Chapter 898

At Wisdom God Mountain, Mist, having changed into a brand-new long robe, walked out of the sealed hall.

He stepped onto a teleportation array shining with seven-colored crystal light, input a stream of divine power, then waited quietly for about a quarter of an hour; the seven-colored crystal light on the array flickered, and his body vanished.

In the next moment, he arrived within the Crystal Stone Star of the Heavenly Crystal God Clan.

Whether Wisdom God Mountain or the Crystal Stone Star, both race through the boundless void at high speed, and the Heavenly Crystal God Clan's teleportation array also needs at least a quarter of an hour to lock onto the coordinates of the requester.

"This time's efficiency is not bad…… last time, you lot made me wait three hours." Mist gave a faint smile and nodded in greeting to those Heavenly Crystal God Clan members standing on the Crystal Stone Star's teleportation plaza.

These towering Heavenly Crystal God Clan members, routinely over a hundred zhang tall, even the smaller ones standing ten-odd zhang high, their bodies glittering with three- or five-colored crystal light, each let out a resonant, powerful snort from their nostrils.

The Wisdom God Clan, a weak god clan, these big oafs of the Heavenly Crystal God Clan never took Mist seriously.

What's more, now that the Five Great God Clans are in charge of the frontier outpost, in the hearts of these Heavenly Crystal God Clan members, Mist's weight is even lighter.

Mist shrugged his shoulders, pulled out a pile of heavenly and earthly treasures offered by various forces on Mu Dalu, and neatly stacked them on the ground.

"Sorry for the trouble, everyone; I want to send a hundred avatars into Mu Dalu…… are these expenses enough?"

"Hehe" a strange laugh came from afar, a three-hundred-zhang-tall Heavenly Crystal God Clan member, his whole body glittering with seven-colored crystal light and a dim glow flickering near his heart, strode over with thundering steps.

"Your Highness Mist…… you're sending out a hundred avatars into Mu Dalu again? Ahaha, is your divine soul really that strong? It seems you've been…… living very comfortably lately."

The bodies of the Heavenly Crystal God Clan are formed from indestructible god crystal; their faces are extremely hard, this gigantic Heavenly Crystal God Clan stiffly and with difficulty pulled out a smile, then vigorously rubbed his hands, causing a shower of sparks to erupt from his palms.

"But prices have gone up recently." This Heavenly Crystal God Clan member snatched the heavenly and earthly treasures Mist had thrown out into his palm, extended five fingers toward Mist, and said: "Fivefold…… prices have gone up, Your Esteemed Highness Mist."

Mist turned green with rage, the toxic energy within him barely contained, on the verge of bursting forth.

He glared at that Heavenly Crystal God Clan member and snapped: "Chihuo, prices went up? What's the reasoning? Don't rely on……"

Three hundred zhang tall, even Mist's fingertip tip was larger than Chihuo, who shook his head and lightly pressed his fingers against Mist's forehead: "Inflation, Your Esteemed Highness Mist…… inflation…… lately, you esteemed highnesses have reaped huge gains, so……"

Chihuo laughed in a weird tone: "We little folks doing work down below…… oh, of course, it's not our fault…… rather, wealth has accumulated too much while the quantity of goods stays the same, so inflation is only natural."

Mist rolled his eyes in anger.

"Inflation?"

"Huge gains?"

This is all bullshit…… put bluntly, Chihuo just wants to ruthlessly gouge Mist for all he's worth, that's all.

However, to descend onto Mu Dalu, only the Descent Crystal Bridge crafted by the Heavenly Crystal God Clan can do it; using other methods is not only time-consuming and laborious but also extremely risky, and it's very likely that one would be slain by Mu Dalu's primeval remnants before even reaching Mu Dalu.

Mist drew a deep breath, stared at Chihuo's crystal‑shimmering large face, and said fiercely: "I, I will remember you."

Chihuo spread his hands nonchalantly, and accidentally sent a few petite Heavenly Crystal God Clan members standing beside the teleportation array flying away.

He laughed loudly: "To be remembered by the wise and discerning Highness Mist is my honor…… but I'm curious, what use is it for you to remember me? Can you break through my bodily defense?"

Mist closed his mouth.

The Wisdom God Clan is not skilled in combat, and even their supreme divine artifacts are lackluster in battle. Chihuo, with seven-colored divine light on his body, proves he has reached the pinnacle of the Divine Realm; as long as that cluster of divine light near his heart flares up, he can smoothly break through to the Venerable level.

A Venerable‑level Heavenly Crystal God Clan member's body is virtually indestructible.

Even if Mist were smashed to pieces, he likely couldn't chip off even a tiny fragment of crystal from Chihuo's body.

"You all underestimate the power of wisdom!" Mist roared wildly in his heart, then gave a grudging cold smile and tossed out dozens of divine soul crystals from his sleeve.

"I have nothing else on hand, only these divine soul crystals…… take them or leave them……"

Before Mist finished speaking, Chihuo's body collapsed with a boom down to about three zhang tall, he snatched the divine soul crystals Mist had produced, and his tone instantly turned extremely enthusiastic and fervent.

"You idiots, hurry up and prepare the Descent Crystal Bridge for Your Esteemed Highness Mist…… ahaha, Your Esteemed Highness Mist, where are you preparing to descend? Oh, oh, of course, this is confidential, I shouldn't pry…… you yourself, input the coordinates into the bridge."

Chihuo enthusiastically guided Mist to the high platform at the center of the teleportation plaza, then turned away and let Mist operate on a delicate crystal platform for a while.

"Then, Highness Mist, I wish you success…… ahaha, no matter what grand plans you have, I wish you abundant gains."

"Your wisdom, I have long admired it; I believe your unmatched wisdom will surely bring you great profits this time."

Chihuo flattered Mist wildly.

Mist, meanwhile, cursed in his heart: "Brainless oaf, your flattery is worse than a eunuch inside the Sui dynasty palace."

The entire teleportation plaza glittered with a hazy crystal light; in the void, the massive Crystal Stone Star suddenly halted, an extremely long crystal spur tens of thousands of zhang long slowly extended from the huge star, and, following the coordinates Mist entered, locked onto a point on Mu Dalu.

On the high platform, dazzling divine light shone.

Chihuo suddenly coughed heavily: "Your Esteemed Highness Mist…… to ensure your avatars can safely enter Mu Dalu, the human divine souls surrounding your avatars need to be prepared by you yourself."

Mist's face suddenly stiffened……

He stared blankly at Chihuo: "Do I have to personally prepare human souls to conceal my divine soul's aura? This, this, this, this should be standard equipment for the Descent Crystal Bridge, something you Heavenly Crystal God Clan should provide!"

Chihuo looked at Mist seriously: "But lately…… hasn't inflation happened…… I go fool around with the clan's young ladies, and they demand a divine soul crystal just to let me have a good night…… a divine soul crystal…… before, a single ten‑thousand‑year spiritual herb was enough."

Mist slapped his own forehead, letting out a painful, annoyed groan.

Chihuo continued seriously: "One divine soul crystal represents the entirety of a human Divine Realm expert…… and a human Divine Realm expert, when cultivating, consumes at least dozens or hundreds of ten‑thousand‑year spiritual herbs…… running into big‑family oafs, it's not unusual to consume thousands of such herbs."

"Nowadays, those black‑hearted young ladies actually demand a divine soul crystal for a single night…… tsk!" Chihuo heaved a deep sigh: "Prices have skyrocketed; without making some extra money, how are we poor folks supposed to live?"

"Poor folks…… ha, ha, ha!" Mist angrily laughed three times, then obediently pulled out a few divine soul crystals and flung them hard at Chihuo.

"Alright! Your Esteemed, Noble, Wise, Clever, Generous, Magnanimous…… Highness Mist, get ready—this will send your avatars into Mu Dalu, hey…… you ready, safe travels hey." Chihuo swiftly gathered up those divine soul crystals and then shouted loudly.

Close all other transmission arrays, prepare for descent to the Crystal Bridge……propulsion system recharging again……After the descent transmission is complete, immediately withdraw at full speed from this void coordinate.

Damn it, speed up a bit—I don't want to be split by an axe again from those terrifying primordial ancient monsters on Mu Dalu.

On the transmission plaza, tens of thousands of Heavenly Crystal Divine clansmen bustled into action, hundreds of transmission arrays of various sizes locked on, intense divine light flashed across the plaza, and an immense, almost inconceivable flow of divine crystal energy surged within the crystal stone celestial body.

Chi Huo began the countdown.

'Ten'……'Nine'……'Eight'……

The transmission array on the high platform began to light up, and beside Míwù, one after another silhouettes identical to him started to appear.

When the countdown finished, the entire crystal stone celestial body shuddered violently, and a seven-colored divine light burst forth from the long crystal spike locked onto Mu Dalu, transforming into an extremely long stream of light that plunged down toward Mu Dalu.

The hundred silhouettes beside Míwù vanished.

Míwù's aura grew much weaker, his face turned noticeably paler. He staggered down the high platform and waved at Chi Huo: 'Tell the several honored highnesses that I will not be attending the regular meetings for the foreseeable future.'

Splitting off a hundred divine avatars at once has drained my soul too heavily; I must, I must rest and recuperate properly.

Chi Huo shrugged his shoulders, laughing lightly and passionately: "Take a good rest, generous Your Highness Miwu…… Welcome next time, uh, next time, I'll give you a 10% discount……"

Miwu was so angry he felt like vomiting blood.

A 10% discount?

You jacked the price up to five times the original, then slapped a 10% discount on yourself…… That's not how shady business is done!

Miwu walked onto a teleportation array without a word; a burst of crystal light flickered, and this time it took a full two quarters of an hour before the array locked onto the coordinates of Wisdom God Mountain and sent Miwu back.

On the teleportation square, Xuanwu's low, gruff voice rang out: "Is that Miwu? Where did he teleport to? Pull up his coordinates, let me see."

Chi Huo walked to the delicate crystal platform, placed his palm on it, a light curtain rose, and a spatial coordinate on Mu Dalu lit up.

"Oh, oh, Suichao?" Xuanwu laughed: "I heard he suffered a setback in Suichao, the crown prince he supported in Suichao was killed…… Arrogant yet weak and inept, he can only scheme against people, that Miwu…… Hehe, he's gone to take revenge."

"Good, Suichao, the Earth-class Yi-5 battlefield, this is a fat piece of prey…… If he succeeds, then…… that's also good."

After a deep cough, Xuanwu scolded: "Chi Huo, this unjust price‑gouging is a smear on the honor of our Heavenly Crystal God Clan; the extra fees you collected today must be paid at seventy percent…… Otherwise, I will punish you with clan law!"

Chi Huo's whole body lit up, a layer of sticky, like molten liuli, divine fire flaring on his surface.

He drew a ragged breath, then helplessly muttered: "Your Highness, as you wish…… but seventy percent is too much."

Setting aside Xuanwu and Chi Huo's bargaining, Miwu's true form, blended among ninety‑nine strands of divine spirit, smoothly descended upon Mu Dalu.

At the edge of the Burial Army Plains, a divine light descended from the sky; Miwu landed heavily, glanced around, opened his mouth and inhaled, the ninety‑nine strands of divine spirit flew into his mouth, being re‑merged into his soul.

The next instant, a ripple disturbed the void before Miwu, and Wu Tie teleported directly over.

His head full of brilliant golden hair, Miwu, extraordinarily handsome, gritted his teeth and stared at Wu Tie: "King Wu, Wu Tie…… I never imagined I would meet a human king‑noble in person on Mu Dalu."

"Not using my avatar, but my true form."

Miwu said fiercely: "Too dangerous, too dangerous…… If it weren't for your damn curse, I would never do something this dangerous."

Wu Tie sized Miwu up from head to toe, then nodded slowly: "I never expected to see one day a complete, fully scaled…… living…… extraterrestrial demon."

"God!" Miwu roared loudly, shouting at Wu Tie in anger: "We are supremely noble gods!"

Wu Tie's heavy punch slammed into Miwu's stomach; Miwu jerked his waist down, clasped Wu Tie's fist with both hands, eyes wide, mouth open, clear saliva continuously dripping like a stream.

Wu Tie's heavy punch was like a red‑hot iron stake, piercing from Miwu's front abdomen straight through his back.

Miwu was nearly knocked out by that blow, his hands clenched tightly around Wu Tie's fist; after a while he weakly shook his head and said softly: "No, no, no, we are civilized…… we are refined…… as your ancestors said, a gentleman uses words, not force…… we, we, harmony is most precious!"

Wu Tie almost laughed out loud.

This Miwu is interesting; he actually could say such a thing? Evidently he's also someone without scruples, without principles.

"I am no gentleman…… speaking as You Ruo and Wu Tou, and those extraterrestrial demons I've dealt with would say…… I, a barbarian!" Wu Tie finally laughed, his hearty laugh: "Barbarians, nothing they do is strange, right? For example……"

Wu Tie's other hand lightly patted Miwu's cheek: "We have a specialty dish called…… hot pot."

"Extraterrestrial demons, though you look human, you are not human—from bloodline to organ structure you differ greatly from us humans…… You also know we barbarians have a punishment called death by a thousand cuts."

"Looking at Your Highness's delicate skin and tender flesh, I'd say the meat quality is excellent."

Wu Tie laughed, extremely ferocious and utterly evil.

Miwu strained to lift his head, looking pitifully at Wu Tie: "I think I still have use value, right? Actually, from the bottom of my heart, I want to cooperate with King Wu, to help you, to kill those damn bastards!"

Seeing Miwu's gleaming gaze, Wu Tie smiled.