by Shian Jeen
Evidently, Eric had never heard about Huwang Xiao’s fame, he didn’t show any exaggerated reaction when he heard his name.
Although Huwang Xiao’s reputation had even spread to the Ten Directions Continent, it didn’t imply that every being on the 10 Directions Continent knew of him like they did on Snow Wind and Starcloud Continents.
Initially, Eric wished to drag Huwang Xiao with him to watch the weapon forging competition, but Huwang Xiao wasn’t thinking about this area, thus shook his mind and declined.
With that, Huwang Xiao remaining the Dwarven City.
Young dwarf Eric and Huwang Xiao got along well. When Huwang Xiao was departing, Eric insisted that Huwang Xiao look for him the next time he visits the Dwarven City, promising to treat Huwang Xiao to the dwarf race’s special brewed wine.
Huwang Xiao replied good-naturedly that he definitely would next time he comes to the Dwarven City!
Leaving the Dwarven City, Huwang Xiao continuing on the Stellar Thunder Canyon. Passing through the Stellar Thunder Canyon, he'd reach the beastmen tribes’ sphere of impact.
Different from the Elf Forest and Dwarf Hill, the Stellar Thunder Canyon was one of Ten Directions Continent’s perilous lands that spanned over a hundred li.
When night descended, the air above the canyon would be filled with natural-formed lightning. Not Saint world experts could escape grave injuries coming in contact with the lightning inside the canyon.
At times, even during the day, streaks of lightning charged through the canyon.
No doubt, there have been other routes that could allow travelers to detour from the canyon to enter the demonic beasts tribe’s territory, however, it could add at least half a month worth of journey.
It was high noon when Huwang Xiao reached the Stellar Thunder Canyon, the scorching sun shone with a vengeance, there were clear skies coming with nary a cloud in sight.
‘I probably won’t run into it…’ Huwang Xiao comforted himself.
The Stellar Thunder Canyon was a mere hundred li, with Huwang Xiao’s speed, it was a matter of twelve breaths’ time.
Twelve breaths!
Still, taking precaution, Huwang Xiao became the Asura Entire body, spreading out the Wings of Demon at his back, and even summoned both blue and dark twin dragons and soul transformed.
Leaping into the air, Huwang Xiao’s silhouette instantly converted into a streak of light, zooming in to the Stellar Thunder Canyon like quicksilver.
Fierce howling blowing wind rushed past his ears, tree shrubs and flowers blurred to his back into nothing.
In the briefest time, Huwang Xiao was halfway through the hundred li canyon, reaching its center.
At this time, an abrupt change took place. Rumbling dark clouds that spanned a thousand li suddenly appeared in the sky that was clear just moments ago, noisy thunders clapped as scary streaks of lightning zig-zagged down the canyon like berserk snakes, growing ever more extreme and frequent.
A tremendous pressure of destructive power plunged into the canyon from high up.
Staring stupidly at the abrupt change of weather, Huwang Xiao couldn’t withstand letting out a swear: “Damnit…!”
The thing you least want to happen will usually come a-knocking!
The destructive power continued to press down on the canyon, leaving Huwang Xiao hanging in between, no path ahead and no retreat to his back again.
Hit by a sudden eureka moment, Huwang Xiao bellowed and flew straight up. As his feet touched the very best of the canyon ground, multiple streaks of lightning containing vast destructive power barged down on Huwang Xiao.
Clenching his fists, Huwang Xiao punched at the incoming lines of lightning.
Zi-! A resounding blast rang out.
Huwang Xiao staggered back more than once, numbness spread throughout his body as the boulders and trees and shrubs around were pulverized into dirt.
A deep shock reverberated in Huwang Xiao’s heart, the power of nature was truly terrifying. If he hadn’t processed the three primordial divine dragons, not forgetting his current entire body was rebuilt by true dragon substance and the Dragon Pearl, in that collision at the moment, he would have suffered severe injuries if not even die.
Despite the fact, it lit up the battle desire in him.
This time, a dozen bolts of lightning aimed at Huwang Xiao at once. Determination flickered in Huwang Xiao’s eyes. Clenching his fists tightly, he punched out like he did earlier.
Glaring light exploded, hot air spiraled into tornadoes.
Akin to an ancient war deity, Huwang Xiao repelled wave after wave of lightning even as the lightning grew more intense and overbearing, it only spurred Huwang Xiao to fight harder.
At some point, Huwang Xiao discovered that every time he repelled a wave of lightning, it actually helped temper his physique, making his body stronger.
Several hundred li away, a group beastmen surpassing hundreds in number stood on the peak. Looking at the violent ribbons of lightning above the Stellar Thunder Canyon, each of their faces paled.
“Luckily we listened to Budessi’s advice and took the longer route, if not, we would be crossing the canyon right now. We’d perish without departing so much as an individual little bit of bone!” Beastman Amier exclaimed with trepidation.
“Hey, everyone look!!” Among the beastmen called Anthony shouted, pointing to a spot above the canyon.
All the beastmen appeared where Anthony pointed. The lightning was significantly denser there in comparison to other places in the canyon. Moreover, they appeared to place a blurry body moving around … fighting against the lightning?!!
A shiver ran down everyone’s spines.
“This, this can’t be real, right?!” Amier nervously swallowed.
“Definitely not, how is it possible? It cannot be real, how can a human withstand the lightning here!” One of them shook his head, “We’re too far, nothing at all can be confirmed.”
All around, everyone nodded in agreement.
Furthermore, even the several Grand Elders of their beastmen tribes dared not use their physical bodies to wrestle with the canyon’s lightning.
Watching a little while longer, the group left, shaking their mind and continuing on the way.
Above the Stellar Thunder Canyon, Huwang Xiao let out a loud bellow after shattering a streak of lightning, “Excellent!” It had been indeed thrilling for him. In the beginning, his body was totally numb after being struck by this lightning, pain shooting through his nerves, but now, the numbness and pain disappeared, leaving only a very comfortable sensation.
Those lightning strikes felt as if they were massaging him instead, a pure enjoyment.
Roughly an hour later, the lightning clouds scattered. The sky above Stellar Thunder Canyon reverted to the relaxed clear sky from before.
Watching the lightning clouds vanish, there is disappointment in Huwang Xiao’s eye. He didn’t expect the lightning phenomenon to end so fast.
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Huwang Xiao was going to leave when the dispersing thunderclouds started to gather again. This time it was more violent, lightning lit in the sky as it streaked down like an angry python with jaws wide opened.
Compared to the previous lightning storm, this is another level on its own. Seeing this, Huwang Xiao was delighted instead.
As if it had accumulated enough power, dozens of frenzied lightning strikes scorched the environment, traveling toward him.
Huwang Xiao dashed to the air with both fists punched out.
Boom! Their collision caused a thunderous explosion in the sky.
“Haha, refreshing!” An exhilarated laughter came from Huwang Xiao, eager for more.
Time continued to flow by.
Huwang Xiao had lost count of the amount of times he shattered the lightning streaks that targeted him, he knew that each time they scattered, the thunderclouds gathered again often over. Daylight quickly turned into night.
At nightfall, the thunder and lightning that bo
omed and flashed in the canyon were many times stronger than throughout the day, ribbons of lightning were now thick as pythons, exuding savagery and brutalness. The menacing harmful aura could be experienced even outside of the canyon area, giving the close by experts strong palpitations as they detoured away from the canyon.
The night passed quickly, and soon sunrise was peeking right out of the horizon.
After clashing with the thunder for one night and 1 day, Huwang Xiao wasn’t the least bit tired, in fact, he was brimming with energy such as a fierce lion.
After an entire day and night of warring against the lightning, Huwang Xiao pointed out that there have been tiny threads of pure lightning energy inside his dantian that continuously tempered his primal dragon physique.
All of a sudden, Huwang Xiao felt the Dragon Pearl on his brow tremble somewhat.
‘This …?!’
Several lightning streaks were aiming for Huwang Xiao at this point, but in a bright flash of light, all the lightning was absorbed by the Dragon Pearl, that was then sophisticated into a real lightning energy that integrated into Huwang Xiao’s primal dragon physique.
Huwang Xiao was genuinely shocked.
‘What is happening here?!’
Inside a daze, another wave of twelve lightning attacks came at him, and just like before, all of the lightning was swallowed by the Dragon Pearl, converted into genuine lightning energy and built-into Huwang Xiao’s body.
From shock, Huwang Xiao became dumbfounded.
However, he immediately noticed that the lightning energy was much purer after it was converted by the Dragon Pearl, easier for him to soak up and the effect was several times better.
Huwang Xiao was overjoyed realizing the benefits, he didn’t expect there to be such an usage to the Dragon Pearl! Although he had enhanced the Dragon Pearl and it was part of his body, this whole time, Huwang Xiao didn't feel like he truly fused with the Dragon Pearl. He remained ignorant in many aspects and uses of the Dragon Pearl.
While Huwang Xiao was caught in a daze, the number of lightning streaks around him increased, also becoming thicker. The Dragon Pearl continued to absorb all those lightning streaks, and the lightning energy it sent into Huwang Xiao’s body became more powerful. Feeling this change, Huwang Xiao quickly sat down in meditation present, refining the lighting energy in his dantian and Qi Sea.
Despite that, the amount of lightning energy amassed in his dantian and Qi Sea increased rapidly. As time continued, that energy converted into multiple strands of light blue energy, drilling into his internal organs, meridian channels, pores and skin, flesh, and blood.
From the outside, it looked as though Huwang Xiao was shrouded in a glowing lightning cocoon. At the same time, his body exuded a dark red Asura qi, blending in to the lightning comparable to a lightning hellstorm.
The sky above the Stellar Thunder Canyon become more turbulent, the size of lightning was bigger, zig-zagging between thick thunderclouds that had now extended ten li beyond your canyon area. The countless experts that detoured from the Stellar Thunder Canyon watched with apprehension the strange phenomenon taking place from afar.
The thunderclouds lasted for half of a month.
Since the Stellar Thunder Canyon existed, such strange trend had never happened before.
In general, the thunderclouds above the Stellar Thunder Canyon would scatter after an hour and wouldn’t appear again for another ten hours roughly. This right time, however, the thunderclouds lasted for a complete two weeks without scattering.
The strange phenomenon alerted the dwarf race Patriarch and the band of Elders.
In the end, the dwarves’ territory was right next to the Stellar Thunder Canyon. If the thunderclouds did not scatter and continuing to spread, sooner or later they would reach the Dwarven Mountain. For the dwarf race, this was a race annihilation level catastrophe.
“What is it? It’s as if there’s something triggering the thunderclouds!” After times of observation, the dwarf competition Patriarch Blyan formed a conclusion. But it made the furrow on his brows deeper.
The dwarf Elders were shocked hearing Patriarch Blyan’s conclusion.
“Patriarch, this, it's not possible, right?” An Elder exclaimed in astonishment.
Blyan didn't answer, fixing his gaze on the thunderclouds hovering above the Stellar Thunder Canyon.
The situation continued to be unchanged for another three days.
Then, all of a sudden on the fourth day, the ominous thunderclouds that seemed to fix themselves above the Stellar Thunder Canyon rapidly scattered with no sign or sound. The sky was clear again, with blue sky and radiant sunlight for one thousand li, nary a cloud around the corner.
“It’s gone!” Experts that had been gathering across the Stellar Thunder Canyon were bewildered. Despite having the thunderclouds gone, non-e of them dared to approach the canyon.
Several hours later, Huwang Xiao, who had been meditating on the ground, stopped working the Asura Tactics and stood up. In the brief half a month of practice, his battle qi cultivation acquired improved one order up. But the real surprise happened with the real fact in his dantian; the natural lightning energy actually created multiple fist-sized thunderballs in his dantian.
Those thunderballs hovered in the top section of his dantian, and each of them contained a terrifying amount of damaging power.
His primal dragon physique was also sturdier than before.
What baffled Huwang Xiao at this moment was he fact that the Dragon Pearl between his brows was silent again, just like before. He tried making it move, but no response originated from the Dragon Pearl.
At this moment, Huwang Xiao pointed out that the faint dragon shadow he has seen inside the Dragon Pearl appeared to be better.
Seeing that the Dragon Pearl gave no reaction whatsoever no matter what he did, Huwang Xiao could only give up. He flew into the air, leaving the canyon.
It didn’t take him long to pass the remaining length of the canyon. An hour later, Huwang Xiao reached the edge of a forest.
By this time, it had been dark.
Huwang Xiao decided to rest here for the night time and continue on his way tomorrow. He got a crackling fireplace going in no time, with several wild games roasting merrily. Sitting close to the fire, he got out the Ten Directions Continent map while waiting for the meats to cook.
On the map, it indicated the forest he was in was called Roaming Souls Grove.
Crossing this Roaming Souls Grove, he'd arrive at one of the most well-known cities in the beastmen territories, the Hundred Tiger City.
Very soon, the aroma of roast meat wafted in the air, and Huwang Xiao put the map away. When he was about to dig in, a surprised exclamation sounded not definately not him: “Wah, such a nice smell! What meat is that!”
Then, a flurry of footsteps thundered through the bushes as several hundred beastmen rushed toward Huwang Xiao’s path.
This large herd of several hundred beastmen was the very same group which were watching Huwang Xiao fight the frenzy lightning in the Stellar Thunder Canyon from afar but felt it was an impossible feat for anyone.
Although Huwang Xiao spent near to half a month in the canyon, both of these parties ran into each other because the beastmen group took the longer detour route.
In a matter of seconds, hundreds of beastmen appeared before Huwang Xiao.
When the beastmen got a good take a look at Huwang Xiao’s face, these were all slightly surprised since it was actually a human.
Rarely would they come across human in the beastmen territory. Although beastmen bore no hatred toward humans like the elves do, in their eyes ‘human’ was synonymous to puny and cowardly. That was why beastmen tribes in general had always looked down upon humans.
“Hehe, I didn’t expect to run into a little weak human being here!” Beastman Anton cackled.
The surrounding beastmen joined him in laughter.
Anton approached Huwang Xiao saying, “Individual, the meat you r
oast seems pretty good, good thing we’re hungry now. The ones you have here are not enough, go prepare one for each of us!”
Their number was around three hundred and fifty beastmen, which meant that Huwang Xiao was expected to roast more than 3 hundred and 50 games.
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Hearing the ‘order’, Huwang Xiao looked at beastman Anton with interest, “And if I don’t?”
“You don’t want to?” Anton laughed, “Try it if you think your head is harder than this tree!” Anton’s arm shot out, punching the tree closest to them that had a trunk thicker than an adult’s thigh.
In a split second, the tree trunk exploded and broke out in the middle as wood splinters flying everywhere.
Anton pulled his arm back in exceedingly arrogant demeanor, “How about that, is your head harder than this tree?” breaking into a bout of wicked laughter.
Lofty laughter sounded from all around.
Anton stopped laughing, his eyes glared menacingly at Huwang Xiao, “Puny human, get off your ass immediately if you’re smart and get one roast going for every one folks, if not, hehe, my fist will greet your feeble skull, shattering it into smithereens!”
Huwang Xiao smiled shaking his mind.
Even the Stellar Thunder Canyon lightning sensed like a relaxing massage on his body, but this beastman wanted to shatter his skull to smithereens?
Now, if a Sixth Order Saint realm’s punch at full drive landed on Huwang Xiao’s body, he would feel nothing more than a ticklish scratch.
Anton watched Huwang Xiao continuing to sit there with no intention of getting up, furthermore shaking his head with a mocking smile. Anger quickly increased in his center; a puny individual actually dared to ignore him?!
In great anger, Anton elevated an arm, attempting to shatter this puny human’s mind, but before he could do so, he saw the puny human lift a finger and lightly tapped in the air. The long stretch of big trees in front of them tumbled one by one as if limitless, all the way further than their eye could see.
