Chapter 311: Gao Fulei, You Are Both Ugly and Stupid (22)

Dusk.

A storm is coming.

In the darkness, a pack of wolves gradually stalked toward Naya Manor, intending to extinguish the Saint's Fire completely.

Every guardian mage and every Sky Councilor in the manor vaguely sensed the approaching danger.

The entire manor fell silent, as if even the air had grown heavy.

Luosen, however, remained calmly in the third-floor guestroom.

Mortals possess divinity, and also beast nature.

Divinity guides mortals toward godhood, while beast nature drives them forward; both are indispensable.

The great Emperor, being mortal, naturally has mortal vices.

"Ms. Ge Liwen, do you know why I summoned you?"

Luosen lounged lazily in a recliner.

In Ge Liwen's autumn‑water‑blue eyes, ripples flickered as she gave a slight nod.

"Of course, Your Majesty."

To blend in with Navat, she wore a plain gray cotton dress of Navat style, and her thick red hair was neatly tied at the back of her head.

While speaking, she lifted her hand to undo the tie, yet remained somewhat rational.

"Your Majesty, combat could erupt at any moment; might that be too hasty?"

Luosen smiled faintly: "Not hasty at all; the enemy hasn't fully taken position yet."

"By my estimate, at least four hours remain before battle erupts, so we have ample time."

As he spoke, he surveyed Ge Liwen from head to toe, sincerely praising: "Not bad~ truly not bad, like white jade soaking in a hot spring."

Under the dim yellow light, the white jade reflected delicate soft glow; as the jade moved, the light flowed like water—exquisitely beautiful.

Ge Liwen smiled: "Master, four hours is not hasty; if a sudden clash erupts and we must scramble to fight, it would be most unbecoming."

Even so, she stepped to Luosen's side and began carrying out the Emperor's orders.

Luosen squinted, feigning concentration, but in truth his soul's gaze remained fixed on Huan Wai Xu Kong.

He understood that within the void near the manor hid a considerably powerful void entity.

It hid well, yet could not evade Laifu's void sight.

A faint ripple of its power exposed its identity: it was Lord of Judgment Gao Fulei.

From Luosen's overall observation, Gao Fulei should be the vanguard of tonight's raid.

And judging by the amplitude of his soul's emanation, he evidently possesses some ability to pierce mystical barriers.

This ability allowed him to detect the mortal Luosen and Ge Liwen.

Clearly, he harbors a certain fondness for Ge Liwen, the mortal saint, and now that she has become someone else's pet, his spirit surged dramatically.

Luosen also clearly sensed that when Gao Fulei noticed Ge Liwen's actions, his soul quivered noticeably.

"Master, is this acceptable?"

Ge Liwen naturally could not perceive the void's condition; she only focused on Luosen, the Emperor's, feelings.

"Not bad, but there are some flaws in the details. You must do it this way."

Luosen smiled brightly as he instructed, and the latter humbly accepted Luosen's advice, doing exactly as told.

Such actions further provoked the Lord of Judgment in the void, causing his emotions to surge even more.

Yet the magnitude of that surge still fell short, insufficient to shatter his reason.

And Luosen's choice to act now was not for the sake of action itself, but to capture Gao Fulei.

With the great battle imminent, damaging a powerful vanguard of the opponent...

That would not only remove a strong enemy from our side but also greatly disrupt the opponent's tactics—a win‑win.

Since the current mental strike is insufficient to crush his reason, we must increase the intensity.

Thus, Luosen began varying his methods to guide his followers.

The latter, in extreme reverence, could not stop exclaiming repeatedly, like a small boat tossed in a storm.

In the silent night, the former Judgment Saint completely forgot decorum, and his cries echoed throughout Naya Manor.

Yet in the darkness, the manor seemed even more silent.

The Sky Councilors gathered in the manor listened in silence, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of this young interdimensional Emperor.

In the void, the Lord of Judgment's soul wave grew stronger, showing an emotion of 'anger'.

He silently approached the Eleven Law Rings, gazing at Luosen's soul node linked to the Eleven Law Rings.

Clearly, Luosen's actions greatly provoked him, nearly causing him to lose control.

"Your Majesty~~ you are truly the bravest emperor in the world."

Ge Liwen praised sincerely from the heart.

Luosen laughed heartily and asked, "Then how do you compare with Gao Fulei?"

"Gao Fulei is a hideous freak, his taste extremely vulgar; he made an ugly bald head and calls it the Judgment Light—just makes me want to vomit!"

"Oh~ Great Majesty~~ you are a hundred times stronger than Gao Fulei, a hundred times wiser—no, a thousand times—ten thousand times!"

"Gao Fulei doesn't even compare to you; you are the sun in the heavens, while he is a clump of dog shit in a gutter!"

Luosen laughed exuberantly: "Alright, alright~~ well said~~ I shall reward you handsomely."

In the void, Gao Fulei moved one step closer.

His soul's fiery anger flared even more, as if it would ignite at any moment.

Yet his reason still hadn't vanished completely; he remained just a hair's breadth from Luosen's trap.

Luosen, on his side, was already getting bored of the game.

His means are almost used up.

Looks like, just a single Geliewen, the stimulation is still not enough.

After thinking, he had an idea and began to summon another scholar.

Thud thud thud~~

After a moment, the room door was knocked, and a voice came from outside: Holy Saint Xide said, "Your Majesty, may I come in?"

Come in, the door isn't locked.

Crack~~

Xide pushed the door open and immediately saw the horrifying scene in the room.

She was greatly startled, hurriedly turned her back to the two: "Your Majesty, it seems I came at the wrong time."

Luosen laughed loudly: "No, Xide, you came just in time."

This Holy Saint Xide appears to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old.

Of course, this 'thirty-five or thirty-six' refers to her demeanor; her actual age is still young, she still has a jade-like face and peach cheeks, a light figure, not inferior to Geliewen in the slightest.

If Geliewen is a blooming red rose, then Xide is a lily quietly blossoming under the night moon.

Each has its own merits.

On the surface, she appears dignified and elegant, conservative and reserved.

But Luosen could see at a glance that deep inside her heart lay a ball of fire.

A fire tightly wrapped and suppressed by worldly rules, unable to break through, thus burning ever more fiercely.

At the same time, he also knew that Gaofulei greatly admired Xide.

He felt she was the perfect moral exemplar of the Light Divine Clan, like a fine artwork.

Now, Luosen, in front of Gaofulei, will violently smash the artwork he admires most onto the ground, shattering it into pieces.

Let's see if he can still endure without losing his temper.

"Xide, I'll speak frankly: I hope you can join us."

The wildfire deep in Xide's heart shuddered violently, making her body tremble slightly.

She immediately used anger to conceal this.

She shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you are humiliating me!"

"You also said you respect our personality, but what are you doing now?!" "Could it be that everything you said before was all lies?!"

Luosen smiled and said: "Precisely because I said that, I am not forcing you; it is merely a wish."

"If you're unwilling, then forget it, but don't rush to leave; just stand at the doorway, turn around, and look at us properly."

"Your Majesty~~ I don't want to look!"

Xide's voice trembled slightly.

She isn't unwilling to look; she's afraid of losing composure.

In others' eyes, she is a dignified lady, but she certainly knows what's really going on with herself.

"Miss Xide, I command you to turn around and open your eyes."

"No, Your Majesty, please don't force me!"

Xide weakly persisted.

Luosen also worried that being too rigid would cause the situation to spiral out of control, so he immediately changed his approach.

"Xide, only a truly pure heart can withstand any worldly fierce fire's tempering, and only a heart tempered by fierce fire can become even purer."

"So, turn around and face the world's most ferocious flames!"

Xide had nothing to say, could only turn and look.

Seeing her comply, Luosen continued to burn forth the world's most ferocious flames.

He could also feel that Gaofulei was very concerned about worldly affairs, especially Xide's performance.

Luosen roughly guessed Gaofulei's thoughts: nothing more than hoping Xide would hold to her bottom line.

He inwardly chuckled: "Lord of Judgment, in your understanding of mortals, you are far inferior to me. You are destined to be disappointed."

On the other side, Xide stood silently watching.

At first she glanced reluctantly, then gradually looked seriously, and finally she stared without blinking.

Luosen felt the time was about right and said: "Miss Xide, what are you insisting on?"

"In the past you were a Holy Saint of Judgment, so you had to uphold the so-called morality of the Light Divine Religion, but now you are a scholar of my Natural Empire."

"My Natural Empire does not care about these false morals; we value pursuing the natural nature of life."

"Come, Miss Xide, let me reveal to you the most precious gift the Creator has bestowed upon us mortals."

Xide's inner morality still struggled, but her legs moved involuntarily, as if of their own will, walking toward Luosen.

In a daze, not knowing how it happened, she actually took Geliewen's place.

But she made no sound.

"Even Geliewen watching from the side felt it was hard and couldn't help saying: 'Sister Xide, why go through all this?'"

"Gaofulei's set of judgment doctrines is nothing but a pile of dung; why bother to follow it?"

"If I were to say, Gaofulei is just an irresponsible useless fool; let the damned Gaofulei go to hell."

Yet Xide still forced herself to stay silent; the moral barrier formed over a long time is not so easily broken.

But mortals always overestimate their rationality, not realizing that when faced with burgeoning wildness, rationality is as fragile as paper.

Faced with the relentless surge of the worldly flood, the dam in her heart indeed gradually collapsed.

Seeing the moment ripe, Luosen took the opportunity to ask: "Xide, Gaofulei said you are the perfect moral exemplar; what do you think of that?"

"Oh~ let that ugly baldhead go to hell~"

He shouted those words, and after shouting, Xi De felt his entire being become very relaxed.

The most hurtful thing in the world is not a lie, but the truth.

The evaluation that came from Xi De's mouth broke Gao Frei's defense.

Luosen clearly felt his soul's fury surge several times in an instant! He laughed heartily and delivered the final strike.

"Hahaha, Gao Frei is really both ugly and stupid~"

This sentence indeed became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The rage in Gao Frei's heart erupted like volcanic lava.

He let out a terrifying soul roar, burst from his hidden void, and charged at full speed toward Luosen! "You, go die!"

As he was about to strike his opponent, a force in the Eleven Spell Ring violently trembled, and two golden rune spheres abruptly appeared.

It was Luosen's secretly placed soul trap "Demon Prison" within the Eleven Spell Ring.

Back then he used this technique to capture the 5th‑level Great Demon Sa Jia Ka Er.

Now he uses the same move to set a hidden trap, waiting for Gao Frei to step into it.

The two massive golden rune spheres slammed together with a "whoosh", enveloping the Lord of Judgment inside.

The Lord of Judgment was greatly surprised, but did not feel fear.

"A petty spell trying to trap me? Delusion!"

He raged like a madman, and numerous white‑hot blades suddenly sprouted around his massive soul body, then spun violently to cut.

"Chichich—~~~"

The soul blazing blades sliced the inner wall of the Demon Prison like a high‑speed chainsaw.

At this moment, the 9th‑level Void God Gao Frei not only had his soul strength greatly increased, his soul scale was more than twenty times that of Sa Jia Ka Er, and his struggle intensity naturally far exceeded Sa Jia Ka Er.

The soul cage was cut so that it flashed brilliantly, scattering shards everywhere.

But Luosen had long been prepared.

He moved faster than Gao Frei.

Under the effect of the Tsunami Bracer, the massive power from the Heart of Eternity surged like a tsunami, and Luosen guided it all into the Demon Prison, intensifying it fiercely.

In just one‑tenth of a second, about 10,000 Luosen strength of near‑19th‑level ultimate soul power was poured in.

Whereas Gao Frei's total soul scale was only 15,000 Luosen, and his strength was far inferior.

He struggled violently, damaging the cage by roughly the equivalent of 1,000 Luosen per second, while the cage's recovery rate reached 100,000 Luosen per second.

The two sides differed by two orders of magnitude directly.

Thus, all of the Lord of Judgment's efforts were in vain.

Three seconds later, Gao Frei was exhausted.

He honestly curled up inside the Demon Prison, motionless.

Luosen laughed heartily: "Haha~ finally I caught you."

The fellow had been drifting in the void near Youlai City for almost half a month, always very cautious.

It made Luosen's heart itch.

Fortunately, the Goddess of Victory always favors patient hunters; he finally didn't endure in vain, and tonight's performance was not for nothing.

Of course, Gao Frei was only the vanguard.

The battle tonight had not truly begun.

Laifu still meticulously monitored the slightest movements in Youlai City.

Their combat activity with Gao Frei was not small, but the inner city of Youlai had a dense mystic barrier, so the disturbances wouldn't travel far.

So the other assassins did not notice the anomaly here.

But that, of course, could not be hidden from the two golden scholars before them.

Although Geliwen was reluctant to part with the Emperor's majestic divine spear, she still gave a rational suggestion.

"Master, how about we come back another day?"

After defeating the enemy, there will be plenty of opportunities later.

Xi De was wandering among the clouds; though his heart was extremely reluctant, he also admonished: "Your Majesty, urgent matters are pressing!"

Luosen laughed heartily: "Don't be nervous, it won't be that long."

The subsequent Light Assassins, including a 12th‑level powerful deity hidden on the outermost rim of Youlai City, were still busy arranging the layout.

The inner city of Youlai was heavily guarded; even with a fallen councilor's aid, silently executing a surprise assassination on the Sky Councilor remained quite difficult.

So, waiting for the opponent to be fully in place would probably take three more hours.

He had plenty of time; he could easily linger a while longer, and also thoroughly examine Gao Frei to see if the opponent concealed any hidden moves.

(End of chapter)