1474 Get Him! (1/2)

”At this rate, I only need another hour, and I can upgrade successfully.”

Xu Que's heartbeat sped up.

He was looking forward to what kind of transformations there would be when the System was upgraded to version 11.0.

Overall, everything before version 10.0 was considered a first-generation System. But once he entered version 11.0, the System would enter second-generation mode.

There would be many different kinds of changes. Xu Que was not exactly clear about what they would be, but he was very much looking forward to it.

Thinking of the beginning of this journey, before he'd entered the Half-Celestial Stage, the benefits that the System had brought him were so great that he'd emerged victorious all the time.

But later, as the speed of his cultivation stage upgrades accelerated, the System's functions had actually begun to fail to keep up. Coupled with Xu Que's pursuit of strengthening his body, he'd gradually left the System behind. Then, however, he'd realized that he was lacking in strength in the face of many strong opponents with high cultivation stages.

In fact, his choices hadn't been wrong. If he hadn't encountered the Celestial Kings who were born in the era of the Patriarchs, he would have thought that it was enough to aspire to the throne of the entire Heaven Continent by virtue of his own strengths.

But now he could not. Countless Ancestral Celestial Kings had entered the world. Also, there was the Celestial Cloud Continent outside the Heaven Continent where powerful beings were very prevalent. Knowing about the existence of valiant Celestial Primes and Celestial Emperors, Xu Que felt really powerless.

Therefore, he had to turn on the System again and let the System upgrade to version 11.0, so he could enter the second phase of his journey.

Now, in the face of the threat of three Celestial Kings, Xu Que was left with only two options. Either he could allow Zixia Fairy to summon her Taoist Body and let her make a move to resolve this crisis, or he could make a bet relying on fate, and hope that this version 11.0 of the System would lead to a powerful counterattack.

If he were being reasonable, the former option was the safest.

But Xu Que didn't want to take the safe option, partly because he never liked to take the safe option, but also because the existence of the System made him feel that he wasn't at the end of his rope.

Duan Jiude had disclosed to him that Zixia Fairy was not at her true strength right now, and that she hadn't been included in the migration that the Celestial Sect had undertaken that year. Zixia Fairy was also left behind because of her Taoist Body. She'd spent long years alone in the ruins of the Celestial Sect and had endured endless cycles of loneliness for countless years. And yet she was always unwilling to merge her Taoist Body.

If she'd tried to complete the integration ahead of time, all of her previous efforts would go down the drain. Based on Zixia Fairy's current strength, a merger with the Taoist Body would only allow her to become a Celestial Prime at the most, which was a far distance from becoming a Celestial Emperor.

Was it necessary to make such a big sacrifice in order to deal with the three Celestial Kings?

It wasn't worth it!

Xu Que would rather take the risk and stake it all on the System than to see Zixia Fairy's countless years of hard work to have been all in vain. Even if Zixia Fairy was very firm in showing that she didn't care, Xu Que was not willing to have her make that sacrifice.

”Xuan'er, you find a way to break the seal. I have to take of this war myself,” Xu Que said, as he looked at Zixia Fairy with a calm expression.

”Why?” Zixia Fairy frowned a little bit, not really able to understand.

In her view, she had made a decision and was willing to make such a sacrifice. A Celestial Emperor cultivation stage could not be compared to the one joker who was always on her mind, namely Xu Que.

She didn't understand why Xu Que was unwilling to accept her sacrifice.

”Okay, if I tell you why, will you be good and do what you're told? Will you listen to me?” Xu Que's face revealed his trademark smirk as he asked her this question.

”Yes.” Zixia Fairy nodded imperceptibly.

”Well then, be good and listen. Don't ask so many questions and do as I say.” Xu Que patted her on the head and said with a smile. Then he walked forward.

Zixia Fairy was suddenly stumped. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but she had no idea what to say.

Then, Xu Que used soundless communication and spoke next to her ear again, ”Believe me, Xuan'er. It's not worth it for you to make such a huge sacrifice. Otherwise, even if I had won, I'd also feel very upset. I, Xu Que, would never do anything where I would take such a loss. Even if it's a gamble with my life, I also want to fight.”

When Zixia Fairy heard his words, she had to take back those words that she hadn't said.

Looking at Xu Que's figure marching forward, she nodded slightly and chose to listen to him.

Mysteriously, Xu Que's heart was filled with self-confidence.

This self-confidence came from his trust in the System.

He'd always felt that the second stage of the System would be different. It would bring him more extraordinary power, and he believed in that instinct.

”System, ah System, don't let me down. Although I made the gamble randomly this time and am not certain, you've given everything to me from the beginning. Now I will put all my faith in you.”

Xu Que looked at the System interface in front of him, watched the slow advancement of the upgrade progress bar, and sighed to himself.

But very soon, the corners of his mouth slightly raised to reveal a smile as he said, ”But well, well, hee, hee, hee, even if I'd made the wrong bet, I wouldn't lose everything. After all, I still have a enormous killing device that I haven't let out yet. These people better not provoke me, and that includes you, System.”

At the thought of this, Xu Que suddenly raised his head. His eyes shone with a ferocity and the corners of his mouth revealed a cold smile.

He raised his hand as he faced the three Celestial Kings from the Sage Sect and Heaven Palace Academy. He hooked his pinky finger at them and said, ”Come, I, the Act-Tough Saint will play with you three today and see who will manage to live in the end!”

CRASH!

There was an instant uproar among the onlookers. Everyone stared and looked stunned.

”Xu Que was so brash that he'd even dared to be so provocative in the face of three Celestial Kings and wouldn't let the Celestial King woman make a move?”

”What was he going to do?”

”With the strength of a Disbanded Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven, was he able to fight three Celestial Kings alone?