Chapter 180: Chapter 174: The Mercury Man
"Wang Xu, are you alright?"
Princess Bing Qing’s face changed color, and she flew over with concern.
Wang Xu shook his head, his gaze fixed on the silver-gray special lifeform: "I’m fine. This special lifeform’s realm level is at the High Class White Hole Level, but its strength has already reached the strongest White Hole Level. You’re no match for it, let me handle it."
"Hmph! I won’t let anyone who dares to harm this princess’s guard get away with it!" Princess Bing Qing’s defiant nature erupted, and with a flip of her delicate hand, a beautiful pink fan appeared, dotted with sparkling starlight.
Whoosh!
With a wave of her small hand, a massive storm whipped up, a terrifying tempest capable of tearing apart stars, sweeping toward the mercurial figure.
"Kah ha ha..." A harsh laugh issued forth as it charged against the storm, the tempest slicing countless gruesome cuts into its body like blades, yet not a drop of blood flowed, and the mercurial form healed effortlessly, the storm passing over as if leaving no trace.
The mercurial figure was fast, crossing through the storm and arriving before Princess Bing Qing in the blink of an eye, its large hand fashioned from mercury swinging out.
Suddenly, a glaringly brilliant White Jade Long Saber appeared, clashing violently with the mercurial hand, the terrifying force contained entirely within, impacting solely upon the mercurial hand.
Poof!
The mercurial hand exploded, and Wang Xu extended a hand to grab Princess Bing Qing, retreating rapidly.
The mercurial figure retracted its hand, the exploded mercury fragments reconvening to form the mercurial hand once more, its silver-gray skin fluctuating, with vacant eyes looking at Wang Xu, a smile curling at its lips.
"Wang Xu, don’t stop me, I want to kill it with my own hands!" Princess Bing Qing insisted stubbornly, her form shifting to wield the fan again, intent on battling the mercurial figure.
"Shut up!" Wang Xu glared fiercely at Princess Bing Qing, shouting lowly, shocking her into silence.
From a young age, Princess Bing Qing had been pampered and spoiled, and in the National Hall, others were always deferential to her. Surrounded by boundless affection, she grew fearless and bold, confident that with her father to protect her, she needn’t worry even if the sky fell, and no one would blame her, no matter what troubles she caused.
Yet now, Wang Xu’s roar and fierce gaze left her taken aback.
He glared at me, that’s right, and even shouted at me!
"You... You... I’m going to tell father, how dare you yell at me, even father doesn’t dare to yell at me!" Princess Bing Qing fumed.
"Feel free to tell him. Just say you brought me to Tai Long Peak to seek the Five-Colored Stone, and we encountered a special lifeform along the way, one you insisted on confronting despite being outmatched. Let’s see what the Sovereign has to say about that." Wang Xu snorted coldly.
Normally, Wang Xu could joke and be playful, and no matter how willful Princess Bing Qing was, it didn’t matter.
But now it concerned their lives, not just hers, but his as well.
If anything happened to Princess Bing Qing, Wang Xu certainly wouldn’t escape blame, and Earth might also become embroiled.
Given the gravity of the situation, Wang Xu wouldn’t allow Princess Bing Qing to be reckless.
"You... You..." Princess Bing Qing found herself at a loss for words, her bright eyes brimming with tears on the verge of spilling over.
"If you want to cry, do it somewhere else and don’t interfere with me." Wang Xu said coldly, clutching the White Jade Long Saber, stepping on a sword shadow, his figure transforming into a streak of light, heading straight for the special lifeform.
Having never been treated like this from birth till now, Princess Bing Qing felt grievously wronged, glaring angrily at Wang Xu’s figure: "To dare glare at me, and yell at me, when we return I’ll teach you a lesson!"
Despite her words, Princess Bing Qing understood in her heart that with her strength, it was impossible to defeat the mercurial figure, and she had to rely on Wang Xu.
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Above the sky, the White Jade Long Saber stabbed out continuously with annihilating fury, the mercurial figure’s body exploding in segments, yet no matter how it shattered, it could recombine in the blink of an eye.
"Its aura hasn’t weakened at all." After a moment, Wang Xu frowned, withdrawing the White Jade Long Saber, and retreated.
The mercurial figure’s regeneration ability was very strong, this Wang Xu knew well, but regeneration required consuming Cosmic Energy. Just like Wang Xu’s "Endless Life," which required a lot of Cosmic Energy to restore his body, but despite the prolonged attacks, the mercurial figure’s aura did not diminish at all, clearly indicating that its regeneration did not require Cosmic Energy.
Thus, Wang Xu naturally couldn’t engage in a war of attrition.
"You big dummy Wang, special lifeforms are immortal, to kill one you must destroy the ’core’ within it!" Suddenly, Princess Bing Qing’s voice rang out, the words ’big dummy Wang’ the loudest.
But Wang Xu paid no attention to that, he asked, "Princess Bing Qing, where inside is this special lifeform’s core?"
"Calling you a dummy is accurate, special lifeforms’ cores are never fixed in one place, you have to find it yourself," Princess Bing Qing immediately took the opportunity to mock Wang Xu.
Wang Xu understood, the mercurial figure’s regeneration ability was troubling, but now he had a strategy, knowing the opponent’s weakness, the subsequent battle wouldn’t be too passive.
Just as their conversation ended, the mercurial figure already closed in on Wang Xu, its mercurial hand striking, as Wang Xu wielded his White Jade Long Saber to meet it head on.
"What?!" Wang Xu’s body shuddered, eyes wide with amazement, the force of the mercurial hand had increased several fold.
"Great Will!"
Very quickly, Wang Xu discovered something strange. The mercurial large hand was covered with a dim light, exuding a powerful aura that was none other than the Great Will.
The mercurial humanoid attacked relentlessly, but Wang Xu was unafraid. So what if you have the Great Will? I have it too!
Treading on the Sword Shadow, Wang Xu’s figure refracted through the void like light, moving faster than the mercurial humanoid.
Moreover, Wang Xu’s steps were mysterious and nimble, like a true sword—elusive and unpredictable—even the mercurial humanoid’s large hand couldn’t land a hit on him.
This is the strength of the Body Technique.
After reaching the Will Level with his Body Technique, it was very difficult for Wang Xu to make further progress. However, with the memory of the Endless Sword and Endless Inheritance, Wang Xu comprehended further, elevating his Body Technique with a certain probability to dodge the attacks of the Great Will.
Splurt!
Light rapidly circled around the mercurial humanoid. The White Jade Long Saber swept and stabbed, cutting countless gashes in various parts of the mercurial humanoid’s body.
"There!" Wang Xu’s eyes lit up. He discovered that in one of the gashes just made, a black irregular core exposed its corner. It was precisely under the ribs of its back.
Having found the core, the White Jade Long Saber immediately turned, directly targeting the back ribs of the mercurial humanoid.
The mercurial humanoid had already sensed that his opponent discovered the existence of the core and launched a full attack. Immediately, its silver-white skin turned black, like iron blocks, with dim light flowing.
Zing!
The White Jade Long Saber stabbed into the mercurial humanoid’s black skin, penetrating only two inches and was unable to go any further. Clearly, when the mercurial humanoid’s skin turned black, the hardness of its body greatly increased.
Clatter.
Wang Xu thrust out a saber, the tip twisted, and a black fragment fell from the iron-like mercurial body.
"Uh ah..." The mercurial humanoid seemed to feel pain, with its perpetually impassive face showing anger, letting out a piercing and hoarse roar, as the blackened large hand pressed towards Wang Xu.
As the mercurial humanoid was initially at the High Class White Hole Level, after deploying the Great Will and Darkening, its power could rival the strongest White Hole Level. No matter how confident Wang Xu was, with his current strength, he dared not take the strongest White Hole Level’s attack head-on.
Whoosh. Wang Xu stepped on his Sword Shadow, shooting out like light, while the strike landed on empty space, blasting a million-mile-deep pit into the ground, with an earth-shaking roar.
"He’s injured." Wang Xu’s gaze fell on the mercurial humanoid’s ribs, instantly noticing the part that he had just shattered, unable to heal, with the gap still there.
The mercurial humanoid missed its strike, and the blackened body immediately became like a shadow, a darkened chain made of mercury appeared, swung fiercely, stirring up bursts of explosive sounds.
Wang Xu’s figure was like light, flickering back and forth in the void, continually closing in on the mercurial humanoid.
Hah!
When the distance between Wang Xu and the mercurial humanoid was only a mere hundred meters, a dazzling saber light gleamed, cutting straight towards the mercurial humanoid.
The mercurial humanoid shook the darkened chain, arm trembling, swinging it fiercely.
Crack! The dazzling saber light struck the mercurial humanoid, with another piece of the blackened body falling off, but Wang Xu was not well off either, bearing the full brunt of the mercurial humanoid’s blow, spewing a mouthful of blood.
With a strike effective, Wang Xu hesitated no longer, his figure akin to light swiftly approached the mercurial humanoid for close combat.
Seeing Wang Xu wanted to engage head-on, the mercurial humanoid abandoned the darkened chain and swung its mercurial large hand again.
Splurt! Yet another clash, Wang Xu successfully cut off a part of the mercurial humanoid’s body but suffered heavy attacks himself.
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Princess Bing Qing observing Wang Xu’s actions from the side, saw him spewing several mouthfuls of blood, feeling tense in her heart.
"Gaha haha..."
After enduring several dozen hard shakes, Wang Xu’s expression was dispirited to the extreme, his face pale, while the mercurial humanoid revealed a sinister smile, the hoarse laugh, the shattered mercurial large hand pressing down again with full might, ready to kill Wang Xu in one strike.
Wang Xu’s breath declined greatly, unlike in his prime, wanting to evade this strike was fundamentally impossible, the mercurial humanoid was sure of Wang Xu’s weakness, taking advantage of the situation.
"Wang Xu!" Princess Bing Qing also noticed Wang Xu couldn’t dodge this strike, exclaiming, "Quick, use the Talisman!"
The Talisman could resist a strike from those of the Mixed Universe Realm, using it to counter the mercurial humanoid’s strike would be simple enough, but Wang Xu’s pale expression suddenly smiled.
"Such a precious treasure, how can it be wasted on this scum."
Suddenly, green light rose within Wang Xu’s body, his aura exploded, the White Jade Long Saber in his hand carrying a destructive aura stabbed out.
The mercurial humanoid was careless, thinking he could kill Wang Xu in one strike, unexpectedly, Wang Xu had Endless Life, able to recover rapidly, turning the tables and stabbing the mercurial humanoid under the ribs, the black core inside quietly shattered.
The mercurial humanoid’s body stiffened, the fierce wind blew, the blackened body turned into dust, drifting away with the wind. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to to read.)