I Am Overlord c1-962

by Translator: Pokka; Author: 我本纯洁 (I Am Pure); Licensed From: Migu

  Suddenly, he noticed some odd stones in Xue Jianhe's storage ring. A large amount of devilish energy was converging around them, as if they were something born out of devilish energy. When he took the stones out, he found that the speed in which the devilish energy converged around him had increased.

  Is this a devilish energy gathering stone? Xiang Shaoyun wondered inwardly.

  Meng Gansu quickly explained, "Master, this is a devilish energy stone, similar to the spirit crystal of our surface world."

  "I see." Xiang Shaoyun finally knew what it was.

  Spirit crystals were crystallized energy sources cultivators could use to increase their cultivation level. In a way, the devilish energy stones were also a crystallized energy source for devils.

  He then tossed the devilish energy stones into his Nether Soul Domain so the ghostrunes could have it. Sure enough, the ghostrunes displayed an intense thirst over the devilish energy stone and quickly devoured them.

  Looks like gathering more of these stones if I have the chance wouldn't be a bad idea, thought Xiang Shaoyun.

  He continued going through the rings and after a short while, he gathered a large number of devil cores. He did the same and tossed them all into his Nether Soul Domain. There were enough devil cores here for the ghostrunes to grow considerably.

  During this period of time, the ghostrunes had been growing rapidly. As a whole, they were no longer weaker than any devil clan residing in the second layer of the Devil Domain. In the future, they would be an important army Xiang Shaoyun could rely on.

  After about half a day, the Han Clan sisters finally stopped meditating. A crystalline clump of radiance swirled around each of them, emitting a unique cold aura that made them look rather extraordinary. The cold aura around them caused them to look even more bewitching than they originally were.

  They stood up and saluted Xiang Shaoyun gratefully. "Thank you, mister, for saving us."

  Regardless of their previous impression of Xiang Shaoyun, he had indeed saved them this time. Because of him, they no longer needed to endure the humiliation of the Noxious Blood Gang.

  Xiang Shaoyun waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it. It's good that both of you are fine. You are too deep into the second layer. You should leave quickly if you don't want to end up in the stomach of some devil."

  Han Xuewei stepped forward and said, "Mister Xiang, since you have already saved us once, why don't you help us till the end? Can you remove the poison from us and send us to the first layer?"

  Han Xuewei pleaded with a pitiful look that made it hard for one to not feel pity for her.

  However, Xiang Shaoyun seemed completely indifferent as he said, "The period we have agreed upon is not yet over, so I won't be giving you the antidote. Also, I don't have the time to send you to the first layer. Think of something yourself."

  He then tossed two storage rings to them before turning around to leave. The sisters accepted the storage rings with complicated looks on their faces.

  "How can you be so heartless? Don't you have any protective feelings for the fairer sex?" shouted Han Qianwei indignantly.

  Beauties like them would generally get a lot of white knights wherever they went. In fact, they had only managed to reach the second layer looking for their Han Clan members thanks to those white knights.

  Unfortunately, there were too many devilish beasts in the second layer. A large number of people in their group were killed. Ultimately, they encountered the Noxious Blood Gang people that killed all their white knights before taking both of them captive.

  Since Xiang Shaoyun had rescued them, they believed that he must have done that because he was attracted to them. Surely, he wouldn't reject their request. The straightforward rejection caused Han Qianwei to feel unhappy.

  "Big sister..." Han Xuewei quickly stopped Han Qianwei from saying anything else.

  Xiang Shaoyun turned back and looked at Han Qianwei before replying indifferently, "Hehe, you are right. I really don't have any protective feelings for the fairer sex. If I do, I would be doing the same thing as that scoundrel and eat both of you up right here!"

  Han Qianwei's demanding attitude had angered Xiang Shaoyun. His kind action of saving them was repaid with being shouted at. Nobody would be happy to receive such treatment.

  "Come on, then! Do it! If you have the guts, do both of us! It's not like we have any chance of leaving the Devil Domain alive anyway!" Han Qianwei shouted back stubbornly. Despite her tough tone, tears were trailing down her cheeks, completely removing the bite from her words.

  Xiang Shaoyun frowned and wanted to say something else but ultimately decided against it. He turned and continued walking away. However, he did give them a different offer, "Come if you are not afraid of death."

  Truthfully, he did not want to bring the two along as they would only be a burden, but he was a person who couldn't stand a woman crying. Thus, his heart softened when she cried.

  Few men in this world have as much protective feelings for the fairer sex as me. They must be blind, thought Xiang Shaoyun inwardly.

  "Come on, big sister. Let's go," said Han Xuewei with a look of joy. She quickly pulled Han Qianwei along as she chased after Xiang Shaoyun.

  Han Qianwei stopped crying, and a crafty smile formed on her face.

  The group of four headed toward the third layer's entrance. Upon encountering an attack from devilish beasts, Xiang Shaoyun said, "If you want to live, don't rely on my protection alone. You need to be able to protect yourself to some extent."

  Then, both Xiang Shaoyun and Meng Gansu ignored the Han Clan sisters as the Devil Kings attacked them. Han Qianwei replied, "We have more than our looks. We can protect ourselves as well!"

  She then charged the Devil Kings. Han Xuewei did not hesitate and charged forth as well. Evidently, the sisters cultivated a cooperative battle technique. When working together, they were able to display a much greater strength than a simple one plus one of the two's strength.

  Chapter 490: This Young Master Is Born Immune to Poison

  A few days later, Xiang Shaoyun arrived at the third layer's entrance in a leisurely fashion. As for the Han Clan sisters behind him, they did not look as leisurely at all. Their clothes were in complete mess, and some terrible-looking scars were visible on their bodies. Evidently, they had gone through many battles recently.

  They were constantly glaring at Xiang Shaoyun's back furiously, yet they did not dare to voice their anger. During the past few days, the two had worked together to kill many Devil Kings, and there were times when they were nearly killed.

  However, Xiang Shaoyun had turned a blind eye to all of it, letting them deal with the dangers themselves. If it wasn't for the cooperative battle technique they cultivated, they would have died by now.

  "What an ungentlemanly bastard," cursed Han Qianwei softly.

  "Don't say that, big sister. If it wasn't for him, we would have suffered humiliation in the hands of Xue Jianhe. In any case, he had still gotten that middle-aged man to save us the few times we encountered some really powerful devilish beasts," persuaded Han Xuewei.

  Han Qianwei rolled her eyes and said, "Why are you siding with him all the time? Have you fallen for him?"

  "Of course not!" Han Xuewei quickly denied with a blush on her face.

  "That better be the case. This fellow is not a good match for you," said Han Qianwei. A disheartened look appeared on Han Xuewei's face upon hearing that.

  "Roar! Roar!"

  Numerous roars suddenly rang out in the air. A dreadful wave of devilish energy surged around them as a group of powerful devilish beasts appeared and surrounded them.

  "Evil humans, don't even dream of entering the third layer," roared one of the devils before it transformed into a clump of black mist and crashed down upon Xiang Shaoyun's group.

  "Watch out, master. They are the mist devils, responsible for guarding this entrance. They are capable of blending into the devilish energy in the air and are extremely hard to detec
t. Any carelessness will result in death," Meng Gansu explained.

  "Watch after them. Let me see what these mist devils are capable of," said Xiang Shaoyun, his battle intent surging.

  He hadn't fought for the past few days, but he wasn't idling around doing nothing either. He had been meditating on his previous battle experiences, trying to increase his combat prowess as much as possible. By now, the devil flame seed in his astral cosmos sea had nearly been fully refined by Yun Flame.

  The mist devils shrouded the area with thick black mist, greatly reducing visibility. This was an extremely unfavorable environment for any cultivator. However, that was not the case for Xiang Shaoyun. With his Nether Soul Domain, he could sense his surroundings clearly.

  The mist devils had the body of a bat, the head of a ghost face, four limbs, and a pair of black wings. Hiding amid the mist, they pounced on the humans. These mist devils had actually reached the Devil Emperor realm.

  At that realization, Xiang Shaoyun no longer dared to be careless and started attacking with his Hurricane Kick with all his strength. Numerous clumps of hurricane were sent out, pulling the mist devils in before shredding them with the power of wind.

  Unfortunately, the hurricanes failed to deal much damage to the mist devils. One of them was able to arrive safely above Xiang Shaoyun. It opened its mouth wide and tried biting his head.

  "Just in time!" Xiang Shaoyun's eyes lit up brightly as the Overlord Skyslaying Saber appeared in his hand. He then swung the saber at the mist devil's wide-opened mouth. The saber streaked through the air like a bolt of lightning. With a flash, the mist devil was cut into two.

  "So long as you can detect them, they are not scary at all," mused Xiang Shaoyun.

  He then used his footwork technique and charged the mist devils with his Overlord Skyslaying Saber in hand.

  Lightning Slash From the Clear Sky!

  The moment he attacked, he used his full power. Numerous silver lightning bolts were summoned. They rained down on his body and combined with his own lightning energy before being sent out of the saber, forming numerous saber energies flying in all directions.

  Rumble! Rumble!

  Four mist devils were struck, their bodies mutilated beyond recognition. A second-stage Devil Emperor was also struck, but it was able to withstand the attack and pressed on toward Xiang Shaoyun before clawing at his face. Greatly alarmed, Xiang Shaoyun quickly stepped back. Even so, several scars were still left on his chest, causing him to clench his teeth in pain.

  "Die, human!" the mist devil roared and spat a clump of poisonous mist at Xiang Shaoyun.

  The poison was extremely powerful, seemingly capable of corroding everything. Even the four layers of golden walls around Xiang Shaoyun instantly melted when the mist touched them.

  "What?" Xiang Shaoyun exclaimed in alarm as he hastily moved away.

  He could see how powerful the poisonous mist was. Otherwise, his defensive barriers wouldn't have been destroyed so easily. He accidentally inhaled only a tiny bit of the mist, yet his head immediately felt dizzy while his vision blurred, further displaying how powerful this poison was.

  "Innate purple lightning, refine!" Before he fully lost his consciousness, Xiang Shaoyun, circulated his innate purple lightning through his body several times, forcefully refining the poison into nothingness.

  "Die!" The second-stage Devil Emperor pressed on and clawed at Xiang Shaoyun again. Xiang Shaoyun dodged the attack, and at the same time, his body assumed an odd stance as he counterattacked.

  Vicious Prison Finger!

  The finger attack was powered by a thick vicious gold energy, and it instantly pierced through the mist devil's body, causing it to wail in pain. The pain drove the mist devil mad, and the mist devil started releasing even more poisonous mist from its body, shrouding Xiang Shaoyun with a thick clump of mist.

  On top of that, several other mist devils also spat out a large amount of poisonous mist, greatly increasing the density of mist around Xiang Shaoyun. The poison contained in this clump of mist was probably enough to instantly kill a fourth-stage Emperor.

  "Trying to poison me to death? Dream on! This young master is born immune to poison!" Xiang Shaoyun roared as a purple energy swirled around him, as if a purple dragon was soaring out of his body. Instantly, numerous silver lightning bolts were summoned from the sky and rained down on him.

  At the same time, a massive amount of wind energy surged out of his body and started spinning around him, creating a terrifying storm of wind and lightning. The storm contained the power of devil baleful wind and silver lightning, instantly destroying the clump of mist. The lightning bolts also struck the mist devils, causing them to wail in pain without stop.

  Standing at the center of the storm, Xiang Shaoyun activated the human saber unity mode and swung his saber repeatedly, sending numerous dreadful saber energies in all directions. Two mist devils were instantly killed, and three were heavily injured.

  One could say that Xiang Shaoyun was slaughtering the Devil Emperors left and right with his formidable combat prowess. Even so, what he did was not enough to kill all of them. The remaining ones were still fighting on, attacking him from numerous directions. Not even the storm of wind and lightning around him could stop their advance.

  Chapter 491: Utterly Shameless

  Although the mist devils did not exactly have powerful defenses, like all other devilish beasts, they did not fear death. The storm around Xiang Shaoyun was terrifying, but they were strong enough to survive it.

  With their claws, they destroyed the golden walls around Xiang Shaoyun, leaving numerous scars on his tough flesh. His blood poured out ceaselessly, torturing him with an intense pain. These claws were all poisonous as well. If it wasn't for the silver lightning energy in his body, he would have been killed by now.

  Under the extreme pain, Xiang Shaoyun's murderous intent surged. In his anger, he utilized the third stance of the Nine Overlord Skyslaying Saber Technique, Skyslaying Slash.

  The previous time Xiang Shaoyun had used this technique, he had suffered greatly. Even his foundations had been harmed. But he was no longer the same person. His flesh had been tempered by the devilish energy, and his strength had grown greatly. Thus, he was now able to use this technique without suffering the backlash.

  With one slash, 81 silver lightning bolts rained down, working together with the murderous slash to exterminate all life in the area. One condition of using this technique successfully was to have true murderous intent.

  The two times Xiang Shaoyun had used this technique had been when he was in crisis. For the sake of survival, his murderous intent was provoked, pushing him to kill all that would threaten his life.

  The overbearing saber energy was not only powered by lightning energy, it was also powered by the human saber unity mode as it swept forward with the might of a second-stage Emperor.

  After a series of thunderous explosions, the mist devils were all dead, leaving behind a rain of devil blood gently falling down to the world below. The Han Clan sisters were watching the battle under Meng Gansu's protection, their faces filled with infatuation.

  This was a young man with an outstanding talent, a dragon among men. A young man this extraordinary most definitely had countless admirers. It was no wonder he showed them no interest.

  "Big sister, I-I...I have fallen for him. He's so handsome!" Han Xuewei said, no longer able to hide her admiration.

  This time, Han Qianwei did not discourage her. Instead, she reminded her, "If that is the case, you have to work harder in cultivation and become strong enough to stand beside him. Only then would you stand a chance of catching his eye."

  "I will work hard!" said Han Xuewei, her eyes resolute.

  After killing all the mist devils, Xiang Shaoyun landed heavily on the ground and refined a drop of lightning liquid to quickly recover his strength. He could still feel some pain from energy overdraft, but the pain was much milder compared to the previous time he had used the technique.
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  Not bad, looks like my body is finally capable of withstanding this technique's might, thought Xiang Shaoyun, relieved.

  He feared that the same thing would repeat with his foundations harmed and energy exhausted, forcing him to another round of difficult recovery. Although he had also exhausted a large amount of energy this time, the exhaustion was within his limit. He only needed a day or two of rest and he would be as good as new.

  Currently, his body was laden with claw wounds, and he looked to be in terrible shape. The Han Clan sisters rushed to his side. Han Xuewei said with heartache, "Let me put on some bandages for you."

  She then started bandaging Xiang Shaoyun.

  Xiang Shaoyun initially wanted to reject her, but he was worried that he would hurt her feelings. Thus, he accepted her gesture. A faint fragrance drifted into his nostrils as Han Xuewei approached him. Her dainty fingers started running across his body, causing him to feel rather ticklish.

  "Ohh, mhmmm..." Xiang Shaoyun couldn't help moaning lightly.

  The two women blushed.

  Han Qianwei inwardly cursed, Shameless!

  Of course, one couldn't blame Xiang Shaoyun. He rarely had a chance to have such close contact with a woman, and with the combination of his excitement and the slight pain of having his wounds touched, it was understandable that he would react with a slight moan.

  Further causing his blood to roil was Han Xuewei's act of bowing down while bandaging him. Her fair and deep canyon was revealed to his eyes. Blood nearly sprayed out of his nose then and there. Who could blame him for moaning in such a situation?

  Facing such temptation, this young master is still able to maintain a clarity of mind. I am truly a saint, lamented Xiang Shaoyun as he shut his eyes reluctantly.

  It wasn't that he had no interest in women, but his heart was once hurt deeply by one certain woman. Since then, he had been finding it hard to open up to another woman. Furthermore, he wanted to focus on cultivation and did not want to waste his time on romance. The sole exception was Yu Caidie.