After the Blue Star Heavenly Dao lowered its bottom line once again, it looked up cautiously, only to find that Chen Xu’s pressure had not dissipated in the slightest.
“No, eighty percent still isn't enough? I really can’t go any lower. If I do, I won’t get any profit at all!”
Chen Xu remained silent, merely raising an index finger before his face and slowly moving it toward the Blue Star Heavenly Dao.
Then, he wagged his finger from side to side.
“Without me, you wouldn't even get ten percent.”
“But without me, you wouldn’t have found that strange world!”
“Oh? Really? I don’t think so.”
With that, Chen Xu stared directly at the Blue Star Heavenly Dao, his eyes reflecting an inscrutable glint and naked malice.
The Blue Star Heavenly Dao felt as though it had seen those eyes somewhere before. Oh, right—it was in a popular Daxia web drama. A villain who enjoyed soul search and possession had that exact look in his eyes.
Wait, soul search! Possession!
Realizing the implication, the Blue Star Heavenly Dao pointed its left hand at Chen Xu while clutching its chest with its right, overwhelmed by anxiety and sputtering incoherently.
“You, you, you, you! Me, me, me, me!”
Chen Xu manipulated his mental strength to bring a distant sofa behind him. He leaned back into it, crossed his legs, and looked at the Blue Star Heavenly Dao.
“There is no ‘you’ or ‘me.’ In this world, the fist is what matters. If your fist isn't big enough, you have no say.”
Next, Chen Xu wanted to slam a table to further startle the Heavenly Dao, but there was no table in front of him. He had to lean to the side and slam his left hand down hard on Xia Qiming’s desk.
Bang!
A loud sound echoed. The large screen on the desk jumped, and Xia Qiming was startled right out of his chair. The Blue Star Heavenly Dao was even more terrified, thinking Chen Xu was about to attack it.
That hand had slammed onto the desk. If it slammed onto its head, wouldn't it be refined in an instant?!
The Heavenly Dao’s youthful voice faltered as it tried to flee the room.
However, in the next moment, an incredibly powerful wave of mental strength pinned it back down.
Chen Xu maintained his mental grip, holding the Blue Star Heavenly Dao firmly in place. He stood up, walked over, and patted its right cheek.
“Forget about a unique-tier like me; you couldn't even handle an eternal-tier. With a single thought, you’d become meat on someone’s chopping block.
“If your strength reached the eternal-tier, or if any job-holder on Blue Star reached it, I wouldn't say a word.
“But right now, you’re just a bunch of mythic-tier shrimp and minnows. How do you dare to act so recklessly in the Cosmic Sea?”
“My... my secret techniques are very well-hidden. They won’t be discovered so easily.”
“Hidden, my foot! You think you’re me?”
No one understood better than Chen Xu how powerful ancient experts truly were. He only managed to bridge the gap in strength caused by time because his cheats were large enough and his talent was strong enough.
The Blue Star Heavenly Dao was just a common world consciousness. What did it have to compare against others?
An ancient Dragon Realm comparable to a Dao Lord-level power—Chen Xu absolutely didn't believe it lacked unique means of detection.
Chen Xu had returned this time for two reasons: first, he was interested in the Dragon Realm; second, he wanted to knock some sense into the Blue Star Heavenly Dao.
Without eternal-tier combat power, it needed to stay low in the myriad worlds.
While Chen Xu could look after it for Daxia’s sake, things would be troublesome if he were occupied—say, in the middle of a heated war between the Undead and Hell.
If an eternal-tier powerhouse truly intended to kill, there were hundreds of ways to shatter a world as small as Blue Star and bring about its end in a single breath.
Seeing that Chen Xu was genuinely angry, the Blue Star Heavenly Dao decisively surrendered, raising its hands in a gesture of submission.
“I promise! Until an eternal-tier job-holder appears on Blue Star, I will no longer target worlds with transcendent capabilities!”
Chen Xu nodded, quite satisfied with the Blue Star Heavenly Dao’s rapid surrender.
Such a quick surrender proved that the Heavenly Dao was still cautious at heart. Chen Xu chalked its recent aggressive behavior up to a stress response after witnessing the destruction of the Akhan world.
A child who could admit their mistakes was a good child. Chen Xu released his mental restraint, allowing the Blue Star Heavenly Dao to regain its freedom.
The Blue Star Heavenly Dao immediately hopped back twice, putting distance between itself and Chen Xu. Though it knew the distance was useless, it felt better psychologically.
“Then when do you plan to explore the Dragon Realm? Blue Star is currently at war in another world, so there likely aren't any job-holders available to help for now. But I can take you to see the Dragon Realm first.”
Chen Xu shook his head and said, “No need for you to lead the way. I already have the coordinates.”
“What?!”
Hearing this, the Blue Star Heavenly Dao’s eyes widened.
“You already searched my soul? When?”
Chen Xu shrugged and nodded. “Did you think a soul search required some obvious movement? To me, a mythic-tier soul like yours has no secrets. If I wish, you are as exposed as a naked person.”
After he finished speaking, the Blue Star Heavenly Dao stood frozen in place, speechless for a long time.
On the other hand, Xia Qiming’s reaction behind Chen Xu was quite intense. He hugged his chest, knees bent and squeezed together in a bashful posture, looking at Chen Xu with extreme wariness.
Sensing Xia Qiming’s movements, Chen Xu was speechless. He said helplessly, “Professor Xia, what is the meaning of this? I have the ability to peer into souls, but that doesn't mean I passively probe everyone’s soul. I have no interest in your slacking off.”
“Ahem, no, no. I’ve just been sitting for too long and stood up to stretch. This is a Soft-Body Secret Art from the White Elephant side; it’s very helpful for relaxing the body.”
Chen Xu shook his head. A spatial gate opened, and he stepped directly into the Cosmic Sea.
Once he was through, the spatial gate immediately closed to prevent Blue Star’s coordinates from being exposed.
But in that brief instant, the Blue Star Heavenly Dao sensed the mark it had left behind. This proved Chen Xu wasn't bluffing—he really had looked into its soul.
In an instant, it collapsed to the floor, its face filled with utter despair.
In the Cosmic Sea, Chen Xu also sensed the mark left by the Blue Star Heavenly Dao and locked onto a certain world.
“Truly extraordinary! The myriad worlds are vast indeed, and full of wonders. This world actually gives off a feeling of immense wealth. It’s... truly hard to describe.”
Under Chen Xu’s soul perception, this world did indeed emit a faint draconic aura. Calling it a Dragon Realm was no mistake.
However, what Chen Xu sensed more was an aura of wealth and nobility. If the aura of wealth on Big Boss was one unit, the aura leaking from this world alone was over a hundred.
And that was just the aura leaking out. How many natural treasures were hidden inside?
Moreover, this constantly leaking aura of wealth could actually obscure the perception of a unique-tier like him, preventing him from peering into the world from the outside.
In Chen Xu’s perception, this Dragon Realm was not completely sealed. Dragons were entering and exiting at every moment, though their method of travel was very stealthy—even a typical eternal-tier would find it hard to notice.
“Strange, why are they all golden dragons? Does this Dragon Realm practice racial discrimination and only accept golden dragons?”
Chen Xu was somewhat puzzled. After observing for a while, he found that every dragon entering or exiting was a golden dragon. Although their forms varied, their appearance was definitely that of golden dragons, and their aura was unmistakably the same.
Chen Xu did not plan to personally enter this mysterious Dragon Realm. Instead, he would have Sindragosa go first.
He was one hundred percent certain that there were no Dao Lord-level powerhouses—meaning no unique-tiers—within this world.
Because throughout history, no powerhouse who ascended to the unique-tier had ever been secretive about it.
While the wealth aura emitted by this world was immense, it was still slightly inferior to a Dao Lord-level power.
If a jealous and greedy dragon had achieved the unique-tier, Chen Xu didn't believe it could resist flaunting its fame to gather even more wealth.
Soon, Sindragosa arrived at Chen Xu’s side through a spatial gate.
As soon as she emerged, she couldn't help but revert to her dragon form. She took a deep breath toward that Dragon Realm, a look of pure satisfaction on her face.
“Ah... ninety-nine percent pure... rare stuff!”
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