Ultimate Scheming System - Chapter 766

Chapter 766: 766


The Altar was gradually sinking, with rays of dim light surrounding it, making it look like the infinite void . Xu Que was surprised, and he was trying to discover what the light really was .

Bang!

The Altar suddenly shook and stopped entirely .

It was completely dark all around . …

Xu Que found that there was a stone wall in front of the Altar, and on the Altar there was a ancient stone door that was full of carved bronze patterns . The patterns looked very peculiar and complicated, and rusty as well . In the middle of the door, there was a piece of yellow Chinese talisman .

Zixia Fairy walked forward and said with a serious face, "Joker, the yellow Chinese talisman is the last seal . I need to concentrate before I tear it off . The Altar will immediately crumble as soon as my hand touches it, and the Ghost Hands will reach out to catch me!"

"Zixia, don't worry, I will protect you!" Xu Que smiled .

At this moment, Xu Que had given up making trouble for Zixia Fairy . Instead, he wanted to leave her with a good impression of him, and he decided to allow her to do whatever she wanted .

Once the seal is cleared, the lock of the Four Great Continents would be back to normal again . I will be able to enjoy life for another few decades .

"But you have to be careful! Although the Ghost Hands are not very powerful, you should not let them touch you . Right beneath the Altar, there is the Nether Land . Once you are dragged down there by the Ghost Hands or you accidently fall down, you would be trapped and lost in the pure darkness until you die . Even if you die, your soul would still be trapped there . " Zixia Fairy said with worry on her face .

"Thank you!" Xu Que smiled .

Although I have not laid eyes on the Ghost Hands before, Zixia has said that even a cultivator of the Golden Core Stage could easily deal with the Ghost Hands . I think there is no need to be afraid .

"I shall start now!" Zixia Fairy hesitated for a bit and then walked to the stone door and stopped . Her face was very serious; then she slowly raised up her hands and began to chant complicated incantations one after another .

In the blink of an eye, the magnificent True Strength erupted across her fingers and started to shine in the pure darkness . By the time she chanted the last incantation, the light across her fingers looked like a ball of golden fire and gave out the Taoist Connotation .

"Broken!" She shouted and hit right at the Talisman on the stone door with the golden fire on her palm .

Bang!

The stone door shook heavily suddenly and the dust on its surface fell onto the ground . At the same time, the Talisman began to shine with a golden light and the Altar started to tremble .

All of a sudden, Xu Que could feel the hard Altar begin to soften, as if it was going to become a pile of muddy land .

Bang, bang, bang!

Countless small holes appeared in the Altar, and, the next minute, a huge number of black palms reached out quickly! The palms, which were made of black mist and with sharp fingernails, began to twist like crazy . Anyone with Trypophobia would definitely be terribly frightened by this scene .


Seeing this, Xu Que calmly took out a sharp sword from the System's parcel and instilled lots of True Strength into it .

"Zixia, you just focus on the seal . I will take care of these Ghost Hands for you . " Xu Que turned to Zixia Fairy and said .

Right at this moment, staring at the Chinese talisman, Zixia's entire arms were shrouded with the golden light . With the ball of fire devouring the golden light given out by the Chinese talisman, the Chinese talisman was getting smaller and smaller . It seemed that in just a few minutes, Zixia Fairy would be able to tear off the Chinese talisman .

Seeing this, Xu Que nodded and was relieved and turned to the Ghost Hands . With the cracks in the Altar getting wider and wider, more and more Ghost Hands reached out and began to move toward Xu Que .

"Kill!" Xu Que shouted and brandished his sharp sword .

Bang!

The True Core Strength swirling around the tip of the sword suddenly turned into a bright shadow of sword and flew forward .

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A huge amount of Ghost Hands were destroyed and changed into lots of black mist . The mist rose up and quickly sneaked into the crack of the Altar .

It is so damn easy .

Xu Que smiled and continued to brandish the sword to cut off the rest of the Ghost Hands . But soon, things were getting rather tricky . The Ghost Hands that had been cut off reached out from the crack again .

"For god's sake, we are not done yet!" Xu Que frowned and quickly took out his sword again .



Although the Ghost Hands could not be destroyed completely, the Ghost Hands still could not get close to them, since Xu Que was cutting them off very fast . This made it possible for Zixia Fairy to destroy the Chinese talisman .

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Ghost Hands were cut off, then they emerged again . . . still, they could not get close to Xu Que . He had been cutting them off for almost 24 hours . For a cultivator of the Golden Core Stage, which Xu Que was, it was time for him to run out of energy . Luckily, with the help of the System, Xu Que's body could automatically recover his strength, and he had got a huge amount of True Core Strength, so he was still fine .

Bang!

Right at this moment, the stone door began to tremble, making a great noise . The golden light dimmed by the second, as if it was going to die out at any moment . Seeing this, Zixia Fairy's face was getting more and more serious . She gathered the True Core Strength of the Taoist Connotation in her palm . All of a sudden, the ball of fire got even bigger .

Bang!

The stone door collapsed, and the golden light completely vanished . Zixia Fairy was very happy and hurriedly tore off the Chinese Talisman .

"Joker! We did it!" She turned to Xu Que happily .

Xu Que smiled and was about to speak . Suddenly, the Altar shook heavily .

Bang!

All the Ghost Hands exploded and changed into many balls of black mist, the mist spreading out all over .

"What's going on?!" Zixia said, surprised .

Xu Que was also shocked and felt something bad was about to happen .

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The mist exploded again and disappeared into the darkness . All of a sudden, an enormous vortex appeared . It began to rotate like crazy and started to devour everything around it like a beast's mouth . Xu Que and Zixia Fairy were drawn by gravity and flew toward the vortex .

"Crickey!" Xu Que was startled and hurriedly summoned his System . He wanted the System to break the incantation of the Disguise Puppet, so he could retake his cultivation .

"Joker! You go first!" Zixia Fairy suddenly shouted and gently hit Xu Que's back and pushed him back to the stone door .



"What! Zixia… . " Xu Que suddenly realized what was going on .

He fell against the door, and then he turned around, only to find that Zixia Fairy had been devoured by the vortex .

The next moment, the stone door that was full of cracks collapsed . He fell onto the ground on the other side and dodged the gravity .

"No!" He shouted aloud and hurriedly dashed out . However, the vortex began to shrink quickly and, in the blink of an eye, it disappeared . Zixia Fairy's body appeared again and fell right into the crack of the Altar, beneath which there was complete darkness .

"Zixia!" Xu Que shouted and ran forward . By the time he arrived at the Altar, looking through the crack, he saw Zixia Fairy's body being dismembered and changing into many sprinkles of light .

"Doppelganger?!" Xu Que was a bit stunned .

The light then slowly rose up and stopped behind Xu Que . He could feel Zixia Fairy's smell and realized that Zixia Fairy was not devoured by the abyss, and she was about to reveal herself .

It's time for the real show!

"No! Zixia!" Xue Que suddenly shouted at the abyss and sat aside the Altar, as if he had used up all his energy . The next moment, tears rolled down his face . "Why? Why have you saved me?! You can't leave me here! Come back!"

Behind him, Zixia Fairy was slowly walking out from the dazzling light . She was still wearing a beautiful robe . Her face was as stunning as always, her body still curvy . She looked like a fairy from the heavens . She moved her lips and was about to speak . She wanted to tell Xu Que that she was still alive . But when she saw Xu Que sitting next to the Altar and crying, she stopped and felt very complicated .

Maybe, I should just leave like this and never see him again . Anyway, we can't be together . … Now that the seal has been unlocked, the Four Great Continents can be safe for another few decades even if the lock will break at some point in the future . Not only should I work hard to rebuild the Mighty Sect, I also should protect my peers and stop enemies coming from the outside, which means that I am always in a dangerous situation . If I let him be by my side, he would also be in danger . …

Goodbye, Joker . …

Zixia Fairy stood still and stared at the back of Xu Que, with her eyes watering .

There was a lock inside this cave, and a strong cultivator like Zixia Fairy was not allowed to step in . She could feel something was trying to push her out of the cave… . But before she left, she wanted to have a good look at Xu Que .

Suddenly, Xu Que took out his recorder and pushed the "PLAY" button .

"She is gone, the happy time we spent together in the past could never come back; the red leaves are buried deeply under the ground; we are back at the starting point; you are drifting in the air, in the clouds . "



…

The familiar tune echoed again .

Hearing this, Zixia Fairy was stunned and all her memories began to flash back in her mind .

The time when he risked his life to save me at the Arrays that consisted of checkerboards; the time in the Illusion World, when he stayed by my side and told me he would never leave me; the moment when he was about to say the words I have been yearning for .

Thinking of this, she could no longer suppress her feelings and began to walk forward .

"Jo…, what's going on?" She said gently .

But how should I explain myself to him when he sees me?!

"Zixia?!" Xu Que suddenly turned around . But when he saw Zixia's beautiful face, he was shocked . His face was already twisted by his sorrow and full of tears . He was very disappointed and shook his head .

"I am sorry, I thought you were someone I know . . . . I just lost someone who is very important to me!"

Then he stopped and tears rolled down again .

Someone who is very important to him?!

Hearing this, Zixia Fairy was about to tell him the truth, since she could not bear seeing him drowning in sorrow . After a while, she said, "I am so sorry . I am sure you are also very important to her, and, most of all, she knows that too, and the last thing she wants to see is you being sad . "

"No, she can't know, since I have never told her . . . . And now she has died . " Xu Que began to cry again .

"She must have already known that!"

Xu Que shook his head and suddenly stood up . He stopped crying and began to stare at the dark abyss . He looked like he had changed into another person, someone who was no longer bright, but full of melancholy . "My dearest lover, goodbye! I will never see you again! I sit here alone, looking beyond the world . When spring comes, flowers will blossom again; but my love, you are drifting in the air, in the clouds and never to be found . …"

The music was still on . Xu Que suddenly began to sing with his hoarse voice, "I was in love with a woman before, but I never really cherished her; by the time I lost her, I was drowned in deep sorrow and regret; this is the worst thing in the world!; if I can have the second chance, I will tell her that I love her!"

Then he closed his eyes, teardrops ran across his face . He strode forward and was about to jump into the abyss . …

… .