Asura Sovereign 3

by Shian Jeen

  Ch.123

  Huwang Xiao already detected Duan Wuhen’s impending arrival through the increasingly terrifying pressure he emitted and his aura and his nerves stretched tautly. If Duan Wuhen arrived first, Huwang Xiao would surely die!

  Should he flee now or hang on a little longer?!

  If he left now, he could probably escape but would end up leaving the Heavenly Treasure behind. Duan Wuhen might not have time to chase after him but if he continued to refine the golden ring, Duan Wuhen might arrive during the process, or worse, just when he finished refining the treasure.

  What to do?

  What should he do?!!!

  Huwang Xiao was nervous, conflicted, and unwilling.

  While Huwang Xiao was busy contemplating, the twin dragons who were previously shaken off became angered and their heads tilted and roared as bright lights burst out from their bodies. The oppressive might of a Primordial Divine Dragon enchanted their bodies and once again, they entwined around the golden circle, causing the golden ring to emit strange cries and shine brightly as it struggled. However, this time it failed to shake off the twin dragons.

  Both the black and blue dragons wound around it firmly and returned to Huwang Xiao’s body, dragging the golden ring along as a prisoner.

  When the golden ring disappeared into Huwang Xiao’s body, the area around Huwang Xiao darkened, revealing a black hole. An immense suction force exploded out from the black hole, swallowing Huwang Xiao inside.

  The black hole shrunk and vanished like it was never there.

  Right when the black hole vanished, a silhouette shot towards it at breakneck speed − this new arrival was naturally Duan Wuhen!

  Watching the black hole vanishing right before his eyes, an enormous suction force suddenly burst out of his palm. It seemed like it could absorb a part of Heaven and Earth, he nearly ripped Huwang Xiao out from the black hole. A shocking pressure gushed out from the black hole at this time, cutting off Duan Wuhen’s suction force and indirectly saving Huwang Xiao’s life.

  Duan Wuhen staggered a step back from being rebuffed by the black hole. His face distorted due to outrage and he let out a roar at the top of his lungs. With an angry swing of his hands, the surrounding area’s rocks, reefs, seaweed, fish, and everything else exploded into pieces.

  “Damn!!”

  “*****************!”

  So close! So close!

  Just one step! The Heavenly Treasure was taken by someone else and it disappeared right in front of his eyes!

  Regardless of how well his demeanor and upbringing was, he could not help but spit out foul curses.

  That was a Heavenly Treasure! He made every effort to plead with his Imperial Father to use the Saint level space-time artifact so that he could make it in time from the Duanren Empire, consuming more than a hundred thousand Spirit Dan. Thinking of the hundred thousand Spirit Dan that were wasted, Duan Wuhen could not contain his anger and disappointment. He did not even know what the Heavenly Treasure looked like.

  At this time, a Sect Patriarch of a prominent sect in the Baolong Kingdom arrived on the scene and was shocked seeing Duan Wuhen’s presence. As he concluded something, he walked up to Duan Wuhen in a flattering manner, saying: “Congratulations to his Imperial Highness Second Prince for acquiring the great treasure. Imperial Highness Second Prince’s prestige will resound throughout the world!”

  Yet Duan Wuhen turned around and glared at him, killing intent glinted and disappeared in his eyes too quickly before the Sect Patriarch could detect it. He faced Duan Wuhen with confusion on his face and it was then that Duan Wuhen’s fist abruptly attacked. The fist punctured the unlucky Sect Patriarch’s chest and exited through his back. Duan Wuhen’s entire arm punctured through the hole.

  The Sect Patriarch cast his vision downward, staring blankly at the huge hole in his chest, and a finger lifted to point at Duan Wuhen as his body washed away with the undercurrent. Up to the moment of his death, the Sect Patriarch didn’t know why Duan Wuhen wanted to kill him.

  Was it because he saw Duan Wuhen getting the Heavenly Treasure and so was killed to keep the secret?

  How could the pitiful Sect Patriarch have any idea it was because his words of flattery were like rubbing salt on Duan Wuhen’s wound?

  Several more prominent sect leaders and family Patriarchs arrived on the scene. Seeing Duan Wuhen kill a prominent sect’s Patriarch with just a punch, their hearts jumped with fright. Each person was filled with terror as they turned around to flee.

  But Duan Wuhen’s anger was not pacified. Seeing these flies trying to run, another fist struck out. This fist strike divided into several smaller fist prints targeting different individuals. Be it family Patriarch or Sect Leader, each had a fist penetrating through their chests.

  “A bunch of lowly slaves!” Duan Wuhen snorted coldly while looking at the corpses. With a flash, he disappeared from the area.

  Not long after Duan Wuhen left, Big Sword Sect’s Yu Chen, the Martial Ning Family’s Ning Wang, and the rest who arrived were aghast when they saw all of the scattered corpses.

  Each person exchanged an astonished look with their companions.

  They recognized these dead people. All of them were either Sect Leaders or Patriarch’s of prominent families. Moreover, each of them were Xiantian realm experts. The only person capable of killing so many Xiantian realm experts at once while the rest were rushing over was: His Imperial Highness Second Prince, Duan Wuhen!

  These people were killed by Duan Wuhen... did that mean the great treasure in Enlightenment Lake was taken away by him?!

  Although none of them said it out loud, all of them were absolutely sure it was Duan Wuhen who acquired the treasure.

  Even if there was an unwillingness in their hearts, this result was within their expectation. Thus, there was not much of lingering resentment. They turned around and left.

  Meanwhile, after being pulled into the black hole, a glaring bright light flashed in Huwang Xiao’s eyes and he was brought to an ancient battlefield. This ancient battlefield looked like the one he saw carved into the mountain wall. Everything was the same. A bleak desolate era filled with death, slaughter, and savageness all fused together. This was the ancient battlefield before his eyes.

  Huwang Xiao activated his battle qi and focused on his surroundings as he cautiously and slowly stepped forward.

  The sand beneath his feet was soft and grayish-yellow in color, and there were ruins and corpses surrounding him but he did not any see any corpses from the two, four, and six winged races.

  As Huwang Xiao moved forward, the golden ring in his body shook for a moment and a buzz resounded in his mind before some memories were added to his consciousness.

  “God Binding Ring!”

  From the flood of memories, Huwang Xiao learned the name of this golden ring. It was called the God Binding Ring!

  Huwang Xiao stood still with his eyes closed, then opened them abruptly. Both palms struck forward and a ring-shaped palm print ripped through the air traveling several hundred meters, separating the airflow in front of him.

  This was the heritage battle skill he received – God Binding Palm!

  According to the memories, by reaching the pinnacle when cultivating this battle skill, one could bind heaven and earth, space, time, and even a God.

  A real, true God!

  “So powerful! It can actually bind a true God!” Huwang Xiao was dumbfounded. Heaven and earth, space, and time were all invisible elements. If this God Binding Palm could constrain these intangible things, didn’t that mean it could bind living beings as well?!

  “I wonder where the God Binding Ring ranks in the Heavenly Treasure List? Duanren Institute’s Absolute Soul Pearl sits at number four, and its heritage ba
ttle skill, Absolute Soul Finger, is said to be able to penetrate hell. I wonder which one is stronger?”

  By triggering the God Binding Ring, one could enter this ancient battlefield? What is here and what is the purpose? Huwang Xiao organized his thoughts.

  Since he was brought there, a purpose must exist.

  Could this place be used for practice?! A thought suddenly emerged in Huwang Xiao’s mind and he quickly sat down, running the Asura Tactics. Behind him hovered the black and blue twin dragons. The netherworld spiritual energy rained down like a waterfall from a void above, and Huwang Xiao noticed that it did not disappear. Other than the netherworld spiritual energy, there was another foreign spiritual energy that came from the ancient battlefield before it was absorbed into his body.

  “What spiritual energy is this?!” Huwang Xiao was stunned.

  Not only did this spiritual energy fuse smoothly with his nether battle qi when entering his body, but even the rate of netherworld battle qi conversion in his Qi Sea became several times faster!

  The passage of time flowed by like a river.

  Huwang Xiao had spent several days practicing in this ancient battlefield and the speed in which his nether battle qi condensed was astonishing. Several days of practice in here was the equivalent of one month outside.

  Huwang Xiao was overjoyed. At this rate, in another two weeks’ time he could advance to late-Ninth Order!

  Ch.124

  Huwang Xiao exited the ancient battlefield after spending a few days inside. The location he appeared in was the same spot he disappeared from when traveling through the black hole in the Enlightenment Lake. However, Duan Wuhen had already left and there was only silence in the surrounding waters.

  Huwang Xiao observed the surrounding and noticed that the mountains, reefs, and aquatic plants in the area were in a scene of devastation, destroyed by someone. There was a thousand-meter length palm print left at the bottom of the lake.

  Seeing this, Huwang Xiao was frightened and could guess this giant of a palm print must have been left behind by Duan Wuhen. Supposing the black hole did not suck him into the ancient battlefield in time and that palm fell on his body, he would have exploded into pieces.

  Nonetheless, I must breakthrough Xiantian realm as soon as possible. Huwang Xiao thought to himself.

  This trip to the Enlightenment Lake strongly jolted his sense of urgency to grow stronger at a faster pace.

  Only by breaking into the Xiantian realm would meet have the minimum requisite to protect himself in this Martial Spirit World.

  Giving the surroundings another glance, Huwang Xiao flashed and disappeared from the spot.

  Moments later, Huwang Xiao popped out of the Enlightenment Lake.

  The surrounding area around the Enlightenment Lake was devoid of people. It seems the experts of the different forces had already left.

  Fei Hou is probably waiting at the Fei Mansion, Huwang Xiao thought. According to the agreement he had with Fei Hou, if something happened, they would return separately to Fei Mansion within three days. If more than three days had passed, it was very likely that Fei Hou had sent people scouring everywhere for him.

  Exactly like Huwang Xiao predicted, not long after speeding away from the Enlightenment Lake he came across some Fei Mansion guards that were searching the forest for him. When the Fei Mansion guards saw Huwang Xiao, happiness beamed on their faces.

  Seeing Huwang Xiao return unharmed, Fei Hou nearly set the altar up in prayer to thank the Heavens as invisible tears and snot flowed out endlessly.

  The main hall, Fei Mansion.

  Huwang Xiao sat down and listened to Fei Hou recount what happened at the Enlightenment Lake after he went missing.

  “Eight Xiantian realm experts died?” Huwang Xiao was stunned by this news.

  Fei Hou nodded and said: “Yes, all of them were killed by the Imperial Highness, Second Prince Duan Wuhen. When Duan Wuhen took the great treasure, these eight Patriarchs and Sect Leaders arrived at the scene so Duan Wuhen silenced them!”

  “Duan Wuhen got the great treasure?” Huwang Xiao was surprised.

  Fei Hou nodded his head, saying “That’s right, the news has spread and reached outside.”

  Hearing Fei Hou’s confirmation, Huwang Xiao secretly shook his head and laughed wryly. He did not expect that an Imperial Prince would be the one shielding the black pot for him. He bet that having to listen to such rumors even while taking a simple stroll would leave Duan Wuhen feeling like killing people!

  ‘Then has Duan Wuhen returned to Duanren Empire?” Huwang Xiao asked.

  “He should have returned. On that same day he got the great treasure, the Duanren Empire’s space artifact flew to the sky and disappeared.” Fei Hou answered, and then added: “The army stationed at the Enlightenment Lake suffered an immense loss. I heard there were about seventy to eighty thousand Yuwai Kingdom’s soldiers that were killed in the midst of conflict.”

  The Yuwai Kingdom was one of the strongest kingdoms under Duanren Empire’s mandate. A loss of eighty thousand soldiers for the Yuwai Kingdom was not small, but it wouldn’t hurt its core force.

  Subsequently, Fei Hou reported the actions of the Big Sword Sect and the Martial Ning Family during the past few days.

  When Fei Hou mentioned the Big Sword Sect losing eight core disciples, Huwang Xiao grinned and credited himself with the job: “I killed them.”

  Fei Hou was surprised for a second, “They were killed by Sovereign?”

  Then he chuckled, “I was wondering who it was. So the eight Big Sword Sect core disciples were done in by Sovereign? Yu Chen, that old fellow must be jumping with rage knowing this-- still, we need to be careful of him.”

  Huwang Xiao nodded in agreement.

  A while later, Fei Hou left the main hall.

  Huwang Xiao did not clarify that the treasure was in his hands and not Duan Wuhen’s, for it was unnecessary and not due to feelings of distrust towards Fei Hou. Moreover, Fei Hou’s knowledge of Heavenly Treasures was limited and he wouldn’t know where the God Binding Ring stands on the list or its usage for that matter.

  After Fei Hou retreated from the main hall, Huwang Xiao returned to his courtyard then triggered the God Binding Ring and entered the ancient battlefield.

  The most crucial thing right now was to breakthrough to the late-Ninth Order, and Huwang Xiao decided to return to the Luo Tong Kingdom after he advances successfully.

  In the ancient battlefield, Huwang Xiao summoned the Linglong Treasure Pagoda, took out a Fire Dragon Pearl, and sat cross-legged to practice.

  Running the Asura Tactics, he absorbed the spiritual energy that came from the ancient battlefield.

  The last time he practiced here, Huwang Xiao detected an indistinct carnage qi that proved beneficial to his cultivation, as well as sharpening his soul and will.

  Twelve days passed.

  Almost twenty days had passed since the birth of the great treasure in the Enlightenment Lake and the storm brought about by its emergence had gradually subsided. Although it was still talked about, it didn’t receive the level of attention it had before.

  For twelve days, Huwang Xiao stayed inside the ancient battlefield and practiced, finally advancing to late-Ninth Order.

  Only then did Huwang Xiao exit the ancient battlefield.

  , Huwang Xiao and Fei Hou made their way out of the Luo Tong Kingdom, choosing the same way they arrived--through the Silvermoon Forest. Both of them killed demonic beasts and further trained along the way.

  Slightly over two months later, Huwang Xiao made his first stop at the Tianxuan Mansion instead of the Cosmic Star Academy.

  “Big Brother, you’re back!” Stepping into Tianxuan Mansion, the first one to greet him was his younger sister, Huwang Min. Delight showed on her face as she hurried in front of Huwang Xiao, pulling his hand, “Big Brother, during this trip to the Yuwai Kingdom, did you happen to find anything to bring back for me ah?”

  “I already know you’re a persistent
bug.” After he finished saying that, Huwang Xiao took out a bunch of things from the Asura Ring.

  Seeing so many things appearing in front of her, Huwang Min burst into gleeful laughter.

  Huwang Xiao shook his head. In another few months, this girl would be fifteen, but she still acts like a little kid.

  When he stepped into the main hall, his parents, Huwang Peng and Su Yan, were there and so was Li Lu. But Li Lu’s eyes were red and teary, evidence that she had just been crying.

  The atmosphere in the main hall was somewhat depressing.

  “What is the matter?” Huwang Xiao asked as he walked in.

  At this point, Li Lu had already run into Huwang Xiao’s embrace, hugging him tightly while crying nonstop.

  Huwang Xiao was somewhat stupefied, seeking clarification from his parents.

  Huwang Peng spoke solemnly, “We have just received news from Canglan County which said that the entire Li Residence was obliterated from top to bottom. Over a hundred people were killed!”

  Shocked! Huwang Xiao was utterly shocked when hearing this. The Li Residence was obliterated from top to bottom? Does that mean Li Lu’s father, Li Cheng, and her Grandfather, Liu Mu, were also dead?

  “It’s okay, don’t cry anymore.” Huwang Xiao patted Li Lu’s back gently, comforting her in a soft voice.

  Li Lu cried for a while in Huwang Xiao’s embrace before her hands let go. Wiping the tears from her face, she saw the wet patch on Huwang Xiao’s shoulder that was soaked through, an embarrassed red flush stained her cheeks.

  Everyone sat down in the main hall.

  “Did we find out who did it?” Huwang Xiao asked.

  Su Yan said: “Li Cheng and Old Patriarch Li died from the Poison Blood Palm-- Marshal Haotian confirmed this.”

  “Poison Blood Palm!” Huwang Xiao’s eyebrows creased deeply. At that time, the Green Hawk Gang’s leader, Jiang Wei, also died under the Poison Blood Palm. Did that mean the person who killed Jiang Wei and the person who killed Li Cheng and decimated the Li Residence was the same person?

  Thinking back seven years ago, during Liu Mu’s eightieth birthday celebration, two people with poisonous snake martial spirits vowed to take Liu Mu’s life within three years….. but, seven years had passed since then. Were those people with the poisonous snake martial spirits really responsible for this?