Chapter 417: Pleading Desperately

“Ding, congratulations on defeating a Heaven Queen at the high Heaven King level.”

“Ding, congratulations on gaining two billion experience points.”

…

“That’s all the experience?” Lin Fan smirked, clearly unimpressed with the reward offered by defeating this Heaven Queen.

After all, this opponent was a high Heaven King-level expert.

Considering that this Heaven Queen was merely a fragment of divine consciousness from the higher realms, possessing such a high Heaven King cultivation level was quite impressive.

“Ah…”

Lin Fan couldn’t help but sigh. He had already angered two mighty experts from the upper realms before even reaching them, which was undoubtedly a tragic situation.

But even so, he wasn’t afraid. So what if they were powerful? Who was scared of whom?

The more challenging the opponent, the more excited Lin Fan felt.

Of course, all this bravado was just self-comforting. Deep down, he still felt a bit nervous.

If just a fragment of consciousness from a mighty expert could create someone so powerful, then if he went to the upper realms normally and those experts discovered him, wouldn’t they just slap him to death?

Thinking about this made Lin Fan feel that it was best to stay low and behave himself.

“What about the Southern Sage Emperor? Did you feel any satisfaction?” At this moment, Lin Fan approached the Southern Sage Emperor, his lips curling slightly as he asked.

The only response Lin Fan received was “clap, clap, clap” sounds.

The Southern Sage Emperor had already given up resisting. There was no way he would say, “It’s okay, I’m feeling better and better.”

For the Southern Sage Emperor, this was a humiliation—an unbearable humiliation.

This kind of pill was something he had never even heard of.

Lin Fan flicked his sleeve, his gaze distant, as if he had suddenly understood something.

“Actually, we have no enmity between us, and I shouldn’t kill you,” Lin Fan said softly.

“You bastard! There was no enmity before, but there is now!” The Southern Sage Emperor thought the guy in front of him was showing fear and wanted to end things here. But where in this world could one find such good fortune?

“Yes, I was just thinking the same thing. Since this grudge has already been created, little master isn’t afraid of you either. So, go die!” Lin Fan slapped his palm, directly sending the Southern Sage Emperor crashing into the ground. A violent force surged through the Southern Sage Emperor’s body, rampaging and destroying everything inside.

“Boom…”

A deep, heavy sound echoed.

“You brat, this Emperor will make you regret this…” At their final moment, any villain would utter such curses. But for Lin Fan, he had already become accustomed to such threats.

“Ding, congratulations on defeating the Southern Sage Emperor at the ultimate Heaven King level.”

“Ding, congratulations on gaining three billion experience points.”

…

At this moment, heaven and earth fell silent. The surrounding land was in ruins, as if it were the end of the world.

As for these two, besides providing experience, they offered no other benefits.

Divine consciousness descending—why didn’t it bring chains of rules?

For Lin Fan at this moment, chains of rules were more important than anything else. He still needed to summon the Heart Demon Emperor from the Blood Realm.

He needed their essence blood to advance his “Blood Sea Demon Cultivation” to the ninth level.

At this moment, Lin Fan’s gaze locked onto the black-robed figure who had been standing in the distance the entire time.

“And you, who are you?” Lin Fan asked suspiciously. He didn’t know who this person was. The figure had been standing there motionless since earlier.

The black-robed figure stood there silently. Then, from beneath the black robe, a hand extended outward. This hand looked strange—coarse, yet soft.

The black robe fluttered, and the figure beneath was exposed to the void.

Lin Fan casually glanced, but once he did, he couldn’t look away anymore.

“What the hell…”

Looking at this person before him, Lin Fan felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if he had seen them somewhere before. But for the moment, he couldn’t quite recall.

This person’s strength also surprised Lin Fan. In a place like the Cang Ling Continent, there was actually such a powerful expert.

At the ultimate Grand Heaven level, having refined ten chains of rules.

Even compared to Fang Han and Han Lu, this person was somewhat stronger.

“Do you still remember me?” The black-robed figure finally spoke, alternating between a female and male voice, leaving Lin Fan somewhat confused.

Lin Fan didn’t speak, just carefully observing, his mind racing. This person looked familiar, and the aura around them was also somewhat recognizable.

“The Yin-Yang Cursed Body?”

In an instant, Lin Fan recalled what this aura was.

The special constitution brought about by “Reversing the Heavens” and transforming Yin and Yang.

Lin Fan hadn’t transformed anyone else like this except for those bandits back then.

“You’re Qu Xiangge?” Lin Fan asked cautiously from the side.

Back then, he was young and inexperienced, doing it just for fun. Since he had comprehended the true meaning of life, Lin Fan rarely transformed people’s genders anymore.

After all, in Lin Fan’s opinion, unless it was a deep grudge, transforming someone’s gender was somewhat hard to justify.

Although the “Yin-Yang Cursed Body” was a powerful constitution, even a divine body, for others, it was likely an unbearable burden.

“Yes…” Qu Xiangge, now the Yin-Yang Cursed Body, nodded expressionlessly.

Looking at Qu Xiangge, Lin Fan saw despair in his eyes, along with a sense of deep weariness.

Who knew what he had experienced in the past two years.

But judging from his appearance, his life had definitely not been pleasant.

“Are you here for revenge?” Lin Fan felt that this person was probably here for revenge. After all, who in their right mind could endure such a thing?

If someone turned you from male to female, wouldn’t you fight to kill them?

What shocked Lin Fan even more was how powerful this “Yin-Yang Cursed Body” had become. In just two short years, reaching such strength was truly unbelievable.

At this moment, Qu Xiangge didn’t speak, but began walking toward Lin Fan.

With each step, the pressure on Lin Fan increased.

Was he supposed to attack now? After having hurt this person once before, would hurting them again be too much?

After all, back then, they were only bandits, not having committed any unforgivable crimes.

If time could turn back…

Lin Fan swore to heaven that he would never have transformed Qu Xiangge and others into the “Yin-Yang Cursed Body.”

But what puzzled Lin Fan was that he clearly remembered there were more than twenty people back then. Why was only Qu Xiangge here today?

At this moment, Qu Xiangge approached Lin Fan, then suddenly knelt with a loud “thud.”

The previous calm expression had completely vanished, replaced by tears and snot as he cried out desperately.

“Senior, please, change me back to my original form. These two years have been too painful. The world is too dangerous. Everyone sees me as a monster. I just wanted to be a happy robber without getting involved in all this,” Qu Xiangge wept bitterly.

These past two years had been terrifying. That guy had captured them, forcing them to cultivate and even devour each other. Eventually, all his brothers died by his own hands.

Then that guy tried to take over his body. But thanks to his strong will, he defeated him, leaving himself as the only survivor.

In these two years, he dared not go anywhere.

When he revealed his true self before, no matter where he went, he was chased and hunted. It was terrifying—just too terrifying.

“Senior, I have elderly parents above and no children below. I, Qu Xiangge, am the only heir in my family. I haven’t even continued my family line yet. Please change me back. I promise I’ll never act recklessly again. I’ll never be a robber again,” Qu Xiangge knelt before Lin Fan, crying and begging.

At this moment, Lin Fan was completely stunned…

So he wasn’t here for revenge after all…