174: Nangong Mingyue was furious.

Following everyone's gaze, Lin Xiao was seen slowly climbing out of a huge deep pit not far away.

"Yes, it really hurts a lot."

"This seems to be the first time I've suffered such a serious injury since I Transmigrated to this Xuanhuan world," Lin Xiao said slowly.

Although it was very painful, with the help of the undying divine tree, Lin Xiao's spiritual power and injuries were rapidly recovering at a visible rate.

However, it was fortunate that there was no one nearby, otherwise, if they saw Lin Xiao's rapid recovery speed, they would surely call him a monster again.

Compared to Lin Xiao, Nangong Mingyue, who had nothing, undoubtedly seemed miserable at this moment.

She was blasted into the mountain and hadn't recovered for a long time, unable to move even if she wanted to.

"Hiss, could this woman be dead?"

Looking at Nangong Mingyue, who hadn't moved for a long time, Lin Xiao flew over, muttering to himself with a curious expression.

"Hiss, ah, it hurts."

However, just as Lin Xiao's words fell, Nangong Mingyue's faint voice quickly sounded from within the mountain.

Lin Xiao was dumbfounded, and a very frightening thought arose in his mind.

"Uh... this woman is so annoying, why don't I just finish her off now, to save myself from future trouble?" Lin Xiao thought to himself.

Ding dong!!!

However, just as this thought arose, the familiar System notification sound quickly rang in his mind.

"Ding, detecting the current situation the Host is facing, the Host is now given three choices!"

Immediately after, the familiar blue light screen reappeared before Lin Xiao.

"Choice One: Abandon Nangong Mingyue here to fend for herself, gain reward: High-tier Sacred Artifact: Bloodthirsty Demonic Sword!"

"Choice Two: Burst with a Saintly Heart, save Nangong Mingyue, and heal her injuries, gain reward: High-tier Sacred Artifact: Hanlin Brush!"

"Choice Three: Playful Genius, since she won't die anyway, why not bury her with dirt and even insert three incense sticks, gain reward: Half-Emperor Weapon, Fierce Tiger Divine Shovel!"

"What, it's a Half-Emperor Weapon shovel, that's too strong!"

Looking at the rewards given by the System, Lin Xiao's exclamation quickly rang out.

He directly ignored the other two options and chose three without hesitation.

"System, System, I want to choose three, quick, quick, quick!" Lin Xiao said, looking impatient.

As Lin Xiao's voice fell, the System's voice quickly rang out again.

"Ding, congratulations Host for successfully making a choice, gaining Half-Emperor Weapon: Fierce Tiger Divine Shovel!"

Immediately, a large shovel exuding a powerful Aura appeared in Lin Xiao's hand.

A huge fierce tiger Yao Beast was carved on it, as if it wanted to tear the sky apart, just looking at it made people shiver.

"Hehe, as expected of a Half-Emperor Weapon shovel, it's just strong."

"If I have this in hand, even if I encounter a Great Saint Realm Yao Beast in the future, I can solve it with a single slide," Lin Xiao said with an improper laugh.

Then he looked at Nangong Mingyue with a sly smile and laughed again.

"Nangong Mingyue, ah, Nangong Mingyue, I'm really sorry."

"Who did you have to provoke, but you just had to provoke me, consider yourself unlucky, next life... oh no, just be careful in the future," Lin Xiao laughed.

After speaking, he shoveled down towards the mountain where Nangong Mingyue was located.

Boom!!!

Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, Lin Xiao buried Nangong Mingyue whole in front of everyone's eyes.

And it wasn't buried with dirt, but with the entire mountain.

Seeing this scene, not only were the Disciples of the Azure Emperor Sect dumbfounded, but even the Azure Emperor Sect Elder were a bit confused.

"Uh... what is Lin Xiao trying to do?" everyone thought to themselves.

But soon, a scene that made them drop their jaws appeared.

After Lin Xiao buried Nangong Mingyue with the shovel, he didn't stop.

Instead, he found three incense sticks from somewhere, lit them, and offered sacrifices to Nangong Mingyue.

Pfft!!!

Seeing this scene, many Azure Emperor Sect Elder spit out a mouthful of old blood in their hearts, and even their gazes towards Lin Xiao changed.

When it comes to harming others, you are truly ruthless!

They, of course, knew that Nangong Mingyue was not dead, but what Lin Xiao did was too immoral.

If Nangong Mingyue were to wake up and find out what Lin Xiao did to her, she might be angered to death.

"Hehe, done."

After everything was settled, Lin Xiao looked at his masterpiece and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

"Alas, if I hadn't Transmigrated, I might have become an artist by now," Lin Xiao said with a narcissistic smile.

However, just as he finished speaking, Nangong Mingyue's angry roar instantly sounded from the freshly piled 'grave mound'.

"Lin Xiao, you're courting death!"

Boom!!!

As this voice sounded, accompanied by a huge energy fluctuation, Nangong Mingyue's grave mound instantly exploded.

And Nangong Mingyue herself ran out of the grave mound, glaring at Lin Xiao furiously, even having thoughts of killing him.

"What, are you not satisfied with this grave I made for you?" Lin Xiao laughed.

"Grave?" Nangong Mingyue was stunned.

She looked down and quickly saw the spot where Lin Xiao had inserted the incense.

"Pfft!!!"

Seeing this scene, she couldn't help but spit out a large mouthful of blood, so angry that she almost fainted again.

"Hmph, Lin Xiao, just you wait, I, Nangong Mingyue, will fight you to the death!" Nangong Mingyue roared.

Even with her good endurance, she was half-dead with anger by Lin Xiao today.

One can imagine how incredibly annoying Lin Xiao's skill was.

Saying that, Nangong Mingyue left furiously, running off to an unknown place.

"Hehe, congratulations, Lin Xiao, you have successfully won first place in this competition."

Seeing Nangong Mingyue leave, an Elder of the Azure Emperor Sect couldn't help but smile comfortably.

It had been a long time since they had seen those guys from the Immortal Ancient Continent suffer a setback, and seeing it this once was truly refreshing.

"Hehe, first place is just that, isn't it something anyone with hands can do?"

Hearing the Azure Emperor Sect Elder's words, Lin Xiao couldn't help but put on an arrogant smile.

This made the Elder speechless, and recalling his glorious years from a long, long time ago, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

"I'm sorry, I don't have hands," the Elder said.

"Ah?" Lin Xiao was a bit confused.

"Nothing, although you are first place now, the third round of the competition is not over yet."

"Here are these two things for you, you can leave if you want to," the Azure Emperor Sect Elder said helplessly.

Saying that, he handed two tokens to Lin Xiao.

One was for the Emperor Weapon Pool, and the other was for the Sect Treasury.

He didn't want to say another word to Lin Xiao now, because Lin Xiao was simply too disheartening.

"Alas, we are all people, why is the difference so great?" the Azure Emperor Sect Elder thought to himself.

However, after thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a little fortunate again.

Because, all those guys who became Emperors and lived in the same era as him seemed to be all dead now.