Chapter 270: Lady Stone Rock

"Take a good look—what exactly did you just break open?"

Looking at Ne Zha's face of utter disbelief, Ao Qian curled the corner of his mouth into a faint smile.

Hearing this, Ne Zha turned his head to look at the Heaven-Earth Manifestation avatar he had just shattered, and suddenly realized that what he had just destroyed with all his might was merely an Earth Escape Technique doppelganger!

"Ah, three-eyed baby, you've gone bad—you actually used such a petty trick to deceive my full-force strike, how hateful!"

Ne Zha, unwilling to accept it, madly jabbed his fire-tip spear at the soft light enveloping him.

Merely, that strike also took a huge toll on Ne Zha; no matter how he attacked, he couldn't break free.

Meanwhile, after pouring all their power into Ne Zha's body, the four mechanical Ne Zhas have now completely conked out.

This is also a flaw of the mechanical Ne Zhas: their operation requires an energy source, namely Ne Zha's blood, which is also a key reason limiting their numbers.

After all, neither Ao Yifan nor Lady Yin could bear to see Ne Zha strengthen himself through such self-harm.

The energy source currently used by these four mechanical Ne Zhas is still the nosebleed from when the previous two Ne Zhas picked their noses.

This is why these four mechanical Ne Zhas conked out so quickly.

"You submit or not?"

Ao Qian held the Illuminating World Lamp, gazing at the still-struggling Ne Zha.

"I don't accept it—you tricked me with a scheming ploy into wasting my full-force strike; this round doesn't count. If you've got the guts, wait till I come out and we'll fight again!"

Ne Zha objected.

"Hah, losing is losing—you fell for it so easily, showing your own strength just isn't enough, you..."

Ao Qian was still about to say something when suddenly a huge stone hand thrust out from the stone mountain beneath them, reaching to grab both of them.

"You two brats, dare to fight on my perfect face and smash my appearance—do you know that?"

A voice rang out, and immediately a massive mountain peak transformed into a voluptuous woman.

"This is!"

Ne Zha and Ao Qian were momentarily stunned, never expecting that their battleground also housed a stone demon.

Moreover, seeing the deep pit on the opponent's face, it was obvious that this was exactly the trace left when Ao Qian used his Earth Escape Technique doppelganger earlier.

The light of the Illuminating World Lamp blocked the stone demon's hands, and Ao Qian gazed at the huge stone demon now bearing a deep pit on its face.

"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention; I can make amends on my end."

Ao Qian said.

"Compensation?"

The stone demon's eyes rolled, landing on Ao Qian, and it stared at him for a while.

"Yo, I didn't notice earlier, but you're quite a handsome young man!"

Saying that, the stone demon's massive figure shifted, and in an instant it turned into a buxom lady.

"Huh? You're a demon, a mountain turned into a demon—I've never seen one like you before!"

At that moment, Ne Zha poked his head out from behind Ao Qian, curiously eyeing the stone demon before him.

"I'm not a demon; I'm Lady Stone Rock, you little brat—remember that!"

The stone demon made a move it thought was alluring.

"So you're called Lady Stone Rock!"

His eyes shifted, Ne Zha grinned and said, "Lady Stone Rock, do you have a husband? Would you like—"

Before Ne Zha could finish, a hand suddenly covered his mouth.

At the same time, Ao Yifan broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead; as soon as this kid opened his mouth, he knew what the kid wanted to say.

"Good thing I managed to stop him."

After glancing at Lady Stone Rock across from him, Ao Yifan swallowed, thinking to himself: "Looks like I also need to instill proper aesthetics in this brat, not just drag anyone home."

It's undeniable that Lady Stone Rock is, to some extent, quite cute; it's just that Ao Yifan doesn't have the fortune to enjoy her.

"Yo, two handsome lads, and now another handsome guy shows up!"

Upon seeing Ao Yifan, Lady Stone Rock's eyes lit up involuntarily.

Cough cough.

After a light cough, Ao Yifan clasped his hands and said, "Over there is Lady Stone Rock, fellow Daoist; I am a friend of Zhao Gongming, Fellow Daoist Zhao. My son just offended you greatly, Fellow Daoist—please don't take it to heart."

"Huh? You actually know Senior Brother Zhao?"

Lady Stone Rock glanced at Ao Yifan with some surprise; as an outer-branch disciple of the Sect of Severance, she never expected that Ao Yifan knew Zhao Gongming, the senior outer-branch disciple of the Sect of Severance.

"Not bad!"

Ao Yifan flipped his right hand, and a jade tablet appeared in his palm.

The instant Lady Stone Rock saw the jade tablet in Ao Yifan's hand, she recognized its origin.

"Not bad, indeed it's Senior Brother Zhao's jade tablet—looks like you really do know Senior Brother Zhao."

Lady Stone Rock nodded and said, "Since you know Senior Brother Zhao, let's forget about today's incident."

Saying that, Lady Stone Rock waved her hand, then took out a bronze mirror and checked her face.

"Good, good, it's just a slight scrape; it can still be saved!"

As her words fell, Lady Stone Rock's right hand condensed a stone block, pressing it into the pit on her face to replenish the stone consumed when Ao Qian earlier used his Earth Escape Technique doppelganger.

"Like this, then it's beautiful!"

After admiring her own peerless beauty, Lady Stone Rock finally satisfied, put away her bronze mirror, and looked once more at Ao Qian.

"Handsome young man, next time you fight someone, take note: a girl's face is her most important feature; if you ruin someone's face, you'll have to take responsibility and marry her!"

Lady Stone Rock said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ao Qian's face showed a hint of thoughtfulness, then he nodded seriously and said, "Mm, I got it!"

Ao Yifan, standing to the side, looked at his own little brat with a somewhat strange expression.

"This kid, could it be that he took Shi Ji's words seriously?"

Upon thinking that if Lady Shi Ji became his daughter-in-law, Ao Yifan couldn't help but shudder all over.

"Never mind, grandchildren have their own fortune; love is something I, as an elder, can't control; as long as the kids are happy, that's enough!"

A crisis, of course, referring to Lady Shi Ji's crisis; after Ao Yifan brought up his friendship with Zhao Gongming, it was resolved.

"Alright, big handsome guy, little handsome guy, this lady has left!"

She waved her hand, and Lady Shi Ji instantly turned into a fragment of stone and flew off into the distance.

"Hehe, Dad, she called me little handsome guy, and she's actually pretty nice."

Looking at the departing Lady Shi Ji, Nezha grinned.

"Mm, she's really not bad!"

Ao Yifan said with a smile.

But just the next moment, Ao Yifan's expression changed slightly, and his consciousness entered the Investiture of the Gods under his command.

Shi Ji, made the list!

This also means that, not long after Lady Shi Ji had just left, she was killed by someone.

Who is it?

Ao Yifan's divine sense stirred, and he instantly locked onto the attacker.

"Wenshu Guangfa Tianzun, it's actually him!"