Zhao Ji: He Was Growing Stronger and Stronger

Perhaps because she knew the two people before her had long since guessed her identity, Mo Li became increasingly unrestrained.

She clapped her hands, then deliberately looked at Qiu Tu with an expression of worship. "Brother, I never expected you to be this amazing."

"Seven God Kings, including two Level Four God Kings. You killed them just like that."

She deliberately pointed at the Goddess King who had died last, the one who had flirted with Qiu Tu on the way. "That Goddess King was even batting her eyes at you before she died."

"Didn't you want to spare her life and show a little tenderness toward a beauty?"

At that, she even deliberately said in a regretful tone, "I feel like if you'd spared her, it would've been easy for you to taste her sweetness."

Although Mo Li had never admitted that Zhao Ji was in her hands, Mo Li's deliberate provocations over the past two days and her attempts to lure Qiu Tu into saying the wrong thing made it clear that Zhao Ji was with her.

Moreover, Zhao Ji was not only in her hands, but could most likely see everything outside and hear their conversation.

So, seeing Mo Li digging another trap for him, Qiu Tu merely glanced at her indifferently. As he lowered his head to clean up the battlefield, he said, "I'm not interested in tasting her sweetness."

Seeing Qiu Tu deny it, Mo Li's eyes shifted as she pressed on, "You mean you're not lustful anymore?"

As he lifted the dark-skinned God King's corpse and casually tossed it into the Dimensional Space, Qiu Tu replied offhandedly, "No. I mean my tastes are heavier now."

"If I want to taste her sweetness, she doesn't need to be alive. While she's still warm works just as well."

Even though Mo Li had already reached the end of the Chaos Path and seen countless chaotic phenomena and deeds, Qiu Tu's words still made her mind freeze for a moment.

After a while, she looked at Qiu Tu strangely and slowly spat out two words. "Pervert."

Qiu Tu could not help smiling. "This counts as perverted?"

"Then your Chaos Path isn't chaotic at all."

Mo Li snorted lightly. "What you described is no longer in the realm of our Chaos. It belongs to the domain of Immortality."

As the two talked, Qiu Tu swiftly finished cleaning up the scene.

Of course, he had not taken advantage while they were still warm.

He had merely wanted to disgust Mo Li. He was not that perverted yet.

After storing the corpses and spoils in the Dimensional Space, Qiu Tu did not inspect them closely. Instead, he looked toward Chaos West Capital and said, "Let's go. They've already started fighting over there, so they should have no time to worry about us. We can go take a look too."

Only then did Qing E, who had just snapped out of it, seem to realize something. A trace of understanding appeared on her face.

"So... the reason you kept stalling and waited until now was to wait for Chaos West Capital and the Immortal Heavenly Tomb to start fighting?"

As he flew toward Chaos West Capital, Qiu Tu answered, "Of course. Otherwise, why would I have nothing better to do than accompany them on such a long trip?"

As he spoke, Qiu Tu pointed toward the distant explosion zone and casually explained further.

"Right now, in the entire western region, the strongest of the Six Great Paths is undoubtedly the Immortal Heavenly Tomb."

"The Three Giants have gathered, and they've mobilized most of the Immortal Heavenly Tomb's living forces. Their strength is terrifying, and every other path has to avoid their edge."

"We're just a handful of people. If we fought them head-on, we wouldn't even make a splash. We can only take a roundabout route."

"Although Chaos West Capital is vastly weaker than the Immortal Heavenly Tomb, this is the Immortal Heavenly Tomb's first battle in the west."

"To score an opening victory, the Immortal Heavenly Tomb will definitely send out all its elites and strike with concentrated force."

"At a time like this, it'll be difficult for them to spare attention for us, so we can exploit the gap."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Qing E, who was flying toward Chaos West Capital alongside him, nodded slightly in understanding.

It was exactly the same as her earlier guess.

As the two spoke, Mo Li, flying behind them, also showed a trace of realization in her eyes.

No wonder Qiu Tu had wasted so much time and traveled so far. So this had been his plan all along.

That really would be much safer.

Just as Mo Li was thinking this, Qing E asked another question.

This time, however, she clearly weighed her words before raising her beautiful swan-like neck and asking, "Lord Qiu Tu. If those remaining God Kings had obediently listened and truly lain on the ground, would you have spared them?"

Qiu Tu, flying toward Chaos West Capital, could not help glancing at Qing E beside him when he heard her question, but he said nothing.

Yet his silence was the best answer.

A look of understanding also appeared in Qing E's eyes.

What she did not know was that after she asked that question, Qiu Tu was still grumbling inwardly.

How could I possibly have spared those God Kings?

Forget them. If my relationship with you hadn't just grown closer, and if I could beat Mo Li, I would've wanted to silence both of you too.

Instantly killing seven God Kings this time had actually exposed quite a few details of Qiu Tu's trump cards.

For example, when he transformed into someone, he could only possess that person's abilities. If he wanted to use his own abilities, he could only return to his original form.

—He had returned to his true form before using his abilities.

For example, he possessed an ability that allowed him to instantly kill opponents above his level. Moreover, he did not need to touch them, and they could not even defend against it.

And for another example, his abilities clearly consumed a great deal, and that consumption was proportional to the opponent's strength and degree of resistance.

—Otherwise, there was no way he would have tricked those God Kings into giving up resistance and lying on the ground when he could have killed them instantly.

In this world, special abilities could be said to be the foundation upon which all Cataclysm Creatures stood.

Once someone thoroughly understood them, it became easy to make targeted arrangements and cause them to suffer a crushing defeat.

Hadn't Qiu Tu spent all these years relying on such targeted schemes to fight powerful enemies?

Moreover, a God King's eyes and memories were like recording devices. Even after many years, they could be directly retrieved for analysis and study. This sort of threat could last a lifetime.

Therefore, after slaughtering seven God Kings in succession and becoming bloodshot with killing intent, Qiu Tu had truly felt the impulse to silence everyone present.

Of course, after that impulse passed, Qiu Tu quickly cast the thought aside.

It was not because he considered Qing E and Mo Li his own people, nor because he knew he was no match for Mo Li. It was because he had figured something out.

As his strength grew greater, his status rose higher, and his fame spread wider, he would inevitably attract the attention of the various paths. His intelligence would certainly be gathered and analyzed by the forces of the Six Great Paths.

So no matter how carefully he hid himself, sooner or later, most of his secrets would surely become known.

This was not merely Qiu Tu's path. Every Garrison God King and High-Level God King who wished to stand at the top had come this way.

Therefore, once one reached a certain level of strength, having one's secrets thoroughly understood by others was inevitable.

At such a time, it was a test of a deity's true worth.

Those who passed through this period would soar into the heavens; those who failed would fall completely.

After understanding this, Qiu Tu realized that secrecy could no longer be what he pursued. What he should seek instead was the domineering strength to sweep aside everything.

He was already strong enough. Though he was clearly only a Second Level God King, he could instantly kill Level Four God Kings at a certain cost.

His strength and talent had long since placed him among the strongest people on the entire Ancient Continent.

Furthermore, because his Calamity Power was so special, even if others deduced his abilities, it would still be difficult for them to deal with him easily.

So from now on, he needed to possess the mindset of a true powerhouse. When faced with matters, he would no longer hide and evade, but crush through them openly and directly.

With that thought, Qiu Tu's gaze became even more resolute.

At the same time, as Qiu Tu was thinking this, Zhao Ji, who was in the Chaos Realm, also fixed her beautiful eyes on him. Her gaze softened slightly.

Qiu Tu had guessed correctly. Though Zhao Ji was in the Chaos Realm, Mo Li had allowed her to observe the surrounding situation the entire time.

So she had watched Qiu Tu's entire battle from start to finish.

When she saw Qiu Tu cut down seven God Kings with one hand, Zhao Ji had still been somewhat surprised.

After all, in her heart, although Qiu Tu had been growing stronger and stronger, he did not seem to have reached such a level yet.

And now, as she watched him fly beside Mo Li and saw the aura around him gradually transform, her eyes became somewhat complicated.

He was growing stronger and stronger.

With that thought, Zhao Ji's gaze gradually turned cold as she looked toward Chaos West Capital.

I can't be left behind either.

At the time, in order to make the act convincing and buy time, Qiu Tu and the seven God Kings had flown nonstop toward the outskirts of the White Mist region.

Only after resolving the matter and flying back did Qiu Tu realize just how far they had traveled.

He took Mo Li and Qing E and flew for a full three hours before finally returning to the outskirts of Chaos West Capital.

By then, the outskirts of Chaos West Capital had already become a complete mess.

Burning tents were everywhere, along with trampled fences and flags snapping loudly in the breeze.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu crouched down and carefully examined the traces on the ground. Only then did he rise and say solemnly, "If I'm not mistaken, Shepherd Heart God King must have organized a sneak attack and assassination."

"Otherwise, the battlefield wouldn't have spread this far."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Qing E could not help asking, "Then what was the result?"

Qiu Tu patted the dirt from his hands and said unconcernedly,

"With the strength the Immortal Path has revealed so far, unless several high-level Chaos God Kings led by the Chaos Witch intervene, the outcome of this war was decided from the very beginning."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Qing E could not help glancing at Mo Li.

But Mo Li acted as if she had not seen it, still skipping and hopping through the ruins.

Seeing that, Qiu Tu beckoned to her. "Let's go. We're heading to Chaos West Capital now."

After saying that, he transformed into Ghost Seal again and took the lead, flying toward the battlefield of Chaos West Capital.

At the same time.

Chaos West Capital's front line.

Zi Ruo, the God King responsible for external intelligence for the Immortal Heavenly Tomb, was respectfully following behind a man whose face was covered with seven or eight yellow talismans. Only one enormous eye was exposed through the gaps where the talismans met.

Below them, two torrents collided like rushing rivers, stirring up countless cries of battle and slaughter.

Looking down at the scene beneath them, Zi Ruo seemed to receive some news after a moment, and her expression stiffened slightly.

The man beside her was clearly sharp-minded as well.

Thus, after noticing her abnormality, the talisman-covered man turned and glanced at her. With his hands behind his back, he asked, "What happened?"

The man clearly knew Zi Ruo well, so she did not dare lie and instead answered honestly,

"Your Excellency. I just received a report from below. Of the team of God Kings sent to Mysterious Heaven, all but one have fallen."

"And the intervals between their deaths were all extremely short."

"It was as though someone had easily killed them with overwhelming force."

At that, Zi Ruo lowered her head and said seriously, "Someone with such strength is most likely a High-Level God King."

The only person Zi Ruo could address as Your Excellency and follow so closely was Earth Soul God King, one of the Immortal Three Giants.

Hearing Zi Ruo's words, Earth Soul God King kept his hands behind his back and looked through the gaps between the talismans at the deities fighting below. He slowly said, "A High-Level God King?"

"Could it be that those fellows from the Mystery Path can no longer hold back and are preparing to act?"

After thinking for a moment, Earth Soul God King said, "Send two more teams to monitor them."

"But be careful this time. Stay farther away to avoid danger."

After a pause, Earth Soul God King added, "Over these years, we've more or less figured out the other Five Great Paths."

"Among them, the ones we fear most are not Order, not Destruction, and certainly not Chaos."

"It's Mystery."

"Everything about them is like a riddle. No one can understand them or see through them."

"So no amount of caution is excessive when dealing with them."

Hearing Earth Soul God King's words, Zi Ruo promptly agreed. "Yes, Your Excellency." Only then did she turn to make the arrangements.

At the same time.

Outside the White Mist, at the Mystery Path's temporary intelligence outpost.

Two black-robed figures walked one after the other into the vast white fog.

They were clearly walking slowly, yet for some reason, they vanished from sight in the blink of an eye.

"Those three old Immortal fellows actually didn't send anyone to watch us?"

Hearing the black-robed figure in front speak, the one behind replied indifferently, "Watch us? They'd have to be capable of keeping watch first."