Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Land Immortal Realm, Killed x1
"Petty tricks!" Pei Xia nimbly dodged the successive bursts of the Ghost Energy Storm and locked onto Qi Suian’s aura. "Sneak attacks are a game I stopped playing when I was thirty."
The moment he finished speaking, his entire body blurred into an afterimage, charging toward Qi Suian’s hidden position.
If his opponent hadn’t made a move, it wouldn’t have been so easy for Pei Xia to find him.
But the moment Qi Suian acted, his killing intent flared, allowing Pei Xia’s Martial Dao intuition to lock onto his aura.
Combined with his Martial Dao will, his attack... struck nothing but air.
"You must be one of the people behind Qin Sheng," Qi Suian said, now hovering in the sky.
It wasn’t Qi Suian fighting Pei Xia, but the AI.
The moment Pei Xia had moved, the AI had already predicted it, so Qi Suian’s retreat was unbelievably fast.
When Pei Xia saw Qi Suian’s figure, he was stunned for a moment before quickly composing himself.
He had also received the notification from the Doomsday Game that Qi Suian was a rule-breaker, but he had never expected to be facing an Armored Man.
If that was the case, then what was the point of his comprehension training?
He was a martial artist, after all. Expecting him to comprehend a realm beyond the Land Immortal Realm from a piece of technology? That was just absurd.
If that could work, why would they have gone to the trouble of cultivating Qin Sheng? They could have just gone to an armory to comprehend a nuclear bomb.
It was precisely because it *couldn’t* work that they had to go to such great lengths.
In an instant, Pei Xia’s skin turned crimson. He was absolutely livid.
"You... deserve to die!!!" Pei Xia roared in fury.
He then shot toward the airborne Qi Suian like a pouncing tiger.
"For someone so old, he’s not very composed. A few words and he’s already furious," Qi Suian quipped, though he knew the real reason.
’He’s just had his intelligence nerfed.’
’How else could I possibly fight him? He’s clearly much stronger than I am.’
More importantly, the AI had come to a shocking conclusion through data collection and model simulation.
The old man before him was at least a thousand years old.
’If my plot armor didn’t nerf his intelligence, an old fox like him could have schemed me to death.’
’Even with the AI, I wouldn’t necessarily be his match.’
And he could tell that this Pei Xia had definitely reached the Land Immortal Realm described in the *Soul-Devouring and Spirit-Eating Evil Skill*.
He had already broken free from the shackles of gravity, transforming the Tribulation Force within his body into Divine Force, allowing him to fly.
Of course, his flight capabilities couldn’t compare to an actual aircraft.
But it was still more than strong enough.
"To think there’s a realm beyond Tribulation Force," Qi Suian murmured as eighteen Floating Cannons fired in unison.
Pei Xia, as nimble as a fish in water, used his heightened perception and formidable physique to preemptively evade the attacks, drawing ever closer to Qi Suian.
"Hmph, ignorant whelp!" Pei Xia couldn’t help but sneer, suppressing the urge to spout more nonsense.
However, before he could get close, Qi Suian shot backward another few hundred meters.
The Wind Master flight system on the Tai Sui God was not just for show.
Just as Pei Xia was about to close in, he could only watch as the distance between them widened once more.
He was already livid, and now he was even more enraged.
So much so that he didn’t even realize he was being kited by Qi Suian.
To this, Qi Suian could only marvel at how terrifying plot armor was.
’It’s the perfect aid for murder and plunder. No wonder all those protagonists have the ability to kill enemies far above their level.’
’Just this intelligence-nerfing ability alone is enough to boost my odds of winning by fifty percent.’
’If I can just make him make a mistake, it’s not impossible to win without even moving.’
Pei Xia was completely unaware that the thousand years of discipline he had cultivated to control his temperament was dissipating in this very moment. Instead, his mind was consumed with a single thought: kill Qi Suian.
Even his wildly screaming Martial Dao intuition was being drowned out by his rage.
’AI, given his current state, are we confident we can capture him alive?’ Qi Suian thought. ’If I could get my hands on a living Ancient Martial Artist from the Land Immortal Realm, I’d hit the jackpot.’
[Difficulty: Extreme. Probability of success: Negligible.]
Before, it would at least give some analysis. Now, it was straight to "negligible." Clearly, there was no chance of capturing him alive.
’If he hadn’t lost his wits, I’d be running for my life right now.’
’Just being able to kill him is already a great outcome.’
Qi Suian wanted more, but he understood he couldn’t bite off more than he could chew.
"Caught you, you slippery little eel!!!" Pei Xia broke through the Floating Cannons’ web of fire and suddenly appeared right in Qi Suian’s face.
A savage attack blasted toward the heads of both Qi Suian and the Tai Sui God.
But Qi Suian showed no fear. Instead, a smile played on his lips.
The missing Floating Cannon was positioned right at the entrance of the Subspace Pocket, fully charged and ready.
In that instant, the hair on Pei Xia’s body stood on end. His Martial Dao intuition screamed, relentlessly warning him of the danger.
Pei Xia, of course, sensed the danger immediately, but his thoughts were simple.
His hand was only ten centimeters from Qi Suian’s head.
He was betting on himself to win.
With his speed, he was certain he could shatter his opponent’s head before the enemy’s attack was unleashed.
And just as he’d planned, his attack pulverized the head of the Tai Sui God, along with Qi Suian’s, reducing them to dust.
However, the Floating Cannon’s attack didn’t stop just because they were destroyed.
Instead, it fired directly.
"Heaven and Earth Infinite Force!!!"
Pei Xia roared, unleashing his own special force.
But in the face of the Floating Cannon’s Dark Energy Beam, he was utterly powerless to resist.
The reason the Dark Energy Beam had been blocked before was because the protection on Qin Sheng had been meticulously crafted by seven experts of the Land Immortal Realm. It was a fusion of their seven Divine Forces, their seven Martial Dao wills, and the power of a supreme treasure.
Now, Pei Xia was alone, and his intelligence had been nerfed. There was no way he could replicate that previous feat.
So, as expected, after being hit by the Dark Energy Beam, his body began to disintegrate.
"One wrong move, and the entire game is lost..."
Pei Xia’s face was filled with regret.
He didn’t regret clashing with Qi Suian, of course. He regretted losing and being killed.
Then, he looked at Qi Suian’s headless corpse, a flicker of relief on his face. At least Qi Suian was dying with him...?
The look of relief froze. He saw the Tai Sui God’s head regenerating.
In his final moments, he wanted to say something, but the Dark Energy Beam gave him no chance.
Before he could even open his mouth, his entire body was disintegrated into carbonized particles.
Qi Suian revived as well.
’Against a high-agility, high-evasion opponent like him, using myself as bait was the only way.’
’It’s a good thing his intelligence was nerfed. If he’d just used ranged attacks, I would’ve been toast.’
’That old coot didn’t even get to play to his strengths as an Ancient Martial Artist before I tricked him to his death.’
’Plot armor is the GOAT.’
’And the Floating Cannons are the real protagonist. Killing someone way above their level without even batting an eye.’
Qi Suian couldn’t help but reflect that aside from himself and the Tai Sui God, none of his equipment was useless.
[You need not belittle yourself. Without you, the plan could not have been executed.]
"Come on. Our situation is like a genius born in the wrong country. Aren’t I the one holding you all back?" Qi Suian’s words were brutally honest.
If someone with higher potential had been in his place, they might have already soared to the heavens. Not like him, still flip-flopping in the weakling bracket.
But this wasn’t Qi Suian’s fault. He was already working hard enough. The blame lay with the pitifully low potential of Abyssal Humans.
If Qi Suian had the aptitude of the Ancient Martial Humans, plus his plot armor and resources, he’d probably dare to take on those seven old coots in a brawl by now.
"Right, did you manage to calculate his stats?" Qi Suian asked.
[The combat process was too short. Data collected is limited.]
Hearing this, Qi Suian remarked that it was a pity and said nothing more.
The kiting, feints, and other tactics earlier were mainly to amplify the intelligence-nerfing effect on Pei Xia and lower his rationality.
This laid the groundwork, making him even more desperate to kill Qi Suian while ignoring his surroundings.
Only then did Qi Suian deliberately let him break through the web of fire and get in close.
Otherwise, with the man’s agility, evasion, and intuition, the Floating Cannons’ web of fire would never have hit him effectively.
Only by using himself as bait at point-blank range could the Floating Cannon be guaranteed to hit its target.
"I didn’t get a single thing out of it. Now what..." Qi Suian muttered, staring at the spot where Pei Xia had been obliterated, at a loss for words.
The upside of the Floating Cannons was that no corpse was left behind. The downside was also that no corpse was left behind.
Looting the body was out of the question. Even his clothes were gone.
[Perhaps the opportunity is not here, but at their base.]
[Next, we simply need to defeat them one by one and claim their inheritance.]
"Isn’t picking them off one by one a bit too much trouble?"
"Why not lure them all together and pull the same trick?"
Qi Suian’s idea was rather extreme. He was thinking of having the Floating Cannons unleash a Ghost Energy Storm centered on himself. That way, anyone who came close to attack him wouldn’t leave alive.
[You can revive, but the Tai Sui God has no resurrection module.]
[Once you’ve installed a resurrection module on the Tai Sui God, you can name this move "Mutual Destruction."]
’Right, I forgot. The Tai Sui God’s nano-repair-bot swarm can only repair, not resurrect.’
’If the Tai Sui God took a hit from a Ghost Energy Storm, it would definitely be instantly destroyed.’
The Floating Cannons’ attacks had no friendly-fire immunity. If one hit the Tai Sui God, it would also be disintegrated by the ghost energy.
It was an energy attack, and the Tai Sui God wasn’t immune to ghost energy, so of course it would take damage.
"Search for tracks. Let’s see if we can find our way to their lair," Qi Suian said.
At this point, he could only follow the AI’s suggestion. After all, Pei Xia’s death had been incredibly clean.
Unless the carbonized particles of flesh and blood were the "opportunity," his only option was to search their lair. Otherwise, what was the point of just killing them?
It’s not like he could throw the remains into the Melting Furnace for fuel.
