CHAPTER 740: CHAPTER 606 SOLITARY SIT BY THE SECLUDED POND

Emperor Bai stood in the deep pit.

The moment of life and death.

A trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes as he spoke softly,

"Guards."

Strangely, as soon as he spoke, the whole world turned to darkness.

Even the gaze of the Fire Giants was obscured.

In the surrounding darkness, one human after another walked out and knelt on one knee before Emperor Bai.

Emperor Bai spoke in a slow tone,

"Who will replace me?"

The people cried out in unison, "My king, we are all willing to die for you."

Emperor Bai nodded slightly and gently placed his hand on the head of a man, shouting lowly,

"Wise Man Series, Life Wheel, turn!"

In an instant.

The blood bar above the man’s head swapped positions with Emperor Bai’s, and various wounds appeared on his body.

All the injuries on Emperor Bai’s body healed completely.

"You die for me," he said.

"It is my honor, Your Majesty," the man said excitedly.

"Go, to the yet-unborn Death Origin, wait until the ’Pangu’ world wakes to that step, I will personally come to retrieve your lost soul," Emperor Bai said.

After speaking, he slowly retreated into the darkness, vanishing along with the other humans.

In the deep pit.

Only the man remained alone.

He looked up—

All the darkness dissipated, and the gaze of the Fire Giants fell from the sky once again.

"Aaaahhhhh!"

The man let out a scream, his entire body turning into raging flames.

After a few moments.

The Fire Giants withdrew their gaze, continuing their slow walk in the sky.

Whenever they looked down at the earth—

Life on earth would be struck by their gaze, thereby losing life.

In Sare Town.

Emperor Bai silently walked into the replica bar opposite the S-class club.

The recent battle had caused considerable damage to the bar, but it could still shield from the gaze from the sky.

—Shelters are still useful.

Emperor Bai, troubled, sat down at the bar and silently recalled the battle.

"Sequence."

He spoke.

A faint glow appeared before his eyes, showing vast amounts of strange text.

Emperor Bai watched for a moment, then mused,

"So he was favored by two Eternal beings..."

"But that’s none of my concern. I will ultimately enact the ’Wise Man’s Sequence’ on the earth, ensuring that all that is mysterious will eventually win this battle."

The faint glow seemed very pleased with his statement, finally turning into a light, opening up a phantom world.

Within that phantom world, a voice resounded:

"Go, Emperor Bai, you are the chosen messenger."

"Even in this reversed ’Eternal Ascension,’ you are to sacrifice humans to usher in the true age for the mysterious."

Emperor Bai said solemnly, "It shall be done."

The phantom world gradually faded away.

Emperor Bai closed his eyes in thought for a moment, murmuring to himself:

"Then it’s a war of attrition, we must nip it in the bud."

At the same moment.

Across the street.

In the S-class club bar.

Wu Xiaode sat alone at the bar, draining a glass of liquor.

"So annoying..."

He muttered quietly, caressing the green ivy brooch.

He had just attempted to transform into Emperor Bai, but had failed.

—He had become another mysterious life form instead.

This was a stranger he did not recognize.

But by accessing his memories, he learned the whole story.

Emperor Bai wasn’t dead.

Wu Xiaode clenched his fist, an uncontrollable fighting spirit surging within him.

He really wanted to fight it thoroughly, to defeat it with his fists, making it admit defeat and die.

Unfortunately—

After fighting several battles in a row, he had no choice but to "Divine Enthronement," using the power of the Primordial Tribulation to resolve it.

—But it failed.

Never mind.

When he became stronger later, he would come to have a proper fight with it!

As for now—

Wu Xiaode suddenly transformed into a man.

If Emperor Bai were here, he would recognize him as the guard who had died for him!

Wu Xiaode said into the void:

"Come, let’s properly assess this species."

A series of small characters subsequently appeared:

"’Angling’ sequence is in operation, fully analyzing your life characteristics."

"Since you have perfectly replicated this mysterious life, this analysis will reach 100% accuracy."

"Please wait."

Wu Xiaode glanced at it, falling into thought.

The power of the fairies was too great, even perfectly replicating mysterious life forms.

Why is that?

Suddenly, Chris’s voice rang in his ear:

"Little Wu, the green ivy brooch also has limits, it can only replicate one mysterious life form at a time. If you kill a new mysterious life, it will replace the previous one."

"It’s already very impressive," Wu Xiaode sighed, "I really don’t know how you do it."

"It’s simple, because the universe and all its mysteries are not serious," Chris said.

"What? They are not serious?" Wu Xiaode exclaimed.

It’s you fairies who are not being serious.

He whispered to himself in his heart.

"Really! Being too serious won’t really win the universe’s approval, including ’Eternal’—"

Chris chuckled and commented, "It’s supposed to be eternal, yet it keeps creating all these beings that flourish and perish, endlessly evolving. Don’t you think it’s just idling around?"

——So this is how fairies think.

Wu Xiaode pondered for a few moments.

Could it be this way?

All the proper powers in the universe had been divided among everyone.

Those improper powers that nobody wanted all belonged to the improper fairies, which was why their powers were so formidable!

Hm.

It seemed like he had discovered something incredible.

At this moment, the analysis of the mysterious life had been completed.

Two lines of new text appeared before Wu Xiaode:

"Please choose:"

"1. Know all the information about this mysterious species;"

"2. Exchange this information for a reward from the ’Fishing’ sequence."

Wu Xiaode said without hesitation:

"I want the reward from the ’Fishing’ sequence."

——With the Initial Tribulations of wind, fire, earth, and water coming one after another, and mysterious life forms aiming for his life.

He needed to enhance his strength first!

As he made his choice, lines of text swiftly appeared:

"You have chosen the reward from the ’Fishing’ sequence."

"This sequence has noted that you have killed a mysterious life form and are about to receive a new title, hence this sequence will add a new element to your title."

"Your original title would have been: ’Tricky Prey.’"

"——This is how hunters evaluate their prey, just like the attitude of mysterious life forms towards humans."

"After the addition of the Holy Realm element by this sequence, you have received an evolved new title based on this:"

"’Solitary Shadow in Dark Pools.’"

"Description: When you do not wish to be recognized, the eternal dark powers envelop you, rendering any being in the world unable to recognize you, instinctively ignoring you, and perceiving you as one of their own."

"——Many sequences have been sent to the Lower Realm to participate in the reversal of the Eternal Ascension, and your power is too negligible to handle the responsibility of identifying various catches."

"——A being from the Holy Realm personally granted you an element from the Holy Realm to facilitate this title, to help you search for more valuable catches."

"——This is a fundamental quality for a fisher."

Good!

This title works!

’Everday City’ had advanced to ’Earth Split,’ and ’Earth Split’ evolved into ’Old Flow Python,’ giving him the capital to combat Emperor Bai.

But he had also lost the ability to hide.

This ’Solitary Shadow in Dark Pools’ could just make up for it, and he didn’t even need to hide!

Wu Xiaode felt a bit more secure.

He immediately equipped this title and then walked over to the window to look outside.

In the sky.

Long, fiery flames descended from the sky.

Each bird in mid-air, wild beast in the outskirts, and fleeing human that was engulfed by these flames instantly turned to ash.

——The gaze of the Fire Giant!

Wu Xiaode pondered for a few moments, then looked back at the bar’s furnishings.

Indeed, staying here seemed like no problem.

But Emperor Bai was not dead, and he had many subordinates.

There were still the wind and earth calamities ahead.

——It might be safer to find a secure place to slowly offer up the cultivation techniques from the Jade Scroll Mountain and improve his strength.

Once his strength was sufficient, it wouldn’t be too late to return.

This was the most cautious approach.

Besides, after undergoing the Four Tribulations of water, fire, wind, and earth, all life forms could advance a level of life.

It wasn’t yet clear how powerful advancing a life level could be.

So, for now—

Leave this place!

Wu Xiaode casually pulled out a shovel.

——The Holy Shovel!

With this thing, digging a tunnel out was incredibly simple!

He raised the Holy Shovel high, just about to break the ground—

Bang!

The bar’s door was pushed open.

Dozens of figures swiftly flitted in.

The leader was none other than Emperor Bai, and the others were his guards.

On the streets outside, several figures bathed in the flames falling from the sky screamed as they turned into ash.

——Being exposed under the open sky was becoming increasingly dangerous!

As soon as Emperor Bai rushed in, he immediately took a combat stance.

All the other mysterious life forms protected him from both sides.

Their gazes swept over Wu Xiaode and quickly moved on to search other places.

"Your Majesty, he’s not here," a guard said solemnly.

"Yes," Emperor Bai nodded.

Everyone continuously looked around.

Wu Xiaode stood there, ignored by all.

After a while.

Emperor Bai finally looked at him and asked:

"Are you also here to kill that human?"

"Yeah." Wu Xiaode rested the shovel on his shoulder and responded naturally.

——This title is truly powerful, worthy of the Holy Realm’s element added to it.

"Too bad, he got away," Emperor Bai grumbled.

"—Wait, this being, why are you carrying a shovel?" a guard next to Emperor Bai asked suspiciously.

"I—figured that the human might have dug a tunnel to escape, so I’m just digging to check," Wu Xiaode explained.

Upon hearing this, all the mysterious life forms nodded in unison.

Makes sense!

They dared not go outside now.

If he hadn’t dug a tunnel, how else would that guy have escaped?

Emperor Bai waved his hand:

"Come on, dig with me. We’ll dig three feet into the ground if we have to, but we’ll find him!"