Another Heavenly Demon tried to sneak attack Zhou Bai from behind but was repelled by a black Qi arrow shot by Qian Wangsun, zipping past and fending off the assailant.
"We can win… These Heavenly Demons are a lot weaker than the ones we saw before, even weaker than the ones we encountered in the underground base."
Zhou Bai swung his fists, exhaling Sword Qi, and with perfect defensive power and the incredible strength of his Primordial Spirit, plus Qian Wangsun’s cooperation, he completely suppressed the four Heavenly Demons.
Boom! With one punch, he smashed a Heavenly Demon’s head, deforming it. Christina’s Sword Qi, in unison with Qian Wangsun’s Qi arrows, whistled as they pierced through another Heavenly Demon’s head.
The remaining two Heavenly Demons, roaring in anger, clung onto Zhou Bai, their claws frenziedly tearing at him. However, the attack capable of ripping through tank armor was utterly ineffective against Zhou Bai, who lay on the ground.
With two more thuds, the Heavenly Demons twisted and deformed, collapsing onto the ground.
"Heavenly Demons don’t die…" Looking at the two Heavenly Demons on the ground, Zhou Bai sighed inwardly, "Will they also be reborn?"
At that moment, Jing Xiu called out with surprise, "Big Brother Zhou! Xia Li isn’t dead."
Zhou Bai’s eyes brightened as he quickly asked, "Not dead?"
"Her neck bone is broken, but her trachea, blood vessels, and nerves are all fine. It seems she used the power of her Primordial Spirit to protect her vital parts at the last moment." Jing Xiu happily said, "I’ve stabilized her condition with the Primordial Spirit Needle, let’s hurry to the hospital."
Zhou Bai nodded excitedly; the days of training had not been in vain. This time, he had finally protected his teammate.
They rushed toward the hospital, but just a few hundred meters out, a strange person appeared before them.
A man whose lower body resembled an octopus, with hair dancing like living snakes, and his body exuding strands of black Qi, stood in their way.
The man was holding a book of scriptures, absorbed in reading it.
Yet, if anyone could see the content of the scriptures, they would see only blank pages, not a single word.
As if aware of Zhou Bai and the others’ presence, the man slowly lifted his head, looking at Zhou Bai and said with a smile, "Zhou Bai? Come with me."
Seeing this unhuman-like man before him, Zhou Bai exclaimed, "Xing Jun?"
In fact, the Level 0 Heavenly Demons from before were sent specifically by Xing Jun.
He sent a large number of Level 0 Heavenly Demons in search of Zhou Bai.
When those Heavenly Demons found Zhou Bai, they reported back to Xing Jun remotely, as Heavenly Demons could communicate with each other over long distances.
Xing Jun smiled faintly, gestured with his hand, and black Qi began to flow out of the void to grab Zhou Bai.
But the next moment, the black Qi exploded. Li Xiuzhu slowly withdrew his fist, standing in front of Zhou Bai.
"Xing Jun… The real Tao Te Ching is indeed in your hands," Li Xiuzhu gritted his teeth and said, "You’ve sided with the Heavenly Demons? Have you lost your mind?"
"Lost my mind?" Xing Jun paused, looking at Li Xiuzhu with a puzzled face, "Don’t you think it’s the humans, who know they can’t win but still fight to the death and struggle, that are truly mad?"
"What are you talking about?!"
Xing Jun shook his head, speaking indifferently, "I originally thought you were smart, but you’re still so foolish.
After being human for so long, haven’t you realized? Humans are too fragile and insignificant. I’ve cultivated for thirty years, the more I cultivate, the more I understand that humans can never defeat Heavenly Demons."
Li Xiuzhu: "So you sided with the Heavenly Demons, abandoned your own flesh, and turned yourself into a Heavenly Demon?"
"Yes, why not? By becoming a Heavenly Demon, you can have an almost infinite lifespan, an immortal consciousness, and many, many other things..."
Xing Jun’s eyes looked dreamily around the air, "You have no idea how wonderful the world appears to me now. Currently, my strength is comparable to a cultivator of the 6th realm. Just give me a little more time, and I will soon surpass immortals and gods, reaching a state beyond anyone’s imagination."
"And the words ’human beings’ are already the reason for your lifelong failure."
Li Xiuzhu, "Why do you want to target Zhou Bai?"
"Zhou Bai? I haven’t targeted him."
"Yes," Li Xiuzhu smiled, "When you found out that Zhou Bai was acquainted with the Tao Te Ching, you didn’t target him, you simply passed the news to the oddity in the old building, that artificial life you created with leftover thoughts.
When you realized that person wanted to control and threaten Ying Zi, you still didn’t take action; all you did was place the Primordial Spirit Emergence technique in Ying Zi’s room and tidied up all loose ends.
When you saw the people from the old building luring Zhou Bai and the others, once again you didn’t intervene, you merely watched and eventually saved your own student.
From start to finish, you never acted yourself; you were an onlooker, using others to carry out your killings.
Even I was used by you as a chess piece to attract attention."
"I haven’t forced others to do anything in a long time. After all, humans are like moths to a flame, always dying amidst their own desires," Xing Jun said with a faint smile. "Just like you at this moment, and like I once was."
During their conversation, an invisible blade in the air swept towards Li Xiuzhu’s body but was blocked by the surging power of his Primordial Spirit.
Xing Jun sounded a bit surprised as he said, "Your strength... is higher than I had estimated. It seems your status within the Sky Flipping Sect is not low. Had I known I would draw you in, I shouldn’t have let Ying Zi and the others operate under the name of the Sky Flipping Sect."
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"Did you really find out?" Li Xiuzhu muttered, "Then how much do you know about the sixty-four hexagrams? The Tao Te Ching is just a lure; the hexagrams are the key."
"The Sky Flipping Sect has already found out this much?" A flicker of surprise passed through Xing Jun’s eyes. "No wonder..."
The next moment, Xing Jun’s figure vanished abruptly.
Li Xiuzhu, however, let out a roar. While conversing, he had covered a kilometer radius with the power of his Primordial Spirit which then exploded outwards. The white power of the Primordial Spirit, like an invisible cage, began to shrink gradually.
Li Xiuzhu, "Did you think I was really just chatting with you? You can’t run."
Xing Jun reappeared, chuckling, "Did you think I was just chatting with you? Time’s up."
As he spoke, more than ten black figures surrounded him from the corners, all Heavenly Demons, radiating dense demonic aura, each towering over dozens of meters tall, none of them the level-zero grunts Zhou Bai had just dealt with.
Clearly, Li Xiuzhu had tried to buy time to seal off the scene with the power of his Primordial Spirit.
And Xing Jun had been biding his time, waiting for his reinforcements to arrive.
Seeing the arrival of the Heavenly Demons, Li Xiuzhu’s eyes flashed with disbelief, "How did so many Heavenly Demons manage to enter the Dao School in Donghua? And why do they obey you?"
Li Xiuzhu knew well that Heavenly Demons detest and loathe human beings beyond measure, killing on sight. His transformation into a Heavenly Demon was already incomprehensible to him; the fact he could now command them was even more baffling.
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Xia Li (surprisingly not dead) Yun Kong (fallen in battle)
Kong Zheng (maimed) Jing Xiu (alive)
Du Bing (fallen in battle) Yun Shi (fallen in battle)
Liu Xian (alive) Qian Wangsun (disabled)
Zuo Dao (unconscious) Zhou Bai (cheating)
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