if that weren't the case...
then the problem... would not be a small one.
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golden light prefecture city, falling flower alley.
within the independent workshop.
li che clutched the thunder chess piece and returned to the courtyard.
inside the courtyard, the sound of inhaling and exhaling rose and fell, like successive peals of thunder.
his gaze swept over and he saw within the room, seven fairy in the painting clones sitting cross-legged, cultivating their divinity with earnest and diligent effort.
this level of effort made li che break into a sweat.
he felt like a ruthless capitalist.
without disturbing the seven diligent selves, he looked away and sat down in a bamboo chair in the courtyard.
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a thick layer of snow had accumulated, giving it a pure white appearance.
li che, transformed into the bull demon, sat upright on the chair, lifting his hand, palm now holding a superior qiankun jadeâ it was a collection from a divine minister middle realm elder!
this was his gain after deciding he couldn't kill xu jiuqing, opting instead for a close-quarters brawl with him.
his goal was a brawl, but in reality, it was an advanced plunder.
with a flick of his finger, li che placed the qiankun jade into the qiankun space.
underneath the bull demon mask, lines of the world interwove.
suddenly, various images began to intertwine and flicker before his eyes.
dense black smoke rolled tumultuously as if racing swiftly along.
li che couldn't help but remain speechless.
"still in transit... so slow," he said.
compared to the instantaneous movement of the thunder chess piece, it was indeed more than just a bit slower.
in the close combat with xu jiuqing, li che did more than just smoothly steal a qiankun jade; every punch and blow he delivered also imprinted the immaculate heart divinity into xu jiuqing's body.
using the aura of the sub-mark of the seven elements corpse curse seal, he searched for the primary seal!
li che's original intent was to recover the primary seal suppressing the seven elemental corpse curse seal, but unexpectedly, xu jiuqing had a means to break free.
due to an unforeseen error, the immaculate heart divinity driven into the corpse curse seal transformed into a thunder chess piece.
it became...
that's right!
the reason li che could ignore the rank pressure of xu jiuqing's middle god phase realm was thanks to a sort of immunity attained after forging the seven wheels divine base.
immunity from rank pressure.
it wasn't due to the effect brought by temple god divinity.
this, in turn, gave li che the capital to fight beyond his realm. he was currently in the divine base realm, and if unable to be exempt from the pressure of rank of divine minister during combat, it would be quite disadvantageous...
even with the physique of a furnace grandmaster, his strength would be weakened by at least thirty to forty percent.
"having such power... i, the bull demon... can be even more unrestrained."
under the cute bull mask, a smile formed on li che's lips.
all of a sudden...
his eyes slightly trembled.
"hmm? the teleportation is complete at last... that really took a while."
in the courtyard, li che stood up, his vigour steaming and instantly melting the surrounding snow.
he pressed down on his bamboo hat.
escape after cheating death?
after they have wronged my daughter... still expecting to live?
i, the bull demon...
am most fond of exterminating at the roots.
humâ
the space seemed to vibrate, the falling snow twisted for a moment.
then, the figure of the bull demon vanished.
inside the room.
the seven fairy in the painting li ches exploded!
the seven emotions divinity returned to their place!
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outside the golden light prefecture city, forty miles out.
amidst a stretch of mountains.
in the pitch-black darkness of the night.
a dense mass of rolling black smoke surged forth, first appearing as a speck, then rapidly expanding, finally gathering into a whirl-like mass of smoke.