OBS Chapter 990: And Now, I’m the Hunter
Chapter 990: And Now, I’m the Hunter
Chapter 990: And Now, I’m the Hunter
When Xu Qing saw the clay people and the shrine coming over the horizon, he knew exactly who was on the way. And upon seeing Erniu, all of the exhaustion Xu Qing felt after having been hunted and experiencing the assimilation process... faded away.
An instant later, the clay people were hovering in midair overhead.
Erniu excitedly stepped out of the procession and dropped down next to Xu Qing. There, he punched Xu Qing softly on the shoulder, causing a stream of warm power to flow through Xu Qing. When Erniu sensed how weak Xu Qing was, and detected the evidence of how many times he had exploded, he said nothing. He just winked and laughed.
“Little Junior Brother, tell me, when you were running for your life, were you thinking of me? Let me guess. Whenever I’m not around, you have a hard time stomaching food. You don’t sleep well. You just can’t get used to life like that! I bet your cultivation even gets boring. No matter what you did, you felt like something was missing.
“Did I guess correctly? Well, did I? Hahaha! Come on, there’s no need to feel embarrassed. It’s fine! Just muster up the gumption to tell the truth!”
Erniu was clearly feeling very pleased with himself, and yet, he didn’t forget to butter up Yu Liuchen while he was at it. Turning, he bowed deeply and plastered a very flattering look onto his face. “Well now, this handsome and elegant individual, who has such a noble demeanor and an imposing bearing, could only be the legendary Senior with the most noble of spirits, Yu Liuchen. In his presence, the glory of heaven and earth fades, while the starry sky glitters brightly for his sake. I am your humble servant Chen Erniu. Greetings, Senior!”
As Yu Liuchen sat there with teacup in hand, hē looked Erniu up and down, blinked a few times, and then smiled as if in amusement. “Xu Qing, this Eldest Brother of yours really held nothing back. He was the first one to realize that you went missing, and he sent jade slip messages to about half of the east of Revered Ancient.”
When Xu Qing saw his Eldest Brother and heard Yu Liuchen’s words, a smile broke out on his face for the first time in a long while. He was about to say something when the shrine up above glittered.
A wind blew, and the shrine’s curtain parted, revealing a clay fox within. The clay fox initially seemed like an inanimate object, but in the blink of an eye, it filled with such color that it seemed to be alive. And then it really became alive as it transformed into a bewitchingly charming young woman who stepped out of the shrine and into the bamboo forest.
Her ample bosom swayed with her as she walked, while her hourglass figure and astonishing curves were enough to cause anyone’s heart to start racing. There were few other words that could describe her other than: perfect. She wore gauzy red clothing that only half-covered her, and looked like it might fall off at any moment. Her skin was so fair it was almost translucent, and her curvaceous body was so attractive that anyone who looked at her would be overwhelmed with the desire to be with her.
Once in the bamboo forest, she stepped over to Xu Qing’s side and then spoke in a languid voice that dripped with charm. “You gave your primal yang to someone else behind my back, you naughty little boy. Because of that, I wasn’t planning to come rescue you.”
Xu Qing didn’t react to her words. Instead, he put on a brave face and bowed in greeting. “Well met, Senior.”
The clay fox snorted coldly. Then she looked him up and down. She seemed pleased. “I have to admit that Niu’er was right, though. Now that you have this new body, you basically have all your primal yang back.”
Erniu cleared his throat and smacked his chest. “That’s right! I might try to trick other people, but I would never try to trick you, ma’am. What’s more, now that my little Junior Brother has a new body, he’s definitely going to be more passionate than before. Look, this body of his is virtually bursting at the seams. That energy and blood is burning sky-high!”
He looked at Xu Qing and blinked a few times.
Xu Qing said nothing in response to Erniu’s strange words.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
“Ah, whatever,” the clay fox said. “I’m not going to quibble with you.” It seemed that her heart had started racing in response to what Erniu just said, and she even licked her lips instinctively as she looked Xu Qing up and down again.
“How slutty,” Yu Liuchen said coolly.
Starfire paid no heed to hīs words, and instead turned to look at Floating Fiend with eyes so cold they seemed to be a gaze on a dead man. “So you’re the filthy imbecile that conspired to take Xu Qing’s fleshly body?”
Erniu also looked at Floating Fiend, his eyes filled with icy killing intent. Erniu wasn’t sure how much killing intent others felt toward Floating Fiend. But at this moment, his desire to put Floating Fiend to death couldn’t have been more intense. Though he had seemed relaxed up to this point, and had bragged a bit to Xu Qing, the reality was that he just wanted to ease some of Xu Qing’s exhaustion after a period of such intense danger.
In fact, there were few people in the world who had been more anxious than him. And when he sensed how weak Xu Qing was and how many times he exploded, his heart burned with flames of rage. And that rage wasn’t just directed toward Floating Fiend. He was also angry with the empress.
I’m not the only one who had a goddamned plan at work. Therefore... the fact that this whole thing went so south is something I sure as hell am not going to forget!
As Erniu snorted coldly in his heart, he looked at Floating Fiend with more and more killing intent.
Floating Fiend shivered and felt like he was about to collapse mentally. The woman who had just arrived was also a god. What was more... he detected a bit of the aura of an Altar God. That indicated that this god was at the ultimate peak of Flawless God. His despair ran as deep as the sea, and he knew that there was no escaping this situation. He just hoped he could die quickly. That was his only hope. Except that earlier, self-detonating hadn’t done a thing.
Now that Floating Fiend’s fleshly body had been devoured, the only thing left behind were the dilapidated shears.
Xu Qing collected the shears up, his eyes shining with ferocity. You want to assimilate me? Fine. I’ll assimilate every scrap of you! When it was done, Xu Qing turned to Yu Liuchen and Starfire. He bowed.
Yu Liuchen put down hīs cup of tea.
“You owe me a favor,” hē said coolly. “Once you’ve taken care of certain matters, I’ll come looking for you.”
With that, hē disappeared along with the bamboo forest. After hē was gone, the surroundings turned into... a majestic desert.
High God Starfire looked at the spot where Floating Fiend had disappeared and sighed. “Do you need me to help you find the rest of that filthy thing?”
Xu Qing shook his head. “I’ll always remember your kindness, High God. I can handle what’s next.”
Starfire smiled and then said some words that were very similar to those spoken by Yu Liuchen, except with a very different meaning. “That’s fine. I suppose you owe me a favor now. After you take care of certain matters, I’ll come looking for you, okay?”
High God Starfire licked hēr lips and seemed more charming than ever.
Xu Qing hesitated.
The god swayed back to the shrine and turned into a clay fox. Then the clay people carried the shrine back up into the sky and off into the distance.
The desert was now empty except for Xu Qing and Erniu.
Erniu looked at Xu Qing and grinned. “What are you going to do next, little Ah Qing?”
Xu Qing’s heart was full of icy killing intent. Looking in the direction of the Forbidden Sea, he narrowed his eyes and spoke in a voice like a blade. “He still owes me. Now, I’m going to be the one hunting him.”
***
On the seafloor in the Forbidden Sea, a snakeneck dragon swirled along hunting for prey. However, just as it opened its mouth to devour its target, it suddenly shivered as five-colored light built up in its eyes. Memories that weren’t its own erupted in its mind, becoming a tempest that swept through its fleshly body with devastating force. It exploded in a bloody haze.
A moment later, the chunks of flesh converged back into a humanoid shape. Its eyes opened, and though they looked blank at first, they quickly became lucid, and then grim.
Looks like my true form failed!
The person who had formed from the exploded snakeneck dragon looked around. He suddenly felt uneasy.
Which of the people connected to that brat by karma ended up killing my true form...? Regardless, I’m obviously very weak now. I’m not even as strong as an Imperial Sovereign. I guess I need to follow my original plan and find a place to hide out.
Suppressing his anxiety, he raced off to find a hiding spot.
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