Chapter 1779: Don’t You Think It’s Way Too Late To Run?

Phew... it was the Earthly Sovereign Bell that caught his attention. That gave me a fright!

Ye Qing mentally sighed in relief when he realized something. “So, you tricked others before us?”

“Trick? I didn’t trick them!”

𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

The remnant spirit countered, “They’re the ones who were too greedy for their own good. All I said was that I have treasures to give them, and they ate my bait hook, line and sinker. They deserved what they got.”

“What about us? We didn’t covet your treasures. Surely you’re not going to say that we deserve this treatment!” Ye Qing retorted.

The remnant spirit let out a cold chuckle. “Did you not steal my Rainbow Divine Fire?”

Ye Qing retorted, “Steal my ass! I took it via my own power! You’re the one who’s too weak to protect his own treasure!”

“You...” Ye Qing’s sharp retort caught the remnant spirit off guard. Then, he flew into a rage, “You dare insult me like this when death is breathing down your neck?”

“I was going to leave you a wisp of your soul so you may enter the cycle of reincarnation since you are aiding my escape, but since you ingrates cannot recognize my benevolence, then forget it!”

“Yes, yes, you’re a good guy.”

Ye Qing said tauntingly, “Anyway, good guy, I have one last question. Was the person I was searching among your victims or not?”

“You dare taunt me? I will teach you a lesson you will never forget!” Enraged, the remnant spirit opened his mouth and revealed what looked like ferocious flames burning behind his throat. The next moment, a terrible suction force wrapped around the duo and attempted to drag them into the remnant spirit’s belly.

However, the duo who looked like they were on the brink of death and exhaustion did not move an inch.

Disbelieving, the Divine Furnace of Nature employed all of his power. The weather warped, and the Heaven trembled. However, Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou still did not move.

Not only that, the duo were wearing easy, casual smiles on their faces. It was almost as if the powerful gale pulling at them was no more but a drizzle.

Stunned and terrified, the remnant spirit abruptly exhaled and engulfed the duo in a torrent of deadly flames. At the same time, it transformed into a beam of light and blasted off toward the horizon.

At this point, it became clear that the duo were never hurt or depleted at all. From the beginning until the end, they were putting on an act for him.

In other words, it was all a ruse. He thought he was the fishermen, and the duo the fishes. In reality, it was the opposite.

That was why he was terrified.

That was why he escaped.

He escaped without any hesitation. Escaping was his only chance he might survive this.

“What’s the hurry? We were having such a wonderful conversation!”

It was at this moment a ridiculing voice rang right next to the remnant spirit’s voice.

The next moment, black and white flew across the sky like dragons and spread out like a fog, suppressing the Five Phases and sealing the eight directions.

The remnant spirit was instantly frozen in place.

Before he could react, space changed, and heaven and earth traded places. Suddenly, he found himself back at the Divine Arms Peak and standing before the duo once more.

“By Nature's grace, heed my call! All arms, suppress!”

The remnant spirit was unwilling to give up, of course. Mysterious runes flashed and swam across its surface, and light burst out of the Divine Arms Peak. As the duo mingled, the weapons and treasures that formed the Divine Arms Peak grew several times greater than before.

“Tsk... I knew it. You are the one behind it.”

The Divine Arms Peak was in the same state as the Hanging Tree. It wasn’t completely powerless, but its reserves were almost empty. Therefore, it could not have displayed the terrifying power it had displayed earlier. To give an example, an ordinary Sage would have been severely injured.

The reason it displayed that much power was completely the Divine Furnace of Nature’s remnant spirit’s fault.

The remnant spirit claimed that he would suppress the Divine Arms Peak’s power, but it was really a lie through and through.

Not only did he not suppress its power, he amplified it to become much greater than it actually was.

His objective? To deplete their strength and capture them while they were weakened, of course.

In fact, Ye Qing predicted this from the beginning. More accurately, he knew that the remnant spirit was plotting something nefarious from the start.

There were two reasons why he knew this. One, his demonic thought allowed him to sense the remnant spirit’s malice.

Two, the remnant spirit had helped them without reservation despite harboring malice toward them. Even after he said that he would let the remnant spirit go free, the remnant spirit still offered to help them. His actions did not match his emotions at all. There were only two possibilities why the remnant spirit was doing this. One, the remnant spirit was an idiot. Two, he was plotting something!

Was the remnant spirit an idiot? Clearly not. From the start, he had displayed a significant level of intelligence and cunning. He was also an old monster who had survived for heavens-know-how-long. Even if he was just a remnant spirit, how could he be an idiot?

Therefore, he could only be plotting something!

That was why Ye Qing pretended to fall for his trap and put on an act for him. He wanted to know exactly what the remnant spirit was plotting.

Of course, everything he showed the remnant spirit earlier was an act.

Now, he had successfully caught the fish and accomplished his goal. Therefore, there was no longer a need to keep acting.

Despite watching the Divine Arms Peak becoming much stronger than before, and streams of divine arms and treasures flowing toward him from multiple directions, Ye Qing did not panic.

Ye Qing held out his hand, and the Earthly Sovereign Bell appeared above his palm. It rotated slowly as it floated up into the sky. Then, it descended back toward the ground.

For every inch it fell, the Earthly Sovereign Bell grew bigger. For every meter it descended, its Profound Yellow Mother Qi grew twice as great.

By the time the Earthly Sovereign Bell landed on the mountaintop, it was as big as a mountain range, and its Profound Yellow Mother Qi was as thick and dense as the earth itself. The sun, moon and stars were also shining beautifully and mysteriously in the sky.

Buzz...

The Earthly Sovereign Bell made no sound when it landed on the ground, but the impact was greater than otherwise. The entire Heaven started shaking as an indescribable flood of power annihilated the streams of treasures and extinguished all of the light.

Rumble!

The Divine Arms Peak itself could not seem to bear the weight and power of the Earthly Sovereign Bell. As soon as contact was made, the mountain collapsed by a few inches, and the ground shook violently like waves.

The brilliant light that used to surround the Divine Arms Peak flashed for an instant before winking out completely.

“The Earthly Sovereign Bell?!”

As the Earthly Sovereign Bell descended, the gigantic silhouette of the Divine Furnace of Nature also shrank rapidly. Its power especially was fully suppressed, and he was unable to employ even an ounce of it.

“You are the reincarnation of the Earthly Sovereign!”

Although the Divine Court had already declined and collapsed by the time the Earthly Sovereign was born, it hadn’t fully disappeared just yet. That was why the remnant spirit was aware of the Earthly Sovereign and the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s existence.

However, the Divine Furnace of Nature clearly had poor eyesight. He had mistaken Ye Qing for the Earthly Sovereign.

“An astute observation...”

Ye Qing did not refute the remnant spirit’s accusation though. The Earthly Sovereign had passed away, and he was his heir. If you round up to the nearest integer, then he was the reincarnation of the Earthly Sovereign. Yep! There’s nothing wrong about this method!

“... if only you were just a little more observant, you wouldn’t be in this predicament.”

The reason Ye Qing said this was because the remnant spirit recognized the Earthly Sovereign Bell, but severely underestimated his strength.