History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

by 八月飞鹰, Ba Yue Fei Ying, August Eagle

  Now, a sword-light lit up in the distance, completely ignoring Shao Fengting and the other semi-demonised practitioners as it continued shooting towards Lu Ming irregardless.

  Shao Fengting frowned. With a sweep of his hand, a wing of the Blue Bird was raised to block the incoming sword-light.

  “Go back and tell Jade Crane that this Shao Fengting will be taking these people of the Blood Cloud Clan. She doesn’t have to worry about me letting Lu Feng and the others off,” Shao Feng said mildly, “I will not interfere in the matter with the Blazing Fire Clan and the Thunder Rumbling Clan…”

  Before his words had landed, a massive rumbling boom suddenly resounded between the heavens and the earth!

  A massive purple orb hung high amidst the horizon.

  Infinite, boundless thunderbolts mightily descended!

  The entire world all around was completely enveloped in an ocean of thunder and electricity.

  They had descended in merely an instant.

  Shao Fengting’s composed expression that was as if all of the heavens and earth were under his control had still yet to fade, still in the midst of switching to gaping with mouth hanging wide as he and the silhouetted Blue Bird above his head had already been engulfed completely by the incoming thunderbolts!

  The terrifying thunder only sounded an instant, next vanishing as quickly as it had come.

  However, rumbling noises still resounded chaotically between the heavens and the earth, countless snakes of electricity unceasingly traversing the area, not dissipating in a long time.

  Placed amidst such an environment, Lu Ming and the others could only feel as if electricity had been conducted about their entire bodies as unable to easily move, they felt numb and stiff beyond compare.

  Wide-eyed and tongue-tied, they saw how Shao Fengting who had still been full of authority and grandeur just a moment earlier was now already completely nowhere to be seen, as though he had never appeared in the first place.

  However, that scattered qi and blood as well as that air of death which came with the complete deterioration of life still proved a fact.

  One of the mighty Three Demons, the expert Shao Fengting who stood at the peak of the Floating Life World, had been directly smited dead by a thunderbolt!

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 446: I don’t feel like being a hero today

  HSSB446: I don’t feel like being a hero today

  While Lu Ming and the others hadn’t been directly targeted by the thunderbolt, just having been struck by its aftereffects, their bodies still felt greatly numb.

  The semi-demonised practitioners who had followed Shao Fengting here were also in the same situation.

  Those who had been standing closer to him had even been smote completely to smithereens alongside him, with not even the bones of their bodies remaining.

  All of them looked dazedly at this scene, unable to recover for a long time.

  For just that one moment, the same ridiculous thought even appeared within all of their minds.

  Could it be that the heavens, really unable to stand the sight of them discarding their human identities and even going to the extent of killing and devouring the flesh and blood of their fellow humans, had therefore directly sent heavenly punishment down upon the semi-demonised practitioners?

  The rumoured divine punishment, a bolt of thunder descending directly to smite the guilty.

  However they looked at it, that shocking bolt of thunder which descended from the skies earlier just seemed like a punishment from the heavens!

  While they clearly knew that this was a rather ridiculous thought, all of them here still couldn’t help but tremble involuntarily.

  From the perspective of an ordinary person, the scene before them was truly rather hard to process and register.

  The ‘Phoenix Demon’ Shao Fengting, known alongside the ‘Thunder Demon’ and the ‘Ape Demon’ as the Three Demons, had presided at the top of the Floating Life World together with them.

  Even with the power of the Four Clans, they had still only been able to stand against them with the help of their treasures and a great amount of experts formed into a battle formation.

  Any single one of the Three Demons were figures who had run domineeringly rampant within the Floating Life World for many years as the three represented the highest level of personal combat power in the Floating Life World.

  Now, however, right before their eyes, the ‘Phoenix Demon’ Shao Fengting had been smited to smithereens by a single thunderbolt, dying without a ground of burial!

  If one said that this was the work of someone, how then wouldn’t they feel shocked and stunned?

  At this moment, a leisurely expression on his face, Yan Zhaoge strolled casually out from amidst the light of thunder.

  After having unleashed An Instant’s Thunder, the power within the Eye of the Thunder Emperor fragment had been used up completely as it had returned to being a completely unobtrusive, grey and dusty stone orb once more.

  Yan Zhaoge kept the stone orb before lightly pointing at the blade of his Green Abyss Sword.

  “Now, who still wishes to bar my path?”

  The semi-demonised practitioners could only feel their bodies trembling involuntarily against their will as they hurriedly scurried off to the sides.

  Lu Ming forcibly raised his spirits, saying tremulously and respectfully, “Thank you, O exalted one, for saving us. If we had fallen into the hands of the Phoenix Demon, it would truly have been a fate worse than death for us.”

  “While the semi-demonised practitioners were born human, they have all forgotten their ancestors, willing to become demons as they feast on the flesh and blood of their fellow kin. While their appearance might bewilder you as to the fact, they are actually more dangerous to us human martial practitioners than are the demonic beasts.”

  “In having slain the Phoenix Demon, O exalted one, you have rid our Floating Life World of a great evil. This old man expresses my greatest gratitude and respect to you here on behalf of all who have died under the hands of the Phoenix Demon and those semi-demonised beings that follow him.”

  The martial practitioners of the Blood Cloud Clan all looked rather shockedly at their Chief.

  Some with quicker reactions gradually regained their wits, hurriedly doing the same as him.

  Some of the Green Dragon Mountain martial practitioners had stayed behind to deal with the Blazing Fire Clan martial practitioners, while others had followed Yan Zhaoge over here. After getting over their initial shock, they quickly made this link as well.

  Luo Jinghao and the others could not help but curse inwardly at Lu Ming’s shamelessness. Treating his old face like it was nothing, actually having found such a chance to beg Yan Zhaoge for mercy.

  However, amidst their cursing, they could not help but admit that this was really a good chance that Lu Ming had grasped.

  Luo Jinghao and the others felt rather uneasy as they all looked worriedly at Yan Zhaoge.

  The ‘Phoenix Demon’ Shao Fengting being a sworn enemy of the Blood Cloud Clan, in killing him, Yan Zhaoge had indeed done the same as rescuing the Blood Cloud Clan as well.

  This caused their hearts to beat frantically. If Yan Zhaoge was really of a mind to let the Blood Cloud Clan go, they weren’t in a position where they could kick at them when they were down.

  Being the Chief, Luo Jinghao had even more considerations.

  Yan Zhaoge was really too powerful. Could it be that he truly wanted to conquer and take control over the entire Floating Life World?

  Conquest through power was easy, but if one wanted to rule over a world with a high degree of control while also allowing the world to continue moving along normally according to their will, that wasn’t something that could be achieved simply through a conquest of strength.

  Luo Jinghao was thinking: Could it be that Yan Zhaoge wanted to take the Blood Cloud Clan under his rein?

  Proceeding down this line of thought, the same could apply with the
Blazing Fire Clan and the Thunder Rumbling Clan as well, whom he had taught a good lesson today and coerced to behave obediently.

  As for Luo Jinghao’s Green Dragon Mountain, it would be unable to resist Yan Zhaoge’s orders as well.

  After today’s lesson, with the other three clans all falling obedient, they might even be made to suppress Green Dragon Mountain somewhat such that they would not be solitarily strong on their own.

  Having such thoughts in his mind, Luo Jinghao felt even gloomier.

  Lu Ming’s thoughts were much simpler, being: Young people generally love face, love being a hero, love acting on the spur of the moment based on their emotions.

  “Clearly pointing out the evils of the semi-demonised practitioners and emphasizing how we as human martial practitioners fall in the same camp, this should be sufficient to alleviate his antagonism and killing intent, right?”

  “If I praise him up to the skies and push him to a corner with words, as long as he goes according to my words and gets his identity raised up, cherishing his fame, he should no longer be making a move, right?”

  The more Lu Ming thought like this, the more sincere and humble he became, “The people of the Floating Life World have always been threatened by the powerful demonic beasts and semi-demonised practitioners. We human martial practitioners have always wanted to vanquish them, yet have been unable to achieve it simply because their abilities are truly too great.”

  “Luckily, you, O exalted one, descended like a divinity upon our soil, a true dragon descending from the heavens. With a mere flip of your hand, you slew a semi-demonised hegemon like the Phoenix Demon, ridding the Floating Life World of a great evil.”

  “My mere unworthy Blood Cloud Clan is willing to follow you, O exalted one, in vanquishing demons and vanishing evils. Not having earlier recognised the true divinity before our eyes, we inadvertently offended you, now feeling incomparably regretful about this. I beseech you, O exalted one, to forgive us for our ignorance.”

  Looking calmly at Lu Ming, Yan Zhaoge kept the Green Abyss Sword in his hands.

  While appearing even more humble, Lu Ming actually inwardly heaved a sigh of relief, “Young people are still young people at the end of the day. I don’t know how he managed to cultivate out such truly shocking strength, but as long as he is just praised somewhat, he would then be very easy to deal with.”

  He glanced at the Chief of Green Dragon Mountain, Luo Jinghao, from the corner of his eye, “Perhaps something can still be made out of this.”

  As he was thinking this, the world before his eyes suddenly grew dim.

  Lu Ming stared wide-eyed as Yan Zhaoge raised his hand, slamming downwards with a palm!

  “You!”

  The Chief of the Blood Cloud Clan was shocked and bewildered. He wanted to resist, but his head had already been caved in by that palm which seemed able to collapse even the very heavens!

  The others all gaped, mouths hanging open in shock.

  Yan Zhaoge calmly retracted his palm, “This time, I don’t want to be some sort of hero or saviour of the world. I want to be a great demon king for once.”

  “Right, and a great demon king who doesn’t have to use his brain at that.”

  Yan Zhaoge had naturally known all of what Luo Jinghao had been formulating. However, he was too lazy for all of that. This time, he just wanted to go with something a little more simple and violent.

  Looking at the remaining Blood Cloud Clan martial practitioners as well as semi-demonised practitioners, Yan Zhaoge swivelled his head and asked the people of Green Dragon Mountain, “Is there any problem if I leave them for you to handle?”

  Luo Jinghao and the others hurriedly answered, “No! Absolutely not!”

  Yan Zhaoge nodded slightly, his hands behind his back as he strolled leisurely away.

  Two steps later, he suddenly stopped and asked, “Right, I remember that you people of Green Dragon Mountain once invited me over to your place as a guest?”

  Just having heaved a sigh of relief, Luo Jinghao and the others instantly felt like crying yet not having the tears for such.

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 447: Great Demon King Yan Zhaoge

  HSSB447: Great Demon King Yan Zhaoge

  Looking at Luo Jinghao and the others of Green Dragon Mountain, Yan Zhaoge said calmly, “Having ran around for a few days, I was rather tired, therefore not having attended. You shouldn’t have come here specifically because of this, right?”

  Luo Jinghao sucked in a deep breath, “Of course not. If you are willing to grace Dragon Peak with your presence, we would naturally feel incomparably honoured. Still, whether or not to come is still definitely up to you.”

  “In having come here, it is because external enemies came to invade us. Afraid that you might be disturbed from your rest, we specially hurried over to deal with the matter. We had not thought that you would still be alerted by the matter in the end. This Luo expresses his deepest apologies here.”

  The other Green Dragon Mountain martial practitioners all hurriedly nodded like chickens pecking on grain, “It is precisely so.”

  Yan Zhaoge said nonchalantly, “If that’s the case, it’s fine.”

  Having said thus, he turned and left.

  The people of Green Dragon Mountain all heaved a sigh of relief. Luo Jinghao hurriedly led them in capturing and killing the Blood Cloud Clan martial practitioners and the semi-demonic practitioners here.

  Having finished dealing with the matter before them, receiving a report from their people, Luo Jinghao and the others then hurriedly rushed off in another direction.

  Having arrived there, they saw Yan Zhaoge standing casually in mid-air, Feng Yunsheng, Ah Hu and the others beside him.

  Other than them, the Chief of the Snow Crane Sect, the Jade Crane Su Yun, was there as well.

  Meanwhile, the Thunder Rumbling Clan martial practitioners were strewn dead or wounded across the ground. The only exception was the Chief of the Thunder Rumbling Clan, having only been captured alive, not having been killed like Lu Ming, the Chief of the Blazing Fire Clan and Shao Fengting.

  As Luo Jinghao neared, he heard Yan Zhaoge laugh, “Although it was an accident, seeing how you gave me a huge gift, putting me in a rather good mood, I think that I’ll spare your life this time.”

  The Chief of the Thunder Rumbling Clan forced out a smile that looked even uglier than crying, “It’s great just as long as you like it.”

  Seeing this, the hearts of those of Green Dragon Mountain instead grew increasingly tense.

  This was not because the Chief of the Thunder Rumbling Clan had been spared by Yan Zhaoge.

  Yan Zhaoge’s great strength and earlier performances had already sufficiently demonstrated that he wasn’t interested in and also didn’t need to play balance of power between the strong powers.

  What caused the people of Green Dragon Mountain to feel worried was that one who acted according to however he was feeling would always be far harder to serve than one who acted according to benefit or detriment.

  This caused them to feel even more uneasy as they did not know when they might accidentally aggravate Yan Zhaoge.

  Yan Zhaoge looked at Feng Yunsheng and Ying Longtu, smiling, “How does it feel?”

  Ying Longtu seemed like he had still been thinking on the earlier battle as he only snapped out of his reverie upon hearing Yan Zhaoge’s question, “They…the fighting methods of those demonic bloodline cultivators are very immature.”

  While he was still a little ignorant in matters of daily life, Ying Longtu’s intelligence had been gradually expanding as he had already begun acutely understanding the martial dao.

  Even Su Yun who was unfamiliar with him, hearing him talk about the martial dao, would be able to tell that he had quite the insight in this area, rather than mistaking him as a fool of a child.

  Hearing his words, Yan Zhaoge nodded slightly, “Right. While a general framework has already been set up for their training methods, they ar
e still in the midst of development. With that, even less has to be said about the striking techniques.”

  “Although demonic bloodline cultivators actually place great emphasis on actual battles due to their environment and cultivation method, they still have a long way to go.”

  Having said thus, Yan Zhaoge turned and looked at Feng Yunsheng.

  He found Feng Yunsheng looking completely out of it, with it seeming as if her spirit had left her body as she stood silently on the spot, not reacting even having heard his question as she appeared even more dazed than Ying Longtu.

  Seeing this, rather than looking anxious, a look of joy appeared on Yan Zhaoge’s face.

  Beside them, Ah Hu, Xu Fei and Su Yun smiled as well.

  While Luo Jinghao and the others of Green Dragon Mountain as well as those of the Thunder Rumbling Clan felt curious about this, they didn’t dare to interrupt them as they just waited silently by the side.

  After a long time, Feng Yunsheng suddenly let out a clear roar, the acupoints of her entire body shaking together as aura-qi surged and was released out of her body.

  The numerous streams of qi were lively and intelligent, resembling stones that had been infused with life as they were filled with spirituality.

  Above her head, an indistinct spiritual light that was visible at times whilst unseen at others shot straight into the horizon!

  At this moment, she had just successfully stepped into the early Xiantian Martial Scholar realm.

  Feng Yunsheng’s eyeballs which had not moved at all earlier as they had resembled carvings of wood now rotated, intelligent as they had never been before.

  As she opened her eyes, a brilliant light shot out from them in all directions as her mind, qi and spirit contained strength in abundance.

  Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Junior apprentice-sister Feng, congratulations on your successful breakthrough into the early Xiantian stage.”