A Journey Against the World
Chapter 154

Shua Xie followed Qixuan from behind, keeping watch if any uninvited creatures suddenly attacked. But even after quite a long time the two of them walked, Shua Xie felt that the forest he was living in was very quiet for the vast dense forest. Isn't it weird that the woods beat the cemeteries?

'Phoe suddenly fell asleep without telling me. Really pisses me off.' Shua Xie did not know much about the Eternal Realm Mainland, hence he relied on Phoe during his time in this unique realm. However, Phoe fell asleep after Shua Xie set foot on the Eternal Realm Mainland.

In fact Shua Xie could have possessed the Eternal Realm Mainland in an easy way, using all of his strength by unleashing his spirit senses. It was indeed not difficult to do, but if Shua Xie suddenly showed his true strength, all the disciples of the Kunlun sect would definitely suspect him. And also, Shua Xie felt it was not a good thing if they all knew his true strength this fast for no definite reason.

"I heard something," Qixuan said as she stopped making Shua Xie also stop behind her.

"Something?" Shua Xie was too focused on daydreaming so his awareness of the surroundings decreased slightly. He immediately sharpened his sense of hearing, trying to hear something Qixuan had also heard.

"Water sound?" Shua Xie continued after he heard what Qixuan meant.

Qixuan turned around then nodded her head to Shua Xie, "Yes, the sound of water. It seems like there is a river not far from us," he replied as he looked back ahead.

Qixuan stepped back followed by Shua Xie behind her. The two of them walked through the thickets of the bush, and after that they found a beautiful river that spoiled the eyes.

The river water was very clear, and uniquely the water was a beautiful bright blue color. Stone, sand or fish in the water is clearly visible even though viewed from a distance. Even more beautiful, the moon reflects its light on the surface of the river so that it causes beautiful sparkles.

The river was like the water of a river flowing from heaven, too beautiful to behold.

Qixuan walked slowly closer to the river, while Shua Xie glanced left and right making sure that nothing dangerous was lurking after the two of them. After feeling safe, then Shua Xie approached Qixuan who happened to be standing by the river like someone who was nostalgic for nature under the moonlight.

"It's so beautiful, only this time I saw a scene as beautiful as this," Qixuan murmured softly as she stared at the reflection of her face from the river water.

"Yes, it's so pretty that I feel like this forest is getting weird," muttered Shua Xie softly replying to Qixuan's words. A river as beautiful as this is so calm without ripples, a calm river is sure to harbor great danger, so the term philosophy.

"We'd better get the water fast and come back soon, I feel something bad in this place." Shua Xie again.

Qixuan nodded slowly, agreeing with Shua Xie's opinion. He immediately opened the cover of the jug he was carrying and put the pitcher into the river. But Qixuan had not had time to raise her hand that held the jug, Shua Xie immediately brushed his hand away making Qixuan release the jug he was holding. Simultaneously, a large animal of the same color as the river water jumped into the air ready to grab Qixuan's hand, but fortunately Shua Xie immediately pushed her away from the river's outskirts. While Shua Xie held the mouth of the big fish with the sword he had taken out of his s.p.a.ce ring.

"I didn't think there was a chameleon like you in this river, if only I hadn't tasted killing from you." Shua Xie carved a cynical smile even though his current state was not as good as his smile. Wrong move a little he could have been the food of that three-eyed big fish.

"Humans like you can sense my existence, I'm sure your cultivation base must be very high." The fish replied to Shua Xie's words making Qixuan even more surprised.

"Spirit monsters can talk?! He is already at the King stage! Shua Xie, stay away, you're not his opponent! Let me get in the way and you'll run as far away as possible!" qixuan screeched loudly as she pulled her sword from the sheath. His silver-colored sword reflected the moonlight.

Shua Xie clucked softly, Qixuan's order just now made him feel a little insinuated. Speaking of the weakest, if not for Shua Xie hiding her cultivation base she was sure the disciples of the Kunlun sect would definitely adore her as the youngest female Master.

"Don't come any closer, this ugly fish isn't your opponent either." Shua Xie immediately replied, "If you get close you will be the food." Shua Xie's words were not a threat but a fact of circumstance. It was not easy to break away from spirit monsters that had been at the King stage, even a Jindan level Cultivator could die at the hands of this three-eyed fish.

In the world of spirit monsters, the tiers of each spirit beast power were also differentiated based on the training stage they underwent. There are 5 stage spirit monsters in the Cultivator world, that is;

Warrior Stage

2 Stage Knights

General Stage

King's Stage

Emperor Stage

The higher their stage, the stronger their strength was either in terms of physical or Qi strength. In the Cultivators world not only Cultivators could use Qi, spirit monsters could also use Qi stronger than Cultivators, but it all depended on the training stage they had achieved.

"No one will be able to escape my territory, you will all be my dinner" said the fish interspersed with loud laughter. Of course he is confident with his training stage now it is not not easy he eats Shua Xie and Qixuan. For him he only needed to expend a little energy to kill two of his prey in one strike.

"Tsk! Ugly fish like you can be cocky too, let's see who's fine for dinner tonight" Shua Xie replied sarcastically. Simultaneously, Shua Xie unleashed half of his strength that previously his cultivation base was at the Sky level to rise to the Nirvana level, instantly making the spirit monster and Qixuan shocked violently.

Not only that, Shua Xie felt as if he had also activated the rhyme of the Curse on both of his hands, making a tattoo line that had never existed before appear. And also changed the appearance of Shua X slightly all of a sudden. Making him a graceful and authoritative Cultivator in black clothes collaborating with green.

"A bad boy like you doesn't deserve to ask about my powers." Shua Xie pulled out his sword that had previously held the mouth of the fish spirit monster, and simultaneously after pulling it he instantly slashed at the mouth of the fish at a speed that ordinary eyes could not see. Even Qixuan was unable to see the movements Shua Xie was making.

"Grroayr!" The fish screamed in pain as its mouth came under a sharp attack from Shua Xie's eyes. Again he did not expect Shua Xie's ordinary sword to be able to injure his hard skin. In order to prevent another attack from happening again, the fish immediately went back into the water and just disappeared. Actually it is not lost just the color of the skin with the same river water so that when the fish entered the river the eyes of ordinary humans will not be able to see its existence.

"Food that has come cannot run away." Shua Xie used the devil eyes he had to figure out the existence of the fish. And a red, fish-shaped line was immediately visible in his right eye, Shua Xie knew those lines were the line that provided the spirit monster. Without thinking for a long time, Shua Xie immediately splashed into the river water, making Qixuan who was not far away from him shout out to him.

"Shua Xie!"

Qixuan rushed to the side of the river and saw Shua Xie swimming in the river. Qixuan did not have time to stop Shua Xie, nor did she want to go down because she did not want to be a burden. After all Shua Xie's cultivation base was higher than her, there was no point also if she went down to help, instead she would become a burden for Shua Xie while in the water.

In the water, Shua Xie continued to swim following the fish who also swam away from him. Blood began to spread in the river water because the wounds the fish had gotten were not ordinary wounds.

'That man followed me, whether he didn't realize water was my territory. Now I'll pay back the wounds you gave me.' The fish turned around, swimming towards Shua Xie at high speed as well as a wide open mouth. He felt that Shua Xie would find it difficult to swim in the water, in addition to the limited movement Shua Xie also needed air.

Trangg ....

The sound of impact was heard, the river water also started to surge due to the fight in the water that began to occur. The animals around Shua Xie and the fish also started running around not wanting to become victims of the fight between Cultivators and King stage spirit monsters.

Trangg ....

Duars ....

Srahss ....

'Ugh, I need air!' Shua Xie began to feel a tightness after nearly ten minutes of her being in the water. However, the three-eyed fish continued to attack him with a fairly fierce Qi attack. Although it did not injure Shua Xie directly, but the movement of the river water became scattered to make the river water become sharp like a sword. So it slowly began to erode the river banks and riverbeds.

'No more time, I'll finish as soon as I can.' Shua Xie reinserted his Sky Splitter sword into the s.p.a.ce ring. And after that he made one black-coloured magic formation that gave off a dense aura.

The spirit beast was aware, the magic formation that Shua Xie had created was not an ordinary magic formation. He immediately gathered all his Qi within his mouth, forming a round, bright red blob. His Qi attack was no ordinary attack, this attack of his could kill even a Divine Soul Cultivator even if the sacrifice he gave out was worth what he was about to launch.

'This human can use magic, don't tell me he's from the Qilin race, ' the fish said in his heart.

As a spirit beast that had once lived in the Heavenly World, he naturally knew that the one race that could use magic was only the Qilin race, so what he guessed was definitely not wrong. Even before he was stranded in the Earth Cultivator realm, he had once fought with one of the Qilin races that made between the two of them equally seriously injured. That was why his current strength was also insignificant, all because of the injuries he had received from his battle with the Qilin race.

'Ras Qilin has made me suffer, now I will avenge the humiliation you have done!' The three-eyed fish released the Qi that he had gathered towards Shua Xie. A large lump of red darted rapidly towards Shua Xie, along with which Shua Xie had completed the formation he had set up.

'Killer Formation - Cutting Thread!'

Duuualarr!

"Aah!" Qixuan immediately moved away as the huge explosion from within the river exploded into the air extremely high, making the water temperature of the river turn as hot as water that had been cooked for a long time.

Even Qixuan who had stayed away was still hit by the splash of an explosion that occurred. The skin of his hand started to blister even though he had tried to withstand the explosion with the Qi he had, The power of a King stage spirit monster was indeed truly terrifying, Qixuan decamped inwardly.

After the river water wave began to subside then Qixuan again ran to the edge of the river, of course, want to know what the fate of Shua Xie now. Whether Shua Xie managed to defeat and resist the attack of the three-eyed fish spirit monster or not. Long enough for Qixuan to stand waiting for the loss of smoke that became fog due to the steam boiling from the river water, Qixuan saw Shua Xie coming out of the river water with alkaline clothes and a slight burn on her skin, must have been the result of a big attack from that fish. Qixuan even just splashing water could be injured, let alone Shua Xie who was in the hot water, grateful that Shua Xie did not become cooked meat in the hot river.

"Shua Xie!" Qixuan directly extended her hand to Shua Xie and Shua Xie without hesitation to accept the helping hand Qixuan gave her. Qixuan immediately pulled Shua Xie out of the river and took him away from the river, of course he would bring Shua Xie back to the tent to get medical treatment as soon as possible.

"Thank God you're safe, I think I'm going to lose my friend" Qixuan said midway through in a worried voice. Of course he was worried, he was the leader of his entourage if it could not keep its members safe then there was no point in him being appointed as the leader of the members.

There was the sound of a small laugh coming off, the laughter was from Shua Xie, "Hehehe ... The ugly fish won't seem to be able to kill me," Shua Xie replied in an arrogant tone. Intentionally so that he could melt the slightly awkward atmosphere. Qixuan had learned that she was hiding her cultivation base, surely the situation of the two of them would no longer be as familiar as usual. Qixuan must have been wondering in her heart why all this time Shua Xie had hidden her cultivation base.

"Don't be arrogant, you almost died from the fish attack. But thank God you're still alive, if you die I won't forgive myself. It's free if Elder Biming appoints me as the leader if I can't protect you guys" Qixuan chimed in with a slow blow to Shua Xie's head.

Shua Xie grimaced softly, "Aw, do you want to kill me?" shua Xie's reply was quick even though this statement was just a joke, such a slow blow would not be able to kill him even though he was now injured.

Qixuan sneered, "Hemp .. I'm not sure my punch will be able to kill a Nirvana-level Cultivator," Qixuan replied to Shua Xie's words.

Shua Xie laughed awkwardly, Qixuan's words just now were certainly insinuating herself even though not directly. But anyone would know that Qixuan was insinuating him about why Shua Xie was hiding his true cultivation base.

'If I accidentally get myself hurt I'm sure he will know that my cultivation base is not at the level of Nirvana, but above Nirvana. Knowing that my base was only a minute he was already shocked, what if I knew that I was at the top of the cultivation base? For sure the treatment will not be as it is now.'