Chapter 301: Chapter 300: Conversations in the Void!

Translator: 549690339

“Now’s the time!”

Seizing the moment of everyone’s shock, the Fire Thorn Lady decisively chose to flee.

Rather than using conventional escape methods, she opted for an exquisite tool: a red pearl teeming with the aura of the Dao.

“Fire Escape!”

“Rebirth in Fire!”

This was a secret technique of feigning death to slip away!

A rare secret spell that could only be performed by Fire Element deities with the support of valuable tools.

“Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!”

In an instant, the Fire Thorn Lady’s body spontaneously ignited, enveloped by a purplish-red flame.

The overwhelming heat given off by the purplish-red flame distorted the space around them, instilling fear in everyone present.

“Is she committing suicide?”

Kou Yingwu and the others stared in shock at the Fire Thorn Lady, unconsciously retreating a few steps.

Under their gaze, the Fire Thorn Lady slowly burned herself.

“See you next time!”

At that moment, the Fire Thorn Lady was remarkably calm, bravely marching towards her own demise with a sense of release.

And just like that, she slowly burned into ashes under their gaze.

“Is she dead?” Lan Zhize’s eyes twitched unnaturally.

“No!”

Tao Xuanzhu reacted swiftly, shaking her head, “Didn’t you hear her?”

“She started by saying ‘Fire Escape,’ and then told us ‘See you next time’…”

“She most probable escaped!”

She surely did escape, otherwise, who would commit suicide in such a manner?!

Kou Yingwu frowned and said, “I’m more interested in how Du Gang managed to escape into the void…”

Just as Tao Xuanzhu was about to say something, she abruptly turned her head to a certain distance, rapidly announcing, “We need to retreat, a large number of powerful beings are rushing here…”

Everyone else didn’t notice any fluctuations despite hearing this. Though unsure how she had sensed it, none of them questioned her.

“Alright, let’s head back to the original meeting point…”

At Kou Yingwu’s command, the group dispersed in different directions.

They didn’t leave simultaneously, choosing to keep their secrets hidden from each other.

While they had to work seamlessly during missions, it was in their best interest to keep their last-resort techniques hidden.

…….

In the void, Du Gang was pursuing Cang Yu relentlessly. Behind them trailed chaos in space; anyone lingering too long risked getting completely lost.

“Cang Yu, no one can get in here. Stop for a moment, let’s talk!”

Du Gang continued to hunt while ceaselessly transmitting messages.

He attempted to negotiate a possible alliance with Cang Yu.

He had been informed that Cang Yu was the mastermind planning a secret rebellion.

Regrettably, Cang Yu had zero response to his attempts, not even slowing his pace.

Observing the figure relentlessly forging ahead, Du Gang shook his head. Such arrogance!

He transmitted again, “Cang Yu, when do you intend to kill the gods?”

As expected, Cang Yu, who had been barreling forward, abruptly halted. A force of space enveloped him, temporarily warding off the surrounding turmoil.

“What did you say?!”

Cang Yu’s eyes were cold. His voice might have been calm but the implicit killing intent was palpable under his suppressed words.

Upon seeing his reaction, Du Gang merely laughed, “Don’t worry, I’m not from your world. Even knowing this, I won’t tattle!”

Cang Yu was momentarily taken aback, his expressions fluctuating while the divine artifact in his hand readied several terrifying attacks…

In the end, he neither attacked nor lost composure, maintaining an even tone, “How did you find out?!”

Du Gang chuckled, “How I found out isn’t important, what’s more, don’t you want to join us?”

“Join you?”

Cang Yu sneered coldly, “Do you think I’m a fool?”

“The problem with the Main God is internal conflict while your issue is external. Do you think I can’t differentiate between the two?”

Du Gang laughed, “Indeed, you’re not a fool, but your perspective on internal and external conflict is wrong!”

He laughed, “You resent us because of the person who came last time, right?”

Cang Yu’s eyebrows knitted together closely, wordlessly staring at Du Gang. He had long suspected that the people from the past and present could be from the same place, but had yet to confirm.

Du Gang laughed, “We are indeed from the outside world, but there’s no need for us to be like this!”

Through relentless testing in recent days, he noticed that only the four Main Gods could truly communicate with the World’s Will.

Moreover, observing the variations in the information about them from the outside world, the four Main Gods might have either concealed the fact that they were guests of Heavenly Court or might not be aware of it themselves.

This, however, conveniently allowed him to hoodwink Cang Yu.

“I don’t know the person from last time… none of us do!”

Du Gang smiled, “The aim of our visit is different from his!”

Upon hearing this, Cang Yu slowly relaxed his guard. His eyes exhibited interest as he asked, “Then what brings you here?”

Just the question I was waiting for!

Du Gang inwardly smirked, confident about his following words.

“We came here seeking a lost martial art of our sect!”

“Martial art?”

Cang Yu furrowed his eyebrows, “The last person from Heavenly Court was so powerful. Why would they need to steal our martial arts?”

Du Gang chuckled, nonchalantly saying, “Stealing? Not at all!”

He laughed heartily, “Our Heavenly Court is more of a sect. According to your language, it’s akin to the Seven Gods Palace…”

“What’s different is, Heavenly Court has countless disciples. So many that even the other four who came along with me didn’t know each other before we got this mission!”

Strangers?!

Cang Yu’s eyes widened in terror.

Previously, he had assumed these five individuals were merely powerful beings from another world. Although they weren’t the most potent, they seemed akin to their True God Level entities, falling just under the Main Gods.

But now…

“Exactly!”

Du Gang seemed to see through his thoughts, and calmly said, “There are many like us, and there are many stronger than us!”

“We are not here to destroy the world, or to rule and occupy it, we are merely here for the task!”

His tone was calm, “Inside Heavenly Court, there is a reward and punishment system, any member can obtain rewards by completing tasks…”

“Heavenly treasures that have been extinct in countless realms, exotic fruits that prolong life, supreme teachings that transcend heaven and earth, all can be exchanged within Heavenly Court!”

“What?!”

Cang Yu looked at Du Gang in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Isn’t this kind of thing supposed to to be hidden and unknown to the public?

Unless…

“Unless, within our Heavenly Court, these things are not considered rare!”

Du Gang completed his speculation for him. At this moment, he was full of confidence and felt that he was 80% sure of convincing Cang Yu.

As for Cang Yu, he looked even more astounded, as if he had lost his senses for a long while before finally starting to recover.

“Whether the Heavenly Court has these treasures or not, I want to know what your task is this time?”

Cang Yu did not want to hear about things that were far away and unverifiable. He wanted to know the purpose of Du Gang’s visit, which would make it easier for him to make judgments.

Du Gang shrugged, “Didn’t I say it before? We came to look for martial arts techniques!”

“Within the Heavenly Court, there are numerous factions, each with their own strongholds…”

“The Jin Family, once glorious, a sagged in the middle, a great family…”

Du Gang seemed to be trapped in some sort of memory, but he quickly came to his senses and laughed, “Recently, the Jin Family has produced a big character, a very big character, he did not start from the martial arts of the Jin Family, but now, he wants to rebuild the Jin Family…”

“You probably don’t know, the martial arts passed down here were actually learned by a descendant of the Jin Family in the ancient times…”

He knew that Cang Yu knew some ancient secrets, so he deliberately said so.

Sure enough, Cang Yu’s eyes changed when he heard this.

He did know that the creator god’s surname was Jin, and that they were living in a small world, but he did not know that he was also a member of a great family.

Du Gang smiled, “I know this news might be shocking to you, but it’s okay, you can slowly accept it. In fact, I too, came from a small world of a great existence….”

“Our place is called the universe, I came out from there, it’s a completely different world from here, a world with technology….”

Du Gang didn’t share too much about his own affairs and continued, “That big man from the Jin Family wants to rebuild the Jin Family, so naturally he wants to find the martial arts that the Jin Family lost!”

“Therefore, he put out a lot of reward points, made it a task!”

He shrugged, “The reason you see us five, is merely by chance, we accepted this task, if the task was accepted by others, then you wouldn’t be seeing us now!”

Cang Yu frowned, finding it hard to accept, “You said there was a big man from the Jin… Creator God’s family, so why didn’t he come and get the martial arts himself?”

He had grown up here and still had a lot of respect for the Creator God.

It’s akin to the status of Pangu in the universe!

Du Gang rolled his eyes, “Didn’t the guy we caught before say you were the smartest person in the Seven Gods Palace? Can’t you figure it out?”

Upon hearing this, Cang Yu’s eyes rotated rapidly and he slowly voiced the answer, “So you mean that the big man couldn’t enter here?”

“Correct!”

Du Gang laughed, “Each small world, although tiny, has its own unique rules. People who have surpassed a certain power limit cannot enter!”

“Otherwise, there are many people stronger than us, but only we can enter….”

Cang Yu was enlightened, and had a clearer understanding of the outside world. In his heart, he felt relieved.

Previously, although he was not the tallest among them, he didn’t have to worry most urgently about outsiders invading, but it felt like a sword hanging over his head, making it hard to swallow.

Now, he was relieved, however, he soon thought of the person who came a year ago and asked, “Is the one who came a year ago on the same level as us? How strong is he in your world?”

Du Gang shrugged, “To tell you the truth, I don’t know who the person who came a year ago is, nor how strong he is, but I know at most people of our caliber are allowed to come here….”

Cang Yu nodded, completely calming down. He now basically believed in Du Gang’s words.

After pondering for two seconds, he asked again, “You called out to me earlier, you wanted to cooperate with me, didn’t you?”

He felt that the man in front of him was wasting time just to cooperate with him, otherwise there was no need.

Du Gang smiled, “Exactly, originally, we planned to slowly complete the task, but after we learned that you were secretly plotting to rebel, we decided to cooperate with you…”

Cang Yu interjected, “As a sign of sincerity, can you tell me what your name is?”

“Of course!”

Du Gang nodded, indifferently stating, “My name is Duan Youde, you can call me… Brother De!”

Cang Yu did not respond, but directly asked the key question, “What can I gain from our cooperation?”

Du Gang smiled, “We work together, eliminate the Four Gods, I get the martial arts, you get the godship, taking what we each need, isn’t it good?”

Cang Yu shook his head, “No, everything you said is your side of the story, how can I know you aren’t deceiving us?”

He looked deeply into Du Gang’s eyes and smirked, “What if you dispose of us after you complete the task?”

In fact, he believed 80% of what Du Gang said, except for the name he gave…

Du Gang shrugged, “We need trust to cooperate, otherwise, it’s pointless to say too much…”

“I know!”

Cang Yu nodded and calmly said, “As the saying goes, risk and return are proportional. The greater the risk, the greater the return….”

Du Gang understood that he believed in him and now he wanted more rewards.

“What do you want?” he asked directly.

Cang Yu eyes flickered, hesitated a bit among the heavenly treasures he’d mentioned before, but quickly abandoned the idea and instead said, “Martial arts!”

“I want martial arts, a martial art more powerful than the one I’m currently using!”

“You know, since we are stuck in a small world and can’t leave, there won’t be any leakages. You can give me some universal martial arts…”

He had his eyes on the martial arts that were already widely circulated in Du Gang’s world. These martial arts techniques not only had no trouble but also were safer because many people practiced them!

Du Gang knew exactly what he wanted the moment he heard this and understood his intentions.

He smiled and said, “One is a sage’s martial art technique, the other a great race, a martial art technique that is semi-open to the whole continent!”

“It’s a kind of martial arts that requires the learner’s own comprehension. Whether you can comprehend it or not depends on yourself!”

“Huh?”

Cang Yu frowned, visibly displeased.

Du Gang chuckled, “You know if I’m lying to you. If I wanted to deceive you, I could easily say something fake, but there’s no point!”

“This place, it’s not worth my lie!”

Cang Yu, who had been somewhat skeptical, felt a jolt in his heart when he heard the last words of Du Gang.

He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. Indeed, for these people, the task was of utmost importance. Their life and death were irrelevant….

He nodded and said, “So, what’s the name of the martial arts you mentioned?”

“Drunken Monkey Divine Fist!”