The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  The Righteous Alliance was in a dour mood while the Five Ancestor Alliance was spirited and energetic.

  “The last one!”

  Song Yuanyi frowned as he gestured behind him.

  “Wait!”

  As that disciple was about to come forward, Young Master Qingyang suddenly spoke.

  “This one has a proposal. There’s no need to go through so much trouble for the next round, and there’s no need for Alliance Lord to be so polite. Just send up an Imperial Martial expert!” Young Master Qingyang confidently said.

  Boom!

  Young Master Qingyang had barely finished speaking when the crowd of spectating martial artists began to buzz with astounded chatter.

  “Profound Martial realm against Imperial Martial realm? What sort of joke is this?”

  “If he can do that, then he’s truly heaven-defying. Even if others don’t believe him, this old man will definitely believe that he’s Young Master Qingyang!”

  “Everyone knows how to brag. Let’s see what happens. In any case, I don’t believe that it’s possible!”

  Let alone these unaffiliated martial artists, even the Five Ancestor Alliance disciples were dumbfounded. Although the Black Yin Ancestor said nothing, his brow imperceptibly creased. It was evident that he had not expected this request from Young Master Qingyang either.

  “Alliance Lord, this has to be some sort of plan from the Myriad Ghost Ancestor and Black Yin Ancestor. We can’t take the bait!” Ouyang Changheng, standing next to Song Yuanyi, suddenly said.

  The gap in strength was far too great, making him suspect that this was not the idea of the young man, but some plan concocted by the Five Ancestor Alliance.

  “I agree!”

  To his surprise, Song Yuanyi emotionlessly nodded.

  “Ah?”

  Ouyang Changheng was stupefied, but despite his shock, the decisions of the alliance lord could not be defied.

  Complying with Young Master Qingyang’s request, the Righteous Alliance quickly chose an Imperial Martial expert. The moment this Righteous Alliance expert stepped onto the field, his body erupted with a fierce storm of energy.

  Clang! Metal clattering could be heard as a dark red halo erupted from his feet, followed by a second, and then a third. In a few short moments, the Imperial Martial expert’s aura reached an astonishing level. The Five Ancestor Alliance disciple on the other side couldn’t help but pale in fear and shock.

  When compared to this Imperial Martial expert, his own energy was like the light of a firefly. This gap in strength was truly too vast.

  “Alliance Lord, is it really necessary to send an expert of my level?”

  Once the Imperial Martial expert had stepped forward, he looked back at Song Yuanyi. There was a strange smile on his lips and an awkward expression on his face.

  It wasn’t that he was looking down on this Five Ancestor Alliance disciple, but the gap in strength was just too big. It was completely different from the two previous battles against opponents of the Profound Martial realm.

  Chapter 1374 - Three Consecutive Victories!

  Chapter 1374: Three Consecutive Victories!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  Song Yuanyi looked straight ahead, his gaze unwavering.

  “Do I need to repeat myself?”

  “I will comply, Alliance Lord!”

  The Imperial Martial expert quickly lowered his head and bowed.

  After straightening himself, he looked at the evil path disciple, Zhao Dayong, his eyes gleaming with the smile of a cat playing with a mouse.

  “Haha, since that’s the case, I won’t be merciful!”

  The mood became strange. Only Young Master Qingyang remained with his back straight and head held high, his expression utterly unperturbed.

  “Begin!”

  With this order, the two quickly stepped forward.

  Zhao Dayong was trembling in fear and on the verge of tears. Although he had defeated two opponents that were stronger than him already, the battle this time was completely different. It was simply impossible for a low-tier Profound Martial expert to defeat an Imperial Martial expert. If those two ancestors hadn’t been watching him from the back, he would have already taken to his heels.

  “Listen to me! Don’t panic!”

  The cold and rational voice of Young Master Qingyang rang out in his ears, imbued with a soothing power. This familiar voice immediately caused Zhao Dayong to calm down.

  The battle quickly began…

  Buzz!

  In a flash, the Imperial Martial expert cast away all miscellaneous thoughts, his expression becoming one of complete focus. Although he was much stronger than his opponent, as an Imperial Martial expert, he had a strong will and would never make the mistake of underestimating his opponent.

  “Li position, Hungry Ghost Lunges at Prey!”

  Before that Imperial Martial expert had even taken action, Young Master Qingyang’s voice rang out. While everyone was wondering what in the world he was up to, Zhao Dayong had already begun to move.

  Thwish! Even though he sensed no threat and there was no one at the Li position, he still lunged over.

  Rumble! A moment later, there was a massive boom as a powerful energy, sharp and vicious, smashed into the place he had been standing.

  “Ah!”

  The crowd called out in alarm. If Young Master Qingyang had not spoken earlier, that evil path disciple would have been heavily injured.

  “How could this be!”

  The Imperial Martial expert was shocked to see that his attack had missed.

  He had been in the martial arts world for many years, but this was the first time he had ever seen something like this. A ‘cripple’ lacking in strength was able to instruct a weakling who also wasn’t that strong in defeating those stronger. This was simply inconceivable!

  Swish! Swish! Swish! Zhao Dayong was shocked and frightened by this sight and fearfully pulled away. But the Imperial Martial expert did not pursue, apparently still immersed in his shocked stupor.

  “I’d like to see just how many of my attacks you can dodge!”

  After finally getting over his shock, the Imperial Martial expert of the Righteous Alliance shot forward, his palm thrusting at Zhao Dayong!

  “Five Ghosts Raise the Palanquin!”

  Young Master Qingyang’s cold voice rang out once more. As expected, with the crashing of Stellar Energy and an intense explosion, this attack missed as well.

  This fellow isn’t simple…

  Standing in the crowd, Wang Chong was paying close attention to how this battle developed. When he saw Zhao Dayong dodge both the attacks from the Imperial Martial expert, he began to vaguely sense something.

  What ordinary people saw was Zhao Dayong narrowly dodging the attacks of someone much stronger than him, but this was not what Wang Chong saw.

  If one wanted to be like Young Master Qingyang and instruct Zhao Dayong in easily dodging his opponent’s attacks, one needed to not only predict the opponent’s movements, but Zhao Dayong’s as well.

  When one considered that Young Master Qingyang was just an ordinary martial artist who was at the True Martial realm at most, this was truly astonishing.

  This fellow’s calculation abilities have definitely reached an astonishing level. He’s probably completely calculated what sort of martial arts this Imperial Martial expert will use, as well as how and when he will use them. He truly possesses an astonishing intellect to accomplish this. If not for the innate problem with his meridians, he would definitely be an extremely powerful expert! Wang Chong inwardly marveled.

  He rarely misjudged anyone, and he was sure that this Young Master Qingyang was an expert that was extremely difficult to deal with. The vast majority of such people had proud personalities, so it was no wonder he could not tolerate anyone pretending to be him. He didn’t even mind working with the infamous Five Ancestor Alliance.

  On the battlefield, the battl
e had reached a crucial juncture. Zhao Dayong was constantly dodging, again and again barely escaping with his life. Each time, the spectators would gasp in alarm. Wang Chong scanned the area and saw that whether it was the Myriad Ghost Ancestor, the Black Yin Ancestor, Song Yuanyi, or Xie Guangting, they were all focused on this battle.

  Even Song Youran and Song Jue were entranced.

  Wang Chong watched for a few moments before mentally commenting, The battle will be over soon. This Imperial Martial expert is going to lose.

  Everything was reflected in his mind like a clear mirror. That Imperial Martial expert appeared to have the advantage, but in reality he was, step by step, falling into Young Master Qingyang’s tempo. As he sent off attack after attack, not even he had realized that he had lost his initial sharpness and had started to get impatient.

  More importantly, with each attack, his martial arts, techniques, offensive traits… everything was exposed to Young Master Qingyang.

  He had no idea that his true enemy was not Zhao Dayong, but that person standing on the edge of the battlefield who appeared energetic and focused as he commanded another, not appearing ill in the slightest: Young Master Qingyang!

  As time passed and the battle reached its most intense point…

  “Zhao Dayong, Kan Position, Jun position, Xun position, Zhen position… Little Ghost Offering Blade, Five Ghosts Move Mountains, Hungry Ghost Soars to the Heavens, Ghastly Ghost Qi, Ghost King Ventures Forth, All Ghosts Wail, right abdomen, Taiyi point!” A string of orders issued from Young Master Qingyang’s mouth.

  Stellar Energy roiled and churned as that Imperial Martial expert apparently had the initiative and was almost completely overwhelming Zhao Dayong. But a moment later, the ‘passive’ Zhao Dayong began to move like a snake. He used ‘Little Ghost Offering Blade’ to dodge the oncoming attack, breaking free of the Imperial Martial expert’s ‘pursuit’.

  For Young Master Qingyang to be able to apply a commonplace and basic technique like Little Ghost Offering Blade to such a level had all the Righteous Alliance disciples sighing in wonder. Only one who had comprehended martial arts to a divine level would be capable of such a feat.

  But this was not the end.

  After escaping the pursuit of the Imperial Martial expert’s attack, not only did he not flee, he turned around and charged back at the expert. Five Ghosts Move Mountains, Hungry Ghost Soars to the Heavens, Ghastly Ghost Qi, Ghost King Ventures Forth, All Ghosts Wail… he swiftly used this string of techniques.

  Boomboomboom!

  The Imperial Martial expert did not just sit back. Seeing his opponent charge over, he immediately engaged in his own fierce offensive, his moves swift and vicious, infused with destructive power. Someone of Zhao Dayong’s Profound Martial realm cultivation would surely face either death or severe injury.

  But everyone realized to their consternation that once, twice, thrice… Zhao Dayong appeared to predict all these counterattacks and used a different technique to dodge each one. And after using one technique, he would immediately shift to another. This was a result of the tacit understanding that had developed between him and Young Master Qingyang over their collaboration.

  These ordinary techniques seemed to become divine and supreme skills.

  As he missed again and again, the Imperial Martial expert paled and grimaced. In the end, he had lost all of his original confidence and composure.

  An Imperial Martial expert was being played around with by a Profound Martial expert. No one could accept this.

  Buzz!

  As Zhao Dayong was using the Five Ancestor Alliance’s ‘Ghost King Ventures Forth’, that Imperial Martial expert finally panicked and shot off to the side to escape.

  He was finally afraid, not of the Profound Martial Zhao Dayong, but of the man behind him, that unfathomable Young Master Qingyang who seemed to be able to predict his every movement.

  But he had not expected that Young Master Qingyang had even predicted his flight.

  As he moved to flee, Zhao Dayong’s Ghost King Ventures Forth suddenly changed halfway into ‘All Ghosts Wail’, the attack shooting like a bolt of lightning toward the Imperial Martial expert of the Righteous Alliance.

  Kyaaaaa! The air suddenly shrieked with the wailing and weeping of ten thousand ghosts. “Aaah!” A scream tore through the air, and that Imperial Martial expert who had just taken flight was stabbed in the right abdomen by a saber. He dropped from the sky, staggering and swaying on the ground as blood flowed out of the wound.

  His face was as pale as a sheet of paper, and he stared at Zhao Dayong and Young Master Qingyang with eyes brimming with shock and terror.

  “This… this is impossible!”

  His confidence, his power… all of it had been shattered.

  Whoooah!

  After a short moment of silence, the crowd suddenly exploded, their eyes wide open and their jaws slack.

  “Heavens! This is impossible! Impossible! Just what did I see?!”

  “An early-tier Profound Martial expert actually defeated an Imperial Martial expert?! This is just too absurd!”

  “Do my eyes deceive me? Tell me, did I really just see that?!”

  All the martial artists present stared at that crimson blood and that saber in absolute shock. Even the Black Yin Ancestor, the Myriad Ghost Ancestor, Song Yuanyi, and Xie Guangting had grave and solemn expressions.

  Chapter 1375 - Battle, Ghost Owl!

  Chapter 1375: Battle, Ghost Owl!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  The feats accomplished by that young man in the azure robe in this one battle had revealed his astonishing talent and immense potential.

  Even titans of the martial arts world had to treat such an individual with great caution.

  Buzz!

  In the crowd, Song Youran and Song Jue clenched their fists, their faces devoid of blood.

  As for Young Master Qingyang, he was proud and confident, his body radiating a transcendent aura. With this set of battles, he had succeeded in intimidating the entire crowd. A moment later, he turned to Wang Chong, a smile of challenge on his lips.

  Truly, while strange things happened every year, this year was chock-full of them. Someone was actually pretending to be him! But he had chosen the wrong person to imitate. Was it that easy to pretend to be him? What an idiot!

  All fell silent as everyone quickly noticed what Young Master Qingyang was doing and turned their eyes to Wang Chong.

  The total pressure of the crowd quickly weighed down on Wang Chong’s body. Even Song Youran and Song Jue turned to look, and if one looked carefully, one would notice that their lips were faintly trembling.

  At the start, the two of them had firmly believed in Wang Chong’s identity, but after witnessing what they had, even their faith had been somewhat shaken.

  “No matter what any of you say, I believe in what he says. Only he can be the true Young Master Qingyang!” Finally, Song Youran came forward and loudly spoke, her face red with agitation. It was clear that she was willing to risk everything.

  Seeing this, Wang Chong felt both moved and a little ashamed, but at a time like this, he could only ask for her forgiveness. If his identity were exposed now, there was no question that Song Yuanyi, Xie Guangting, the Black Yin Ancestor, and the Myriad Ghost Ancestor would all attack him.

  Wang Chong’s life would instantly be in great peril. There was nothing he could do about the current situation.

  Little girl, don’t blame me!

  With this thought, Wang Chong quickly calmed back down.

  This was the first time he had actually run into the situation of the fake Li Kui running into the real Li Kui1, and after witnessing those three battles, Wang Chong had become rather interested in this Young Master Qingyang.

  Young Master Qingyang took two steps forward and called out, “So? It’s not too late to confess!”

  To his surprise, Wang Chong chuckled and stepped forward. “Haha, so I only need
to instruct a Profound Martial disciple in defeating an Imperial Martial expert to immediately become Young Master Qingyang?”

  “You!”

  Young Master Qingyang was rendered momentarily speechless in his fury.

  The gap between the Profound Martial realm and the Imperial Martial realm was a vast chasm. Everyone knew this, and this was why everyone was so shocked that he had been able to instruct a disciple at the bottom of the Profound Martial realm in defeating an Imperial Martial expert. But in Wang Chong’s mouth, this magnificent feat had become something as easy as taking a drink of water. This was naught but blatant humiliation, something that he could never accept.

  “Hmph, then let me see just how capable you really are!”

  Young Master Qingyang glared.

  This matter had already made him unreasonably angry and also incredibly amazed. In front of the real Young Master Qingyang and having personally seen the skills of the original, this youth was still so calm and composed. He had never imagined this sort of result, and he could only conclude that this youth was either a fool or a madman!

  But regardless of which it was, he would never permit him to continue acting so impudently.

  “Alliance Lord Song!”

  Wang Chong looked to Song Yuanyi, who gave a slight nod of approval.

  Only then did Wang Chong turn to the Black Yin Ancestor.

  “Black Yin Ancestor, let’s save ourselves the trouble. Send up an Imperial Martial opponent!”

  “Bastard thing!”

  The Black Yin Ancestor was so infuriated by these words that his face turned green and purple.

  “Ghost Owl, you go!”

  The enraged Black Yin Ancestor immediately chose a Five Ancestor Alliance expert behind him with a vast aura. Upon seeing this martial artist, the Righteous Alliance disciples gasped in shock.

  “This isn’t fair! The Five Ancestor Alliance is being too shameless!”

  “If this is allowed, Young Master Qingyang will lose for sure!”

  The foe the Black Yin Ancestor had chosen for Wang Chong was much stronger than the expert the Righteous Alliance had chosen.