History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

by 八月飞鹰, Ba Yue Fei Ying, August Eagle

  “With your great enmity yet to be settled, could it be that you would be willing to take that risk just to drag those people of Bright Origin Pavilion down into death with you?”

  Hearing his words, Xia Guang abruptly halted.

  Yan Zhaoge glanced at him, “Lesson number two. Fury can be a powerful force much of the time. There is no need for us to reject this force. Rather, we should make use of it. Still, the precondition is that we are not blinded by it. Such would only make one die even faster.”

  If he was being lectured like this by anyone else, Xia Guang might not be able to accept it even if the other party made sense.

  Still, he gradually calmed down now.

  He did not have the high ground to plead with Yan Zhaoge to bring him back to settle his grudges with Bright Origin Pavilion.

  “It’s just too bad I can’t get at them,” Xia Guang said hatefully.

  Yan Zhaoge casually struck the captive martial practitioner dead with a palm, “Since you mean to seek your kin, we should return to the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory as soon as possible.”

  Xia Guang’s spirits rose, “How will we return?”

  He knew now that this southern Blazing Heaven Territory was full of enemies for him and Yan Zhaoge who hailed from the southeast.

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 967: Rampaging all the way back!

  HSSB967: Rampaging all the way back!

  Yan Zhaoge looked at Xia Guang with a bemused expression on his face, “How will we go back? We head east, of course.”

  “Um…” Xia Guang coughed before smiling bitterly, “Young Master Yan, didn’t you say just now that with my movements having been leaked, there will be several batches of enemies coming endlessly over to find trouble?”

  “To we martial practitioners of the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory, this southern Blazing Heaven Territory is filled with enemies everywhere…”

  Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge smiled, “This would certainly be the case if you were travelling alone. Still, aren’t you returning to the southeast with me?”

  Xia Guang was rendered dazed. Opening his mouth, he was unable to utter even a sound now.

  “Including the Southern Exalt, the Ten Exalts have all headed to the central Jun Heaven Territory by invitation,” Yan Zhaoge said, “Going by prior incidents, this is virtually equivalent to them being in a state of seclusion. Even if martial practitioners of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory here wish to send any news to him, the Southern Exalt will not receive it.”

  Other things aside, news of Zhuang Chaohui’s death would be sufficient for Zhuang Shen to set aside his matters on hand, returning to the southern Blazing Heaven Territory as soon as possible.

  Yan Zhaoge spread his hands apart, smiling, “They all say that ‘When the tiger is away from the mountain, the monkey proclaims himself king’. With the Southern Exalt, this tiger, absent, while acting unbridled as I like in the southern Blazing Heaven Territory might be rather difficult for me, this monkey, it would not be tough if I were fully focused on leaving.”

  Xia Guang swallowed his saliva upon hearing this.

  While Yan Zhaoge had spoken in a carefree tone with a bit of derision contained within, the meaning of his words caused him to tremble.

  These mere few words clearly expressed that with the southern Blazing Heaven Territory not having their Exalt, he would be able to enter and leave entirely as he liked.

  If it were a late Immortal Bridge Martial Saint saying this, Xia Guang would not find this unexpected.

  Still, the problem was that the current Yan Zhaoge had still yet to attain the Immortal Bridge stage…

  The southern Blazing Heaven Territory was naturally ruled by the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen who presided over the numerous heroes there.

  Still, there were not just a mere few late Immortal Bridge Martial Saints beneath Zhuang Shen.

  Any single one of them had lived for many long years as peak experts who were renowned throughout the entire World beyond Worlds.

  Besides them, there were also numerous Immortal Bridge experts who were all important bigwigs.

  Even if they were not Chiefs of sects, they would still be longtime Elders.

  Under normal circumstances, any single one of these people would be able to casually slay a Seeing Divinity Martial Saint.

  Descendants of renowned lineages like Zhuang Chaohui, Long Hanhua and Zeng Mo would be helpless facing opponents whose cultivation bases just exceeded theirs too greatly too.

  Even famed geniuses of a generation like Fu Ting dared not claim to be able to traverse the southern Blazing Heaven Territory freely just based on their own strength alone.

  They were able to suppress most martial practitioners of the same cultivation level, challenging early Immortal Bridge Martial Saints as late Seeing Divinity Martial Saints.

  The problem was that their enemies would likely be of the eighth or ninth level of the Martial Saint realm.

  It would also not just be one of them, far from it in fact.

  “Young Master Yan…” Xia Guang asked in a slightly disbelieving tone, “What you mean is that if anyone stands in our way, we will just rampage all the way back through them?”

  Hearing this, an expression of solemn thought appeared on Yan Zhaoge’s face before he answered, “Rampage all the way back? Right, not facing more than one late Immortal Bridge Martial Saint at a time, even if someone hinders us, it would be fine to go rampaging all the way back, yes.”

  While Yan Zhaoge looked like he was considering this in great earnest, the words he had said would still cause many to think that he was either boasting or a madman.

  Looking at Xia Guang, he smiled, “While I like taking risks once in a while, I will not joke around with my own life.”

  “What, have I scared you? Are you still willing to make this trip with me?”

  Seeing Yan Zhaoge’s calm, peaceful look, a feeling of guilt suddenly arose in Xia Guang’s heart.

  Being a hot-blooded, fearless person by nature, he immediately declared loudly, “It would be my honour to make this trip with you, Young Master Yan. How would I be unwilling?”

  Xia Guang had been residing at home all along before this. While his family members had indeed told him some news about the outside world, the news he received was still limited.

  Still, he had heard of Yan Zhaoge before.

  This person was a Heaven’s favoured son who had drawn the most attention in the whole of the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory in recent years.

  Xia Guang was a temperamental person and a proud one too.

  Still, he still rather admired someone who was of a similar age to him yet had already long since attained the Seeing Divinity Martial Saint realm.

  He had doubted it at first. Still, when Yan Zhaoge’s fame had filled the entire southeastern Yang Heaven Territory, it would have been impossible to still not believe it.

  Xia Guang would naturally be filled with curiosity towards such a peer.

  He had still felt slightly repressed earlier even as he had taken Yan Zhaoge’s teachings to heart.

  Hearing Yan Zhaoge’s words now, Xia Guang felt like he really liked how this person did things.

  He currently only hated that he lacked sufficient strength. Otherwise, if he could be like Yan Zhaoge in going wherever he wanted and sweeping through all enemies who blocked his path, rampaging all the way back to the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory, how joyful a thing would that be?

  Although Xia Guang had managed to survive the decimation of his family and escaped successfully, he had ended up suffering several setbacks afterwards.

  He felt incomparably furious regarding this and somewhat stifled within.

  Only now did he feel rather comfortable, like this could finally be vented.

  “Let us speak of this after we return to that Bright Origin Pavilion,” Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Still, I will not provide you with any assistance. It will all have to depend on your own capabilities.
”

  Xia Guang was both startled and overjoyed.

  ……

  The disturbances within the Endless Mountain Range soon came to the attention of the peak experts there.

  There were martial practitioners of the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory active in the domain of the Endless Mountain Range. Also, they were extremely powerful.

  They had not thought much of this at first, just forming groups with others to encircle and kill them.

  While most felt curious as to why martial practitioners of the southeast would have appeared in the Endless Mountain Range which was in the north of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory, they had not paid this much heed since those disturbances were not great.

  Yet, they soon found out that things were not as they had seemed.

  They had actually lost all contact with those martial practitioners of the south who had first grouped up and set off to apprehend them!

  With that, the local experts of the Endless Mountain Range grew vigilant, longtime experts of all the peak powers springing into action.

  Yet, a bunch of Seeing Divinity Martial Saints actually vanished without a trace just like that as well.

  The entire Endless Mountain Range blew up completely with that.

  Experts of the Immortal Bridge stage were finally dispatched.

  While they did not wish for others to intervene in the matters of the Endless Mountain Range, some who were more alert had already realised the severity of the situation at this time as they hurriedly sent people over to contact Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope.

  In the end, even before Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope had given a reply, terrible news was heard in the Endless Mountain Range.

  Treating this with the utmost priority and not letting any clues go, the martial practitioners of the south finally ascertained the identity of that trespassing martial practitioner of the southeast.

  Broad Creed Mountain, Yan Zhaoge!

  Yan Zhaoge did not slaughter wantonly and was also not really concerned about whether his identity was leaked. While he did not flaunt, he did not conceal his identity as well as he would not slay those he met who were not his enemies.

  Therefore, when the news spread, the entire Endless Mountain Range erupted in an uproar.

  Soon, yet more news returned.

  The Immortal Bridge Martial Saints who had been sent to apprehend him had all been slain!

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 968: Great Ape King

  HSSB968: Great Ape King

  Yan Zhaoge had self-derisively mocked that when the tiger was not in the mountain, the monkey would proclaim himself king.

  In truth, however, while the current southern Blazing Heaven Territory might not have a tiger, it was still filled with ferocious beasts as it was far from a situation where a monkey could claim the throne.

  If one was really to say that a monkey was rampaging about there, it could only be an incomparably terrifying great ape.

  Thus, tragedy successively struck the martial practitioners of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory in the Endless Mountain Range.

  When Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope heard the news, Yan Zhaoge had already killed his way out of the Endless Mountain Range.

  Blazing fire surged to the heavens as a massive fiery phoenix soared high, swiftly passing over the great earth of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory.

  Enveloped by the flames was a massive flying divine vessel, riding the winds of the nine heavens, breaking the waves of the ocean of clouds for ten thousand li.

  At this moment, on the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel of the Southern Exalt, the group of martial practitioners of Phoenix Ritual Mountain’s Wutong Slope who was led by a middle-aged man all appeared solemn indeed.

  The locals of the Endless Mountain Range were mostly not in the know. Still, those of Wutong Slope were clear on one thing.

  Some fellow disciples of theirs had previously found a mysterious cave manor after obtaining some clues. These clues had ultimately led to the Endless Mountain Range.

  Amongst them had also been the son of the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen and the most outstanding figure of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory’s younger generation, Zhuang Chaohui.

  Previously, they had arrived at an entrance yet lacked the treasure with which to enter. As a result, Zhuang Chaohui and the others had only been able to sigh in melancholy.

  Still, they had inadvertently obtained the key afterwards. Zhuang Chaohui’s group had been greatly overjoyed at this. Even as they had entered the cave manor, they had left some people behind there to guard the entrance and dispatched people back to their headquarters with the news as well.

  Yet, no news had been heard of them ever since.

  Thinking of how Yan Zhaoge had suddenly mysteriously appeared in the region of the Endless Mountain Range, those of Wutong Slope were immediately overcome by an ominous feeling.

  That middle-aged man’s face was sunken as water as he spoke not a single word.

  His name was Peng He as he was a peak expert of the late Immortal Bridge stage.

  He was called ‘Blazing King’ as he was a junior apprentice-brother of the Southern Exalt Zhuang Shen, being a peak expert of Wutong Slope’s lineage under Zhuang Shen.

  He was one of the strongest experts of Wutong Slope’s lineage besides the Human Exalt Zhuang Shen.

  Within the domain of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory, Peng He was one of the peak existences in terms of personal strength not considering Exalts.

  He was an expert who had been famed for many years in the entire World beyond Worlds.

  It was worth mentioning too that the daughter of Peng He was the wife of Zhuang Chaohui.

  Behind him, a Wutong Slope martial practitioner said in a low tone, “Master, a few corpses of our fellow disciples were found close to the entrance of the cave manor. Still, senior apprentice-brother Zhuang’s and senior apprentice-uncle Wang’s were not amongst them.”

  “That cave manor has already vanished. We are unable to enter it to determine the whereabouts of senior apprentice-brother Zhuang and senior apprentice-brother Wang.”

  Hearing his words, Peng He did not speak.

  Not having seen his corpse, it might mean that Zhuang Chaohui had not perished, still being alive.

  Yet, Peng He was already filled with an ominous premonition.

  At his current cultivation level, premonitions like these were generally not baseless.

  “We must find that Yan Zhaoge. I want him alive, and we definitely cannot let him flee back into the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory,” Peng He said slowly.

  As soon as he thought of Yan Zhaoge, Peng He’s temples instantly throbbed terribly.

  This youngster who had risen to prominence within the last ten years was deeply hated by the entire southern Blazing Heaven Territory.

  He possessed outstanding talent and remarkable strength. Still, his cultivation base was low at the end of the day although he had had many fortuitous encounters, being in possession of numerous extraordinary treasures.

  This was generally how martial practitioners of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory saw Yan Zhaoge.

  While most of them believed that Yan Zhaoge’s fame mainly stemmed from Ingenious Flying Peak and Golden Court Mountain protecting him, allowing him to run amok, their hatred towards him was no less than their hatred of Golden Court Mountain in the slightest.

  And now, Yan Zhaoge actually dared to trespass on the lands of the south. As the rulers of the south, how could Wutong Slope not feel angered by this?

  “Is it confirmed that there are no other martial practitioners of the southeast besides that fellow surnamed Yan?” Peng He asked after pondering for a moment, “This old man refers to martial practitioners of the southeast who are at least of the eight level of the Martial Saint realm.”

  Someone replied, “We cannot know for sure. Still, there are only Yan Zhaoge’s tracks.”

  Having
received a negative response here, Peng He fell silent once more.

  Someone answered beside him, “Senior apprentice-brother Peng, with you personally leaving to deal with a Seeing Divinity Martial Saint this time, you will definitely capture him.”

  Who knew that Peng He would shake his head, “I’m afraid that it’s not so simple.”

  The other Wutong Slope martial practitioners were stunned.

  “First not speaking of how Chaohui has already ascended the Immortal Bridge, even if he is arrogant in his youth and does not handle matters properly, a mistake hence occurring, there would still be junior apprentice-brother Wang there,” Peng He’s tone grew more solemn, “Junior apprentice-brother Wang is a mid Immortal Bridge Martial Saint, but we have lost full contact with even him. This is definitely not normal!”

  Hearing this, a look of deep thought appeared on the faces of the others beside him.

  While they still could not ascertain the deaths of the two, the situation was clearly not optimistic.

  Someone murmured aloud, “There was once a rumour in the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory that as a Seeing Divinity Martial Saint, Yan Zhaoge single-handedly defeated an expert of the mid Immortal Bridge Martial Saint realm, pursuing him all the way from the south to the west of the Royal Reed Sea before killing him. Could that actually be true?”

  A deep silence descended on the Riding Wind Heavenly Vessel.

  “Guan Lide, a ninth level Martial Saint, perished at Broad Creed Mountain,” Someone broke the silence after a while, “Everyone speculates this to be because of the Immortal Artifact. Still, as I see it, things are probably not that simple…”

  The person beside him rebutted, “If not for an Immortal Artifact, even if Broad Creed Mountain has treasures like the Extreme Yang Seal and Extreme Yin Crown, they will be unable to wield the full power of these high-grade Sacred Artifacts without Immortal Bridge Martial Saints. With such a great difference in their cultivation bases, how could they have slain Guan Lide? Moreover, Guan Lide was not the only enemy attacking Broad Creed Mountain then. There were other Immortal Bridge Martial Saints there too.”