Chapter 422 - 420: Just a Little Trick

Chapter 422: Chapter 420: Just a Little Trick

Yu Hu was taken aback.

He smiled and shook his head.

"Time Pause probably won’t be useful."

"My opponent is at the Fifth Step of the Path of Cultivation on the Star Dao Path."

"If I can hurt him, I can do it without Time Pause. If I can’t, then Time Pause won’t help me either."

To be honest, Yu Hu just felt he couldn’t beat his opponent.

Because his opponent’s Star Dao Path defied all logic.

That’s why Yu Hu was acting this way.

Su Qing, standing to the side, had already put his own measures in place and said no more.

Su Qing had already done all he could.

The life-saving measure Su Qing provided was an item, but it wouldn’t appear as such.

Since a senior was bullying a junior, Su Qing wanted to make him feel the full force of his power.

"Just take it. Cut the crap. I brought this from my clan."

"I’m already in debt to my clan for this. Are you really not going to take it? That would make my loss even greater." Zhu Yuan directly handed Yu Hu a black, crystal-like object—the eye of a Candle Dragon.

Yu Hu took it and smiled. "Don’t worry. If I get the chance, I’ll definitely use it. I won’t let your favor go to waste."

"Yeah. Good luck." There was nothing more Zhu Yuan could say now.

...

In the end, the four of them gathered together in Yu Hu’s world.

They drank and talked freely.

But no one was in high spirits.

Bai Di and Yu Hu had also given up on cultivating the Boundless Body.

Trying to master the Boundless Body in a single day was simply too much to ask of Yu Hu.

They figured they might as well spend the time chatting together.

Yu Hu spoke of his past. He even told them how, because of this whole affair, he had actually gone and found over a hundred women from his own race to procreate with and carry on his lineage.

Zhu Yuan found this particularly interesting.

"It seems you members of the Human Race are quite fond of mating."

"But if it’s just for procreation, then it’s no big deal."

"Zhu Yuan, you’re of the Dragon Race. How can you be so blunt about it?" Bai Di asked with a laugh, puzzled.

"Hmph, hmph. I was born of heaven and earth. The Candle Dragon Race does have members who reproduce, but those born of heaven and earth are the purest Time Dragons."

"How could I have such thoughts? This is just a human shell I’m wearing."

"If I were to reveal my true form, I’d probably be even bigger than this quiet guy’s enlarging magic."

Zhu Yuan smiled and pointed at Su Qing, who was sitting nearby.

"Hah. Mine is called Heaven and Earth."

"There are even descriptions of this Magic Technique among the Cultivation Techniques in the Immortal Palace."

"Could you be a little more professional?" Su Qing shrugged.

Zhu Yuan had seen Su Qing’s Heaven and Earth, and so had Bai Di.

"Wow, Zhu Yuan, your true form is that big?" Bai Di was incredibly surprised.

"You’d better not be lying to me. Su Qing’s Divine Technique is absolutely massive."

"Of course it is! My true form is huge."

"Su Qing, what was your past like?"

"My past? It’s been very short."

"Pretty ordinary, I guess. I cultivated hard, my friends died, my family died, my master died. In my hundred years, I haven’t seen all that much."

"To tell you the truth, back when I was just a weak mortal, I was even captured and forced to be a slave."

Su Qing said self-mockingly.

"Wow, you actually went through something like that!" Zhu Yuan’s eyes widened.

"But the later part is so sad, losing so many people you knew."

Zhu Yuan looked at Su Qing with pity.

Su Qing shook his head and smiled. "It’s all in the past."

"And wipe that look off your face."

"I don’t need you to pity me because so-and-so died, alright?"

Su Qing said helplessly.

He took a sip of wine, then said grimly, "Almost everyone I know is dead. So you lot had better be careful."

"Befriending me could be disastrous for you."

"Eww~"

"I was kind enough to pity you, and you curse me in return." Zhu Yuan scooted his chair away from Su Qing with a look of disgust.

"I’m about the same," Bai Di said with a smile. "A lot of my friends have died too."

"But that’s alright. I have to keep living. Someday, I’ll find a way to reach them, even in death."

"The Memory Dao Path supposedly allows one to resurrect friends from memory. I’ve been hearing that legend for a long time."

"But it doesn’t seem that important anymore. The friends resurrected from memory don’t seem to be the real them."

"I met someone who was resurrected by the Memory Dao Path. He said that the moment he was created, he was given certain memory fragments, but he didn’t seem to think of himself as the friend of some past existence."

"Because he simply wasn’t."

"It’s not a true resurrection," Bai Di said flatly.

The story he told was enough to make Su Qing listen intently.

Yu Hu laughed, raised his cup, took a drink, and said, "To resurrect a departed being, you’d at least have to move the Star Sea, right? How could it be possible otherwise?"

"Everything that exists and doesn’t exist is under the jurisdiction of the Star Sea."

"How could you possibly resurrect a living being from thin air?"

"Unless they weren’t completely dead to begin with."

Yu Hu said with a faint smile.

Zhu Yuan asked, "Are you confident about tomorrow?"

"Confident or not, I have to face it. If I can’t win, the worst that can happen is death."

Yu Hu was quite philosophical about it.

Only Zhu Yuan’s eyes held a trace of sorrow. If Yu Hu were to die, it would undoubtedly become a painful memory for him.

Su Qing didn’t say much, and neither did Bai Di.

「The next day.」

Beside the Taichu Dao Platform.

A crowd of living beings had gathered to watch.

Su Qing, Bai Di, and Zhu Yuan were among them.

They watched as Yu Hu waved to the three of them before stepping onto the Taichu Dao Platform.

Yu Hu even smiled and nodded at Su Qing’s group.

"It’s starting," Bai Di said from the side.

He had memorized the appearance of the being at the Fifth Step of the Path of Cultivation.

It was a fellow from the Huixiang Race.

Clad in glittering gold and carrying himself with an air of extreme arrogance, he was an easy figure for Bai Di to remember.

As for Su Qing, he was completely unconcerned.

The life-saving measure he had left for Yu Hu should give the opponent a nice surprise.

Zhu Yuan, on the other hand, was incredibly worried.

"Do you guys think Yu Hu will win?"

Bai Di shook his head, watching the situation on the platform with an unsettled expression.

Su Qing just smiled. "Just watch."

"How can you still be smiling at a time like this?"

—

"Life and Death Duel"

"3"

"2"

"1"

"Begin."

Yu Hu and the member of the Huixiang Race began to fight.

Almost immediately, he used the eyeball Zhu Yuan had given him.

It only managed to break through the opponent’s defense.

Yu Hu’s Spatial Power washed over his opponent.

But it barely caused any damage.

Not even to his soul.

’Sigh~’

’Looks like I’m going to die after all.’

Yu Hu sighed internally. The Huixiang Race fighter was already attacking.

Yu Hu had yet to notice.

The surrounding Power of the Stars was far stronger than his Spatial Power.

It was a complete suppression.

Gravely injured, Yu Hu faced a fatal blow.

A flash of starlight suddenly appeared.

It blazed across the entire Taichu Dao Platform.

The spectators outside had no idea what had just happened.

Even Wealthy Zhang, who had always made his fortune through gambling, watched this scene with anticipation.

Because the bets this time were completely one-sided.

Wealthy Zhang was hoping for a miracle.

On the Taichu Dao Platform, a person appeared, so badly injured by the Power of the Stars that he had almost no skin left.

"Yu Hu!" Bai Di was the first to react.

He appeared beside Yu Hu in an instant.

He slowly wiped away the Power of the Stars from Yu Hu’s body.

This Power of the Stars was what was preventing Yu Hu from healing on his own.

"I’m fine. Thank you."

"Yu Hu." Zhu Yuan and Su Qing had also come over.

"You won, Yu Hu!" Zhu Yuan said, overjoyed.

Yu Hu was completely bewildered, but he was also severely injured at the moment.

"Let me recover for a bit."

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