Cross took his helmet off and spat out some more blood as he sat up. Jasmine knelt down and said nervously "Are you okay?!" Cross nodded and threw up another mouthful of blood before grinning and saying "You got me good." Jasmine said quickly "I didn't mean to!"
Cross sighed and said "I lost again..." Jasmine said snappily "You're in the Divine Origin Realm for strength and I'm in the Divine Master Realm! That's a 6 Realm jump! Do you understand?! 60 LEVELS!"
Cross rolled his eyes and said "You have the strength of around 15 levels above me right now." Jasmine retorted "BUT! I have the experience of being a Divine Master Realm. Not to mention I've killed millions..."
Cross was surprised and said "Millions? I have killed thousands and a 'God' before coming here. Real detestable Creature he was, so hard to kill. and They was 6 years ago before I hit the barrier in my world.. I think I would be classified as a... Emperor Realm at that time?"
Jasmine was in a daze as she said "You killed a Divine Origin Realm at the Emperor Realm..." Cross scratched his head and said "I think, I don't really remember how strong he was, but I remember him being annoying to kill. He just wouldn't die." he sighed and stood up wiping the blood off his face and floating it above his palm before floating it into Jasmine's open mouth.
Jasmine was startled but drank it all before licking her pink lips happily. Cross chuckled and shook his head, dispelling the armor and mace as he sat cross-legged, recovering and converting his energy.
Luna stepped out of a space crack and sighed "You hurt yourself again?" as she sat next to him and cleaned him up gently, Jasmine watched Luna's actions silently, thinking about something. Cross smiled softly and said "Nothing too major. Just a could broken bokes and internal bleeding. I'll be fine in a few hours."
Luna sighed and said "Seriously..." as she started healing him. Cross threw up black blood and felt much better, Luna smiled and kissed him saying "All better, baby~" Cross smiled lovingly and kissed her, grabbing her waist and falling back into a crack, disappearing from the Sky Poison Pearl.
Jasmine stared at the empty space for a good while before slapping her cheeks and mumbling "Stupid Jasmine, you should've helped!" her cheeks turned rosy and she flew to the bed Yun Che bought for her, before covering herself in a blanket as her ears turned red.
Who knows what she was thinking in that loli mind of hers.
Cross spent the night with Luna in the castle, a very nice night at that. They dual cultivated for hours without interruptions.
A few days later
Yun Che was getting a kowtow from Luocheng. Cross looked outside and burst out laughing, Luocheng was calling Yun Che 'grandpa'. Yun Che had disguised himself as an old genius doctor and the Xiao boy immediately called him grandpa.
Cross laughed so hard, but the trouble was he was sparring with Jasmine and was sent flying as she caught him off guard. Cross got up and patted his chest before shooting towards her and swinging his mace from behind him with two hands.
Jasmine has a small smile on her face as they kept sparring.
Another few days passed
A ton of things fell into the Sky Poison Pearl. Medicine, weapons, money, everything. Cross and Jasmine were confused and looked out to see Yun Che cleaning out a treasury with a smile. Cross chuckled and made a sneak attack on Jasmine, who yelped and flashed away.
Cross grinned and chased after her with his mace.
A while later
Cross and Jasmine finished sparring with Jasmine nibbling on Cross' finger as they both watched outside.
Yun Che was sitting on a giant snow bird with Xuerou. They were being chased by another bird with the people from the Xiao sect on top of it.
Suddenly, Yun Che blocked a blast of toxic flames and saved Xuerou's life before she grabbed him and recalled her beast as they plummeted to the ground.
Jasmine jumped in shock and shouted "ARE YOU MAD!?" Yun Che chuckled and said "A bit." Cross chuckled and Yun Che spun around, throwing Xuerou into the air, just as he was about to hit the ground.
Cross laughed and said "Arresto Momentum." Yun Che basically almost came to a stop before smashing into the ground. A massive crater appeared but Yun Che was relatively fine.
Cross added "Strange fellow, he flirts with girls even as he's about to die. Very nice flair!" Yun Che's weak voice was heard "You couldn't have stopped me earlier, eh?" Cross chuckled and replied "You got a girl's heart, this amount of pain surely isn't enough."
Yun Che chuckled and went back to outside.
Cross shook his head and said "One day he's gonna die for a woman." Jasmine rolled her eyes and said "Hopefully it's after I get my body back." Cross laughed and said "Hey, round 2?" as he suited up and grabbed his mace.
Jasmine smirked and said "Think you'll win? Not in this lifetime." Cross chuckled and charged at her with his mace.
After a quick defeat, Cross went out for some fresh air.
Cross appeared next to Xuerou and an unconscious Che. Xuerou jumped in shock and said "Waaah!" Cross chuckled and squished her cheeks as he said "Silly girl! Be quiet! Don't you know that sounds attract villains?!"
Luna stepped out of the crack, holding Zephyr and Pandora as she said "He's right." Xuerou smiled sweetly and said "Luna!" Luna put down the kids and hugged Xuerou before they started talking.
Cross rolled his eyes and looked at the kid, who were looking at him. Cross said "What are you looking at, punk." Zephyr clicked his tongue and said "A big teddy bear." Pandora added "Mommy told us you were beat up by little aunt Jasmine!" Zephyr added "Mommy also thinks you're hanging out with little aunt Jasmine too much."
Pandora asked "Daddy, are you and little aunt Jasmine going to get married?" Cross almost spat out a mouthful of blood before growling "Why would I leave your mother?" Pandora said "But Grandpa Lie said strong guys like daddy can get more than one mommy!"
Zephyr nodded along and Cross was speechless.
Jasmine's entire face was blood red at the moment and she hid under the covers of her bed.
Cross knocked on their little heads as he said "Why don't you ask your mommy if she wants another mommy." the duo looked at Luna, who gave them a glance as he eyes gleamed dangerously. Zephyr and Pandora trembled and said "Who wants another mommy?!"
Zephyr added "We already have the best mommy in the world!" Pandora nodded and hugged Luna's leg as she said "The most beautiful mommy too~" Zephyr hugged the other leg as he chimed "And the strongest!"
Luna looked at the kids with an exasperated smile, Xuerou giggled and hugged the kids as she said "That's right! Your mommy is the best!" the kids smiled happily, but the moment was ruined by an obnoxious voice "Holy shit! Look at all those woman and kids!"
Cross looked over and these guys simply wanted the fastest ticket to hell possible as one said "I could enjoy the tall blonde for the rest of my life!" another one said "We can get the entire Mercenary group to enjoy her at once!" the last one said "I'll take the little girl, she must be nice and tender." as he licked his lips.
Yun Che had opened his eyes a second ago, then heard the men before laughing.
Luna looked at Cross, who slowly stepped towards the three men, she sighed and said "Make it as painful as possible. How dare this scum even look at my daughter!" Xuerou looked over and watched as Cross' aura became monstrous.
The entire world seemed to be shaking in rage, the three men froze in fear facing the scariest thing they've ever seen. Cross waved and the two chained up kids flew to Luna, who freed them and kept them close.
Cross chuckled as he said "Ligilimens." he searched their memories and found out where their base was. When he was done he said lightly "Honey, you might want to close the kids' eyes." Luna smiled and waved, the kids fell asleep and Cross exploded strings out of his body as he connected one to each of them and smiled "I hope you can last till the end~"
Cross said "Crucio." the three connected strings started torturing the three men, Cross added "Illusion Hell." the three men's eyes clouded over and they were in an illusion where they were getting rapped by hundreds of monsters, then Cross smiled and waved.
The strings pierced into their skin and flayed their flesh. A single green string kept them alive as the other strings slowly peeled every piece of flesh from their bodies until only bone remained. The strings' movement was very slowly and rough as they slowly moved up from their toes to their legs then torso, until only a beating heart and head was left.
These men were still alive by Cross' life magic, well not for long. A life element string slowly sliced pieces of their hearts off. The slices were as thing as cicada wings. It was inhumane torture, meant to be as painful as possible.
3 white souls appeared and Cross didn't even let those go as he slowly sliced their souls as well. Until there was nothing left, they didn't even have the chance to reincarnate!
Xuerou was completely white and Yun Che gulped. Luna watched the whole thing coldly, how dare they even think about her daughter?!
Cross burned everything and suited up in his armor and mace before saying "I'll be right back." and disappearing.
Luna and the rest felt the ground tremble and there was an extremely loud 'Boom!' from a ways away. Then a raging fire tornado erupted from the ground to the skies.
Cross returned and went back to normal as he said with a smile "All done~" Xuerou gulped and said "S-S-Strong.." Yun Che sat up and chuckled as he said "Excellent work! Couldn't have doe it better myself! Though I would've stolen from them as well."
Cross smirked and said "Who said I didn't?" Yun Che clapped and said "Amazing! 10/10!" Cross chuckled and walked back over, Luna smiled and said in Elven "I love you." Cross grinned and kissed her saying "I love you too, Loony~"