I Am Overlord c1-962

by Translator: Pokka; Author: 我本纯洁 (I Am Pure); Licensed From: Migu

  Bang!

  The attack landed and sent Mo Sha flying away. However, Mo Sha wasn't harmed; he had merely been sent flying by the impact. He clearly had on a high-grade armor. Otherwise, that slash would have been enough to kill him.

  Xiang Shaoyun did not hesitate and pressed on with another slash at Mo Sha's head. He would not stop before killing his opponent. With his recent breakthrough, Xiang Shaoyun's speed and attack had become even more overbearing. In the blink of an eye, he arrived right before Mo Sha, greatly shocking him.

  "You won't be able to kill me that easily!" Mo Sha roared and sent a concealed weapon shooting out of his sleeve. The sneak attack was incredibly fast, something almost impossible to guard against.

  "Watch out for the concealed weapon!" Hua Honglou cried out, but her warning came too late, as the concealed weapon had already reached Xiang Shaoyun.

  Just as the attack was about to hit, Xiang Shaoyun shifted the trajectory of his saber and blocked the attack.

  Clank!

  The concealed weapon met the saber, creating a spark and a crisp clank.

  "How is that possible?" Mo Sha cried out in disbelief. His sneak attack had never failed, and he had decent success rates against even Skysoar Realm experts. But it had actually failed against Xiang Shaoyun.

  Thanks to his newly evolved gift of instincts, Xiang Shaoyun's reaction time was even faster than before. In fact, he noticed the sneak attack the moment Mo Sha activated the concealed weapon. Otherwise, he would have been hit by the attack. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Xiang Shaoyun's reaction time was even faster than regular Kings.

  "Time for you to go to the afterlife," said Xiang Shaoyun coldly as he prepared to continue attacking. It was at this moment that several Devil Blood Society members appeared and sneak attacked him, forcing him to turn around and deal with them instead.

  Rumble! Rumble!

  Lightning energy spread everywhere along with saber energy, wreaking havoc and causing wails to ring out incessantly. Mo Sha took the opportunity to reorganize himself before activating his trump card.

  "I, Mo Sha, have just made my existence known. How can I suffer defeat so soon? Die!" he roared and pushed his strength to his limit. The saber in his hand shone brightly as he swung it, sending a boundless saber energy forward.

  Desert Storm!

  Instantly, the entire area seemed to have transformed into a desert in the midst of a sandstorm. Numerous tornadoes formed, and like a dragon, they laid waste to the area, displaying the might of a natural calamity.

  Mo Sha had once been lost in the desert for a month. In the midst of thirst and exhaustion, he had stumbled upon an intense sandstorm, and it was then that he had come to comprehend this technique. It was an attack strong enough to endanger even second-stage Skysoar Realm experts. Both Xiang Shaoyun and Hua Honglou could sense the attack's terrifying might.

  Hua Honglou cried out in alarm, "Shaoyun, run!"

  "The word run does not exist in my dictionary," said Xiang Shaoyun. His eyes turned sharp, and with a roar, he raised his Purple Lightning Saber. Innate purple lightning surged out of his body, forming a roaring purple dragon.

  Lightning Slash From the Clear Sky!

  An incomparably overbearing power of lightning clashed with the sandstorm, causing the sandstorm to scatter in defeat. The lightning burnt Mo Sha, sending him flying and coughing up blood. His body twitched repeatedly, looking extremely sorry.

  "Why is he so strong!" Mo Sha was in disbelief.

  He had personally witnessed the fight between Xiang Shaoyun and Lightning Kid. Back then, he had judged that he was definitely a match for him, but now, that did not seem to be the case anymore. Xiang Shaoyun had obviously grown stronger.

  "Die." With one hand wrapped around Hua Honglou, Xiang Shaoyun raised his saber with his other hand before slashing down at Mo Sha.

  Chapter 305: Mighty Liang Zhuangmin

  "You want to kill me? Dream on!"

  It seemed like Mo Sha’s fate was already sealed, yet he still maintained such confidence. It was clear he still had an unrevealed trump card. Right as Xiang Shaoyun's saber was about to reach Mo Sha, Mo Sha crushed something in his hand.

  Bang!

  The moment it was crushed, an indescribable power erupted out of nowhere. The eruption forced Xiang Shaoyun to temporarily withdraw from Mo Sha, with Hua Honglou still in his arms. Fortunately, the eruption did not seem to be especially destructive. It seemed like it was meant to be disruptive rather than destructive. When everything settled, Xiang Shaoyun found that he had already lost sight of Mo Sha.

  "What is going on?" Xiang Shaoyun frowned.

  Hua Honglou was also in astonishment as she had no idea how Mo Sha had vanished in such a situation.

  "It's a distraction technique, also known as a concealment technique. It is a technique capable of helping one escape instantaneously. He is currently fleeing toward the exit," Devouring Ghost's voice rang out in Xiang Shaoyun's head.

  With his reminder, Xiang Shaoyun extended the detection range of his Nether Soul Domain in the direction of the exit. Sure enough, he found the fleeing Mo Sha.

  Xiang Shaoyun was about to give chase when Hua Honglou said, "Shaoyun, put me down. Please help my brothers and sisters of the Red House."

  "I don't need to put you down to help them, though. I don't feel safe leaving you alone right now," said Xiang Shaoyun before heading toward the chaotic battlefield. Like a wolf that had entered a flock of sheep, his Purple Lightning Saber swept everywhere, killing Devil Blood Society members left and right.

  "Ahhhh!"

  Blood and flesh of Devil Blood Society members flew everywhere. Not one of them was his match, and in the blink of an eye, about six of them were killed. It was only now that the Devil Blood Society people noticed that Mo Sha was gone.

  It broke the little fight they had left. They scattered everywhere, trying to flee the battlefield. Meanwhile, since Liang Zhuangmin knew that Xiang Shaoyun had arrived, he no longer held anything back. With a renewed vigor, he focused on his fight with Chu Chunyu.

  "You damned kid! Only knowing how to use others as your cover...it's time for you to learn the consequence of provoking me. Die!" Liang Zhuangmin roared and swung his axe repeatedly, sending numerous Myriad Sword Sect members flying everywhere before charging at Chu Chunyu.

  Chu Chunyu was frightened by Liang Zhuangmin's aggression, but he still forced himself to calm down and face Liang Zhuangmin, hoping he could obtain victory through his superiority in speed.

  Alas, although Liang Zhuangmin wasn't advantageous in terms of speed, when he erupted at full power, his speed was still not something that could be underestimated. Like a barbaric dragon, he charged left and right, forcing Chu Chunyu to retreat again and again. Each time he neared Chu Chunyu, he would suddenly erupt in power and swing his axe madly.

  Roiling Earth Dragon!

  Like an earth dragon, Liang Zhuangmin's axe energy burst out of the ground, causing an earthquake and displaying a might comparable to a real dragon as it filled the air with dust and pebbles.

  Staring at such a terrifying axe energy flying toward him, Chu Chunyu was completely gripped by fear. He had a feeling that no matter what he did, he wouldn't be able to escape, and his only option was to brace himself for collision.

  Thousand Twisting Snakes!

  He stabbed his sword forward 49 times, creating 49 energy vipers that shot forward and twirled around the earth dragon, all of them biting and tearing at the dragon. However, the dragon was too big and too brutishly mighty. The vipers were instantly crushed; not one of them could stop its advance.

  Rumble! Rumble!

  The axe energy in the form of a dragon crushed all obstacles and finally arrived before Chu Chunyu and cut him into two, killing him on the spot.

  His blood dyed Liang Zhuangmin's body in red, but Liang Zhuangmin still roared with laughter and said, "Not even Wu Longfei can act too cocky before me. Who do you think you are?"

 
Chu Chunyu's death shocked the Myriad Sword Sect members.

  "Come on here! You guys wanted to kill every last one of us, right? Your daddy will send every one of you to the afterlife!" Liang Zhuangmin bellowed at the Myriad Sword Sect members.

  He attacked again, sending his overbearing axe energy out. Two people were killed instantly before the axe energy crashed into the ground and left behind a deep cut. No matter how one looked at Liang Zhuangmin, his strength was not something a mere Transformation Realm cultivator should possess.

  Liang Zhuangmin was insanely strong, worthy of being a person once known as the number one under Skysoar Realm in the Cloud Margin Pavilion. The Myriad Sword Sect members suffered the same fate as the Devil Blood Society members. They couldn't stop Liang Zhuangmin's advance, and with the shock from Chu Chunyu's death, they started fleeing.

  And thus the battle came to an end. The Red House and Free Society lost nearly half their members, while the Myriad Sword Sect and Devil Blood Society had also lost a lot of their people. One could say it was a battle where both sides had suffered great losses. If Xiang Shaoyun had not arrived when he did, the battle might have ended very differently.

  "Haha, Brother Yun, good thing you arrived just in time. If something happened to my sister-in-law, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself," said Liang Zhuangmin.

  "It is all my fault. Both you and Honglou have been dragged into my troubles," Xiang Shaoyun said guiltily.

  "What bullshit is that? They were obviously trying to rob your soul spring. That is not your fault," said Liang Zhuangmin. "How is my sister-in-law?"

  "She's injured and poisoned," said Xiang Shaoyun with a frown.

  Earlier, he only knew that she was injured, but he had no idea she was poisoned as well. Otherwise, he would have prioritized healing her first before resuming the fight. Fortunately, she cultivated the power of flame, which offered some resistance toward poison. Thus, for now, her condition was stable.

  She was currently healing at a quiet spot. The other Red House members were doing the same. As for their dead comrades, the only thing they could do was sigh. The Land of Soul Springs was a cruel place where death was common. One would have nobody to blame if one ended up dead due to lack of strength.

  "It is my fault for not protecting them well enough," Liang Zhuangmin blamed himself.

  Xiang Shaoyun waved his hand. "Don't say that. They have more people, and we already did very well to even emerge victorious. Moreover, Honglou was injured by a concealed weapon. It is very hard to guard against something like that. It's just too bad that the leader of the Devil Blood Society group managed to escape."

  "He won't be able to escape us forever. Let's go out and kill him!" Liang Zhuangmin said.

  "Yes, he won't be able to escape us forever, so there's no need to rush it. We can set out after Honglou recovers," said Xiang Shaoyun.

  Liang Zhuangmin nodded and stopped talking. He also needed to heal up. While Liang Zhuangmin, Hua Honglou, and the others were healing themselves, Xiang Shaoyun heard news that Devil Fairy had challenged Wu Longfei and that Chen Zilong had challenged Wu Chi. They would battle before the one month period was up, and it would be how they would decide who among them was the actual number one under the Skysoar Realm.

  Chapter 306: Can You Move Your Hand Now?

  It had always been publicly acknowledged that Wu Longfei, Devil Fairy, and Wu Chi were the strongest of their generation. As for Chen Zilong, like Xiang Shaoyun, he had suddenly emerged in the Land of Soul Springs. With his overbearingly powerful Qilin Arms, he defeated Han Chen the Blackfrost Spear from the Black Ice Palace, making a name for himself.

  Now, Chen Zilong was challenging Wu Chi the Moha Cicada from Buddha's Path Temple. Not many people possessed that kind of courage. As for Wu Longfei, he was known as the number one young swordsman, a person who had comprehended sword intent. One slash of his was capable of changing the world and the heavens.

  For someone his age, such a strength was enough to dominate all his peers. The Devil Fairy was the number one genius of the Devil Blood Society with numerous trump cards up her sleeve. Just the fact that she dared challenge Wu Longfei was proof of her strength.

  Xiang Shaoyun felt his blood boiling hearing about the challenges being thrown about. Who wouldn't want to be number one among one's peers? Sure, reputation might be vain and empty, but it was still something one could be proud of.

  Forget it. These quarrels between children are beneath this young master. My opponents should be those at the Skysoar Realm and beyond, Xiang Shaoyun ultimately told himself.

  After leaving the Land of Soul Springs, it would be time for him to depart from the Cloud Margin Pavilion. Otherwise, he would risk being discovered by his enemies. He planned to look for a place to cultivate and reach the Skysoar Realm first. After that, he would seek Devouring Ghost's advice on how to grow even faster. That was his current priority.

  His intuition was telling him that those traitors were getting near. If they were still not here after searching for him for so long, they would all turn into the Ziling Sect's greatest source of embarrassment.

  After half a day of recuperating, Liang Zhuangmin was brimming with vitality again. He had only sustained some external injuries in the first place and a few internal injuries. After some bandaging and rest, he had mostly recovered.

  The others had not recovered as quickly, but they had still recovered enough to regain mobility. They all gathered and waited for the command to leave. The ones here were the ones who had stayed loyal and remained in face of danger and overwhelming odds, and they were decent comrades to have.

  Liang Zhuangmin told the few Free Society members left to leave and return to the outside world. Out there, with Cloud Margin Pavilion elders watching over them, they would be safe. As for the Red House members, they all waited for Hua Honglou to wake up before making a decision.

  However, Hua Honglou seemed to be in bad shape. Her aura was weakening, and a shade of black covered her face. It was obvious she had failed to push out the poison within her and had even allowed the poison to spread. Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin became anxious when they saw her condition.

  "She does not seem to be doing well," said Liang Zhuangmin.

  Xiang Shaoyun frowned. "Big brother, can you stand guard for us? I will help her expel the poison."

  After saying that, he walked over and lifted Hua Honglou as he said, "Honglou, hang on. I'll help you expel the poison."

  Hua Honglou opened her eyes and blinked weakly in response. Xiang Shaoyun then brought her to a concealed spot and helped her sit down in the lotus position before doing so himself. He then studied Hua Honglou's injuries and found that the wound was near her heart. The moment the poison spread to her heart, she would die.

  "Your flame power is not enough to expel the poison. Let me transfer a strand of millennium earthcore fire to you. Refine it and expel the poison," said Xiang Shaoyun.

  Hua Honglou nodded weakly. Xiang Shaoyun then placed his hand on the wound.

  “Uhnn.”

  Hua Honglou groaned with an expression of pain on her face. Inwardly however, she was feeling extremely bashful. The spot where Xiang Shaoyun had placed his hand was too sensitive, and with his large hand, he had cupped the entirety of a certain spot on her chest.

  That spot felt extremely nice to touch. It was a handful, and coupled with Hua Honglou's groan, Xiang Shaoyun felt his blood stirring. Fortunately, he knew his current priority. He quickly cleared his mind of all distracting thoughts before sending a strand of Yun Flame's energy toward the wound. He controlled the strand of energy carefully, as the strand must travel slowly and bit by bit. Otherwise, he would burn Hua Honglou's heart before expelling the poison.

  With the strand of energy from Yun Flame, a large portion of the poison was instantly cleared. The poison was pushed away from her heart, but it started spreading to other parts of her body instead.

  Xiang Shaoyun focused on protecting Hua Honglou's heart with the fl
ame energy, not allowing the poison to continue damaging her heart. His other hand gripped Hua Honglou's hand as he sent a tiny strand of Yun Flame's energy there. "Immediately refine this strand of millennium earthcore fire and use it to fight the poison."

  Hua Honglou did not delay and quickly circulated her cultivation method. The strand of energy caused her pain, but she still drew it into her stars and started refining it. Expression of pain appeared on her face, but the pain was still bearable for her.

  After all, this strand of flame was sent over by Xiang Shaoyun, and it was relatively mild. Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for her to tame and refine it.

  Hua Honglou had always been a genius cultivator. She was able to quickly refine the flame energy, and she started circulating it around her body to combat the poison. However, she did not have enough flame energy and so she requested more from Xiang Shaoyun.

  At the request, Xiang Shaoyun sent a bigger strand of Yun Flame's energy over. Borrowing her previous experience, Hua Honglou was able to quickly refine this strand of energy. The flame power within her strengthened, and more of the poison was cleared from her body.

  This continued for a few times until finally, Hua Honglou regained a rosy complexion. Evidently, she had fully expelled the poison in her body. Her aura seemed to have grown as well, and it seemed like she was going to enter the Skysoar Realm soon. She finally opened her eyes, looking at the face right in front of her, etching that handsome face in her mind.

  "How are you?" Xiang Shaoyun asked.

  "I'm fine now," said Hua Honglou.

  "Do you want to double check? You can't be careless. This poison does not fear ordinary flames, so it is obvious how strong it is," advised Xiang Shaoyun seriously.

  "Um, I know. I have already checked a few times. I think I'm good," Hua Honglou said.

  "Good. It's good that you're fine. Otherwise, I would have lost a bed warming maid just like that!" lamented Xiang Shaoyun.

  "I'm fine, so can you move your hand now?" Hua Honglou asked as she looked straight at Xiang Shaoyun.