Chapter 11 - 62-70

Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 62

Xu Que helped the elderly woman up and wiped the tear stains off the childs face, giving him a wide smile.

After that, he got an understanding of the story and the situation was recounted by the elderly woman.

The situation stemmed from the old womans son joining the Phaseless Faction years ago. He was chosen by the Elders of the Faction to become a cultivator. It was clearly something mortals would look forward to and be happy about. The whole village even threw a celebration for it.

After several years had gone by, the old womans son brought a lady back. He told her that they were already married and had a kid together.

Some time later, the couple were sent to complete a sect mission. In the end, the old womans son suffered injuries and the couple returned to the Factions domain to mend their wounds.

However, one of the disciples in the Faction had long lusted after her beautiful daughter in law. Taking advantage of the fact that the womans husband was injured, the disciple raped her.

The problem instantly became huge. The old womans son was filled with rage and wanted revenge. He approached the Sect Leader for intervention of some sort. However, the matter was covered up because the errant disciple happened to be the son of a powerful Elder within the sect.

The old woman's son was still filled with relentless rage. He then infiltrated into the disciples home with intentions of killing him. However, being already on high alert, the Elder was present to defend his own son. He personally inflicted grave injuries to the revenge seeking man. At last, the married couple, along with their young son, were expelled from the Faction,

Both of them brought the child back to the village to settle down. Not barely a few days later, the old womans daughter-in-law took her own life. Her son was filled with sorrow. Along with his severe injuries, and the lack of any potions to cure him, he died a few days later due to sickness while in depression.

This happened two or three years ago. When the old womans grandson was playing out in the back of the mountains, he unexpectedly met an Elder from Phaseless Faction. After he was discovered to have an innate potential, the Elder wanted to bring him up mountains into the sect domain. Soon after, the Elder discovered that he was the son of the couple from those years ago. The spate of events was the reason for the scene happening today.

Xu Que heard the story, felt regretful for them and shook his head.

No matter in what world or realm, such tragedies were bound to occur.

PhaselessFactions upper ranked individuals were all covering up for one another. The disciple was clearly at fault but just because he was the son of a prominent Elder, the couple had to be the sacrificial pawns of this tragedy!

"Old lady, rest assured. I will help to relieve your vengeance. I shall let the whole Phaseless Faction become nothing more than a desolated grave to compensate for your son and daughter-in-law!" Xu Que was sitting down within the old womans house and drinking the warm porridge she gave. He slapped his chest and said those words in confidence and guarantee.

The old lady let out a sigh, "Eh, our benefactor, you should quickly go. There is no need to endanger yourself. This Phaseless Faction is filled with demons and you must not provoke them. After I pack our belongings, I am going to bring this child away from here. We absolutely cannot let them have their way again."

"Old woman, dont be afraid. The Phaseless Faction is filled with good-for-nothings. Give me four hours and I promise you that I will eradicate them. I am used to doing this and I am highly experienced." Xu Que raised his head to finish the bowl of porridge and promised while wiping his mouth.

In the past, when he spoke about such things, half of it would be bullshit. But now, everything he said was real.

The old woman was stunned for a moment and hesitated.

Without wasting any time, Xu Que patted his clothes, and stood up, "Old lady, just point to me the direction of Phaseless Faction and if four hours later Im not back, bring the child and leave here right away! But if I return, you must cook for me your porridge again. This porridge is delicious!" After finishing, he let out a smile.

As if his smile was infectious, it passed on to the old woman. Her heart was filled with warmth. She thought for a little and nodded, "Phaseless Faction is right behind those few mountains. Our benefactor, please be careful. If you are in danger, please"

"There won't be any danger. Just relax, Ill be back very soon." Xu Que waved the old woman off and left from the door immediately.

After that, his figure moved in a sweeping motion as he rode atop the majestic-looking lightning. He then left for Phaseless Faction hastily.

After some time passed, a group of cultivators appeared. Among them was an Original Infant Stage Elder and they were arriving from the direction of the village.

They have apparently received the signal for backup from the bamboo pipe. Additionally, the escaped Golden Core Stage disciples probably explained the magnitude of the situation to them. It was no wonder the Phaseless Faction stepped up and summoned an Elder over.

"Elder Wu, thats him." One of the Cultivators saw Xu Que and immediately pointed out to him to warn the Elder.

The Original Infant Stage Elder then focused his attention on Xu Que. What accompanied was an air of immense might and crushing pressure.

"Young lad, you should kneel down and submit yourself!" The Elder deeply commanded.

The group of Phaseless Faction disciples were also shouting, "You vile robber! Quickly kneel down and kowtow! Do you think that you, a mere Golden Core Stage cultivator, are really unrivalled?"

"You havent seen everything in this world. Lets see how arrogant can you be in front of Elder Wu!"

"Have you heard what our Elder said? Quickly kneel down!"

"Kneel down!"

With a strong Original Infant Stage Cultivator around, the group of disciples seemed fearless and shouted at Xu Que loudly.

Xu Que briefly smiled and took out his Dark Buster Sword. He nodded, "You bunch of people have such thick skins. You abandoned your own juniors to escape just several moments ago and now you have the cheek to say all these?"

The few Golden Core Stage Cultivators expressions changed as they berated, "Your Cultivation Stage is higher than ours, of course we have to choose to retreat. Why would we die for nothing?"

"Yo, isn't that just running away?" Xu Que happily replied.

The few Cultivators were furious and gave a Hmph, not speaking any further.

In contrast, a Core Bearing Stage fat man popped out from behind the group and shouted, "Whoever runs is a pussy!"

"Good!"

Xu Que let out a laugh and held onto his Buster Sword. He concentrated his Core Energy and waved his Buster Sword as he charged straight towards the Original Infant Stage Elder!

"Insignificant being, how dare you show your disgraceful skills to me!" Elder Wu sneered and brandished his flying sword in one hand as he condensed a ball of golden colored flame on the other. He then advanced towards Xu Que.

Xu Ques eyelid twitched in astonishment. This Phaseless Factions Elder Wu could use and execute two different skills at once.

At that same moment, he activated the Lightning Haste spell. The lightning bolts interweaved beneath his feet and he managed to dodge Elder Wus approaching blade with his increased speed. At the same time, he stepped up higher in the air, raised his Buster Sword and unleashed the Six Corporeal Forms upon him.

A gush of air wave charged towards Elder Wu.

"Eh?" Elder Wu let out a startled voice as his expression changed.

Core Energy shrouded around him which caused his figure to become blurry. All of a sudden, a pair of lightning bolts formed beneath his feet as well. With increased speed, he dodged Xu Ques air wave.

"What the hell!" Xu Que let out a surprised sound and his face was filled with astonishment!

The skill which Elder Wu used was the Lightning Haste!

Thi-This scum how is it possible? How do people from this world learn the Lightning Haste?

"Hehe young lad, who knew that you have such wonderful skills up your sleeves. But unfortunately, with my Minor Phaseless Art, I will be able to use your skills!" The Elder landed in front of Xu Que, and coldly laughed.

Xu Que reacted, and shocking replied, "Minor Phaseless Art? Did you just learn my skill?"

Phaseless Faction, no wonder its called that. This Elder indeed has the Minor Phaseless Art!

Xu Que remembered very clearly that there was a magic skill called "Minor Phaseless Skill" which allowed a person to imitate the Kung Fu of others!

However, the elder here learned the "Minor Phaseless Art". Although it was only a one word difference, it seemed like their usage were the same. It was mainly to imitate and learn the skill and arts from others!

"Good stuff, this is very good stuff!" Xu Ques eyes lit up at the moment!

At the same time, a system beep sounded in his head all of a sudden!

"Ding! Detected an ancient Faction inheritance item. Congratulations to host on triggering hidden task reward. Upon killing an Original Infant Stage Elder, you will acquire a chapter of Minor Phaseless Art. After collecting six of these chapters, it is possible to exchange for high-level Sky-rank skill book Phaseless Magic!"

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Hidden task reward? Phaseless Magic?

Bloody hell!

Xu Que immediately widened his eyes.

This was the first time he had received this type of system message. It became apparent to him that the reason for this message, was that the Phaseless Faction had a very far-reaching history. Although they had been reduced to a small Faction now, it still triggered the hidden task completion in the system and allowed Xu Que to chance upon this stroke of luck.

Just by killing a single Elder, hell be able to acquire a chapter of "Minor Phaseless Art". When six of them were accumulated, exchanging for the "Phaseless Magic" was possible.

Xu Que was very clear that this skill was not available in the system store and for this skill to be termed as "High-Class Sky-Ranked", it was obvious that this skill books value was anything but ordinary.

"Young lad, bring out any magical powers you have from your arsenal. Ill let you be of some use before your death!"

At this moment, Elder Wu let out a warcry, and activated an identical version of Xu Ques Lightning Haste. Lifting up his sharp sword and using it as a Buster Sword, he executed the the Flame-Devouring Wave and advanced towards Xu Que with killing intent.

Of course, these skills were all imitations. The speed and power of the imitated skills were not comparable to Xu Ques as he could only imitate around 30% power of the original skill.

Elder Wus eyes were filled with ecstasy. The two skills he had imitated were remarkably powerful and had allowed his overall strength to increase by several folds.

The group of Phaseless Sect disciples witnessed Elder Wu advancing, and they all cheered him on.

"Elder Wus might is unmatched!"

"What a beautiful execution! His stance is out of this world. Only Elder Wu could do that!"

"Elder Wu, quickly make a mincemeat out of this scum to avenge for the death of senior brother!"

Xu Que creased his brows and also used the Lightning Haste to dodge Elder Wus attack. He secretly celebrated that he had not used his Soaring Dragons Nine Transformation. If he did, Elder Wus power would increase again.

However, the situation at hand was still very endangering to Xu Que.

"Why? Do you not dare to use other skills? Or should I say that thats all you have in you?" Elder Wu slashed his sword through the air and mockingly laughed.

Xu Que briefly nodded, letting out an icy cold smile from his lip corner, "Old fart, you talk too much! You think you are all tough with your Minor Phaseless Art? Ive a skill which you definitely cannot imitate. Want to see?"

"Hehe you ignorant little lad. Theres no skill that I, from Phaseless Faction, cannot learn and imitate!" Elder Wu started to laugh maniacally.

"I shall show you!" With a chilly laugh, he lifted his palm in the air and chanted in his mind.

At the moment, a serene, white-coloured flame emerged from his palm. It started to churn non-stop, giving out a chilly aura. The flame then started to diffuse and fill the air around.

Elder Wu squinted his eyes and quietly activated the Minor Phaseless Art. But at the next moment, he was stunned.

"How How could this be possible? Why couldnt I detect any skill?!" Elder Wu was astonished. Could it be that there existed a skill which the Minor Phaseless Art cannot learn?

"Dumbass. Its because this isnt a skill! Its a mystical flame. Now go to hell!" Xu Ques eyes let out a chilly light and thrusted his palm forward.

Boom!

The mighty Bone Freezing Fire abruptly rushed forward and akin to a gust of white-coloured wind, it engulfed Elder Wu and the group of disciples in a flash.

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing a Core Bearing Stage Cultivator. The reward is 10,000 experience points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing a Core Bearing Stage Cultivator. The reward is 10,000 experience points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing a Golden Core Stage Cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a Golden Core!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing a Golden Core Stage Cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a Golden Core!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing Golden Core Stage Cultivator. The reward is 50,000 experience points and a Golden Core!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing Phaseless Faction Elder. The reward is 200,000 experience points and the <> Chapter x1!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!"

A chain of system beep message appeared and sounded in his mind.

Xu Que immediately entered the system interface, opened up the item bag and a book, identical to a martial arts manual appeared. It was the <> Chapter.

[ <> Chapter]:

Phaseless, shapeless and no traces can be found.

After collecting three identical chapters, it can be combined to form the "Minor Phaseless Art". Mid-level Earth-ranked skill uses ones body to imitate others. After perfecting skill, the imitated skill will have 40% of the originals power!

After collecting six identical chapters, it can be combined to form the "Phaseless Magic". High-level Sky-ranked skill, uses ones body to imitate others. After perfecting skill, the imitated skill will have 80% of the originals power!

"Wow, damn! This Phaseless Magic defies natural order. Its able to imitate the opponents skills and have 80% of its power. Its definitely comparable to the Battle Secret Character from the Nine-Characters Secret." Xu Que was shocked.

In the Nine-Characters Secret, the Battle Secret Character, was similarly a high-level Sky-ranked skill book. It had the same function of being able to imitate skill from others but after mastering it, the power from the imitated skill would be even stronger than the original skill itself.

Its a pity that the Battle Secret Character was very difficult to obtain. The rate of acquiring it was seven to one. Xu Que did not have too much act tough points presently and definitely did not have the capacity to gamble for it!

Therefore, with the hidden task reward that the system had given, Xu Que was overjoyed. It was definitely a tool to act tough!

"Phaseless Faction, here I come!"

Xu Que laughed out loudly and quickly advanced towards the Phaseless Faction.

But as he turned around, he saw a pile of frozen corpses. Behind them was a chubby piece of flesh crawling on his stomach.

Whoah! Thats a human!

"Get up, don't hide. With your mesmerizing, chiseled figure, theres no use hiding anywhere. Dont think I cant see you." Xu Que quickly walked over and kicked his buttocks as he coldly sneered.

The chubby mans reaction was quick and immediately crawled up and hugged Xu Ques thigh before he sullenly pleaded, "Master, master, please spare me! I have a big family to take care of and Ive not done any bad deeds"

Xu Que was elated. He recognized this chubby man. He was the one behind the group to jeer, "Whoever runs is a pussy" before the fight started. Who knew that such a thick-skinned person is calling him Master. It seemed as if he was admitting that he was a pussy.

"You fat piece of grease. You are quite smart arent you? How did you manage to dodge my flame?" Xu Que was curious.

The chubby man bitterly replied, "I Ive stolen some Minor Phaseless Art, so I used the lightning move you used to dodge your skill."

"Hmm, not bad. Stand up. I wont kill you for now. You better lead the way." Xu Que laughed and replied.

The chubby man froze in his tracks and nervously asked, "To To where?"

"To Phaseless Faction, to kill all of your people!"

A chill was sent down the chubby mans spine. He opened his mouth and immediately cried out, "Alright! I will quickly lead the way and let you kill the whole Faction. Ive not been fond of those bunch of old people since the beginning."

Xu Que laughed loudly but didnt speak. The disciples of the Phaseless Faction all had similar personalities. They would run if the situation was bad for them and wouldtake advantage of any situation to make themselves better off.

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With someone to lead the way, Xu Que didnt have to personally search mountain by mountain. He immediately activated the Lightning Haste, dragged the chubby man by his collar and left for the few mountains up ahead.

In no time, the both of them landed upon the foot of the mountain at the Phaseless Faction.

What they could see was a mountain path continuing upwards, branching out to even more paths.

At the same time, there were several sedan bearers carrying a decorated and luxurious sedan chair standing at one of the side paths. They seemed unsure as to which direction to go.

Seated in the sedan chair was a young man wearing a cloud-pattern embroidered robe. His appearance was delicate and handsome-looking. In addition, he had the personality traits of one from the Yushu Tibetan prefecture. It seemed like he was at the Golden Core Cultivation Stage.

Bearing his anxious-looking face, he came upon Xu Que and the chubby man. He quickly raised his voice, "Oi! Two of you, stop right there. Do the both of you know where the Phaseless Faction is? If you lead me, the son of a noble there, I will reward you handsomely!"

"Another arrogant prick!"

Xu Que was rushing to destroy the Phaseless Faction and did not have time to cater an arrogant royalist.

However, when the chubby man turned his head to the sedan chair and saw the nobles son, his expression changed. He muttered to Xu Que, "Master, the person in the sedan chair is the son of the Senior Minister of Fire Country. I once saw him in the Imperial City."

"The Senior Ministers son is none of my damned business. Quickly lead the way!" Xu Que replied with his eyes getting wider.

"That way!" The chubby man pointed out the direction miserably.

Xu Que did not waste any time. He dragged the chubby man and activated the Lightning Haste. Immediately, his figure became fuzzy and they swept past the sedan chair onward to Phaseless Faction!

Looking at the both of them leave, the young man was initially shocked at the weird skill he was using. But after that, he thought of the fact that Xu Que just ignored him and that he gave him an expressionless look. He momentarily widened his eyes and furiously exclaimed, "Screw them! I, the son of a noble, asked them to lead the way because I felt that they were capable. And they did not even take a look at me? Even those small time princes from the capital wouldnt dare to ignore me like that."

A servant from the side pleaded, "Boss, please calm down. These two people are just some punks from the mountains who dont know what is good for them. After you learn the Minor Phaseless Art from the Phaseless Faction, you will definitely become unrivalled and no Golden Core Stage Cultivators will be a match for you."

"Hmph! Its just a mere Minor Phaseless Art. I dont think its as strong as what the legends exaggerated. Its only capable of imitating low leveled skills, nothing much. In the end, it has its limits and only exhibits a certain percent of the original. If its really that strong, the Phaseless Faction would have been cleared out long ago and even my father was unable to protect them. If not for the fact that the Emperor wanted to pick his son-in-law for the Princess two months later, I wouldnt even bother coming to such a place. However the lad in the black robe has a rather peculiar skills!"

At the same time, at the Phaseless Faction...

Xu Que entered the mountain gate, tossed the chubby man inside and at the same time, held the Dark Heavy Buster Sword in his other. The Buster Sword casted a large and imposing shadow. With a stance capable of taking down ten thousand men, he executed his big plan to eradicate the entire Faction!

"Atrocious! Who dares to break into the Phaseless Faction? You definitely do not fear death!"

Tens of disciples rushed forward with a war cry.

In the end, Xu Que slammed his Buster Sword down. He had successfully used the Six Corporeal Forms to its full potential and the figure of his Buster Sword covered a wide area.

One by one, the Core Bearing and Golden Core Stage disciples all exploded into fogs of blood under the immense pressure of his giant Buster Sword.

The chubby man was the most unlucky. He tried to act smart and secretly activated the Lightning Haste he imitated from Xu Que to escape.

Although Xu Que did not want to kill him, the chubby man sent himself towards the giant Buster Sword and died in the hands of the Six Corporeal Forms spell.

"Damn, I wanted you to become my errand boy after this. You idiot, you just sent yourself to death!" Xu Que scolded in his mind and continued slaughtering the others.

"You atrocious thief! Stop it at once!"

Quickly, the Elders from Phaseless Faction emerged. Even the head of the Faction was alerted. He was a frail and skinny-looking old man who was at the Original Infant Stage, level 8.

After they appeared, they proceeded to activate the Lightning Haste from Xu Que. They quickly surrounded Xu Que in all directions, hacking their swords towards him. It was the Buster Sword skill of the Six Corporeal Forms!

"What a bunch of vixens!"

Xu Que pouted his lips and activated his own Lightning Haste spell, escaping from the circle of Elders. They mustve been hidden in the dark when he was killing the rest of the Phaseless Faction disciples and learnt the skill from him then. Now, here they are, all using his skill to attack him.

"Who summoned you to make a ruckus over here?"

"You really dont know where you stand. You are just a mere Golden Core Stage, how dare you act insolent around here?!"

"You better submit yourself and hand over all the skills you have learnt."

A few of the Elders said evilly with stern expressions. They were scheming to learn the other skills Xu Que possessed!

Xu Que sneered, "Since you people so nicely asked, then I shall be generous and explain. Its in order to protect this world from devastation, to maintain world peace, to spread love and righteousness Pfff! Can't make up anymore. Anyway, I am going to be generous and explain everything to you all before your deaths. A few years ago, you people persecuted a married couple who were disciples. And now you are after their child. Dont you think that this is too ridiculous? Because of that, today, I am going to do something ridiculous too. Like killing all of you!"

Finishing his swords, Xu Que expelled a wave of Bone Freezing Fire from his palm. A chilly burst of flames fluttered forward, intimidating everyone around!

"Hehe... do you think you alone are qualified to avenge them? I shall Eh? Why can't I detect any skill presence?" One of the Elders was jeering but his expression suddenly changed and stared at the flames in Xu Ques palm in awe.

"How is this possible?"

"There are no skills we Phaseless Faction cannot imitate. What the hell is that?"

Everybody else, including the head of Phaseless Faction were stunned.

Xu Que lifted his lip corner, "Let me tell you all. This is called Mystical Fire. The brilliant and famous Bone Freezing Fire!"

Finishing up, Xu Que thrusted his palm outwards.

A majestic-looking flame escaped into the air. Akin to a roaring ice dragon, it engulfed them in an instant like waterfall.

"Not good! Hurry!!!" The head of the Phaseless Faction widened his eyes and shouted out.

Before he could finish, he was enveloped by the Bone Freezing fire and the group of them became a bunch of ice sculptures on the spot!

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 80 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing Phaseless Faction Elder. The reward is 200,000 experience points and the Chapter x1!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing Phaseless Faction Elder. The reward is 200,000 experience points and the Chapter x1!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing Phaseless Faction Elder. The reward is 200,000 experience points and the Chapter x1!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on killing the head of Phaseless Faction. The reward is 200,000 experience points and the Chapter x2!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on completing the hidden task reward and finding all six chapters of the . Acquired the . Do you want to train the skill?"

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High-level Sky-ranked skill, uses ones body to imitate others. After perfecting the skill, the imitated skill will have 80% of the originals power!

"Of course, Id want to train it. As the saying goes, with remarkable skills, one can act as tough as they want. How can I not train the skill!" Xu Que exclaimed while laughing.

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on successfully training Phaseless Magic!"

Xu Ques lower abdominal area started to feel a gush of warmth. The warmth then started to flow throughout his body and he felt as if he had a thorough body massage. He felt more comfortable and refreshed than before.

Thus, the High-level Sky-ranked skill book has been learnt.

"Phaseless, shapeless and no traces can be found! What a profound skill. Who knew that these Phaseless Faction disciples were versed in such unique art. They would flee when the situation isnt advantageous to them. They are indeed shapeless and escapes with no trace to be found!"

Staring at the now empty Phaseless Faction, Xu Que couldnt help but to laugh.

Only a few Qi Refining Stage worms slipped away and this was not a concern to him at all. On top of that, the Phaseless Faction had already been eradicated. They wouldnt dare to consider themselves as Phaseless Faction members anymore in fear that enemies would attack them.

Xu Que was too lazy to care. He turned and headed down the mountain.

Following the path out, not too long after, in front of him appeared a few sedan bearers carrying a sedan chair, rushing over.

It was the Senior Ministers son from before!

Xu Que slanted his lips. He couldnt be bothered to find trouble. Minding his own business, he then hummed a small tune and leisurely brushed shoulders with them.

At this time, the sedan curtain opened up. The Senior Minister's son stretched his body and looked towards Xu Que. After witnessing Xu Ques remarkable skills, he was more polite and asked, "Friend, were you sent down the mountains by the Phaseless Faction? Is this road the way to the Faction?"

Xu Ques raised his eyebrows and waved his hand in disapproval, "You want to go to the Phaseless Faction? Forget it! There is no such Faction anymore. Id advise that you people join the Heaven Explosion Faction instead. That Faction is much better than the Phaseless Faction. Thats all. Goodbye!"

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Whistling, Xu Que gradually travelled away from the mountain.

"Hiccup"

The son of the Senior Minister looked as Xu Ques figure moved into the distance. His mouth was slightly opened and was a little startled.

The few servants at his side stared blankly for a moment and said, "Boss, what did the person in the black robe mean? Heaven Explosion Faction What kind of Faction is that? Why havent we heard of it before?"

"I think you are blind. How dare you ask me about that? If I knew what he meant, why am I still sitting here contemplating?" The Senior Ministers son stared at them and reprimanded.

The few servants immediately asked for forgiveness, "Boss, please calm down. Its our fault for asking. We must be blind. Also, the man in the black robe must be crazy and talking nonsense. Boss, you need not care about him. Lets follow this path and we will reach the Phaseless Faction!"

"Why are you all not lifting the sedan then? Also, when you all meet the head of the Phaseless Faction, make sure to be polite. Don't embarrass me. The head of the Faction is of the same cultivation level as my father!"

"Yes Boss, we understand. Please be rest assured!"

Together, they lifted the sedan and continued forward again.

Soon after, they were at the mountain gates of the Phaseless Faction. However...

"Eh? Why is there such a heavy smell of blood here? What has happened?" One of the servants creased his brows and exclaimed.

The few of them continued and eventually reached the entrance of the Phaseless Faction. They were flabbergasted.

The entire courtyard was filled with silence. The ground was fully stained with fresh blood. In the center, several ice sculptures of various elders could be seen!

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a piece of garden rockery was pushed to the ground. A few pale-faced Qi Refining Stage disciples could be seen. With frightened faces, they crawled out. It was apparent that they had been hiding behind the garden rockery the entire time.

After they emerged and saw that there were still people in the courtyard, they became immediately terror stricken and wanted to turn tail and flee.

One of the servants quickly reacted and shouted out, "Friends, don't be alarmed. We are from the Ministers Residences of the Imperial City. The son of the Minister is inside the sedan. May I ask what has happened to your noble Faction?"

When the few Qi Refining Stage Disciples heard that they were from the Minister Residences, they heaved a sigh of relief and calmed down a little.

At this time, the noble son of the Ministers Residence also lifted up the sedan curtain and walked out. After he squinted and scanned the surroundings, he looked towards the few disciples and asked, "What exactly has happened here? Where is your Faction head?"

The few disciples became pale, raised their arms and pointed at the ice sculptures in the center of the courtyard while trembling. They cried out, "Our Our Faction head he is dead! The Elders are all dead. Our Seniors They are all dead! Our Phaseless Faction is gone. Everything is gone!"

"What?" The Ministers son was momentarily stunned. A few of the servants became pale too and became speechless.

"Who Who did all these?"

"Although the Phaseless Faction isnt considered a big Sect, they have quite a reputation in the Fire Country. To meet with such calamity, was it possible that the Faction has offended a monster of an Infant Transformation Stage Cultivator?"

"No wonder the lad in the black robe said that there was no more Phaseless Faction. It turned out that he saw this scene unfold!"

The few servants were discussing quietly but when the Phaseless Faction members heard those words, their faces became pale yet again.

"Per...Person in black robe? Is Is he at the Full Foundation of the Golden Core Stage and carrying an ink-coloured, giant Buster Sword?" They asked the servants and convulsed in fear.

The few servants were stumped and nodded, "Yes, why? Do you know the person? He looks a little arrogant."

"..."

At this moment, the Qi Refining stage disciples froze and were too shocked to say a single word.

After a few moments of silence, one of the disciples replied faintly, "The one who killed our entire Phaseless Faction was the person in the black robe!"

"What?" The Ministers son and the servants were all blanked out and shortly after, they involuntarily laughed.

"Hey, this is not a trifling matter. Are you joking? Telling us that the person in black robe, who is merely at Full Foundation of the Golden Core Stage, eradicated the entire Phaseless Faction all by himself?"

"Yeah. How could you people say such absurd things? Were you all scared out of your minds?

"What exactly happened? Please think properly"

The servants nodded and replied.

However, the few Phaseless Faction disciples who were still filled with trepidation and eyes full of fear, confidently replied, "We didnt remember wrongly. It was definitely that black robed person and his Cultivation Stage is absolutely not only at Golden Core Stage."

"Respected guests, we only dare to say what happened up till this point."

"Now, what we only want is to quickly get out of this barren waste of a land. The further, the better. If the black robed person returns, we will not be able to live on any further. We shall take our leave now!"

After finishing their words, they immediately fled.

The Ministers son and the few servants were astonished and their hearts were in doubt.

However, the Ministers son recalled the remarkable skills the black robed person exhibited and felt a chill ran down his spine. His forehead broke out in cold sweat as if he was frightened.

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At this time, Xu Que had already returned to the village. On the road, he randomly received system messages from several instances of acting tough. However, he didnt really bother about them and returned straight to the old womans home.

But The old woman had already brought her grandson and fled. Still, there was a bowl of lukewarm porridge on the table!

"Sigh Four hours wasnt even up." Xu Que sighed but didnt blame the old woman for not trusting him.

After all, the fear which mere mortals have for Cultivators was immense.

"Doesnt matter. The news of the Phaseless Faction being destroyed will travel quickly in any case. When the time comes and when the old woman and child hears about it, they will definitely return! I should leave for the Imperial City."

In the end, Xu Que finished the bowl of porridge in one gulp before he regrettably left the small house and activated his Lightning Haste. He hovered upwards and along with the wind, continued his journey towards the Imperial City.

A few days later, Xu Que entered a wild forest. An Original Infant Stage Demon Beast had blocked his path.

Xu Que did not know whether to laugh or cry.

A few days ago, when he slaughtered the bunch of Phaseless Faction people, his experience points has already reached more than 1,300,000 points and he needed over a hundred thousand more points to level up. Who knew luck was on his side and a Demon Beast which was worth 200,000 experience points appeared right in front of him.

Might as well kill it!

"Bang!"

Xu Que held up his Dark Heavy Buster Sword and condensed his mighty Core Energy. A strong energy escaped from his body and engulfed him. With his robes which were as dark as night swaying with the wind, he executed the Flame-Devouring Wave and charged towards the Demon Beast mercilessly.

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for killing an Original Infant Stage Demon Beast. The reward is 200,000 experience points and random reward drops!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for leveling up from the Full Foundation of Golden Core Cultivation Stage! Ready to advance to the Forty-Nine Heavenly Trial!"

"According to system calculations, the Heavenly Trial will commence in seven days. Difficulty mode: Difficult Mode!"

Damn it!

Xu Que widened his eyes and immediately shouted, "What the hell! This is my first Heavenly Trial and youre making me do it in Difficult Mode? System, please dont play such a joke on me. Didnt you promise me to bring me to greater heights and greater ways of acting tough?"

"Ding! Since host is training the Ancient Five-Elemental Arts and this Skill Paths power is unmatched, the Difficult Mode is already the easiest difficulty as of now. In the future, there could be Hell Mode, Asura Mode, Nine Deaths Mode"

"Rustle! Rustle! Rustle!"

Just as Xu Que was listening to the system message in his mind, his ear twitched a little. Not too far off, there was a faint noise.

Following the sound was the six emerging silhouettes.

These six people were of the Original Infant Stage. They were wearing white clothes along with a red coloured mask, only exposing a pair of eyes filled with murderous intent!

"Not here. Continue to search. We wont let her live!"

The six people briefly scanned Xu Que but they totally ignored him. They then turned and continued deeper into the forest.

Xu Que felt a chill. He scratched the back of his head in doubt and continued on.

A few steps later, he suddenly saw a horse carriage not too far in the distance. Surrounding the carriage were many corpses with fresh blood flowing all over the ground.

"Eh? This horse carriage" Xu Que gasped in shock and astonishment.

"This horse carriage looks very familiar. It has a flag of the Fire Country on its roof. Damn now that I recall, isnt this the group I saw at the tea house six months ago? Looks like they have been chased down and murdered by the group of people in red masks. Tsk tsk tsk looks like it's my chance to act tough again."

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Being chivalrous was not something Xu Que liked to do. Even if he did, half of the reason was mainly to act tough.

Ever since he was transported to this world and received the acting tough system interface, he had been either acting tough or was about to act tough.

After easily deducing that the group carrying the Fire Countrys flag were being hunted down and killed, Xu Que immediately began to his search.

It was a pity that he didn't even know who was sitting in the horse carriage.

After a few hours of searching, other than finding more corpses amongst the trees, Xu Que found nothing of interest. He laid down atop a tree and let out a long sigh,

"My gosh, I just wanted to quietly and peacefully act tough. Is it so difficult?"

He shook his head, entered the system interface and started looking in the system store.

After he destroyed the entire Phaseless Faction a few days back, he had accumulated four hundred over act tough points. To him, it was quite a comfortable amount to shop with. Therefore, he decided to see what valuable items could he get in order to progress further.

After looking for a long while, he did not find anything unexpectedly. However, he saw that there was a new treasure in the Junk Items bundle.

:

From the possession of the Son of Thousand Faces "Wang LianHua", it has a very strong effect of changing ones appearance. It can be used to change ones appearance once. The appearance will be very life-like, making it very difficult for others to distinguish the fake from the original. (This item is ineffective against anybody who is above the Infant Transformation Cultivation Stage!)

Selling price: 200 act tough points!

"Damn you, are you trying to rob me? A piece of human-skinned mask for 200 act tough points? Isnt it more expensive than a Sky-ranked skill book?" Xu Que widened his eyes upon witnessing its price.

For an item so expensive, it would normally have a quite remarkable function to it. But for this so called "High-ranked Human-Skinned Mask", other than concealing ones appearance, it basically has no other function. The only acceptable fact is that the item is ineffective only against people who are above the Infant Transformation Stage.

In other words, if he wears this human-skinned mask, strong Infant Transformation Stage users cannot detect his true appearance.

"Ding! The High-ranked Human-Skinned Mask can change to whatever appearance the host needs. After the appearance is decided, the system will go through an evaluation to calculate extra attributes as add-ons to the item." The system responded to Xu Que in his mind.

"Eh? It has extra attribute bonuses as expected. Thats not too shabby. Does it add strength or speed?" Xu Que became curious.

"This mask can only provide bonuses to two types of attributes. Namely, the Charm and Luck points. At your current state, host, the system suggests that you buy the item!"

Are you kidding? Suggesting that I buy it?

Xu Que was not too happy about it, "Screw that. With my personality and looks, do I look like I need to raise my Charm points? What joke are you cracking? Im sure that Id be able to charm big groups of girls no matter where I go!"

"According to the information here, you will be going through a Difficult Mode Heavenly Trial in seven days. Luck points have a very good effect in the trial!" The system replied.

Xu Que became a little shocked and anxiously asked, "So you were talking about the luck points. Are you for real? I cant even see or touch luck. Who knows if it really works?" Xu Que said those words but was actually feeling a little convinced.

The Luck Attribute does not have a physical form. But when it works, its effects will be impossible to resist.

Xu Que pondered and contemplated for a while, bit his teeth and decided to buy one and try it out.

"Since I can't find anyone in the horse carriage, I should buy the human-skinned mask to add points into Charm and Luck. After I find those people, I will be able to act tough a few times to collect back what Ive spent. Maybe I can even earn more than that. Damn, Im such a genius!" Xu Que chose to purchase the human-skinned mask on the spot.

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que on successfully purchasing the High-ranked Human-Skinned Mask. Consumed 200 act tough points. Please proceed to imitate an appearance!"

Following the system beep message, a human face in front of Xu Que appeared . At the same time, an image of his own appearance appeared in his mind. The mask then followed immediately and transformed into his own appearance.

Xu Que was astonished. He then thought of the face of a famous actor from Earth, who was from his previous life. The human-skinned mask immediately went through a transformation.

"Damn, so its being used this way. Lets try Li XiaoYao!" Xu Que thought and decided on a new appearance.

Although his own looks were not too bad, since he bought the mask, he couldnt bear waste it. Also, he was reaching the Imperial City soon. Instead of wearing the black robe everyday, he could come up with another look to do things more efficiently.

In the end, Xu Que decided to use the male actor who was from his previous life on Earth. His name was "Hu Ge" and he would be using the actors looks when he was at his prime. When he was the most attractive. In his earlier days, he acted as Li XiaoYao, who was a kind and sincere character. After he raised to fame, he acted as the matured Mei ChangSu.

With this face attractiveness and traits, it was versatile and could handle any type of style which suited Xu Que perfectly!

"Do you want to confirm this appearance?" After choosing his persona, the system asked for confirmation.

"Yes!" Xu Que confirmed without hesitation.

After a "Swoosh" sound, a white-coloured light flashed past the human-skinned mask. Hu Ges face appeared in front of Xu Que right after.

When he checked the masks properties again, there were already changes.

:

From the possession of the Son of Thousand Faces "Wang LianHua", it has a very strong effect of changing ones appearance. The appearance of the mask has already been decided.

The appearance will be very life-like, making it very difficult for others to distinguish the fake from the original. (This item is ineffective against anybody who is above the Infant Transformation Cultivation Stage!)

Charm Points +20

Luck Points +2

"Are you kidding me? It only added two Luck Points?" Xu Que immediately overlooked the Charm Points, stared at the miserable two Luck Points added and shouted angrily.

However, the system went silent and didnt reply him.

Xu Que slanted his lips and entered the System item bag interface. He immediately took out and equipped the mask.

Then, he felt a rush of warmth through his face but did not feel any different.

Xu Que jumped off the treetop and ran to a small river bank not too far in the distance. He stared down and realized that his own face has transformed into an ancient period edition Hu Ge!

Immediately after, he thought out to the system and felt another rush of warmth through his face. His face immediately returned to his former self. It seemed that he could switch the appearances back and forth unlimitedly.

"Eh? Why do I feel that Ive become more handsome?" Xu Que looked at his reflection and suddenly became bewildered.

He reacted again. It felt like those 20 added Charm Points was already in effect. Even he himself almost got mesmerized by his own looks!

"Hahahaha! This is too much fun." Xu Que laughed out loudly. While equipped, no matter which face he was currently on, the 20 Charm Points and the Luck Points would always be in effect.

Xu Que gave instructions to the system by thinking again and switched back to Hu Ges face. He then pulled down the hood of his black robe and decided to temporarily use this appearance and continued towards the Imperial City.

However, as Xu Que turned his body, a shadow appeared from within the river. It was rapidly enlarging.

Next, he head a "boom" sound. An explosive splash followed and out came a red-coloured Blood Python. It opened its gigantic mouth and charged towards Xu Que.

Sensing danger, Xu Que, with his fast reflexes, immediately activated the Lightning Haste and dodged away.

At the same time, he took out the Dark Heavy Buster Sword from his back and stared at the Original Infant Stage Blood Python. He scolded, "Your mum is retarded! How dare you give me a scare by sneak attacking me. Youre finished."

Finishing, the Dark Heavy Buster Sword started to transform into a giant blade. Covering a wide area, he charged towards the Blood Python.

"Boom!"

With his boundless might and menacing stance, the Blood Python was shocked and momentarily froze in its tracks.

However, its reaction was rather quick. It just managed to dodge the Buster Sword by an inch. Shortly after, without any hesitation, the Blood Python turned tail and ran with a "whoosh" sound.

"Still dare to run?" Xu Que held up the Buster Sword and chased after it.

At the same time, not too far from the river, under some tall and old trees, there were two women hiding in the corner. It was Zi Xuan and the Flaming Sun Princess who were from the horse carriage earlier.

However, the two of them looked different. They went through a disguise by changing into some Coarse hemp clothings they retrieved from some other place and looked like they were from the village. On top of that, they smudged some mud over their fair and clear skins. They would definitely not be recognized easily.

The both of them looked serious. They were checking their surroundings cautiously with frowns on their faces.

"How extremely daring of the Metal Nation to make a move on us. On top of that, they dispatched so many Original Infant Stage fighters. They definitely want us dead!" Zi Xuan tightly gripped her tiny hands and exclaimed while gritting her teeth.

An intent to kill flashed past the Flaming Sun Princesss eyes. She coldly replied, "Those people are not normal Original Infant Stagers. If Im not mistaken, they should be Sky Demon's group of elite killers!"

"What, Sky Demon, thats unexpected!" Zi Xuans expression changed.

"Thats right. Rumors say that the Sky Demon killers don white-colored robes with a red mask on, possessing remarkable sword skills. From the skills theyve exhibited just now, Im positive its Sky Demon!" The Flaming Sun Princess said with a cold tone.

Zi Xuans tiny face turned pale, losing some color, "To spend some much money on hiring these Sky Demon killers to ambush us, the Metal Nation are really big spenders. Princess, Im afraid this time we have to try to escape amidst this chaos."

The Flaming Sun Princess went quiet for a while, and briefly sighed, "Zi Xuan, it seems like Im the burden this time. Their target is only me. Ill go distract them later so that youll have the chance to leave here"

"Princess, Im sure that you are clear about what Ive told you in the past. I will not listen to these type of orders." Zi Xuan immediately persisted with a stern expression.

The Flaming Sun Princess tried to open her mouth but turned into a bitter laugh. She nodded, "Youve always said that with my personality, Ill never find my Prince and that no one would want me. But with your temperament, you are not too far off from me."

Zi Xuan laughed and mocked, "No. I was just kidding with you in the past. In reality, there are many sons of nobles who wish to court you. If all of them were to line up, they would definitely make a circle around the entire Imperial City. Its just that you are interested in none of them."

"Although similar to my age, these spoilt and hedonistic sons are weaker than me. The highest Cultivation Stage amongst them is only Golden Core Stage level 5. None of them are qualified to be the Flaming Sun Prince!" The Flaming Sun Princess replied unenthusiastically.

Zi Xuan lightly sighed, "Youve always judged people according to their strengths. I personally feel that being together require both parties to have similar feelings to one another. If you like him and he likes you, its enough. Actually, in the Imperial City, there are some suitors who have very refined personalities. Have none of them moved your heart before?"

The Flaming Sun Princess lightly nodded, "My perfect Prince is the type to assume responsibilities and have outstanding strength amongst the crowd. His Cultivation Stage need not be too high but he must be at least at the Golden Core Full Foundation. When I need him, he must always appear on time. An example is todays tragedy"

"Oh, my Princess! Are you choosing a husband or bodyguard? Even if a Golden Core Full Foundation Stage Prince appeared, he would not be able to reverse any of the tragedies. Those people are the elite group of Sky Demon Killers and each of them are of the Original Infant Stage." Zi Xuan spoke as she lightly nodded and continued, "Unless he is a prodigy with the Heavenly Fire roots, in which case he would be able to repel the Original Infant Stagers at the Golden Core Full Foundation. Hmm, if that Xu Que didnt die at that time, he would make quite a suitable candidate for your qualifications. But its a pity"

The Flaming Sun Princess, with creased brows, said, "He is not the only one in the world with the Heavenly Fire Roots. I ultimately believe that in my life as the Princess of the Flaming Sun, the real Prince who appears before me will be even more outstanding!"

"Whoosh!" At this time, amidst their conversation, an abrupt movement could be heard from the woods ahead.

"Is Is this the aura of an Original Infant Stager?" Their expressions suddenly changed and turned their pretty eyes towards the direction.

They were stunned at what followed.

An Original Infant Stage Blood Python emerged from the woods ahead. It was frantically twisting its body around and struggling to flee.

Behind its body, a young man, donned with black robes and holding an ink-colored Buster Sword was pursuing relentlessly.

Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 67

A Golden Core Stager chasing an Original Infant Stager? And an Original Infant Stage Blood Python at that?

How How is this possible?

The Flaming Sun Princess and Zi Xuan were stunned!

The scene was absolutely astounding. According to logic, even if both were at the Original Infant Stage, the demonic beast will be much stronger than the human.

The demonic beasts intelligence was in no way weaker and their flesh was naturally superior. Their strength and speed, for the most part, surpassed human cultivators. In fights, most demon beasts will triumph over a human.

And yet, the Original Infant Stage Blood Python, renowned for its speed and craftiness, was being chased down by a young human man. On top of that, the young man was only at the Golden Core Stage. Were they dreaming?

Amidst their dumbfounded faces, they heard the escaping Blood Python screaming, "Friend, please dont go overboard. Its just a misunderstanding. Do you really have to kill me?"

"Definitely!" Xu Que hummed coldly. He was too lazy to speak further. In an instant, he executed the Lightning Haste and the image of his figure became blur. He then reappeared in mid-air.

Both his hands were holding the Dark Heavy Buster Sword. Then he abruptly hacked downwards in mid-air. It was the Flame-Devouring Wave!

With a gesture, a mountain breaking airwave appeared!

Bang!

The Blood Python could not dodge in time and was immediately caught in the explosion of the airwave. Its entire body flew upwards, knocked firmly upon a big tree and immediately fainted.

Xu Que rested the Buster Sword on his shoulder and wanted to walk over to give the final blow. He then suddenly noticed the pair of women near him.

"Village ladies? That cant be How could they have cultivated up to the Golden Core Stage? Their faces are also smothered with mud. Are they too ugly to show their faces or something? Heh, judging from the way they are looking at me, they must be mesmerized by my charm. This mask is definitely worth it!" Xu Que was elated just by looking at them.

However, his expression was calm and he managed to look strict at the same time. He was going to act tough!

With expressionless eyes, his vision focused into the distance. He acted as a profound thinker, akin to someone who had been through melancholic emotions. But at the same time, he looked very matured. Gently, he breathed in.

He followed this image up by looking towards at the fallen Blood Python and righteously proclaimed, "God loves all creatures. For now, I shall let you live. If you continue to hurt the innocent, I will come and take your life." Finishing, Xu Que flicked his black robe backwards before turning around to leave, taking large strides.

Throughout this entire process, he did not look at Zi Xuan and the Flaming Sun Princess at all.

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully forcefully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!"

The system beep sounded in his mind momentarily.

Xu Que was secretly happy. An easy 110 act tough points had been earned just like that.

He wasnt very sure if the opportunity which arose was due to the 2 Luck Points from the mask. But he couldnt care less as he had already earned back more than half of what he just spent.

Meanwhile, Zi Xuan and the Flaming Sun Princess were standing by the side with faces still in astonishment.

Xu Que overpowered the Original Infant Stage Blood Python in a mere single blow and had surpassed their imaginations!

More importantly, this Blood Python was very close to ending up in his item bag but he chose not to kill it. It seemed as if the Blood Python was worthless in his eyes.

After Xu Que walked some distance away, Zi Xuan suddenly snapped out of her astonishment. She looked at the Flaming Sun Princess in haste and said, "Princess, that person is very strong. He could take down an Original Infant Staged Blood Python while being at the Golden Core Maximum Stage himself. If we manage to ask for his protection, we might be able to escape from here."

TheFlaming Sun Princess frowned, creasing her brows, "If I, the dignified Princess, were to put down my pride and seek for the help from a Golden Core Stage stranger for protection, it would taint my name. Also, although his power is remarkable, with that many Original Infant Stage Sky Demon killers, he will be no match for them. Zi Xuan, rest assured. Father should have already received my distress signal and is sending help over. We should hide for a little while more!"

"This place is so far from the Imperial City. Even if the Flame Emperor has sent help, it would take a very long time for them to reach here." Zi Xuan thought for a while and suddenly laughed, "Princess, I have an idea. With our current looks, if we don't reveal our identities, nobody will be able to recognize us. We can have him send us to a safe place and reward him with some Spirit Stones after. There will be no interaction any more after that."

After the Flaming Sun Princess listened, as if a little swayed, she knitted her brows and contemplated.

"Ai ya, my Princess, please dont hesitate anymore. Come with me and seek for his help. Weve already seen him being so forgiving to a Demon Beast. He will definitely not leave us to die!" While talking, Zi Xuan pulled along her hand and chased after Xu Que.

Some moments later, Xu Que heard some footsteps coming from behind and was startled a little.

Turning back, he saw the two woman running towards him.

One of the woman, with pleading eyes, gently asked, "Friend, could you please hold on? I have something to ask of you!"

Xu Que was wearing the human-skinned mask and this was absolutely a good chance to act tough all the way.

In an instant, with gloomy eyes, he lifted his head and briefly looked at the two of them, "What could these two ladies possibly ask of me?"

With a calm and clear voice, akin to lukeman water in a stream, flowed past their ears.

The both of them were slightly startled.

Zi Xuan was still feeling alright but the Flaming Sun Princess heart started to beat rapidly within her chest.

With all the people that she had been in contact with all these years, all of the noble mens sons were either men who gave too much respect and were elegant or men who likes to flatter her too much.

However, she had never met a man so calm and composed like still water. The only person was this black robed man standing right in front of her.

Possessing outstanding strength, he was able to crush a Blood Python in one hit. But he was compassionate at the end, turning around and leaving.

His each and every move faintly emitted a certain unique persona. Also, he had that pair of dark, ink-coloured pupils, having the depth to suffocate anyone looking at it. It was as if the pair of eyes could attract anyone and one look would be enough to charm anybody.

The Flaming Princesss heart, seemingly frozen for ten thousand years in its abyss, started to thaw away, bit by bit and started beating at this instant.

However, very quickly, she suppressed this slight undulation. Her eyes regained its apathetic look and her expression became icy cold once again.

At this moment, Zi Xuan started to speak, "To be honest, my my sister and I are from the Imperial city. A few days ago, we came out to play but were attacked by enemies on the way. Our servants are all dead but we put on a disguise and managed to escape up till this point. Could you please protect and send us siblings back to the City? If we manage to return, we will give you a satisfying reward!"

After hearing, Xu Que blanked out for a moment, followed by him being alarmed.

This two Dont tell me they are the people in the horse carriage?

Damn it Ive searched everywhere only to find them here. I had to spend so much effort. After hours of searching with no results, who knew Id find them here. Looks like this response is the work of the Luck Point attribute of the human-skinned mask!" Thinking up till here, Xu Que chuckled in his heart. Acting on with a dignified expression, he looked at the two and asked, "Your enemies were they wearing white-colored long robes, wearing red-colored masks and were Original Infant Stagers?"

"Yes, friend Have you seen them?" Zi Xuan froze. She started to worry as she was afraid that the man in black robe wasnt going to help them. After all, the group of killers were all of the Original Infant Stage!

Unexpectedly, Xu Ques face did not change in the slightest. In a resounding manner, he said, "People of my generation all have utmost righteousness and loyalty, treating everyone with sincerity. Both of you ladies, dont worry. I shall do my best to protect and send you both back to the Imperial City. Neither am I afraid of any amount of Original Infant Stagers, nor am I fearful of sacrificing my own life. No matter what happens, I wont give up!"

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"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 60 act tough points!" The system beep sounded in his mind.

The two girls were moved by Xu Ques bold and reaffirming words.

Although such words of bravery were said to them on a daily basis, it still managed to move them due to the extraordinary situation they found themselves in!

But now, they were very clear that the black robed man, who was standing right in front of them, was unaware of their true identity. Also, they were won over by his positive attitude after seeing him spare the Blood Python compassionately.

After all, Xu Que was a very strong individual. In this cold and materialistic world, while the two women were at their wits end and close to giving up, he was able to put them at ease with such courageous words. This was a peculiar act in the harsh world of cultivators!

Therefore, Zi Xuan and the Flaming Sun Princess were a little attracted to Xu Que in that moment. Those feelings came about from a stir of emotions which were hard to describe. If we were to describe what they they were feeling in a sentence, it would go like... "There is still true empathy and love in the human world!"

"Ill always remember the compassion you have shown. If we survive, you will definitely receive double of what you have done!" Zi Xuan was rather moved and exclaimed sincerely.

Even with the Flaming Sun Princess arrogant and cold attitude, she couldn't help but to give Xu Que a word of thanks.

"Dont stand on ceremony. My only wish in my lifetime is to help commoners with my utmost effort!" Xu Que waved his hands and replied indifferently.

With eyes humbly looking up into the sky, his face was filled with deep melancholy while being covered with a thick aura of acting tough.

The two women momentarily affixed their stare at Xu Que while feeling shocked.

He was a man filled with unquestionable integrity and had a seemingly refined character. What a noble gentleman indeed!

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 30 act tough points!"

Xu Que was secretly feeling happy. He had finally earned back what he had spent on the human-skinned mask.

However, he was not in the least interested in the reward the two ladies had to offer. It was not because he was great and noble. He simply had no interest in this so called reward. In the world of cultivators, items like elixirs, weapons and Spirit Stones were exchanged and used frequently. Xu Que had no lack of these items at all.

If he needed it whenever, he can always find any random sect from the Demonic Faction and steal the items from them. Therefore, right from the start, he had no need for anybody to offer him the items.

...

Very quickly, the three of them started to move and rushed to get out of the woods.

The composition of the trio was rather odd. Firstly, nobody could recognize Xu Que due to the human-skinned mask.

Secondly, with the Flaming Sun Princess face smothered with mud and disguised as a village girl, Xu Que could not recognize her at all.

After all, he wouldnt have thought that any proper Princess would land herself in such a situation. Also, with the arrogant and cold personality she had, it was totally different from his impression of a Princess who was supposed to be cute and helpless-looking according to him.

And so, the three people, clueless about one anothers identity,began their escape.

The Flaming Sun Princess and Zi Xuan were still feeling panicky and anxious, worried that the elite group of Sky Demon killers would suddenly appear. If one or two of them appeared, they would still be able to fight and try to escape. However, if three or four of them appeared at the same time, the both of them would lose all hope of escaping.

Xu Que couldn't care less. As long as they were not of the Infant Transformation Stage, he was free of worries.

And so, Xu Que, carrying the Dark Heavy Buster Sword, forged ahead and led the group at its front. His imposing temperament seemed so remarkable!

Perhaps, it was the additional 20 Charm Points working its effect. Zi Xuan and the Flaming Sun Princess remotely felt that Xu Ques back view was huge and imposing. It brought them a very big sense of security!

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully subtly acting tough. The reward is 50 act tough points!"

The system beep sounded abruptly in his head. Xu Ques could not help but smirk since he was already used to it. Also, this was his first round of profits after covering the cost of buying the human-skinned mask.

Therefore, Xu Que very much hoped for those killers to quickly appear before him so that he would be able to earn more act tough points.

"Roar!"

From deep within the woods, snarls and roars by demonic beasts could be heard. Apparently, even those killers werent safe from the fury of demonic beasts lurking.

Xu Que raised his eyebrows and prepared to rush towards the direction of the roar.

However, Zi Xuan tensed out and shouted, "Friend, lets not go that direction and take a detour!"

Xu Que stunned for a moment, briefly smiled and replied, "My apologies, that was a natural reaction. I thought that there could be wicked demonic beasts in that direction and wanted to help out!"

"Friend, your act of heroic courage is definitely respectable!" Zi Xuan lightly laughed. It was her first time developing a feelings for a male stranger.

The Flaming Sun Princess remained quiet all the way and didnt speak.

Xu Que immediately waved away her words and let out a humble smile towards Zi Xuan, "Lady, please do not flatter me. I am just doing what is right!"

"Oh yes, how do I address you?" Zi Xuan asked.

Xu Que cupped his hands together in greeting, "My name isHua Wu Que!"

In actuality, he wanted to use other names. However, from the Martial Art novels in his past life, there were very few men worthy of being called pretty boys. For example, there were Chu Liu Xiang and Li Xun Huan and some others. Xu Que couldnt think of a name on the spot and blurted out a Hua Wu Que.

"Hua Wu Que? Zi Xuan was stunned as if recalling something.

The Flaming Sun Princess eyes were also briefly filled with surprise. She lightly lifted her eyes and glanced at Xu Que.

"Eh, have my lady heard of the name before by any chance?" Xu Que asked curiously.

Zi Xuan laughed and lightly nodded, "Nope. Its just that your name has a Que in it. It reminds me eh, of an old friend. He also has a Que in his name."

"I see." Xu Que nodded his head slightly and continued on, not being in the slightest interested to ask the two women about who they were referring to or what they meant.

This startled Zi Xuan. She looked at the Flaming Sun Princess, sneakily stuck her tongue out at her and smiled.

The Flaming Sun Princess slightly narrowed her eyes and did not say anything.

If statuses were neglected and judged alone based on looks and temperament, they were ranked to be the most eligible ladies within the five nations. Countless arrogant scholars had revered them like goddesses. However, this was the first time they were treated with such a cold attitude and they couldnt help but to feel peculiar.

"Princess, this Hua hero is not bad at all.If we are able to escape from here, we can be friends with him. Teehee when the time comes where you restore your appearance, he will definitely be speechless at your exceptional beauty." Zi Xuan moved closer to the Flaming Sun Princess and whispered.

The Flaming Sun Princess stared and her sourly and did not say a single word.

However, unknowingly, her heart was filled with a little anticipation.

This anticipation was not because she liked Xu Que a lot or anything of that sort. It was because she was unwilling to accept the fact that she was treated coldly by someone. She merely wanted to see his surprised face after she had revealed her identity.

However, one should be happy that the two ladies did not wipe the mud off their faces. If Xu Que recognized the Flaming Sun Princess, he would certainly not care about acting tough. Instead, he would definitely show off the skills of his Dark Heavy Buster Sword or even activate his Buddhas Fiery Lotus to show off.

Not long after, night gradually came.

Zi Xuan took the initiative and asked Xu Que to stop and rest for a short while.

After all, the two ladies had been escaping for a day. Much of their Core Energies were used up. Even at the Golden Core Stage, they were worn out.

Xu Que wanted to stay at the forest badly for a longer period of time in order to find more opportunities to act tough. He happily obliged.

And so, while the two ladies were sitting down against a tree to rest, he took the chance and ran to gather some firewood, took out some leftover chicken wings from over a day ago and prepared to start roasting them.

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Under the pitch black skies, Xu Que was moving a pile of firewood and settled it down on the ground. He condensed his fire core energy and immediately ignited the firewood effortlessly.

The firewood cracked and cackled under the flames, causing Zi Xuan and the Flaming Sun Princess to be startled awake.

"Young hero Hua, what are you d" Zi Xuan opened her eyes wide in apparent amazement.

The the three of them were on the run! If he were to start a fire in the middle of the night, wouldnt that attract all his enemies over?

Xu Que waved a hand in the air and had a calm and indifferent expression, "Weve been on the road for the entire day. Its about time we ate something. You dont have to worry about those elite killers as well. When I was picking firewood earlier, I set up an ancient defensive spell around us. This spell can only be broken through by Infant Transformation Stage cultivators. Once anyone lower in level than that, they would be disintegrated instantly." He spoke extremely seriously and subdued the fears of Zi Xuan and the Flaming Sun Princess.

"Young hero Hua, youre actually proficient with casting spells?" Zi Xuan asked in surprise.

Xu Que gave a snigger as he feigned modesty, "I only know a little, only a little. Killing several Original Infant Stage cultivators isnt a problem!"

"This" Zi Xuans mouth gaped wide open in shock.

Even the Flaming Sun Princess furrowed her brows tightly and spoke out coldly, "Ive never heard of any spell that could kill an Original Infant Stage cultivator instantly."

Zi Xuan hurriedly nodded her head as well, "Thats right, young hero Hua. Hurry and extinguish the fire. If those killers were to spot the fire, we would have no way of escaping!"

"No worries, please dont worry. You have to trust me on this. The spell was handed down to me by my ancestors and can really kill Original Infant Staged cultivators easily!" Xu Que laughed out loud.

Actually, he didnt place any of his spells around them. He had no patience for all that preparation and didnt want to waste his effort and time. His plan was to attract those killers over and kill them all at once.

Doing this was akin to killing two birds in one stone. He could resolve the ladies problems and could earn an entire bunch of act tough points. That was a win-win situation for everyone.

Xu Que didnt speak further as he took out several marinated chicken wings from his inventory and placed them over the fire and started roasting them.

Zi Xuan was clearly taken aback, "Young hero Hua. You Youre eating this? Those are chicken wings. There isnt any meat in those. You shouldnt be eating them!"

The Flaming Sun Princess fronwed as well, her expression was one of coldness and indifference.

Back at the palace, only the best delicacies within the country would be served and placed on the dining table. Domestic and common fowls such as chicken didnt have the requirements to be on the royal dining table. Hence, regardless of how hungry they were, even if an entire roasted chicken was placed in front of the Flaming Sun Princess, she wouldnt even bother looking at it. Much less the small and boney piece of chicken wing which most commoners wont even buy to eat.

But at this point, this Hua Wu Que was putting them in such danger, just for a mere few pieces of chicken wings!

"It is edible! You will find out in a while." Xu Que was clearly distracted from appeasing them and didnt seem to be very interested in their concerns. Although he enjoyed flirting and teasing the ladies, he prefers to act tough and cook good food!

To be honest, Zi Xuan and the Princess had themselves to blame for being covered in mud from head to toe and looking dishevelled and unkempt. How could their current state compare to the allure of acting tough and good food? If they were to clean themselves up and revert back to their original beautiful selves, then it was clear Xu Que would be much more attentive to them.

"The wings from a chicken are such low grade, lousy food. Even normal people will throw it away but youre taking it as food. Are you really in such a situation that you have to stoop so low and eat such food?" The Flaming Sun Princess opened her mouth to speak, sounding extremely crass and insensitive.

Xu Que heard this and was clearly unhappy. He furrowed his brows and replied, "Whoa!"

The Flaming Sun Princess was taken aback by this outburst of insolence and was about to shout out, "you have the audacity!" but Zi Xuan was faster than her and tugged on her sleeves, reminding her not to be rash.

The Flaming Sun Princess sucked in a breath of fresh air, "Put out the fires. Once we return to the Imperial City, I promise to let you have good food"

"Chi!"

Just at this point, the few chicken wings started to roast nicely as the skin crackled in apparent doneness. The oil from the wings were gleaming in the fire as it popped occasionally.

A decadent and delicious aroma wafted in the air and filled their nostrils, warming their hearts even without eating it.

The Flaming Sun Princess was stunned!

Even Zi Xuan was astounded. Chicken wings... could really produce such a delicious aroma?

The corners of Xu Ques lips curled upwards in a smile. He knew that the people from this world didnt have food as good as wherever he came from. So what if their status was lofty? So what if they had the most exquisite and exotic foods? Compared to his secret chicken wing recipe, there was no comparison.

"The old beggar from the previous encounter, whose cultivation level was even higher than the Infant Transformation Stage cultivator boasted about having the best foods from all around this world. Even he agreed that my chicken wing was the best hed ever had. The both of you are just mere girls from the Imperial City. I dont believe youve ever had anything as good as this." Xu Que exclaimed under his breath.

Before long, the chicken wings looked almost ready to be consumed. Xu Que then retrieved a bottle of high quality honey and a brush. He then started brushing the chicken wings with honey.

"Chi-la!" A large burst of white smoke ascended to the air, bearing with it is a thick and decadent smoke. The delicious aroma from the chicken wings were sure to make anyones stomach growl with desire.

The Flaming Sun Princess and Zi Xuan widened their eyes as well but didnt speak a word.

Compared with the prospects of starvation, the pair of them were astounded by his ability. Just several mere chicken wings could be transformed by this "Hua Wu Que" into something which smelt so good. He could even make the chicken wings look so appetizing with its brown, slightly burnt hue. It was indeed astonishing.

"My fair ladies, would you like to have it mildly spicy or medium spicy? Or would you like to have it pervertically spicy?" At this point the bottle in Xu Ques hands were no longer the honey but instead, chilli flakes. He turned his head and asked the pair of them.

The Flaming Sun Princess didnt reply but Zi Xuan paused for sometime before replying shyly, "Mild Mild spiciness!"

"Done!" Xu Que laughed as he replied.

The sky was dark but the moon was shining brightly in the vast sky, illuminating the roast pit.

The fiery fires shone a light at Xu Ques handsome looking face.

With a flick of his wrist, drops of chilli flakes descended like fiery raindrops as they floated gently before landing atop the roasted chicken wings. It was almost like he was putting up a show, decorating the chicken.

Such an image was deeply engraved on the hearts of both these ladies.

After all, a serious man is the most dashing!

After all, Xu que had 20 additional Charm points added to his features.

The pair of ladies were starting at Xu Que as he completed his preparations. Only after the delicious smelling and appetizing chicken wings were brought in front of them did they finally regain their senses.

"Youve all been through a tiring day. Come and have something to eat. Then we can happily depart from the Imperial City." Xu Que smiled warmly as he spoke.

Under such an atmosphere where the flowers around were in full bloom and the moon was bright and round, the fire was burning warmly beside them. One man and one woman Eh, one man and two women. The night was still and quiet.

At this moment, a person would be most at ease and comfortable.

Xu Ques action and his easy smile, coupled with the additional Charm points had a huge impact on both these ladies.

One was a Princess and the other was the Princess best friend. The both of them were often the center of attention wherever they went. Theyve enjoyed the status of celebrities and stars.

They were both prideful and independent women. Regardless of whether it was Zi Xuan or the Flaming Sun Princess, the pair of them were aloof and proud deep down.

But right now, Xu Que acted like he was an older brother to them. Coming out from nowhere like a knight in shining armor, bringing them a feeling unlike any other. This feeling was called being looked after, having someone to rely on.

With such a feeling in her stomach and heart, Zi Xuan accepted the chicken wings gladly.

She revealed such a sweet smile of gratitude like a young and innocent girl. She looked up at Xu Que before gratefully receiving the chicken wings and whispered a word of thanks.

The Flaming Sun Princess however, with her cold heart and usual aloofness, was stunned and anxious at such a situation. Her emotions were a whirl.

Hence, the only way she knew how to react was to appear cold and fight off the butterflies in her stomach.

Her face was cold and icy as always as she turned her face towards him and spoke fiercely, "Take this away from me. This Princess cant possibly eat such trash."

The minute her words were spewed out, she paused in shock, knowing that she had said something wrong. "This Princess?" was a clear sign that she had revealed too much about her identity.

Zi Xuans face fell in shock!

Even Xu Que was astounded!

Ultimate Scheming System Chapter 70

"Who are you?" Xu Ques face changed completely as if he just recalled something. He then stood up and shouted out.

His movements were very exaggerated as he flipped over the entire roast pit. The golden brown chicken wings all fell into the mud with a splat.

Zi Xuan and the Flaming Sun Princess jumped up in fright at Xu Ques sudden outburst, their faces were clearly startled.

"Hrmm!" Xu Que cleared his throat and didnt ask any more questions. He pointed out a finger from each hand and condensed his water Qi as he sprayed out two jets of water right at their faces.

His reaction and movements were so quick that the pair of them simply had no time to react. Their dirt filled and muddy faces were instantly being washed away by the jets of water and revealed their fair and clear complexions.

"What are you doing?" Zi Xuan asked irritably as she shrieked out.

The Flaming Sun Princess face was full of fury as well as she gave Xu Que a death glare.

Xu Que was astonished by whatever he saw. Soon after, his pupils dilated as he laughed out manically, "Ji Wan Qing, indeed, its you!"

"You How dare you refer to the Princess by her name?" Zi Xuan asked out in shock.

The Flaming Sun Princess scolded out harshly as well, "Hua Wu Que, you have the audacity. Since you already know that Im the Flaming Sun Princess, you dare to be discourteous and disrespectful? With your crime, I could punish you by killing your entire family and all your relatives!"

"Hahahaha!!!" Xu Que laughed out loud in apparent anger, "You wish to wipe out my family? Its a pity that Im the only surviving member of my family. Besides, Im not Hua Wu Que. You take a good look at me now and see who I really am!." His voice echoed out and reverberated in all directions like a powerful wave of energy.

Such rage and fury stemmed from the memories of this body. Those memories had fused with his being and was now a part of him.

He had been purged of all his energy and cultivation prowess before being tossed away like an inanimate object. The memories of that scene kept flooding into his mind.

Xu Ques eyes exuded murderous killing intent as he slowly raised his hand to peel back the Human Skinned Mask from his face.

"Chi-la!" The features and face of Xu Que appeared right before the Flaming Sun Princess and Zi Xuan.

"My adorable Princess, your highness. Weve only been apart for several months. Surely you havent forgotten your husband?" Xu Que laughed out loudly.

"Wh-What?" Zi Xuan and the Flaming Sun Princess were dumbfounded.

No matter how she considered the possibilities, she never wouldve imagined that the person standing before them was That Prince Consort from six years ago. The one who had a one in a million innate talents.

"Thats impossible! My father, his majesty had already killed you. How could you still be alive?" The Flaming Sun Princess widened her eyes, her entire face was etched with incredulous disbelief.

A person who was supposed to have died and whose spiritual roots were plundered from, someone who would never have been able to cultivate further, had actually showed up before them.

And he was even able to attain the Full Foundation level of the Golden Core Stage. At this point, his might was terrifying and he could even kill a demonic beast of the Original Infant Stage so easily!

She simply couldnt accept this fact!

"Why is it impossible? Why do you think heaven gave me a second chance at life? I think it's to take revenge on your Ji family. Because you, Ji Wan Qing are vile and cold blooded. You don't have any right to be a Flaming Sun Princess. And that old dog Emperor Ji has no right to be an Emperor as well! Since the title of royal family has landed upon your Ji family, I'm sure the reign will end with your generation!" Xu Que laughed out in furious anger. With a smack of his hand, the Dark Heavy Buster Sword appeared and he pointed it at the Flaming Sun Princess.

"Stop it!" Zi Xuan was visibly upset as she dashed across and spread her arms, standing in between Xu Que and the Princess. She then shouted out, "You You can't kill us. Don't you forget, you just promised to protect us!"

"Hehe... my apologies. I am a nearly perfect man. The only flaw I have is that I have a loose tongue and don't always mean whatever I say. That's one thing about me that will never change!" Xu Que burst out laughing as he slashed his sword down, ready to kill.

Zi Xuan was anxious for both their lives and hurriedly spoke out, "Hang on. Xu Que, listen to me. All these years, the Princess never"

"Zi Xuan, you shut up now!" The Flaming Sun Princess scolded her harshly and stopped Zi Xuan from speaking further. Her gaze was icy as she glared straight into Xu Ques eyes and spoke, "I don't have to explain matters concerning my royal Ji family to an orphanboy who should've died by the side of a deserted road!"

"But Princess..." Zi Xuan clearly wanted to speak out further but the Flaming Sun Princess shot her a menacing glare which shut her up once more.

Xu Que was clearly raging in blind fury and didn't even bother to clear up any possible misunderstandings. All he knew was that the person who stole his fire spiritual roots and robbed him of his life and chance of cultivation was this Princess!

"What an exemplary person, Ji Wan Qing. So this is your true color. Your stupid princess temper has finally shown. You place yourself above everyone else and think too highly of yourself. Who wouldve expected that your cute and helpless image was all just a pretense. It mustve been hard on you to put on a false front for me all those years. But truth be told, I do admire your acting skills!" Xu Que laughed out coldly.

The Flaming Sun Princess expression was as cold as ice as she replied, "So what? This Princess wishes to see how you plan to take me down!"

"Killing you shall be easier than killing ants. But doing so means letting you off too easily. Ever since the day of our great wedding, the flirtatious look on your face has left a deep and unforgettable impression on me. Hence, I wouldnt mind stripping you down and throwing you into the Imperial City. Then, everyone under the heavens would be able to see you for who you really are." Xu Que squinted his eyes. When it came to his enemies, he was capable of doing anything.

"Outrageous!" The Flaming Sun Princess raged out as her body trembled in anger. The fury within her heart was immense.

Zi Xuans expression was that of nervousness. She looked at Xu Que and begged, "Xu Que, please stop speaking anymore."

"Fine. I really dont want to carry on speaking pointless words anyway!" A cold gleam appeared in Xu Ques pupils as he gripped the Dark Heavy Buster Sword tightly and he conjured the Lightning Haste Spell, planning to charge down upon the Princess.

The Flaming Sun Princess pushed Zi Xuan away as she faced Xu Que boldly. At the same time, the storage ring on her finger lit up. A short flute which was made out of jade appeared in her palms.

She looked at Xu Que and taunted, "Xu Que, this Princess doesnt owe you anything. Since you wish to kill me, I have the right to let you die here in return!"

The minute her words were spoken, she placed the jade short flute to her lips as she condensed her core energy and blew it out onto the flute. She blew a long and sharp piece, which translated into ripples in the air. It circled overhead before diffusing out far away.

Not far away, several men were searching for the Princess when they heard the blast from the flute. One of them frowned before happily exclaiming, "Flaming Suns Jade Flute. Thats the object which the little bitch possessed. Quick, theyre over there!"

At the next moment, several shadows transformed into blood rays as they moved with such astonishing speeds.

They all wore white robes, wielded longswords and had red masks on their faces. Just the sight of them was enough to terrify anyone.

They were the Sky Demon killers. Each one of them were in the Original Infant Stage. Every time they drew their swords, blood was surely spilt.

Just as the few of them reached, they could see more blood rays appearing around them. They were all killers of Sky Demon and were all attracted to the sound of the flute.

The Flaming Sun Princess maintained an icy expression on her face as she pointed at Xu Que and shouted out to the Sky Demon killers, "This man is my Prince Consort. If you wish to kill me, you have to get through him!"

"Jiang!" In that instant, more than ten Sky Demon killers were present as they drew their swords in unison almost mechanically. The cold steel which they held were scary beyond measure.

Xu Que gave a cold laugh and shook his head, "Ji Wan Qing, youre playing it very well. I can see you wish to use their strengths to kill me. Its such a shame. Did you actually think that these mere trash can kill me?"

"Ding! Congratulations to host Xu Que for successfully acting tough. The reward is 80 act tough points."

The system rang out once in his head. At the same time, he could feel the death glare being emitted from those few killers who were staring right at him.

Its just that to him, these men were nothing. These men were nothing more than trash!

"Die!" The Sky Demon killers didnt even bother speaking. They were particular about effectiveness and getting the job done. More than ten of them moved in unity as their shadows moved together and transformed into blood rays. Their swords jabbed towards Xu Que as they charged right at him.

"Lets go!" The Flaming Sun Princess took hold of Zi Xuan and whispered silently to her as they fled into the depths of the forest.

"When the Sky Demon killers arrived, I knew that it was difficult for all of them to focus their attention on him. I didnt expect him to be so stupid to issue a challenge to them. He managed to gain all their attention, granting us our wish!" The Princess looked back once more, her lips curled into a mocking smile.

Zi Xuan seemed to be unable to bear all this but she kept her mouth sealed and remained quiet.

"Boom!" A loud crash could be heard from behind before the sound of a strong wind could be heard. It almost sounded like the crash of a thousand waterfalls.

Soon after, a large gale of strong wind blew across!

The both of them panicked as they turned their heads back. In that second, whatever they saw... startled them!

That person in black robes, who was holding on to his Dark Heavy Buster Sword was coming straight for them. He almost looked like a demon who had climbed his way up from the ninth level of hell. He had a sly grin on his face as he took large steps across the frozen pond. He wore a white flaming crown across his head and was walking towards them.

Each step he took was like stepping on their hearts.

And that bunch of Sky Demon killers had long been transformed into ice sculptures and ceased to exist.