by Shian Jeen
Ch.868
The thunderous cheers coming from the surrounding Yelu Family disciples came to an abrupt stop as they were staring dumbly in Huwang Xiao’s direction, their faces filled with apprehension.
Yelu Tianfeng and some of the Yelu Family disciples were dumbfounded, looking at Huwang Xiao who still stood there after taking the full blow of Yelu Tianfeng’s most powerful attack, barely moved an inch. Other than the many small holes on his robe, not a single hair was out of place!
Not even a needle-sized wound on his skin!
The Beitang Family disciples were flabbergasted seeing Huwang Xiao unharmed. ‘How is this possible?!’
How could a human body be strong to this extent?
Huwang Xiao looked at his clothing and decisively turned the miserable robe into pieces with a slight quiver of his body. The robe burst into fragments, revealing his muscular torso and the black and blue dragon heads on his back, emitting a faint demonic aura.
Huwang Xiao gave Yelu Tianfeng an indifferent look, “Killing God Spear? This is your most powerful attack? It’s very much lacking in my opinion.” He then added another sentence, “Since you lot can’t kill me, then I can only kill you all.”
Finished saying that, Huwang Xiao’s Holy Dragon Supreme Godhead came to life as his palm slammed toward Yelu Tianfeng.
Earthen Buddha Palm!
Countless golden Buddhas flew out from Huwang Xiao’s palm, containing both lightning and fire element godforce from the Holy Dragon Supreme Godhead.
Lightning lit up the sea of fire that blocked the sky.
As Yelu Tianfeng watched the sky being filled with golden Buddhas, lightning, and fire, fear slithered up his face. He could feel the sweat in his palms as he ferociously stabbed his long spear forward, reaching ten thousand stabs in an instant. Each stab pierced through space, emitting a metallic light.
But his effort was in vain. Before millions of golden Buddhas, as well as lightning and fire element godforce from a supreme godhead, Yelu Tianfeng’s ‘Killing God, Ten Thousand Gods Extermination’ spear attack was like a moth flying toward the fire, burned to ashes in an instant.
The millions of golden Buddhas, accompanied by the lightning and fire element godforce, smashed on Yelu Tianfeng. His body made a sharp arch in the air and crashed down on the edge of the square, then rolled over, only stopping at the edge of a cliff.
When everyone had a clear look of Yelu Tianfeng’s condition, they saw that his divine armor no longer existed. That person hovering over the edge of the cliff looked like he was scooped out from hell’s furnace, emitting a faint burnt smell. From his hair to his face, and down to his toes, he was black as charcoal. The Yelu and Beitang Families’ disciples could hardly recognize this burnt person, wheezing as if the next breath would be his last, as Yelu Tianfeng.
Beitang Wuji sucked in a breath of cold air, his face uncontrollably twitching a few times.
Was this really the Yelu Family’s most monstrous genius of all time? Currently ranked fourteenth on the list, the same Yelu Tianfeng?
They were all shocked!
Horrified, overwhelmed!
These expressions were ignored by Huwang Xiao as he pulled Yelu Tianfeng toward him.
“Hu-ang, Huwang Xiao, I…” Yelu Tianfeng tried to speak but his words were intermittent, out of breath, no one knew whether he wanted to beg Huwang Xiao or threaten him.
Huwang Xiao’s expression was as indifferent as ever, directly activating his Archdevil Supreme Godhead’s devouring power. Immediately, Yelu Tianfeng’s entire body’s blood essence, as well as his godforce, rushed into Huwang Xiao’s body.
Yelu Tianfeng’s intelligible voice disappeared forever.
Out on the Aeon Square, the Yelu Family’s Patriarch, Yelu Chufei, and other members of the Yelu Family were paying close attention to the name at the 14th place, Yelu Tianfeng, as well as Yelu Wei’s name at the 85th place.
“Looks like the 14th place is the best Tianfeng can achieve.” Yelu Chufei shook his head. The truth is, he was not satisfied with this.
Yelu Tianhao comforted, “Father need not worry, there’s still more than a month’s time, Big brother still has a chance to break into the top ten.”
“I hope so.” Yelu Chufei sighed when, all of a sudden, his entire person froze with eyes wide, staring at the ranking list.
Yelu Tianhao and the Yelu Family Grand Elders almost simultaneously noticed the change in the ranking list.
The name shining brilliantly at the 14th place, radiant as the sun, began to dim all of a sudden. Its brightness receded until the name was entirely dark. Then, Yelu Tianfeng’s name exploded, disappearing from the ranking list akin to a dying sun, its final brilliance lit up the entire Aeon Square’s sky.
Almost half of the Aeon City’s population witnessed this scene.
Before, when Xiang Mingzhi died, the bright fireworks it created was shocking, but the impact was greatly reduced compared to Yelu Tianfeng.
Many gazes from various directions were looking at the exploding sun, dazed on the spot.
The Azuze Dragon Institute Principal Qin Yi, Feng Yang, and Wangu Clan’s Elders were all stunned.
This scene of an exploding sun was the only scene reflected in their pupils, and unanimously, a single thought thundered in these people’s minds: the 14th place’s Yelu Tianfeng had fallen!
A genius that could rise to become a hegemon in a galaxy, dead!
After seconds that felt like decades, that shocking explosion above the Aeon Square subsided and completely dissipated.
When all was gone, reality sank in. Yelu Chufei’s heart-wrenching scream pierced the air, “NO—!!!”
The enormous square was oddly silent, only Yelu Chufei’s voice echoed in the crowd’s ears; some shook their heads in sympathy, some were gleeful at others’ misfortune, and a small number felt pity.
Right at this time, another explosion rang in the sky.
Everyone immediately turned to look. At the 85th place, Yelu Wei’s name exploded after Yelu Tianfeng’s from the ranking list. Rings of light rippled out like waves on the sea surface.
Watching this, Yelu Chufei and all Yelu Family members’ hearts seared with grief and pain, tears threatening to fall from their eyes.
“No, impossible, impossible!! WHO?! WHO IS IT! I’ll kill him, annihilate his nine generations, destroy him!!!” Yelu Chufei roared, fury and wrath made his voice tremble.
Then, another drastic change took place on the ranking list. A bright light shone at the 23rd place as a name appeared.
Everyone hurriedly shifted their attention to this spot.
When the brightness reduced, three characters appeared before their eyes: Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao! Wangu Shuo and Wangu Changqing both were stunned.
The Azure Dragon Institute Principal Qin Yi and his eldest disciple Ceng Chu were both stunned staring at this name. Not far from them, Feng Yang, Liu Yun, and Qi Wen stared stupidly at the name.
Huwang Xiao?! Feng Yang and Qin Yi rubbed their eyes almost at the same time. A moment later, they rubbed their eyes again.
Wangu Shuo and Wangu Changqing exchanged a look but did not say anything.
Barely a quarter of an incense’ time passed, but Huwang Xiao’s name emitted another bright glimmer, rising to 22nd place, then glimmered up to 21st place, again, and again.
20th, 19th, 18th…
Huwang Xiao’s name was the center of attention!
All the masters on the Aeon Square were holding their breaths without them realizing it, staring dumbly at Huwang Xiao’s name rising step by step. Every step seemed so natural, yet so astounding!
At last, Huwang Xiao stopped at the 16th place.
Inside the Lightning God cultivation
dwelling space, after killing Yelu Tianfeng, Yelu Wei, and all the Yelu Family disciples, he quickly noticed that his ranking had risen to the 16th place, just below Beitang Wuji.
With Yelu Tianfeng’s death, Beitang Wuji was pushed up to the 15th place.
After absorbing all the Yelu Family disciples’ blood essence and godforce, Huwang Xiao finally advanced to peak mid-Second Order Highgod Realm, close to breaking into late-Second Order Highgod Realm.
“16th.” Huwang Xiao’s divine sense exited the jade token, then his gaze fell on Beitang Wuji.
Having seen Huwang Xiao turn all the Yelu Family disciples into dried corpses, Beitang Wuji was close to shitting in his pants. When he saw Huwang Xiao looking at him, Beitang Wuji’s body trembled uncontrollably.
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“If I kill you, how high do you think will my ranking will rise?” Huwang Xiao suddenly asked, a sheepish smile on his face.
Huwang Xiao was currently 16th, while Beitang Wuji was in the 15th place. The points of the disciples above them in the 14th, 13th, and 12th places weren't much higher than theirs. If Huwang Xiao killed Beitang Wuji and received half of his accumulated points, then his points would definitely exceed the disciples in the 14th, 13th, and 12th places.
There was even a chance he could break into the top ten!
Hearing this, Beitang Wuji felt his blood run cold, a fear like he never felt before clenched his heart.
The other Beitang Family disciples turned deathly pale, extremely terrified, a few of them were already on their knees begging Huwang Xiao to spare them. Although there were only a few Beitang Family disciples on the square, there were still thirteen of them.
These Beitang Family disciples could be considered the better talents among all the Beitang Family’s disciples participating in the tournament, most of them had broken through to late-Second Order Highgod Realm and above.
“It’s possible to spare your lives if all of you submit to me.” As Huwang Xiao glanced at the Beitang Family disciples kneeling on the square, a thought crossed his mind, and he stated his condition, “Lower the barrier to your soul seas, I will brand you with my soul mark. However, even if there is even one of you that is unwilling, then I will kill all of you!”
Beitang Wuji and the other twelve disciples were all core disciples of the Beitang Family, and they were sufficient to control a large portion of the Beitang Family’s overall power.
If he succeeded in reigning in these thirteen Beitang Family disciples, Huwang Xiao could use the Beitang Family’s power against the Yelu Family.
When Beitang Wuji and he other disciples heard what Huwang Xiao wanted to do, their faces paled.
“Not possible!” Beitang Wuji shrieked.
Not possible?
Huwang Xiao’s lips curved into an indifferent smile. His Archdevil Supreme Godhead rotated at high speed and Beitang Wuji was pulled by an irresistible force to Huwang Xiao’s front.
“Devil Blade Piercing Sky !”
Watching himself fly toward Huwang Xiao out of his own control, Beitang Wuji decisively burnt his blood essence to struggle out from Huwang Xiao’s suction force. Fire element godforce surged out as his hands clasped together, condensing a giant devilish looking blade that seemed to pierce the sky above.
The moment this devil blade appeared, the surrounding lightning force became extremely violent.
On the body of the devil blade was a kind of ancient devil script that was squirming, as if the characters were alive.
The instant the Devil Blade was completely condensed, Beitang Wuji cut down on Huwang Xiao’s head with a twisted expression. Pushed into a corner by the feeling of imminent death, he no longer hid his true strength.
This Devil Blade Piercing Sky Art was a skill he chanced upon in a devil cavern. After he succeeded in cultivating this blade art, he had used it to kill two early Fourth Order Highgod Realm disciples in the past.
‘Die, die, die!’ Beitang Wuji’s eyes were a bloodthirsty scarlet.
Watching Beitang Wuji actually succeeded in escaping his suction force’s binding by burning his blood essence, even displaying his Devil Blade Piercing Sky Art, Huwang Xiao was genuinely surprised. But in the next second he sneered, his Golden Buddha Supreme Godhead’s light element godforce flowed out, enveloping Huwang Xiao in a pure aureate light.
In the eyes of the Beitang Family disciples, at this moment, Huwang Xiao resembled a Venerated Buddha of Light from the ancient past.
Light element godforce flooded out from every inch of Huwang Xiao’s body. Everything the light touched was purified.
That ferocious devil blade and its overwhelming devil qi were instantly purified the second they came in contact with Huwang Xiao’s light element godforce. Furthermore, the purified devil qi became a part of Huwang Xiao’s godforce.
The devil script squirming on the devil blade was actually screeching and roaring, filled with unresigned fear, and then finally collapsed, purified by Huwang Xiao’s light element godforce.
Beitang Wuji watched with disbelief as his most powerful attack displayed at the cost of burning his blood essence was so easily dispelled by Huwang Xiao.
The fear in Beitang Wuji’s eyes increased by a hundred times, his voice shaking, “Light element godforce? Your godforce, other than lightning and fire elements, there’s still the light element?!”
Huwang Xiao’s godhead actually had three different elements!
To Beitang Wuji, this was something never heard of.
A Highgod Realm master’s godhead, more often than not, only possessed a single kind of godforce. Only those monstrous geniuses could perhaps condense a godhead with two kinds of godforce.
As far as Beitang Wuji knew, in countless galaxies, in tens of millennia, cultivators that had three kinds of godforce were rarer than rare, one could count them all by the fingers on both hands.
Their Beitang Family had existed for several tens of millennia, but there had never been a genius of this caliber born from their family.
The other Beitang Family disciples were just as dumbfounded looking at Huwang Xiao.
“Lightning element godforce, fire element godforce, and light element godforce?” Huwang Xiao looked at the group of dumbstruck Beitang Family disciples and casually tapped his finger in the air, metal element godforce flowed out, condensing into a golden metal sword ten thousand zhang long.
“Me-me-metal element godforce!!” Beitang Wuji could hear his own trembling voice, feeling a heavy weight on his chest, “Y-your godhead, h-has four kinds of godforce?!”
There were still other cultivators with three kinds of godforce, but possessing four kinds of godforce was unprecedented!
In the history of numerous galaxies, there had never appeared anyone with four kinds of godforce, yet now, Beitang Wuji saw such a person!
The rest of the Beitang Family disciples felt an even greater shock than Beitang Wuji.
Huwang Xiao shook his head watching Beitang Wuji’s reaction, not bothered to show other kinds of godforce. With a wave of his hand, the ten thousand zhang metal element godforce sword pierced through space, penetrating Beitang Wuji’s forehead. Then, controlling that metal sword, he skewered the Beitang Family disciples’ heads one by one.
However, under Huwang Xiao’s precise control, those Beitang Family disciples were still alive, including Beitang Wuji. His Archdevil Supreme Godhead spun, forming a giant devouring whirlpool above the group of disciples.
Beitang Wuji and the other disciples’ blood essence and godforce left their bodies at rapid speed, flowing into the giant devouring whirlpool and subsequently into Huwang Xiao’s body, turning into godforce.
A short while later, Huwang Xiao scattered the devouring whirlpool. Just like Yelu Tianfeng and the Yelu Family disciples before them, Beitang Wuji and the Beitang Family disciples turned into dried corpses.
Huwang Xiao’s divine sense entered the jade token. After killing Beitang Wuji and the Beitang Family disciples, his accumulated points once again sh
ot up, passing the 14th place, 13th, 12th, 11th…!
He finally stopped at the 8th place, knocking the Tempest Academy’s Jiang Xiaosu down to the 9th spot.
‘The 8th place.’, this result did not come as a surprise to Huwang Xiao. With a simple flick of his finger, a sliver of fire element godforce shot out, burning away all the corpses on the ground. Then he disappeared into the Lightning God’s cultivation dwelling in a flicker.
When the previous 8th place Jiang Xiaosu was knocked down to the 9th place by Huwang Xiao, the Aeon Square was in an uproar.
Wangu Shuo and the other Wangu Clan Elders were dumbfounded.
Qin Yi’s eyes were wide as fists in shock. Feng Yang was repeatedly mumbling to himself, but no one could make out what he was saying.
Every corner of the square was talking about Huwang Xiao while trying to find out which galaxy this Huwang Xiao originated from, which family, which force’s disciple was he?
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“This Huwang Xiao, could it be he wasn’t heavily injured after killing Xiang Mingzhi?” Wangu Shuo finally muttered after a long silence looking at the 8th place on the ranking list, where the three characters ‘Huwang Xiao Long’ were radiating light like the midday sun.
He then exhaled heavily, “Not only was he not injured, he also broke through!”
This was the only reasonable explanation.
“Yelu Tianfeng, Beitang Wuji, these two disciples’ cultivation was at peak late-Third Order Highgod Realm, but they still died in Huwang Xiao’s hand.” Wangu Zhi’s eyes glimmered, “This Huwang Xiao, is he a Fourth Order Highgod Realm now? Could it be that he was a peak late-Third Order Highgod Realm when he killed Xiang Mingzhi, and then he broke through to Fourth Order later?”
“Peak late-Third Order Highgod Realm?” Wangu Shuo shook his head, “It can't be. If he really was a peak late-Third Order Highgod Realm before, it’s impossible for this matter to not found out when he was being tested during the registration process.”
Wangu Yuan subconsciously frowned, “If he isn’t a Fourth Order Highgod Realm, how could he kill Yelu Tianfeng and Beitang Wuji?”