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nTranslator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

nBuzz, Buzz, Buzz.

nDifferent from the huge commotion on the battlefield, the sand and mud in the underground pit trembled and fell down quietly.

nThe rock mines that were as hard as rocks cracked under the inexplicable pressure.

nThen, with a few light cracking sounds, they turned into crushed stones.

nThe crushed rocks cracked again.

nWith a Chi Chi sound, they turned into powder again.

n“What am I doing?”

nXu Xiaoshou’s eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the eight-winged Red Twin Dragon Pythons that were completely crushed on the battlefield.

nNo.

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nThat was not the Red Twin Dragon Pythons.

nThat was Caramel!

nCaramel was fine.

nIn the end, this woman did not have much interaction with him.

nXu Xiaoshou felt that he was only worried because he sympathized with the weak.

nBut..

nWhere was Xin Gugu?

nJust now, with his “Perception”, he could only watch as the four minotaurs charging towards the Storyteller were directly destroyed in the black hole.

nThat wasn’t just a mere Ghost Beast minotaurs!

nThat was Xin Gugu!

n“Hu!”

nXu Xiaoshou felt his breathing quicken.

n“What am I doing?”

nHe asked himself again.

nHe covered his forehead with one hand, and cold sweat covered his hand. Xu Xiaoshou was stunned.

n“Dead?”

n“They’re all going to die? !”

nLooking at the sweat on his withered palm, Xu Xiaoshou curled up his Ji Sword in pain, completely absent-minded.

n“Xin Gugu is dead?”

n“And I. . . What am I doing?”

nXu Xiaoshou’s footsteps came to a halt, and his hands suddenly supported the soil on both sides.

nHe raised his head and realized that he had passed through the sea of blood barrier that Xin Gugu had summoned from the deep pit underground.

nHe was just one step away from breaking out of the ground.

n“No, no, no…”

n“Saint Servant, that’s the Saint Servant!”

n“Xu Yue Grey Palace, that’s the Xu Yue Grey Palace!”

n“This is a war between a bunch of big shots at the Cutting Path Stage. What can I do if I go?”

nXu Xiaoshou grabbed his hand desperately, trying to calm himself down.

n“Putting everything else aside, what about the other side, even if we completely forget about the Storyteller and the Ghost Beast?”

nLike him, more than ten red-robed were watching the battle from the sidelines, waiting for an opportunity to make a move.

n“There are all Red-robed, Night Guardian, Lan Ling, Yu Zhiwen, and the Heaven Sealing Array.”

n“I’m just a little innate ant, what am I thinking?”

n“Get out?”

nXu Xiaoshou’s red eyes were filled with a primitive desire to destroy. Xu Xiaoshou’s breathing became faster and faster.

n“Hu!”

n“Hu!”

n“Hu…”

nHe grabbed a handful of soil and rubbed his face.

nEven the wrinkles on his old face, the pain of his skin being crushed and embedded into the sand, were not felt at all. He allowed his face to bleed and heal.

n“Buzz, Buzz, Buzz.”

nJi sword tried his best to suppress his screams.

nAt this moment, his fear was not due to Xu Xiaoshou’s huge force that was about to strangle him to death. Instead, it was due to the demon king’s crazy emotions.

nWhat was wrong with this guy?

nWas he having a seizure?

n“Feared, passive points 1.”

nXu Xiaoshou panted heavily.

n“I can’t go out, I can’t go out.”

n“What can I do?”

n“The most I can do is to release Aje, and then watch Aje get maimed, beaten to death, and then expose my identity.”

n“Finally, I’ll be beaten to death by the Storyteller, who is both embarrassed and angry, as well as Red-robed!”

n“What can I do?”

n“I have a skill of ‘Passive Fist’ that can heavily injure myself and leave half of my body behind, begging others on the battlefield not to kill me?”

n“What can I do…”

nXu Xiaoshou muttered to himself and answered his own question, “I can’t do anything!”

n“If I go out now, I’ll die!”

n“But…”

nSeeing that Caramel could swallow the ghost beast bead that knew the outcome without any scruples, he wholeheartedly fought for Xin Gugu.

n“What about me?”

nXu Xiaoshou’s mind went blank.

nA thought suddenly appeared in his mind.

nHiding in the ground like this, even if he really survived in the end..

nWhat was the purpose of living?

n“For myself?”

n“For selfishness?”

nXu Xiaoshou clutched his heart, and a hint of confusion appeared in his bloodshot eyes.

nThe former him might really have lived only for himself.

nNo one could say that he could live for the world after being terminated by a disease and having a lifetime of experience.

nXu Xiaoshou couldn’t do it either.

nWindcloud Competition, assassination in the rainy night, Tianxuan Gate of the inner yard, City Lord Mansion framing Zhang Taiying as a ghost beast..

nWhich time did Xu Xiaoshou not live for himself?

nBut along the way, he realized that he had changed.

nEveryone would grow.

nNo one could really “only” live for themselves!

nBut!

nWhen the black hole shattered Xin Gugu, blood rained down from the sky.

nThe scene that appeared before Xu Xiaoshou’s eyes was the first time the two of them had met.

nAt the entrance of the Plenty Gold Company, that guy was hiding behind Caramel.

nHe had forgotten whether he had spoken to him or not.

nHe had roughly spoken a few words. He was basically a passerby that no one would remember.

nBut why was this scene..

nXu Xiaoshou held his head and lowered it to hide.

nEven so, the scene in front of him was still playing.

nAfter Red Dog’s subordinate fainted, the first thing he saw when he woke up was the person drooling on his bed.

nThe person who had been at the front line during the night attack on the Zhang Mansion.

nThe person who had turned into a ghost beast under the virtual image of Zhang Taiying of the city Lord Mansion..

n“Xin Gugu, what is he living for?”

n“Also for himself?”

nXu Xiaoshou sneered.

nHe felt that this answer was too ridiculous.

nA discerning person could tell at a glance that the bull’s head did not match the horse’s mouth.

nHis vision suddenly blurred, and he saw Xin Gugu holding the gold card when he bought the manor in Tiansang City. A hint of envy flashed in his eyes.

n“If you can, leave a room…”

nBang.

nIn the underground pit, the mud and rocks in all directions suddenly exploded with a dull thud. Then, they were suppressed by an unknown pressure and were firmly embedded into the mud layer.

nXu Xiaoshou suddenly had tears in his eyes.

nHe did not understand what Xin Gugu was living for and why he was risking his life for.

nThis kind of question..

nPerhaps, even that fellow himself did not know!

nBut suddenly, there was a moment where he could sympathize with it.

n“If it weren’t for those brutal ghost beasts, there wouldn’t be a Red-robed who loved genocide.”

n“And if it weren’t for those brutal Red-robed, these ghost beasts who lived for unknown reasons wouldn’t have to fight for hatred.”

n“If…”

nThere were no ifs!

nXu Xiaoshou’s thoughts suddenly stopped.

nReality was so cruel.

nIf… It could never exist.

nAnd those vicious cycles of karma were left all over the place!

nThe people of the world were not stupid.

nEveryone knew that they had long been trapped in a chess game. The more they struggled, the tighter they would be bound by the outside world.

nBut if they did not struggle, they would die.

nUnder such actions, what was the point of living?

nIt was already good enough to be alive.

n“That’s not right!”

n“This kind of world is deformed, isn’t it?”

nXu Xiaoshou suddenly understood what he longed for and what he was trying to pursue.

nIt was not an extremely complicated matter of living for anything. It was just a simple yet pure word:

n“Freedom!”

nJust like a sparrow in a cage yearning to come out of its cage, a fish in a pond trying to leap into the air, a tiger in a mountain wanting to come out of the forest..

nFreedom, there was no reason.

nBut freedom was simple. Every step one wanted to take was a restriction.

nHow could one break out of a cage in a battle between trapped beasts?

nWhen everything about fate was arranged properly, everyone was like a cannon soldier who had been given the rules to advance since birth. Freedom was easier said than done?

nThere was a thud.

nXu Xiaoshou collapsed on the ground, allowing the soil above his head to bury him.

nHe understood that what he had been fighting, rejecting, and pursuing… was nothing more than freedom!

nNight Guardian, Saint Servant, Ghost Beast..

nEvery big shot and power who had offered him an olive branch seemed to be saying, “You, Xu Xiaoshou, are the strongest, the one with the most potential. Join us!”

nBut?

n“I can’t do anything!”

nXin Gugu, Caramel..

nUnder the pressure of the Storyteller, one by one, they seemed to be friends, but he could only watch them die before his eyes.

nXu Xiaoshou, who had witnessed everything… was powerless!

nWhat was the use of having potential?

nEveryone knew that he, Xu Xiaoshou, was out now.

nOther than sending himself to his death, he could do nothing.

nBut, just because of this, was he going to choose to continue living?

n“Live…”

n“Hehe!”

nXu Xiaoshou laughed at himself.

nThe soil around him was clearly supported by the spiritual source, opening up a spherical living space.

nBut at this moment, the soil and rocks were still falling in large pieces, as if a small earthquake had occurred.

nXu Xiaoshou felt that even the earth was laughing at him.

nHe lowered his head and looked at the Ji Sword that had been deformed by him. His hand loosened.

n“I’m sorry, I forgot about you.”

nXu Xiaoji desperately whimpered, as if he wanted to make a sound, but the sword body trembled violently and could not speak at all.

n“Feared, passive points 1.”

n“Feared, passive points 1.”

n“…”

nXu Xiaoshou looked at the information bar and could not help but laugh.

nHe knew that Xu Xiaoji was very afraid of him, but he did not expect this guy to be so afraid.

nWas it necessary?

n“Xiaoji…”

n“I remember your name. It seems that I gave it to you, right?”

nXu Xiaoshou felt that he was watching a movie. The funny scene of this guy desperately calling his brother outside the City Lord Mansion suddenly appeared in front of him.

n“Wu Wu, Wu Wu.”

nLarge chunks of soil fell down.

nThe ground trembled slightly, and fine lines were cracking.

n“Feared, passive points 1.”

n“Received plea, passive points 1.”

n“Not speaking?”

nXu Xiaoshou glanced at the Xin again. Plea?

nHe laughed bitterly, raised the Ji Sword, and stabbed it into the ground.

n“Pa!”

nHowever, the Ji Sword was like a bent straw, directly sticking to the ground.

n“It softened?”

n“Am I that scary?”

nXu Xiaoshou was stunned for a moment, as if he thought of something and said, “Don’t be afraid. I had a plan earlier, and you should have heard it. The storyteller and I have exactly the same thoughts.”

nXu Xiaoji’s incarnation had four swords. It was too similar to the Fourth Sword.

nAs long as the battle reached a critical moment, everyone would go all out. They would not borrow the strength of the Fourth Sword.

nThe Storyteller gave him the Fourth Sword. After the switch, no one would be able to detect it.

nBut..

nXu Xiaoshou muttered to himself and sighed.

n“But living like this is really meaningless.”

n“At least you’ve followed me for so long. It’s good to think about the underhand.”

n“Now…”

nXu Xiaoshou looked up at the tragic scene in the battlefield. “I really can’t do such a thing.”

n“Am I right?”

n“SOB, sob…”

n“Feared, passive points 1.”

n“Received plea, passive points 1.”

n“Sick!”

nXu Xiaoshou rolled his eyes and held the Ji sword again.

n“Turn into a straw hat.”

n“SOB SOB…”

nIt couldn’t be changed.

nXu Xiaoji was about to cry.

nWhat was going on?

nWhy was it that in this small pit, it was as if the gravity was increased by hundreds of times.

nI can’t even stand up, how can I turn you into a straw hat?

n“Then forget it.”

nXu Xiaoshou tightened his grip on the Ji Sword and suddenly raised his eyes.

nThe image in front of him flashed, and it was as if the chaotic space and time had been restored. The soul that was muttering to himself had returned to his body.

n..

n“Second Brother, take the sword!”

nIn a split second, the Storyteller’s voice that had no scruples was finally heard from the battlefield.

nAt the same time.

nThere was also the vicious sword that was flying through the air under the pursuit of many Red-robed’s gazes!

nXu Xiaoshou swept away his confusion with a glance and broke out of the ground, holding onto the Fourth Sword in one go.

nThere was no spiritual barrier.

nHe had no other worries.

nHe grabbed onto it.

nHe really grabbed onto it!

nThe suppressed emotions that had been completely gathered in the area of the underground pit, when they saw the light of day again, were like a mountain flood breaking through a dam, suddenly bursting out.

n“Freedom…”

nXu Xiaoshou’s body trembled as he took a deep breath of the dust that was filled with the remnants of the battle.

nIt was different from the darkness underground.

nIt was different from the cramped and narrow space.

nThe sky and flying were the simplest freedom that everyone yearned for.

nThe spying in the darkness had been going on for too long.

nIt was so long that Xu Xiaoshou had become numb to himself. He was single-mindedly focused on the so-called survival.

nBut he clearly knew.

nThat so-called cozying up to his thigh. If he really left the ancient book’s space, how would he be able to escape?

nThere was no other way!

nThe strategy of not thinking about the outcome was just out of fear of the unknown, and he chose to deceive himself.

nIf he could survive, he could survive.

nIf he couldn’t survive, that was how life should be!

nThen he should be like the free Cheng Xingchu after the silence of the darkness, blooming with his own glory.

nSometimes, fate was about not compromising, it was about the unexpected turn of events that occurred during the resistance.

n“Freedom…”

nThe moment he held the Fourth Sword, Xu Xiaoshou suddenly realized that everything was no longer important.

nThis sick world was not worth thinking about.

nWhen everyone was fighting for the peak, if there was nothing he could do, then he would hold the Fourth Sword and stand at the peak!

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n“Rumble…”

nThe arena of qi that could last for an entire battle, swallow the mountains and rivers, how powerful it was, Xu Xiaoshou did not dare to say.

nThe black hole above the Lijian Grassland had already been repaired, and the space had been restored to its original state following the truce between the Storyteller and the Red Twin Dragon Pythons.

nHowever, the instant Xu Xiaoshou’s aura exploded, the space within a radius of several kilometers collapsed again, and the Earth was destroyed again.

nThe black hole spread, and the path mechanism was in disorder.

nA small space of an ancient book had already suffered too many injuries.

nAt this moment, it was as if it was about to completely collapse. The mountains and rivers changed color, and the sky turned dark.

n“Freedom…”

nXu Xiaoshou let out a low groan. Devil vein wrapped around his body, and Fourth Sword slanted in the air.

n“Fight! There’s no reason!”

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