They came through a transmission formation and Cross beat a Gong immediately, there were countless races and people waiting for them. They were about to speak when the loud Gong rang across the city.
Cross shouted "In 9 Heavens and 10 Hells, the Myriad Daos come together to make the invincible one. On all peaks, he is the loneliest man! In all worlds, countless corpses are left behind in his wake! All treasures submit, the Heavens can only sigh at his talents, even the ghosts cry in his presence!"
Long Chen was amused and Cross shouted "All those who step in his way, die!" countless people suddenly had their heads explode and they fell to the ground dead. Cross put the gong away and held his hands together as he said sadly "Amitabha, I have accepted your sacrifice." he waved his hands and all the corpses and blood disappeared.
Everyone was stunned silly.
Cross walked forward and sang "For the fools who cross my path~ Only the warm embrace awaits~ Lucifer laughs with a big smile~ Countless souls cross the yellow river~ I continue on my way, endlessly pushing through~ When will they learn~ This Daddy is invincible in all Worlds~"
As he walked and sang, people started dropping dead like flies with blood coming out of their eyes. People were truly scared, Cross continued "Whoever blocks my path will be slaughtered~ The King of Heaven trembles~ The Lord of Hell laments~ The Demons cry~ Buddha sighs~ As I walk~ Stones made of Bones~ Dyed red with the blood of my enemies~ My path breaks through the Heavens~ Who dares to stop my rise~ When I reach the peak and ascend~ They will only remember my name, the one who Rends the Heavens! Only I am Invincible!"
He clapped his hands together and the World trembled, the void started tearing and all the Races who were there to kill the group for the Universal Cauldron exploded and died before their corpses and blood disappeared.
Everyone who survived was scared silly.
Cross took out a goblet made of a skull and scooped up some blood before drinking it, he grinned at the onlookers with bloody teeth, prompting them to run away as fast as they can. Are you kidding?! This guy is a super demon!
Cross chuckled and the group went to the city gates. Cross gave the guards 3 gourds of wine and said "Drink, I swear this tastes better than the blood of my enemies! Haha!" The guards were so scared, one of them even fainted.
Cross scratched his neck and said "This... This isn't too good." Long Chen said "Can you blame them? You put up that whole show and made everyone scared!" Cross sighed and said "The truth is Mr. Guard. I'm a weak child, you see at birth my mother was very pitiful and was attacked by the Longteng Company. Now they revealed that my brother has the Universe Cauldron to avenge past enmities."
He almost cried and lamented "When will the torture end?!" before he started crying and hugged Xue'er. Long Chen said "Can you spread the news that I'm selling my bronze cauldron? Some people say it's the Universe cauldron. Maybe I can pick up a quick buck, you know?"
The guards were stunned, a two-pronged attack!
The first attack was tarnishing the reputation of the Longteng Company the next was revealing that they were selling the Universe Cauldron. It worked perfectly as people didn't believe that Long Chen had the Universe Cauldron and thought the Longteng Company was getting revenge for all the times he stole from them.
As such, nobody was willing to be used as a knife for the Longteng Company, especially not when there was no benefits whatsoever.
This way the group was unbothered in the city, Long Chen even went around trying to sell the Universe Cauldron, he kept calling it a bronze cauldron but when people said 'Universe Cauldron' he would blink and laugh saying 'Yes, yes, Universe Cauldron, of course. So 100,000 World King Crystals?'
In everybody's hearts, Long Chen was a swindler and the Longteng Company was an idiot. It didn't help their case when they had people firmly proclaiming that they were telling the truth. Someone asked them to swear on their soul but they refused.
And after that the doubts in people's hearts vanished into thin air. What Universal Cauldron? What a joke.
A few days later
The Full Moon clan showed up and the group left with them coming to a giant Winged Devil corpse. Apparently this guy was an Immortal before but now he was kneeling down with a spear nailing him to the ground.
Cross was awed and the Silver Chariot stopped a million miles away. You could still feel the pressure from here! Cross got out of the Chariot and walked towards the corpse, Long Chen, Yu Qingxuan, Feng Xue'er, Lily, Artemis, Guo Ran, Xia Chen, and the rest of the Dragon Blood Warriors followed closely behind.
They continued walking and came within 100,000 miles from the corpse. A bunch of other people fell off but Cross and Long Chen's group continued for another 90,000 miles before Yu Qingxuan and Feng Xue'er stopped.
A dozen steps later, the Dragon Blood Warriors were suddenly pressed to the ground and their skeletons were making noises. Cross, Long Chen, and Xu Changchuan continued on to 1000 miles from the corpse.
Cross looked at a Demon and said "Excuse me, can I ask you a question?" The Demon frowned and looked viscous but he had a white spiral shell on his back. Cross continued with a confused look on his face as he asked "You're a Gold Horn Demon, correct? But why do you have a White horn instead? Shouldn't it be gold?"
Actually, everyone was wondering this. The Demon was stunned, he was actually asked a question. He couldn't believe it. He shouted angrily "You're courting death!" Cross was stunned and said "Fellow, I really just wanted to know. Why are you so angry?" actually, everyone was a bit stunned, wasn't this demon a little unreasonable?
The Demon attacked and Cross stepped to the side, slapping him in the face as he said "Fuck! I asked a simple question! If you don't know, just say so!" the demon went flying back and slammed into the ground.
Cross walked to the corpse angrily, he was truly curious but obviously he wasn't getting an answer today! As expected, you can't even have a conversation with a demon. They all have shit for brains! He walked up the corpse and said "Scram!" at the ink-like substance on his legs.
The Ink-like substance exploded and Cross continued walking up in a bad mood. He came to a giant rusted spear and knocking on it saying "Aiyo! Wake up!" this was an immortal grade divine treasured spear! Are you kidding? Long Chen had the cauldron, he wanted this spear, no scratch that, he MUST have this spear.
Long Chen came up and Cross said "Split 50/50" Long Chen said "You're getting the Life Energy too!" Cross said "You have the Universe Cauldron!" everybody heard their conversation and Long Chen took out a bronze cauldron, he advertised the cauldron before telling the demons that he'll trade the corpse of the winged demon for a bunch of things.
The Demon clan guy got the things after a long conversation with his patriarch. He handed the things over to Long Chen, who laughed happily and put them away. One was a Supreme Blood Sea Lotus that was now growing in Long Chen's Inner World.
Long Chen wrapped the Bronze Cauldron in flames and smashed it against the spear. Cross had a calm expression but he was laughing in his heart, this guy swapped the Universe Cauldron with a Bronze cauldron made from the rust of the Universe Cauldron.
He hit the spear with the real cauldron covered in flames before swapping in the fake again and advertising the Universe Cauldron. Cross touched the spear and saw the scene of a man killing demons. Cross said "Your master was a cool guy, but now you're like this. Come with me and we'll slaughter Demons together, coincidentally killing Demons is my favorite pastime."
The spear buzzed and Cross pulled the spear hard, Long Chen smirked and the spear came out, turning into a 3 meter golden spear, while the Corpse was sent into the Black soil in Long Chen's World.
The duo laughed to the heavens and Cross held out the spear as he said "This daddy has the Golden Universe Spear of Myriad Demon slaughtering technique Arts of Death!" Long Chen almost coughed up blood and looked at Cross with disdain.
Cross chuckled and they landed on the ground as Demons came at them, angry that they were fooled. They went out for wool and came home shorn! No surprising though, as their heads were truly filled with shit.
Cross held the spear and said "Come! Come! You'll be the Broken Horn Demons from today onwards!" as he thrusted out the spear and blew a demon to smithereens. Cross laughed and looked more like a Demon, than the demons!
He charged into a wave of Celestial Reverends and swept the spear, killing groups at a time. He was simply invincible! The Patriarch of the Demon clan attacked and Cross jumped towards him, spinning the spear in his hand before thrusting forward.
The Patriarch of the Demons' eyes widened as the spear crushed his attack and was aimed right at his eyebrows. He flashed away and turned around to run away, unfortunately...
The void opened behind him and just as he turned around he kissed the spear as it pierced his head and killed him. Cross robbed the demon blind before throwing him into the black soil. He stood in the war like a Death God and said "Who the fuck else?!"
Everyone was scared and immediately fled, Cross sneered and the group left. They traveled to cities on the way to the Competition, buying everything they wanted. Cross copied the runes off the Spear and handed an entire book of Runes to Xia Chen and Guo Ran, who were so happy they shouted 'Thank you, father-in-law!' in unison.
Cross also copied the Runes visible on the Universe Cauldron and handed that book to them as well. Long Chen gave Guo ran all the Ores he took from the Demon guy and Cross let them raid his Forging Pavilion, but he threatened that if they didn't leave at least one behind he would hang them up by their underwear on the city walls.
They were immediately honest.
Cross nourished the spear with his soul, getting the Item Spirit to be born or wake up. Long Chen came to talk to him about the spear saying "I'll trade you for the spear." Cross said "Why do you need the spear? You use a sword, no? Do you want to switch?" he held it out as he said "I was just joking before, I don't want the spear. I just wanted to look cool and slaughter those demons from before. I don't think you should switch though."
Long Chen choked on his words and he smiled with red eyes saying "You're really a good brother." Cross smiled and said "Do you want it or what?" Long Chen took the spear and said "It's for Gu Yang." Cross said in surprise "The bald guy who is a master spear user?"
Long Chen nodded and Cross said "Well, it's probably better in his hands. If we find an Immortal Scythe I want it. I can have Aurora eat it and she'll become an Immortal Weapon herself." Long Chen smiled happily and said "We'll find it."
Cross smiled and suddenly there was a loud thunder rumbling in the distance along with a shout "Long Chen! Hand over the Universe Cauldron, or die!"