Chapter 169 Painting

Su Wen also did not expect that the moment he came out with Wu Lie, he would encounter Ni Hongxiao.

This made him very surprised. Ni Hongxiao actually settled the Third Prince herself? When he learned of the Third Prince’s actions, he was dumbfounded. This guy really doesn’t know Ni Hongxiao well. Is this woman… so easy to mess with?

But speaking of which, compared to Su Wen and the others, Ni Hongxiao had killed far fewer creatures. It was enough for her to have the experimental materials.

The Saint Qi or what was not important to her. Following that, Su Wen took over as the leader on this journey. Days passed. Su Wen encountered Hurricane City’s team again. Just as he was about to make a move, the other party shouted, “Wait! Our City Lord wants to talk to you!”

Su Wen narrowed his eyes. Talk?

In reality, Bai Xiangxiang had a headache. Su Wen’s team had grown larger and larger, and as the Saint Qi entered their bodies, the number of 3rd Grade Earth Rank experts increased.

On top of that, their battle techniques were extremely powerful, making it difficult for the hunting teams to encircle and subdue them.

Furthermore, as the various races lost their encirclement, many of them had already started to only comply with the orders on the surface. This was because they realized that Su Wen and the others didn’t dare to attack the city anyway!

They just wandered and killed people outside the city!

Then just let them kill! The one who died was not one of their family members, anyway! They sent people over, but in the end, their own clan’s experts died. What benefits were there for them?

Why did they have to clear them out? They only agreed with what they said and did not do anything This way, the number of people that could pose a threat to Su Wen and the rest dropped even further. Especially after Su Wen’s cultivation base reached the 3rd Grade, this situation grew even more obvious.

As the city lord, Bai Xiangxiang still had a certain level of control over the various races outside the city. She did not want to see Su Wen and the others kill each other, so she decided to talk to Su Wen.

She personally led the team out and found Su Wen’s team. “Where is she?” Su Wen smiled. There was no harm in discussing it with the City Lord. He wanted to see what the other party wanted to do!

The moment Su Wen finished speaking, Bai Xiangxiang walked out and attracted all the men’s attention.

This look was very attractive to the men who had survived for a prolonged time in such an environment where there was a lack of women…

Beast ears, bountiful chest, fox tail, exquisite face, everything that made one’s imagination run wild…

Su Wen couldn’t help but give her a thumbs up. The two of them walked forward alone and arrived at the center of the two teams.

Su Wen smiled. “How should I address you?”

“Bai Xiangxiang!” “Su Wen!” After the two of them introduced themselves, Su Wen asked, “What do you want to talk about?”

Bai Xiangxiang looked at Su Wen and said in a deep voice, “How about we make a deal?”

“A deal?” Su Wen’s eyes narrowed slightly. “I will use a Heaven Rank martial skill from the Demon Martial Bead in exchange for a Heaven Rank manual.” Bai Xiangxiang said, “You should have a Heaven Rank martial technique,

right?”

Hehe… Su Wen looked at her expression and felt speechless. He did not have a Heaven Rank martial technique, only a Heaven Ranked cultivation technique.

If he had known earlier, he would have kept the Pure Maiden Black Ice Palm on himself, at least he could have made a copy of it. Su Wen couldn’t help but ask, “Is a cultivation technique not good enough?” Bai Xiangxiang mused, “Cultivation techniques are naturally fine, but I think martial techniques would be better.” Su Wen smiled and said, “Of course I have a martial technique, but it’s a Heaven Ranked secret technique. It can allow countless people to cultivate it, but that Demon Martial Bead can only allow one person to cultivate it. Why should I exchange it with you?”

Bai Xiang Xiang stroked her hair and smiled, “If you agree, we can naturally discuss other matters.”

“Other matters?”

Su Wen involuntarily glanced down. Was his Rippling Palms about to get another target to practice on?

Bai Xiangxiang said with a smile, “Aren’t you people slaughtering living beings for the sake of being stronger? In any case, it doesn’t matter who you kill, right? Why don’t you join forces with me and attack the other cities? At that time, when the great battle begins, you can naturally kill however you want!” Su Wen narrowed his eyes. This woman wanted to use him as a shield.

To be honest, Su Wen really didn’t think much of the Heaven Rank martial technique in the Demon Martial Bead!

That was because the Demon Martial Bead in his hand had already reached the level of Heaven Rank!

However, humans were like this. When you really reach this position, you would want to look even higher… The rumored Paragon Rank martial techniques that were only spoken of as legends. Wouldn’t it be nice? There were still a few months left. Why shouldn’t he work harder and shoot for the stars?

If he were to absorb another Heaven Rank Demon Martial Bead, wouldn’t he be able to accomplish this much faster? Furthermore, Su Wen also knew that the Demon Martial Bead was akin to a blindfolded draw. He would only know what kind of cultivation technique was inside after using it. Su Wen pondered for a moment before saying, “One Heaven Rank bead in exchange for a Heaven Rank secret technique… this won’t do, you have to increase the stakes! As for helping you fight with the people from the other cities, that’s fine, but you have to arrange for experts to walk in front of us. If we encounter enemies, they will attack first, and we will attack later! Also…” After hearing all of Su Wen’s requests… Bai Xiangxiang’s face flushed red as she bit her lower lip!

This man was so greedy!

However, he at least left room for discussion. After all, even though Heaven Rank Demon Martial Beads were precious, they paled in comparison to the secret manuals. As for sending people to serve as cannon fodder for Su Wen and the others, they could just select experts from other families and hand them over to Su Wen. After all, she was not required to send her own clan members. Those who dared to defy her would simply be eliminated. If they obeyed, it would also weaken the strength of her subordinates. As for the last condition, Bai Xiangxiang looked at Su Wen… Hmm, not bad. He was quite handsome.

She gritted her teeth and agreed!

Su Wen returned to the team with satisfaction and announced the news of their upcoming cooperation when he returned to his group. Su Wen exclaimed, “Since they are leading the attack, we’ll join in and help. When the time comes, our Saint Qi will definitely increase rapidly!” Everyone agreed to this.

Ni Hongxiao walked to Su Wen’s side and whispered, “That woman seems to be in heat. Did the two of you come up with other conditions?”

A woman’s intuition was usually very accurate. Su Wen looked at her and teased, “Why? You jealous?” Rolling her eyes, Ni Hongxiao replied, “What’s there to be jealous about? I’m just reminding you that you can only stay here for half a year. There are still a few months left, you could easily still be trapped. Su Wen shook his head. “It’s fine. It’s still uncertain if it’s deep enough. How can I fall for it?”

“Why don’t I marry you when we get back?” Su Wen suggested half-jokingly. After interacting with Ni Hongxiao for a long time, he realized that although her research was a little disgusting, she was pretty and not pretentious. He really had some thoughts about her. Ni Hongxiao immediately shook her head. “Forget it, I have no intention of getting married!” As she spoke, she took out a bottle of medicine from her sleeve and handed it to Su Wen.

“Apply some when you’re doing it.” Su Wen sneered. “Who are you looking down on? This young master never uses external help!”

“This is poison for that woman! It’s colorless and odorless. Normal people wouldn’t be able to detect it. As long as she has used this medicine before and comes into contact with my special powder within three months, she will immediately lose all her cultivation and all her meridians will be broken! This can be used as a backup!”

Su Wen took the medicine and asked curiously, “Should I let her eat it or put it inside?”

“Up to you, the effect is similar!” Ni Hongxiao simply left. Su Wen looked at the medicine bottle in his hand and smiled. “Then let’s do it both ways!”

In the tent, Su Wen and Bai Xiangxiang were lying together drenched in sweat. The two of them looked at the roof of the tent together. Bai Xiangxiang muttered, “While the Ascension or whatnot might be fake, I really thought for a moment that I was going to ascend just now. Your Great Sage Sea-Stirring Rod is indeed infinitely powerful!” Su Wen smiled smugly. “Impressive, right? When I ‘fought’ with you earlier, I thought of a few more variations. I’ll try again later!” “Alright!” “This is the secret manual!” Su Wen took out the Heaven & Earth Great Solar Sutra that he had secretly written.

“I’ll give you the Demon Martial Beads. One Heaven Rank, four Earth Rank!” Su Wen asked curiously, “Can the Demon Martial Bead evolve after reaching Heaven Rank?”

Bai Xiangxiang shook her head and said, “I don’t know. Logically speaking, there’s no limit to the Demon Martial Bead, but no one has really seen a cultivation technique that surpasses the Heaven Rank. However, there are strong and weak Heaven Rank techniques. The stronger the Saint Qi within the Demon Martial Bead, the stronger the technique is!” Su Wen thought for a moment before transferring all of the Saint Qi in the other beads into his own Demon Martial Bead. Bai Xiangxiang continued, “In addition, in the Devil Martial Realm, everyone believes that Heaven Rank techniques are already sufficient. There’s no meaning in going any higher.” After saying that, she went to Su Wen’s side and chuckled softly. “I heard that you have a Nine Waves Return to Origin Saber Technique that is extremely powerful! I wonder if you can teach it to me?” Su Wen smiled and said, “Sure, a Heaven Rank Demon Martial Bead!”

Bai Xiangxiang said coquettishly, “I’ve already given myself to you, why are you so heartless?”

Su Wen rolled his eyes. “A deal is a deal, but don’t make it sound like we’re close… Besides, I’m not the only one who feels good! Isn’t this a win-win situation? Furthermore, I’m clearly at a disadvantage when it comes to physical exhaustion! It’s already good enough that I didn’t ask you to make up for the difference…” “You!” Bai Xiangxiang gritted her teeth and said, “Fight again!” “You think I’m afraid of you?” The two of them ‘exchanged blows’ again. Two hours later, they looked at the roof of the tent again. Su Wen said, “Actually, I don’t think there’s a need for all of you to pursue the grade for martial techniques. Look at me, I’m just using an Earth Rank martial technique. Since I’ve comprehended it to the extreme, I’m able to unleash extremely powerful battle prowess. Why would I pursue a Heaven Rank technique? I feel that even though a Heaven Rank martial technique is powerful, it’s impossible to comprehend it to the extreme when one’s cultivation is restricted!”

Bai Xiangxiang sighed and said, “But I’ve never seen a few people comprehend an Earth Rank martial technique to your level as well!” “Of course, that’s because I have the system!’ Su Wen thought to himself. To be honest, Su Wen had never seen anyone who could cultivate even an Earth Rank martial technique to this extent either. Or rather, Su Wen had never fought with any real experts before! In the following period of time, Hurricane City used Su Wen’s power to start a war! Thunderbolt City was the first city that Bai Xiangxiang chose to breach! Her guess was right! Su Wen and the others had all reached the 3rd Grade Earth Rank. With their help, they had an overwhelming advantage in terms of top experts! In the city, wails could be heard everywhere! The sounds of battle rang out endlessly. Every cultivator was desperately harvesting the Saint Qi. There was no emotion in their expressions at all!

A great battle that engulfed the entire Devil Martial Realm began. Su Wen and Bai Xiangxiang worked together and within a few months, they swept through the Devil Martial Realm! And during this period, Su Wen’s violent combat strength attracted everyone’s attention. Especially after the cultivators from other countries joined the other factions. Su Wen had killed many proud sons of heavens as he led the front of the formation, and for a moment, there was no comparison! All the major powers were embroiled in a chaotic battle, causing countless casualties in the Devil Martial Realm. Su Wen’s name also naturally spread like wildfire.

Bai Xiangxiang jumped to become a city lord who controlled four cities in one go!

Finally, it was time to part.

At this moment, Su Wen’s killing intent intensified.

He had no idea how many lives he had taken so far.

But no matter who it was, Su Wen could cut them down mercilessly!

Bai Xiangxiang came to his side and gently leaned against him, as she spoke in a soft voice, “Thank you. Our Bai Clan will rise up to the extremes because of you.” Su Wen nodded. Counting the time, he knew he was about to leave as well. Su Wen took out the Demon Martial Bead on his body and looked at the dense holy aura within. He said in a deep voice, “Let’s attack one more city!”

The way he saw it, he felt that he might be able to help the Demon Martial Bead reach a breakthrough with a bit more effort. “Alright!”

Bai Xiangxiang naturally agreed! The battle began once again. Su Wen was like a demonic god as he charged into the battlefield! With his powerful recovery ability, he didn’t need to worry about being injured at all! Suddenly, a person appeared in front of Su Wen.

A man held a sword in his hand and slowly opened his palm as he looked at Su Wen! The number ‘Two’ on his palm were extremely eye-catching. He said in a low voice, “I’ve always been very displeased with this rule because I’m very clearly aware that you’re not a match for me. However, through the usage of trickery, you’ve joined forces with this world to absorb Saint Qi quicker! So, I intend to kill you, and then I’ll be number one.” Su Wen looked at this person and coldly barked, “Name!”

“White Emperor City, Zhou Wukai!” “Me too!”

An abnormally tall person appeared. “Great Fortune Kingdom! Wan Changkong!”

“And me…”

To Su Wen’s surprise, people started to appear one after another.

His eyes narrowed.

Seemed like these guys were prepared to target him together. Zhou Wukai sounded rather domineering, but he was actually unsure. Otherwise, he would not have found so many people to go against him!

“That’s fine too. If I kill all of you, the Demon Martial Bead will definitely be able to break through to the Paragon Rank!” Su Wen let loose a loud cry as his Nine Waves Return to Origin flew forth! Ding! But this time, Su Wen did not succeed! Zhou Wukai slashed with his longsword, and the clear sword qi condensed into a single point, directly hitting Su Wen’s Saber Qi! “Cloud Clarity Sword Art!” A Heaven Rank martial technique! Using a point to break the surface! For the first time, Su Wen felt the weakness of the Nine Waves Return to Origin. The area it covered was simply too large! It was naturally extremely useful to clean up the rabble. However, in the face of an expert, the power was not condensed enough to be lethal!

However, it would not be easy for Zhou Wukai next!

The Nine Waves Return to Origin contained a total of 81 waves of Qi! Wave after wave! Continuously ebbing and flowing! Zhou Wukai took a few steps back, leaving a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. He smiled and said, “You live up to your reputation!”

However, Su Wen knew without a doubt that he had met a tough opponent this time. They had deliberately ambushed him on the battlefield!

Especially when there were none of his teammates around.

As for his opponents, there were a few of them. None of them were people that were here to make friends. However, Su Wen was never afraid of such things!

“Kill!”

With a loud roar, Su Wen charged forward!

He engaged with the enemies! In the chaotic battle, Su Wen was gradually suppressed!

Puchi!

A sword pierced into Su Wen’s chest!

That person’s eyes were filled with joy! However, Su Wen grabbed his wrist and with a backhand slash, he lopped off that person’s head!

The Saint Qi in his body suddenly increased crazily! Su Wen did not dare to activate his Great Solar River, because activating the secret technique, he would be in a weakened state while still on the battlefield. Even if he were to kill all these people in front of him, there would still be enemies around him! At that time, he would be in trouble.

“Martial fragment, activate!” Finally, Su Wen decided to activate the martial arts fragment! Blade God Mode! [Ding-dong. The host has entered Blade God Mode and reached the peak of Blade Dao! Time: 10 minutes!) At this moment, Su Wen suddenly felt that his perception of the world had changed. It was an indescribable change! In front of him, Zhou Wukai rushed over again. Su Wen smiled for the first time in the battle! Nine Waves Return to Origin! His saber slashed out! However, it was completely different from the one before. There was no grand show of the blade Qis appearing and converging. However, this strike seemed to pierce through space! The Blade Qi was concentrated, without a single hint leaking out, on the edge of Su Wen’s saber!

Ding!

The two weapons clashed, and only then did their Qi force explode out! At this moment, Su Wen felt that even though his saber technique looked powerful in the past, it was just a pile of loose sand. Now, Su Wen’s control over his strength had completely exceeded his usual level. As the nine Qi waves gathered into a single Qi wave, Zhou Wukai spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward!

The energies of the resulting Qi collision entered his body! Although it did not affect his outer appearance, his internal organs had been sliced into thousands of pieces!

He instantly died! Su Wen felt a little regretful all of a sudden. This fragment was practically a killing machine!

If he had known earlier, he would have taken the risk to activate his Great Solar River each time!

And this time, Su Wen only expended one-tenth of his True Qi reserves! It was because his control over his technique’s consumption of True Qi had reached a completely different level! Combined with the accelerated Qi regeneration provided by his Stellar Transposition, it did not affect his combat strength in the slightest. With this, everyone was stunned! They had originally joined forces to ambush Su Wen on the battlefield, but they did not expect that Su Wen’s combat strength had completely exceeded their understanding! Su Wen moved again, and no one was his match this time round. Their comprehension of martial dao was on a completely different level currently. No matter what moves they used, they appeared full of flaws in front of Su Wen. Su Wen’s control over his power was many times greater than theirs! At this moment, Su Wen finally sensed how inferior his comprehension of the Blade Dao was.

These people wanted to run but Su Wen’s control over his body was beyond their understanding. The speed of Stellar Transposition had been influenced by his Blade God Mode somehow, increasing by an unknown amount!

Su Wen continued to slash and hack everyone present.

The Saint Qi in Su Wen’s body also increased exponentially. Right now, no one could shake his first place. In the Great Zhou Royal Palace, Emperor Zhou looked at Su Wen’s long string of numbers indicating his score in utter astonishment. This fellow was too sick, right?

However, all thanks to Su Wen’s massacre, the little monk managed to rank fourth while Xu Longcheng was barely ranked tenth!

It had to be said that Xu Longcheng was smart. After discovering that Su Wen was working together with the local powers to harvest Saint Qi, he decided to take a detour! He went far away, afraid that Su Wen would find trouble with him!

On the other hand, he had killed a few of his teammates as well, so his ranking had soared!

After killing them, Su Wen gathered all the Demon Martial Beads on them and absorbed all of them!

But no matter how he absorbed it, he discovered that other than the Saint Qi growing even denser, there were no signs of him breaking above the Heaven Rank!

It had to be known that according to Su Wen’s deduction, his Demon Martial Bead possessed enough Saint Qi to create at least over 20 normal Heaven Rank cultivation techniques!

But it was useless.

There was still no breakthrough to a higher realm!

At this moment, Su Wen was like a crazy gambler. His eyes had turned red!

If it did not break through, he would continue killing!

He charged into the city and killed anyone he saw!

His eyes had gone totally bloodshot from the killing!

This slaughter lasted for an entire day, yet the Demon Martial Bead still hadn’t broken through.

Su Wen’s eyes almost looked as though they were weeping blood at this point. They were constantly searching for life in the city!

Pa!

Su Wen kicked open a door to a room.

Within the room, a woman was carrying a child in her arms and cowering in a corner!

Su Wen swung his blade and slashed down! The woman suddenly turned around to protect her child, positioning her back to receive Su Wen’s blade.

At that moment, the child burst into tears.

Su Wen’s saber stopped for the first time!

The hand holding the saber was trembling! Holding the Demon Martial Bead in his left hand, Su Wen felt a sense of fear!

When had he become so indifferent to life?

At this moment, Su Wen felt that the Demon Martial Bead was calling out to him!

Slash down!

It would be able to breakthrough once he brought down his saberi

He was about to obtain a Paragon Rank martial technique!

Just a step away!

They were merely tools created by the Nine Saints. Cut them down!

Su Wen’s hands began to tremble violently.

Something was wrong! Something was wrong with him!

This wasn’t the Demon Martial Bead calling out to him! These were his inner thoughts!

However, he could not suppress the desire in his heart!

At this moment, a hand reached over.

“Little brother, let’s go home to look at the jugs. You’ve been slashing for so long, I’m tired even if you’re not.”

The moment she placed her hand on Su Wen’s….

Su Wen felt all the tension leaving his body!

He turned around and looked at Ni Hongxiao.

He saw that Ni Hongxiao had a slightly smiling face as she repeated herself, “Let’s go, stop cutting, it’s almost time to go back.” “Eh?”

Only then did Su Wen realize that it was indeed almost time to return to their world.

He turned around and looked at Ni Hongxiao once more.

She was still at 9th Grade Star Rank! Her cultivation base had not broken through in the past half a year.

Or rather, she had collected the mutants that Su Wen and the others had killed as experimental materials instead. She had no interest in killing people to collect the Saint Qi.

“The Paragon Rank martial technique…”

Su Wen muttered to himself.

He was unwilling to give up when he had already come so close!

Ni Hongxiao simply pulled him out of the house as she smirked, “Paragon Ranked technique? Are you sure you can obtain it by killing that mother and daughter?”

“I…” Su Wen gritted his teeth.” I don’t know.”

Ni Hongxiao took out four paintings from her spirit artifact and handed them to Su Wen with a smile. “This is for you! You can decide after you’ve seen them! Don’t forget to come back early. There will be benefits tonight.”

She then left.

Su Wen pulled open the first painting.

It was a portrait of himself!

He had just met Ni Hongxiao, his face was full of smiles, his eyes were filled with mischief and happiness.

Su Wen opened the second painting. He was still himself.

But he had a troubled look on his face, as if he was hesitating whether to go ahead and kill or not.

In the third painting, Su Wen was holding a long saber. His eyes were cold and his surroundings were filled with corpses. When he opened the fourth painting, Su Wen was stunned. His portrait was not drawn but instead, a skeleton was inside the painting. Its eyes were filled with desire and there was a Demon Martial Bead embedded between his eyebrows.

Su Wen looked at the ‘him’ displayed in the four paintings and remained silent for a long time… Was this the change in him?

In the beginning, he was full of vitality. But in the end, he became a slave controlled by the Demon Martial Bead… no, by his own benefits and desires. The skeleton’s face represented that his will was completely controlled!

Did Ni Hongxiao see everything that had happened?

Finally, Su Wen took out the extremely dense Demon Martial Bead in his hand!

Su Wen gritted his teeth before directly crushing it!

No matter what cultivation technique it would give him, this was the end!

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