Chapter 1652: Chapter 1657: The Matter Settled

At this moment, Dugu Aotian was very satisfied as he looked at that Hall Master of the Divine Desolate Hall. Although the man was his elder, he knew this Hall Master, Huang Xiaotian, had some old grudges with his father, so the other party likely treated him as the enemy’s son.

So Dugu Aotian taking the chance to gloat a bit right now wasn’t without reason. After all, the guy had just acted so overbearing he didn’t even put Qianhuang Peak in his eyes. Making someone like that bleed a little was only normal.

"Why aren’t you gone yet?" Huang Xiaotian stared coldly down at Dugu Aotian below. Right now he wished he could swat him flying, but he knew he couldn’t do that.

He had still underestimated Dugu Aotian’s standing at Qianhuang Peak. To actually be able to invite an Emperor to act—now that was impressive. It seemed Qianhuang Peak valued Dugu Aotian very highly.

Dugu Aotian sneered as he looked at this Hall Master of the Divine Desolate Hall, Huang Xiaotian. "Senior, did you lose your memory or something?"

"Insolence!"

Huang Xiaotian barked coldly, his aura surging like a boundless sea of clouds, pressing down on Dugu Aotian, making him feel tremendous pressure. Realms really were different; the feeling they gave was completely different—extremely heavy, incomparably suffocating.

Dugu Aotian clenched his teeth, still standing steadily in place as he spoke: "Otherwise, why are you still holding my thing and not giving it back?"

Hearing Dugu Aotian’s words, Huang Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, then finally noticed that the Divine Emperor Stone in his hand was still there. No wonder Dugu Aotian refused to leave—so that was it.

"Hmph!"

Huang Xiaotian gave a cold snort and tossed the Divine Emperor Stone in his hand to Dugu Aotian, withdrawing his aura at the same time. Dugu Aotian smiled, reached out and gripped the Divine Emperor Stone, then suddenly grinned. "Senior, if I were to crush this Divine Emperor Stone right now, what do you think would happen?"

At Dugu Aotian’s words, Huang Xiaotian’s heart practically seized up. His face instantly went deathly pale, and the look he gave Dugu Aotian changed; he was truly frightened.

Who knew Dugu Aotian would suddenly laugh out loud. "Haha, just kidding. This junior will take his leave." With that, Dugu Aotian flew off, leaving behind an enraged Huang Xiaotian.

"Bastard!"

Huang Xiaotian shouted coldly, and the entire Divine Desolate Hall trembled. He hadn’t expected this brat Dugu Aotian to actually play him like that—utterly infuriating!

An elder had actually been scared by a junior—this alone was enough to drive someone mad. So Huang Xiaotian was furious, raging like thunder, yet there was nothing he could do.

Just as Dugu Aotian had said: if he crushed another Divine Emperor Stone, he might really be out of luck. He’d heard that the Confucian Emperor’s temperament was relatively gentle and very amiable, which was why he’d escaped disaster this time. If that piece of Divine Emperor Stone had been crushed by Dugu Aotian, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Moreover, he felt that the other Divine Emperor Stone in Dugu Aotian’s hand absolutely wasn’t some simple item. It should belong to an even stronger, more irritable Emperor; otherwise, Dugu Aotian wouldn’t dare bring it out.

From Dugu Aotian’s perspective, being able to kill Huang Xiaotian would be best. Let everyone see—kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, and establish Qianhuang Peak’s prestige.

Indeed, that was exactly what Dugu Aotian had originally thought. Now that he’d left the Divine Desolate Hall, he was certain the hall wouldn’t be pulling any big moves anymore. Otherwise they would definitely be wiped out. Even an old former Hall Master wouldn’t help, because Qianhuang Peak was no ordinary force; they had more than enough strength to directly exterminate this region’s overlord.

"Sigh! I forgot to give Junior Brother the Divine Stone. This is troublesome. I’m not an Array Master... looks like I’ll have to find one to help." As he was flying, Dugu Aotian suddenly remembered something.

He immediately headed toward that regional grand array, then arrived at its location, looking down at Xu Fuzi below, the Array Master.

Seeing Dugu Aotian actually come back again, Xu Fuzi looked at him in puzzlement. "Dugu Aotian, what did Huang Xiaotian decide?"

Dugu Aotian glanced around at the surroundings, then saw the Elemental Stones piled like small mountains beside the grand array and said, "Huang Xiaotian said we’re not allowed to continue going to the Lower Realm. But you’re going to open the array for me now—I need to make a trip to the Lower Realm."

"This... since Huang Xiaotian said not to open the array again, then I..."

"Save the nonsense. Even Huang Xiaotian gave me face—are you telling me you won’t?" Dugu Aotian directly cut off Xu Fuzi’s words.

Xu Fuzi was stunned for a moment. Indeed, since Dugu Aotian himself had no objections, they really had no reason to refuse him. Besides, Dugu Aotian was now the most formidable person here; no one dared disobey his orders.

"However, Dugu Aotian, I can carve you a Small Array Map and have you transmit down to the Lower Realm with that. After all, every time this regional grand array is activated, the consumption is enormous, so..." Xu Fuzi knew all too well how terrifying the array’s consumption was. Opening it once was practically a clearance sale!

"A Small Array Map—if I wanted that, would I have come to you here? Hurry up, Master Xu, I still have things to do," Dugu Aotian said.

Xu Fuzi glanced into the distance and saw that no one was coming, so he could only give the order. "Everyone, open the array!"

Buzz!

Heaven and Earth Qi poured madly into the array, while the Elemental Stones all around began to melt and vanish, finally turning into drifting ash and disappearing.

"Good, just like that."

Dugu Aotian watched as the array lit up, and a black hole once again appeared in the sky of the Lower Realm. When the hole opened, Dugu Aotian cupped his hands toward Xu Fuzi. "Master Xu, we’ll meet again."

Xu Fuzi nodded, watching Dugu Aotian’s departing back. He immediately ordered the array shut down, and in just a few short seconds, the Elemental Stones piled like mountains had already been heavily consumed.

The mountain was a circle smaller—of course, most of it had been spent on opening the passage between the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm, so the consumption was especially huge.

Lin Fei was currently in the Beidou Sect. Seeing a huge hole suddenly appear once again in the sky above, it was clear the passage between the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm had opened again. Everyone instantly tensed up; they weren’t a match for those people from the Upper Realm, especially since they came as a group.

But right after that, Lin Fei saw a figure step out from the black hole, and he knew that person very well—it was Dugu Aotian.

After Dugu Aotian came out, the hole closed again, and then he flew over toward Lin Fei.

"Senior Brother, how did it go?" Lin Fei hurried forward to ask.

Dugu Aotian smiled. "Of course everything’s fine. Oh right, Lin Fei, just because things are fine now doesn’t mean they won’t pull any dirty tricks. You’d better be careful."

Dugu Aotian had to remind Lin Fei—be cautious in everything.