Volume Two: The Life of a Bandit - Chapter Sixty-Three: Qin Si's God King Realm (Part Two)

Feeling the majestic power of the spatial cracks surrounding him, Wu Qing let out a cold snort. Releasing time standstill once again, he teleported away from the spatial disturbance, retreating far into the distance.

"If it comes to a battle, perhaps I cannot defeat you, but when it comes to killing me, you are still falling somewhat short. No matter what, I am a God King who has comprehended the standstill of time, while you are, after all, merely an Upper Heavenly Deity. Wanting to kill me—you are still far from capable of that." A look of disdain appeared on Wu Qing's face, though deep in his heart, he felt increasingly bitter. Just as his words implied, a God King who had comprehended the laws of time standstill could not even defeat an Upper Heavenly Deity. If word of this got out, he probably wouldn't be able to show his face in the Hongmeng Divine Realm anymore, let alone secure a foothold in the Tianyi Water Pavilion. It would be a miracle if he didn't die of embarrassment upon returning.

Qin Si gazed steadily at Wu Qing's expression, well aware of what the other man was thinking. A cryptic smile touched the corner of his mouth, and instead of rushing to attack, he said slowly, "Do you know? When I first gained a comprehension of space, I was trapped within a spring that contained countless spaces. Back then, my younger brother Xiao Shuang and I made countless efforts to leave that place."

He glanced around his surroundings, a majestic aura naturally radiating from his body. "That mysterious space once trapped me within it, plunging me into utter despair. I once shattered millions of miniature spaces consecutively, yet ahead of me there still lay countless different spaces. Just when I thought I would never be able to break through these spaces and return home to reunite with my family, I finally shattered every single space and reunited with them."

Wu Qing listened quietly to Qin Si's words with a complex expression. He had a hunch that this Upper Heavenly Deity—who had begun to command his reluctant admiration, this young man—would surely say something that would shock him next.

Everyone listened in silence to Qin Si's words, his calm yet resolute voice drifting far away.

"Ever since then, I have known that no matter the world, there is nothing that cannot be done, and even less of such a thing as the absolute. Therefore, I comprehended the meaning of spatial cracks, which is the profound mystery of the outer space." Qin Si smiled faintly, his expression growing increasingly sharp.

"Perhaps you do not understand outer space. Perhaps in your cognition, as long as one can comprehend the laws of time, one is already an absolute and powerful existence. Of course, this notion is not wrong, but where you err is in the concept of the absolute. As for me, I have never believed that any absolute exists."

"Consequently, I focused on comprehending space, on experiencing the space within my own body. This is the inner space. The human body is a vast treasury, and all of us cultivators grow stronger gradually from the inside out. Yet when you grow strong, you overlook the fact that your body actually harbors an even greater power. Therefore, I, an Upper Heavenly Deity, am nevertheless able to leave all God Kings utterly helpless when facing me."

Boom! A peal of thunder resonated beside him. Auspicious clouds gathered in the sky, and multicolored rays of light enveloped Qin Si as a mysterious aura welled up in everyone's hearts.

At this moment, only a single thought echoed in everyone's mind: another God King had been born in the Hongmeng Divine Realm; another God King, as formidable as that legendary existence, had appeared. The heavens of the Divine Realm were about to change.

An overwhelmingly powerful oppressive force radiated from around Qin Si. His entire body resembled a bottomless black hole, drawing all the surrounding spiritual energy into his body. Looking from afar, it was impossible to perceive his presence; all that could be seen was that boundless, fathomless black hole.

"Therefore, when I break through to become a God King, you, Wu Qing, will have the honor of being the very first sacrificial offering for my breakthrough to godhood, and the Tianyi Water Pavilion will serve as the stepping stone for my Zixuan Alliance to step among the top ten bandit factions." This calm and indifferent voice drifted into the ears of the distracted Wu Qing, rousing a fierce surge of terror in the heart of the God King, who had been stunned by Qin Si's breakthrough to the God King realm at such a moment.

"To thank you for helping me thoroughly experience the power of time standstill, I have decided to let you die a swift and painless death."

As the voice faded, a violent black radiance suddenly erupted from within Wu Qing's body. Before his startled expression had even vanished, the intense light had completely enveloped him.

Pitter-patter sounds echoed through the quiet outskirts of the city. Everyone watched with their own eyes as Wu Qing's body cracked like a shattered porcelain doll. First, a streak of black light split open from his chest, followed immediately by another beam flashing across his arm. One streak of black light after another refracted eerily from deep within Wu Qing's body, as if his flesh and blood were no longer a mortal frame, but rather fragments of shattered porcelain peeling away piece by piece, turning into wisps of smoke in midair.

"You are the very first to taste the technique I derived after comprehending the inner space. This is the formidable power of space—the inner space." As Qin Si's voice fell, Wu Qing's body shattered with a bang, turning into flying ash in the blink of an eye and dissipating with the wind.

The fatty stared blankly at Wu Qing's vanishing form in midair, muttering, "Spatial cracks... act, actually used from within Wu Qing's body, destroying a God King from the inside out with spatial cracks. What kind of bizarre power is this? I have never heard of such a technique existing in the Hongmeng Divine Realm."

Just as the fatty was speaking, Nan Quewu defensively flashed aside. Toward this fatty who grew so excited he would casually slap him flying at a whim, his heart was filled with a mixture of helplessness and lingering resentment. Yet, just like the fatty, his gaze was fixed with envy upon Qin Si, who floated in midair radiating the aura of a monarch across all directions.

Zhou Fei'er gazed at the imposing figure of Qin Si standing proudly in midair, her beautiful eyes shimmering with ripples. A fierce sense of pride swelled within her heart—a feeling even more exhilarating than when she herself had broken through to become a God King.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Zixuan Alliance, Liu Shengping and Peng Fan stared blankly at everything unfolding before them, their eyes revealing bone-deep hatred and extreme terror.

"Haha, Xiao Shuang, I've killed a hundred and five God Kings. You lose." With a flash of light, a blade's glare instantly plunged into Li Yang's body. Glancing casually at Liu Shengping and Peng Fan on the ground, Li Yang laughed heartily at Qin Shuang.

Qin Shuang curled his lip. Unconvinced though he was, he had to admit that the power of Li Yang's Kunpeng Devouring technique was simply too astonishing. Every single Kunpeng Devouring wiped out at least ten God Kings; this wasn't a battle—it was a thoroughly disproportionate massacre.

Nodding helplessly, Qin Shuang cast a disdainful glance at Liu Shengping and Peng Fan on the ground. "Big Brother Li Yang's divine abilities are truly extraordinary. That Kunpeng Devouring technique of yours is practically tailor-made for group battles. I can't wrap my head around how you ever managed to invent such a perverted technique."

Li Yang laughed heartily. "I didn't invent this technique all by myself, but that's a long story. Let's take care of the matter at hand first."

As they spoke, a rumble of thunder suddenly shook the sky. Qin Shuang's expression changed drastically. Advancing to the God King realm in the Hongmeng Spiritual Realm usually had no precursors—at least, there had been none when he became a God King himself. So how could such a sign suddenly appear?

Pondering with lowered head for a long while, Qin Shuang smiled at Li Yang, who wore an equally astonished look. "I have a feeling that Big Brother... seems to have undergone a transformation."

Li Yang paused, staring blankly toward the sky, remaining silent for a good long while.

"You, what on earth do you want?" Liu Shengping no longer possessed his arrogant demeanor from earlier. Looking terrified, with a lingering trace of dread plastered across his face, he stared at Qin Shuang and Li Yang.

Just moments ago, the two of them had effortlessly slaughtered all two hundred God Kings he had brought along. While this dropped Liu Shengping and Peng Fan's jaws in utter shock, it inevitably planted an overwhelming sense of terror deep within their hearts.

Were these two even God Kings? They were practically no different from Heavenly Venerables. If not for the fact that both Liu Shengping and Peng Fan were God Kings who had comprehended the laws of time standstill, they probably would have been easily wiped out by the two of them long ago.

Before coming here, Liu Shengping had never imagined that a God King could casually slaughter nearly a hundred God Kings. Now, despite being a God King who had mastered the time standstill laws for several cosmic epochs, he found himself facing Qin Si—who had only just comprehended the time standstill laws—yet for reasons unknown, the terror gripping his heart simply refused to dissipate.

"What do we want?" Qin Shuang and Li Yang exchanged glances and chuckled dryly. "Weren't it your Pengliu Sect and Three Courts that attacked our Zixuan Alliance first?"

"W-we... we merely wanted to give you a warning, to tell you not to ally with the Watersplitting Sect. We never expected you to be so ruthless and kill all these people." Mentioning those fallen God Kings, Liu Shengping currently wished he were dead. Those people were the entirety of the Pengliu Sect and Three Courts' assets, and they had just been wiped out like this. Even if he returned to report on his mission, he would hardly escape being executed by a furious Sect Master.

"A warning?" Qin Shuang's expression turned icy. Looking at the trembling Liu Shengping and Peng Fan, he said indifferently, "I do not accept this warning. Therefore, starting today, your Pengliu Sect and Three Courts need no longer exist within the Hongmeng Divine Realm. As for the remnants of Watersplitting City, they shall vanish along with you."

(To be continued)