Chapter 223: Subduing the Otherworldly God‑King

"Submit or die, you choose." At that moment Bai Yuan was calm, but a strange voice rang through the darkness, making the five Gu Yu confronting him shudder.

"Sir, what should we do?" The four behind Gu Yu were drenched in sweat, beads of sweat constantly forming on their foreheads, then sliding down both cheeks and dripping to the ground.

At this moment they had no fighting spirit at all.

They only felt they had encountered an unparalleled great being.

After all, the opponent stood right before you, yet you couldn't even discern their appearance, build, or gender, nor remember them; clearly they are of a different magnitude—how could you fight?

Especially even if it's the Nine‑Star Dou‑Saint Capital clan leader.

It's impossible to stand calmly before them, making them unable to see anything, and with those arrogantly boastful words—how could they fight?

"I don't know what to do either," Gu Yu, seeing the unparalleled great being make no move, brushed sweat from his forehead and whispered.

The four behind him fell silent.

As the mysterious figure before them said, only two choices lie before them now: submit or die!

If they choose death, they not only die, but also lose any chance to fulfill the task entrusted by the Ancient Clan clan leader.

But if they choose to submit, it amounts to betraying the Ancient Clan, yet they still have a chance to complete the task assigned by the Ancient Clan clan leader.

Find Xiao Xun Er and protect her!

At this moment Gu Yu's heart was in extreme turmoil.

He was considering keeping a useful body to complete the mission.

Whether he himself counts as betraying the Ancient Clan.

Perhaps completing the mission wouldn't be betrayal.

Failing to complete the mission would be betrayal.

Gu Yu pondered this deep inside.

One of the four behind him transmitted, "Sir, shall we go all out, surviving whoever we can?"

He is a die‑hard of the Ancient Clan, who would die before betraying the Ancient Clan.

At that moment another spoke outright, "If you want us to surrender, if you want us to betray the Ancient Clan, stop day‑dreaming!"

Gu Yu's face changed slightly; he inhaled deeply, ready to gamble his life together with his four subordinates behind him.

To see if they could carve a bloody path.

Even if only one survives to continue the mission.

That would be enough!

For a moment, the pitch‑black world grew oppressive; all Soul Beasts hidden in the darkness cowered, bowing their heads, daring not to move.

Gu Yue Na's gaze tightened slightly.

"Bai Yuan's method didn't work?" Gu Yue Na couldn't help sighing inwardly; she had just thought Bai Yuan's method had succeeded.

It now seems that method was too forceful; now she must act, subdue them, then negotiate properly, or simply leave with Bai Yuan and his four.

Just as Gu Yue Na gathered her power, intending to strike first, she sensed Bai Yuan utter a phrase toward Bai Yu.

Even though Gu Yue Na was very close to Bai Yuan, she still couldn't hear the words clearly, only vaguely sensing the transmission.

It should be noted that Gu Yue Na's strongest skill is mental power.

At such a close distance she could only sense it.

The five Gu Yu on the other side were most likely unable to perceive it at all.

In fact that was the case; amid the tension, Bai Yu, perched on Bai Yuan's shoulder, suddenly spoke, "Master, didn't you say those five were our own people, that they came looking for junior sister Xiao Xun Er? Why are you so harsh to them?"

The words caused an instant hush in the darkness.

Gu Yu listened to Bai Yu's words.

He wondered if his ears were malfunctioning.

Are the five of them our own people?

Junior sister Xiao Xun Er?

This was the first time since they arrived in this world

they had heard about the clan leader's daughter's caution.

The four behind Gu Yu were also stunned.

They never expected the unparalleled great being before them.

It could very well be the terrifying entity that opens the two‑realm passage.

Nor did they expect it had already taken Xiao Xun Er as a disciple.

Immediately after, they heard that strange voice again, echoing in the darkness: "Bai Yu, why are you in such a hurry? Isn't the master just wanting to see their loyalty to Xiao Xun Er?"

Gu Yu and the five were horrified deep inside, cold sweat dripping again from their foreheads and backs, because none of them had expected that the unparalleled great being before them had just been testing their loyalty to Xiao Xun Er!

Without further hesitation, Gu Yu dropped to one knee, clasped his fists and said, "I, Gu Yu of the Ancient Clan, have offended greatly just now; I ask the senior to forgive me."

The four of Gu Yu also knelt on one knee together.

"I have greatly offended just now; please forgive me, senior."

Bai Yuan's mouth corner couldn't help but curl into a satisfied smile.

Gu Yue Na slightly opened her mouth.

She had already prepared herself for a bloody battle.

Yet Bai Yuan resolved the dispute with just two sentences.

And even succeeded in subduing a God‑King‑level strongman.

Dong Qianqiu and Wang Qiuer, the two girls, were so shocked they could not speak; they had just thought a massive battle was about to erupt.

That their karmic avatars would be caught up and die.

And it was solved with just those two sentences?

Bai Yuan feigned calm and said: "Just get up, no need to apologize."

"Thank you, senior." Gu Yu and the five slowly rose to their feet.

Then Gu Yu asked: "Senior, may I ask where our young lady is? Could you let us see her?"

Bai Yuan's expression showed no ripple as he said: "Xun'er is now at a critical moment of her cultivation; she must not be disturbed. After you lot resolve your own troubles, I will then take you to see her."

Take them to meet Xiao Xun'er?

How could Bai Yuan possibly take them to meet her?

One must know that when facing his own disciple,

Bai Yuan's performance could be said to be very sincere.

First, a Slaughter God–level expert needed to rely on the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame; later, Xiao Xun'er asked Bai Yuan how to open a two‑world passage so she could fall into this world.

Bai Yuan also did not deceive her.

The direct answer was a special method.

It was inconvenient to say.

At this moment, if the five before him were allowed to meet Xiao Xun'er, while not saying it would be a hundred percent exposure, there would still be an eighty percent chance of giving something away.

As for what would happen after the exposure,

Bai Yuan could not predict the outcome.

Therefore, rather than letting the matter head into the unknown,

it would be better to cut off the possibility of Xiao Xun'er meeting the five.

At that time, it would suffice to set up a completed Five Elements Grand Formation.

Whether or not there would be a leak of the secret would then not be so important.

But at this moment, Gu Yu and his companions were utterly confused.

Their own troubles.

They had come to this world and were obviously law‑abiding and kept to themselves.

How could they have gotten into trouble?

Bai Yuan had no intention of explaining, and simply said lightly: "This matter, you go ask Xiao Yu; once things are settled, she will naturally take you to see Xun'er."

As the words fell, Gu Yue Na and Bai Yuan, of one mind, brought him, Dong Qianqiu, and Wang Qiu'er, and they intended to fall to the ground.

Only a bewildered Bai Yu remained, falling from mid‑air.

Gu Yu was startled, about to reach out and suspend that little girl in mid‑air, but saw she herself stood in the void.

"Walking in the void? A Fighting Sect!"

Gu Yu was utterly shocked.

The figure before him was about one meter tall.

Appearing to be no more than five or six years old, a little girl.

And yet she is a Fighting Sect expert!

(End of chapter)