XIAO SHUXIANG'S

430 - Pearl of the Death Eaters

YAMA..!

Nan Shui Gong hit the ground, he gritted his teeth and stared intently at Xiao Shuxiang. He could not use the Death Eater Pearl because his condition was now in his own headquarters.

The pearl will absorb the life of any living thing regardless of friend or foe. And the heirloom cannot be stopped before a certain deadline.

If Nan Shui Gong were to use the Death Eater Pearl right now, then not only Xiao Shuxiang-but his subordinates would also lose their lives. Another problem, Xiao Shuxiang might have had a way of overcoming the heirloom.

This human he was fighting had a strange technique like dozens of mirrors that seemed to float around him. Several times he attacked, but the mirror instantly absorbed his attack and instead appeared on the other mirror. He felt like he was being played.

Xiao Shuxiang set his foot, he grinned. "Why Nan Shui Gong? You're afraid of pulling out your great heirloom, huh? Or are you afraid I'm taking it from you?"

"Shut up! A lowly human like you has no right to give me orders..!"

Nan Shui Gong darted, his body now turning into a huge beast with monstrous horns. He lunged at Xiao Shuxiang and spouted out a poisonous acid.

Xiao Shuxiang again took out his Moving Mirror as a shield. Nan Shui Gong's poisonous hot acid was swallowed into his mirror before gushing out from another moving mirror.

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Ahhhh..!!

The subordinate Demonic Beasts of Nan Shu Gong were affected. Somehow a burst of acid suddenly gushed from the mirror above and beside their bodies.

Some Demonic Beasts suffered burns, not a few were directly uprooted by the poison and the hot taste of the acid.

Nan Shui Gong stared naggingly at Xiao Shuxiang when he heard the sound of laughter from the young man. He really hated being seen with human eyes that seemed to look down on him.

"XIAO SHUXIANG'S..!"

Nan Shui Gong's patience was over. He enveloped his body with black lightning and suddenly disappeared.

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Xiao Shuxiang had already expected this to happen. Nan Shui Gong appeared right behind him with glowing red eyes. He fended off the buffalo monster attack even though it only lasted a few moments.

Xiao Shuxiang bounced, but did not hit the ground. He survived with his knees and right hand touching the ground.

"I'll Kill you, Xiao Shuxiang..!!"

"Hmph, looks like you're getting serious now.. Shui Gong's. But it's not me who's going to die, it's you!"

Thin blackish smoke enveloped Xiao Shuxiang's body, the nails on his fingers elongated and turned black. The next instant he darted and lunged at Nan Shui Gong.

Their fight was really fierce as well as difficult to follow the eye. The sky seemed to be broken by the sound of the second fight. The Demonic Beasts were even prepared in case a stray attack suddenly came.

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"Dodging..!!"

OH, BAAAAM..!!

Not a few Demonic Beasts were injured as a result of late dodging the stray attacks from Xiao Shuxiang's fight against Nan Shui Gong. The two creatures seemed to ignore the surrounding environment.

CRAASH..!

Nan Shui Gong's claws hit Xiao Shuxiang's chest and tore the young man's clothes. He himself was hit by a counterattack that sent him bouncing to the ground.

"I will kill you despite having to lose all my people, Xiao Shuxiang..!"

"You talk too much, Shui Gong. Do it if you can,"

Xiao Shuxiang set his foot on the ground, he rubbed the blood on his lips wearing the back of his right hand. The wounds from Nan Shui Gong's attack slowly faded away and only left traces of blood alone.

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That regeneration of Guardian Protector Ling Qing Zhu's body was indeed the envy of anyone. Moreover, because now Xiao Shuxiang was at his best - his regeneration was getting faster.

Nan Shui Gong gathered the energy in his mouth and the next second he blasted it into the sky. Xiao Shuxiang grinned and quickly caught what the Demonic Beast was about to do even though his right hand had to feel the pain of burning.

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Nan Shui Gong was so surprised his opponent could catch what he was tearing at. He felt that Xiao Shuxiang was truly already insane.

The thing that Nan Shui Gong had glued down was none other than the Pearl of Death Eaters. He wanted to kill the Destroying Star, but what happened was that the heirloom was in his opponent's hands.

Xiao Shuxiang snorted, he had long waited for Nan Shui Gong to take out this heirloom. Now that the Pearl of Death Eaters was in his hands, there was no longer any business of him in this place.

"Xiao Shuxiang! Give me back that thing, you don't deserve it..!"

"You are also inappropriate. Rather than you think of this thing, you better think of your own life." Xiao Shuxiang stuffed a pearl the size of a child's fist into his Universal Bracelet.

It didn't take long until he turned into a figure that even Nan Shui Gong and his subordinates had only witnessed this for the first time.

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They were all very surprised, the atmosphere suddenly changed and somehow their legs were difficult to move. The sightings of monstrous large creatures covered in black smoke were able to make their breaths choked.

"W-What's that..?!"

"He.. He's Ib-!!"

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Nan Shui Gong's gaze suddenly black, as well as those Demonic Beasts who saw the most terrifying figure. As if, the creature was created from the darkness and revenge that exist in this world.

Wu Yu who was on his way back to where Lui Me Tian suddenly felt his entire body goosebumps. She felt very bad for her foster niece.

It was not that Wu Yu was worried about Xiao Shuxiang being seriously injured or killed, but because he was worried that his nephew was crazed to the point of not being able to recognize anyone.

Wu Yu did not know, that Xiao Shuxiang instead of being a craze-The Destroying Star was just being uninspired to fight.

If Xiao Shuxiang were excited, it was likely that the fight between him and the Demonic Beasts in the Forbidden Valley Region and Nan Shui Gong was still going on at this time. He couldn't possibly be in that monstrous form if he still wanted to fight.

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Xiao Shuxiang's feet slowly retraced on the ground, he circulated his gaze around and found no other creature besides himself. He then exhaled and then rubbed his face slowly.

Its state was similar to that of the former Southern Continent, where countless Orcs suddenly disappeared.

Xiao Shuxiang then took out the Pearl of Death Eaters and watched the heirloom closely. The color as black as jade from the heirloom was indeed very interesting to his attention.

"Indeed a dangerous thing.." he muttered, even just plainly held - he could feel the aura of death that was very concentrated on this heirloom clutched in his hand.

It did not matter where Nan Shui Gong found the Death Eater Pearl, which was obviously the thing in Xiao Shuxiang's hand was indeed the real one.

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Xiao Shuxiang just remembered something, he immediately darted into a cave and looked for the teacher from Nan Shui Gong. As long as the old man was still alive, then no matter how many times he killed Nan Shui Gong-Monster Scaly Snakes would still be alive.

Xiao Shuxiang clucked in annoyance, he let out his three little blue flames. "Go, and kill any monsters you meet."

Xiao Shuxiang's orders were firm, his little blue flames immediately shot away. They scattered and explored each cave passageway, but all they found was a small insect. The blue flame burned him without leaving a single tail, as if he did not want to make a mistake.

This cave was quite large and spacious, Xiao Shuxiang who was in another passage only found Demonic Beast bones and quite a number of human skulls. Some places in the bright light of the bamboo torch.

He leaned over and rubbed a little soil. There were too many smells that he smelled to be able to distinguish the smell that belonged to teacher Nan Shui Gong. But based on his estimation, some Demonic Beasts had already escaped-far before he and Wu Yu had come to this place.

Xiao Shuxiang let out a slow breath. It didn't take long for the three little blue flames to come with the news that they didn't find a Demonic Beast either.

"Heah.. I thought this was gonna happen.." Xiao Shuxiang did not want to search anymore nor chase after the teacher from Nan Shui Gong. The Pearl of Death Eaters was already in his hands, so he had nothing he needed to do in this place.

"Sir.."

A small voice from one of his blue flames rang out, Xiao Shuxiang knew what his little friend wanted to say.

"You want me to go after him?"

Those three Blue Flames floated up and down in response to Xiao Shuxiang's question just now. Their master had to eliminate the greatest threat to the Demon World.

"No way," Xiao Shuxiang rejected him, he looked at his three little blue flames and then smiled. "You seem to have forgotten who I am.. Your master's not that good,"

"Sir.."

"My uncle and foster aunt won't have a job if I root out their problems. And again, this world needs a figure like Nan Shui Gong."

"Master.. Don't tell me you let them go on purpose?"

"Mh.. I don't know.."

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The three blue flames should already know the nature of Xiao Shuxiang. Their master had a bad habit of giving his enemy a chance to keep growing. As a result, he often invited his own map.

"Sir.."

Sometimes their master can be kind, helpful to others and very friendly to anyone. But sometimes their master's inane actions often transcend the limits of reasonableness.

"Little friend, every creature deserves a second chance. Whether they use that opportunity to change themselves for the better or not.. It's their decision. You must not consider your master to be cruel.. I also have a little compassion,"

"Master.. You did not forgive the other Demonic Beasts, but instead let the real-life creatures be killed. Your actions.. Just like when you let Wyvern take your dantian first,"

"Little friend, you guys talk a lot. The world is inhabited by two types of creatures, evil and good. If one of them disappears, the world will become unbalanced. I'm trying to keep that balance in check, isn't your master learning to be good?"

Xiao Shuxiang continued walking, a Moving Mirror began to appear not far in front of him. His words that said learning to be good were not believed by his three little blue flames.

According to them, if Xiao Shuxiang was that good-then there was no way he would let a threat like Nan Shui Gong's teacher escape. Moreover, he did not want to chase after her, even though Nan Shui Gong's teacher could still not be far from this place.

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Lui Me Tian put down the wine cup she drank, she noticed how Ling Qing Zhu was playing with the sword.

The movements of the white-haired girl were gentle and sharp at the same time. Every step he took was sure and without any loopholes. She has a sword style like dancing, yet deadly.

"Enough."

Ling Qing Zhu stopped upon hearing Lui Me Tian's remark, he again sheathed his sword and passed the weapon to his Guardian Guard's foster aunt.

While conversing with Lui Me Tian earlier, this red-clothed woman asked him to practice the sword movement of her sect. Ling Qing Zhu certainly did not mind, it was just that the sword he always carried was taken by his Guardian.

Lui Me Tian felt that it was a bit funny, yet she did not say anything because she knew how the nature of her adoptive nephew, Xiao Shuxiang. He also lent his own sword to this thin veiled girl.

"How does it feel to wear my sword?" Lui Me Tian asked as he held the sword whose sheath was made of blood-red wood.

"Weight."

Lui Me Tian blinked, "What is that?" he looked at the girl whose eyes were as calm as this clear water. He would not believe it if Ling Qing Zhu only commented a single word against his heirloom sword.

"Mrs. A heavy sword."

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Lui Me Tian snorted, he watched the girl beside him from top to bottom. "Didn't he know the sword he held just now was capable of taking the life of a GrandMaster level cultivator in just one swing? And he just commented, 'heavy'..?"

Lui Me Tian again snorted, he rubbed his chest and tried to calm down. For a moment, he felt Ling Qing Zhu slightly resembled his sane nephew.

"Sister..! Is Xiang'Er back..?"

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Lui Me Tian and Ling Qing Zhu heard someone's voice. When they turned their heads, the two saw a golden light dot that shot out like lightning towards them.

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The way Wu Yu landed his feet was too strong to create a shock wind mixed with dust. Lui Me Tian coughed as a result of the action of the Demonic Beast.

"Wu Yu's..! Can't you see? You're soiling my wine,"

"Sister, don't you get upset like that. You'll get a lot of wine later, now where's Xiang'Er?"

"Whatchu mean? Didn't she go with you?"

Wu Yu blinked, he scratched his non-itchy head and started to sit beside Ling Qing Zhu. The long white haired girl shifted a little and then listened to Wu Yu speak.

"Xiang'Er and I attacked Nan Shui Gong's headquarters, but I went home first. I thought he was back,"

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Lui Me Tian flinched, "You left her alone there?! What if he obliterated all of them and made a fuss elsewhere?!" he stood up straight.

Although a hundred years had passed, Lui Me Tian had never been able to forget the mess that Xiao Shuxiang had caused while living alone. That young man could commit the most dangerous act that not even anyone could imagine.

".. We gotta get over there. Let's get Xiao'Er home,"

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Ling Qing Zhu frowned, the look on Lui Me Tian's face looked extremely worried. "What is Aunt worried about? He'll be fine."

"Xiao'Er will definitely be fine, I'm just worried about the Demonic Beasts that are in the Forbidden Valley Region. After all, many of them are completely innocent,"

Lui Me Tian was about to step up when a water point formed and solidified in front of him. He saw the water point forming a mirror as tall as an adult. Someone she knew came out of the big mirror.

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Xiao Shuxiang's clothes looked full of joy, especially on his chest. Because he was wearing a black uniform, no one knew that his clothes were currently soaked with sweat and blood.

"Xiao'Er, where have you been..?" Lui Me Tian touched his nephew's shoulder, he gasped as he felt sticky and wet in his hand.

"Auntie, my stomach hurts and I'm gonna take a shower.." Xiao Shuxiang was unwilling to talk for now, he did not like the Demonic Beast blood and the taste of their flesh. It made him want to vomit.

"…"

Ling Qing Zhu did not say anything, he just stood up and took note of the state of his Guardian Guard which despite appearing messy, yet still looked fine.

Wu Yu also took notice of Xiao Shuxiang who started walking away. His nephew clearly wanted to clean himself up at this moment. He held back Lui Me Tian who wanted to catch up with Xiao Shuxiang and told the woman to wait here alone.

They were indeed in the backyard of Lui Me Tian's palace, a suitable place to practice swordsmanship and also talk about many things.

Lui Me Tian sat back down, he listened to Wu Yu who was talking to Ling Qing Zhu. The thin veiled girl answered every question addressed to her calmly and briefly.

The three waited for Xiao Shuxiang for approximately 15 minutes. In that span of time, Ling Qing Zhu could instantly become familiar with Wu Yu.

The man who always carried this staff reminded him of the Mad Beggar Boy, it was just that Wu Yu was much more authoritative and knew how to carry himself well.

Xiao Shuxiang himself had only met his uncle, aunt, and white cat after he had finished cleaning himself. He talked about the Pearl of Death Eaters and decided to bring the heirloom.

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Lui Me Tian and Wu Yu actually objected if Xiao Shuxiang brought an extremely dangerous object to the human world. But since their niece was a person who disliked rejection, obviously the two had no choice. Only, Xiao Shuxiang had to promise to always keep the heirloom and not be known by other humans.

".. Death Eaters pearls are very dangerous when used. The impact is so terrible that you'll find it hard to imagine. You certainly understand this.." Wu Yu warned his nephew back.

"I know the impact this thing can have, but I need it Uncle. I need it to protect myself and those I consider valuable,"

Xiao Shuxiang flinched as his hand was grabbed by Lui Me Tian. He looked at his adoptive aunt who was looking serious.

"Xiao'Er, you don't need to rely on anything. Your current strength is more than enough to protect anyone you consider valuable. Just keep it, but never use it,"

Xiao Shuxiang smiled, he felt that Lui Me Tian cared too much for him. He exhaled and then said goodbye.

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"Why hurry up so much. You guys don't want to stay?" Lui Me Tian did not know Ling Qing Zhu well enough, he still wanted to talk a lot to his nephew's future wife.

"Can't be Auntie, I took away someone's daughter for too long. My future father-in-law and brother-in-law would be angry if I didn't return the White Cat, he also seemed to have long wanted to go home.." Xiao Shuxiang extended his hand to Ling Qing Zhu and as if asked the girl to come with him.

"…"

Xiao Shuxiang's helping hand was well received by his White Cat. Ling Qing Zhu was seen asking for his sword back, he did not like to walk around without a weapon.

".. When did you give me my sword?"

"Later, I'll give it back." Xiao Shuxiang rubbed a bit of dust under his White Cat eyes, he then asked Ling Qing Zhu to say goodbye to Lui Me Tian and Wu Yu.

Ling Qing Zhu nodded. Politely and respectfully he said goodbye to his uncle and adopted aunt from his Guardian Guardians. He requested that Lui Me Tian and Wu Yu could take good care of themselves.

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Lui Me Tian pulled Ling Qing Zhu and hugged him. He was happy with this white haired girl and already considered her a part of the family.

"Qing Zhu'Er, you must also take care of yourself. Never forget my message,"

Ling Qing Zhu nodded before returning to stand beside Xiao Shuxiang. He had previously been nervous about being suddenly hugged by Lui Me Tian, a creature whose identity he already knew.

The adopted aunt of the Guardian is a white skull creature. Lui Me Tian said it himself. The first time hearing it clearly made Ling Qing Zhu's heart barely stop beating.

Xiao Shuxiang took out the Moving Mirror again, he started walking away but was suddenly restrained by Wu Yu.

"Xiang'Er, you forgot your luggage,"

"Mn? Luggage?" Xiao Shuxiang frowned in astonishment at his uncle's words.

Wu Yu smiled meaningfully and finally made Xiao Shuxiang understand. The Alchemist Chef immediately smiled bitterly and then shook his hand.

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