Extra's Strategy: Cultivate Protagonists, Become Invincible-Chapter 123: There Are No Useless Mystic Arts

The sensation of being teleported through his self-designed law fragments was a lot nastier than he could have predicted. It felt like having his limbs stretched till they were about to be ripped off. Even his internal organs felt like they were about to tear their way out of his body.

With an added bonus, the dizziness stemming from teleportation seemed to have gone up a notch or two.

Finally feeling the hard ground beneath his feet, Han Xuhan shook his head violently and looked around.

The three of them had landed in a heap in the middle of a grove. The clearing was very familiar. This was the place where they had discovered the portal leading to the Holy Land!

There was a clothed skeleton standing right next to them. The grove was surrounded by dozens of cultivators, all of whom were ready for combat, by the looks of it. Swords, arrows, and qi were primed to cut them down.

"Wh-who the hell are you? Why did the three of you appear when we were trying to drag my master Shen Kai out of the world fragment?"

The skeleton, who recovered from the surprise much faster than anyone else, asked in a panicked manner.

Good acting, Zhanxian!

Han Xuhan exclaimed inwardly. Due to the lack of skin, nerves, and muscles, nobody could read the skeleton’s facial expressions or body language that would give away that he was pretending to be shocked.

Zhanxian could lie and fool even the most seasoned interrogators because of this. And that skill manifested beautifully right now.

Mu Ran and Xuanyuan Zhou were still bound together with Han Xuhan. During the sudden teleportation, they had felt an odd and terrifying power gluing them together. Every inch of their bodies that were in contact with each other made them feel like all three of them had merged into one body.

That odd feeling had disappeared the moment the teleportation ended. But both Xuanyuan Zhou and Mu Ran could guess what had transpired just then.

But this was not the time to discuss that issue. The cultivators surrounding them by no means looked friendly.

"Boss, dump the entire blame on Shen Kai and pretend we are victims of his scheme as well. These are the guys I kicked out from the first stage," Han Xuhan whispered to Mu Ran using the cover provided by his mask.

If he opened his mouth to speak loudly, these cultivators might recognize his voice. Although he was wearing different attire now, his voice had left a lasting impression on these fellow competitors.

So he had to pass the ball to Mu Ran.

Mu Ran had learned in detail about Han Xuhan’s excellent deeds during the first stage of the ’inheritance test’. So he understood what to do immediately.

Gritting his teeth, Mu Ran answered their aggressive question passionately.

"Shen Kai? Are you talking about that scum who kept kicking everyone out of the inheritance ground?"

His reply was quite successful in rousing the burning embers inside the hearts of the crowd, stroking the fire of hatred.

"Yes! That’s him!"

"Scum Kai!"

"Where is he?"

Such shouts drowned the tied-up trio for the next few seconds. Han Xuhan felt a strange sense of immense satisfaction welling up in his heart.

What is this refreshing feeling? Is this the sweetness of vengeance?

"He’s the one who tricked US as well!" Mu Ran continued to spout more and more bullshit with Han Xuhan whispering suggestions beside his ears.

Since the three of them were closely tied together with ropes, the cultivators surrounding them didn’t find anything suspicious about the way Han Xuhan’s head was sticking close to Mu Ran’s.

"Did you all build a law fragment to teleport Shen Kai over?" Mu Ran shouted, his fiery gaze focused on Zhanxian.

The cultivators nodded as they explained their plan.

After they were kicked out by him from the stadium, they had discovered themselves at the periphery of the foggy area. The ever-approaching fog was about to consume the little safe space left on top of the cliff. So they had to return to the world outside.

To teach that scum Shen Kai a lesson, all of them had been waiting here, surrounding the portal. freёnovelkiss-com

Hours later, when most of them had almost given up, a familiar skeleton soldier had suddenly jumped out through it.

All of them knew this unusual little undead. It belonged to that bastard Shen Kai. Instantly, the skeleton had been captured by them and interrogated thoroughly.

The skeleton soldier was surprisingly weak and cowardly. As soon as he received some light threats from the powerful cultivators surrounding him, he had started bawling and confessed everything.

His master Shen Kai was in great danger inside the inheritance ground. So he had sent his skeleton soldier to seek help from his martial sister, who was supposed to be waiting in Pine Town.

The skeleton had even shown them the emotion-infused letter his master had written for that girl. The contents of the letter roughly described the inheritance ground and the secret to deciphering the archaic texts inside the circle of laws.

The cringeworthy confessions of love splattered throughout the important matters really convinced them of its authenticity.

According to the letter, to save Shen Kai, his martial sister only had to come over outside the portal and create some law fragments that would allow him to teleport over. Shen Kai had even written the template laws for her to use in that letter, as well as giving the skeleton soldier an emerald orb to use as a power source.

At this point of the explanation, the guy who was speaking laughed angrily.

"Hah, I guess he never thought that we would intercept his minion first! But that’s where the problem starts... This teleportation law fragment should have summoned Shen Kai, its creator over to us. Why is it you three?"

"Fellow cultivators, you have been fooled again! How could you trust that scum’s minion so easily?!" This time, it was Xuanyuan Zhou who answered him in an aggrieved tone.

Han Xuhan had just advised her on what to do during the lengthy explanation from the other party.

A pitiful, grieving maiden had much more credibility than a guy like Mu Ran. But then again, Mu Ran was just a crossdressing jade beauty... or was he?

"Fooled again? How?" The crowd of cultivators exclaimed, their hearts shuddering. All gazes fell on Zhanxian, who was silently enjoying the spectacle.

"Shen Kai was indeed in grave danger. In fact, all of us inside the testing ground were in danger. This inheritance test has only three stages. And there is a deadly trap in the third stage that favors only demonic cultivators like Shen Kai.

"That bastard managed to have a fortuitous encounter in that stage and broke through to the soul reformation realm, thus managing to avert the danger he was in. But we were his opponents. So he beat us up and subdued all of the cultivators there using his superior cultivation base.

"Since his newfound power hasn’t stabilized yet, he wanted to get out of that world as quickly as he could. So he decided to send a scout to check if the portal outside was safe to use. But this minion of his returned and reported that many cultivators here were waiting for him to turn up!

So he created a law fragment that would teleport his remaining competitors over, disguising it as something that would summon him, and handed it to his minion before sending it out!"

"Wait, wait, wait," one of the sharper listeners stopped her midway.

"Why the hell would he send you guys out? What’s his benefit in it?"

Xuanyuan Zhou almost began to sob hysterically. Han Xuhan couldn’t help but be amazed.

"Didn’t you guys see those monsters inside the fog? You would’ve met a whole army of them if you got deeper into the foggy region. And Shen Kai, the victor of the inheritance challenge, is controlling them. Now that all of his enemies are in one place, he can finally send that army of monstrous undeads on our way and clear his escape route!"

The moment Xuanyuan Zhou spoke of that possibility, half the cultivators began to edge away from the portal. The other half of the crowd rushed toward Zhanxian to give him a beating.

Such a hateful trap! They had all been fooled by a damned minion!

"Oops, I guess it’s all out in the open now. See you, losers! My job is done here!"

With those parting words, Zhanxian disappeared from his spot before anyone could reach him.

It was clear to everyone that the minion had been summoned back to his master.

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