Chapter 2275: 反抢

This time, I came with Conferred God King Ao Feng to search for treasure. I truly had no intention of touching the Earth Essence Fluid; what happened was an accident!

Seeing Ao Feng, who was lying on the ground, also looking at him, Zhang Xuan’s face was filled with embarrassment.

Although he had prepared his explanation, he still felt a bit awkward when actually confronting the situation.

After all, the mistake was his.

Seeing him admit it, Hu Xiao laughed heartily, “It seems I’ve really hit the jackpot this time!”

His gaze turned cold, with an undeniable command: “Hand over the spirit fluid obediently, and I can spare your life!”

“I can’t hand it over!” Zhang Xuan shook his head.

He had already absorbed it all; how could he hand it over?

“I’m speaking to you politely because I’m in a good mood today. Since you don’t know what’s good for you, I can still get the spirit fluid by killing you…”

Seeing that this fellow showed no fear in the face of his threat, Hu Xiao laughed in extreme anger, raised his eyebrows, and struck down with his palm.

Crash!

The air currents surged, and his palm force poured down like a storm, enveloping everything around them.

Seeing him make his move, the God King who had just offered to be a follower sighed in relief, a look of schadenfreude on his face.

“He doesn’t know his place. Does he really think this is the Divine Realm, where everyone obeys the rules…?”

When danger strikes here, if you don’t admit defeat quickly and instead put on airs, what is that but seeking death?

Just as he thought the other party would die immediately, he saw the fellow shake his head helplessly.

“Why bother? Why go through the trouble?”

Zhang Xuan sighed.

He had only met these God Kings by chance; they were just searching for treasure together, without any deep friendship. If you robbed them, at most, he’d turn a blind eye and pretend not to see…

But to come and rob him, and even resort to violence, that was a bit too much, wasn’t it?

He flicked his finger.

Shatter!

The palm imprints filling the sky shattered like glass. Before Hu Xiao could react, he was struck, and with a “thud!”, he was sent flying dozens of meters high, crashing heavily to the ground, spitting blood profusely.

“Conferred God King Hu Xiao’s attack was shattered by a single finger, and he was sent flying?”

“What in the world just happened?”

All the God Kings around trembled, filled with terror.

Even Ao Feng widened his dragon eyes, trembling; from a distance, he looked less like a mighty dragon and more like a timid python.

This fellow could move freely among the phantom spirits and even break through the membrane to reach the Earth Essence Fluid. Ao Feng knew he wasn’t simple, but he never imagined… he would be this strong!

Hu Xiao… even in his prime, would have found it difficult to defeat him. Yet now, in the opponent’s hands, he was less than an ant…

Wasn’t he just a God King?

Struggling to stand, Hu Xiao’s eyes were bloodshot.

A dignified Conferred God King, to be severely injured by a single finger from an ordinary God King… In the past, it would have been unimaginable!

Although he hadn’t used his full strength in that previous move, the fact that his palm force was so easily shattered indicated immense power. His strength was at least as great as, if not greater than, the most powerful Conferred God Kings he knew.

“Die!” Hu Xiao roared, his palm transforming into a claw. He pressed down again, and a mighty force descended like a crushing mountain.

Zhang Xuan frowned, standing still, without making any counter-attack.

Before the palm force even reached him, it dissipated in mid-air. Immediately after, a cold snort echoed: “I have other matters to attend to; I won’t bother with you today…”

Ripples appeared in the air, and the Conferred God King, who had just been so aggressive, was now rapidly flying into the distance, his figure almost disappearing.

Clearly, after just one move, he knew that the person before him was not someone he could contend with at his current strength. He feigned an attack and then fled.

In the Tidal Sea, whoever could save their life and acquire treasure was the winner. As for reputation, after leaving, with his status, who would dare to speak nonsense?

Besides, even if someone dared to speak, who would believe them?

“Teacher Zhang…” Seeing that fellow flee, and Zhang Xuan, who had clearly noticed his intent yet seemed completely unfazed, Luo Qiqi was slightly startled.

“Let him go then; he wasn’t injured anyway…”

Knowing her thoughts, Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

The top priority was to quickly raise his cultivation and strive to become an Emperor. Ordinary Conferred God Kings were no longer a big deal; it wasn’t worth wasting time on them.

“But… they stole Conferred God King Ao Feng’s treasures. If we get them back, perhaps… the previous awkwardness could be avoided!” Luo Qiqi said.

Having been with him for so long, she knew his personality.

He was upright, modest, resolute, and benevolent, never willing to take more than his share from others…

The awkwardness just now was certainly because he had unintentionally absorbed the Earth Essence Fluid.

When nothing went wrong, it was indeed inconvenient to face Ao Feng. But now that the fellow had been robbed and beaten, if they could get revenge for him and retrieve the items, the previous matter might be perfectly resolved, and Zhang Xuan wouldn’t need to feel awkward anymore.

Zhang Xuan’s eyes lit up.

He had been so preoccupied with how to tell the other party about accepting him as a disciple and how to handle their excitement that he had forgotten about this. If he handled it this way, perhaps he wouldn’t need to take him as a disciple after all…

That was close!

Thinking this, he looked up, only to see that Hu Xiao had already vanished without a trace, with not a single sign of him left in the air.

“It’s too late; he’s already escaped far away…” Luo Qiqi said with a bitter smile.

Although Conferred God Kings couldn’t teleport instantaneously, their speed was not much weaker than typical teleportation. He had already been escaping for seven or eight breaths, making it very difficult to catch up now.

“Not too late…” Zhang Xuan shook his head and suddenly grabbed at the air.

The space before him immediately seemed to collapse, like layers of crumpled newspaper. Hundreds of miles of distance were instantly stacked together, and his arm seemed to reach hundreds of miles away.

“Ah… Impossible…”

With a miserable cry, Hu Xiao was pulled back and crashed heavily onto the ground.

Ao Feng, lying on the ground, felt his eyebrows twitch again.

This method of folding space and snatching someone back, only an Emperor could achieve it…

Could it be that the person before him wasn’t a God King, but an Emperor in disguise?

Not only him, but Hu Xiao was also completely dumbfounded.

He had thought that after flying for so long, he had successfully escaped. He never dreamed that the other party would just reach out and pull him back!

It was as easy as catching a mosquito.

“I just remembered, you can’t leave yet. Return everything you just took!” Releasing the other party, Zhang Xuan said calmly.

Having been titled as a Nine Heavens Conferred King, and having just absorbed countless soul energies, his soul was now powerful enough to easily tear through space and teleport.

Although the distance the other party had fled was vast and invisible to the naked eye, he was still within the range of Zhang Xuan’s soul perception. With a single thought, he could easily pull him back.

It was no difficult feat.

“Yes…” Hu Xiao nodded hurriedly.

To be able to grab him back with a single move after he had fled for so long, the strength of the person before him was definitely beyond his ability to contend with.

He took out all the various treasures he had just snatched from the others. Hu Xiao looked up and asked, “Senior, can I… leave now?”

Facing this person, he no longer dared to presumptuously refer to himself as “This Seat.”

“Leave everything you have on you!” Zhang Xuan said.

Since he had already tried to rob once, Zhang Xuan figured he might as well take all his treasures.

This fellow was so cunning; he must have quite a few treasures.