To Die, Recite a Poem First!

[Wanpo Naizha has a younger brother, Wanpo Xi, who is in the early stages of the Desperate Realm. Today is his first mission since becoming a full-fledged member of the Tianhe Guard Team.]

Unlike the other team members who were cautious and focused, Wanpo Xi appeared relaxed because of his older brother's presence, and being it was his first mission, he only felt a sense of novelty and excitement.

["Hey bro, I want to ask you something..."]

"What 'bro'? During a mission, you have to address someone by their rank! Call me Captain!"

"Okay, bro, I just wanted to ask, why don't we take on some bigger missions, like suppressing Human Race or something? A small mission like capturing a Devil Cultivator, we travel all this way, and the reward isn't even enough to cover the Source Stone the Star Boat consumes."

["What nonsense are you talking about? Big missions are only for the top teams numbered below 100. What's the point of us taking them if we can't complete them? Will we just be laughed at?"]

"Human Race rebellion is no difficult task. We're not Human Race from First-Class Star. Human Race from First-Class Star don't rebel."

"Stop talking, concentrate."

[Wanpo Xi only focused for three minutes before muttering to himself again.]

"Brother, I need to use the restroom."

"It's convenient right here."

["here?"]

Wanpo Xi looked around at his teammates, who came from different races and were all strangely shaped.

"It's not very convenient here..."

"Don't get bogged down in these little details while on a mission!"

["Brother, this place is really not suitable, I can't go to the bathroom."]

Seeing the two brothers arguing endlessly over such a trivial matter, the vice-captain said impatiently.

"Captain, let him go. We've searched this area thoroughly, but we didn't find that demon."

"But the fog here is unusually thick; I think something's wrong."

"The Demonic Qi emanating from that demon was black; this is just ordinary mist."

[Wanpo Naizha to bear her younger brother's constant nagging and wanting some peace and quiet to think about how to find the Devil Cultivator, agreed to let him relieve himself behind a rock ten meters away.]

[Wanpo Xi clutched his stomach and darted behind the rock.]

[The Stonefolk, who feed on stones and whose excrement is also stones.]

[Today is Wanpo Xi Nishi's last time using the restroom, because the moment he left the group, a pair of bloodthirsty eyes fixed on him from the mist.]

[A moment later.]

["ah--"]

[Wanpo Xi's screams terrified Wanpo Naizha, who was studying a map of the area.]

["Younger brother!"]

[When Wanpo Naizha arrived, his younger brother only had one stone left; he originally had over a hundred.]

[Wanpo Naizha holds up the last stone her brother left behind, not even knowing if it's the one he just used to expel, and is overcome with grief.]

["Brother!!! That damned Devil Cultivator!! I will definitely catch you!!"]

[This Devil Cultivator roaming the Tailan Star is naturally Great Demon.]

[He has almost wiped out the people of Tailan Star.]

Compared to the commotion Li Wentian caused, the Great Demon incident was merely a low-level task within the Tianhe Guard Team.

[Although it's a low-level mission, the fact that it has attracted the attention of the Tianhe Guard Team is a major event for ordinary Cultivator.]

[If this were placed in a teahouse on some planet, it would be enough for a storyteller to tell it in five chapters and eighty episodes.]

The Great Demon has attracted attention because he has wreaked havoc on more than one planet; Tailan Star is the third.

[After his younger brother's death, Squad 503, led by Wanpo Naizha, battled the Great Demon on Tailan Star for several months.]

Finally, in a place called Demon-Sealing Valley, they used a Spirit Treasure artifact called the Worry -Worry-Free Pagoda to trap the Great Demon inside.

[At this moment, the Great Demon was a ball of black Demonic Qi, rushing around inside the tower, unable to escape.]

[The one controlling this Spirit Treasure Wanpo Naizha, was a whole realm higher than him and also possessed Divine Ability Divine Art and techniques. Even though the Great Demon had mastered some Divine Art, he still found it difficult to contend with him.]

"You devil! Where do you think you're going this time!"

[The Great Demon burst into laughter.]

["I have fallen in the Demon-Sealing Valley, so be it! And what has trapped me is yet another tower, so be it! Hahaha! It is fate, so be it, why be upset! I will greet the wind with a song, and watch the wind and rain, and the sunshine! Hahaha!!"]

[Seeing that the Great Demon still had the mood to recite poetry, and thinking of her younger brother's death, Wanpo Naizha felt a headache coming on.]

"I'm going to kill him!"

The vice-captain stopped him.

"Captain! If we kill him, we won't get the reward! The higher-ups now require bounty missions to be completed alive, because dead bounties are easy to fabricate and claim!"

"I don't want payment! I want revenge!!"

["Then, what do we want..."]

"Fine, I'll give it to you!"

"Alright, please."

[Wanpo Naizha's fierce gaze fixed on the black mist within the tower, she gritted her teeth and walked towards it.]

"I will use this Worry-Free Pagoda to torture you mercilessly, making you wish you were dead!"

The Great Demon chuckled.

["Stonefolk? Oh—I did indeed drain the life Essence Qi of a Stonefolk a few months ago. He must be your brother, right? Hehe, your brother's life Essence Qi is truly abundant. I felt very comfortable after absorbing it..."]

["Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!"]

Just as Wanpo Naizha was about to make her move, a strange sound of footsteps approached.

[Bang!]

["Bang bang!!"]

["Bang! Bang bang bang!!"]

The footsteps sounded from the sky.

[Every sound caused the earth to vibrate rhythmically; the air, mountains, soil, rocks, and rivers all trembled!]

[The bodies of Wanpo Naizha and the others, standing on the ground, also trembled.]

[The vibration was very uncomfortable, like my body was about to explode at any moment.]

[Wanpo Naizha determined that the person who made the move was at least stronger than himself, and that his team couldn't possibly withstand it, so he spoke up towards the sky.]

"The Tianhe Guard Team is on a mission to capture this Devil Cultivator has killed countless people. Please, seniors passing by, do not interfere!"

[The other party did not respond, but instead made several more footsteps.]

["Pfft!!"]

[Amidst the tremors, Wanpo Naizha and his teammates all coughed up blood, suffering severe internal injuries.]

"Senior, are you trying to kill us?! What have we done to offend you?!"

The thick fog in the sky was evaporated by the heat of a fireball.

Your figure gradually becomes clearer in the mist.

You stand high above, suspended in mid-air.

[What you just used was a new Divine Art, <Resonant Cloud Ladder Step>, which you developed after incorporating <Seven Divine Steps of the Starry Sky> into the "Treading Water" Divine Ability.]

[You stood with your hands behind your back and said calmly.]

"Capturing Devil Cultivator is a good deed, but the person you're trying to capture is my friend. So, release him, and you can leave. I won't make things difficult for you."

Upon hearing this, the vice-captain nodded vigorously.

"Let's go! Captain, quickly open the Worry-Free Pagoda!"

[This Wanpo Naizha is truly a Stonefolk; he's so single-minded.]

"No! He killed our men! We can't just let him go!"