Chapter 1562: Two-Faced Anxiety Monster, Dialogue Sir, Who Am I?

"Whoosh."The branches writhed.This Half-Saint, who had mysteriously entered and only caught a glimpse of the Dark World, was instantly sucked dry into a desiccated corpse.His vitality, divine soul, and will... all faded into nothingness.Even the life patterns that represented a chance for resurrection turned ashen in an instant, crumbling like withered flowers.

"Dead, dead?"When Jiang Buyi died, there was still the mourning wail from Xu Kong Dao.But for this one, not even a cry of a saint's fall echoed; he appeared and vanished in the blink of an eye.Such a scene was utterly terrifying!Xu Xiaoshou felt sweat bead on his soles, staring blankly as the ancestral tree's branches, now sated after devouring the Half-Saint, withdrew.The fleeting Half-Saint aura was enveloped by the branches, disappearing without a trace.

"Such an easy target?"Xu Xiaoshou couldn't accept what he was seeing.This was a Half-Saint!This was a Half-Saint aura!Hadn't they seen how many on Xu Kong Dao threw themselves into the flames like moths for even a slim chance of sainthood, regardless of the outcome?Even Jiang Buyi couldn't resist the temptation; to protect himself, he abandoned his base in the Northern Domain, unraveled the long-term schemes of the San Yan Tong Mu, and ventured alone into danger, ultimately meeting his fate.Hadn't they seen how, for just one Half-Saint aura, Qi Jian Xian Gu Yu emerged from retirement, submitted to others, and became a tool for tyrants?He even made choices against his own free will, straying from the Dao, and in his final awakening, unleashed a sword to open the Xuan Miao Gate before departing this world forever.But now?This unexpected Half-Saint visitor—Xu Xiaoshou hadn't even seen his face clearly or learned his name properly.He came.He was gone.His death was cleaner and quicker than slicing fruit with a fast knife!

"Di Ying Sheng Zhu's illusion?"Xu Xiaoshou looked at Yue Gongli with surprise and doubt, noticing that his expression was even more grave than his own, realizing it couldn't be that.What he saw was reality!In this Shen Court prototype, under the power of Di Ying Sheng Zhu, he could still find some twisted enjoyment because, at worst, he had Yi Shi Du Li to barely preserve his life.Yue Gongli could still laugh and joke because he surely had his own trump cards as a Sheng Di heir.But an ordinary Half-Saint didn't!There was already a threshold between a Half-Saint and a Sheng Di.And between a low-realm Sheng Di and a high-realm one, the difference was like heaven and earth.Moreover, according to Yue Gongli's evaluation, Di Ying Sheng Zhu showed signs of approaching Zu Shen, and it had become even more sinister and corrupted.An ordinary Half-Saint coming here was truly just delivering themselves.More decisive than offering up Tai Xu, without even a scream!

"Where's the Dao Infant?"Yue Gongli watched as the Half-Saint was sucked dry in an instant, as if remembering something, suddenly cried out in alarm, "Where's my child?""How should I know? It's not my child!"Xu Xiaoshou panicked at the sound."How could you not know? You threw me back, so my child must have fallen into your hands!"At these words, Xu Xiaoshou did recall.Earlier, the situation was urgent; after throwing Yue Gongli back, he was almost tempted by that fruit child of his, then struck by Di Ying Sheng Zhu, transforming directly into an extreme giant.After sweeping out a path to survival with one slap, he had planned to turn back and discuss cooperation with Yue Gongli first before anything else...But then he was stunned by that "mother" cry!Child?What child!With "mother" in front, what was a child worth?Now, thinking back carefully..."If your kid wasn't taken, it must have fallen to the ground!"Yue Gongli staggered at the words, his spirit deflating by a third. "It's over, did it get eaten too?"A fruit with the perfect balance of San Zu power, eaten by Di Ying Sheng Zhu?It had eaten the Half-Saint aura?It had eaten the Half-Saint?This evil tree was trying to defy the heavens!Xu Xiaoshou was deeply worried and suddenly thought: if the two of them had worked together from the moment they entered this Shen Court prototype of the ancestral tree, joining forces to attack, would the outcome have been different?As for trump cards, if everyone revealed a bit, it was as good as not revealing any.It was better than always being beaten by the ancestral tree, only to realize upon turning around that neither of them had ever seriously fought back, always worried that stepping too far forward would lead to a backstab from the other...

Yue Gongli seemed to think of the same thing, just turning his gaze back, about to say something.But as their eyes met, both fell silent at once.It was impossible!Cooperation?Trust?Turning their backs to each other?They might say it, but he'd have to be kicked in the head by a donkey to actually believe this guy wouldn't stab him in the back!

"Roar..."From the rear battlefield of Yin Ling Jiu, the voice full of Xu Kong Ju Zhu's surging battle intent finally died down.As expected, toward the end of the fight, Tian Zu power surged onto Di Ying Sheng Zhu's branches.It was the final straw that broke the camel's back.Xu Kong Ju Zhu completely lost the ability to resist, becoming a plaything like that Half-Saint, turned into nourishment for Di Ying Sheng."Gulp! Gulp!"Huge mouthfuls of energy flowed along the jubilant, swollen ancestral tree branches into the depths of the Dark World.Xu Xiaoshou and Yue Gongli watched, their skin crawling with goosebumps.At that moment, Xu Kong Ju Zhu was just like him and Yue Gongli.Anyone with a functioning brain could see that.

"Cooperate!""Work together, okay?""Yes, we can't keep fighting; we have to trust each other!""Absolutely!""This is our only way out. I'll count to three, and we'll both charge out of Yin Ling Jiu together and deal with it, okay?""Deal!""One, two, three, charge!"With a loud bang, the coffin lid was kicked open.But inside, it was dead quiet, not a single figure rushing out.Instead, as the lid started to close, a large figure charged in.Liu Sui Shi Wang, with no facial features except a face of marrow-sucking heart, leaned down and paused over the two humans, letting out a dull sound:"Huo?"The coffin suddenly livened up.

"Hey, aren't you charging, Xu Xiaoshou? What are you doing, cowering in the corner?""I opened the coffin! Oh, I open the door too? You just hang back and wait to lick my wounds? You've got some nerve, Yue Gongli! What a scheme!""What scheme? Are you really that petty, Xu Xiaoshou? Fine, if you're going to be like that, was it me who brought out Xu Kong Ju Zhu? I've already contributed, and you're just sitting back and enjoying it? Nice one, Xu Xiaoshou—you want to watch me fight Di Ying Sheng Zhu to the death so you can reap the benefits!""Ha! What a narrow-minded way to think! Yue Gongli, if we're counting like that, wasn't it the Tian Zu power that killed Xu Kong Ju Zhu? Shouldn't we blame it on your child? Without your ancestral source power contributing, would Di Ying Sheng Zhu have kept worsening?""You're right about that, but let's not forget your mistakes! If you hadn't thrown me, would my child have fallen to the ground?""What? I threw you? Wasn't that because you tricked me first?""How did I trick you, Xu Xiaoshou? You'd better explain clearly. I followed you into the Dark Forest...""Oh, so you wanted to kill me, and now you're justifying it? Digging up old grudges? In the end, if you hadn't剖腹产子 in broad daylight in the forest, would all this have happened?!"At these words, Yin Ling Jiu fell into complete silence.Liu Sui Shi Wang lowered its head and let out an untimely joyful watching-the-show sound:"Huo?"Yue Gongli's eyelids twitched, his mouth corners spasmed, his entire face twitching like a reanimated corpse, and he growled in a low, dangerous voice:"You... you saw it all?"Would Xu Xiaoshou be afraid of him? He put his hands on his hips and laughed loudly:"Am I blind?""Am I useless, Xu Xiaoshou?""Is my space mysteries just for show? Whatever I want to see, I can see!"He reached out his hand, transforming it into a large ice knife, then lay back, lifted one leg high, half-crouched, and used the knife blade to gesture at his belly, his expression twisting:"Ahhhhhh—"He started screaming!The screams were full of ups and downs, incredibly rich in layers!Every change in tone made Yue Gongli's face twitch unnaturally.The guy wasn't stopping; he even added commentary:"Bright daylight, morals in decline!""剖腹产子 on Yin Ling Jiu!"Xu Xiaoshou had taken sarcasm to the extreme.He writhed as he screamed, his raised leg kicking wildly at the air, the ice knife grinding against his belly—utterly ungraceful!"Urghhhhh..."He kept screaming!By the end, Yue Gongli's face was so tense it cramped, looking like a demon, his clenched fists trembling uncontrollably, his whole body shaking.And Xu Xiaoshou kept going!"Are you cold?""Exposing your chest like that—such big pecs. Want me to get you some clothes?""Don't worry, covering your face won't help! When I get back to Sheng Shen Continent, I'll make sure paintings of you, Yue Gongli,剖腹产子 are sent to every region of the Five Domains. No one will miss this unprecedented spectacle of a Sheng Di heir giving birth in public!"Sinful words poured out of Xu Xiaoshou's mouth like they were free.Yue Gongli was like a suppressed volcano that finally erupted.He lunged forward: "Xu Xiaoshou, I'll kill you ahhhhh—""Oh, so you've finally said what's really on your mind? Tired of pretending?"Xu Xiaoshou was prepared, pulling back his leg and spinning into a roundhouse kick upward.Yue Gongli was kicked into pieces.On the other side, a mirror formed, and inside it appeared another ferocious Yue Gongli!He didn't emerge; instead, his hands changed rapidly in seals as he chanted:"Shu Yue as curse, Yin Cut added...""Zhang Nie as manifest, Sui Yin true form..."Behind him, an icy blue full moon condensed.It was dominated by evil god power, supplemented by Sheng Zu and Tian Zu power, blending the three in a mad, sinister way."Good! Bring it on! Think you're the only mage?"Xu Xiaoshou didn't dare approach; his face turned fierce as he raised both hands.On his ten fingers, compressed source seeds popped out one by one, gathering in his palms for a second fusion and compression.As long as Yue Gongli's spirit technique didn't strike, he'd keep compressing the source seeds.And as he compressed, Yue Gongli didn't dare attack casually; he only added more power, enhancing the three ancestral forces."Boom!"Outside Yin Ling Jiu, Di Ying Sheng Zhu's branches finally drained Xu Kong Ju Zhu into a dried husk, leaving only a limp skin sack.It seemed satisfied and stopped pressing the attack.The branches, like countless tentacles, dangled casually on the ground, twitching occasionally like post-meal digestion."Boom boom boom..."Inside Yin Ling Jiu, waves of destruction rolled heavily.Liu Sui Shi Wang cowered in fear in the corner, its two large hands pressed against the coffin walls, its massive head swinging rapidly left and right, not knowing which to guard against."Xu Xiaoshou, we've been guided; put down what you're holding, and I'll do the same... Don't spread my business, and we'll let bygones be bygones!""Alright, I feel it too—united we win, divided we lose. I won't say anything; you go first!""You first!""You fi—Let's put them down together. I'll count to three... Let's be gentlemen this time; don't let your words be like farts. We're both people of status.""Definitely, you count. I'm about to lose control.""One, two, three, put them down!""Ahhh, Xu Xiaoshou, you despicable villain, you have no honor!""Ha ha ha, Yue Gongli, you shameless scoundrel, still trying to trick me?""Die!""Destruction!"Completely out of control!The scene was total chaos!Liu Sui Shi Wang was so scared it headbutted the coffin lid open to escape.But as soon as it poked a leg out, the waiting Di Ying Sheng Zhu branches writhed and stabbed toward it."Huo!"It shrank back in terror, slammed the lid shut, and then stared at the two deranged humans, hunching over with its head covered, letting out a heart-wrenching scream:"Huo roar huo roar!!!"The mirror shattered, Yin Yue collapsed.Yue Gongli stopped his seals and thrust forward.With a double palm strike, the source seeds fused.Xu Xiaoshou gripped that rare power pill and tossed it forward, igniting it with Jin Zhao."Drip."Time seemed to drip, suddenly pausing.Behind them, a slightly odd voice rang out:"You two friends, you seem quite anxious?"Yue Gongli's pupils contracted. A human voice?In Yin Ling Jiu, a third person's voice? Damn, don't scare me—I hate ghosts...Anxious?This voice—Anxious Brother?Xu Xiaoshou was startled too, then suddenly remembered: earlier, he seemed to have seen "Gu Jin Wang You Lou"?Wait!Yes, Kong Yu Hen had arrived!We're saved! Why are he and this剖腹 guy fighting here and playing self-destruction?"Stop! Stop!"Xu Xiaoshou panicked, unleashing his swallowing power to suck the explosive source seed back into his belly. "It's Kong Yu Hen, the Tenth Venerable! We're saved, we're saved!"Kong Yu Hen?Yue Gongli glanced sideways and saw a jade-faced scholar in pale green robes, refined and scholarly, looking frail.After a moment, he remembered who Kong Yu Hen was.The one from Yue Zui Zhong Kong Yu Hen, the most mysterious of the Ten Venerables?But Xu Xiaoshou had already retracted his explosive source seed, and his own strike was already out—like spilled water, impossible to take back.With the divine ruins sealed, even a Half-Saint would die here; if Xu Xiaoshou fell now, there'd be no resurrection.So, might as well...As the seals broke through time power, Yue Gongli's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, but he saw Xu Xiaoshou's mouth open, a fierce light gleaming in his throat."Heh." Yue Gongli's ferocity softened into an awkward laugh.Impossible to take back?Not at all."Reverse Style: Shu Zhuan Yin Yang."His fingers formed a strange seal, and the chaotic, out-of-control energy was drawn back into his qi sea like a tame kitten.Damn...Xu Xiaoshou was horrified.Such terrifying energy, with the three ancestral powers nested so deeply, and he could reclaim it so easily?You're disgusting, Yue Gongli—hiding this for so long, hiding so much, just waiting to stab me in the back?Better to send you to hell face-to-face!"Go."Xu Xiaoshou's throat bulged, spitting out the explosive source seed again.Yue Gongli's expression changed drastically; his fingertips sealed again, Yin Yang delayed, Yin Yue returned."San Zu Yin: Sui Yin Chi Yue, go!"Kong Yu Hen couldn't watch anymore; he pointed out in midair, ripples of the Great Dao surging."Fix!""Retreat!""Return!"With the three words, the explosive source seed and San Zu Yin halted at the critical moment, forced back—one to the mouth, one to the hand."Heh." Yue Gongli turned his hand, retracting the power, not embarrassed at all."Ha ha, you're quite something." Xu Xiaoshou swallowed hard, not sure if he'd actually swallowed it."You two."Kong Yu Hen's face showed helplessness. "Stop this, it's too..."These were the most anxious pair he'd ever seen, guarding against each other right down to their throats."I'll give Kong Yu Hen brother face."Xu Xiaoshou swallowed deliberately, his swallowing power wide open, easily reclaiming the unstoppable explosive energy.Yue Gongli's fox eyes widened with shock.Damn...So this is the foremost of the Five Absolute Bodies, the Swallowing Body?This guy must be eliminated; he's a future threat...But Kong Yu Hen had only shown a few moves, his mastery of time and space was top-tier.He wasn't familiar with this guy anyway; if he pushed further, he'd only drive him fully into Xu Xiaoshou's camp.If they teamed up against him instead of Di Ying Sheng Zhu, he'd be in deep trouble."I've long heard of the great name of the Tenth Venerable Kong Yu Hen; seeing you today, you're truly extraordinary." Yue Gongli clapped his hands, dispersing the energy as if nothing had happened.He wanted to say more pleasantries..."Boom boom boom!"Yin Ling Jiu was suddenly blasted away.The coffin wall smashed into Liu Sui Shi Wang, passing through Kong Yu Hen and hurtling toward him.Yue Gongli tried to dodge, but saw Xu Xiaoshou's "out-of-control" falling body, his thigh transforming into a sharp knife chopping down. "Oh no.""Xu Xiaoshou, you have no shame!"Yue Gongli roared in anger and quickly dodged.Boom boom boom boom boom...The surprise wasn't unexpected.Di Ying Sheng Zhu's branches saw the energy in the coffin stop and realized they couldn't just watch the fight, so it launched a fierce assault.The coffin was flung from east to west, south to north, crossing vast spaces in an instant, occasionally spotting Tai Xu or Half-Saints emerging from nowhere...Before they could react, they were swallowed in the branch tsunami.Not even a scream."Ah—"In Yin Ling Jiu, Xu Xiaoshou hugged Kong Yu Hen's leg."Ah—"Yue Gongli saw and hugged Kong Yu Hen's leg too.These two sly ones both knew they couldn't focus on Di Ying Sheng Zhu without the other helping, so they wailed:"Anxious brother, save us!""Yu Hen brother, save me! Whatever you want, I can give it—anything Xu Xiaoshou can't, I can!"Whoosh! Whoosh!Both passed through Kong Yu Hen as if they weren't in the same space.Yin Ling Jiu carried the two tricksters far away, while Kong Yu Hen was also penetrated by the branches; Di Ying Sheng Zhu acted as if it hadn't seen him, chasing the coffin and stabbing wildly, ignoring him."Help—""Don't go—"In that instant, hearing the cries, Kong Yu Hen hesitated.He had heard his friend's call and come.He had watched a show and realized he might not be needed.Now, he wondered if the best choice was to turn and leave.Kong Yu Hen didn't hesitate long before stepping back, his figure blurring..."Crack crack!"Space grew sluggish, time like rusty gears, unable to turn.His figure froze in place.Yin Ling Jiu was drawn back from afar, the lid almost flying off, the distorted voices growing from faint to loud, passing in front of him:"Hey, Xu Xiaoshou, why does your friend look like he's about to abandon us?""Anxious brother—"In the rumbling, the coffin was flung away again.Kong Yu Hen frowned and stepped back again."Crack crack."Still that sluggish feeling.His heart skipped; something was wrong.Easy to enter, hard to leave?"Sssh!"Suddenly, a person emerged beside him.In less than a blink, they were sucked dry into a husk—Tai Xu, Half-Saint?He hadn't even seen clearly!Kong Yu Hen's face paled.The voices in Yin Ling Jiu were drawn back: "Xu Xiaoshou, what kind of friend did you make? He's really trying to leave!""Don't worry, he seems stuck too...""Hey, why have we stopped?"Yes, Yin Ling Jiu had stopped.The ancestral tree branches stopped too, as if pondering, frozen in midair.Kong Yu Hen thought darkly: he had tested twice; she hadn't noticed him before, but now she had?Whoosh!Billions of branches suddenly turned in unison, aiming straight at Kong Yu Hen's direction."Friend..."Kong Yu Hen quickly raised a hand to stop them, instinctively shifting sideways; those dense ancestral branches were panic-inducing to anyone.But it wasn't an accident or coincidence!The branches truly locked onto his position and shifted with him, still targeting him!"Urgh..."Kong Yu Hen reached back, summoning a illusory three-story pavilion.He chuckled lightly, stepping back three paces without changing expression, pressing his hand on the wooden door and pushing hard."Huo."The air rippled.The door of Gu Jin Wang You Lou didn't open for its owner."Ah-oh."From Yin Ling Jiu came a puzzled sound, "Isn't he the Tenth Venerable? What's he afraid of?""...He's not... complete... Tenth Venerable?""I'm not afraid." Kong Yu Hen turned back with a smile toward the coffin, then faced the dark depths formed by the black branches:"This... sir, I'm just passing through. If it's convenient, could I ask you a question before I go?"The billions of ancestral branches tilted in unison, strangely like someone cocking their head.A low voice from Yin Ling Jiu emerged:"He's a master of language; does he really want to slip away?""Don't interrupt, Yue Gongli; Di Ying Sheng Zhu seems to be hesitating too—she's really stopped!""Hesitating about what? Kong Yu Hen? Xu Xiaoshou, are you joking?""...You know nothing."The two chatterboxes clearly couldn't distract Kong Yu Hen.Facing the eerie endless branches, his curiosity now overpowered his retreat; he asked the question he asked everyone:"Please tell me...""Who am I?"The branches clearly paused.Kong Yu Hen saw an opportunity, his expression lighting up as he pressed: "Do you know me?""Or have you heard the name Kong Yu Hen, his story?"In that instant, Xu Xiaoshou's mind flashed back to the final moments on Xu Kong Dao, when Kong Yu Hen appeared and asked Tian Zu's spirit the same question.The answer was: "Thou art also trapped..."Trapped in what?Xu Xiaoshou still didn't know the rest.But now, he anticipated Di Ying Sheng Zhu's answer; perhaps the ancestral tree knew Kong Yu Hen and would give a full response?However!Facing this question...Di Ying Sheng Zhu's response was..."Sss jiji jiji—"The shrill cries echoing from all sides were clearly laughter—mocking, gloating laughter!

Xu Xiaoshou's face changed.Yue Gongli's face changed.Kong Yu Hen's face changed too.Because...Whoosh whoosh whoosh!The endless dark branches, after their wild, triumphant laughter, seemed to confirm something, no longer hesitating, plunging toward the encircled Kong Yu Hen without mercy!"Sss!!!"