After a few hours of trying to kill himself, Xuan Li finally realized that these guys didn't have the ability to kill him, and he was just torturing himself for no reason.
Not willing to continue anymore, Xuan Li decided to stop it now. More like, he tried to do so but failed because he seemed to have forgotten that he was currently inside a water sphere with electric current flowing in it.
He opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out from it as a whole lot of water immediately rushed in and invaded his lungs and stomach.
Whack!
His body now started to convulse violently as more and more water entered his mouth. He wanted to move and get away from this current predicament. Unfortunately, his body had already become numb after getting shocked by electricity earlier.
Even if it was already apparent that his body was quite powerful compared to a normal one, Xuan Li was still not fully aware of how to utilize it properly. So, he didn't have any choice but to let the torture continue.
After a few moments, Xuan Li felt that his body was starting to expand in size, similar to a swelling balloon due to the excessive amount of water filling inside. His body obviously couldn't handle it.
Even in a dazed state, Xuan Li was still able to feel what was taking place. He thought to himself, 'Hmm? Is this it? Yeah, this might be it! I can finally die!'
Once again, he completely embraced the current situation and closed his eyes. He could now finally achieve the death that he really wanted.
Or so he thought.
The very next moment, his body suddenly stopped bloating. And a little later, all of the water that had been entering his body suddenly stopped and started flowing out. It was akin to the overspilling of water in an already-filled container.
Xuan Li sensed something pushing his stomach walls, wanting to come out. He slowly drifted upwards. Xuan Li instinctively opened his mouth, the urge to puke growing stronger.
Water suddenly rushed out of his mouth, resulting in…
Bang!
The collision of the water he spat out with that of the water sphere sent shockwaves in all directions.
Screams and shrieks resounded in the area while the group was suddenly thrown into chaos. The girl who had been maintaining the water sphere was pushed backward along with the two guys taking turns to supply her some mana.
The remaining people were also flung away, making them fall down on their butts.
Like a heavy downpour, water from the explosion rained down everywhere.
Xuan Li was also currently sitting on his butt and staring blankly at the air, stupefied about what had happened. He was drenched with sweat and water from what he had just experienced.
Burp!
He let out some more water from his mouth before thinking to himself, 'What the heck? Why the hell is it that every time I accept my death, something like this happens?'
Others present in that place also didn't know how to react. Not to mention, they were too tired from what they had done. Their acts of torturing Xuan Li had truly exhausted their energies.
...…
Inside a room of the village's inn, Xuan Li was passionately complaining about what had happened earlier. "What the f*ckkk!! I thought that I could finally die, yet, I ended up failing just like before!"
He had been invited to stay here by the group earlier as a guest of the village. They thought that he was a powerful cultivator since their attacks had been reduced to nothing in front of him. It was normal for them to give him some proper respect, at the very least. They didn't want to anger such a powerful entity.
The baby panther was resting on the soft bed of the room, looking as comfortable as ever. He looked like a little kitten that was sleeping peacefully with no care for the world. Once or twice, he would even purr out loud, licking his paws and filing his nails. He was having the time of his life, now that he was well-fed and had been given a perfect spot to spend the night.
But when Xuan Li didn't stop repeating the same thing multiple times, the baby panther couldn't stand it anymore and roared at the complaining 'child'. "Can you shut your damn mouth!? Let me be in peace. If you want to complain, do it outside, and don't disturb me."
His eyes momentarily glowed a deep, golden shade.
Xuan Li was speechless by the panther's words for a minute before he sneered at the latter. "Didn't you say that you were so mighty that you don't need a rest? Then why are you sleeping here now?"
The corner of the baby panther's mouth suddenly twitched. He hopped up to stand on the bed before glaring at Xuan Li. "Provoking me, kid? Let me tell you why they can't kill you then."
"It is because they are the weakest of all weaklings and the trashiest of all trash in the entire Human Race. When someone like me can't even injure you, why do you expect a bunch of Rank 1 mages and cultivators to kill you?"
The baby panther paused for a moment to look smugly at Xuan Li before curling up his mouth. "If only you could see how pathetic you were when you thought that they could do it-..."
He was still in the middle of talking, but he choked when he heard Xuan Li's voice, saying, "It sounds like you admit that you are also trash."
The baby panther inhaled sharply while listening to Xuan Li's words before repeatedly saying, "You! You!..."
He didn't know how to refute those words. He was just too speechless.
'As expected, this mortal is not simple. He's tricked me for quite some time already. Maybe his actions earlier were just to find a way to mock me,' thought the baby panther to himself as he squinted at Xuan Li.
Xuan Li, on the other hand, was not able to read what's running inside the baby panther's head, so he just sat on the bed before saying, "Since we are already on this topic, how about you make it clear to me how the ranks or whatsoever are? You only said that there are nine ranks for both disciplines practiced by the cultivators and mages, but you didn't fully explain how they work."
The baby panther didn't immediately reply to Xuan Li and just looked cautiously at him. 'Is this one of his traps? Is he looking for another chance to mock me?' He couldn't help but assume that.
And with that, the baby panther edged closer to observe Xuan Li more carefully to see if the latter was just playing tricks on him.
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