Chapter 219: Do You Understand What It Means to Be a Real Person with Connections?

"Heh, as expected of someone I've defeated before, you can't even keep a handle on your own man."

Watching Jialing, who was at a loss for words, Asura laughed quite pleasantly and said while toying with her hair.

"This is really quite... pathetic."

"Though, still much better than that bunch of trash in the clan who are about to be buried."

Asura said with a sneer, her words filled not only with mockery toward Jialing, but even more so with contempt for the trash within the Asura Clan.

Calling them pathetic was actually flattering them; at least pathetic things could be recycled, but trash is just trash.

Although Asura did not have any good feelings toward Jialing, she did not have any ill will either.

She knew very well that the reason the Asura Clan had fallen to this state was that the inside of the Asura Clan had long since rotted away; otherwise, how could the incident of the Asura Clan's prince kidnapping Jialing have happened?

She was simply unhappy with Jialing, unhappy that Jialing deserved to have a father who doted on her.

While her own old man didn't even dare to meet her and her mother once.

And there was also the fact that Jialing didn't have to do anything at all to sit firmly in the position of princess of the Golden-Winged Great Peng Clan, and her future was smooth sailing.

Yet she had to fight her way up step by step all by herself, and only after beating who knows how many old fogies into submission was she able to become this Asura.

Furthermore, there was an even more important reason: Agni, the Fire Heaven of the Twelve Heavenly Generals of the Heavenly Army, was severely injured and had not yet recovered, and with the injury becoming increasingly serious, there were plans for a change in office and a retreat for recuperation.

The position of Fire Heaven was about to become vacant.

She was preparing to launch a bid for that position, but she had been cut in line by a well-connected person.

By the way, that well-connected person's name was Jialing.

Once Jialing broke through to become a Four-Digit Exceptional, she could succeed as the new Fire Heaven.

Although Jialing herself was not even aware of this matter.

"Hm? Hey, let's get it straight who is whose defeated opponent first!!"

Golden-red flames soared into the air, burning slowly behind Jialing, showing Jialing's rage.

"You're the one who is the defeated opponent, aren't you?"

Jialing sneered and said.

Challenging a young person like her, a Four-Digit Legendary, with the body of a Four-Digit Exceptional.

And yet she almost lost, only ending up in a draw in the end.

"Whether it was a draw or not, aren't you the one who knows best?"

Asura raised her hand and flicked a streak of blood-red Red Lotus Karma Fire, extinguishing Jialing's Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame.

It wasn't just the Golden-Winged Great Peng Clan that had an inheritance flame; their Asura Clan also had an inheritance flame unique to them, it was just that the difficulty of practicing it was much harder than the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame.

However, the power it brought could only be said to be no less than the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame, only it had some special effectiveness against evildoers and Demon Kings.

And it was a very coincidental matter that Jialing was a Peng Demon King known as the Heaven-Mixing Great Sage, falling within the special effectiveness range of the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

"Besides, isn't it normal to break through in the middle of a battle and use any means necessary to crusade against a Demon King?"

"Heh, do you think I believe that?"

There were as many Gifts and techniques to conceal and hide one's Spirit Status as one could want; no one could be certain that what they saw of others was definitely the truth.

Who knew if the Asura who challenged her at the time had deliberately concealed and sealed her Spirit Status, intending to harm her?

In any case, Jialing didn't believe it; she just assumed that Asura wanted to harm her, just like that prince from back then who wanted to kidnap her.

The fact was that, at the time, due to the Six Paths Reincarnation destruction incident triggered by Sun Wukong, the entire Asura Clan, except for those Three-digit existences, had been exiled from the Desire Realm Heaven to the lower-level City of Desire.

Although her background was special, she could not avoid being exiled to the lower levels, and on top of that, the Asura Kings of the upper levels were being watched very closely.

At that time, the Asura Clan was directly downgraded from a Three-digit Community to a Four-digit Community.

She was also constantly targeted because of her background, until she became a Four-Digit Legendary, became the strongest of the younger generation of the Asura Clan at the time, and successfully killed the other heir, which was that prince from back then.

The clan elders pinched their noses and accepted her as a candidate, and set a trial: defeat Jialing, the culprit who caused the decline of the Asura Clan to this point, and preferably bring her into the clan, then she could become the Queen of the Asura Clan and inherit the name of Asura.

Then she was almost beaten to death by Jialing, who had peerless speed and firepower at the time, and because she was a member of the Asura Clan, Jialing could be said to have held nothing back.

Then followed the very cliché breakthrough in the middle of battle; on the boundary between life and death, she broke the limit of the Four-digit and became a Four-Digit Exceptional.

After all, an Asura is a god of war by nature; only through the tempering of blood and fire can one fully grow.

In the end, she reached a stalemate with Jialing, until she used a mutual destruction tactic, burning her newly sublimated Authority regardless of the cost, and was about to win.

She was interrupted by the Bull Demon King; otherwise, the winner would definitely have been her.

Of course, Jialing also thought so; if it weren't for the Bull Demon King, she would have achieved the Merit of defeating a Four-Digit Exceptional.

At the very end, Asura returned to the City of Desire, hacked to death all the old fogies who stood in her way, became the Queen of the Asura Clan, and inherited the name of Asura.

However, now that Asura had refined herself for many years as a Four-Digit Exceptional, had learned the Red Lotus Karma Fire, and had inherited the Inheritance Gift of the Asura Clan, coming to deal with Jialing again was truly bullying the young with her seniority.

Then Jialing and Asura stared at each other, neither willing to submit to the other, and they stared like that for a long time.

In the end, Jialing, who was still only at the Four-Digit Legendary stage, was slightly inferior and lost the staring contest.

"But what are you doing here for no reason?"

Jialing changed the subject, not wanting to dwell too long on the point that she had lost to Asura.

She wasn't too depressed, after all, the other party was a Four-Digit Exceptional bullying a young person like her who was a Four-Digit Legendary, what kind of skill was that?

If she had the ability to seal her Spirit Status to the Four-Digit Legendary stage, let's see if she wouldn't beat the crap out of her.

Instead, Asura arrogantly raised her head and looked at Jialing with contempt; a mere little golden-winged bird, easily manipulated.

Facing Asura's winner's posture, Jialing just sneered and didn't care.

Asura didn't care about Jialing's reaction either, just taking it as the wailing of a loser.

"Of course, I'm here to see what kind of man has hooked your soul away."

Asura said with a few traces of teasing.

"Now it seems his charm is indeed not low, being able to attract even Athena, and even being able to make the Demon Star and Athena live in peace."

Live in peace? Are you serious?

Jialing looked at Asura suspiciously, feeling that Asura was just trying to fool her; after all, she was clearly watching Demon Star Algol and Athena on the verge of tearing each other apart.

Although she appeared calm and composed, she could see the vortex hidden within these deep waters.

But so, that guy turned out to be the Demon Star in Su Nian's hands.

Jialing breathed a sigh of relief; she had been worried it was some character popping out of nowhere who might threaten her status.

It turned out to be Su Nian's familiar.

"So your purpose in coming here is just to see Su Nian?"

Jialing looked at Asura with an expression of disbelief; she didn't believe for a second that an Asura Clan queen of Four-Digit Exceptional level would pay a personal visit just to see Su Nian.

"Ah, to some extent, I suppose so."

Asura turned her head to look at Black Rabbit in the center of the venue, as well as Su Nian, who was being held by Demon Star Algol and Athena, and scratched her head.

"Of course, to a greater extent, it's to notify you; taking things without notice isn't my style."

The target is Black Rabbit and Su Nian? No, the target is Indra?

Jialing thought of the connection between Su Nian and Black Rabbit; only in their relationship with Indra did Su Nian and Black Rabbit have common ground.

Black Rabbit is one of the few Moon Rabbits in Little Garden and is also a direct Son of God of Indra, while Su Nian holds Indra's Simulated Star Creation Map: Vajra.

But is there any conflict between Asura and Indra? It seems there isn't, right?

Wait... Jialing seemed to have thought of something.

She recalled a scandal she had once heard about the conflict between the Asura Clan and Indra, and she quickly made a judgment.

I'm afraid Asura's goal is to kidnap Black Rabbit and seize the Vajra in Su Nian's hands to threaten Indra into appearing.

As for Arcadia? It was just an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of the conflict between Indra and the Asura Clan.

But isn't this Asura being a bit too arrogant?

Does she really think they in Arcadia are some kind of soft persimmons?

Gilded flames ignited from Jialing's back, condensing into a pair of giant wings in almost an instant.

"What? You want to make a move here?"

Jialing looked at Asura with a cold gaze; if Asura really wanted to make a move, then she would have to get past her first.

"Spare me."

Asura sighed lightly, jumped off the sofa, and said helplessly.

"Whether it's that Goddess of Wisdom from Greece, the people from the Heavenly Army, or your man, they all discovered me long ago."

"I don't want to push the conflict to an irreconcilable point."

She said this, looking at Jialing with a slight smile.

"But with you here, it actually saves me a lot of trouble."

Hearing this, Jialing frowned, retracted her wings, and looked at Asura with some surprise.

"You don't expect me to take you to see Su Nian, do you?"

"Is there something wrong with that?"

Asura said with a smile, while also narrowing her eyes at Jialing.

"Or are you reluctant? Afraid your man will be snatched away by me?"

"But I'm sorry, I have no interest in your man at all, or rather, I am only interested in the strong."

The way you put it, why am I even more worried that you're here to steal a man?

Jialing's mouth twitched slightly, but in the end, she didn't reveal the truth that Su Nian was actually not weak even after removing his Space Authority.

The fact was, even without using any authority, Su Nian's mastery of the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame alone was not inferior to her own.

Not to mention Su Nian's physique, which was comparable to a Star Spirit, and the martial arts he learned from Scathach.

She was afraid that if she really said it out loud, the Asura Clan, who were born to admire the strong, would really snatch him away.

Even she, if she hadn't watched Su Nian grow up, honestly wouldn't believe that such a monster could be born in the lower levels.

"But if you are here to find trouble, I advise you to give up that idea."

Jialing crossed her arms, leaned against the sofa, and reminded Asura with a hint of pity.

"You might not necessarily be Su Nian's opponent."

If it were any other time, Jialing might not have given such a reminder if Asura had come to provoke them.

Two and a half Simulated Star Creation Maps, plus a physique comparable to a Star Spirit, plus Space Authority, plus Sun Authority, and all the other messy Gift abilities Su Nian had on him.

Jialing did not believe that Su Nian would lose to anyone in the lower levels; even a God King like Zeus would have a fight on his hands if they were in the lower levels.

"Is this a reminder, or a piece of advice?"

Asura put away her smile and narrowed her eyes at Jialing; she admitted that she now felt a hint of curiosity about Su Nian.

She had originally thought that Su Nian was only amazing in his spatial attainments, and that it was precisely because of his spatial abilities that he had received a Four-Digit Exceptional threat rating within Ouroboros.

Now it seems, is it time to re-evaluate the other party's strength?

"Just take it as advice from an enemy."

Looking at the wary Asura, Jialing showed a satisfied expression; if today weren't such an important day where it was best not to stir up trouble.

She wouldn't have bothered to give such a reminder—wouldn't it be better to just watch Asura fall into the trap?

"Advice, is it? I've noted it down."

Hearing Jialing's words, Asura did not treat them as wind past her ears; instead, she took them very seriously and factored them into her considerations.

"But I also want to give you a piece of advice."

Asura looked at Jialing and smiled slightly as she reminded her.

"That is, I am not the one who is truly going to make a move on your man; my target has always been Indra, that Lord of the Heavenly Army."

The implication was that she was just a vanguard scouting the path for Ouroboros, and there was someone else who would truly make a move on Su Nian.

She is nothing more than a chess piece.

The letter Ouroboros sent back then was very simple; it merely contained straightforward intelligence, and how to act on it was entirely up to her own consideration.

Of course, if Su Nian were willing to cooperate, it would not be impossible for her to turn around and deal with Ouroboros together with Su Nian.

However, for Ouroboros, the result they look forward to most is her being able to directly finish off Su Nian, as this would not only reduce the threat to Ouroboros but also allow them to shift the blame onto her.

Jialing was silent for a moment, and her favorability toward Asura seemed to rise by a sliver, but it was only by a little bit.

"I have taken note of your advice."

Jialing said silently, though she could not help but feel some worry in her heart, given that they had sent an expert like Asura, a Four-Digit Exceptional, just as a vanguard.

One must know that Ouroboros is still able to dispatch such an existence even while being pursued by Indra leading a portion of the Twelve Heavenly Generals.

The power of Ouroboros still somewhat exceeded Jialing's imagination.

Furthermore, when did Asura join Ouroboros? Just how many more experts like Asura does Ouroboros have?

Jialing was truly worried for Su Nian, and she somewhat regretted having Su Nian send her big brother to the outside world.

Otherwise, there would have been one more helper available.

(End of chapter)