History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474
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Chao Yuanlong intensely started at Yan Zhaoge and shouted in a heavy voice: “You’ve come!”
His entire body began to light up with golden light, millions of golden needles like a boundless radiance, illuminating everything in all four directions like the sun.
In the next breath, Chao Yuanlong struck out towards Yan Zhaoge with his palm.
He was a blazing sun, comparable to the celestial sun at noon!
This was different from the previous time when he was intimidating Si Kongqing, surpassing others of the same level, Chao Yuanlong, apart from using the Solar Lily technique, he forcefully exerted the might of the Martial Scholar Heavenly God Palm.
The combined might of these two techniques made him even more imposing than before.
Just the palm wind generated from the technique was similar to the sharp, cold aura of a blade.
Chao Yuanlong’s palm attack engulfed the entire region within his vicinity, causing an enormous cloud of silt to rise up. With the force of his attack—even the dust particles became frozen in midair!
With the force of this palm attack, even sealing the circulation of air was able to be accomplished! Training the qi to be as hard as stone—his fleshly body would be capable of deforming metal like mud!
Without changing his expression, Yan Zhaoge waved his sleeve and sent an azure light flying out towards Chao Yuanlong.
The sound of the dragon once again rang out, sending azure light exploding outwards. These thousands of azure sword lights whistled through the air, resembling the manifestation of a divine dragon.
Immediately after attacking with his sword, following the sword essence dragon, his entire person seemed to transform into an azure dragon diving into the sky, breaking apart the millions of golden needles!
Dragon from an unparalleled technique, causing an apparition of a prancing dragon among the clouds!
The apparition of a dragon appearing in the clouds, rising upwards towards the heavens, would cause all the grand figures of the world to take notice!
“Bang!”
A crisp sound echoed. The golden qi and azure qi collided and then dispersed.
Chao Yuanlong hurriedly flew backwards several steps. After steadying himself, his eyes betrayed a hint of confusion.
As he regained his wits, his expression became incomparably hideous. He fixed his gaze on Yan Zhaoge. On his face, streaks of dark red blood were clearly visible. Clearly, they were caused by Yan Zhaoge using some mysterious technique to lash Chao Yuanlong.
Yan Zhaoge clasped his hands behind his back and serenely looked at Chao Yuanlong without speaking. However, the intent was clear—“Do you still want to fight back?”
Chao Yuanlong was so angry that his spirit almost left his body* and let out an angry roar. Without care for his injuries, he once more threw himself at Yan Zhaoge.
(TN Note: Lit. in Chinese is “One Buddha rising to heaven, Two Buddha escaping from the body”. Don’t understand it but I thought it was interesting—basically, it just means that he is really angry!)
Within the murkiness of the Dragon Sealing Abyss, flashes of azure light would appear, followed by the sounds of a dragon.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The crowd of Sun Saint Sect disciples, witnessing the scene before them, were entirely tongue-tied. Before their very eyes, they clearly saw the vigorous Chao Yuanlong being lashed over and over again, leaving a criss-cross pattern of bloody marks all his face. Witnessing this sorry sight, they felt like weeping.
Chao Yuanlong was beaten until his head was spinning and his entire face was swollen, and his eyes turned blood red.
He stimulated his entire reserve of gang qi, condensing it all in the center of his palms, and once again leapt out towards Yan Zhaoge.
At this time, he had entirely abandoned his defenses and concentrated all of his power on attacking, raising his attack power to the very peak. Even if he exhausted all his power, he wanted to return this humiliation and beat Yan Zhaoge to death!
Yan Zhaoge cast a sidelong glance at him and waved his right arm, sending a sword attack towards where his finger was pointing—straight at Chao Yuanlong’s oncoming palm.
An earth-shattering dragon roar boomed out, followed by a wretched shriek.
In the next moment, the spectators could see the aftermath of the clash. Chao Yuanlong had a bloody hole through the center of his palm, pierced through by Yan Zhaoge’s single sword!
Yan Zhaoge unenthusiastically asked, “Are you satisfied now?”
Facing the bewildered gazes of the onlookers, Yan Zhaoge’s expression once again became tranquil. Waving his sleeve, he exposed a piece of turquoise jade. Scrutinizing this scene, only now were the onlookers able to get a good look at the weapon Yan Zhaoge had been using throughout the entire fight.
Yet, this only made the onlookers draw in a breath of cold air. Chao Yuanlong, upon seeing this scene, had his eyes turn black momentarily, and almost fainted.
It did not even resemble a sword—rather, the slim and delicate piece of turquoise jade was actually a thin bamboo branch.
Yan Zhaoge grasped the branch with his right hand, while his left hand pinched the other end of the stick. Bending the branch between his fingers, he made a slight arc with the branch. This branch—it actually still had some fresh and tender bamboo leaves still attached to the top of it!
Even though they were seeing these events play out before their very eyes, many of the onlookers could not believe what they were seeing.
Countless thoughts and justifications began rising up in their minds.
“This…what kind of fearsome artifact is this? Perhaps…it is some secret and mysterious inheritance—that must be why it resembles a regular bamboo branch!”
As soon as some people came up with these ideas, Yan Zhaoge swung his hand. The bamboo stick stuck into ground as if it was a sharp sword, and gently swayed back and forth.
Yet, after losing the reinforcement of Yan Zhaoge’s gang qi, that bamboo stick instantly began to wither from the corrosive atmosphere in the Dragon Sealing Abyss.
“Even metal cannot bear the pressure, how could a simple plant?”
“Having the finest control, reaching the summit of precision, lifting the heaving as if it is light.” Si Kongqing’s pupils flashed with astonishment. “Before making his move, he only accumulated the minimum gang qi, and did not use lingqi from an artifact. Yet, wielding his qi so acutely, I thought it was a common sword…but did not think that it was actually just a bamboo stick…”
Si Kongqing attentively observed Yan Zhaoge: “Him breaking through the bottleneck, and reaching the outer level of the Martial Scholar stage—I have never heard of a middle stage Martial Scholar cultivator being able to achieve meticulous control over their gang qi to such an extent.”
“Yet, this control, even an initial completion outer level Martial Scholar would not be able to achieve it. After all, he….”
For a moment, all of the people present felt a momentary despondency.
Even though their individual cultivation might not be outstanding, each and every one of them was from a renowned sect and was widely experienced. Due to this, they were all able to see the just how extraordinary that last sword strike was.
Using a piece of bamboo as a sword, yet still displaying such power—what if he had been using a real sword?
If it was a common weapon, then what if it was a magical treasure instead?
Even the Broad Creed Sect disciples became silent at this point.
Chao Yuanlong stared at Yan Zhaoge, laboriously inhaling and exhaling, as the lingqi aura of a magical treasure began to undulate on his body.
Previously, he hadn’t been using this magical treasure.
Yan Zhaoge still seemed to not care as he disinterestedly looked over: “So you want to compare whose weapon is better?”
Chao Yuanlong started, his face turning scarlet, but did not dare to continue activating his magical artifact.
Yan Zhaoge sto
pped, swept his sleeve, and caused the nineteen lower class magical treasures that had been lying on the ground to soar up. With the sudden activation of gang qi, these treasures regained their spiritual link and in an earth-shaking manner all charged straight at Chao Yuanlong.
The Broad Creed sect disciples let out cries of alarm, for at this moment the might displayed by these magical treasures far surpassed their original power.
Chao Yuanlong did not dare to continue stiffly resisting, and found himself forced to hurriedly retreat as he was smashed by lightning and buffeted by winds.
The crowd of Broad Creed Sect disciples all began to laugh loudly, while the Sun Saint Sect disciples could do nothing but look on dejectedly.
The majority of these magical treasures were all protective ones—armguards, shields, armored suits—yet at this moment, they were all being used to charge Chao Yuanlong. They resembled a giant smashing down again and again.
Yan Zhaoge finally started boxing from the sky with a magical shield. The shield bashing down broke through Chao Yuanlong’s defense and smashed him on the head. This direct hit caused the proud Heaven’s chosen from the Sun Saint Sect to be knocked unconscious and keel over on the ground.
After knocking Chao Yuanlong unconscious, Yan Zhaoge carelessly moved to massage his shoulders. His gaze happened to fall on the remaining Sun Saint Sect disciples, who immediately felt cold sweat pour down their backs.
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History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 14: Kicking people out without restraint!
Faced with Yan Zhaoge’s stare, the Sun Saint Sect disciples trembled, then quickly turned away.
“Sealing Dragon Abyss, it is inauspicious for me?” Yan Zhaoge chuckled as he stared at them.
The expression of the disciple who had previously spoken out immediately turned even uglier than if he was crying.
“Pa!” “Pa!”
The sound rang out as the two Sun Saint Sect disciples who had previously been egging on Chao Yuanlong had their faces violently smacked.
Yan Zhaoge stood in the same place as before, revealing a new bamboo stick in his right hand. He lightly tapped on the other piece being held in his left hand.
The Sun Saint Sect disciples huddled together and fearfully looked at Yan Zhaoge. “You…”
“Towards matters of the strong bullying the weak, I have no interest, but this bunch* was truly looking for a beating.”
Yan Zhaoge lightly spoke: “As a person, I am very generous—as a general rule, I don’t hold grudges. So, if you have any more issues to bring up, I would like to resolve them now.”
*TN Note: Similar to “This one” except referring to the Sun Saint Sect disciples
“No need to stare at me so intently, I truly was going easy just now. Instead, you might want to be worried about Chao Yuanlong waking up and taking his anger out on you bunch.”
“In the future, try to think before you speak. This name of Sealing Dragon, if you insist on speaking about it, shouldn’t it be for Chao Yuanlong* instead?”
*TN Note: His name is lit. Chao Emperor (Yuan Long in two characters. With the second character being Long as in dragon)
“My dragon in Azure Dragon Sleeve is only the name given to my technique, while his is actually his given name.”
The Broad Creek Sect disciples hooted with laughter, while the Sun Saint Sect disciples wore ugly expressions and also looked towards the two agitators with loathing. The two disciples who had just been beaten instantly turned deathly white and opened their mouths to speak, but were unable to produce any response.
Yan Zhaoge waved his pal, causing a multitude of magical artifacts to fly up and land in front of Si Kongqing, Ye Jing, and the others.
Seeing this scene, eight of the Sun Saint Sect disciples inadvertently tightened their grips on their own low grade artifacts.
Yan Zhaoge unmindingly spoke: “I am not like Chao Yuanlong. These eight lower grade treasures, I do not desire them even one bit. However, the other things…”
As he was speaking, Yan Zhaoge switched his gaze to a Sun Saint Sect disciple, whose expression instantly turned evasive.
His countenance seemed to show an internal struggle, seemingly wanting to squeeze to death the small cat in his hands and act as a thug until the end. However, pressured by Yan Zhaoge, he ultimately did not dare to do so.
Yan Zhaoge looked at him, slightly laughed, and grabbed towards the sky with his left hand.
The radiant spirit cat instantly escaped from the youth’s grasp. The other party suddenly felt his hand go numb and was unable to exert even a little bit of force with his fingers, rendering him unable to kill the spirit cat.
This was done without the young radiant spirit cat being able to detect any abnormality. It leapt into the air, after which it landed in the palm of Yan Zhaoge.
With the application of a little bit of gang qi, the small wound on the cat’s nape quickly stopped bleeding. Yan Zhaoge gestured lightly with his sleeve, and the cat flew into the hands of his junior martial sister.
The female disciple hugged the radiant spirit cat, feeling both affection and remorse on its behalf.
“Pa!”
Another crisp sound rang out as Yan Zhaoge sent his bamboo stick flying out towards the male disciple who had just been grabbing the radiant spirit cat.
“That radiant spirit cat, it is raised by my junior martial sister and belongs to my Broad Creed Sect.” Pinching the bamboo stick with his fingers, the tender bamboo shoot curved out in front of him. “This, it is something I have said.”
“Any questions?”
The Sun Saint Sect disciples all lowered their heads, and did not utter a sound.
Yan Zhaoge unconcernedly said, “I know that you are *unsatistfied that Chao Yuanlong is unable to defeat me, that all of you are unable to defeat me, that anyone in the Sun Saint Sect who is not from the senior generation is unable to defeat me.”
*TN Note: “Bu fu” -> . More like “able to accept your defeat” or kind of like, accept the reality of the situation.
“But—as things stand, being unsatisfied is unacceptable.”
Those proud individuals looking down on the world, shielded from trials and hardships, would usually be able to easily rise to the top. However, at this moment, this crowd of Sun Saint Sect disciples had been thoroughly suppressed by Yan Zhaoge, and their gazes became dimmer and full of helplessness.
; Yan Zhaoge pointed into the distance with his bamboo stick: “This area here can be counted as the central area, and there is no place here for you. Take Chao Yuanlong with you and beat it!”
Even though this bunch of Sun Saint Sect disciples had their spirit and haughtiness completely broken, upon hearing Yan Zhaoge’s words they all turned to glare at him.
“This central area is so large, based on what should we have to leave?”
“Senior brother Chao is unconscious, and if we go into an area where the murderous black qi is even denser, he might not be able to withstand it!”
“Yan Zhaoge, your Broad Creed Sect is going a bit overboard, isn’t it? Do you really think that our Sun Saint Sect is so easy to bully?”
Indeed, even the group of Broad Creed Sect disciples felt that this action of Yan Zhaoge was a little bit untoward.
In Sealing Dragon Abyss, this ominous location, places like this central location where the flow was lessened were quite rare. This current area was extremely large, so even though the two groups of people not on good terms, if they each occupied one side of the territory, they would not even be able to see each other.
Yan Zhaoge directly beating up Chao Yuanlong, and also beating up all the Sun Saint Sect disciples until their faces were bloodied—all of this could still be written off as the results of the younger generation exchanging pointers.
However, kicking out Chao Yuanlong and the other disciples from this area of the abyss could truly be considered to be a bit too unbridled and aggressive.
In truth, to get to the bottom of the matter, even though the Broad Creed Sect disciples were loath to admit it, their sect was truly a bit lacking when compared to the Sun Saint Sect, be it in terms of fame or prestige.
Yet, Yan Zhaoge acted as if nothing had happened, and continued rapping his bamboo stick against the palm of his right hand. He intently stared at the group of Sun Saint Sect disciples in front of him, seeming to especially focus on their cheeks, and displayed an expression of ridicule on his face.
With Chao Yuanlong having fainted, out of the remaining disciples the leaders sucked in a breath of cold air and ordered the crowd: “We’ll avoid this *bitterness in front of us. We’ll leave!”