Chapter 309: Careless

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The fusion between the Azure Origin World and Azure Spiritual World was inevitable. That was an open secret among those in the Martial Extermination Realm, but the view on the fusion was split. Eventually, it was agreed that the fusion of both worlds was inevitable. However, they would delay it for as long as possible to build up their strength.

The Tongyou Institution’s actions showed that their scheme ran deep. God knew how many benefits they promised before dragging the experts of the other four institutions over to assist them in the fusion process. Even the White Deer Paradise of the Ji Continent sent an elder over.

Since moving the Mysterious Coral World out of the battlefield between the two continents wouldn’t greatly damage the world origins or the spatial barrier, the various powers felt that it was acceptable. Moreover, the Tongyou Institution sacrificed a ton by guarding the You Continent for the past twenty years alone. There used to be the threat of Kou Chongxue too, causing everyone to take a step back and allow the Tongyou Institution to do as they wished.

However, if the Tongyou Institution wanted to borrow the world origins to upgrade themselves into a holy land, it would shake the foundations of the Azure Origin World! That would cross the bottom line of those present!

As such, a simple question from Chang Huaiwu caused the tension in the air to rise to its peak.

Facing his question, Liu Qinglan replied seriously, “We had a plan to promote ourselves to a holy land, but we definitely have not executed it. We didn’t plan to do everything in one go.”

The situation was greatly diffused by her explanation, but there were still many who threw looks of doubt at her.

“Is that really the case? From the looks of it, the formation of the Tongyou Mysterious World absorbed a great portion of the energy from the Origin Tide. If this keeps up, the spatial barrier will still be greatly weakened even if you don’t become a holy land.” Han Chongwen clearly didn’t trust what she said and he pressed deeper.

“The Coral Forest suffered too much damage previously, and thus the Mysterious Coral World has to absorb more energy to restore itself. Everyone, please rest assured. Our Tongyou Institution won’t place the world in danger in order to gain some small benefits. Moreover, it’s impossible to develop a holy land with the energy contained in a single Origin Tide.” Kang Ci, who had recently entered the Martial Extermination Realm, added.

An Baimei stared at the exchange before snorting softly, “That better be the case.”

Chang Huaiwu stared at An Baimei who seemed to be smoothing things over and he revealed a strange expression. “Hah. I thought of grabbing more benefits from the institution for this matter. Looks like that’s going to be impossible now. The Tongyou Mysterious World doesn’t seem to be fully satisfied by the energy contained in the Origin Tide. I wonder if Deputy Patriarch Ji is hiding from all of us as he enters the Martial Dipper Realm within?”

Seeing how Liu Qinglan turned to glare at him with a deep frown on her face, he quickly added, “I heard that the old ancestor of the Zhu Family managed to enter the Martial Dipper Realm. You guys ran into him in the Coral Forest and killed him after a long battle. Don’t tell me that you failed to obtain his origin dipper…”

The new topic caught everyone’s attention again.

The Tongyou Institution ‘possessed’ a rank five advancement in the eyes of those present. With the energy contained in the Origin Tide and an origin dipper, everyone thought that Ji Wenlong would definitely use the chance to step into the Martial Dipper Realm.

If he succeeded…

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The moment Shang Xia emerged, he saw the look of mockery on Li Tianshou’s face.

He understood that he was jumping head-first into a trap, but it was too late!

His Scarlet Star Spear was like a roaring dragon that shot at his opponent as he unleashed the strongest strike of the Providence Spear Art he created. Flow Recompensation Spear!

Surprisingly, Shang Xia didn’t go for Li Tianshou! He aimed for someone else again.

The ball of energy that had gathered at the tip of his spear rotated in the opposite direction suddenly, scattering the original singular spear light into many smaller rays.

Naturally, that decreased the power of each spear light.

Shang Xia’s true intention wasn’t to kill any one of them. Now that he knew it was a plot, he wanted to look for an opportunity to escape.

There was no point in jumping into the deep end of their trap. He had to cut his losses immediately!

His reaction was quick, but how could the White Deer Paradise allow him to escape their intricate trap however he wished?

Li Tianshou and the others shattered the weaker spear lights that were flying towards them and someone activated the formation they laid down earlier.

Several trees in the surroundings became surrounded by a strange glow and ice shards flew all around. A huge net formed in the skies and surrounded Shang Xia instantly, blocking off all routes of retreat.

Seeing how impossible it was to escape, Shang Xia could only land between two huge boulders. He blocked off the ice shards casually by twirling his spear, causing an icy mist to surround him as he shattered them completely.

In the blink of an eye, Li Tianshou and the rest surrounded him. Five experts who were in the Martial Intent Realm formed a tight encirclement around Shang Xia with Li Tianshou as their leader.

However, a sharp cry came from somewhere else and a frown formed on the Martial Intent Realm experts in the White Deer Paradise’s party.

In their haste to stop Shang Xia from escaping, they forgot about the disciple Shang Xia was aiming for previously. His spear light might not be able to affect those in the Martial Intent Realm experts after he diffused their strength, but that didn’t mean that the others could.

Even though the spear contained a small portion of Shang Xia’s full strength, it killed his target instantly.

Li Tianshou and the other four didn’t dare to get distracted as they turned their attention back to Shang Xia. His act of killing their companion with a weakened spear light was more than enough to reveal his strength.

“Shang Xia, just give up. It’s one against five, you have no chance of winning.” Li Tianshou sneered in contempt. He was cautious of Shang Xia’s strength, but he felt a sense of accomplishment filling his heart when he realized that they successfully trapped him.

Facing the five of them, Shang Xia maintained his calm demeanor. He stared at Li Tianshou before asking, “How did you recognize me?”

“Hehe, you’re the only one who can locate this place! Do you think that my White Deer Paradise didn’t know about the location of the leak? We discovered it a long time ago!” Li Tianshou sneered. “We also discovered the Spiritual Extermination Gourd under those rocks. Also, there was the corpse who displayed wounds created by your Shang Clan Spear Art! Do you think you can hide these from us?”

“After comparing them with the wounds on Chen Sanyang, we uncovered your identity. Haha, do you really think that you can remain undetected/”

“Not to mention the fact that you used the Spiritual Extermination Gourd to collect the Extermination Mist leaking into the air. Everything pointed to the fact that you would return. All we were waiting to do was for you to show yourself!”

“Hehe, as the last person who met with Kou Chongxue, your life is definitely worth a lot! Even though the Tongyou City is about to be sieged on all sides and your value is no longer what it was, it doesn’t matter! I’ll be the one to capture you today!” Li Tianshou roared with laughter while spewing a bunch of nonsense. In his eyes, Shang Xia was nothing more than a bunch of free cultivation resources.

Shang Xia’s expression sank and it was so dark that it could rival thunderclouds.

Without a doubt, he had been too careless. He also underestimated the formation master of the White Deer Paradise.

He heard from Mister Bu that the water-attributed spiritual vein under the Changfeng City was experiencing some problems. Since they estimated that the spiritual vein was the key to the descent of the White Deer Paradise’s Martial Dipper Realm ancestor, there was no way Gao Yun would be careless about it.

Shang Xia thought that he would be able to cover it up by blocking the leak, turning himself into a joke that thought he could pull the wool over the eyes of Gao Yun, a Martial Extermination Realm formation expert.

He felt that he could use the chance to earn big, but from the looks of it, they were waiting for him to return and step into the trap they crafted specially for him.

Li Tianshou clapped his hands, breaking Shang Xia’s train of thought and he roared with laughter, “I have to thank Young Master Shang for this. The Spiritual Extermination Gourd is a special treasure indeed. The extermination mist within might not be enough to nurture an extermination origin, but there are many uses for it! Well, I won’t bore you with the details.”

Shang Xia wouldn’t allow himself to be affected by Li Tianshou’s mockery, and he raised his spear towards the man. “I heard that all the disciples of the White Deer Paradise are geniuses. Looks like I will have to experience it for myself. Brother Li, why don’t we exchange pointers?”

Li Tianshou sneered in response, “Hah Are you crazy? Why would I fight you alone when we have you surrounded? What a joke! Junior brothers and sisters, we’ll move together! We cannot allow Junior Brother Luo to die in vain!”

With all five of them taking action, Shang Xia was immediately thrown into a desperate situation.

With victory at hand, Li Tianshou and the others decided to play around with Shang Xia, eating away at his inner qi. After all, none of them wished to be buried with him. They would stand a chance to retreat unscathed if they wore him down until he had no energy left to unleash his desperate counter attack.

Li Tianshou seemed to have thought of something while forcing Shang Xia back with his sword. He chuckled, “Oh right, since Chen Sanyang died in your hands, you should be in possession of the Multi World Anchoring Flag. Haha! The flag is even more precious than the Spiritual Extermination Gourd!”

The other members of his group cheered in response as a look of greed appeared in their eyes.