by Shian Jeen
In an instant, almost all influential forces in the Black Tortoise Galaxy waited with anticipation toward the coming Black Warrior Institute’s inner disciples assessment.
Needless to say, there were many of those who gloated with glee hearing this news, such as the Wang and the Jiang Families.
Gudu Leng stood in his cultivation yard, midway up the Misty Rain Mountain Range, looking up toward the peak. Standing beside him was none other than Wang Biaoyuan.
“That Huwang Xiao actually hid himself inside the yard in cultivation the moment the auction ended, not taking one step out from there to date.” Wang Biayuan sneered, “Closed-door practice? No matter how crazy he cultivates, he won’t last one move in front of that Xiang Mingzhi.”
“Say, what level can his strength grow to until the day of the inner disciples’ assessment?” Gudu Leng suddenly asked.
Wang Biaoyuan was at first taken aback by Gudu Leng’s question, but he solemnly answered, “Slightly over a year ago at the outer disciples’ assessment, he was an early Second Order God Realm. Give him five years’ time, as much of a freak as he is, he could at most advance to Third Order… probably?” In the end, Wang Biaoyuan’s words faltered from lack of certainty.
Gudu Leng spoke, “If I was an early Second Order God Realm, in five years’ time, the highest I can reach is peak late-Second Order God Realm. But for Huwang Xiao, Third Order God Realm is not necessary his highest limit.”
Wang Biaoyuan frowned at Gudu Leng’s words before breaking into a sneer, “Then, according to you, he can break through till late-Third Order? Perhaps, even Fourth Order God Realm? Do you really think that’s possible? That’s simply ridiculous! From what I heard, the reason why he was able to breakthrough from half-step God Realm to early Second Order God Realm was because he found a treasure comparable to the pure metal essence that I found. As for what it was, I don’t know, but I don’t believe he’d be so lucky as to run into a treasure like that a second time!”
Gudu Leng nodded, “Even if he really did have some fortuitous encounter, allowing him to break through to Fourth Order God Realm, he would still end up dying. With that Xiang Mingzhi’s talent and strength, he could probably defeat a Sixth Order God Realm easily.”
Huwang Xiao was totally ignorant of the outside world’s opinions.
Time continued to flow, and in the blink of an eye, one year had passed.
Sitting cross-legged at the center of the Ten Buddha Formation within the Xumi Temple, multiple strands of gold, black, and red light circled around Huwang Xiao’s body, blending in and out of view.
The black and blue twin dragons hovered above him, their dragon roars echoed in the air. All of a sudden, Huwang Xiao trembled from head to toe. A dazzling light covered him entirely as a clear crisp sound came from inside his body. Following that, his aura exploded and continued to climb higher.
Terrifying pressure spread out like a hurricane, causing cracks in the surrounding space.
Opening his eyes, it was clear that Huwang Xiao was in a great mood.
Fourth Order God Realm! After seventeen months of closed-door practice, he finally, he was finally a Fourth Order God Realm!
Initially, Huwang Xiao had assumed that he would need at least two years, but who knew that even before a year and a half passed, he would be able to have a breakthrough.
Huwang Xiao’s consciousness submerged internally, checking the condition of his body. His meridians had widened twice their previous size. These meridians were connected to each other, resembling a primordial divine dragon in slumber. In his dantian, his immortal essence force was extremely viscous and thick, at least five to six times of what it used to be. His battle qi roared happily like the waves in the large ocean. The time and space law strands in Huwang Xiao’s soul sea had already reached a staggering three hundred thousand in number, and each of them was at least thirty meters long.
Three hundred thousand time and space law strands, this had never happened before! Even for an average Fifth Order God Realm master, their time and space law strands only numbered about thirty thousand.
Huwang Xiao stood up, immediately causing the space to tremble from pressure. Sensing the vigorous energy inside his body, he had a feeling that he was able to shatter a world with one punch.
He finally broke through to Fourth Order God Realm!
‘I wonder if Father, Mother, and the rest are doing well.’ Thinking to himself, he exited Yard No.1, heading toward the Black Warrior Institute’s transmission array.
Ch.600
It didn’t take Huwang Xiao much time to reach the Luo Tong Residence from the Black Warrior City’s transmission array.
However, what baffled Huwang Xiao upon his arrival at the Luo Tong Residence was the fact that the guards stationed at the main entrance weren’t any one of the subordinates he had brought over from the Martial Spirit World.
Were these newly hired guards? Huwang Xiao mused.
“Stop right there, what are you here for? State your purpose in coming to the Luo Tong Residence!” Just as Huwang Xiao was about to step into the residence, the guards stationed at the main entrance blocked his path, while one of them barked at him.
“I’m Huwang Xiao.” Huwang Xiao stopped, but there was a tiny frown between his brows.
“Huwang Xiao?” The same guard snapped, “What do I care what ‘long’ you are, today our Enforcer Wuyue is not receiving any guests.” The guard was rude and arrogant.
Enforcer Wuyue? Something flashed in Huwang Xiao’s mind. He remembered that among the ten God Realm masters he hired from the Azure Sea Firm, there was one named Wuyue. But since when did this Wuyue become the Luo Tong Residence’s Enforcer? More accurately, since when did the Luo Tong Residence have an ‘Enforcer’ position, why wasn’t he aware of it? On top of everything else, from the way these guards spoke, it sounded as if this Enforcer Wuyue was the real owner of the Luo Tong Residence?!
Currently, Huwang Xiao was not wearing his Black Warrior Institute inner disciple robe, thus the four guards naturally took Huwang Xiao as an ordinary God Realm warrior that came to seek a guard position.
Huwang Xiao shot a cold look at the four guards before opening the Eye of Hell on his forehead. In an instant, everything that was happening inside the Luo Tong Residence entered his Eye of Hell’s scope of vision.
Inside the Luo Tong Residence’s main hall, amongst the ten Tenth Order God Realm masters that Huwang Xiao hired earlier, two of them were seated at the hosts’ seating at the head of the hall, one of them being that Wuyue, whereas Huwang Xiao’s parents, Huwang Peng and Su Yan, they were relegated to an inferior subordinate seating!
What angered Huwang Xiao the most was that both Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu’s bodies were filled with angry whip marks as they knelt on the floor in the main hall.
Wuyue’s voice sounded in Huwang Xiao’s ears as he reprimanded Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu: “Two measly half-step God Realms like you two dare to contradict this Enforcer, defying your superiors! Continue to whip them for me, another hundred lashes!”
Two guards standing at the sides in the main hall acknowledged respectfully, waving the whips in their hands to strike Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu’s bodies.
“Stop!!” Both Huwang Peng and Su Yan shouted in anger.
“Wuyue, Zhang Quan, you’re crossing the line!” Huwang Peng was angered to the point he was pointing at the two and shouting, “Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu aren't at fault at all, and even if they were, it would the two of us punishing them, not you lot! How can you punish Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu without rhyme or reason?!”
Wuyue looked as if he didn’t notice Huwang Peng’s anger, speaking in an unhurried leisurely voice, “Residence Lord Huwang, what I’m doing is for your own good, these dogs of a servant don't understand rules and etiquette. I’m only educating them so they understand the distinction between master and servant, what a servant should do and shouldn’t be doing.”
“Exactly so.” The man beside Wuyue, Zhang Quan sneered, “Oth
erwise, what if one of these days these ignorant slaves accidentally cause catastrophic trouble for the Luo Tong Residence? By right, you should be thanking us.” At the end of his words, a towering momentum swept out from his body.
“Punk, did you hear what I’ve said?” The loud obnoxious guard got irritated watching Huwang Xiao stood there like a statue, “Our Enforcer Wuyue is not seeing anyone today, if you’re here to apply for a guard position, come again tomorrow! Now, quickly leave!”
Huwang Xiao did not move, he asked, “Is Enforcer Wuyue the decision maker in the Luo Tong Residence? What about Residence Lord Huwang?”
The guard grinned nastily, “Residence Lord Huwang? What Residence Lord Huwang, in our eyes that’s just a wastrel that can’t even reach the Saint realm. In our eyes, there’re only Enforcer Wuyue and Zhang Quan!”
“That’s right.” Another guard chimed in, “We’re guards recruited by Enforcer Wuyue, we only listen to Enforcer Wuyue. As for that dogfart Residence Lord Huwang, ptui! A mid-level Xiantian realm garbage dares to dream of ordering us around?”
All four guards were First Order God realm. Even though they were merely First Order God Realm, they possessed a certain level of status on the Cloudsea Mainland. After all, in the Black Tortoise Galaxy, the strong made the rules.
All four guards were newly recruited to the Luo Tong Residence, but it was also the truth they did not put the so-called Residence Lord in their eyes.
“Since it’s like that, there’s no need for you lot to remain in the Luo Tong Residence.” Huwang Xiao’s cold voice sounded. Before the four guards could react, Huwang Xiao flickered, striking a punch toward them.
Four bodies instantly exploded.
One punch sent four guards to their deaths! Not even a chance to scream.
Killing intent thickened in Huwang Xiao’s eyes as he marched toward the residence’s main hall.
Those in the main hall were stunned, turning their heads toward the hall entrance as the energy fluctuations from Huwang Xiao’s attack had alerted them.
“What is happening outside?” Wuyue frowned as he ordered the guard beside him, “Zhong Fei, you go out and take a look.”
That guard acknowledged respectfully and was about to exit the hall when a cold voice sounded: “No need.” In a split second, a fist force blew out, and that guard Zhong Fei ended up just like the four guards at the main entrance, bursting into smithereens. Not an inch of intact skin remained.
Only then did Huwang Xiao’s figure appear in front of everyone.
When Zhang Quan and Wuyue saw that it was Huwang Xiao, both of them were slightly stunned.
“Xiao!”
“Sovereign!”
Huwang Peng, Su Yan, Zhao Shu, and Zhang Fu all cried out happily.
“So, Eldest Young Master Huwang has returned,” A brief moment later, Wuyue recovered his calm, a sneer at the corner of his lips, “Eldest Young Master Huwang is so mighty, killing my subordinate the moment you return.”
Huwang Xiao retorted sarcastically, “Your subordinate? Wuyue, you’re merely a slave that I hired from the Azure Sea Firm, who gave you the authority to recruit guards into the Luo Tong Residence? And who anointed you as what dogfart Enforcer?!”
Wuyue’s expression turned extremely ugly.
Zhang Quan smiled whilst not smiling, “Eldest Young Master Huwang, we’re doing this for the good of everyone here, the whole Luo Tong Residence’s guards are just some weak Xiantian or Saint realms. How will these lowly slaves be able to protect Residence Lord Huwang and the rest’s safety?”
Huwang Xiao snickered, “Meaning to say I’m supposed to feel grateful? You recruited these guards to protect my parents and the others. Then what is the purpose of me hiring you to Luo Tong Residence? To freeload here?”
Wuyue grew impatient and spoke in a biting tone, “Huwang Xiao, don’t think that just because you’re the Black Warrior Institute Principal’s personal disciple we wouldn’t dare to cripple you! Let me tell you, even if we kill you, the Black Warrior Institute Principal can do nothing to us after we leave the Black Tortoise Galaxy!” Finished saying that, his momentum soared, about to make a killing move on Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao using the word slave back and forth had triggered the killing intent from the bottom of his heart.
He, a Tenth Order God Realm master, would be welcome in other galaxies’ super forces and families, be it the Azure Dragon Galaxy, White Tiger Galaxy, or Vermillion Bird Galaxy, given the high, respected position of Grand Elder. He need not squat in this dump being some shit guard. If it weren’t because he was in an urgent need of money to purchase a divine armor, he wouldn’t even spare a glance at this sesame-sized Luo Tong Residence.
