by Shian Jeen
Jiang Bi nodded, “I’ve heard of this matter just as I’ve returned. Don’t you worry, this foul breath, I’ll help you deal with it. Since he broke your arms, then I’ll break his arms in front of you!”
Joy flooded to Li Dufeng’s face hearing this, “Many thanks, Big brother Jiang Bi!”
“With Big Brother Jiang Bi acting, that Huwang Xiao’s dead for sure! But, merely breaking his two arms is too cheap for him, I say he must also give Senior Brother Li ten thousand kowtows!”
“Right, that time, he made Senior Brother Li kowtow a thousand times, we shall make him kowtow ten thousand times!”
The several disciples that arrived with Li Dufeng began to clamor with vigor.
Right at this time, a cold aloof voice rang in the air, “Is that so?”
Everyone was stunned. Following the direction of the voice, they saw a lone silhouette flying toward the hall, and in the next moment, he was standing in front of them.
“Huwang Xiao!” When he saw the person’s face, Li Dufeng’s hatred exploded, blood-red veins turned his eyes scarlet.
The disciples around broke out in another commotion, for none of them expected Huwang Xiao to appear in the Supreme Harmony Hall at this time.
Jiang Bi gave Huwang Xiao a once-over from top to bottom, “Peak mid-Second Order God Realm? You’re Huwang Xiao?”
“Correct.” Huwang Xiao was indifferent as usual as his gaze swept over to Li Dufeng standing beside Jiang Bi, then back again at Jiang Bi, “You’re Jiang Bi?”
Jiang Bi did not answer the question, but said, “Half a year ago, you broke both of Li Dufeng’s arms and made him kowtow a thousand times,” pausing slightly, he added, “However, seeing that you’re the Institute Principal’s personal disciple, I will break your arms in a moment, as for the one thousand kowtows, it’s not necessary. Do you have anything to say?” His words were moderate, neither fast nor slow, as if he was talking about something unimportant.
Huwang Xiao was not angered in the slightest, “Just you alone?”
Jiang Bi clearly heard the derisive tone in Huwang Xiao’s words, a sharp gleam flitted in his eyes as he sneered, “Just me.” He didn't think one bit that Huwang Xiao’s strength would be higher than the Six Blueface Ghosts that he had killed.
A dazzling golden light surged out from Jiang Bi’s body as spheres of golden light appeared behind him. Within the golden spheres sat little miniatures golden arhat images in meditative poses. They were the legendary arhats, just a little blurry.
Feeling the overwhelming momentum bursting from Jiang Bi’s body, all the other disciples scrambled to retreat to safety.
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Huwang Xiao grew serious watching Jiang Bi’s rising momentum. This Jiang Bi was stronger than Huwang Xiao had predicted. On top of that, he could feel an extremely pure Buddhism energy from Jiang Bi’s body.
Huwang Xiao had refined the Godly Mt. Xumi, a treasure of the Buddhism World, therefore the Buddhism energy in Huwang Xiao was also pure, however, the Buddhism energy emitted from Jiang Bi’s body wasn’t any weaker than Huwang Xiao.
This was the Golden Buddha Arhat Physique?!
The Golden Buddha Arhat Physique was a unique physique that was ranked higher than Wang Biaoyuan’s Indestructible Vajra Physique. No wonder this Jiang Bi held steadfast to the first rank among the inner disciples, no one could shake his position.
Huwang Xiao’s eyes narrowed dangerously. In the next moment, his body shifted away in a rapid flicker. Simultaneously, two humongous divine dragons flew out, one black and one blue, integrating with Huwang Xiao who had already transformed into the Asura Physique.
“The Ninth Move of the Dragon God, Dragon God in the Clouds!”
One thousand arms appeared behind Huwang Xiao’s back, with fists clenched, and bombarded down on Jiang Bi without hesitation.
Huwang Xiao had soul transformed, taking the initiative to attack first, moreover, he went all out in the first move, displaying the Godly Xumi Art.
Dragon roars reverberated in the heavens as myriad dragons flew out like a furious stampede, rushing towards Jiang Bi. No one predicted that Huwang Xiao would attack first, including Jiang Bi. Not to mention, Huwang Xiao’s speed was too fast, so fast that the opponent could hardly react.
By the time Jiang Bi regained his senses, Huwang Xiao’s attack was right in front of his face.
“Arhat Samsara Body Reversing Palm!” The instant Jiang Bi reacted, he made an abrupt twist, and the space in his proximity turned and twisted with him, as if he had crossed over to another dimension of time and space. At the same time, both his palms struck at Huwang Xiao.
“The Tenth Move, Dragon Piercing through Heaven and Earth!”
“The Eleventh Move, Dragon Astounding the Fiendgod!”
“The Fifteenth Move, Unrivaled Myriad Dragons!”
Huwang Xiao launched attack after attack, with a cunning combination of his martial spirit ability, Space Concealment, and Phantom Shadow. Every corner of the spacious hall was filled with Huwang Xiao’s afterimages.
Too fast!
That was the first thought that struck every spectator's mind. Huwang Xiao’s speed too fast for them to capture anything but his afterimages and even those were just blurred vestiges of his afterimages. Filling their line of sight were dragons that covered heaven and earth, attacking Jiang Bi, wave after wave.
Affected by Huwang Xiao’s horrifying attack power, all the disciples had scurried off to the edge of the great hall.
Jiang Bi stood where he was, like an invulnerable giant mountain, withstanding Huwang Xiao’s consecutive attacks. But as Huwang Xiao’s attacks became more vigorous with each move, he was finally forced to step back—one step!
One step was just the beginning. With that came the second step, and the third step!
Facing Huwang Xiao’s crazy storm of attacks, Jiang Bi was astonished inwardly, and at the same time, he was depressed and enraged. Correct, depressed and enraged. He, the leader of the inner disciples’ Great Ten, was actually attacked by a newly promoted inner disciple to the point where he retreated step after step?!
What enraged him the most was the fact that he did not have an opportunity to attack!
Each of Huwang Xiao’s attacks was violent, tyrannical, and came from all directions, destroying everything, tearing everything, giving him no chance to dodge nor a chance to retaliate, leaving him no other option but withstand them.
However, as enraged and depressed as he was feeling, Jiang Bi was actually very calm. For one, he didn't believe that Huwang Xiao could maintain these blistering attacks. He was waiting, waiting for Huwang Xiao to exhaust his energy, for that was the time when he needed to stop attacking.
Huwang Xiao’s tyrannical attacks went on for more than a dozen moves when it suddenly halted. All of his afterimages dissipated, revealing his true body, standing still just ten meters away from Jiang Bi.
Joy flooded to Jiang Bi’s face and a sharp gleam shone in his pupils. Just as he had expected, Huwang Xiao was finally exhausted!
When he was about to retaliate, a light flashed in Huwang Xiao’s hand, revealing a wooden sword!
An extremely common wooden sword!
Yet, a slight quiver from the wooden sword sent a rain of sword lights, piercing at him. Even before the sword lights arrived, Jiang Bi already felt a strong foreboding danger, scaring him enough to make him jump back in retreat.
Countless sword lights fell the spot he had just vacated, the hard floor pavement was pulverized into dust by the sword lights.
Cold sweat dampened Jiang Bi’s body. Although he managed to escape the sword lights in the nick of time, when the remnant sword energy that spread to the surrounding struck his chest, he actually felt as if his skin was slashed open.
How could this be!
The defense of his Arhat Golden Buddha Physique was uncompromising and unyielding, an ordinary divine artifact could barely leave a scratch on his skin.
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ughts passed through his mind, another blinding flash of light caught his eyes. Turning over to look, he saw the same wooden sword coming at him, whistling in the wind with glimmering sword lights.
Jiang Bi twisted his body again to dodge.
Huwang Xiao watched coldly, standing in the same spot, controlling the wooden sword to attack from a distance.
This wooden sword was given to him four years ago by his Master Feng Yang when he took Huwang Xiao as a personal disciple, the Mulberry Sword, forged from the ancient sacred mulberry tree. Huwang Xiao had previously experimented using this Mulberry Sword, and he could easily slice the Divine World’s fine iron.
After breaking to God Realm, the true essence in Huwang Xiao’s dantian had evolved into immortal essence force, capable of controlling a sword to attack from a thousand li away. Moreover, its attack power was greater than his True Dragon Physique.
Other than that, controlling the sword through his qi allowed him to change the sword’s direction of attack anytime, making it hard for the enemy to defend against.
This was Huwang Xiao’s biggest trump card, and also the reason why Huwang Xiao had the confidence to fight Jiang Bi.
The disciples surrounding the hall were utterly dumbfounded at the scene before their eyes: Huwang Xiao controlling the wooden sword, forcing Jiang Bi to jump around as he dodged awkwardly.
The leader of their inner disciples’ Great Ten, possessing unfathomable strength, the one who had just returned after killing the Six Blueface Ghosts, their Senior Brother Jiang Bi was rendered to dodging helplessly?!
Also, what sword skill was that? Was there such a terrifying sword skill in this world?!
Not to mention the disciples, even the Elders in charge of giving tasks were flabbergasted, Huwang Xiao’s method of controlling sword with qi was something they all had neither seen nor heard of before.
Well, even if the Institute Principal Feng Yang arrived and saw this scene himself, he too would show the same reaction. Because this method of controlling a sword with qi could only be done using immortal essence force and not battle qi. Hence, in the entire galaxy, only Huwang Xiao knew how to do this.
After more than a dozen stabs and slashes, the sword lights disappeared. The Mulberry Sword flew back toward Huwang Xiao, hovering above his head.
Huwang Xiao flashed a satirical sneer looking at Jiang Bi, “Break my arms? It seems that the current you do not have the strength to do so.”
Jiang Bi’s feet touched the floor, wearing an extreme chilling expression that matched the look in his eyes, “Huwang Xiao, you think you’ve won?” Although he was forced to an embarrassed state by Huwang Xiao’s sword, from beginning to the end, he wasn’t wounded at all.
Moreover, it had solely been Huwang Xiao attacking the entire time. He didn’t even show a fraction of his strength. The Elders in the hall could see it, and Huwang Xiao could see it.
“You think you can win?” Huwang Xiao retorted with the same indifferent expression. Undeniably, Jiang Bi was stronger than him at this point in time, however, if Jiang Bi wanted to defeat him, it wouldn't be easy!
Jiang Bi’s face turned ugly. In the beginning, he was full of confidence that he could easily squash the other party, but Huwang Xiao’s strength exceeded his imagination and was unexpectedly tyrannical.
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When everyone thought that Jiang Bi would unleash his anger on Huwang Xiao, retaliating with ferocity, he instead spoke calmly, “Huwang Xiao, I admit I underestimated you earlier. Five years later will be the inner disciples' assessment, at that time, I will fight you on the Hidden Dragon Arena stage and I will defeat you in front of the Institute Principal, Grand Elders, and Elders!”
“We're leaving!” Jiang Bi flicked the side of his robes, turned around and left.
Everyone was dumbfounded on the spot as they watched Jiang Bi’s leaving silhouette. Li Dufeng and the several disciples with him snapped out of their daze moments later, scampering after Jiang Bi as they followed him out from the Supreme Harmony Hall without daring to turn their heads in Huwang Xiao’s direction.
It wasn’t until Jiang Bi, Li Dufeng, and the several disciples left that the Elders and other disciples in the hall reacted.
Jiang Bi was afraid to battle and left?! The disciples were left in a racket of disbelief.
Even Huwang Xiao did not expect that Jiang Bi would leave so casually. Watching the other side’s leaving silhouette, Huwang Xiao’s expression was calm; the inner disciples’ assessment? It seems like Jiang Bi thought that he could easily defeat him five years later.
Perhaps Jiang Bi encountered a fortuitous adventure that would allow his strength to break through, or perhaps he was cultivating a certain technique that needed another five years to achieve a desirable result.
Regardless, Huwang Xiao already threw this person to the back of his mind. In fact, to Huwang Xiao, this was even better.
‘Five years, I can probably break through to Fourth Order God Realm by then.’ Huwang Xiao estimated inwardly. In the coming inner disciples' assessment five years later, the disciple from the Azure Dragon Institute, Xiang Mingzhi, was Huwang Xiao’s real opponent.
Ignoring the gazes of the others around him, Huwang Xiao walked toward the side hall distributing medicinal pellets and spirit stones and collected his dues of four thousand Black Warrior Greater Strength Spirit Pellets and saint grade spirit stones. After leaving the Supreme Harmony Hall, he headed straight toward the North Star Square’s transmission array to reach the Black Warrior City. From there, he flew towards Changzhi City’s Divine Fort Residence.
The news that the Black Warrior Auction House would be putting up a piece of sacred grade immortal spirit stone for auction had already spread out, hence, many strong experts were already rushing to the Cloudsea Mainland from every corner of the galaxy.
Black Warrior City, Changzhi City, and other nearby cities became livelier.
Reaching the Divine Fort Residence, Huwang Xiao gave the Black Warrior Greater Strength Spirit Pellets to his parents and others to refine. However, considering the domineering medicinal effect, he told them to grind the spirit pellets into powder, refining them bit by bit.
Deep into the night, the bright moon hung high in the velvet-colored sky over the quiet land.
Huwang Xiao stood alone in the yard outside his room in the Divine Fort Residence in contemplation.
“Thinking about the inner disciples’ assessment five years later?” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi spoke, breaking the silence.
Huwang Xiao nodded, “That Jiang Bi is not a threat, but the Azure Dragon Institute’s Xiang Mingzhi might not be an easy opponent.” Despite not having seen the person, Huwang Xiao felt that this Xiang Mingzhi could be the toughest opponent he ever faced.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi said, “When I was still a Black Warrior Institute’s inner disciple, I had some experience with the inner disciples of the Azure Dragon Institute. In short, the Azure Dragon Institute’s inner disciples are all freaks. Our Black Warrior Institute’s inner disciples have the top ten rankings, whereas the Azure Dragon Institute has the top hundred rankings. Let’s put it this way, any one person within that top hundred ranking could easily flatten that Li Dufeng!”
Huwang Xiao’s brows creased into furrows. Meaning to say, within the ranks of the Azure Dragon Institute inner disciples, there were at least one hundred people stronger than Li Dufeng? He didn’t expect the strength of the Azure Dragon Institute’s inner disciples to be at such a level.
If the inner disciples were as such, then what about their elite disciples?
“If that Xiang Mingzhi is the leader of the Azure Dragon Institute’s inner disciple, his strength is definitely not as simple as Fourth Order God Realm!” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi added, “The top ten of the Azure Dragon Institute’s inner disciples, even the one at the bottom, their strength would be at Fifth Order God Realm, at the very least, not to mention Xiang Mingzhi who is ranked first. Although you can summon the Gate of Hell and cr
oss over to Hell to cultivate, after five years, the best result you can achieve is Fourth Order God Realm.”
“At that time, you might be able to defeat Jiang Bi with ease, replacing him as the number one among the inner disciples, but he’s far from being Xiang Mingzhi’s equal. Don’t mention Xiang Mingzhi, any of their top ten inner disciples can defeat you without breaking a sweat!”
“Old Dragon, speak, what do you have in mind?” Huwang Xiao asked. Theoretically, it was impossible to advance from peak mid-Second Order God Realm to Fifth Order God Realm in a short five years, but somehow, Huwang Xiao felt that the Old Dragon might have a way.
As expected, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi spoke, “It’s not that there’s no way about it. During my years, I found a treasure map, if you can get your hands on that treasure, there would be some hope to break through to Fifth Order God Realm in five years’ time!”
Huwang Xiao didn’t imagine that Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi would genuinely have a way.
“Treasure?” Huwang Xiao’s interest was stirred, urging, “There are sacred grade divine pellets in that place?”
Above divine grade spirit pellets were sacred grade divine pellets. Each and every sacred grade divine pellet contained unfathomable medicinal effects that could enhance a God Realm master’s strength by leaps and bounds.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi nodded, “Indeed. Among the treasures of the treasure map I have, there’s sure to be sacred grade divine pellets, but the most important thing within is not the sacred grade divine pellets. Moreover, even if it is sacred grade divine pellet, it cannot help you break through to Fifth Order God Realm within five years.”
“What is it then?” Huwang Xiao couldn’t think of anything better than a sacred grade divine pellet.
“It’s a Highgod Realm divine dragon’s beast core,” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi said. “And, as far as I know, there’s more than one.”
Highgod Realm divine dragon’s beast core!
Huwang Xiao was stunned for a second, then his breathing quickened. Highgod Realm divine dragon’s beast core!
