Chapter 1737: Chapter 1768: Proverbial Warning
"The Baihe has been sealed by the King of Underworld into that door, exiled to the starry sky, how can there still be the Baihe Effect?"
"I really don’t feel like my luck has improved at all!"
Li Xiaobai shouted in his heart, watching the King of Underworld approaching closer, feeling uneasy, but ultimately chose to trust the words of his Fourth Senior Brother, and stayed in place without moving a step.
"Hmm?"
"You faced me without any fear, and didn’t even move a step. You are quite courageous, worthy of being someone who was with Baihe."
The King of Underworld adjusted his appearance, the frenzy just now had caused much of his facial makeup to fade.
The Five Emperor Lord of the Underworld arrived with a group of netherworld messengers, surrounding Li Xiaobai and a dull man.
"My lord, give the order, and we will act, killing these two people; what happened tonight will never be leaked!"
The leader, a red-faced man, said in a muffled voice.
"Hmph, I really didn’t expect Baihe alone could cause me so much trouble, almost ruining the big plan!"
"Where is the Asura King?"
"It’s so heated here, and he’s just watching. Is he hoping that if I fail, he can push all the blame onto me?"
The King of Underworld applied rouge on his face, asking sinisterly.
"The cultivators of the Asura King lineage indeed did not move. We received information that a large army is already assembled within the Ghost Gate, just ready to move but have not actually acted. The Asura lineage seems to be waiting for you and Baihe to exhaust each other, and then step in to reap the benefits."
The red-faced man said.
"He’s quite the schemer, but unfortunately for him, I’m not who I used to be. A mere Baihe, I can crush with a flick of my finger!"
"Watch over the Liu family’s daughter-in-law, kill these two."
The King of Underworld, with a cold expression, waved his hand to have Li Xiaobai taken away and killed.
Black Impermanence immediately stepped forward, grabbed Li Xiaobai by the collar: "As you command, my lord, I will kill him right away!"
The Five Emperor Lord of the Underworld looked disdainful. Just now this guy was beaten to a pulp, didn’t even dare to lift a hand, and now that Baihe has been dealt with, he jumps in to claim credit, truly a clown.
However, Black Impermanence’s face still had to be given, no one fought against him.
But what happened next left everyone stunned. Black Impermanence pulled hard, not only failing to drag Li Xiaobai, but almost stumbled himself.
The King of Underworld frowned: "What’s going on?"
"N... no problem, my hand just slipped, there’s a bit of ghost qi lingering on this kid’s collar."
Black Impermanence looked at his hand, awkwardly chuckling, reaching to grab Li Xiaobai again. But as his fingers touched his shoulder, he felt a needle-like pain, causing him to scream in agony.
"There’s something strange about this kid!"
"Right, you were with Baihe Boy, and now that your master is suppressed, you’re not trying to take revenge, are you?"
Fear flashed in Black Impermanence’s eyes. Once bitten, twice shy, the oddity of Li Xiaobai was ingrained in his bones; his name wasn’t on the Register of Life and Death, there was also that flame that nearly cost his life. He suddenly regretted jumping out to claim credit, this mysterious young man didn’t seem easy to deal with.
"Hmm?"
"What’s the lord saying, come closer, I can’t hear."
Li Xiaobai looked at Black Impermanence as if seeing a ghost, patted his shoulder, and a few small stones with Hellfire attached fell to the ground.
He was also quite shocked, once might be a coincidence, but twice was intriguing, could Baihe’s power really traverse the starry sky and affect him?
"Black Impermanence, what are you doing, getting your hand pricked by this kid’s shoulder stones and panicking like this!"
"Are you going to catch him or not, if you’re scared, let us brothers do it."
The red-faced man’s facial muscles twitched, annoyed by Black Impermanence’s cowardly display.
The person is standing there, not moving, waiting for you to act, yet you’re the one panicking on the side, what are you trying to prove?
"Let the Lord of the Underworld do it."
"I was just heavily injured, perhaps that’s why I’m still unsteady."
Black Impermanence sensed danger, lowered his head, and retreated to the King of Underworld’s side, this group of fools had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.
It wasn’t just fear or cowardice. There was an otherworldly power guiding his slip of hand and getting pricked by the stone, a feeling just like facing Baihe Boy!
He dared to predict that the red-faced man would also encounter something incredulous next.
The King of Underworld looked sidelong at Black Impermanence, then at the red-faced man approaching Li Xiaobai, a thoughtful glint in his eyes.
"Kid, don’t resist stubbornly, you’ve touched a taboo, there’s no help for killing you today. Don’t blame us on the Yellow Springs Bridge, in your next life, don’t come to the Netherworld as an errand boy."
The red-faced man cracked his knuckles and wasn’t planning on taking Li Xiaobai away for execution, forming his palm into a hand blade, and chopped forcefully toward the neck.
A thunderous boom echoed, the ground was smashed into a bottomless black hole.
The dust settled, Li Xiaobai still stood intact.
"Big brother!"
The remaining four Lords of the Underworld immediately rushed forward to surround Li Xiaobai, on high alert.
They had misjudged, someone actually withstood the Five Emperor Lord of the Underworld’s blow unharmed, not expecting that aside from Baihe Boy, there existed a master of this caliber.
"No...not so, who lit the torch just now, dazzling this lord’s eyes?"
The red-faced man’s face turned a bit purple, causing him embarrassment. He knew very well that this young man did nothing; the problem was, just as he acted, a netherworld messenger lit a torch right at that moment, distracting him, causing the hand blade to miss.
"It seems it’s fate, lords, three lethal moves couldn’t even harm a hair on me, looks like Heaven doesn’t want me dead. Otherwise, just let me go, all the fighting here was Lord Baihe’s idea, I did nothing."
Li Xiaobai touched his neck, knowing he had escaped death’s edge just now, could even feel the fingertips of the red-faced man brush his skin, but he remained unharmed.
The red-faced man’s hands turned into blades of flame: "To hell with your fate, I’ll kill you now!"
"Hold on, step back all of you."
"There’s something odd about this person."
The King of Underworld waved a delicate finger, speaking in a soft voice.
As the saying goes, you can’t see the forest for the trees. The red-faced man, his mind clouded by anger, really thought it was the netherworld messenger lighting a torch that caused him to miss. But considering Black Impermanence’s two mishaps, Li Xiaobai managed to dodge three sure-kill strikes in a row.
Accumulated coincidences are no longer coincidences, the feeling was just like facing Baihe Boy.
"I don’t care who you are, whoever intrudes today shall be accepted without exception!"
"Eternal banishment!"
The door behind the King of Underworld leading to the endless starry sky reappeared. He was cautious, not letting anyone act and give Li Xiaobai opportunities to complicate matters.
But this time, instead of the starry hand extending from the door, there was a sound of footsteps and a familiar saying as a warning.
"When I was a child, because of my father, I spent some time at the Boundary Sea where a saying was popular..."
"He who does not step on crabs will not be stung, those who seek trouble won’t die..."
"From today, I’ll never abandon again. Recently, I’ve been in poor condition, feeling a bit depressed, not eating during the day, not sleeping at night, thanks to the brothers and sisters who stayed with me, if I abandon again I’ll chop off my fingers."