Chapter 787: Schemes, Ambush, Interrogation

Even though Shang Xia realized something was wrong when the divine weapon started to inflate earlier, the power behind the detonation truly exceeded his expectations.

However, he was a little more curious about the fact that a divine weapon could actually be detonated.

He felt a wave of disappointment after thinking about how they had a chance to snatch the divine weapon for themselves.

The detonation of the divine weapon pushed Shang Xia hundreds of miles further after he escaped from the danger zone. Along the way, the twisted and torn space posed no danger to him as he was protected by the Five Element Ring.

After flying out there, he wasn’t in a rush to locate his fellow companions. Instead, he reached out his hand and tried to find something. He turned to face a certain direction and ignored the effects brought about by the detonation of the divine weapon. He concealed his aura and sped in that direction.

He needed to make full use of his time to deal with something.

The shockwave of the detonation spread for close to 2000 miles and with the battle earlier, anyone in the Azure Ascension World who was paying attention to the situation outside the Beyond Heavens Pavilion would have noticed something wrong. The other squads who were patrolling the area would also be making their way over.

Shang Xia felt a faint connection to something and after concealing his aura to the limit, he rushed straight into a region packed with the remains of shattered asteroids.

“Heh, this fellow ran really quickly...” Shang Xia chided in his heart. Even though they already made an agreement to meet there, he didn’t dare to be careless. He slowed down as he approached the space filled with debris and he released his divine will to their maximum range in case of any hidden dangers.

After half the time it took to steep a pot of tea, Shang Xia traveled close to 1000 miles through the region and he was starting to feel a little impatient.

The detonation of the divine weapon earlier caused everyone to scatter, but they were merely thousands of miles apart. All of them were Martial Dipper Ream experts and it wouldn’t be difficult to meet up again.

If he dragged things out because of the current matter, he might easily arouse the others’ suspicion.

It was then that he noticed a faint trace of life in a certain pile of rocks in the distance.

His consciousness trembled but he didn’t immediately increase his speed to head over there. Instead, he slowed his speed down to a crawl and continued to restrain his aura. He even increased the concealment around himself before making his way forward.

Dodging several asteroids flying his way, he traveled a dozen or so miles before catching the faint trace of life again. At the same time, he also felt a foreign aura.

The closer he got, the clearer the chaotic auras felt. It was obvious the owners of the auras weren’t in the best of condition and they were so heavily injured they couldn’t even control their inner qi properly.

Of course, they could also be acting that way intentionally to attract someone over to a trap.

Shang Xia wasn’t affected by it, and perhaps it was due to the confidence he had in his skills, he continued to draw closer to the 2 foreign beings.

He felt the mark on the back of his hand growing hotter as faint runes appeared on them. It eventually showed some sort of strange diagram.

Not too far away, the voices from the foreign cultivators grew clearer.

“... I destroyed it...”

“... At least... What... Going back...”

“... Actually sent you here!”

“Brother Lu, how are your injuries?”

“I ran into a crazy fucker along the way. The female cultivator who used the golden blade actually wanted to sacrifice herself to drag me down after I detonated my divine weapon... She even planned to ignore the dangers of the fluctuating space!”

“Huh? From the looks of it, she didn’t succeed...”

“Hehe... Argh, my only Fate Dipper Clone has been seriously injured. Even though it’s not completely destroyed, I won’t be able to summon it in the near future.”

“Oh? That’s great!”

“You... What do you mean by that?! Huang Yu, how dare you....”

Thump!

A dull blast caused the rocks and debris in the surroundings to scatter.

A hasty yell quickly filled the skies. “What are you waiting for?! Hurry up and make your move!”

Asteroids that were stacked close to each other separated suddenly, forming a huge path that revealed Shang Xia’s figure. On the other side was Huang Yu, who was sent flying by a palm strike. There was also an expert from the Spirit Abundance World with a short spear stabbed into his abdomen.

Shang Xia remained indifferent as he approached. He pressed his hands down at the same time as reddish-gold lightning bolts appeared soundlessly and slammed directly at the man’s head.

“Huang Yu, how dare you collude with those barbarians from lower worlds!” The expert from the Spirit Abundance World roared. Even though he suffered serious injuries, his figure started to blur as he tried to avoid Shang Xia’s Chaos Essence Lightning Palm.

It was a shame the spear in his abdomen acted like a lightning rod that directly attracted the terrifying bolts of lightning towards his heavily injured body.

Amidst the flickering lightning, the expert from the Spirit Abundance World convulsed. However, it didn’t affect his attempt to run away.

The physique of a Martial Dipper Realm expert was on full display at the moment. Even after suffering such a powerful strike, he was able to run.

Unfortunately, he suffered a direct hit from Shang Xia’s Chaos Essence Lightning Palm. His agility was affected and he was unable to break away from Shang Xia’s pursuit.

“Collude? Why would I need to collude with them?” The figure who had spat out god knew how many mouthfuls of blood struggled to stabilize himself as he stared at the expert from the Spirit Abundance World with a look of mockery flashing through his eyes. He still warned Shang Xia while he was at it. “You can’t let him escape! Otherwise, my identity will be revealed!”

“You... You were one of them?!” The expert from the Spirit Abundance World finally understood what was going on. His shock even caused his movements to slow down slightly.

Shang Xia’s divine will locked onto the foreign expert and no matter where he ran, he couldn’t avoid being detected.

Slapping the void heavily, the spear that was lodged in the foreign expert’s abdomen pushed further and pierced deeper into his back.

“Pfft...” The tyrannical spear intent continued to wreck the foreign expert’s innards, and sustaining flight became a little more difficult.

He was already exhausted from the previous battles. One of his Fate Dipper Clones was destroyed by Pang Jingyun and the others, and another was heavily injured by Yi Jingzi. After suffering the sneak attack from Huang Yu, his injuries got even worse. Now that Shang Xia took action, he was a spent force.

Even at that point, Shang Xia didn’t dare to be careless. He started to launch a fearsome assault that increased with intensity as time went by.

The expert from the Spirit Abundance World tried ways and means to unleash secret arts to escape, but Shang Xia’s Five Element Ring locked down the space around them to the point where not an ant could escape. Realizing that his fate was sealed, he wanted to sacrifice himself and drag Shang Xia along with him. Unfortunately, Huang Yu yelled an appropriate reminder at the right time and wasted his efforts. The dipper qi in his dantian was completely scattered despite his attempts to condense it before detonation.

Eventually, Shang Xia’s Five Element Dipper Qi condensed into a Temporal Blade that severed his vitality forever. A wave of energy burst forth and his course turned into dust.

After reaching the Martial Dipper Realm, unless one had the intention to maintain their body after their death, they would eventually scatter and turn into cosmic dust.

“Heh... he’s finally dead!” Huang Yu struggled to travel to Shang Xia’s side. He glanced at the treasures the foreign expert left behind before muttering, “Oh right. What was the name of the blade you used earlier? It actually had the ability to restore my inner qi! If you didn’t help me recover, it wouldn’t have been easy for me to stab him with the sneak attack...”

Before the expert from the Spirit Abundance World detonated the divine weapon, Shang Xia condensed a blade with the purest form of Yi Wood Dipper Qi. It might seem to cause grievous injuries to Huang Yu, but it actually assisted in his recovery.

Shang Xia quickly grabbed everything the foreign expert left behind before tossing the faint yellow crystal at Huang Yu. He asked, “Oh yeah, what was contained in the hideouts you destroyed?”