Chapter 513: Paying to Win is the Only Way (Second Update, Requesting Everything)

Sshhh—

A harsh, grating sound resonated through heaven and earth. At the junction where the deep blue light blade rubbed against the turtle shell, countless sparks emerged. While sinking into the shell, the deep blue light blade was also rapidly shrinking.

Crack!

When the deep blue light blade was only half a zhang long, the turtle shell could no longer resist. The crack was completely severed, and the light blade continued to spin as it charged into the flesh and blood.

Its penetrating power was unprecedentedly strong. The Xuan Turtle's flesh and bones were like paper; it churned them into a chaotic mess, finally cutting into the lower shell.

Crack!

The hardness of the lower shell was only slightly inferior to the upper shell, and with the deep blue light blade's momentum nearly spent, the lower shell ultimately held on and was not completely pierced through.

Moo—

Even so, the deep blue light blade still dealt massive damage to the Xuan Turtle. A miserable cry like a cow's moo resounded once more. The Xuan Turtle's massive body slammed heavily onto the ground, and countless blood spilled from its mouth and nose.

Although the deep blue light blade did not hit the heart, it completely shredded the Xuan Turtle's lungs, making it impossible for the Xuan Turtle to breathe. If its injuries could not be healed quickly, death awaited it.

"Xiaoyu, give it the final blow!"

Hearing Li Zhangsheng's command, the Cold Jade Rabbit subconsciously pursed its lips, but its movements were not slow. It obediently jumped onto the Xuan Turtle's shell, its raised right claw flickering with astonishing cold light.

"Stop!"

Liu Zongtang shouted, wanting to command his Demon Pet to support the Xuan Turtle.

Without this Xuan Turtle, the strength of the Langya Liu Clan would inevitably be weakened.

Unfortunately, the person Liu Zongtang faced was Zuo Qiulin.

Even if Liu Zongtang tried his best, he could not break through Zuo Qiulin's encirclement in a short time, and instead, his two Demon King-level Demon Pets suffered some injuries.

On the other side, Liu Xuguang's expression also changed drastically, wanting to shake off Ning Bizhen to rescue the Xuan Turtle.

However, Ning Bizhen had anticipated such a possibility in advance. The Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast and the Four-Winged Angel simultaneously unleashed binding-type skills, and the Dragon Python was immediately bound by a water curtain and a milky-white ring of light.

By the time the Dragon Python finished breaking free, the Cold Jade Rabbit's right claw descended, passing directly through the crack in the shell and stabbing into the Xuan Turtle's flesh.

Moo—

The Xuan Turtle let out a weak cry, spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with large amounts of ice shards. Its body trembled violently, feeling an extremely frigid cold air erupt and spread within its body, freezing all the flesh, meridians, and internal organs along the way.

Boom—

The Xuan Turtle's head lifted with effort, and after glancing at Liu Zongtang and Liu Xuguang, it collapsed heavily to the ground, breathing its last.

Demon King-level Xuan Turtle, dead!

"Bastard, I'm going to kill you!"

Liu Xuguang yelled. The Dragon Python broke free from the restraints, ignoring the attacks of the Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast and the Four-Winged Angel, and its winding dragon body rushed rapidly toward Li Zhangsheng.

"Xiaoyu, go, take it down!"

Hearing Li Zhangsheng's command, the Cold Jade Rabbit just wanted to roll its eyes, but thinking of Ning Bizhen's words earlier, it had to choose to obey and resist the Dragon Python.

At the same time, Kailan flew back into the Purple Flame Barrier, and Li Zhangsheng immediately controlled the Purple Flame Corpse-Hiding Coffin to retreat.

In this short time, the Purple Flame Barrier had recovered a lot; presumably, it could withstand one attack from the Epic Dragon Python.

However, Li Zhangsheng still activated the Prohibition Hub. Red, yellow, and blue brilliance suddenly spread, followed by a layer of even thicker ten-colored brilliance that appeared outside the Purple Flame Barrier.

Under Li Zhangsheng's modification, the Prohibition Hub had four grooves of the same size. Li Zhangsheng stuffed the Cangxuan Earth-Fixing Pearl, the Cangxuan Water-Stabilizing Pearl, the Cangxuan Fire-Fixing Pearl, and the Yuanhe Ten-Color Pearl into them all at once.

These were four types of Heaven and Earth Rare Treasures; even if they were not as good as the Purple Flame Barrier in its prime, they likely did not fall far short.

In the sky, the Dragon Python took a hit from the Cold Jade Rabbit head-on. Its speed was unimaginably fast, and in the blink of an eye, it appeared in front of the Purple Flame Corpse-Hiding Coffin. Its massive dragon tail emitted an exceptionally shrill whistling sound, slamming fiercely into the several layers of restrictions outside the Purple Flame Corpse-Hiding Coffin.

The first layer, the Fire Element restriction, instantly annihilated.

The second layer, the Water Element restriction, held on for a moment.

The third layer, the Earth Element restriction, held for one breath of time.

The fourth layer, the ten-colored restriction, fluctuated violently, finally neutralizing the power of the dragon tail.

A bag hanging from Li Zhangsheng's waist shattered, and over a hundred Demon Cores of various colors emerged.

Among these Demon Cores, the worst were Elite-Rank Demon Cores, and there were even several Leader-Rank Monster Cores among them; the energy contained within them could be imagined.

Crackle, crackle—

Under the guidance of Mental Power, the Demon Cores shattered one after another, turning into a large amount of misty energy.

Before this energy could dissipate, it was swallowed and devoured by the Yuanhe Ten-Color Pearl, disappearing in an instant.

The originally weakened ten-colored barrier shone brightly, instantly recovering to its prime state.

At the same time, the red, yellow, and blue barriers reappeared, recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing such a scene, Liu Xuguang had the urge to vomit blood.

His Dragon Python had risked injury to finally significantly weaken Li Zhangsheng's turtle shell, and it looked like the next strike might break the defense, yet Li Zhangsheng had taught him a lesson by literally "paying to win."

This batch of Demon Cores definitely had a total value exceeding ten thousand Soul Crystals.

Not just Liu Xuguang, everyone who saw this scene was dumbfounded. This was pure "paying to win." Some Third Rank Heavenly Prides were even more ashamed, because their entire net worth combined was not enough for a single recharge.

Even a Pseudo-King was not this extravagant.

All in all, this was destined to be a scene that would leave men silent and women in tears!

Before the Dragon Python could continue its attack, the Cold Jade Rabbit, the Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast, and the Four-Winged Angel began to encircle the Dragon Python, no longer giving it the chance to attack Li Zhangsheng.

Even when besieged by three Demon Pets of the same rank, the Epic Dragon Python did not fall into much of a disadvantage, and the final outcome was still hard to predict.

"Forget it, let's go!"

Liu Zongtang let out a sigh. His appearance seemed to have aged significantly, and under the protection of his two Demon King-level Demon Pets, he chose to leave directly.

Zuo Qiulin did not stop him, but he still stared closely at Liu Zongtang, fearing that the other party might be using a trick.

Not far away, Xu Wenhua and Dou Yuanbin had already ceased fighting. Since they had not achieved their goal, Dou Yuanbin's expression was naturally not good.

After Liu Zongtang came over, Ning Bizhen immediately stopped attacking, but she remained on guard, not giving the other party any hope of a comeback.

Not until Liu Zongtang and Liu Xuguang left did Li Zhangsheng finally heave a sigh of relief; this meant he had successfully weathered the crisis.

"Hmph!"

Dou Yuanbin let out a cold snort, feeling that he had lost face, and likewise chose to leave.

Li Changsheng secretly handed a Space Ring to Ning Bizhen; besides some items specifically prepared for Ning Bizhen, it also contained the payment for the two Pseudo-Kings.

"Many thanks to you both for your help; this is the payment I promised you."

Ning Bizhen took out two Jade Boxes and handed them to Zuo Qiulin and Sun Min respectively.

The two did not know the other's reward, nor would they tell each other; after confirming there were no mistakes, both revealed satisfied smiles.

Before leaving, Sun Min specifically sent a voice transmission to Ning Bizhen: "Sister Ning, you can come find me whenever you have need."

"Little one, as long as you can afford the payment, you can come to the Tiantai Sect to find this old man for help at any time."

Unexpectedly, before leaving, Zuo Qiulin specifically greeted Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng packed up his spoils of war: the corpse of a Demon King-level Whirlpool Turtle!

"We should head back too; let's leave this place to Instructor Qian to watch over."

During these three days, Xu Wenhua, Ning Bizhen, and the others had remained here specifically to back Li Changsheng and his group; the other Pseudo-Kings had the same reasoning.

Now that the matter had concluded satisfactorily, they had no desire to continue staying here; after all, the first pickings of the Fire Flame Secret Realm were gone, and while there were still leftovers, there was no need to make such a big fuss as before.

Over these three days, the five major powers had already allocated the territory of the Fire Flame Secret Realm; the most powerful Imperial Family was responsible for developing the central area, while the other four major powers were each responsible for one direction.

Li Changsheng was also helpless; even though he possessed the Secret Realm Token, he had no intention of taking back the Fire Flame Secret Realm for the time being. To reclaim the Fire Flame Secret Realm, he would likely need to become an Emperor Rank.

However, the Fire Flame Secret Realm would not run away, so Li Changsheng simply treated it as having been rented out for free for the time being.

The most urgent matter now was to return to Yuanling Academy to digest the gains from this trip.

After this incident, Li Changsheng felt he needed to maintain a low profile recently and stay indoors until he reached the Fifth Rank.

Once he became a Fifth Rank, he believed that even when facing a Pseudo-King, he would be able to escape even if he could not win.

Furthermore, Xu Wenhua had not even asked about Li Changsheng's gains in the Secret Realm; this alone made Li Changsheng feel admiration, as this concerned the inheritance of an Emperor Rank after all.

On the way back, Li Changsheng and Ning Bizhen sat together on the Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast, flying toward the direction of Yuanling Academy.

Ning Bizhen sent a voice transmission to Li Changsheng: "Changsheng, the Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruit is too precious; you should use it yourself."

The Space Ring Li Changsheng had handed to Ning Bizhen contained one Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruit.

Besides the Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruit, it also contained the Clear Heart Jade Pendant, a copied version of the Big Dipper Monster Taming Art, and the child conch of the Mother-Child Golden Conch, though compared to the Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruit, they were not the same thing at all.

"I have more, so just use it with peace of mind; I believe the Three-Legged Fire Crow can advance to Demon King this time!"

Li Changsheng did not hide it; whenever he thought of the Three-Legged Fire Crow, he could not help but want to laugh.

Originally, failing a breakthrough was a very normal thing, but since its companions who broke through alongside the Three-Legged Fire Crow could always complete their breakthroughs smoothly, the Three-Legged Fire Crow had instead met with consecutive failures.

Two failures had also caused the Three-Legged Fire Crow's success rate for advancement to drop; without the assistance of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure for the breakthrough, the original 10% probability of breakthrough had dropped to 5%.

Naturally, this was not calculated by Li Changsheng, but was data described in a statistical book; the author of the book was a Pseudo-King himself, and he had visited nearly a hundred Pseudo-Kings to compile these statistics.

"Then I will accept it without standing on ceremony."

After confirming that Li Changsheng still had Red Fire Dragon Scale Fruit, Ning Bizhen no longer stood on ceremony.

It took about an hour, and during this time no accidents occurred; Li Changsheng and the others successfully returned to Yuanling Academy.

Ning Bizhen could not wait to go to her courtyard with Li Changsheng, and the Three-Legged Fire Crow began to face its third breakthrough.

(End of this chapter)