Chapter 65 (1/2) – Land of Eternal Night, Giant King’s Court

Supreme Divine Palace.

Everyone stared at the screen, their expressions complicated, as they looked at the “person” who was identical to Su Fu.

“So, she made herself a Substitute Puppet?”

Xuanyuan Po, coming from a military background, immediately realized the brilliance of this tactic.

“With this, the whole manhunt has become a complete joke.”

Isn’t it just a joke?

Chasing a fake all around the field.

And with the entire venue on high alert, they’ve all become clowns.

But honestly, Su Fu’s way of thinking is truly impressive.

At a glance, who could possibly distinguish between the real Su Fu and the puppet substitute?

She pulled off a real-fake Su Fu play, perfectly breaking the deadlock of being wanted everywhere.

An Muyu couldn’t hide her admiration in her eyes.

“When it comes to strategy, Su Fu is definitely among the best. She’s pushed the versatility of Chinese divine skills to the limit.”

“Sigh, I wonder where she comes up with these solutions.”

She sighed, “Not a single examinee this year is simple.”

But among all these geniuses, Su Fu is especially terrifying—not because of her strength, but because of her mind.

Her brain just works too fast.

Odinson had just come up with a plan targeting Su Fu, but she had already countered and was now toying with him.

A sharp mind, and plenty of divine skills—she can turn her ideas into reality.

How is anyone supposed to fight against that?

“The key is, the hunters are running themselves ragged, while she’s lying in wait, biding her time.” Xia Linyuan couldn’t help but say, “This isn’t a manhunt, it’s fishing.”

“Don’t you want to catch me? Then come on over.”

But once they come, the roles of hunter and prey are instantly reversed.

He could guarantee, Su Fu had already thought of this, and probably had more follow-up plans.

“She wants everyone who’s after her life to become the hunted.”

“But…” Xuanyuan Po frowned, pointing out the crux, “To pull this off, you need extremely high mobility. Otherwise, you’d be exposed while placing the clones.”

“Is she going to use the flashy Wind Fire Wheels?”

That doesn’t seem right.

Everyone thought, this really is a big problem.

The key to a diversion is speed, but also enough concealment.

***

Map of the Nine Provinces, Qingqiu.

Su Fu’s next plan was to send out the Substitute Puppet.

But how?

Wind Fire Wheels are fast, but flying around in the sky is way too conspicuous—other examinees would spot her easily.

Teleportation skills would be best.

Wait, teleportation?

Suddenly, she thought of two people—Pi Chu Xi and Fang Bo Han!

Weren’t their combined divine skills all about instant teleportation?

“Find out where they are, then… talk them into coming over.”

“[Hundred Birds’ Eyes]!”

In an instant, flocks of birds in the sky received her command and shot off in every direction.

But just birds in the sky wasn’t enough; she needed something on the ground, too.

“[Yin Soldier Passage]!”

At once, wisps of yin energy rose from the earth.

Countless Yin Soldiers, holding spears and lined up neatly, emerged.

The Yin Soldiers bowed in unison.

After receiving Su Fu’s order to search for people, they turned into wisps of blue smoke and sank into the earth.

Su Fu nodded in satisfaction, “That should do it.”

She didn’t need the skills herself—as long as she could find someone who had them.

Besides, those two were old acquaintances, especially Pi Chu Xi.

That guy’s got a knack for making money.

***

At the same time, Ninth District, Land of Eternal Night.

Pi Chu Xi and Fang Bo Han were walking across a desolate wasteland.

There was no sun, no moon, even the stars were hidden behind thick, dark clouds.

On the ashen ground, not a blade of grass grew.

From time to time, ghostly winds howled by, whipping up clouds of scorched earth.

“Come on!” Fang Bo Han grumbled, kicking a stone away, “Aren’t we the unluckiest? Right at the start, we get randomly teleported to this hellhole!”

Pi Chu Xi looked at the endless darkness around them, his expression grim.

“This must be the legendary Ninth District.”

Land of Eternal Night—a region outside the Star Map, an unknown zone.

Desolate, dead silent, not a single glimmer of light—just endless darkness.

“Pretty sure that’s it.” Fang Bo Han felt the gravity of the situation.

They could teleport with divine skills, but the key was having a fixed destination.

But starting out in this kind of place, with nothing to use as a reference, where could they even teleport to?

“How about… just pick a random direction?”

“And keep wandering? We might as well stay put.” Pi Chu Xi sighed, “At least it’s safe here for now.”

If they made a mistake, they might end up somewhere even worse—that’d be true despair.

“So we’re stuck here?”

“There’s not even anything to eat here! We’ll starve to death!”

As the two complained, the temperature suddenly dropped.

A chill crept in from nowhere.

Pi Chu Xi and Fang Bo Han tensed up, standing back to back as they watched the area warily.

“Something’s coming,” Fang Bo Han whispered.

Soon, they saw who it was—a squad of Yin Soldiers emerging from the ground, spears in hand, eyes cold.

“Enem—” Fang Bo Han was just about to attack when the Yin Soldiers spoke:

“You two, our master Su Fu requests your assistance. Will you help?”

The two of them froze, then snapped back to their senses.

Pi Chu Xi was so excited his voice changed pitch.

“Who? Su Fu?!”

The super bigshot Su Fu?

She wanted to cooperate with them?

A pie falling from the sky?

This was the perfect chance to latch onto a bigshot!

Fang Bo Han was so excited he blurted, “Co-co-co—wait, yes, yes, we’re willing!”

Pi Chu Xi yanked him hard, totally embarrassed!

He cleared his throat, putting on a serious face.

“Ahem, what we mean is… that’s a great proposal.”

“Please, lead the way!”

Under the Yin Soldiers’ guidance, the two quickly opened a teleportation portal and moved forward.

Just before their final teleport out of the dead land, Pi Chu Xi looked back at the endless darkness, a shudder running through him.

“Land of Eternal Night…”

He never wanted to come back.

***

Qingqiu Peach Forest.

Su Fu, bored, tossed a peach branch in her hand.

“If I can’t find those two, this plan’s going to be a lot less fun.”

Without instant movement, how could she fan the flames and fish in troubled waters?

Just kiting people would be too easy for them.

She was thinking when a squad of Yin Soldiers suddenly rose from the ground.

“Lady Su Fu, we have found the targets. They’re hurrying back now.”

The Yin Soldiers could only escort souls, not living people, so the two had to follow and teleport themselves bit by bit—naturally slower than the Yin Soldiers reporting back.

“Oh?” Su Fu’s eyes lit up.

“So they agreed?”

The Yin Soldier nodded, “Yes, my lady. We found them trapped in the Ninth District, Land of Eternal Night.”

“Ninth District?” Su Fu raised a brow.

“Tsk, that’s some bad luck.”

Just hearing the name, she knew it wasn’t easy.

But with the two of them agreeing, things would go smoothly.

“Perfect. Now we’ve got instant movement and the puppet. Everything’s ready!”

Just then, Su Fu suddenly looked in a certain direction, eyes sharp.

Someone was coming.

Through the mountain sparrow’s shared vision, she saw a three-person squad quickly heading for Qingqiu.

“These are… people from the Southern Polar Star System?”

This team was well-coordinated, their movements sharp—it was clear they weren’t just thrown together.

The key was, the burly boy in the lead looked familiar.

She’d seen him on the “Fourth Star Ring Key Focus” list provided by Tianqi before the exam.

Kevin, ranked 13th in the Fourth Star Ring of the Southern Polar Star System.

The other two were also familiar names: Xue Li and Fisher.

The three moved with clear purpose, as if they already knew where Qingqiu was, closing in fast—obviously coming for her.

“Tch, this isn’t good. They’re coming in hot.”

They’d only been on the map for a few minutes, yet they’d already pinpointed Qingqiu so accurately.

They probably had some map-detecting divine skill backing them.

Organized, planned, able to mobilize top-ranked Southern Polar Star examinees on short notice, and equipped with such rare skills…

“Southern Polar Star, Odinson?”

Su Fu’s eyes narrowed.

Was he the one behind this?

She was really baffled.

They’d never even met—why was he targeting her?

Not only did he issue a full-map wanted order, now he’d sent people to block her?

Right at her spawn point, no less?

Su Fu couldn’t help but laugh in exasperation.

She had to admit, Odinson was really taking her seriously.

She was only ranked 15th in the Fourth Star Ring, yet he’d sent three people with even higher rankings after her.

She couldn’t help but sigh—’Odinson really was playing it safe.’

But in a sense, this was the highest level of “respect” he could give her.

He wanted to eliminate her early, not giving her any chance to grow.

Su Fu clenched her fist.

‘These clan elites really were… ruthless and cunning. Fine, fine, you want to bully the few with the many? Relying on your subordinates?’

“Let’s change places,” she stood up decisively, “I’ll let you have some fun.”

She couldn’t fight in her own place—after all, she’d worked hard to grow those peach trees.

If even one got ruined, she’d be heartbroken.

Just then, a swirl of silvery-blue light appeared in the air, condensing into an oval portal.

Su Fu raised her brow—oh, they’d arrived!

As the light faded, two familiar figures stepped out.

“Big Boss Su!”

“Boss Boss!”

Pi Chu Xi and Fang Bo Han spoke almost in unison, faces beaming—it really was Su Fu!

Heh, they’d managed to latch onto a bigshot!

Su Fu didn’t give them time to get excited, speaking directly.

“You two must’ve gotten the wanted order for me too, right?”

The two exchanged glances.

In the end, Pi Chu Xi nodded cautiously, “We did… but don’t worry, Boss Su, we’d never betray you!”

Fang Bo Han quickly echoed, “Right, we’d never leak your whereabouts!”

No kidding—they’d seen Su Fu’s methods with their own eyes.

She was a total powerhouse, dominating from start to finish.

Unless they’d lost their minds, they’d never want to get on her bad side.

Offending this boss?

Who knew if they’d live to see tomorrow.

The two had already become obedient.

But to their surprise, Su Fu just smiled.

“No, I want you to spread the word.”

“Huh?” The two were stunned, not sure they’d heard right.

Su Fu handed them a map coordinate.

“Just tell them I’m at this location.”

Pi Chu Xi took a look and immediately noticed something.

If you took the whole Map of the Nine Provinces as a ring, with Qingqiu as the First District, then this spot… was exactly the Second District, clockwise!

And that coordinate was right at the limit of their teleportation range.

Fang Bo Han finally caught on.

“Wait, Boss, you mean you want us to send out fake info?”

“No,”

Su Fu smiled slightly and replied, “It’s real. I’ll be right there.”

“Huh?” The two were confused.

‘Reporting herself to be caught?’

“Turn around and take a look.”

Pi Chu Xi and Fang Bo Han reflexively turned, and the next second, they stumbled back in shock—

Under the peach tree not far away stood another “Su Fu.”

That “Su Fu” tilted her head, a strange smile on her face.

“Come here.”

“Oh my god!” Fang Bo Han’s scalp tingled, hairs standing on end, his voice trembling, “Two… two Bosses?!”

One Boss Su was scary enough—now there were two?

Who could handle that?

But soon, they realized something was off.

The one in the distance seemed to only say that one phrase.

“Come here… come here… come here…”

It was clearly… a fake puppet!

Pi Chu Xi understood, “I get it, Boss—you want to use our teleportation to swap your ‘self’ between different places. And then have us provide your coordinates? Kite them around the whole map?”

By the end, his voice was shaking with excitement—’this was genius!’

‘They want to catch the boss? Then she’d just provide her coordinates herself!’

Fang Bo Han caught on too, drawing a sharp breath.

“Damn, that’s high! Seriously high!”

The two looked at Su Fu with reverence—she truly lived up to her name as a bigshot.

Being wanted by everyone, off to such a rough start, yet Su Fu not only came up with a countermeasure instantly, she was going to turn the hunters into her playthings.

Want to catch her?

Sure, here’s the coordinate—come and get her!

After all… the whole map was full of “Su Fu.”

Let them chase all they want!

Who would’ve thought they were all fake?

Pi Chu Xi suddenly remembered something and cleared his throat.

“Oh right, isn’t there a ten-thousand contribution point reward for providing a target’s coordinates?”

The three exchanged glances, then all smiled meaningfully.

If you don’t fleece them now, when will you?

He immediately activated his divine skill.

“Rune Power!”

A Divine Communication Talisman formed instantly in the air.

Pi Chu Xi entered Su Fu’s coordinates, word for word, even adding a few anxious lines for realism.

With divine power infused, the talisman turned into golden light and vanished.

“Heh, done!” He gave Su Fu an OK gesture.

“Let’s go! Time to plant the puppet!”

Once again, silvery-blue light rippled in the air.

The teleportation portal opened, and four figures disappeared instantly.

The teleportation coordinate was a lush forest.

Towering trees blocked out the sun.

Occasionally, the wind rustled the leaves, and birdsong echoed in the distance.

This was District Two on the map—the Endless Forest.

“This spot will do.”

Su Fu directed her “self” to a conspicuous place.

The puppet moved naturally through the woods, impossible to tell it was fake.

“Damn, that’s way too lifelike…” Fang Bo Han couldn’t help but marvel.

With everything in place, the group quickly returned to Qingqiu through the portal.

You could never be too careful with these schemers.

If someone dropped a map-wide explosive weapon, they’d be doomed—so they hurried away.

Back in Qingqiu, Su Fu shared the mountain sparrow’s vision.

The puppet’s actions were natural, relaxed, even the way its hair curved in the wind was identical to the real person.

“Will those three come?” Pi Chu Xi was a bit worried.

“They will,” Fang Bo Han was confident.

“No one would dare send Odinson fake info just to mess with him. With such a detailed coordinate, they’ll definitely check it out.”

Su Fu looked at the “herself” on the screen.

This was her first try—let’s see… would it work?

It would take time for the message to be delivered.

All they could do was wait.

“Oh, Boss,” Pi Chu Xi suddenly said, lowering his voice with a sigh, “Honestly, you picking us… we’re really honored.”

“Never thought we’d get the chance to work with you someday.”

Back then, he’d been clueless and got crushed—now, finally, he’d turned things around.

Fang Bo Han came over too, curious.

“By the way, Boss, what about Lin Mingxi and Jiang Qingyu? They didn’t teleport with you?”

The two naturally fell into the role of little brothers, even asking about their own teammates.

“They have their own arrangements.” Su Fu explained briefly.

Jiang Qingyu was in the Greek Pantheon, Lin Mingxi in the Mayan Pantheon.

Both were acting as her undercover agents in their camps.

She changed the subject, asking, “Aren’t you afraid of Odinson? And you’re working with someone everyone’s hunting.”