Chapter 370: Fate

One was the supreme being of all living creatures since ancient times, the ruler who once governed all things.

The other was a humble insect race buried in the dust, unnoticed, unknown, and even unworthy of having thoughts.

This kind of racial suppression, which was almost across dimensions, this fear of the superior and the inability to resist, had long been deeply ingrained into the very souls of the insects.

Si Xi shook his body, and A Miao, who had barely managed to embrace into a ball to trap him within, immediately fell down weakly.

“You are interesting.” Stepping on the face of one of A Miao’s clones, Si Xi looked down condescendingly at the countless A Miao’s kneeling weakly on the ground.

“I am very curious, how many pieces can you split into at most… But I don’t have time for you now, lowly little insect. I’ll come back to play with you after I kill her.”

A Miao raised his head, seizing the brief moment when Si Xi withdrew his pressure, and suddenly swarmed forward again, enveloping Si Xi within the ball!

“Tsk, so annoying. The result will be the same no matter how many times you try,” Si Xi no longer conserved his spiritual power, once again impatiently crushing A Miao’s soul with his pressure. “Huh…”

This time, however, his expression changed slightly.

“All fear stems from the panic of death.”

A Miao smiled, all his clones surged forward, their hands and feet entangled, firmly locking Si Xi within the sphere with their bodies.

“So, as long as the insects are not afraid of death…”

BOOM!!!

The huge shockwave nearly knocked Gan Ruanruan and Jie Shui off their feet.

They turned to look at A Miao’s position, but all they could see was the endless dust billowing into the sky.

In an instant, all of A Miao’s clones self-destructed simultaneously.

Even someone as powerful as the Fourth Seat of the Tribulation Immortal Hall was utterly annihilated in this terrifying explosion, leaving no trace of life.

Gan Ruanruan covered her mouth. “A Miao…”

Jiang Ke’er’s newly formed heart gave a violent twitch.

A Miao was gone.

Completely and utterly gone, leaving only a few wispy remnants of his soul drifting in the air.

This time, he could not split.

“You actually…” The Fifth Seat of the Tribulation Immortal Hall, who possessed the power of the Yin-type Dragon Vein, gasped in shock.

“Your opponent is me!” Jie Shui’s mountain-like body blocked the Fifth Seat’s path, and he threw a punch at her face without the slightest hint of mercy.

The Fifth Seat glanced at Jie Shui disdainfully. “You are not worthy.”

She unleashed a mental attack.

Taking advantage of the moment Jie Shui’s body stiffened slightly, she flashed past him from the side, her dagger twisting effortlessly to sever Jie Shui’s left arm.

Jie Shui swallowed hard, struggling to suppress the anxiety and terror in his heart.

So fast… I was only distracted for an instant… The Dao Seats… the gap between us and them is truly too vast.

He would rather die himself than let the other party get close to Jiang Ke’er, but his movements were clumsy, and he had difficulty resisting her mental attacks.

He simply couldn’t stop this Fifth Seat.

With no other options left, he could only reach into his Qiankun Bag with his remaining right hand and pull out an inconspicuous tree branch from the pile of miscellaneous items.

Even though he held no hope for this branch in his heart, he truly had no other strategies left now.

In his desperation, he could only grasp at straws and pull out this unreliable wooden twig.

Damned lunatic, if you’re still messing with me, I’ll hate you for life!

Jie Shui raised the wooden branch, pointing it at the Fifth Seat, and shouted the incantation with all his might. “UNSEAL! DESTINY ARENA!!!”

Unfortunately, the Fifth Seat’s movements were completely unimpeded.

Only an awkward breeze stirred in the air.

Jie Shui panicked.

I knew I shouldn’t have had even a shred of expectation for that lunatic!

Yet, in this eerie silence, suddenly! A thick pillar of light descended from the sky! Without leaving any chance for resistance, it enveloped both Jie Shui and the Fifth Seat!

Only then did Jie Shui realize the scene before him had changed.

This was a space filled with a sense of distortion and strangeness.

He couldn’t move at all.

Not far away, the Fifth Seat was also unable to move, frozen in place, examining her surroundings in terror.

[Wel… to… arena…]

A voice like the grinding of metal seemed to be blocked by something, thin as a mosquito’s hum, making it hard to hear and extremely uncomfortable.

A circular barrier dome enclosed him and the Fifth Seat.

When Jie Shui looked outside through the barrier, he saw terrifying monsters crouching on it!

The appearance of these monsters was extremely similar to the style of Void Realm monsters.

They had no excess flesh, basically all sharp bones and spikes.

They seemed to have been starving for too long.

Staring at Jie Shui and the Fifth Seat inside the barrier, their drool flowed uncontrollably onto the barrier surface.

They frantically scratched at the barrier with their claws, trying to break in and devour these two tasty morsels.

“Claws like mantises, tongues with barbs, emaciated frames, a dark purple rune growing on the back of the head…” Jie Shui froze.

He suddenly realized these monsters’ appearances perfectly matched the description of the “Scythe-claw type” among the “Void Monsters” that his lunatic father had spoken of!

Could it be… he… wasn’t lying?

Jie Shui found it difficult to describe his current feelings and shock in words.

The image of that father suddenly changed in his heart.

It became… he didn’t want to admit it, but towering and, he had to admit, majestic.

Unfortunately, the situation didn’t leave him much time for sentimentality.

These monsters, seeing Jie Shui and the Fifth Seat, seemed to be stimulated.

Their claws stabbed desperately towards the inside of the barrier.

Soon, a sharp spike successfully pierced the barrier wall.

It pulled hard, emitting a piercing screech, forcibly tearing a large gash in the barrier.

But Jie Shui still couldn’t move.

He felt like crying but had no tears. He could only watch helplessly as those monsters tore through the barrier and surged in like a flood, opening their bloody maws towards him.

“Dong—— Dong—— Dong——”

Accompanied by a series of loud, resonant bell tolls from an unknown source, a feeling of weightlessness washed over Jie Shui’s body.

The scene before his eyes rapidly shifted back to the Shenzhou Cup arena.

He regained his ability to move, his vision darkening as if from lack of oxygen. He gasped violently to recover.

The Fifth Seat was also teleported back.

She was shaken, not knowing what had just happened to her…

But she remembered her goal—she must kill Jiang Ke’er!

However, that bizarre situation just now had forcefully delayed her by over ten seconds like a rogue.

The distance she had painstakingly closed with Jiang Ke’er was once again widened.

Stamping her foot in anger, she knew the situation was now extremely unfavorable for her.

Jiang Ke’er would soon repair her heart and regain her fighting strength.

She had to deal with Jiang Ke’er as quickly as possible.

Gan Ruanruan took the opportunity to hide behind Jie Shui. Jie Shui looked somewhat despairingly at the shattered wooden branch.

This time, there were no clever tricks left to stop the enemy.

Gan Ruanruan had to keep moving while holding Jiang Ke’er to prevent Jiang Ke’er from becoming a stationary target to be instantly killed by bamboo spikes.

And with Jiang Ke’er in her arms, Gan Ruanruan couldn’t help him.

Qiao Xiaoxian was over there holding off two Dao Seats single-handedly, also unable to come to their aid. Without Qiao Xiaoxian’s help in stalling, this fight would be even more difficult.

Jie Shui thought the situation couldn’t get any worse. Just as he thought this, he saw dark, snake-like tattoos suddenly begin to coil around the Fifth Seat’s body.

The Fifth Seat’s face contorted, and painful groans issued from her throat.

“Forgive me, Shifu, for troubling you to find a new Dao Seat again…” The Fifth Seat let out a bitter laugh.

“But please rest assured, your disciple will not die in vain! Jiang Ke’er… must die today!”