Stellar Transformation-Chapter 513: Season 15 Episode 22 Kowtow
The sky was a deep blue, like fine celadon, and the enormous formation that spanned ten miles in the sky still existed just as it had over two hundred years ago, year after year... The roaring sound within the formation still occasionally erupted.
Clearly, Xiong Hei inside had not died yet!
At the base of Mini Mountain, there were thousands of people from Black Dragon Pond, each Divine Being either idly chatting aside, cultivating, cursing, and so on.
"It’s been over two hundred years, why doesn’t Lord Xiong Hei just admit defeat directly? Why keep resisting with such effort? After over two hundred years of failing to escape, does he think he can?"
An old man with short, glistening green hair, sitting cross-legged on a rock, grumbled discontentedly.
Beside this old man were dozens of Divine Beings, one of whom, a purple-haired woman, snorted coldly and said, "Old Green Head, stop gossiping. Lord Xiong Hei is not someone you’re qualified to judge. Look at how he keeps trying to attack within the formation, not giving up after more than two hundred years. If you had even a fraction of Lord Xiong Hei’s perseverance, I’d respect you all the same."
"To persevere in an impossible endeavor, some say that Lord Xiong Hei’s true form is that of a bear. I used to doubt it, but now... it seems to be true," said a man dressed as a scholar, leaning against a big tree with a smile on his face.
For Divine Beings with such long lives and who are easily bored, it is quite satisfying to witness their superior suffering a loss. And yet, they are so respectful in front of Xiong Hei on normal days.
...
Qin Yu was sitting with his legs crossed, enveloped in a tuft of green light, as if he were amongst clouds. He had been sitting this way for more than two hundred years without moving an inch.
Qin Yu’s eyebrows lifted slightly, and a smile appeared on his face as he spoke out, "Xiong Hei, it’s been over two hundred years. Until when do you plan to resist? Just as I said, kneel down, knock your head on the ground three times in surrender, and I’ll let you leave right away."
Xiong Hei, who was inside the grand formation, was currently wearing nothing but a pair of large underpants, his chest covered in thick black hair bare for all to see; his similarly naked, hairy thighs would make you think of a bear if you didn’t see his face.
"Huff, huff..." Xiong Hei put aside his Wolf Fang Club and collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.
Xiong Hei turned his head and glared at the white wall in front of him, its brightness blinding him. He then glanced at the green passageway beside him, its color making him feel nauseous. Too monotonous, it was sheer torture for over two hundred years.
"This Qin Yu is too twisted," Xiong Hei said, his fists clenched tightly as his body trembled with rage, "Damn it, it used to be fine in the previous years, why does he attack me even when I’m not hitting the walls these days?"
As time passed, Qin Yu became more and more adept at blending the methods of the ’Killing Array’ into the ’Trap Array’.
Practice is the best method of learning. These two hundred years of practice were far more effective than thousands of years of solitary deduction by Qin Yu himself. If Xiong Hei really did prostrate himself to beg for mercy, Qin Yu would actually be reluctant to part with such a fine experimental subject.
A Heavenly God to serve as a test subject, and one not easily killed at that, where else could he find such an opportunity?
"When exactly do you plan to release me?" Xiong Hei suddenly looked up and roared, his eyes full of rage and despair.
"There’s no hurry, I still have many techniques I haven’t used yet. The way of formations is boundless. If I were to slowly experiment, even a million years, a hundred million years, or a billion years, there would still be no end to it," Qin Yu said with a unique tone, as if possessed by an obsession with formations, "Xiong Hei, you should be proud to experience so many formations."
Xiong Hei was on the verge of collapsing.
If he were to cultivate in peace, he wouldn’t mind doing so for a million years. If he were to engage in intense battles with others, he could endure even a couple of thousand years of combat.
But within this ’Bear Trap’ formation, he was trapped in endless torment, his nerves worn thin by the monotonous and dull surroundings. Just the sight of these colors caused him headaches, as if his head were about to explode, driving Xiong Hei to the brink of irritation.
Especially considering that these days of madness were endless, with no reprieve in sight.
Xiong Hei shivered, his soul trembling.
Clenching his teeth, Xiong Hei suddenly looked up and said resolutely, "Qin Yu, oh Lord Qin Yu, I beg you, spare me, ah, spare me. I was blind to your greatness and offended you!"
Xiong Hei couldn’t hold on any longer.
"Oh, begging for mercy now? But don’t forget what I said before, bang your head on the ground three times," Qin Yu said with a smile. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Qin Yu still remembered how, when Xiong Hei first led his troops to Mini Mountain, he had been so domineering and arrogant, wielding his Wolf Fang Club in a frenzy. And now, this pitiful sight evoked a sense of irony.
"Bang my head?" Xiong Hei’s body trembled as his large, black face turned a deep red, akin to a monkey’s rear.
"Then you can keep waiting another one or two million years. Maybe, if I’m feeling enthusiastic, I might even study for a hundred million years. Just stay there in this ’Bear Trap’ formation and wait," Qin Yu’s voice remained calm and unconcerned.
A hundred million years?
Beads of sweat the size of pearls broke out on Xiong Hei’s forehead and cheeks. Xiong Hei ran his thick, black hands across his face, the sweat dripping onto the ground. Yet still, Xiong Hei kept his head bowed, pondering something.
After a long silence.
"Qin Yu, promise me one condition, and I will knock my head," Xiong Hei raised his head, his eyes filled with resignation.
Qin Yu couldn’t help feeling astonished. Was this foolish bear really about to kneel and kowtow? In Qin Yu’s mind, Heavenly Gods were generally very proud, and for them to lower their heads was a difficult feat.
"Speak, what is your request?" Qin Yu said with a smile, inwardly curious about the bear’s demand.
"If I truly kowtow to you, you must promise me one thing—never reveal to anyone else that I’ve done this," Xiong Hei stated solemnly.
"Agreed, I promise," Qin Yu replied succinctly.
"Please, Lord Qin Yu, swear an oath, so I can be even more at ease," Xiong Hei continued to impose demands, to which Qin Yu laughed and said, "Fine, fine, I agree. I swear to the heavens that if I speak of Xiong Hei’s kowtowing today to anyone else, I shall incur divine retribution!"
Xiong Hei finally heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Lord Qin Yu, I admit defeat," Xiong Hei suddenly stood up and then knelt on both knees. With a loud thud, he knocked his forehead against the ground three times. "With these three kowtows, I hope Lord Qin Yu can forgive me and spare me this once."
Having said that, Xiong Hei kept his head touching the ground, waiting for Qin Yu’s response.
At this moment, Xiong Hei’s heart was full of raging fury: "Qin Yu, once I get out, I will certainly make you regret today’s actions and make you pay back a hundredfold, a thousandfold for what you’ve done today!"
"Haha... to receive three kowtows from a Heavenly God gives me more of a sense of achievement than killing one, haha..." Qin Yu’s laughter rang out, making Xiong Hei’s face turn even darker.
At that time, the ’Trap Array’ composed of various colors like red, white, black, green, and gold began to fall apart. Countless walls transformed into bands of light, and the myriad Talismanic Seals also vanished.
Xiong Hei looked up to the sky: the deep blue sky, the silky white clouds...
He looked down at the ground: the lush greenery of the forest, and watched as thousands of Divine Beings—among them Mei Ji and Daoist Liu Xu—were looking up in shock.
"I’ve finally regained my freedom!"
Upon his release, Xiong Hei felt an overwhelming sense of exhilaration and couldn’t help but howl to the sky. His howl echoed throughout the heavens and earth, like the rumble of thunder.
"Xiong Hei can endure what others cannot, I admire that, Xiong Hei, you may go back now," Qin Yu’s clear voice sounded.
Xiong Hei looked into the distance.
A few hundred meters away from Xiong Hei, Qin Yu was standing in the air, his black hair fluttering in the wind, his robe billowing.
At this moment, Mei Ji and Daoist Liu Xu also flew up from below. In a short while, they came to Xiong Hei’s side, shoulder to shoulder. Daoist Liu Xu asked curiously, "Big Brother Xiong Hei, what did you endure?"
Xiong Hei’s eye muscles twitched, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes as he transmitted his voice with Divine Sense: "Liu Xu, Mei Ji, that Qin Yu is agile in flight, and his speed is extremely fast. The three of us joining forces and attacking him from three directions will do! You two are faster than me. Together, we will definitely be able to kill him."
Mei Ji and Liu Xu exchanged glances.
"Brother Liu, what do you think?" Mei Ji asked through Divine Sense.
"This is feasible. Qin Yu needs some time to set up a Formation. The Trap Array he just set up has dissipated. If he wants to set up another one, it would take a day or two, which is enough time for us to kill him," Daoist Liu Xu stated.
Xiong Hei looked towards Liu Xu and Mei Ji, who both smiled and nodded. A smile immediately blossomed on Xiong Hei’s face.
Xiong Hei glared at the distant Qin Yu and bellowed angrily, "Qin Yu, for such humiliation, today, I shall have my revenge!" With that, Xiong Hei shot towards Qin Yu like a meteor from the heavens, carrying with him an earth-shattering momentum.
Meanwhile, Mei Ji and Daoist Liu Xu turned into two light breezes, looking to encircle from the sides.
When Qin Yu saw this, he simply smiled and nodded.
"Just as I expected, but... being able to force Xiong Hei to kowtow to me in these last few months also counts as a win." Qin Yu had a feeling... there were only a few months left before his breakthrough to the Origin Realm.
In fact, even if Xiong Hei hadn’t begged for mercy, after a few months, Qin Yu would still have dissolved the Formation and devoted himself entirely to achieving a breakthrough to the ’Origin Realm’.
Qin Yu then shot downward like a swift arrow. "Where do you think you’re going!" Xiong Hei’s bloodshot eyes were ferocious as he plummeted downward like a cannonball, with Mei Ji and Liu Xu chasing down after him.
But as soon as Qin Yu landed in the woods, the three pursuers—
"He’s gone?" Mei Ji and Liu Xu were utterly perplexed.
"Disappeared? Impossible!" Xiong Hei, like a mad blind man, charged around Mini Mountain in a frenzy, roaring ferociously, "Qin Yu, come out, come out!!!"
(Today’s first Chapter ends here. The next Chapter will be the Tenth Realm of "Star Transformation"! Hehe... On New Year’s Eve, I wish everyone a Happy New Year!)
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