Chapter 163: Sacrificial Pawn

God Realm God Officials handle affairs of other worlds.

Idle people, scram!

A majestic voice rang out between heaven and earth, piercing blood light burst from it, staining heaven and earth a bloody red, as if the world were transformed in the blink of an eye.

Bai Yuan's gaze tightened slightly; he had never imagined that the Asura God would, at this time, suddenly send god officials down to the Lower Realm, and moreover for a legitimate reason, to handle affairs there.

That's right, the god officials who appeared were dispatched by the Asura God to deal with things; the aura of that piercing blood light was something Bai Yuan could only say he knew all too well.

At that moment, the blood light swiftly faded, and two figures appeared before Bai Yuan and Xiao Xun'er—two men wearing blood-colored armor.

This armor is covered in dark red demonic patterns.

Bai Yuan had seen this armor before, as the armor worn by the Asura God is nearly identical to it.

However, the Asura God's armor set has already attained divine-artifact grade, and could even be said to be extremely close to a super divine artifact.

But the standard armor worn by the two men before them isn't even a divine artifact—at most it's a pseudo-divine artifact, after all, the God Realm is so impoverished that a full set of divine artifacts is standard gear for a first-rank god.

How could a mere god official possibly have a set of divine-artifact armor?

"Fighting Sect?" Xiao Xun'er gazed at the two suddenly appearing figures, her voice uncertain as she murmured.

As the daughter of the ancient clan's chief, she had encountered countless experts in her daily life, so she could naturally discern their strength from their aura and other details.

This made a hint of worry well up in Xiao Xun'er's heart.

Because she also saw that Bai Yuan's strength was at most that of a Fighting King, possibly not even reaching that level—just an early-stage Fighting King.

In other words, in Xiao Xun'er's eyes, Bai Yuan's strength was at most a two- or three-star Fighting King, and the gap to a Fighting Sect was certainly not small.

How could this not leave Xiao Xun'er worried?

"Leave the person behind, you can scram." One of the two god officials looked at Bai Yuan, his cold voice and eyes showing a hint of contempt.

Under Bai Yuan's Heavenly Mechanism mask, his only exposed pair of jet-black eyes narrowed slightly, within them flashing a dangerous divine light.

Accompanying it was also a contemplative expression.

It is obvious that the Asura God did not tell these god officials that Bai Yuan had the strength to defeat ordinary god officials; this was surely forgotten, or deliberately left unsaid.

As for the purpose…

Bai Yuan's expression turned somewhat grim.

Is this meant to force him to kill these two god officials?

The two before them are clearly not easy to get along with; one could even say they are unreasonable and look down on mortal god officials of the Lower Realm.

Sending such two people to contend with Bai Yuan for a person.

Isn't this just forcing Bai Yuan to kill them?

This can be said to be a blatant scheme.

If Bai Yuan acts and kills these two Lower Realm law-enforcing god officials, the Asura God will have just cause to descend personally to the Lower Realm, or send a stronger deity to apprehend him!

If Bai Yuan does not kill him, he will lose Xiao Xun'er.

Either way, the Asura God will not lose.

Even if Bai Yuan takes Xiao Xun'er and turns to flee, these two god officials can still pursue relentlessly, forcing Bai Yuan to kill them.

Even for him, obstructing God Realm law enforcement is the only option.

The Asura God will personally act against him, carrying out extermination.

Xiao Xun'er listened to the god officials' words, her small face turning slightly pale; she instinctively spread her arms and embraced Bai Yuan's neck, as if seeking a sense of security, yet also fearing abandonment.

But in the next moment, Xiao Xun'er came to her senses, she released her hold on Bai Yuan's hand, and her small face showed a maturity beyond her years.

She timidly said, "Big brother, you can't beat them; hand me over to them and then leave. We are merely a chance encounter."

After coming to this strange world, the first person who helped her and saved her life was…

A flicker of surprise flashed in Bai Yuan's eyes as he suddenly smiled and said, "How do you know we are a mere chance encounter?"

Xiao Xun'er:???

She looked at Bai Yuan, full of doubt.

She really wanted to ask him what that meant.

But the not-so-distant god official coldly snorted and said, "Lowly ants of the Lower Realm, does your remark mean you don't want to scram?"

Bai Yuan raised his eyebrows, his voice also turning cold as he said, "You are nothing but a sacrificial pawn; speak politely if you wish to court death—there's no need to rush."

If the situation before them were likened to a game of chess, Bai Yuan would be the general, while the two god officials before him would merely be pawns that have crossed the river.

If Bai Yuan were to consume them, he would fall into a passive position.

But if he does not consume them, they will relentlessly pursue him.

This is life like a chess game, except that most people are merely pieces, and the player lets the pieces go to die, so they inevitably must die.

However, unlike a normal chess game where the forces are equal, in reality the opposing board has thousands of pawns and hundreds of chariots, horses, and cannons, while Bai Yuan has only a few tiny pieces.

Even the written characters don't count as pieces.

Because the player does not have feelings for the pieces.

But Bai Yuan does have feelings for his disciples.

This is precisely why, as soon as the Asura God gets a chance to act, Bai Yuan falls into an absolute disadvantage, even if the opponent moves only a single pawn.

The god officials' eyes turned ice-cold, utterly unaware that they were the sacrificial pawns sent to die; instead, they spoke coldly: "Under normal circumstances, Lower Realm law-enforcing god officials may not strike at mortals, but if you insist on obstructing them, by God Realm law, those who obstruct God Realm law enforcement shall die."

The icy word 'death' accompanied by a piercing killing intent spread across heaven and earth, the temperature seeming to drop rapidly as the word appeared.

"Big brother, you should still leave!" Xiao Xun'er, shivering from the cold, involuntarily shrank her snowy white neck and then tugged at Bai Yuan's clothing as she spoke.

Below, Tang San coldly watched.

He now very much hopes that Bai Yuan's disciple will clash head-on with the god officials; thus, even if the two god officials are killed, he will surely die.

Of course, Tang San himself is preparing to flee.

A battle of godly level is far beyond what he can currently participate in; even a slight ripple could seriously injure him.

Without hesitation, Tang San immediately used the Blue Silver True Body to start fleeing.

Bai Yuan cared about him, also ignored Xiao Xun'er's words, merely coldly said: "Being sent down to die and still unaware, truly ridiculous."

The god official's expression instantly turned cold.

Another god official also stepped forward at that moment.

In an instant, a killing intent akin to the Asura's, yet far inferior to that terrifying killing intent, permeated the heavens and earth.

At the same time, a faint blood mist rose within a radius of ten thousand meters.

Originally shrouded in thin mist, giving a hazy beauty to the continuous mountain range, at this moment it seemed to transform into Avici Hell, giving a feeling of terror.

"This god official once again issues a final ultimatum to you, an insect of the Lower Realm; do you truly intend to obstruct the divine realm's law-enforcing god official in carrying out duty?"

(End of chapter)