Chapter 750: Xu Xiaoshou, Do You Want to Join the King of Hell?

"Heavens!"

"Is this how these people fight?"

Xu Xiaoshou felt his worldview had been completely refreshed once more.

At that moment, he felt that the battles between the Throne and those below were simply child's play.

To put it plainly, those battles were merely high-martial arts level brawls.

Even if spiritual essence and spiritual techniques could summon wind and rain, burn mountains and boil seas, they still followed discernible patterns, at most inspiring awe.

But the Slaying Dao level, and above...

Such beings not only fought against their enemies but also against themselves.

At the same time, they were also fighting against the Heavenly Dao!

Various supreme treasures, various abilities...

The more powerful they were, the more profound and unfathomable the forces they controlled became.

If one lacked intellect, they probably wouldn't even know how they died when facing such enemies!

"To live by facing death..."

"To evade heavenly secrets..."

"To pull off grand deceptions..."

Xu Xiaoshou was filled with awe for a moment.

He finally had some clarity on why the Lei family had been annihilated.

A family that simultaneously possessed abilities like the Flower Immortal Eyes, the Cross Heterochromatic Pupils, the Three Aversion Eyes, the Dao of Eyes, the God-Demon Pupils, and many other Lei family pupils...

How could such a family merely be a Void Family?

The Lei family, even if they tried to dull their edge and not produce any Half-Saints,

It was likely that even their Void level members were unmatched by ordinary Half-Saints, wasn't it?

Such an existence, if it didn't directly overthrow the Holy Divine Palace's dominion over the continent, could only face annihilation!

After all, how could one tolerate another snoring beside their bed?

His thoughts didn't wander for too long.

The battle situation also changed in a flash.

After the bloodline imprint was shattered by Yama, Xu Xiaoshou was only surprised for a moment before immediately turning back to look at the Three Aversion Eyes, which had been temporarily set aside and left untouched.

At this point, Jiang Xian was already unconscious.

The Hundred Ghosts Night Parade had also lost its ability to act.

The only one who could dominate the present, Yama, was also severely injured after shattering the bloodline imprint.

If he didn't act now, when else would he?

Although Yama's methods were brutal, and the Three Aversion Eyes, the root of all evil, landing on the ground was indeed repulsive,

Xu Xiaoshou flashed to the ground without any hesitation, arriving next to the Three Aversion Eyes.

Then, he partially dispelled the vanishing technique on his hand and grabbed one of the scattered eyeballs on the ground.

"Snap!"

The viscous eyeball came into his grasp.

But at the same time Xu Xiaoshou gripped one of the Three Aversion Eyes, another slender hand also gripped him.

"Imprisoned, Passive Value, 1."

Xu Xiaoshou, still in his vanished state, turned his head and clearly saw the severely injured Yama, who was too preoccupied to notice anything else, had appeared beside him at some point and was also looking over.

The difference was that the person in front of Xu Xiaoshou was reflected in his eyes.

Where Yama looked, there was nothing.

Except for the hand gripping the eyeball in his own hand, Yama seemed to be staring at empty air.

But in the grey area between illusion and reality, Xu Xiaoshou indeed saw that Yama seemed to genuinely see through his vanishing technique and met his gaze.

Is this the perceptive power of a Slaying Dao level being...

His heart pounding, Xu Xiaoshou hadn't had time to withdraw his hand when Yama spoke, "I've been waiting for you for a long time. You finally couldn't hold back anymore?"

As soon as this was said, Xu Xiaoshou knew that his presence had always been within the other party's expectations.

He figured it was likely that this person had sensed him even before he entered the Heavenly Supplication Forest.

Yet, the person in front of him hadn't shown any indication of knowing his existence during the previous confrontation with Jiang Xian.

Such composure was simply terrifying!

"Vanishing."

Xu Xiaoshou didn't hesitate for a second, immediately intending to vanish along with the Three Aversion Eyes.

However, under the restraint of Slaying Dao power, he felt as if his right hand was no longer part of his body.

His vanishing technique also lost its ability to vanish because it touched Yama's palm.

"What in the world!"

Xu Xiaoshou panicked.

His only reliance for daring to act was the vanishing technique!

But now...

He couldn't vanish anymore?

What had the other party done?

After all, given his low cultivation level, Xu Xiaoshou found it understandable that even his awakened abilities couldn't withstand the restraint of Slaying Dao power.

He didn't dwell on this point.

When one tactic failed, Xu Xiaoshou immediately sought another way.

He instantly released the Three Aversion Eyes and activated his "Proximal Domain Forcefield."

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle."

In that instant, the forcefield cut.

Yama didn't seem to react in time; the hand restraining Xu Xiaoshou was instantly cut into powder.

A mist of blood erupted.

Realizing it was effective, Xu Xiaoshou hastily gripped the Three Aversion Eyes again, preparing to vanish once more.

But with just that release and re-grip...

If this were a confrontation between opponents of the same level, Xu Xiaoshou was confident no one could react in time.

But what was Yama's cultivation level?

Xu Xiaoshou's release, the injured hand, and then the re-grip...

The time consumed during this entire process, in Yama's eyes, was infinitely long.

"You can actually injure me?"

Yama merely exclaimed in surprise and doubt, and as Xu Xiaoshou gripped the eyeball again, her other hand, with two fingers split, immediately thrust down.

"Hiss!"

Xu Xiaoshou, still in his vanished state, instantly gasped.

Those two fingers, rich with Slaying Dao power, directly pierced through all his passive abilities, emerged from his palm, and firmly clamped the Three Aversion Eyes.

The moment blood splattered, a deep sense of powerlessness welled up in Xu Xiaoshou's heart.

He had the confidence to contend with a Throne.

But that was accounting for A-Jie's combat strength.

If it was like this even against a Throne, then in front of a Slaying Dao level being, all of Xu Xiaoshou's self-proclaimed plans and trump cards seemed to have completely failed.

The red-robed Yama in front of him, even with severe injuries, still had everything under control.

Even Xu Xiaoshou's presence was clearly accounted for.

Even the timing of his own move seemed to have been infinitely extended in the other party's eyes.

What was clearly just a breath's worth of time to snatch the eye, in Yama's eyes, seemed to contain an infinite number of ways to counter.

And the method the other party chose was merely one of the most basic ones...

A single force can break all methods.

"Illusion!"

As her two fingers pierced Xu Xiaoshou's palm, Yama shouted.

Although he still didn't know who possessed such an invisibility technique,

But simply through the blood, he could induce an illusion on the opponent's entire mind.

At that moment, across the two layers of illusion and reality, a few strands of cherry pink still flashed in Yama's Flower Immortal Eyes, though their brilliance was not as strong as before.

The illusionary power, insignificant to Yama, was fatal to Xu Xiaoshou.

Completely lacking spiritual defense techniques, he instantly realized that the connection through blood was the most solid bridge between illusion and reality.

But by the time he reacted, it was too late.

As if his soul had been struck by a massive hammer, the scene of a daytime sea of flowers in his perception immediately overwhelmed the night-shrouded Heavenly Supplication Forest before his eyes.

Then, the illusion turned into blinding white.

Xu Xiaoshou felt as if he was in the midst of clouds and mist, and for a moment, his mind completely relaxed.

But as soon as he relaxed, a pop-up appeared in his info bar:

"Under illusion, Passive Value, 1."

Xu Xiaoshou instantly snapped back to his senses.

The scene before him fully recovered.

But he immediately discovered that not only had his vanishing technique been dispelled after he relaxed, but his "Transformation" was also gradually fading.

At this point, the wrinkles on his face were only just beginning to recede.

Xu Xiaoshou hastily stabilized his "Transformation."

This was his last layer of security, and also his capital for turning the tide; he couldn't let it be dispelled due to slackening.

Just then, as a withered old face wearing a straw hat, with two large dark circles under its eyes, appeared and met the gaze of the surprised Yama, who was looking sideways, while their hands were still tightly connected,

Xu Xiaoshou seized the opportunity to transform, used his other hand to press down his straw hat, grinned, and raised an eyebrow:

"Storyteller, long time no see. Don't you recognize this old man?"

The visiting Yama's pupils contracted sharply.

For a moment, he couldn't figure out who was in front of him.

But the intimate tone from the other side, and the address "Storyteller."

After speaking, one could faintly perceive the blazing white flames imbued with the power of tribulation deep within his eyes...

Suddenly, the name of the second-in-command of a dark force, who had stirred up immense storms in the central region of the continent decades ago, surfaced in his mind.

At the same time, the face in the portrait corresponding to that name, reflected in the Flower Immortal Eyes, completely overlapped with the person before him.

"Sang Qiye?!"

The visiting Yama shrieked in alarm.

This time, he was even so startled that he retreated a few steps.

He had initially thought that this hidden, evasive individual in the Heavenly Supplication Forest was merely lacking in strength.

But he had never expected this person to be Sang Qiye!

Not everyone had seen Sang Qiye, nor did everyone know the true name of this Holy Slave second-in-command...

Yet, precisely at the beginning of Yama's establishment, among the portraits of individuals Lord Huang Quan had warned them not to provoke, this very face was present.

A terror from the depths of his soul made the visiting Yama choose to retreat.

But after a few steps, a flood of current information also poured into his mind as he regained his composure.

"No, wait!"

Yama reacted instantly, "How are you here? Shouldn't you be under surveil—"

He stopped abruptly mid-sentence and lunged forward.

However, the 'Sang Qiye' in front of him had already seized that moment of his distraction, grabbed one of the Three Aversion Eyes, and vanished on the spot.

The visiting Yama's eyes instantly became bloodshot.

He had been tricked!

At that instant, he finally realized that he had been tricked!

He, a Slaying Dao level being, had actually been fooled by a fake Sang Qiye!

But how did the other party do it?

The white flames imbued with the power of tribulation, that lifelike face, and the way he pinpointed Yama's current identity as a storyteller, knowing his psychological state would inevitably be affected by that address...

This person, even if not Sang Qiye, was still someone familiar with these inner workings and very close to Sang Qiye!

With hardly a thought, the visiting Yama made his judgment.

He even hesitated for a moment, seemingly still thinking, before striking in a flash, abruptly stabbing towards the other Three Aversion Eye.

Snap, the Three Aversion Eye was scooped into his palm.

The anticipated struggle did not occur.

The vanished hand, which had been reduced to a palm, did not reappear.

Yama fell silent.

That person was not greedy.

He didn't take one and then demand another.

"Indeed, you truly live up to your reputation..."

The visiting Yama actually chuckled.

He put away the Three Aversion Eyes, tilted his head back, and surveyed his surroundings, saying, "Should I call you Wen Ming, or Zhou Tianshen, or Xiao Shi Tan Ji, or Jiang Lan... Or should I just call you by your real name, Xu Xiaoshou?"

"Summoned, Passive Value, 1."

When Xu Xiaoshou heard that, his heart turned cold.

At that moment, he had just collided with an invisible barrier, realizing that this area had been drawn into Yama's domain.

Indeed, no fool could cultivate to the Slaying Dao level...

There are many perceptive people in this world!

The fact that the other party could call him Xu Xiaoshou indicated extensive research on him.

Xu Xiaoshou could guess that some organization must have seen through his disguise and, through extensive research, figured out a way to counter his vanishing technique combined with his 'Ascension in One Step' ability.

But he hadn't expected this day to come so soon.

He also hadn't expected to become famous so quickly, even catching the attention of a Slaying Dao level being.

"No response?"

Yama had already appeared where the domain had fluctuated earlier, but still couldn't find the vanished Xu Xiaoshou. He marvelled, clicking his tongue in wonder:

"Holy Slave Xu Xiaoshou, truly living up to your reputation!"

"I presume you don't yet know that after your battle with the Nine Nether Ghost Infant, we at Yama have already studied you."

"Your abilities are not invincible... At the very least, a Slaying Dao's Heavenly Dao Banishment ability is sufficient to restrain you."

"I also know that you're merely invisible; you haven't escaped my encirclement."

The vanished Xu Xiaoshou remained silent.

He dared not respond, fearing Yama would use it to pinpoint his location.

But he also wouldn't sit idly by. At this moment, Xu Xiaoshou had already drawn the Four Swords from his ring.

No matter if you're Slaying Dao or Grand Void.

With the Four Swords, unless you're a swordsman, I, Xu Xiaoshou, would like to see how you break out of this situation!

However, the visiting Yama seemed unconcerned by Xu Xiaoshou's potential sneak attack.

He shook his head, walked step by step to the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, helped it up, healed its injuries, and continued speaking:

"To be able to be restrained only by a Slaying Dao level being with your innate cultivation, I must say, you are truly an astonishing anomaly!"

"I imagine you can also tell that I bear you no ill will; on the contrary, I hold you in great affection."

"But as for you, I'm not sure..."

Yama said, looking up with amusement in his eyes, "If my deduction is correct, at this moment, you should be holding the Four Swords, intending to stab me, right? It seems that's how Nine Nether got injured?"

Hovering in mid-air, Xu Xiaoshou, who was about to strike a fatal blow, stopped his hand.

This guy...

Is this mind-reading?

Holding the Four Swords, he was momentarily frozen, unsure whether to strike or not.

Yama continued, "I speak to you with utmost sincerity and loyalty; I can even confidently drop all my defenses in front of you."

"The reason is simply that our Lord Huang Quan of 'Yama' is very fond of you."

"I didn't expect to meet you so soon, but here, I must ask a question on behalf of our Lord Huang Quan..."

He paused, then Yama said seriously, "Xu Xiaoshou, will you join Yama?"

Xu Xiaoshou: ???

"Startled, Passive Value, 1."

He had initially thought this was an enemy.

Unexpectedly, after all this, Yama was actually extending an olive branch to him?

The void remained silent.

He had said so much, seemingly talking to himself, but Yama showed no urgency whatsoever.

He even pulled out a sound-recording pearl and shook it at the void with a smile.

"Perhaps you think I'm trying to trick you, but just take a look; this is a sound-recording pearl that every member of our Yama carries at this moment."

Yama said, smiling as he infused spiritual essence into the sound-recording pearl.

Immediately, the sincere voice of Lord Huang Quan, the golden Yama-masked figure, emanated from it:

"Xu Xiaoshou, I am now sincerely inviting you."

"Will you join Yama?"