Chapter 1359: You Have Great Audacity

A sneak attack?

Did that guy defeat the Human-shaped Lightning using a sneak attack?

Upon hearing Xu Que's words, everyone present suddenly had a realization and understood.

Indeed, just now, no one had seen clearly what happened; they only saw Xu Que and the Human-shaped Lightning activate their forms simultaneously, charging straight at each other.

The speed of the two had turned them into two Light Streams that collided with one another.

But merely after this single collision, it ended!

The outcome was exactly as everyone had just witnessed: the Human-shaped Lightning exploded into fragments, while Xu Que remained completely unharmed!

"That's not right; just now, both parties attacked head-on, so where did the sneak attack come from?" someone in Tian Sha City asked with a face full of confusion.

This was almost everyone's question, including the Nishang Fairy and the woman in black outside the Forbidden Zone.

They too could not figure it out, nor could they see through how Xu Que had succeeded just now!

"Haha, This Divine Venerable knows how that kid pulled off the sneak attack!" Er Gouzi laughed loudly, appearing very happy and very proud: "All credit must go to This Divine Venerable."

"Bullshit; this old man also contributed!" Duan Jiude glared and said.

Everyone present instantly turned their gaze toward Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude, their eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge.

However, Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude stopped right there and simply fell silent.

This instantly made everyone so anxious they went mad, wanting to grab the two of them over and beat them senseless!

Damn it, saying only half the sentence; was that intentional?

"Two Fellow Daoists, might you please offer some guidance on what exactly happened just now?" a Cultivator, unable to restrain his curiosity, cupped his hands and asked.

Er Gouzi immediately became highly spirited and said excitedly, "Of course I can; let This Divine Venerable tell you: in the situation just now, an ordinary person truly couldn't discern what occurred; in reality, that kid completed a sneak attack and crushed the Human-shaped Lightning in one move!"

"..." Everyone instantly felt lines of black sweat appear on their foreheads.

Mai Pi; we just want to know how the sneak attack was done, and you skip straight over it?

"Indeed, at that time, it could be described as Wind rising and Clouds surging, with fierce battle conditions; this old man watched until my Vitality boiled; that kid's sneak attack can be called a classic, can be called perfect!" Duan Jiude also nodded and added.

Grass!

Everyone instantly felt like cursing profanities in their hearts.

"If This Seat is not mistaken, the Gang Leader just now should have borrowed those Prohibition Arrays on the ground, yes?" At this moment, Mo Junchen suddenly spoke up.

Everyone present looked toward him.

He rubbed his chin, shook his head, and said, "In truth, This Seat did not clearly see what happened just now either, but combining the previous battle with the habitual practices of Gang Leader Xu and Er Gou... ahem, with Vice Gang Leader and Elder Duan, Gang Leader Xu should have used an Illusion to deceive the Human-shaped Lightning, then borrowed the power of the Restrictions to dive underground; at the moment the Human-shaped Lightning collided with the Illusion, he struck out from beneath the earth and smashed that figure of Human-shaped Lightning to pieces with one staff strike!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone finally had a great realization and slapped their foreheads.

Indeed, one word awakens the person in the dream; how could everyone have forgotten the scene at the very beginning when the "Virtue-Lacking Dog" combination toyed with those Immortal Kings?

Even Immortal Kings were deceived; how could this Human-shaped Lightning of the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm possibly not be deceived!

"Yo, Guardian Mo, I didn't expect you to possess such wisdom roots!" Er Gouzi exclaimed in surprise.

A dry smile was squeezed onto Mo Junchen's face; under the gaze of all eyes, he felt somewhat ashamed.

This wasn't possessing wisdom roots; rather, having seen it so many times, he had summarized the experience!

"The final Heavenly Tribulation is about to begin!" At this moment, Zixia Fairy said in a low voice, her gaze fixed on the interior of the Forbidden Zone.

Now she was instead at ease; even the Human-shaped Lightning of an Immortal Emperor could be so easily broken by Xu Que.

Then the final Heavenly Tribulation should hold no danger; after all, that Monster-like Flesh Body of Xu Que was sufficient to crush everything.

She was merely very curious: since this Human-shaped Lightning was saved for the grand finale after the Immortal Emperor, whose likeness would it take as its prototype?

Since it was acknowledged by the Heavenly Dao, its aptitude and Creation must certainly be extraordinary!

"Just now it was an Immortal Emperor; for this final Heavenly Tribulation, could it be sending down a Dao Venerable or a Dao Emperor?" Er Gouzi guessed.

"Heh, given the degree of sin that kid has committed, even if Heaven sent a Divine Spirit down, this old man would not find it strange in the slightest!" Duan Jiude said with a Cold Smile.

"But it's useless; no matter who they send, in essence it is still a force of Ancient Calamity, incapable of breaking that kid's defense!" Er Gouzi shook his head; if those individuals whom the Human-shaped Lightning resembled actually came in person, at the same realm, it would be hard to say whether Xu Que could defeat them or not.

But being merely an empty shell without Spiritual Sense, capable only of advancing and retreating, a Human-shaped Lightning without strategy, as long as it could not break Xu Que's defense, posed little threat.

"Boom—!"

At this moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared in the cloudy sky.

The final Heavenly Tribulation possessed an momentum far surpassing the previous ones.

After all, calculated by order, this Heavenly Tribulation equated to Xu Que's tribulation from the Imperial Physician Golden Immortal to the Great Luo Scattered Immortal, making it the most powerful among the five Heavenly Tribulations.

Everyone was watching, awaiting the descent of the Human-shaped Lightning.

Xu Que was no exception; he was very curious what kind of Existence this opponent would be.

Just now, by borrowing the Prohibition Arrays already laid out here, he had easily resolved that troublesome Human-shaped Lightning; one could call it luck, but it was also inevitable.

How could a single Human-shaped Lightning compare to a living, breathing human?

The reason humans are powerful is precisely because of wisdom!

The reason humans are dangerous is precisely because of the human heart!

Yet these two most important things, the Human-shaped Lightning possessed neither.

So, had the Heavenly Dao miscalculated the importance of the human heart and wisdom?

The corner of Xu Que's mouth lifted slightly; standing in place, gripping the Buwang Zijin Staff, his robes fluttering, he exuded an aura of towering over heaven and earth, one man guarding the pass against ten thousand!

But the next moment, as the figure beneath the golden beam gradually took shape and slowly stepped forward.

Xu Que froze!

That roguish arc at the corner of his mouth slowly stiffened and ceased to rise.

His eyes filled with shock, followed immediately by a surge of intense excitement.

"Xiao... Xiao Rou!"

Xu Que opened his mouth, his voice trembling slightly, and spoke this name that had not been mentioned for many years.

Everything of the past in Panshan Village, beneath the Heavenly Martial Sect within the Five Elements Mountain Fire Origin Kingdom, remained vividly clear before his eyes!

From the moment he first met Xiao Rou to the scene of her collapsing into his arms, her fragrance fading and her jade-like beauty perishing, the image remained incredibly distinct.

In that year, he was frivolous and unconstrained, yet inherently pure-hearted and kind.

In that year, he remained frivolous and unconstrained, but his nature was no longer kind!

The transformation from Xu Que to the Demon King was largely due to that calamity in Panshan Village and Xiao Rou's death!

Therefore, Xiao Rou always occupied an important status in Xu Que's heart, so important that he rarely mentioned her to others; like a precious little secret, he carefully hid her deep within his soul, reluctant to let anyone see.

Later, he finally resurrected Xiao Rou, but unexpectedly, before he could meet her after her rebirth, they were separated once again.

This could only be blamed on Creation toying with people (or perhaps the author stirring up trouble)!

Yet at this very moment, Xu Que saw Xiao Rou.

The Heavenly Dao had transformed her into Human-shaped Lightning, appearing before Xu Que.

Her eyes were still as sparkling as they had been back then, pure-hearted and beautiful.

Her cheeks were still as cute and sweet as they had been back then.

But she was different nonetheless!

She possessed a trace of cold beauty and a hint of Killing Intent, traits found on every cultivator!

Therefore, this should not be Xiao Rou.

At the very least, this was not the Xiao Rou Xu Que had known back then!

"You... have such immense audacity!"

Xu Que gritted his teeth tightly, the whisper issuing from his Throat resembling a fierce beast growling low.

He suddenly lifted his head, glaring furiously at the sky, his fists clenched tight, blue veins bulging, his entire body trembling slightly—a manifestation of rage pushed to the extreme!

A surging wave of Killing Intent swept in all directions.

Terrifying vicious energy erupted violently from Xu Que's body!

"Who gave you the audacity to dare transform her into a Heavenly Tribulation to test me! What kind of thing are you, and what qualification do you have to dare do such a thing?" Xu Que suddenly roared aloud, deafeningly loud, as if an out-of-control mad Demon had been completely unleashed!

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【OK, although the sky has brightened enough to hurt the eyes, I've made up for it; today's update will be posted tonight!】