by Shian Jeen
“Enough, stand up.” Ao Baixue said.
Fan Yiming and the Elder gave their thanks before daring to stand up.
“How many people took part in rescuing Lu Kai?” Ao Baixue questioned that Wind Cult Elder.
The Wind God Cult Elder hastened to answer, “It was two people. One was a young man, the other a four-meter-tall giant, it seems that young man is called Huwang Xiao, and that giant man is probably his bodyguard.”
“What? Huwang Xiao?” Ao Baixue showed surprise on his face, “You are very sure that he is called Huwang Xiao?”
“That is correct, Elder Ao. When that young man was rescuing Lu Kai, the commoner crowd gathered around the square recognized him, claiming that the young man was Luo Tong Kingdom’s greatest genius talent, participated in the Duanren Imperial City Battle and won the first place that year.” The Elder answered respectfully.
Hearing the Elder’s explanation, Ao Baixue was absolutely sure that it was none other than Huwang Xiao, making him burst out in laughter in delight. He stood up as he laughed, “Huwang Xiao ah Huwang Xiao, truly, enemies meet on a narrow road, I truly did not expect that you will appear here!”
Amongst the ranks of Deities Templar, Huwang Xiao was labeled a ‘sinner!’
Anyone who went against Deities Templar would be listed as sinners, and in the Deities Templar Sinner’s List, Huwang Xiao might not rank first, but he was definitely within top ten.
If he could capture Huwang Xiao and bring him back to Deities Templar, he would be greatly rewarded. Of course, the reward would be the same if he brought back Huwang Xiao’s corpse.
“Elder Ao, that Huwang Xiao is..?” Fan Yiming approached, venturing with caution.
Ao Baixue smiled, “Just a stinky boor of a young man. There's some small grudge with him from a few years ago, at that time he was only an early Xiantian. Regardless of his current strength, he is a designated sinner wanted by Deities Templar.”
Fan Yiming quickly said, “So it’s like that. No matter how much of a genius talent that Huwang Xiao could be, at most he’s only a mid-level Xiantian. Probably yet to break through the mid-level Xiantian. In front of Elder Ao, he won’t be able to escape even if you put wings on him, peeing himself the instant he sees Elder Ao appear.”
This brown-nosing put Ao Baixue in an extremely good mood.
“Did you find out in which direction that Huwang Xiao fled to?” Ao Baixue then asked the Elder.
“Replying to Elder Ao, that Huwang Xiao did not run after rescuing Lu Kai. They went to a place called Delicious Restaurant within the Luo Tong Royal City, they are drinking wine.” The Elder replied with due respect, “Even now, both of them are still there.”
Ao Baixue was stunned. ‘They did not run?’ Then he inquired about the characteristics of the giant man who was with Huwang Xiao. After confirming that it was neither Zhao Shu nor Zhang Fu, he was totally at ease.
As long as it wasn’t Zhao Shu or Zhang Fu, the matter would be easy to handle. At Huwang Xiao’s side, the only high-grade Saint realm experts were Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu. Whereas those miscellaneous people like Yu Ming, Haotian, Fei Hou, and what not, taking care of them was only a matter of snapping his fingers.
“Huwang Xiao, I want to see how you’re going to escape my hands this time!” Ao Baixue declared coldly. He turned around to instruct Fan Yiming, “Order down the lockdown of the entire Luo Tong Royal City, you make a trip there with me.”
“Yes, Elder Ao!” Not delaying further, Ao Baixue flew out of the great hall, leading Fan Yiming and some others in the direction of Luo Tong Royal City. With Ao Baixue’s Saint realm speed, a hundred li was a matter of only half an incense stick’s burning time.
Before long, Ao Baixue’s sighted the Luo Tong Royal City in front of him. Watching the city structures growing bigger and closer, excitement gleamed in his eyes. He was now a mid-First Order Saint realm. This time, if he could capture Huwang Xiao alive and bring him back to the Deities Templar headquarters, with the reward from the Temple Preceptor he could definitely advance to late-First Order Saint realm in the shortest time.
While Ao Baixue and his group narrowed the distance to Luo Tong Royal City, Huwang Xiao and Lu Kai were still clinking cups in the Delicious Restaurant. It had been a few years since they last saw each other, words were bound to be many.
Talking about the Cosmic Star Academy and the days they spent there, each sighed with nostalgia. When the topic came to the annual Academy year competition, Lu Kai laughed, “You kid, shouldn’t you have let me hit you once or twice those years?” Those years, whenever Huwang Xiao met Lu Kai on the stage, he barely showed any mercy.
Huwang Xiao too laughed, “I cannot cheat.” Speaking of this, Huwang Xiao recalled someone, “That Jiang Teng, how is he now?”
Jiang Teng was Huwang Xiao’s classmate in his first year, also the only student with superb talent martial spirit apart from Huwang Xiao.
“Principal Sun Zhang and Vice Principal Xiong Chu placed high importance on him. Now, Jiang Teng is already a mid-Ninth Order.” Lu Kai said. The Ninth Order Lu Kai referred to was, of course, mid-Houtian Ninth Order.
Huwang Xiao nodded. Jiang Teng was both Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu’s disciple at the same time, with his grade eleven superb talent martial spirit and the two elders’ guidance, it was no wonder Jiang Teng had this achievement.
Mentioning Jiang Teng, Lu Kai couldn’t resist asking, “Brother, tell me frankly, what is your strength now?” He had an itching curiosity about Huwang Xiao’s strength.
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Huwang Xiao showed a faint smile hearing Lu Kai asking about his current strength, “In your opinion, what’s my current strength?”
Lu Kai kept mum for a moment, then said, “You little bastard cannot be judged using normal logic. That year when you participated in the Duanren Imperial City Battle, you had just broken through the Xiantian realm, by now, you probably advanced till Xiantian Fourth Order, right?” Lu Kai squinted his eyes as he fixed a stare on Huwang Xiao’s face for his reaction.
Xiantian Fourth Order! Thinking about what a Xiantian Fourth Order represented, Lu Kai couldn’t help but tremble secretly. Xiantian Fourth Order, a mid-level Xiantian realm, not one person in the entire Luo Tong Kingdom could contend with that kind of strength!
Forget the Luo Tong Kingdom, even several neighboring kingdoms didn't have a Xiantian Fourth Order expert! How old was Huwang Xiao? No more than twenty-three, right?!
Watching Lu Kai staring at him wide-eyed, Huwang Xiao shook his head a little helplessly. Huwang Xiao’s response stunned Lu Kai, and he subsequently breathed out in relieved, grinning “See, didn’t I say, no matter how much of a monster genius you are, how could you break through mid-level Xiantian so fast!”
Huwang Xiao was speechless at his friend.
“So, are you a peak late-Xiantian Third Order now?” Lu Kai was relentless.
Peak late-Xiantian Third Order? Huwang Xiao smiled bitterly, shaking his head.
Seeing this, Lu Kai continued, “Late-Xiantian Third Order?”
Huwang Xiao shook his head again.
“Peak mid-Xiantian Third Order?” Lu Kai tried again.
He got the same response from Huwang Xiao.
Lu Kai’s face was full of doubt, “Cannot be, ah, then mid-Xiantian Third Order? With the speed of your cultivation, it’s impossible for you to be only a mid-Xiantian Third Order?”
Huwang Xiao laughed, “I am really not a mid-Xiantian Third Order.”
Not a mid-Xiantian Third Order? Lu Kai blanked for a moment, then a shocking thought struck him, “Could it be… above Xiantian Fourth Order?!”
Huwang Xiao nodded.
Lu Kai laughed as he said, “You kid, really a freak, you actually broke through Xiantian Fourth Order so fast.” Hearing Huwang Xiao confirmed he had broken through Xiantian Fourth Order, Lu Kai was truly happy for his friend.
“Then you’re now mid or late Xiantian Fourth Order?” Lu Kai asked.
Huwang Xiao p
ondered his answer, “Can be considered as a high-level Xiantian realm.” Though Huwang Xiao could defeat the Saint realm Zhao Chen, he was still a peak late-Xiantian Tenth Order, therefore, he was considered as a high-level Xiantian realm.
Lu Kai was totally dumbstruck at Huwang Xiao’s blasé answer, his eyeballs rounded like they were about to fall off, that look was no different than looking at an unknown strange creature.
Can be considered as high-level Xiantian realm?!
Lu Kai drew a sharp breath, he had assumed that regardless how talented Huwang Xiao was, in a short few years’ span, it was already beyond normal to advance into Xiantian Fourth Order, but now...!
“Peak late-Xiantian Sixth Order?” Lu Kai tried. Lu Kai thought that Huwang Xiao’s ‘can be considered as’ meant that he hadn’t stepped into Xiantian Seventh Order, but infinitely close to breaking through to Xiantian Seventh Order.
Huwang Xiao smiled a little at Lu Kai’s guess, no longer admit or deny, let’s take it that he was peak late-Xiantian Sixth Order.
At this point, the restaurant boss hastened to their table with an anxious expression. In front of Huwang Xiao and Lu Kai, he spoke urgently, “Young Noble Huwang, Prince Lu Kai, quickly run! Just now, Prime Minister Wu Feng ordered to have the city on lockdown, all the city guards are rushing over here!”
Huwang Xiao nodded.
Talking with Lu Kai, Huwang Xiao already found out that Wu Feng and most of the Luo Tong Kingdom ministers supported Lu Jing. That Wu Feng too had taken liege under the Wind God Cult, which was why Huwang Xiao was calm. Raising his cup, he emptied the wine inside.
Watching Huwang Xiao and Lu Kai’s unhurried response, the restaurant boss urged them, “Young Noble Huwang, Prince Lu Kai, leave quickly, otherwise it will be too late. I heard that Wind God Cult’s Leader and a group of Wind God Cult’s experts are rushing over, they’re probably right outside the city gates!”
Just as the restaurant boss’ voice ended, an overwhelming momentum enveloped the entire Luo Tong Royal City like a flood of divine retribution from Heaven, not an inch of land was spared.
The commoners living in the city were terrified, feeling fear and despair at the sudden unknown calamity. Even the initially calm Lu Kai was affected, trepidation flickered in his eyes that went all the way to his core, it felt like an insurmountable mountain was pressuring his soul, making it hard to breathe.
Whereas Huwang Xiao was surprised; Saint realm? Well, this was unexpected. Running into a Saint realm in this small place, someone from the Wind God Cult? Not likely, a small sect like Wind God Cult could hardly have such an existence. Then it could only be the people from Deities Templar.
At the same time outside, Ao Baixue, who released his Saint realm aura, flew straight toward the Delicious Restaurant at breaking wind speed. In the blink of an eye, Ao Baixue, Fan Yiming, and the Wind God Cult experts stopped right above the Delicious Restaurant.
“Greetings, Elder Ao, Leader Fan.” Prime Minister Wu Feng, who had brought the city guards over to surround the Delicious Restaurant early on, hurried forward to salute Ao Baixue and Fan Yiming together with other Luo Tong Kingdom’s ministers, on their knees.
Ao Baixue nodded, permitting them to rise. Spreading his spiritual sense, he instantly locked onto Huwang Xiao’s group of three.
“Huwang Xiao, Lu Kai, you’re surrounded from all angles, quickly roll out here and kneel before our Elder Ao!” Leader Fan Yiming took a step forward, barking out loudly.
All around was silence. Seconds later, the restaurant door opened, Huwang Xiao walked out with Lu Kai and giant ghost Feng Yang. Huwang Xiao’s gaze collided with Ao Baixue in midair, an invisible storm swept out.
Fan Yiming sneered coldly when he saw Huwang Xiao appear, “You are Huwang Xiao? Brat, before our Elder Ao, why aren’t you getting on your knees, begging for mercy?! I am sure you’re already aware that our Elder Ao is a Saint realm expert. Killing you is child’s play.”
Huwang Xiao merely glance at Ao Baixue: “Really?”
But Lu Kai was ashen at the sight of Ao Baixue, a Saint realm expert?! This young man was actually a Saint realm expert! Saint realm expert, a high above legendary existence!
Getting over his shock, Lu Kai turned towards Huwang Xiao, “Brother, I have dragged you down, I am sorry!” In his view, as freakishly talented as Huwang Xiao was to reach peak late-Xiantian Sixth Order at his age, he still wasn’t a Saint realm expert’s opponent.
In front of a Saint realm expert, whether one was a peak late-Xiantian Sixth Order or a Xiantian First Order, the result was the same: one move kill!
Huwang Xiao gave Lu Kai a reassured look, saying: “Don’t worry.”
“Don’t worry?” Ao Baixue laughed, “Huwang Xiao, Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu are both in Duanren Imperial City now, do you think they can make it here to save you from Duanren Imperial City?”
Huwang Xiao faced Ao Baixue indifferently, “Do you think you can still injure me like you did that year?” That year, Ao Baixue intentionally injured Huwang Xiao in front of Li Lu, this score, Huwang Xiao had never forgotten.
Ao Baixue laughed even louder at Huwang Xiao’s words, eyes judging Huwang Xiao up and down, “You’re trying to say that with your current strength you can contend with me? With me, a peak mid-First Order Saint realm master?” His tone was thick with ridicule.
Experts from Wind God Cult joined Ao Baixue in his mocking laughter.
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The Luo Tong Kingdom’s Prime Minister Wu Feng and the other ministers followed, laughing aloud.
“Huwang Xiao, you’re at a dead end, stop putting on an act!” Wu Feng mocked Huwang Xiao, “Too bad that old fogey Haotian is not here, if not, he could witness your death with his own eyes!”
Wu Feng, as Luo Tong Kingdom’s Prime Minister, was the pillar of the governing side, and had many contradictions with Haotian, who was the only Marshal. Of course, the grudge he had with Huwang Xiao wasn't small either.
Huwang Xiao remained the same, “Is that so?” At the moment, Huwang Xiao was in no hurry to kill jumping clowns such as Wu Feng. The important thing now was to resolve Ao Baixue first.
Huwang Xiao looked at Ao Baixue, “Don’t say I didn’t give a chance, call out your Saint realm space.”
Ao Baixue was startled, the sounds of laughter from Fan Yiming’s group died down halfway. When they finally understood that Huwang Xiao meant what he said, weird expression hung on their faces looking at Huwang Xiao.
“What did you say?” Ao Baixue said doubtfully, “Just now, you say you want to give me a chance so that I can call out my Saint realm space?” Did he hear correctly just now?
Huwang Xiao generously affirmed: “You did not hear wrongly.”
Ao Baixue finally ascertained, Huwang Xiao really did say that he will give him, Ao Baixue, a chance just now, for him to use his Saint realm space.
His lips parted in boisterous laughter, even more unscrupulous than before, a frenzy laughter tinted with madness to the point of forgetting himself. At the end, anger crept into Ao Baixue’s laugh. This was the anger of someone who was used to being high above challenged by someone equivalent to an ant in his eyes.
This time around, Fan Yiming, Wu Feng, and the others dared not join in the laughter. The terrible anger in Ao Baixue’s voice did not go unnoticed by them.
Ao Baixue stared coldly at Huwang Xiao, “Originally, I planned to capture you alive and bring you back to Deities Templar, where the Temple Preceptor can judge your sins and punishment, allowing you to live a few more days. But now, I want you to die, terribly, miserably!”
But, Huwang Xiao made the first move instead, before the last word was spoken out from Ao Baixue’s lips, Huwang Xiao had traveled the short distance between them. A punch of Great Void Divine Fist shot out at full force, straight at Ao Baixue’s chest.
Sensing that Huwang Xiao’s strength wasn’t as weak and negligible as he had assumed, Ao Baixue’s face tightened. However, Huwang Xiao’s Great Void Divine Fist struc
k his chest.
A zealous force passed through Ao Baixue’s chest. The agonizing pain made him scream unwittingly as his entire body inverted, flying back and crashing into the shops on the other side of the street.
The row of shops on the opposite side of the street crumbled, burying Ao Baixue underneath. Dust clouds were blown up into the air.
Any noise in the surroundings died in an instant. Except for the wind, which seemingly grew violent.
Fan Yiming and the rest could almost swear they could hear the wind howling in their ears. Everyone present looked blankly at the opposite side of the street, where Ao Baixue was buried under crumbled buildings. Between the gravel and wood gaps, Ao Baixue’s arse stuck out prominently.
Apart from his arse, they managed to make out his left leg. The rest of his body was obscured from sight.
Standing behind Huwang Xiao, Lu Kai, who was dead worried earlier, was now staring with mouth agape, as large as his mouth could stretch, at Huwang Xiao. Didn’t this kid just tell him that he could only be considered a high-level Xiantian?
Someone that can be considered a high-level Xiantian actually sent a Saint realm expert flying off with a single punch?!
That was a Saint realm expert, ah, a legendary existence!
Every breath Lu Kai took felt insufficient. Huwang Xiao stepped into Xiantian the year he participated in the Duaren Imperial City Battle, how many years had that been? He could already send a Saint realm expert flying!
Counting this year, Huwang Xiao was only twenty-three years old! This…! Lu Kai failed to describe the shock, astonishment, and everything else he was feeling at this moment.
The freak! Super monster!
This was the best Lu Kai could do, describing Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao did not pay attention to the shocked people around him, but merely looked at Ao Baixue. After all, he had said that he would give him a chance.
