Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?-Chapter 696: Seeing Through Everything

Chapter 696: Seeing Through Everything

"Brother! Something major has happened!"

Wu E cried to the bull-headed figure in the mirror who clearly looked impatient. "Didn't you tell me to watch over that Celestial Jade Lion?"

"Yes, so what happened?" Chen Niu's tone was gloomy.

He was currently focusing on healing his injuries, but Wu E kept interrupting him, making it impossible to concentrate peacefully.

Moreover, Wu E frequently contacting him wasn't a good thing.

What if their plans were discovered? Wouldn't everything be ruined?

They absolutely couldn't let Kunlun Immortal Palace and those variables prepare in advance.

"The Celestial Jade Lion couldn't possibly be subdued by that ant Hua Jin the True One, could it?"

Wu E shook his head. "No."

Chen Niu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then felt somewhat confused.

If the Celestial Jade Lion hadn't been subdued, then what could be such a major matter?

Could Wu E want to help him heal? That wouldn't be unacceptable either...

"Brother, the Celestial Jade Lion has disappeared! Rumor says it was teleported away by the variable." Wu E recounted everything he knew in detail. "It was that mysterious human girl who snatched the Celestial Jade Marrow before - she teleported the Celestial Jade Lion away!"

"What?!" Chen Niu's eyes widened, his pupils turning red with anger.

"What is Hua Jin the True One doing! Can't she even keep watch over a Nascent Soul stage variable?"

"Doesn't she have that grand formation? Her formation is so exquisite, yet she let someone teleport away such a massive celestial and earthly creature right under her nose?"

"Couldn't she interrupt the teleportation?"

Chen Niu fired off a rapid series of questions.

Wu E hung his head, not daring to speak.

He hadn't witnessed the entire process himself and didn't know how to describe it.

But the Celestial Jade Lion being directly teleported away was indeed somewhat difficult to comprehend.

The Celestial Jade Lion possessed formidable strength - even Hua Jin the True One struggled to break through its defenses and couldn't do anything about it. So how did that Nascent Soul stage variable make the Celestial Jade Lion obediently follow her?

Everything was like a mystery.

A chill suddenly surged in Wu E's heart.

It seemed that whenever something involved the variables, nothing ever remained clear.

The variables' strength was a mystery.

Their methods were a mystery.

Now even their numbers had become a mystery.

His Lordship had ordered them to closely monitor and capture those two variables.

Yet more variables kept popping up like bamboo shoots after rain.

And each one was elusive and impossible to track.

They were like tigers trying to eat the sky - nowhere to start.

After his outburst, Chen Niu sighed and forced his violent emotions to calm down. "The Celestial Jade Lion is a celestial and earthly creature - it couldn't possibly follow the variable far away. It must still be somewhere on Earth Star right now, perhaps in some subspace we cannot detect, and those variables are hiding within that subspace...

Perhaps there isn't just one subspace, but rather they're divided into various factions like the Ascenders, with the strongest Ascender faction likely being those sword-wielders."

Getting angry was meaningless.

Chen Niu could only brace himself and analyze the situation.

"Brother speaks wisely - escape the monk but not the temple!" Wu E gave a sinister laugh, baring his teeth. "So what should we do next?"

Chen Niu pondered for a moment.

A cold gleam flashed in his eyes. "Why are we powerless right now? Isn't it precisely because we lack sufficient strength? If we had powerful enough strength, we wouldn't have lost the Celestial Jade Marrow, and the Celestial Jade Lion wouldn't have escaped.

When facing those variables, we would no longer be passive, but instead face them with complete composure."

He paused. "Strength, strength! What we need most right now is to enhance our strength... and to enhance our strength, we must break the constraints of this world's rules so our true forms can transmit more power down here."

"Wu E!" he said coldly. "You've possessed Taotie - as long as you devour Fierce Beast essences, you can gradually master the complete Taotie bloodline. Therefore, you must actively attack the Demon Sealing Pagodas, enhance your strength while simultaneously opening the Well of Heaven!"

Upon hearing this, Wu E's face showed difficulty.

"Brother, I understand the reasoning, but with my current strength..."

At merely Nascent Soul stage, forget about fighting Fierce Beasts.

Even touching a single hair of theirs would be questionable.

Before he possessed Taotie, he didn't dare face those Fierce Beasts directly.

Now... what the hell was he?

"I will help you." Chen Niu said meaningfully. "The reason Taotie can absorb Fierce Beast essences is because Fierce Beasts revere its status. As long as your status doesn't get exposed, I guarantee those Fierce Beasts will willingly sacrifice themselves too."

"I have a secret technique! Though it requires paying some price..." At this point, his bull face twitched imperceptibly, as if remembering some unpleasant experience, "...but it's enough to temporarily blind the perceptions of all Fierce Beasts within a certain range! Making them like blind wild bulls, unable to distinguish friend from foe!"

"Blind their perceptions?" Wu E's eyes lit up.

He vaguely remembered his brother possessed such divine abilities.

His brother's true form in the Upper Realm had powerful suppression over those Demon Immortals.

He just never expected the avatar would inherit this divine ability too!

"Correct!" Chen Niu narrowed his eyes with a sinister smile. "Coupled with this perfect Taotie appearance after your possession...

As long as you don't actively expose that foolish aura, under the influence of my secret technique, those Fierce Beasts will only see you as... as their supreme ruler!

Willingly offering up their essences!"

He chuckled, as if already seeing the scene of Fierce Beasts kneeling before Wu E, voluntarily offering up their essences.

Wu E seemed to be thinking along the same lines as Chen Niu, his face also filled with intoxication.

"Only brother could be so thorough in consideration!"

The last bit of hesitation in Wu E's heart vanished completely.

He had always feared being unable to defeat the Fierce Beasts and instead getting eliminated by them.

But now with Chen Niu backing him up, what was there to fear?

"However... this secret technique requires setting up Formation Cores in advance and channeling Earth Veins' Yin Malevolence Qi to take effect, and it creates quite a commotion." Chen Niu's eyes flashed with calculation as he weighed the pros and cons. "My injuries haven't healed yet, so I shouldn't travel far, nor attract the attention of those flies from Kunlun Immortal Palace..."

He paused here, a trace of ruthlessness and determination flashing in his bull eyes. "Let's do it at Shenlongjia! The two nearest Demon Sealing Pagodas from here!

Our brothers joining forces, right there, open the fourth and fifth Wells of Heaven! Using the Fierce Beast essences within those pagodas as the first stepping stones for our brothers to ascend to the peak of this world!"

"Shenlongjia! Good! Close by, convenient!"

Wu E clapped his claws in approval, his mung bean eyes full of longing.

As if already seeing his beautiful future after devouring countless Fierce Beast essences - his strength soaring dramatically, majestic and awe-inspiring, with even Chen Niu having to watch his expression.

When that time came, whatever Chen Niu had done to him.

He would do it back! Jie jie!

"Brother, rest assured! Your little brother will definitely give his all! Our brothers united as one can cut through metal! When the time comes, the Wells of Heaven open wide, primal energy pours in, whatever Celestial Jade Lion, whatever damn variables, they'll all be our prey on the plate! Hahaha!"

The two demons, one inside the mirror and one outside, one ambitious and one filled with greed, immersed themselves in fanatical fantasies of soon "slaughtering all around." Even the surrounding silent night seemed ignited by the burning desire in their eyes.

However, what they could never dream of.

Was that behind them, a hundred zhang away in the shadow of a mountain rock, a figure almost merging with the darkness leaned silently against the cold stone.

Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes, the corners of his mouth curling into a cold arc. That curve held no trace of laughter, only mocking insight into everything and a hint of... cat-and-mouse-like amusement.

"Shenlongjia... two Demon Sealing Pagodas? Such grand appetite!"

He murmured soundlessly, his fingertips gently tapping the cold rock, emitting barely audible "tap tap" sounds, like death's countdown. "Quite good at picking locations... just perfect, saves This Venerable One from searching everywhere."