Chapter 310: Remnants of Dong Zhongyings Forces (1/2)
The next day morning, Ma Ping and Jia Shan gathered the crew for another meeting.
Luo Cheng and the succubi also participated as they were now their semi-prisoners. As for Xu Xiuying, she was sealed and imprisoned in a storehouse. Ku'er and Ma Moxi were in charge of monitoring her, so they couldn't join the meeting.
Ma Ping got to the point, ”We're going to visit this so-called royal vault. First, we've already sealed Wang Yun and Liu Bian's meridians, and we shall bring them to the vault. Miaomiao, Ju Shoufen, you two will escort Liu Xie to the place with us. As for Master Lu, I need you to stay here and watch over Luo Cheng and the succubi.”
In short, Miaomiao, Ju Shoufen, Ma Ping, and Jia Shan would escort Mike, Liu Bian, and Ju Xie to the rumored entrance to the vault. As for the others, they had to stay in the guesthouse to watch over Xu Xiuying and her team.
Miaomiao didn't like Ma Ping's idea as it weakened their team's overall combat strength. Without Lu Fengxian and Ma Moxi, their firepower decreased by at least 50 – 70%.
This was not a good idea!
”Can I suggest something?” Miaomiao raised his hand.
”What is it?”
”Why can't we bring the others with us? How about we take everybody to the vault or whatever portal?”
”And do you want to repeat what had happened yesterday?”
”But yesterday, we have both Ma Moxi and Master Lu with us. The only reason we could defeat the lich was because of them.”
Ma Ping nodded as he understood what Miaomiao was worried about, but he disagreed, ”I know. But look at Wang Yun and Liu Bian now. Their meridians have been sealed, so there's nothing to worry about. However, those girls are a hindrance, and they couldn't even contribute to the fight. We have to leave them here since there's nothing they can do. Also, we don't want extra people to the vault.”
”… Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Have you heard of it?”
”That's a pessimistic way of thinking. Don't you have faith in me and your mentor at all?”
Miaomiao wanted to say the truth that he didn't have faith in their decisions, but he was afraid of Jia Shan's evil smile.
”Fine. We'll go with just us. By the way, Liu Xie is now Ju Shoufen's and my adopted son. His name is now Ju Xie.”
The elders stared at Miaomiao and Ju Shoufen in shock. Then, they looked at the child emperor, who had been clinging to Ju Shoufen's hand.
Unlike before, he seemed cheerful.
”I see. That suits you,” Ma Ping and Jia Shan ignored the weird relationship between Ju Shoufen and Miaomiao as they were used to it.
Ma Ping proceeded with the agenda, ”Now, Wang Yun, or should I call you Mike?”
Mike shrugged, ”Any name is fine. If you have a hard time pronouncing my name, you can still keep calling me Wang Yun.”
”Alright. Wang Yun, Liu Bian, where is the entrance?”
Liu Bian glared at Ma Ping for a moment. Then, he snorted, ”Inside the shadow realm that we had entered yesterday. The entrance to the vault is inside the tornado.”
Hearing that they had to enter the shadow realm again, everybody glared at Liu Bian, wondering whether he had an ulterior motive.
”Miaomiao,” Jia Shan looked at his disciple.
”Yes, master?”
”Use Vampiric Touch on him. Steal every bit of his Qi and element Qi. Then, cripple his dantian.”
”Cool!”
Miaomiao had no qualms about beating an arrogant child or protagonists. He seized Liu Bian's neck and activated his favorite skill, Vampiric Touch.
Remnant of Liu Bian's power entered Miaomiao's palms, arms, and body. Not many strands were left inside Liu Bian's dantian, but Miaomiao emptied it anyway.
Then, Miaomiao tried to absorb Liu Bian's Heavenly Fate Fragment. He focused his sense on the 13th-meridian of Liu Bian.
Ding
[Warning, I've detected strange energy within Liu Bian's Heavenly Fate Fragment.]
[It is recommended not to absorb anything strange into your dantian. Are you sure you want to take it in?]
Miaomiao stopped what he was doing on the spot. He stared at Dion's messages. Then, he glanced at Liu Bian, who had been staring at his face in resentment.
Liu Bian spat, ”Go ahead and absorb my luck, you thief! You're just lucky to have so many good heroes and champions backing you! Without them, you're nothing!”
”That's rich coming from a salty emperor wannabe. Had you played it cool and avoided trouble for a few years, you could have built an unstoppable undead army and dominated the continent. You screwed yourself for revealing your cards too soon.”
”Tsk! As if you know how it feels to be manipulated by ambitious cronies! Try living under the thumbs of several 6th-stage and 7th-stage cultivators since birth! Had I not acted, they would have killed me and enthroned Liu Xie!”
Miaomiao burst into laughter, ”Oh, please. Instead of worrying about the throne being stolen, you could have abdicated the throne and escaped! Then, you could have come back like a proper 3rd-rated protagonist.”
”You can say whatever you want when you grew up being spoiled by so many powerful experts, you trash!”
”Hah! You know nothing! You have no idea how it feels to live under the same roof as a 6th-stage demoness, serving as her toy! At least, you were born a prince, so you have a status as a shield for your ass. In my case, I was a 1st-stage nobody when I was captured. I had to struggle daily and hope that I wouldn't have been killed and thrown away like a stray dog. Me, a spoiled young master? To me, you're the rotten young master, your highness.”
”…”
Liu Bian didn't understand what kind of life Miaomiao had been through, so he had no idea what Miaomiao was bragging about.
On the other hand, Jia Shan glanced at Miaomiao and nodded as he understood where he came from. It was already a miracle that Miaomiao had escaped from Xu Xiuying's grasp and even rescued him from Wei Huang's prison.
”Enough chatter. Have you finished, Miaomiao?”
Being warned by Ma Ping, Miaomiao stopped talking and looking at his system screens. He needed to make the decision now.
Miaomiao talked to Dion in his mind.
'Don't absorb the Heavenly Fate Fragment.'
[Affirmative.]
[You have absorbed 40 strands of Shadow Element Qi.]
[You have absorbed 150 drops of Twilight Essence.]
[Twilight Essence has been purified by your blood. You have obtained 75 drops of Life Essence.]
'Hmm.'
Miaomiao released his hand, but he delivered a gut punch to Liu Bian's stomach.
The prince crumbled to the ground, vomiting yellowish fluid.
However, Miaomiao wasn't done yet.
He kicked the ground and seized Mike's neck. Then, he used Vampiric Touch on him!
”You!”
Mike was surprised that Miaomiao suddenly drained his remaining Qi.
Ding
[You have absorbed 1,500,000 strands of Shadow Element Qi!]
[You have absorbed 2,130,000 strands of Poison Element Qi!]
[You have absorbed 1,700,000 strands of Metal Element Qi!]
[Your dantian cannot handle new Element Qi due to the lack of element crystals!]
[Shadow Element Qi, Poison Element Qi, and Metal Element Qi has been stored in your secondary dantian.]
[You have absorbed five billion liters of Yang Essence.]