Chapter 573: Then I Can Only Call for Help

That very day, Xu Que's words were spread far and wide.

Because he knew his killing sins were too heavy and felt guilt in his heart, he had crippled his own cultivation, would no longer participate in anything within the Cultivation World, and wished to quietly live as a Mortal.

However, when the various factions heard this news, they all sneered coldly.

Feeling guilty over excessive killing sins, so he crippled his own cultivation?

Bullshit!

If that lad would ever feel guilt, then hell would freeze over!

That scoundrel clearly just wants to cripple his cultivation to re-complement his Dao rhyme!

The Jiang Family immediately issued a statement to the outside world: "Crippling his cultivation is not enough to atone for his killing sins; he must return all his Spirit Stones, come to my Jiang Family to kowtow and apologize, and only then will we spare his life!"

The Gong Family and the Bai Family also issued statements with meanings similar to the Jiang Family's, all demanding that Xu Que return the Spirit Stones and go apologize before they would let him go!

The Xiaoyao Tower, however, maintained a firm stance, consisting of only three words: "Killer Without Mercy!"

Even though most people had already rushed to the Southern Continent to participate in the Secret Realm Trial, Xu Que's appearance still stirred the entire Eastern Wasteland into excitement.

Even though he had already declared his wish to become a Mortal, countless people still wanted to hunt him down, all for the purpose of obtaining those Spirit Stones on his person!

A few days later, someone received news that Xu Que had appeared on a mountain road.

Countless people immediately swarmed over, among them no lack of experts at the Infant Transformation Stage, and most of them came from various clans and sects.

Yet after this group entered the mountains, not a single one returned; they suddenly vanished without a trace, the situation being extremely bizarre!

And the next day, Xu Que appeared in an Ancient City, declaring to the outside with a face full of piety: "Everyone, please stop disturbing me anymore; I am merely a Mortal!"

Er Gouzi also emphasized to everyone: "I, this Divine Venerable, guarantee with my supreme wolf character that he has truly turned over a new leaf; just let him go!"

Within the Jiang Family, at one of their branch stations.

Several Infant Transformation Stage experts received the news and all frowned: "It seems the information was wrong; that lad is no longer in the mountains. Send orders for those who went out earlier to return; this time, we will personally move to hunt down that brat!"

The situation in the Gong Family and the Bai Family was much the same, with several experts sneering coldly: "Wanting to be a Mortal? Truly a flight of fancy! Now he is like a crippled ant, able only to panic on our territory with nowhere to hide!"

The Void Refining Stage geniuses of the Xiaoyao Tower had mostly rushed to the Southern Continent, leaving only some Infant Transformation Stage Heavenly Prides in the Eastern Wasteland; upon receiving news of Xu Que's whereabouts, they all set out.

"No one the Xiaoyao Tower wants to kill can survive!" they declared to the outside, indicating that this time they would surely suppress and slay Xu Que, leaving absolutely no path to life!

Nearly the entire Eastern Wasteland was watching the movements of the major factions, also wanting to know what would ultimately happen to Xu Que.

However, three days passed.

All those who had gone to hunt Xu Que disappeared one after another.

Instead, Xu Que, this so-called "Mortal," frequently appeared in various Ancient Cities, saying with a face full of piety: "Everyone, I have begun to enjoy the life of a Mortal; I truly hope you will stop disturbing me, I beg of you!"

After such a cycle continued for over a month, everyone began to feel that something was amiss.

Many people from the major factions had vanished without a trace, suffering significant losses, yet this lad Xu Que kept appearing before the public eye every few days, claiming again and again that he was a Mortal; the situation was too bizarre!

Until this day, when Xu Que arrived outside an Ancient City, preparing to enter to eat something and rest a while.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, dozens of figures flew across the sky, descending from above, directly surrounding and blocking Xu Que.

Looking closely, there were actually more than twenty Infant Transformation Stage experts among them, their auras extremely shocking.

Quite a few Scattered Cultivators were passing around the Ancient City, all startled by this sudden development, and rushed over to watch.

"It's over; so it's this guy. After bouncing around for over a month, he's finally been cornered by the major factions!" someone sighed, feeling sympathy for Xu Que.

"He's too stupid; if he wanted to be a Mortal, why didn't he find a remote Village to live quietly?"

"Are you foolish? This region was long ago abandoned; if not for the appearance of the Bronze Ancient Hall, we wouldn't have come to such a place either. How could a mere Mortal like him survive?"

"That's true, but this still proves he's too stupid. Back then, after crippling his cultivation, he didn't go to the Center of the Eastern Wasteland; now becoming a Mortal here, I fear he could spend his entire life unable to walk out of this Abandoned Region, let alone reach the Center of the Eastern Wasteland!"

"Hehe, you're overthinking it; with so many senior experts at the Infant Transformation Stage blocking him here, his entire life ends right here!" someone shook their head and laughed mockingly.

Amidst these discussions, the dozens of experts surrounding Xu Que wore cold, sharp smiles, staring relentlessly at him.

A terrifying pressure swept outward; dozens of Infant Transformation Stage experts were indeed horrifying!

Some of the Scattered Cultivators present felt compassion and also sighed with emotion.

After all, this Demon King Xu Que was once an existence of unparalleled combat power; alone, he had pit-slaughtered thousands of Cultivators and even severely injured over two hundred Void Refining Stage experts, absolutely the strongest Heavenly Pride in the history of the Eastern Wasteland!

Alas, now that the tiger had fallen into the plains, he was actually being surrounded by dozens of ordinary Infant Transformation Stage and Nascent Soul Stage experts.

"Sigh, if he still possessed his cultivation from back then, these people would be nothing but ants before him!" Within the crowd of onlookers, a young girl sighed, feeling immense sympathy and regret for Xu Que's predicament.

Young girls always revered the strong; seeing Xu Que reduced to such a state, she couldn't help but speak her heart.

The old man beside her was immediately frightened and hurriedly covered her mouth, saying: "Don't speak recklessly!"

If those experts heard that, I fear he and his granddaughter would die even faster than Xu Que!

Fortunately, at that moment, those people's attention was entirely focused on Xu Que.

One of the Infant Transformation Stage experts spoke: "Xu Que, hand over all your Spirit Stones, come to my Jiang Family to kowtow and apologize for three years, otherwise you will die right now!"

"Surname Xu, if you want to live, after finishing three years of kowtowing at the Jiang Family, you must also come to my Gong Family to kowtow for another three years!" an Infant Transformation Stage expert from the Gong Family stepped out, laughing coldly.

"Since that's the case, then after six years, you must also come to my Bai Family to kowtow for three years!"

"Haha, in that case, my Mirror Flower Water Moon Sect will have to wait twelve years before he comes to kowtow to us!"

"No problem; anyway, after kowtowing to all you clans and sects, he must also come kowtow once at my Flowing Cloud Sect!"

"Damn, what does this have to do with your Flowing Cloud Sect?"

"How does it not concern us? This lad once used lightning to sneak-attack a Disciple in our sect, causing that Disciple to be frightened; this grudge must be avenged!"

Before even making a move, these people had already begun discussing how to deal with Xu Que, essentially scheduling his entire future, demanding that he spend the rest of his life kowtowing and apologizing within the major factions!

But they were merely mocking him with words; in reality, they knew all too well that Xu Que had no chance of surviving today.

A mere mortal ant like him only deserved to be strangled to death!

Moreover, quite a few Infant Transformation Stage Heavenly Prides from Xiaoyao Tower had arrived, and these people had already declared that they would show Xu Que no mercy and kill him without pardon!

"Sigh!" At this moment, Xu Que let out a faint sigh and said, "When will this cycle of vengeance end? I have already crippled my own cultivation, yet you still refuse to let me go. Are you truly forcing me to call out the members of the Explosive Heavens Sect?"

Explosive Heavens Sect?

Upon hearing this, the powerful experts present all sneered coldly.

"What kind of rubbish Explosive Heavens Sect? Do you think shouting out the name of some obscure little faction can bluff us?" one expert mocked.

"This is the Eastern Wasteland, our Daoist Realm; even if you hail from a major faction in the Southern Continent, you must kneel obediently here before us!"

"Recognize your situation as soon as possible, kneel and kowtow to us first, and we won't be in a hurry to kill you!"

None of the many experts wished to kill Xu Que too quickly; they knew that powerful members of their clans had been toyed with by Xu Que before, and now they wanted to exact double revenge.

"Sigh!" Xu Que sighed once again, waving his hand: "Since that's the case, I have no choice but to call my people from the Explosive Heavens Sect to help!"

Saying this, Xu Que suddenly lifted his head toward the sky and shouted loudly: "Heavenly King covers the Earthly Tiger, little chicken stewed with mushrooms! I am Xu Que of the Explosive Heavens Sect; are there any members of my Explosive Heavens Sect nearby? Come out and lend a hand!"

Whoosh!

The entire arena instantly fell into complete silence.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then immediately looked at Xu Que as if he were an idiot.

What the hell was that?

Is this lad insane? He actually thinks he can summon help just by shouting like that?

Do you really think your Explosive Heavens Sect members are omnipresent?

"Boom!"

The next instant, a thunderous explosion echoed through the cloudy sky.

Immediately afterward, more than ten figures appeared, all with heads full of snow-white long hair, draped in black robes embroidered with clusters of red clouds, their soaring momentum revealing that every single one of them was an existence at Infant Transformation Stage Layer Nine.

In an instant, terrifying pressure suddenly swept forth, suppressing everyone present.

Roars loud as great bells and deafening to the ears resounded across the entire sky...

"Hua Wuque of the Explosive Heavens Sect has arrived to guard the Dao!"

"Ye Liangchen of the Explosive Heavens Sect has arrived to guard the Dao!"

"Xue Zhiqian of the Explosive Heavens Sect has arrived to guard the Dao!"

"Big Water Fish of the Explosive Heavens Sect has arrived to guard the Dao!"

"Wu Wu Kai of the Explosive Heavens Sect has arrived to guard the Dao!"...

【Third update! Haha, while writing this, I remembered something: a few days ago I was watching a video online when several lines of bullet screen comments suddenly floated by, saying 'Supreme Elder Bu Yi of the Explosive Heavens Sect was here,' and 'Xu Que of the Explosive Heavens Sect was here'... Damn, you guys really are omnipresent!】