Chapter 304: 303: The Battle Begins!

Chapter 304: 303: The Battle Begins!

Translator: 549690339

“Are we... really going?”

At a location about a hundred kilometers away from the Seven Gods Palace, Du Gang and the others were in a forest having their final discussion.

“We must go!”

Du Gang affirmed, “This time, we will definitely complete the mission...”

“No!”

Lan Zhize was somewhat hesitant and bitter, “I just feel... knowing that the enemy has set a trap for us, isn’t it foolish to still go?”

“This isn’t foolishness, it’s a matter of choice!”

Du Gang said with a faint smile, “We are not stepping into the trap, we’re acting as bait, all in order to complete the mission!”

He knew these guys weren’t really scared. It was just that it was their first time doing something like this, and that made them nervous.

Putting it bluntly, they were still somewhat reserved in their judgment of Du Gang.

Although everyone trusted his reasoning about the location of the Chosen One, they were still somewhat apprehensive at this point.

“But what if they all show up? Over a hundred people, plus four main gods, setting up a barrier in advance, we might not be able to escape!”

Du Gang smiled faintly, “If the situation you mentioned occurs, do we have any other choice besides fighting back?”

“For us, if we die in their hands, other gods can resurrect us. But if the mission fails, all gods will die!”

Indeed, death is not terrifying, the real terror is the eradication of all gods!

The four of them sighed, at this point, they didn’t have much of a choice!

Seeing the state of the four, Du Gang shook his head and chuckled, “You guys are worrying too much!”

“This time, what we have to do is not to kill all the people who have ambushed us...”

“We just need to kill the weaker ones amongst them. At the same time, everyone needs to have a bit of acting skill...”

At this point, he paused, then quickly asked, “Do you guys understand what acting is?”

“Hey, hey, Du Gang, you’re going too far. Just because my IQ isn’t as high as yours doesn’t mean we don’t understand these common terms...”

All the people present were rolling their eyes, expressing their disdain and helplessness. Clearly, they were somewhat unhappy with Du Gang’s look of contempt.

Du Gang laughed, “I was just worried you guys wouldn’t understand. As long as everyone knows, that’s fine. In other words, every time you kill someone, you all need to put on a look of near collapse, as if you are about to give up...”

“Also, if you burst out with too strong a power, make sure to look weak. Make sure to let people think you have already exhausted all your energy...”

Kou Yingwu interrupted Du Gang at this point, asking, “What kind of strong power you are referring to? How much?”

He was worried that revealing too much power would attract the enemy’s attention.

Du Gang pondered for a moment and said, “A combat power of ten thousand. As long as you exert a combat power of more than ten thousand, you have to warm up in advance, letting the enemy know that you are about to burst...”

“Warm up in advance?”

Tao Xuan Zhu was also somewhat puzzled, “I understand the weakness you mean after the burst, but what’s this ‘warm up in advance’?”

The others were also curious about this new term.

“I’ll demonstrate it for you!”

Upon saying this, Du Gang quickly exercised his facial muscles and transformed his expression.

He showed a face of rage, with fire-spewing eyes, smoke-exhaling nose, red-face, and blushing ears. He looked as if he had been insulted and was ready to fight the enemy to the death.

“Ah?!”

The four were taken aback by his sudden transformation and exclaimed in surprise.

“Du Gang, you have this ability?!”

“This is too realistic, isn’t it?!”

“If you weren’t demonstrating here, I would think your enemy had appeared...”

Du Gang, on the other hand, instantly reverted back to his previous self in the next moment.

He smiled, “It’s roughly like this. Before you explode with power, you must show it, let your enemies know you’re about to burst, and try not to burst too high...”

“A combat power of around ten thousand is just right. At other times, retreat if you can, escape if you can, and follow my command at the same time...”

Du Gang’s eyes flickered slightly, he nodded and said, “This time, we’re not only going to kill, but also to retreat, and find the right time to escape at the end!”

“Escape?”

Lan Zhize looked baffled, “Aren’t we here to kill and complete the mission?”

Du Gang rolled his eyes and scoffed, “Acting, acting!”

“If we don’t run, how will they fight?”

“Pfft!”

Du Gang spat out blood the moment he engaged in battle with the enemy. This was not an act, he had really been injured.

It should be noted that he was at the Three-Tribulation god spirit level. Despite cultivation to a hundred and third-degree Heavenly level, he was still no match for this many people.

Before unleashing the Jie-Character Secret, his combat power was just decent and equivalent to a common Six-Tribulation god spirit level.

That’s expected of Du Gang, starting off so aggressively!

Seeing Du Gang continuously spitting blood, the others couldn’t help but admire. He was always excellent, even when he was acting!

Seeing this, Lan Zhize couldn’t help but slow his actions to intentionally receive an enemy attack in order to keep up the act.

“Pfft~!”

He spits out a mouthful of fresh blood with a furious expression and yelled, “I won’t go down so easy.”

“I’m still young, how can I die here...”

The follower gods, seeing Lan Zhize’s actions, weren’t panicked but started getting excited instead. They wished they could immediately claim his head and present it to the Main God.

These two...

Kou Yingwu also wanted to show off his acting but the problem was that he was a Nine-Tribulation god spirit. It would be too fake if he started spitting blood so dramatically.

Although four Nine-Tribulation god spirits were currently surrounding him, they were really too weak.

Even if he restrained his strength and only showed the Mystic Art level, he was still able to fight more than competently.

At this moment, the four main gods surrounding him had a serious expression, they hadn’t expected that their opponent would have such immense strength.

This is bad!

Kou Yingwu, who was originally paying attention to the others, realized what was happening which sobered him up.

He was too conspicuous, even though he had restrained some of his strength, he had drawn too much attention.

He needed to appear weaker!

Upon this realization, Kou Yingwu cast aside all his worries and mimicked Du Gang’s previous performance.

“I’ll fight to the death with you!”

He bellowed in anger, although he didn’t spit blood, several bloody gashes could be seen on his body that made him appear heavily injured.

Seeing him in this state, the four who were previously anxious, immediately let out a sigh of relief.

Not only them, the others hiding behind the scenes also breathed a sigh of relief.

“Seems like these fellows are indeed rather ordinary.”

Fire God regained his composure and confidence, completely different from when he first heard about the Heavenly Court arrivals.

“What else could it be?”

The Main God in the yellow robe said dismissively, “Like that guy, he’s likely a rare existence even outside. The strength of these guys? This is more in line with what’s out there!”

“Boom!”

The first to make a move was Tao Xuanzhu, who was relatively weaker in terms of acting and was the first to kill.

This wasn’t because she wasn’t able to control her actions, but rather because there were too many men surrounding her.

She was the only woman among the five, and her beauty had naturally attracted scores of men.

Some even harboured the thought of violating her corpse after her death.

Her discontent was sparked by their lustful and presumptuous gazes. Without thinking, she killed several men.

However, everyone just felt awed by her beauty and strength, not overly concerned.

On the other hand, Du Gang was the one who performed the worst among them.

Unlike the others, who had at least killed a few people and reduced the number of enemies, Du Gang kept running around in this limited space, hopping about and hiding, appearing extremely haggard.

Du Gang was completely committed to this act!

Jia Xiangming was also moved by Du Gang’s performance. Like the others, he thought that Du Gang was just acting.

The truth was, Du Gang’s intelligence had, to some extent, smoothed over his cultivation defects, making everyone see him on par with a Nine-Tribulation god spirit.

However, Du Gang was in a predicament where the suffering could not be spoken of. He indeed has the combat strength of a Nine Tribulation god spirit, but that was only when he unleashed his power!

The Jie-Character Secret has time limitations, he couldn’t possibly unleash it in this situation against these unremarkable enemies, right?!

He had no choice but to drag it out a bit longer!

Thankfully, none of the people attacking him were Nine-Tribulation god spirits, there weren’t even any Eight-Tribulation god spirits.

While Kou Yingwu and the others thought Du Gang was strong, these follower gods didn’t see it the same way. They were able to sense everyone’s cultivation level through their attacks.

With only a Three-Tribulation god spirit cultivation level like Du Gang, it was enough to let him be surrounded and attacked by Middle-Rank and Lower-Rank gods.