CH 336

Everything Shang Xia did was clearly noticed by Gao Yun. However, Gao Yun was too distracted by Youshang to do a thing. The only thing he could do was to redirect the way the energy fell into the spirit cave underground, but Shang Xia sucked up all the world origin with his Spirit Extermination Gourd before Gao Yun could try anything. 

Gao Yun understood that getting tangled up like that wasn’t the way to go. There were 18 wells that formed an opening to the spirit cave in the City Lord Manor. If Shang Xia continued to destroy them, they would no longer be able to steal the Tongyou Institution’s world essence.

That was also why Gao Yun was dragging out the battle as long as he could.

When the amount of energy decreased by half earlier, he didn’t break out into full-blown panic. In his eyes, even if Kou Chongxue was alive, he wouldn’t be able to change the tide of the battle. An accident might have happened, but the energy was still being sent back to the Ji Continent. That clearly meant that things hadn’t gone to shit yet.

Moreover, he felt that Ancestor Yun Lu would definitely be able to discover what was going on in the Changfeng City.

Gao Yun was dragging things out so Ancestor Yun Lu could return to deal with the pesky asshole who was engaged in battle with him and the rat who had destroyed the protection formation.

What he didn’t expect was for the energy flow to stop completely! Ancestor Yun Lu was nowhere to be seen, but the world essence falling from the rose-colored bridge disappeared!

Gao Yun wasn’t the only one surprised by the change. Even Youshang couldn’t believe his eyes.

A sudden bout of laughter emerged from Gao Yun’s lips all of a sudden. “Hehe, all of you are dead. Ancestor Yun Lu is definitely coming back to deal with you now!” 

Shang Xia felt a suffocating pressure descending on him when he heard that the Martial Dipper Realm ancestor was returning, but something seemed off about the whole matter. 

However, Youshang’s roaring laughter soon rocked through the air. “Hahahahahaha! Are you stupid? If your ancestor is really about to return, will you be so kind as to give me a reminder?!”

It clicked in Shang Xia’s mind. However, Youshang sent him a secret transmission all of a sudden. “Hurry up and leave in case it’s really true.” 

“But you…” 

“Don’t bother about me. I have a way to leave if things get rough!” Youshang snapped before Shang Xia could say any more.

Even though Youshang seemed to not give half a shit about Gao Yun, he still decided to play it safe.

Nodding slightly, Shang Xia quickly turned around to flee from the City Lord Manor. While he was at it, he destroyed four more wells on the way out.

All of a sudden, the change occurred. 

The world origin being transferred back from the bridge stopped, but the bridge remained motionless in mid air.

Brilliant rays of light emerged from the north, and a stream of light shot back towards the Changfeng City along the bridge. The skies above the Changfeng City seemed to lose their color with the arrival of the stream of light, and the heaven and earth qi started fluctuating violently.

Raising his head, Shang Xia saw a swirling vortex of light as a massive water droplet emitted dense radiance as it started to fall off the bridge.

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Before Shan Xia could make sense of what had happened, Gao Yun’s expression changed drastically. He didn’t bother with Youshang’s crazed attacks at all as he flew towards the bridge in an attempt to grab the water droplet.

At that moment, a terrifying chill came from behind him. Gao Yun might have been willing to risk everything to grab the droplet, but he knew that was Youshang’s blow landed, his life would be in danger. Unwilling, he could only turn around to clash with Youshang as the both of them were sent tumbling through the air.

In that instant, the water droplet lost all contact with the bridge. Even though it was a pretty big droplet of water, it remained hovering in mid air.

Gao Yun forced himself to stop rolling through the air as he flew towards the water droplet, and so did Youshang. Youshang unleashed everything in his arsenal to stop Gao Yun from approaching it.

At the same time, Youshang’s anxious voice boomed in Shang Xia’s ears. “You need to grab that! That’s a fate dipper!” 

What?! Fate dipper?! 

Even though he was shocked to the core, Shang Xia’s body moved instinctively and he started rushing towards the water droplet.

Even though he was unable to fly through the air, he was able to stay suspended for some time.

The water droplet seemed to be affected by the shockwaves of the battle between Gao Yun and Youshang and it wobbled unsteadily. It seemed to be ready to fall at any time. As Shang Xia got closer to the droplet, he discovered that it was much larger than he had thought! When he saw it in the distance, it looked slightly larger than an ordinary raindrop. Now that he was getting closer to it, he discovered that it was huge enough to swallow him whole!

How the hell was he supposed to retrieve such a massive fate dipper?

Just as the thought flashed through his mind, Youshang’s caution entered his mind once again. “Do not touch it with your bare hands! You need to store it in a medium of some sort!” 

No shit! Why didn’t you say so earlier?! 

Seeing as he was about to slam straight into the droplet, Shang Xia brought out the Spirit Extermination Gourd in a state of panic and pulled the cork.

A chilly wind appeared from the void beside him before he could react.

“Be careful!” Youshang’s warning seemed to come a little late this time.

Shang Xia was extremely annoyed by that point. The treasure was right there for the taking. However, it would mean nothing if he was dead.

Without hesitation, he released the control of heaven and earth qi around him. Without the support of the heaven and earth qi around him, he fell to the ground below. 

Was it possible to evade an attack from a Martial Extermination Realm expert so easily? Obviously not. 

A chilly stream of qi seeped into Shang Xia’s body, and he felt a bone-piercing pain shooting through his entire being.

A layer of ice seemed to form around him as he fell to the ground. At the same time, his inner qi seemed to be frozen solid. He couldn’t circulate them as he wished.

“Bang!” With a loud thud, he smashed heavily into the ground outside the City Lord Manor. The ground under him shattered, and so did the layer of ice around his body. 

Feeling a sickly sweet sensation rising up in his throat, he spat out a mouthful of blood before crawling to his butt.

Luckily for him, the fall and the blood he vomited expelled the icy qi in his body. He was eventually able to circulate his Origin True Qi again.

Then again, his Origin True Qi was much more tyrannical than the inner qi of other Martial Intent Realm cultivators to begin with. He was frozen earlier because he was caught by surprise. Now that he could circulate his inner qi again, he quickly removed any traces of the icy qi from his body. When he was done, he leaped to his feet and glared at Gao Yun who was fighting in the air above.

His expression was as dark as thunderclouds when he looked at Gao Yun who was currently being suppressed by Youshang.

The wound on his back when he released the Woundless Spear earlier opened up again, causing his bloodstained clothes to turn a shade of darker red.

In the short amount of time since he emerged from the spirit cave underground, he nearly died twice! And the cause of it was that piece of shit Formation Master from the White Deer Paradise fighting in the air!

Earlier, Shang Xia retrieved his Spirit Extermination Gourd in a fit of desperation to not touch the fate dipper. With it still in his hands, he didn’t hesitate to slap it heavily on the bottom.

Grayish-black extermination qi emerged from the gourd, and the figure of a spiritual deer appeared in mid air. It turned into a streak of light that charged straight at Gao Yun.

“Huh? How did my White Deer Paradise’s spiritual deer end up in your hands?” Gao Yun frowned.

Shang Xia’s little tricks couldn’t be hidden from someone like Gao Yun, but when Gao Yun saw the spiritual deer charging at him, he couldn’t help but chuckle in amusement, “Brat, let me teach you another trick today. The secret art of my White Deer Paradise can’t be used to harm our own!” 

Even though he was forced to take a hit before he could retreat slightly, he started channeling the White Deer Paradise’s secret art. He wanted to control the spiritual deer to attack Youshang instead of himself!

“Hahaha! I really have to thank… Wait, how is this possible? No! ARGH!” Gao Yun’s shit-eating smile froze on his face when he discovered that his secret art wasn’t working. The spiritual deer didn’t change its target to Youshang at all!

There was nothing he could do other than to rouse his extermination origin in an attempt to protect himself. As the deer closed in on him, it leaped into the air before slamming heavily into Gao Yun.

After absorbing the Yin Water Mysterious Extermination Origin, the spiritual deer possessed strength close to a Martial Extermination Realm expert who barely stepped into the realm. If Gao Yun was fully prepared, the deer wouldn’t be able to do a thing to him! Unfortunately, he wasn’t.

When the spiritual deer slammed into him, he felt his organs shifting and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

After one strike, the spiritual deer seemed to have lost most of its energy and it scattered into a ball of grayish black extermination mist.

“You…” Gao Yun’s gaze was filled with suspicion, but rage replaced his confusion after he saw how the spiritual deer turned into a ball of extermination mist.

Youshang wouldn’t let go of a chance like this to beat the annoying asshole of a Formation Master who was Gao Yun. He felt no guilt about hitting Gao Yun when he was down. Taking advantage of the opportunity, his spear stabbed at Gao Yun mercilessly.

With his strength affected due to the injuries he suffered, he was unable to react immediately to dodge Youshang’s attack. He had to take it on forcefully, and he spat out another mouthful of blood after doing so. The imposing manner that he had initially dulled by a whole lot. 

It didn’t take long for Youshang to gain the upper hand after that. Gao Yun could only flee miserably as Youshang chased closely behind.

Under such circumstances, Youshang didn’t seem relieved at all. Instead, a deep frown could be seen on his face as he glanced at the brat down below.

After the spiritual deer slammed into Gao Yun, the fluctuations finally caused the fate dipper to fall. As it was falling, Youshang’s voice rang beside Shang Xia’s ear once again. “It’s best to not let the fate dipper hit the ground. But if there’s no other way, just dodge it and we’ll deal with the aftermath later!” 

Not knowing whether or not Shang Xia heard what Youshang said, he pointed the opening of his Spirit Extermination Gourd at the falling fate dipper.

As though it felt threatened by the fate dipper, the spiritual deer, who turned into the ball of extermination mist, raced back to the gourd as quickly as it could.

At the same time, the fate dipper seemed to have been affected by the suction force of the Spirit Extermination Gourd as it started to grow thinner in mid air.

A ball of gray mist that represented the Yin Water Mysterious Extermination Origin, and an extended water droplet that was the fate dipper started to swirl about the opening of the Spirit Extermination Gourd before being sucked in completely.

The weight of the gourd increased by several times suddenly, and the gourd nearly fell to the ground.

Shang Xia quickly raised his other hand in an unpanicked fashion to shove the cork back over the opening of the gourd when no traces of the extermination origin or fate dipper was left outside.