"Boom!"
There was a loud roar.
Shadows filled the sky.
When the beam of light shot up into the sky, even the Night Guardian could not sit still.
He immediately jumped up from his seat and looked at Xu Xiaoshou with eyes filled with shock.
"Was that a cauldron explosion?"
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, even if someone else had told him that the City Lord's mansion was under attack, he would have believed it without even thinking.
"Save the people!"
Shi Ti shouted loudly.
He knew of the damage that Xu Xiaoshou's cauldron explosion would bring, so he could react and protect himself immediately.
However, in order to protect the lives of the people close by, his first reaction was not to fly toward the beam of light.
Instead, he flew up into the sky and pulled down all the people that had been sent flying.
If these people were blasted to the top, there would definitely be no bones left following the explosion blasting.
"Save me!"
Xu Xiaoshou also cried out in alarm.
The power of the condensing method of infernal heavens combined with that of top grade sixth rank spiritual ingredients had obviously exceeded his control in an instant.
But he was lucky.
The explosion attack that 'Recoil' couldn't withstand had instead pushed Xu Xiaoshou out in a parallel direction, causing him to quickly retreat from the scene.
Bang!
With a shattering sound, Xu Xiaoshou's figure directly smashed onto the wall and was subsequently blasted out of the banquet hall.
He looked at the beam of light in disbelief, as well as President Shi Ti, who was flustered, trying to save the flying crowd.
"It's over."
If this thing exploded, not to mention the banquet hall, even half of the City Lord's Mansion would be gone!
"Go back!"
At the critical moment, the Night Guardian finally came back to his senses.
He thought of the boasts he had made earlier.
If he could not save the crowd, then he would not have the face to walk out of this place tonight.
"Condense!"
With a shout, the Night Guardian clasped his hands together, and a terrifying power exploded.
He actually encircled the astonishing beam of light in the air and clamped it down.
"Buzz!"
After saving most of the people, Shi Ti's bounded domain finally covered the area. As for the rest, he was already powerless to reverse the situation.
"Buzz!"
After another layer, the Night Guardian's bounded domain directly transformed into the shape of a pillar, restraining the beam of light.
The two of them worked together very well at the last minute. One saved the people while the other saved the pillar.
However, the explosion that had been wrapped was still going to explode in the end.
"Rumble..."
The earth-shattering sound finally exploded when the light beam's energy reached its peak.
The Night Guardian's bounded domain had suppressed all of this, but the suppression in the narrow area caused the explosion wave to be pushed out one after another before bouncing back.
The cycle repeated itself. At this moment, the damage that the Night Guardian alone suffered could be said to be several times more than the explosion itself.
"Ngh!"
Suddenly, the Night Guardian's body trembled.
He suddenly widened his eyes, his eyeballs bulged, and his Adam's apple moved.
It was as if something unexpected had happened because he had looked down on the situation.
After the soundless fluctuation, the scene fell silent for half a breath.
The energy of the explosion was completely blocked, but the energy wave that had spread out in an instant had swept through the entire place within that short period of time.
Xu Xiaoshou could see everything clearly from the outer wall of the banquet hall. After the energy wave that was visible to the naked eye swept through everyone's clothes, it directly blew everything away.
"Bang, Bang, Bang --"
The floor, the banquet, the food..
Even the people who had been pulled down to the ground earlier, after barely finding a sense of security, were once again swept away and sent flying.
"Boom!"
The circular outer wall of the banquet hall seemed to have been blasted through from the inside. It suddenly exploded and shot towards the white-robed guards who had rushed over from not too far away. They did not know what had happened, but they knew that the place had been attacked.
With a crash, another group of people instantly fell to the ground.
Xu Xiao was stunned.
He lay face-first on the ground and shrunk his head. As he felt the aftershocks from the ground, his heart was filled with great waves.
"Damn it, isn't this a little too exaggerated?"
As far as his eyes could see, the entire banquet hall was gone.
This was all thanks to Shi Ti's bounded domain wall. Not only did it stop the people who had been blown away, but it also restrained the spread of the storm, so the explosion could be maintained in such a small area.
Looking back at the place, the only ones who could still stand now were the Sovereigns.
Zhang Taiying was already dumbfounded.
He had only managed to grab the feet of two people who were flying close to him. Just as he was about to make another move to support them, he was momentarily stunned by the explosion.
This scene...
The corners of his eyes twitched.
Wasn't the Zhang residence also blasted like this that day?
However, now that he was close to the scene, he felt the situation was completely different from the slight earthquake then.
"Xu Xiaoshou... So, this is how the Eastern Courtyard was destroyed..."
He muttered to himself, and his face darkened to the extreme.
Other than the few Sovereigns who stood upright, those below the Master stage were either hanging on a pile of rubble or flying towards unknown locations...
The old alchemy masters were undoubtedly all buried under the rubble.
Of course, those people were still lucky.
The ones who would be the most confused should be the old men who had been swept away from the protective barrier, their cauldrons blown up, and the instant they opened their eyes they were greeted with the scene like the end of the world.
Only Heaven would know that the traumatization from this moment could not be eliminated, and would follow them till their death.
"I have sinned."
Xu Xiaoshou blinked his eyes in embarrassment.
"Even the 'condensing method of infernal heavens' shouldn't go that far. Could it be that the power of that damned old man's damned Pill Condensation Art would be greater with the use of higher rank spiritual ingredients?"
He should have felt guilt in that moment, but the thoughts in his mind were suddenly connected, as if he had been enlightened, and his eyes lit up.
Right at this moment, a suppressed roar was heard.
"Xu, Xiao, Shou!"
Shi Ti, who had protected all of this, had already turned green.
His face was covered in dust, and his voice had even mutated. It was so ear-piercing that it was terrifying.
"Here."
Xu Xiao Shou immediately popped his head out from the pile of dirt, waved his hand, and replied, "Don't worry, President. I'm fine."
"?"
The scene fell silent.
"Cursed, Passive Points +1420."
"Resented, Passive Points +1356."
"Feared, Passive Points +1020."
"Insulted, Passive Points +1211."
"..."
At this moment, the speed at which the Information Bar was flooding was unprecedented. It was even more impressive than the high frequency appearance of the notification "Attacked.".
Moreover, every time the Passive Points was updated, it was almost never lower than four digits!
"Cough, cough."
Only then did Xu Xiaoshou realize that he might have misunderstood President Shi Ti's intentions.
"Let's talk about accountability later. First, we should save the people. I didn't hope for the furnace to explode. I only wish... Umm? The storm will be over?" Xu Xiaoshou said smoothly.
Shi Ti:"..."
In that moment, he had mixed feelings. He really wanted to use the most vicious words to vent his feelings.
However, after searching through his thesaurus, he found that there were no insulting words. He couldn't bring himself to say them either, and he didn't know the kind of attitude he should use to face all of this.
"Holy Sh*t!"
The crowd held back for a long time. Finally, there was a voice that was frightened and trembling while still trying its best to express its desire to ridicule. It gathered into those two words, and ended with a tremble.
"This was a f*cking explosion?"
After the sound, everyone finally came to their senses.
"F*ck you, Xu Xiaoshou. Come out here, I'll beat you to death!"
"You f*cking did this on purpose. What were you refining just now? Explosives?"
"Xu Xiaoshou, where are you? Come out and face your death!"
"Umm, stop being so noisy, move, hey, something of yours is in my mouth."
"I can't move, my foot is broken."
"Foot? Toe? Oh sh*t!"
"..."
Hearing the curses, Xu Xiaoshou immediately flicked his fingers, releasing some sword energy to destroy the few night pearls on the ground that were still struggling to release some light.
The dark night had finally erased all sins.
The crowd cursed powerlessly, and the scene seemed to have quieted down.
As the wind blew, a sorrowful aura spread, and it brought along an additional sound that did not belong to the hateful crowd.
"Pu, pu..."
"Pu, pu..."
Shi Ti's pupils constricted.
When he heard the familiar sound, his heart seemed to twitch, and it immediately tightened.
"Be careful, only use your spiritual sense to look at the flame!"
The crowd was still confused, but some of the fellows near the center of the explosion started screaming in agony.
"AH --"
"What the Hell is that? Ghost fire?"
"Infernal Heavenly Flames?" Xu Xiaoshou jumped in fright and immediately pounced over.
With a breath, he sucked the little bit of leaked flames into his abdomen.
"Fortunately, fortunately, the Red Coat was powerful enough to prevent the explosion. Otherwise, this place would have been filled with Infernal Heavenly Flames, and even Shi Ti wouldn't be able to put out the fire..."
When Xu Xiaoshou thought of the situation where his Infernal Heavenly Flames which could devour anything were to spread throughout half of the City Lord's mansion, he immediately felt guilty.
At this moment, he suddenly felt his feet hovering in the air.
"Hmm?"
Turning his head, under the hazy moonlight, Shi Ti's earthy and savage face appeared in front of him.
As for Xu Xiaoshou, he was directly hung up by his clothes.
"Whoosh!"
Shi Ti flicked his finger, and a bright flame flew into the sky, finally returning a bit of clarity to this place.
After everyone could finally see with their naked eyes, they looked around the entire banquet hall and collectively lost their voices.
"There was still half of the ruins just now, and now they're gone?"
"What the F*ck, how is this alchemy? Other people need money for alchemy, but Xu Xiaoshou needs life for alchemy!"
Everyone retracted their gazes in shock and focused their gazes on Xu Xiaoshou, who had been lifted into the air, and had nowhere to hide.
"Hehe."
Xu Xiaoshou responded with his most sincere smile, but he realized that his facial muscles were a little stiff. He immediately put on a fake smile and said, "There's no need to panic. It's just a small mistake, Hehe."
"It's just a cauldron explosion. It's a skill that every alchemist must have, right?"
He turned around and looked at Shi Ti once more. "Right, right?"
Shi Ti trembled in anger.
He pointed his finger at Xu Xiaoshou and grimaced with pain. He was unable to utter a single word.
"You call this thing a cauldron explosion?"
In the crowd below, there was finally someone who couldn't wait to speak up for Shi Ti.
Xu Xiaoshou swept his gaze over. "Otherwise? I didn't do it on purpose. Besides, before I opened the cauldron, I already asked if you guys really wanted to be so close to me. You guys said that it wouldn't be a problem!"
He looked at the Night Guardian.
At this moment, the Night Guardian had already received all the damage alone.
His hand that was supporting the bounding domain was covered in dust. Even when he retracted it, it was still trembling slightly.
Of course, he wasn't hit by the explosion.
To be honest, if it wasn't for the crowd here, this little explosion wouldn't have been a big deal to the Night Guardian.
His body was trembling only because he felt like he had been deceived.
At this moment, he understood why Shi Ti had opened his bounding domain ahead of time and was on guard against Xu Xiaoshou's cauldron exploding.
This guy's cauldron explosion was completely different from other people's cauldron explosion!
Xu Xiaoshou looked at him and imitated his tone before he could speak. "You said it. It's not a big problem. With your protection, only did I dare to go all out."
"Hmm?" Xu Xiaoshou raised his eyebrows. He wanted to pull a partner onto the same boat.
The Night Guardian's lips twitched, and the veins on his neck bulged.
This was exactly what he had said before Xu Xiaoshou opened the cauldron.
But at this moment, it sounded like he was mocking him.
Should he protect his face, or should he return the favor and vent his anger on Xu Xiaoshou?
"Yes, it's not a big problem..."
The Night Guardian spread his hands and looked around. He looked at the expressions of the people who had survived the disaster, and then his gaze fell on Xu Xiaoshou's face, which made people want to punch him.
"To Hell 'it's not a big problem'!"
"Damn it, I'm going to cripple you today!"
The Night Guardian's face was fierce. He raised his fist and rushed forward.
Xu Xiaoshou: ? ? ?
He was immediately shocked.
He did not expect that Red Coat who was usually quiet and only knew how to nod would actually make a move with such a simple reason, and his temper...
That's right, this was a fellow who came from the White Cave. How would he obey any human society rules?
"Fu Xing, save me!"
Xu Xiaoshou shouted in a desolate manner.
He bent his waist and abdomen, directly bouncing out of Shi Ti's hand. Then, he bent his body and rushed towards the direction where the Night Guardian had come from, sliding past the side of his waist.
"This speed..."
For a moment, the Night Guardian, who could not react on time, knew that not only had he underestimated the power of Xu Xiaoshou's cauldron explosion, but he had also seriously underestimated this kid's reaction and body speed.
He did not intend to use much force in the punch. He just wanted to punch Xu Xiaoshou's face to help the people vent their anger.
After all, in such a situation, Xu Xiaoshou clearly needed a reason to escape unscathed.
Shi Ti was also stunned.
He wanted to grab Xu Xiaoshou as well, but the fellow was like a hedgehog. In that instant, Xu Xiaoshou had bent his body, combined with the irresistible rebound force, even though he was prepared, he still let the boy escape.
"Fu Xing..."
"Fu Xing, where are you!"
Xu Xiaoshou panicked. This place was full of enemies, and Fu Xing was the only one he could rely on.
Hmm?
Wait!
Why didn't Fu Xing reply?
He suddenly stopped in his tracks.
At this moment, everyone realized that something was wrong.
With such a big incident happening, how could the little deputy City Lord not come out to preside over the situation?
Everyone thought for a moment.
On the eve of the explosion, the ones closest to Xu Xiaoshou seemed not to be the Sovereigns like Shi Ti and the Night Guardian.
Fu Xing.
As the host.
He seemed to have no choice but to stay on the high platform?
"Little deputy City Lord..."
As everyone fell silent, the cries of a white-robed guard could finally be heard from the ruins outside the banquet hall.
"Wake up, Little deputy City Lord..."
"You shouldn't sleep..."
..
..
The banquet hall couldn't be used anymore.
However, everyone didn't care about the details. After gathering a few old earth-type spiritual cultivators in the Master stage, they worked together to flatten the ruins. Then, they used the stone tables to restore the banquet till it was somewhat presentable.
No one complained about the City Lord's Mansion.
It was as if they had encountered the cruel abuse of the same persecutor at the same time. Everyone had a very united strength. Looking at the masterpiece of their own people, they were somewhat proud.
As for Xu Xiaoshou...
Xu Xiaoshou had bumps all over his head, and was sitting on a protruding stone mound.
Beside him was a young lady whose dress was originally white.
Mu Zixi could be said to be the person who was the least disordered at this moment.
Compared to the other people's dusty faces, her small face could be considered the cleanest.
After all, she had protected herself well in advance.
"Your qualification for the alchemy competition is gone," she teased.
"I know."
"That Red Coat and the President should be considered to have shown mercy, right?" The little girl couldn't help but smile.
"Yes."
"But if it was master... Hmm, I haven't really seen the Master make a move on you?" Mu Zixi was suddenly stunned.
She was happy to see Xu Xiaoshou suffer.
However, she suddenly thought about it. It seemed that even if Xu Xiaoshou had done some unspeakably horrible things in Tiansang Spirit Palace, he really hadn't been punished.
"Don't mention it. That old fellow is dozens of times more powerful than you think. I'd rather he beat me up too."
Xu Xiaoshou covered his face and didn't let most people see that his injuries had already recovered.
Elder Sang was different from these guys.
If you said he was no good, he actually seemed to be very good.
But if you said he was good, you would feel that the words wouldn't leave your mouth, as if there was something strange.
Xu Xiaoshou felt that if he really admitted it, he would definitely become the kind of person who would help others count their money even if he was sold by them, and would still only remember the good parts of the other party.
At least until now, he could only feel that Elder Sang's big game of chess was not over yet.
But judging from the current progress, he could not see anything at all.
"Big brother Shou, are you alright?"
Su Qianqian quietly crept over from the main table.
After Xu Xiaoshou left, she did not want to stay at that table alone anymore.
There were only old men around her. She could not stay any longer. Young people should still play with young people.
In any case, now that everyone had lost their face, there would naturally be no one who would stand up and say that she had done anything inappropriate.
"I'm fine."
Xu Xiaoshou put down his hand and glanced at the stage. "Fu Xing, how is he?"