Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Boom!
Xu Que stood still and motionless. His armor suit had shot out a red beam of light that had hit the giant golden puppet!
The powerful, high temperature beam instantly melted the outer shell of the puppet and gradually penetrated its surface!
Tuomp!
The giant golden puppet fell out of the air and onto the ground, and stopped moving. The light coming from the attack that had been about to burst from its chest had now dimmed.
Everyone was startled!
What is the situation?
The giant golden puppet… why did it suddenly stop?
Everyone was puzzled. As their view had been blocked by Xu Que in his Iron Man suit, they were unable to understand what exactly had happened to the golden puppet.
Clang!
Just then, the sound of a heavy object fell to the ground.
That made everyone look solemn. They thought the circumstances might be dire due to all the noise. They thought that perhaps the gold puppet had attacked again!
However, the situation was not what they had expected!
After the initial crash, nothing was heard from the tunnel again.
Soon, they saw Xu Que’s huge steel body start to regroup, piece by piece.
Clang! Clang!
The metal pieces started to diminish in size, and the armor suit returned to its initial form.
Now that Xu Que’s size had returned to its original, the cultivators finally saw what had happened.
At that moment, everyone gasped. They were all stunned!
The giant golden puppet, a creature that had been invincible in their eyes, had been cut in two halves from the chest. The cut was clean and there were plumes of white smoke emitting from it. Its entire shoulder and head had fallen into a corner on the ground!
With that, everyone now understood that the heavy sound of crashing metal from earlier had been the sound of its head falling to the ground. Xu Que was not being attacked at all!
Everyone glanced at Xu Que’s back view, surprised and fazed. They could not believe their eyes!
How… how did he do it?
I swear he didn’t even move an inch. How could he have destroyed the giant golden puppet so effortlessly?
This is too much for me. What has he done to achieve this?
…
Everyone was overwhelmed and dazed. They were reminded of what Xu Que had previously said about not using all four limbs so as to seek a fair battle!
From the looks of it now, even though he had not used all four limbs, the battle still hadn’t been fair!
You took the puppet out with just one strike. Such strength! How can this be a fair fight…
Outside the Imperial Tombs, the bulk of the crowd had seen clearly everything that had happened in the Heaven and Earth Mirror!
They had seen a red beam of light emit from the chest of Xu Que like a long, slender sword. It had sliced through the body of the giant golden puppet in one clean, effective cut!
That horrifying red light had appalled everyone out there!
However, the Metal Emperor and some of the others were delighted. There was a gleam in their eyes!
With that giant golden puppet taken out, that also meant that they could progress to the next round!
In just one day, and due to Xu Que alone, the second round of the ancient armored puppets—something that had blocked their advance for decades—had just been conquered!
Looks like… we are not too far from success!
The Metal Emperor’s heart began to stir with excitement!
Over the years, he had tried countless ways of excavating the Dragon Veins, but to no avail.
He had never thought that his plan might succeed due to Xu Que alone. This made it difficult for him to suppress the excitement in his heart.
…
Meanwhile, inside the burial chamber, the Seventh Princess, the Third Prince and all the others came out of their dazes.
Only then did they realize that it was difficult to estimate the scores for that round due to Xu Que’s methods for taking out the puppets.
But this also certainly meant that the Third Prince had taken first place for the round as well, a ranking that no one would be able to surpass.
He had successfully secured the position of Crown Prince!
Young Hero Xu, this prince will remember your help for life! In future if you need anything, just let me know. I’ll do my best to repay your favor!
promised the Third Prince.
Xu Que, who was still wearing his Iron Man suit, turned around and said casually,
actually, I have a very simple request. I know the Metal Nation wants to mine the Dragon Veins which lie deep inside the tombs. My goal is also to go deep inside the tombs, but I don’t want the Dragon Veins. Instead, I want a spiritual herb that grows in there. I hope you won’t fight against me for them, or you will regret it!
The spiritual herb inside the Dragon Veins? Do you mean the Genesis Metal Herbs?
The Third Prince and the rest of crowd thought for a moment.
They had heard of the spiritual herb but they had never seen it before.
As Xu Que had specifically asked for this spiritual herb, this had escalated to a big issue!
The Third Prince was caught in a predicament as this was not something that he could decide!
Xu Que saw the Third Prince’s expression and couldn’t help shaking his head.
Don’t think too much about it. I’m not asking for your approval. I’m just informing you that the spiritual herb is mine!
Woah!
Everyone inside and outside the Imperial Tombs started to chatter and exclaim.
Cool!
This is too cool!
Saying such words in front of so many people, even in the face of the Emperor and the princes! As the saying goes, when one is powerful enough, one is bolder as well!
Unexpectedly, the Metal Emperor did not get angry. Instead, after pondering for a while, he gave a cryptic smile and said nothing.
From his perspective, the Dragon Veins were more important than the spiritual herb.
He was not that concerned over the Imperial Family’s pride.
In his opinion, if there had been no Xu Que, the Dragon Veins would have likely remained untouched for another few decades.
…
Why are all of you still in a daze? Hurry up, line up and enter the tombs with me!
Inside the burial chamber, Xu Que activated his suit and began to float in mid-air. He flew towards the tunnel.
When everyone heard his words, the corners of their mouths twitched.
Damn! Why are you ordering us around?
Why must we line up and enter the tombs with you?
Don’t think we have to listen to you just because you took out all those puppets!
Most people felt resentful, especially the Second Prince and his team. They all wore gloomy expressions.
Nonetheless…
In the end, they still queued up to enter the main tomb!
The tunnel was not so big that it would allow a large group of people to enter it in one go. As a result, they had to queue in order to advance deeper into the tombs.
Pfft!
The Seventh Princess tried hard to stifle her chuckle when she saw the disgruntled group of people queuing up to enter the tombs. Her beautiful eyes flicked over to Xu Que, who was walking right in front. She smiled to herself. Young Master Xu is such an interesting person!
The princess and her brothers also stepped into the tunnel.
As Xu Que was in the lead, he took out all the remaining puppets guarding the tomb. Every one of them was destroyed with just one strike.
While passing through the tunnel, everyone was stunned once again. They did not need to do anything but watch as he took them out.
When they reached the end of the tunnel, just as Xu Que was about to take a step over the threshold, the Third Prince suddenly gave a shout.
Young Hero Xu, please wait!
What happened?
Xu Que paused and turned around.
According to our map, the next round features a terrible restrictive enchantment and lot of traps,
said the Third Prince in a low voice.
Isn’t it better to stop, observe and consider the situation first?
The rest of the people nodded their heads. The map of the Imperial Tombs had been made public before, so they knew all about the challenges that they would be facing.
The next round should involve a scary restrictive enchantment that would have been potent enough to kill an Infant Transformation Stage cultivator.
When Xu Que heard that, he was puzzled.
This was because he was standing right at the front, meaning he could clearly see the situation in the next burial chamber.
The burial chamber before him did not contain a restrictive enchantment. Not only that, but it was, in actual fact, a mess!
