The Dao of Reincarnation (429-430) (Patreon)

Chapter 429: Player of the Fourth Scourge (Part 9)

Xiao Tianyun heard this and thought, there was such a good thing?

He kept shooting meaningful looks at his own father, the patriarch of the Xiao family.

Agree!!! Hurry up and agree!!!

Fortunately, the patriarch of the Xiao family understood Xiao Tianyun's meaning.

His own son had saved the Xiao family from disaster.

What harm was there in trusting him once more?

Thus Xiao Hongyuan muddle-headedly became the patriarch of the Xiao family.

Even now Xiao Hongyuan remained in a complete daze.

He seemed to recall... he had come to acknowledge his ancestry and return to the clan.

Now it appeared he had become the ancestor of the Xiao family.

Xiao Hongyuan understood. The reason the Xiao family behaved this way... was because they feared his son, feared him to the point of currying favor, not daring the slightest disobedience!

At least he had fulfilled his father's dying wish.

...

Su Chen looked at the neatly arranged group and said, "All of you are rebirths, correct?"

Xiao Tianyun and the others stiffened all over.

"Could... could it be...?"

Su Chen regarded their terrified expressions and said calmly, "Relax. I am not a rebirth."

At those words, Xiao Tianyun and the others gradually relaxed.

No, that was not right?

Something seemed to occur to Xiao Tianyun and the others. A chill ran down their spines, and they grew even more horrified.

If he was not a rebirth, how did he know they were?

Su Chen looked at these trembling rebirths.

"This batch of rebirths seems a little lacking in courage."

Su Chen thought to himself, then spoke. "What exactly happened in the future that caused all of you to return to the present?"

Even after experiencing countless ages, Su Chen had never witnessed so many rebirths gathered in one place. Perhaps this was only the tip of the iceberg... it could not help but fill him with a measure of curiosity about the future.

Unfortunately, these rebirths looked at one another.

Blank faces all around.

"That... we do not know why we were reborn either..."

Xiao Tianyun answered cautiously.

Su Chen had somewhat anticipated such a result and was not overly disappointed. In the end, these people's talents were simply too poor. Their future achievements would not be high. They were probably only lucky souls who had been caught up in events and reborn as a result.

"Master, these pieces of trash do not know... that is because their cultivation was too weak and they died too early."

"This subordinate, however, knows a few things that may be of some help to Master."

Xiao Yaozi regarded Xiao Tianyun and the others with open disdain.

Xiao Tianyun and the others looked at Xiao Yaozi's attitude and felt unwilling, yet there was nothing they could do.

Although they had survived in the future under Su Chen's hand for various reasons, even their Emperor-rank talents did not mean they could become Emperors. Most of them had only reached Quasi-Emperor. A Quasi-Emperor, even if he did nothing at all, possessed only a few tens of thousands of years of lifespan. Those with poorer luck simply died in the aftershocks of some great battle.

Xiao Yaozi was different. His talent surpassed every previous genius of the Starry Sky Alliance. An Immortal-grade talent ranked highly even within the Federation. His future achievements far exceeded those of Xiao Tianyun and the others. He lived longer and naturally knew more.

Su Chen nodded, indicating that Xiao Yaozi should continue.

Xiao Yaozi's expression lit up with delight. He knew his chance to perform had arrived!

"Master, this subordinate once took part in a great battle. In that battle, the invincible figure of Master from the future appeared... At that time Master was already the strongest among the many Players, yet on that world he encountered a formidable enemy."

Su Chen grew somewhat interested.

According to Xiao Yaozi's sense of time, even if he had not yet reached True Immortal at that point, he should not have been far from it. With his methods, he had still met a great enemy?

"Continue."

Faced with Su Chen's command, Xiao Yaozi found himself at a loss for words. He said somewhat dejectedly, "What happened after that great battle, this subordinate does not know. The aftershocks of that battle reached this subordinate... When I next opened my eyes, I had returned to the present."

Although he had not obtained the result he sought, Su Chen was not disappointed. At the very least, he knew that this spacetime might not prove too boring.

Su Chen did not make things difficult for these rebirths.

They only wished to cling to a powerful thigh, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Su Chen accepted them all as subordinates and then handed them entirely over to Xiao Hongyuan, thereby strengthening the forces in Xiao Hongyuan's hands.

...

"Son... what is this?"

Xiao Hongyuan looked at the jade slip Su Chen had taken out, quite puzzled.

"This is a cultivation method that can be practiced in the real world. I have improved it so that Father can cultivate it as well."

"I cannot raise Father's talent within the game, but by cultivating this method in reality, reaching the Emperor rank will not be a problem for Father. Higher levels are no longer solely a matter of the method. As for this method, Father must not expose it. For those close to you, you may also distribute some subsidiary methods for them to cultivate."

Xiao Hongyuan swallowed hard. The casual mention of Emperor rank left him stunned. In the present Starry Sky Alliance, there was only a single Emperor!

Xiao Hongyuan accepted the jade slip. Agitation and a dazed feeling filled him. His throat felt as if something had lodged in it, and for a long time he could not speak.

Su Chen patted Xiao Hongyuan's shoulder.

After Su Chen left, Xiao Hongyuan looked at the jade slip and said, "Son... your father can help you with nothing... The only thing I can do is ensure I do not become a burden to you..."

A fledgling spreads its wings and will eventually transform into a roc that soars.

In this lifetime, for such an ordinary man to have a son like this was already enough to fill him with pride!

Before he realized it, tears had already streamed down Xiao Hongyuan's face.

...

Su Chen sighed softly in his heart.

The Starry Sky Alliance was simply too small for him, a trivial droplet in a shallow pool.

He was no longer the ignorant youth of the past who looked up to other geniuses. He was now destined to be the one looked up to, an existence beyond reach. Even those who could glimpse his back were individuals of immortal Talent who appeared only once every several dozen or even a hundred eras... and even they possessed only the qualification to gaze from afar at Su Chen's departing figure until it vanished, not the qualification to pursue him.

Su Chen returned to the "Mandate of Heaven" game.

His cultivation in reality was powerful, yet if he wished to learn what had caused the Fourth Scourge to share the same timeline with him, he still needed to remain hidden among the Players of the Fourth Scourge and clarify everything. Otherwise, should the Lord of the Fourth Scourge awaken and return to the ancient battlefield, it would become an enormous problem.

It might even affect the battle against the "Scourge" itself!

To others, the "Mandate of Heaven" game was as difficult as a heavenly punishment, yet to Su Chen, this game was no different from reality. A casual comprehension produced ???-rank skills.

All he needed to do was find the bosses, then kill them!

Chapter 430: Player of the Fourth Scourge (Part 10)

"Have you heard? The boss of the Stormlands has been soloed."

"What? That is the boss that has occupied the Stormlands for ten thousand years. How many great experts went there and never returned?"

"Could it be the legendary War God, Lord Shangguan Yi?"

"It must be. Lord Shangguan Yi once declared that once he broke through to Emperor rank, he would challenge the Stormlands boss, the Storm Ruler, alone. A few days ago, news of Lord Shangguan Yi's breakthrough to Emperor rank spread throughout the Storm Realm. It must have been War God Shangguan Yi who eliminated the Ruler boss of the Stormlands!"

"Lord Shangguan Yi is badass!"

"..."

This should have been the show-off moment Shangguan Yi had longed for.

Yet Shangguan Yi could not feel happy at all.

"Fuck! Who the hell stole my boss?"

Shangguan Yi was furious. He had planned to deal with the Storm Ruler after breaking through to Emperor rank so that he could harvest a massive amount of show-off value.

Yet now the Storm Ruler had been taken by someone else first.

Most infuriating of all, the system had rated it as invalid showing off, resulting in zero show-off value.

The Showing-Off System was Shangguan Yi's reliance.

Originally, Shangguan Yi had been an ordinary person on a small asteroid, fantasizing about one day overturning fate and living a satisfying life. Although he spent every day thinking of doing nothing, the goddess of fortune still favored him.

When the "Mandate of Heaven" game descended, while everyone else struggled bitterly, Shangguan Yi awakened a system that allowed him to grow stronger simply by showing off.

Perfect.

While others worked hard to become stronger, he only needed to show off and could gradually walk toward invincibility.

Thus, the more he showed off, the stronger he became, and the stronger he became, the more he could show off. This earned Shangguan Yi not only the title of King of Bluffing in the Storm Realm but also the honorific of War God!

The Storm Ruler of the Stormlands had been the grand display moment Shangguan Yi had planned for a long time... and now someone else had stolen it first!

Shangguan Yi decided to head to the Stormlands to see what had happened.

Outside Storm City, countless onlookers had already gathered. The Storm Ruler was the strongest existence in the Storm Realm, the nightmare of successive generations of Players. Who knew how many great god-level Players had died at its hands? Now that nightmare-like existence had actually been defeated!

The swirling snowstorm parted, revealing a passageway. From the end of the passageway, a figure emerged. If the swirling snowstorm before them was a painting, then that figure seemed to have stepped out of the painting itself.

Yet something appeared slightly off.

"That person... that person is actually not War God Shangguan Yi?"

"I do not recognize him. How is that possible? A great figure like this cannot possibly be unknown in the Storm Realm!"

"..."

Su Chen looked at the many watching Players. He had long grown accustomed to such scenes. After killing the Storm Ruler, whose strength was comparable to a Two-Tribulation Ruler, Su Chen's cultivation had already reached Emperor rank. There was nothing left here worth lingering for.

Just as Su Chen prepared to leave,

"Stop right there!"

A sharp shout rang out, causing everyone in Storm City to tremble.

"It is War God Shangguan Yi! Lord Shangguan Yi has arrived!"

"It must be this person who stole Lord Shangguan Yi's boss! Anyone who steals Lord Shangguan Yi's boss will certainly not be let off lightly!"

"Although Shangguan Yi loves to show off, is petty, and seeks revenge for the slightest slight, his strength is not to be underestimated. He is the undisputed number one of the Storm Realm. The person before us is probably in for misfortune."

"..."

An ordinary-looking youth of unremarkable build stepped through the air and blocked Su Chen's path.

This person was Shangguan Yi.

Enjoying the worship of the crowd made Shangguan Yi feel rather pleased. Although all sorts of strange remarks mixed in, those did not matter. They were merely the jealousy of a group of incompetent people toward him.

"The person before me killed the Storm Ruler and stole my boss. If I can suppress and kill him, would the show-off value I gain not exceed even that of directly killing the Storm Ruler?"

Shangguan Yi thought to himself.

With that idea in mind, Shangguan Yi said, "Without my permission, you dared to kill my boss on your own. If you do not give me an explanation, this matter will not end so easily!"

Su Chen stopped. He had already been about to withdraw from the "Mandate of Heaven," yet now he returned to the Storm Realm once more.

He sized up Shangguan Yi.

Not a rebirth. Rebirths did not possess such boldness.

Su Chen's face remained expressionless.

He casually slapped forward with one palm.

It was simple. Shangguan Yi wanted an explanation, so he would give him one.

Shangguan Yi remained calm and unconcerned. He raised a hand, intending to block.

The next scene, however, caused Shangguan Yi's expression to change drastically.

The hand he had extended exploded with a boom.

Shangguan Yi's face turned deathly pale. The intense pain left him unable to breathe. More fatal than the pain was the crisis of death he sensed.

Before he could react, a barrier appeared over Shangguan Yi's body, seemingly intending to resist Su Chen's attack.

That terrifying hand did not fall, as if it had been successfully blocked. Shangguan Yi felt a sense of relief, an absurd feeling of having escaped death.

Yet before that breath of relief could fully leave him, the voice that reached Shangguan Yi's ears made his scalp tingle and nearly explode.

"A system? Could it be someone from the Transmigrator Alliance?"

That person... actually knew he possessed a system!

This terrifying scene had not yet fully registered with Shangguan Yi when the barrier directly exploded before his eyes. The fair hand transformed from palm to claw and reached forward. Shangguan Yi felt as though every bone in his body had vanished, turning him into a pile of soft mud as he collapsed.

"System... system..."

Shangguan Yi called out desperately in his mind, yet to his despair, no matter how he shouted, the system gave no response. When he looked at the youth's palm, it seemed to be clutching something. Then it lightly squeezed... black electric currents intertwined.

Immediately afterward, it shattered with a boom!

In the next moment, Shangguan Yi also lost consciousness.

"I did not expect the Transmigrator Alliance's hand to have reached into the Fourth Scourge as well. It seems they are plotting something."

Su Chen felt that everything was becoming even more interesting. He then left the Storm Realm, leaving only the crowd staring at one another in bewilderment.

What had they just witnessed?

Shangguan Yi was dead, casually slapped to death by that mysterious youth with a single light palm.

"Just what is the background of that youth?"

Among the crowd, some people knew the answer to that question.

"I did not expect there would still be people who dared to provoke that man without fear of death..."

They silently mourned for him in their hearts.

...

Su Chen returned to the Xiao family continent.

A full year had already passed.

Su Chen met Xiao Hongyuan once more.

Xiao Hongyuan was living quite well.

"Father, I am about to leave the Starry Sky Alliance."

Xiao Hongyuan froze. He had known this day would eventually come, yet he had not expected it to arrive so quickly.

"Go. Go. This place is not your stage."

Su Chen smiled.

"Father, take care."