met a demonic beast which could speak human language!
The demonic beast took the shape of a gigantic, ugly looking green frog. It had a pair of huge lantern looking eyes bulging out of its face and was emitting a foul smell. Numerous insects were crawling all over its body.
What made it stranger was that this frog had a large boil over its head and was dripping out yellow pus from it. It was a disgusting sight to behold.
This very same gigantic frog leapt out and blocked Xu Ques path as it spoke his language, "Look, a meal offers itself up for me. Its a pity youre so skinny and wont be enough to fill my belly."
Xu Que paused for a second, stumped before forcing a laugh. "I never expected to meet a speaking beast even after coming to this strange world. In fact, I never imagined speaking to something as ugly and repulsive."
Within the memories in his head, he knew that the beasts needed to cultivate up to the full foundation of Golden Core Stage and survive for the next 49 days. After they enter the Original Infant Stage, they would then be given intelligence and wisdom and be able to speak human language.
Once the beast reached the Original Infant Stage and survived in that form for another 59 days, it would transcend to the Infant Transformation Stage where it can take the form of a human being.
Clearly, this frog was of the Original Infant Stage and its powers arent weak.
"Gugu... weak little human, you dare to say your grandpa frog is ugly? Youre looking to die!" The frog lashed out in anger as its tongue jabbed out like as sword, darting straight for Xu Que.
Xu Que instantly summoned his Lightning Haste spell and dodged the attack before laughing out. "You even have a boil on the top of your head. How can you insist youre not ugly?"
"Youre asking to die!" The frog was incensed. A Golden Core Stage human was mocking him. That was clearly a humiliation.
It closed his mouth and took a deep breath through its nostrils, sucking in all the Qi from its surroundings, entering its body. This caused its body to increase rapidly in size.
Xu Que muttered some vulgarities under his breath and knew that this spelt trouble. This damned froggy was using a powerful spell.
He hurriedly rode atop his Lightning Haste and flew up high towards the sky and transformed into his Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation skill, causing his strength to increase by nine folds.
"Boom!"
At the exact same time, that frog leapt up from the ground like a bullet and charged up into the sky towards Xu Que in its round and fattened state.
"Haha! Good move. Eat this!"
Xu Que laughed out before slashing his dark buster sword down while casting the Flame Devouring Spell. Along with the nine fold increase in powers, he smacked the frog hard on the top of its head.
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"Pow!"
The dark buster sword which weighed several hundred pounds landed hard on the frogs head causing his entire face to contort.
That huge frog body started free falling towards the ground!
Boom!
A large crater formed where the frog landed as sand and dust flew up high into the air.
This attack was extremely severe. Not only did it bear the full force of the maxed out Flame Devouring Wave, it also had the nine fold increase in strength from the Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation. It caused extremely severe injuries to the frog.
The Original Infant Stage demonic beast remained lying on the ground and didnt get up.
Xu Que paused for a second followed by his uncontrollable laughter.
He didnt receive any beeps from the system which indicated that the frog hasnt died yet. It was most likely just passed out. Hence, there was no movement from it.
This frog was of the Original Infant Stage which meant that it was worth more than 100,000 experience points. How could he just let it off like that?
At this point, Xu Que rode atop his bolt of lightning, ready to return to the ground and snuff the life of the frog out.
Meanwhile, several shadows emerged from the forest.The shadows held onto bows and spears. They didnt even speak as they advanced towards the passed out frog and started giving it a severe thrashing.
Xu Que opened his eyes wide.
Hey, hey, hey!
Damn me! What the hell is going on?
Were they trying to steal my kill?"
"Stop it, stop it! Let me take the final attack and kill it!" Xu Que shouted out loudly and descended from the sky.
However, those few people completely ignored Xu Que. Instead, a pair of archers turned around and faced Xu Que as they nocked their bows and released several arrows towards him, all the while maintaining a stoic expression.
Shiu! Shiu!
At the same time, a pair of cold steel arrows darted in the air and made a whooshing sound as it soared threateningly towards Xu Que.
Shit! Where did these bloody bandits come from! If you wanted to steal my kill, fine. But you even wanted to kill me? Fuck all of you.
Xu Que was enraged.
Gripping his Dark Buster Sword, he displayed the Six Corporeal Forms skill causing his buster sword to move quickly in a blur. In addition to his now blurry form, he charged towards the pair or archers.
Their faces fell as they retreated hurriedly. At the same time, they shouted out to their accomplices, "Ignore the three eyed poisoned frog. This kid isnt easy. Settle him first before we decide what to do."
The few of them listened to the instructions and hurriedly turned to Xu Que in utter surprise of his skills.
A man held onto a sharp spear as he casted a glance at Xu Que and spoke out, "Not easy huh? Hes a mere Golden Core Stage kid, why cant the both of you handle him?"
To his side, a man and woman charged towards Xu Que on their flying swords as they laughed playfully.
"A mere level 1 Golden Core Stage cultivator dares to wander so deep into the Withered Bones Forest. You really don't cherish life, do you?"
The pair of male archers and Xu Que exchanged several blows, their faces were grave as they spoke out in fear, "Dont underestimate him. He just exhibited several extremely complex and strange spells. Luckily, we managed to dodge his blows just by the skin of our teeth. If not, we wouldve been gravely hurt."
"Oh?" The three of them listened to his words and casted their gaze at Xu Que.
Xu Que looked at them plainly as he shook his head without speaking.
The 5 of them were all Golden Core Stage cultivators. The pair of archers were in the 5th level of the Golden Core Stage. The man and woman with the sword were level 6 and the man with the sharp spear was level 8.
With such a formidable lineup, they wouldve been a powerful and intimidating group of cultivators to cross.
However, Xu Que saw only them as 5 weak chickens.
He lifted his buster sword and placed it atop his shoulders and spoke out, "I was the one who knocked out the three eyed poisonous frog. The rest of you came here without saying anything and wanted to take advantage of me. How can I let this go? Aside from you trying to kill me as well?"
The 5 of them listened to him speak and paused for a second before bursting out into intense laughter.
"You knocked it out? Hahaha! Thats hilarious."
"Kid, do you know what cultivation level that three eyed poison frog is in? We chased it for 7 days and 7 nights without daring to make a move on it. Today, it probably ate something wrong and fainted as a result and you dare to say it was you who knocked it out? You were clearly just boasting to the wrong people."
"Besides, so what if we killed you? This is Withered Bones Forest. Even if you came from a big and powerful origins, you are nothing but a chicken waiting to be slaughtered here."
Xu Que laughed out, "According to your words, does that mean I can kill you too? Fine, lets discuss. Do you wish to battle me alone or together? I suggest all of you attack together so that we dont waste too much of my time. Besides, my time is very precious."
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 20 acting tough points!"|
The system rang out in his head to announce his success and reward.
The group of 5 paused again in shock at his big words. Their mouths were wide open like fools before they burst out in laughter again.
"Haha! I didnt hear wrongly did I? Did this kid asked us to attack him all together?"
"Heheh Kid, please dont assume that just because youve learnt some mystical spells, you are unrivalled in this world."
"Take a good look around. You are just level 1 of the Golden Core Stage. All of us can kill you effortlessly alone."
"People who think too highly of themselves will always meet their dooms sooner rather than later. Clearly, your time to die isnt very far away!"
As he finished speaking, the few of them had mocking looks on their faces as it turned to cold laughter as they began their assault.
Xu Ques eyes squinted as he laughed coldly as well, "Dont worry. For someone as modest as myself, my death date is still very far away. However, for the rest of you, you already have one feet into the realms of the dead."
"Haha! What a sharp tongue you have. What an ignorant fool!"
The man wielding the spear gave a laugh. He already assumed that Xu Que was just a big blabbering fool and waved his hands in annoyance. "Dont speak to him anymore. Hurry and kill him off. Then when we return to the cave, we can use his body as a bait."
"Good!"
The man and woman duo acknowledged before casting their spells. Their flying swords flew up into the sky and circled around their heads before conjuring a flaming ring which hovered just above them.
They both pointed to Xu Que in unison as the burning ring flew towards Xu Que.
The pair of archers took several steps back in order to gain some distance. They summoned their core energy to their hands and started firing arrows at Xu Que in a fluid motion.
"Ai, dont be so impatient. Cant you allow me some more time to act tough before we start fighting?" Xu Que bemoaned regretfully before he executed his Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation and Lightning Haste as he flew high up into the sky.
With the additional strength boost of nine folds, he clutched onto his Dark Buster Sword, conjured the Flame Devouring Wave and then he charged straight down towards them.
Boom!
In that instant, a formless wave of immense energy descended from the skies causing the ring of fire to disperse. The minute the immense wave of energy landed onto the ground, it spread across all directions, causing a huge shockwave, chasing down the man and woman duo.
Pu! Pu!
A pair of dull thuds rang out as the duo were thrown into the air from the impact and collided heavily with a tree, some distance away. Their bodies were thrown with such force that it left a deep imprint onto the tree.
"Senior brother!"
"Senior sister!"
The pair of archers screamed out in horror as they each released an arrow towards Xu Que and dashed towards the tree.
The man wielding the spear had an ashen look as he casts a glance towards Xu Que, his expression now one of fear and shock.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully killing a Golden Core Stage cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a golden core!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully killing a Golden Core Stage cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a golden Core!"
Following the beeps which rang out in his head, Xu Que was sure that the duo of man and woman had died. He hurriedly activated the Lightning Haste skill and dodged the pair of arrows which whistled towards him. He then held onto his Dark Buster Sword and charged down the remaining members.
The pair of archers wanted to examine the wounds of their fallen partners. Even before they could reach, they were obstructed by Xu Que.
"Are you looking for death!?" The pair of them spoke out furiously through gritted teeth as they nocked another arrow.
However, their speeds couldnt match up to Xu Ques at all. As soon as their arrows touched their bows, even before they could release it, they saw the buster sword sweeping towards their heads.
The both of them froze in shock!
"Stop it!" The man wielding the spear shouted out.
"Stop your mother!" Xu Que laughed out loud as his buster sword landed down heavily, decapitating their heads.
Pu! Pu!
The pair of archers fell to the ground as their heads rolled off their bodies.
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully killing a Golden Core Stage cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a golden core!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully killing a Golden Core Stage cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a golden core!"
"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for gaining a level. The current cultivation level is Golden Core Stage level 2!"
Killing these 4 Golden Core Stage cultivators along with the wild beasts he had been killing this last half a month caused Xu Que to gain another level!
"Youre dead meat. You dare to kill my Blood River Sect brothers. Youre finished. I shall remember you." The man wielding the spear stopped in his tracks and glared at Xu Que in rage.
At the same time, he tossed his spear and leapt down onto it as he transformed into a beam of light and soared towards the sky intending to escape.
"Blood River Sect huh? Fine, I shall remember that too! But dont you think of escaping."
Xu Que gave a laugh as he used his Lightning Haste spell. With a blur of his shadow, he chased in hot pursuit. In the span of several breaths, he appeared right before him.
"Wh-What?" The mans eyes gaped wide open in fear.