Chapter 380: Pitfalled

"You... what are you doing?"

"A junior should respect his senior!"

The remnant soul of the Ice Imperial retreated in terror, while opposite him, Xiao Han, who had silently condensed an Ice Spear at some unknown moment, walked slowly toward him with an expressionless face.

Hearing this, he paused his steps, raised his head, and lowered his gaze, "Senior?"

Xiao Han could not help but laugh in anger, "Is there any senior who would pitfall a junior like this?"

Having said that, he prepared to strike. If it were before, Xiao Han might truly not have been a match for the Ice Imperial's remnant soul; the former was, after all, a means left behind by a peak Dou Di, and the strength displayed within his home turf was not something he could compare to.

However, after Xiao Han accepted the complete inheritance, the control of the entire Inheritance Ruins fell entirely into his hands; he was the boss of this place.

Now...

The times have changed!

Although the remnant soul had given him a heaven-sent opportunity, it had unexpectedly taken him away from the Dou Qi Continent without a word. To show his "respect," he decided to give the other party a heart-chilling experience with his greatest strength!

"Hey, hey, hey, I gave you a bigger stage!"

"You are returning evil for good!"

It would have been fine if this hadn't been mentioned, but with the old matter brought up again, a surge of anger rose in Xiao Han's heart.

I could have gone to the Da Qian World on my own; why the hell are you meddling in other people's business?

If it were just a matter of going to the Da Qian World, Xiao Han wouldn't have minded, as he was quite yearning for that place after all.

However, the remnant soul's methods were truly too sinister; it didn't even leave him time to explain things, taking him away without a sound.

Recalling the consequences of his silent disappearance for a hundred years back then, Xiao Han couldn't help but tremble; now... it would be another unknown number of years!

Although times are different now and the Langya Pavilion would remain the hegemon of the Central Plains even without him, Xiao Han could already imagine the looks he would receive upon his return.

"..." A curse was about to slip out, but suddenly thinking of something, he immediately shut his mouth.

As a loner, the Ice Imperial's only kin was perhaps the plane will of the Dou Qi Continent that gave birth to him. Since Xiao Han had received the inheritance, he owed a certain amount of gratitude and could not commit the wicked act of putting down the bowl and cursing the cook. (Real reason: worried about being set up!)

After thinking it over, Xiao Han dispersed the spear in his hand and looked coldly at the "shivering" remnant soul of the Ice Imperial. He finally understood that this super powerhouse from the ancient era was also unreliable; as things stood, he could only choose to trust the other party and take it one step at a time.

"Is this going to that so-called Upper Realm?" Xiao Han asked.

"Yes." Bringing up the serious matter, the Ice Imperial's remnant soul also became solemn and nodded in response.

"Introduce the situation of that so-called Upper Realm."

"And..."

"Where will we eventually land?"

Xiao Han's tone lacked any of the politeness one should show a senior; after all, having just been pitted, being able to sit together and talk was already the result of his restraint.

However...

"I don't know." The Ice Imperial's remnant soul shook his head as if it were a matter of course.

"Are you looking to die?" The anger in Xiao Han's heart was ignited once again, even more fiercely than before, and the spear condensed again, resting directly on the shoulder of the Ice Imperial's remnant soul.

One "I don't know" after another, and yet he dared to act on his own without a word—this thing was truly prepared to pit people to death!

"I really don't know this." The remnant soul had the look of a dead pig not fearing boiling water.

"However, I can explain," the remnant soul continued, feeling that he could still struggle a bit.

Xiao Han did not speak, nor did he put down the spear in his hand, just watching quietly, his eyes without joy or sorrow.

"You have just broken through to Dou Di, so you might not be clear on this."

The Ice Imperial's remnant soul took on the airs of an old senior telling a youngster he was still too green, shaking his head and saying:

"As long as you have been a Dou Di for a longer time, you can vaguely sense the existence of the Upper Realm."

"It's just that..."

The Ice Imperial's remnant soul became a bit dejected and said dispiritedly: "At that time, due to special circumstances, the Dou Qi Continent was already overwhelmed, so how could we Dou Dis have the energy to care about the Upper Realm?"

"So I only recorded the general direction to use later."

"Therefore, the current situation of the Upper Realm is a mystery to all of us."

An innocent little expression would make the vast majority of people unable to help but believe him, but Xiao Han happened to be in the minority.

"Since that's the case..."

"If it's as you say, I would be able to sense it sooner or later, so there's no need to rush these few years, right?"

"Wouldn't it be better to accumulate more strength?"

Xiao Han's questioning made the remnant soul's expression change slightly, his heart feeling bitter.

The spear tilted, and Dou Qi surged out, "Tell me your purpose for being so urgent."

After a long while, the remnant soul sighed heavily and said with a hint of bitterness:

"If I said that I can no longer wait that long, would you believe me?"

"What do you mean?" Xiao Han frowned slightly.

"In fact, I lied to you from the beginning." Speaking of this, the remnant soul was a bit unnatural.

"I am the Ice Imperial himself, not a remnant soul left behind by him."

"So what?"

"You don't care?" Xiao Han's indifferent reaction surprised the Ice Imperial quite a bit.

"Do I need to care?" Xiao Han raised his eyebrows slightly, "Continue."

At this moment, his voice was already somewhat overbearing; Xiao Han did not want to waste time dragging things out here.

"Alright." The Ice Imperial's attitude changed immediately, and he confessed honestly:

"Before I passed away, I barely managed to split off half of my origin to create those children."

Xiao Han remained silent; even if the Ice Imperial did not spell it out, he knew the identity of those children. However, to be able to achieve that level with only half of his origin, the other party's strength was evident.

The Ice Imperial continued to explain: "And the other half of my origin was used by me to forge that Seal Array and Inheritance Ruins that encompassed the entire continent."

"And placed my remaining soul here."

"However..." Imperial Bing became much more despondent,

"Under the erosion of tens of thousands of years of time, this remnant soul of mine is also about to dissipate; it can be said that neither gods nor ghosts can save it."

"Therefore..."

Xiao Han understood, "You want to go to that so-called Upper Realm to seek a chance of survival?"

A place as small as the Dou Qi Continent clearly could not save the remnant soul of a top-tier Dou Di expert, but a higher-level world might not necessarily be the same.

"No." Imperial Bing shook his head and said, "I do not have such thoughts; being able to survive until now is already enough for me."

"I merely wish to see the scenery of the legendary Upper Realm."

"Just that?" Xiao Han was slightly stunned.

"Fine then." Shaking his head helplessly, he could only accept the dying wish of Imperial Bing.

"Then you had better pray that our luck is good enough not to run into the territory of those Evil Clan," Xiao Han said irritably.

"This..." Imperial Bing's expression was awkward; he truly had not thought of this point. Right now, they were completely in the dark about the other world. If they really ran over there, wouldn't it be walking right into a trap?

But just like that old saying, since they were already here, there was no turning back once the bow was drawn; they could only pray now.

Time passed quietly in the silence between the two, as a small shuttle-shaped space vessel crashed and bumped through the spatial turbulence, fleeing toward a certain direction without the slightest hesitation.