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

Chapter 370: 371 Welcoming the Fire Qilin Saint Child

He pulled up the System panel and read through it carefully.

[Host: Li Xiaobai.]

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[Defensive Power: Half-step Human Immortal Body (Two million/ten million) (Immortal Spirit Qi: Not Acquired) Upgradeable.]

[Attribute Points: 0.]

[Mall: Opened.]

[Pet: Pudong Rooster (Current death count: 10).]

[Phoenix Bloodline Activation: 0.01%/100%.]

[Hellfire (Divine Level Skill): Current coverage area, 300 meters.]

[Achievements: Trouble Maker (25/108).]

The growth of Hellfire had begun to slow down. After repeatedly using two Great Crossing Realm Cultivators to level up, no matter how many resources Li Xiaobai invested, it all seemed a futile effort, like trying to douse a fire with a cup of water.

It looks like using living people as feed will be the best way to improve it in the future.

He could save some resources on hand from now on.

Early the next morning, Li Xiaobai took Ji Wuqing and went back to roam the battlefield once more.

The fourth battlefield need not be mentioned, as it had been completely overtaken by Hellfire. The third battlefield had also almost entirely turned into a blackened wasteland after one whole night.

This time, it wasn’t about leveling through idling; Li Xiaobai hadn’t cut off the connection with the Hellfire, so he could clearly feel the flames’ growth.

[Hellfire (Divine Level Skill) Current coverage area: 401 meters.]

The further increase in flames had become more difficult. Burning two battlefields’ worth of Flesh Mountains only resulted in an increase of a hundred meters to the initial coverage area.

Li Xiaobai was not satisfied with this result.

“Giggles, lad, are we setting up those Saint Heirs this time?”

Excitement gleamed in Ji Wuqing’s eyes.

“Leave Ergouzi behind, finish off the other three,” Li Xiaobai said with a chilling glow in his eyes and a sinister tone.

The bodies of these Fire Qilin Saint Children were awakened with Qilin Bloodline, and although their cultivation levels weren’t strong, their Bloodline Power should be equivalent to a great tonic. It should be able to give significant growth when fed into the Hellfire.

“Giggles, finish them all off!”

Ji Wuqing was excited.

“Let’s go, back to the city. The Fire Qilin Cave’s Saint Child should be arriving soon. Today, all the City Lords of the four cities will be gathering together; it’s a good opportunity for us to meet them,”

Outside the Holy City.

Golden fire soared into the sky, with visible layers of Spiritual Power fluctuations spreading out. Four palanquins lined up neatly and moved slowly towards the city gates.

In the void, rune-imprinted imperial edicts manifested, and several golden characters floated and hovered.

“With the emergence of Fire Qilin, evil shall retreat!”

These words, like an emperor touring incognito, carried an air of inviolability.

The Fire Qilin Saint Child stayed inside the palanquin, with four Fire Qilin Cave cultivators carrying each one, and an elder leading the way. These were the Fire Qilin Cave protectors, all of whom were staunch Great Crossing Realm Cultivators.

The surrounding passersby consciously dispersed and made way, fearing that they might offend the bigwigs from the Fire Qilin Cave.

Li Xiaobai stared, dumbfounded, at the grand entrance of the Fire Qilin Cave. It was simply too much.

Four grand palanquins were carried into the Holy City with such brazen arrogance. The characters suspended in the void clearly showed no regard for the city; the Saint Heir wouldn’t even show his face, a tad too insolent.

Among the procession, Li Xiaobai spotted several familiar faces. The elderly man following the last palanquin was the same Master Jiang he had met at the Elixir Sect, Ergouzi’s protector.

And among the bearers of the palanquins, to his surprise, were two people he knew. Yun Yan and his disciple Yunkun, who had once been trounced by his own powerful strikes, were now solemnly proceeding beneath the last grand palanquin.

He hadn’t expected to encounter old acquaintances here, and it seemed that this group of familiar faces was part of Ergouzi’s team. What a coincidence.

“Woof, why is Lord Ergouzi, who clearly possesses the most badass Bloodline Power, ranked at the very end?”

“If your Lord Ergouzi is not satisfied, let those three in front come here, Lord Ergouzi wants to take on three at once!”

From the last palanquin, a jarring voice pierced the air, sending a shiver through the eardrums.

The cultivators present were all stunned. Which Saint Heir was this, speaking so out of turn?

Unlike the refined scholars and high-minded individuals they had encountered before, this Saint Heir seemed surprisingly down to earth!

Li Xiaobai was speechless too. The atmosphere that Fire Qilin Cave had built up was utterly ruined by this one shout.

Ergouzi truly had a knack for spoiling the mood.

“Cackle, that damned dog is still so arrogant, I really want to cut it down,” Ji Wuqing poked out a little head and spoke viciously, green with envy at Ergouzi’s spectacle.

“Cough, cough, Saint Heir, often, the last ones are the strongest, we’re the finale. In terms of cultivation level, prowess, and bloodline, we are superior to those waste materials ahead of us,” the Master Jiang coughed and spoke up.

The struggle for the Fire Qilin’s dominance only allowed one Saint Heir to survive, while the rest would be eliminated, and elimination meant death. As Ergouzi’s Protector, he naturally sided with Ergouzi.

And he too had a temper. Being placed at the end, he was far from happy, and in terms of strength, he was by no means weak.

“Hmm, not bad, Lord Ergouzi is the finale, so there’s no need to lower ourselves to the level of those doomed to fail ahead of us.”

“Xiaojing, tell those in front to speed up. Otherwise, we can kick their butts. We from Fire Qilin Cave must carry out our activities efficiently when outside. How long will it take to walk leisurely like this?”

The voice from the fourth palanquin was talking to itself, its arrogance reaching the extreme, yet there was no response from the first three palanquins.

To the onlookers, this scene was very telling.

“Hey, look, the Saint Heir in that last palanquin is so arrogant!”

“More than arrogant, it is pure insolence. Aren’t they afraid of getting beaten?”

“Ha, they have the arrogance, haven’t you seen? That last Saint Heir pointed right at the noses of those three ahead of him, and they didn’t even dare to fart. They’re definitely scared!”

“If you ask me, this fourth Saint Heir is probably a real genius, a likely candidate to overcome the challenge of Fire Qilin’s superiority.”

“Exactly, such an unruly demeanor is definitely a mark of a prime contender!”

“Isn’t this Saint Heir called Lord Ergouzi?”

The cultivators around who were watching the show whispered amongst themselves, discussing Ergouzi’s situation with fervor.

Seeing this, the voice from the fourth palanquin became even more proud: “Xiaojing, did you see? The whole city is cheering for Lord Ergouzi. The whole struggle for the Fire Qilin’s superiority is simply unnecessary. Why not just hand over the true position of the Saint Heir directly to your Lord Ergouzi?”

“Cough, cough, Saint Heir, we have an image to maintain. You are the Fire Qilin Saint Child, not Ergouzi,” Master Jiang coughed again and whispered a reminder.

The name Ergouzi was already being spread about before they even saw his face, which felt somewhat embarrassing.

“Woof, Xiaojing, how can the mere title of Fire Qilin Saint Child compare with the majestic and powerful stature of your Lord Ergouzi? Enough said. Today, Lord Ergouzi will fight ten at once, right here in this Holy City, to prove his divinity!”