Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 188: A Complete Victim!

Yun Wangshu asked Wu Pianpian, "What should we do?"

"He’ll have to fend for himself now!" At this point, what could she possibly do? It served him right for courting death!

"If we don’t help him, he’ll definitely die!" After a pause, Yun Wangshu added, "And if he dies, Yi Yi will be heartbroken!"

Wu Pianpian felt an inexplicable surge of irritation. "If he dies, he dies!"

However, the raw anxiety in her eyes was impossible to conceal. But all she could do was worry. There was truly nothing to be done.

「In the trial grounds.」

Ning Xuan’s gaze suddenly snapped in a certain direction where an old ox was barreling toward him.

"Brother Ning, run! The Element Beasts in the mountain range have all gone berserk for some reason!" Chu Tian, who was riding the ox, shouted a warning as soon as he spotted Ning Xuan. At the same time, he changed his original course and made a beeline for him.

Ning Xuan rubbed his nose, feeling a little embarrassed. He’d dragged an innocent party into this. But this guy is pretty capable to have escaped that predicament.

"Brother Chu, it was this idiotic falcon!" Ning Xuan yelled, pointing at the hunting falcon looking down on him from above. "It couldn’t beat me, so it flew into a rage! Hurry over here! If we subdue it together, we can get out of this!"

The hunting falcon was speechless. Thank you so fucking much! Weren’t you the one who told me to find helpers?! This is unbelievable! What the fuck did I do to deserve this!

Unaware of the truth, Chu Tian believed him instantly. After all, Ning Xuan was a Trialist, just like him.

He immediately shouted a single word in response, "Okay!"

"Old ox, charge!"

Chu Tian’s presence became incredibly sharp, his fighting spirit surging. He had already realized the gravity of the situation. This idiotic falcon hanging in the sky must be the king of these Element Beasts!

At the same time, another thought flashed through his mind. Could it be that even the Element Beasts think I’m no match for him? Otherwise, why wouldn’t their king come after me?

Of course, the thought was fleeting. The most important thing now is to capture this big, idiotic falcon. Otherwise, both Ning Xuan and I will perish here!

WHOOSH!

With that thought, Chu Tian, still running at high speed, flung an object from his hand that shot straight toward the hunting falcon. Ning Xuan got a good look and saw it was a pair of strangely shaped hooks!

"Brother Ning, catch!" Chu Tian shouted, tossing another object toward him.

Ning Xuan snatched it out of the air and instinctively asked, "What is this?" The item in his hand looked like a fishing net, but its size and dimensions seemed off.

"A Beast-Catching Net! It’s specifically for capturing Element Beasts!"

The hunting falcon easily dodged Chu Tian’s attack. It had initially planned on ignoring him, but upon hearing those words, it couldn’t hold back.

Ning Xuan was also stunned. How is this guy even more of a schemer than me? First, he used a fake name and pretended to be poor to enter the trial grounds with a minuscule amount of Heavenly Crystals, and now he’s pulling out gadgets like these. Unbelievable!

"Wait, what are you actually here for?" Ning Xuan asked while looking for an opening.

"The trial, of course! I heard a rumor that the Element Beasts in the Bi Luo Palace’s trial grounds are different from the ones outside, so I wanted to catch—Brother Ning, move! We’re running out of time!"

Chu Tian didn’t need to look back to know the beast tide was alarmingly close. It wasn’t just the terrifying pressure; more importantly, his old ox had already ditched him and bolted!

Ning Xuan finally made his move. He cast the net, which spread out in a circle, seeming to imprison a portion of heaven and earth!

The hunting falcon’s body abruptly shrank as its speed skyrocketed, and with a BOOM, it evaded the net. Just as it was resizing and charging toward Ning Xuan again, Ning Xuan’s body vanished from his spot. The next moment, the falcon felt a sudden weight on its back.

At the same time, Ning Xuan’s voice rang out, "Silly bird, quick—"

Before he could finish, a massive, impossibly thick club came crashing down from the sky. Ning Xuan whipped his head around to see a giant elephant, towering several tens of feet high, charging violently toward them. The aura it radiated was even more terrifying than the hunting falcon’s!

"Fly!" Ning Xuan’s shout was like a clap of thunder.

The hunting falcon obeyed instinctively.

BOOM!

The man and the falcon disappeared on the spot.

Down below, Chu Tian snapped out of his daze, his eyes wide. "Brother Ning, what about me?! I’m not on yet!"

He was on the verge of tears. He didn’t need to turn around to know that a dense horde of terrifying Element Beasts was right behind him. He had sealed his own cultivation, but even if he hadn’t, he couldn’t possibly fight so many terrifying Element Beasts!

Just then, Ning Xuan’s voice drifted down from the distant sky. "Don’t worry, they won’t bother you."

As Chu Tian stood there, stunned, a deafening RUMBLE echoed. One after another, the Element Beasts stampeded past him, chasing in the direction Ning Xuan had vanished. They had truly ignored him.

Soon, Chu Tian waved his sleeve to clear away the swirling dust and sand. Looking at the terrifying horde stampeding like a dragon in the distance, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But then it hit him. From the very beginning, Ning Xuan had a plan: use that idiotic falcon to escape! And I was just a pawn in his plan! Damn it! I was a complete and utter stooge!

Chu Tian’s face turned green. Very quickly, however, a smile spread across his lips.

Interesting. This brother is quite a character! If I could team up with him on future trials, it would definitely be a lot of fun!

Staring in the direction Ning Xuan had disappeared, Chu Tian’s face filled with anticipation.

Meanwhile, the hunting falcon, having come to its senses, tried everything to shake Ning Xuan off. But Ning Xuan seemed to have taken root, firmly welded to its back. There, he closed his eyes, sensing the omnipresent gravity and Majestic Pressure, imagining he was this idio—bah, this hunting falcon.

Suddenly, he had an epiphany.

"Hahaha, so that’s how simple it is to accelerate under this gravity!" Laughing heartily, Ning Xuan opened his eyes and leaped off.

With a piercing cry, the falcon swooped down to attack him. But this time, Ning Xuan dodged with ease!

BANG!

A giant elephant swung its trunk, shattering the void. Yet Ning Xuan, who should have been in its path, suddenly appeared on the elephant’s back.

His speed was no longer affected by gravity!

「Outside.」

The two women were dumbstruck. They had no idea how Ning Xuan had managed it! Keep in mind, Ning Xuan was still wearing heavy armor. Moreover, when the rampaging Element Beasts formed a tide that shook the very space, it was like a dam breaking. The gravitational force would spike by tens, or even hundreds, of times! And yet, there was Ning Xuan, acting as if it was nothing!

As their gazes chased the figure weaving freely among the terrifying Element Beasts, Yun Wangshu asked Wu Pianpian, "Does this count as his passing the trial?"

"Pass?" Wu Pianpian said in admiration, her beautiful eyes crinkling into a smile. "It’s far more than that. This is a perfect clear, far exceeding the requirements!" She then said boastfully, "See? I have great foresight. It was my idea to send him here for his trial!"

Yun Wangshu shot her a glance, not bothering to expose her lie, but then remembered something else. "Right, that ranking battle you mentioned before... you weren’t tricking him about that, were you?"

"No, that’s real. Just wait, the rewards should be distributed soon. I just wonder what they’ll be..." As she spoke, Wu Pianpian kept her gaze fixed on Ning Xuan, her eyes brimming with anticipation.