228 Leaving the Maze
In the end, Mao Xueyan had accepted Cao Mao's invitation.
However, they now faced a new problem right away. They didn't know where they had to go to leave this underground maze as the two girls couldn't rely on their smelling sense to find the exit. Every scent smelled the same after Tang Deming had died.
"Where should we go? Should we head back?"
Since everyone didn't know where this maze could lead them to, Mao Xueyan suggested that they should backtrack to where they had come from.
But Cao Mao had a simpler idea, "Why don't we destroy the ceiling and get to the surface?"
"… Right," Mao Xueyan turned to Dandan. "Can you alter the ground? Have you recovered your earth Qi yet?"
"Don't worry. I'm strong!"
Dandan laughed. She circulated her earth element Qi and injected it into the ceiling.
RUMBLE
Within a few seconds, the ground shook. A hole appeared on the ceiling, revealing the clear blue sky.
Witnessing the application of earth element Qi, Cao Mao rubbed his chin as he checked Dandan's body again. He secretly thought to himself.
'Wow! She is definitely stronk! But, Earth element Qi, eh? If I can make here another yin slave, I might be able to absorb earth element Qi and condense an earth core. Welp, how many elements have I mastered again? Wood, lightning, and fire? But my water, ice, chloro, and earth element affinity is at max. At this rate, I should be able to master every freaking element.'
Cao Mao sighed. After he had stolen heavenly fate power from Xie Tian and Ma Moxi, his abilities had developed and became similar to one of the protagonists in novels.
No wonder why the system sponsor had encouraged him to hunt protagonists as these fate power pieces heavily influenced his luck. So far, he hadn't done anything other than minding his own business at home. Yet, he still had fortuitous encounters here and there.
But still, he didn't know how the fate power pieces worked. They were inactive, but his luck was still as good as ever.
As Cao Mao was lost in thoughts, Mao Xueyan and Dandan jumped up and flew to the sky through the hole. They also looked back and called Cao Mao over.
"Stupid orc! You'd better hurry up or the hole will close! There seems to be an unknown array in the underground that can automatically repair the maze! Dandan can't keep the hole forever!"
"Huh?" Cao Mao snapped back to his sense.
Dandan shouted, "The maze is protected by a strong array! I'll run out of Qi within a few seconds. Hurry!"
"Crap!"
Cao Mao activated his life essence and flew. After he had gotten inside the hole, the tunnel slowly closed itself.
As soon as Cao Mao's legs had gotten out of the hole, the maze was sealed.
"It's alright," Cao Mao patted Dandan's butt. Although it was sexual harassment, the tall girl didn't seem to mind.
Exploiting the opportunity, Cao Mao kept massaging Dandan's butt, "If you stay in Siren City for a day or two, you should be able to recover everything. Hell, your Qi volume will probably increase."
"Really?"
Mao Xueyan smiled. She jumped on top of Dandan's head and sat there, "I can vouch for that. I've been in his city for a while, and I've recovered a bit. But now that I've drunk the spring water, I've recovered 70% of my strength. At least, I can kill a weak nascent soul cultivator."
"WOW!" Dandan got excited. She embraced Cao Mao, but she buried his face between her soft watermelon boobs, "Brother-in-law, you're awesome!"
Cao Mao snugged in the soft mountains while his hands didn't let go of her round juicy butt, "You're awesome, too."
Finally, Mao Xueyan had noticed the hands of Cao Mao, "Hey! Get off my sister, stupid orc!"
…
While the group was in a merry mood, Li Jue and Niu Fu had also found the maze. They dived into the underground dungeon and navigated their ways toward one of the exits by following the footprints of several people.
Within 30 minutes, the master and apprentice duo found a group of Tang Deming's employees beyond the exit point. They captured them and interrogated them about the treasures.
Unfortunately, the employees only had a handful of refined stones and essence cores. Most auction treasures and essence cores were with Tang Deming, so Li Jue couldn't gain anything worthwhile.
"Alas, Tang Deming has slipped away," Li Jue lamented. He sighed and shook his head.
"At least, we got out of the city."
Niu Fu laughed as he gazed toward the west, where flying battleships of Liu Bian were still bombarding the city.
Currently, the duo was on a grassland, about two kilometers away from the battle site. The underground passage led them here without realizing it.
"Haiz," Li Jue looked at the employees and waved his hand.
Tang Deming's employees suddenly felt that something precious exploded. They covered their crotch area and screamed in pain.
Their pants became bloody as their little brothers were destroyed by Li Jue's unique technique, Manhood Destruction. Even if they could survive today's event, these employees would have to live as eunuchs from now on as their penises were blown to pieces.
"What a pity, we're done here. Let's head south and take a look at the rumored city. I heard that its air and water is dense with spiritual Qi. We should go check it out if we can gain something."
"Haha! Sure, master. I also heard from the wandering cultivators that the Ma Clan has migrated there, and some of them have seen a young girl flying out of the city. If possible, we should take a few women from that city home."
"Indeed. Well, if we run into a nascent soul expert, we might not be able to do much. Be prepared to be disappointed, disciple."
"Ah, bummer. I wish my father-in-law can my clan has a nascent soul cultivator, too."
"Ha! If you want it that badly, you should become a nascent soul expert yourself. We can capture every commoner girl we see and use them as your yin cauldrons. Just keep stealing their life force and Yin Qi through sex and kill them when they run out of yin Qi! Once you have condensed a couple of yin-yang essence seas, you can start cultivating the water element and my advanced element, the semen element! As long as you keep following my guidance, you can become a nascent soul expert yourself!"
"…"
Niu Fu grinned despite having several questions about Li Jue's cultivation base.
If the technique was so great, why had Li Jue gotten stuck at the peak-stage of the core pillar realm for so many years? He should have been able to ascend to the nascent soul realm long ago. Moreover, Li Jue was too arrogant that he always acted as if he was one of the nascent soul experts, which Niu Fu didn't like.
'I'll wait and see how many skills and techniques he can teach me. Once I'm stronger than this geezer, I'll kill the bastard and steal everything in his spatial rings! There can be only one dual-cultivator in this continent since all beautiful women are mine!'
Unbeknownst to Niu Fu's motive, Li Jue continued to cherish his disciple, leading him toward the south, where Siren City was located.
…
"Those bitch-ass motherfuckers..."
CJ stared at the sealed ceiling, where Cao Mao, Mao Xueyan, and Dandan had used to escape the underground maze.
This transmigrator had been stalking and protecting Cao Mao in secret. However, the ceiling had just sealed and trapped him inside the maze.
CJ looked around. He didn't even remember where he had come from.
He was lost.
"Ah, shit. Here we go again…"
CJ sighed. He was too old for another adventure, and he just wanted to retire in peace. Yet, he was forced to follow Cao Mao because of a certain tranny.
'I really picked the wrong boss. If only someone could kill Zhang Junyi and Yuan Hua…'
CJ aimlessly explored the maze dungeon alone. He wasn't in a hurry as he had plenty of food sources.
Moreover, he could make grain pills, and he knew how to grow spiritual plants. He didn't care if he would be trapped here for the rest of eternity since he had enough supplies in his spatial rings to live for several hundred years.
'You know what? I'm gonna live here quietly. Fuck Zhang Junyi. Fuck Yuan Hua. I can set up my TV and couch here, and make it a new home!'
CJ hummed as he was motivated. He started making a map of the underground maze, so he could turn everything into a new sanctuary.
But as CJ was writing a map, he heard a voice in his head. Someone had sent a voice-transmission to him.
'Hello! I can't believe you exist! I'm a big fan of yours! Sir, can I have an autograph!?'
"WHO!?"
'Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm the dungeon master-I meant, I am the creator of this maze, and I'm in charge of managing the underground array here.'
…
Meanwhile
Ma Moxi had been busy stealing the supply of Liu Bian's reserved warships. He went through all four of them.
Tianshui, Wudu, Wuwei, and Anding Battleship had been thoroughly emptied. However, Ma Moxi wasn't satisfied.
Currently, he was being tracked by a squad of 5th-stage human cultivators.
Ma Moxi wanted to get rid of them, but it might expose his current position. Thus, he decided to do something drastic to draw their attention elsewhere.
While being in stealth mode, Ma Moxi slipped into an engine room of Wuwei Battleship.
The engine room, as its name, contained a sophisticated engine, fueled by a spell formation with essence cores. At the center of the formation, several pedestals with a hundred essence cores were protected by two undead soldiers with 4th-stage cultivation strength.
'I have looted enough. It's time to cause a commotion.'
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