Chapter 14: Chaotic Heart Forest (2) (2/2)
Li Qiye retorted: “I wouldn’t have an unfilial son like you!”
“Good, if you are this confident with your mouth, do you dare to make a bet?”
Li Qiye happily smiled and asked: “Bet, eh? What will we bet?”
“If you can pa.s.s all fourteen levels, I will voluntarily concede! If you can’t, then you will have to crawl under my crotch.” [2. This is an extremely shameful punishment. Can be found today; crawling under a table after losing in a card game.]
This bet caused the expressions of Protector Mo and Nan Huairen to instantly darken. This wasn’t a test, it was a facade to shame Li Qiye and the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect. However, they could only dejectedly shake their heads; Li Qiye brought this upon himself.
Li Qiye asked: “Would you do the same if I pa.s.s the fourteenth level? You will crawl under my crotch, right?”
Protector Hua interjected: “If you can pa.s.s the fourteenth level, he will do it and vice versa!” Due to the killing of Du Yuanguang, Protector Hua wanted to kill Li Qiye with his bare hands. Since the opportunity wasn’t right, the best he could do was to shame Li Qiye.
Li Qiye looked back at Protector Hua and then formally nodded his head: “Fine, if this is your condition, I shall accept!”
The disciples of the Nine Saint Demon Gate all loudly yelled: “Senior Xu, destroy him! Accept the bet!”
Xu Hui coldly replied: “I’ll be waiting for you to crawl beneath me.”
He then turned and left for the Chaotic Heart Forest.
A disciple creepily laughed: “This time, the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect will lose all face. Their prime disciple will have to perform such an act! Haha!”
Xu Hui took his first step into the forest. The surroundings immediately darkened. He found himself in a demonic world, an area that spanned for ten thousand miles. Demonic energy filled the air. The sounds of rattling bones could be heard even before the bodies began to leave the ground.
Xu Hui inhaled and calmed himself. He channeled his energy and strengthened himself with his cultivation while steeling his willpower. He ignored the demons and pa.s.sed them with ease.
“The first level!” Everyone outside carefully watched without blinking. Without any complications, Xu Hui successfully pa.s.sed the first level.
“Second level, third level…”
Xu Hui was definitely not average, his cultivation and willpower were both excellent. His speed at breaking through the first three levels was, indeed, very swift.
At the fourth level, however, his speed began to slow down. Fierce Silver Skeleton Kings began to attack him. In the beginning, he chose to evade and parry them, but after his hands were crushed, prompting him to cry out in pain, he used his body to destroy them instead. He possessed a silver body that warded off invaders on its own. However, this took a lot of energy.
Once he reached the fifth level, he was completely surrounded by the skeletons. He loudly roared and summoned his defensive artifact. His magical sword flew straight into the sky; its blade spewed out true energy. This form of energy consisted of the dao of truths and it conquered the four directions.
His crimson red life wheel appeared behind his head and exuded a blood energy that encompa.s.sesed the sky. It used unparalleled laws of power that destroyed everything in the surrounding area.
Cultivation techniques that allowed for one to use their life wheel as an offensive tool were often stronger than certain physique techniques. This life wheel technique specialized in destruction and was left behind by the Virtuous Paragon. It was not of the paragon level, but it was still quite formidable. [2. Physique forming techniques are another cultivation method; they specialize in strengthening the body, which is why his arms were broken multiple times. His life wheel makes up for it.]
Li Qiye slightly shook his head when he saw Xu Hui killing his way through the fifth level. Chaotic Heart Forest — if your heart is chaotic, then killing will only increase uncertainties and exacerbate the illusions. The Nine Saint Virtuous Paragon’s goal was to train the willpower of his students, not their physical or combat strength.
“Level seven.”
Xu Hui annihilated his way to the seventh level, filling all the spectators with awe.
Even Protector Hua felt satisfied. Xu Hui was his disciple and his pride. Although Xu Hui’s apt.i.tude could not compare to Li Shuangyan’s and his strength was lacking against Leng Chengfeng, his progress today had pleased his master.
“Bang!” Xu Hui had just made it to the seventh level, but his strength had been expended. He couldn’t handle the pressure of the Chaotic Heart Forest any longer and was promptly removed.
“Just a little bit more…” After the forceful ejection, it took Xu Hui a moment to regain his consciousness. He couldn’t help but yell out his regret. He thought that he could have at least made it to level eight, but he had underestimated the difficulty of the Chaotic Heart Forest.