☆、Chapter 16
Emperor Shixi felt a bit frustrated. His strength was excessively low. If he hit one of the six men, it wouldn’t be fatal. Fortunately, they weren’t aware of that. It was a pity that their target was him, so escaping was not an option.
It felt extremely ironic that he, a grand mortal emperor, was forced to hide in the Heaven and Earth’s space by ordinary people.
Feeling gloomy, Emperor Shixi deliberated on ways to deal with this group of strangers, before he remembered something important that he had overlooked. It turned his gloom into excitement so suddenly, that he felt like laughing. He had been under the impression that he was dealing with people from Samsara, and these types were reckless and refused to obey the laws. Moreover, they only knew how to do one thing…kill. They only thought of Samsara as a gladiator arena where they’d grow stronger after every battle. Now that Emperor Shixi had come to this strange world, he understood more about its people. They didn't have a single skill. Since he woke up at the hospital, Emperor Shixi had not discovered any signs of cultivation. Even Yan Xuyao, who was very pleasing to his eyes, was not permitted to cultivate by the Heavens. However, this made him puzzled, if the Heavens didn’t permit anyone, then why could he cultivate?
Despite his confusion, this was still the best news for the current Emperor Shixi. Although his opponents outnumbered him, Emperor Shixi felt assured of his victory.
Emperor Shixi’s silhouette seemed to have disappeared within the fog. The enemy’s boss knew that he has discovered them, but as they couldn’t determine his location, they inched closer more cautiously, not daring to act rashly.
The case was the exact opposite for Emperor Shixi, the rain had, in fact, come from him. So in here, he was like a fish back in the water.
《Unbounded Heaven and Earth 》 was extremely profound, and together with Heaven and Earth’s Space, it felt like the best divine artifact for assassination. Originally, when Emperor Shixi acquired the Heaven and Earth’s Space, he did not cultivate 《Unbounded Heaven and Earth 》. Although he knew that the artifact was an independent world, he only used it as a space for storing living things. But now, he understood that these two were more profound than he thought. Although Emperor Shixi had once been an immortal who stubbornly refused to depart from the mortal realm, right now, he only had the ability of someone who just started cultivating Qi. His current cultivation was too low to comprehend the technique enough to reach the level he once was
Emperor Shixi had always been cautious. In his eyes, even though this group of six were already lambs awaiting slaughter, he did not dare underestimate them. He was aware that with his current physique, he would get hurt if these pigs surrounded him, so killing them would require some skill.
Emperor Shixi seemed to find something inside the Heaven and Earth’s Space. Turning over his wrists slightly, a black dagger appeared in his hands. This dagger was his teacher’s gift for him, and now he intended using it to kill pigs. Even if there were any divine artifacts here, it wouldn’t be possible for Emperor Shixi with his current cultivation, to obtain them.
《Unbounded Heaven and Earth 》 required the fastest speed his current body could provide. Emperor Shixi’s eyes flashed with killing intent. He intended to deal the killing blow with one hit. At this time, he seemed like his previous self again, situated in the midst of the immortals and devils, making waves as he killed them…
In this summer’s afternoon storm, where everything looked hazy, Samsara’s emperor revealed his fangs for the first time in this world. His grievances washed away, he rushed towards one of them like lightning.
Bang! Bang! The color red appeared everywhere his silhouette passed, even the victims were unaware of the red lines appearing on their necks.
“Boss… Boss!! I’m really scared ah! Help me!” The first voice yelled, but his screams were drowned out by the storm.
Another flash of red and the men began to feel terror in their hearts. They all went stiff in horror at the same time. One of them reached out wanting to say something to their boss, right before a long red line appeared on his neck. Using his remaining strength, he yelled out a warning, “Boss…!!”
“Speak! Who told you to follow me?” Emperor Shixi’s voice pierced through the storm, he didn’t intend to appear at all. The group couldn’t see through the fog, but his voice sounded so close, it was as if he was right next to them.
The boss watched two of his men fell to the ground with their eyes wide open. As he saw their dark red blood being washed away by the rain, his eyes stung and his heart hurt. That was his brother ah! The boss realized that the person they encountered this time was a monster. Even though he had chosen to walk down this road, the boss just didn’t want to die like this, “Brother,” The boss made a fist and palm salute, “Yan Nuo! Mr. Yan…” He stuttered anxiously, “Let them pass, I beg you, let my brothers go! We are only thugs hired by other people, there is no deep hatred between us. Someone paid for us to deal with you. Focus on that villain instead and spare us…”
“It was the Fire Crow’s Zhuang Yi, he wanted to spoil his little lover. His lover’s name is Ke Jiahe, he participated in the audition and was the one originally chosen to play a god. Just… I heard that Li Yao was not satisfied with him and gave him a new role. Ke Jiahe at once turned to Zhuang Yi who then hired us. We accepted and then waited to see who would get chosen… Just…” Seeing the frightened expressions on his remaining men, the boss had no choice but to quickly explain. He hoped that Emperor Shixi would give the Fire Crow’s Zhuang Yi face and leave them a way to survive. At the very least, he hoped to stall for enough time to locate Emperor Shixi’s hiding place by his voice.
“You wanted to paint flowers in my face?” Emperor Shixi asked lightly.
Their hearts sank. The four remaining people didn’t dare to move for fear of being deemed a threat by the hidden man. Emperor Shixi frowned, although the rain looked like the real thing, it was only an illusion. If these four suddenly ran in different directions, then he could only watch helplessly. No matter how fast Emperor Shixi was, he could not kill four people in a flash. As long as they fled and attracted other people, it would be a failure. Therefore, Emperor Shixi also wanted to stall for time, so he had asked questions.
Once again, the daggers in his hands flashed and another rain of blood ensued. This made the remaining thugs terrified. In reality, those driven into a corner, no matter how terrified, would surely erupt. Emperor Shixi did not want them to run, seeing as this group of people already called his name before, then they surely would have come prepared. It was difficult to guarantee that these people would not be a double-edged sword, and come back to seek revenge on him for their so-called brothers.
Three grunts sounded out almost at the same time, followed by a bloody mist. Even as they died, they couldn’t figure out where he was hiding.
As soon as the six men fell to the ground, Emperor Shixi conveniently tossed the corpses into his space. Heaven and Earth’s Space’s biggest flaw until now had been that if he wanted to bring people inside, he would have to seek their consent first. Otherwise, He wouldn’t need to deceive them and just directly use the space to shut them up instead.
Emperor Shixi waved his hand and the rain slowly dissipated. The pool of blood had been washed away by the rain. In the midst, his silhouette resembled a devil that had just entered the world. The corners of his mouth raised into a smile. Without looking back, he silently left the alley and walked back to join the crowd.
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Like a fish back in the water – to be back in one’s proper environment.
Lambs waiting to be slaughtered – unaware and helpless of the trouble ahead.