Stranger Danger

Chapter 1117: You Cannot Escape

Meanwhile, an uninvited guest had arrived outside the Xumi Celestial Mirror.

Standing at the bottom of the pond, Jiang Yunlai observed his surroundings with an expression of astonishment on his face.

He did not think that an entire world would exist underneath a small, ordinary pond.

“This is it! This is definitely it! The Xumi Celestial Mirror is down here!”

Xuanyuan Xin said excitedly inside Jiang Yunlai’s body, “This pond is inverting size and yin and yang most likely because of the Xumi Celestial Mirror!”

“Quick, find it, find it, find it…”

Jiang Yunlai released his divine thought. He was just about to search for the Xumi Celestial Mirror when suddenly, something stirred violently from the bottom of the pond. Such was the commotion that the currents grew chaotic, and the Strangers panicked.

For a time, the entire pond was wrestling with chaos.

“Amitabha… you piece of shit!”

The sudden outburst of energy had come from none other than the Xumi Celestial Mirror itself.

The incident was very simple. Uncertain was guarding the Xumi Celestial Mirror and waiting for Yi Pin and Ye Qing to return. However, Jiang Yunlai arrived first.

The good news was that Uncertain discovered Jiang Yunlai first and hid inside the clump of water grass. He was able to avoid discovery for a time because of his quick reaction.

The bad news was that the Xumi Celestial Mirror did a thing and completely exposed him.

Anyone in his position would be swearing like a sailor right now.

Before he could even react, he felt a Sage’s energy locking onto him.

There was no hiding at this point, so Uncertain willingly stepped out into the open and declared, “Amitabha! This poor monk Uncertain greets Sacred Lord Jiang.”

He could not beat the Sage, and it would probably cost him half a life to escape. In that case, he might as well reveal himself.

Jiang Yunlai’s goal was Ye Qing anyway. What did it have to do with him?

“It’s you, Uncertain?”

Jiang Yunlai recognized Uncertain and asked with deep puzzlement, “You’re the thief who stole the sacred object of West Kunlun?”

“Not at all.”

Uncertain hurriedly denied the accusation. That was one crime he could not bear no matter what. “You misunderstand, Sacred Lord. I entered this place thanks to opportunities and happy coincidences. I did not steal your sacred object.”

Jiang Yunlai paid Uncertain’s explanation no attention. Instead, he stared fixatedly at the stone mirror he was holding.

Inside his headspace, Xuanyuan Xin was screaming like a madwoman, “The Xumi Celestial Mirror! Found it, found it! Hahaha! Hahahahaha!”

It’s the stone mirror he’s holding. That is the Xumi Celestial Mirror. Take it from him now! Take it!”

Seeing that Jiang Yunlai was staring at the stone mirror, Uncertain raised it and asked, “Do you want this stone mirror, Sacred Lord?”

“Give it to me!”

Xuanyuan Xin’s madness was infecting Jiang Yunlai as well. Viciousness surfaced in his eyes as he declared, “Give it to me, and get lost!”

“Amitabha…” Uncertain chanted hesitatingly as if he wanted to say something more, but Jiang Yunlai did not give him the chance to. “GIVE IT TO ME!”

His voice was loud, and his vicious aura louder. Uncertain was scared to say the least.

“Sure thing! Catch!”

Uncertain did not hesitate this time. He tossed the Xumi Celestial Mirror at Jiang Yunlai. At the same time, a Buddhist light flashed on his person, and he reappeared several kilometers away.

Still feeling unsafe, Uncertain kept flashing and reappearing further away from Jiang Yunlai.

Now that he had given Jiang Yunlai the Xumi Celestial Mirror, what was going to happen to Yi Pin and Ye Qing, who was still trapped inside?

To that, Uncertain only had one answer to give: Yi Pin? Ye Qing? Who’s that? Never seen them, never heard of them!

Back inside the pond, Jiang Yunlai did not care that Uncertain had escaped. He simply made a grab for the Xumi Celestial Mirror.

……

Inside the Xumi Celestial Mirror, Ye Qing’s ritual had reached a critical moment.

It wasn’t that he was slow. The ritual necessary to unlock the Xumi Celestial Mirror was that complicated, and the spiritual energy it cost even more so.

This was because the Xumi Celestial Mirror wasn’t meant to be used by a mortal. It was a celestial treasure; the ultimate treasure of the Kunlun Ruins no less. A celestial was capable of splitting their thoughts into thousands and thousands of threads, and their spirit was practically boundless. Naturally, what was a complex ritual to Ye Qing meant almost nothing to them.

Long story short, Ye Qing wasn’t strong enough to complete the ritual quickly.

Boom!

It was at this moment the tall, vast celestial mountain suddenly exploded into many pieces as if it was struck by a titanic power.

The next moment, a gigantic silhouette appeared in the air. It was Xuanyuan Kun.

Right now, Xuanyuan Kun was so big that his figure nearly encompassed the entire sky, and he was covered in celestial qi and infinite light. His divine grace felt as vast as the sea, and his divine judgment like the abyss.

Xuanyuan Kun looked old and ugly though. He was nothing like the noble and dignified celestial he presented himself to Ye Qing a moment ago. Above all else, he was giving off a rotten stench of old age and decay that rapidly engulfed the entire pocket world.

“Found you.”

The next moment, Xuanyuan Kun lowered his head and stared directly at where Ye Qing was. As if the world itself was unable to bear his gaze, the space between his gaze and Ye Qing twisted and shattered, and the floating mountains all exploded to smithereens.

“Motherfucker!”

Looking at the sky, Yi Pin nearly fell unconscious there and then. It’s actually a celestial! A living celestial!

Yi Pin’s first instinct was to run away, and he did. However, he hesitated after just taking two steps. In the end, he gritted his teeth, cursed Ye Qing inside his head, and returned to his side, blocking in front of the young man.

He waved his sleeve, and eight copper coins flew out into the open. They vibrated and shone like eight mini stars.

Each coin was emitting a different light. When the light blended together, the bottom part matched the seventy two Earthly Fiends, and the top part matched the thirty six Heavenly Astrals. Combined, they were the one hundred and eight Constellations.

For a moment, stars filled the space between Xuanyuan Kun and Ye Qing. When the stars and the gaze clashed, the wind howled, the colors faded, and the world shuddered. What was a tattered land to begin with immediately suffered greater damage.

The stalemate only lasted a few breaths, however. It ended with the stars’ disappearance and demise.

The second the stars disappeared, Yi Pin spat out a mouthful of blood and turned as white as a sheet.

“What a huge loss this is…”

His injuries were not his foremost concern, however. Yi Pin hurriedly swiped the copper coins out of the air and stared at them with a look of heartache.

“Arrogant, foolish mortal.”

Presence growing even more intimidating than before, Xuanyuan Kun scoffed at Yi Pin’s futile resistance and made a grab for Ye Qing.

Rumble!

The simple gesture might as well be the fall of the heavens itself.

“Again? It’s over. It’s all over!”

Yi Pin whimpered. Blocking one strike from the celestial already cost him terribly. To block another one would literally bankrupt him!

That’s right. Yi Pin still had a trump card up his sleeves, and he was confident that it could block another blow from the celestial. If he did it though, then he would lose even his burial fund so to speak. He could not remember the first or last time he willingly set himself up for such a terrible loss!

That was what he thought, but Yi Pin did not retreat even a step. Still blocking in front of Ye Qing, his eyes gradually turned empty, and a terrible aura began flowing out of his body.

“It’s done! Let’s go, brother!”

Right before Yi Pin was about to stake it all, Ye Qing’s fatigued voice suddenly appeared behind him. The next moment, a bright light wrapped them both and whisked them away.

The instant the duo disappeared, Xuanyuan Kun’s giant hand hit the ground they were standing on and shattered it completely. The land itself was broken into multiple pieces.

“Ahhhh!”

“You are mine! You are mine!”

“You cannot escape me!”