I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense - Chapter 355

Chapter 355: Chapter 356: The Fourth Battlefield

Translator: 549690339
“There’s a person inside the body, what does this mean?”

Li Xiaobai felt he might have understood something. Were the words that his senior brothers and sisters had said not actually bragging?

Had he misunderstood his seniors’ intentions?

“This is Brother Lin Yin’s guess, that within our bodies, there seems to be another being hidden. This being is cultivating every moment, and all the Spiritual Power it acquires is returned to our bodies.”

“Of course, this is just speculation. Maybe there isn’t any being inside, or it could be something else.”

“In summary, although we may be considered somewhat clever, and barely qualify as geniuses, the cultivation level we have reached, the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, is definitely not something we could have cultivated on our own.”

“Because I, your senior, haven’t practiced for a month!”

Yang Chen let out a turbid breath and spoke slowly.

Li Xiaobai felt a tingling on his scalp, as this sounded like listening to a horror story.

Is there someone hidden inside the body, secretly and silently helping the seniors with their cultivation and the seniors aren’t even aware of it?

It’s somewhat creepy!

“However, junior brother, you seem to lack this awareness. It looks like your situation is different from ours. Maybe that’s why Second Senior Sister didn’t talk much about it with you.”

“But you also need to remember, when your cultivation progresses too quickly, think carefully about how much of that strength you obtained on your own and how much came from external sources. Figure out if it all adds up.”

Ling Feng spoke earnestly.

Li Xiaobai nodded, this being the first time he had seen the cool Ling Feng speak so much at once.

It seemed that his senior wasn’t joking; this was all real.

No wonder his seniors could always keep up with him. The unknown entity within them was cultivating at a speed that matched his own System.

But for now, his seniors seemed to be safe, and unexpectedly gaining such strong cultivation levels should be considered fortunate.

“What about Eldest Senior Sister and Third Senior Brother, I heard they are in Southern Ming?”

Li Xiaobai asked, now having only Su Yunbing and Lin Yin left to meet.

“After Brother Lin Yin put forward that conjecture, Eldest Senior Sister wanted to cut herself open to dig out that being inside her, but fortunately, we stopped her in time.”

“Brother Lin Yin was worried about her being alone outside, so he followed her all the way to Southern Ming.”

Ling Yun honestly said.

Li Xiaobai was speechless; this was very much like his Eldest Senior Sister, wanting to cut herself open—such a unique line of thinking.

But with the company of the Third Senior Brother, it seemed that it wouldn’t be a big problem.

It was at this moment that Cai Kunxu’s voice suddenly came from below the warship.

“All hands on deck, those who just had their names called, follow me onto the ship for cleanup duties on the battlefield!”

“Understood!”

The densely packed cultivators jumped onto the bow of the warship, lining up neatly, everything orderly.

Each one of them surged with Blood Qi, clearly battle-hardened, having crawled out from piles of the dead.

“Junior brother, this Cai Kunxu is no good sort. He’s reluctant to let us into the city, probably because there’s something in there that he doesn’t want the cultivators from Holy City to see.”

“Be extra careful when you’re on the battlefield; Flesh Mountain is not like those garbage cultivators, he’s tough to deal with.”

Yang Chen warned, then nonchalantly patted Li Xiaobai’s shoulder and left with Ling Feng.

Li Xiaobai’s heart couldn’t calm down; in just a short time of standing still, he had heard too many secrets.

Especially regarding his seniors, the amount of information was overwhelming, leaving him somewhat dazed for a moment.

…

On the bow of the warship.

Cai Kunxu and Xiong Da stood side by side, starting to assign the troops.

The cultivators dispersed and were divided into small teams, each responsible for cleaning different areas to increase efficiency.

Facing such a big scene, Yang Huan felt somewhat at a loss. She used to be the Camp Master of the vanguard, but she had only ever led a team of a hundred or two at most.

She had never seen such a large assembly before; now there were at least a thousand cultivators neatly arranged on the bow of the ship.

Moreover, these cultivators exuded a deadly aura far beyond what her vanguard camp could compare to.

“Boss, where should we go?”

The momentum was too terrifying, and Yang Huan was somewhat intimidated as she approached Li Xiaobai to ask.

“We’ll do whatever they arrange for us.”

Li Xiaobai glanced at the woman and said indifferently. To be honest, he did not fancy leading this person with her peculiar way of thinking.

He always felt that the woman was always trying to manipulate him.

If a bunch of young fresh meat suddenly popped up on the battlefield, should he kill them or not?

“Young Master Li, how about you lead a squad?”

While he pondered, Cai Kunxu’s voice reached him.

At this moment, he was smiling at Li Xiaobai as he spoke.

“I’ll leave everything to Lord Cai’s decision.”

Li Xiaobai’s response was also said with a smile.

No need to ask, he knew that this guy was up to something again.

“Alright, third squad, you will follow Young Master Li and sweep through the perimeter area. Be sure to fully protect Young Master Li’s safety!”

Cai Kunxu announced loudly.

“Understood!”

A team of cultivators dressed in silver helmets and armor approached Li Xiaobai expressionlessly.

“Young Master Li, this squad is my personal guard. You won’t have to worry about safety,”

Cai Kunxu said.

“Lord Cai has gone to a lot of trouble.”

Li Xiaobai responded, his tone neither salty nor bland, knowing simply from the team’s gear that they were extraordinary, well-equipped and well-trained. Cai Kunxu really was willing to go to great lengths to take him down.

But these cultivators, no matter how strong, were only at the Divinity Transformation Stage or Transcendance Tribulation Stage of cultivation level, how could they be a match for himself?

“Let’s set out!”

Cai Kunxu formed a Seal Spell with his hands, and the warship again became a streak of flowing light, disappearing into the sky.

The battlefield wasn’t far from the city, just a few breaths’ time away.

The team disembarked in an orderly manner onto a wilderness that seemed somewhat similar to the outskirts.

Li Xiaobai led his team off the ship, slowly stepping into the battlefield. The fourth battlefield was vast, with no end in sight. Currently, everyone was at the outermost region, still not within sight of the Flesh Mountain, in a relatively safe area.

“Old Niu, let’s see who kills more this time?”

“Is that even a question? It’ll definitely be me!”

“Heh, count me in too!”

The cultivators joked among themselves, countless streaks of light flashing as they charged into the depths of the battlefield, their movements extremely skilled.

Li Xiaobai watched for a moment, then with his team, stepped slowly into the battlefield. Yang Huan followed closely, this being her first time on the battlefield and feeling a bit nervous.

In fact, she was more intimidated by the elite squad behind her.

“Boss, are the Flesh Mountains here easy to deal with?”

“I feel like I’ve sniffed out a sense of danger!”

Yang Huan looked around, speaking with a sense of mystery.

“That might just be your nose malfunctioning, that’s an illness, it needs to be cured.”

Li Xiaobai was speechless. They had only taken a few steps, and he could still see Cai Kunxu and Xiong Da if he looked back. Where was the danger?

Behind him.

Cai Kunxu watched the back of Li Xiaobai, his eyes filled with a determined killing intent. On the battlefield, situations changed in the blink of an eye, and anything could happen.

Even if Li Xiaobai was a prodigy, dying at the hands of Flesh Mountain wouldn’t be strange.

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Chapter 356: Chapter 357 What Kind of Gini?

Translator: 549690339
“Laugh now, but when you face the Flesh Mountain, you’ll find that the Spiritual Power inside you is like a swamp that can’t be stirred!”

“At that time, it will be your end, dying at the hands of the Flesh Mountain, and I’ll have nothing to do with it!”

Cai Kunxu sneered repeatedly, his figure turning as he disappeared with Xiong Da, heading deeper into the battlefield.

They were off to locate the flames on the battlefield and analyze the situation.

On the wasteland, Li Xiaobai was still walking at an unhurried pace.

There was no one around anymore, and impatience flashed in the eyes of the Captain in the team behind him. Everyone else was riding light and flying, covering mountains and rivers in an instant. This Li Xiaobai, for some reason, insisted on traveling on foot.

And he walked so slowly that after more than ten minutes, they had only covered a mile. Looking back, they could still vaguely see the warship’s silhouette.

With this progress, they might not even reach the designated area by evening.

Remembering Cai Kunxu’s instructions, a sense of urgency flashed in the Captain’s eyes as he stepped forward to speak.

“Lord Li, this pace won’t work, should we not fly over?”

“What’s the rush? If the enemy doesn’t move, I don’t move. The battlefield situation changes in the blink of an eye, so we mustn’t act recklessly. How did your City Lord teach you?”

Li Xiaobai glanced at the Captain and said indifferently.

Li Xiaobai had long seen through their ill intentions. The battlefield was vast, so taking a leisurely walk wasn’t a big problem.

It would serve to temper the temperament of this elite squad.

The Captain was so irritated he was almost crooked. What nonsense was this, ‘if the enemy doesn’t move, I don’t move’? Aren’t we supposed to be clearing the battlefield? How could you clear anything without moving?

The most crucial point was that at this pace, they wouldn’t reach the location specified by Cai Kunxu, meaning they wouldn’t be able to kill Li Xiaobai!

“Lord, we still have to look for treasures in the flames later. If we do not move fast now, it might delay the rest of the journey,” the Captain said with a pained expression.

“Hmm, you make sense. Since that’s the case, let’s move a bit faster.”

Li Xiaobai nodded, flipped his wrist, and the Lamborghini instantly appeared on the ground.

After stuffing Yang Huan into the passenger seat, Li Xiaobai got into the car and slowly said to the somewhat stunned cultivators outside the window.

“Don’t daze off. My speed is very fast; you must keep up.”

“Under… Understood…”

The Captain nodded, his eyes wide with amazement as he stared at the Lamborghini. He swore he had never seen such a vehicle in his life. Although he didn’t know how to operate it, it was so incredibly cool!

“Right, let’s go.”

Li Xiaobai nodded, casually inserted a top-grade Spirit Stone, and with a roaring buzz, the Lamborghini turned into a flash of lightning and disappeared from view.

Leaving a cloud of dust for the soldiers trailing behind.

“I can’t believe this…”

“What kind of Divine Beast mount is this?”

“It seems we’ve been out of touch for too long. The Immortal Spirit Continent now has such vehicles?”

“Quick, hurry up and follow. We must complete the task given by Lord Cai Kunxu!”

“Let’s go!”

Inside the Lamborghini.

Yang Huan was pale with fright as the steel behemoth zipped along, the scenery blurring around them, leaving only the sound of the wind whistling in their ears.

“Giggle, kid, we’re on the battlefield now, make some trouble, quick!”

Ji Wuqing popped out his head from Li Xiaobai’s embrace, screaming excitedly.

“Hehe, the show is about to begin,” said Li Xiaobai, with a smile playing on his lips, as he could see from the rearview mirror that a group of elite squad members was in hot pursuit.

“Boss, what kind of Divine Beast is this?” asked Yang Huan, shivering.

“Lamborghini.”

Li Xiaobai took a small puff of the Huazi and said indifferently.

“What’s a Ginny?”

“Lamborghini.”

“Blue what Ginny?”

“Lamborghini!”

“What’s a Ginny?”

Li Xiaobai: “…”

He almost forgot that this woman’s thought processes were off.

It was only after a quiet half-hour that he almost mistook her for a normal person.

“Big shot?”

Yang Huan’s eyes twinkled with confusion. She really couldn’t understand the name of this mount, this Divine Beast; it was too abstruse. She had never heard anything like it before.

“It doesn’t matter, you don’t need to know. Anyway, you won’t see a second one again.”

Li Xiaobai spoke slowly, casually stuffing a Huazi into Yang Huan’s mouth.

Yang Huan stopped talking, sucking voraciously on the Huazi in ecstasy. Such supreme objects were rare and sought after – one puff could make one feel like they were floating, on the verge of enlightenment.

That really was something.

[Attribute Points +100…]

[Attribute Points +100…]

The numbers on the System panel gradually began to jump, and a faint fishy stench could be smelled.

It seemed they had entered the territory covered by the Flesh Mountain. The battlefield’s Flesh Mountain wasn’t the same as the one outside – starting with a hundred Attribute Points, who knows how many times stronger it was than the periphery.

The deeper they went, the stronger the stench became, and they could see the huge chunks of flesh wriggling along the way.

Half an hour later.

Li Xiaobai deliberately slowed down, driving side by side with the squad Captain.

“Sir, what sort of Divine Beast is your mount, to be so swift that even we can’t keep up?”

The squad Captain panted as he spoke, nearly breaking his legs trying to keep up with Li Xiaobai.

Nevertheless, his eyes still shimmered with ardent light. Cai Kunxu didn’t know Li Xiaobai had such a supreme object. If Li died, out in the wilderness, wouldn’t the treasure become his alone?

“Heh, this is my mount; you can call it Eyelash Little King Kong. How much farther is it to our destination?”

Li Xiaobai said nonchalantly, feeling no need to elaborate for these soon-to-be-dead men.

“We’re almost there; it’s right ahead.”

The squad Captain said. Their speed was fast, and with little time spent, they rushed into the heartland.

“Didn’t Lord Cai previously say that we were to clean up the outer area? This doesn’t seem like the edge to me?”

Li Xiaobai asked with interest.

“Sir is unaware, but this is the outer area. If you continue to go deeper, you’ll find an even more vast and boundless territory.”

The squad Captain lied through his teeth. Going further inwards would leave the battlefield behind and enter the real gathering places of the Flesh Mountain.

A few minutes later.

Li Xiaobai got off his vehicle.

This was the place the squad Captain had spoken of, presumably where Cai Kunxu planned to have him killed.

Li Xiaobai was curious to see what this squad could manage without Great Crossing Realm Cultivators taking action.

After a short wait, the rest of the squad arrived one after another, all out of breath. They exerted all their strength, yet they couldn’t even catch a whiff of the Lamborghini’s exhaust fumes.

Li Xiaobai stowed the Lamborghini and stood with his hands clasped behind his back, speaking indifferently.

“This won’t do, how did Lord Cai teach you? You’re panting after just a few steps – do you lack exercise on normal days?”