Asura Sovereign VIII

by Shian Jeen

  “What?!”

  “This kid actually wants all nine hall masters to attack together?!”

  “What arrogance! He’s insane!”

  The instant Huwang Xiao finished talking, the crowd broke out in an indignant uproar at the human’s arrogance. Even Ao Kun, who hadn’t felt anger for the last five hundred years, couldn’t help feeling anger at this moment.

  A juggernaut of demonic qi flooded out from Ao Kun, akin to awakened ten thousand years old magma, erupting to the sky. Demonic qi pooled high above the Nine Dragons Temple, gathering into a sea of purple clouds, rumbling, rolling. The wind howled, as if the prestige of a great ancient demon emperor was provoked. Wrath ensued!

  Ao Sen and the rest were also angered to their limit.

  “Big brother, against this little punk, it’s not necessary to do it yourself.” Second brother Ao Sen leaped out, yelling in fury, “I alone am enough to defeat this brat easily!”

  “Damn brat, go die, eat one punch from me!”

  “Tyrannical Heaven’s Vast Sea of Dire Land Fist [1]!”

  Ao Sen punched out at Huwang Xiao, using a killing move with the first attack. The demonic qi from his body surged out like tidal waves. With the air of dominance, fist shadows layered on top of each other like endless waves rushing forward, ever-changing. The scene in everyone’s eyes changed, like an eternity passing without leaving any traces.

  Sharp killing intent shone in Ao Sen’s eyes, he had never been this furious in his entire life.

  A human told him and his brothers to attack at together? He refused to believe that the other side was that powerful. He felt like Ao Shen had been exaggerating this punk’s strength too much.

  One of the things Ao Shen mentioned since he returned from the Elf Forest was this human’s strong physique, no weaker compared to theirs. Of course he didn’t believe that. How could a human’s flesh and bones compare to their bodies? They were sea dragons! The bloodline of ancient Dragon Clan was running through their veins!

  “Die, die, die!!”

  Ao Sen’s fist force reached Huwang Xiao almost instantly.

  Although Ao Sen’s strength couldn’t compare to Ao Kun, he was still a peak late-Tenth Order Saint realm expert. In the whole demonic beast clans, his strength ranked in the top five. In his anger, he didn’t hold back at all in this attack. The entire square’s space was locked by the power of Ao Sen’s fist as it punched a hole in space.

  The Nine Dragons Temple guards began to cheer enthusiastically witnessing their Second Hall Master’s god-like prowess.

  “Second Hall Master’s deific might, kill this little bastard!”

  “Kill the punk!”

  Under the exuberant cheers around him, Ao Sen’s fist hit Huwang Xiao squarely on the chest. A resounding blast shook the square.

  Watching this, all the demonic beast experts shook their heads in mocking snickers. Just moments ago, this punk was urging all nine hall masters to attack together, but now, merely the Second Hall Master easily dealt with him.

  Ao Kun watched everything quietly. Although he felt something strange when Ao Sen’s fist struck Huwang Xiao, he secretly breathed out in relief.

  Among the many present, only Ao Shen wasn’t so optimistic about Ao Sen’s attack. Instead, his expression was graver than before.

  “Perhaps Ao Shen did not inform you when he returned that his full force punch felt like scratching an itch for me?” Huwang Xiao’s voice cut through the echoes of mocking sneers.

  In a split second, all sounds of laughter ceased. Eyes widened to the size of a fist in shock and disbelief watching the scene in front of them.

  Scratching an itch? Ao Sen looked at his right fist, the ugly expression on his face was similar to Ao Shen’s a month ago.

  Huwang Xiao raised his arm. Not using any battle skills, he threw just a simple and crude punch straight at Ao Sen’s chest in return. The speed was too quick for Ao Sen to react.

  Ao Sen’s ending was also the same as Ao Shen’s. A blood-curdling scream rang out as his body flew back from the force, knocking into the arch of Nine Dragons Temple’s doorway. The door exploded, while Ao Sen’s body rolled on the floor, finally stopping at a corner.

  “I forgot to tell you, truth is, I only used one move to defeat your sixth brother.” Huwang Xiao stated coldly.

  Dead silence!

  It was like the world ended! A gust of wind blew, carrying sand from the ground.

  Everyone stared at the Ao Sen’s body in a corner of the Nine Dragons Temple—his throat was spasming and legs were twitching so much that even his lower part seemed to be twitching too.

  One move?!

  The crowd felt as if their hearts stopped beating.

  Ao Sen, their Nine Dragons Temple’s Second Master, a peak late-Tenth Order Saint realm expert was defeated in one move!

  Ao Bi, Ao Kuang, and the others turned several shades paler from fright. Even Ao Shen, who was aware of Huwang Xiao’s power felt his knees buckle.

  Not even Ao Kun was able to conceal the shock in his heart. In all honesty to himself, he admitted that he couldn’t defeat the second ranked Ao Sen with one move. He looked over at sixth brother Ao Shen, a burning fury in his heart. This damn sixth brother actually claimed that the other party defeated him with ten moves!

  Ao Shen looked away guiltily, afraid to confront Ao Kun’s eyes.

  Ao Kun took a deep breath and faced Huwang Xiao once again, speaking slowly, “I admit that I have underestimated you earlier, you are indeed very strong. Fine! Today, us nine brothers will come together; if you’re defeated by us nine brothers, you will submit to our Nine Dragons Temple, I would give you the rank of Second Hall Master.” This young human might be strong, but with all nine brothers cooperating, Ao Kun was still confident that they had a high chance of defeating Huwang Xiao.

  Second Hall Master! Second only under him.

  But no one raised a word of objection.

  Ao Sen managed to climb out from a pile of stone rubble. Ao Kun waved his hand and a pellet flew out toward Ao Sen. “Swallow it.”

  Ao Sen did not hesitate after hearing Ao Kun’s command. He opened his mouth and threw the pellet in. The injuries on his body healed with a speed visible to the naked eye, strong demonic qi started fluctuating strongly around him again.

  “Beast form!” Ao Kun bellowed, fully releasing his demonic qi, the ancient sea dragon bloodline in him came alive. Initially in human form, Ao Kun’s physical appearance began to change rapidly, from human appearance to a giant green sea dragon.

  All eight of them followed, from Ao Sen, Ao Bi, Ao Shen, to Ao Kuang, all connected to the ancient sea dragon within them, transforming into sea dragons.

  Nine sea dragons, fusing from the neck down to the tails, forming a large sea dragon array. Overwhelming demonic qi shot toward the sky, covering the entire square, forcing all spectating demonic beast experts to retreat far back.

  Huwang Xiao looked at the nine sea dragons in their true forms, unperturbed and aloof, “If the nine of you jointly attack, what happens when you lose to me?”

  “If the nine of us still lose, then we will recognize you as our Master.” The green sea dragon transformed from Ao Kun opened its mouth and spoke in the human language.

  “Good!” Huwang Xiao’s figure shot up in a blur. At the same time, the black and blue twin dragons materialized, shaking the heavens with their roars. A vast might originating from the ancient Dragon Clan spread far and wide, enveloping the experts below, causing them to have difficulties breathing.

  “Twin dragons martial spirits!”

  “He, could he be Huwang Xiao?! Young Noble Divine Dragon Huwang Xiao!”

  “Right, that must be him! He’s Young Noble Divine Dragon, Huwang Xiao, the beastmen tribes’ Beast God!!”

  The crowd was genuinely shocked watching Huwang Xiao summon the black and blue twin dragons.

  Ao Kun and his eight brothers were equally stunned, this person was actually the beastmen tribes’ new Be
ast God, Young Noble Divine Dragon Huwang Xiao?!

  But… didn’t the rumors say that Huwang Xiao was only a Seventh Order Saint realm? How did his strength become so horrible?! Ao Kun struggled to deny this. It was because of the rumors claiming that the beastmen tribes’ new Beast God was a Seventh Order Saint realm expert that he did not link these two together.

  [1] Tyrannical Heaven’s Vast Sea of Dire Land Fist-Imagine a giant fist imprint with the wrath of heaven striking down, leaving a barren dead land the size of a vast sea…

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  While Ao Kun and his brothers were still immersed in their shock, the soul transformed Huwang Xiao disappeared from sight. In a flicker, he reached Ao Kun’s side while gripping the Great Dragon Saber in his hands and slashed down.

  Piercing rays of slaughter energy burst out in frenzied madness, trailing behind an enormous roaring blood dragon, rushing straight at Ao Kuang.

  Watching the enormous blood dragon, Ao Kuang paled, becoming stiff with fear.

  The blood dragon was the tool spirit sealed within the Great Dragon Saber, refined from an ancient blood dragon’s soul, and possessed the coercive aura of an ancient blood dragon. Before this immense pressure that cut at his soul, Ao Kuang trembled from the core of his being.

  Boom!

  The blood dragon slammed into Ao Kuang, knocking him into the air as a tragic scream ensued. His sea dragon body shattered countless buildings before crashing to the ground several li away, sending great tremors through the earth.

  Huwang Xiao could easily tell that among the nine brothers, this Ao Kuang was the weakest link, only possessing a mid-Ninth Order Saint realm strength, therefore Huwang Xiao targeted him first. As long as one of the nine was incapacitated, a weakness would appear in this Nine Sea Dragons Array that the brothers laid out, significantly reducing its power. Dealing with Ao Kun and the rest would be much easier.

  “Ninth brother!” Ao Sen and the brothers cried out.

  Huwang Xiao twirled the Great Dragon Saber in his hands, an outbreak of a thousand sabers rays shot through space, creating turbulent waves, ripping out a giant black hole with pure brute force.

  The shower of sword energy instantly swallowed Ao Yi. Caught in a whorl of sword energy, Ao Yi’s body was instantly filled with cuts and slashes. After a short moment of anguished screams that seemed to last for a long time, Ao Yi plummeted to the square floor, the luminous scales on his sea dragon body were hacked and cut. The gory wounds were bone-deep, making others turn their heads away.

  Ao Kun and his brothers cried out in agitation.

  Being enraged after seeing his brothers being wounded one after another, Ao Kun bellowed, “Sea Dragon Mutilation Technique!”

  Immediately, the seven remaining sea dragons formed a loop. With a slight tremble like a released bow, angry waves roared forth, overcasting the sky, creating multiple space cracks. Raging waves like razor-sharp blades slashed down at Huwang Xiao simultaneously.

  Huwang Xiao remained indifferent, the Great Dragon Saber in his hand made a vertical cut.

  “Blood Dragon Swallowing the Sun!”

  A massive blood dragon flew out and a horrifying suction force came from its wide opened jaws, swallowing the countless blade waves. In the end, the blood dragon exploded in the air and disappeared.

  Huwang Xiao leaped up in a flicker, his left hand aimed a Great Divine Void Fist toward the center of the Sea Dragon Mutilation Array formed by the seven sea dragons. The brute impact shook the seven sea dragons, forcing them to separate from each other, thus breaking the array.

  On the ground, more and more demonic beast experts gathered in the distance to spectate this great battle only seen in a millennium, shocking them to the core.

  Huwang Xiao, the beastmen tribes’ new Beast God, one person against the Nine Masters of Nine Dragons Temple! Moreover, he even held the upper hand!

  Once this news spread out, it would shake the entire Martial Spirit World.

  In the previous Asura Square Battle and Beast God Shrine Battle, despite killing Li Molin and other Deities Templar’s experts, sending great waves of shock through the Martial Spirit World, Huwang Xiao did not rely solely on his own strength, but instead he relied on the Poison Corpse Scarabs. Hence, everyone’s fear of Huwang Xiao was in actual fact a fear of the swarm of Poison Corpse Scarabs that he controlled.

  But this battle was different. When the crowd of demonic beast experts looked at Huwang Xiao now, the shock, fear, and awe they felt was due to Huwang Xiao’s own strength.

  A volley of booming blasts thundered high in the sky.

  Burst after burst of destructive energy shockwaves destroyed the large areas below into ruins; buildings were flattened to the ground, streets disappeared.

  As time passed, the nine Ao brothers were picked and dealt with one by one by Huwang Xiao. One hour later, only Ao Kun remained capable of battle.

  A shadow was cast over Ao Kun’s grim face. Despite reevaluating Huwang Xiao’s strength, he never imagined that Huwang Xiao’s strength was beyond his estimation, and this was not the most astonishing point. What blew his mind was that Huwang Xiao had yet to even break through to Tenth Order Saint realm. This young man was merely a late-Ninth Order Saint realm! If he was already able to display this level of strength at late-Ninth Order Saint realm, how terrifying would Huwang Xiao be once he stepped into Tenth Order Saint realm? Did that mean that he could even fight at the same level with a God Realm Master?!

  These five hundred years, he cultivated with painstaking effort, yet he still failed to comprehend the laws of time, unable to pierce through that barrier into the God Realm.

  Ao Kun’s thick powerful tail came sweeping toward Huwang Xiao. Choosing not to use the Great Dragon Saber, Huwang Xiao simply struck a palm at Ao Kun’s tail.

  Bang! An ear-splitting collision rang, and Ao Kun’s massive body was sent tumbling a few li away before he managed to regain his balance. Fury erupted in his heart. He genuinely could not understand how, as one of the human race, Huwang Xiao was able to cultivate his physique to such an extent, even more terrifying and stronger than his, a real sea dragon’s.

  If he only knew before the bet started that Huwang Xiao’s current True Dragon Physique was reconstructed by the Dragon Clan’s ultimate treasure, the Dragon Pearl, and on top of that he had refined eight primordial divine dragons, Ao Kun would have turned tail instead of betting with him.

  Huwang Xiao did not pursue relentlessly after striking Ao Kun away, he stood in place, looking at Ao Kun with an aloof expression.

  Eight out of nine were taken care of, only Ao Kun remained. Judging from this, it was obvious to everyone that the outcome was already set in stone. Then again, Huwang Xiao was aware that it wasn't so easy to make Ten Directions Continent’s number one expert admit defeat and surrender to him.

  That being said, one of Huwang Xiao’s best virtues was his patience.

  Half an hour passed.

  Ao Kun had reverted to his human form from his true sea dragon body during battle. Glaring saber cuts and slashes, fist prints, palm prints, and bloodstains decorated his body all over.

  Still, the desire for battle was burning fervently in his eyes.

  Suddenly, Ao Kun let out a thunderous roar, lunging at Huwang Xiao, just as he got close enough to Huwang Xiao, before he could do anything else, Huwang Xiao sent him flying back with a palm strike, crashing into the crumbled ruins below.

  Gravel ricocheted in all directions, raising a veil of dust. It didn’t take Ao Kun long to get to his feet, lunging toward Huwang Xiao again.

  Huwang Xiao raised both his fists, competing in crude raw strength with Ao Kun’s double fists.

  A loud boom rang out and Ao Kun felt both his fists quiver from the collision, his flesh cracked and blood seeped out, trickling along his arms.

  In the distance, the demonic beast experts watched the battle in quiet palpitation.

  Ao Kun fell repeatedly, but he stood back up every time, that unyielding will made
everyone watching lament in their hearts.

  Another half an hour passed. Once again, Ao Kun was sent flying with a punch, this time however, Huwang Xiao’s figure flickered, arriving beside Ao Kun, and dealt him another heavy punch. Ao Kun was buried deep in the ground from the neck up.

  The square was quiet again. This time, Ao Kun had lost the strength to continue fighting.

  …

  A few thousand li outside of Nine Dragons City stood a small scale city called Great Thousand City. One of Nine Dragons Temple’s Great Thousand Hall’s central branches was set inside this Great Thousand City. And this Great Thousand Hall’s Leader was none other than the escaped Lion Tribe’s Young Patriarch, Jesse.

  Jesse licked the blood dripping from his hand as he looked at the dozen beastmen corpses sprawled before him.

  “Hall Leader, if we continue killing beastmen at this rate, once the beastmen tribes find out, I’m afraid…” A demonic beast expert beside Jesse couldn’t resist speaking up.

  “Afraid of what!” Jesse sneered, “You think that Huwang Xiao dares to come to our Nine Dragons Temple? If he dares, he’s dead for sure!”

  “That’s right, that Huwang Xiao is merely relying on some Poison Corpse Scarabs! If he is to fight with his own strength, the youngest of our nine hall masters, Hall Master Ao Kuang could easily squash that him just using a thumb!” Another demonic beast expert nearby laughed mockingly.

  “Our Nine Dragons Temple will be joining hands with the Violent Lion Temple and Ape Deity Temple to exterminate all beastmen tribes, conquering the whole Ten Directions Continent!” Jesse said.

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  But Jesse’s proclamation had just left his mouth when the Great Thousand Hall’s Deputy ran inside in panic, barely able to string a full sentence as he heaved more air out than breathing in, “Hall, Hall, Leader, I, I, just received news, say–saying that Huwang, Xiao, he came to our Nine Dragons City!”