Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 736 - 89 The Unbeatable Game
736: Chapter 89: The Unbeatable Game
736 -89: The Unbeatable Game
On the outskirts of Baichuan City.
Tang Xian lay in the snow, breathing heavily, struggling strenuously to survive.
Logically, his life recovery ability should have quickly returned him to his peak condition, but it hadn’t.
He was indeed recovering, but constrained by that bizarre formation, Tang Xian’s abilities were temporarily sealed.
The Undying Xuan Bird hid within the Netherworld, greedily consuming souls.
Its injuries were far more severe than Tang Xian’s.
Hiding inside Cleveland—the giant turtle—then stepping into the human world through a transport rift had been an excruciating ordeal.
Because it couldn’t transform into a human, the size of the portable transport rift was too small for it to pass through.
At the critical moment, the Undying Xuan Bird grew ruthless, allowing Cleveland’s gastric acid to dissolve and corrode its wings, finally managing to enter the transport rift.
Now both the Xuan Bird and Tang Xian could be said to be gravely injured.
However, the Xuan Bird’s life recovery ability was decent, and even within the Spiritual Purgatory, it could still carry Tang Xian and move forward slowly.
Tang Xian sometimes fell unconscious, sometimes lucid.
There wasn’t much he could do at the moment, only point out the direction for the Xuan Bird.
His consciousness was blurry, hovering between dream and wakefulness.
The confrontation with Cleveland’s judge was merely a fleeting glimpse.
In that moment, the turtle, bearing deep-sea volcanic fires, finally unleashed its full strength.
After slumbering for hundreds of years, it erupted, instantly turning the glacial world into a sea of fire, a true Red Lotus Hell.
But even those terrifying lavas only delayed the judge momentarily, providing Tang Xian and the Xuan Bird a chance to escape.
“Why not enter the city?
I can sense the breath of living beings; your companions should be in the city.”
“Less…
talking, follow my instructions,” Tang Xian replied tersely. freёweɓnovel.com
Hearing the Xuan Bird’s words, Tang Xian became more alert.
His mind began to slowly replay the events of the day, and everything he had experienced in the seven days since fleeing the sanctuary mountains started to become clear.
He had chosen not to enter the city but to follow an outer route around Baichuan City to find Bai Shuang.
Because everything that his senses told him indicated that Baichuan City was functioning normally.
But Tang Xian always felt that there was one thing he had miscalculated.
“Didn’t I…
tell you to come save me the moment you saw the black fog?
Why were you then a moment too late?”
“The judge’s power of causality blocked me, strangely enough.
Though I should have been unable to break through, I still did,” replied the Xuan Bird.
Tang Xian was startled.
“Are you saying…
the judge was already guarding against you at that time?”
“Yes, but I broke through.
You were right.
If you had died, even the slightest suspicion from the judge would have cost me my life.
Even before we entered the sanctuary mountains, the judge had begun to suspect me.”
Tang Xian’s heart sank.
He remembered something the judge had once said:
“I know you have your own stronghold in another world.”
That was probably the gist, when Bai Mansheng and others were leaving.
Tang Xian suddenly felt a headache, as his habitual way of thinking had led him to overlook a major hazard.
The Xuan Bird’s wings were slowly regenerating, its body gradually growing larger, naturally increasing its speed.
Sensing Tang Xian’s unease, the Xuan Bird inquired:
“What’s wrong?”
“I’ve been manipulated.
My life now depends on whether that nonchalant creature is willing to save me.
If it isn’t willing, I will die here, along with all my companions in Baichuan City.”
Although the Xuan Bird had no particular feelings for these people, it knew it was in the same boat as Tang Xian and couldn’t help but ask:
“We have already arrived in this world.
Can the judge possibly follow us here?
Aren’t we safe now?”
Tang Xian slowly shook his head.
He inwardly pleaded for his own error, while also hoping he could recover more quickly.
Last time he was hit by the Order’s ray, and it was Ju Mang who had spent a lot of vital energy to save him.
That formation was undoubtedly possessing the same type of energy as those rays.
Deep down, Tang Xian knew it would be difficult to recover.
He merely hoped that today might bring some variables.
“I want to ask you…
has the sanctuary mountain’s travel route ever reached Red Lotus Hell?”
The Xuan Bird pondered for a moment, then fell silent.
This silence was in itself an answer.
Tang Xian sighed and said:
“Why did the sanctuary mountain, coincidentally, land where Cleveland was?
The ‘Beast Codex’ doesn’t record it, but I believe you and the judge knew that beneath Red Lotus Hell lies one of the Sea God’s seven servants—a giant turtle.”
The Xuan Bird’s thoughts slowly becoming clear, it spoke:
“Why didn’t the judge deal with it before?”
“Because its injuries were too serious, and it always believed that the Sea God’s legacy was in the north.”
The snowstorm was growing fierce, Tang Xian felt his breathing becoming more arduous.
“Imagine, why would that giant turtle come all this way to the north?
Perhaps it was just a ruse by the Sea God, misleading the judge miles away from the true legacy.”
“Regardless of whether the judge took the bait, its nature is to be suspicious; it would always monitor this place.
It was just too badly injured before.”
The Xuan Bird was shocked, yet it believed Tang Xian’s words.
The Sea God and the judge have always been at odds.
The judge is indeed unmatched, but extremely cautious, hardly ever engaging in actions that might exacerbate its injuries.
This is also why the judge gave Tang Xian seven days.
Tang Xian said:
“It recovered from its injuries because of my power; the first thing it would naturally do is remove the thorn in its side.
But what it conceals the most, is probably another matter.”
