Chapter 782: Ascend Together (1/2)

”Errr... Master... What about the trade route?”

Lani sighed as he pointed at his chest. Lucio used his Divine Sense to look where his master was pointing and finally saw the deep gash that Tixan left behind during their last clash. Of course, it already looked much better since Lani had been healing it until now. It's just that the Sword Assimilation Power left behind by Tixan made it quite difficult to heal.

”This... Are you okay, Master?”

Lani nodded as he replied.

”I'm fine, but I still lost in the end. Pretty badly at that.”

Tixan laughed in response.

”Hahaha! Well, you did fight against me, after all. However, you didn't lose as badly as you mentioned. Don't forget, you were the first one to force me to use my sword since I reached the Sword Assimilation level.”

Lani shrugged his shoulders but didn't say anything.

Lucio, on the other hand, became puzzled.

”Sword Assimilation? What's that?”

Tixan looked at Lucio and felt the power of the Sword Heart coming from his body.

”It seems like you're also a sword user.”

Lucio nodded, not trying to deny it. Lani then used a Divine Sense Message to explain everything to Lucio. Only then did Lucio understand what it meant to reach the Sword Assmililation Level.

”This... Senior Tixan is really terrifying...”

Well, that didn't clear up one thing.

”Then again, why are you two drinking tea after such a battle?”

Lani pointed at Tixan.

”Ask him. He was the one who forced this new friendship thing.”

Tixan narrowed his eyes as he asked.

”What? Are you saying I'm not worthy?”

Lani shook his head in response.

”Of course not. It's just that I also find it weird that you would want to be friends with your enemy.”

”Oh! So that's why. It's simple. You are the strongest cultivator I found in this Mortal Realm, so I obviously need to be acquainted with you. I don't think I can find someone like you anytime soon. Oh, I heard about the Dracophoenix, though.”

Lani couldn't help but ask.

”Are you going to challenge Liriu as well?”

Tixan shook his head.

”Why should I? It's not like we have any grudge or anything like that. I'm happy that I fought you, but that only happened because it was a request made by that brat Jojle. He's the one at the top of the Thakulo Universe, after all. He knows my strength, so he always made things the way I liked. I had to come and pay the favor since I don't like owing anyone.”

It was then that Tixan remembered something.

”Oh, right! Wasn't I supposed to fight against a wisp?”

Lani nodded.

”It's Krune. Were the Universe Powerhouses trying to test his power out?”

Tixan shrugged his shoulders this time.

”They just asked me to fight the guy defending the Luvile Universe in the trade route issue. If possible, kill him as well. Oh well, I'm not the type who would hold back to start with, so he probably would have died.”

Lucio was taken aback.

”Why?”

”Who knows? I don't care as long as I finish my job.”

Lani nodded.

”However, the one who appeared was me. Does that mean you don't need to go after him anymore?”

Tixan nodded.

”I only agreed to win that dispute for the trade route. Now that I won, I have nothing to do with you or this Krune anymore. Well, you were lucky that you were that strong. After all, I truly attacked you, intending to kill you from the very start. If it was anyone else, only a corpse would have remained.”

Lani sighed as he said.

”Well, that's good for me, then. By the way, you still haven't told me why you're still here.”

Tixan then looked deeply at Lucio before asking.

”You're planning to ascend, right?”

Lani nodded, not trying to deny it. He should be going through the ascension tribulation very soon.

”How about we ascend together? You might not know this, but if two cultivators ascend at the same time in the same universe, they will be sent to the same place. I don't know what kind of place the Godly Path Realm is. All I know is that there are definitely many cultivators and demon beasts stronger than me. I was planning to ascend soon as well, so your appearance was quite convenient.”

Lani was surprised by that offer.

”I'm still quite weaker than you, you know?”

”Weaker? You are the strongest existence I know after myself. That should be quite good for both of us, don't you think?”