A Journey Against the World
Chapter 66 (Arc 1 and regret )

Tang Shan rounded out perfectly as he saw so many roots springing out from the ground, and badly the roots were attacking the invading forces regardless of their presence. The three of them could see how the root was attacking the enemy and instantly absorbing the essence of his life, it did not take long for his victims to dry up leaving only clothes and bones.

Such a great power how could there be in the city of Kekai, if there was anyone who could make such a frightening root? But fortunately the roots did not attack the residents of Kekai city. The emergence of the root was not only in Tang Shan's place, but also on the other side of the city whose core was where there was an invading army then that was where the root would appear.

Nara Qin curled up in fear at the root, it was obvious that he could see how the root worked, attacking then absorbing it to the end, it was terrifying.

Nara Qin looked towards Tang Shan and Fuqin Zhu with a bad look, "Did you guys see that? The roots eat humans! What about us?" said Nara Qin slightly shaking.

Tang Shan shook his head, "He won't attack us," he replied without turning his head towards Nara Qin.

"How did you know?" sahut Fuqin Zhu beside him. Fuqin Zhu might not agree with Tang Shan's statement after seeing the root, yet he was still waiting for a reply from Tang Shan's mouth.

"If it's true, why haven't we been attacked? Are you not aware?" Tang Shan himself was convinced that the root was on the side of Kekai city because since the appearance of the root a few minutes ago there was no showing the impression it would devour the three of them.

"You're right, too, but we still mustn't let down any vigilance no matter how the roots might attack us" Fuqin Zhu replied.

Fuqin Zhu did not see any signs of root assault against the three of them, but they should not also be careless, as the Mayor's son he had been taught a lot about the vigilance of his father. Fuqin Zhu was convinced that the root could at any time attack them while the three of them were off guard.

The three of them decided to chase after the townspeople who were outside the city, as their guides should be beside the residents, as well, but because they got a constraint they also had to eliminate the obstacle first before something happened to the population who are only ordinary humans.

But just as the brand was about to stand up, the sudden appearance of a root before them made the three young men in great shock. Tang Shan directly pulled Nara Qin into the latter about to protect if the root suddenly attacked.

As for Fuqin Zhu he was instantly ready with his weapon, ready to cut the root if he was attacked.

The root spread rapidly without being able to see Tang Shan and the others clearly, within a few seconds it was already wrapped around the legs of the three young men, within seconds, they made them scream loudly in surprise.

"Dad! Help me get eaten!!!"

"Qin I like you! I hope we can match up in the next life!!!"

"Tang Shan!!!"

The three youths shouted very loudly calling for their final wishes before they died being eaten by the mysterious root. Among the three voices, Fuqin Zhu's loudest cry called out to his father, even admitting all wrongs to his sister and mother, while Tang Shan only shouted slowly while holding Nara Qin's hand, and vice versa for Nara Qin. It seemed like this root was able to make them tell the truth from being too scared.

But something shocking happened to the three of them, to the three young men stopped shouting as they felt something warm flowing in each of their supply. The three of them looked at each other with ambiguous faces. Very clear their innocent faces after shouting loudly earlier.

"That! This root?" Fuqin Zhu was unable to say what he had imagined.

"This will help us recover our energy!"

***

The fierce battle between Long Suan and Fau Lie continued for up to 1 hour, they were both equally strong, only the victory was more in favor of Long Suan. Because his aura tattoo had 2 elements superior to Fau Lie's aura tattoo, let alone the Fau Lie element was wind. Unlike the Long Suan element of lightning and light.

The state of the Gold Lion alliance building could no longer be said to be a building, rather the ruins of the towering tall building belonging to the Gold Lion alliance had been flattened to the ground due to the fight of the two of them. Moreover, Long Suan was not stopping from launching dangerous attacks, making Fau Lie also have to exert his mainstay. Even though they both got injuries, but Long Suan was too strong, even the injuries she received were still unable to make her stop using all the ultimate techniques.

"Hows it? Still gonna fight me?" long Suan asked in a haughty tone, she looked at Fau Lie with one eye.

On the other hand Fau Lie could only curse inwardly, he had to admit that even though the young man in front of him had fought many times and expended a lot of energy, he had to admit, but still Fau Lie had not been able to make the young man give up, even the young man was acting otherwise looking like a Cultivator thirsty for battle.

Undeniably, Long Suan's position as the 12th General in the Sky kingdom was on par with his strength. The cultivator who could have such a position from Lou Zho must have been the chosen one, and Fau Lie had to admit he had never met a general of this magnitude in his entire life.

"Of course, even to the point of ending my last blood I will still fight you!" reply Fau Lie sharp, currently Fau Lie is trying to get up after bouncing a few meters due to a Long Suan kick.

Long Suan smiled broadly, "I like your determination, but just relying on determination won't make you win. You know the law of the jungle of a cruel world like this, the strong are in power. Your determination will not change whatever your current position, however still I am the one who came out victorious!"

"Better than to bow before men like you" replied Fau Lie sharply.

The two of them both returned to attack with their bare hands, kicks, punches, continued to drift rapidly, they both continued to fend off each other in quick time.

Long Suan threw her kick to the lower left to knock out Fau Lie's right leg in one strike. But still Fau Lie avoided it nimbly, he jumped back a few jumps.

Long Suan not only stopped there, even though Fau Lie had dodged, she still chased after him. Long Suan's target is to drain Fau Lie's energy and be able to master the fight.

On the next attack Fau Lie could not dodge because he tripped on a rock behind him. As a result, Long Suan directly punched a hard blow on his chest, until Fau Lie was pushed back with increasingly severe injuries.

Fau Lie spewed out a mouthful of blood after getting that hard blow. It must be admitted that Long Suan's punch is very strong, whether training like he experienced to produce such a powerful punch. 7 ribs Fau Lie immediately broke in one blow, one punch, if it hit that dangerous blow again, then it could have damaged his lungs.

"Uhuk! Uhuk! Aakkhh!!!" Fau Lie grimaced loudly feeling how much pain his chest was currently in, as a result of the fracture of his ribs crashing into his lungs and heart. Wrong breathing into the two organs can be torn because of his ribs.

"How does it feel?" Long Suan walked slowly closer to Fau Lie, she asked about how the pain after receiving her best blow was.

Fau Lie stared intently at Long Suan, wanting him to smash that haughty face but his power was now useless even being unable to help him get back up. Fau Lie only focused on stopping the internal bleeding and pain in his chest.

When the distance was close, Long Suan increasingly looked at Fau Lie lowly, "Actually I still want to play around with you. But there's an important task that I need to finish, so we'd better get it done now."

Long Suan poured out QI on her right hand, in just a flash a purple-coloured lightning stream appeared. Fau Lie who could not do anything could only be silent and resigned, even though he would die but he was still proud of himself because it was useful in his last moments.

"Death!" Long Suan instantly launched her hand quickly, but halfway through the path the hand came to a halt right before Fau Lie's eyes.

Fau Lie rounded his eyes, and his mouth involuntarily gaped wide. The drops of fresh blood flowed on his face gradually, the blood was the blood belonging to Long Suan.

"Aackhh! N-no way! Who attacked me?" long Suan asked in a stammering voice. Long Suan stared towards her chest, in her chest was a sharp root piercing through her heart. The roots grew even more wild when Long Suan wanted to cut the roots.

In how many breaths, Long Suan immediately attracted the root into the ground, Fau Lie who watched it happen before his eyes could only quietly be glued like a statue. He did not expect that root to be capable of killing Long Suan in a single strike. The roots look ordinary.

***

"Alright, I've found your fellow General. It should be in some time that he will arrive at this place," Shua Xie said softly.

"Recommon General? Whatchu mean?" exclaim Shu Chin loudly. Shu Chin was not sure whether the fellow General Shua Xie was referring to was Long Suan or not.

Shua Xie did not respond to Shu Chin's question, he simply replied with a meaningful smile. It didn't take long for the roots to suddenly appear from within the ground, the roots were moving towered up into the sky.

Shu Chin and Rong Sui and Feng Xian could only stare in surprise at the giant roots. The root carried so many corpses in red, that it was the Shu Chin army of the Upper world. All the bodies were almost the entirety of all the Shu Chin troops.

"I've killed, not more precisely eaten all your troops. Although I was actually disgusted to taste their QI, but for the sake of Shua I was willing to do it," said Shua Xie gently while licking the edges of his lips.

One root moved closer to Shua Xie, it carried the familiar corpse of the young man in Shu Chin's eyes. It was the corpse of the 12th General, Long Suan. Long Suan's corpse was still like an ordinary corpse, not drying out like the other survivors.

'At least his strength is not much stronger than Master Lou Zo' Shu Chin said in awe.

"What is impossible for me? As the Queen of all worlds, it was not impossible," Shua Xie replied casually as she folded her two hands in front of her chest.

"What queen? Did I not hear wrong?"

"You won't understand. Now that we're done with this, you and all your men will die here!"

After saying so, another root appeared from below and directly attacked Shu Chin. Shu Chin was then in a state of unpreparedness, making him unable to avoid that root. The root was directly wrapped around Shu Chin's entire body making Shu Chin unable to move. All his movements were locked because of that root.

Shu Chin was surprised but could do nothing, fighting back was impossible for him because the root really kept all his movements locked up.

"I will first absorb all of your comrades' QI, after that you're next."

The roots began to absorb all of Long Suan's QI until it ran out, in just a short time Long Suan's corpse stayed bones and clothes. Shua Xie's cultivation stage rose one level as it absorbed the QI of other Cultivators, which was why the longer he got stronger because his roots had transferred a lot of life energy to him.

The 3 men before Shua Xie could see Long Suan's corpse instantly drying up in an instant, a sign that her life energy had been sucked out by the root. They can only stumble because of shock.

"That's the root of Heaven's Light! How could Shua Xie have it?" feng Xian muttered in admiration.

The Root of Heaven Light is the root of the legendary Heaven Light tree, the tree of Heaven Light exists only in the Heavenly world. The power of the sacred tree of Heaven Light was able to make the dead alive again and again, its magnitude almost encompassing the magnitude of 3 worlds at once. While the root was very famous among alchemists because of the many properties of the Heaven Light root used to make pills, it was, it was just that the roots of Heaven Light had only ever been discovered by Feng Xian himself and that too was only 1 with a length of 10 cm. 10 cm was capable of making a high-tier pill unrivaled, unparalleled, it was even able to raise cultivation very quickly.

Shua Xie smiled to Shu Chin, "Special to you, could it be that you have the last words before you overtake your army to the afterlife?" ask Shua Xie.

Shu Chin just silently did not respond to Shua Xie's remark, it made Shua Xie a little upset. Though the current situation of Shu Chin is not in a state of profit, but still able to hold himself and still look arrogant.

"Well, since there are no last words, I'll make your death slower than theirs."

The roots that surround Shu Chin begin to absorb the life energy of Shu Chin. The first to take care is his face and then his hands and feet. Shua Xie smiled meaningfully as Shu Chin began to approach his death.

But during the absorption process, Shua Xie got something surprising from Shu Chin and spontaneously he immediately stopped the absorption process. Shu Chin rounded his eyes to see Shua Xie stopping the move against him.

"Why stop! Continue again!" shu Chin shouted loudly.

Shua Xie glued to Shu Chin, "You, so you've been helping me?" shua Xie asked in a soft voice.

Hearing that made Shu Chin shocked greatly. How could his secret that only he knew one himself be known by Shua Xie.

Actually roots that absorb life energy not only get energy but can also see glimpses of the victim's life. The roots that absorb Shu Chin's life energy also not only absorb energy, all the glimpses of Shu Chin's life are clearly visible to Shua Xie and Phoe. The two of them were both shocked to see a flash of Shu Chin's life.

Shu Chin had no intention of killing or betraying Shua Xie. Instead he did the opposite, indirectly all of his actions towards Shua Xie were actually helpful rather than troublesome. Even though Shu Chin looks hostile to Shua Xie, the truth is not true.

Since Shu Chin had been a loyal contract with Lou Zo, as of the 12 General guidance Lou Zo it was certain that they would be required to perform an oath of allegiance. If they dare to betray, they will die hard and suffer before their death. On the neck of the 12 General Lou Zo had paired a rose-shaped seal, it was a sign as a form of loyalty. If at any time one of them betrays, then the sign will reflexively make the body receive punishment. Slowly their bodies would get sick, withering away, the dantian of all their cultivation would be destroyed. Then a few months later their bodies began to smell like leprosy, the disease would last for a year. The longer the victim's body will deteriorate, making the victim completely paralyzed, the victims will not be able to kill themselves because their blood is drained by the blood of the demon curse, the victim will not be able to kill themselves, before they die, they will not die, and during that time they will feel how much their lives will suffer if they betray.

The matter of Shua Xie falling into the abyss was actually Shu Chin's goal, in order for Shua Xie not to be caught by the pursuing forces. Just as he had poisoned Shua Xie, he had intentionally done so that Lou Zo would not be able to sniff out Shua Xie's existence while under his auspices.

Within the inner realm, Shua Xie could see that clearly, even though Phoe was currently controlling her body, but her consciousness was still within her grasp. Shua Xie had since come to his senses from fainting he had already seen how powerful Phoe was.

"Phoe don't kill Chin! He's good!" shua Xie shouted from within the inner realm.

"Can't, if I stop him he'll still die too. Because the curse seal on his neck was alive, demonic blood had flowed in his veins. It was like someone had activated the seal. Stopping was useless, he would be tormented until his death arrived. Instead we have to kill him now, or he won't be able to die and suffer for two years."

Shua Xie was surprised to hear that, "Is there no way to save her?" Shua Xie might not accept that if the person who had helped him all this time instead died because of it, he felt like a criminal who killed his own family.

"Actually it can, but only the Demon King knows how. If you think you want to find the Demon King, you better get rid of that thought. You won't have time to help that man."

In real life, Shu Chin kept asking Shua Xie to continue because she could not stand the torment of the curse seal on her neck. Now he was already like a human being unable to cultivate, and slowly the changes in his face and hair began to show.

Shua Xie could not bear to see Shu Chin suffer but he could not bear it anymore if Shu Chin died at his hands.

"Hurry and kill me, Princess! I can't stand it!" shu Chin shouted loudly.

Rong Sui's brows furrowed at Shu Chin's words, "Daughter? What's that supposed?"

"Hurry and kill me, Princess! I really can't stand this torment!"

In the inner realm Shua Xie biting his lower lip was extremely strong, he could not bear to see Shu Chin suffer, yet still he did not have the great courage to kill Shu Chin. But seeing Shu Chin suffer made him suffer too.

"Phoe! Destroy Brother Chin's body now!" shua Xie shouted loudly as he closed his ears and eyes, he himself could not hear his own words and could not bear to see how Shu Chin would die.

Phoe nodded in understanding and immediately went through what Shua Xie said. Phoe was currently controlling Shua Xie's body clenching his hands, along with his fist that Shu Chin's body was instantly shattered.

Shua Xie could hear the sound of how Shu Chin's body was being decomposed, it felt like he was breaking his own body. Shua Xie could not deny the moment she was crying and shaking, for the first time in this life she let out tears from regretting herself. Suddenly he remembered the Mysterious Master's remark, telling him not to be gullible and now he understood it.

"It's all my fault! If only I were stronger! None of this is going to happen! I want to be strong! I want strong! I want to be strong then kill that fucking Lou Zo!"

"I WANT TO BE STRONG!!!"

***

On the other hand, not far from Keki city precisely in the highest mountains, a young man stared at the city of Keki from ignorance. Although the distance was quite far, but his gaze was still very sharp, he was even able to see what was going on with the city of Kekai at the moment. Actually, this young man had been watching Kekai since the invading army from the Upper world had invaded the city.

The young man was none other than Lou Yue, who activated Shu Chin's curse seal because he considered Shu Chin a traitor to Lou Zo. As the creator of the curse seal, he could certainly kill 12 Heavenly Generals at will. Not even Lou Zho could stop him. It was just that he had his own plan that not even Lou Zho knew about.

"Alright, it should have been enough to hit hard inner Shua, given how important Shu Chin was to her. I hope he gets something after receiving it. If not then I will use even harder means, or maybe just kidnap him huh? Then marry her, uh. Shua would definitely be furious if I did."

"Well, where do we see him grow up?"

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This is the first arc and author, sorry if until now the story is less interesting for you. But authors always do their best for readers, so give this support :)

oh yes sorry for yesterday not up, actually the author has written but because of a sudden headache the brain feels blonk no idea appears, forced even more pain, so the author chose the holiday yesterday. Actually there is a reason why the author took a holiday on Monday and Thursday because the author has a disease of the head, can not think much so 2 days that the author uses to rest so that tomorrow can up again 💙 okay bye for you to keep your health yes 😘