Chapter 1479: What Kind of Operating System Is This?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
BOOM!
The System beep rang out suddenly.
With an explosive sound, Xu Que felt his body being pushed forward by an enormous force. His whole body had been suddenly thrust forward, and his feet had started taking mysterious steps. It was as if he were about to start a rampage in the void. His figure became ghostly and started moving around erratically. This was just his body reacting to the new Celestial Art that Xu Que had received from the System.
"D*mn, is this an automatic battle mode that the System has given me?" Xu Que was flabbergasted.
HMPH! "Are you trying to use gaslighting tactics on me?" Li Xuanqi narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly. He flourished the white sword once again in front of Xu Que as he was attempting to slice him.
WHOOSH!
The blade of the sword instantly slashed through the air, hurtling through the void. One became two, two became three, as the sword evolved into a group of densely packed swords, which then became a formation of swords that was directly locked in on Xu Que.
"Oh no, I gotta get back!" Xu Que was taken by surprise and decided that he wanted to avoid this formation of swords.
But the next moment, he realized that something had gone wrong. He was completely unable to control the power of this new suit of metal armor. His body continued to sprint forward.
"F*ck, System, are you stupid?! I can't fight this formation of swords head on!" Xu Que immediately shouted at the System.
The sword illusion that the white sword had produced earlier was so powerful. Xu Que had seen for himself that if Li Xuanqi had succeeded in hitting him with his sword, he would have been seriously injured. Now, with this attack, he was facing an extremely large formation of swords. He simply was not going to be able to shake them all off.
DING! "The retaliatory mechanism has calculated all the outcomes of any battles you may fight. This formation can definitely be broken. There is no need for you to retreat!"
The System response sounded in his mind.
"The formation can be broken?"
Xu Que stared kind of blindly. Everything was happening so fast that he really didn't have the time to react. Soon, the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod that was still in his hands started to vibrate.
CLING! CLANG! CLING! CLANG! CLING! CLANG!
Successive noises rang out that sounded like someone was assembling something out of heavy chunks of thick metal. The Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod had already been wrapped all around with metal. Pieces of metal in different shapes had actually been produced that looked like building blocks. First, they would scatter, and then they would combine again. All these blocks swarmed toward the end of the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod, rapidly changing it into a giant metal umbrella. It pulled on Xu Que's body, dragged it along with it, and quickly flew toward the sword formation.
'WOW!" Buttface and Duan Jiude stood looking at Xu Que with dumbfounded expressions, and they finally found some words to say, "Ah…so powerful."
Everyone else who was present also stared wide-eyed and open-mouthed, looking incredulous and as if they'd never seen anything like this ever in their lives before. Which, of course, was true, no one ever had seen anything like this before.
"This High-Grade Celestial Artifact can actually morph into other things?"
"How is it possible that it can change from a rod into an umbrella? How the h*ll did Xu Que do that?"
"Oh my God, this is too weird!"
"But do you really think he'll be able to really break the Celestial King's Celestial Art by depending on a High-Grade Celestial Artifact?"
"Nonsense, he definitely won't be able to break it. Ancestor Li Xuanqi's Celestial Artifact is of an extremely high grade."
Many of the disciples of the Heaven Palace Academy were standing around, discussing all this among themselves.
Xu Que, sadly, also looked shocked and confused. He definitely didn't expect the System to be as powerful as it was proving to be.
He was also shocked by the powerful effects brought about by these metals. Just looking at how the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod that he had been holding had turned into a Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella was a particularly dazzling, cool, and mind-blowing element of the new upgrade to the System.
"Ha, ha, ha, Li Xuanqi, you're a weakling. How dare you think you can defeat me with simply a mere sword formation?" Xu Que raised his voice, and then he laughed loudly. Since the System had said that it could break Li Xuanqi's sword formation, he'd simply thrown caution to the winds."Live or die, it is all the same to me. If you refuse to concede, then I'll just kill you!"
WHOOSH!
Xu Que gave up any idea of having control of the situation and decided to leave it up to the System to control his body. The Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella in his hands directly faced Li Xuanqi's sword formation. Half of the umbrella opened up and turned into a conical shape. The metal on the umbrella's surface sparkled in the sun, dazzling the onlookers.
BANG!
With a loud noise almost like a neutron bomb, the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella collided head-on with the sword formation!
All the swords in the sword formation collapsed in an instant and broke up into pieces of crystal-clear fragments, which then scattered and dispersed in the air.
The white sword, which was a High-Grade Celestial Artifact, also instantly dimmed and lost its luster. It fell from the air.
CLING! CLANG!
Suddenly, a metal rope sprang out of the tip of the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella in Xu Que's hands. The tip of the rope even had a metal hook, which suddenly hooked onto the handle of the white sword and directly seized it.
At almost the same time, the System beep rang out!
DING! "Recycling a High-Grade Celestial Artifact level sharp sword. Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1 million points of Weapon-Refining Essence!"
The entire operation had been natural and easy. There was no lag time. From when the System grabbed the white sword to when it had refined it into Weapon-Refining Essence, everything had flowed smoothly.
In only an instant…
Li Xuanqi was dumbstruck!
The two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect were stunned!
All the onlookers were shocked!
Even supposing the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod had morphed into the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella, where did it get the power to actually fling out a hook?
And how was it possible that the hook could know exactly how to steal a Celestial King's High-Grade Celestial Artifact?
"How…how can this be?"
"That Celestial Artifact is part of Ancestor Li Xuanqi's Mind Sense. How could it be snatched so easily?" Many people shouted in horror.
Actually, at the present moment, Xu Que also seemed to look confused.
"That was an authentic High-Grade Celestial Artifact. And it had been directly recycled by the System? 1 million points of Weapon-Refining Essence?"
"I'll give you 2 million points if you give me the fairy."
"F*ck, System, you're unscrupulous. You scumbag, spit out the High-Grade Celestial Artifact now!" Xu Que immediately yelled at the System. He himself only had one High-Grade Celestial Artifact. Now that he had found a new one, it had been recycled right away before he could even take one look at it. It simply made his heart bleed!
What a massive loss!
DING! "The retaliatory mechanism is mainly for revenge purposes. Can the host please not pay attention to petty profits!" The System answered indifferently.
Xu Que was immediately confused again.
Sure enough! The old sayings are proving to be true!
This System is getting more and more crafty as it upgrades. In the past, it was unscrupulous at most. Now, not only was it unscrupulous, it was also utterly shameless!
I don't know who it learned this shameless, unscrupulous behavior from, but it makes me, the Act-Tough Saint, so hopping mad.
"How dare you! You animal, quickly return my Celestial Artifact to me!" At this time, Li Xuanqi's face looked extremely furious as he roared. His body shook in anger.
He had never expected that his Celestial Artifact would be taken from him forever. His Mind Sense could not interact with it at all. It was as if the Celestial Artifact had completely disappeared from the face of the world.
BOOM!
Li Xuanqi brandished his hand and suddenly pushed toward Xu Que with a giant palm.
"Return? Hee, hee, hee, I'm returning you nothing. You can quickly bring out all your Celestial Artifacts, however many there are." Xu Que sneered and the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella in his hands automatically opened up and started to spin around.
BANG!
There was another loud sound and the giant palm that Li Xuanqi had materialized was instantly crushed by the high-speed rotating Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella.
CLING! CLANG!
Immediately after this, the metal pieces on the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella changed again. Like building blocks, one piece after another piece rapidly combined to morph again to forcibly change the rod into a halberd. The pointed tip was surrounded by a black Qi. It was actually terrifying Spiritual Qi that was contained within the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella.
SWISH!
Xu Que's figure had also never stopped once. The metal armor on his body manipulated his body throughout this entire process. His feet stepped on a strange plane in the void. His whole body was pushed forward, constantly leaving a series of afterimages.
At the moment when the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrella morphed into the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Battle Halberd, Xu Que also happened to appear in front of Li Xuanqi. He smiled slightly and the halberd in his hands directly stabbed Li Xuanqi in the chest.
"Humph, you're asking for death." Li Xuanqi snorted and stepped back effortlessly. He easily dodged Xu Que's halberd!
However, suddenly, Xu Que's face revealed a roguish smile.
Although the System's metal armor was directing him, all the Celestial Arts that had been unleashed were new Celestial Arts that he had optimized and merged before.
Thus, at the moment when Li Xuanqi had decided to retreat, two grain-sized light points were already waiting behind Li Xuanqi, as they had been for a long time.
When Li Xuanqi retreated to the rear, the two light points suddenly blossomed and instantly changed into two Kylin Flames of black and white colors. A yin and a yang, wandering in the void, instantly rushed in back of of Li Xuanqi!
"What?" Li Xuanqi somehow felt it, and his face changed. Shocked, he changed positions and tried to avoid the two Kylin Flames behind him.
He was extremely shocked. Those two Kylin Flames made him feel very uneasy. He even felt afraid.
His intuition told him not to get too close to those two Kylin Flames.
"This isn't going to work. I'd better slow down a little!" Xu Que saw that Li Xuanqi would soon be beyond the range of the Kylin Flames. He could not help but frown and give a cry of regret.
CLING CLANG!
But suddenly the halberd in his hands vibrated again and issued forth a sound of the heavy clunk of metal assembly.
The metal had actually evolved again into a liquid metal and disappeared into the void like a rivulet of a river. But, in an instant, it trickled behind Li Xuanqi and quickly consolidated into the square tip of a halberd. And…it was also bent!
SWISH!
Suddenly, the entire halberd pierced through Li Xuanqi from behind and burst out of his chest, bringing with it a large amount of blood. It then quickly returned to the tip of the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod in Xu Que's hands. The halberd became one again.
The whole scene with all its many onlookers was plunged into a dead silence.
Li Xuanqi looked deathly pale and in a daze as he looked at the bloody cavity that was apparent in his chest.
The two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect also looked aghast and incredulous.
Many of the Heaven Palace Academy disciples present, together with Jiang Hongyan, Zixia Fairy, and the others, were also astounded one and all.
The one thought in everyone's mind was: What kind of operating system is this?
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Chapter 1480: The Devil King Had Returned!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
DING! "One of the targets is on the verge of death. There are currently three revenge endings to choose from."
"First. Kill the target and get 500 million Intermediate Experience Points. (If this option is chosen, after activating the Experience Mode, it is estimated that you will upgrade a realm and become a True Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven.)"
"Second. Kill the target and get 100 Character Attribute Points. (If this option is chosen, after activating the Attribute Mode, your strength, agility, stamina, and charm will increase.)"
"Third. Extract the soul of the target, and force the implantation of the soul seed. (If this option is chosen, you can permanently control the other party, but they cannot upgrade anymore.)"
The System beep sounded in Xu Que's mind, and several mode options appeared on the System interface.
Xu Que was momentarily confused. There was the opportunity to choose the mode that gave him experience points after he killed, and there was even a change to the value of the Experience Points, which now had different levels.
But this option wasn't all that exciting. What he was really surprised by were the last two options.
One was the Attribute Mode and the other was the Puppet Mode.
As long as the other party had been disabled, one could turn them into a puppet and permanently control them. This was a great opportunity to directly benefit from the power of a Celestial King.
Unfortunately, once the other party became a puppet, they could no longer upgrade.
In other words, if Li Xuanqi was turned into a puppet now, then he would remain as a Celestial King in the future, and he couldn't become more advanced. When Xu Que himself became a Celestial King in the future, Li Xuanqi would lose his usefulness.
Although this function was very good, in the long run, it wouldn't be the most valuable.
Judging by the System's calculations, his current accumulated strength, coupled with the strength of the System, would be enough to deal with the two other Celestial Kings.
Hence, Xu Que was not in a hurry to upgrade his realm. He wanted to experience what the Attribute Mode would be like first.
Back in the old days, he had used human skin masks to increase his charm points, and the effect of this had been very obvious. If he killed Li Xuanqi and used all 100 Attribute Points on increasing charm…
"Ah, all the chicks in the world… No, I can't, my body may become overwhelmed."
Xu Que immediately shook his head and interrupted this train of thought.
Adding 100 points of charm was too terrifying. At most he would add 99 points, no more!
DING! "It has been detected that the host has become unrestrained. This System forcibly adopts the anti-indulgence clause and automatically defaults to the first option. Turning on the Experience Mode."
Suddenly, the System beep sounded.
Following which, the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod in Xu Que's hand suddenly started to shake.
CLANG!
All the metal blocks on the Acting-Tough King's Purple-Gold Rod split apart instantly and started going through all kinds of permutations, eventually forming a dense sword that suddenly shot forward.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
From the clouds, a rain of swords swept down toward Li Xuanqi, piercing through his body.
After that, with a loud bang, Li Xuanqi's entire body burst into a cloud of blood mist. Even his soul had been annihilated in the rain of the metal swords.
He, who was of the first generation of Celestial Kings and had founded the Heaven Palace Academy, had just turned into blood mist.
Absolutely all the onlookers were shocked.
From the moment when there had been a hole blasted in Li Xuanqi's chest to this rain of swords and eventual death, the whole process had taken only a few seconds.
But that was all over now.
The onlookers were shocked and stood around, dumbfounded. Their minds had gone completely blank.
DING! "Congratulations to Host Xu Que for beheading a powerful Celestial King, reactivating the Experience Mode, and getting 500 million Intermediate Experience Points."
DING! "Congratulations to Host Xu Que for having successfully upgraded. You are now a True Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven. The next level requires 1 billion Intermediate Experience Points."
DING! "Congratulations to Host Xu Que, who has successfully acted tough and was rewarded with 300,000 Acting Tough Points."
These System beeps sounded in Xu Que's mind.
"Sh*t!" Xu Que immediately yelled and became anxious.
"System, you stupid traitor. I was only imagining that just now. It was just a stupid fantasy. Do you understand what is fantasizing?"
"I didn't really want to use all those Attribute Points to increase my charm and seduce all the chicks in the whole world. Am I, Xu Que, that kind of person? Why did you take away my choices?"
Xu Que shouted silently at the System. He was annoyed from the depths of his soul.
DING! "After calculations, taking into account the host's bad taste, there is an 80 percent probability that the Attribute Points would have become Charm Points. According to the new protecting-escort clause, this System must ensure the safety of the host's life and prevent the host from emptying out its body." The System responded indifferently.
"I want to change the terms," Xu Que said resentfully.
"The current version of the System does not give you permission to change the terms. Please upgrade the System to version 12.0!" The System quickly responded.
Xu Que was speechless!
"Upgrade! Why was there a need to upgrade? I just upgraded."
Upgrading from version 10.0 to version 11.0 had almost used up all the Acting Tough Points that he had accumulated over the past few years. It had taken a total of 2.56 million Acting Tough Points.
If he wanted to upgrade to version 12.0, he needed to have 5.12 million Acting Tough Points.
This was so frustrating.
"Okay, I'm okay at this time. Anyway, I'm not in any hurry. There will eventually be one day where you will have to watch me as I do whatever I want." Xu Que gritted his teeth with an unsatisfied expression on his face.
The System chose to remain silent and didn't respond with any sharp retorts, as if it also believed that Xu Que would really do what he had promised.
"You beast, what have you done?"
At this time, the old male Celestial King of the Sage Sect shouted in anger as he stared at Xu Que with a shocked expression, his eyes full of horror.
The old female Celestial King beside him was also full of shock and disbelief.
Li Xuanqi had been far inferior to the two of them in terms of age and cultivation, but cumulatively his strength was still comparable to theirs.
But now, Xu Que had just killed Li Xuanqi in front of them with such rapidity that it had made them both scared.
A Disbanded Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven had actually killed a Celestial King. This was simply impossible for them to believe.
"Hey, why did you call me a beast? I'm very upset by the way you've been scolding me."
Xu Que sneered, his cold gaze taunting the two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect, and a corner of his mouth raised in a scornful smile. "Now, I'll let you two experience what it is like to be treated like beasts."
BOOM!
As soon as he'd finished speaking, Xu Que's figure started moving again, and his whole body rushed forward.
The revenge mechanism hadn't ended. Even though it was continuously consuming Acting Tough Points at the rate of ten points per second, he hadn't experienced any loss in Acting Tough Points after killing Li Xuanqi, and in fact had even gained quite a lot of points.
This left Xu Que without any pressures and made him desperately want to kill these two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect.
Now that he'd gotten the System's Experience Mode, in addition to the new Attribute Mode and Puppet Mode, Xu Que's long-lost desire for upgrading had returned again.
The unbridled Xu Que, who back in the old days at the Five Elements Mountain and the Four Great Continents, had turned all the cultivators into live hunting targets had now returned.
The Devil King had returned!
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Chapter 1481: The Strength to Kill You
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Brother Xu, your momentum is strangely familiar."
"Sh*t! The kid who terrorized everybody back in the day has returned. I'm so excited!"
Buttface and Duan Jiude's eyes opened wide as they looked at Xu Que.
They couldn't understand it, but they could see a change in Xu Que, as if he had gone back to the time when he was in the Five Elements Mountain and the Four Great Continents. His indomitable will, his self-confidence, and his contempt for the powerful were just like they had been previously.
It didn't matter how strong anyone's cultivation level was. They would all become his prey. Buttface and Duan Jiude had no doubt that even if a Celestial Emperor appeared in front of them now, Xu Que, in his present state, wouldn't flinch from engaging him in combat.
BOOM!
Suddenly, there was an explosion in the sky. Xu Que broke through the sound barrier and turned into a ghostly image. The Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod that he held in his hand sliced through the air.
HMPH! "You're a beast. Go ahead and die!"
The two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect muttered disdainfully, while at the same time, their expressions remained extremely wary.
No matter how much they looked down on Xu Que, a trivial Disbanded Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven, it was obviously undeniable that Xu Que had killed Li Xuanqi right here in front of their eyes.
His terrifying strength had forced both of them to take him very seriously, and they even began to doubt whether perhaps there had been a miscommunication about the previous conflict that had taken place in Tian Sha City.
Maybe this kid, Xu Que, had really gotten the best of the ten Celestial Kings who he'd killed during the first war. Perhaps it wasn't true what the gossip had related: Xu Que's victory hadn't been accomplished by completely relying on the Heavenly Tribulations.
WHOOSH!
In that instant, the two Celestial Kings started shape-shifting, and their bodies soon turned into two plumes of green smoke, which then turned tail and fled the area.
BOOM!
Almost at exactly the same time, Xu Que's halberd landed, blasting the original location where the two Celestial Kings had been standing just a minute ago into a void that burst into flames.
"What a powerful attack!"
"As expected, he has cultivated some Celestial Arts. How could a Disbanded Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven obtain Celestial Arts? Combined with the weird High-Grade Celestial Artifact that he has, he indeed has strength equal to those Celestial Kings who were in the first war."
The two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect, with serious expressions on their faces, reappeared in the sky not too far away, deep in conversation.
From what they could ascertain from their first-hand view of things, they were quite sure that Xu Que's strength was far beyond anything that they had expected. Indeed, his attributes could really be comparable to that of a Celestial King.
"Hey, you don't know anything about my power! The first war? Wrong. What I have is the power to kill you." Xu Que yelled scornfully, and the halberd in his hand suddenly shook. The outer metal blocks started to dissociate again and became suspended around the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod.
Under the System's revenge mechanism, Xu Que's body was completely controlled throughout, but he never lost control of his mind. Whenever Xu Que thought of a correct combat strategy, the System would follow his lead.
This was sort of like when a child has just learned to write. In order to practice good handwriting, adults would hold their hands and teach the children how to write the correct characters.
This was just like what Xu Que was doing at this moment. The System showed him the correct combat strategy and helped him to control the new Celestial Arts and the metal fighting method in the shortest amount of time.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
This time the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod had turned into a real gun, one that could shoot real bullets.
"Sh*t! It's an AKM!" Buttface shouted disbelievingly.
"What is an A…K…M?" Duan Jiude looked confused.
All the onlookers stood watching Xu Que in horror.
Although the gun held by Xu Que looked strange, they all felt as if it was slightly familiar. It seemed to be just like the firearms that the mortals used in their wars.
"You'll never understand, only a PUBG expert like I am would know about this." Buttface had a proud look on his face. It was evident that he had been an avid player of PUBG while he had been on Earth.
"Oh my, you're so mysterious, you want to try to kill me with just one firearm?" The elder woman Celestial King from the Sage Sect sneered disdainfully.
She had expected that Xu Que would change the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod into something grand, but she had never expected it to be a firearm. Even if this was on a Celestial Artifact level, it was no cause for panic.
No matter how fast a firearm fired a bullet, how could it be faster than the speed of a Celestial King?
"So you don't think I can?" Xu Que smiled.
This AKM had not resulted from a change dictated by the System, but was rather a transformation that Xu Que had thought of, based on his own imagination. When the System had determined that it was indeed feasible, the System had adapted to Xu Que's combat strategy.
SLAP!
The next moment, Xu Que raised the AKM. With its long-range scope, the targets, which were the two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect, were instantly enlarged to four times bigger than what the eye could see.
Xu Que didn't hesitate and immediately pressed the trigger.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
With a series of loud, harsh sounds, myriad metal bullets shot through the air, penetrating the void and heading straight toward the two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect.
"Oh no!"
The two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect looked panicked and started to flee.
They were very shocked to find that this firearm was different from what they had been expecting. The firearms that mortals normally used needed time to reload after firing a bullet, leaving them vulnerable.
However, the AKM that Xu Que was using to try to kill them was able to rapidly fire out bullets. Even though the speed of the Celestial Kings was very fast and could escape one or two bullets, they couldn't escape 30 or 40 bullets.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Hearing the sound of the bullets passing so close to them, the two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect went numb.
Then the two Celestial Kings started shaking like leaves. If all of these bullets landed on them, it would be enough to destroy their bodies and end their lives.
"This little beast with his weird Celestial Artifact is too cunning. It's not suitable to engage in close combat with him."
"Yes, we better get out of here so that we can develop a strategy to help us avoid these weird weapons!"
The two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect started secretly transmitting messages to each other, and soon they evacuated at the same time.
They regarded bullets as some kind of hidden weapon, and they didn't want to face them head-on. They decided to use their magic from a distance to try and suppress Xu Que.
After all, once the distance between them increased, it would be harder for Xu Que to aim at them. Also, as the bullets were traveling farther, the time required would also increase accordingly. Even if it was only for one second, it would be enough time for the two Celestial Kings to react and avoid the bullet.
Obviously, their decision was correct!
The two quickly retreated and increased the distance between them and Xu Que. They shifted their bodies and dodged continuously in the air. This made it difficult for Xu Que's bullets to focus on a single spot and for the muzzle to target them.
"Ha, ha, ha, little fellow, it's time to take out the 98K, which has a scope that's eight times stronger than the naked eye." At this moment, Buttface laughed loudly, trying to look as if he was very wise, and it was true that he did stand out among the confused looks of everyone else.
"98K?" Xu Que smiled slightly and shook his head. "No, the 98K is not enough."
"Then what do you want to use? An AWM?" Buttface stared at Xu Que with a blank look.
CLANG!
Almost simultaneously, the metal blocks on the AKM gun in Xu Que's hand dissociated again and quickly rearranged themselves to form a long, black metal gun. Its shape was much thicker than the AKM, and the huge black muzzle made everyone's hearts jump in fear!
"Sh*t!" Buttface shouted immediately. "It's a heavy rifle: a Barrett!"
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Chapter 1482: I Still Have a Big Trick up My Sleeve
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Buttface's shouts made everyone who was watching take in a sharp breath of cold air. Even though they didn't understand what it was that he was shouting about, it seemed pretty awesome.
Other than Buttface and Xu Que, no one else had any idea what a heavy sniper rifle the Barrett was.
But the fact that it had surprised Buttface so much and gotten him so excited, even a fool could see that Xu Que's huge black gun was much more powerful than the previous AKM.
WHOOSH!
Xu Que brought the Barrett up to his eyes and, using the scope that magnified his target at eight times its original strength, aimed directly at the Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect who were still retreating in the distance.
As both the Celestial Kings were retreating, they were constantly shifting their shapes. It was extremely difficult to predict their exact positions, but Xu Que soon realized that there seemed to be a pattern to the old woman's shifting.
Therefore, he aimed at the old woman.
When encountering a long-range target that was running to the left and then the right, as long as their next positions could be predicted, and also taking into account the calculation of the wind speed and the trajectory of the bullet, it was possible to hit the target.
These were the most basic functions of the sniper rifle, but Xu Que could use it very proficiently. Other than his own judgment, the calculation of the wind speed and the trajectory of the bullet could be calculated by the System in just the blink of an eye.
With such accurate data, Xu Que was confident that this shot would be a killing shot.
CLICK!
Finally, after a deep breath, Xu Que pulled the trigger of the Barrett.
BANG!
A deafening gunshot instantly sounded out, even distorting the surrounding void.
Everyone in the audience was horrified and their ears started buzzing.
If only the noise of this huge High-Grade Celestial Artifact firing was already so terrifying, wouldn't the bullet that flew out of it be even more scary?
"Wait a minute, where was the bullet?"
Everyone seemed to think of something at the same time, and their expressions suddenly changed.
Earlier, when Xu Que had used the AKM to shoot, they were still able to see traces of the bullet, but now, after he'd fired the Barrett, no one could see any trace of a bullet.
WHOOSH!
At around this time, the old female Celestial King from the Sage Sect, who was still in the process of retreating, suddenly felt the air rip apart behind her. For a moment, there was a cold feeling at her back, and she experienced an unlucky sensation.
"What's the matter with me?" She thought to herself. She frowned, and just as she shifted toward the left, there was a sharp sensation in her head.
This was her sense of danger, a kind of intuition that she had cultivated over the years. As soon as any danger was life-threatening, her head would tingle.
"How is this possible?"
The old woman felt a shock and, without any hesitation, exuded a Celestial Core Power throughout her body, exhausting all of it and sacrificing it for an armor of the same grade as a High-Grade Celestial Artifact.
WHOOSH!
After the High-Grade Celestial armor appeared, she covered her body with it, and a ray of light completely engulfed her.
Having learned from the previous experience of Li Xuanqi being attacked on the soles of his feet, the old woman not only protected her head and feet this time, but also the strands of her hair. Her entire person seemed to be wrapped in a cocoon that beamed brightly.
However, the tingling sensation in her brows didn't disappear, but only became stronger and stronger.
"Unless all that wasn't enough…"
There was a tremor in the old woman Celestial King's heart, and, just as she was preparing to do something, the void behind her was suddenly torn open.
BOOM!
Following an extremely loud noise, a black bullet tore through the void and blasted through her armor as if it hadn't even been there, piercing straight through her head.
BOOM!
Another loud noise!
The old woman Celestial King's head burst open right on the spot, and a blood mist spread through the air. It was incredibly disturbing.
HISS!
Everyone in the audience who had been able to witness this scene breathed in sharply, dumbfounded!
"This…how is this possible?"
"Killing an enemy who is thousands of miles away, and furthermore killing a Celestial King?"
"Exploding her head with just one shot?"
"My God, what kind of weapon is this?"
All the people were shouting in shock and disbelief.
The impact that Xu Que's shot had had on them was incredibly strong. "As a cultivator, who would want such a terrible Celestial Artifact to exist in the world?"
"Well, that wasn't bad." Xu Que said to himself with a smile, put away the Barrett, and sighed again. "Unfortunately, in this mode, its power is reduced, and it cannot kill the enemy."
The crowd suddenly froze.
"Cannot kill the enemy?"
"What did this mean?"
BOOM!
The next moment, there was a loud noise from the headless body of the old woman Celestial King. The large blood mist swept through the air, and the surrounding Qi started to gather madly.
With the traction gathered by the Qi, the blood mist finally formed a ball of blood, which fell on the old woman's neck and gradually solidified.
Immediately after that, the old woman Celestial King's head, which had been originally blasted into pieces, returned to its original state.
"She did not actually die?"
"That's right. A Celestial King's vitality is so powerful, how could she die so easily?"
"Wait a minute, did Li Xuanqi also not die?"
The crowd reacted strangely and looked over to where Li Xuanqi had supposedly died, but the disciples of the Heaven Palace Academy were disappointed. Li Xuanqi was really dead.
"Sh*t, little fellow. This hasn't killed her?" Buttface yelled suddenly.
"That was not unexpected." Xu Que shook his head and smiled. Under the System's transformation of metal, although the Barrett was very powerful and just one bullet had caused such serious damage, its power was limited.
It was already very good that it was able to tear off the other person's head, but if he wanted to cut off their vitality and chase away their soul, all the metals in the System must be used.
For example, when Li Xuanqi had been killed, all the metals in the System had rushed out and pierced through Li Xuanqi's physical body. He was smashed alive and even his soul was killed. There had been no chance for him to escape.
"Little beast, I want you to die right now." Suddenly, the old woman Celestial King roared.
Although she had recovered her head and kept her life, Xu Que's shot had also severely injured her vitality. Even if her life was safe, it would take hundreds of years to recover from the injury.
"Enough, let's fight together!" The male Celestial King of the Sage Sect rushed to the side of the old woman and proposed they attack Xu Que together.
The strengths and ability of Xu Que had left him no choice but to have to take Xu Que more seriously.
He knew that it was useless to continue to retreat, and in order to avoid following in the footsteps of the old woman, he chose to propose that they fight together.
"Okay!" The old woman yelled through gritted teeth.
BOOM!
Suddenly, there was a majestic white-grey mist seeping out of the old woman, just like a white dragon, sweeping upward.
A black mist started pouring out of the old man's body, just like a black dragon, whistling as it came out.
"Oh no, the two of them have joined forces, and their strength is close to that of a Celestial Prime," Zixia Fairy immediately frowned and said in a low voice.
She had said before that the Celestial Arts of these two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect were complementary, one Yin and one Yang. Once they joined together to fight, their power would be doubled and much higher than that of the Celestial Prime Realm.
But because the old woman had been wounded, now when the two of them joined together, their strength would only be comparable to that of a Celestial Prime.
But this strength was more than Xu Que could handle.
"Hey! Don't panic, I still have a big trick up my sleeve!"
Xu Que smiled slyly. The metal Barrett in his hand had already turned back into a square halberd.
But the metal armor on his body had just begun to start to move and was turning into countless metal blocks, suspended around his body and shining brilliantly.
Chapter 1483: You B*stard!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
BOOM!
With a dull, loud noise, all of the metal blocks on Xu Que's body were peeled off, and, maintaining the shape of a human, rested at Xu Que's side.
Each piece of metal was still in a divided state. It was just like a piece of armor that had been separated from its owner and was suspended in the air.
"Sure enough, even if it's just a revenge mechanism, it can still be used to play with."
Xu Que felt the power flowing around the metal blocks. His eyes narrowed and the corners of his mouth were raised into a smile.
Although these metal blocks were components of the System, they still had the characteristics of a symbiotic body. Whatever object they were attached to, they would take on the characteristics of that object.
Therefore, the metal that was attached to the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod would be at its same High-Grade Celestial Artifact level and would maintain its original form as it was used for any kind of weapon. It could even be used with heat weapons, all the while maintaining the level of a High-Grade Celestial Artifact.
In the same manner, the metal attached to Xu Que possessed all of the characteristics of Xu Que's physical strength, and its hardness was comparable to that of Xu Que's second-rate Holy Body. Furthermore, each piece of metal that formed the shape of Xu Que's body contained his Five Elements Celestial Core Power, the Thunder Force of an Ancient Catastrophe, a strong terrifying Spiritual Qi, and a Taoist Connotation.
In other words, the metal blocks surrounding Xu Que and the metal on the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod were of two different existences.
"You b*stard, prepare to die!"
At this time, the two male and female Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect had already joined forces with the goal of killing Xu Que.
The Celestial Arts of these two Celestial Kings were one yin and one yang, and they complemented each other, forming a small continuous circle with infinite strength that approached that of the Celestial Prime realm.
This kind of cooperation was extremely taxing for the Celestial Kings and even took a toll on their life spans.
If it had not been entirely out of necessity, the two of them wouldn't have easily cooperated. However, now that Xu Que had beheaded Li Xuanqi and was threatening their lives, they had no choice but to join forces against him.
What's more, they were counting on rewards when they killed Xu Que.They would be able to obtain the weird but powerful magical objects that he seemed to possess, including the fabulous weapon that could shift into countless forms that they were in awe of and completely desirous of owning.
At this moment, the two Celestial Kings' will to kill had reached its most extreme point.
BANG!
A majestic pressure suddenly fell from the sky, covering the earth.
The house where some elite disciples had lived was crushed on the spot, blasted apart into sand and gravel.
Such enormous strength was comparable to that of the Celestial Prime realm. It was absolutely terrifying!
"Wow. That was so powerful. Luckily, we're far away. Otherwise, I'm afraid we would have died just now." A disciple from the Heaven Palace Academy was in awe!
"This is terrible. Is this the power of a Celestial Prime, even stronger than that of a Celestial King?"
"If one day someone of the Celestial Prime level came to live in the Heaven Continent, wouldn't all living beings just seem like ants to them?"
"Indeed, in this boundless world, we have always been such a small part of it."
Many people who were watching this display sighed in acknowledgement of this fact. Whether they were at the Human Celestial Stage or at the Earth Celestial Stage, or even at the Heaven Celestial Stage or the Golden Celestial Stage, they all felt a deep sense of their own powerlessness at this moment.
A long time ago, the cultivation levels that they possessed were already far beyond anyone who wasn't a Half-Celestial in the World of Cultivators, and they were in control of everything. And at that time, they had not expected that there would come a day where they would feel just as insignificant as an ant as they were watching the strength demonstrated in this battle.
"Sh*t, it seems really so scary to see people who are approaching the Celestial Prime realm? Wouldn't it be awesome if we could actually visit the real Celestial Prime realm?" Buttface had a faraway look and he seemed pensive.
"Previously in Tian Sha City, it was really incredible how the little fellow managed to scare away those two people of the Celestial Prime level," Duan Jiude said, although he was not without some lingering fear.
"Oh, that was nothing, even I could have done that." Buttface smiled proudly and continued speaking. "But now I'm very interested. What do you think the big move is that he's talking about?"
"What else can it be? It has to be something that makes those two Celestial Kings cry." Duan Jiude pretended to be indifferent, but, in fact, he was also quite fascinated by the upcoming battle between the two Celestial Kings and Xu Que.
Throughout all their journeys, Xu Que had created countless magical things, but this weird metal that he had managed to concoct this time really piqued everyone's curiosity.
"Little fellow, hurry up and make your big move," Buttface shouted, urging him on.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." Xu Que smiled lazily and answered in a lighthearted manner. He didn't seem to be affected at all by the threat of the Celestial Prime power.
The defense of the second-rate Holy Body had a great reputation, and, in addition, there was the System's automatic recovery function. Even if resisting this force would consume a lot of his Celestial Core Power, this could all be replenished!
WHOOSH!
Xu Que raised his hand and pressed his palm forward. His Celestial Core Power instantly poured out from inside his body, shaking the void in front of him.
The whole void suddenly began to distort and tremble, and it nearly cracked.
"Well, what other surprises do you have? With the two of us joining together, we can accomplish anything." The white-haired old man Celestial King from the Sage Sect snorted coldly.
The old female Celestial King from the Sage Sect looked extremely sullen, and she gritted her teeth. In a deep voice, she angrily exclaimed, "Let's make this a fast fight. Don't talk nonsense with him. I just want to smash this little beast into a million pieces!"
BOOM!
The yin and yang essences of these two Celestial Kings were instantly intertwined. The white-grey dragon and the black dragon tangled together and then chased each other, turning into the yin yang circle that constantly grew larger in the air.
A cold and murderous spirit instantly permeated the air, locking in on Xu Que.
"The Yin Yang Blocking Evil Art!" Zixia Fairy spit it out immediately, her expression becoming extremely serious.
"This situation is not favorable for Xu Que." Jiang Hongyan also acknowledged this Yin Yang Blocking Evil Art, and she seemed to have heard of the powerful reputation of this Celestial Art.
At this moment, the Sage Sect's Divine Being of Taoist Fetus Ming Yixuan also regained his spirits and said in a low voice. "He was in the wrong. He shouldn't have provoked the Sage Sect. Now that these two Celestial Kings from my sect have joined forces, Xu Que is definitely going to die! Hongyan, do you still want to continue being obsessed with him?"
However, even with these words, there was no response.
Jiang Hongyan never even looked at him, and he might just as well have never spoken, so completely did she ignore him.
Ming Yixuan's expression became downright gloomy and his entire body started trembling. He looked at Xu Que again, who still looked so indolent, as if he didn't take these Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect seriously.
In fact, it was indeed difficult for Xu Que to take these two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect seriously. The System had already informed him in advance that these two Celestial Kings were not a threat to him at all, and the System's calculated results were authoritative.
If this had been said at the beginning of this incident, Xu Que would definitely have been doubtful, but ever since Li Xuanqi had been successfully beheaded, Xu Que had had no further doubts about the results of the System's calculations.
He continued to control the void in front of him, instilled it with Celestial Core Power, and forcibly squeezed it.
BOOM!
The next moment, there was a loud noise in the void, and then the void split apart, forming a large gap.
However, there was no void behind this void. Instead, it was like a mirror, with a small space exactly just like the outside world.
"Sh*t. After playing around for so long, what he was actually doing was opening the Divine Aperture's Shell." Buttface suddenly understood what Xu Que had been doing.
"Eh, what good is it if he uses the Divine Aperture's Shell now?" Duan Jiude frowned, somewhat puzzled.
WHOOSH!
At this moment, dozens of black shadows suddenly burst out of the gap in the Divine Aperture's Shell and immediately fell to the ground in front of Xu Que.
Each shadow was wearing a blood-colored mask and a long black robe, embroidered with the three characters "Exploding Heavens Faction" on their chests. Every one of these shadows were replicas of Xu Que.
"What's going on?"
"Where did so many people suddenly come from?"
"Are all of them from the Exploding Heavens Faction?"
"Sh*t, all of them are Celestials of the Great All-Embracing Heaven."
Suddenly, the many disciples from the Heaven Palace Academy found themselves in an uproar.
The two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect also suddenly opened their eyes wide in disbelief.
"Hey, I'll confess that you really could've beaten me after you two joined forces, but the problem here is that there are still many talented people like me in the Exploding Heavens Faction."
Xu Que smiled slyly and waved his hands at the two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
All the metal blocks sitting beside him, which he had gotten from the System, suddenly flew forward and next appeared on the bodies of the replicas.
Suddenly, dozens of Exploding Heavens Faction members were wearing metal armor from the System, holding the same Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rods, and looking like an ancient army. They glared like tigers eyeing their prey at the Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect.
The two Celestial Kings were instantly dumbfounded.
Sh*t. Just one Xu Que was so impossible to deal with Now there were tens of others with similar strengths. How were they supposed to fight them all?
POOF!
The old female Celestial King from the Sage Sect raised her head and vomited a mouthful of blood, her face pale. She reached out a trembling hand and pointed at Xu Que. "You…you…you b*stard!"
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Chapter 1484: Ingenious Strategy
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"You're calling me a b*stard again? I've said already, you two are the b*stards. Haven't you understood this yet?"
Xu Que's gaze swept over and stared coldly at the two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect.
He had used the metal parts of the System as armor for the replicas and taken advantage of their strength in numbers to improve his overall power. It had all come to him in a flash of inspiration.
This was a scheme that the System hadn't devised, but, because it approved of Xu Que's thinking, the System had complied with his plans.
If this had been in the past, his trick might not have been very useful. After all, the replicas that he had summoned in the past had been extremely weak. They had all been mainly a good smokescreen to fool people about the strength of an attack, but not so good for fighting. They'd been just like paper tigers that could be destroyed with one attack.
However, after the System had categorized and merged all the Magic Arts, the Replica Art and the Shadow Meld of 3,000 Thunders had been fused together. So now when the replicas were summoned, it used up a large majority of Xu Que's existence strength.
Other than the fact that the replicas could only be summoned for one hour, there was no other problem with them.
So Xu Que had distributed the metal blocks on his body onto each replica, greatly increasing their strength. This would help to turn the scene of tens of Xu Ques attacking the two Celestial Kings into reality.
Although dealing with the two Celestial Kings alone would not have been a big problem, just relying on the calculations of the System had a slightly higher risk.
Now, if there were tens of his self at the scene, each of them with the strength similar to his own, then this battle would become particularly boring.
Why would it be boring?
Obviously, because this would be such a crushing battle.
BOOM!
With a terrible sound piercing the silence, Xu Que stepped into the void, wielded the square halberd, and pointed at the two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect.
"Kill!"
WHOOSH!
Suddenly, dozens of metal-clad replicas, who looked just like tens of metal robots holding metal-wrapped halberds in their hands, swept across the sky.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
With a series of dull metal sounds, all the halberds of the replicas changed their shapes. The metal at the tip of the halberd unfolded and turned into an umbrella, and rushed into the sky, directly facing the huge Yin and Yang image.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The dozens of umbrellas collided with the Yin Yang Blocking Evil image, and a loud noise erupted.
Sparks flew everywhere, and the void was distorted. The entire Yin and Yang Blocking Evil image was torn to pieces, bursting apart into bright and dazzling light that filled the sky.
"Scoundrel!" The old female Celestial King from the Sage Sect roared. She pinched her fingers together and brought them towards her brows.
BOOM!
A drop of blood instantly dripped out from her brow, and a ray of solid gray essence poured out.
At the moment when the grey essence appeared, the surrounding air suddenly stiffened, condensing into frost. With the old woman at the center, white snow started to drift all over the area surrounding her.
"This is…the true essence of the Yin blood!" Zixia Fairy's expression was shocked.
"Sh*t, isn't this old lady cultivating yang essence? Why is there a Yin essence?" Buttface was extremely confused.
Yin and Yang. Black is yin and white is yang.
The greyish-white essence from the old woman was supposed to be the essence of yang, but now it was actually the yin essence, which made many people feel extremely confused.
"Hey, I know, similar to the yin and yang theory that the little fellow has explained in the past, there is yang in the yin, and yin in the yang. Only with yin is there yang, and only with yang is there yin. However, there is still a little yin in yang, and the yin that can exist in yang only shows how powerful it is." Duan Jiude was the first to explain what was going on with a proud look.
"Well, you can indeed interpret it this way." Zixia Fairy nodded, her face solemn, as she said, "In other words, this yin blood essence is from the roots of her yang, and its power cannot be underestimated."
"Is it that awesome?" Buttface opened his mouth wide.
At the same time, the white-haired old man Celestial King from the Sage Sect also had a shocked expression. "Old woman, are you crazy? You've actually used this essence?"
"At this stage, do you think we have any other way out? If we don't use it to produce a real Blocking Evil image, we might die here today!" The old female Celestial King answered coldly.
The white-haired old man frowned suddenly and said in a deep voice, "You should know that if there is an accident with our essence, the cultivation of our lives will be lost…"
"There is no other choice, why are you are still hesitating?" The old female Celestial King said angrily.
The white-haired old man hesitated a little more, then looking at the dozens of metal figures approaching them, finally gritted his teeth and said, "Let's fight!"
WHOOSH!
He pinched his fingers together and touched them to his eyebrows. A drop of blood popped up instantly, and a stream of black essence burst out right away.
With the appearance of this black yang true blood essence, cold air surrounded the old man instantly, and the snowflakes in the air were reduced by half.
The two essences were floating all around and chasing each other. Then they turned into a circle, exactly like the previous Yin Yang Blocking Evil image, but the essence emitted after the two intertwined was far more powerful than it had been before.
BOOM!
The fusion of yin and yang expanded again in the air, continuously spinning. The void around it was shaken and started to rotate, creating a loud noise, which resembled the pain of the void being crushed,
Almost at the same time, dozens of Xu Que's replicas moved to kill. Dozens of Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Umbrellas faced the Yin Yang Blocking Evil image and rushed toward it again.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Suddenly, there was a series of loud sounds in the air.
But this time, the Yin and Yang Blocking Evil image with the true blood essence of the yin and yang was not damaged at all. Instead, the dozens of replicas of Xu Que were swept away by the Blocking Evil image and crushed by the void into pieces. Even the metal fragments from the System were distorted and scattered.
"Sh*t, so violent?"
Even Xu Que was startled.
Although he also knew that the blood sacrifice of the true yin and yang essence from these two Celestial Kings was extraordinary, he hadn't expected the power to be so potent.
"Sure enough, the replicas are a little worse for wear, but even if I had gone over there to personally kill them, I'm afraid I would've suffered quite a bit." Xu Que frowned.
Tens of replicas had been crushed in the blink of an eye, and only four replicas had barely escaped, landing well outside where they could be attacked by the Celestial Kings.
The advantage of the strength in numbers had suddenly decreased dramatically.
"This is troublesome." Zixia Fairy knitted her brows and frowned as if in deep thought, hesitant to make any decision.
"There is no need to worry, it is not entirely hopeless yet." A gentle, elegant voice suddenly sounded in her ears. It was Jiang Hongyan who had spoken.
Zixia Fairy frowned again and glanced at Jiang Hongyan, but she didn't answer her. She nodded slightly. This woman was rather pretty and was good enough to be her competitor.
"Ha, ha, ha, Xu Que, your death is near!" At this moment, the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus, Ming Yixuan, laughed again and said, "All the helpers you have called here are almost dead. Your Exploding Heavens Faction isn't up to much. How can you ants even comprehend the strength of the two ancestors from my sect?"
"Oh, why are you so noisy? It turns out that you are just an idiot who likes to talk big. Please be quiet, and watch how I will turn the two ancestors of your sect into beasts. After that, I will teach you how to properly be a man." Xu Que shook his head and sneered, glancing at Ming Yixuan tauntingly, and he lifted his Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Halberd suddenly.
"You're on the brink of dying, and you're still so stubborn. Let me tell you, Jiang Hongyan only deserves me, you are far from qualified." Ming Yixuan screamed like a crazed madman.
"You stupid idiot!"
Xu Que shook his head and completely lost interest in Ming Yixuan.
The moment he raised his halberd, the four remaining replicas also raised their halberds.
CLANG! CLANG!
Immediately after, the halberds in the hands of Xu Que and the replicas started changing, and the metal blocks assembled together quickly just like building blocks.
In just a few seconds, the halberds had turned into metal spell flags of different colors. A magnificent Celestial Core Power surged into the spell flags, making them overflow with brilliance.
"This is…the Five Elements Spell Flag?" Buttface was startled, and, then recognizing the role of these flags, he laughed abruptly. "Ha, ha, ha, I understand. This little fellow wants to use the power of the five elements to break the essence of yin and yang. Sh*t, this is such an ingenious strategy."
"Fall!"
Almost simultaneously, Xu Que called out and threw the metal spell flag in his hand and quickly pulled out his Taoist seal. Celestial Core Power shone from between his fingers.
The four replicas followed behind and threw the metal spell flags at the same time, and the sky was instantly enveloped by a colorful light!
The White Cloud Flag!
The Green Lotus Flag!
The Controlling Water Flag!
The Flames Off-the-Ground Flag!
The Yellow Apricot Flag!
Five pole metal flags suddenly flew up into the air. The four replicas were located all around the two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect, with Xu Que's metal flag suspended above them.
BOOM!
Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, the five elements with five different attributes instantly swept out from the metal Five Elements Spell Flag.
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Chapter 1485: He's a Devil!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
All of a sudden, a strong wind started blowing.
It carried with it large amounts of Qi, turning it into a turbulent river that raced into the area with the five spell flags.
"This…" The expression on the face of the old female Celestial King from the Sage Sect became instantly horror-stricken.
"Oh no, quickly, hold on to the true blood essence," the white-haired old man Celestial King from the Sage Sect yelled at her, his face equally anxious.
If it had been just an ordinary Five Elements Formation, they certainly wouldn't have been so scared. How could the fusion of the yin and yang essences be affected by the power of the ordinary five elements?
The key point was that the spell flags of the Five Elements that had been formed by Xu Que were all of the same grades as High-Grade Celestial Artifacts, and thus the strength of the Five Elements would overwhelm their yin and yang essences.
Simply put, this was going to turn out to be a completely crushing defeat.
"Oh, so you're finally scared now? It's too late!" Xu Que sneered, and, clutching the Taoist seal in his hand, a ray of bright light gathered in his palm, which he suddenly pushed forward.
His four replicas repeated his movements and also faced their palms toward the spell flags in front of them.
BOOM!
The void convulsed immediately. Then fiery beams shot out of their five palms and joined the river of Qi that was flowing all around them.
BOOM!
The Yellow Apricot Flag controlled by Xu Que exploded, bursting into fine apricot-colored sand, and, just like a waterfall made of colored sand, it covered the entire sky.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The next moment there were four consecutive blasts.
The four other metal spell flags also exploded, transforming into flames, seawater, forests, etc.
Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The five elements in the illusion had all evolved, with five different kinds of strength, completely blocking the area of the formation.
"No, stop!"
"Xu Que, let's stop here now. In the future, you can mind your own business, and we'll mind ours," the Sage Sect's old female Celestial King and old white-haired male Celestial King yelled at him, beseechingly.
Xu Que's Five Elements formation was completely beyond anything that they could have imagined. After matching the five spell flags to the High-Grade Celestial Artifact level, he had also actually managed to evoke the illusion of these little worlds.
"How could they even begin to deal with this?"
Even though the little worlds of the five elements had been just an illusion, they were still far more powerful than the power of the five elements, as well as more powerful than their yin and yang essence.
"Mind my own business? Dream on! In my eyes, the two of you aren't even worthy of my time." Xu Que sneered, and the light beam from the Taoist seal in his palm didn't stop shining but instead grew larger, continuing to control the spell flags.
BOOM!
With an extremely loud noise, the yellow sand waterfall that Xu Que controlled swept toward the Yin and Yang Blocking Evil image.
"Sh*t, this strategy is so familiar. I've seen it before," Buttface shouted. He opened his eyes wide.
"Where have you seen it before?" Duan Jiude froze and turned to look at Buttface.
Everyone else who was watching this scenario play out also turned to look at Buttface, their faces full of curiosity.
"In Naruto, if I'm not wrong. This is the great sand waterfall funeral," Buttface said. He started gesturing with exaggerated movements, describing what had gone on in this incident. "Just like this, BANG! BANG! BANG! The sand waterfall crushes everything in its path."
"What the heck?" Duan Jiude and all the onlookers were confused.
"Naruto?"
"Sand waterfall funeral?"
No one had ever heard of either of these things before.
"Oh, I love to see people like you who come from one place and have never seen the world before." Buttface spoke arrogantly, treating everyone with contempt.
After just one trip to Earth, he felt that his experiences had expanded his world so much and increased his knowledge and made him even more awesome.
"Sh*t. If I'd realized all this earlier, I would have followed along with you to the little fellow's hometown. You've actually learned so much that I'm jealous." Duan Jiude seemed indignant.
Buttface had recounted countless stories to him about all the wonderful things he'd seen on Earth, about Avri's girlfriend, health care, and human sushi. Hearing about all these things so many times had made him excited and envious. Now he couldn't wait to make a trip to Earth as soon as possible.
"Xu Que's hometown? Isn't he from the Five Elements Mountain?" Zixia Fairy suddenly froze and looked at Duan Jiude questioningly.
"Master, don't you know? The little fellow is really from a place called Earth," Duan Jiude answered quickly.
"Earth?" Zixia Fairy frowned slightly and shook her head in wonder. "Strange, I seem to have heard someone mention that name before in the Celestial Cloud Continent, but I can't remember what they said about it."
BOOM!
Suddenly, another loud noise exploded from somewhere in the clouds.
The yellow sand that was being controlled by Xu Que rushed into the Yin and Yang Blocking Evil image, at the same time as the other four forces arrived and also rushed toward the Blocking Evil image.
Suddenly, the entire Yin and Yang Blocking Evil image started shaking, and several cracks appeared in it.
PUFF!
PUFF!
As the image cracked, the two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect vomited fresh blood, and their faces turned pale at exactly the same time. The lines on their faces were getting deeper and deeper, as though they had suddenly started to get older and older.
"Stop. Quickly stop!"
"Ah…Xu Que, stop. What do you want? We can talk."
They started yelling, one after another, trying to rush toward Xu Que, but they were blocked by the illusions of the little worlds of the Five Elements. Once they were trapped by the formation, the Yin and Yang Blocking Evil image would completely disintegrate, which would also be the end of the two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect.
So obviously, if Xu Que was not stopped and the Yin and Yang Blocking Evil image was destroyed, the ending would be very tragic for them.
So of course the two Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect felt extremely distressed and helpless right about now. Their only choice was to surrender to Xu Que or try to persuade Xu Que to let them go.
"Who cares about you…" Xu Que refused their requests outright.
"They had to be kidding. Hadn't he just spent so much effort doing all this in order to upgrade?"
"Had it been easy for him?"
"I'm going to break it now," Xu Que yelled in a loud voice and pushed his palm forward again.
BANG!
A deafening noise suddenly echoed all throughout the area.
The five illusions of the little worlds of the Five Elements Formation burst apart at the same time, and the void broke apart. Numerous blades of wind emerged and swept through the surroundings. The entire Yin and Yang Blocking Evil image broke up into small pieces and disappeared.
AAHHH!
The old female Celestial King from the Sage Sect and the white-haired old man Celestial King from the Sage Sect screamed at the exact same time. Blood came out of their eyes, and they fell from the Celestial King realm to the Golden Celestial Stage.
Their two bodies appeared just like skin and bone, without an ounce of flesh and very little blood. It was just like their skin had been draped over their skeletons, and all one could see of their faces were two eyeballs. It was absolutely terrifying.
"It's time to end it all," Xu Que said to himself in an indifferent tone, and then he waved his hands decisively.
WHOOSH!
The four replicas instantly disappeared in an explosion, leaving no traces. A bright light emerged from the remains of the explosion, and it turned into a stream of light that quickly passed through the two Celestial Kings. It then turned into a halberd and returned to Xu Que's hand.
Xu Que turned around, and the halberd in his hand was dripping with blood.
It must have been the blood of the Celestial Kings.
WHOOSH!
Xu Que looked at the audience, especially to the dean and disciples of the Heaven Palace Academy.
"Anyone else? I don't care if it's 10 more or 100 more, the Exploding Heavens Faction will kill them all." He laughed coldly, his eyes full of scorn and evil, and his mouth turned up into a roguish smile.
Suddenly, the audience became so silent that one could hear a pin drop.
The dean of the Heaven Palace Academy, the Divine Being of Taoist Fetus, Ming Yixuan, and all the other disciples of the Heaven Palace Academy shivered as they felt a chill running down their backs.
"He's a devil!" was the general thought on everyone's minds.
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Chapter 1486: This Is Also a Misunderstanding
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Is there anything else?"
Xu Que suddenly raised his voice. His vigor was boundless, and his power was vast and mighty, like a sovereign who had descended to the world.
This kind of power that originated from an intimidating and formidable force instantly shook everyone present to their cores, causing them to tremble with unease.
Countless of the Heaven Palace Academy disciples bowed their heads in succession. They didn't dare to lift up their heads and look at Xu Que straight in the eyes, for fear of being targeted by this devil king.
Even Dean Li of the Heaven Palace Academy, together with many other Elders, also unconsciously evaded Xu Que's gaze. It must have been their heavy guilty consciences that were subconsciously causing this physical response.
All the people present were feeling fearful, as well as being awed.
A mere Disbanded Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven had actually killed three Celestial Kings in front of them. He'd even done it with a kind of crushing strong force that had instantly killed and completely beheaded them. Such strength was simply outstanding, especially when dealing with Celestial Kings.
DING! "Congratulations to the host Xu Que for killing two powerful Celestial Kings. Default selection for the Experience Mode, a reward of 1 billion points of intermediate Experience Points!"
DING! "Congratulations to the host Xu Que on his successful upgrade. Your current cultivation stage is now Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven. The number of points needed to get to the next level cultivation stage is 5 billion intermediate Experience Points!"
DING! "Congratulations to the host Xu Que for his success in Acting Tough. A reward of 300,000 Acting Tough Points is awarded!"
At this time, a succession of System beeps sounded in Xu Que's mind.
Xu Que's cultivation stage also instantly went from being a True Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven to being a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven.
However, at this moment his own Celestial Core Power was so profound that he had not yet used the full strength of his cultivation stage. So, in the eyes of his beholders, he was still at the beginning stage of the Disbanded Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven.
When Xu Que had listened to the beeps, he got anxious again.
"System, what are you trying to do? I haven't yet selected a mode. What right do you have to directly switch to default and select the Experience Mode for me? You're not letting me choose which mode I want to use. I might as well choose a puppet mode."
Xu Que was indignant and yelled at the System.
The System responded indifferently, "To change the mode requires that you carry out the switch in advance before you strike to kill. The host didn't make a decision to change, so the default was used for the mode you'd used before."
"D*mn, do I have to change it myself? Why didn't you say so earlier?" Xu Que glared and talked to himself.
The System replied, "You didn't ask."
"Come on, are you getting too big for your britches now?" Xu Que raised his eyebrows. If the System could have been made into a completely physical being, he would definitely have given the System a violent thrashing.
SWISH!
At this time, a loud sound could be heard up in the air.
The Divine Being of Taoist Fetus, Ming Yixuan, soared up into the sky and transformed into a streaking light. He then escaped to the Heaven Palace Academy as fast as it was possible for him to go. He had moved so fast that many people present couldn't even react in time.
"Boy, go quickly. Don't let that guy run away!"
"I, the old man, have wanted to beat him up for a long time already. Quickly, go grab him!"
Buttface and Duan Jiude shouted at the same and shook their fists in the air. They obviously had had a feud with Ming Yixuan for a long time.
"Oh, he's running away? Where can he go?" Xu Que sneered. "After I clean up the Heaven Palace Academy, there will still be plenty of time to go to the Sage Sect."
"Yeah, that makes sense." Buttface's eyes immediately lit up, at the thought of this. There was an extremely wicked smile on his face.
"Hee, hee, hee, I, an old man, am very excited just thinking about it." Duan Jiude also smiled knowingly.
"Xu Que!" At this time, Dean Li of the Heaven Palace Academy suddenly opened his mouth and said to Xu Que with an ugly look on his face, "You know, your father was the Deputy Dean of the Heaven Palace Academy at one point. Don't tell me you have to run the Heaven Palace Academy into the ground today?"
"My father? Ha, ha, ha, what father?" Xu Que laughed out loud and shook his head as he said, "Never mind, forget it. You are so shameless. I can't be bothered to even waste my time explaining anything to you. You yourselves claimed just now that my father had deceived you, and you also threatened to kill me first, then kill my father. Pray tell, how should I settle this score with you?"
"It was a misunderstanding!" Dean Li immediately shouted.
SWISH!
Xu Que instantly flicked his hand and the metal pieces in the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Halberd immediately split apart and morphed into countless short blades that looked like a torrent of flowers, going straight through the body of Dean Li.
"Misunderstanding? Then this is also one of my misunderstandings."
Xu Que chuckled coldly as his big hands leaned forward and put those metal pieces which had pierced through Dean Li back together again. Soon, they had morphed back into a halberd again, which returned to Xu Que's hands.
Dean Li stood in the same position, dumbstruck. Then, his body slightly trembled and rigidly fell backward, crashing heavily in front of a cave.
Almost at the same time, blotches of red also emerged from his chest cavity. Fresh blood saturated all his white clothes. Then he actually stopped breathing and died on the spot. Even his soul had been crushed inside his body.
HISS!
Gasps could immediately be heard from everyone who had witnessed this incredible scene.
Everyone was staggered.
One move, just one move, and he'd directly killed Dean Li?
"He's…a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven."
"The momentum that gushed out of him just now was really from a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven."
AAAHHH!!
"My god, how is this possible? He was only a Disbanded Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven yesterday, and now he has gone directly to become a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven?"
At this time, all the people discovered the changes in Xu Que's cultivation stage. He was actually a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven.
From the time he made his move until he had killed Dean Li, it was only a matter of mere moments. His speed had become more rapid than when Xu Que had wiped out the three Celestial Kings.
No wonder, Dean Li, who was similarly a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven, couldn't react in time, and thus had been killed by one move.
SWISH!
At this time, Xu Que's gaze had already started to sweep the rest of the Elders of the Heaven Palace Academy.
With both deans dead, only the rest of the Li family were left now.
Several Elders felt their knees buckle on the spot, and they ended up sitting paralyzed on the ground. They were frightened, and they turned and shouted, "No, Xu…fellow cultivator Xu, we can talk about this matter. Our Heaven Palace Academy is willing to compensate you for all your losses. You don't have to resort to killing and exterminating us all. This is not good for your reputation if word gets out."
"There's no need to kill and exterminate you?" Xu Que shook his head and sneered. "When your Dean Li summoned those Celestial Kings to kill me just now, why didn't you say there was no need to kill and exterminate? What's more…I'm the kind of person who really doesn't give a d*mn about my reputation."
BOOM!
He had just finished speaking when a loud bang suddenly rang out from behind several Elders.
Nobody ever knew when the halberd that had been in Xu Que's hands had appeared behind them. It had cut through the void and ripped out a crack like the giant mouth of an abyss to swallow up those Elders in one fell swoop.
"I'll give you a decent way of dying, which can be considered a kindness and a leniency from me."
Xu Que recovered his halberd and muttered to himself indifferently.
Standing among the clouds up in the air, the breeze caressed his clothes. His head of long black hair and his clothes fluttered in the wind. He appeared invincible and indomitable.
All the disciples of the Heaven Palace Academy who were present looked at him in a daze. There was only fear in their hearts. Xu Que had become like a big shadow inside their hearts and the devil in their nightmares.
"Go back and tell your clans and sects that you will have nothing to worry about if you revere and pay honor to the Exploding Heavens Faction."
At this time, Xu Que's gaze had fallen on a group of the Academy disciples and he said in a low voice, "From today onward, the Heaven Continent will be taken over by my Exploding Heavens Faction."
In an instant, Xu Que's voice rang out in all directions. His voice resounded like a great bell, and his momentum roared like thunder.
Buttface raised his arms and shouted, "Brother Que, you are so awesome!"
Duan Jiude yelled, "The Exploding Heavens Faction is awesome!"
Mo Junchen chimed in, "Both…are awesome!"
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Chapter 1487: Dangerous Hidden Restrictive Barrier
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After watching and listening to Xu Que, most of the disciples of the Heaven Palace Academy decided to flee, and one by one they rushed out of the Academy as if they were running for their lives.
Once considered one of the greatest forces in the Heaven Continent, the Heaven Palace Academy had been decimated and evacuated in one single day.
The man who had founded the Heaven Palace Academy, Li Xuanqi, had been killed, the younger generation of Deans and Deputy Deans were also dead, and all the rest of the Elders had been destroyed. Who would still dare to continue to remain and support this Academy?
In addition, Xu Que had issued extremely harsh words saying that he was going to take over the Heaven Continent. As the remaining disciples of the Academy were not stupid, they realized that it would be impossible to take up any positions against Xu Que.
They left the palace, with all its attendant trouble, and rushed back home to their own forces, bursting to spread the shocking news of what had taken place on this day.
As Xu Que took over the Heaven Palace Academy, he dashed straight to the Academy's Treasure Pavilion, surprising no one.
Previously, when he had been disguised as his own father and used the Deputy Dean's ID to enter the Treasure Pavilion, he had failed to empty it because there had been an Elder watching over the Treasure Pavilion.
Now that the Heaven Palace Academy was practically empty, the enormous Treasure trove of gold, which was described to be almost as high as a mountain, was just waiting for Xu Que to excavate it.
"The inside information about this Treasure Pavilion seems very unusual. There may be a generation of relics from the Heaven Palace Academy. Earlier, Your Holiness didn't have the time to search carefully. Now I want to excavate at least three feet deep into it." Buttface stood outside the Treasure Pavilion, bursting with excitement, his eyes sparkling.
"I, an old man, remember that time we were here before. We all sensed that there was some restrictive barrier hidden in the Treasure Pavilion, and it was a pity that powerful beings were in charge and we couldn't sneak in and search. Now we can just go in and take a look at what secrets are hidden inside." Duan Jiude also looked as if he was raring to go.
Rifling through houses, confiscating possessions, robbing graves, and plundering of all other assets were obviously what they were most interested in.
"Hurry up and let's go. We still have to take a trip over to the Sage Sect later." Xu Que waved his hands and took the lead, stepping forward. He slammed his hands on the restrictive barrier on the door of the Treasure Pavilion, and it was instantly broken.
"F*ck!"
The next moment, the door automatically sprang open, and a breeze blew out of it.
"F*ck!"
"What's happening?"
"Has the inside of the room already been looted?"
"What about the Spirit Stones, Elixirs, and Magic Arts that were inside?"
As soon as the door opened, Buttface and Duan Jiude couldn't stop exclaiming.
Xu Que also frowned. He was momentarily stunned.
The whole Treasure Pavilion was empty. The countless natural treasures that had originally been arranged on the racks against the wall had been picked clean.
"D*mn, boy, quickly look, there's a hole here. Someone has been a step ahead of us." Buttface's eyes got a vicious look in them as he saw a hole in the corner of the Treasure Pavilion, which actually looked like a hole that a dog had dug from the outside.
"What? The size and method of this dog hole… Master Buttface, did you do it?" Duan Jiude looked at the dog hole and immediately fixed a suspicious look on Buttface.
Buttface almost jumped out of his skin with anger and said furiously, "Bullsh*t, Your Holiness wanted to enter here without any tricks. Why would I need to resort to using this kind of underhanded means?"
"Yes, you would." Duan Jiude was convinced that Buttface had made the hole.
"Don't argue. This thing was not done by Buttface." Xu Que waved his hands and walked straight toward the hole, picking up a handful of golden fur from the ground.
Some golden fur had also been left behind at the edge of the hole. There were also remnants of light footprints left on the ground, shaped like lotus flowers, but slim as a person's thumb.
Obviously, these were not traces that had been left by Buttface.
"Well, what kind of fur is this?" Duan Jiude rushed forward at this time.
Buttface's nose twitched a few times, and he said with a face full of anger, "Who cares what kind of fur this is? Anyway, Your Holiness didn't do this thing. You've falsely accused Your Holiness and sullied Your Holiness's name. How are you going to make up to me for this insult?"
"I'm sorry," Duan Jiude said disingenuously.
"What is the use of saying sorry? This is a grave matter that concerns the reputation of Your Holiness." Buttface refused to give in.
"Hey, wait a minute. Faction Leader, can you show that fur to me?" At this time, Mo Junchen thought he had an idea, and he came forward, looking curiously at the fur in Xu Que's hands. Xu Que handed the golden fur over.
Mo Junchen stretched out two fingers and took the golden fur. He gently rubbed it a few times and put in front of his nose to sniff at it. He shook his head and said, "Strange, this seems somewhat like a demon monkey's fur. But the smell is not like it. A demon monkey's fur would carry a whiff of a foul smell and be slightly pungent, but this fur has a hint of peach blossoms."
"It must be a blue-eyed golden fragrant monkey!" Zixia Fairy said, having figured out what the fur was.
Xu Que and the others immediately looked at her with puzzled expressions.
"A blue-eyed golden fragrant monkey?"
This was the first time they had ever heard of this kind of demon monkey.
Zixia Fairy looked very serious and sighed heavily. "The day when the Heaven Continent's shackles will be broken is getting closer and closer."
"Grand master, what do you mean?" Duan Jiude was mystified.
"A blue-eyed golden fragrant monkey is a rare species in the monkey clan. They like to live alone and enjoy stealing. Born with a mysterious concealing Bodily Movement Magic Art, their paws can pierce through any restrictive barriers. Even Celestial Kings are afraid to provoke them."
At this point, Zixia Fairy paused and then continued, "But this kind of species should not exist in the Heaven Continent. If I'm not wrong, it appears that some areas of the Heaven Continent's shackles have already begun to collapse. And this blue-eyed golden fragrant monkey found that area where the shackles had collapsed, and it dug into the Heaven Continent."
"F*ck, this kind of demon monkey is no good. It actually likes to steal." Buttface immediately began to condemn the monkey.
"I, an old man, despise this monkey." Duan Jiude felt the same way as Buttface and nodded his head in agreement.
"This monkey is really nasty. It should be severely punished," Xu Que clenched his fists and said self-righteously.
All the people who were with them suddenly raised their brows and opened their mouths in surprise.
"This combination of Que, De, and Dog really lacked self-awareness."
"No matter how bad the blue-eyed golden fragrant monkey's character was, could it be any worse than the characters of you three dunces?"
"Hee, hee, hee, but with luck, the restrictive barrier inside the Treasure Pavilion hasn't been discovered by that monkey." At this time, Buttface gave a sly smile.
Xu Que also nodded. Even though the natural treasures that had been stolen were very precious, they were not essential to the Exploding Heavens Faction.
They had really come on this trip purely because they'd wanted to see what was hidden behind the restrictive barrier in the Treasure Pavilion.
Since the hidden restrictive barrier hadn't been destroyed, it meant that the secret inside hadn't been touched yet.
They all immediately flew to the upper level of the Treasure Pavilion and landed in front of a wall. The restrictive barrier was located here.
"Yeah, this restrictive barrier is very profound. Your Holiness can feel that there must be good things inside." Buttface was thrilled.
"What we should consider now is whether we should take the time to unravel the barrier or break through it by force." Xu Que stroked his chin, thinking and hesitating.
According to his past style of working, he would certainly try to kick in the barrier with his Act-Tough King's Leg to force a breach of the restrictive barrier.
But this matter of the blue-eyed golden fragrant monkey that Zixia Fairy had just been talking about was causing Xu Que to hesitate.
"Supposedly, the blue-eyed golden fragrant monkey was a presence that even Celestial Kings were afraid of to a certain extent. This proved that its intelligence was certainly not weak. There could be no reason that it hadn't found this restrictive barrier hidden inside the Treasure Pavilion.
"With the habits and character that Zixia Fairy had just described as belonging to the blue-eyed golden fragrant monkey, would it have given up and not tried to break through this restrictive barrier?
"Unless…the restrictive barrier was too tough, and the blue-eyed golden fragrant monkey couldn't force it open. Or maybe it knew something that Xu Que and his group didn't know, and it didn't dare to force it open."
"Xu Que, you'd better be careful." At this time, Jiang Hongyan unexpectedly spoke up and softly said, "The Heaven Palace Academy was rebuilt on the Heaven Palace Sect's former site. There are many things here that are remnants of the Heaven Palace Sect. This restrictive barrier is perhaps also from the Heaven Palace Sect. It must be extremely complicated and dangerous since it hasn't been broken for so many years."
"I know, and I seem to be feeling an ominous hunch at the thought of forcibly cracking open this restrictive barrier." Xu Que nodded in agreement with Jiang Hongyan, as at the same time he reached out his hand close to the restrictive barrier.
DING! "The automatic defense mechanism has been activated!"
Suddenly, the System beep chimed.
Xu Que was startled and immediately drew his hand back.
"D*mn, what's the deal with this situation?"
"Is this restrictive barrier really dangerous?"
DING! "The automatic defense mechanism is turned off!" After Xu Que took his hand back, the System beep rang out again, shutting down the defense mechanism.
This made Xu Que's eyebrows twitch involuntarily. This restrictive barrier must be really dangerous. When he got close to that restrictive barrier, he clearly didn't feel any danger. On the contrary, it was the System that perceived the danger.
"System, what kind of situation is this? Is it dangerous or not? Can you tell me what kind of danger it is? I promise to never back down." Xu Que asked the System for information.
The System remained silent and didn't respond at all.
"D*mn, are you ignoring me?"
Xu Que glared and reached his hand out near the restrictive barrier once again.
The System chimed.
DING! "The automatic defense mechanism has been activated."
Xu Que quickly removed his hand from close to the barrier.
The System chimed once again.
DING! "The automatic defense mechanism has…"
Xu Que extended his hand once again.
The System chimed.
DING! "The automatic defense…"
Xu Que took back his hand again.
The System chimed.
DING!…..
Xu Que stretched out both his hands.
The System chimed.
DING! "After testing, the System perceives that a major danger is hidden behind the restrictive barrier."
Chapter 1488: Excellent Conditions
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Oh, little guy!"
Xu Que smiled smugly, "Just say it. What's the danger?"
He was well aware that the System had become much more intelligent after its upgrade. "But so what if it was intelligent? Could it be more intelligent than Xu Que, the Act-Tough Saint?"
"Could it not explain clearly what was going on with the restrictive barrier?"
DING! "Hidden behind the restrictive barrier is an extremely strong presence. After the System has inspected it, it seems that there is an 80 percent chance of confirming that the strong presence appears to be human beings deep in sleep. They number at least 50 people, of which the highest cultivation stage is at least Celestial Prime, and there are most likely ten of them."
The System finally gave a satisfactory answer to Xu Que.
But Xu Que was astonished. "The Treasure Pavilion's restrictive barrier actually concealed all those people behind it?"
"Furthermore, there were actually ten powerful Celestial Primes among the human beings deep asleep?"
"Could it be that the powerful beings who'd disappeared from the Heaven Palace Sect were actually all deep asleep here?"
"Did this mean that once he opened the restrictive barrier, would he possibly wake up these powerful beings and release them out into the world?"
"F*ck, why should I?"
"I, the Act-Tough Saint, am here to fish around to find treasure and other good stuff, but not to rescue some big shots."
"Forget about it. Let's just leave. No reason for us to wade in these murky waters," Xu Que said.
Xu Que immediately decided to withdraw.
However, just then the System beep sounded again.
DING! "After examining the situation, the System finds that, in addition to the sleeping human beings behind the restrictive barrier, there are also a large number of Celestial Artifacts and other major treasures. I strongly recommend that the host open the restrictive barrier. There is a 70 percent chance of not waking up the sleeping parties."
"Oh, d*mn if I believe your nefarious words. So what if it's a 70 percent chance? Doesn't that mean there's a 30 percent chance of them waking up? I've never put much stock in this kind of probability. It's too deceiving." Xu Que waved his hands and rejected the System's advice.
He understood about the intentions of the System. Its goal was nothing else but to make him face up to difficulties so that his growth would accelerate and in that way enhance his own strength.
But for Xu Que, a person who never did anything without knowing that he would profit from it, it was really too difficult for him to take a huge risk like this without a good cause.
First of all, the temptation of those Celestial Artifacts and other natural treasures was far from enough for him. If he were an ordinary cultivator, he might take a risk for this. But Xu Que's need for these things wasn't all that great.
He had even less of a need for killing enemies to gain experience. There were still countless Celestial Kings in the Heaven Continent waiting for him to kill. "Why would he need to open this place and release the threatening powerful Celestial Prime beings? Moreover, there were as many as ten of them."
"Why would he do that?"
DING! Given the high level of danger behind the restrictive barrier, if the host were to kill these opponents, he could activate the Strike to Kill and Acquire Nature Mode."
The System seemed to feel worried that Xu Que was really going to slip away, and it immediately made a compromise. It actually agreed for him to kill the Celestial King and activate the nature mode.
Xu Que immediately stopped in his tracks. He was somewhat moved, but… something was not right that the System was offering to give him such big concessions.
This was really out of line with the System's unscrupulous nature.
"No, I've thought about it. I, Xu Que, am basically not that kind of person. I can never sell my own body and soul for Charm Points. Not to mention it is just a nature mode. Once I upgrade the version, I can activate it later!" Xu Que came to his senses and righteously rejected the System again.
"….." The System instantly fell into a silence.
Xu Qu sneered to himself. He beckoned to the crowd to get ready to leave all together.
DING! "….."
Suddenly, another beep rang out in his mind.
DING! "After checking your accounts, we see that the host Xu Que has taken out a loan of 500,000 Acting Tough Points, which he has not paid for to date. Including the interest on this loan, the total amount owed has reached 5 million Acting Tough Points. Can the host please repay immediately? Otherwise the System will force the restrictive barrier to open!"
"F*ck!" Xu Que cursed loudly.
"What's wrong?"
"What's going on?"
Buttface, Duan Jiude, and the others were startled by this sudden swearing. They looked at Xu Que in confusion.
"There's a profiteer trying to defraud me," Xu Que said with gritted teeth and and incredibly angry look.
"Son of a b*tch, this System dares to threaten me!"
"F*ck, which profiteer is so bold? Who would dare to defraud you? Is he stupid?" Buttface looked shocked. That person must be a total fool to dare to defraud such a vicious person as Xu Que.
Xu Que just waved his hands around and didn't reply. His face looked ashen as he communicated with the System in his mind again.
"Are you sure you want to use this method? I don't mind upping the stakes." Xu Que's tone vaguely carried a hint of amusement.
He was fully confident, and he could really blow this up.
Previously, when he had been facing Li Xuanqi and the Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect, he had said that he still had a card hidden up his sleeve.
He had not been referring to the upgraded system, but to another huge killing weapon.
However, the power of the upgraded System had exceeded his imagination. So, after he'd killed the three Celestial Kings, he didn't need to use that other move.
And now, the System had actually threatened to force the restrictive barrier open, and Xu Que was unwilling to do that at the moment.
If the System really did that, he would definitely sacrifice that hidden move and go big to stun the System.
DING! "Given the host's limited repayment capacity at this time, the System can extend your deadline!" At this point, the System hastened to give a response and give up its threat.
Obviously, the System seemed to know what Xu Que's defensive position was, and directly compromised.
"Hee, hee, hee, little guy, trying to play with me. You're definitely not good enough." Xu Que instantly felt smug.
The System had seemed to reveal a deep sense of helplessness, and Xu Que could even faintly feel its emotions, as if it was complaining about encountering such a host and what an unfortunate thing it was.
DING! "After the system has carried out a precise test again, they have determined that the risk factor behind the restrictive barrier is too high. If the host opens the restrictive barrier on his own initiative and relies on his own strength to engage the opponent in a battle, he can activate the nature mode, and be rewarded with a free Debt Collector Beats Debtors service."
Finally, the System gave the conditions for a final compromise.
Xu Que nodded his head without thinking and said, "It's a deal!"
In fact, even if the System had not given out this condition, Xu Que had still been very tempted by the nature mode.
He was very curious. "Except for the Charm Points, if he added 100 points to the nature mode, how powerful would he become?"
As a result, he'd only pretended a little. But he didn't expect to fool the System, and for it to finally give better conditions.
Not only did he maintain the nature mode, he'd also received an additional free Debt Collector Beats Debtors service. This Debt Collector Beats Debtors service
made Xu Que very happy all of a sudden. "Could it be he was going to summon an expert who could startle the universe and move the gods?"
It was a trump card that was a lot more powerful than his last resort.
"Hee, hee, hee, with such a trump card, I can be fully confident in going to the Celestial Cloud Continent to find that Celestial Emperor. Whether Xiao Nou's memory can be restored or not, I must get…this person back."
Xu Que smiled and turned around to face that hidden restrictive barrier again.
This time, he held out his hand without hesitation and pressed on the wall above the restrictive barrier.
DING! "The automatic defense mechanism has been activated!"
Almost at the same time, the System beep sounded as well.