Chapter 725: A Talking duck

The temperature in the dark passageway returned to normal. The burns on Xiao Luo’s body began to heal at a rapid speed. He calmed himself before he called out to the Master God of Chaos once again, “Senior, can you let me enter?”

The temperature in the dark passageway returned to normal. The burns on Xiao Luo’s body began to heal at a rapid speed. He calmed himself before he called out to the Master God of Chaos once again, “Senior, can you let me enter?”

The Master God of Chaos’ reply came after a brief pause. “Lowly human! Do you think you have passed the test already? Dream on!”

“Invincible rolling boulder!”

A round boulder, measuring about ten meters in diameter, fell from above the dark passage with a resounding thud. The enormous boulder, shaped like a wrecking ball, rolled toward Xiao Luo, and the entire passageway rumbled from its movement.

Was this the Master God of Chaos?

Would the Master God of Chaos stoop so low and use such cheap tricks?

Xiao Luo furrowed his brows and had doubts about the actual identity of the Master God of Chaos. As the spherical boulder rolled closer, Xiao Luo sliced it cleanly into two using his dragon blade. The two sections of the split boulder swooped past him.

“Senior, if you want to stop me from entering, then it would be better for you to show yourself. Can you stop using tricks like these?”

By this time, Xiao Luo had scant respect for the Master God of Chaos, who simply refused to show himself. It felt like someone was hiding in the shadows, pulling levers to activate these booby traps. Xiao Luo headed straight toward the other end of the passage.

The Master God of Chaos suddenly became exceedingly furious. He condemned Xiao Luo’s actions and cursed him with spiteful words.

“God-damn human! You have offended a God’s prestige by your foolishness!”

“Hurry and stop. You cannot advance any further. Otherwise, the Lord, your God, will send you to the ninth level of hell where you will neither live nor die.”

“You will not listen, huh? Then the Lord, your God, will dispatch his Chaotic Soldiers. They will twitch your muscles, peel off your skin, and light your sky lantern!”

The more Xiao Luo listened, the more annoyed he got. Despite the commanding tone of the voice, the more he spoke, the more it became clear that he did not deserve respect. Xiao Luo was now fuming and wanted to find the person behind these tricks. He was going to drag him out of the shadows, no matter what. In the middle of the passageway, the path became wider. It was the intersection between the front and the back, with a diameter over ten feet. On its walls, a white fire glowed—it resembled incendiary white phosphorous fire. It was not the slightest bit warm and was not too bright either.

Xiao Luo spotted a massive door on the other end.

The enormous door emitted an ancient and forbidding aura—as if it had seen a lot over the years. Above the doors were copper nails neatly arranged horizontally and vertically. The door handle took the form of two copper lion heads biting into two copper rings.

Could the Master God of Chaos be in here?

Xiao Luo stopped in front of the door. Filled with curiosity, he reached out with his hands and pushed the giant door open.

“Goddamn human, stop your foolish actions now. There is a wild beast sealed in there. If you let it out, there will be devastation, either in the Arcana Land or in your original world!” Xiao Luo could hear the slightly nervous voice of the Master God of Chaos booming through the passageway.

Xiao Luo hesitated. But since being in here, his ears were almost getting calluses from listening to all those hoaxes. He refused to believe what the voice said and used a significant amount of strength to push open those massive doors.

What greeted him was a dazzling light and a hall with an area of about a hundred square meters.

It looked very modern, and there was technology in use. There were tiles on the floor, and the walls were painted all white. The suspended ceiling looked somewhat like that of a Hua Nation general assembly hall. In the center, there was a leather sofa. Beside it stood a desk with a computer equipped with a voice input device. On the wall facing the desk, twenty-six silver screens combined to form a large screen. On the giant composite screen, one could monitor the situation in the passageway.

Xiao Luo was shocked to find such a modern office in the Dimension of Chaos. But what surprised him the most was the white duck sitting in front of the desk. The duck was wearing clothing like a human. It was dressed in a navy uniform and had a red tie hanging down its chest. It looked just like a cartoon character he used to watch as a kid—Donald Duck.

As soon as Xiao Luo came in, he locked eyes with the duck. A human and a duck stared at one another for over ten seconds.

“The one who was talking earlier on was not you, right?” Xiao Luo asked. He broke the silence first and pointed at the duck.

“It’s not me!” the duck answered.

The duck shook his head to deny it, but as he forgot to switch off the microphone, his voice echoed throughout the area. There was a vast difference between the duck’s voice and the voice that Xiao Luo had heard before. But no matter whose voice it was, anyone could tell that it was a voice of a person shouting at the top of his voice. This was a duck that could talk?

Was it a duck or a goblin?

Deep down, Xiao Luo was a bit stunned. But he knew that the Master God was not a duck. This duck was fooling around.

He walked toward the duck for a closer inspection. He looked carefully to see if it was a real duck. Or if it was a person dressed in a duck outfit.

The duck had a temper. Taking off his headset, he stared at Xiao Luo and scowled, “You goddamn brat, what are you looking at? Have you never seen a duck as good-looking as me? You better believe that this Grandpa Duck here will destroy you in body and spirit!”

Destroy body and spirit?

He was not sure at first. But after hearing those words, it was undeniable that the voice he had heard in the passageway was from this little duck.

“So, it is you. Huh?”

Although it surprised Xiao Luo that a duck could talk, what he had witnessed were not things that an ordinary person could see. So, he accepted things for what they were. He stretched out his hand to grab the duck’s head. He looked around the hall and said, “A wild and huge creature? You? Are you not just a duck?”

“Impudent! You goddamn human. You are being rude to a God, now! Get your dirty hands off me! Otherwise, Grandpa Duck will send you to the ninth level of hell where that you can neither live nor die!” screamed the duck. He flapped his wings, which were also its arms, and continued to intimidate Xiao Luo.

Xiao Luo was not the least bit afraid. It irked him just thinking about how the duck had messed with him earlier on. And now, he had to listen to his rambling and bluffs. With waiting, he smacked the duck mercilessly on its head.

That one smack hit the duck’s navy cap away, and a visible bump instantly appeared on its head.

The duck was in so much pain that it began screaming. With his eyes wide open, the duck glared at Xiao Luo ruthlessly and said, “How dare you disrespect the Grandpa Duck! You lowly human. Grandpa Duck is going to eat you up!”

“Eat me up? You better believe that I’ll pluck out all your feathers now and turn you into a roast duck!” exclaimed Xiao Luo. He was so angry but could not help laughing at the same time. He plucked off its feathers.

White feathers filled the air, and the duck’s painful scream echoed in the hall.

“You goddamn human. Stop now. Otherwise, Grandpa Duck will kill you!”

Kill me?

Xiao Luo sneered and continued plucking like a madman.

“Wait, wait... stop it! I surrender. Stop plucking. If you continue plucking, all my feathers will be no more...” cried the duck. It was in so much pain that it began crying. It wailed continuously.

Xiao Luo finally stopped to look at the pitiful duck. He turned around to head toward the sofa for a seat. Xiao Luo was a guest but behaved like a host. Gently, he said, “Answer a few of my questions truthfully. Otherwise, you can forget about keeping even a single feather on your body.”

He had plucked out a lot of feathers. The duck had bare spots on its body, where Xiao Luo had forcefully plucked out its feathers. Blood was oozing from the wounds and slowly dripping onto the floor. Some of its feathers were already blood-stained, and the duck looked pathetic.

Xiao Luo could not help feeling that he might have gone overboard. After a short while, he no longer felt guilty. This talking duck was an evildoer, for its injuries healed speedily, and all those missing feathers grew again. Shortly, it looked rejuvenated and was back to its original look.

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“What do you want to ask me?” asked the duck, visibly having doubts about Xiao Luo.

Xiao Luo’s asked, “Where’s the Master God of Chaos? What’s your relationship with him?”

“He is my owner and my master. He brought me here five hundred years ago and taught me martial arts, and how to talk. Every time I mention my owner, I feel grateful to him. If not for him, this duck here might have already kicked the bucket before he could even hatch from its egg. This duck here will never forget his kindness for the rest of my life. In my heart, my owner is like a light that makes my world bright...”

“Stop. I asked you where the Master God of Chaos is right now. I never asked you how you met him,” Xiao Luo interrupted and frowned. The duck was full of nonsense. He could twist and turn the conversation away from its topic.

“Oh, my owner went abroad for a holiday. Before he went, he told me to take good care of the temple. I am not to allow anyone to travel between both worlds.”

The talking duck said with a sincere look, “Before this happened, no one could pass the traps that this duck here has set, except you. While I am protecting this temple, the two worlds have been peaceful. There have been no interruptions at all.”

“Then half a month back, how do you explain the two people from Light Clan who traveled between both worlds?” asked Xiao Luo. He found the duck dishonest.

That question caused the duck’s face to turn red. But it still refused to admit it. The duck shook its head and said, “There were two people from the Light Clan traveling between both worlds? Impossible, that did not happen!”

“If it didn’t happen, then why would I want to go to Arcana Land?” Xiao Luo said with an agonized smile as he recalled the image of Su Li taken away.

“You are planning to go save that woman?”

The talking duck asked unconsciously and then realized that he made the mistake of revealing the party from Arcana Land. It now became clear that there were people from the Light Clan traveling between both worlds.

“That’s right. She is my wife!”

Xiao Luo ignored that blunder and replied.

Suddenly, the talking duck placed its wing on Xiao Luo’s shoulder with a deep sense of empathy, and said, “Brat, there is one thing Grandpa Duck hates the most, and that is to separate two lovers. Alright then, this duck will go to Arcana Land with you and help you get your girl back. Does that sound good? Right, my nickname is the King of all Ducks, also known as the Duck Emperor. Since we have crossed each other’s path, I think this is fate. This duck thinks that the more I look at you, the more pleasing you look.”

“Is it normal to shorten ‘The King of all Ducks’ to be ‘Duck Emperor?’” asked Xiao Luo.

The Duck Emperor had an odd look on its face and patted Xiao Luo’s shoulders casually. “Do not worry about such minor details. All you need to know is that I am the Duck Emperor. You look like you are in your twenties. This duck is five hundred years old, so according to age, this duck here is your Senior’s senior. Protocol dictates that you address me as your ancestor, but this duck will not take advantage of you. You only need to address me as Grandpa Duck Emperor.”