Chapter 1037
Version 20 Hao 1
Everyone was both surprised and took it for granted when they saw Chu Xuan's appearance at this moment.
After all, it would be too outrageous if such an attack came without any cost.
Moreover, Chu Xuan now looks to be only in his sixties, not as exaggerated as last time, when he looked like he was about to die.
Zhang Jie waved his hand, and all the metal parts and fragments flew up and disappeared into the Demon Refining Pot in Li Xiao's hand.
After tidying up.
The two of them followed Chu Xuan to the edge of the huge pit.
"My goodness, the first god was just worn down to death like that?"
Chen Zilong appeared instantly, landing next to Li Xiao. Looking at the huge crater left by the attack in front of him, he couldn't help but complain.
Chu Xuan's gaze was indifferent: "Faced with such an existence, there are only two ways to achieve victory."
The first method is to attack with overwhelming force to destroy his fatal weakness, namely the white core that serves as his energy source.
"The second method is like this: wear him down little by little by attacking him beyond his limit."
"Although the attack just now only exceeded his limit by a little, it was enough."
"After all, his weakness is too obvious. He has no combat skills whatsoever, except for the kind of attack that causes an explosion of energy in the surrounding area."
In close combat, they only rely on instinct to strike.
Secondly, there's the telekinetic defense formed by the light of the mind, and the defensive mechanisms on the skin of the body.
"Having an incomparably powerful physical body and endless energy, the actual power exerted is only a little over 20% of the total..."
The elderly Chu Xuan spoke as if he were recounting something utterly simple.
However, for some reason, everyone felt that Chu Xuan seemed inexplicably disappointed or lost.
It's like a dedicated food connoisseur who finds a table full of delicious food with high expectations, only to find it's just average after taking a bite.
However, this strange feeling quickly overshadowed the excitement of completing the mission.
"Damn, I didn't do anything in the B-level side quest!"
"This is so awesome!"
Hearing Cheng Xiao's words, Chen Zilong, who had just been knocked away and spat out more than a mouthful of blood, felt even worse.
Even Zhang Jie and Li Xiao looked over here.
Cheng Xiao, being perceptive, quickly shut his mouth.
Zhu Wen flew off Zhang Jie and landed beside him.
The man turned to look at the central pavilion and asked in confusion:
"But why hasn't the light of the Three Pure Ones disappeared yet?"
"Wasn't it said that the restriction would be lifted after the first god was defeated?"
Not just Zhu Wen, almost everyone who heard the divine prompt in their minds was waiting for this moment.
That's why we had the time to come to the edge of the pit and discuss it together.
But as time went by, minute by minute.
Li Xiao's expression grew increasingly serious as he looked around at Imhotep and his companions, who seemed frozen in time and unable to move.
Just then, Chu Xuan, with his gray hair, suddenly sighed and said something inexplicable.
"So, is it the method of killing, or the timing of the kill?"
"I think it's time. After all, the variables of the killing method are too great, even those saints probably can't calculate it."
"There's nothing simpler or more convenient than calculating time to measure a team's strength."
"The white-skinned saint's method is probably to make us complete the task but not receive the reward. I have a rough idea of what will happen..."
So, were you a spy left behind by a yellow-skinned saint, or was it a trick played by a black-skinned saint?
Chu Xuan's voice remained as indifferent as ever.
However, some of the things mentioned were rather inexplicable.
And just the instant Chu Xuan finished speaking those words.
Li Xiao, Zhang Jie, Zhao Yingkong, and Chen Zilong turned their heads to look at the center of the land almost at the same time.
It's a feeling that's hard to describe.
Although Saito Hajime and Cheng Xiao didn't know what had happened, they still looked over.
Just a second later...
A creaking sound came from the small attic, which was enveloped in a silver barrier and should have been completely still.
A pair of exquisitely carved wooden doors were pushed open from the inside out.
A middle-aged man dressed in ancient costume and wearing a hair crown walked out from there.
Upon seeing this, Li Xiao's pupils suddenly contracted.
Chu Xuan's words began to churn in his mind.
(Has it been changed?)
Is it time?
So it's because we killed them too quickly?
And does Chu Xuan mean that all three skin-type saints tampered with the items?
Li Xiao wasn't the only one having wild thoughts.
Zhao Yingkong and Zhang Jie on one side became alert again.
Twisted specks of light began to gather around Zhang Jie.
Zhao Ying also conjured two Soul-Slaying Blades, one on the left and one on the right, in her empty hands.
Zhu Wen then silently possessed him and disappeared.
As for Saito Hajime and Cheng Xiao, they began to retreat silently without being reminded by anyone else.
They were afraid that it might affect them later.
And it was only in this short time.
This strange person who appeared out of nowhere actually passed through the silver barrier set up by the main god, and then took a step out.
Something seemed to appear on the ground beneath my feet, but it flashed by so quickly that I couldn't see it clearly.
Then, without warning, he found himself thousands of meters away, standing on the other side of the pit.
That is, opposite the Zhongzhou team.
Between them lies the enormous crater that obliterated the first gods.
The sudden closing of the gap made the Zhongzhou team members even more nervous.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the Zhongzhou team, the strange middle-aged man smiled and looked at Chu Xuan.
That answers the question I just asked.
"It's those black-skinned monkeys..."
"Even saints with yellow skin have their pride; they can't do things too blatantly, can they...?"
The middle-aged man dressed in ancient costume looked at the Central Continent team members, who were becoming increasingly alert, and wore a helpless expression.
"I've tried to change the conditions, but you killed me just too fast."
So... I... came out.
Chu Xuan looked at the middle-aged man who stood still with a strange expression on his face.
"You? You are Hao Yi? Or the second god?"
"No, that's not right. The first god used a soul that was close to that of an immortal and a body that was close to that of a fifth-order gene lock."
"What we just dealt with was actually Hao Yi's physical body, while you are the soul that was hidden or sealed away by the yellow-skinned cultivator?"
The middle-aged man's smile widened upon hearing Chu Xuan's words.
He nodded earnestly to Chu Xuan: "It seems I've been meddling. There's a successor, a true successor!"
"It's not about hiding, nor is it about sealing."
“Even saints and immortals will die and their essence will dissipate, let alone someone as insignificant as me.”
"Even if those dark-skinned monkeys reach the Saint level, all they'll do is pick up scraps from others."
"Those who thought that by transferring me to the present and changing my settings, they could wipe you all out in one fell swoop."
"But now it seems that even I, who am close to the soul of an immortal, am no match for you..."
"You guys are very good, very strong."
"It seems that the God Space Project is close to success."
As he spoke, the middle-aged man gazed at the sky where Hao Yi had just been and said with a strange sense of emotion:
"A single step can make all the difference between heaven and earth!!"
Now it has come to this.
Li Xiao, or rather everyone on the Zhongzhou team, was already brimming with questions.
But the dark-skinned saints who had tampered with things wouldn't give them that chance.
Right after the middleman finished speaking to himself.
Lift your right foot and stomp lightly.
A visible white pattern instantly bloomed beneath his feet, enveloping everyone on the Zhongzhou team.
Seeing that the other party chose to make a move, Li Xiao was still pondering what kind of enemy they were a second ago.
But it's already quite obvious now.
Since the physical body is the warrior.
That soul was the sorcerer. "This, a Bagua diagram?"
The moment Li Xiao blurted out the words, he vanished from the spot.
Not only him, but Zhang Jie, Zhao Yingkong, and even Chen Zilong all realized what was happening.
That means we can't let Hao Yi continue like this.
Regardless of what's going on with the other side, the one who strikes first gets to decide!
Li Xiao exerted force with his feet and instantly darted a hundred meters to the top of the pit.
But Li Xiao soon discovered that the distance between him and the other person had not changed at all.
At first glance.
Not only him, but Zhao Yingkong and Zhang Jie were the same.
It was as if the ground beneath their feet moved with them.
The middle-aged man, who had stood still, looked at Chu Xuan and raised his right hand, saying calmly:
"The Li trigram signifies Yang heat!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, the white Bagua diagram on the ground split into two layers, inner and outer.
The outermost layer of the character "离" rotated and stopped right at Chu Xuan's feet.
A ball of purplish-red flame appeared out of thin air and enveloped Chu Xuan.
It was at this time that...
The middle-aged man who had been standing motionless in the center suddenly showed a surprised expression.
Fingers kept pinching:
"It's not within the Five Elements; it's a supernatural power, and it also possesses the Iron Staff of Will..."
Before he could finish speaking, a figure appeared out of thin air.
He swung the long staff that whistled through the air.
The middle-aged man looked at Chen Zilong and smiled even more: "Kan above Zhen below, Shui Lei Tun, upside down."
After saying that, Chen Zilong suddenly realized that the person beneath him had vanished.
No, to be precise, it should be that I became the one beneath you.
The middle-aged man then went to the spot where he had just been.
The silver rainbow light transformed from the crescent moon blade passed through layers of rotating Bagua patterns.
They arrived at a blind spot behind the middle-aged man.
Even so, it still didn't hit the target.
The man in mid-air spoke again:
"Remember to future generations that the Eight Trigrams and the Four Symbols are never separate."
"Westward Gold, White Tiger!"
The middle-aged man was clearly in the air.
However, another layer of rings appeared inside the pattern on the ground.
Compared to the outer Bagua (Eight Trigrams) arrangement, this floor only has four areas.
It points directly to the four cardinal directions: east, south, west, and north.
And just as he finished speaking, the inner west side coincided with the outer circle of the Dui trigram.
Then a white tiger burst forth from the void, slapping out with its claws.
With a clang.
The silver moon-shaped blade flew backward.
Chen Zilong did not turn around to attack.
Instead, he took a step forward, and his figure vanished again.
The middle-aged man couldn't help but praise this scene:
"clever."
The next moment, the Bagua and Four Symbols diagrams on the ground rose up.
It came to the feet of the middle-aged man.
And so, this person stood suspended in mid-air.
His gaze ignored everyone else and fell on Chu Xuan, whom he cared about most.
The purple flames disappeared.
Chu Xuan, holding a crystal ball in one hand, appeared completely unharmed.
Upon seeing this, Li Xiao couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
But it's not over yet.
A halo of light emanated from Chu Xuan's other hand, causing the Bagua symbol surrounding him to tremble slightly.
But it only trembled slightly.
Chu Xuan looked at the unresponsive necklace in his hand and said calmly, "So it really won't work?"
Seeing this, the middle-aged man's hand gestures changed continuously, and then he said with a smile:
"My attacks cannot stop, but that doesn't stop me from saying something."
After saying this, his voice became stern.
"Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, go!"
Adding to the original White Tiger, the Four Symbols Sacred Beasts emerged and charged towards Zhao Yingkong, Zhang Jie, and Li Xiao.
The last one was also stopped by Chen Zilong halfway.
After doing all this, the middle-aged man looked at Chu Xuan and said:
"What you have in your hand is something from the white-skinned people, a magic-suppressing domain, right? This thing is just a copy of this Qimen Dunjia technique."
"The true hexagram is... Gen (艮), representing the opposition between heaven and earth!"
Chu Xuan looked down.
The inner and outer layers of the Bagua rotated again, and finally, two Gen characters, one in front and one behind, were placed in the area where he was located.
In an instant.
Chu Xuan felt all the enhancements in his body disappear, leaving only the most basic physical strength.
The crystal ball and the magic-suppressing necklace in her hands had lost their luster.
Chu Xuan seemed to understand something and put away the two items.
"Well, you should have felt it by now!"
Chu Xuan looked directly at the other person and nodded.
Perhaps knowing something about the other person's situation, they spoke quickly:
"You just said it wasn't sealed or hidden, so you're already dead?"
"So what's your current situation?"
"Passive resurrection?"
The middle-aged man replied with a serious expression:
"Remember, there is no such thing as resurrection in this world."
"There is only life and death. You only need to know one thing: all that can be resurrected is that which has never died."
"Those who are dead cannot be resurrected."
"As for me, I was part of the first generation of gods, and I have long since died completely."
"You can think of me as a residual physical image."
"Everything I do now, every word I say, is a pre-recorded message before my complete death."
The middle-aged man looked at Chu Xuan's calm expression with even greater admiration.
"Good, it seems you understand."
Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and said calmly:
"Reversing cause and effect!"
"Yes, both our current conversation and my answers are nothing more than..."
Before the middle-aged man could continue speaking...
Li Xiao, who had just been completely destroyed, instantly dashed forward, shaking off the entangled Azure Dragon, and arrived in mid-air, saying:
"Impossible! In the original history... you never existed!"
The middleman was not surprised by the interruption, or rather, he had known about this scene for thousands of years.
He turned to look at Li Xiao and said, word by word:
"If you don't exist, then how are you different from me?"
"Alright, let's save the time for the next part."
"My skills in Qimen Dunjia have only just begun."
After saying that, Li Xiao disappeared instantly with a look of astonishment on his face.
When it reappeared, it was kicked to the very edge of the Bagua formation.
The middle-aged man ignored the fervor in Chu Xuan's eyes and continued speaking.
"Besides the inner and outer Bagua and the Four Symbols and Sacred Beasts, the art of Qimen Dunjia also includes the Bagua of the physical body. Look at that girl."
"Li hexagram, close your eyes!"
"The Kan trigram signifies plugging the ears!" (End of Chapter)