บท 51: Free-For-All Rumble (2)
Chapter 51 – Free-For-All Rumble (2)
Wei Yuan got into the monster realm along with other candidates. When she came back to her senses, she checked her clothes right away.
The prepared food packs and hidden knives were not teleported along with her. Wei Yuan was sent here with only her current clothes and her leather armor.
'As expected. One can't simply bypass those arrays without thorough preparation. Xu Miao must have known something about the array weakness and tampered it without getting detected. Or, the elders knew, but they allowed him to do so since it was a part of the test?'
Wei Yuan wasn't the type who dwelled in past mistakes. She always learned from them and moved on.
On this occasion, Wei Yuan didn't mind if she lost the prepared items. She could always hunt monster beasts for food.
However, the problem here was water and fellow examinees. As long as Wei Yuan couldn't secure a water source, she wouldn't be able to get a high score in this round since it affected her performance.
Cultivators could live without water for 3 days, but that didn't mean it wouldn't affect their strength. As the 3rd stage and weaker cultivators still relied on food and water to live, they still needed to eat and drink once in a while.
Wei Yuan looked around, checking her surroundings and the safe zone.
Then, a commotion occurred.
"Hey! My items are gone!"
"Huh? Shit! My treasure sword is gone, too!"
"I-I thought I've brought food with me. Where is it!?"
"No! M-My artifact! My family's artifact!!"
Several people also lost their prepared items and weapons. They shouted, screamed, and yelled in panic.
Wei Yuan shook her head and walked away from the group. She checked the surroundings to see where she had been teleported to.
As Wei Yuan looked around, she noticed a familiar-looking guy, who was busy building his wooden shack.
It was Xu Miao!
'Oh? So, I'm in the same safe zone as him. Well, it's not like the Xu Clan and the Wei Clan are enemies. I should be fine here.'
The girl turned around and inspected the dead forest outside. She planned to climb on of them to check the geography and search for a water source.
A minute later, another commotion occurred, which attracted everybody's attention.
A scholar led a group of bodyguards to surround Xu Miao. They wanted to rob his magic sword.
Wei Yuan found their actions disgusting. Still, she found an opportunity to make Xu Miao owe her a favor.
'If I save him, he will owe me a favor. I can use him and his clan in the future, or I can reap some profits here.'
The woman waited for the opportunity. Once Xu Miao showed a sign of weaknesses, she would rush in to help him.
But she didn't get a chance to do so…
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.
Xu Miao cackled as if he were Joker who had encountered Batman. He deposited the magic dadao back into his inventory to stop them from stealing it directly from his hand.
"Come! Show me what you idiots can do. I won't use my magic weapon!"
Yu Lin was surprised when the large saber disappeared into nothingness. He grumbled, guessing that Xu Miao had other treasures that could store items.
"Be careful! He should have a spatial treasure with him! Use hit-and-run tactics and try to wear him out! Force him to take out weapons, so we can snatch it from him!"
Yu Lin didn't let his guard down. He figured that Xu Miao should have more weapons in the unknown spatial treasure, and the latter could suddenly bring it out at any time.
The four bodyguards rushed at Xu Miao from all sides. They had activated their body enhancement skills beforehand, and their power was comparable to 3rd stage cultivators.
Xu Miao also activated the Demonic Body Strengthening skill in an instant.
That was not all, Xu Miao still had plenty of tricks to fight against these barehanded fighters. He kicked the ground and ran backward, trying to break away from the encirclement.
The four bodyguards punched and missed. Xu Miao slipped through their large bodies and escaped from the encirclement. He got behind one of them and placed his palm on a bodyguard's back.
One of the clone's skills had been activated.
Energy Drain +5!
…
When Xu Miao defeated a clone a hundred times, he had a choice to learn a skill of the clone, obtain its magic weapon, or upgrade a stolen skill with the same name.
Energy Drain skill belonged to a group of evil cultivators, who was lurking in the Mountain Goose City. Among Xu Miao's opponents, 6 weak cultivators worked for these evil groups. Xu Miao defeated them 100 times each. Thus, he obtained the skill and upgraded it to +5.
When a cultivator used this skill, they could steal their opponents' Qi. The effect of this skill depended on the user's mastery and cultivation strength.
However, the suffix (+5) improved the performance by 5 levels. Even if Xu Miao was a peak 1st stage cultivator, his skill would display the strength of a 2nd stage level 5 fighter. Combining with the boosted body strengthening skill and Xu Miao's fluid meridian, the skill effect increased by another notch.
The only downside of this skill was the usage condition. Xu Miao had to touch his opponent to use it.
And this skill became deadly once the safe zone disabled all ranged skills.
…
<<Ding>>
<<You have stolen 141 strands of Yang Qi.>>
<<You have stolen 146 strands of Yang Qi.>>
<<You have stolen 137 strands of Yang Qi.>>
Each second, three system messages flashed as Xu Miao stole Yang Qi from one of the bodyguards. The victim's skin paled and he suddenly lost vigor.
"E-Evil art!"
"Xu Miao is using evil art!"
The three other bodyguards were alarmed. They jumped at Xu Miao, trying to rescue their friend.
Xu Miao stopped using the skill and kicked the ground, avoiding kicks and punches from the three chasing men. He kept running away, waiting for an opportunity.
As Xu Miao kept running backward, one of the bodyguards got in front of their friends. He activated his inner Qi and threw a palm at Xu Miao's chest.
"Die! Bone Crushing Palm!"
Xu Miao cringed when he heard the chunnibyou-like name, but he didn't miss this opportunity.
The palm missed the target's chest as the latter suddenly rotated his shoulders and dodged the attack. Xu Miao planted his right foot forward and rotated his shoulders along with a left punch.
*POEK*
Xu Miao got close and hit the front bodyguard with a gut punch, but that was not the end.
Energy Drain!
<<Ding>>
<<You have stolen 149 strands of Yang Qi.>>
<<You have stolen 144 strands of Yang Qi.>>
<<You have stolen 147 strands of Yang Qi.>>
As long as Xu Miao's hands or fists touched his opponent, the latter's precious Qi would be stolen.
'I almost depleted my Qi when I fought Xu Xiuying's clone. Thank you for offering me some free gas. I'll suck you dry, and I'll beat the hell out of you later!'
Instead of being hit-and-run by the bodyguards, Xu Miao used it against them instead. He kept punching and running away while fighting four stronger opponents without letting them get too close.
Xu Miao had lost count how many times he used this tactic against the 200% clones, who excelled at short ranges. Those monsters, especially soldiers from small clans, were much faster and more creative than these four bodyguards. In the sparring matches, they often threw their secret weapons, utilized the geography, and pressured Xu Miao with various tricks.
But in this cat-and-mouse chase, the bodyguards' tactic and coordination were too simple. There was no trick other than trying to catch him.
Xu Miao took his time, sapping their energy slowly. Instead of trying to counter-punch them again, he only parried their punches and kicks. The light touches during the parries also stole these bodyguards' energy and annoyed them.
Still, Xu Miao sent a few sucker-punch and knocked them on the ground.
"Damn it! Don't run, you coward!"
"Get back here!"
The four men got punched once every 10 seconds, but they kept getting back up and chased Xu Miao. Although they lost some of their Yang Qi, they were not afraid of losing a few strands since all of them had a few thousand Qi strands in their dantians.
Little did they know that the damage added up. The more they got punched or touched, Xu Miao got stronger and had more Qi to use while these four men lost theirs.
The bodyguards couldn't even display their techniques properly since they couldn't use ranged skills in the safe zone. Their hand-to-hand skills also couldn't be used since Xu Miao kept running away.
The fight lasted 10 minutes since Xu Miao prioritized absorbing energy over killing his opponent. He kept using the hit-and-run tactic until the four men ran out of Yang Qi.
<<Ding>>
<<Your target has run out of Qi.>>
The four men couldn't upkeep their body strengthening technique. They panted and staggered, trying their best to stand on their wobbling legs.
"D-Damn coward!"
"Fight like a man, you pussy!"
Xu Miao laughed at the sight of weakened big men. He cracked his fists, "Oh? Sure! Let's have a fair close-combat fight. I won't run anymore."
Four men with no Qi were not different than common people with no cultivation strength.
Without letting the four men refute, Xu Miao leaped at them and started the killing, which he had been holding back.
Xu Miao drew the magic dadao.
*SWUA* *SWUA*
*SWUA* *SWUA*
The heads of these bodyguards flew. With the overwhelming speed of the body strengthening technique, none of them could react to a cultivator whose body had been boosted by an internal strengthening technique.
"M-M-Murderer!"
Yu Lin screamed and fell on his butt. He peed his pants and crawled away in a panic, trying to flee into the crowd of onlookers.
This person thought that he could bully the Xu Clan's young master with numbers. Unfortunately, he underestimated Xu Miao.
The spectators in the safe zone made ways for Xu Miao and Yu Lin. Since it was none of their businesses, no one tried to help either of them.
Yu Lin despaired. He looked around, pleading everyone for help.
"P-Please help! X-X-Xu Miao is going to kill me!"
Everyone looked at Yu Lin with a mocking smile. Some of them jeered and laughed.
"Who asked you to rob Xu Miao? Are you dumb?"
"Serve you right. Even if you manage to steal his weapon, you and your entire family will be hunted down by the Xu Clan!"
"Karma. You shouldn't have offended young master Xu Miao."
"Scram, little bitch. Get lost!"
This was the fate of a loser. Had Yu Lin won, they would have said something different. But when a loser had no chance to come back, everyone spat on him, looking down on the losing side.
Xu Miao strode, following Yu Lin. He stomped on the scholar's chest and seized his neck.
Energy Drain!
"N-Noooooo!!"
Xu Miao took his time. He drained Yu Lin's Qi until nothing was left in his dantian.
Then…
*PEOK*
A torture session started. Xu Miao canceled his body strengthening technique and punched the weakling to his face.
Yu Lin collapsed in one punch, but Xu Miao mounted on top of him, using his favorite ground position.
Ground-And-Pound Mount
*PEOK* *PEOK*
*PEOK* *PEOK*
Taking his time, Xu Miao savored the taste of punching a helpless scholar on the ground. He didn't say anything, just punching, left, right, left, right, until the opponent bled to death.
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บท 52: Free-For-All Rumble (3)
Chapter 52 – Free-For-All Rumble (3)
The crowd was silent, looking at the smiling madman punching Yu Lin. Even after the scholar died, Xu Miao didn't stop.
Nobody dared to stop Xu Miao either as they were aware of his background and status. None of them wanted to become Silver Phoenix Sect's enemy.
But one daredevil girl pulled Xu Miao from Yu Lin. Wei Yuan dragged his shoulders and threw him away from the victim.
"Stop! That's enough already!"
Xu Miao's pupils were still glittering in murderous intent, locking his sight onto Yu Lin, who had already died from a concussion and internal bleeding. He still wanted to beat the dead body until Yu Lin's skull shattered into pieces.
"I said, STOP!!"
*PA*
Wei Yuan slapped Xu Miao's face.
The onlookers sucked their cold breath. They were afraid of what was about to come after this.
Xu Miao slowly regained his senses. He glanced at the girl who had slapped him, but the pupils still revealed the sinister light of a serial killer.
Wei Yuan could tell by just looking into the pitch-black eyes. These were the eyes of a psychopath murderer, who hardly cared about another person's life.
Seeing that Xu Miao had not sobered, Wei Yuan planned to slap him again.
Suddenly, Xu Miao seized her neck and activated his Qi absorption skill.
"Ugh!"
Her Qi was slowly taken away by the mysterious force. She widened her eyes in shock and fear.
Wei Yuan never scared of her opponents regardless of how overwhelming they were. However, she was afraid that Xu Miao would discover her secret once her Qi entered his bloodstream.
"???"
Xu Miao froze when he detected the anomaly. He tossed her away and sat cross-legged, concentrating on containing the new energy.
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Xu Miao was never drunk or lost his sanity during his bloodlust state. In fact, he was aware of what he did, and he had full control of his conscience. Torturing his opponents to death gave him the same pleasure as having sex.
Also, whenever Xu Miao was in a tamed environment, such as the brothel or the public, he never revealed his bloodlust or slaughtered anyone. But when Xu Miao was in an environment that he could justify murder and scotch free, he never hesitated to kill.
The robbery attempts at the bar and the safe zone gave Xu Miao a reason to kill, and he never missed those opportunities. Unfortunately, someone always ruined his fun.
<<Ding>>
<<You have absorbed 451 Demonic Qi.>>
<<Warning! Your dantian cannot contain Demonic Qi!>>
<<Warning! Demonic Qi has run rampant in your body!>>
Xu Miao thought that this blond girl was one of Yu Lin's friends. At first, he planned to drain her energy and kill her as he did to Yu Lin's bodyguards.
However, the demonic Qi changed everything. Xu Miao stopped what he had planned to do to control the rampaging Qi.
'Demonic Qi!? System, I thought there were only 3 types of Qi in this world? What's this about and how can I control it!?'
<<Demonic Qi belongs to demon races. The Qi that you have absorbed belongs to a demon.>>
<<Right now, you have two options to deal with the foreign qi.>>
<<1. You can use the body cleansing technique to drive away from the demonic qi.>>
<<2. You can activate the demonic body strengthening technique to boost your physical strength. Then, the demonic Qi will be naturally digested, which will increase your yin and yang qi.>>
'Oh?'
Demonic Body Strengthening Technique was a skill that Xu Miao had bought from the system, costing him 100 Yang Essence.
The usage of this demonic technique was simple. By consuming 100 strands of Yang Qi, Xu Miao could activate it, increasing his physical strength by ten percent. If the activation cost was 200 strands, the effect would be 20%, and so on. Fortunately, the upkeep cost was cheap as Xu Miao needed to spend Qi strands equal to 1% of the activation cost every minute.
That was the entire technique. It just buffed his physical strength, speed, reflex, and agility.
However, the system never told him that the technique could be used this way.
'How many strands or essence can I get by converting this demonic Qi? Will it worth the technique activation cost?'
This was Xu Miao's concern. If the conversion rate was 1 to 1, regardless of Yin or Yang Qi Xu Miao could obtain in return, it wasn't worth it.
<<Demonic Qi is the purest form of all Qi. By digesting one strand, you can obtain 10 strands of Yang Qi and Yin Qi.>>
'Wha-!?'
The conversion rate was crazy. If the current 451 demonic Qi could be exchanged into 4,510 strands of Yang Qi and Yin Qi, investing his Qi by using demonic body strengthening to digest it would be worthwhile.
Having faith in the system's survival guide, Xu Miao activated the body strengthening technique.
<<Ding>>
<<Your Demonic Body has digested 451 strands of Demonic Qi.>>
<<You have obtained 4,510 strands of Yang Qi.>>
<<You have obtained 4,510 strands of Yin Qi.>>
Xu Miao laughed. The conversion rate was so cheating that he felt bad. With this exchange rate, he was confident that he could regain the lost Qi that he used in the previous exam by stealing more Qi from this demon girl.
But now was not the time, Xu Miao stood up and returned to his unfinished shack, leaving Wei Yuan alone. He needed a place to sleep, so he could continue training in the Isolation Training Space.
The crowd continued watching the drama, but none of them bothered getting in the way. Some of them started working on their own, venturing outside and cut the trees to make shelters. A few of them formed groups and ventured into the forest, searching for a water source or hunting wild monster beasts.
The chaotic infighting ended. The dead bodies were thrown outside of the safe zone to be used as baits. As for usable armors or clothes of Yu Lin and his friends, the test-takers took them in secret.
"…"
Wei Yuan got back on her feet. When she noticed that Xu Miao stopped rampaging, she was relieved.
Still, Wei Yuan was worried that Xu Miao might discover her secret. She followed after him, wanting to coax him to keep his mouth shut.
"Ahem, young master Xu. I-ugh."
Xu Miao leered at Wei Yuan. He wanted to chase her away, but he got an inspiration. He turned toward her, "How many strands of Qi do you have?"
"Err, pardon?"
"If you don't want me to expose your little secret, you'd better tell me."
"…"
Wei Yuan's plan backfired. Not only she couldn't obtain Xu Miao's favor, she got blackmailed instead. She bit her lower lip and sulked.
"… About 5,000 strands."
"Good. Stay with me until this test is over. I need to absorb some of your Qi to replenish myself."
"You!" Wei Yuan was angry that Xu Miao treated her like a portable battery charger, "How dare you! I'm the granddaughter of Wei Huang, the first elder of Mountain Goose Sect! Do you want to start a war between our clans!?"
Xu Miao was taken aback by the revelation. He didn't expect that this girl had a strong background.
Nonetheless, Xu Miao's right hand seized Wei Yuan's neck and choked her, "I should be the one asking you that question, bitch! Do you want me to expose your secret now!? I'm sure everyone is watching our actions. Once I reveal what I have just found, your entire clan will be hunted down by every cultivator!"
Xu Miao had learned from Qi Hong. Demons existed in this world, and they were human's greatest enemies. Whenever a demon was found, all sects and clans had to put aside their differences and cooperate to eliminate the threat.
Several hundred years ago before Jia Shan was even born, demonic being used to rule the Aves Continent, and humans were nothing but their slaves. One day, cultivators appeared from other continents and eradicated all demons.
Demon Lords of various races united their forces to fight back. A war between cultivators and demons took place.
In the end, human cultivators won. Many demon races were extinct, and humans took over the land. Human declared that cultivators who possessed demonic Qi were demons. If someone were to find such a person, they had to inform the local authorities right away.
And now, Xu Miao discovered this girl's hidden secret. He suspected that she was a demon in disguise, and the Wei Clan might be involved.
Wei Yuan shuddered in fear. She abandoned her pride and knelt before him, "Please don't. Please don't destroy my family. We're the last of our kind. I-I'll be your servant. Please spare us!"
"…"
Wei Yuan's action differed from what a demon would do in Xu Miao's imagination. He doubted if demons were good guys while humans were the villains in this world.
Xu Miao knelt next to her. He whispered, "What if I tell you that I want to dual-cultivate with you. Will you comply with my order?"
Wei Yuan's shoulders shook, and her eyes were wet. She was on the verge of crying.
Noticing her reaction, Xu Miao felt bad, "Forget it. You don't have to serve me or do anything. I'll keep my mouth shut. If your demon friends leave me alone, I won't do anything to trouble you."
"Eh?"
Wei Yuan was shocked. From her experience and her grandfather's testimony, human cultivators were evil beings that always took advantage of others. She had never seen a human cultivator showing mercy to a demon like her.
"You, you won't do anything?"
"Eh, shut up! I'm in a bad mood because of you! I need time to cleanse your stupid Qi from my system, okay!? Now, scram before I turn you into my pet!"
"O-Okay."
Wei Yuan ran away from Xu Miao. Getting to keep her secret and her purity, she was relieved.
As for Xu Miao, he swallowed his saliva, trying to calm down his erected rooster. Just now, Xu Miao was on the verge of assaulting Wei Yuan and turn her into a Yin Cauldron, but he didn't want to provoke another major clan, such as the Wei Family.
Xu Miao still hadn't forgotten his priority. He had two goals.
One, kill Xie Tian.
Two, get stronger and break free from Xu Xiuying's grasp. If possible, enslave Xu Xiuying and take over the Silver Phoenix Sect from the inside.
'Not now, boner-kun. I can't offend the Wei Clan or whatever demon race they are. I need to make them my allies. I need to manipulate them to fight either Xie Tian or Xu Xiuying. Then, I need Xie Tian to be Xu Xiuying's enemy. I want chaos, but I can't be in the middle of the crossfire.'
This neutral villain was in the middle of laying groundwork for his grand scheme. The time was not ripe yet.
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