by Shian Jeen
Huwang Xiao, Zhao Shu, and Zhang Fu all stood up, several shadows flickered and five people appeared before them.
Five people, two amongst them wore blue robes with the pattern of a white phoenix sewn at the cuffs of their sleeves, whereas the remaining three people were clad in black robes, marked with a red cloud at their chest.
It was obvious that the five people were from two different forces.
But Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu were surprised noticing their attires, nearly blurting out in unison, “White Phoenix House and Distinct Void Door!”
White Phoenix House and Distinct Void Door?
Huwang Xiao observed the five people; the two men in blue robes should be from White Phoenix House while the three men in black robes were undoubtedly from the Distinct Void Door.
The five people gave Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu an extra glance for making out their identities so easily.
“These warriors’ eyesight is really good, able to recognize our White Phoenix House and Distinct Void Door.” One of the old men from Distinct Void Door chuckled in praise, as he did so, a violet glint shone from his eyes.
By this time, the child was already hiding behind Huwang Xiao, glaring at the five arrivals with anger, he pointed at them and said to Huwang Xiao, “Big brother, it’s them, they killed my father and mother.” Probably because Huwang Xiao gave him some roast meat, he felt that Huwang Xiao was his closest kin at this moment.
“Several warriors, this is our White Phoenix House and Distinct Void Door’s matter, it’s best if you do not interfere.” One of the White Phoenix House middle-aged men warned.
Clearly, they could see that Huwang Xiao’s group of three weren’t simple characters, especially Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu, which was why they did not attack the instant they arrived.
Both Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu looked at Huwang Xiao.
Noticing their actions, the five people also shifted their attention onto Huwang Xiao, a little surprised that the one making the decision wasn’t Zhao Shu or Zhang Fu.
Huwang Xiao glanced at the five people, “This child, you cannot take away.”
Neither one of the five people expected Huwang Xiao to say that.
It was obvious to them that Huwang Xiao was not related to the kid they wanted to capture, and since they had made their intentions known, these people should look at White Phoenix House and Distinct Void Door’s face and give the kid to them without being nosy, but Huwang Xiao chose to interfere!
“Have you consider it well?” The Distinct Void Door old man’s eyes narrowed dangerously.
“What I have decided would not change.” Huwang Xiao was taciturn.
The other White Phoenix House middle-aged man shook his head in pity, “For someone irrelevant, offending our White Phoenix House and Distinct Void Door, honestly speaking, such a decision is truly stupid.”
The five people spread out, encircling Huwang Xiao, Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and the child in the middle.
“If you let it be, you could have left,” Trapping Huwang Xiao’s group, the Distinct Void Door old man mocked, “But now, it’s too late for you to regret. We can only kill to silence you!”
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“Attack!” The Distinct Void Door old man bellowed and was the first one to act. His figure flickered, a fist formed as he aimed a punch at Zhao Shu, whereas another White Phoenix House middle-aged man attacked Zhang Fu.
From their actions, it was clear that this Distinct Void Door old man and that White Phoenix House middle-aged man were of the highest strength among the five, choosing to deal with Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu.
From the remaining three people, an old man from the Distinct Void Door took on both giant puppets, and the last Distinct Void Door man lunged toward Huwang Xiao. The last member of the five, another middle-aged man of the White Phoenix House rushed forth to grab the little child.
The old man from Distinct Void Door attacked Huwang Xiao, a large fist imprint shrouded in blazing black flame was merely inches away from striking Huwang Xiao’s chest.
“This is the Fiend Black Flame Fist! Sovereign, be careful!” Spotting the bright black flame wrapped around the Distinct Void Door old man’s fist, Zhao Shu tensed, cautioning Huwang Xiao.
“Fiend Black Flame Fist?” Huwang Xiao was slightly perplexed.
In that second of perplexity, the Fiend Black Flame Fist landed on Huwang Xiao’s chest, drawing a satisfied cold sneer from the old man; after being hit by his Fiend Black Flame Fist, even if this kid didn’t die, he would barely have a life left!
These years, the number of Saint realm experts that died under his Fiend Black Flame Fist was more than the fingers on his hands could count.
Struck by the old man’s Fiend Black Flame Fist, Huwang Xiao’s body trembled from the impact, crashing through the bonfire behind him and falling on the ground a dozen meters away.
Both Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu were ashen.
Although they were aware how tough Huwang Xiao’s physique was, it didn’t mean that Huwang Xiao was forever invulnerable to injuries. On top of that, both of them were hindered by Distinct Void Door and White Phoenix House’s men; neither one was able to help Huwang Xiao.
The old man that sent Huwang Xiao flying with a Fiend Black Flame Fist snickered, “We’ve already told you early on how stupid this decision of yours is, but it’s useless to regret it now.”
Yet, at this moment, Huwang Xiao, who was lying on the ground, climbed to his feet, hands brushing away the sand on his robe before his cold gaze fell on the old man, “Is that so?”
“You’re not injured?!” The Distinct Void Door old man stared at Huwang Xiao with incredulity. He was hit by his Fiend Black Flame Fist but was unharmed!
“What do you think?” Huwang Xiao scoffed at the old man. In the beginning, when he was struck by the old man’s Fiend Black Flame Fist on the chest, a black fist print emerged on Huwang Xiao’s chest. Around the black fist print, wisps of fiendish black fire rippled on the surface of his skin, but, with a thought, a golden fire danced wildly out of Huwang Xiao’s body, cleanly swallowing all the black fire.
With a shake, Huwang Xiao blasted his robe into pieces, revealing strong bare arms and a firm torso. A majestic atmosphere of dragon might flooded out like turbulent waves.
Huwang Xiao’s hair flew up, defying gravity, while his eyes turned fiery-red like glowing blood. Dense Asura qi rumbled in Huwang Xiao’s proximity, forming a hellish skull.
That Distinct Void Door old man felt a slight apprehension sensing the vast momentum of dragon might and the eerie Asura qi coming from Huwang Xiao’s body, his face whitened a little, “ This is…?!”
“Elder He, don’t rush to kill that kid, capture him first!” The other old man battling Zhao Shu noticed the strange phenomenon over at Huwang Xiao’s area and shouted to his companion.
That young man was actually fine after being punched with the Fiend Black Flame Fist!
Elder He instantly understood the underlying meaning of the Grand Elder’s words after hearing his shout; first capture the kid, it’s not too late to kill the kid after digging out the secret of how he did that.
“Peak late-Third Order Saint realm.” That Distinct Void Door Elder He stared at Huwang Xiao, moving with rapid speed. His silhouette flickered, launching another attack at Huwang Xiao.
“Let’s see if you can take a hit from my Crimson Demon Palm too!” This time, Elder He no longer used a fist, but a palm attack.
A glaring red glow brightened one side of the forest edge as the palm shot out, even the silvery moonlight seemed to turn red because of it.
Accompanying the red light, sounds of demons weeping echoed in the night. Shattering through space, the palm crossed the distance, hitting Huwang Xiao in the chest.
Both Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu felt their hearts about to burst watching Huwang Xiao receiving another attack.
The Fiend Black Flame Fist was a taboo skill of evil cults, yet compared to this Crimson Demon Palm, its power was more than a degree lower.
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Huwang Xiao’s body trembled again, staggering out of balance, retreating more than a dozen steps, but this time, he did not fall to the ground. Moreover, that Elder He saw it clearly this time, the instant the Crimson Demon Palm struck Huwang Xiao, its effect was instantly incinerated by the golden-colored fire from Huwang Xiao’s body. Not even a palm print could be seen on his body.
“What kind of flame is this?” He was taken aback. He knew how powerful his Crimson Demon Palm was, not even the battle flame of a high-level Saint realm expert could resolve the effects of his Crimson Demon Palm so effortlessly. Moreover, the young man was just a peak late-Third Order Saint realm, not even a mid-level Saint realm expert.
The golden fire was, of course, Huwang Xiao’s true essence fire from his dantian!
Seeing that Huwang Xiao’s true essence fire could resolve the Crimson Demon Palm’s effect, Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu breathed out in relief. At the same time, they were elated, the superiority of their Sovereign’s true essence fire far exceeded their imagination.
Huwang Xiao steadied himself and slowly walked over to the old man, “What other evil skills do you have?” Having experienced the old man’s two consecutive attacks, Huwang Xiao gained a better grasp of his strength.
This Distinct Void Door Elder He was an early Fifth Order Saint realm expert. Now, Huwang Xiao found out that his new true dragon essence physique was strong enough to withstand attacks from Fifth Order Saint realm without injuries! Meaning that only late-Fifth Order Saint realm or higher could inflict injury on his body!
This body rebuilt by the Dragon Pearl and true dragon essence was truly amazing! Huwang Xiao was inwardly delighted. Despite that, in terms of battle qi cultivation, Huwang Xiao was still worse compared to an early Fifth Order Saint realm expert.
A Fifth Order Saint realm was nothing like the Blessed Buddha Empire’s Chen Family Patriarch Chen Chen’s level.
Elder He calmed down instead watching Huwang Xiao approach. His black robe started fluttering without the wind as a blood red war chariot emerged above him.
The war chariot’s surface was carved with intricate black demonic symbols, with blood splattered all over its body.
Huwang Xiao’s eyes narrowed: “Blood River War Chariot!”
Blood River War Chariot! A weapon type martial spirit, an extremely rare kind, for it was also considered as a type of necro-martial spirit at the same time.
Some unique martial spirits possessed the natures of two different types of martial spirits. Those kinds of martial spirits were highly graded, for example, this Blood River War Chariot was a top grade twelve martial spirit.
“Correct, Blood River War Chariot!” There were obvious complacency and a hint of surprise in the Distinct Void Door Elder’s voice seeing that Huwang Xiao recognized his martial spirit in one glance. He soul transformed without another word.
After Elder He soul transformed, a blood red armor protected his body, bloody red energy rippled above it as the black symbols glimmered in an evil light.
However, when he was about to attack, he saw Huwang Xiao waving both of his hands, and a cloud of black-colored things flew at him.
What was this? He was startled at first, but forced himself to calm down and found out that those black things were black beetles.
Beetles? Seeing clearly what they were, Elder He snorted with disdain; this kid must have been scared stupid to use a bunch of beetles against a mid-level Saint realm expert. Running his battle qi, Elder He slammed a Crimson Demon Palm down on the beetles.
Blinding crimson light flashed, but in the next moment, Elder He saw those black beetles ignore his Crimson Demon Palm attack, closing in on him in seconds.
A moment of shock passed and his face grew ugly, “This, are these Poison Corpse Scarabs?!”
“Poison Corpse Scarabs!” The other men from Distinct Void Door and White Phoenix House heard his exclamation and looked over to confirm it with their own eyes.
“He’s, he’s the Asura’s Gate Sovereign, Huwang Xiao!”
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Distinct Void Door Elder He retreated in panic.
Poison Corpse Scarabs! It was actually those damnable Poison Corpse Scarabs!
The Poison Corpse Scarabs resurfaced! Ever since the news about Huwang Xiao killing seven Deities Templar Elders in the Luo Tong Kingdom battle spread, the Poison Corpse Scarabs had turned into an existence that made experts from all corners of the Martial Spirit World pale at the mere mention of their name.
However, when Distinct Void Door Elder He jumped back to avoid the Poison Corpse Scarabs, Huwang Xiao’s silhouette appeared above him in a flicker, holding a giant saber in his hands that did not escape Elder He’s eye. There was an eye-catching blood red dragon inscribed on the giant blade’s body, vivid and life-like as if one’s soul would be sucked away by looking at it.
“That is?!” Elder He was hit by another ripple of apprehension.
This was the treasure blade that Huwang Xiao got from the Ancient Dragon Clan ruins, the Great Dragon Saber.
Huwang Xiao’s eyes glinted in menacing light staring at the old man below. His hands swung, and the Great Dragon Saber slashed down. Myriad rays of saber energy shot out like a torrent, emitting a lust for blood as they transformed into many tiny blood-red dragons that froze the air.
“Crimson Demon Palm!” That Distinct Void Door Elder He struck both palms skyward.
A thunderous explosion rendered the air.
Elder He’s body shook, but the impact force was too large, his body was sent flying as blood spewed violently from his mouth. By the time he crashed to the ground, nearly every part of his body bore cut wounds from the numerous rays of saber energy. Each cut was like a bone deep furrow, with blood spurting out nonstop, adding to the gruesome sight.
Elder He’s four companions looked over after hearing the his miserable screams, and what they saw appalled them. What horrifying saber qi! Able to pierce through the Crimson Demon Palm as if it was nothing but fragile paper!
Just when Elder He turned his body, trying to get on his feet, a swarm of Poison Corpse Scarabs arrived. A pin-prick pain came from his thigh, and a numbing paralysis started to spread to other parts of his body. He was immediately terrified, for he couldn’t gather even a strand of battle qi!
Just like the rumors described the seven Deities Templar Elders’ condition before their death.
“No, don’t, Huwang Xiao!” Just as he wanted to beg for mercy, he was submerged beneath the swarm of black Poison Corpse Scarabs. After that, only echoes of tragic screams could be heard.
Under the other four peoples’ eyes, the Poison Corpse Scarabs cleaned off that Distinct Void Door Elder at frightening speed. Even while battling Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and the two giant puppets, the four from Distinct Void Door and White Phoenix House were unable to conceal the fear in their eyes as they watched one of their companions being reduced to white bones, his tragic screams still echoing in their ears.
Huwang Xiao returned to the ground, his eyes observing the Poison Corpse Scarabs. He noticed that their outer shell seemed to have grown darker, their elytron reflected an icy cold light, and each scarab seemed sturdier.
“What is this?” Huwang Xiao was puzzled. ‘Don’t tell me that these Poison Corpse Scarabs are capable of evolving.’ These changes took place after they ate the seven Deities Templar Elders in Luo Tong Kingdom…
Ever since that time, Huwang Xiao left them inside the Linglong Treasure Pagoda and did not check on them. Only now, after calling them out, did he detect the difference.
‘What can these Poison Corpse Scarabs do after evolving?’ Huwang Xiao wondered.
By this point, Distinct Void Door Elder He’s soul was torn in many different pieces, swallowed by the swarm of Poison Corpse Scarabs, and Huwang Xiao gave orders for them to attack one of the White Phoenix House experts.
That White Phoenix House expert was about to get his hands on the child when he caught a glimpse of the Poison Corpse Scarabs coming at
him. He instantly paled, and couldn’t be bothered with the child anymore.
“Elder Feng, let us retreat!” He moved away in panic, urging his companion.
“Retreat!” The other expert battling Zhang Fu gritted his teeth and shouted.
Nearly at the same time, the Distinct Void Door old man that was battling Zhao Shu made the same retreat command.
The Distinct Void Door man blocking both giant puppets was secretly relieved to hear that. He leaped back, preparing to escape with the other three.
But Huwang Xiao sneered coldly as he watched them, appearing in front of that Distinct Void Door man in a flicker, hindering his path. The Great Dragon Saber swung out, sending out a wave of saber energy and violent slaughter qi that distorted space. The Distinct Void Door Elder counter-attacked, but was forced back to the original spot.
Huwang Xiao’s raised his right palm and struck out, aureate rings expanded through the air, layer upon layer. The space around the White Phoenix House Elder tasked to capture the child stagnated. His movements restricted in mid air.
Just as all his actions were restrained, the pursuing Poison Corpse Scarabs caught up. In the blink of an eye, the Poison Corpse Scarabs covered the man’s entire back. Moments later, all that remained from the White Phoenix House Elder was a white skeleton, plummeting to the ground.
The skeleton shattered into pieces as it hit the ground.
The other Distinct Void Door Elder forced back by Huwang Xiao with the Great Dragon Saber was drained of all color as he watched the White Phoenix House expert being scraped clean by the Poison Corpse Scarabs.
He looked around, the other White Phoenix House Elder Feng had run far away, the other Distinct Void Door old man too had fled. Discounting the two dead ones, only he remained.
Seconds later, he was surrounded by Poison Corpse Scarabs from all directions. Scared and angry, he bellowed while executing attack after attack with both hands—palms and fists struck out frantically.
“Scram! Don’t come near me!” The fear in his voice was evident.
