A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother-Chapter 196: Jie Jie Jie!!

Qin Wenke was utterly shocked. "This is... the rules of the Body Fusion Stage!? This sect actually has a powerhouse at the Body Fusion Stage?"

Is that even reasonable?

The branch sect they belonged to did nothing but manual labor every day.

A sect like that showing up in front of the righteous sects—those righteous sects would probably be afraid of killing the wrong people during a sweep.

The Sect Leader was only at the peak of Foundation Establishment.

And now here, someone from the Body Fusion Stage just popped out.

Li Xuanxiao rubbed his chin with his fingertip, silently muttering to himself that this was bad.

He had originally come here aiming for an easy mission.

Did not expect to run into a big one—there aren’t many Demon Sects in Central State that have a powerhouse at the Body Fusion Stage.

When Li Xuanxiao interacted with the branch sect's leader before, he’d judged from their conversations—

This branch sect leader had absolutely no clue what kind of sect he was even part of.

He purely cared about stuffing his own pockets.

Now that they’d entered the rules laid out by a Body Fusion Stage powerhouse, no one could predict what might happen.

His clone wasn’t afraid of dying, of course, but if Qin Wenke ended up dying on this mission, that would be a real pain.

At that thought, Li Xuanxiao glanced at Qin Wenke.

Time to bail?

Qin Wenke smiled confidently. “Body Fusion Stage, huh. Hmph~ This is getting interesting.”

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He took a step back and, without flinching, said to the Demon Sect messenger beside him:

“I quit!”

Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!

The Demon Sect messenger slapped Qin Wenke several times from both sides.

Then gave him a kick and sent him flying down.

“Ahhhhhh!!”

Li Xuanxiao hesitated for a moment, then gave up on the idea of quitting.

And promptly jumped down too.

Jumping first gave you the advantage.

Immediately after, many new Demon Sect disciples on the flying boat realized the same thing and all jumped down.

Li Xuanxiao landed in a dense forest.

At that moment, his real body trembled slightly, and the connection between it and his clone almost broke.

Fortunately, the Nascent Soul within his body reached out and grasped something in the void—

As if catching hold of some unseen thread.

Only then did the link between the clone and the real body stay intact.

Li Xuanxiao let out a sigh of relief.

No slacking off in the rule-space of a Body Fusion Stage!

Inside the forest, they’d all been teleported to different locations.

Qin Wenke had already vanished.

Come to think of it… isn’t this just a battle royale game?

Li Xuanxiao looked around and found a greenish-blue bottle.

It was a pill to boost cultivation. Not bad luck at all.

He popped it right into his mouth.

【Your cultivation has risen to the peak of Foundation Establishment】

D*mn, that was fast.

Li Xuanxiao kept searching, and soon raised his cultivation to the early Golden Core Stage.

He also learned two divine powers.

One was the Buddhist Diamond Barrier, the other was the Earth Escape Technique.

Through study, he discovered that each person could only learn a limited number of divine powers.

And those techniques were also ranked by level.

Soon, Li Xuanxiao encountered his first enemy.

That person had already found a repeating crossbow and fired a full volley at him.

Li Xuanxiao used footwork to dodge with ease.

Then closed in quickly, used the Diamond Barrier to block the bolts, and smashed the opponent with it.

After absorbing that person’s cultivation, Li Xuanxiao finally advanced to peak Golden Core Stage.

He kept scavenging treasures while also searching for Qin Wenke.

Two days passed like that, and Li Xuanxiao now had cultivation at the Nascent Soul Stage.

“Fake is still fake.”

Li Xuanxiao muttered to himself.

Even though it was a simulated Nascent Soul cultivation, it felt far inferior to the real thing.

.........

By the riverbank, a suspension bridge connected both sides of the river.

A cultivator who had reached the Spirit Transformation Stage walked onto the bridge.

Soon, a divine weapon appeared in his hand out of nowhere.

【Ordinary Axe: a weapon capable of slaying cultivators at the Spirit Transformation Stage】

The Spirit Transformation cultivator’s eyes lit up.

D*mn, this thing's awesome!!!

As he kept walking and thinking that, just as he reached the middle of the bridge, the axe in his hand suddenly slipped and fell.

Right then, a serene, ethereal voice sounded.

“Dear Daoist, did you drop this ordinary axe, this average axe, or this excellent-quality axe?”

The cultivator was stunned and cursed inwardly.

An ordinary axe could already slay someone at Spirit Transformation Stage.

Then wouldn’t an excellent one be god-tier!?

So he said, “I dropped the excellent-quality axe.”

“Dishonest Daoist, taste my heavenly punishment.”

“Ahhh!!”

Rolling thunder descended and turned the man into a lump of charcoal.

Eliminated.

The Demon Sect doesn’t need dishonest people like that.

Said the Demon Sect messenger overseeing the trial.

After a while, another figure walked up to the riverbank.

It was none other than Qin Wenke.

Qin Wenke stepped onto the bridge and also received an ordinary axe.

Just like before, the axe slipped from his hand as he reached the bridge’s midpoint.

The ethereal voice rang out again.

“Dear Daoist, did you drop this ordinary axe, this average axe, or this excellent-quality axe?”

Qin Wenke was stunned.

After hesitating for a moment, he came up with an idea.

He took out a portrait of Su Wan from his storage ring.

“Hehehe.”

“Dea... dear Daoist, did you drop this ordinary-quality portrait, this average-resolution portrait, or this finely-rendered portrait?”

“They’re all mine!” Qin Wenke answered without hesitation.

“Love-brain, get lost!!”

Qin Wenke was disqualified.

The Demon Sect messenger shook his head.

...........

Meanwhile, Li Xuanxiao, who hadn’t found Qin Wenke, was currently disguised as a tree.

It was a transformation divine power he had just learned.

Even here, Li Xuanxiao fully embraced his “Old Sixth” tactics.

Face enemies head-on?

No chance.

He waited until both sides had fought until they were nearly drained, and just as the victor was about to absorb the other’s cultivation and divine powers—

Li Xuanxiao would suddenly jump out and clean up, absorbing both their powers.

“Hahaha! I’ve reached Spirit Transformation! I finally made it!”

A cultivator who had been at the Qi Refining Stage shouted.

Now at Spirit Transformation, he finally got a taste of what high-level cultivation felt like.

Next second, he was wiped out by another who had reached the Body Fusion Stage.

At that moment, Li Xuanxiao—now at the Body Fusion Stage—had just absorbed a pill that increased cultivation.

Looks like Body Fusion Stage is the highest allowed cultivation here.

So Li Xuanxiao thought, walking to the opposite side of the river.

The axe in his hand slipped and fell once more.

Then the familiar ethereal voice echoed again.

Li Xuanxiao furrowed his brow slightly. This scene... looks familiar.

River God?

“...That ordinary axe is mine.”

“Honest Daoist, you may have all three axes.”

Li Xuanxiao looked at the three divine weapons that appeared in his hands.

“No big plan will ever fail now.”

The Demon Sect messenger nodded.

This disciple... he held in high regard.

Solid!!

But this guy probably wasn’t the final winner—because there was still one lucky bastard left.

........

“Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger!”

“Tribulation Stage!?”

“Everyone, go! If we don’t kill him, we’ll all be killed!”

Boom!!

At this moment, a Tribulation Stage powerhouse was slaughtering everyone in the forest circle.

“Hahaha, come at me, all of you!”

This lucky guy had been teleported to a resource-rich area from the start. Now with all the divine powers and cultivation he had, no one could stop him.

“Hahaha, being at Tribulation Stage feels amazing!”

“Take my Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger☞”

Behind him, a golden Dharma body appeared. His rampage sent everyone fleeing in terror.

“No way we can beat that!”

“That’s way too broken.”

“Ahhh!!”

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Everyone scattered, but the forest boundary had already shrunk too small.

There was nowhere left to run.

At this moment, all those who had been eliminated had left the rule-space set by the Body Fusion Stage and were watching the battle from outside.

“How the h*ll are we supposed to fight that?”

“Exactly. This is just ridiculous. Why did he get teleported to such a good spot while I was surrounded by nothing but trees?

Even if I’m eliminated, at least let me have some fun first.”

The Demon Sect messenger said calmly, “Luck is also a part of strength. We don’t want unlucky people.”

That instantly shut the guy up.

Qin Wenke stared at Li Xuanxiao, silently muttering in his heart:

It’s over. Even though Junior Brother Xuanxiao is steady as ever, there's no way he can handle someone at the Tribulation Stage.

“.........”

“Take my finger! Ah hahaha!”

The one pretending to be at the Tribulation Stage was going completely nuts.

Li Xuanxiao watched the scene, quietly slipping away.

In this rule-space, Body Fusion was already the cap. No matter how much more you absorbed, it was useless.

Unless you got the breakthrough fruit—but that one and only fruit had already been eaten by that guy.

So no matter how many divine powers and techniques you absorbed, you couldn’t beat him.

Thinking this, Li Xuanxiao had already made his way to the riverbank, axe in hand.

He walked to the middle of the bridge, and the axe automatically slipped from his hand.

The River God appeared—this Body Fusion Stage powerhouse disguised as the River God was already running out of patience.

Again?

At this point, what’s the point of dropping your axe again?

Still, out of professional pride, he began reciting his line.

“Dear Daoist, did you drop this ordinary axe, or this—”

Before he could finish, Li Xuanxiao leapt into the river.

Splash~

River God: ........

All the spectators stared wide-eyed at each other.

(O_o)

Did he just kill himself knowing he had no chance of winning?

Very quickly, the river began bubbling like boiling water.

And then, under the stunned gaze of the River God—

Li Xuanxiao emerged from the water.

Not one Li Xuanxiao, but three.

An ordinary-material Li Xuanxiao, a high-quality-material Li Xuanxiao, and an immortal-material Li Xuanxiao.

The three Li Xuanxiaos looked at each other.

“Side by side, let’s go!!”

All three Li Xuanxiaos rushed to gang up on the Tribulation Stage powerhouse.

Immortal-material Li Xuanxiao directly cast a divine power and subdued the Tribulation Stage guy with one hand.

“Hiss~”

The River God gasped.

Wait... these rules I made can be played like that!?

“.........”

The trial ended.

Final results came out—Li Xuanxiao lived up to expectations and took first place.

He directly subdued the Tribulation Stage guy with one hand.

“Junior Brother Xuanxiao!!”

Qin Wenke gave Li Xuanxiao a hard slap on the shoulder, giving him a big thumbs-up from the heart.

He actually pulled off a comeback.

Very soon, it was time for the award ceremony.

This time, third place received the Nascent Soul Pill, Power God Pill, Wind God Pill, and the Hundred Turn Pill...

All of them were extremely rare and precious pills.

Second place received the Soul-Fusing Blood-Drinking Sword and its corresponding sword technique.

Qin Wenke stared with envy.

After doing so much grunt work, he’d thought the prizes would just be empty promises.

Just one Nascent Soul Pill from third place alone was worth ten thousand spirit stones.

He hadn’t heard of the Soul-Fusing Blood-Drinking Sword, but it couldn’t be bad.

Then first place must be...

Qin Wenke whispered to Li Xuanxiao, “You hit the jackpot. Remember to split half with me.”

Li Xuanxiao gave a slight nod.

Then the messenger walked up to Li Xuanxiao, nodded approvingly.

“Very good. Although the others did well, your performance stood out the most.

Naturally, you’ll receive the ultimate prize.”

“What is it?” Li Xuanxiao couldn’t help showing a hint of anticipation.

“You will have the honor of meeting the Sect Leader in person.”

Li Xuanxiao raised a brow.

That counts as a grand prize?

But it was something he needed to know.

Just what Demon Sect, with a Body Fusion Stage powerhouse, was this?

So, Li Xuanxiao followed the Demon Sect messenger and left.

Before leaving, Li Xuanxiao gave Qin Wenke a reassuring glance.

“Just remember—when you meet the Sect Leader, just keep praising him nonstop.” the Demon Sect messenger advised Li Xuanxiao.

Li Xuanxiao asked, “May I ask the Sect Leader’s name?”

“You’ll know when you see him. Things are tight right now.”

Li Xuanxiao nodded like a pecking chick.

“Our Sect Leader loves hearing good things—let me teach you a failproof script.”

The Demon Sect messenger really liked Li Xuanxiao and was willing to teach him more.

Li Xuanxiao listened attentively.

“Just go all in slandering Liu Qiushui from Asura Hall, and praise our Sect Leader!”

Li Xuanxiao: (⊙o⊙)…

He turned around and left, like he’d made up his mind.

“Jie jie jie!!!”

Just then, the classic evil laugh rang out.

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