I Can See Experience Points

Don’t get the wrong idea. Captain Su wasn’t dead.

He had simply succumbed to his severe injuries and fallen unconscious.

He Xiaotian was quite envious of his ability to transform into a shadow.

’If I had that, I could sneak into all sorts of secret places in the middle of the night, tsk tsk.’

’Pah! Why would I think of something so depraved?’

’No, no, no, that definitely wasn’t me just now.’

’I, He Xiaotian, am an upstanding young man of the new era.’

He bent down and rummaged through a pile of shattered bone and flesh for a moment, picking up a yellow paper talisman and two rather extraordinary-looking daggers.

The talisman had the words "Primordial Black Qi" written on it in large, traditional characters, with some strange symbols in the middle.

Besides that, there was also an ancient seal script marking.

Unfortunately, He Xiaotian wasn’t a university student studying ancient literature; he was just a medical student.

He casually tossed both items into his storage space, planning to return the talisman to Lei Yang and the others after this was all over.

As for the daggers?

Those were his own spoils of war!

It wasn’t that he hadn’t considered secretly keeping the talisman, but the others weren’t stupid.

He was the only one left alive here. If He Xiaotian didn’t take it, did the talisman grow legs and run away?

After doing all this, he turned and walked toward the stone statue.

With his special attribute, Insight +1, He Xiaotian was naturally no longer afraid of the sphinx.

"CLANG! CLANG!"

The two giant iron hammers crashed against each other, sending sparks flying.

"Wait, lower life-form! What are you doing?"

The statue of the Gluttonous King spoke, a hint of panic in its voice.

"Are all the big shots from the Netherworld like you?"

As He Xiaotian spoke, he hefted the iron hammers, gathering strength in his right arm until the veins bulged.

One could only imagine that when he brought them down, it would be an earth-shattering blow.

"Damn you, human! Do you know who I am? Although I am merely a wisp of the Gluttonous King’s divine will, my true self will surely learn of your disruption of the ritual.

He is the leader of one of the seven hells of the Netherworld, his power immense enough to shake the heavens. I admit you are a strong one among humans, but no matter how powerful an ant is, it is still just an ant.

A great figure high above doesn’t even need to lift a finger. A single sneeze would be enough to obliterate you countless times. Lower life-form, you should think carefully about the consequences. If you kneel and admit your mistake now, I might consider letting your past transgressions slide."

He Xiaotian wanted to laugh. ’Can you please get one thing straight?’

’I’m the one in the position of power here, holding the key to whether you can descend or not.’

’You’re the weak one, yet you act so high and mighty, as if it’s some great honor for me to be your slave.’

"The Gluttonous King, is it? You remind me of some brain-dead archvillain from a novel, completely lacking in awareness. Do me a favor and tell your real body that I, Zheng Peng, will be waiting for him in the mortal world!"

The words had barely left his mouth before He Xiaotian, not waiting for the wisp of the Gluttonous King’s divine will to ramble on, decisively smashed the hammer down.

"BOOM!"

The hammer struck the statue right on the forehead, shattering its head to pieces.

"AHHH—! Damn you, lower life-form! I will turn you into sashimi! Not just you, but your family too! I will eat them alive!"

"If you were the real Gluttonous King, or if you had already descended, I, Zheng Peng, might accept being called an ’ant.’ But have you lost your mind? Right now, you’re just a rock that can’t even move!

Where did you get that insufferable arrogance, as if you’re the master of all life on earth? If I’m a lower life-form, then you’re the lowest of the low. At least I have flesh and blood. You’re just a broken chunk of rock."

As He Xiaotian spoke, the hammers in his hands became a flurry of wild swings.

"CRASH!" "CRASH!"

Shattered rock flew through the air as the Gluttonous King’s wisp of divine will roared in fury.

"Zheng Peng, you just wait! The day I descend, I will definitely kill you! No, I’ll eat you!"

Outside the sacrificial hall, the unconscious Zheng Peng suddenly shivered.

It seemed he was having a terrible nightmare.

It was perfectly normal for the divine will to be angry and arrogant.

As it had said, its true self was one of the leaders of the seven hells, so it had every reason to be so confident.

In its eyes, He Xiaotian was, at best, an ant.

Forgiving an ant’s transgressions was already a tremendous gift.

For it to submit was impossible!

It wasn’t as if He Xiaotian could actually cross the barrier between the mortal world and the Netherworld to kill its true self.

Unfortunately, the circumstances were not in its favor.

No matter how goddamn powerful you are, if you can’t come to the mortal world, what good is all that confidence?

All it had was a single wisp of divine will, capable only of casting an Illusion Technique.

If He Xiaotian were just an ordinary person, he would have undoubtedly died a miserable death.

But he wasn’t ordinary. On the contrary, he was a "god" with cheat codes enabled.

"You’re nothing but a petty demon! I, Zheng Peng, am an upright man—why would I be afraid of you? I’m not scared of your revenge! To be honest with you, I belong to the Shanghai City Cleaners. If you’ve got the guts, come and kill me!"

He Xiaotian loved to stir the pot, and besides, it was a fake identity anyway.

No matter how badass you are, Gluttonous King, you’re still just a big shot in the Netherworld.

If you dare come to the mortal world and attack the authorities, they’ll teach you a lesson in minutes.

"In the name of Gluttony, I curse you! I curse you to a horrible death!"

Amidst the venomous curses from the wisp of divine will belonging to the self-proclaimed leader of one of the Netherworld’s seven hells, He Xiaotian swung his hammer down hard one last time, completely pulverizing the statue.

"BOOM!"

[Ding! You have shattered the Gluttonous King’s descent statue. Gained 30,000 Experience Points.]

A line of text popped up in the upper left corner of his vision.

’Only thirty thousand?’

’Then again, that makes sense. I only shattered its descent statue, I didn’t actually kill the Gluttonous King. It’s reasonable.’

At the same time, a frigid aura filled with endless resentment wrapped itself around his body.

"Hsss!"

He Xiaotian shivered. Ever since he started cultivating the Fire-refined Golden Body, how long had it been since he’d felt what it was like to be cold?

’Son of a bitch, looks like I got hit with a pretty nasty ultimate move, huh?’

He went on full alert, his powerful Spiritual Power spreading out to cover his surroundings.

"Huh?"

With just a single thought, he encompassed every rustle of grass and breath of wind within a ten-meter radius.

’So this is what Spirit +20 does. It’s not just about having more energy than before.’

After a good while, he realized that apart from a chilling energy inside his body, he felt no different than usual.

"Could he have been bluffing? Whatever, I should check on this bunch of ’national swimming champions’ first."

The unconscious members of the City Cleaners were once again mercilessly roasted by He Xiaotian.

He found them one by one and laid them out in a row.

Looking at the five people lined up neatly, He Xiaotian couldn’t help but feel a bit reflective.

’Do Zhao Lei and Zhou Yun have some kind of protagonist halo?’

’Otherwise, how do they manage to turn danger into safety every single time?’

’At worst, they’re just severely injured, but never fatally.’

He Xiaotian stared at the tablet computer in his hands, lost in thought.

He was hesitating, wondering if he should pocket the device.

’This thing is from some research lab. It’s got a radar-like function that can detect evil spirits in the area.’

’If I had this, hunting for evil spirits in the future would be incredibly convenient.’

After weighing the pros and cons, He Xiaotian silently stored the tablet computer in his storage space.

’I did save all five of their lives, after all. Pocketing a radar isn’t going too far, is it?’

’Worst comes to worst, I’ll just give you the yellow talisman back!’