152: Lack of martial ethics

"Hmm?"

Great Teacher of Supreme Goodness had been injured repeatedly and never expected someone to be lying in ambush. Hastily urging his magic power, he suddenly felt a surge of violent Mental Energy erupting within his mind.

Among it, there were even three strands of aura he was familiar with. His movements stalled, he didn't resist at all, and he even revealed a strange smile at Xu Le.

Xu Le was shocked, but his hand movements didn't stop in the slightest; instead, he sped up by two points.

"Even if it's a trap, I'll wait until I've hacked you to death before talking!"

*Whoosh!*

A perfectly good head soared into the sky.

The trait that only had a 10% trigger chance successfully activated. Great Teacher of Supreme Goodness's already bottomed-out HP bar was completely emptied, and he was dead as dead could be.

[Experience + 99990000]

The pursuing Gong Yuan's eyes flashed with surprise: "Where are Old Fan and that brat from the Imperial Clan?"

"Look, aren't those them?"

Xu Le lifted his chin, pointing behind Gong Yuan.

Gong Yuan turned his head and saw the empty space behind him, thinking, 'Not good.' He pinched a Dao incantation in his hand, and his true body had already appeared on the previously remaining Puppet Clone.

If it weren't for the two Puppet Clones left behind earlier, he probably would have been finished by that last saber strike.

Having spent his whole life hunting wild geese, he had even managed to capture something as bizarre as the Heart Buddha, yet he nearly capsized in the gutter because of a young man, which made him feel like he had lost all face, leaving him both ashamed and angry.

"Young man, you have no martial ethics!"

"Even if there was a misunderstanding, we should have talked it over."

"If everyone were as impulsive as you, who knows what kind of chaos the world would fall into."

Xu Le rubbed his nose, picked up the new Divine Power dropped by Great Teacher of Supreme Goodness, and cupped his hands at Gong Yuan: "A misunderstanding. I thought you were also a Heart Buddha Clone, my mistake, my mistake."

Gong Yuan's expression improved slightly, and just as he was about to nod, he saw the headless corpse on the ground and his own Puppet Clone, which was in a miserable state.

*He wants to take everything!*

*It's not like anyone could have missed that massive battle earlier, right?*

Gong Yuan's gaze became increasingly disdainful. Seeing Xu Le approaching, he quickly retreated and controlled another Clone to move to the other side, afraid that Xu Le would wipe them all out in one go.

If he had known, he wouldn't have been able to withstand that sharp and swift saber strike from earlier either.

"I say, you lit... Brother Xu, just talk, why are you getting so close?"

A flash of disappointment crossed Xu Le's eyes, and he chuckled while cupping his hands: "Isn't this just to show closeness?"

Gong Yuan cursed inwardly: *Show closeness? You're probably trying to kill me so you can inherit my legacy, that's how close you want to be!*

Fearing that Xu Le still had the intent to kill, he pointed outside the tomb: "There are 72 more outside. How shall we split them later?"

He specifically mentioned the 72 suspected Disciple Clones outside to establish a common, powerful enemy for the two of them.

If they couldn't beat them, they naturally had to cooperate!

Otherwise, if they kept fighting, it would only result in mutual destruction, benefiting that group of enemies outside.

Xu Le pursed his lips. If that group outside all had the strength of Great Teacher of Supreme Goodness, he really wouldn't be able to charge out with his current strength.

"Didn't they say there's a path here that leads back to Blue Star? Do you have any leads, brother?"

Gong Yuan shook his head, then immediately nodded.

"This demon has never attacked me all these years, allowing me to refine various Forbidden Curses, which shows he has grand designs."

"It's almost certain that the paths ahead are just for show, set up by him. I don't know where the real entrance is."

Xu Le looked around and saw a bead in the Void Realm that had been shattered by black thunder in the sky.

His heart stirred, and he secretly cast "Divine Eye".

[Item] void realm stone

[Grade] mythic-grade

[Item Details] A special stone from outside the realm. It forms a world of its own and is filled with rich spatial laws. Holding it for a long time gives a chance to comprehend space-type Skills.

Time is king, Space is supreme; if Fate does not appear, Karma is crowned emperor; Destruction is boundless, Creation is unparalleled.

These six major systems are recognized as the strongest Skills.

With the space Skills mastered by Great Teacher of Supreme Goodness, if he had chosen to resist Gong Yuan's Forbidden Curse array head-on, even if he fell into a disadvantage, he wouldn't have perished.

It's just that he probably didn't expect that Gong Yuan alone could cast so many Forbidden Curses, directly shaking out the void realm stone hidden in the spatial rift.

For a moment, greed clouded his heart. He wanted to end the battle quickly, or perhaps snatch the void realm stone and run, so he could come back for a righteous gang beating.

The more Xu Le thought about it, the more right it felt, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He warned himself inwardly that no matter how precious a treasure might be, he must not take risks or be careless.

Well, this time is an exception.

He was determined to get the void realm stone!

Seeing that his Skills had finished cooling down, Xu Le fired a "Mental Shock" first.

Gong Yuan's brain twitched. Knowing Xu Le was about to make a move again, he threw out a Talisman he had already prepared, and more than a dozen Yellow Turban Strongmen stood out.

Opening his eyes, he discovered that he hadn't hacked at him, but had slashed towards a head not far behind him.

The yanyue saber was like a streak of black moon; with just a flash of brilliance, it had already split the head on the ground in two.

"Thanks!"

Gong Yuan gasped. He had never realized that Great Teacher of Supreme Goodness had such a bizarre Skill, which directly made his vision go black, stunning him for about 0.5 seconds.

If that happened at a critical moment, he couldn't imagine how his fragile little body would be able to withstand it.

The battle for the past several hours was simply dancing on the tip of a knife. Yet he had thought he was slowly testing the waters.

*Wait, why didn't he use this Skill during the previous several hours?*

*Also, how did that brat Xu release so many pet beasts? Was he really not trying to attack me just now?*

Seeing Gong Yuan's suspicious gaze, Xu Le calmly took the void realm stone from Little Silly Crow's mouth and secretly put it into his space ring.

However, he discovered that even Tang Qianchuan's space ring, which had over a thousand cubic meters, couldn't fit it, let alone his other space equipment, so he could only hold it in his hand.

Gong Yuan was not stupid and soon discovered the item in Xu Le's hand, his face immediately turning dark.

"You have good luck. It's just a stone, why... not let me have a look?"

"What do you think?" Xu Le rolled his eyes at him. Just because he hadn't read much didn't mean he didn't know about Liu Huangshu borrowing Jingzhou.

"Empty... empty... empty-handed definitely won't do, I'll pay! A substitution Talisman that allows one to swap positions with Clones, Puppets, or pet beasts under one's control, how about that?"

Gong Yuan felt a bit guilty. Just by looking at it, he felt that the stone was indeed the void realm stone.

If he really got his hands on it, he would definitely grab it and run at the first opportunity.

Even if he had to be hunted by countless Void Creatures for the rest of his life, he would accept it.

"Money first, goods later. Show me the Talisman first." Xu Le reached out his hand.

*He's not trying to scam me, right?*

Gong Yuan was suspicious and unsure, but the temptation of the void realm stone was too great, so he gritted his teeth and handed it over.

Xu Le took it smoothly and retrieved a nine-colored stone from his space to hand over.

"Just this?" Gong Yuan was furious.

"Yeah, it's this one!" Xu Le said without any guilt.

Gong Yuan wanted to flare up, but he was inherently inclined towards being kind and lawful. More importantly, he had absolutely no confidence in challenging Xu Le.

"Sigh, what a sin! Take your time refining it, and tell me about the effects when you're done."

He swung his right hand down forcefully and turned directly to walk outside.

Out of sight, out of mind.