Chapter 202 - 116: A Spirited Youth Ascends the County’s Highest Tower! The County Magistrate Bows, the Instructor Lowers His Head

Chapter 202: Chapter 116: A Spirited Youth Ascends the County’s Highest Tower! The County Magistrate Bows, the Instructor Lowers His Head

Ji Xiu couldn’t help but roar with laughter.

Looking now at the Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifesting General’s Divine Thought Body—a being that once loomed over him like a colossal mountain—it seemed more and more like a delectable prize.

’How could I ever have considered this an enemy?’

’This is clearly a kindred spirit, a benefactor delivered right to my doorstep!’

Without it,

how could I ever have broken through to the Second Realm of my Dao Skill, ’Qi Absorption and Grain Avoidance’—a feat that would have otherwise cost me immense time and resources!

"My friend, what are you saying?"

"I saw how desperate you were to get in, so I simply granted your wish."

"From this perspective, you truly are an Upper Deity. You’ve perfectly learned the compassion of a Buddha who ’carved his flesh to feed an eagle and save all living beings.’ I was the ignorant one before. I completely misjudged you."

"So now, you’ll just have to put up with a little discomfort here in my Mud Ball Palace and discuss the Dao with me. Think of it as using your divinity to enlighten me. Didn’t you say I possessed ’Divinity’ and was fit to be one of your believers?"

"Now that you’ve offered your entire divine existence to me, of course I’m your believer!"

THUMP THUMP THUMP!

[...+1+1+1...]

He watched the Primordial Daoist Talisman flicker frantically.

Ji Xiu sighed.

"Fine, it seems you’re not too keen on the idea."

"If that’s the case, I’m not an unreasonable person."

"How about this: in half a month... no, one month, I’ll let you go. How does that sound?"

"You should at least stay a while longer. Let me show you some proper hospitality, won’t you?"

Upon hearing Ji Xiu’s "magnanimous" suggestion, the Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifesting General flew into such a rage that it nearly fainted on the spot.

’Let me out in a month?’

Its eyes burned with fury as it watched its Incense Qi continuously leak out, only to be devoured by this boy.

’At this rate? A month? Let me go?’

’This Divine Thought Body of mine might not even last half a month, let alone a whole one!’

’If you don’t intend to release me, just say so! Why bother with these twisted words!’

The Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifesting General gritted its teeth.

"You whelp..."

"You have imprisoned half of my Divine Soul here."

"Are you not afraid that my true self will descend and obliterate you?"

Ji Xiu simply smiled.

"Who told you to wager so much?"

"It wasn’t me who gave the order. What’s it got to do with me?"

He shrugged.

"Besides, who’s to say if you can even find me? And even if you could..."

"...by then, who’s to say a single slash of my saber won’t be enough to shatter your Divine Dharma Body?"

...

BANG!

Having devoured the Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifesting General, Ji Xiu slowly opened his eyes. His brilliant Golden Pupils burned like the eyes of a dragon.

Before him,

the blizzard had ceased.

A dead silence fell over the area.

Jiang Li glanced back and sighed.

’I have no idea where this monster came from...’

’Dao Skill, Secret Martial Arts...’

’Is there anything he doesn’t know?’

’But that’s what makes this interesting.’

’This era is already riddled with wounds, like a sinking ship, almost beyond saving...’

’So why not add a little more fuel to the fire?’

For the first time, a flicker of genuine interest appeared in Jiang Li’s once-impassive, beautiful eyes.

Ji Xiu looked toward Duan Chenzhou.

As it happened, the Purple-clothed Martial Artist was also looking at him, tightening his grip on his Crescent Saber.

In that instant, Ji Xiu broke into a grin.

"Master Duan, this Divine Qi doesn’t taste half bad."

"I’ll save some for you to try next time."

BANG!

In that moment,

Wei Changjiao’s body trembled, his eyes wide with disbelief, but what met him was the roaring laughter of Duan Chenzhou and a swift, downward slash of his saber!

THUD! THUD!

One after another, the figures of the Central Yellow Cultists swayed and stumbled, their minds filled with utter despair. With Ji Xiu’s simple words, their faith had utterly crumbled.

Moments earlier, after the young man had devoured the Golden Mace Divine General that stood dozens of feet tall, they had already lost their faint connection to the divine presence.

Initially, these believers from the Central Yellow Sect’s Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifestation Grand General Altar had tried to delude themselves, believing it was all a necessary part of the Possession process.

But the young man’s words were the final nail in the coffin.

He...

...had devoured a living being of the Grand General Level!

’How can this be a man!?’

In their eyes, what was the difference between him and a peerless demon lord merely wearing human skin?

But it didn’t matter what these remnants thought.

When Ji Xiu raised his saber,

their fate was sealed.

Tonight!

The demonic incursion into the county and the chaos wrought by the Central Yellow Sect...

...would all be brought to an end here!

The Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifestation Grand General Altar?

It would be annihilated!

...

A sliver of fish-belly white appeared on the horizon.

By the time the leaders of the Three Major Professions arrived, looking weary and leading their Martial Artist Guests and the members of the Wind and Cloud Association, they were met with the sight of a ground littered with the corpses of demons and yellow-robed cultists.

A lone young man stood there, the power of his Divine Soul terrifyingly immense.

Behind him,

the County Magistrate bowed, the Instructor lowered his head, and countless Martial Artists gazed upon him with expressions of pure reverence.

The morning light swept over, freezing the scene in place.

As if he stood the highest, seeing the farthest.