"Heh, you keep calling them your brothers, but they're going to die soon anyhow! You're too late! How dare you act tough in front of me? Don't you know how to spell the word 'shame'?" Feng Bucun mocked the newcomer.
That person was obviously Chen Xiaobei.
As he was not a god, he could not possibly know everything that was happening at every corner of the place. He came, first thing, when he heard a commotion over here but he was still one step behind.
Chen Xiaobei blamed himself for Six-Eared Macaque and Li Xiang's injuries. Since it had already happened, he could not be bothered to explain himself.
"I'm sorry I'm late!" He then took out two Taiyi Life Enhancement Pills and some Spiritual Medicine he had gotten from Overgrown Forest, tending to Li Xiang and Six-Eared Macaque.
With Chen Xiaobei's medical skills combined with the high-quality Spiritual Pills and Spiritual Medicine, their injuries were soon under control and showed immediate signs of improvement.
"Xiaobei." Six-Eared Macaque wiped the blood on his lips with the back of his hand. "We're brothers. There's no need to apologize. Help us destroy this group of crooks!"
"That's right! We don't to apologize among brothers! We only have fun together right?" Li Xiang joyously whispered with a mouthful of blood.
"Alright!" Chen Xiaobei could feel his blood boil in his veins. "I will not let the bastard who hurt you like this get away with it!"
"Xiaobei, I'll help you!" Xiangyu cried out, tightening his grip on the Zhenwu Combat Spear.
"No! You stay here and watch them!" Chen Xiaobei looked around at the group of people and said, "I can pulverize these pieces of trash alone!"
All those who were at the scene were the core disciples of the few forces who had joined the expedition. Their faction leaders and elders were absent. For him to defeat them would be like a walk in the park.
Xiangyu and the other two were calm. They know very well that Chen Xiaobei was not the kind to gloat. He was the real deal. If he said he could do it, he could really do it.
The other hundreds of people though, did not know Chen Xiaobei. They all thought he was just blowing smoke so they all reacted with jeers and insults.
"Wow! You really are scared out of your wits, aren't you?" Feng Bucun laughed. "You want to pulverize us? All hundreds of us? Hahaha! This is the funniest joke I've ever heard in my entire life!"
Fang Yin piled on shamelessly, "They might not know you but I for one know that you are only at the peak of Celestial Cultivation with only 130,000 combat power! Almost all of us here are stronger than you! What is there for you to be so cocky about?"
Prince of Blood Descendants, Goodman, chortled, "He's not cocky, he's just a stubborn idiot!"
"I think, that he's waiting for that Long woman to come and save him!" spat Magmapi, the son of the Grand Pope.
The son of the Holy Mage, Acepere sneered along with them. "Hehe! This useless fool's combat power is only 130,000! It won't take a second to kill this guy! Even if Long Zishan wants to save him, she won't make it in time!"
Xingxiu core disciple Ding Wuji growled, "Enough nonsense! Just kill him! Then our Anti-Bei Alliance will have our revenge!"
"No! No! No! How could you just let him die just like that?" Feng Bucun smirked. "We should destroy his cultivation first, and then slowly torture him to death! Now, that is a proper revenge!"
"Master Feng is right!" Fang Ying nodded almost too eagerly.
The other Ancient Tomb disciples only frowned, thinking to themselves that Fang Yin had most definitely crossed the line.
The truth was, that ever since Liu Xuanxin reprimanded Fang Yin, the four women had been feeling regretful.
"Master Feng is right! We have to make Chen Zhufeng suffer!" Acepere said. "Other than physical torture, we also need to mentally torture him! Then, I will be satisfied!
"What mental torture?" Feng Bucun wanted to know.
"I know!" Magmapi answered. "We all know that Liu Xuanxin is a rare beauty! Long Zishan is not too bad herself! We can torture these two chicks and make Chen Zhufeng watch! This kind of mental suffering is worse than dying!"
"Good idea! That would be even more satisfying! Hahaha!" Feng Bucun burst into laughter.
This roused the anger of the four Ancient Tomb disciples.
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" the girls shouted. "You guys are Anti-Bei Alliance – there's no enmity between our factions! Why would you want to hurt our Sifu and Shimei?!"
"Heh, do you really have to ask that question? That's because your Sifu and your little Shimei protected Chen Xiaobei's good friends!" Magmapi laughed coldly. "A friend of our enemy is also our enemy! If you want to blame someone, blame those two women for being dumb enough to be acquainted with Chen Xiaobei! They deserve to die!"
The Ancient Tomb disciples said decisively, "If that's the case, the four of us will part ways with you!"
They were about to leave and report to Long Zishan but the members of the Anti-Bei Alliance quickly blocked their exit.
"The four of you really are stupid huh!" Feng Bucun raised the sword in his hand, and stepped in front of the women. "If you guys followed me obediently like Fang Yin, I would have treated you politely but since you chose to rebel, then don't blame me for being merciless!"
"No! no! No! Hold on, Master Feng!" Acepere hurried over, "These women may not be Liu Xuanxin or Long Zishan, but they are also beautiful women! It would be a waste to kill them! Why don't we take turns to enjoy them, and release all that pent-up energy! Hehehe!"
"Good! Since Acepere is in the mood now, I'm willing to oblige and make your wish come true!"
Feng Bucun laughed, putting his sword away.
Under Magmapi's and Acepere's lead, the other perverted men hungrily surrounded the four girls, and was ready to rape them!
"Help! Elder Shijie! Help!" The girls huddled together and looked at Fang Yin.
Fang Ying responded coldly, "I'm sorry but I can't help you! From the moment Long Zishan slapped me, she was no longer my Sifu!"
"Fang Yin! You really are a smart woman huh – making the right decision at such a crucial moment!" Feng Bucun reached out and pulled Fang Ying into his embrace.
Fang Yin was too busy drooling over him to care about the other girls.
The four Ancient Tomb disciples regretted on how blind they were for thinking that Feng Bucun was a good person – but it was all too late now.
If they had distanced themselves from him earlier, they would not have to suffer like that.
The lewd men were closing in on them. The helpless girls were so desperate they thought about ending their own lives to get out of the situation!
"You guys are acting as if I'm not here."
Chen Xiaobei raised his Dragon's Edge and charged towards the men.
A massive battle was about to begin!
"Hmph! You little piece of shit! You can't even protect yourself and you're want to get involved in others' business?" Acepere looked at Chen Xiaobei from the corner of his eyes and shouted, "Men! Get rid of this dumbass! Don't let him cause a racket here and disturb our fun!"
Immediately, some of the wizarding school's core apprentices and some of the Vatican's core elite riders; a total of about 30 men, stormed towards Chen Xiaobei!
These people were all of Celestial Cultivation and above. Their combat powers ranged from 70,000 to 130,000 – considered to be some of the finest young men on earth.
Any one of them would have no prolem going up against the disciples of random ancient factions' leaders. That was why they were so confident.
Also, Chen Xiaobei had struck Ding Wuji before they entered the tomb, so they knew Chen Xiaobei was at the peak of Celestial Cultivation with 130,000 combat power!
Over thirty men gathered around Chen Xiaobei, confident that they could take him down.
"AOE Magic! Fireblast Dragon!"
The wizarding school's apprentices stood in a small formation, and began to conjure a spell.
"Order of Chivalry! Holy Light Charge!"
The Order of Chivalry unsheathed their heavy swords and charged towards Chen Xiaobei!
The incantation would need some time before it was complete so, the riders attacked first. Their cultivations were all at Celestial Cultivation and above. The person in the lead had 130,000 combat power!
A pure white brilliance lit up the place, and dazzling angelic wings grew on each of their heavy swords.
As they were running, the snow-white feathers fluttered in the air, pure and brilliant, making them look like heaven's holy knights on a scared mission, trampling over everything and everyone who stood in their way.
"How powerful! Can Faction Leader Chen fight them on his own?" The four Ancient Tomb disciples frowned. Right now, their fate was bounded to Chen Xioabei's.
If Chen Xiaobei won, they would have the chance to live. If he lost, the four of them would fall into the abyss of eternal damnation.
"Hmph! That piece of trash? It'll be a miracle if he can win!" Feng Bucun spat while next to him, Fang Yin nodded as she cracked a sly smile on her face.
Right now, only Xiang Yu and the other two Bei Xuan disciples had complete faith in Chen Xiaobei.
If Chen Xiaobei dared challenge them to a fight, that would mean that he would never lose!
"Kill!"
The riders were already close enough to cut Chen Xiaobei into pieces with the winged swords.
But!
What happened next was completely unexpected.
"Huh? Why can't we move? Could… Could this be…"
The riders stopped abruptly as if they were being held back by a trapping spell, frozen in place.
No matter how hard they tugged, they could not lift their feet off the ground. To make things worse, even their hands were rendered immovable.
"Force of Nature! Chen Xiaobei is an Ethereal Cultivation Elite? How… How is this possible?"
The riders screamed, looking like they had just seen a ghost.
Pom!
Pom!
Pom!
The riders fell to their knees. The Force of Nature that Chen Xiaobei inflicted on them had caused a dozen of them to be squashed together like a meat bun. The excruciating pain had forced them to yield to Chen Xiaobei.
Their cultivations were between 70,000 to 130,000. The Force of Nature that Chen Xiaobei borrowed was at 180,000 combat power, which could be boosted if he wanted to.
The stronger ones, might have been able to endure it for a moment.
The weaker people however, were like eggs being crushed by a stone.
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
In the next second, eight of the weaker people literally exploded under the immense pressure of the Force of Nature.
It was like watching overripe tomatoes being sandwiched between giant rocks.
Like tomato puree, flesh and blood, broken bones and organs scattered all over the place. It was a petrifying scene.
"Yes!" Six-Eared Macaque cheered, waving his arm in the air.
They were all monsters to begin with. Their disposition was wild, unruly by nature, impulsive, and merciless. Killing all those people had made Chen Xiaobei feel immense joy pouring into his heart.
Evil enemies like did not deserve to receive any sympathy at all.
Xiangyu, Li Xiang, and the four Ancient Tomb disciples did not cheer but they were all secretly relieved!
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
The remaining people whose cultivation were slightly higher had also reached their limit.
Their health crumbled in light of the powerful attack.
Like their weaker friends, they too exploded, throwing pieces of minced flesh all over the floor. The only difference was that they'd managed do hold on for a few seconds more.
"Ho… How could this be?"
It all happened so quickly. The rest of the hundred people were only able to react after all the riders were already dead.
"What?! Are we dreaming? Is there something wrong with our eyes that we are seeing things?" Feng Bucun and Fang Yin's eyes widened.
"That… That piece of shit is an Ethereal Cultivation elite?! I thought he only had 130,000 combat power?" Acepere's jaw fell open in horror.
Magmapi roared at Fang Yin, "You stupid woman! You said that this kid only has 130,000 combat power! Because of your stupidity, our Vatican's most elite young riders are dead! Explain yourself!"
"I…" Fang Yin could feel sweat dripping down her forehead. "I don't know what happened either! When he hit Master Ding… Everyone saw it…"
"Yes, yes.." Ding Wuji nodded. "This kid hit me earlier. His speed and strength was only at the peak of Celestial Cultivation! This could only mean that he had hidden his true strength from us!"
"Help! Help!"
Dozens of elite magicians were screaming for help as Chen Xiaobei was about to destroy them with the Force of Nature that he borrowed.
"Hey kid! Stop now! You are not allowed to kill our school's elite magcians…" Acepere could not finish his sentence.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
With a series of loud explosive noises, the group of elite apprentices popped and exploded like swelling zits that were being popped.
Chen Xiaobei raised his blade and shouted, "Who's next?"
"You piece of shit! You killed the most elite young people in our families! I will make you pay with blood!" Magmapi and Acepere shouted.
No matter which force, or how big the forces were, they all placed a great importance in nurturing the younger generation.
When the youth are strong, the country would be strong. When the youth are strong, the faction would also be strong! That was the golden rule that would never fade away.
Chen Xiaobei had just blown up all the Vatican and the wizarding school's young elites. That was like blowing up the future of these two forces.
To nurture a group of young people like these ones would take at least 10 years; with some saying even more than two decades. Obviously, in this lenghty period of time, there would surely be a shortage of talents.
The damage done was a severe one indeed. In terms of the present, Chen Xiaobei had killed all their elite youths. In the long term, Chen Xiaobei had severely impaired these forces' future developments.
That was why Acepere and Magmapi erupted in anger.
They left the four Ancient Tomb women alone and charged towards Chen Xiaobei, hands balled up into tight fists.
"Be careful, Faction Leader Chen!" The women shouted. "These two are also at early phase of Ethereal Cultivation with 180,000 combat power! Faction leader, don't underestimate them. You better let that big brother with the combat spear help you!"
To the others, although Chen Xiaobei was an Ethereal Cultivation elite, his combat power was only 180,000.
If it was a two versus one battle, Chen Xiaobei would surely lose.
But Xiangyu made no moves. He stayed by Li Xiang and Six-Eared Macaque, with the Zhenwu Combat Spear in his hand.
It was not that he did not want to help Chen Xiaobei, but because he was confident in Chen Xiaobei's abilities.
As Chen Xiaobei said that he could handle the situation on his own, there was no need for Xiangyu to get involved.
Of course, although Xiangyu had this confidence, their enemies were all but clueless about Chen Xiaobei's true strength.
Acepere hissed, "You are quite the daredevil, aren't you kid! You dare fight the both of us alone? I promise that you'll die a horrible death!"
Magmapi roared, "You piece of shit! Didn't you hear that the both of us have 180,000 combat power each? Where did you get such self-confidence to fight two people on your own? Aren't you afraid that you're going to die here?!"
The other members of Anti-Bei Alliance watching from the sidelines had an insulting countenence on their faces.
The four Ancient Tomb women held their baited breaths.
Clearly, these people who did not understand Chen Xiaobei believed that this one versus two fight would surely be a losing battle for him.
What Chen Xiaobei said next came out completely unexpected!
"These two useless idiots are not even powerful enough to fight me!" Chen Xiaobei said. "Everybody fom the Anti-Bei Alliance might as well fight me together, so I don't have to waste my time!"
The people exploded into a loud, heated commotion.
"You piece of shit! Still trying to act tough?" Feng Bucun barked. "There are 78 of us here! You want to fight all of us together? It seems like you really want us to chop you into pieces!"
"This kid is outrageous!" Goodman who as still hovering in mid-air, said, "Since he wants to die so badly, let's help him with that before Long Zishan gets here or we won't get the chance to do it anymore!"
Ding Wuji agreed. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Kill him now! Let's clear this debt once and for all!"
"Good! Then let's all attack at once!" Feng Bucun decided. He looked at Fang Yin and said, "You too! We cannot give this upstart of a Chen Zhufeng the slightest chance to escape!"
"Of course!" Fang Yin nodded. "If it was not because of this kid and Liu Xuanxin, Long Zishan wouldn't have slapped me in public! He will pay for it!"
Feng Bucun, Goodman, and Fang Yin all charged towards Chen Xiaobei with unconsolable fury.
Ding Wuji who was a coward dared not approach him. His young disciples too hid as far as they could, staying away from the battlefield.
Just like that, the one versus two fight became one versus five.
In fact, all five of them had 180,000 combat power! It looked like Chen Xiaobei was being placed at a great, if not extremely unfair disadvantage.
The Ancient Tomb women were in despair. "What is Faction Leader Chen doing? It was already difficult enough for him to beat two people. Why did he have to go and make more enemies? Now there's no chance of winning at all!"
Of course, the enemies would not show mercy to Chen Xiaobei just because they had feelings of despair. Standing in a pentagonal formation, they had Chen Xiaobei surrounded from all corners.
"You delusional piece of shit! This is what you asked for! With the five of us fighting you, you will soon find out the stupidity of your challenge!"
Feng Bucun raised his Tremor Sword and activated his Wind Ethereal Force.
The other four did the same as well.
Fang Yin took out a dagger and imbued it with Aqua Ethereal Force.
Acepere activated his Fire Ethereal Force and covered his magic wand with it.
Magmapi brought out his Metal Ethereal Force and used it forge a golden heavy armor. The combination of his heavy sword and golden armor had made him looked indestructibly imperishable.
Lastly, Goodman activated his Blood Ethereal Force. This was the kind of Ethereal Force that was owned only by the royalty of a Blood Descendant. It could be considered as a dark-attribute Ethereal Force. With the Blood Ethereal Force and his True Blood Descendant Form, he was the most powerful one amongst the five of them.
The heavens and earths trembled with great force when the five of them unleashed their power at the same time.
"That's so scary… Let's step back some more…" Ding Wuji swallowed as he lead his people as far away from the fight as possible.
"It's so frightening. Their powerful Ethereal Forces are about to suffocate us!" The four women said, obviously in agony.
Luckily, Xiangyu volunteered himself to protect the four of them with the Force of Nature that he had just borrowed. Hiding behind Xiangyu's back, the four of them finally felt safe once again.
"Die, you piece of shit!"
Feng Bucun shouted and the all of them came up with all their strength to unleash their attack on Chen Xiaobei. Seemingly, they had no intention to give him a chance to counterattack. They had actually broken the unspoken rule of Jianghu when they decided to attack someone who had the same power as they did.
Fret not, for Chen Xiaobei had prepared enough trump cards to neutralize this crisis!
"Grand Holy Light, Azure Heavy Armor!" Magmapi shouted, waving the heavy sword in his hand while he ran ahead of the others.
A holy, golden light, looking as if it had fallen from the heavens, formed an almost-tangible heavy armor on his body! As a Paladin, he was famous for this extremely high defensive skill.
He attacked first because he had the strongest defense, and could confidently block Chen Xiaobei's attacks.
That way, the other four people behind him could focus on attacking Chen Xiaobei without having to worry about being injured in the process.
"Hey twat! Go ahead and do your thing! My defensive power is invincible to those of the same rank! No matter what you pull out of your sleeves, I can rebuff myself with ease!"
Magmapi was clearly very confident in his own defensive abilities.
"You're a piece of junk who can't even block half of my attack!" Chen Xiaobei stabbed the Dragon's Edge into the ground.
"What the f*ck! You're not using any weapons and you're telling me that I can't block half of your attack! You're just trying to humiliate me aren't you!" Magmapi was greatly insulted by this challenge; the anger visible in his eyes could burn a hole through the wall.
"If you can, then consider me the loser!"
Chen Xiaobei glared at him and the Witch Dragon Blood in his body started to boil up. He then used the Spiritual Qi that he consumed earlier to trigger the Witch Dragon Transformation Skill.
"First transformation!" Chen Xiaobei curled his right hand into a tight fist and launched it towards his enemy.
"Hahaha!" Magmapi exploded into laughter. "You speed is only 180,000! That's not even enough to give me an itch!"
Swish!
Magmapi swung his heavy sword at Chen Xiaobei's fist.
His strength was all defensive but now he had chosen to attack instead. It was obvious that he really looked down on Chen Xiaobei.
Of course, this was not surprising at all, and considering that Magmapi had matchless defensive skills against those of the same level, he would naturally have the confidence to attack.
"Shatter the Mountain and River!"
If Magmapi looked down on Chen Xiaobei, why would Chen Xiaobei give a damn about him?
Chen Xiaobei's roar was accompanied by the gold and purple flash of his fists.
In an instant, purplish-golden claws and dragon scales appeared all over his right fist all the way to his elbow, forming a dragon's claw!
BAM!
His fist struck and made a loud explosive noise!
Magmapi's so-called matchless Azure Heavy Armor shattered into pieces.
The people all around gasped in surprise.
"H… How is this possible…" Fang Yin's face was drained of color. "The Azure Heavy Armor is formed by Ethereal Force. Its defense is a hundred times stronger than True Kang! How could Chen Zhufeng destroy it with just one punch? Is something wrong with my eyes?"
Feng Bucun 's eyes were wide opened. "The impact needs to be at least 210,000 combat power to break a 180,000 combat power Ethereal Force armor; Chen Zhufeng is not that strong anyhow."
"What us with that golden-purplish claw?" Ezebi asked.
Goodman frowned. According to American intelligence, Chen Xiaobei could be a mutant! This purplish-golden scales and claws are part of his mutation."
"Tha… That's scary…" Ding Wuji stepped back further with his men.
True enough, Chen Xiaobei was not done!
After breaking the Azure Heavy Armor, Chen Xiaobei's fist did not slow down nor did it weaken. He punched Magmapi's heavy sword and broke it!
After that, the punches still did not slow down as Chen Xiaobei's fist landed on Magmapi's chest with flashes of purplish-golden light!
"Argh!" Magmapi vomited blood as he was sent flying like a falling star and slammed into a pavilion about ten meters away, sending the entire structure tumbling down.
Chen Xiaobei's punches destroyed Magmapi's Ethereal Force, broke his heavy sword, and crushed him mercilessly!
Looking at it now, Magmapi did not even manage to hold off a third of Chen Xiaobei's attack.
"How… How is this possible?"
At once, everyone was dumbfounded. They did not know whether to believe what they had just saw if it was real or fake.
"Magmapi's defense is supposed to be invincible! But… he had failed to block off Chen Zhufeng's attack completely…" Fang Yin was in shock.
"If Chen Zhufeng's fist had hit us, we would've died instantly!" Feng Bucun swallowed.
Acepere's face had turned purple. "What's more inconceivable is that Chen Xiaobei did not use any Ethereal Force at all! It was just his own bodily strength… He… He's a monster!"
"Mutant! Chen Zhufeng must be a mutant!" Goodman screamed. "That punch is a mutant's Special Ability! I'm pretty sure of it!"
The four Ancient Tomb women were stunned as well.
They now looked at Chen Xiaobei whose right arm was a scaly purplish-gold, and praised, "Faction Leader Chen is so dashing! Little Qi has good taste!"
Before this, all of them had thought that Feng Bucun was the perfect man who came from a good family which also had great character and a high cultivation!
But right now, they realized that Feng Bucun was way beneath Chen Xiaobei's level!
"Why don't we make a run for it?" Ding Wuji suggested, looking like a scared rabbit, afraid that he too would be the victim of Chen Xiaobei's punches.
The remaining people did not have Magmapi's strength. Even if Chen Xiaobei's punches did not kill them, it could very well cripple them permanantly that they would have to live out the rest of their lives being unable to take care of themselves.
But the enemies decided not to run for their lives!
"Chen Zhufeng's attack is strong, but we'll see if he's brave enough to challenge my attack!" Ezebi said conceitedly as he raised the magic wand in his hand.
After a moment's incantation, Acepere had completed the spell and was ready to launch his most powerful attack.
Wizards were not concerned with martial arts or heavy defense. As they were mages, they focussed on the powers within spells. Their only concern was that the incantations of the spells needed a long completion time – these were their weaknesses.
However, once they had completed the incantation, they were able to launch a magical attack higher than their combat power! That was their greatest advantage!
"Look carefully! This is my ultimate skill, Fire Dragon Strike! Each strike has 210,000 combat power!" Acepere smiled at Chen Xiaobei. "Your brute force is strong but your health and your Ethereal Force is not enough to withstand my attack! After this attack, you'll become a roasted suckling of a pig!"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head and said, "No, I won't. But you, on the other hand, will become a dead pig!"
"What the hell! All my life, I've never seen anyone as pretentious as you! I want to see how you are going to take my strongest, most unparalleled attack!" Acepere smiled slyly, waving the wand in his hand and shouting, "Fire Dragon Strike!"
Bam!
Suddenly, the accumulated magic power that had amassed in the magic wand was released.
It was an extremely pure fire Ethereal Force and under the reinforcement of the spell, it exploded with an even more powerful energy!
The roaring flames formed a pillar of fire which was launched at Chen Xiaobei, and as it was travelling, it transformed into a frightening, giant dragon.
It was not an Eastern Dargon, but the winged dragon with powerful legs from the Western legends!
The dragon extended its wings; so vast it covered the sky above.
It screeched as it approached Chen Xiaobei like the Dragon King from Sacred Mountain in the Western myths. It started spitting fire everywhere, and looked like it could scorch every living being on earth.
"What a powerful attack! That energy has exceeded the limit of his cultivation! Unbelievable!" The four Ancient Tomb women exclaimed.
"Wizards have all kinds of disadvantages but they also possess very unusual advantages." Li Xiang frowned. "He used his 180,000 combat power to launch a 210,000 combat power attack! It makes sense that this attack would be invincible against those of the same rank."
"Yeah!" Xiangyu nodded. "Any Ethereal Cultivation elite with 180,000 combat power would have their Ethereal Force destroyed by this Fire Dragon, and be burned into ashes! I am no exception over here."
"Hehe, what is there to be nervous about?" The others were worried but not Six-Eared Macaque. "An ordinary Ethereal Cultivation elite would die for sure. But who is Xiaobei? How could we measure him against an ordinary man's standards?"
"Second Transformation!" Chen Xiaobei raised his left arm, and with a flash of the same purplish-golden light, gleaming pointed claws and scales grew all over his arm!
Acepere burst into laughter when he saw this. "Idiot! So what even if you have enough strength? If you use your body to block my attack, you would either die or be severely wounded, while I would walk away unscathed! That is the difference of power between us! Hahaha!'
The people of the Anti-Bei Alliance laughed along as well.
A fist against a Fire Dragon. Even if Chen Xiaobei was not defeated completely, he would surely sustain a bout of serious damage! This would be an extreme advantage for the Anti-Bei Alliance!
"Turning the Tide!" Chen Xiaobei's feathers were not ruffled at all. He was so calm it was as if the Fire Dragon was not a threat at all.
He opened his left palm and a radiant purplish-golden light poured from the center like water.
Bam!
In a fleeting second, the mammoth Fire Dragon with its wings spread out and slammed into the heart of Chen Xiaobei's palm.
"Hahah! That piece of shit's arm is a goner!" Feng Buchun laughed.
"How could it not be? He used his skin and flesh to block the attack of the formidable Fire Dragon? He really is dumb!" Fang Ying sniggered.
"That's right!" Goodman was all smiles as well. "That kid is just a mutant with the strength of 210,000 combat power but he what doesn't have is a 210,000 combat power Ethereal Force Armor! He's going to be short of one arm after this! Hahaha!"
Based on common logic, their observations were supposedly completely accurate.
But!
All of a sudden, Acepere let out a shrill scream, "My god! How… How is this possible?"
Everyone turned to look and saw that the Fire Dragon had exploded upon impact with Chen Xiaobei's palm.
Massive licks of flames rose into the skies, spraying its cinders 10 meters high. It engulfed its surroundings until the ground and the buildings around it were charred beyond recognition.
Yes! Not a single lick of flame was able to penetrate the purple-gold curtain.
The light which was as thin as moth' wings had the absolute defensive abilities. The explosion of the Fire Dragon did not even touch a hair on Chen Xiaobei's palm. Insted, it ricocheted and was completely blocked off!
In other words, Chen Xiaobei's physical brute force was 210,000 combat power but his defensive power had reached a whole new level!
"How… How is that possible…"
Everyone at the scene was dumbfounded.
Only Xiangyu and Six-Eared Macaque knew that the strength that Chen Xiaobei had displayed were the Special Abilities of Witch Dragon.
The first transformation, Shatter the Mountain and River allowed him to shatter any defensive abilities that were below 300,000 combat power.
The second transformation, Turning the Tide allowed him to defend himself from any attack that was below 300,000 combat power.
That meant that ever since Chen Xiaobei broke through to Ethereal Cultivation with 180,000 combat power, he was able to fight a 210,000 combat powered elite using the Witch Dragon Nine Transformation Skill. In fact, the odds of him winning were much higher!
Right now, only if the leaders of each of the forces arrive, would Chen Xiaobei have something to worry about. However, if it was fighting against these young core disciples, Chen Xiaobei had 100% confidence!
Zing!
While everyone was still in shock, Chen Xiaobei took out his saber.
The Dragon's Edge morphed into a sharp black ray of light, and travelled to Acepere's throat.
As mentioned above, while wizards had powerful magic, they lacked in in defensive skills.
Under such a circumstance, Acepere's was destined for doom!
Phissh!
The black ray of light flashed, and coiled over Acepere's throat. Decapitating him, his blood shot into the sky his while head fell and rolled over the floor.
At the moment of his death, his eyes were wide open. He did not even know how he died.
"De… Dead… Acepere's head is cut.. off… this…"
The remaining people of Anti-Bei Alliance were deeply terrified.
"I'm out! You guys should run as well!" Ding Wuji nearly peed his pants. A dozen of his Xingxiu men followed him and scooted for their lives as well.
As the douchebag did not make a move just now, he was not a threat at all so Chen Xiaobei could not be bothered to go after him and the others.
"Le.. Let's go too…"
Feng Bucun swallowed. He was now truly terrified of Chen Xiaobei.
Unless he was a madman, he would not have had the balls to continue boasting in front of Chen Xiaobei!
"Alright, now… let's go." Fang Yin and Goodman nodded.
And the three of them quickly turned away and began to run.
Chen Xiaobei turned to look at them and asked "Did I allow you to leave?"
"Hurry! Run! Run! Run!" Feng Bucun shouted, running at the front, while leaving Fang Yin behind.
Luckily, Fang Yin was not weak either so she was able to keep up closely behind him.
"Thank goodness I can fly!" Goodman spread his wings and glided into the air, relieved that he could steer clear of Chen Xiaobei through flight.
The strength and defense Chen Xiaobei had displayed was beyond the three of them. Even if they teamed up and fought with him, there was no way they would win. They basically were left with no other options but to flee.
These three however, were the most despicable among all the Anti-Bei Alliance members. Chen Xiaobei would not let them off the hook so easily.
Just when Goodman was at ease, he suddenly heard Chen Xiaobei's voice coming from behind him. He was so freaked out he nearly soiled his pants.
"Third Transformation! Penetrate the Nine Heavens!"
Suddenly, Chen Xiaobei's legs were covered in the same purplish-golden dragon scales and his feet turned into a pair of dragon's claws. He then he disappeared from the ground.
The Somersault Cloud was not fast enough to chase after Goodman, but the Penetrate the Nine Heaven's speed was equal to that of teleportation. Not only could it dodge any attack, it could also be used to pursue enemies as well!
Although Penetrate the Nine Heavens was limited by it's distance, Chen Xiaobei had already integrated tens of thousands of low-grade Spiritual Stones' worth of Spiritual Qi into his Witch Dragon Blood.
With enough Spiritual Qi, Chen Xiaobei could use the Penetrate the Nine Heavens skill continuously.
One second ago, Chen Xiaobei was standing on the ground but the next second, three shadows flashed across the sky, and Chen Xiaobei had already appeared behind Goodman.
"Oh my god! What… What kind of creature are you?!" Goodman's eyes widened, and he was shaking from head to toe.
"Just now, you were the one who sent my brothers falling from the sky, right?" Chen Xiaobei glared at Goodman.
"I… This… This is all a misunderstanding!" Goodman screamed; his face was the color of paper, and his gaze was hollow.
"It looks like you've confessed!"
Chen Xiaobei's eyes darkened. A huge surge of murderous intent was being unleashed from him, raising his left arm and then swinging it downwards!
"First Claw! Shatter the Mountain and River!" Chen Xiaobei roared.
His purple-gold covered right claw landed on Goodman's head with extreme speed.
BAM!
With a booming sound, Goodman's head cracked like a watermelon leaving a pool of blood and bashed up brains scattered everywhere!
BAM!
Goodman's body fell down like timber, making a deep indent in the ground!
Chen Xiaobei cracked Goodman's head with only one slap! Goodman was now in the hole in the ground, literally and figuratively six-feet under!
"Mon… Monster!!!" Feng Bucun and Fang Yin screamed when they saw that Chen Xiaobei's hands and feet were now totally covered in dragon scales.
What frightened them even more was Chen Xiaobei's next move!
Because of the momentary delay just now, Feng Bucun and Fang Yin were already quite far out.
But Chen Xiaobei swooped down the sky like a like a dragon from the sky straight towards the both of them.
Seven shadows flashed across the sky, which meant that Chen Xiaobei had used the Penetrate the Nine Heavens seven times, consecutively.
"Where do you think you're going?" The shadows landed and Chen Xiaobei appeared, and latched on Feng Bucun and Fang Yin like an ice pick.
"Huh," Feng Bucun breathed in sharply. His face turned pale a sickly grey.
Chen Xiaobei caught up with them, and blocked their path. "Speak! Haven't the two of you been bad-mouthing me? Don't you like making fun of me? Why are you suddenly mute?"
"Have… Have mercy Mr. Chen…"
Feng Bucun shook uncontrollably, and he fell to his knees. "This is all a misunderstanding. I was wrong, I know now! I would never do it again! Please, please have mercy on me!"
Fang Yin was completely shaken.
The four Ancient Tomb women shot the couple a look of contempt.
Not long ago, they were Feng Bucun's diehard fans! They actually believed that Feng Bucun was the perfect man!
Right now, Feng Bucun was kneeling on the ground, his head lowered like a dog, begging Chen Xiaobei to spare his life!
To the women, this scene was the ultimate irony.
If an asshole like Feng Bucun could be their perfect man, then Chen Xiaobei was the most perfect entity in the universe for them!
"You don't need to howl anymore. You, Feng Bucun, are not even fit to be my dog! Why should I spare your life?" Chen Xiaobei's eyes had an empty look about them. Other than murderous intent, there were no other emotions. "Forth Transformation!"
"No! You cannot kill me!" Feng Bucun screamed. His pants were already soaked through. "My… My father is the leader of Five Mountains Sword faction. If you kill me, he will come after you and he'll make sure you die horribly!"
"Hehe, oh wow! Five Mountains Sword faction! I'm so scared!" Chen Xiaobei mocked. "Shatter All Eight Directions!"
Ping!
Chen Xiaobei kicked Feng Bucun who was kneeling before him.
His scaly clawed legs hit Feng Bucun right in his chest, and sent him flying.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
"Owh! Owh! Owh!" As he was flying, his body made loud sounds of cracking bones. There were even sounds of his organs and muscles exploding!
The key word here was 'shatter'. When Chen Xiaobei kicked Feng Bucun, there was a powerful force that was being injected inside Feng Bucun's body.
Before anyone could react, what seemed like a violent earthquake exploded in Feng Bucun's body, wrecking every bone and destroying all his vital organs.
BAM!
Feng Bucun fell to the ground, and from his mouth, thick blood, mixed with pieces of shattered bones and torn flesh, poured out.
By the time everything had emptied out, Feng Bucun's body became like a deflated balloon, shriveled to become an empty, vile bag of skin!
"Ahhhh!!" Fang Yin was completely covered in blood. She was trembling so badly that rum hit theshe unconsciously fell to floor with a thump. She looked at Chen Xiaobei as if she was seeing a demon overlord.
"Mr. Chen… Faction Leader Chen, please. I'm just a woman, please spare my life." Fang Yin was sitting limply on the ground, her legs shaking. Her whole body felt like jelly to the point where she could not even get to her feet.
"Forgive you?" Chen Xiaobei raised an eyebrow at her. "You betrayed your Sifu; your faction! You couldn't care less whether your Shimei is dead or alive and you've tried to kill me multiple times! Tell me, can I forgive you?"
"Have mercy! I know I was wrong! I really realize that now…" Fang Yin's eyes were red around the rim as large droplets of tears rolled down her cheeks like a waterfall. She got down onto all fours, and started knocking her head on the ground.
She was very regretful about her attitude towards Chen Xiaobei. If she had known that he was this powerful, she would never have been that harsh towards him.
"I won't have mercy on you! In fact, even if I do grant you mercy, your faction will never spare you!" Chen Xiaobei turned around and asked, "How does your faction punish those who turn their backs on your Sifu, and betray the faction?"
The other four disciples of Ancient Tomb quickly ran over, and announced angrily, "The punishment for these crimes is death from a thousand cuts!"
"If that's the case, then please take care of this matter yourselves! I won't act in your place!" Chen Xiaobei shrugged as the purplish-golden scales on his body began to disappear.
"No… No… My dear Shimeis. I am your eldest Shijie. Don't come near me…" Fang Yin screamed.
Although Fang Yin was stronger than the four of her Shimeis, Fang Yin dared not fight back with Chen Xiaobei standing next to them. She could only appeal to their compassion!
Stab!
The eldest among the four Ancient Tomb women plunged a knife into Fang Yin's Dantian without so much as a hum and haw. "Little Seven is right! You've never treated us as your Shimeis! You want to be our eldest Shijie? You are not worthy!"
"Arghh…" Fang Yin collapsed to the ground, with blood pouring from her lips.
She was in anguish because the Dantian was everything to a cultivator. That stab to her Dantian had not only destroyed her cultivation, it had also ruined her only chance of survival.
"Second Shijie is right! Those sick assholes were going to defile the four of us and wrap their claws around Sifu and Little Qi! And what did you do about that?"
"You are not worthy to be our eldest Shijie or even Sifu's disciple! Right now, we'll take out the trash on Sifu's behalf!"
The four women were Jianghu people, so they would not get all sentimental, or do a sloppy job.
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
All four of them too out a sword each and began slashing wildly at Fang Yin.
In less than a few seconds, the ground was covered in pieces of flesh and puddles of blood. It was then that Fang Yin no longer existed on earth.
"Thank you, faction leader Chen for saving us and helping us get rid of Fang Yin the traitor! We will never forget your kindness!"
Once they were done, the four women went up to Chen Xiaobei and bowed, thanking him wholeheartedly.
"Let's not talk about this! You better go after Ding Wuji and his men!" Chen Xiaobei replied. "If Ding Wuji reports this incident to the others, faction leader Long and Xuanxin will be in grave danger!"
"Yes! You're right! We have to go inform Sifu and Little Qi immediately!" answered the women before taking off with their weapons.
After that, Chen Xiaobei took out the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd, and said, "Li Xiang, Six-Eared, your injuries have yet to fully recover. Get into the gourd to rest and heal!"
Li Xiang and Six-Eared Macaque then went into the gourd.
"Xiangyu, why don't you go in as well?" Chen Xiaobei suggested.
"No! I'm not injured! I can still fight when the need arises!" Xiangyu answered.
"Alright!" Chen Xiaobei nodded, and then he waved his hand and retrieved 100,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones from the Infinite Space Ring.
"Why are you taking out so many Spiritual Stones?" Xiang Yu asked.
"The Witch Transformation Skill's energy consumption is huge. During that fight just now, although it seemed like a pretty effortless win for me, I actually used up 50,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones!"
"50… 50,000?! That's a lot!" Xiangyu gasped. "Do you still have enough Spiritual Stones?"
"Hehe, don't worry, Bro Yu!" Chen Xiaobei grinned. "This time, I brought back 200 million low-grade Spiritual Stones from Northern Wilderness Starfield. I can afford this small expenditure!"
"2… 200 million…" Xiangyu mouth was wide open in awe.
"Yup, 200 million! When we settle everything here on earth, we'll return to Northern Wilderness Starfield and earn more Spiritual Stones!"
Then Chen Xiaobei shouted, "Break!"
Crack! Crack! Crack!
At once, all 100,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones broke open under an invisible force, releasing pure Spiritual Qi into the air.
"Slurpp…" Chen Xiaobei breathed in like a whale drinking in the ocean water, sucking in all the Spiritual Qi in the atmosphere, and integrating them into his Witch Dragon Blood.
"When I need the 100,000 Spiritual Stones, it'll be enough for me to use the fifth and sixth transformation skills!" Chen Xiaobei said. "Bro Yu! Let's hurry over too!"
"Alright!" Xiangyu nodded.
The two of them took off at full speed.
On his way to the others, his Netherspirit Battlescouter was constantly popping up with notifications.
Ding!
[Eliminated first generation villain, you've earned 10,000 merit points!]
Ding!
[Eliminated second generation villain, you've earned 20,000 merit points!]
Ding!
[Eliminated…]
Ding!
[Current merit points: 3,3550,000; 11,450,000 to the next level. (Charm: 3,355,000; Luck: 335,5000)]
Chen Xiaobei killed over thirty Vatican and wizarding school core disciples, not to mention also killing Feng Buchun, Acepere, Magmapie, and Goodman – a total of four Ethereal Cultivation elites.
In one go, Chen Xiaobei had earned a total of 500,000 merit points.
He was earning more and more merit points and he had always wanted to try using the merit points ledger to exchange for things that he would need urgently.
Chen Xiaobei did think about exchanging for an Earth God's positon but he would need 90 million merit points. It would have taken him too much time and effort to accumulate all of that points.
In comparison, it would be easier to use his strength and cultivation to break through in becoming an Earth God.
After all, Chen Xiaobei had already reached Ethereal Cultivation. He still needed to break through to the next cultivation, achieve God Ascension, Demigod cultivation, break through to the next cultivation again before finally achieving Earth God cultivation!
Because of that, Chen Xiaobei had already decided earlier to use his merit points to exchange for something, and use his cultivation to immediately break through to Earth God cultivation.
Of course, this was a topic for some other time.
Right now, what Chen Xiaobei had to do was to protect Long Zishan and Liu Xuanxin.
Chen Xiaobei and Xiangyu's speed were much faster than those who were escaping from him, and they were able to catch up with ease.
Ding Wuji was so frightened fell to the ground and kowtowed profusely!
But then again, the few leaders who were recuperating were alarmed by the fight that had happened earlier and were already racing towards them.
"Oh no! They're headed our way! They'll find out what happened just now!" Chen Xiaobei's brows furrowed. "There's no signal here, so I can't warn Xuanxin from coming! This is going to be a big problem!"
"Chen Zhufeng! How are you even here?!"
Needless to say, the leaders were very fast, and had bumped into Chen Xiaobei in the shortest time possible.
After a period of recuperation, their vitality force had recovered considerably. Although their injuries were far from completely healed, they were now able to move about like normal.
Chen Xiaobei ignored them, and called out to Long Zishan and Liu Xuanxin to get to his side, "Senior Long! Xuanxin! Come over here! Hurry!"
Both women raced to him without asking any questions.
"Huh?" Zhou Daoxian frowned. "Something's not right! Something must have happened or else Chen Zhufeng would not have shown himself to us!"
"Chen Zhufeng! What the hell have you been up to?" Feng Aotian barked.
After he made sure that Long Zishan and Li Xuanxin were safe behind him, only did Chen Xiaobei reply, "Oh, you got it right! I did something great, enforcing justice on behalf of heaven!"
"Don't beat around the bush and tell us straight!" Xu Shiqiu roared.
"If you want to know then go ahead and find out yourselves! We won't be joining you!"
Chen Xiaobei shrugged, ready to leave with his people.
"Stop them!" Sequinn ordered. "I can smell a very heavy blood scent; it's not too far ahead!"
Schudean and Betadalf stepped in front of Chen Xiaobei and his friends, blocking their path.
Ding Xiawu asked weakly, "Wuji, what happened over there?"
Clearly, among the leaders, Ding Wuji was the one who sustained the most severe injuries and while he had recuperated for half a day, his complexion was still pale and sickly, and his mind was still in a dejected state.
If it were not for the fact that the escape route was blocked off, he would have already left with his people a long time ago.
When Ding Wuji saw the leaders arriving at the scene, he immediately regained his spirit. "Chen Zhufeng killed the heirs of five of the forces!"
"What?! How is that possible?"
All the leaders' faces fell.
"Wuji, you cannot simply say things like that!" Ding Xiaodong gasped.
"I am telling the truth!" Ding Wuqi slapped his chest and said, "Chen Xiaobei kicked Magmapi in the chest once and sent him down a pit in the ground! He also decapitated the Acepere with one strike, and caused the Goodman's head to explode with a slap! He then kicked the Five Swords Mountains young master Feng Bucun once causing his flesh and blood to spill all over the place! Oh, and, and, and the Ancient Tomb core disciple, Fang Yin was chopped into pieces by her four Shimeis! I saw everything with my own eyes! All these disciples who escaped are witnesses! They've all seen it too!"
Ding Wuji was pointing at the dozen of people with him. These people who escaped Chen Xiaobei's sword nodded, acknowledging that Chen Xiaobei was indeed the murderer in question!
All the leaders exploded at once.
"Chen Zhufeng! We will make you pay! We will not rest until we've killed you!!!"
In a frenzy, frightening Ethereal Forces exploded from the leaders; all like angry wolves hungry to devour a chunk of Chen Xiaobei's flesh and drink of his blood dry!
"This is going to be a big problem…" Xiangyu muttered.
Just now, when they were against the hundreds of people, Xiangyu was as calm as a clam but right now, he was already worrying himself silly.
The people who were going to attack them were the leaders of the Anti-Bei Alliance – all seven of them were demigod ranked elites! Not matter how it panned out, Chen Xiaobei would never be able to win this fight!
"We're dead this time…" The palms of the four women of Ancient Tomb began to sweat.
If the leaders really attacked them, even Long Zishan would not be able to survive.
"Xiaobei! What should we do now?" Liu Xuanxin frowned, an unmistakable anxiety present in her eyes.
"Hmph! You're still asking Chen Zhufeng for advice?" Feng Aotian roared. "He killed my only son! Even if the gods were to descend from the heavens, they would not be able to save him!"
"That's right!" Schudean said, grinding his teeth. "The sin of killing my son is absolutely irreconcilable! If I don't kill Chen Zhufeng today, I'm not worthy to live in this world!"
"Not only Chen Zhufeng!" Sequinn said hotly. "Anyone who has a connection with Chen Zhufeng has to die too! When I go back, I will purge Dragon City! I will purge Green Vine of every living thing!"
"Alright! Enough talking! Let's impair Chen Zhufeng first and then we can take our time and torture him to death!" Betadalf roared.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! No matter what happens today, Chen Xiaobei must die!"
With that, all the leaders charged towards Chen Xiaobei with their readied attacks.
"We're dead."
The people around Chen Xiaobei seemed to have lost heart. Even the powerful Long Zishan could not see them surviving this fight.
But Chen Xiaobei was the picture of calm as he shouted at the leaders, "That's right! You guys attacking all at once would mean that we would die! But even if I die, none of you will live to see the day!"
"Us? Never live to see the day? Do you think you're some kind of deity?" Xu Shiqiu mocked. "If you really have the ability to kill us, you would have already done it. Why wait until now?"
Swish!
Chen Xiaobei did not reply, but took out a long cylindrical item!
Do not let your mind wander as it was a nuclear warhead, nothing else!
"What is this toy?"
Everyone was flabbergasted.
The leaders who were gearing up to attack, stopped what they were doing and studied the item.
"Th… That's a nuclear warhead! There's a nuclear weapons label on it!" Schudean exclaimed.
"Nu… Nuclear weapon? That's impossible!"
It was as if lighting had struck everyone so that they froze where they were and their hearts were beating a hundred miles per second.
Nuclear warhead!
It was a weapon of mass destruction that could wipe out an entire city!
The nuclear fission of it's radioactive matter could reach the temperature of the sun's core, and could create a yield as high as a hundred million tons of TNT!
Even a demigod would not be able to handle its lethal prowess!
Chen Xiaobei had used this same tactic to intimidate the people of South Town Star Temple.
That Lu Gang was so much more powerful than these few leaders before him! Clearly, the deterrence of a nuclear warhead was extremely powerful.
Holding on to the nuclear warhead meant that Chen Xiaobei was holding the lives of everyone who were there with him!
The people of Anti-Bei Alliance dared not move another muscle.
Chen Xiaobei glared at them and rewarded them with a, "If anyone takes another step forward, none of you will get out of this place alive!"
Zhou Daoxian quickly dispersed his Ethereal Force and warned the other leaders. "Don't do anything rash! Let's just calm down and talk! We don't want to make any mistakes!" before turning to Chen Xiaobei and said, "Faction Leader Chen, this is a self-contained area, and it's not very big. If you detonate the warhead, you and your people won't be able to survive this either!"
He was clearly alarmed. The other leaders did not protest either and dispersed their Ethereal Forces obediently.
These men were all at the top tier of earth's Jianghu pyramid!
They were at the top of their respective food chains, possessed great authority, and had high cultivation – all these were the result of a lifetime of blood, sweat and tears! If they died now, then all of it would amounted to nothing!
A Chinese proverb once said: the barefoot do not fear those who wear shoes.
This was because the people who 'wore shoes', would be reluctant to lose everything they have! These are the people who valued life the most, had the most to lose, making them those who feared death the most!
"I don't want to detonate the nuclear warhead either but you've given me no choice!" Chen Xiaobei answered. "But I figured that since I would have to die today, I might as well drag you down with me. What is so wrong about that?"
"That was then, but this is now! Since you are calling the shots now, we wouldn't dare force your hand! It's always good to sit down and talk! Let's talk it out!" Zhou Daoxian said amiably.
"Wait!" Feng Aotian shouted. "That's a nuclear weapon not an egg! How could Chen Xiaobei just take it out whenever he fancies?!"
Chen Xiaobei answered, "It was the day before the date of this exploration of Emperor Qin's tomb was confirmed, that the America's nuclear arsenal in the depths of the Pacific Ocean was cleaned out! With all the eyes and ears available to you, you would've at least heard about it, right?"
"Tha… That's our country's top secret! How did you know about that?" Sequinn gasped.
"Because," Chen Xiaobei smirked. "I was the one who robbed the arsenal! In my possession now are 200 nuclear bombs. If you don't believe me, I can take them all out for you to see! We're all going to die anyway, so we might as well go big!"
"No! No! No! Faction leader Chen, please don't do anything rash!" Zhou Daoxian quickly tried to pacify the situation. "We believe you! We believe that the nuclear bomb in your hand is real! Just tell us what you want! We'll agree to anything!"
"Alright! It looks like you are quite a smart man! So, I'll tell you!" Chen Xiaobei said. "You don't want to die, and neither do I! All you have to do is keep your hands away from my friends and I and I won't detonate the bomb! But if you even think about doing anything stupid, I won't mind burning both jade and stone (a Chinese proverb meaning destroying the good together with the bad)!"
"Good talk! Good talk!" Zhou Daoxian adulated. "Then, please put away the warhead, faction leader Chen! It's not safe to keep it out like that. We don't want any accidental detonation, right?"
"Hmph! Don't think I'm stupid!" Chen Xiaobei said frostily. "If I put it away, you'll use the Force of Nature to kill me!"
"No, we won't! We won't!" Zhou Daoxian shook his head.
"You won't? Only a fool will believe that!" Chen Xiaobei said, his voice firm and unyielding, "If you want me to put my nuclear bomb away, you will have to agree to two of my terms! First, every one of you withdraw 10 miles behind! Second, leave Zhou Daoxian!"
"I…" Zhou Daoxian stared at Chen Xiaobei. "Faction Leader Chen, what is your intention?"
"Enough nonsense! Do as I say immediately or do not expect me put the nuclear warhead away!" Chen Xiaobei barked.
"You arrogant son of a bitch! I will fight tooth and nail with you!" Feng Aotian thundered.
"Come on then!"
Chen Xiaobei still had the confidence to go against them. With Ethereal Force being channelled to his hand, he pressed on the nuclear warhead – readied to trigger it.
"Alliance Leader Feng! Please don't act impulsively!" The other leaders quickly stopped Feng Aotian.
Zhou Daoxian spoke, "Do as faction leader had instructed! All of you retreat now and leave me behind!"
"How could we…" The elders of Kunlun faction began to panic.
Zhou Daoxian was the backbone of Kunlun faction! If anything happened to him, China's number one faction, Kunlun would cease to exist!
"Retreat now!" Zhou Daoxian ordered in a dominant manner.
He was not merely telling the elders of his faction to retreat, but he was also showing Chen Xiaobei that he was universally recognized as Earth Jianghu's most powerful elite, and that he was not afraid to be left behind!
When they saw how insistent Zhou Daoxian was, the people of Kunlun and the people of the other forces backed away, and disappeared from Chen Xiaobei's line of sight.
"Faction Leader Chen, why have you asked me to stay? Please be straightforward with me!" Zhou Daoxian asked.
"Don't worry, faction Leader Zhou!" Chen Xiaobei took out his Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd and released Li Xiang and Six-Eared Macaque.
The people around him were all stunned.
They had never seen or heard of such magical Spiritual Instruments like the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd before!
"Li Xiang, can you fly? Go keep an eye out on our enemy and see how far they've gone!" Chen Xiaobei said.
"No problem! Your medical skills and Spiritual Medicine are the best in the world! I can move about freely now!" Li Xiang spread his wings and flew into the air to scout their enemy.
"Faction leader Chen really does think things through!" Zhou Daoxian smiled. "But you don't need to worry, faction leader Chen. If I ask them to retreat, you can be assured that they won't try anything stupid!"
"We can never be too careful!" Chen Xiaobei replied. "Faction leader Zhou, you just need to stay for another half a minute then you can go!"
"Huh?" Zhou Daoxian's brows raised. "What are you going to do to me?"
Chen Xiaobei did not answer him. "Six-Eared, how many Spiritual Stones would it take to become this old man?"
Six-Eared Macaque was immediately invigorated. "This old man's combat power is 650,000! That means we'll need 650,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones!"
"Alright! I'll give you 650,000!" Chen Xiaobei waved his hand and Spiritual Stones came pouring out of his Infinite Space Ring like a waterfall.
Those who were present stared in disbelief.
"My… god… How is it that you have so many Spiritual Stones?" Zhou Daoxian gasped.
Even the tepid Long Zishan widened her eyes. "That's a lot of Spiritual Stones! Even if the few top-tier ancient factions combined their Spiritual Stones, it would not even amount to this much!"
Liu Xuanxin and her four Shijies even began to question their lives.
A top-tier ancient faction at most, would have 100 to 200 thousand low-grade Spiritual Stones.
But Chen Xiaobei just gave out 650,000 like it was chump change. An amount like that was enough to shock the heavens and startle hell!
Chen Xiaobei laughed, "This is a lot? You guys should really see your faces right now!"
"Thi… This is not a lot?"
The people around Chen Xiaobei were panting as if a bomb had just been thrown at them.
None of them, in their entire lifetime, had seen so many Spiritual Stones before, and Chen Xiaobei said that that was not a lot?!
"Heh, let's not talk about that! Six-Eared, go ahead and start!" Chen Xiaobei shrugged. It was all he could do to keep himself from laughing. If he had shown them the 200 million Spiritual Stones in his Infinite Space Ring, they would have all died of shock.
"Mm!" Six-Eared Macaque nodded, and then proceeded to face Zhou Daoxian.
"What…. What are you guys doing?" Zhou Daoxian suddenly panicked, and the Ethereal Force in his body began to move, ready to counter the attack.
"Don't panic, Faction Leader Zhou! I only need half a minute. I promise that no harm would befall you!" Chen Xiaobei said.
Ping! Ping! Ping!
The 650,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones shattered and thick, dense Spiritual Qi that escaped their vessels.
Six-Eared Macaque took in a deep breath and inhaled all of the Spiritual Qis into his body.
"Ho… How is that possible?"
The others exclaimed in shock.
Zhou Daoxian's eyeballs nearly escaped their sockets. "Dantian has it's limits. With his cultivation, isn't he afraid that his body would explode from sucking in so much Spiritual Qis?"
"You don't have to worry about that!" Six-Eared Macaque's eyes dilated, and his state of mind was calmed.
Six-Eared Macaque was able to take in such a large amount of Spiritual Qi because the Spiritual Qi were not directed into his Dantian but was used to activate his Special Ability!
"Demonic Mirror Shadow!" Six-Eared Macaque cried out, and his entire Qi Field changed.
Hwaaaaa…
A silver projection, much like a mirror, appeared between Six-Eared Macaque and Zhou Daoxian.
"What magic mirror? What… What are you doing?!" Zhou Daoxian cried. "Chen Zhufeng! Don't you do anything that I wouldn't do! If you force my hand, I will make sure I'll drag all of you down with me before I die!"
Chen Xiaobei chuckled. "Don't worry, faction leader Zhou! I, Chen Zhufeng, have always been a man of my words. If I say that I'll let you leave, then I'll let you leave peacefully!"
"Bu… But what is this?" Zhou Daoxian pointed at the silver projection in front of him, trembling in fear.
He was not the only who had never seen anything like this. This was foreign even to Long Zishan!
Such a thing was beyond the knowledge of earthlings! This was beyond their understanding!
Voom!
After a short while, the silver projection undulated.
Six-Eared Macaque stepped into the projection, and then out through the other side towards Zhou Daoxian.
"Thi… This… This this…"
Except for Chen Xiaobei and Xiangyu, everyone else was dumbstruck as if they had just seen a ghost.
What they saw was Six-Eared Macaque walking into the projection and then coming out on the other side as another Zhou Daoxian!
Not only did he look exactly like him, even his demeanor and everything he had on him was exactly the same! He was now a perfect replica of Zhou Daoxian in all aspects.
Even if they scrutinized every little detail, they would never be able to spot a single discrepancy!
Even Zhou Daoxian himself was aghast. He dared not believe his own eyes.
"What… what is this?"
Zhou Daoxian sucked in a breath of cold air, his forehead damp with cold sweat.
"Oh, it's nothing. You can leave now, Faction Leader Zhou!" Chen Xiaobei shrugged.
"You didn't tell me what happened! How can I leave without knowing?" Zhou Daoxian frowned.
"I only promised that I'll let you leave once we're done. I never promised to explain everything to you!" Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "You have 10 seconds. If you don't walk away by then, I might change my mind!"
"You…"
Zhou Daoxian felt as if he had been cheated by Chen Xiaobei and he was furious.
But, the position he was at was not at all an ideal one. He was afraid that he might play too deep into Chen Xiaobei's scheme so he merely gave Chen Xiaobei the stink eye and left hurriedly.
"Xiaobei! Why did you let him go?" Six-Eared Macaque asked. Even his voice had changed and he sounded exactly like Zhou Daoxian.
Except for Xiangyu, everyone else was shocked beyond belief. There were no words that could describe exactly what they feeling at that time.
"Think about it. If they forced my hand, I would have activated the nuclear warhead, but if Zhou Daoxian's hand is forced, would he die obediently?" Chen Xiaobei said. "Once we start a fight, and even if we could win, it would be very risky! On top of that, the Anti-Bei Alliance would come forward! That's why letting Zhou Daoxian go would be the most reliable decision!"
"Why didn't you force him to eat the dog biscuit then?" Six-Eared Macaque asked.
"Normally, people would refuse to eat the Heavenly dog biscuit unless their lives are on the line!" Chen Xiaobei said. "Besides, you've already become him! I don't need another Zhou Daoxian by my side!"
"You mean you're going to kill him?" Six-Eared Macaque asked.
"Whether I kill him or not would depend on how obedient he is! If he is, I wouldn't mind allowing him to continue being earth's strongest elite but if he's not, I will kill him to serve as a warning to everyone!"
"Stop chatting amongst yourself!" Liu Xuanxin said suddenly. "We have to find a place and hide so that my Sifu can recuperate! Or else, when the enemy gets here, we're dead!"
"Don't worry! Even if they get here, we can still fight!"
Chen Xioabei smiled as he took out two Taiyi Life Enhancement Pills from his Infinite Space Ring.
He gave one to Six-Eared Macaque because Zhou Daoxian had suffered some injuries. When Six-Eared Macaque used his Special Ability, not only did he possess Zhou Daoxian's looks and cultivation, he had also inherited Zhou Daoxian's injuries!
The second pill, Chen Xiaobei gave to Long Zishan.
"What a powerful pill!" Long Zishan praised after she swallowed the Taiyi Life Enhancement Pill. "Mr.Chen really is incredible! Everything that you have taken out are legendary items! I'm truly impressed!"
Long Zishan's tone was sincere and there was even a glimmer of admiration. She even used respectful terms, changing the way she addressed herself,
Chen Xiaobei's succession of actions had greatly impacted Long Zishan's heart – winning the respect and awe of this stand-offish Ancient Tomb faction leader!
"You're too kind, Faction Leader Long!" Chen Xiaobei smiled. "Xuanxin's suggestion sounds good. Let's find ourselves a place to hide first! You and my brother will need some time to recover. I also need some time to prepare for our next move!"
After that, they sought refuge in a tower on higher ground.
Once inside, Chen Xiaobei quickly took out his phone.
On the top of the tower.
Six-Eared Macaque, Long Zishan, and Li Xiang were tending to their wounds.
Xiangyu, Liu Xuanxin and the four other Ancient Tomb disciples were at a window each, keeping watch.
Chen Xiaobei was the only one leaning against the corner of a wall playing with his phone!
Of course, right now, Chen Xiaobei had become the mainstay of the group. He certainly must have had his own reasons for this distraction.
"The Three Realms Intranet covers all the three realms! Oh, it looks like I can connect to the Three Realms Red Envelope group!" Chen Xiaobei smiled.
Chen Xiaobei: Calling for Monkey King! Calling for Monkey King! I'm in trouble here and I'm in urgent need of monkey fur! 🥺
Normally, Monkey King would reply within seconds, but this time Chen Xiaobei had been waiting for nearly half a day and he still did not receive any return messages.
"Is Monkey King alright?" Chen Xiaobei frowned. "Ah, I better go ask the Brotherhood group!"
Chen Xiaobei: Brothers, who's online? I really need a few strands of high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur! Does anyone have any? Please send them to me via Red Envelope.
Xiao Tianquan: I don't have it.
Goddess Chang'e: I don't have any either.
Yanwang: I had one but I used it yesterday.
Chen Xiaobei: 😓 Do you guys know anyone who might have them? I really need it urgently!
Xiao Tianquan: There were no other Red Envelope Snatching Sessions after the King of Glory competition. Most people who received high-tier prosperous Monkey Fur had already used them!
Chen Xiaobei: Then what about my Bro Monkey King? Do you what he's doing? When is he coming back?
Yanwang: I think he's gone to complete a task assigned by Lady Nuwo. He just left this morning. Don't think he would be back any time soon!
Chen Xiaobei: Oh no! The high-tier prosperous Monkey Fur are essential to my plan! Without them, my plan will be ruined!
Goddess Chang'e: God Chen, don't panic! I know a person who might have the monkey fur, and I think that that person has more than just one!
Xiao Tianquan: That's impossible! Monkey King gave out very few high-tier prosperous Monkey Fur. God Chen and I both did not get any. Who could've possibly gotten more than one?
Goddess Chang'e: Actually, that person did not get any during the last Red Envelope Snatching Session. But he's known for being a Scrooge so he probably didn't use any of the ones he had gotten previously! That's why he probably has more than one high-tier prosperous Monkey Fur!
Chen Xiaobei: That's great! Little sister Chang'er, please tell me who this person is. 😱😱😱
Goddess Chang'e: Zhu Bajie 😕
Yanwang: Yes! Yes! Yes! Why didn't I think of him? Zhu Bajie has always been penny-pinching; he's very tight-arsed! After the last calamity, there were no battles in the Heavenly Realm! So whatever treasures Zhu Bajie received, he didn't use them for sure!
Xiao Tianquan: That's makes things easy! Zhu Bajie has always been a crazy fan of Goddess Chang'e! She only needs to convince him and he would not even think twice to send the red envelope!
Goddess Chang'e: I don't want to talk to that idiot! 😤 I've been keeping my distance from him for all these years so that he won't come and harass me! If I make a move and contact him first, from today onwards, I will never have another peaceful day, and I might even die of being bugged by him!
Chen Xiaobei: Oh, don't worry, little sister Chang'e! I can take care of this myself! You don't have to do anything! 😏
Goddess Chang'e: Hehe! God Chen is the most considerate! 😊
Chen Xiaobei: I won't be chatting with you guys then! I'll go talk to him now! See you!
After he exited the Brotherhood group, Chen Xiaobei searched and found a mugshot of a very good-looking man, Zhu Bajie.
Chen Xiaobei: Second Shixiong! Are you there?
Zhu Bajie: God Chen! This is rare! Why have you come looking for me today?
Chen Xiaobei: One doesn't visit a temple without a cause! I came to you this time to ask for a few strands of high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur!
Zhu Bajie: Hey!!! How do you know that I have them?
Chen Xiaobei: I heard from the others that you have always been a person of prudence, and would never simply squander the Red Envelopes you've received!
Zhu Bajie: Aw! God Chen is most empathetic! I am prudent but people always speak ill and call me a miser!
Chen Xiaobei: But that ain't true isn't it? Second Shixiong is not stingy at all and is very generous, am I right?
Zhu Bajie: Yes! Yes! Yes! Of course I am very generous! 😍
Chen Xiaobei: Since you're so generous, can you send me a Red Envelope? 😁
Zhu Bajie: Red Envelope? Wait a minute! Are you trying to trick me?!
Chen Xiaobei: No! You are so smart! Why would I dare to trick you? I'm just speaking the truth!
Zhu Bajie: Don't even try! I'm not well read, so don't try to cheat me! If you want high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur, use your merit points to exchange for them! 😗
Chen Xiaobei: What happened to being extremely generous?
Zhu Bajie: I… I am generous. But with Shen Gongpao monitoring closely, I cannot simply give you Red Envelopes without receiving merit points or we'll be in a lot of trouble!
Chen Xiaobei: Fine. How many merit points for one? Tell me! Anything that can be solved with merit points is not a problem!
Zhu Bajie: My goodness! God Chen… did you get lucky recently? I feel like you're exuding an aura of a loaded man!
Chen Xiaobei: You don't need to care about that! Just give me a number! If you don't want to sell it, I'll just go find someone else then!
Zhu Bajie: Er, then that'll be 100,000 merit points for one!
Chen Xiaobei: Wow! That's daylight robbery! You're taking advantage of my predicament huh, demanding such an exorbitant price!
Zhu Bajie: That is the market price! Shen Gongpao stipulated that the more effective the content of a Red Envelope, the more impact it will have on the earthly realm. That's why it should be exchanged for more merit-points!
Chen Xiaobei: Don't use Shen Gongpao's name to try con me! I think you must really be a damned tight-fisted miser!
Zhu Bajie: I am not lying to you, really. If don't believe me, you can pray to the merit points ledger and see how much it costs!
Chen Xiaobei: Fine, I'll pray! If you lie to me, I'll ask Monkey King to take kick your ass!
Chen Xiaobei put his phone away, closed his eyes and began to pray in silence.
"To the high heavens, I, Chen Xiaobei am encountering something bad! I'm willing to use my merit points to exchange for protection from heaven!" Chen Xiaobei muttered.
When most people prayed, they would have not gotten any response from the heavens! This was because those with enough merit points would receive protection naturally! Prayers were never effective for those who did not have enough points!
Of course, Chen Xiaobei was no ordinary man!
He was the disciple of The Prime of Tongtian, and he had the Three Realms' hotspot connected to his cellphone!
Ding!
After a few seconds, a clear ringing suddenly rang in Chen Xiaobei's mind.
After that, a shocking image appeared in his mind.
A giant book gleaming in auric splendor descended from the skies.
The size of the book was as vast as the sea and the mountains, and written on it were three words – merit points ledger!
"Wow! So, this is the famous merit points ledger!" Chen Xiaobei's eyes were closed when the image in his mind suddenly gave him a shock.
The ledger flipped opened to the first page, and the contents in it were not lines of words but an interface that resembled an operating system of a tablet.
Ding!
[Heaven welcomes seventh generation philanthropist, Chen Xiaobei in using the merit points ledger system!]
"Wow! This is incredible! My merit points ledger! Who would've imagined that this little toy has been turned into a system?"
Chen Xiaobei did not say this aloud but was thinking it all in his head.
Upon closer inspection, there were three options on the merit points ledger's interface: eliminating disaster, request for blessing, and exchange!
"Eliminating disaster is pretty straightforward. It's probably the usage of merit points to eliminate a current natural or man-made disaster!" Chen Xiaobei reflected. "Requesting for a blessing is easy to understand too. It's probably using my merit points to grant myself or someone else peace and favor! The last one, exchange, should mean to use merit points to exchange for an item I need! That's looks right. I'll choose exchange then!"
Chen Xiaobei made the decision in his mind and the merit points ledger interface redirected to a page that looked like the menu of a modern online shopping webpage.
On the page were boxes in which an item was placed, and underneath each box were numbers, which should be it's price!
"Five-star Earth God's Instrument, Dragonslayer Sword?! What in the world is that?" Chen Xiaobei gasped. "It only costs 30 million merit points? Can I exchange for one now?"
"Five-star Earth God's Medicine, Dark Purple Spiritual Ganorderma! 30 million merit points?!"
"One-star Deity's Pill, Ten-thousand Life Returning Pill! 100 million merit points! Wow! Is this a joke?"
"Nine-star Divine Beast, Four Eyed Bird's Egg! 10 billion merit points?! 10 billion! You might as well go rob someone!"
"One-star God's Item, Sacred Emperor Enigmatic Crystal, one trillion??? Oh my god… my eyes…"
"What the hell! I thought that having 30 million merit points would have made me a rich man, but it looks like I'm just a poor bastard!"
Chen Xiaobei was already starting to sweat. However, Yanwang's words suddenly came to mind!
That one time, he was discussing with Yanwang about the merit points ledger and Yanwang told him that in theory, as long as one had enough merit points, one could exchange them for any item in the merit points ledger. But in reality, the higher-tiered the items were, the more merit points they would cost, and could go as high as an astronomical figure!
For this reason, most people could not get anything that was too powerful.
"It looks like old brother Yanwang was right! It's impossible to get Deity-tiered items! Getting God-tiered items would be even more of a pie in the sky!" Chen Xiaobei thought to himself. "But, opening this merit points ledger system helped me gain some insight! Now I know that Divine Items can be divided into Earth God-tiered and Deity-tiered! This means that my Blood God's Deity-Killing Painting should be a One-starred Earth God's Instrument!"
"It's only one-star but it's already so powerful! If I use 30 million merit points to exchange for a Five-starred Earth God's Instrument, then I could dominate the entire Jianghu!"
"Wait! No, I can't!" Chen Xiaobei pulled himself back. "Thinking of it in the long term, I still have too few merit points! If I use all 30 million in one go, where am I going to get more merit points when I need to use them?"
"Mm, I better not rush this and not get something too expensive now! For now, I should just get the high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur, and solve the prevailing danger! That's what's most important right now!"
When he thought of this, Chen Xiaobei quickly dismissed the distractions and began to search for the high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur.
He did not even have to turn any pages, but merely thought up the words 'high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur' before an individual box popped up. It read: High-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur, one for 10,000 merit points.
"What the f*ck! Second Shixiong… that money-faced guy! He tried to rip me off! The merit points ledger sells it for only 10,000 merit points and he was going to sell it to me for 100,000?! How ruthless of him!" Chen Xiaobei frowned. "Wait! But if second Shixiong really wanted to cheat me, he would not have asked me to check the merit points ledger! There must be something wrong here!"
Chen Xiaobei thought for a moment and then decided to give it a try. "I should exchange one strand and then I can find out the truth!"
Ding!
[Seventh generation philanthropist, Chen Xiaobei is exchanging a high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur for 100,000 merit points. Would you like to confirm your purchase?]
"What in the world?! It was labelled 10,000! Why am I being charged 100,000? Is this a hoax?! Oh! I know! This must be Shen Gongpao's doing!" Chen Xiaobei muttered angrily. "Shen Gongpao has that crook Primordial Lord backing him up! When he secretly changed the law of time previously, it nearly drained me of my entire lifespan! This time, he's secretly changed the merit points ledger to swindle me 10 times the amount of my merit points! What a deceitful person! Does he think that I am someone he can mess with?"
The more Chen Xiaobei thought about it, the angrier he got.
"You, Sheng Gongpao, want to cheat me of my merit points?! Then I will not spend a single point to get the monkey fur! We'll see who's afraid of whom!"
With a belly full of rage, Chen Xiaobei contacted Zhu Bajie again.
He had to win this battle against Shen Gongpao!
Chen Xiaobei: Second shixiong! I'm back!
Zhu Bajie: See? I didn't lie to you, right? I already told you that the prices are determined by Shen Gongpao. I didn't want any trouble that's why I had to follow the guide! I have no choice!
Chen Xiaobei: Mm, I know you didn't cheat me! But, I really don't want to pay with merit points! Not a single point!
Zhu Bajie: Oh, then I cannot help you! I don't dare to lower the price, much less give it to you for free! If Shen Gongpao finds out, he'll punish me!
Chen Xiaobei: Do you still remember our Old Perverted Group?
Zhu Bajie: Yes, I do! You are the group leader and you have not showed up for a long time! Hahaha! I still remember that!
Chen Xiaobei: Would you like to see a picture of a beautiful woman taking a shower?
Zhu Bajie: Wow? Do you even have to ask? Hurry! Hurry! Send it to me so I can enjoy it! 🤤
Chen Xiaobei: One picture for one high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur! High definition, completely nude, guaranteed an exceptional beauty and a first-class body! You'll regret for the rest of your life if you don't see it!
Zhu Bajie: This… this… this… this…😖. God Chen, you're forcing me to commit a crime!
Chen Xiaobei: There is a knife (刀) above the character for lust (色) – lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences! You've messed around with Chang'e last time! This tells me that you're not afraid of that knife! But today you don't have the balls to send me a Red Envelope?
Zhu Bajie: I… I'll throw caution to the wind! Fine! I'll do the exchange!
Chen Xiaobei: Good! How many monkey furs do you have?
Zhu Bajie: There's no need to rush! I want to test the product first! Exceptional beauty and a first-class body are a rare thing! What if you're just deceiving me?
Chen Xiaobei: Now why would I want to trick you? Don't you know my strengths as the leader of the Old Perverted Group!
Zhu Bajie: That's hard to say! You have a lot of resources at hand but you may not have the top-tiered ones! Don't think that you can just fool me by using some run-off-the-mill woman!
Chen Xiaobei: Alright! Wait a minute!
Chen Xiaobei exited the private chat to look for pictures of beautiful women online to be sent to Zhu Bajie.
"Oh no! There's no internet connection here, where am I going to find the pictures?"
Chen Xiaobei's palm began to sweat.
He could feel a headache coming when his gaze settled on the four women of Ancient Tomb.
"Whatever, I'm just going to use their pictures to fool him first!" Chen Xiaobei walked up to the women and suggested that he take pictures of them.
The women were puzzled but since he saved their lives, they all agreed to it.
Once he was done, he quickly sent their pictures over to Zhu Bajie!
Zhu Bajie: Trickster Chen! Why are you so unkind? What happened to completely naked? These four beautiful women are all dressed in clothes!
Chen Xiaobei: This is just a tester! I'm just allowing you to take a look at their faces and their bodies. If you're satisfied, then send me the Red Envelope. Once that's settled, I'll send you high-definition nudity!"
Zhu Bajie: That's more like it! But the four of these women are more of the lower rung of first class! They are not exactly the jewels of the crown! I won't make the exchange! 😑
Chen Xiaobei: The hell?! Are you very good looking yourself? Do you come with eight packs? You are not that great yourself but here you are nitpicking! You deserve to be single for 10,000 years!
Zhu Bajie: Enough nonsense! If you can't give me a picture of a top-tier beauty then I'll go out and play! I have an appointment with Wei Xiaobao and the others! I have other important things to do!
Chen Xiaobei: Which goddess is in trouble again? 🙄
Zhu Bajie: I'm really leaving! Don't regret this!
Chen Xiaobei: Wait! I'll go get a picture of a top-tier beauty for you! 🙄
Chen Xiaobei exited the group chat and then examined the group.
There was only Liu Xuanxin and Long Zishan left.
These two were top-tier beauties but Liu Xuanxin was wearing a mask and Long Zishan was treating her wounds.
"It's her then." Chen Xiaobei walked up to Long Zishan and when everyone was not looking, he secretly took a picture of her, and then sent it to Zhu Bajie.
Zhu Bajie: Oh my goodness! This woman is too gorgeous! That face! 🤤 That body! 🤑 This is really really really good!
Chen Xiaobei: Hmph! Didn't you just call me a liar?
Zhu Bajie: Haha! God Chen is the best! Women like these are practically extinct! Hurry! Hurry! Send me that completely nude voyeur picture to me! I can't wait any longer!
Chen Xiaobei: Send me the Red Rnvelope first! I'm worried that if I give you the picture first, you'll short-change me! 🤨
Zhu Bajie: Fine! Fine! Private package incoming! I would never shortchange God Chen!
Ding –
Congratulations! You received Zhu Bajie's Red Envelope. Five high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur has been stored inside your treasure chest!
Zhu Bajie: Five high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur for five pictures! Hurry up! Hurry! 😖
Chen Xiaobei: I'm in an emergency situation!
Zhu Bajie: What??!! You… You… You liar! You lied to me!
Chen Xiaobei: I'm not lying to you! I really am in a life and death situation! I'll send the pictures to you once I'm safe alright!
Zhu Bajie: Why should I believe you?
Chen Xiaobei: I will send you the pictures in three days time! If I don't you can go complain to Shen Gongpao. How is that?
Zhu Bajie: Alright! I'll trust you this once! After three days, you have to send me ten pictures!
Chen Xiaobei: Alright! Alright!
Chen Xiaobei exited the chat with a giddy smile on his face.
Exchanging ten pictures, even if it was one hundred or even one thousand pictures, for five high-tier Prosperous Monkey Fur was just so worthwhile!
"Ahem!"
Long Zhishan suddenly coughed. Her eyes parted slightly, and her brows furrowed as she looked at Chen Xiaobei thoughtfully.
"Er…" Chen Xiaobei could himself starting to sweat again. "What is it? Faction Leader Long, are you awake?"
"Faction Leader Chen, have you done something that you shouldn't? What is with that expression on your face?" Long Zishan narrowed her eyes.
"No… Nothing… What thing could I have done that I'm not supposed to do?" Chen Xiaobei was guilty as sin.
If Long Zishan found out about the ten nude pictures of her showering, the demigod would destroy him without question!
"Good!"
Long Zishan still had her suspicions but as she did not have any evidence, she had to let it go.
Chen Xiaobei exhaled, relieved.
Long Zishan then changed the topic. "Thanks to Faction Leader Chen's pill… I'm almost fully recovered! After this, I might still need three to five days of recuperation, and I'll be able to fully recover!"
Soon after, Six-Eared Macaque and Li Xiang woke up as well. From their appearance, it looked as if they too would probably need about three to five days to recover fully.
"I'm just relieved that everyone is fine." Chen Xiaobei nodded. "Now, we'll have to discuss our next plan!"
Six-Eared Macaque said, "Just give me three to five days to cultivate and I can wield 650,000 combat power! Then I will be able to grapple with Zhou Daoxian, then you guys and take care of the others. We'll at least have a 50% chance of winning!"
Liu Xuanxin, Long Zishan and the other women were all stunned by his words.
First of all, Six-Eared Macaque was the exact replica of Zhou Daoxian. His presence alone made them extremely uncomfortable, as if the real Zhou Daoxian was sitting there with them.
Secondly, Six-Eared Macaque said that he could also wield 650, 000 combat power, and could fight Zhou Daoxian on his own, which make the whole thing even weirder.
If their savior Chen Xiaobei was not sitting there with them, the women would have suspected this to be a hoax.
"Not only a 50% chance!" Chen Xiaobei shook his head. "Six-Eared Macaque fights Zhou Daoxian while Faction leader Long can beat the other demigods and I have Osnur with me in my Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd. Let's not forget my Blood God's Deity-Killing painting! Wiping out the Anti-Bei Alliance is actually going to be a piece of cake!"
"Then there's no need for anymore discussion!" Xiangyu said excitedly. "Let's lay low for a few more days. Once Six-Eared and Faction Leader Long have fully recovered, we'll attack them!"
Everyone was suddenly very excited. They were already ready to take revenge on the people of Anti-Bei Alliance for bullying them!
"No!" Chen Xiaobei shook his head. "The Anti-Bei Alliance are not my real enemies!"
"What do you mean?" Everyone asked.
"Don't forget that the Blackwater Mystical Snake still hasn't shown itself! We are still at the outside area of Epang Palace! We haven't actually reached the actual tomb!" Chen Xiaobei said. "After this, I'm afraid that there'll be danger that is far scarier than the Anti-Bei Alliance!"
"What should we do then?"
The group began to fluster.