Chapter 301: Son of a Bitch! Let’s Try Again!

　　Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

　　The spirit in the stone wall kept cursing him, but Xu Que ignored him and walked swiftly on. At the same time, his mind was preoccupied with the Way of the Sword.

　　He was basically ignorant on the subject, but one skill he did have was bullshitting. He could probably hoodwink the Sword Spirit without much difficulty.

　　Even if he failed… well, he could always just run away again. Nothing difficult about that.

　　It was wisest to have an escape route prepared at all times, in case he needed to dash immediately after acting tough!

　　Unfortunately, the moment he entered the lava cave, he met the group of swordsmen who were about to flee from the Sword Catacomb. The moment both sides noticed each other, everyone stopped running at once.

　　“Fu… Fujiwara, why are you back here?”

　　“Look! It’s Fujiwara! He’s back!”

　　“Didn’t he run away? What’s he doing coming back?”

　　The swordsmen were all shocked at the sight of Xu Que returning to Sword Catacomb.

　　They just couldn’t understand why he’d be back.

　　Could it be that he was just pretending to run away?

　　Xu Que smiled and calmly said, “Yes, I’ve come back. I’ve said it before–when in the face of danger, one must be brave and try to overcome it. One mustn’t be bowed by the problems one encounters! I, Takumi Fujiwara, am the god of cars in Akihabara, how could I let a little danger scare me away? I was also afraid that you might be in danger, so I’ve come back to rescue you.”

　　“Huh?”

　　The crowd was too confused to respond.

　　He was worried that we might be in danger, so he came back to save us?

　　Wait, wait… that’s not right!

　　This Fujiwara isn’t that kind, honest and innocent young man that the Sword Spirit once praised!

　　We’ll be fools if we believed him! No wonder his words sound really fake!

　　If they hadn’t seen the cold and cruel side of Xu Que, the group would have still believed Xu Que’s words. They might have even been moved to tears by them.

　　But now that they had seen Xu Que’s true shameless self, the group just couldn’t believe that he had come back to save anyone!

　　Boom!

　　Suddenly, there was a loud explosion in the lava cave’s passageway and the ground rumbled once again.

　　Obviously, the Sword Spirit had detected the remnant of his soul on Xu Que and had come back to find him again.

　　The group of cultivators turned pale.

　　“This sounds bad, let’s get out of here!”

　　“Wait!” shouted Xue Que, waving his hand at the cultivators.

　　“Don’t be afraid. You don’t have to leave. I can handle this!”

　　The group was stunned.

　　He could handle it? Could they trust him? The black fog looked immensely powerful, could this idiot actually even stand against it once it arrived, let alone handle it?

　　Xu Que stayed calm and placed his hands behind his back as he stood his ground. His clothes fluttered in the gentle breeze and he was full of confidence!

　　Whoosh!

　　At that moment, the Sword Spirit turned into a black fog with the outline of a ferocious beast. It rushed out of the passageway and appeared before everyone’s eyes.

　　It had a thick, murderous aura and an imposing manner, and the black fog charged directly at Xu Que.

　　Xu Que glared at it and shouted, “Dao can be spoken, but it may not be the eternal Dao! Sword Spirit, do you know what the Way of the Sword is?”

　　Xu Que’s voice was full of strength and power, it was as domineering as booming thunder. Everyone was shocked.

　　Even Xu Que was quite proud of himself. Ha! He had given himself 99 points out of a hundred, with that one point symbolizing room for improvement.

　　He was sure that by reciting words from the Book of Taoism, he would surely impress the Sword Spirit. Now, surely, it must be rushing to Xu Que to ask for his guidance and make him read out more passages, right?

　　In Xu Que’s view, the most compelling and impressive words were certainly those that were hard to pronounce and indecipherable. There always seemed to be great universal truths hiding in simple lines of the book. In fact, those suave protagonists from the novels he’d read had always used those lines to appear wise and imposing…

　　Roarrrr!

　　The Sword Spirit didn’t even pause, it rushed on like mad and headed towards Xu Que at top speed.

　　“What the fuck? It didn’t work? Those novels have been filled with fucking lies! My friends, I must excuse myself now. Please don’t forget to have courage!”

　　So Xu Que’s big plan hadn’t worked. His eyes opened wide in shock for a moment and soon enough, he bolted.

　　If you failed to act tough, then you had to run immediately. Otherwise… you would be dead!

　　Xu Que then used the teleportation spell and focused on making his escape!

　　After a while, he managed to escape again!

　　Boommm!

　　The Sword Spirit burst out of the ground, leaving a giant pit in his trail.

　　Everyone was so frightened that their faces had turned deathly pale. They were all frozen to the spot, so scared that they couldn’t even move!

　　Fuck you, Fujiwara!

　　Didn’t you say that you knew how to handle the dark fog?

　　Now you’re running away again! What was going to happen to us now?

　　……

　　At the same time, Xu Que reappeared outside of Sword Catacomb.

　　This time he was furious. Who would’ve imagined that his big plan wouldn’t work?

　　Fine, then, Sword Spirit! At the end of the day, you’re just a kind of soul, anyway! This time I’ll go back and attack you with my ultimate move!

　　After serious contemplation about how to counterattack the Sword Spirit, Xu Que once again made up his mind… to complete this tough acting!

　　He activated the Three Thousand Volts Lightning and headed back towards Sword Catacomb once again.

　　The people outside the Sword Catacomb saw him and rushed towards him. They all fixed their eyes upon him.

　　Xu Que stayed calm and expressionless.

　　“Eh? Why are there so many people here? Has anyone seen my two brothers Takumi Fujiwara and Naruto Fujiwara enter the Sword Catacomb? I’m Pooper Fujiwara…”

　　The crowd outside the Sword Catacomb was speechless for a while. They were seeing Xu Que outside the Sword Catacomb again, and he had even made up such a ridiculous name for himself. They couldn’t believe how shameless he was.

　　Pooper Fujiwara? Pooper your ass! What idiot would give their child a name like that?

　　At that moment, no one bothered to say a word anymore, they just resorted to using force instead!

　　“The bastard’s out here again, there must be another way to exit the Sword Catacomb!”

　　“Quick! Grab him! We must interrogate him!”

　　“Charge!”

　　Then the whole crowd all rushed towards Xu Que.

　　“Hey, hey, hey, hey… you barbarians! You fucking savage animals! Don’t blame me if I, Pooper Fujiwara, use my powers on you!”

　　Xu Que then shook his head and didn’t look at anyone at all. He just unleashed a lightning bolt out of his hand and compressed it into a ball of lightning.

　　“I’ll fry you all with this lightning ball!” he yelled.

　　The giant lightning ball flashed into the crowd, then instantly hurtled towards the entrance of the Sword Catacomb, taking Xu Que with it. He surpassed the restrictive law as he had an ancient sword with him.

　　This time he was a man on a mission and he didn’t want to waste any time. When he passed the stone wall, he didn’t wait for the spirit to open its mouth, he just slashed his sword at the tongue.

　　“Ow, ow, ow, ow… fuck you, you little piece of scum! I’ll curse you! Ow! That really hurt!” shouted the spirit.

　　But Xu Que was already gone.

　　He went back to the lava cave. Those cultivators were still inside, not daring to move.

　　Boommmm!

　　The Sword Spirit once again sensed Xu Que, and in an instant, he went mad again and the dark fog rushed towards him.

　　“Son of a bitch! Let’s try again! This time you’ll fall for my trick!” Xu Que shouted.

　　Then he smiled and pulled out a zither from his storage in the system and placed it on his legs. His ten fingers gleamed brightly with his true strength, and they then went on to dance on the strings of the instrument!