Chapter 994: Either Courting Death or On the Road to Courting Death

On his way back to Base No. 1 in Dongyang Village, Ye Xiu received a call from Gong Jin:

"Young Master, Radom has been shouting all night, asking to see Long Qian, oh, that is, Chen Yuxin, but Chen Yuxin hasn’t seen him at all."

"What’s Long Qian’s status?" Ye Xiu asked.

Gong Jin: "She locked up Radom and those 44 Eighth Realm War Gods in a warehouse at an outlying flour factory. Radom shouted all night, while Long Qian paced back and forth outside the warehouse, seemingly in hesitation, struggling to make a decision."

It seems Long Qian has not yet decided to leave the Dragon King’s Palace.

Ye Xiu said, "Have Long Qian imprison Radom alone, give them a chance for a private chat, but I want to know what they talked about."

Gong Jin: "Understood!"

...

Suburban flour factory, inside the warehouse.

"I want to see Chen Yuxin, get Chen Yuxin here, tell her Radom is looking for her..."

Radom banged on the door fiercely, shouting at the top of his lungs.

Meanwhile, Zhan Xifeng and 43 others inside the warehouse sat on the ground, shrouded in the shadow of death.

Last night, their true selves and avatars had experiences in the Genius Forest, as if they were present themselves. The feeling of waiting for judgment, yet not knowing who would judge them, left them trembling and fearful even in retrospect.

"Radom, it’s come to this, there’s no point in shouting anymore. This is Dongyang Village, a stronghold of Red Water City on Forest Island, Qin Qing’s territory. Even if you and Chen Yuxin have a good relationship, she can’t save you." Zhan Xifeng advised.

Radom chuckled at that. In your eyes, I am a member of the Golden Family, but what you don’t know is that I’m also the Hall Master of the Dragon King’s Palace. My relationship with Chen Yuxin is tighter than you might think. I am Chen Yuxin’s leader, and she is one of my eight retinues. As long as I can see her, I can escape.

Of course, Radom had no intention of sharing these thoughts with Zhan Xifeng and the others.

He said:

"We can’t give up even a shred of hope to survive. After all, once we’re dead, there’s no turning back."

Zhan Xifeng and the others scoffed at this, silently cursing Radom for dreaming in broad daylight. The three Judicator Families are Ye Xiu’s mortal enemies, and after Ye Xiu died in the Underground City, there’s no way Qin Qing would let them go.

"Creak!"

Just then, Long Qian opened the large iron door of the warehouse, expressionless:

"Radom, come with me!"

Radom was overjoyed, thinking Long Qian truly lived up to being one of his eight retinues, as she had come to save him after all.

He hurried out, gleefully waving goodbye at Zhan Xifeng and the others along the way.

Seeing this, Zhan Xifeng and the others were utterly dumbfounded, thinking it really is life-saving to find someone familiar.

Zhan Xifeng quickly got up and said, "Chen Yuxin, can you help me summon Ji Hongye here? Just say I have something to discuss with her."

Jiang Chen said, "Chen Yuxin, I had good relations with your great-grandfather Chen Ting, can you bring him here..."

Others also began to ask Long Qian to help them summon their own ’acquaintances’ here.

Long Qian ignored them, slowly closing the door.

However, Zhan Xifeng and the others were hopeful, believing Long Qian would indeed help them summon their ’acquaintances’.

"Now we’re saved!"

Zhan Xifeng said excitedly:

"Last night, Qin Qing didn’t kill Ming Yue, and I realized Qin Qing isn’t bloodthirsty. You can tell this from the fact that she only ordered our cultivations be crippled and didn’t kill us."

Jiang Chen nodded repeatedly: "That’s right, I saw it too. Although Ye Xiu is a killer rogue, Qin Qing is different, she is kind-hearted. Now that Ye Xiu is dead, Dongyang Village is under Qin Qing’s command, maybe she really won’t kill us."

The others also chimed in with hopeful remarks:

"Chen Yuxin is an outsider in Dongyang Village, and she is able to release Radom privately, suggesting that others in the Genius Alliance could also secretly release us."

"Haha, we’re not going to die, we’re saved!"

Then, Zhan Xifeng’s self-sabotaging nature flared up again, as he whispered:

"Since the Genius Alliance still has ’fondness for its leader’ towards us, why not persuade the Genius Alliance to launch a sudden coup in Dongyang Village, and wipe out the forces stationed by Red Water City in Dongyang Village with a lightning strike, capturing Qin Qing alive."

"Great idea!" someone responded.

"Isn’t it..."

Zhan Xifeng suddenly became passionate, preparing to deliver an impassioned speech, he continued:

"In that case, our first step is naturally to regain freedom; the second step is to swallow our pride and win the trust of the kind-hearted Qin Qing; the third..."

At this point, Zhan Xifeng suddenly noticed Jiang Chen and others looking at him with eyes that said ’you idiot’, mixed with horror and despair.

"What’s wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Zhan Xifeng asked puzzledly.

"Look behind you!" Jiang Chen reminded.

Behind?

Look at what?

Zhan Xifeng turned around puzzled, and then screamed in surprise, jumping up exaggeratedly before sitting down with a thump:

"You, you you you, Ximen, Lord Ximen, you, you you, when did you appear behind me?"

Yes!

The one who responded ’great idea’ to Zhan Xifeng was actually Ye Xiu!

The reason Jiang Chen and the others were gazing at Zhan Xifeng like a fool, their eyes filled with horror and despair, was because they saw Ye Xiu standing behind Zhan Xifeng.

"Alas, you people from the three Judicator Families, you’re either already dead or on the road to your death!"

Ye Xiu walked over with a cold face to the paralyzed Zhan Xifeng sitting on the ground.

"No, no, don’t kill me..."

Zhan Xifeng screamed and wailed.

Bang!

Ye Xiu slapped the top of Zhan Xifeng’s head, annihilating Zhan Xifeng.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen and the other 43 involuntarily took a step back, looking at Ye Xiu in horror.

Jiang Chen said, "Lord Ximen, you heard everything, and saw everything just now, it was all Zhan Xifeng’s own plotting, it has nothing to do with us."

Ye Xiu flashed to Jiang Chen’s front, gripped Jiang Chen’s neck and said coldly:

"You must die too, because you are a doppelg?nger of the Clan Leader of the Jiang Family!"

After speaking, he twisted Jiang Chen’s neck with a crack, killing Jiang Chen’s Primordial Spirit.

Seeing others pale with fright, Ye Xiu smiled and said:

"Don’t be nervous, don’t be afraid, I won’t kill you!"

Eighth Realm breathed a sigh of relief; indeed, commanders are the only ones killed!

It suddenly dawned on them that the one who played the deadly game in the Genius Forest last night was most likely Lord Ximen.

"Bring them in!"

Ye Xiu shouted.

With a creak, the warehouse door opened, and Team 130 carried 289 bodies inside, casually tossing them to the ground.

"Go rest!" Ye Xiu said.

"Yes, sir!" Team 130 immediately left, closing the warehouse door behind them.

"Lord Ximen, what, what are you going to do?"

Seeing Ye Xiu waving his hand, everyone present, including themselves and all the bodies, began to glow with golden light, someone asked in terror.

Ye Xiu did not answer!

He fully absorbed the 291 corpses and the totems of 42 living but crippled Eighth Realm War Gods.

These were 133 Eighth Realm War Gods, 200 Seventh Realm War Gods.

Each of them had at least 2 totems, some had 3.

Ye Xiu was eager to find out how many Eighth Realm Totems he could get...