Rabbit Must Die
Chapter 708 - 304: The Star of Epilepsy_1

Chapter 708: Chapter 304: The Star of Epilepsy_1

Qin Shou smacked his lips and said, "Almost? Does that mean there are some you can’t sweep away?"

Hong He nodded and said, "There are exceptions to everything. The Witch Clan has geniuses, and so do other clans. Through these endless ages, it has been a battle of comprehending the Way among geniuses. When any side makes a breakthrough, it signifies the rise of that side and the decline of the other.

But let’s not talk about that...

What I want to say is that I am a wizard. The runes on your friend are also transformed by witchcraft, and witchcraft-transformed runes are directly imprinted deep within the soul; unless he is also a master of the Soul Path, he would not be able to find those secretive runes by himself. As long as the runes are deep within his soul, I can at any time trigger the power of the runes to suppress him."

Upon hearing this, Qin Shou looked puzzled and said, "You’ve said so much, but what exactly do you want to do? This can’t just be a simple lecture, right? Or are you trying to scare me?"

Hong He gave Qin Shou a sideways glance and said, "I heard everything you were saying outside just now. Since you have kept your promise, I naturally will keep mine too."

As he spoke, Hong He clapped his hands in front of him, and a yellow paper figure flew out of his hands, on which was clearly written: "Chongba’s name!"

Then Hong He pointed at the paper figure, and Chongba on the outside started to shout.

Afterward, runes one by one drilled into the Eight Trigrams Furnace and merged into the paper figure. When the last rune was imprinted on the paper figure, Hong He pointed at it. The paper figure went ’poof’ and burst into flames, and the runes inside turned to ash as well.

Hong He said, "There, all the rune marks on your friend’s body have been removed."

Qin Shou smacked his lips and said, "Aren’t you going to explain?"

Looking at Qin Shou’s curious expression, Hong He helplessly said, "I used the paper figure to replace Chongba, and used the Soul Path to disguise it as Chongba, which then attracted those runes to come on their own. And finally, I burned it, just as simple as that."

It sounded simple to Luoye, but he understood that in reality, it was definitely not that simple.

While they were talking, the Eight Trigrams Furnace shouted, "We’re out!"

Qin Shou’s heart moved, and he hurriedly lifted the lid of the Eight Trigrams Furnace to look outside, only to see a point of light expanding continuously until the blinding white light disappeared—They had actually emerged at the edge of a star!

Fortunately, Qin Shou and the others were no ordinary people; the temperature of the star could not bother them.

Qin Shou took out his astroplate to check the direction and then pointed into the distance, saying, "Don’t you want to go back? That way is the direction of your home; just fly slowly, you’ll eventually make it home."

Looking back, Hong He then calculated for a moment before saying, "I’ll have to fly for five hundred years to get back home..."

Qin Shou was also startled, "Five hundred years? How is that possible?"

The Eight Trigrams Furnace leisurely said, "How is it not possible? I didn’t have the chance to tell you before, but now let’s talk about it."

Then the Eight Trigrams Furnace told Qin Shou about how the Winged Snake had delivered the astroplate, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of using the astroplate.

After listening, Qin Shou did not voice any response.

Hong He sneered, "Why do I feel like they just wanted to send you off quickly? Or rather, they hoped you would go far away and come back late, or better yet, never come back."

The Eight Trigrams Furnace immediately shouted, "Don’t talk nonsense, my character is pretty good!"

Chongba added, "My character isn’t bad either."

Then everyone turned to look at Qin Shou, who angrily said, "My character is even better!"

Boom!

A bolt of thunder streaked across the void...

Everyone chuckled.

Qin Shou felt an unbearable gloom...

"That’s the situation, if you want to go back, we can’t send you there. If it’s not too much trouble for you, you could fly back by yourself," Qin Shou asked Hong He.

Hong He got up and said, "Then I’ll fly."

"Before you go, can I ask you a question?" Qin Shou asked.

Hong He replied, "Ask away."

Qin Shou said, "Well, were the Witch Clan wiped out in the past and then resurrected, or did you never perish?"

Hong He’s face turned slightly grim; she obviously didn’t want to answer these questions, but still she said, "We lost back then and retreated into the depths of space, that’s all."

Although Hong He made it sound easy, everyone could tell that it definitely wasn’t as simple as just retreating into the depths of space. It was probably much crueler than what she described.

After speaking, Hong He stood up and left.

Everyone, including Qin Shou, didn’t really care about Hong He leaving. What Qin Shou was most concerned about now was...

"Chongba, what’s gotten you to come here all of a sudden? Isn’t the Immortal Realm big enough for your roaming?" Qin Shou frowned and said.

Chongba said with a bitter smile, "You think I wanted to come? That time you were hunted, we all followed, and afterwards something incredibly fierce happened, even the Southern Gate was blown up. When everyone was fleeing in all directions, I was swept into a spatial rift, and by the time I woke up, I was already deep in space. These years, I’ve been trying to find a way back, but... space is really vast."

The Eight Trigrams Furnace chuckled and said, "Why don’t you just say you got lost? Talking about how vast it is..."

Qin Shou couldn’t laugh at all about Chongba’s experience because, in essence, all the hardship stemmed from him.

He felt moved and didn’t have the heart to ridicule him.

Originally, Li Zhenying ended up in the Earthly Immortal Realm and was nearly killed by others.

The Big Fools had similar experiences, only theirs were slightly better than Li Zhenying’s.

But the one who suffered the most was probably Chongba. Stranded in the depths of space, with insufficient Yuan Qi, his strength improved extremely slowly, and he was still at the Level Nine of Human Immortal.

"Let’s forget about the hardships; they’re all behind us. When we go back, I’ll treat you to good food and drinks," Qin Shou said, patting Chongba’s shoulder.

Chongba nodded. Just then, the Eight Trigrams Furnace said, "Have you noticed? That big fireball behind us seems off."

Qin Shou turned to look just in time to see the flames on that star begin to violently tremble.

Chongba said, "It’s not having an epileptic fit, is it?"

Qin Shou gave him a disdainful look and said, "Since when can a star get epilepsy? No matter the situation, we shouldn’t get involved. Let’s get out of here. Hey, didn’t you say that the Star Gate was a one-time thing with a hundred-year interval for the second use? How can it still open?"

The Eight Trigrams Furnace replied, "Are you stupid? What was said is about a hundred years’ interval per single-direction transmission. When I chose the destination initially, I had activated single-direction transmission, and it locked onto several nodes. As long as we are near these nodes, we can open directed transmission at any time. But if you want to go back, then you’ll have to wait another hundred years."

As they spoke, the Eight Trigrams Furnace was already preparing to open the Star Gate.

Right then, the star behind them let out a muffled roar. Following that, a haughty voice rang out, "Hahaha... I’m finally about to succeed! Finally! This star is about to explode, and all its energy will be mine! Once my divine skill reaches perfection, I will return and slaughter all those bastards! Kill them all! Kill, kill, kill!"