Chapter 998: Shameless Scoundrel

"Yo, what a pair of bootlickers—no, make that two pairs of bootlickers!" At this moment, Xu Que's lips curled into a cold, mocking smile as his gaze swept toward the members of the Bai family and the Xiaoyao Tower.

Back in the Eastern Wasteland, the Jiang and Gong families among the three great clans had been wiped out by Xu Que, never to regain their former glory. Only the Bai family had been lucky enough to escape that disaster. After regrouping, they quickly solidified their position as the number one clan in the Eastern Wasteland!

As for the Xiaoyao Tower, they were a famous organization of geniuses across the Four Continents, inviting only the most outstanding talents from various factions to join. Although their reputation had plummeted after their tower master, Dong Genji, was killed by Xu Que, they still stood tall.

Strictly speaking, among all the factions present, these two had the deepest grudges against Xu Que. Xu Que wasn't surprised at all to see them stand up against him!

What he couldn't stand, however, was that these two factions were actually licking the boots of this group of "Immortals." This kind of betrayal, which crossed his bottom line, was something he could not tolerate!

"Hmph, we should show reverence in the presence of the Immortal Masters, yet you are so bold and reckless. How truly presumptuous!" Bai Lingrui still hadn't grasped the situation and coldly rebuked Xu Que.

On the Xiaoyao Tower side, most of the people who had stood up realized the situation and began to regret it, choosing to remain silent instead.

Unfortunately, this still couldn't save them from the foolish actions they had just committed in front of Xu Que!

Xu Que's style of doing things never gave people a chance to regret!

"Heh, presumptuous, am I?" Xu Que sneered and snapped his fingers. "Er Gou, set up another array and lock them up!"

"Alright! Old Man Duan, you go and surround them first, otherwise, this God Venerable won't be able to focus on setting up the array!" Er Gou shouted, though in reality, he was just afraid to face the Bai family and the Xiaoyao Tower alone, fearing he might get beaten up!

Duan Jiude didn't waste any time. He flicked his hand, tossing a large black bottle to Xu Que, then took a step, his figure turning into a black shadow as he swept toward the people from the Bai family and the Xiaoyao Tower.

With Duan Jiude's current strength, dealing with these two factions was a piece of cake!

"Whoosh!"

In a single move, Duan Jiude unleashed a massive surge of True Essence, instantly suppressing the two factions, whose highest cultivation level was only the Body Integration Stage!

The members of the Bai family and the Xiaoyao Tower fell to their knees one after another, their faces pale.

"Awoo!"

The next moment, accompanied by Er Gou's long howl, several array flags flew out, landing on the perimeter of the two factions and instantly forming a small trapping array that bound them.

The "Virtue-Lacking Dog" duo's coordination was seamless and flawless!

Just as Er Gou finished setting up the array, Xu Que stepped on his Wind Fire Wheels, swept to the edge of the altar, took out an array flag, opened a small gap in the Trapping-Killing Array, and smashed the bottle of "Drunken Immortal Incense" directly inside!

Bang!

As the jade bottle shattered, the pitch-black Drunken Immortal Incense transformed into a thick, black mist that permeated the entire altar, moving so fast that Xu Que didn't even have time to close the gap in the array before it spilled out!

Xu Que was the closest, and he inhaled quite a bit of the incense. His blood flow instantly stagnated, his True Essence circulation slowed, and his head felt dizzy!

"Damn, this stuff is actually poisonous!" Xu Que immediately closed the array to prevent more incense from leaking out.

However, inside the Trapping-Killing Array, the many Immortal experts let out angry roars.

"This... is this Drunken Immortal Incense?"

"How do you have this stuff?"

"How presumptuous! Hand over the antidote immediately!"

"This thing is just like the Immortal Array; it can only trap us for a while, it won't trap us forever! You are courting death!"

"Once we get out, we will make you wish you were dead and slaughter your Four Continents!"

Many Half-Immortal experts roared in anger, and even the Human Immortal teachers from the academies felt a sense of extreme humiliation!

This Drunken Immortal Incense was lethal to those below the Mahayana Stage, but for experts at the Half-Immortal Stage and above, they could expel it within a few hours.

Yet, with so many of them present, they had actually fallen for the dirty tricks of "small fries" like Xu Que, which was a blow to their pride they couldn't swallow!

Regardless of their roars, Xu Que ignored them completely.

Duan Jiude acted decisively, pulling out a medicine bottle and shouting to Xu Que, "Kid, the antidote is here. Hurry up and trade some treasures for it, lest the poison seeps too deep!"

Xu Que sneered immediately, "No need. Mere Drunken Immortal Incense can't hurt me!"

Having said that, he immediately activated the System's auto-recovery function, and his body instantly reverted to its state before inhaling the incense. His blood flow and True Essence became smooth again!

"Damn! You... you're actually fine after that?" Duan Jiude was stunned!

Inside the Trapping-Killing Array, the people from the three great academies were also shocked, their gazes toward Xu Que becoming even more fervent, clearly misunderstanding that Xu Que possessed some secret Immortal technique to instantly neutralize the poison!

"Heh, Drunken Immortal Incense? In our Zha Tian Bang, we drink this stuff like wine!" Xu Que said proudly.

"Bullshit, how come I've never heard of that?" Duan Jiude stared.

"You're not a core member of the Zha Tian Bang, so of course you wouldn't know!" Xu Que replied with a smile.

Meanwhile, the members of the Bai family and the Xiaoyao Tower were also shocked.

They had thought Xu Que would attack them, but who would have guessed that after setting up the Trapping-Killing Array, he would actually poison and ambush those Immortals? There was nothing this guy wouldn't do!

"Good, very good. As expected of my Extreme Joy Sect's son-in-law, even poison can't touch him; he has a constitution immune to all poisons!" The Extreme Joy Sect Master laughed heartily, looking at Xu Que with increasing satisfaction!

Liu Jingning was speechless, rolling her eyes in frustration. The other elders also lowered their heads, blushing with shame; they really had no way to deal with their shameless Sect Master!

Logically speaking, Xu Que's act of poisoning and ambushing was a despicable act that many cultivators would be ashamed of, at least on the surface.

The point was, Xu Que had even poisoned himself, yet the Sect Master completely ignored that and praised him for being immune to all poisons. This favoritism was too extreme; he was just looking for any excuse to praise Xu Que!

"Heh, don't look at me like that. I know what you're thinking—that poisoning is dishonorable. But different situations call for different analyses. Xu Que is facing so many Immortals alone, fighting the strong with the weak, fighting the many with the few. So what if he used a little poison? Is it excessive? Not at all!" The Extreme Joy Sect Master said with a proud and righteous expression, feeling completely justified.

When the others heard this, they pondered it and felt it actually made some sense, nodding in acknowledgment.

"Haha, you people from the Bai family and Xiaoyao Tower, tell me, was my behavior just now presumptuous?" Xu Que asked the members of the Bai family and the Xiaoyao Tower, looking smug.

The members of the Bai family and the Xiaoyao Tower were stunned for a moment, and then Bai Lingrui shouted angrily, "Xu Que, don't be arrogant! You dare to be so presumptuous; the Immortal Masters will definitely make you regret it for the rest of your life!"

"Alright, then I'll be even more presumptuous and see if they can make me regret it for two lifetimes!"

Xu Que laughed, flipped his hand, and took out all his Beast Spirit Bags, hovering them in front of him, then reached out with his ten fingers.

Whoosh!

Instantly, a massive surge of Dao Rhyme and True Essence poured out, turning into countless dense, thread-like strands that swept into the Beast Spirit Bags. Xu Que then swung his arms and pulled outward with a sudden jerk.

"Boom!"

A massive "black whirlwind" was pulled out from the Beast Spirit Bags, emitting a huge, thunderous roar as it covered the sky and blanketed the entire area.

The mountaintop fell into a deathly silence in that instant, the air seemingly freezing!

Everyone was dumbfounded, unable to believe their eyes.

Even the many "Immortal" experts in the Trapping-Killing Array had their expressions change drastically after a moment of shock!

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