Chapter 879: Falling for the Trap and the Story of Seeing a Ghost in Broad Daylight
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“She’s wounded?!”
“Monster Emperor Baizhi is injured?!”
“He actually… Injured Monster Emperor Baizhi once again?!”
Mu Qingfeng, Mo Shans.h.i.+, the Sages and disciples below were all shocked to see Monster Emperor Baizhi in pain and the blood spilling from her body.
As strong as Monster Emperor Baizhi was, Fang Zhengzhi managed to push her back with a single blow. Furthermore, he even injured her claw.
What could be more ridiculous than that?
No one could believe what they saw. Even Yun Qingwu and the Elders of the Demon race were shocked and failed to react.
After all, she was the Monster Emperor, the strongest master in the Holy Region!
There were shock and horror!
Regardless, no matter how much they didn’t want to believe it, the truth remained that Fang Zhengzhi had pushed back Monster Emperor Baizhi and seemed to have gained the upper hand.
“What exactly has happened just now?”
“Why did Fang Zhengzhi suddenly become so strong?”
“Does it have something to do with the fruit of the Tree of G.o.d that Fang Zhengzhi swallowed?”
Doubts and questions appeared in everyone’s mind and ultimately they all pointed towards the fruit that Fang Zhengzhi had swallowed.
‘He didn’t die?!”
‘Furthermore, he became even stronger!’
‘Is the fruit of the Tree of G.o.d really meant to be eaten?’
No one knew if that was the right answer. However, it was true that Fang Zhengzhi became stronger. Much stronger.
‘Kid, how… How did you do that?’ If there was a single living thing in this world that knew the answer to that question, it’d undoubtedly be Monster Emperor Baizhi.
However, knowing the answer was exactly why she was more shocked to the core because the fruit of the Tree of G.o.d couldn’t be consumed in a normal way.
In simpler words, the fruit could be eaten. However, it could only be eaten by the direct descendants of Emperor Yan.
Monster Emperor Baizhi couldn’t understand.
She truly couldn’t understand why Fang Zhengzhi was able to devour the fruit. Furthermore, how did he come back to life after it backfired on him?
“Do you want to know why? If you say you do, I’d tell you right away!” Fang Zhengzhi wasn’t in a hurry. After all, since he had already stopped Baizhi, there was no more rush.
“You…” Monster Emperor Baizhi squinted and subconsciously lifted her claw. However, she put it down quickly, following which, her demonic jade-green eyes lit up and she continued, “Ok, tell me. I really want to know how you’ve managed to survive.”
“Do you really want to know?”
“Yes!”
“How badly?”
“…” Baizhi clenched her claws and her teeth were grinding loudly. However, she quickly loosened up and said with a charming expression, “Badly, very badly!”
“Is that so? What would I get if I told you the answer?” Fang Zhengzhi looked at Baizhi, who was on the verge of going mad, with an eager look.
“Haha, what do you want?”
“Would you give me what I want?”
“…” Baizhi’s clenched her claws again and replied, “Why don’t you first tell me what do you want? I’d naturally give it to you if I have it.”
“I want a little bit of your fur to make clothes.”
“Kid, you are courting death!” Baizhi was finally furious once again. All of her white furs stood on end as if she was covered in needles.
“Are you saying that you’d spare me if I’m not courting death?” Fang Zhengzhi’s lips curled into a smile.
“Do you really think you’d beat me?”
“How could I know without trying?”
“Hahaha… Fang Zhengzhi, despite being so smart, have you not realized what is going on yet? Take a good look at where you are!” Baizhi started laughing at this moment extremely happily as if all of her anger had completely disappeared.
“Where I am?” Fang Zhengzhi blinked and looked around him. For a moment, he really didn’t understand what she meant.
After all, he felt that he was in a good position. He had the entire situation under his control and obstructed Monster Emperor Baizhi, thereby preventing her from coming into contact with Nangong Hao.
‘Am I not…’
‘In a good position?’
‘Wait a minute. Speaking of a bad position, I’m actually not standing at a good spot. After all, the tree’s leaves helped to cover me up just now. However, where I am standing at right now…’
It really concurred with the old saying ‘My b.u.t.tock feels cold in the wind’.
“Old wretch, I didn’t expect you to have this kind of fetish. Luckily, I still have a change of clothes… Eh? Who stole my Heart Protection Mirror!” Fang Zhengzhi intuitively wanted to reach into his Heart Protection Mirror for something to put on. However, he quickly realized that something was wrong.
That was because apart from his b.u.t.tock feeling cold, his chest also felt empty.
‘What the h.e.l.l!’
‘Am I completely plundered?’
Fang Zhengzhi was really a little displeased now. They could strip his clothes off but they couldn’t take his Heart Protection Mirror. It contained the treasures that he had acc.u.mulated over the years.
He could bleed or die, but he could never lose his treasures!
That was Fang Zhengzhi’s bottom line.
However, Monster Emperor Baizhi was obviously startled when she heard ‘Who stole my Heart Protection Mirror?’.
“Does he really not realize that he’s already out of the 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation?” Baizhi truly didn’t understand Fang Zhengzhi’s train of thought.
What was considered a failure? Failure was feeling smug and proud about the success of your scheme while your opponent didn’t understand your scheme at all.
Fang Zhengzhi was definitely the example of such an opponent at this moment.
However, Mu Qingfeng, Mo Shans.h.i.+, and the rest turned grim. After all, they already understood what Monster Emperor Baizhi meant.
Position!
Just like what she said, Fang Zhengzhi had unknowingly moved out of 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation when he charged towards her.
“This brat… Got tricked!”
“It’s over, it’s really over now!”
“He can’t enter 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation again once he came out. Nangong Hao would still be in their hands if we can’t destroy the formation.”
Their hopes were shattered once again. That was because the key solution to the problem was still Nangong Hao.
As long as Nangong Hao was still in the hands of the Monster and the Demon race. It wouldn’t be a game changer even if Fang Zhengzhi could challenge Monster Emperor Baizhi.
That was how Mu Qingfeng, Mo Shans.h.i.+, and the rest felt.
Since Fang Zhengzhi was still unconscious when the rest were stopped by the 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation, he obviously didn’t know about it.
Apart from hearing the faint sound of the Guqin, he was basically completely unaware of whatever that had happened.
However, that didn’t affect his judgement at all.
For example, he quickly discovered that Yun Qingwu was holding a long s.h.i.+ny object in her hand. It was obviously his Heart Protection Mirror.
“It was Yun Qingwu who had stolen it!” Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes lit up. It wasn’t a nice thing for someone else to hold on to his belongings.
Moreover, he didn’t even pay a storage fee.
Under such a scenario, if something went wrong, for example, if something was missing or broken, would Yun Qingwu compensate his losses?
That was an unanswered question.
Hence, Fang Zhengzhi decided to retrieve it first.
Swoos.h.!.+ Fang Zhengzhi moved without any warning and zoomed towards Yun Qingwu like a lightning bolt that descended from the sky.
“Hmm? Did he finally realize that he’s out of the 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation?” Baizhi smiled when she saw Fang Zhengzhi charging towards the formation. This was the feeling of success after failure. While feeling pleasantly surprised, she also scoffed and said, “It’s easy to come out, but not the other way round!”
She didn’t stop him immediately.
That was because she was well aware of the power of 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation. It would take a fair amount of effort even for her to destroy the formation, not to mention Fang Zhengzhi.
Boom! There was a loud bang. Then, the black fire was blown into the sky by the wild wind as if it was going to set the sky on fire.
Bzzzzz…
The extreme temperature scorched even the air.
Without any doubt, Fang Zhengzhi was swept away by the wind and fire. He flipped three rounds in the air before he managed to stabilize himself.
His posture…
Looked pretty graceful.
However, Mu Qingfeng’s, Mo Shans.h.i.+’s, and the rest’s hearts sank when they saw that. They glanced at each other and couldn’t help but sighed.
“The 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation could only be destroyed from the inside after all!”
“I didn’t expect Monster Emperor Baizhi to be so calculative even under such conditions. She actually feigned defeat so that Fang Zhengzhi would chase after her!”
“Although the brat is insanely powerful, he’s still not thoughtful enough as compared to someone as experienced as Monster Emperor Baizhi!”
Mu Qingfeng, Mo Shans.h.i.+, and Yan Yin were angry, but they didn’t completely put the blame on Fang Zhengzhi.
After all, he was up against Monster Emperor Baizhi. Even they might unavoidably fall victim to her trap, not to mention Fang Zhengzhi.
“Hahaha, Fang Zhengzhi, stop wasting your strength. You can’t destroy 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation!” Baizhi started laughing once again.
“This thing is called 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation?” Fang Zhengzhi glanced at Baizhi before looking towards the black fire beneath him, as well as Yun Qingwu, standing calm and collected at the center of the formation, and the Elders of the 10 Devilish Domains who had remained silent all along.
‘Is it very difficult…’
‘To destroy this formation?’
Fang Zhengzhi didn’t know why Baizhi was laughing so happily, but he did know that the ’10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation’ mainly consisted of Dao of Ice and Dao of Fire. These two Daos were extremely difficult to combine, and once they were combined, it would create a new Dao known as ‘Cold Fire’.
Once the Dao of Cold Fire was created, it could be fused with the Dao of Hurricane. However, the formation was currently suppressing the Dao of Hurricane.
To put it bluntly, the Dao of Hurricane would only appear when the Dao of Cold Fire was attacked and supplement the growth of Cold Fire to an insane level.
It was a decent 3-in-1 Dao.
However, unfortunately, he seemed to know all three of them.
That made things a little awkward. He wondered if Baizhi, who was laughing so happily at the moment, would accidentally bite her tongue if she suddenly stopped laughing.
Swoos.h.!.+ Fang Zhengzhi moved again. In that split second, a black fire which was identical to the one in the 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation appeared on his body.
This happened extremely suddenly.
Furthermore, one could tell that Fang Zhengzhi was exceptionally fast. He collided against 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation once again almost in the blink of an eye.
Pop! There wasn’t a loud bang unlike before. It was so soft that it was almost negligible.
Then…
There was nothing.
That was because Fang Zhengzhi had already landed in front Yun Qingwu steadily.
As the mountain breeze blew past, he felt a chill at his groin. Luckily, Fang Zhengzhi chose a nice position where there was a leaf covering him.
Of course, it was just a leaf. It could cover him temporarily, but not forever. After all, even the greenest leaf would eventually fall.
Hence, Fang Zhengzhi naturally took back his Heart Protection Mirror from Yun Qingwu’s hands. The entire process was smooth and without obstruction.
“Stealing? That’s not a good habit!” With a righteous expression, Fang Zhengzhi educated Yun Qingwu with this principle that his mom had taught him since he was young.
However, he could totally tell from her expression that she didn’t seem to have heard his meaningful lecture.
Furthermore, she looked a little dazed.
In fact, Yun Qingwu wasn’t the only person who was dazed. Monster Emperor Baizhi, who was laughing coldly with her mouth wide open, as well as the humans who had completely lost all hope, such as Mu Qingfeng, Mo Shans.h.i.+, and Yan Yin, were also completely stunned.
There was absolute silence.
No one could react.
At this instance, even the Monster Kings and Sages who were fighting against each other stopped moving. They were completely dumbfounded.
“10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation… Is destroyed?!”
“Just like that?”
“What was that? What the h.e.l.l was that?”
Even the Elders of the 10 Devilish Domains were left agape and speechless at this moment, not to mention the others.
After all, they didn’t even feel an impact…
However, Fang Zhengzhi had managed to break into the 10-Sided Flaming Demonic Formation again without any impact at all. Wasn’t this just like seeing a ghost in broad daylight?
Clunk… Monster Emperor Baizhi felt a pain on the tip of her tongue as blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. Just as Fang Zhengzhi had predicted, she would definitely bite her tongue if she suddenly stopped laughing.