by Shian Jeen
A second martial spirit innate ability!
An ability to conceal.
“What a strong martial spirit ability!” At this moment, a Duanren Empire general behind Duan Wuhen could not help exclaiming: “Not even I can detect Huwang Xiao’s breath in this instant!”
He was a Xiantian Third Order expert!
Even a Xiantian Third Order expert could not detect Huwang Xiao’s presence; one could imagine how remarkable Huwang Xiao’s second martial ability was.
Outside the battle arena, many spectating experts were also blown away. Once again, the crowd was in an uproar.
Cui Li, Pang Yu, and the rest also searched with their eyes and spiritual senses, trying to see if they could detect Huwang Xiao’s presence on the stage.
While everyone was still searching for a shadow of him, Huwang Xiao suddenly appeared in the air above behind Xie Puti, striking down a palm aimed at Xie Puti’s back.
Just as Huwang Xiao was about to succeed, the black flames shrouding Xie Puti flared up, engulfing Xie Puti’s immediate surroundings in flames. Huwang Xiao’s expression turned grave and immediately retrieved his palm while retreating backward.
Xie Puti spun to the back.
One again, both of them stood face to face on the stage.
In the air above, both the Black Dragon and Black Flame Phoenix were still fighting, dragon roars and phoenix cries rang out endlessly in people’s ears. Tremendous shockwaves burst from the battle arena, surging out with the stage as its center, rolling like thunder.
The bright sun above was nowhere to be seen, entirely blotted out by the black flames and energy emitted by the black dragon and black flames phoenix.
Watching Xie Puti, Huwang Xiao frowned. Xie Puti’s body was entirely wrapped in a protective black flame barrier, and there didn’t seem to be a way to get within ten meters of him. He needed to think of a method to break through the black flames barrier.
At the same time, Xie Puti too was frowning while watching Huwang Xiao. The moment Huwang Xiao concealed himself, Xie Puti had no clue of his presence at all, or his location. To defeat Huwang Xiao was much harder than he had presumed!
Two cold lights reflected on Huwang Xiao’s hands. He summoned the Blades of Asura, gripping them in his palm. The Wings of Demon on his back stretched out and Huwang Xiao used Phantom Shadow at the same time, swinging the blades at Xie Puti.
“Wrath of the Nether King!”
Two beams of blade lights were like an awakened thousand year old volcano eruption that welled forth, akin to a stampede of thousands of beasts or a cavalry army of millions of soldiers. and the attacks immediately reached Xie Puti.
Too fast!
Xie Puti was stunned! The protective black flames shrouding Xie Puti rose up, and the Wrath of the Nether King attack actually dissolved under the heat of the black flames, swallowed up!
First rank grade thirteen martial spirit, Black Flame Phoenix’s black flame was said could to be capable of incinerating all beings, and it had proven it could even devour the attacking blade lights that came from Blades of Asura.
After the black flames melted and devoured Huwang Xiao’s Wrath of the Nether King, Xie Puti flickered and disappeared. He again reappeared within meters of Huwang Xiao with another finger attack, but this was not a repeat of Mirage Void Finger from earlier.
“Meteor Finger!”
With a point, several different surreal finger-prints materialized out of nowhere and separated, like a rain of shooting stars that targeted Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao did not hide or dodge this time. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed a finger as well. A beam of aureate light shot out, crashing against the incoming Meteor Finger.
“Zi!” Thunderous shockwaves echoed endlessly.
Outside the battle arena where the shockwaves hit had caused a splitting pain in the experts’ eardrums and made them frightened by the level of battle.
In the two finger attacks collision, Huwang Xiao staggered back three steps from the force.
Although Huwang Xiao swallowed many Fire Dragon Pearls and cycad fruits during his cultivation that raised his physical defense to a level higher than warriors in the same realm, making his defense almost comparable to a Xiantian Second Order, Xie Puti too had his own fortuitous encounters. On top of that, he had his family’s resources. Xie Puti’s physical defense and power was close to reaching a Xiantian Third Order expert.
“Fire Exploding Finger!”
Xie Puti’s silhouette blurred away, renewing his attack on Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao activated his martial spirit ability, Space Concealment, and disappeared from sight.
Xie Puti’s attack fell on empty air once more.
The ‘game’ progressed with one attacking while the other retreated and vice versa. One exchange after another, the entire battle stage became marked and ruined between both of their attacks. Finger-sized holes, palm prints… even fist prints littered the stage.
Just like that, Huwang Xiao and Xie Puti exchanged more than a dozen blows. Some of the weaker warriors outside the battle arena could barely follow their movements.
Bang! The two separated after the latest collision, standing on opposing sides of the stage.
Within the last dozen exchanges just now, both seemed equal on the surface but the experts with a keen eye could tell Huwang Xiao was at a disadvantage. If it wasn’t for Huwang Xiao’s martial spirit ability of hiding, he would probably have lost long ago.
No matter if it was strength, battle qi, or speed, Huwang Xiao was weaker and slower than Xie Puti.
Suddenly, at that moment, a dragon’s whine resounded, attracting everyone’s attention. Looking up, everyone saw the two fighting martial spirits, Divine Black Dragon and Black Flame Phoenix. The Black Flame Phoenix’s claw found an opening and pierced through the Divine Black Dragon’s back. Dragon scales fell, while blood rained down from the air above.
The Divine Black Dragon was wounded.
Watching this, Huwang Xiao’s expression turned grave and he leaped up onto the Divine Black Dragon’s head. Every movement was followed intently by the crowd as in the next moment, a light blue glow flickered around the black dragon’s body.
The parts burned by the Black Flame Phoenix’s black flame slowly stopped bleeding. New dragon scales grew rapidly as the wounds healed.
Eyes widened in shock as everyone watched this scene happening in front of them.
“What is happening?! How can that Divine Black Dragon’s injuries heal so quickly?!”
“It’s Huwang Xiao! Huwang Xiao’s third martial spirit innate ability! Huwang Xiao actually has a third martial spirit ability!”
Some experts guessed the reason behind the Divine Black Dragon’s rapid recovery was because Huwang Xiao initiated his third martial spirit ability!
The crowd was dazed with shock.
It had never crossed anyone’s mind that Huwang Xiao would have a third martial spirit ability!
In Martial Spirit World, possessing a second martial spirit ability was enough to cause envy, yet this Huwang Xiao supposedly had a third one!
Cui Li, Pang Yu, Dai Shanni, and the rest jumped up from their seats.
Although Duan Wuhan and Cheng Jian managed to control themselves and remained seated, the shock was evident on their faces.
There were people that had a third martial spirit ability in Martial Spirit World, but in the entire Snow Wind Continent, the number did not exceed the fingers on both hands. Furthermore, neither Duan Wuhen or Duanren Emperor himself had awoken a third martial spirit ability.
Xie Puti like everyone else was stunned into a daze.
Not only did Huwang Xiao have a third martial spirit ability, but did it have to be something that could help him heal his injuries?!
Instant Recovery ability was just as useful as Space Concealment and would be more concisely described as a heaven defying ability.
In actual fact, Huwang Xiao’s third martial spirit ability, Instant Re
covery, used to only be capable of merely recovering depleted battle qi. But, after Huwang Xiao broke through to the Xiantian realm, he had recently noticed that his third martial spirit ability actually underwent some changes and evolved. Not only could it restore exhausted battle qi, it was able to recover vitality.
Getting over his shock, Xie Puti too moved beside his Black Flame Phoenix martial spirit with a sway of his body. He spoke slowly, “I did not expect you would have a third martial spirit ability, but you probably have another martial spirit, right?!”
Another martial spirit?!
Hearing this, the crowd was dumbfounded.
Xie Puti’s words meant...?! Heads nearly snapped off their necks as they spun to look at Huwang Xiao. Could Huwang Xiao really…?!
Huwang Xiao was startled. Xie Puti could guess he had a second martial spirit?
“Blue Dragon, come out!” Since the secret could not be kept any longer, Huwang Xiao need not hide it any longer. With a loud summon, Huwang Xiao’s body burst out in gleaming ice blue light.
Before the stupefied looks, an enormous Divine Blue Dragon’s roar shook the heavens as it hovered behind Huwang Xiao. The moment the Blue Dragon emerged, a pressure far stronger than that of the Black Dragon’s overshadowed the Black Flame Phoenix’s aura. It was a dragon’s might capable of deterring the world!
At the same time, Huwang Xiao’s momentum rose sharply.
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A second martial spirit!
Huwang Xiao actually possessed a second martial spirit!
And it was a martial spirit that had never appeared in Martial Spirit World before—Blue Dragon!
Duan Wuhen had managed to maintain his calm up to that point but he suddenly jumped to his feet in astonishment as he stared fixedly at the Blue Dragon! Blue Dragon, a martial spirit that had never appeared before! This dragon was definitely a variation of a dragon clan martial spirit, and it had to be one at top grade thirteen, or maybe even grade fourteen!
This Huwang Xiao actually had the same type of superb talent martial spirit, yet the lower grade Black Dragon was already at top grade twelve!
Cheng Jian and the other Duanren Empire ministers eyes nearly popped out from the shock. All the mighty generals stood up with incredulous looks on their faces.
They were blown away!
This was an unprecedented shock!
Twin superb talent martial spirits with both of such high grades! On top of that, one of his martial spirits has never appeared prior to this!
This kind of talent was too mother freaking monstrous!
No one present could accurately describe the waves of jarring shock and… excitement?
Below the stage, Cui Li, Pang Yu, and the rest were having similar waves of emotion running through them. Even Xie Puti who guessed correctly was astounded with Huwang Xiao’s revelation. He was literally making a wild guess that Huwang Xiao might possess a second martial spirit!
Due to a coincidence, he once came across an old family record which stated people who possessed a third martial spirit ability had a ninety percent chance of being the owner of twin martial spirits!
Ninety percent!
He didn’t expect that it would turn out to be true! Xie Puti stared at the Blue Dragon behind Huwang Xiao. There were complicated feelings mixed in with shock.
At this point, Huwang Xiao’s rising momentum after summoning the Blue Dragon finally stopped. The pressure coming from the current Huwang Xiao had exceeded Xie Puti.
Although summoning one’s martial spirit could not enhance the owner’s battle qi as much as a soul transformation, it increased the owner’s strength significantly.
The Blue Dragon swam around Huwang Xiao, giving everyone an impression that Huwang Xiao himself was the epitome of a Primordial Divine Dragon.
Below the stage and outside the battle arena, Cui Li, Dai Shanni, as well as the many young misses and young masters of noble families were staring at Huwang Xiao with eyes that shined inexplicably.
Huwang Xiao suddenly leaped up, smashing out a Collapse Fist at Xie Puti. The fist whistled through the air as it shattered space and the void, creating a strange sonic wave.
Xie Puti’s face became dignified. He too leaped up, pointing a finger at Huwang Xiao.
“Sky Pulverizing Finger!”
Battle qi pooled, rotating on Xie Puti’s finger. A glistening black light shot out and disappeared in a flash right into Huwang Xiao’s punch.
The blast shook the stage.
In midair, two silhouettes separated, instantly retreating a distance from each other. Huwang Xiao landed agilely on the battle stage whereas Xie Puti crashed onto the Black Flame Phoenix’s body, retreating one wobbly step after another as he tried to regain his balance.
A reversal!
After summoning both Black Dragon and Blue Dragon, Huwang Xiao’s battle qi and physical toughness surpassed Xie Puti’s by a slight margin.
Huwang Xiao attacked with a second move. Leaping up into the air, calling out the Blades of Asura, his body started spinning at high speed with the Blades of Asura swinging out.
“State of Abundant Lightning!”
Streaks of lightning turned into a flood of lightning dragons that was like a torrential thunderstorm aimed at Xie Puti from various angles.
Alarmed, Xie Puti countered with attacks from both hands. Multiple finger prints flew out at rapid speed, but it was to no avail. Although his finger attacks managed to slightly weaken the lightning flood dragons’ speed and power, it did not stop them from advancing towards him.
Seeing it was futile, Xie Puti immediately pushed his battle qi to the limit. Black flames soared from his body, burning and melting everything that got close!
Lightning flood dragons and the black flames collided. The forceful power from the lightning flood dragons caused the black flames to disperse upon collision, receding outside the battle qi.
Xie Puti was pushed back again and even the Black Flame Phoenix below him was repelled, letting out a ringing phoenix cry.
Although it was rumored the Black Flame Phoenix’s black flame could incinerate everything, it was not foolproof. It was also dependent on its owner’s strength. After summoning the Blue Dragon, Huwang Xiao’s strength rose significantly. Xie Puti was clearly suppressed. Despite the fact that the black flames could still burn and swallow Huwang Xiao’s attack, the effect had greatly reduced compared to earlier.
Of course, this was due to the suppression from the Blue Dragon, its grade was higher than the Black Dragon to begin with.
Huwang Xiao continued to swing the blades in his hand. In midair, the crowd saw two blossoming flowers with deeply colored purple petals suddenly emerge out of nowhere. Each flower was about the size of an adult’s palm, shimmering in an alluring inky purple glow.
Watching the two dark as ink purple blossoms spinning in the air, the spectating crowd was dazed. Without warning, they disappeared just as suddenly as they had appeared.
Xie Puti was surprised as well.
But in the next moment, his face tightened and he quickly retreated in a panic. His mouth bellowed; “Black Flames Regnant!”
Just as the black flames soared from Xie Puti’s body, they suddenly exploded and dispersed as if they were hit, whereby Xie Puti groaned and plummeted to the stage below from the Black Flames Phoenix’s back.
Xie Puti forcefully stabilized himself so as not to crash into the stage.
People in the crowd were able to see two imprints in the shape of flowers on Xie Puti’s chest, emanating strands of inky purple energy. The upper part of his clothes had already exploded into pieces.
The flower imprints appeared to be exactly the same as the two blossoms from Huwang Xiao’s attack.
“So terrifying, what an unforeseeable attack!”
“What kind of battle qi is this exactly? The power is so terrifying that even the black flames cannot stop it!”
Sighs and exclamation came from all around. Duan Wuhen watched with fascination.
If Huwang Xiao’s battle qi cultivation was on a similar level as him, this attack... could he withstand it?
“Cheng Jian, can you tell what battle qi Huwang Xiao cultivates in?” Duan Wuhen could not resist asking.
Cheng Jian shook his head: “This minister cannot tell.”
It was also his first time seeing the type of battle qi belonging to Huwang Xiao. At that moment, Huwang Xiao jumped off Black Dragon’s body, landing softly on the battle stage.
Xie Puti rubbed the injuries on his chest, and a slight frown appeared between his brows. Strong desire for battle flared up in his eyes, “Huwang Xiao, I admit your twin martial spirits are indeed strong, but I will not give up just like this. I will not lose to you just like this!” After he finished speaking, the Black Flame Phoenix blurred away and began to fuse with Xie Puti, initiating a soul transformation.
After fusing with the Black Flame Phoenix, the pressure exuding from Xie Puti instantly shot up, and it continued to soar. Williwaw descended, clouds rolled, and the sky darkened. Powerful energy vortexes formed with Xie Puti being used as the eye in the center.
Black armor emerged on Xie Puti’s body akin to an ancient godly armor, leaving only his mouth, eyes and nose visible.
Seeing Xie Puti’s action, Huwang Xiao waved a hand towards the Black Dragon and Blue Dragon hovering behind him. The twin martial spirits swam around him in circles, closer and closer, fusing with him. Scales of two colors, black and blue emerged on the surface of Huwang Xiao’s skin. A smooth sharp scale surface reflected the light. Tattoo-like images of a black and blue dragon’s head manifested on Huwang Xiao’s back as sharp dragon spikes protruded out from Huwang Xiao’s arms.
Xie Puti’s momentum doubled after his soul transformation, yet it barely surpassed Huwang Xiao who soul transformed with the twin dragon martial spirits. Even before fusing with the dragon’s, Huwang Xiao’s strength had already suppressed Xie Puti by a small margin and now it whelmed over him.
“Tyrant God Finger!”
Xie Puti took the initiative to attack first after soul transforming. Piercing through space, he arrived before Huwang Xiao almost instantaneously. A single finger stabbed towards Huwang Xiao, exploding with a tyrannical might capable of destroying everything in its path.
