Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  “Detestable brat!” Another pirate leaped over, this one at the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier. His hair was a mess, and his face was chubby and full of excess flesh. There was a huge cleaver in his hand, and not a single part of him looked like an Immortal level elite. Instead, he looked like a swine butcher.

  Divine patterns lit up on the blade of the cleaver as the pirate swung it at Ling Han with both hands. The divine patterns dazzled with a radiance that made it impossible to trace the cleaver’s trajectory.

  ‘Consummate level?’

  Ling Han was itching to test his mettle. He took a deep breath before activating the Fast Technique and unleashing a flurry of attacks.

  In terms of speed, the Fast Technique was most likely the quickest in the world. At the very least, no immortal at the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier could beat Ling Han in speed.

  Thus, the disheveled pirate could only switch from attack to defense.

  He held his cleaver across his body, blocking a good half of it. At the same time, his body radiated with a faint golden glow that pushed his defensive prowess to extreme.

  “Hah!” He didn’t stick only to defense, clenching his left hand into a fist and ferociously swinging it at Ling Han.

  Peng!

  The two of them exchanged a strike. A gash appeared on the pirate’s neck, though it wasn’t very deep. Meanwhile, Ling Han had been struck on his shoulder, which had clearly caved in under the impact.

  Truth be told, Ling Han had definitely been injured more in this exchange. However, the pirates and sailors who had witnessed this exchange were all immensely shocked.

  Ling Han was only at the middle stage of the medium extreme, while his opponent was already at the middle stage of the consummate level. There was a whopping eight sub-minor levels between their cultivation levels! Even if the pirate was no prodigy, Ling Han had still managed to fight almost eight stars above his level!

  Eight stars!

  Who could believe this? Who dared to believe this?

  The pirate was both shocked and infuriated as he felt the gash on his neck. Although it looked like he had the upper hand, and had been able to deal his opponent more damage, Ling Han’s strike would have been able to end his life had it been that little bit stronger.

  Cold sweat poured down the pirate’s body as he realized that he had taken a trip to death’s door and back. “I can’t let you live!” he roared.

  His cleaver dazzled brilliantly as he swung it at Ling Han. He was going to kill Ling Han while the latter was still weak and injured. Otherwise, he would definitely be no match for Ling Han in a few years’ time.

  Much to his shock, however, he immediately noticed that Ling Han’s shoulder was healing at an unbelievable rate.

  Pu!

  He was so shocked that even his attack ground to a halt. His brain was ringing with disbelief. ‘Such a powerful physique coupled with such an astonishing regeneration ability… Is this brat a beast?’

  “Come again!” Ling Han said with a chuckle.

  Fear flashed across the pirate’s face. His cultivation level was higher than Ling Han, and his strength was also greater than Ling Han. However, there was terror in his heart, and he had absolutely no confidence in winning anymore.

  A middle-aged pirate appeared, and humphed. “What an arrogant brat!” His had a skinny build, yet there was an image of a red sun behind his back.

  Sun Moon Tier!

  Chapter 1043 - Slap Across the Face

  Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  “Heh, Xi Cheng, your opponent is me!” There was a loud laugh, and a heavily built male appeared before Ling Han. His left hand was ordinary, yet his right hand was surprisingly large. Moreover, it was as black as ink, and radiated with the luster of metal.

  “Yang Xuan, is this brat a new prodigy of your Yang Clan?” the pirate who had been referred to as Xi Cheng asked. His voice rumbled like thunder.

  Yang Xuan was none other than the Sun Moon Tier elite of the Yang Clan, standing before Ling Han at this moment. His right hand was significantly larger; who knew if this was because of his brilliant self-pleasure skills…

  “So what if he is? So what if he isn’t? Either way, it’s none of your business,” Yang Xuan said coldly. His pitch-black right hand started to glow and radiate a terrifying aura as strands of divine patterns appeared, forming an ancient image.

  “Heh, it looks like my guess was correct!” An almost tangible killing intent seeped from Xi Cheng’s body as he glared at Ling Han coldly.

  This youth was extremely dangerous, and he had to dispose of him as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be too late for him to express regret when this youth grew up and came looking for revenge.

  Yang Xuan raised his right hand and pointed it at Xi Cheng, saying, “The gravity field over the Star Sea has already disappeared, and the good days for you guys have already come to an end. Prepare to die!”

  “Hahahaha! Keep dreaming!” Xi Cheng raised his hand, and a burst of sword light instantly raced toward Ling Han.

  “You dare?!” Yang Xuan slapped his right hand down, and the divine patterns on his hand instantly transformed into a length of chain that whipped toward Xi Cheng’s body.

  “Ferocious Waves Domineering Flash!” Xi Cheng roared. A wave surged from his body and slammed into the divine pattern chain, causing it to falter momentarily. Seizing this opportunity, Xi Cheng charged forward and stabbed his sword at Ling Han’s chest.

  Yang Xuan was slightly astonished by what had happened. He had fought Xi Cheng several times before, and knew that the Ferocious Waves Domineering Flash was his trump card. He could only use it a limited number of times in a set time period, so Yang Xuan was caught off-guard upon seeing Xi Cheng unleash this attack again so soon.

  His killing intent was far too resolute.

  Meanwhile, Ling Han was a complete stranger to Yang Xuan, and Yang Xuan also knew that Ling Han was not a passenger on his ship. So, how could he protect him with all of his strength?

  Their attitudes were completely different, so the effectiveness of their techniques was naturally different as well.

  Xi Cheng broke through Yang Xuan’s defenses and dashed toward Ling Han!

  How could a cultivator at the medium extreme of the Mountain River Tier fight an elite at the Sun Moon Tier? There was no way this was possible, even if Xi Cheng was only at the middle stage of the low extreme.

  This battle would definitely be over in a single strike.

  The sword reached its target!

  Weng!

  Xi Cheng’s sword pierced Ling Han’s chest, directly where his heart was.

  Then… everything stopped.

  Pa!

  There was a crisp sound, and everyone saw Ling Han aggressively slap Xi Cheng across the face.

  It was crisp, and it was loud.

  The battles all stopped at this instant, and everyone turned their widely open eyes toward Ling Han. Their mouths gaped so wide open that even a fist could probably fit inside.

  ‘Holy f*ck! What just happened?!’

  “Are my eyes going blurry? Why do I feel like I saw Captain Xi Cheng being slapped across the face?”

  “F*ck! Who is that brat? He’s far too freakish! He actually slapped the captain of the pirates!”

  “Is he really only at the Mountain River Tier?”

  “When he was fighting just then, I only saw two mountains and a river, which means that he hasn’t even reached the late stage of the medium extreme yet…”

  “How is that possible?!”

  Even Yang Xuan spluttered and coughed, unable to accept that Ling Han was only at the Mountain River Tier.

  Ling Han flapped his hand, and said, “Your face is truly thick! Even my hand hurts after slapping you!” He had used the Fast Technique when slapping Xi Cheng, meaning that the speed of his hand had been incredibly quick. Meanwhile, Xi Cheng had been extremely careless as he had thought that his sword
strike would be able to insta-kill Ling Han.

  Who would raise their guard up when facing a dead person?

  However, Xi Cheng was at the Sun Moon Tier, after all, and so he had been able to protect his face with some Origin Power even though he hadn’t been able to dodge Ling Han’s strike. Thus, even though Ling Han had slapped Xi Cheng, it was actually the former who had been hurt more.

  Xi Cheng was slightly dazed. Then, his face immediately became pale before flushing red with anger. In the end, it turned dark with fury.

  F*ck! Even if he had used his “Iron Face Technique” to shatter Ling Han’s hand, that was still an unbelievably embarrassing sight!

  He, an elite at the Sun Moon Tier, had actually been slapped by a mere ant at the Mountain River Tier! How utterly humiliating!

  Xi Cheng’s hair stood on ends, and he shouted, “Brat, I’m going to kill you!” Right now, he didn’t have the patience to mull over why his strike had failed to kill Ling Han, and why Ling Han had managed to slap him instead.

  The main point was that he had been slapped!

  He raised his sword and slashed it at Ling Han.

  Ding!

  Yang Xuan dashed over and grabbed the blade of Xi Cheng’s sword with his large and powerful right hand.

  Peng, peng, peng!

  A burst of power surged out, and the deck of the ship instantly started to undulate like waves. The people on the deck were all tossed into the air and thrown into the water.

  Fortunately, the sea didn’t possess the uncanny gravity field anymore, meaning that the people who had been tossed overboard wouldn’t need to worry about drowning. They were quickly able to stand above the water.

  Killing intent soared from Xi Cheng’s body, and he shouted, “F*ck off! Otherwise, I’ll kill you along with the brat!” Ever since his cultivation level had improved, he had never been slapped by anyone again, much less by an ant at the Mountain River Tier.

  If he didn’t kill Ling Han, he would never be able to raise his head again—of course, even if he killed Ling Han, he would undoubtedly still become the butt of many jokes.

  “Hahahaha!” Yang Xuan roared with laughter, and said, “Xi Cheng, everyone here saw you being slapped. Perhaps you want to kill everyone present?”

  He shook his head, and his laughter became even louder. “I’m truly embarrassed to be associated with you. You’re an elite at the Sun Moon Tier, yet you were actually slapped by someone at the Mountain River Tier!”

  “You still dare to speak?!” Xi Cheng was wild with rage, and his sword slashed toward Yang Xuan without regard for anything else. Each strike was performed with his life on the line, and it was as if he wanted to kill Yang Xuan even if it meant sacrificing his own life.

  Yang Xuan didn’t dare tease him anymore. He wasn’t planning to die alongside Xi Cheng, so he naturally wouldn’t provoke him any further.

  However, Xi Cheng had truly gone berserk with anger, and he was indeed planning to kill everyone present to hide his embarrassment.

  “Die! Die! Die!!!” Xi Cheng unleashed his full strength.

  “Damn it!” Yang Xuan hadn’t anticipated that Xi Cheng would be so rash. He was under immense pressure right now, and a slip was all it would take to end his life.

  Most importantly, he had never planned to fight with his life on the line. Thus, his strikes were all full of hesitation, and as a result, he was forced onto his back foot.

  “Ghost Shadow Step!”

  Xi Cheng unleashed another trump card, and his body became like an illusory shadow while the red sun behind his back became incredibly dazzling. In fact, it became even more dazzling than the genuine sun in the sky.

  “Holy sh*t!” Yang Xuan’s expression changed drastically. Xi Cheng had drawn on the power of his sun and moon, the essence power of elites at the Sun Moon Tier. By drawing on this power, it was clear that Xi Cheng was truly fighting with his life on the line.

  “F*ck off… or die!” Xi Cheng roared coldly. In fact, he hadn’t fully lost his reason yet. He had merely entered this state to show Yang Xuan his determination. If Yang Xuan dared to block him, he would drag Yang Xuan down with him, even if this meant dying!

  Yang Xuan’s mind whirred as he analyzed the situation.

  If Ling Han were a disciple of the Yang Clan, he would definitely give his all to protect him, even if he had to sacrifice himself. However, it was a shame that Ling Han was no disciple of the Yang Clan.

  Potentially sacrificing his life for an outsider?

  It wasn’t worth it!

  Chapter 1044 - Yielding

  Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  The expression on Yang Xuan’s face clearly indicated that he wanted to retreat. Ling Han was a stranger who had joined in on the battle, so there was no need for him to risk his life to help him.

  In any case, the Yang Clan didn’t hate pirates as much as outsiders thought they did.

  That was right. The Yang Clan and pirates were indeed mortal enemies. In the millions of years of their existence, the Yang Clan had lost countless clan members to the pirates. However, without the existence of the pirates, would cultivators still need the Yang Clan to protect them? Without the pirates, how could the Yang Clan earn enough income to support their clan?

  When all hares were killed, the hounds would be stewed and eaten 1 . This was a concept that even mortal humans knew, so how could the Yang Clan not understand this?

  Thus, the Yang Clan only ever sought to protect their own ships. As for exterminating pirates, they had never been proactive or keen to do it. After all, they would be hurting their own interests if they proactively hunted pirates.

  Of course, Yang Xuan couldn’t make his retreat when facing the pirate too obvious. Thus, he could only decrease his strength slowly and eventually reveal a flaw, and then finally let Xi Cheng pass him.

  Ling Han naturally noticed it, and he sneered in his mind. He then turned to Yang Xuan, and said, “Thank you for helping, Senior. Wife, it’s time for us to retreat!”

  Xiu!

  Before Yang Xuan could even reply, he pulled Shui Yanyu into the Cloud Piercing Shuttle with him and immediately soared into the sky.

  “Thick face, I’ll come to slap you again some other time!” Ling Han didn’t forget to tease Xi Cheng as he left.

  Xi Cheng seethed with rage and violently leaped up, reaching a height of almost 300 meters. He wanted to jump onto the Cloud Piercing Shuttle and pummel Ling Han into the sea. However, once the shuttle was activated, its speed would be four times that of ordinary Sun Moon Tier elites. That being the case, how could the enraged Xi Cheng catch up to them?

  Xi Cheng fell from the sky and landed in the sea with a loud plop.

  “Sh*t! Sh*t!” He cursed loudly as he trained his gaze on Yang Xuan. If this person hadn’t blocked him, how could the detestable little brat have had enough time to retrieve his Flight God Tool and escape?

  ‘F*ck!’ Yang Xuan swore in his mind, and even cursed Ling Han as well. It was clearly that brat who had caused such trouble, so why did he have to be dragged into it? Although he had been locked in battle with Xi Cheng just then, they had merely been preventing each other from intervening in the other battles. At their cultivation level, who hadn’t cultivated for millions of years, and who didn’t value their own life immensely?

  However, Xi Cheng only cursed for a short while before charging toward Yang Xuan. Flames of rage flickered in his eyes.

  He, an elite at the Sun Moon Tier, had actually been slapped by a junior cultivator at the Mountain River Tier. How could he not be furious?

  Ling Han circled around the ship once before casually flying off into the distance.

  Shui Yanyu pointed at Yang Xuan, and said, “That person is so shameless!” She appeared extremely angry.

  They were helping the Yang Clan, yet the Yang Clan actually allowed the pirate elite to attack Ling Han. This left her extremely disappointed.

  “Heh, it’s fine when you get
used to it.” Ling Han didn’t think much about what had just happened. Most people only cared about their own benefits, so how could he expect a complete stranger to sacrifice his life for him? Anyhow, his aim hadn’t been to help the Yang Clan anyway. He was merely here to kill some pirates.

  Shui Yanyu remained angry for quite a while. She had lived in the Imperial Capital her entire life, so it was no surprise that her mindset and experiences were nowhere near Ling Han’s.

  After a while, she suddenly shuffled over, and said, “Close your eyes.”

  “Why?” Ling Han turned around to face her.

  Shui Yanyu was slightly irritated, and said, “I told you to close them, so just close them!”

  “Aren’t you afraid that I’ll fly at random and crash the shuttle?” Ling Han asked with a chuckle.

  “Are you going to close your eyes or not?”

  “Fine. If wife wants me to close them, I’ll close them!” Ling Han shut his eyes and immediately sensed a shadow moving toward him. Then, a pair of warm and soft lips pressed onto his lips.

  ‘Mmm…?’

  Ling Han was slightly astonished. ‘Shui Yanyu actually kissed me?’

  Although Shui Yanyu was charming and naturally seductive, her personality was actually quite cold and aloof. Even though Ling Han had been hugging, kissing, and groping her this entire time, she had always been passively receiving it. However, she had taken initiative to kiss him now… Strange!

  He immediately opened his eyes, only to see that Shui Yanyu’s eyes were shut. Her face was flushed red as she clumsily kissed him.

  She was clearly in heat, with her breathing heavy and her neck an alluring shade of pink. This pink stretched all the way to her jade-like chest, though it was a shame that her chest was hidden by her clothes, hiding her stunning body from him.

  “Wife, have you finally decided to have kids with me?” Ling Han asked a mood-killing question.

  Shui Yanyu rolled her eyes at him. She was feeling excited after recalling how Ling Han had slapped Xi Cheng across the face just then—what Mountain River Tier cultivator could slap a Sun Moon Tier elite?