Chapter 633: Showing Saintliness in Front of Others
Chapter 633: Showing Saintliness in Front of Others
"Impressive!" Mei Siying said with genuine admiration.
She hadn’t even expected the plan Lin Xin had given her—to seduce Tang Bo to get close to Ye Xiu—to have so many flaws.
She said, "So what? You guessed my intentions weren’t pure, but isn’t your life in my hands now?"
Tang Bo ignored her and looked at Ye Xiu. "Brother, it sounds like she’s looking down on you. Hurry up and kill her!"
The reason he had brought Mei Siying for Ye Xiu to test was his belief that Ye Xiu could handle the situation if anything went wrong.
Ye Xiu let out a helpless laugh. Tang Bo’s audacity was truly something else. He was willing to gamble his own life without even knowing Ye Xiu’s true strength.
Just as he was about to make a move...
Seeing that Ye Xiu was about to act, Mei Siying shouted, "Ye Xiu, don’t move! If you move an inch, I’ll snap Tang Bo’s neck."
While speaking, she stared intensely at Ye Xiu, all while dragging Tang Bo backward toward the door. She was confident she could escape the moment she reached it.
Ye Xiu’s expression darkened. "Release Tang Bo, and I might spare you. Otherwise, I will grind your bones to dust!"
By then, Mei Siying had already dragged Tang Bo to the doorway. She laughed and said, "My life has always been in my own hands. I don’t need your mercy."
After speaking, she snapped Tang Bo’s neck and fled. Ye Xiu is hiding his true strength to get close to the Princess. He must have an ulterior motive. I have to report his real power to the Princess as soon as possible!
"You’re courting death!" Ye Xiu roared, darting after her.
After fleeing, Mei Siying immediately activated her Earth System Totem and began to sink into the ground. However, just as her lower body was submerged, Ye Xiu caught up. He grabbed her neck and forcibly yanked her out like a radish.
"You..."
Mei Siying was horrified. Ye Xiu’s strength was terrifying. She stood no chance against him; she couldn’t even escape.
"What were you trying to do just now? Sink into the ground to get away? Earth Escape?" Ye Xiu’s anger and Killing Intent had vanished, replaced by the look of a curious child.
He was eager to learn how to use the Earth System Totem.
"Cut the nonsense. I’m in your hands now. Kill me or flay me, do as you please," Mei Siying said defiantly, showing no fear of death.
"Oh!" Ye Xiu casually snapped Mei Siying’s neck, drained her Martial Prowess, and absorbed her Earth System Totem, replacing the one he had taken from Yue Longxuan.
Mei Siying’s Earth System Totem had awakened to the Fifth Stage, a full stage higher than Yue Longxuan’s. Naturally, Ye Xiu chose to keep the stronger one.
Mei Siying probably was trying to use Earth Escape just now.
Ye Xiu mimicked her earlier action, turning the soil beneath his feet to sand and letting his body sink into the ground in an attempt to develop the Earth Escape ability himself.
He almost suffocated after sinking underground and quickly resurfaced.
"It seems that mastering the advanced techniques of the Earth System Totem won’t happen overnight," Ye Xiu sighed.
Just then, Tang Bo walked out, trembling with lingering fear. "Damn, it’s a good thing you gave me the Life Totem, Brother, or I’d have been a goner just now!"
Ye Xiu shot Tang Bo an exasperated look and said, "Come here. I’ll help you awaken the Second Stage of your Life Totem and give you some Spiritual Energy to help you open your Qi Sea."
Tang Bo’s eyes lit up, and he hurried over to sit cross-legged before Ye Xiu.
Ye Xiu placed a palm on Tang Bo’s head and began infusing him with Spiritual Energy, saying, "Nanjing has been chaotic lately, and it will only get worse before the Mist Chant Martial Meeting. You’d better behave. Having a Life Totem doesn’t mean you can’t die."
"Okay, okay!" Tang Bo was very obedient in front of Ye Xiu. He then asked, "Brother, who is Mei Siying? I always felt there was something eerie about her."
Ye Xiu didn’t answer directly. Instead, he said, "Mei Siying cultivated the Evil Charm Technique, a method of harvesting Yang to supplement Yin. Don’t be fooled by her youth and beauty. She might be older than your mother."
"What?" Tang Bo exclaimed.
Ye Xiu nodded.
"Retch..." Tang Bo threw up.
At that moment, a thought struck Ye Xiu. Mei Siying, the assassin sent by the three Judicator Families to kill Huang Quan, is dead, but Kristina and Lin Xin don’t know that. What if Huang Quan appears at the peak of Unparalleled Mountain at eight o’clock tomorrow morning, but Mei Siying doesn’t show up? Will Kristina and Lin Xin wet themselves on the spot?
「The next morning!」
Martial Artists from all over the world gathered around Unparalleled Mountain.
They came to witness the battle between Huang Quan and the experts from the three Judicator Families, but their main goal was to see Huang Quan in person. For ten years, the name Huang Quan had been legendary, yet very few had actually seen him.
There were just too many people. As the saying goes, a crowd of over ten thousand seems boundless. The number of Martial Artists gathered around Unparalleled Mountain was estimated to be at least sixty or seventy thousand. With so many people, it was impossible for everyone to see the top of Unparalleled Mountain clearly.
Some had run into the city overnight to buy binoculars, then rushed back to the surrounding mountains to claim a good spot, hoping to get a closer and clearer view.
This led to a strange sight. The slopes, the trees, and even the branches of the mountains surrounding Unparalleled Mountain were swarming with people, looking like a conference of monkeys.
"It’s 7:55. Huang Quan might not show up because he’s scared, but why hasn’t Mei Siying arrived either?" Atop Unparalleled Mountain, Kristina checked her watch and frowned.
Lin Xin smiled. "Being late is a woman’s privilege. Besides, if Mei Siying arrived first, wouldn’t that be giving Huang Quan too much face?"
Kristina considered this for a moment. "That’s true."
On the summit of a small mountain closest to Unparalleled Mountain, An Dongye, Tang Bo, and the others from Medicine King Valley and the Dongfang Family were crammed onto the peak. Meng Yinwan and her group, wearing masks and baseball caps, were also there.
Every one of them was holding a pair of binoculars.
"Why isn’t Huang Quan here yet? The suspense is killing me," An Dongye said anxiously.
"I came at three in the morning just to see him in person. I can wait."
"As long as I get to see Huang Quan, any amount of waiting is worth it!"
"It’s a shame we can only watch from afar. If only I could exchange a few words with him."
The people on the mountaintop were buzzing with discussion, their faces filled with anticipation.
Just then, an arrogant voice echoed through the air:
"Where the sea ends, the sky is the shore; at the peak of Martial Arts, I am the summit!"
Who was so conceited?
Everyone looked up.
They saw a masked person in a white robe, hands clasped behind their back, standing on the very top of a large tree on the mountaintop, seemingly balanced on a single leaf.
The people from Medicine King Valley and the Dongfang Family collectively groaned inwardly. Holy hell, isn’t that the Pressure King, Dong Fangbai?
The others who didn’t know Dong Fangbai were collectively amazed by his outstanding Qinggong.
On closer inspection, however, they saw a long bamboo pole propped up among the branches. Dong Fangbai was actually standing on top of it.
"Pressure King, today is Huang Quan’s show. What are you doing, trying to steal the spotlight?" Tang Bo complained.
Dong Fangbai stated proudly, "Back when Huang Quan fought Ba Dao, I saw him with my own eyes and even spoke to him."
Dong Fangbai felt immensely proud. I’m the only one here who has ever seen Huang Quan, and I even spoke to him. This is the perfect chance to show off!
"Really?" An Dongye asked.
The rest of the crowd also looked at Dong Fangbai excitedly.
"Of course!" Dong Fangbai’s tail was practically wagging with pride.
"So, is Huang Quan handsome?" An Dongye asked.
Dong Fangbai thought for a moment. "About the same as me."
"That ugly?" An Dongye was greatly disappointed.
Dong Fangbai was rendered speechless.
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