Both the Imperial Sky Realm and Imperial Soul Realm had pitch-black vortexes, and the place they connected to was the Independent Battlefield.

Strictly speaking, this place actually belonged to a plane, possessing vast Heavenly and Earthly properties and a complete Heavenly and Earthly order, with a level even higher than the two major planes.

However, there was one very strange thing.

While warriors were inside, they could freely deploy properties to unleash martial techniques, but they just couldn’t absorb and refine them.

Both the Imperial Sky Realm and Imperial Soul Realm had been researching this continuously, but had been unable to find the reason.

If they could solve the problem of being unable to absorb Heavenly and Earthly properties, the war between the two races would definitely escalate—changing from fighting over resources to fighting over the plane itself!

It had supplies and properties.

Who wouldn’t want to claim such a good place for themselves?

Never mind them—even Jun Changxiao, just after flying in and sensing the Heavenly and Earthly properties that were stronger than the Imperial Sky Realm, sighed: “The upper realm can’t compare at all. It doesn’t even have the qualifications to shine its shoes.”

Unfortunately, his spiritual sense spread for ten thousand miles and found only wilderness everywhere, with the environment being rather worrying.

“Not a big problem.”

Jun Changxiao thought to himself: “I can transplant vegetation and carry out greening renovations.”

“Does the host not plan on interstellar travel and instead plan to settle down here?”

“I’m just thinking out loud.”

The Independent Battlefield was nice, but Jun Changxiao wouldn’t stay. Coming here had only two purposes: first, to search for spirit stone mine veins, and second, to see if he could use this place to enter the Imperial Soul Realm.

In fact, the Imperial Sky Realm and Imperial Soul Realm only had similar names and weren’t next-door neighbors; they were only tightly linked together because of the battlefield.

“Husband.”

Hua Meigui said: “What should we do?”

“What else can we do?”

Jun Changxiao shrugged his shoulders, embraced her and rapidly flew toward the firmament, saying: “Of course we run!”

As it turned out, when the two had entered the Independent Battlefield through the pitch-black vortex, the region they were in happened to be a stronghold built by the Imperial Sky Realm. Not only were large numbers of warriors stationed inside, but according to regulations, newcomers had to hand over permission tokens.

“What are you standing around for? Quickly hand it over!”

A large group of warriors surrounded the two people, with fierce looks in their eyes, the atmosphere tense.

“Here.”

Jun Changxiao tossed out a piece of paper.

The warrior responsible for verification caught it in his hand. Seeing the word “handsome” written on it, he immediately became stunned. When he came back to his senses, there was the scene of Gou Sheng embracing Hua Meigui and flying out of the stronghold.

“Chase quickly!”

“Don’t let them escape!”

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

In an instant, thousands upon thousands of warriors surged out from within the stronghold, the momentum and commotion truly quite large.

Seeing them coming to kill, Jun Changxiao collapsed: “Is this really necessary!”

The Imperial Sky Realm had clear written regulations that entering the Independent Battlefield required registration and approval. Forcing one’s way in would definitely receive special attention.

However, although Gou Sheng’s current strength might not count for much in the upper universe, when it came to running away, his one-meter-three long legs were definitely not just for show.

“Swoosh!”

Full power, speed soaring!

In just an instant, all the Imperial Sky Realm warriors were frozen in midair, because Gou Sheng had already disappeared, so fast they couldn’t even see his taillights, only able to frantically inhale exhaust fumes that hadn’t yet dissipated.

They should be thankful that Brother Gou’s heart wasn’t set on slaughter; otherwise, with the Uncontrollable Blade activated, they’d all have to go meet King Yama.

…

“Swoosh!”

In the firmament, a streak of light flashed by, the vehicle speed so fast it made one gasp.

“Screech!”

After a while, Jun Changxiao came to an emergency stop in a relatively safe area, quite proudly saying: “Chase me? Too young!”

“Husband.”

Lying in his embrace, Hua Meigui looked up, her eyes flashing with brilliance, saying: “Your hair fell off!”

Jun Changxiao touched his head and only then discovered the modified wig was gone, so he collapsed: “It must have been just now when I flew too fast and the wind blew it off. Next time I absolutely must use super glue to stick it on!”

“Hahaha!”

The system couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Flying and flying, then flying into baldness—this scene was too comical!

“No way.”

Jun Changxiao turned around, saying: “I have to go back and find it.”

The system said: “The thing isn’t expensive and there’s no purchase limit, what are you looking for it for!”

“You don’t understand shit.”

Jun Changxiao said: “This is a kind of sentimentality.”

“…”

The system speechlessly said: “Don’t make excuses for being stingy.”

“Swoosh!”

Jun Changxiao embraced Hua Meigui and returned along the original route, spiritual sense spreading around them, searching for the blown-off modified wig.

Honestly, he could have completely put her down first before going to search. Why was it that from entering the Imperial Sky Realm, there had been this habit of not letting go?

“Found it!”

After traveling a distance, Jun Changxiao’s spiritual sense captured the modified wig that had fallen to the ground, so he dove down, just about to reach out and grab it…

“Boom!”

Suddenly, the ground violently shook.

“Roar!”

A giant mouth burst out from the soil, not only eating sand and dirt but also swallowing the wig into its belly.

Jun Changxiao came to an abrupt stop, grieving: “My… wig!”

“Crunch!”

“Crunch!”

That beast whose entire body seemed to consist only of a mouth happily chewed, felt the taste wasn’t right, and then with a “ptooey” spat it back out.

Witnessing his own wig covered in saliva and drool, and even having a pungent fishy smell, Jun Changxiao’s two ears stood up, his eyes widened, and he roared: “This old man’s going to kill you!”

“Swoosh!”

Hua Meigui was tossed aside.

“Swish!”

Gou Sheng, humiliated and enraged, hefted an RPG rocket launcher onto his shoulder, aimed it at the Big Mouth Beast, and frantically pulled the trigger.

“Bang bang bang!”

“Boom boom boom!”

For a time, artillery fire filled the sky, momentum tremendous.

“…”

The system roared: “For a wig worth a thousand contribution points, wasting so many shells, is this really necessary!”

Although the RPG rocket launcher rarely made appearances, as long as it had high-grade crystal cores and spirit stones to charge it, its power was still quite great. In just a short while, it had blasted the area below into a huge pit.

However.

Converting the shells into resources, it was at least several hundred thousand Profound Stones at minimum.

Now contribution points weren’t worth money at all. To use artillery to blast the Big Mouth Monster for a wig—his brain had absolutely been kicked by a donkey.

“Swish!”

After the bombardment, Jun Changxiao withdrew the rocket launcher, holding the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade in his left hand and the Supreme Immortal Sword in his right, charging into the rolling dust and fog intending to dismember that guy into ten thousand pieces again!

“He’s gone mad!”

The system collapsed: “The host has gone mad!”

“Damn it!”

Jun Changxiao charged in to discover that although the ground had been blasted into a huge pit, there was a hole in it, proving the Big Mouth Beast had long since burrowed underground and fled!

“Ahhh!”

He roared: “You can’t escape!”

Having said that, he jumped into the hole and pursued relentlessly.

As for the modified wig that represented sentimentality, it had already turned to nothing in the previous bombardment.

…

The tunnel was very deep and very dark.

Jun Changxiao, in the heat of anger, didn’t care about anything, burying his head and chasing relentlessly, the killing intent in his eyes becoming increasingly intense.

However.

After traveling only a short distance, the tunnel obviously became narrower.

This meant the Big Mouth Beast should have shrunk its body size, thereby accelerating its escape speed.

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

Jun Changxiao swung his blade and sword, while carving out a path on one hand and pursuing relentlessly on the other.

“Ding! Ding! Ding!”

Because many ores were buried underground, when the weapons collided with them, not only did they produce clear sounds, but they also struck sparks, yo, give it to me with that giao giao.

Very quickly.

Jun Changxiao charged into a place resembling a cave dwelling, seeing the Big Mouth Beast curled up in the marginal area with nowhere to escape.

“Why don’t you damn well run!”

Just as the words left his mouth, Gou Sheng froze.

Because the cave dwelling’s surrounding walls had many spirit stones embedded in them, like a beautiful woman half-concealing her face behind a pipa, and due to the environment, they were emitting dazzlingly multicolored radiance.

“Oh my!”

“Holy cow!”

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