Divine Lunar Stone Exchanges Hands
“Divine Lunar Stone has established a link with the imprisoned lunar gods. Gui Han, however, summoned a Zi Yue and died after he was possessed,” reported Gui Die.
“Why can’t he complete such a simple task?!” Gui Yeming raged. “Gui Ximing, have you returned to the past yet?”
“I have found out that Mu Yu is in possession of it,” answered Gui Ximing.
“Mu Yu? Must everything revolve around him?! He won’t be able to leave the island, so he’s just a fish on a chopping board we can capture once we get out. We need to prioritise the lunar gods. Gui Die, leave this pagoda with me now. Gui Yuzi wishes to try the ritual. Gui Ximing, Gui Bao, you two head to where Ocean Fiend King is sealed and subdue him!”
“Yes, My Lord.”
“The other exit of this floor is on the island over there. You two hurry on. I can’t stay in the pagoda for much longer. Gui Die, come with me.” Once Gui Ximing and Gui Bao went to the island Gui Yeming pointed to, the latter commanded, “Gui Die, let me check Divine Lunar Stone.”
“As you command.”
Gui Yeming checked the phantom on the stone and nodded. “Good job. We need to get out now.”
“I am at your command.”
“Pass me the soul item you have.” Once he got his hands on the white bone, Gui Yeming instructed, “Close your eyes. I’ll cast the technique to transport you directly out of the pagoda. If anything feels odd, don’t resist using spiritual energy. That’s just how it goes.”
“Why do I have to close my eyes?”
“There are things that you shouldn’t see, understand?”
“I apologise, My Lord.”
If Gui Ximing was around, he’d see through the deceit right away for Gui Yeming never smiled, let alone so brightly! Gui Die, on the other hand, did as she was told, resisting the urge to fight the sensation of branches twining around her body and death qi covering her. Suddenly, she jerked her body and looked down to her chest.
“My Lord y-” Gui Die could feel her life force being sucked out of her. Feeling a branch pierce her throat, she clasped it, crying out with whatever she had left, “Who are you?”
“Sh, of course I’m not Gui Yeming,” replied Mu Yu, surfacing from the water.
Gui Die and her twin perished before she could put up another resistance.
“Finally,” Mu Yu remarked, dumping Gui Die into the ocean gently so that he wouldn’t alert her allies.
“Why didn’t you keep Gui Bao around, too? Knowing him, we could’ve offed him the same way,” bemoaned the dragon vine.
“Gui Ximing would immediately doubt us if we told him to head to up as just a head. I sent Gui Bao with him to cover the logic hole,” elucidated Mu Yu.
“How did we fool him using Gui Yeming when not even a flesh-winged horny monster could?” Xiaoshuai verbalised.
“I presume it’s thanks to some in-built function of the Blood Domain Demon Skull he fused with. Gui Yeming isn’t connected to the skull. Plus, we had him slaughter the fiend beasts. We should be glad we learnt to mimic Gui Yeming’s speech style.”
“So, what do we do with the stone now, destroy it?” inquired the dragon vine
“I can’t destroy it at the moment due an energy barrier protecting it. I’d have to upgrade my cultivation, so we’ll work that out later. Gui Ximing’s blood souls can neutralise this soul item I just took from Gui Die. Let’s head up to the ninety-ninth floor. If Elder Lu has arrived, we can join hands to put Gui Ximing to rest.”
“Those two are going to a fake exit, anyway,” Xiaoshuai assured.
“We still need to get a move on. Our imagination is limited, and I’m sure Gui Ximing will see the shabby floors we put together below,” impugned Mu Yu.
“I knew it.”
Mu Yu looked up to see Gui Ximing and the uninvited blood souls. As he dodged the bloody souls, Mu Yu lamented, “Ah, bugger me.”
“The floor connected is the twenty-ninth floor, so I should’ve seen a large altar, yet there was an ordinary pagoda, instead. I was right to come back,” informed Gui Ximing, hostilely.
“Oh,” drawled Mu Yu, “Nice.”
“Where’s Hong Die?”
“The chick? Let’s see… Try checking underwater,” provoked Mu Yu, tapping the water surface to create a wave that’d obstruct his foes’ vision.
Two dragon vines dove out of the water. Alas, Gui Ximing’s red qi easily vanquished them. Nonetheless, it afforded Mu Yu enough time to dash to the exit. Mu Yu needed to get out right away for the dragon vine and Xiaoshuai were on the brink of falling asleep already.
Gui Bao wanted to chase Mu Yu onto the island. Gui Ximing stopped him, nonetheless.
“Why are we stopping at the entrance?” raged Gui Bao.
“There’s no point. We should hurry to the ninety-ninth floor.”
“Gui Die is likely dead, and she had Divine Lunar Stone on her!”
“Cool down. Since he can’t destroy the stone, all he’s really doing is guarding it for us. We’ll end up with it because he can’t leave the island,” explained Gui Ximing, sinking the island so that Mu Yu couldn’t enter.
The passage would change in another fifteen minutes, meaning Mu Yu had no means of catching re-entering the floor.
Though Gui Bao wanted revenge, he followed Gui Ximing to the real exit.
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