Chapter 833 - 832: Jiang Family Grand Elder: Lord Mosquito, This Junior’s Voice Was a Bit Loud Just Now!
Chapter 833: Chapter 832: Jiang Family Grand Elder: Lord Mosquito, This Junior’s Voice Was a Bit Loud Just Now!
The Elders of the other Seven Great Clans hadn’t been paying any attention to the battle between the Jiang Family Grand Elder and Chu Sheng. As far as they were concerned, there had been no suspense to this fight from the very beginning. For a Cultivator at the Peak of Half-Step True God Realm like the Jiang Family Grand Elder to swat a mosquito would be absolute child’s play.
Standing in the distance, the group was deep in animated conversation. Their sole topic of discussion was what gifts they should present once the Jiang Family Grand Elder advanced to the True God Realm. Not a single word pertained to his battle with Chu Sheng. It wasn’t until the Jiang Family Grand Elder let out a shrill cry for help that the other Clan Elders leisurely snapped back to reality and cast their gazes toward the center of the battlefield.
"Was that... Old Jiang calling for help just now?"
"I think... so?"
"What’s wrong with him? Why would he suddenly cry for help?" They stared in confusion at the Jiang Family Grand Elder’s back, utterly perplexed.
"Old Jiang looks fine, doesn’t he?"
"Though he seems a bit weak, isn’t that just the normal aftereffect of the Fiery Sun Pill?"
"Any Cultivator who takes a Fiery Sun Pill ends up exactly like Old Jiang!"
"If it isn’t the Fiery Sun Pill, could someone have ambushed him?"
"Impossible. Look around him—there isn’t even the shadow of a mosquito. How could anyone ambush him?!"
"Could it be that Old Jiang is overly excited after avenging his grievance and just wants to play a joke on us?"
"There’s no need... for that kind of joke."
The Elders exchanged blank looks. They stared at each other, none of them understanding what on earth the Jiang Family Grand Elder was playing at. Since his eyes couldn’t see clearly, the Ye Family Elder simply expanded his Divine Thought, intending to carefully perceive the situation around the Jiang Family Grand Elder.
He would have been fine if he hadn’t checked. But the moment his perception swept over the area, the Ye Family Elder’s expression drastically changed. "Something’s wrong! Old Jiang’s aura is rapidly weakening!
"And the speed of his decline is absolutely absurd!
"Quick, let’s go see what’s happening!
"Old Jiang wouldn’t cry wolf for nothing!"
Not daring to delay, the Ye Family Elder instantly transformed into a streak of light and rushed rapidly toward the Jiang Family Grand Elder. The other Clan Elders were stunned for a moment. Seeing that the Ye Family Elder was already flying toward the battlefield, they hurriedly channeled their Divine Power and closely followed suit.
"Old Jiang, what’s your situation?" the Ye Family Elder, who was leading the charge, shouted loudly at the Jiang Family Grand Elder from afar.
He received no response.
The Ye Family Elder could only accelerate while continuing to yell. "Old Jiang, say something!!!"
At this moment, the Jiang Family Grand Elder only felt dizzy, his ears ringing incessantly. He couldn’t clearly hear what the Ye Family Elder was saying at all! Yet, even without hearing it clearly, he could easily guess what the Ye Family Elder was so anxiously asking.
He wanted to open his mouth to respond, wanted to keep screaming "save me." But when his lips parted, he could only let out a muffled, indistinct "MMMH" sound. Right now, he couldn’t even form a single complete sentence!
The Jiang Family Grand Elder clearly felt his Life Energy and Power of Origin draining rapidly through that tiny, itchy spot on his neck, like floodwaters bursting through a dam! It was completely unstoppable!!!
And the only one capable of such a bizarre feat was, without a doubt, the mosquito he had just "killed"! It wasn’t some hidden expert he had hypothesized earlier. It was absolutely that White-striped Aedes Mosquito he had so thoroughly looked down upon!
Complete realization finally hit the Jiang Family Grand Elder. Chu Sheng... hadn’t died at all!!! The mosquito he had chased for half the day, the one whose fifty avatars he had destroyed—had never died. Those fifty avatars were all actually just fucking avatars! Chu Sheng’s true body had never been among them.
He couldn’t figure it out. Just where had Chu Sheng’s true body—a tiny White-striped Aedes Mosquito—been hiding? To think it could completely bypass the Divine Thought perception of someone at the Half-Step True God Realm! Moreover, it had managed to latch onto his neck without making a single sound!
Standing rooted to the spot, the Jiang Family Grand Elder fell into deep self-doubt. The worldview he had cultivated over tens of thousands of years shattered violently in this very moment!!!
Yet, he also knew perfectly well that this was no time to be rebuilding his worldview. He had to find a way to escape. He absolutely could not let Chu Sheng continue sucking him dry!
But right now, the Jiang Family Grand Elder had nowhere to run! In order to destroy Chu Sheng’s fifty avatars, he had exhausted his Divine Power and damaged his Divine Soul. Having been subsequently pillaged by Chu Sheng, a massive amount of his Life Energy and Power of Origin had already been siphoned away. His body was completely limp; he couldn’t muster even a fraction of strength. Even his hands and feet felt like they belonged to someone else. They simply refused to obey his commands! He had become a complete lamb waiting for the slaughter, left with nothing to do but wait in terror for death’s descent. His only hope for survival rested entirely on the Elders of the other clans. That was exactly why he had used every last ounce of his strength to scream for help!
The Jiang Family Grand Elder glanced at the rapidly approaching Elders of the other Seven Great Clans. In his mind, he frantically calculated the speed at which his Life Energy and Power of Origin were draining. By the end of his calculations, he made a horrifying discovery. By the time the other Clan Elders arrived to rescue him, he might still have one breath left to cling to his life, but his Power of Origin would be mostly drained, leaving next to nothing. A Cultivator without their Power of Origin was worse than a tiger without teeth or claws. Without his Power of Origin, his Cultivation at the Half-Step True God Realm would vanish into thin air, plummeting straight to rock bottom! When that happened, he would become an absolute cripple. Even an ordinary Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator would be able to push him around at will!
The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became; his heart clenched into a tight knot. Yet, he could do nothing but let his power continue to bleed away. The sensation of helplessly watching himself turn into a cripple was sheer agony. It was no less agonizing than Chinese water torture!
"No...!!!"
"Living without my Cultivation is a fate worse than death!"
"No! Absolutely not!"
At this moment, the Jiang Family Grand Elder could only think of one remaining solution.
Beg for mercy!!!
With a heavy THUD, he knelt down mid-air, bending his knees without the slightest hesitation. Then, using his very last scrap of strength, he began to plead with a sobbing tone. "Mosquito... No.
"Brother Wen... No.
"Lord Mosquito!!!
"This old man... no, this junior was wrong!
"This junior had eyes but couldn’t see Mount Tai, and ended up offending Lord Mosquito!
"I beg Lord Mosquito to be the bigger person and spare this junior!
"I guarantee that from today onward, the Jiang Family will never cause trouble for you or Fairy Gu again.
"Whenever we see you, the Jiang Family will immediately retreat three leagues!
"As for the other Seven Great Clans...
"I can also guarantee they absolutely won’t cause trouble for you or Fairy Gu either!
"As long as you spare me, I’m willing to give you Divine Artifacts!
"If a hundred isn’t enough, then two hundred.
"If two hundred isn’t enough, then five hundred!
"Cultivation Techniques, Elixirs, resources—I’ll give you whatever you want!
"As long as you can spare me, I’ll pay any price!"
Elder Jiang rambled on for ages, but Chu Sheng remained completely unmoved, his absorption speed not slowing in the slightest. The Jiang Family Grand Elder had no choice but to abandon all his dignity and beg even more submissively. "Lord Mosquito, as long as you spare me, I am willing to become your slave and acknowledge you as my master!
"I will do whatever you ask of me without a single word of complaint!
"I promise that from today onward, all the resources of the Jiang Family will be at your disposal!
"Also, regarding the deaths of Jiang Xinglan and Jiang Qingyao, the Jiang Family will absolutely never bother you again.
"That’s right, they were courting death! It had nothing to do with you!"
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