I Am Overlord c1-962

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

  Xiang Shaoyun started traveling in the direction he sensed the eye of a storm. None of the devil wind beasts he encountered along the way could escape his Imperial Nether Prison. They were all transformed into ghostrune food.

  Only the higher stage devil wind beast emperors could forcefully break the Imperial Nether Prison. As for the regular devil wind beast emperors, they were reduced to ghostrune food as well.

  In two days, Xiang Shaoyun had captured over 100 devil wind beasts, and their numbers in the area had declined steeply. Today, he arrived deep inside the devil wind beast territory and could vaguely sense a nearby ongoing battle. He started moving along with the wind, and using a graceful footwork, he dashed forward rapidly.

  Ahead of him was a valley filled with fierce gales. In fact, a random pebble blown by the gale was enough to wound a cultivator without any defensive barrier active. It was obvious that the eye of a storm was nearby and that the yin devil wind was most likely located in the valley. At the valley entrance, a group of people were chasing after one person. The person being chased was none other than Shou Xie, the Little Beast Emperor from the Myriad Beast Sect.

  Xiang Shaoyun had a very deep impression of this Shou Xie. He was a fresh ninth-stage Skysoar Realm cultivator and was considered average among the geniuses in the group, but he had four peak Demon Kings under his command. These four Demon Kings were why he was still shown a great amount of respect in the group despite his cultivation level.

  One ought to know that all the members of the Myriad Beast Sect were beast tamers. Generally, beast tamers weren't powerful combatants themselves. But they were able to form a connection with their demonic beasts and share their abilities. This gave them a great advantage over many people.

  Nobody would wish to easily provoke someone like this. But now, the geniuses in Yu Ziyi's group were chasing after Shou Xie. As for the four Demon King pets he had, only a four-winged mantis was left. Both of them were fleeing madly, looking rather sorry.

  There were four pursuers in total, each of them seated on a mount. Attacks were being rained down on Shou Xie unendingly. No longer able to block the attacks, Shou Xie and his four-winged mantis were blasted away, and they crashed right in front of Xiang Shaoyun.

  "Save me, and I will owe you my life!" Shou Xie cried out, a begging look on his face.

  Chapter 467: Saving Shou Xie

  Shou Xie had just reached 30 years old and did not want to die so young. He did come to the Devil Domain for Yu Caidie, but he also had a more important goal—to cultivate a devil taming technique. If he was successful, he would be able to control both devils and demons at the same time.

  At that time, with a large number of demons and devils around him, not only would he be much stronger, he would also be able to start building the foundation for the Myriad Beast Sect to become a tier-7 organization.

  This was Shou Xie's ambition, a great ambition. Before even achieving his dream, he was going to be killed by these people. He grew distressed the more he thought about it. At his peak strength, few would want to provoke him. But since a few of his demonic beasts had been killed by the devil wind beasts, he only had a single four-winged mantis left.

  To add salt to the wound, while fleeing the devil wind beasts with his last demonic beast, Yu Ziyi's group had found him and started hunting him. In his moment of desperation, he begged for help instinctively upon seeing Xiang Shaoyun.

  Of course, even if he did not beg, Xiang Shaoyun was still going to help him. After all, Xiang Shaoyun did not have a good opinion of the people in Yu Ziyi's group. For him, killing more of them was equivalent to reducing Yu Caidie's competition. Before he could say anything, the pursuers had already sent a massive bombardment toward both him and Shou Xie. Those people were actually trying to kill both of them.

  "Very well," Xiang Shaoyun sneered and used his footwork technique to drift to the side with Shou Xie.

  His footwork intent had improved recently, granting him a speed few in the King Realm could match. Thus, he was able to cleanly avoid the incoming attacks and save Shou Xie. After missing the first round of attacks, their opponents did not give up. They quickly changed their attack trajectory and sent even more attacks over.

  Xiang Shaoyun kept dodging the attacks, and both him and Shou Xie remained untouched.

  "Ghostrune kings, come out." Xiang Shaoyun no longer bothered hiding the ghostrunes and directly summoned several ghostrune kings out.

  Shou Xie was given a fright when he saw the ghostrunes. He had no idea where they had come from, and he inwardly exclaimed, Does Xiang Shaoyun have a storage device capable of storing life?

  Storage devices capable of storing life were not unheard of, but they were extremely rare and were something most people had only heard of in legends. The moment the ghostrune kings appeared, they started attacking with their soul attacks.

  "Ahhhh!"

  Before their opponents even knew what was happening, they felt an intense pain coming from their souls, causing them to wail in pain.

  "Die!" Xiang Shaoyun tossed Shou Xie to the side and dashed forward like the wind. He formed a saber energy with his hand and chopped at his opponents' necks.

  Instantly, three heads were sent flying. As for the final opponent, just as Xiang Shaoyun's attack was about to arrive, he suddenly reacted and swung his weapon at Xiang Shaoyun. Fortunately, Xiang Shaoyun was able to activate his Six Goldplate Manual in time. Two layers of defensive barrier appeared and blocked the attack. But the impact of the attack still sent Xiang Shaoyun flying, giving the opponent a chance to slip away.

  "Where do you think you are going?" Xiang Shaoyun started giving chase, his murderous intent thick.

  He was sure that this person had an item capable of defending against soul injuries. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to recover so quickly. That person got lucky as some devil wind beasts suddenly arrived and got in Xiang Shaoyun's way. With the interruption, Xiang Shaoyun was forced to watch on as his opponent escaped.

  Xiang Shaoyun summoned dozens of ghostrune kings and set them loose on the devil wind beasts. Although ghostrune kings mostly attacked through incorporeal soul attacks, one should never forget that they were also capable of bedazzlement attacks with their wings. The devil wind beasts sank into confusion, giving the ghostrune kings a chance to finish them off.

  Xiang Shaoyun then ignored the devil wind beasts and returned to Shou Xie's side. He asked, "Are you fine?"

  Shou Xie offered no reply. Instead, he stared blankly at the ghostrune kings, disbelief in his eyes.

  Xiang Shaoyun frowned and increased his voice, "If you are fine, I'm leaving."

  Shou Xie grabbed Xiang Shaoyun's hand and asked expectantly, "Wait, brother, wait, how have you subdued these ghostrunes? Do you possess a high-level devil taming technique?"

  Xiang Shaoyun pulled his hand away and said, "What does that have anything to do with you?"

  That was a sensitive question. After all, everyone had their own secrets, and Shou Xie's question was too direct and improper since the two weren't even close.

  When Shou Xie saw Xiang Shaoyun's displeased expression, he realized his slip of tongue. He laughed awkwardly and said, "Haha, my apologies, Young Master Xiang. I was too impatient. But I really didn't mean any malice. In fact, I still need to thank you for saving my life!"

  "There's no need for that. Just leave. I am going to keep moving ahead," said Xiang Shaoyun with a wave of his hand.

  Prior to this, the two had not spoken much to each other. Xiang Shaoyun had initially assumed that Shou Xie was someone of few words, but it would seem like that was not the case.

  "Young Master Xiang, allow me to accompany you," offered Shou Xie.

  "Can you even keep going in your current condition?" Xiang Shaoyun questioned.

  "No worries! It's just some light injuries! My mantis had blocked most of the attacks for me," said Shou Xie.

  "With your current strength, you won't be of much help if you come with me. It's bette
r if you just leave," said Xiang Shaoyun after a slight hesitation.

  Shou Xie was also a genius among the young generation. However, his combat prowess was quite lacking, and that was the reason for Xiang Shaoyun to reach the conclusion that he should leave.

  "No, Young Master Xiang, you can't abandon me! I am following you for sure!" Shou Xie started acting like a shameless rogue.

  He had to find out how Xiang Shaoyun was able to have those ghostrune kings under his control. Since Xiang Shaoyun was stronger than him, he couldn't use force, and he could only hope that Xiang Shaoyun would voluntarily offer the information. And for that to happen, he had to earn Xiang Shaoyun's trust, becoming his friend or even brother.

  Shou Xie was a beast tamer capable of taming demonic beasts, but he had never tamed any devilish beasts before. He wished to learn more about that from Xiang Shaoyun.

  Xiang Shaoyun could see that, and his heart turned cold as he thought, He is the same as the likes of Huo Xudong.

  He then ignored Shou Xie and started heading deeper into the devil wind beast territory with the ghostrune kings. The number of devil wind beasts were supposed to increase the deeper he went, but he found that their numbers were actually reducing. Apart from the whistling sounds of wind, nothing else could be found when he went deeper.

  "What is going on here?" Xiang Shaoyun could not understand what was happening. He further increased his speed and continued ahead. Meanwhile, at the depths of the valley, Yu Caidie and the others had already discovered the yin devil wind's location.

  Chapter 468: The Powerful Geniuses

  Deep in the valley was a tiny spiraling cyclone. The cyclone was spiraling rapidly, driving the wind around it to create a huge storm, wreaking havoc at its surroundings. Anything pulled into the storm would immediately be turned into fine powder. Not far from the storm, around 1,000 devil wind beasts were standing guard. Of them, more than 10 were devil wind beast emperors, and they were standing nearest to the storm.

  This place had temporarily become the devil wind beasts’ forbidden zone. The eye of the storm at the very center of the cyclone was the yin devil wind. Once it moved, these devil eye beasts would also move with it. Only by cultivating near the storm would the devil wind beasts be able to continue growing stronger.

  At present, none of the beasts were in the mood to cultivate. Rather, they were focusing on the humans that had intruded upon their territory. The reason why Xiang Shaoyun had not encountered any devil wind beasts while advancing was because they had all convened here.

  Currently, the devil wind beasts were completely surrounding Yu Caidie, Yu Ziyi, and the others. The group of human geniuses were displaying their formidable combat prowess as they clashed with the beasts. Unfortunately, there were too few of them. It would be an extremely difficult task to kill all the devil wind beasts and obtain the yin devil wind.

  Thus, the approach they were taking was to rush toward the yin devil wind and snatch it with whatever trick they could think of. The yin devil wind had formed a massive storm around it that was as powerful as the attack of a top-tier Emperor. Because of that, even if they did manage to break through the devil wind beasts’ defensive perimeter, it still wouldn't be easy for them to get the yin devil wind.

  But since they were already here, it was also unlikely that they would give up. They used numerous techniques and tricks as they tried charging through the defensive perimeter. Mounted on her bright phoenix, Yu Caidie was rippling with waves of flame and burning any devil wind beast that tried to approach her. In fact, the billowing wind also helped to enhance the power of her flame, increasing the flame’s spread. Anything her flame touched immediately ignited.

  The Brightfeather Umbrella appeared in her hand. It was a top-tier emperor weapon, and under her control, it started shining brightly, exploding any beast the radiance touched. As someone whose draconic aura was 90 percent complete, she was a Super War Emperor with an incomparably powerful combat prowess.

  Her cousin wasn't much weaker than her. With an 88 percent completed draconic aura, Yu Ziyi displayed valiant combat prowess as well. Wielding two swords, she sent one attack after another, each with the prowess of a Super War Emperor. She stood barefoot on her scarlet-eyed flaming fox mount and ceaselessly killed devil wind beasts. Her mount attacked alongside her, releasing a thick tongue of beast flame in all directions.

  Zuo Zhentian was the strongest after the two. His draconic aura was 85 percent complete, granting him an impressive combat prowess that was further enhanced by his innate lightning power. In fact, he was displaying a might comparable to the two Yu Clan ladies. Each time he waved his spear, numerous bolts of lighting covered the land and displayed his domineering prowess.

  The other person who similarly had an 85 percent complete draconic aura was not Tang Longfei, but Jian Chen. He had a mediocre look and did not smile a lot. Dressed in a bland and simple outfit, he wielded a sword that emanated a boundless murderous intent. Wherever his sword reached, devil wind beasts fell.

  If one paid proper attention, one would notice that his sword attacks were also powered by sword intent. Moreover, he had nearly mastered the early phase of the human weapon unity stage. He would most likely reach the mid phase soon. Because of that, he also possessed combat prowess comparable to the two Holy Maiden candidates and Zuo Zhentian.

  The strongest after them was Tang Longfei with his 80 percent complete draconic aura. He fought in an overbearing manner, blasting his surroundings with his mighty Dragon Fist technique. The next strongest were the likes of Huang Binshao, Xie Yun, Bai Qi, Di Tong, Long Yunfei, Shi Hai, and a few other people.

  Each of them had a terrifying combat prowess, and together, they slaughtered a large number of devil wind beasts. However, this was after all the devil wind beasts’ territory. Swarmed by an endless tide of beast, many geniuses still ended up seriously injured or downright dead.

  The devil wind beast patriarch suddenly screeched as if issuing some command. The devil wind beast emperors then started moving, and several joined the battlefield, moving at an incredibly fast speed.

  One of them charged Yu Caidie, trying to pull her into its mouth with its powerful suction force. With a firm look in her eyes, she brandished her halberd around, releasing a dazzling radiance.

  Fluttering Butterfly Dancing Phoenix!

  It was as if a butterfly was dancing gracefully and a phoenix was crying in jubilation. One butterfly and one phoenix, both fluttering about each other, unleashed two entirely different attacks into the mouth of the devil wind beast. The attacks exploded upon reaching the devil wind beast emperor's mouth, and a cloud of blood bloomed. But the devil wind beast emperor survived. As a response, it twisted its body and sent waves of wind rippling forth toward Yu Caidie.

  "Phoenix, attack from two sides," said Yu Caidie as she hopped off her mount. With graceful footwork, she fluttered to the left of the devil wind beast while the phoenix flew to the right of the devil wind beast. Together, they attacked in perfect harmony.

  Rumble! Rumble!

  Yu Caidie held nothing back, not daring to be careless against a devil wind beast emperor. Her opponent was a third-stage Devil Emperor, yet it was unable to maintain any sort of superiority before Yu Caidie and her phoenix. Soon, it was beaten into retreat. If it hadn't fled fast enough, it would have been killed on the spot. This performance proved that Yu Caidie was worthy of being the next Holy Maiden of the Yu Clan.

  Yu Ziyi was doing well in her fight as well. She faced a second-stage Devil Emperor devil wind beast and did not seem to have any trouble. Of course, in comparison with Yu Caidie, she still seemed somewhat lacking. And since she was also slightly older than Yu Caidie, this was proof that her talent was incomparable to Yu Caidie’s.

  After dealing with the devil wind beast emperor, Yu Caidie rushed toward the storm. The devil wind beasts were no longer capable of stopping her advance. It was at this time that the devil wind beast patriarch's gaze landed on her, its eyes filled with ruthlessn
ess.

  The patriarch was a fifth-stage Devil Emperor. Who here could be a match for such an opponent? Not even Yu Caidie could be its match. The only thing she could do was try to avoid the patriarch as she approached the storm.

  Naturally, the patriarch would not allow her to do as she wished. Instantly, it arrived before Yu Caidie and sent a blast of wind toward her. A hurricane only slightly smaller than the storm created by the eye of the storm crushed forward toward Yu Caidie.

  Yu Caidie was already prepared for this. She unfurled her Brightfeather Umbrella and channeled all her strength into it to create numerous bright beams that stabilized her footing and allowed her to charge through the hurricane. Just as Yu Caidie was about to reach the storm, Yu Ziyi, not far behind her, suddenly mounted a sneak attack.

  "Caidie, watch out behind you!" a voice containing the might of a tiger's roar pierced through the air and entered Yu Caidie's ears.

  Chapter 469: Downfall of Kingdoms

  The warning came from Xiang Shaoyun, who was rushing over at top speed. Before he had even arrived, he had sensed what was happening in the battlefield. And when he saw Yu Caidie in danger, he quickly gave his warning.

  He was worried that his warning had arrived too late as he thought anxiously, Damn it! Caidie, you need to block it!

  In his agitation, his speed increased. Nothing could stop his advance. Yu Ziyi showed no mercy when she attacked. She crossed her two swords and aimed straight for Yu Caidie's neck.

  Just as Yu Caidie's head was about to be cut off, Yu Caidie suddenly bowed down and barely dodged the attack. She took the chance to kick behind her, sending a counterattack toward Yu Ziyi.

  When Yu Ziyi saw her attack miss, she quickly retreated, not intending to get herself tangled in a battle with her cousin. Yu Caidie did not give chase, as at this moment, the fifth-stage Devil Emperor had flapped its wings to send two hurricanes toward the two women.