Unlucky!
Ye Xuan’s face darkened at once.
What a thing to say!
Sure, his face might be a little thick, but as a person he was still pretty decent, right?
Qin Guan was about to speak when, suddenly, the distant space began to tremble violently.
At the scene, both of their expressions changed.
They were here!
Ye Xuan looked towards the far horizon. The space there shook fiercely. Soon, a black vortex teleportation portal appeared.
Seeing it, Ye Xuan’s eyes narrowed.
The vortex quickly took shape. Right then, Qin Guan suddenly shouted, “Little Xuanxuan, charge in!”
The instant her words fell, Ye Xuan turned into a streak of sword light and vanished.
Chi!
The space in the field was instantly torn apart. The sword light plunged straight into the black vortex.
Qin Guan lightly stamped her right foot. “Activate!”
Boom!
In a flash, the entire Heaven-Reaching Tower shuddered. A beam of black light shot into the sky and plunged into the vortex portal. Qin Guan herself flew in after it.
The teleportation array inside the black vortex began to shake violently. Countless mysterious and eerie runes instantly covered the whole vortex.
Data transmission in progress!
At that moment, an old man appeared not far in front of Ye Xuan. He stared at Ye Xuan and Qin Guan. “What are you two doing?”
Ye Xuan looked at the elder and said seriously, “Fancy a chat?”
The elder frowned. “Chat about what?”
Ye Xuan smiled. “What brings you to our Void Universe?”
The elder fixed his gaze on Ye Xuan. “You’re that Backer King?”
Ye Xuan nodded. “That’s me.”
The elder’s eyes narrowed at once. “I hear you obtained all the treasures of your universe’s Spirit. Is that true?”
Ye Xuan looked at him. “It is.”
The elder’s gaze instantly burned with greed. “Countless spiritual essences?”
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then asked, “Feeling tempted?”
The elder was about to speak when he suddenly glanced around. Countless mysterious energies were converging from every direction like a tidal wave, flowing outwards.
The elder’s brows knitted deeply. He grew wary. “Just what are you doing?”
Ye Xuan blinked innocently. “Do you know exactly how many spiritual essences I actually got?”
The elder looked at him. “How many?”
Ye Xuan raised one finger.
The elder’s eyes narrowed. “One million?”
Ye Xuan shook his head. “One hundred million.”
One hundred million!
At those words, the elder’s expression changed dramatically. His voice trembled. “You really have a hundred million?”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Yes.”
The elder was so excited his entire body shook, as if those hundred million essences were already his.
Ye Xuan sent a voice transmission to Qin Guan. “How much longer?”
Qin Guan replied gravely, “Half an hour.”
Half an hour!
Ye Xuan instantly felt a headache coming on. That was far too long.
This wasn’t going to be easy to stall.
At that moment, Ye Xuan suddenly sensed a terrifying pressure. He looked at the elder. The elder stared back. “You’re not going to hand them over willingly, are you?”
Ye Xuan shook his head. “It’s not entirely impossible.”
The elder’s eyes narrowed. “What do you mean?”
Ye Xuan thought for a second, then said, “Sir, I know that carrying so much wealth is definitely a disaster for me. I’m willing to hand it over, but I have one condition.”
The elder frowned. “What condition?”
Ye Xuan said earnestly, “I would like to ask you three questions. If you answer them truthfully, I will give you all those spiritual essences.”
The elder stared at him. “Are you stalling for time?”
Ye Xuan fell silent.
The elder glanced around again, eyes narrowing. “What exactly are you two up to?”
At this point, unease had already risen in his heart.
Ye Xuan suddenly spread his palm. A storage ring appeared in his hand. Inside were countless spiritual essences.
The elder’s gaze instantly blazed.
Greed shone unmasked in his eyes.
Ye Xuan said seriously, “Sir, I have always been curious about one thing. Why do you people come one or two at a time instead of all at once?”
The elder glanced at him. “Because this place is remote, and your generation of the universe has very few experts. No one paid attention before. But it’s different now. Everyone knows you obtained the treasures of your universe’s Spirit, so many are already heading this way.”
Ye Xuan fell silent.
Well done, Spirit of the Universe.
The elder continued, “Low-dimensional universes like yours rarely attract the attention of major powers.”
Ye Xuan said softly, “So someone like Sin King is just a small fry?”
Sin King: “…”
The elder looked at Ye Xuan. “In your universe’s terms, Sin King is nothing but a petty hoodlum.”
“Fuck!”
At that moment, Sin King suddenly shot out from the little pagoda. He glared at the elder. “Who the hell are you acting tough for? Hoodlum? Fight me one-on-one!”
He truly no longer feared experts from the Divine Spirit World. After cultivating inside the pagoda for so many years, his strength had skyrocketed.
Sin King now had his own cheats too. Who was afraid of whom?
Hearing Sin King’s words, the elder’s face twisted ferociously. “Sin King, do you know who you’re talking to?”
Sin King sneered. “Do you know who you’re talking to right now?”
A vicious glint flashed in the elder’s eyes. He vanished on the spot.
Boom!
A terrifying power blasted straight towards Sin King.
Sin King was not to be outdone. He charged straight at the elder.
Boom!
In no time, the entire teleportation passage began shaking violently.
Ye Xuan and Qin Guan exchanged a glance, then shook their heads with a smile.
Ye Xuan asked, “How’s it going?”
Qin Guan glanced around. “Collecting data. Once the collection is complete, we can start the analysis.”
Ye Xuan looked around, then finally towards the depths of the passage. “When your analysis is done, I want to charge in and see exactly what is blocking us.”
Qin Guan nodded. “All right.”
Ye Xuan glanced at Sin King and the elder in the distance. The two were evenly matched. He had to admit, Sin King’s strength had truly improved by leaps and bounds compared to before.
It was clear the fellow had been cultivating very diligently.
At that moment, Sin King and the elder suddenly separated. The elder stared at Sin King, disbelief written all over his face. “Your strength is actually this great!”
Sin King mocked, “Ever heard of cheats?”
The elder glared daggers at him. “Why are you so arrogant?”
With that, he charged again.
Sin King laughed loudly. “Come on then, peasant!”
He charged as well.
Very soon, half an hour passed.
Qin Guan was about to withdraw the Heaven-Reaching Tower when, suddenly, an extremely terrifying aura surged out from the depths of the passage.
As the aura swept forth, the entire teleportation passage began to crumble inch by inch.
Ye Xuan’s pupils constricted. He instantly pulled Qin Guan behind him, then dashed forward and slashed down with his sword.
Boom!
A vast expanse of sword light exploded outward.
In an instant, Ye Xuan and Qin Guan were sent flying hundreds of thousands of zhang away.
When they stopped, Ye Xuan looked into the distance. At the very end of the starry sky, a faint silhouette could just be seen.
The silhouette looked down upon Ye Xuan. “That all you got?”
Ye Xuan was about to reply when Qin Guan suddenly pulled him behind her. “I’ve got this!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
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