Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect-Chapter 285: Ang Xiao Enters the Game
Just as Summon’s attempt at Seeking Gold failed and the three parties were about to feast on the spoils, Ang Xiao the Sun Veiler finally made his move. Instantly, the Overseas region became the focus of the entire world.
At the same time, some Perfected Lords were filled with shock and doubt.
’Ang Xiao... doesn’t he want the Fruit of Long-Flow Water anymore?’
’Or is he certain that the Fruit of Long-Flow Water is safe, that it won’t be destabilized by Summon’s actions, and that there’s no way it could affect his high position at the Late Stage of Golden Core?’
’Where does he get this confidence?’
This time was different. The reason Minor Metal had failed before, beyond any hope of recovery, was ultimately a lack of preparation and an information gap.
This time, however, various factions had joined forces, using Summon as a tool to shake the Fruit of Long-Flow Water. They truly intended to topple this Fruit. If they succeeded, even if the Earth of Chen’s Yin Yang Attribute was altered and the Fruit of Long-Flow Water was forcibly sealed away into obscurity, Ang Xiao would still suffer a fall from his Realm!
How could he be so unconcerned?
Or had he already decided to swap it out for the Fruit of Sky-River Water? But how could one Fruit be so easily replaced by another of equal standing?
Or... was he not actually Ang Xiao?
Did he have another scheme in motion?
At that moment, countless Perfected Lords were performing calculations and divinations, but all Karma Links had been obscured. No one could deduce the true cause and effect.
In a flash, the three Perfected Lords on the scene made their decision.
"We can’t let him succeed!"
Besides them, many other Perfected Lords also took action. The scene of them besieging Ang Xiao in the past replayed itself as they all sped toward the Overseas region!
"Profound Turtle! Bright Pearl! Yuan Xu! Aid me this one time!"
The Dragon Monarch’s voice boomed. After a brief pause, three more Dharma Bodies rose from within the Four Seas Sect, intercepting three of the attacking Perfected Lords.
"This one time only."
"After today, Bright Pearl and the Dragon Race will owe each other nothing."
"Sigh, I’m just a bag of old bones..."
For a time, the very colors of the Foundation Establishment Realm grew hazy. With a double-digit number of Perfected Lords making their moves, their clashing Qi traces seemed to knead Heaven and Earth into a single, chaotic mass.
Under the influence of the Fruit of Vast-Sea Water, the entire Overseas region underwent endless transformations. Every time a Perfected Lord attacked, a new phenomenon would appear: volcanoes erupted, islands surfaced, frost and snow fell from the sky, and seaweed spread uncontrollably... Bit by bit, these effects eroded the space of the Overseas region, as if burning the heavens and boiling the seas!
These phenomena continued for nearly an Hour.
The fierce resistance from the Four Seas Sect had clearly exceeded everyone’s expectations. Furthermore, the Celestial Python’s timing was perfect, beginning its own Seeking Gold at the same time as Summon.
Thus, in the end, he still succeeded.
BOOM!
Following a tremendous roar, the gate to the Netherworld was completely stabilized. Behind it, Ang Xiao the Sun Veiler grinned and immediately reached his palm toward the sky.
"...Don’t even think about it!"
Almost simultaneously, all the Perfected Lords erupted with power. Their unrivaled Mighty Power smashed through the blockade of the Dragon Monarch and the other three Overseas True Monarchs, cutting him off from the Fruit of Sky-River Water.
The next second, the Fruit of Sky-River Water remained unharmed.
The Fruit of Long-Flow Water moved.
’Tsk... it’s this damn Veil of the Trees again!’
Only then did the three Perfected Lords who had attacked most fiercely—whose true bodies were located Overseas—finally realize they had unintentionally ignored Summon.
But after realizing this, they were perplexed.
’The Fruit of Sky-River Water was a feint. His ultimate goal was always the Fruit of Long-Flow Water. But what did he use to draw it out? Did he really think we hadn’t discovered the piece he placed on Summon? It was nothing more than that Celestial Virtue Divine Water, and we already severed its influence...’
In the next second, however, the expressions of All True Monarchs changed dramatically.
Because under Ang Xiao’s influence, the Fruit of Long-Flow Water had actually changed direction, falling straight toward the newly opened gate to the Netherworld!
This was impossible!
From start to finish, Ang Xiao had only interacted with Summon once and had only given him a single measure of Celestial Virtue Divine Water, which All True Monarchs had discovered ahead of time.
How did he do it?
Of everyone present, only Summon understood everything perfectly, the hatred in his eyes growing more intense. "I’ve seen it... In fact, I saw it with you back then, milord!"
He had just forgotten!
It was... on the day the World Ruins Realm was annihilated! This "milord"... Ang Xiao... had appeared once and bestowed a Dharma Gate upon him.
"The *Ten Thousand Spirits Returning to Ruins Dao Scripture*!" Summon snarled through gritted teeth.
"That wasn’t a deduction from the World Ruins Realm at all... You gave it to me under the false pretense of it being from an Outer Realm! This Dao Scripture was never a Gold-Seeking Technique to begin with!"
This was the reason for Summon’s despair.
He had discovered that from the very beginning, he had never escaped the Perfected Lord’s control. He was like a Puppet on a string, constantly played with in the palm of his hand.
"You beast... you absolute beast!"
It was because he understood everything—that he never had any hope of Seeking Gold—that Summon had lost his composure and roared like that after his failure. An intense feeling of powerlessness flooded his entire body, yet he was helpless, able only to let Ang Xiao use his Cultivation as a sacrifice at this very moment.
That’s right, a sacrifice!
The so-called *Ten Thousand Spirits Returning to Ruins Dao Scripture* was, in essence, a method for a Cultivator to sacrifice their entire being to a Fruit, thereby triggering the Fruit to fall!
WHOOSH!
In a mere instant, Summon’s physical body and Cultivation were burned away completely. All that remained was a single Soul, carrying his Gold Attribute, barely managing to take refuge in his Blessed Land.
And because only his Soul remained...
The Netherworld appeared!
The Soul of an Outer Heaven Cultivator was an anomaly in this world. The Netherworld would naturally try to receive it and send it into the cycle of reincarnation, so it actively opened its gates!
And behind this gate was another Ang Xiao!
He seemed to have been prepared for a long time. The very instant the Netherworld’s gate opened for Summon, he reached out to take the falling Fruit of Long-Flow Water!
In that instant, time itself seemed to nearly stop.
As for the Dragon Monarch, who had originally been determined to risk it all, he felt a bone-deep chill. He subconsciously lowered his head to look at yet another Ang Xiao within the Dragon Palace.
To be precise, it was a clone that Ang Xiao had refined from the Chongguang Evil Corpse.
At this moment, this clone stood with his hands behind his back, leisurely admiring the colors in the sky. From beginning to end, he didn’t seem to spare the Dragon Monarch so much as a single glance.
The Dragon Monarch closed his golden eyes, which were as large as mountains, and spoke in a low voice, clinging to a final shred of hope:
"Ang Xiao... what you promised me before..."
"What about it?"
As his voice fell, Ang Xiao finally cast a careless glance at the Dragon Monarch, his calm expression like someone watching a loach squirming in a pond.
"You’re calling me ’Ang Xiao,’ and you still don’t understand?"
"I am a Saint Sect True Monarch, and a Late Stage of Golden Core at that. As everyone knows, I don’t keep my promises."
The next second, the stalled time resumed its flow. The Fruit of Long-Flow Water had already arrived before the gate to the Netherworld, and Ang Xiao accepted it with a smile...
But suddenly, his expression changed drastically!
Without the slightest hesitation, he violently flung his hand, trying to throw away the Fruit of Long-Flow Water and sever the connection. But it was too late—
BOOM!!!
In an instant, a shocking twist occurred!
The once-docile Fruit of Long-Flow Water suddenly erupted like a flood from a broken dam, blasting its unrivaled might straight into the Netherworld!
Following it was a burst of wild laughter, long-suppressed and filled with extreme joy:
"HAHAHAHAHA!"
"Ang Xiao, do you like this gift I sent you?"
Such maniacal laughter was incredibly familiar to all the Perfected Lords. Even Ang Xiao revealed a hint of astonishment at this moment:
"Xue Feihong...!?"
The next second, the Fruit that was supposed to be the Fruit of Long-Flow Water wavered, as if shedding a thin veil, and revealed its true form.
’That’s not the Fruit of Long-Flow Water... it’s the Fruit of Gully-Rill Water?’
It was World Purger Fei Xue!
