"What is that? Sifu, be careful! The Japnese is going to launch a sneak attack!"
Tai Yitan was very alert and issued a warning.
Whoosh!
But the movement speed of the robe was too fast. The golden rope reached Chen Xiaobei's back just as Tai Yitan had finished talking.
"Shit!"
Chen Xiaobei's heart contracted. He suddenly felt nervous.
The golden rope was not something to be underestimated. Now that he had just used his Ultimate Protective Puppet, if he was attacked again, it would be a matter of life and death!
In front of him was Tanaka Tsuyoshi, and behind him was the golden rope. Chen Xiaobei was now stuck between the rock and a hard place.
"That's it…"
Luo Puti and Tai Yitan knew very well that if it were one of them in Chen Xiaobei's shoes, they would not have been able to do anything about it.
A sudden surge of distress welled up in their hearts.
The enemy was just too strong! Chen Xiaobei was their only hope!
If something unexpected happened to Chen Xiaobei, the rest of them would only have to look forward to being buried here.
"No! I'm not with the Japanese!" Right at this critical juncture, Chen Xiaobei noticed the unsettling look on Tanaka Tsuyoshi's face—as if he did not know anything about the sneak attack.
Whoosh!
The golden rope diverted right behind Chen Xiaobei, changed direction and rushed toward Tanka Tsuyoshi!
"What?!"
Tanaka Tsuyoshi shrieked; he did not expect this!
The golden rope seemed gradually enlarged before his eyes.
Whoosh…
Whoosh…
The golden rope wrapped itself around Tanaka Tsuyoshi's body and in a swift whirl, constricted around him.
"What…What is happening? Chen Xiaobei! What have you done to me?" Tanaka Tsuyoshi's body weakened and he fell onto the floor. "My strength… Why couldn't he summon even a drop of strength? My True Qi is locked inside my Dantian! How could this be?"
"Xiaobei… What happened?" Luo Puti asked, shocked.
Chen Xiaobei explained, "This golden rope is a Spiritual Item. It works like a White Jade Dragon Box but better. It can bind even bigger enemies!"
"Oh! We were all so surprised! We didn't know that Sifu has something like that!"
Wu Aofeng breathed a sigh of relief.
"No! It doesn't belong to me!" Chen Xiaobei turned around slowly and said, "Someone helped me!"
"Who? Him?"
They all turned to look and saw the man who knelt at Chen Xiaobei's feet begging to join Bei Xuan Faction walking toward them.
"Zhao Ritian!"
Chen Xiaobei's eyes flashed. He put on a poker face but was secretly reassessing Zhao Ritian from head to toe.
Of course, he used more than the naked eye to assess him.
Ding!
[Cultivation: Pinnacle phase of Qi refining stage. Health: 20,000. Combat power: 20,000 (+3000)!]
At one sweep with the Netherspirit Battlescouter, he immediately received information about Zhao Ritian's cultivation.
Earlier, Zhao Ritian had said that his cultivation was only Halfstep True Nirvana stage. It seemed like he was telling the truth.
But Chen Xiaobei was not easily fooled.
How was it possible for an elite with Halfstep True Nirvana stage possessed a Spiritual Item that was better than the White Jade Dragon Box?!
Chen Xiaobei then used his Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes to check whether Zhao Ritian had hidden more weapons on him!
But Chen Xiaobei did not find anything unusual!
Could it be that he was thinking too much?
Chen Xiaobei deliberated about what had happened: if Zhao Ritian had plotted against him, he would have used the golded rope to bind him when he had the chance to!
If Zhao Ritian had wanted to trick Chen Xiaobei to gain his trust. Then he would have used the other secret weapons he had on him to strike the rest of them after he had taken down Tanaka Tsuyoshi.
However, none of these two things happened!
He should not be judging a noble person unfairly, right? What if Zhao Ritian was truly sincere and he had misjudged him out of jealousy and suspicion? Wouldn't that make him petty?
Having thought of that, Chen Xiaobei said magnanimously, "Thank you for your help."
"It's nothing Mr. Chen! I really want to join Bei Xuan Faction. There is no way that I will turn my back against someone in danger!"
Although Zhao Ritian had just saved lives, he was not pretentious but bowed respectfully.
"Are you really serious about joining Bei Xuan Faction?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"I'm very certain!" Zhao Ritian fell on both knees, looked eagerly at Chen Xiaobei and said, "Mr. Chen, please take me in!"
"There's no need to rush! To become my disciple, there needs to be complete trust. There should be no hostility between us!" Chen Xiaobei spoke candidly. "I still have some doubts. If we could talk openly about it then there would be no barriers between us!"
Zhao Ritian nodded eagerly, looking expectant. "Please say, Mr. Chen! I will not hide anything from you!"
Chen Xiaobei asked, "What's up with that golden rope of yours? If I'm right, that does not look like a low-tier Spiritual Item. Not even an ancient faction can get their hands on something like this! How did you attain it?"
"That was just a coincidence! When I went to Mount South to travel around, I stumbled upon an ancient cave and found this golden rope inside it!"
Zhao Ritian continued to say, "I also know that this thing might bring me trouble if I use it in front of everyone! I had not used this item since I got it. I dared not use it! Not even the people closest to me know of its existence!"
Chen Xiaobei nodded and said, "So, you used this precious item only to save me right?"
"Right!" Zhao Ritian said earnestly, "I truly want to be a part of the Bei Xuan Faction! Saving you is the right thing to do! Mr. Chen, if you don't mind, I am willing to gift this Spiritual Item to you!"
Luo Puti, Tai Yitan and the rest of them were astonished.
Just as Chen Xiaobei had said, an ordinary ancient faction would not have been able to get their hands on this grade of Spiritual Item!
Zhao Ritian was willing to gift this golden rope to Chen Xiaobei and was definitely genuine sincerity!
After all, once a Spiritual Item recognized Chen Xiaobei as its owner, it would only what Chen Xiaobei's hearts desires!
Zhao Ritian would lose complete control of it! There was no way he was faking it!
"Mmm, I have seen your sincerity!" Chen Xiaobei finally gave him the nod he had been hoping for and said, "As for that Spiritual Item, you keep it! That is what a Sifu should do!"
"Thank you so much, Mr. Chen…Oh…I mean thank you Sifu! Let me kowtow at you!"
Zhao Ritian was over the moon and kept kowtowing toward Chen Xiaobei.
Seeing this, Tai Yitan and the others congratulated Zhao Ritian, and accepted him as one of them
But no one had noticed the glimmer of deceit in the corner of Zhao Ritian's eyes.
That's right! The real Zhao Ritian had already died in the ravine!
This lookalike was actually Six Ears Macaque under disguise using his special ability called, Demonic Mirror Shadow.
Even with the help of Guanyin and Golden Gaze Fiery Eyes, one would not be able to find out his real identity. Only the one and only Buddha was powerful enough to uncover his real identity!
Chen Xiao and the rest of them were all just ordinary human beings. So they did not notice anything off with him.
After that.
After sending Luo Puti home, Chen Xiaobei headed back to Bei Xuan Faction on his own.
As for the asshole Tanaka Tsuyoshi, Chen Xiaobei did not kill him. He was, after all, an elite with pinnacle phase of True Nirvana stage.
Chen Xiaobei wondered if he could ask for some Heavenly Dog Biscuit from Xiao Tianquan and turned Tanaka Tsuyoshi into Bei Xuan Faction's security.
Chen Xiaobei arrived at Bei Xuan Faction.
Everyone had returned to their room to rest. Feng Qingyuang had arranged a room for Zhao Ritian.
Chen Xiaobei too quickly returned to his own room and took out the Water Shattering Dagger, laughing to himself.
"Xiao'er! Come out here!"
"Coming! I'm coming! Bro Bei! You have goodies?" Xiao'er peeked out of Chen Xiaobei's pocket. His little eyes searching and immediately locked onto the Water Shattering Dagger. He squealed excitedly, "Blood Essence Enigmatic Metal! This is one of earth's rarest Spiritual Item!"
"Blood Essence Enigmatic Metal?"Chen Xiaobei asked, "Compared to the Phoenix Rune Enigmatic Silver, which one is better?"
"When it comes to the tier of the material, Blood Essence Enigmatic Metal has a higher tier than Phoenix Rune Enigmatic Silver. However, there was a huge amount Phoenix Rune Enigmatic Silver for us to consume last time. So, the benefit that these two materials can provide for us is actually quite similar!" said Xiao'er.
"That's a relief!"
An idea popped into Chen Xiobei mind and he borrowed Xiao'er special ability.
But there was one problem: once he consumed the metal, he had to sleep in order to absorb the item that he had eaten.
The first time he ate Phoenix Rune Enigmatic Silver, Chen Xiaobei slept for one day and one night and his health increased by 1,000.
The second time round, he ate the Dark Neutrons and he slept for seven days and seven nights. His health increased by 7,000.
This meant that the higher the level of the item, the more benefits it would bring. But that also meant that it would require more sleep.
The item that Chen Xiaobei was going to eat is not just any other low-tier Spiritual item. If he were to consume it now, he may have to sleep for at least half a year.
Chen Xiaobei knew that this was no joke. He only had one year left. If he ate something with high quality, he might sleep his life away!
But since the material of Water Shattering Dagger was similar to that of a Phoenix Rune Enigmatic Silver, he would only have to sleep for one day and one night.
Chen Xiaobei said no more but immediately ate it!
"Give… Save one small bite… For me…"
The moment Xiao'er special ability was borrowed by Chen Xiaobei, all his strength and energy were stripped off from him. Still, it wanted to have a bite of the delicacy. No doubt, it was definitely a legendary grade food hunter!
"Alright!" said Chen Xiaobei
With both of his eyes lit up, Chen Xiaobei started to munch on the Water Shattering Dagger like a hungry ghost.
"Wow! Wow! Wow!"
The sound of metal breaking down could be from inside Chen Xiaobei's mouth. Chen Xiaobei gasped. He looked very much intoxicated.
"This is so tasty! It's like a cross between a watermelon, honey peach, snow pear, mango… Like a bunch of fresh fruits squeezed into one! So darn good!"
"Give…give…give me some…"
Xiao'er watched eagerly.
It took Chen Xiaobei a lot of willpower to resist his hunger and give Xiao'er one small piece of it before he ate everything clean.
"Alright. I'll leave you to eat on your own. I'm going to bed!"
Chen Xiaobei then returned the special ability to Xiao'er.
He laid prone on the bed and fell into deep sleep.
...
Just then, Jiang Ziya's room door was gently pushed opened.
"The king of heaven covers the tiger on the land," The man outside the door whispered.
"Little chick cooks mushroom!" Jiang Ziya immediately replied.
The man entered the room and immediately locked the door preventing any third party from entering.
"Six Ears! Are you Six Ears?" Jiang Ziya asked excitedly.
"Rubbish! If it weren't me, who would reply to your stupid code!" the person is none other than Six Ears Macaque disguised as Zhao Ritian.
Jiang Ziya was sweating profusely.
"Pfft…" Six Ears Macaque gave Jiang Ziya a once over and exclaimed, "Jiang Ziya! Where is your front tooth? And why do your eyes look like a panda's? Pfft! Hahaha…"
"Don't laugh! You stupid monkey! What is so funny?"
Jiang Ziya's blood boiled. He still spoke like a deflated balloon. It was really funny.
"Jiang Ziya has no front tooth! Which good man beat you up? This is too funny! Hahaha…"
Six Ears Macaque has always been a monster. He had no respect at all for Jiang Ziya. All he did was kept laughing.
"Stupid monkey! How dare you laugh at me! I will ask Shen Gongpao to come and teach you a lesson right now!"
Jiang Ziya stamped his feet.
"Alright! You are after all more powerful than me! I'll stop laughing, alright!"
Six Ears Macaque put on a solemn expression, the smile gone, and glared icily at Jiang Ziya.
"Once a monster, always a monster! Acting in such a terrible manner has always been your true nature! I really have to teach you a lesson!" Jiang Ziya rolled his eyes at Six Ears Macaque and said, "You made a deal with Shen Gongpao to capture Chen Xiaobei and find out where is the reincarnated Su Daji! What the hell are doing here in Bei Xuan Faction?"
"Do you think I want to be here? The loophole of the heavenly laws allow me to reincarnate from death! My Dao Path is now zero! The only ability I have with me is to transform into someone else's physical look!" Six Ears Macaque said icily.
"If I had used the gold rope to capture Chen Xiaobei, his people would have torn me apart on the spot!"
"In fact, there were people who had wanted Chen Xiaobei for themselves. If I had captured Chen Xiaoebei then, I would be doing the person a favor! Rather than benefiting the guy, it's better for me to bind him down! Once I gain Chen Xiaobei's trust, I will look for an opportunity to make a move!"
Jiang Ziya then nodded and said, "This explanation makes sense! What do you plan to do next?"
"What do I plan to do?" Six Ears Macaque said, "With strength like mine now, I can only stick to self-preservation. Once things have stabilized, then we'll see!"
"No!" Jiang Ziya quickly said, "Su Daji is the key person of the upcoming calamity! And she had a lot to do with Lady Nuwo! We, Chanism have to make her our ally!"
"Hold on! I'm not from Chanism! It wasn't easy to resurrect! I will not risk my life for you! Or you can look for a way to make me become more powerful! Or you can listen to me and wait for a good opportunity to make the right move!"
"Are you trying to break your promise?! During the negotiation, you promise me that you will help me to settle everything in the shortest time possible!" scolded Jiang Ziya in a furious manner.
Six Ears Macaque then picked his ear and then said nonchalantly, "Shen Gongpao is not with me right now! I don't have to do what he told me to do!"
"Don't give me that kind of attitude!" Jiang Ziya scolded, "Whatever you promised Shen Gongpao, you must deliver! Or else!"
"You are threatening me!" Six Ears Macaque said icily, anger boiling inside of him.
"Yes! I am threatening you!" Jiang Ziya said arrogantly, "You were right when you said that you are not a disciple of Chanism. You are our mutt! When we order you to bite, then you must bite! Or you'll die an ugly death!"
"Oh, is that so?" Six Ears Macaque's eyes were shooting daggers. He reached out his paw and went straight for Jiang Ziya's throat.
"Ack… What are you doing… Let… Let me go…"
Jiang Ziya's feet were a few inches off the ground. he could feel himself starting to choke. His neck might well break at any moment now!
"I went through hell to resurrect! I am not going to be treated like a dog!"
Six Ears Macaque had one hand wrapped around Jiang Ziya's neck and the other one dug around Jiang Ziya's pocket, took out his cell phone and put it into his own.
"Have mercy… Have mercy…" Jiang Ziya managed to utter with his breath losing out soon.
Bam!
Six Ears Macaque swung his arm back effortlessly and threw Jiang Ziya onto the ground like he was a piece of trash.
"Don't think that I don't know that even though Chanism is the most powerful teaching in heaven, a lot of Saints are actually keeping their eyes on you!" Six Ears Macaque said, "Don't mind the others, the Prime of Tongtian will be first to prevent you from running amok! If not, you can actually carry your cultivation with you to travel to the earthly realm! By doing so, you don't even need me here!"
"That…"
Jiang Ziya flashed a look of surprise.
Six Ears Macaque didn't give him a chance to speak but continued, "First, the calamity is just around the corner! The Ancestral Daoist had made an amendment to the rules of reincarnation! I also know that the Primordial Lord of Heaven banned everyone from sending the Red Envelopes freely with the reason of protecting other realms! But not only did you allow me resurrect, you also gave the freedom to give out Red Envelopes! If the Prime of Tongtian knows about all this and inform Hong Jun the Ancestral Daoist, even the Primordial Lord of Heaven will be blamed for it! By that time, do you really think that Chanism will end up well? You broke the law intentionally! You of all people should know very well the consequences for that!"
"That…"
Jiang Ziya swallowed hard, his face turning red. He had wanted to defend himself but no words came to him.
Obviously, Six Ears Macaque had hit the nail right on the head. It was true that Chanism was doing something illegal here. If Hong Diao was informed about it, the Primordial Lord of Heaven would be kept in jail for 10,000 years. Chanism would definitely cease to exist by the time he regained his freedom. Also, the calamity was going to hit them really soon!
Jiang Ziya trembled thinking about this.
"I will use your cell phone to write everything into a wall of text of what you've done so far and if you act all high and mighty with me, I will send the message to the Red Envelope Group! Remember, the Prime of Tongtian, Grand Supreme Lord Laotzu, and Lady Nuwo are all in the group! And they are powerful enough to meet Hong Jun face to face! Better watch your step!"
"I don't dare! I won't ever dare to do that again…"
Jiang Ziya immediately deflated like a balloon. He was now too afraid to do anything wretched anymore.
With the wish of wanting to use Six Ears Macaque's strength to speedily finish all the tasks assigned by the higher authority to redeem his sin! By doing so, Jiang Ziya would be able to become a deity once again.
Providently, Six Ears Macaque's wisdom and strength was not something Jiang Ziya could control.
Jiang Ziya could do nothing but swallow his anger.
"I won't ever intervene with your business but I can't promise you anything on behalf of Shen Gongpao!"
"You don't need to worry about that! I never said that I will not complete the task. I just don't want to take any risks and I don't want to take orders from you! I will do what I want and decide for myself." Six Ears Macaque said detachedly and left the room.
"Holy shit…" Jiang Ziya collapsed onto the chair and said, perturbed, "I had wanted to show this stupid monkey who's boss but instead, he showed me who's boss. What a fail attempt to act like a boss!"
...
That night.
At Xuanjian Faction
In the meeting hall, Yue Changkong was sitting at the master seat.
All three Zhuang Bihuang, Su Dongruo, and Liu Xuyuan sat on his sides.
At the same time, there were still people entering.
Zhuang Lao Taijun walked to the front, followed by Zhuang Hao and Eunuch Su.
After them came Yap Jianming, Yap Tianlin, Situ Hengfeng, and Xu Changqing. They all sat on one side.
Mount Hua Faction, Green Town Faction, Mount Shu Faction.
Zhuang Family, Liu Family, Yap Family.
Three most powerful ancient faction and families were all here. A setup like this was enough to shock anyone that was alive.
No one knew that they had all gathered for a young man in his twenties!
And this young man was called Chen Xiaobei!
"Ladies and gentlemen, all of you who are here have grudges against Chen Xiaobei! Today, I, Mount Hua Faction will lead the setup of a revenge alliance!"
Yue Changkong said in a solemn voice, "By being here, you have agreed to be a part of this alliance! So now let's come up with a plan to attack Bei Xuan Faction. Speak your mind!"
"Faction Leader Yue, before we begin, I have something I'd like to say." Zhuang Lao Taijun frowned and said, "Do you know that Chen Xiaobei is a demigod?"
"I knew that. Grand Elder Zhuang had told me earlier!" Yue Changkong's face hardened. "But this is unsupported fact! There is no way that kid is a demigod!"
"We really hope that he isn't…"
Yap Jianming sighed.
"But we haven't been able to come up with a logical explanation of what he's done. Other than a demigod, no else would be able to do…"
"Yeah…" Zhuang Hao nodded. "Unless we are able to prove that Chen Xiaobei is not a demigod, we really wouldn't want to take the risk and attack…"
Liu Xiyuan also nodded in agreement, "We all three families have all experienced great loss by Chen Xiaobei hands. No one understands how frightening he is better than us!"
"You bunch of crybabies!" Yue Changkong's expression hardened. He screamed, "if you don't have the balls to do anything, then why are you here? Go home and drink your mother's milk!"
"Tsk!" Su Dongruo retorted, "If you are so brave, why don't you attack Bei Xuan Faction on your own? Why bother forming an alliance?"
"I…"
Yue Changkong was tongue-tied.
The truth was, having heard about Chen Xiaobei's miraculous deed from Zhuang Bihuang, Yue Changkong's was alarmed!
Forming an alliance was his way of impelling the three families to deal with Chen Xiaobei.
However, these three familes feared Chen Xiaobei to the core. No one dared lift a finger against him.
In no time, the meeting came to an end. None of them wanted to be the trailblazer.
"Everyone, there's no need to worry! I have a way to prove that Chen Xiaobei is not a demigod!"
Just then, a figure walked in.
While everyone was watching, an old European man walked into the room.
"Who are you?" asked Yue Changkong stiffly.
"I'm the grand leader of Blood Descendants, Gordon Bryant! I'm at Celestial cultivation!" said the old man with his eyes squinted in a confident manner.
"Ce… Celestial cultivation!"
Upon hearing that, everyone started to look at him in a new light—with awe. After all, elites with Celestial cultivation were qualified to be leaders of ancient factions! There was only a handful of them walking on this earth!
"Mr. Gordon. Please have a seat! Sir, just now you told us that you have ways to prove that Chen Xiaobei is not a demigod. May I know how do you plan to do that?" asked Yue Changkong, excited.
Immediately, everyone straightened their ears to listen to what Gordon had to tell them. All three families were deeply against Chen Xiaobei.
Yue Changkong's 5,000 Spiritual Stones.
Xu Changqing's Water Shattering Dagger.
Lastly, Su Dongruo wanted to hold Chen Xiaobei responsible for Xia Dinxi's death.
Like a group of ferocious wild wolves, they all wanted Chen Xiaobei dead. The moment any of them managed to prove that Chen Xiaobei was no demigod, they would definitely not hesitate to rip him into pieces.
"Just observe the way that I'm going to use to prove Chen Xiaobei is actually not a demigod!"
With an evil smile on his face, Gordon proceeded to clap his hands. Immediately, there were three Silver-Winged Myrmidons walked into the room. Two of them were holding a white cloth together. And the last person was holding a projector in his hand.
"Everyone! Please have a look!" said Gordon while swinging his hand.
The projector was turned on and a picture was being projected on the white cloth.
"That… That is Chen Xiaobei!"
Everyone had their eyes wide open. They could see that Chen Xiaobei was bringing two young men with him to flee from a Golden-Winged Blood Descendant. The high definition recording allowed them to spot Chen Xiaobei the moment the projection was turned on.
"Everyone. Saw that? If Chen Xiaobei is a demigod, he could actually choose to kill me instead of running away!"
The video stopped right after Gordon made his stand. Everyone then quieted down—pindrop silence. Seconds later, a huge amount of murderous intent started to emanate from all the big shots that sat in the room. It was as if the air around them was frozen.
"Everyone! I believe the truth has been revealed! I, Yue Changkong will volunteer to be the first one to kill Chen Xiaobei!"
Immediately, the pent-up anger in Yue Changkong exploded. Not too long ago, all his 5,000 Spiritual Stones were taken away by Chen Xiaobei and he was slapped by him in front of everyone as well! No matter what, Yue Changkong would definitely make Chen Xiaobei pay for what he did to him.
"The Zhuang Family is willing to follow Faction Leader Yue's footstep! We will never stop until we see him being chopped to pieces!"
Zhuang Bihuang and Zhuang Lao Taijun made their stand after they looked into each other eyes. The Zhuang Family had been taken advantage of by Chen Xiaobei all this while. Other than that, the entire family was forced to kowtow before Chen Xiaobei as well. In other words, their desire to kill Chen Xiaobei was actually stronger than Yue Changkong's.
"I, Xu Changqing is willing to join the alliance as well! I have to take back my Water Shattering Dagger! That is my most precious prized possession!"
Right after that, Xu Changqing made up his mind as well. He was one of the core disciples of Mount Shu Faction. In other words, his position in the faction was actually higher than Situ Hengfeng.
"Alright. Since we all have the same goal in mind! I'm willing to work together with all of you! I don't wish to see anyone of us here being killed by Chen Xiaobei! Also, I want to avenge my disciple as well!" said Su Dongruo while letting out a sigh of relieve.
To him, he was pretty sure that Chen Xiaobei would definitely be dead the moment everyone here in this room surrounded him. With that being said, he could actually tell the faction leader of Green Town Faction that he did help to avenge Xia Dinxi if he followed them to kill Chen Xiaobei.
"Alright! We should sit down and discuss our plan since we all are in the same boat!" said Yue Changkong.
"What's there to discuss? All we need to do is to march to Bei Xuan Faction and attack him! We will cover the ground and the Blood Descendants will cover the sky! With this formation, there is no way that he can escape from us!" said Su Dongruo.
"Chen Xiaobei is just an arrogant pathetic liar! I believe that all of us can actually defeat and kill him easily!" said Yue Changkong while nodding.
This was one of those rare moments that Yue Changkong did not argue with Su Dongruo.
Upon hearing that, everyone nodded in agreement as well.
"Alright! Since none of us here object the idea, I suggest that we march to Bei Xuan Faction and kill him tonight!" shouted Gordon in a determined manner.
And everything was set in stone.
...
In the middle of the night!
500 people from Xuanjian Faction were marching toward where Bei Xuan Faction was. Liu Chunyi and Liu Xiyuan were with them. And there was a good amount of elders with Halfstep True Nirvana cultivation that joined the force as well. They were heading from the north side of the mountain.
As for Green Town Faction, they sent 100 people to head to Bei Xuan Faction with Su Dongruo leading them. Besides, Fu Qifeng and He Junlin were amongst them as well. They chose to go from the south side of the mountain.
Mount Hua Faction did the same by sending 100 people to attack Bei Xuan Faction. They were going from the east side of the mountain. And their leaders were Yue Changkong and Yue Junmo.
Lastly, Mount Shu Faction sent 100 of their disciples to go from the west side of the mountain. Xu Changqing was the one that led them.
100 people from Zhuang Family worked closely together with Mount Hua Faction. They were going from the east north of the mountain. Zhuang Bihuang, Zhuang Hua, Elder Su, and all the other elites were asked to join forces with them as well.
As for Yap Family, they too brought 100 people with them. And they were working together with Mount Shu Faction. They were asked to go from the west south of the mountain. Situ Hengfeng was the one that led them. Other than that, the family had just spent a huge amount of money to hire some Jianghu elites to help them.
Tonight, there was a total of 1,000 people coming from different directions to attack Bei Xuan Faction. With the strategy of surrounding the entire faction, they were confident enough that they would be able to kill Chen Xiaobei. At the same time, Gordon led another thirty-five Silver-Winged Myrmidons hiding in the dark, waiting for the right time to launch their attack. The moment they saw their allies forced Chen Xiaobei to flee into the sky, Gordon would lead his Silver-Winged Myrmidons to block his last exit.
Though this entire plan was formed not too long ago, it seemed like everyone was working really well with each other. Not too long from now, the entire Bei Xuan Faction would be surrounded by all of them!
However!
Chen Xiaobei was still sleeping during this critical moment and he would only wake up in the morning! Without Chen Xiaobei's help, the entire Bei Xuan Faction would sure be destroyed within seconds! Most likely, Chen Xiaobei would meet Yanwang by the time he wakes up, assuming if he fails to wake up right now.
Fortunately, Chen Xiaobei had made a secret plan before he fell into a deep slumber. And now this was the time for the secret plan to help him to overcome this life-threatening problem.
Ring—
Ring—
Chen Xiaobei's cellphone was ringing nonstop but there was not a single response from him.
"Sirius… Go and turn that cell phone silent! I want to continue sleeping!" said Xiaobei while lying on top of Sirius's head.
"Okay…"
Sirius then walked over to Chen Xiaobei and took out his cell phone.
"It's him! Could it be something bad is going to happen really soon?!"
The moment they say the name of the caller, Xiaobai and Sirius were taken aback. And they knew that this was not the time for them to continue sleeping.
Qi Yueting!
That was the name that appeared on Chen Xiaobei's cell phone. Most of the people in Bei Xuan Faction would not know who Qi Yueting was. However, Xiaobai and Sirius knew about this person pretty well. Before the start of the competition, the elder of Xuanjian Faction, Qi Yueting was the one that brought Xiaobai and Sirius to the side of the arena for Tai Yitan and Huo Yuanba to borrow their special abilities.
"Something bad is going to happen to us! He never calls us this late at night!"
Clearly, Sirius was smart enough to know why Qi Yueting called Chen Xiaobei.
"Cut the crap! We need to hurry and go look for Elder Feng! Let him pick up the call!" said Xiaobai.
Immediately, Sirius pick up the cell phone with its mouth and rushed to Feng Qingyang's room.
Feng Qingyang was Chen Xiaobei's oldest disciple. And the authority that he had in the faction was second after Chen Xiaobei. In other words, Feng Qingyang would be in command if Chen Xiaobei could not wake up from his sleep.
Ring!
Ring!
Ring!
Right after Feng Qingyang finished talking on the cell phone, he rang the emergency bell. Immediately, everyone within the faction gathered at the arena.
"Big Shixiong! What is going on? It's the middle of the night. I was sleeping!" complaint Wu Aofeng.
"Something bad just happened! If we don't deal with it properly, I'm afraid this will be the end of Bei Xuan Faction!" said Feng Qingyang grimly.
"What… What is going on?"
With that, they could no longer go back to bed.
"The Yap, Zhuang, and Liu Family! Mount Shu, Mount Hua, and Green Town Faction! The Blood Descendants from America! In total, there are 1,000 people going to attack us at the same time not too soon from now!"
"There are four elites with Celestial cultivation! Fifty people with True Nirvana cultivation! And the other 500 people are equipped with more than 10,000 combat power!"
"God… Oh god… Why are there so many powerful enemies coming to attack us?!"
"It's impossible for us to stop them!"
Suddenly, everyone started to shout in fear. Before they saw the enemies, they could feel terror crushing their hearts. As compared to all those powerful enemies, Bei Xuan Faction was actually extremely weak.
Feng Qingyang's only had 20,000 combat power.
Chen Zhongfu, Zhang Chui'er, Murong Xiaoyao, Murong Tian, Jin Liu, and Old Wang were at early phase of Qi refining stage. And their combat power was 5,000 only.
As for Jiang Ziya, he had no cultivation.
Six Ears Macaque's cultivation was Halfstep True Nirvana and it posed no threat to the enemies.
Without a doubt, there was no way that they could fight with them.
The remaining people were Tai Yitan, Huo Yuanba, Wu Aofeng, Cang Jingu, Xiaobai, and Sirius. Their cultivations were at early phase of True Nirvana stage. Set aside the elites with Celestial cultivation, Yue Junmo alone was enough to kill all of them! Clearly, this was one of the worst calamities that Bei Xuan Faction had ever faced. One wrong move and all of them would be killed instantly. The enemies had almost all the advantages with them. As for Bei Xuan Faction, the call from Qi Yueting was their only advantage. They now could buy themselves some time before the enemies arrived here.
"What should we do now? Without our Sifu, there's no way that we can defeat them!" said Huo Yuanba.
"If that's the case, I suggest we should all flee from Bei Xuan Faction!"
Jiang Ziya was the first one that wanted to escape to other places. After all, he reason why he descended to earth was to redeem his sin. There was not an ounce of cultivation in him. In other words, he would be the first one to die once the war broke out. Once he was dead, he would not be able to be reincarnate anymore!
"Are you really that stupid? The enemies have us surrounded! Do you really think you can flee to other places?!" said Wu Aofeng.
The moment Jiang Ziya thought that this could be that this could be the last day he breathed on earth, he could not help but fear for his life.
"There is no way that we can defeat them and we can't flee to other places as well! We are now stuck in a dangerous circumstance!" said Tai Yitan after spending some time to figure out a solution.
Seemingly, not even he could figure out a way to overcome this problem.
"I thought we have the Puzzle Formation and Thunder Pool Formation to protect us?!" asked Cang Jingu.
"Puzzle Formation will not be able to stop those elites with Celestial cultivation! Though Thunder Pool Formation might be able to hold them off, it has limited energy! That means it can only last for a short while!" said Feng Qingyanbg with a long sigh.
"Does that mean… We are going to die…?"
Murong Xiaoyao hung on tight to his father's arm nervously. Her beautiful face looked really pale.
Upon hearing that, everyone fell into a state of despair.
Four elites with Celestial cultivation!
50 elites with True Nirvana cultivation!
Over 500 elite with 10,000 combat power with weapons on them!
No matter how hard they tried to figure out a way, the final conclusion they got was death!
Death was slowly approaching them and their state of mind was about to crumble. Most of them might lose themselves before the war began.
"Who knows when Sifu would wake up?"
Suddenly, Zhao Ritian asked. Immediately, everyone focus their attention on this new member.
Could it be he actually figured out something to help them?
Woof!
Sirius barked to indicate that it knew when Chen Xiaobei was going to wake up.
"Tell me! When is Sifu going to wake up?!" asked Zhao Ritian.
Woof!
Woof!
Woof!
"I know now!"
"Sifu will wake up in the morning! All we need to do right now is to hold on until then!" said Zhao Ritian.
It was apparent that he could understand Zoolingualism.
"Is… Is that real?"
Taken aback, everyone found it hard to believe that Zhao Ritian could understand Sirius.
"Even if it's real, the Thunder Pool Formation will not hold the enemies back until morning!" said Feng Qingyang, worried.
"No problem! As long as he is here, we will be able to hold them off until morning!" said Zhao Ritian while dragging Jiang Ziya to him.
"Him?"
"I'm the one that broke his teeth! Pigs can fly if he can stop the enemies!" said Wu Aofeng disgruntedly.
"Can you stop joking?! Just let him hide inside the toilet! He is useless here!"
"Shixiong Wu! You should trust your Sifu even if you don't trust me! None of his friends are ordinary people!"
"Alright! For the sake of my Sifu, I will not go against you! Old man! Tell me the plan!"
Suddenly, everyone looked at Jiang Ziya.
Taken aback, Jiang Ziya said, "I… I don't think I can do anything about it!"
"Come over here!"
Zhao Ritian pulled Jiang Ziya to the side. He then lowered down his voice and said, "Why are you acting dumb? Do you remember that you had studied the art of war for forty years at Kirin Cliff?"
"King Zhou called you the greatest general after you destroy Shang Zhou in one single war! All those big and small wars were directed by you! Now, I'm not even asking you to direct us to attack the enemies! I know that they clearly outnumber us! Just buy us some time until Chen Xiaobei wakes up! I don't think that's a difficult task for you, right?"
Zhao Ritian was actually Six Ears Macaque in disguise after all. That was why he knew that Jiang Ziya could help them to overcome this life-threatening circumstance!
"Yes! You are right! The ability that I brought with me when I came to the earthly realm is Six Strategies Three Tactics—The Ultimate Ways of Warring! I don't think it's a problem for us to hold on until dawn! But! Don't you forget our stand! Chen Xiaobei is our enemy! Why should we help him to overcome this situation?"
"Damn! Are you dumb? Spent too much time living a comfortable life as a deity? Do you really think that both of us can live to see tomorrow if Chen Xiaobei is dead? Don't you forget that both us are considered as the disciples of Bei Xuan Faction? To the enemies, both us are weak like ants! They can squash us easily!"
"This…"
Jiang Ziya was taken aback.
"Let's cut the crap! We are running out of time! We cannot afford to waste any seconds anymore! Put on your legendary general look right now! Live or die is all up to you!"
*Deep breath*
Jiang Ziya then took in a deep breath and his Qi field changed. He became more serious and strict.
"Someone! Bring me the map of Bei Xuan Faction! Call and bring in all the help you can from the people you know! Other than that, please tell me your cultivation and specialty!" shouted Jiang Ziya.
Those within earshot were instantly awestruck by Jiang Ziya's domineering presence. Without asking any questions, they went and did what Jiang Ziya told them to do.
Feng Qingyang went and retrieved the map.
Murong Xiaoyao went and contacted Wenyuan, NeZha, and Hong Hai'er.
Murong Tian went and contacted Xiangyu.
"Me too! Me too"
Suddenly, Qiao'er ran to them. She was too deep in her sleep earlier. That was why she could not wake up when the emergency bell rang. While running toward them, she took out her cell phone and contacted Liu Xuanxin. At the same time, everyone told Jiang Ziya their cultivation and specialty.
"Chen Zhongfu! Zhang Chui'er! Both of your cultivations are not powerful enough to defeat our enemies! And the two of you don't have any combat experience! I'm going to assign the two of you to our faction leader's room and get him up to speed when he wakes up later!"
"Alright…"
Chen Xiaobei's parents knew that they could not be more help if they insisted to stay around. Without saying anything, they quickly rushed to Chen Xiaobei's room.
"Huo Qiaoqiao! You cultivation is too weak! It's not suitable for you to do any combat. Stay here and help me to send orders out with your cell phone!" ordered Jiang Ziya.
"Yes!"
Qiao'er then nodded and stood aside to wait for further instructions.
"Tai Yitan! Murong Xiaoyao! Cang Jingu! Bring Xiaobai with you! For a team together and head to the northeast direction immediately! I need all of you to stop the people that are with Zhuang Families! Use Guerrilla War Tactic! Remember to target the enemies with lower cultivation first! You can hurt them badly but you are not allowed to kill them!"
"Alright!"
Tai Yitan responded and led Murong Xiaoyao and Cangjin Gu out of the faction.
"Huo Yuanba! Murong Tian! Jin Liu! Bring Sirius with you guys! All of you will form another team together! Head to the southwest direction and stop the people that are with the Yap Family! The strategy that you are going to use against them is same as the first team! Go now!"
"Alright!"
Immediately, Huo Yuanba led his team out of the faction.
"Wu Aofeng! Old Wang! The two of you will for the third team! Head to the north direction and stop the people that are with Xuanjian Faction!"
"Damn! You old bastard! Are you trying to make me pay back my wrongdoing for breaking your teeth?! Other teams are made up of three people and a beast to stop 100 enemies each! Now, you are asking Old Wang and me to stop 500 enemies! There's must be something wrong with you head!" said Wu Aofeng, displeased.
"What now? Are you afraid of doing it?" asked Jiang Ziya.
"I have never afraid of anything in my life before! For the sake of my Sifu! I'm willing to go through hell for him! I, Wu Aofeng am not afraid of anything! However, I will not do it if you are fooling around with me!"
"Don't you worry! I'm not trying to fool you around! The victory of this war is actually highly dependent on the two of you!" said Jiang Ziya with a smile.
"On us? What do you mean by that?" asked Wu Aofeng, taken aback.
Clearly, he actually started to look forward to it.
"Firstly, I will assign someone to head to the same direction to help you! Secondly, our spies—Qi Yueting and Qi Zhenxin will meet up with you later! Thirdly, the direction that I ask you to go to is the entrance of Puzzle Formation! It's dark now and I want you to take advantage of the people that help you and the nature to make sure that all 500 people from Xuanjian Faction to have a hard time on finding Bei Xuan Faction! Do you think you can do it?"
"Good strategy! No problem! Leave this to me! I will make sure to complete all the task!" said Wu Aofeng with his eyes lit up.
Seemingly, he was really impressed by Jiang Ziya's strategy.
"Hold on! I have two questions!"
"Spill it!"
"Old Wang is actually not that powerful. I think it's better for me to go alone," said Wu Aofeng.
"Heh… You have underestimated Old Wang! During critical moment later, you might need him to save your life! Basically, this is non-negotiable! Two of you have to go together!" said Jiang Ziya with a smile.
It was as if he had everything under his control.
"Alright! We will listen to you! My next question is why are we not allowed to kill anyone? Why we are only allowed to hurt them? That's not fun at all!"
"No one will care about the dead bodies if you kill them! However, they will have to attend to those that are injured if you just choose to hurt them badly instead of killing them! Indirectly, we are actually trying to cut down the number of enemies!"
"Damn! Such an incredible strategy! Too good! This is really too good!"
The moment Wu Aofeng realized Jiang Ziya's intention, he could not help but start to compliment him. Right after that, Wu Aofeng and Old Wang ran toward the north.
"Feng Qingyang! Bring out the Puzzle Flag immediately! I want to be able to observe our enemies' movements!"
"Alright!"
Immediately, Feng Qingyang brought out the Puzzle Flag. With a light flash from the flag, a few light dots appeared on it. And they were the three teams that just took off. So far, the enemies had not entered the Puzzle Formation yet.
"How about me? What should I do?"
Zhao Ritian had been waiting at the side for a very long time. Finally, he broke his silence.
"I want you to prepare your Deity Constricting Rope! Trap the first elite with Celestial cultivation that enters the Puzzle Formation later!"
At the north side of the mountain where Bei Xuan Faction was, all 500 people of Xuanjian Faction scattered into an arc-like formation. Like a fist net, they had no intention to let anyone pass through them.
"Shixiong! What is going on in front of us?! There's a huge amount of mist there!" said one of the skinny disciples of Xuanjian Faction.
"Do you think I have an answer or explanation for it? Mist like that can be considered as a celestial phenomenon! Only gods can create something like that! All we need to do right now is to move forward! After all, Bei Xuan Faction is located at the middle of our human circle! Just keep moving forward and I'm pretty sure that we will arrive there in no time!" said one of the plump disciples.
"Alright. Shixiong, you are right… I heard that there are a lot of treasures being stored at Bei Xuan Faction! We will be filthy rich if we can be the first one to enter the faction!"
"All those treasures mean nothing to me! I heard that there are a few legendary beauties staying inside Bei Xuan Faction! I will be a happy man if I can enslave one of them!"
"You are right about that too! Rape one of them! I want to see him go to hell with hatred and frustration! Hehehe…"
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Just when the two of them were laughing, the wind of sound could be heard passing them by. Two rays of bronze True Kang were charging at them with lightning speed. It was basically impossible for elites that were below True Nirvana cultivation to spot it with their naked eye—let alone dodge it.
"Ouch! Oh! Oh!"
Seconds later, the plump and skinny disciples drop dead on the floor while holding on to their crotches. From the surface, it looked like they were having their period because their pants were soaked in blood. Needless to say, these two disgusting men had joined the eunuch team.
"Dream on! You two garbage will never be able to lay your hands on my Sifu's women! I, Wu Aofeng just made sure that you will never be able to have sex with another woman anymore!"
Following Jiang Ziya's instruction, Wu Aofeng and Old Wang were supposed to make use of the mist to attack the disciples of Xuanjian Faction! After castrating them, the two of them had lost the ability to continue moving forward.
"What the hell is going on?"
Suddenly, a young man brought four people with him to see what was going on.
"Shixiong Qi… We… We were attacked by someone… It was a sneak attack! Help us… We will die if you don't help us to stop the bleeding!" stuttered the plump and skinny disciples.
Their faces were as pale as a sheet.
"Four of you! Go over now and bring them to the nearest hospital!"
The young man swung his hand and the four disciples quickly went over and carried them down the mountain. The person that instructed them was none other than the son of Qu Yueting, Qi Zhenxin! The two of them were supposed to work from the inside to help Wu Aofeng and Old Wang cut down the manpower of Xuanjian Faction.
"Old Man Jiang is right about it! Six enemies are forced to retreat after I launched an attack at them! Sooner or later, all 500 disciples of Xuanjian Faction will be forced to walk away from here!" said Wu Aofeng in an excited manner.
"The enemies from my side are gradually entering the Puzzle Formation! I think it's better for you to save some strength! This is going to be a long battle!" said Old Wang, nodded.
"Don't worry! I know what to do! I'm pretty sure we can definitely stop all of them from approaching Xuanjian Faction!" said Wu Aofeng in a confident manner.
Immediately, he led Old Wang to ambush the enemies at a different spot. They were doing exactly what Jiang Ziya told them earlier—applying the Guerrilla Warfare Tactic to defeat the enemies! To put it simply, they would have to switch position every time after they launched an attack. Although all the disciples of Xuanjian Faction were not powerful, there were still Liu Xiyuan and a group of elders assisting them.
That was why it was not wise for Wu Aofeng and Old Wang to fight with them out in the open. They would surely be killed if they were surrounded by them. However, the Guerrilla Warfare Tactic allowed them to take advantage of their enemies by moving around. By doing that, the enemies would never be able to capture them. Besides, the enemies were now distracted by them since they were moving from one place to another place to attack them. In other words, the entire Xuanjian Faction would be slowed down greatly because of them.
At the same time.
Northeast of Bei Xuan Faction.
The people from the Zhuang Family were being attacked by the same tactic as well.
Tai Yitan! Cang Jingu! Xiaobai! Murong Xiaoyao!
This was the most powerful team of Bei Xuan Faction. The first three persons of this team were all elites with True Nirvana cultivation. Though Murong Xiaoyao was slightly weaker than them, her combat experience actually made up for it. Besides, her wittiness played a huge part in helping her to defeat all kind of enemies easily.
As compared to them, Zhuang Family was led by a Celestial cultivation elite, Zhuang Bihuang and a eunuch with middle phase of True Nirvana stage. The rest of the people were no more than bodyguards. Their cultivations were actually pretty weak. After going through a few rounds of assaults, they had lost around thirty people.
Still, Zhuang Bihuang and Eunuch Su could not find and capture Tai Yitan and the rest of them. Naturally, they were slowed down as well. Sooner or later, all 100 people from the Zhuang Family would definitely be defeated.
At the same time.
Southwest of Bei Xuan Faction.
People from Yap Family were now slowed down too. Yap Family was famous for being very successful at doing business. The truth was all of them had little to no experience in fighting with others. Situ Hengfeng was the only powerful elite amongst all the people. That was why the second team managed to fool them easily.
Huo Yuanba! Murong Tian! Jin Liu! Sirius!
All of them were equipped with enough combat power and experience to complete their task. Overall, their team was a very well-balanced team—allowing them to carry out an extremely effective Guerrilla Warfare!
Within ten minutes, the entire Yap Family was put to a halt completely.
Ring!
Suddenly, Huo Yuanba's cell phone rang.
The moment he picked up the call, he realized that Qiao'er was the one that called him.
"I'm helping Elder Jiang to deliver the order. The second team, which is your team is asked to stay here until the people of Mount Shu Faction pass by here! Just assault them when you see them later!"
"I thought the people of Mount Shu Faction are coming from the west direction? Why would they come over here?"
"That Elder Jiang's latest order! I don't know the reason behind it as well… Other than that, if you see Xu Changqing later, quickly run to the west and continue with your assault!"
"Okay… Roger that…."
Frowning, Huo Yuanba could not understand why would Jiang Ziya give such order.
However, seconds after he hung up the call—he came to a realization.
"Damn! Elder Jiang is really wise!" said Huo Yuanba, taken aback.
He saw a handful of Mount Shu Faction disciples running to their direction and shouted, "Where is Elder Situ? What happened here? Why did you guys fail to catch up with our speed?"
"I understand now! Their fishing net is now flawed when we managed to slow down Yap Family! For sure, they will definitely come over here to check with them! And we will be able to stall the people of Mount Shu Faction as well!"
"What a great strategy! Since, Yap, Zhuang, and Liu Families are being stalled, the other factions will have no choice but to send some of their people to replace them! As long as we continue to attack them, they will have no choice but to spread out their forces to replace the injured allies!"
"Men! Send someone to the Yap Family and see what's going on. What in the world are the Yap Family doing? There is a gap in the formation! We will be in trouble if the disciples of Bei Xuan Faction manage to escape through the gap!" said the leader of Mount Shu Faction, Xu Changqing in a serious manner.
"Shixiong! I have something to report!" One of the disciples ran up and announced, "We just got a call from one of our men! He said that they were ambushed and seriously injured! Even the people of Yap Family were badly wounded. Other than Situ Hengfeng and the ten men around him, everyone else was crushed!"
"What?!"
Xu Changqing's eyes nearly popped out of her head.
"Was Chen Xiaobei there? Did he do all this by himself alone?"
"No… They said that no one saw Chen Xiaobei from the beginning to the end…" the disciple said.
"What the hell is Situ Hengfeng doing? Piece of trash! You guys, come with me! We're going to give them some help. This formation must not be broken!"
Xu Changqing signaled and more than ten men ran toward where the Yap Family was.
This was, without a doubt, all within Jiang Ziya's calculations. The moment Xu Changqing left, Huo Yuanba led the second assault team to where Mount Shu Faction was. Since the leader was no with them and they were far away from all the other allies, the second assault team managed to destroy them with ease.
Not only Xua Changqing did not manage to give any help to Yap Family, but his missing presence also caused all the people from Mount Shu Faction to lose their ability to combat anymore. Only a handful of them could muster enough strength to fight back and part of them had to stay back to take care of the injured allies.
"We were fooled by our enemies! God damn it! They treated us like a bunch of stupid monkeys!"
Xu Changqing was so angry that he almost coughed out a mouthful of warm blood. He immediately contacted Yue Changkong.
The second Yue Changkong received the call, he started to give them a good scolding.
"What a bunch of idiots! Stupid! Our enemies just fooled us like we are a group of dumbasses! What I need you to do right now is assign a handful of your people to take care of the injured ones! The rest of you, follow me to fight back now!"
"Faction Leader Yue, was your team fooled by the enemies as well?" asked Xu Changqing.
"Damn Chen Xiaobei! He's too cunning!"! Yue Changkong barked, "He sent people to ambush the Zhuang Family; I sent reinforcement to Zhuang Family, and he sent his people to attack my men! The trip of coming to and fro had cost me 80 to 90% of Mount Hua Faction's and Zhuang Family's men!"
"It's the same for me, Faction Leader Yue!" Xu Changqing said while sweating profusely, "Mount Shu Faction and the Yap Family lost 80% to 90% of people as well! What should we do now?"
"We shouldn't spread out anymore! Or we'll all die in Chen Xiaobei's hands!"
Yue Changkong was after all a renowned Faction leader—his wisdom and capability were pretty good and thus quickly decided, "Xuanjian Faction has the largest force! It's extremely difficult for the enemies to fool us! What we need to do right now is gather with Xuanjian Faction and charge into Bei Xuan Faction!"
After he hung up, every able-bodied man took action and headed to where Xuanjian Faction was.
...
At the same time, Xuanjian Faction was already a state of chaos.
"Bro! Please don't hit me. I'm just passing by!"
Immediately, NeZha triggered his special ability—act cute!
With his clean white face, glistening eyes, and small red lips, no one had the heart to hit him.
"Why are you on this road in the middle of the night?" asked one of the Xuanjian disciples.
"This…this…" NeZha thought for a while and he suddenly yelled, "Brother! Look! A UFO!"
"Huh?"
The Xuanjian disciple turned to look.
Smack!
Just as he turned, there was loud sound on his temple. His head spun and he passed out within seconds!
"Tsk! This guy's combat power is 8,000 but we took him down just like that!" Hong Hai'er said contemptuously. In his hand was a brick.
"Victory!"
NeZha ran over excitedly and gave Hong Hai'er a high five.
The both of them had just recently achieved Qi refining stage and their combat power each was only 5,000 each; but together, they had already defeated several enemies who were stronger than them.
Since they often involved in commercials and performances, they usually live in the city. So when they came back to Bei Xuan Faction, they had to pick on those enemies that strayed away from their big group—like poking into someone's asshole!
"NeZha! I think I heard Old Wang" Hong Hai'er said suddenly.
"I heard it too! Quick, let's go join them!"
Immediately, NeZha led the way.
On the other side, a battle was imminent.
"Bastard! You hurt so many of Xuanjian Faction disciples! Now you have nowhere to run!"
Liu Chunyi and about ten other men surrounded Wu Aofeng and Old Wang!
"Well, you guys are in our territory! Some of you are bound to be attacked by us!"
Wu Aofeng laughed and said, "I have no plans to run away. Come on then, let's fight!"
Old Wang said nothing, quietly acknowledging the taunt Wu Aofeng had issued.
"It looks like you're very confident!"
Liu Chunyi waved his hand and the men behind him all stood in a sword formation.
Wu Aofeng sneered, "Hah, I don't know your strength, but since you are so impatient to fight me, I am more than happy to accommodate you!"
"My combat power is nowhere near yours!" Liu Chunyi raised his brow and drew his sword. "But I do have this Dragon Void Sword and a unique sword formation! It won't be too difficult for me to destroy you!"
"Hehe, you have a Dragon Void Sword?"
Wu Aofeng ginned and also unsheathed a sword. "I also have the Dragon Void Sword!"
"Huh?" Liu Chunyi frowned and then said dismissively, "It's too dark here. I wouldn't have noticed your sword if you hadn't told me about it. To be honest with you, that sword is a dummy! You stupid fool! Chen Xiaobei tricked you!"
"Oh bullshit! My Sifu treats me with respect and had been merciful to me. Don't slander him!"
Wu Aofeng exploded in anger.
"Heh, Chen Xiaobei didn't tell you that when I exchanged the sword for medication with him, I had given him a fake one! Naturally, he gave you the sword!"
Liu Chunyi snickered, "I can't believe you treated that sham like a baby!" How dumb!"
Hearing this, the ten Xuanjian Faction disciples surrounding them all burst out in laughter.
"My Sifu will never give me a counterfeit! I will use this sword to finish you off!"
Wu Aofeng thundered and stormed forward.
"God, you are one f*cking dumbass! Watch me slice your replica in half!"
Li Chunyi was, not in the slightest, fazed.
Shinng!
They were both swift and both the real and fake Dragon Void Swords made contact. And in one swift moment, the duplicate shattered!
"How…how could this be…" Liu Chunyi watched in complete disbelief.
The sword in his hand was broken!
He thought that he had outsmarted Chen Xiaobei by switching the duplicate during the exchange but he did not know that Chen Xiaobei had swapped the real one with a fake before returning the sword to him!
"Knucklehead! Did you see that? The one that my Sifu gave me is the real Dragon Void Sword!"
Wu Aofeng beamed. This confirmed that Chen Xiaobei did not deceive him but gave him a real divine weapon!
Swoosh!
But Wu Aofeng was sharp-witted. While he celebrated his victory, he took advantage of Liu Chunyi's shock and thrust the sword with all his might toward Liu Chunyi's head!
Kick a man when he was down!
"No… Don't kill me…" Liu Chunyi screamed, his pupils contracted and every single hair on his body stood on end!
The razor-edged sword that could cut through things like butter drew closer at such a swift and powerful motion, the unsuspecting Liu Chunyi could see death looming.
"Grandpa! Help me!" That was all Liu Chunyi managed to squeal in the face of death.
"Bastard! Don't dream of harming my grandson!"
Just then, an angry voice spoke! Who knew that Liu Xiyuan was nearby!
Whoosh!
In one swift move with his 50,000 combat power, the old man rushed over.
"Shit!"
Wu Aofengfelt really nervous. That was the moment he realized that it was not wise for him to fight with his opponents face to face. There was no chance for him to survive if Liu Xiyuan struck him with all his strength!
"Aofeng! Don't get distracted! Take down Liu Chunyi! Leave Liu Xiyuan to me!"
It was then the Old Wang who had kept quiet all this time, spoke.
"Leave it to you? Can you please don't joke around? Run for your life!"
Wu Aofeng was dripping in sweat. Old Wang had just achieved Qi refining stage with only 5,000 combat power! And Liu Xiyuan's cultivation was at pinnacle phase of True Nirvana stage with 50,000 combat power!
This was a classic case of David vs Goliath! We all know how this would end!
Old Wang did not even bat an eyelash but was very firm, "Don't hesitate! Take Liu Chunyi down! We only have one shot!"
"Alright!" Wu Aofeng understood that he could never beat Liu Xiyuan. But if he subdued Liu Chunyi, they have the bargaining chip!
Swoosh!
Wu Aofeng did not even think twice and swung the Dragon Void Sword with all his might!
"Oh my god! Save me grandpa…"
Liu Chunyi's combat was nowhere near Wu Aofeng's in the first place. Now with his fake Dragon Void Sword broken, he could only use his True Kang to block. But if it was broken, he would be a dead man!
"Die! Bastard! Die!" Liu Xiyuan shouted at the top of his lungs.
Considering that Liu Chunyi was the only son of Liu Family, the bloodline of Liu Family would be stopped here if he was killed by Wu Aofeng right here right now!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Liu Xiyuan started to channel True Kang to his body, blowing away the swords in the hands of the men surrounding him. He then controlled all the swords to fly right behind him and aimed them at Wu Aofeng.
"Old Wang! My life depends on you!"
Wu Aofeng knew that he could not stop Liu Xiyuan, he could only wield all the strength that he had to stop the enemies.
POW!
Liu Xiyuan's strength was rather similar to the ninja that attacked them earlier. The sword would definitely be able to spear right into his True Kang!
"Stupid! Even if you are able to break my True Kang, you would still die! My grandfather's sword is coming! Hahaha…"
But Liu Chunyi was exhilarated that in the next second as Wu Aofeng would die!
"Die!"
Liu Xiyuan also let out a murderous shriek.
"Crow's Curse! Break the legs!"
It was right at that critical moment at the brink of death, Old Wang roared.
Everyone around him were taken aback. They all looked at him like he was mad.
"What the heck is this old man up to? Why is he telling jokes at this moment?"
Wu Aofeng's face turned green. How could he had trusted him and placed his life in this joker's hands. He was done, for sure. But it was right then something surprising appeared!
"Ouch…" Liu Xiyuan suddenly shrieked in pain.
His body turned, lost his center of gravity and fell hard head first onto the ground!
"My leg… Ouch…" Liu Xiyuan rubbed his right ankle, moaning in pain!
"Is this…just an illusion?"
Everyone was glued to where they were, dumbstruck.
Pinnacle phase of True Nirvana stage!
50,000 combat power!
The person that dominated the God of War Leaderboard!
The faction leader of the most powerful faction in Jianghu—Xuanjian Faction!
This powerful man actually twisted his ankle while charging at his enemy!
This kind of rookie mistake caused everyone to wonder if it was just an illusion. How the all-powerful Liu Xiyuan could make such a silly mistake!
"Aofeng! Stop staring! Take Liu Chunyi down!" Old Wang reminded Wu Aofeng not to miss his chance.
While everyone else was still trying to figure out had happened, Old Wang was the only one who was alert.
"Right!" Wu Aofeng's body stirred and he quickly came to his realization.
At lightning speed he ran behind Liu Chunyi, with one hand grabbed Liu Chunyi by his hair so that his head was raised and the other hand held the Dragon Void Sword against Liu Chunyi's throat!
"Don't… Don't kill me… Please don't kill me…"
Liu Chunyi was so frightened he wet himself. His face was pale and his pupils contracted. His expression had taken a complete turn!
"Don't do anything rash! Let's talk it out. Don't hurt our only son in the Liu Family!"
Liu Xiyuan was just as helpless himself. With a swift 'crack' he fixed his dislocated ankle back into place and then stood up and bowed. He packed up all his intention to kill and dared not do anything to provoke Wu Aofeng.
Wu Aofeng ignored Liu Xiyuan and turned to say, "Old Wang! Call Old Man Jiang! Ask him what we should do next!"
"Roger that!" Old Wang immediately made the call.
The phone was picked up but it was Qiao'er on the line.
"Elder Jiang is looking at the map. I've put you on speaker. Just speak. He can hear you!"
Old Wang wasted no time.
"We've captured Liu Chunyi!but we are being surrounded by Xuanjian Faction. What should we do next?"
Jiang Ziya was calm as if he had have foreseen this to happen.
"Tell Liu Xiyuan to dismiss his people! After that, the two of you take Liu Chunyi as hostage and retreat to the Puzzle Formation! I will tell you what to do next!" Jiang Ziya instructed.
"Okay!" Old Wang said no more and did as he was told.
...
At Bei Xuan Faction
Jiang Ziya and Feng Qingyang were paying attention to the lit dots on the Puzzle Flag and the area around it, figuring out their next move.
"The enemy will gather soon! Our real problem has only just begun!"
Jiang Ziya was on the edge.
"Since the enemies are gathering in one spot, we can take one of the narrow roads. We can all evacuate the faction so that when they come, they wouldn't find us here!" said Qiao'er in an innocent manner.
"No!" Jiang Ziya shook his head and said, "Qi Yueting said that the Blood Descendants are monitoring in the air. The moment we leave the Puzzle Formation, the Blood Descendants will definitely know about it! The leader of the Blood Descendants is also an elite with Celestial cultivation! I don't think we will be able to escape!"
"That's right!" Feng Qingyang confirmed, "We cannot escape, we can only rely on Puzzle Formation and Thunder Pool Formation to buy us some time! If Sifu hasn't woken up, then we can't go anywhere!"
Something clicked in Qiao'er and she lowered her voice and said, "I understand… I hope that Brother Xiaobei wakes up as soon as possible…"
"There's still two more hours before daylight. What should we do next?" Feng Qingyang asked.
"Order all three assault teams to retreat back to Puzzle Formation first!"
Jiang Ziya said, "We need to crack our brains and think of how we can delay the time! Just until Xiangyu arrives, then we can only depend on our fate…"
Jiang Ziya did not finish his sentence.
With Xiangyu alone fighting against four elites with Celestial cultivation might not be a smart move. Not even he could hold them off for long!
It would all be up to fate…
Feng Qingyang nodded, and with Qiao'er's help, immediately gave the orders to the three teams.
The first and second team had all successfully infiltrated deep into the Puzzle Formation.
The third team was led by Wu Aofeng, Old Wang, NeZha, and Hong Hai'er. They had Liu Chunyi as hostage as they walked into the mist.
At the same time.
Enemies of all strengths were rushing to the north to gather there. That was exactly where Xuanjian Faction was.
All these leaders looked terrible. Their followers' morale was low and they were filled with fear and unease. That was because they had started out with 1,000 men and all that was left now were 200 of them.
"Damn it! This operation is just stupid!" Su Dongruo said dismally, "We haven't even seen Chen Xiaobei's shadows and we had already lost 80% of our people! We haven't even had our revenge and we had already been beaten to a pulp by Chen Xiaobei! This is a huge embarrassment!"
A few of the leaders looked very uneasy. Deep inside, they were all as weighed down as Su Dongruo.
"We are all aware of Chen Xiaobei's craftiness. We don't need you to tell us that!" Yue Changkong said through gritted teeth. "Now we need to think about what our next move is! Anything else is just nonsense!"
"Say it! Why don't you tell us then? I'm all-ears! What great plans do you have in store?"
Since the beginning of the martial arts competition, he and Yue Changkong had been locking horns.
Now that their plans suffered a setback, they were naturally at each other's necks again.
"Why don't each of you share your thoughts?"
Yue Changkong did not think that things would turn out like that. He really did not know what to say so he passed the ball to the others.
The others looked at each other—completely clueless.
"Since no one has any ideas, why don't we just retreat for now? We can talk more later on!"
Situ Hengfeng had no beef with Chen Xiaobei. All Chen Xiaobei did to him was made him kowtow in front of him during the airport incident. That was why Situ Hengfeng was the first to suggest retreating.
Just as he had finish speaking, all the leaders gave Situ Hengfeng a good scolding.
"Retreat my ass! " Yue Changkong spat. "Chen Xiaobei took 5,000 of my Spiritual Stones! I will not let him get off the hook!"
"And my Water Shattering Dagger! I will get it back even if I have to lose my life!"
"Elder Situ! You are the elder of Mount Shu Faction! Why are you trying to disrupt my plan now? What are you planning secretly in your heart?!" asked Xu Changqing in a serious manner.
"I… I meant that we should go back for now… Not let him off…"
Situ Hengfeng felt terribly misunderstood.
"Fool! If we leave now, Chen Xiaobei will also split! Then where would we find him then?" Su Dongruo scolded, "Chen Xiaobei killed Xia Dinxi! One of my Green Town Seven Heroes! He was our faction leader's favorite disciple! I will not leave until I have my revenge!"
Since the three big shots had expressed their stance, the Yap, Zhuang, and Liu Family below them had no choice but to agree.
Situ Hengfeng was the only odd one out so he had to give in. "Since everyone has made their decision, then I have nothing more to say. Whatever you plan next, I will throw in my lot and I won't ever mention anything about retreating."
Yue Changkong said promptly, "Since no one else wants to retreat, then we'll attack from the front. We'll have to act fast and invade Bei Xuan Faction!"
Su Dongruo furrowed his brow and said, "Speaking of which—if we attack from the front, Chen Xiaobei might escape from the back! What should we do then?"
"Elder Su, you don't have to worry about it!"
Just then a Silver-Winged Myrmidons flew down from the sky and said in not-so-fluent Mandarin, "The Grand Leader, Gordon surveyed the area and has already placed our people at different locations as surveillance. If we spot Chen Xiaobei leaving the mist with his people, we will be able to quickly confirm his location."
Those who were listening lit up at this.
"Then what are we still waiting for?"
Yue Changkong raised his arm and signaled to his people, "Everyone, come with me! We'll invade Bei Xuan Faction!"
"Let's go!"
A group of leaders and the leftover 100 over men shouted at the top of their lungs, regained their morale and charges forward into the mist!
"Grand Elder Zhuang, the fog ahead is very thick. You will have to clear the way!" Yue Changkong ordered.
"Alright!" Zhuang Bihuang replied and walked to the edge of the fog.
"Earth Dragon! Shatter!" Zhuang Bihuang cried out.
He then bent his knees and slammed his fist into the ground.
Their men watching were very confused. "What in the world is Grand Elder Zhuang doing? What does hitting the ground have anything to do with clearing the mist?"
Rumble!
Rrrrrumble…
As the crowd was trying to make sense of what had just happened, the ground beneath them began to quake.
Apart from the leaders, the rest of the ordinary warriors fell to the ground.
"Celestial phenomenon! Grand Elder Zhuang had just triggered a Celestial phenomenon!" someone exclaimed, explaining the fact of the matter!
Zhuang Bihuang was an elite with early phase of Celestial cultivation and the element that he practiced on was earth element! That was why he could communicate with the earth element in his surroundings and triggered Earth Celestial Phenomenon!
Craaaaaack...
Then from the point where Zhuang Bihuang's fist met the ground, the earth cracked and it spread expeditiously, growing longer and longer opened forming a ditch that looked like a dragon!
After about half a minute, Zhuang Bihuang stood up and said with confidence, "The Earth Dragon had landed on the foundation of Bei Xuan Faction! All we need to do is followed the passage that I create underground, we will be able to reach Bei Xuan Faction!"
"Elder Jiang! A ditch suddenly appeared in the north of our faction!" Tai Yitan hurried to the arena and reported.
"Ditch? How did that happen?"
Feng Qingyang and the rest of them were all perplexed.
"Puzzle Formation is just a beginner-tier formation! An elite with Celestial cultivation can overcome it with ease!" Jiang Ziya said as-a-matter-of-factly, "Put away the Puzzle Flag and head there! The battle will begin there!"
"We're not waiting for Wu Aofeng's team?" asked Feng Qingyang.
"There's no point waiting. They've already accomplished their mission. In fact, it's safer for them not to come. Let's go first."
Jiang Ziya let out a sigh and walked ahead.
The rest followed behind.
The ditch came from the north, facing the Bei Xuan Faction.
Everyone from Bei Xuan Faction stood at the door, quietly waiting for their enemies to arrive.
"Everyone, later you won't need to do anything. Whether or not we can hold up until Faction Leader Chen awakens will depend on God's will!"
Jiang Ziya squinted, silently watching out for their enemies in the north.
"My will is god's will! We have to hold on until Sifu wakes up."
Zhao Ritian strode over, holding the gold rope in his hands.
"You impertinent…"
Jiang Ziya's body shook. Luckily, he did not slip and say the last word, 'monkey'.
Six Ears Macaque's character was like Monkey King's—not giving to f*cks about gods.
My will is god's will!
No one dared say such unflippant and defiant words.
"Zhao Ritian! Stop all this bullshit! Have you settled what you need to do?" Jiang Ziya asked surly.
"Don't worry. I've already concocted some Bone Softening Powder in the dispensary and fed half a pound of it to the ninja. He won't be able to wake up for the next three to five days." said Zhao Ritian, coolly.
Everyone looked at Zhao Ritian oddly. Especially Tai Yitan and Huo Yuanba. They both felt that this Zhao Ritian was a completely different person from the one that knelt before Chen Xiaobei, begging desperately!
But since he looked exactly the same and they were in danger, they did not think too much about it.
Right now, there was about another one and a half hours till daylight!
"We're here! Bei Xuan Faction is just in front! We're here!"
One by one the shadows stepped through the fog and onto the empty land before Bei Xuan Faction.
They had finally arrived!
"Chen Xiaobei! Get the hell out here and suffer the death you deserve!" Yue Changkong, who was leading, screamed, causing the mountain and the forests to tremble.
Not a lot of people could withstand the wrath of an elite with Celestial cultivation!
"Faction Leader said that you are not fit to meet him! Leave now! Trespassers will be killed mercilessly!"
Jiang Ziya was calm and his tone objective.
Even though he did not have any cultivation, there was no storm that he had never seen. His state of mind was like a millpond, completely unfazed by Yue Changkong's attempt at intimidation!
"What a joke! Did Chen Xiaobei really think of himself as a demigod? His cover has already been exposed! How long is he going to keep pretending?"
Yue Changkong ordered, "Men! Attack! We will kill those who are in our way! I want to see much damages these Bei Xuan Faction's garbage can make!"
"Come on! Let's charge! Annihilate all of Bei Xuan Faction disciples!"
Yue Junmo swung his hands and led around twenty people to charge at Bei Xuan Faction.
"Come on you piece of shit! Tremble in fear!"
With that, silver True Kang was formed around Yue Junmo's body.
The twenty men behind him all started to channel True Kang to their bodies as well.
After the Guerilla Warfare, all weaker ones had already left. These twenty men were all at middle phase of True Nirvana stage!
Put that together with a Yue Junmo with later phase of True Nirvana stage with 45,000 combat power. And when they charge altogether at the same time, their power and strengths were akin to those of a platoon of soldiers! They had come to crush and engulf their enemies! The people of Bei Xuan Faction would not be able to withstand it!
"All those True Nirvana can kill us with ease! there's so many True Nirvana elites… How are we supposed to stall them?"
Murong Xiaoyao's face turned a pasty white.
The truth was, she was not the only one who felt that way. Even both Tai Yitan and Huo Yuanba had lumps in their throats. Even if they had fought with all their might, death was their only way out. Needless to say, when Murong Tian and the rest saw the force at which their enemies charged with, they shook in their boots. They were all at early stage of Qi refining stage only!
"Elder Feng! You're up!""Jiang Ziya commanded.
"Yes!"
Under the murderous tension of their enemies, and in the midst of his people's unease, Feng Qingyang stepped out and stood tall at the frontline.
Even though he was a bearded, white-haired old man, at this moment, his back resembled that of Chen Xiaobei! Stand there alone and tried his best to use his strength to the fullest to protect his closest ones and his friends!
"Wind! Rise!"
Feng Qingyang then continued to speak calmly, "Lighting! Come!"
Rumble…
In a fraction of a second, the storm raged, the thunder roared and the lighting flashed across the sky—night had been chased away by the light. And Feng Qingyang was in the center of it all.
He stood firmly on the ground, and with one wave of a hand, a lighting dragon was summoned from the sky and landed on his arm! Feng Qingyang did look like Chen Xiaobei right now!
It was as if the Thunder God was glaring at the puny humans in front of him.
"What…what in the world…"
Wind and lightning were being summoned out of nowhere. Yue Junmo and his men stopped in their tracks and were thrown into a screaming frenzy. They dared not take one more step forward.
Fear came from the unknown. This inconceivable scenario before them threw them off.
"That's… That's a formation! An extremely powerful protective formation!"
At the back, Zhuang Bihuang managed to figure out the gist of it.
He then shouted, "Master, run! Do not let that lightning strike you!"
BAM!
Just as he had spoken, Feng Qingyang motioned brusquely and the ferocious Lightning Dragon charged at Yue Junmo and all the other twenty people at lightning speed!
"No!" Yue Changkong saw that Yue Junmo had no way to evade. It was all up to him now!
Bang!
As Yue Changkong took a step forward, he left a cracked footprint. His body turned into a silver shadow as he ran towards Yue Junmo.
Swoosh!
The silver True Kang was burst out from his body and thousands of swords appeared behind him like a peacock opened up its feathers—forming an arc like shield protecting Yue Junmo
BAM!
Seconds later, the Lightning Dragon landed on the shield that was formed by swords.
Buzz!
Buzz!
The shield vibrated and the Lightning Dragon ceased to exist like a firework and reduced to countless of mini Lightning Snakes. A terrifying outcome was born from the intense battle! Everyone was taken aback.
"Ugh… Ah… Ohh…"
Countless tiny little lightning snakes exploded in all directions like a beautiful fireworks display, but a deadly one!
The twenty-odd men broke out in screams of agony.
Even though they are all elites with True Nirvana cultivation, under the force of the lightning, their True Kang became weak and defenseless—brittle to the touch!
Once the protective True Kang shattered, their flesh and bones would suffer the piercings of the lightning snakes like fish on the chopping board.
Like a sharp blade, the lightning snakes struck the brains, hearts, and limbs of the twenty men…
After a short while, the cries of suffering and the torturous lightning snakes, came to a stop at the same time.
The bodies of the twenty men were but pieces of burnt flesh! In one attack, they had become twenty cadavers. They could not be any more dead!
Seckill!
Swish…
The thousand sword shield scraped across the ground and fell back and left ten earthshattering footprints on the ground. The shield failed to nullify the force brought forth by the lightning.
As the swords dispersed, Yue Changkong and Yue Junmo fell to the ground, rolled over backward a couple of times, raising a cloud of dust before coming to a jerky stop! They laid prone on the ground with their hairs disheveled and their clothes torn—completely battered. The whole place was suddenly filled with a deafening silence!
Out of all of them, Yue Changkong was the strongest but unless one witnessed it, none would ever imagine that he too could be thrashed like that!
This was the result of only one stroke of lighting. If it were to strike a few more times, it would have destroyed Yue Changkong!
"Oh my god… this… How could this be? How… how could that old man have wielded such lethal lightning…?" Yue Junmo said in a trembling voice.
He was still on the ground, shaking uncontrollably.
Yue Changkong was completely disoriented. He had thought that he could take down Bei Xuan Faction without a hitch but before he had even entered the gates, he was already defeated.
If even Yue Changkong's heart was racing, what more the rest of them? They were mortified and eager to get out of this scary place.
"Faction Leader Yue… What should we do now?"
Everyone looked to Yue Changkong. Only the strongest Yue Changkong had the authorization to cease or continue the battle!
But Yue Changkong could not give them an answer.
To say that there was no doubt at all in is heart was inaccurate. For him to give up the 5,000 Spiritual S