Chapter 323: 322: Kill with a Borrowed Knife!

Chapter 323: 322: Kill with a Borrowed Knife!

Translator: 549690339

Upon returning to reality, Du Gang was still a thousand meters away from the Dragon Dive Abyss.

As soon as he appeared, a strong, tear-like force came over him.

“Jie-Character Secret!”

Not daring to slack, Du Gang swiftly activated the Nine Secrets, transforming his body into a swimming dragon as he charged towards the cliff top.

As he passed by a platform at the 800-meter mark, he glanced inside, only to see the once bustling platform now deserted.

On the cliff wall, the vines bearing the nine Gloomy Sun Grass plants had also been removed, not a trace of stem or leaf remained.

Upon seeing this, he couldn’t help but chuckle to himself.

“The Gloomy Sun Grass grows naturally. If it could be cultivated by people, it would not be a treasure!”

Shaking his head without pausing, he quickly shot up to the surface.

The surface was already empty, apart from some garbage left by people, no one was present.

“The Yin Yang Quintet is not here...”

Du Gang narrowed his eyes. He had contemplated about it in the Heavenly Court.

He did not rule out the possibility that the Demon Domain already knew that he had entered the Heavenly Court, so the Yin Yang Quintet might be waiting in ambush.

But now, they were not here, indicating that at the very least, the higher-ups of the Ancient City hadn’t leaked out his situation.

“There’s another thing, how did the Yin Yang Quintet manage to track me?”

With their strength, they didn’t have the ability to deduce his location out of thin air with just his name.

“No, before this, I should ponder why the Demon Domain didn’t send stronger people to kill me.”

What Du Gang was most puzzled about was this issue.

He was an Ancient God, the only Ancient God, and was at odds with the Ancient Demons, even predicted to seek revenge on them.

But now, why hadn’t a single person at the True God Level from the Demon Domain appeared before him?

Although he was being pursued by the Yin Yang Quintet and others, these people were only at the God Spirit Level, and not impossible to escape from.

“Let’s make a guess first!”

This mission enhanced his logical thinking again. Whenever he encountered an issue, he tended to sort out the situation more.

“Firstly, there is no doubt that the Ancient Gods and Ancient Demons cannot coexist!”

“Under the circumstances where both sides fight to death, the Ancient Demons know that the Ancient Gods are alive, yet they do not send a Great Power to pursue me ...”

“Two possibilities, the first one, they disdain to bully the small ... This possibility is smallest, it’s not a clash of equals, we are mortal enemies. If I had such an enemy, I would have killed him before he was born ...”

Du Gang stroked his chin and pondered again, “The second one, someone blocked the existences above the God Spirit Level for me!”

“This possibility is larger. The one who took action may either belong to the Ancient City or to the Nuwa clan. In any case, these powerful ones were all blocked ...”

“As for letting the Yin Yang Quintet come after me, is it to temper me? That’s also possible!”

Thinking of this, Du Gang suddenly felt an urge to meditate on his luck, thinking: “Could there also be another possibility that my luck is at work here, and something unexpected will happen when these guys come after me?”

Quickly, he shook his head again, “This isn’t a mythic novel, there’s no such talk of luck, the probability is small!”

“So, in all likelihood, a strong person has fended off those above the God Spirit Level for me!”

“It’s not entirely about fending off, only keeping watch is enough ...”

“In this regard, no methods higher than the God Spirit Level should appear before me!”

“Therefore, the Yin Yang Quintet must have deduced my location through their own abilities ...”

“To deduce my position at this level, they would need a medium ...”

Du Gang was no longer the naive youngster who knew nothing. Since arriving at the Primordial Continent, he had never relaxed for a moment – not a moment spent not cultivating or learning.

The medium meant something related to him.

“This avatar of mine rushed straight to the Lost Ancient Town, or the Heavenly Court, as soon as it left the city. It did not interact with others midway, so there is no possibility of leaving something behind ...”

Suddenly, his eyes flashed and he lowered his head, “So, is there a problem with this body of mine?”

The body he possessed was a reconstruction made in the depths of the Ancient City, controlled by the third deity.

There was definitely nothing wrong with the deity. No one could interfere. The only issue could be with the body!

Thinking of this, he quickly connected with Xiang Xinjian.

The communication was instantly connected as if he was free at the time.

“Du Gang, what’s up?!”

On the other hand, Xiang Xinjian seemed relaxed, even his voice was somewhat lazy.

Without considering whether Xiang Xinjian was responsible for relaying his messages, Du Gang asked directly, “Teacher, is there any way to embed information during body reconstruction?”

After hearing this, Xiang Xinjian half-smiled, “Have you been tracked?”

Du Gang nodded, “Yes, I’ve been hunted down by the Demon Clan squad. Upon careful consideration, the only issue is indeed my body...”

“Well, you’re quick!”

Xiang Xinjian laughed, “After you left, someone bribed the person responsible for your body reconstruction that day and took away some of your homogeneous energy...”

So he did know!

In Du Gang’s mind, he quickly caught on to this new term used by Xiang Xinjian and asked, “Homogeneous energy?”

Xiang Xinjian chuckled, “It’s something used in the reconstruction of your body...”

“To make it simple, to reconstruct a body, a special material is generally required, but this material is confidential...”

“In short, this material will leave some scraps after reconstructing a body!”

“Under normal circumstances, we would integrate these scraps with others to form new materials for use...”

“But if someone acts quickly, they can take it away before the scraps are integrated!”

Du Gang’s eyes narrowed, “So, the Demon Clan took my body reconstruction scraps as a basis to chase and kill me?”

“You’re quite sharp!”

Du Gang didn’t bother to acknowledge the compliment, instead he frowned, “Since you knew that an outsider bought the scraps from my body, why...”

“Why didn’t I tell you?”

Xiang Xinjian laughed, “Of course, to let you suffer a bit, think more, observe more, consider more!”

“The scraps from the Ancient City were easy to handle, but what if your body gets destroyed while you’re adventuring outside, and you need to reconstruct it?”

“What if someone got hold of your scraps and set a trap to completely beat you to death?”

Du Gang said wrinkling his brows, “So what do you suggest?”

He realised that since Xiang Xinjian took this as a lesson for him to gain experience, there must be a solution.

“Very simple, in places where you reconstruct your body, pay half more of the price to buy the scraps of your body!”

Xiang Xinjian laughed, “This is common in many places!”

“Understood!”

Du Gang was enlightened. It was indeed simple. He could just buy it and he had overthought.

He was worried that other places that could reconstruct bodies wouldn’t allow it, instead they would keep records about him.

But now it seems that unless there is a matter of life and death, it is of little use to others to record his scrap information. After all, deities don’t die and the body can be replaced at any time.

Xiang Xinjian laughed, and finally reminded him, “Later, go to the abyss of other cities and store a few bodies just in case...that’s it, I have things to do, talk next time!”

After saying that, the other side ended the call.

Du Gang, on the other hand, also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was worried that the Ancient City might not have good intentions, but now, it seemed that only lower level personnel were bought off, and they were also under the control of Xiang Xinjian and others.

Once he realized his body was the source of the enemy’s tracking, Du Gang began to consider further.

“With my current strength, can I kill those five?”

His current base combat power reached 6,000 Naer, using Nine Mysteries to double it could reach 60,000. In a one-on-one situation, there was no doubt, he would win.

But there were five enemies. Once they found out he could grow exponentially, they would definitely either scatter and hide or stall for time.

“Wanting to kill five men simultaneously is a lot more difficult than I anticipated!”

After all, his combat power of 60,000 was not persistent, if it was, he wouldn’t have felt this worry.

“I can’t seem to manage it alone...”

“It appears that I’ll have to borrow some strength!”

Du Gang slowly unfolded the map and began to study it carefully.

After a while, he came up with a plan.

“Will it work?”

“Regardless if it works or not, let’s give it a try!”

His strategy was simple – using borrowed power to attack and letting others do his dirty deeds.

He alone would find it challenging to eliminate the Yin-Yang Quintuplets, so he decided to drag other forces into the fray.

He intentionally targeted those powerful forces that only had God Spirit Level forces remaining at their bases, incited them, which then led to a pursuit...

Xuan Iron Mine, one of the crucial materials needed for creating divine artifacts. Ubiquitous across the continent, many forces possess this mineral.

Oftentimes, these bases only have some idle guards.

The material’s importance isn’t overlooked, but the average person gaining a few chunks of Xuan Iron would be futile. The most challenging part of creating a divine artifact isn’t the material, but the subsequent craftsmanship.

The Mo Family’s Xuan Iron Mine.

In a uniquely designed building, a young master was sitting by the window, drinking and brooding.

His name was Mo Hongde, a member of the Mo Family. He wasn’t a key figure and was ranked relatively low among the many family members. He was assigned the task of overseeing the Xuan Iron Mine.

“Unlucky! So unlucky!”

While munching on peanuts, Mo Hongde kept sighing.

“This godforsaken place doesn’t even have a decent tavern...”

At this moment, a cheeky servant standing by his side grinned, “Master, our tavern is quite decent...”

“Huh!”

Mo Hongde gave him a glance, replying in annoyance, “I want the indecent ones!”

“Doesn’t that mean that many young nobles are going to join the battle?”

“Yes, as far as I know, such orders for family struggles have been issued by the Mo family, the Zhuang family, the Han family, etc.!”

“This is getting interesting!”

In the crowd, a man with a bamboo hat sat quietly in the tea shop for a while before quietly leaving.

This man was Du Gang.

After more than three months of running away, he successfully attributed more than a dozen hunting forces to the Yin Yang Five.

Every time, he deliberately started to take action at the moment when the Yin Yang Five could deduce his location, just in time to leave the crime scene for them when they dared to come.

And it worked very well!

These days, although he was also tracked, he managed to cleverly dodge them all. On the other hand, people like the Yin Yang Five were too conspicuous and were continuously hunted by various forces.

The five of them were no saints either. When they were hunted, they showed no mercy and directly counter-attacked, eventually becoming the target of everyone’s attention.

“Unfortunately, those who came after them were too weak...”

Du Gang was somewhat regretful. All five of the Yin Yang Five were peak powerhouses with a combat power of over 20,000. They were not easy to catch.

Even with the allied forces of the three king clans and the seven noble clans, the strength of their saints was still too weak.

The number of peak powerhouses among them was quite small and they couldn’t inflict much damage on the Yin Yang Five.

“Oh well, let’s head to Yangchuan State and continue to pull some people for them...”

There are actually more than these ten forces in the Dragon Dive State, but Du Gang didn’t plan to continue operating in this state.

The ten forces he chose were all positioned near other states, so even if anything went wrong, he could still escape to another state.

Just as he was about to get up, suddenly someone shouted, “The First Saint of the Mo Family is out of retreat!”

First Saint?

At this, Du Gang’s steps froze, his ears perked up, intent on listening.

“My God, finally, Mo Yang is out of retreat?”

“That guy from the Demon Clan is too arrogant. He’s been beaten back by our Dragon Dive State’s five waves of excellent cultivators. And he’s still chasing after Hua. But now, with Mo Yang’s return, they’re pretty much done for! ”

Mo Yang?

A young disciple who had never heard of this name asked with puzzlement.

“I’ve never heard of this name, when is he from?”

An older person laughed heartily, “It’s normal that you’ve never heard of him. Prince Mo Yang is from the previous generation. Back then, he was invincible in Dragon Dive, and he was the dominant force among his peers. If it weren’t for the fact that the family head of the previous generation had just taken office and hadn’t advanced to the True God level, he would’ve become the family head long ago...”

“But now, the family head of the Mo family has already advanced to the True God level, and the position is vacant. Taking this opportunity, the First Saint should make an appearance!”

“My goodness, is Mo Yang really that strong?”

“Is he a contender in the Human Ranking?”

Upon hearing the mention of Human Ranking, the smirk on the face of the indifferent man who was just gloating seized abruptly, he coughed lightly.

“Although Lord Mo Yang has not been ranked in the Human Ranking, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t have the strength of a contender. He just hasn’t encountered a strong contender, hence he hasn’t made it to the ranking...”

“Indeed, considering Lord Mo Yang’s ability, in my view, he is as strong as the contenders on the Human Ranking, if not stronger!”

“Fantastic! With Lord Mo Yang set to strike this time, he’s bound to take down those arrogant people from the Demon Realm!”

At that moment, someone rushed in panting heavily. Upon entering the teahouse, he bellowed loudly, “Something big has happened!”

“What happened?” Everyone stood up, gazing at the newcomer.

“The eldest holy son of the Zhuang Family has challenged Mo Yang after learning of his emergence!”

“Furthermore, not only him but all the powerful holy sons of several noble families are also in action...”

“Ah? Where exactly are they battling?”

“It’s Guoyang Pass!”

Guoyang Pass?

Du Gang was taken aback, this was exactly the path he planned to take to move from Dragon Dive State to Yangchuan State.

Such a coincidence?

Perhaps it is just a coincidence!

He didn’t dwell upon it much, as his route had never been fixed. The last time he showed up was hundreds of miles away.

Wait, if so many Holy Sons are at Guoyang Pass...

Du Gang suddenly thought of a good idea, to lead the Five Yin and Yang Sons in that direction.

While the Five Sons were bothered by the local geniuses, they had not taken it too seriously. Their unwavering pursuit of Du Gang continued. Every time their calculation cooldown period ended, they would surely track him again.

“Perfect, their calculation cooldown period is nearly over...”

Pondering about this, he couldn’t help chuckling, that’s the plan!

Du Gang did not head straight for Guoyang Pass. Instead, he plunged headlong into the nearest abyss.

There are countless abysses in each state, most of them were opened to outsiders, allowing members of other factions to enter.

After all, humans all stood on the same side when it came to confronting the Demon Clan.

On the other hand, after Du Gang casually got registered, he slid into the thicket of the third-layer abyss.

He didn’t go further, but waited in place. When he felt the time was right, he used a technique to separate his spirit from his body.

Then, he put his detached body into his small world, while his spirit flew towards the outside of the abyss.

That was Du Gang’s intention!

He planned to replace his body there and use the previous one as the bait.

Shortly after leaving the abyss, he spent money to remodel his body. Not only that, but according to the method taught by Xiang Xinjian, he successfully paid double the price to buy back the ‘leftovers’ of the remodeled body.

After leaving the vicinity of the abyss, Du Gang walked through the wilderness, deeply pondering.

“Should I just discard my previous body?”

Although it is also remodeled and has not been used for more than half a year, Du Gang still felt it was a waste to just throw it away.

“There’s a major problem with Guoyang Pass...”

His main motive behind remodeling his body was Guoyang Pass!

Having experienced the world of Heavenly Court tasks, he treated any logical and extremely coincidental events with the highest level of suspicion.

Guoyang Pass was the route he initially planned to take, but now that his contenders have their showdown happening at that very spot, was it too coincidental?

Although the eldest Holy Son of the Zhuang family chose that location due to him returning from Yangchuan State,

But in this era, wherein everyone has a message jade talisman, even if someone is in Yangchuan state, they can learn about the news from Dragon Dive State.

“We cannot rule out that this is a trap set up by the many Holy Sons of the Dragon Dive State, aiming to annihilate us all in one fell swoop!”

Although he believed he hadn’t left any loopholes, there were countless methods in this world, and he couldn’t exclude the possibility that someone might use some sort of time-reversal technique.

“Let’s think from another perspective...”

“If I were a person from Dragon Dive State, and someone were wreaking havoc on our turf, killing left and right, and even looking down on us, I wouldn’t be able to tolerate it either...”

“Furthermore, these ruffians on our turf seem to be on the verge of leaving, in this case, I would certainly make a brutal move...”

“So, it seems quite possible that the Holy Sons have set up a trap at Guoyang Pass, with the purpose of intercepting Yin Yang Wuzi as they leave!”

“Because once they leave, the dignity of the current generation of Dragon Dive State will be completely lost!”

“After all, what has happened here is not unknown to everyone around. In this age of the rising Primordial Daily, gossip news is one of the people’s preferred ways to get entertained and gather information.”

“It’s highly likely that the circumstances here are already known in several neighboring states, and they have even been keeping an eye on it...”

Having thought this far, Du Gang shook his head, “If you can’t let go of your child, you can’t catch the wolf. It’s time to abandon this body!”

Having said this, he went straight to the nearest city.

Once he entered the city, without pausing, he headed straight for the place where exotic beasts were rented.

“Sir, we’ve got the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin package and the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea service here, you see...”

Du Gang immediately interrupted the server, saying calmly, “I’ll rent a Dragon Horse driven carriage!”

The server looked somewhat disappointed, showing a hint of contempt in his eyes. Although he didn’t openly mock, his attitude turned quite bad.

Seeing his attitude, Du Gang cracked a faint smile and said, “I need a driver. Do you have one here?”

“Pfft!”

The server couldn’t help it anymore and let out a scoff, “You only have one Dragon Horse, is there a need for a driver?”

Such a vehicle was normally bought by people of high status. Ordinary people usually travel on foot under normal circumstances.

Du Gang spoke calmly, “One hundred Divine Crystals!”

“Huh?”

The server snapped out of it and instantly showed a greedy expression. He quickly fawned, “Sir, you have a noble status, how could you drive the vehicle yourself? If you don’t mind, I would be willing to be your driver. I’m just not sure where you intend to go?”

Hearing these words, Du Gang chuckled, saying, “I have an enemy going to Guoyang Pass to watch a fight. I arrived late and didn’t move in advance. But it’s a bit too late to go now, so...”

The meaning was clear; He was planning to make a show in front of his enemy.

“Understood, Sir. I’ll make sure you look good in front of your enemy!”

The server smiled slyly, constantly wringing his hands as if ready for the money.

Du Gang nonchalantly threw a handful of Divine Crystals, smiling faintly, “Here’s fifty Divine Crystals for now, we will settle the rest when we come back...”

The server hastily caught them, “Okay, sir, you watch, I’ll make sure you come out on top in front of your rival...”

Soon, Du Gang left the city riding in a Dragon Horse carriage heading towards Guoyang Pass.

“I’m tired, I’ll rest for a while. Wake me up when we get there.”

Hearing this, the server who was sitting at the front of the carriage didn’t suspect anything and quickly complied.

Money makes the mare go, and whatever you say it is!

Little did he know, after Du Gang said this, his spirit silently left his body, and while the server was not paying attention, quietly left the carriage.

The carriage had barriers to prevent prying, so naturally, there was no fear of being discovered too early that he was no longer there.

Sitting on a tree branch by the roadside, Du Gang watched the carriage in the distance, chuckling, “Considering the duration of the trip, by the time I get there, the Yin Yang Wuzi’s deductive technique should be cooled down!”

“I just wonder if the trap set up by these Holy Sons can detain all of them!”

After the carriage disappeared, Du Gang quickly took out a new body. After settling his spirit in it, he dashed off in another direction.

He was also going to Guoyang Pass. It would be a waste not to go and enjoy such a spectacle.

Additionally, he had another purpose in mind. If Yin Yang Wuzi fought till the end and tried to escape, he wouldn’t mind tripping them up.