Chapter 761

Swoosh!

Suddenly, Xu Que's hand and Qin Wei's hand were tightly suctioned together.

Following that, a massive surge of vitality erupted from Qin Wei's palm.

"Holy crap!"

Xu Que immediately shouted out loud.

Then, he looked at Qin Wei with a face full of terror and yelled, "General Qin, what are you doing? I'm warning you, don't mess around!"

Qin Wei was stunned on the spot. Feeling the vitality in his body draining away and seeing Xu Que's expression, he was momentarily unable to react.

I haven't even yelled yet, and you're the one shouting first?

Shouldn't I be the one asking what you're doing?

"General Qin, you're so despicable! Didn't we agree to a ceasefire? You're actually launching a sneak attack to steal my life force! I'll fight you to the death!" At this moment, Xu Que shouted again, his face full of rage as he clenched his fists.

Qin Wei finally reacted and hurriedly shouted, "Stop! My vitality is draining away too! What exactly are you trying to do?"

"What am I trying to do? I should be asking you what you're doing! We were just shaking hands, why are you gripping so tight and sucking my life force? Let go!" Xu Que yelled angrily.

"What? It wasn't you? Then who?" Qin Wei was shocked, truly deceived by Xu Que's acting.

He scanned his surroundings, immediately guessing that both of them might have been ambushed by someone else.

Slap!

Just then, Xu Que suddenly slapped Qin Wei hard across the face.

Qin Wei was completely stunned, looking at Xu Que in bewilderment.

Xu Que glared at him and roared, "You beast, you animal, you old pervert, let go already! Let go!"

After saying this, he raised his hand and slapped Qin Wei's face hard again!

"Presumptuous!"

Qin Wei finally snapped out of it after being slapped, and he roared in anger!

"Damn it!" Xu Que looked furious, clenching his fist as if about to attack!

Qin Wei immediately shouted, "Stop! What are you panicking about? I would never do such a despicable thing! We must have been ambushed; there's someone hiding nearby!"

"Ambush? How is that possible?" Xu Que widened his eyes and looked around.

At this moment, Qin Wei also looked grim. After scanning the area, he shouted in a deep voice, "I am Qin Wei, the Great General of the Tongtian Kingdom! I don't know which fellow Daoist is playing such tricks nearby, but if you don't stop now, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Ding! Based on the host's cultivation level, the vitality extraction of the Ancient Life and Death Wheel has reached its limit. You have obtained a total of 1,200 years of life force!" Suddenly, the system notification sounded in Xu Que's mind.

Immediately after, the suction between their hands vanished, and they pulled apart.

"Pfft!"

Xu Que spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, his face full of pain.

There was no helping it; absorbing 1,200 years of life force in an instant was just too nourishing, and he couldn't handle it all at once!

Qin Wei also clutched his chest with a grim expression, quickly trying to heal his injuries.

He was already injured, and now, having lost over a thousand years of life for no reason, it was an injury on top of an injury, making him want to go mad.

But seeing that Xu Que was also injured, Qin Wei felt a strange sense of balance, and he even believed that the bizarre situation just now wasn't Xu Que's doing!

"Little Friend Li Bai, how are you? Are you alright?" A moment later, Qin Wei suppressed his internal injuries, walked up to Xu Que, and asked with feigned concern.

If Xu Que said he was severely injured, he would definitely slap Xu Que to death without hesitation—taking advantage of his illness to end his life!

"Many thanks for your concern, General Qin. I'm not too bad, I just lost a thousand years of life all of a sudden!" Xu Que waved his hand and replied indifferently.

Qin Wei raised an eyebrow, stared at Xu Que for a moment, and after confirming he really didn't seem to be in bad shape, he resisted the urge to strike and nodded slightly. "It's good that you're fine. I also lost over a thousand years of life! If I find the person who launched the sneak attack, I will surely tear them to pieces!"

Over a thousand years of life wasn't much, but it wasn't little for a Great Vehicle Stage expert.

Although it didn't affect his strength much, it was still very annoying; after all, among the millions of cultivators in this world, no one would complain about having too much life!

"Hmph, this person dares to attack both of us; they must be tired of living! A gentleman does not let a grudge go unavenged. General Qin, rest assured, I will return to gather my Exploding Heaven Gang members and hunt down the person who launched the sneak attack! Farewell!" Xu Que also said with a face full of indignation.

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped on lightning, soared into the sky, and left directly.

Qin Wei didn't think there was anything wrong with Xu Que's actions. After all, for a Body Integration Stage cultivator, a thousand years of life was almost half a lifetime. Losing it like this, it was normal to be angry, and it was normal to be in a hurry to find someone for revenge!

He raised his head, watched Xu Que's figure disappear into the horizon, and only then did his expression slowly turn cold.

"Hmph, once I recover from my injuries, I will definitely make you like the others in the Divine Son Camp—implant you with the Soul Insect Gu and throw you onto the Heaven Ascension Road to work for me!"

……

A moment later, Xu Que finally returned to the mountain peak where he had previously been in closed-door cultivation.

As soon as he landed, he collapsed onto the ground, blood spilling from his mouth, as if all the strength in his body had been drained!

In the battle with Qin Wei, he had exhausted his Dao Rhyme.

Coupled with having the system use the "Ancient Life and Death Wheel" to forcibly steal 1,200 years of Qin Wei's life, his True Essence had been completely depleted, and he had suffered some internal injuries from the massive surge of vitality.

In the end, he had secretly activated the system's automatic recovery function, restored a small portion of his True Essence, and forcibly pretended to be fine in front of Qin Wei before running back here!

"Xu Que!"

At this moment, Jiang Hongyan, who had been waiting there, emerged from the cave. Seeing Xu Que injured, she couldn't help but be moved.

In her view, with Xu Que's strength, dealing with the Heavenly Tribulation Stage wasn't difficult.

For Xu Que to be injured, it would have to be either over a hundred Heavenly Tribulation Stage experts joining forces, or the Heavenly Tribulation itself becoming stronger.

"I'm fine, hehe!" Xu Que sat up and waved his hand.

The system's automatic recovery function was very powerful, and it had already helped him recover quite a bit of his internal injuries and True Essence.

Seeing that he really didn't seem to be in any major trouble, Jiang Hongyan breathed a slight sigh of relief. "On the battlefield, did some powerful enemy appear?"

"No, it's just that on the way back, I ran into Qin Wei!" Xu Que laughed.

Jiang Hongyan's expression changed instantly, and she became uncharacteristically angry. "He wanted to kill you?"

"Haha, that's right, he really did want to kill me, but... pfft, hahaha!" Xu Que laughed out loud and told Jiang Hongyan the general sequence of events.

Jiang Hongyan was incredibly astonished upon hearing the end. "You mean, not only did you severely injure him and destroy his immortal artifact, but you also stole over a thousand years of his life?"

"That's right, it's a pity; today's tribulation consumed too much Dao Rhyme, otherwise I really had a good chance to kill him!" Xu Que nodded, his face showing a hint of regret.

Jiang Hongyan, however, was somewhat dazed. No matter how she thought about it, she hadn't expected Xu Que's strength to be this formidable!

Merely at the second layer of the Body Integration Stage, he could fight a peak Great Vehicle Stage expert, and a peak Great Vehicle Stage expert who possessed a half-grade immortal artifact at that.

Finally, a smile appeared on Jiang Hongyan's face, and she said softly, "If you want him dead, I will help you bring back his head!"

"No need for such trouble. Actually, if we want to kill him now, we don't need to do it ourselves at all!" Xu Que raised the corner of his mouth, his face revealing his signature roguish smile!

Jiang Hongyan was startled, and she asked with a playful smile, "What devious idea do you have now?"

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