Chapter 331.
Within the Misty Space, everyone looked at the image in the void before them, dumbfounded.
The expression on everyone’s face was exactly the same.
They saw how those Peak Heaven Ascension Realm experts, died, and at the same time, they also saw that young man in black, using the fishing rod in his hand, repeating the action of fishing over and over again.
Each repetition represented the overthrow of a Peak Ascension Realm expert, and each overthrow shook one’s heart.
Until the last time, Zhang Ze’s death was like a giant hammer that hit the hearts of the crowd hard.
“So it turns out that we’ve been in each other’s traps, we’ve been in a maze without realizing it.”
There was an ordinary Ascension Realm powerhouse who subconsciously spoke out.
When his words were spoken, the crowd couldn’t help but nod their heads.
Originally, everyone thought that this was a chance that would allow everyone to go out early.
But now, it seemed that this was not a chance, but a heavenly pit.
The other party was like a precise fisherman who had already laid a dragnet outside, and they were the fish that were caught one by one in the dragnet.
“Zhou An! Zhou An! It’s Zhou An again!”
The Barbarian Emperor clenched his fists, even when he was fleeing for his life with all the people of the Barbarian Kingdom, he had never had such a moment of anger.
All of his plans, as well as the culprit for the Barbarian Kingdom falling to this point, were all inextricably linked to that young man called Zhou An.
At this moment, the Barbarian Emperor’s anger towards Zhou An had already reached a limit.
The silver-colored humanoid creature turned its head, and the red light at the position of its eyes was disillusioned for a while, and the image at the void gradually disappeared.
After a while, the silver liquid on the surface of the silver humanoid creature wriggled, and then, slowly transformed into the appearance of an ordinary human.
Although the appearance was ordinary, the aura on its body could make any expert feel suffocated.
“Zhou An ……”
At that moment, the silver humanoid creature’s language finally took on an emotional tone.
“It’s that person’s name, right?”
The Barbarian Emperor also snapped out of his anger when he heard this, “Who are you?”
“You can call me Number Two.”
Number Two said in a smooth tone, “I am not from your world, but it seems to me that you are in trouble and perhaps need my help.”
The Barbarian Emperor was slightly stunned, “Not from our world?”
He was somewhat confused.
In terms of intelligence, now that he was in a barren land, he was on the weaker side when it came to a lot of information.
Especially the matter of visitors from other worlds was something that had only happened recently, so the Barbarian Emperor wasn’t very clear about it either.
Number Two walked not far from the Barbarian Emperor, feeling the aura on the Barbarian Emperor’s body, and slowly opened his mouth, “We, having a common enemy, we are friends.”
The Barbarian Emperor frowned, “If you don’t explain your identities clearly, I don’t think we are friends.”
Number Two shook his head and said, “We, come from a world where mechanics and metaphysics coexist, but that world, has been tainted by weirdness.”
“We wandered from world to world until one gradually collapsed.”
“We can help you, help you out of trouble, but it’s a deal.”
The amount of information contained between a few short sentences made the Barbarian Emperor feel his heart shocked while thinking about the stakes in his mind.
After a few breaths of time, the Barbarian Emperor slowly opened his mouth.
“What kind of deal?”
In the Barbarian Emperor’s view, this might be another opportunity.
Now, he had reached the moment of exhaustion, without any possibility of survival.
However, this strange man who claimed to be from a different world said that he could help him.
The Barbarian Emperor wouldn’t think about anything else, as long as he could help, that was good.
As for the so-called identity, the so-called follow-up, none of that mattered.
Live first, live completely, and then think about the rest.
Number Two raised his head, “You gain victory and become the only one here, share half of the territory and give us a respite.”
The Barbarian Emperor did not hesitate, “Fine, I agree.”
Number Two was slightly stunned, “So painfully quick?”
The Barbarian Emperor sneered, “Do I have a choice?”
Number Two pondered slightly, then nodded, “It seems …… that it does.”
For the matter of the Barbarian Emperor answering quickly, it was indeed because there was no more power of choice.
It would be best to agree first and resolve the recent troubles.
The Barbarian Emperor asked, “Just one of your peak Ascension Realm experts, I’m only afraid that it’s not enough.”
If the other party only had this one, then in the Barbarian Emperor’s opinion, it was still unqualified to call their bluff with the Great Chu Kingdom.
Number Two shook his head, “Follow up, someone will come.”
“But before that, we have to settle one person.”
The Barbarian Kingdom Emperor asked, “Who?”
Number Two pointed to the void.
As he made this gesture, the next moment, at this void, it coalesced into Zhou An’s appearance.
“Zhou An.”
Within Number Two’s gaze, there was an icy killing intent, “He is the culprit, and …… he seems to be a variable.”
“In my hometown, for this kind of young man who is filled with variables, he must be beheaded as soon as possible.”
The Barbarian Emperor raised an eyebrow, “I’m afraid it’s not that easy.”
To say that the matter of killing Zhou An was something he wanted more than anyone else.
But wanting it or not, whether he could kill it or not, that was another matter.
Nowadays, Zhou An was in a place that was surrounded by numerous Peak Ascension Realm experts.
It could be said that it was impossible to kill Zhou An in this world.
Thinking about this, the Barbarian Emperor stated all the difficulties involved.
When Number Two heard this, he shook his head, “For you guys, it’s difficult, but for me, it’s not difficult.”
As the words fell, Number Two suddenly stretched out his right hand, and above his right hand, a silver-colored light blossomed.
The Barbarian Emperor was immediately alert as he operated his national fortune, ready to strike at any time in case something untoward happened to him.
But he then realized that Number Two wasn’t coming at him, but at the group of ordinary Ascension Realm experts in the misty space.
Silver-colored rays of light, like raindrops, disappeared into the chests of hundreds of Ordinary Heaven Ascension Realm experts at an extremely fast speed.
The hundreds of Ordinary Ascension Realm experts looked down at the silver rays on their chests, and before they could react, an intense pain, like a mountain of water, came surging in.
In the next moment, violent screams echoed within this misty space.
This group of Ordinary Heaven Ascension Realm experts were like a long worm, writhing and squirming on the ground.
On their bodies, a faint layer of silver color was wrapped around them in an instant, as if it was flowing like a liquid.
As time passed, the silver color gradually deepened, and the screams gradually weakened.
A moment later, the screams stopped, and the hundreds of ordinary Heaven Ascension Realm experts on the field, who had turned into silver-colored bodies at this moment, stood up from the ground.
The Barbarian Emperor frowned, “What kind of tactic is this?”
He could sense that this group of Ordinary Ascension Realm experts seemed to have had their consciousness wiped out and turned into puppet-like existences.
Number Two slowly said, “They, have become my puppets, and I, have a way to allow them to enter Zhou An’s location.”
Saying that, Number Two slightly raised his index finger.
In the next moment, the group of ordinary Ascension Realm experts changed for a moment, transforming into the appearance of an ordinary person.
Even the auras on their bodies were all no different from ordinary people.
Even when the Barbarian Emperor was so close, he could only barely sense that there was a slight difference.
If it was far away, it was estimated that the Barbarian Emperor wouldn’t even be able to feel it.
The Barbarian Emperor retracted his gaze, “If hundreds of ordinary Ascension Realm experts enter, although they can do so silently, they …… are only afraid that they will not be able to kill Zhou An, who has been known for his adversarial felling on.”
If one were to ask people in the Jianghu, which aspect of Zhou An was the most famous, the people in the Jianghu would not answer sword or pot, but would instead say the four words Adversity Felling Up.
These four words, nowadays, were one of Zhou An’s synonyms, even somewhat surpassing the momentum of the Blade and Pot Duo.
The Barbarian Emperor was always worried about whether or not these people would be able to kill Zhou An.
Besides, that place was surrounded by many Peak Ascension Realm experts, as long as Zhou An could hold on for a little bit of time, he was only afraid that the group of Peak Ascension Realm experts would all rush over to support him, and there was simply no possibility of executing him.
Number Two nodded, “Of course I know, but I am not doing this within the city, I need to lure Zhou An out.”
The Barbarian Emperor asked, “How do I lure him out?”
“What Zhou An cares about the most, then use what to lure him out.”
Number Two said, “A person will only be reckless when his most important thing is taken away from him.”
“What one cares about most?”
The Barbarian Emperor stroked his chin and put his hands behind his back, walking back and forth.
A moment later, his eyes gradually brightened.
“There.”
“When he rose from An Ding County, he had a brother in arms, and now, that brother in arms just happens to be in the same place.”
“If we use this threat, it will definitely cause Zhou An to throw in the towel!”
The Barbarian Kingdom Emperor excitedly said, “In that case, together with these hundreds of ordinary Ascension Realm existences, it will definitely be possible to kill Zhou An in one fell swoop… After all, it is rumored that Zhou An is able to cross a large realm, but Zhou An is only at the All Saints Realm.”
Speaking of this, the Barbarian Emperor grew more and more excited.
Nothing else mattered for the time being, being able to kill Zhou An was a good thing.
Number Two nodded, “In that case, let’s take action.”
After saying those words, the ordinary Ascension Realm experts present flew out of this misty space as if they had been given an order.
Number Two waited until everyone had left before he looked at the Barbarian Kingdom Emperor and said, “Killing Zhou An is only a small matter, next, let’s go talk about a big matter.”
The Barbarian Emperor nodded and casually guided his hand, “Follow me.”
The two of them, together with the Grass Cultivating Superior, soon left the premises.
Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, a long time had passed.
During this period of time, it was Zhou An’s most idle time, and at the same time, it was also Zhou An’s busiest time.
The reason for being idle was that there weren’t so many shit to disturb Zhou An, and the reason for being busy was that he was going liver crazy with his liver proficiency.
Every day was nothing but liver.
Even if Zhou An claimed that there was a person living inside his liver, at this moment, he was still feeling a bit drained.
Luckily, every now and then, the Proficiency would give him positive reactions, making him feel soothed, taking away that boring feeling and alleviating it by a lot.
Inside the room, Zhou An looked at the text in front of him that was organized by the smoke group, and let out a long sigh, “Finally …… level nine.”
[Xuan Shadow Thousand Kills lv.9 (Concealment +24, Yin Stabbing +24, Sustained +24, Backstabbing +24):1/100000]
[Armor Breaking Evil Suppressor Blade lv.10 (Speed +28, Accuracy +28, Sharpness +28, Defense Breaking +28): 1/180000]
[Storage Proficiency: 80000/160000]
During this recent period of time, under Zhou An’s frenzied liver, there were quite a lot of rewards.
First of all, it was that the Xuan Shadow Kill skill had successfully reached level nine, becoming Xuan Shadow Thousand Kills, with an additional attribute of Backstab.
This attribute, just like the name, was a bonus when attacking from behind.
And this bonus, was a stacking attribute.
Zhou An’s practical combat ability, through this skill, had also been significantly enhanced.
And in addition to this skill reaching level nine, Zhou An’s stored proficiency was also full once during this period.
Without hesitation, Zhou An added all of his stored proficiency to the Armor Breaking Evil Blade, adding four points to each of the attributes of the Armor Breaking Evil Blade.
Now, Armor Breaking Blade had become his first Level 10 skill.
And the stored proficiency was similarly eighty thousand points.
At this pace, it wouldn’t be long before Zhou An would be able to continue using it.
Zhou An gently touched Black Jade’s head with his fingers and pondered in his heart, “It seems that the Liver Armor Breaking Zhen Evil Blade is needed.”
Now, he had a new plan.
The stored proficiency was used to enhance other skills, while his liver was mainly used on the Armor Breaking Zhenxian Blade.
After livering the Armor-Breaking Evil-Calming Blade to level twelve prime, Zhou An would then go back and liver other skills.
And during this period, he planned to use the stored proficiency to raise the level of Heaven and Earth in the Pot.
The two skills, both of which were Zhou An’s strongest means of attack, Zhou An of course wanted to prioritize upgrading them to Quality Change.
Thinking about this, Zhou An thought carefully, looked at the attributes of the Armor Breaking Evil Suppressor Blade, and began to study how to raise it.
The Armor Breaking Evil Blade, which had already reached level ten, naturally needed a new approach.
Zhou An visualized a long black blade in his hand and thought in his heart, “Perhaps, I can try carving air.”
Initially, Zhou An had thought that this skill might be able to carve air at some point.
However, it had not been successful.
Now that the Armor Breaking Evil Suppressor Blade had reached Level 10, that would be the best time to carve air.
Thinking about this, Zhou An was ready to try it.
The air in his body was run by him, and while doing so, Zhou An tried, using the Armor Breaking Zhenxian Blade, and began to carve into the air.
A few moments later, the originally invisible air, with Zhou An’s swinging, a shallow outline actually appeared.
However, this outline only appeared for less than a breath before disappearing.
In front of Zhou An’s eyes, the smoke of proficiency appeared.
[Armor Breaking Evil Suppressor Blade +1]
Zhou An put down his longsword: “It’s really there.”
The proficiency of the Armor Breaking Zhen Evil Blade had increased, proving that Zhou An’s guess just now was not wrong.
“However, it’s just a bit difficult.”
Only after personally testing it would one realize just how difficult it was.
Zhou An’s carving method was as difficult as hell for the invisible air.
One had to be extremely careful and meticulous in order to succeed.
It was good that Zhou An eventually succeeded.
Zhou An once again danced his long sword, “In that case, let’s continue to try.”
He intended to continue, after all, the name of the Liver Emperor was not a name to be taken lightly.
The current situation nowadays was becoming more and more unstable.
Zhou An did not intend to continue being salty.
Working hard to improve was the most important thing for today.
At this time, the night was still long.
Zhou An was about to continue to liver downwards, but before he could start, a knock came from outside the door.
At this moment, Zhou An’s Eye of Chaos was always on, keeping a vigilant eye on his surroundings.
Without knocking on the door, he already knew who was standing outside the door.
Outside the door, a member wearing the costume of the Zhen Gui Division was waiting patiently.
Zhou An was a little puzzled in his heart, “A member of the Zhen Gui Division, why are they here to find me?”
Although he did not understand the situation in his heart, Zhou An still temporarily stopped the progress of his liver and headed to the door, opening it.
As soon as he opened the door, the member of the Zhen Gui Division was the first to speak.
“Lord Zhou, the Chief Division wants you to come over immediately, saying that he has something important to say to you.”
As the Sijing of the Zhen Gui Division, it was only natural for the Zhen Gui Division members to address Zhou An as Lord.
Zhou An nodded his head and said, “I will go right away.”
He did not ask what the matter was, because if this person knew, he would only have already said it.
The members of the Zhen Gui Division hurriedly nodded their heads and prioritized their departure.
After the members of the Zhen Gui Division had left, Zhou An did not linger, and with Black Jade in tow, he left his residence and headed towards where the General Division was located.
Nowadays, the subsequent matters had basically come to a complete end.
The fact that the Chief Secretary and the others did not go back and remained here was to settle the matter of the Barbarian Kingdom.
This time, the Barbarian Kingdom must be completely exterminated without the slightest hitch, so all of them had thought of various changes to cope with the situation as they deliberated together.
After Zhou An arrived at where the General Secretary was, he only saw the General Secretary alone, dealing with official business.
Seemingly sensing Zhou An’s arrival, the Chief Secretary put down the folding paper in his hands, with a serious look on his face.
The expression of this being who had made a living name for himself with a Cold Ice Flame Gun was not too good.
Zhou An also sensed it and found a seat for himself, “Lord Chief Secretary, looking at your expression, it seems that something big has happened, is it possible that it has something to do with the Barbarian Kingdom?”
Nowadays, when it comes to big events, the closest thing is the Barbarian Kingdom.
As for the otherworldly visitors and the weirdness in the rift, they all had to be ranked towards the back, so Zhou An just said this in passing.
Who knew that when this sentence was said, the Chief Minister shook his head.
“To be precise, it has to do with you.”
Zhou An frowned and said, “Related to me, I don’t remember anything that has been linked to me recently.”
He had, recently, been silently livering his proficiency, and really didn’t know that anything had anything to do with him.
The Chief Secretary thought for a moment and said, “If I tell you, don’t get excited yet.”
Zhou An nodded, unconcerned, “In this world, there aren’t many things that can make me excited.”
From the drawer next to him, the Chief Superintendent took out a letter, “During this morning, Yu Hang suddenly disappeared, and we found the place where Yu Hang disappeared, leaving behind this letter.”
With these words, a murderous aura, permeated Zhou An’s body.
The original careless expression became as heavy as water in an instant.
Zhou An’s face was as if it was a piece of ice, intimidating.
He silently received the letter and read it once before placing it on the table.
“Letting me travel to Cang Yun Lake alone, tsk tsk tsk, it seems that they want me dead.”
Zhou An’s tone was harsh, “Cang Yun Lake, where is it.”
The Chief Superintendent pointed in a direction and said, “It is located one hundred and twenty miles west from here, I will go with you.”
Zhou An shook his head, “No need, the letter states that only I can go alone, then I will go alone.”
The Chief Minister frowned.
He always felt that Zhou An was inappropriate, after all, the other party seemed to have opened a net, waiting for Zhou An to jump into it.
If something happened to Zhou An traveling alone, then the ones who would be injured in the aftermath would be the entire Da Chu Kingdom.
Zhou An could see what the Chief Minister was thinking and said, “There’s no harm in it.”
In front of his eyes, a golden eight trigrams appeared without a trace of mixed colors.
A piece of great auspiciousness.
Zhou An stood up and was ready to leave.
At this time, the Chief Secretary suddenly spoke, “Zhou An, leave a few alive, I guess, it seems that it is not something the Barbarian Kingdom can do to be able to hide it from so many people.”
They and the Barbarian Kingdom were both old rivals, so naturally, they knew that the level of the Barbarian Kingdom wouldn’t be able to have this kind of concealment ability.
So the Chief Secretary wanted to try and see if he could dig out more clues from this matter.
Zhou An nodded, then shook his head again and said, “Not necessarily, it depends on whether the other party wants to live or not.”
The Chief Secretary helplessly said, “You just said that you wouldn’t get excited.”
Zhou An slowly moved forward and walked to the door, the killing chance on his body, had reached the extreme, like the Yin River under the ground, “What I say, usually doesn’t count.”
As the words fell, Zhou An’s figure, had disappeared into the room.
Cang Yun Mountain.
At this moment, hundreds of Ordinary Ascension Realm experts had converged here.
Their eyes were lifeless, as if they were puppets, waiting here.
Everyone’s expression was like that of a puppet, but the aura on their bodies made the hearts of the Jianghu people tremble.
And at the corner of this open space, at this moment, Yu Hang was tied up with five flowers, his face full of helplessness.
“Why, the unlucky one has always been me!”
Yu Hang really felt that this talent he had inherited was simply outrageous.
Every day, he had bad luck, and after the big one was over, the small one came again.
It was fine in the morning, but suddenly he was caught.
This is too speechless.
“What exactly do they want to do, it seems like they are being controlled.”
While thinking, Yu Hang did not forget to look around.
At this time, the ordinary Ascension Realm experts, who were originally dumbfounded, suddenly walked towards Yu Hang and surrounded him.
Yu Hang was slightly stunned, then sat up straight, “What do you …… want?”
Just as he asked these words, one of the Ordinary Ascension Realm experts slowly spoke in a dull voice.
“Of course it is to give Zhou An a heavenly gift.”
As the words fell, a drop of silver-colored liquid spilled out from every Ordinary Ascension Realm expert, waving towards Yu Hang.