Encountering the Chu Emperor

When the Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity heard this voice, his heart skipped a beat, thinking that Xu Bai had launched a surprise attack.

But when he turned around to look at the source of the sound, he was filled with rage.

At the end of his line of sight, an ordinary-looking demon stood there, its face blank.

"Which city are you from, daring to spout such nonsense here? Get back here right now!"

Now is a critical moment. Even though he has timed things perfectly, there's no guarantee that he can implement it smoothly, so there's no room for error.

Now suddenly a troublemaker appeared. After saying this, he wanted to raise his hand and kill the demon in front of him with one palm.

But before he could make a move, the White-Clothed Man ghost suddenly spoke.

"Four Eyes, if you make a move now, it will prove that you have ulterior motives, and this cooperation will really be impossible to continue. If you don't make a move, we can still talk."

The Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity, who was about to make a move, froze in place after hearing these words, slowly lowering his hand that was halfway raised.

Beside him, a Saint-level demon said, "He seems to be controlled by someone. It should be Xu Bai. He has control abilities that transcend the Extraordinary Realm. We don't have the means to do this here, so we haven't noticed it."

"When did you take control?" the Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity asked.

Ru Sheng Yao Gui shook his head. "Perhaps he has already taken control. He has been waiting for this opportunity. This guy is meticulous. We don't know what he's up to now."

Upon hearing Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity's face turned extremely gloomy.

Like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, he schemed against Xu Bai, but now Xu Bai has turned the tables on him and schemed against him instead.

But now that the White-Clothed Man ghost had spoken, he had no choice but to stand there grimly, unable to kill the controlled demon.

The White-Clothed Man ghost turned to look at the controlled demon, his tone growing colder. "You're the one who can evade the rules, aren't you?"

The controlled demon nodded stiffly, then spoke, "You're right, but the most important thing now is not to discuss my identity, but what the follow-up plan is. For example, if you really listen to him and come to kill me, then this situation will be completely broken."

"What do you mean by this?" the White-Clothed Man asked cryptically.

The controlled demon extended a finger and said succinctly, "I will only say one sentence. As for how much you can comprehend, that depends on your abilities."

"That demon that had attained sainthood is dead. I killed it. Now you know what to do next."

As soon as these words were spoken, the controlled demon immediately clutched its head and screamed in agony before losing its life force.

A silence fell over the room; no one spoke.

Everyone fell silent, and the silence became so profound that you could hear a pin drop.

The White-Clothed Man frowned, pondering what he had just heard, a heavy look appearing in his eyes.

He raised his head, looked at the Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity in front of him, a cold smile appeared on his lips, and his tone became extremely indifferent, like a knife in the cold winter, scraping painfully all over.

"I understand. You want to use someone else to do your dirty work. He is your tool. Am I right?"

Those present who had reached this level were all accomplished through hard work; each one was as shrewd as a monkey and could easily guess Xu Bai's intentions.

They thought about it carefully, and there was no other possibility.

From the words just now, the White-Clothed Man demon knew that Xu Bai was capable of killing beings who had entered the Saint realm. Therefore, the Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity gave them such a tight deadline to pursue Xu Bai Xu Bai and prevent him from going to the Human-Strange Entity Market. The answer is obvious.

If they really catch up and surround Xu Bai, then in a moment of crisis, Xu Bai will unleash his strongest fighting power, and might even take one or two of them in his place.

Let alone one, they absolutely cannot afford to lose manpower at this time.

The arrival of the Chu Emperor Human-Strange Entity Market put immense pressure on them. If they lose another person, the outcome will be completely reversed. At that point, the attack from the Demon-Strange Entity Market will be too much for them to handle, and they will only lose.

"What a brilliant plan! It's a pity that your plan has some oversights. We don't plan to pursue it now."

The White-Clothed Man clapped his hands forcefully, as if applauding the other party's wonderful performance, but his tone was full of sarcasm.

Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity's expression turned extremely ugly. The other party had already guessed his intentions, and his plan now seemed to have stalled.

"I admit this is a follow-up step. Now that we've all brought it up, I won't hide it anymore. But you have to follow my method. Don't you know what that kid is up to?"

Although the plan had fallen through, there was still room for redemption. Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity felt that he should put the choice on the table and let the other party choose.

The White-Clothed Man sneered, "We don't want the Human-Strange Entity Market anymore."

How could he not know Xu Bai's thoughts? If they didn't plan to go back, Xu Bai would go straight to the Human-Strange Entity Market and cause trouble there.

But the problem now is that we need to prioritize. Compared to losing a Saint, the loss of the Human-Strange Entity Market is far less significant.

The Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity's eyes flickered slightly. "Alright, since that's how it is, then we won't say any more to you. Let's all go our separate ways."

As he spoke, he seemed to be in a hurry and prepared to turn around and leave, but before he could take two steps, he felt a murderous aura coming from behind him.

The Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity and the other seven Saint-level Demons turned around at the same time, looking at the nine Saint-level Demons opposite them, their brows furrowing.

"Are you... planning a final battle?"

The White-Clothed Man chuckled wickedly, "You're absolutely right. Actually, I have to thank that guy from earlier. He gave me a heads-up: right now, the best thing to do is to cut the Gordian knot."

"When I made this decision, I was already planning to give up the Human-Strange Entity Market. If I can give up something as important as the Human-Strange Entity Market, I must have gained something even greater. Now is the time."

"Nine against eight, our chances of winning are very high!"

The White-Clothed Man was thinking that he definitely couldn't go back. He could leave the Human-Strange Entity Market to Xu Bai and Huo Huo. As long as he could take down these eight guys, the gains would definitely outweigh the losses.

Now is the perfect time. The enemy has gathered, so it would be a huge loss if we didn't have a fight now.

"You need to calm down. You know that if we start a war, both sides will suffer heavy losses, and the other side will benefit from it. Don't forget there is also the Chu Emperor. Can you handle him?" The Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity could sense the killing intent in the other party and tried his best to dissuade him.

The White-Clothed Man shrugged indifferently. "Chu Emperor has already reached the Exiting Sainthood Realm. Even if we all joined forces, we wouldn't be enough to defeat him. Why should I bother with him? After reclaiming the two Ghost Market, I will head directly to the vast human world. That is our final destination."

Having said all he needed to say, he stopped arguing and his aura continued to grow stronger. At the same time, the other eight human demons coordinated with his aura, constantly increasing their own.

The crimson light enveloped the surroundings, but the soaring momentum shattered even the crimson light.

"Fight!" The Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity knew that the other party really wanted to fight this ultimate battle. There was no point in saying anything more, so he just had to do his best.

Battle is imminent.

On one side are the Saintly Human-Strange Entity Market and have no other choice but to become Saintly Demons; on the other side are the Saintly Demons who are fighting to the death to save their lives.

When the two clashed, the sky and earth collapsed instantly, and the entire space became dark and gloomy.

The battle continues.

They fought very cautiously and carefully. It wasn't that they were going to fight with all their might in this final battle, because at their level, one careless move could lead to their death.

Nobody wants to die.

Therefore, they are all trying their best to find the other's weaknesses.

This battle is destined to be a long one.

While they were having a great time fighting, Xu Bai was unaware of what had happened, because he had already killed the demon he controlled and was now rushing to the Human-Strange Entity Market.

"You have your clever schemes, and I have my tricks. Let's see who can outsmart whom!" Xu Bai said smugly as he flew.

From beginning to end, he never believed the Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity's words, so he left a hidden trick: he planted a controlled demon on the Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity's side.

This demon played a decisive role; after hearing their words on the battlefield, Xu Bai knew that the Four-Eyed Demon-Strange Entity was right about one thing.

The only correct statement was that to get to the Human-Strange Entity Market, you should simply go in the opposite direction and cross the entire battlefield.

For Xu Bai, time was the most important thing, so at that time he sent out the demons he had planted there to tell them some things.

He didn't explain it too clearly; instead, he spoke vaguely, just to give the other person time to think about it.

Time is precious now; if he can think for even a second longer, he can make a huge difference.

Because he couldn't guarantee that the other person wouldn't pursue him.

As it turned out, he was right.

These guys really didn't come after me, and something must have happened, otherwise it wouldn't have taken so long.

As for what happened, who cares?

Xu Bai only knew that he was getting closer and closer to the Human-Strange Entity Market.

The battlefield was vast, but Xu Bai was flying at an extremely fast speed, constantly approaching the edge of the battlefield.

After flying for a while longer, Xu Bai finally saw a distorted space ahead.

"That... should be the exit."

Upon seeing the distorted space, Xu Bai felt reassured and quickly rushed over.

The distance from his position to the exit seems long, but at his speed, he arrives in the blink of an eye.

When he entered this distorted space, he felt a blur before his eyes and soon found himself in an unfamiliar place.

Xu Bai stopped in mid-air, looking at the blood-red sky in front of him, knowing that he had come to the right place.

"They should be here soon, right?"

He thought to himself that once he entered the Ghost Market, the pain should come very soon.

Sure enough, just as he thought that, a sharp pain shot through his head, so intense that he was powerless to resist and fell from mid-air to the ground, clutching his head and screaming in agony.

The pain of the soul is not so unbearable; it is a hundred times more painful than physical pain.

Xu Bai squatted on the ground, holding his head, and soon fell into a state of blurred consciousness.

He lay down on the ground and lost consciousness.

His soul was gradually disappearing, but soon, his tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

Those eyes had become heterochromatic, the left one golden and the right one grayish-white, carrying an indifference that disregarded all living beings, like the pity of a creature at the top of the hierarchy for some ants.

But this time, besides indifference, there was another complex emotion: boundless chaos.

Xu Bai stood up, suddenly raised his hand and struck out with his palm towards the void in front of him.

Gold and gray-white intertwined, flowing from his palm and repelling the blood-red in the sky.

These intertwined gold and gray-white colors did not gradually spread, but instead transformed into one human figure after another.

These people were so numerous that they seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see, and their numbers were countless.

Each figure began to twist and turn, uttering words that were not in the language of the Great Chu Kingdom, but in a language that was incomprehensible.

When one person speaks, you might be able to hear them clearly, but when countless figures make the same sound at the same time, the combined sounds can be dizzying.

Xu Bai remained indifferent, the chaos in his eyes vanished.

Instead, a sense of calm prevailed.

But this composure did not last long, as countless figures rushed into Xu Bai's body.

In the blink of an eye, that composure was gone, replaced by a mixture of indifference and chaos.

Xu Bai did not linger, maintaining the chaos, and flew directly into the sky.

The sky was filled with blood-red light, but when Xu Bai, all the light avoided him, as if afraid of touching Xu Bai.

Xu Bai Xu Bai higher and higher until he could no longer be seen from the ground.

As Xu Bai rose higher and higher above the ground, he reached his limit and stopped high in the air.

He slowly extended his right hand and gently patted the empty space above his head.

The next moment, a crack appeared in the void above his head, emanating a tremendous suction force that pulled Xu Bai directly towards it.

Only after Xu Bai entered the crack did it slowly close.

The crimson light once again covered the entire sky, as if nothing had happened.

In a dark space, the ground is covered with small black grasses.

Xu Bai stepped on the grass and walked forward.

Not far ahead was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, which looked extremely frightening. The bodies were piled up as high as mountains, and it was impossible to know how many people had died.

Each corpse was dressed in different clothes and looked like they were from different worlds; the differences were enormous.

Xu Bai walked straight to the pile of corpses in front of him before stopping. He stretched out his hand and gently fanned himself, causing the pile of corpses to split open in the middle, creating a path.

Moreover, in the very center of this road, where many corpses are buried, there is a thick book.

Xu Bai acted as if nothing had happened, calmly walking up to the book and taking it into his hands.

As he held the book in his hands, the gold and grayish-white in his eyes gradually disappeared, turning into normal black.

Xu Bai in his cheat-like state has disappeared; now he is in his true form.

After Xu Bai recovered, he looked around at his surroundings.

"So, there is such a space in the Human-Strange Entity Market."

He had encountered the Demon-Strange Entity Market before, so seeing this scene felt strangely familiar.

Immediately afterwards, he felt something heavy in his hands, and when he looked down, he saw a thick book.

"It's another book. I saw it in the Demon-Strange Entity Market before, and there's another one here. It seems that the cheat code has a lot of things hidden."

After pondering for a moment, Xu Bai opened the book in his hand, which was still written in characters he couldn't understand.

He flipped through the pages and examined it closely, only to find that it was exactly the same as the first book.

Xu Bai took out the Withered Grass and put the book back.

"The two books are hidden in two different places, and we don't know what they contain. We can only see if we can find any clues after we get out."

There's no point in staying here now. He doesn't understand the writing on it, and he can't just guess, so Xu Bai decided to go out first.

After leaving this place, I'll find another place to return to the human world.

His divine soul gradually expanded, enveloping the surroundings, but he did not find what he was looking for.

Looking at the mountains of corpses piled up around him, Xu Bai sighed silently.

"I don't know what kind of disaster has happened. These things are much more serious than I imagined. I have a feeling that big trouble is coming."

Xu Bai did not linger. He walked out of the passage surrounded by corpses and came to an open space. Looking at the black grass below, he imitated what he did last time, emitting a fierce white light from his hand and pressing it to the ground.

A terrifying white light suddenly appeared, smashing deep craters into the ground, and Xu Bai's body was descending at a visible speed.

Before long, he blasted a tunnel through the thick ground, leading to the Human-Strange Entity Market, which was filled with blood-red light.

Xu Bai stretched, took out the Withered Grass used for storage, pulled out a token from it, and fiddled with it in his hand.

The demon he controlled was the city lord of a city, who happened to have obtained the token. Now all he needed to do was use the token to find the pattern and return.

As for which city the token comes from, that's not important.

Since the entire army wasn't mobilized from the Human-Strange Entity Market, some weaker soldiers remained. We only needed to capture and question a couple of them.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai carefully put away the token in his hand, identified a direction, and flew towards it...

This place wasn't destroyed by my own cheat-like state, so the city was easy to find. After flying for about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, a desolate ancient city appeared ahead.

Xu Bai's expanded soul enveloped the entire city.

There are hardly any experts here now, only a handful in the entire city, so he had no scruples at all. He directly controlled a human ghost and showed the token in his hand.

The controlled person blankly indicated a direction and a considerable distance, which made Xu Bai understand, and he prepared to head towards that place.

Before leaving, he made a mental movement and killed all the ghosts present.

They are all enemies, so killing them is fine. Don't be fooled by the fact that these people haven't been to the battlefield; if they were released into the human world, the amount of bloodshed they would cause would be considerable.

After doing all this, Xu Bai headed in that direction.

Along the way, whenever Xu Bai encountered a city, he would take action and wipe out all the human demons. Although the distance was not very far, it still took him some time to arrive.

Fortunately, the journey was smooth and there was no danger. Xu Bai arrived at his destination without any problems.

When he arrived, he casually extended his divine soul, but then quickly withdrew it and prepared to turn and run away.

But he was a little too slow, and a figure blocked his way.

Xu Bai: "..."

He had planned everything meticulously, but he overlooked one crucial point.

There is indeed no one here who can take him down, but there is someone who can.

Here, besides him being a person, there is another person, namely the Chu Emperor.

Looking at the man in front of him, dressed in a yellow robe, with empty eyes but an aura as imposing as a mountain, Xu Bai fell silent.

—Emperor Chu Emperor.

At that moment, his thoughts suddenly began to wander.

The Chu Emperor remained unchanged, exuding a natural air of nobility and radiating immense pressure. However, his facial expression was lifeless, resembling that of an old, decaying piece of wood, especially his eyes, which held no emotion whatsoever.

"Once upon a time, he was the strongest being in the world."

"But now we've ended up in this situation; it's all a matter of timing and fate."

Xu Bai only sighed in his heart, because the current situation was not suitable for too much reflection.

Under normal circumstances, he could even curry favor with powerful figures, after all, he was the first person in the world to Exiting Sainthood.

But if it's in this state...

Forget it.

Just like Liu Qingfeng back then, he's a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment. One second he might be calm, and the next he might strike.

The scene was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Xu Bai did not move, nor did the Chu Emperor; the two stared at each other.

Despite Xu Bai's calm demeanor, he was prepared to annihilate his own soul at any moment and unleash the Golden Hand.

There's no other way; given the current situation, if we really encounter danger, we have no choice but to give it a try.

Fortunately, the Chu Emperor has not made any moves yet, which gives him more time to come up with a solution.

But Xu Bai later realized he was overthinking things, because there was simply no way to overcome such overwhelming power. No matter how much time he had, he couldn't do anything.

This quiet situation could not continue, so Xu Bai tentatively took a step back, ready to destroy his own soul at any moment.

step.

The Chu Emperor did not move.

Two steps.

The Chu Emperor still did not move.

Xu Bai took a deep breath, turned around, and tried to escape as quickly as possible.

The moment he turned around, he felt a blur before his eyes, and the Chu Emperor blocked his way again.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Xu Bai was a little confused.

Why is he neither attacking nor stopping himself? Just as he was thinking this, the Chu Emperor suddenly reached out and grabbed at him in mid-air.

Xu Bai felt a sudden movement in his chest.

Soon, the withered Withered Grass in his arms was taken out of thin air by the Chu Emperor...

Xu Bai was stunned. "My darling!"