Chapter 416: After the Battle

Fu Young immediately understood. "The laws of this realm will immediately open a passage to the Upper Realm and throw them back up there."

After saying this, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Together, they waved their hands and put away the star system formation diagram, illusions, and other techniques.

The enormous Frostheart Fleeting Battleship, however, changed according to Xiao Shou’s thoughts. Its strongest combat mode was transformed into its fastest flight mode, and its size was reduced by many time.

It continued hovering in the sky.

From the moment Fu Young launched his attack until the battle ended, all these changes had actually occurred within only a dozen breaths.

Xiao Ran and everyone else had watched scene after scene unfold, their hearts filled with complicated emotions.

So Fu Young’s strength was actually this powerful.

And this was even without using the treasure he had obtained from that pagoda in Wailing Ghost Valley. He had not even used any magical treasures. With spells alone, he could already display such terrifying power.

What surprised her even more was that Xiao Shou, whom she had almost managed to trick into death back then, actually possessed such a powerful supreme-grade battle spiritual treasure.

If only she had known...

If only she had known, she would not have turned against him so quickly.

Heaven was truly unfair. It only ever gave her one hardship after another, forcing her to repeatedly experience the torment of gaining opportunities and then losing them.

And now she still had to endure the pain of the restriction.

Why? Why was everyone else so lucky?

"Idiot, you’re complaining about fate again. If you’re really this aggrieved, why don’t you come inside and let me finish what you were supposed to do for you?" At this moment, Ting Lu’s voice suddenly sounded in Xiao Ran’s mind, immediately making her shudder.

Xiao Ran remembered what it had felt like to be trapped inside the Heavenly Orb during today’s competition.

Lonely.

Silent.

Without even the slightest sound.

It was as though she had been sealed inside a painting of eternal stillness.

Her entire body immediately trembled and she hurriedly shook her head. "I’m not aggrieved. Not at all. I can do it myself."

"So this familiar senior and his disciple are actually this powerful." Meng Huo spoke with a dazed expression, appearing deep in thought.

A fellow disciple beside him patted him on the shoulder. "Junior Brother Huo, what did you say?"

"Nothing. Just some nonsense. Don’t worry about it."

Meng Huo shook his head and cast aside his previous thoughts.

...

By this time, Xiao Shou and Fu Young had already teleported before Tushan Qing and Tushan Shanhe.

Fu Young immediately looked at Tushan Shanhe, who was completely unharmed. Not even a strand of his hair had been damaged.

Fu Young did not know that Tushan Shanhe had avoided being thoroughly humiliated in a battle against a junior only because Tushan Qing had warned him in time.

He immediately said, "Thank you, Senior, for teaching this junior such an important lesson. I will remember it deeply. In the future, whenever I face an opponent, I will never be overconfident again and will give it my all."

"Hmph! Come talk big in front of me again when you are worthy of making me go all out!"

This brat really refuses to admit defeat!

Still, children should have this kind of stubborn spirit. Once he reaches the Spirit Realm, Tushan Shanhe would have a proper match with him and see his true strength.

With that thought, Tushan Shanhe finished speaking.

"Hmph! What an annoying guy. He made me lose face in front of Master."

Fu Young awkwardly turned his head away, refusing to look at Tushan Shanhe anymore.

Xiao Shou patted his head comfortingly, then raised his head and looked at Tushan Qing. "Grandfather, you have already seen the power I possess. If you still think I cannot protect myself with this level of strength, then I can show you something even more powerful. So please don’t interfere with me."

After saying this, he glanced at the Frostheart Fleeting Battleship.

The meaning was obvious.

If the Frostheart Fleeting Battleship unleashed all its cannons, it would be equivalent to a Spirit Transformation cultivator attacking with all his strength. If it used its full speed to flee, even a Tribulation Crossing cultivator like Tushan Qing would be unable to catch it.

With such power, why would he need to run?

"Ah Shou, if you stay behind, you will have to suffer a great deal. The Demon Abyss are completely different from domesticated dogs. They are a pack of mad wolves. Wherever they pass, they leave behind nothing but slaughter, pain, hatred, and resentment and those emotions are precisely the source of their power and the food they consume." Tushan Qing patiently tried to persuade him.

The gentle and patient tone made Tushan Shanhe glance sideways at him.

He secretly thought that this child truly was different to Tushan Qing.

Since he had known Tushan Qing, this was the first time he had ever seen him speak in such a tone. Normally, everything he said was the kind that could make people furious to death.

Truly...

"I know all of that." Xiao Shou looked firmly at Tushan Qing and said, "However, there were two times in the past when I fled without fighting when facing other people’s oppression. Whenever I think about those two occasions, I feel deeply humiliated and ashamed. I don’t want to recall those memories, and I have regretted countless times why I didn’t try to fight back and resist them. So this time, I don’t want to flee without fighting. No matter what the outcome is, how would I know what will happen if I don’t fight and at least try? I don’t want to keep avoiding these memories, only to regret today’s choice whenever I remember them in the future."

"Master!" Hearing this, Fu Young grabbed Xiao Shou’s hand. His eyes became dark and deep.