by Shian Jeen
Those Poison Corpse Scarabs climbed back up again after being slapped away, relentlessly attacking the Distinct Void Door Elder. All of his palm and fist attacks were futile against the Poison Corpse Scarabs, causing the Elder to fall into even more despair, but there was still Huwang Xiao guarding at the side. Every time he tried to make a run for it, he would be forced back to the same position with one swing from the greatsword in Huwang Xiao’s hands.
Death inched closer and closer to him. It didn’t take long for him to end up like his two companions before him, a white skeleton. Only then did Huwang Xiao keet the little black critters away.
Huwang Xiao noticed that after the last time in Luo Tong Kingdom, not only were the Poison Corpse Scarabs studier, darker, and glossier, their speed and defense increased a significant level too.
This finding boosted Huwang Xiao’s mood.
ly, even though their defense was astonishing, some godly weapons could still penetrate through their defense, chopping off their heads, thus killing them! However, if these Poison Corpse Scarabs could evolve without limit, with their speed and defense both enhanced, not even divine grade weapons could harm them. At that time, they would be truly terrifying.
Huwang Xiao collected the Distinct Void Door and White Phoenix House experts’ spatial rings, as for what was inside, he would check them later.
“Sovereign, two of them ran away.” Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu returned to Huwang Xiao’s side and said with an apologetic tone.
Huwang Xiao nodded.
Currently, the Poison Corpse Scarabs’ speed was still a tad too slow, once their speed evolved to the level of a peak late-Tenth Order Saint realm, not a single high-level Saint realm would be able to escape at that time.
Huwang Xiao turned to look at the small child.
“Big brother, thank you for saving me, you’re amazing!” He came to Huwang Xiao’s side, eyes shining with worship.
Huwang Xiao smiled and patted the child’s head, saying, “We’re leaving, what about you?”
“Big brother, I have no place to go, can you let me go with you?” He looked pitifully at Huwang Xiao, short fingers twisting the edge of Huwang Xiao’s trousers.
“Follow me?” Huwang Xiao was surprised. But looking at the child’s obsidian black eyes and the pleading in them, he thought for a moment, nodding: “Fine.”
Although a child traveling with them was slightly inconvenient, the child’s strength wasn’t weak, he was a late-Second Order Saint realm and couldn’t really be considered a burden. Later, after he settled the matters of Asura’s Gate, he would think of a placement for the child.
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The child cheered happily, jumping up when Huwang Xiao agreed. Huwang Xiao laughed watching his reaction.
“Let’s leave this place.” Huwang Xiao said to Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu.
Both complied respectfully.
Thus, Huwang Xiao, Zhao Shu, and Zhang Fu left the place, bringing the child with them. Flying for more than two hours, they chose to stop at a quiet glen.
Entering the narrow path, it actually led to a scenic spot. Huwang Xiao liked it and deciding to rest there until dawn before picking up their journey again.
They built a bonfire for the second time that night, and Huwang Xiao instructed the two giant puppets to hunt a few Tyrant Boars.
The small group of four sat around the bonfire.
Huwang Xiao asked the child for his name, and the child said that he was called Lil’ Tian. That was what his father and mother called him.
“Lil’ Tian, what is your original form?” Huwang Xiao decided to ask the question after thinking for a while. He was wondering what Lil’ Tian’s true from was, that could cause the White Phoenix House and Distinct Void Door to send five Saint realm experts to capture him.
It was obvious that Lil’ Tian was not a common demonic beast. Both Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu also turned to Lil’ Tian.
Lil’ Tian shook his head, “I don’t know myself.”
“Don’t know?” All three people felt stunned.
“That right, ah, Big brother. My father and mother have never told me, and they alway said to never ever easily revert to my true form in front of others.”
Huwang Xiao was speechless, but he said, “That’s the reason why you did not revert to your true form when you fought with the White Phoenix House expert earlier?”
Saint realm level demonic beasts could transform into human shape, however, when fighting enemies, reverting back to their true form greatly enhanced their battle strength and advantage. Furthermore, demonic beasts’ innate abilities could only be used in their true forms.
Lil’ Tian nodded his little head with a serious expression, “Yes, my father and mother said that I cannot easily show my true form to others, that’s why I can’t revert so easily.”
Huwang Xiao, Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu exchanged a look, and smiled in bitter silence.
“Then, can you change into your true form and let me see?” Huwang Xiao asked with just as serious an expression.
Lil’ Tian tilted his head to one side, thinking, “Big brother is a good person, although father and mother said not to show others my true form in front of other people, I can let Big brother see.” Finished saying that, Lil’ Tian stood up and flew up. A powerful demonic aura surged out from his little body and a blinding light flashed for a quick instant.
Before the dumbfounded expressions on Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and Huwang Xiao’s faces, an enormous demonic beast close to a hundred zhang in length materialized in front of them.
This enormous demonic beast’s head looked like a marten, but its tail resembled a dragon’s tail. It had no feet, but it had a huge pair of fiery red wings, a great contrast to the striking yellow portion on its body. On its stomach, one could see black horizontal stripes.
“This is, Heaven Devouring Beast?!”
“He’s actually a Heaven Devouring Beast!”
Both Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu were dumbfounded.
Huwang Xiao was no exception. Lil’ Tian’s true form was actually one of ancient ferocious beasts, the Heaven Devouring Beast!
In the ancient era, there existed some ferocious beasts that had powerful bloodlines comparable to the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, such as this Heaven Devouring Beast!
One should not forget that this Heaven Devouring Beast ranked quite high amongst other ferocious beasts of ancient times. The Heaven Devouring Beast was the Dragon Clan’s sworn enemy, it was recorded in ancient manuscripts that the Heaven Devouring Beasts hunted dragons as food, many dragon were swallowed alive by the Heaven Devouring Beasts.
The Heaven Devouring Beast had one heaven-defying innate ability—Devour! An ability that could devour and refine even dragons, one could imagine the terrifying extent of this ability.
A short while later, Lil’ Tian changed back into human form, back to the same small child.
Huwang Xiao looked at the cute and innocent face of a child, if he didn’t see it with his own eyes, who would believe that this small child in front of him, barely ten years old, was the descendant of a famous fierce beast of ancient times, the Heaven Devouring Beast!
“Big brother, you’re saying that my true form is a Heaven Devouring Beast?” Lil’ Tian asked.
He heard it loud and clear when Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu blurted out in shock.
Huwang Xiao recovered from his surprised, nodding his head, “Yes.”
“Are Heaven Devouring Beast powerful?” Lil’ Tian looked at Huwang Xiao full of anticipation.
Huwang Xiao chuckled, “Very powerful.”
Lil’ Tian was still in the early stages of growth. When he became an adult, awakening his bloodline and receiving his bloodline heritage, at that time, he would be very powerful.
Displaying his devour ability at that time, hardly anyone could escape. It could be seen from the speed of dragons in the ancient time, but didn’t some of them end up being food for the Heaven Devouring Beast?
“Really?” Li’ Tian beamed hear
ing Huwang Xiao say he would be very powerful. Two little fists clenched tightly, “I want to be powerful like Big brother, and kill all of them!” Lil’ Tian’s eyes exposed deep hatred. The ‘they’ he referred to was, of course, the Distinct Void Door and White Phoenix House.
The few of them returned to sit around the bonfire, with Huwang Xiao inquiring about the Distinct Void Door and White Phoenix House from Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu. Although he guessed that both of them were part of the bigger forces on Starcloud Continent, he knew next to nothing about them.
Hearing Huwang Xiao’s enquiry, both Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu honestly explained to Huwang Xiao what they knew about the Distinct Void Door and White Phoenix House. From what Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu said, the Starcloud Continent was much larger than Snow Wind Continent. On the Snow Wind Continent, there were seventeen empires and the territories were divided by the strength of the empires.
Starcloud Continent differed, it was divided by oblast instead.
Starcloud Continent possessed a vast large area, divided by over one thousand one hundred oblasts. A ninth of these oblasts were governed by twelve super forces of Starcloud Continent.
The White Phoenix House and Distinct Void Door were both amongst the twelve super forces. Within the twelve super forces on Starcloud Continent, Asura’s Gate ranked third, the Distinct Void Door was fourth, whereas the White Phoenix House was fifth.
Huwang Xiao was slightly surprised hearing that Distinct Void Door was ranked fourth, right after the Asura’s Gate, for he didn’t expect the Distinct Void Door forces to be so strong. With Distinct Void Door and White Phoenix House allying against the Asura’s Gate, Huwang Xiao could foresee some trouble on the horizon.
Still, if they did not come and provoke Huwang Xiao in the future, he could naturally coexist with them in peace. However, if they took the same stance as Deities Templar, Huwang Xiao would completely erase them from the Starcloud Continent. A dangerous glint flickered in Huwang Xiao’s eyes.
“What is the strongest force on Starcloud Continent?” Huwang Xiao asked in a somber tone.
“It’s Cosmos God Cult.” Zhao Shu answered.
Cosmos God Cult, the chief of the twelve super forces on Starcloud Continent! Arrogant enough to use the word ‘God’ in their name!
Subsequently, Zhang Fu added, “The Cosmos God Cult Leader is Starcloud Continent’s number one expert. This is something acknowledged by everyone in general. Although the Old Sovereign was indeed very powerful, he was still ranked second on the Starcloud Continent, and Old Sovereign had exchanged moves with the Cosmos God Cult Leader.”
“What happened later?” Huwang Xiao already half-guessed the result, but despite that, he couldn’t resist asking the question.
“The Old Sovereign lost.” Zhang Fu replied. “However, Sovereign said that it was because his Asura Tactics only reached the ninth stage at that time, if he advanced to the tenth stage, he was certain that he could defeat Cosmos God Cult Leader.”
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‘The tenth stage of the Asura Tactics.’ Huwang Xiao muttered to himself after hearing Zhang Fu’s explanation. ‘If Master claimed he could’ve defeated the Cosmos God Cult Leader if he had practiced to the tenth stage of the Asura Tactics, it seems a vast difference exists between the ninth stage and the tenth stage.’
Huwang Xiao further inquired about the other twelve super forces and the delicate balance on Starcloud Continent from Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu. For example, the current Asura’s Gate had more than forty Domain Leaders! And Elders numbered over thirty!
Both Domain Leaders and Elders held the same status in Asura’s Gate, the only difference was their area of authority, the Elders monitored the internal situation, while Domain Leaders governed external issues.
The night passed in peace. Gradually, the sky grew brighter with the sun peeking on the horizon.
Huwang Xiao, who was sitting in a meditative position, opened his eyes. Scanning around, he saw that Lil’ Tian was sleeping soundly leaning against a tree trunk, he could hear the little guy sleep talking, “Delicious, delicious!”
It seems that even in his dreams the little guy could see Huwang Xiao roasting Tyrant Boar meat for him. Saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth, wetting a small patch on his chest.
Huwang Xiao smiled watching him, this little guy was really adorable. But Huwang Xiao did not wake Lil’ Tian up, letting him rest more. Instead, he took out the Asura Sword Skill’s diagram from the Asura Ring.
He hadn’t practiced any subsequent moves of the Asura Sword Skill since he advanced to the Saint realm. He should pick it back up now.
Huwang Xiao studied the diagram depicting the Asura Sword Skill’s Eighth Move: Mountain of Knives, Sea of Fire!
Huwang Xiao studied the diagram in detail and there was a line of words below the eighth diagram, a warning that one had to break through to the Saint realm, comprehending the space law before they could practice this eighth move. This caution was irrelevant to Huwang Xiao, since he was already a Saint realm expert. Closing his eyes, Huwang Xiao simulated the movements of the eighth move in his mind.
A short while later, Huwang Xiao leaped into the air, exiting the glen. The Blades of Asura were already in his hands, swinging out. Multiple frigid blade lights shot out, rotating at high speed while assembling in the shape of a mountain. At the same time, in the middle of this blade mountain, blade lights continued to spin, spitting Asura fire in the air. These Asura flames landed at the edge of the blade mountain, forming a sea of fire.
This was the Asura Sword Skill’s Eighth Move: Mountain of Knives, Sea of Fire!
But this was Huwang Xiao first attempt, and he had yet to comprehend the essence of the move, therefore, he was unable to display the true momentum of Mountain of Knives, Sea of Fire. Once one grasped the true intent of this move and reached major completion, with a wave of the blades, through space manipulation, one could form a Mountain of Knives and Sea of Fire that encompassed ten thousand miles, according to their will!
it was an unpredictable attack that made it hard for the enemies to defend or counter against.
After the first attempt, Huwang Xiao closed his eyes, recalling and reflecting before making the next attempt.
Again and again, steadily, that blade mountain grew taller, while the sea of fire expanded farther out. At will, it could appear anywhere within several miles radius from Huwang Xiao, anytime.
Huwang Xiao practiced for more than two hours before stopping. Almost immediately, a voice sounded.
“Big brother, what sword skill is that, it’s so beautiful.”
Huwang Xiao looked over, Lil’ Tian was awake, squatting close at the glen entrance and watching him practice. Huwang Xiao laughed with a slight bitterness: beautiful? This was his first time hearing someone praise his Asura Sword Skill as beautiful.
“This is the Asura Sword Skill.” Huwang Xiao said with a smile.
“That move Sovereign practiced just now should be the eighth move, Mountain of Knives, Sea of Fire, right?” Zhang Fu asked.
Huwang Xiao nodded: “Yes.” As the Left and Right Custodians of Asura’s Gate, Huwang Xiao wasn’t surprised that Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu had knowledge about the Asura Sword Skill. He wasn’t worried about others watching him practice either, the prerequisite requirement for practicing the Asura Sword Skill was the Asura Tactics. Even if someone tried to emulate the moves, it would only look similar, but would be unable to display the real power of these moves.
Huwang Xiao returned to the ground as the Blades of Asura returned to the sides of his arms. Laughing at Lil’ Tian he said, “Little guy, did you dream of roast Tyrant Boar last night?”
Lil’ Tian scratched his head, his tender face showed shyness.
Huwang Xiao teased, “Should we continue having roast meat tonight?”
Lil’ Tian cheered hearing that, “Great, great, Big brother, you’re so nice!”
His response brought a laugh from the other three people. A while later, the four of them de
parted from the glen, going on their way.
The sun shone brightly, mottled sunlight decorated the forest ground through the foliage gaps.
Very quickly, three days passed.
In these three days, Huwang Xiao’s group traveled during the day and rested at night, drinking wine and feasting on roast meat. After a good meal, Huwang Xiao entered the Xumi Temple to observe the twelve primordial divine dragon statues to practice the Twelve Forms of the Dragon God.
Huwang Xiao’s comprehension of the Twelve Forms of the Dragon God increased significantly in the last three days. Now, in every attack, Huwang Xiao’s dragon qi was able to form four divine dragons.
Ice, fire, azure, and the white dragon!
When Huwang Xiao could form twelve divine dragons in each attack, this Twelve Forms of the Dragon God would be considered to have achieved major completion.
It was a mystery whether it was due to the Dragon Pearl integrated into Huwang Xiao’s body or because of his new body was rebuilt by the Dragon Pearl and true dragon essence, but Huwang Xiao noticed that everything went smoothly while practicing the Twelve Forms of the Dragon God, giving him the illusion that this Twelve Forms of the Dragon God was specially tailored for him.
In general, the Dragon Clan’s cultivation techniques and skills could only be practiced by the dragon race, but it was different for Huwang Xiao. In fact, when practicing, he felt as if he was the reincarnation of the Ancient Dragon God.
Both of his hands moved around, and four divine dragons formed from dragon qi—ice, fire, azure, and the white dragon swam around the Xumi Temple, roaring and attacking. The spacious temple hall was submerged in a powerful dragon might.
Only two hours later did Huwang Xiao finally stop. When he did, he swallowed a Dragon Buddha Pill and sat down to meditate while refining the pellet.
Practicing in the Xumi Temple, Huwang Xiao also noticed that taking the Dragon Buddha Pill inside the Ten Buddha Formation was more effective than taking other pellets, like the Sky Dragon Pill or Golden Jadesea Dragon Pill.