Asura Sovereign XII

by Shian Jeen

  ‘This…?!’

  They couldn’t believe what just took place right before their eyes.

  The Azure Dragon Institute’s Grand Elder Deng Nian was truly shaken. He knew very well the strength of their Vice Principal Jia Xiantian, a mid-First Order Highgod Realm master that was infinitely close to advancing to peak mid-First Order Highgod Realm.

  But that person was sent flying by Huwang Xiao!

  Huwang Xiao?!

  At this point, Deng Nian’s thoughts were jolted back to reality. Looking at Huwang Xiao, his eyes reflected the great waves of shock in his heart.

  ‘Is this really Huwang Xiao?!’

  The same Huwang Xiao that passed the Black Warrior Institute’s new outer disciple assessment a mere hundred years ago?!

  Not too long ago, when Huwang Xiao won the first place in the Alchemist Grandmaster Competition, he was just an Eighth Order God Realm… right?

  And now, his strength had reached such a terrifying level, comparable to a mid-First Order Highgod Realm master?!

  Even the Golden Horned Beast King was in a state of bewildered shock.

  “Late-Tenth Order God Realm!” The Golden Horned Beast King blurted as he stared wide-eyed at Huwang Xiao.

  Huwang Xiao’s cultivation had already reached late-Tenth Order God Realm?! Yet, the alarming point was that, at late-Tenth Order God Realm strength, Huwang Xiao could defeat Jia Xiangtian, a mid-First Order Highgod Realm master!

  It had always been said that below the Highgod Realm all beings were measly existences. This was an iron rule since ancient times.

  A Highgod Realm master could destroy any God Realm cultivator with just a light wave of his sleeve, there had never been any God Realm cultivator who dared to challenge a Highgod Realm master. Yet now, Huwang Xiao broke this long-established iron rule!

  The Golden Horned Beast King stared solemnly at Huwang Xiao, shock still swirling in his heart. A long time later, he spoke, “Huwang Xiao, it seems we have once again underestimated your talent and the speed of your growth. I really never expected you to have grown this strong! However, you must die today!”

  No matter what, Huwang Xiao couldn't be allowed to live!

  In that instant, Golden Horned Beast King Jin Yiduo fully released his aura. Demonic qi rushed out from him like a giant tsunami, rushing out in all directions.

  Strong winds blew and the sky darkened.

  The Golden Horned Beast King was a peak late-First Order Highgod Realm master, it was only a matter of time until he broke through to Second Order Highgod Realm, similar to the Phoenix Clan Ancestor.

  Huwang Xiao responded, “Is that so?” Then he looked at the surrounding void, “Everyone, come out.”

  “Yes, Master!”

  As these voices sounded, space rippled and the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, the three Peng brothers, and the Nine-Tailed White Fox all emerged from the void, encircling Jin Yiduo, his subordinates, and those from the Azure Dragon Institute.

  “S-six, six Highgod Realm masters!!” Perceiving the momentum coming from the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, and the others, the Golden Horned Beast King’s face tightened.

  The Azure Dragon Institute’s Grand Elder Deng Nian and the others suddenly turned deathly pale, trembling involuntarily.

  There were other Highgod Realm masters at Huwang Xiao’s side!

  Not one, but six!

  Just now, these six Highgod Realm masters greeted Huwang Xiao as… ‘Master’?!

  Master!

  At this time, Jia Xiangtian had just climbed up from the ground, dirty and miserable. When he heard the six Highgod Realm masters greeting Huwang Xiao as ‘Master’ ,his knees started knocking loudly against each other.

  “Treat them well, don’t make them feel that our Huwang Clan Manor is lacking.” Ignoring these people’s reactions, Huwang Xiao said to the six of them.

  “Yes, Master!” The six of them respectfully complied. Akin to a tiger running into a pack wolves, they pounced on the Golden Horned Beast King.

  Sieged by six Highgod Realm masters at the same time, the Golden Horn Beast King’s face finally revealed fear, cursing a thousands times over in his heart. Strength-wise, he wasn’t weaker than any one of these six Highgod Realm masters and wasn’t afraid of fighting them one-on-one, but in these circumstances there was only death.

  Moreover, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Peng Dafei, and the Nine-Tailed White Fox had strength similar to his own.

  After a few moves, the Golden Horned Beast King was staggering in a sorry state, and not long after that he was pummeled to the point of being unrecognizable by the six Highgod Realm masters. Even his several subordinates stared in disbelief at the swollen pig-head that was their mighty Lord Golden Horned Beast King.

  The Golden Horned Beast King wanted to escape, but Huwang Xiao had the surrounding space locked down using the God Restricting Golden Silkthread Rope, how was he going to escape?

  When the six Highgod Realm masters besieged the Golden Horned Beast King, Jia Xiangtian seized the chance. Disappearing from the ground in a flicker, he appeared before Huwang Xiao and began attacking frantically.

  Watching the grim-faced Jia Xiangtian acting as if he was determined to die together him, Huwang Xiao sneered.

  Just as Jia Xiangtian’s attack was about to land on him, a giant dragon claw reached out from the void, slamming down. Jia Xiangtian shot down like a falling meteor, penetrating deep into the earth. No further sounds were heard from him.

  A thousand zhang long golden dragon appeared in front of everyone.

  The overwhelming pressure from the golden dragon immediately suppressed the Golden Horned Beast King, Phoenix Clan Ancestor, and the others.

  The Golden Horned Beast King was beaten half dead when he saw Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s true form, letting out a cry of despair, “Second Order Highgod Realm Ancient Golden Dragon!!”

  Second Order Highgod Realm Ancient Golden Dragon! Moreover, it was stronger than an early Second Order!

  The slim hope he harbored inside his heart completely vanished, turning into absolute despair.

  As for the Azure Dragon Institute’s Grand Elders, Huwang Xiao ordered the surrounding God Realm demonic beasts to ‘warmly entertain’ them.

  Two hours later, when Huwang Xiao felt it was enough, he ordered the Phoenix Clan Ancestor and the others to stop.

  The Golden Horned Beast King glared viciously at Huwang Xiao but he suddenly laughed loudly, “Huwang Xiao, not too far in the future you will end up worse than I am today!” All of a sudden, a violent energy surged from inside the Golden Horned Beast King’s body.

  Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s face tightened, shouting, “Not good, he’s going to self-destruct!” Dragon force surged out from Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s body, protecting Huwang Xiao and retreating at the same time.

  The Phoenix Clan Ancestor and the others also retreated in haste.

  A heaven-shaking explosion shook the air.

  The Golden Horned Beast King’s body exploded into pieces, the horrifying destructive power of a Highgod Realm master blasted out in all directions.

  Overburdened by the destructive force, the God Restricting Golden Silkthread Rope lost its anchoring space, allowing the destructive force to spread further out.

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  The powerful destructive force of the Golden Horned Beast King’s self-destruction rushed over his own subordinates and the Azure Dragon Institute Grand Elders, shattering them into pieces and leaving only a patch red blood mist.

  Jia Xiangtian was flipped high into the air, then tumbled and rolled on the ground in the far distance. When he finally stopped, his body was covered with blood and dirt, the white of his bones could be seen here and there. Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s strike earlier had left him with barely half a life, adding the destructive explosion force from the Golden Horned Beast King, Jia Xiangtian was now a lifeless broken corpse.

  However, a Highgod Realm master didn't truly die if their godhead wa
s unbroken and their soul intact, therefore Jia Xiantian was still alive.

  A long time later, the destructive force from the Golden Horned Beast King’s self-destruction weakened and gradually dispersed.

  After the dust storm subsided, the surroundings were calm and quiet.

  The surrounding ground was now a few meters lower than it originally was, and the spot where the Golden Horned Beast King blew up became a giant pit several hundred meters deep, dark and seemingly bottomless.

  It was fortunate that Huwang Xiao secured the surrounding space prior with the God Restricting Golden Silkthread Rope, negating more than half of the destructive force from the explosion. On top of that, Huwang Xiao had previously strengthened the Huwang Clan Manor’s grand defensive formation, hence, the Huwang Clan Manor avoided any damages. Otherwise, the Huwang Clan Manor would have probably been razed to the ground, leaving nothing but pieces of ruins.

  However, the city some hundreds of miles away was affected by the shockwaves. The entire city walls collapsed and the buildings inside crumbled into dust. Not a single survivor could be found inside the city.

  Huwang Xiao’s face sank looking at this. It didn’t occur to him in the slightest that the Golden Horned Beast King would choose to self-destruct.

  “Something’s peculiar about this matter.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi spoke in a gloomy voice.

  Huwang Xiao nodded.

  The Golden Horned Beast King didn’t need to self-destruct, his actions were more like a death guard.

  Huwang Xiao’s eyes fell on the unconscious Jia Xiangtian’s body. A suction force from his palm pulled Jia Xiangtian’s body right in front of him.

  A purple light flickered in Huwang Xiao’s eyes and a purple-colored symbol flew out from his pupils, entering Jia Xiangtian’s forehead to scour his soul. A short while later, the soul-scouring ended, but Huwang Xiao’s expression was gloomier than before.

  Great Lord?!

  The Golden Horned Beast King and Jia Xiangtian both actually took orders from this young man referred to as ‘Great Lord’, coming here to kill him?

  And from Jia Xiangtian’s memories, even their Black Warrior Institute Vice Principal, that old witch Wang Na, the Jiang Family Patriarch Jiang WuHuwang, the Gudu Family Ancestor and Patriarch, all took orders from this young man they called Great Lord.

  In the four galaxies, the number of Highgod Realm masters that submitted themselves to this Great Lord exceeded thirty!

  However, Jia Xiangtian didn't know in detail which super force they belonged to.

  “What is it?” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi asked seeing Huwang Xiao’s expression.

  Huwang Xiao told Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi what he discovered after the soul-scouring, and even the old dragon was astonished at the information. In the four galaxies, there were more than thirty Highgod Realm masters that were under the command of this young man they called Great Lord?!

  That was a frightening thought.

  This was equivalent to having control of over thirty super forces.

  The reason why Huwang Xiao was able to control the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, and the rest was because he practiced the Ancient Puppetry Art and Soul Mandate, which enabled him to brand others’ soul.

  Did that mean that the mysterious Great Lord cultivated similar techniques, being able to manipulate others through their soul?

  Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi asked this question to Huwang Xiao, but he could only shake his head, having no answer himself.

  However, judging from the Golden Horned Beast Kings’ action, this mysterious Great Lord was most likely skilled in soul control and manipulation as well.

  “This shadowy Great Lord, what is he planning by controlling so many Highgod Realm masters?” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s expression grew somber, “Does he want to control the four galaxies?”

  Huwang Xiao too was looking solemn, “I’m afraid so. From Jia Xiangtian’s memories, this mysterious Great Lord will act against my Master during the God Ranking List Battle, to kill him. When that happens, that old witch Wang Na would take over the Black Warrior Institute Principal position, and with my Master dead in the God Ranking Battle, Wang Na will fully control the whole Black Warrior Institute.”

  If Huwang Xiao’s Master Feng Yang remained unharmed, even if Wang Na managed to sit on the Institute Principal position, Feng Yang’s presence would hinder her from completely grasping the entire Black Warrior Institute in her palms.

  But if Feng Yang died, it was a different situation altogether.

  “Since Jia Xiangtian has submitted to that so-called Great Lord, what about the Azure Dragon Institute Principal Qin Yi? Did he also submit?” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi spoke of the grave matter he had thought of. If Qin Yi had also submitted to this Great Lord, the matter was graver than they had assumed.

  Huwang Xiao shook his head, “No, Qin Yi did not; but other than Jia Xiangtian, in the Azure Dragon Institute, there is another Grand Elder named Wu Yun that has submitted.”

  Hearing this, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi was slightly relieved.

  As long as Qin Yi wasn’t in that group, the situation wasn’t that bad.

  The Azure Dragon Institute had over a third of the Azure Dragon Galaxy’s prominent families and forces align themselves with the institute. In other words, Qin Yi as its Institute Principal controlled a third of the Azure Dragon Galaxy’s forces.

  Imagine, how shocking would the combined power of hundreds, thousands of prominent families forces be?

  “Then how do you want to handle this Jia Xiangtian?” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi asked.

  Huwang Xiao looked at the still unconscious Jia Xiangtian, murder flickered in his eyes, “Since the Golden Horned Beast King is dead, I’ll send Jia Xiangtian down to accompany him.” A bright light flashed as a snow-white icy fire hovered above his finger.

  This Jia Xiangtian was already under the mysterious Great Lord’s control, thus it was not possible for Huwang Xiao to wrestle over the ‘control rights’. The only choice left was to erased Jia Xiangtian.

  With a flick, the Black Tortoise Divine Fire had engulfed Jia Xiangtian’s soul and godhead.

  At this point, Jia Xiangtian woke up, screaming in pain.

  Yet, very soon, his screamed weakened and disappeared, his body no longer twisted around, his eyes blank and lifeless.

  After confirming that the Black Tortoise Divine Fire completely incinerated Jia Xiangtian’s soul, Huwang Xiao retrieved it back into his body. Slightly bending his fingers, the suction force sucked Jia Xiangtian’s godhead into Huwang Xiao’s palm.

  “Rank four?” Scrutinizing Jia Xiangtian’s godhead, Huwang Xiao was disappointed.

  “Do you think anyone can condense a rank five or six godhead ah?” Seeing Huwang Xiao’s expression, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi teased.

  Huwang Xiao smiled sheepishly, “Hehe, that’s true.”

  Though Jia Xiangtian’s godhead was only a rank four, moreover, it was only a mid-First Order Highgod Realm, the godforce and God’s Law contained inside was sufficient to improve his cultivation by a small step.

  Putting away the godhead into his Asura Ring, he ordered the demonic beasts to clean up the surrounding mess, whereas he, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, and the rest returned to the Huwang Clan Manor.

  Back in Huwang Clan Manor, Huwang Xiao decided to first refine Jia Xiangtian’s godhead and then head out to search for the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s other sealed body parts. Before today, Huwang Xiao had thought that he wasn’t weak, but this mysterious Great Lord’s emergence gave Huwang Xiao great pressure.

  He had to work harder, strive to breakthrough to Highgod Realm!

  Huwang Xiao issued some instructions and entered seclusion the next day to refine Jia Xiangtian’s rank four godhead.

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  Even though Huwang Xiao was only a late-Tenth Order God Realm, his speed in refining spirit pellets and absorbing spiritual energy was faster than any late-First Order Highgod Realm maste
r.

  Thus, he estimated that he wouldn't take long to refine Jia Xiangtian’s rank four godhead. At least, it wouldn't take as much time as it did when he was a Seventh Order God Realm refining the rank five godhead.

  The passage of time flowed, three days came and went.

  WuHuwang Peak, Black Warrior Institute.

  Sitting on the main throne-like seat in the main hall, Wang Na was looking dark and gloomy.

  “The Golden Horned Beast King and Jia Xiangtian still haven’t sent back any message?” Wang Na was obviously in a dark mood as she questioned the Black Warrior Institute Grand Elder Zhang Yijia who was standing some distance from her.

  Zhang Yijia shook his head with a solemn expression, “Not yet.” He hesitated before adding, “Vice-Principal, could the Golden Horned Beast King and Jia Xiangtian have swallowed both the Hailstone and Xuanji Treasures, and thus, they didn't initiate any contact with Vice-Principal after killing Huwang Xiao?”

  A trace of doubt flashed past Wang Na’s gloomy face, but she shook her head, denying, “Not likely.”

  Considering Wang Na’s reply, Zhang Yingjia said, “If that is not the case, why haven’t they sent any reply? It has been three days. Did they perhaps fail to kill Huwang Xiao?”

  “Failed to kill Huwang Xiao?” Wang Na was nonplussed. This possibility never crossed her mind.

  However, being said out in the open now, Wang Na’s doubts were roused. Maybe the Ascending Moon Old Man and Yang Yi didn't really leave Martial Spirit World and that was why the Golden Horned Beast King and Jia Xiangtian failed their task?

  Right at this time, a cold harrumph echoed in the hall.

  At the sound of this cold harrumph, Wang Na who was sitting on the main seat fell down to her knees, her tone filled with respect: Wang Na greets the Great Lord!”

  Black Warrior Institute Grand Elder Zhang Yingjia also fell to his knees, trembling from head to toe.

  “The Golden Horned Beast King and Jia Xiangtian are dead.” The voice sounded again, cold, abstract, yet holding inviolable authority and pressure.