I Am Overlord c1-962

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

  Vicious Prison Finger!

  This technique was weaker than the Nine Overlord Skyslaying Saber Technique, but it could be surprisingly effective in certain situations. As the beam struck Di Lin, he was momentarily paralyzed and disrupted from his follow-up attacks.

  Xiang Shaoyun took the chance to muster his soul power and roared, "Di Lin, do you admit your crime of betrayal?"

  The roar was powered by the Tiger's Roar, Xiang Shaoyun's unrivaled presence, and the hatred he had accumulated over the years. The roar pounded Di Lin's heart, causing Di Lin to tremble.

  The two had grown up together, and one could say that he had spent his childhood under Xiang Shaoyun's halo. Back then, he had still viewed Xiang Shaoyun as his young master even though he had despised Xiang Shaoyun for not cultivating.

  Because of that, deep inside him, he still feared Xiang Shaoyun in the way a servant feared his master.

  The roar was also released together with the pressure of Xiang Shaoyun's filthless soul, causing Di Lin's morale to crumble apart. Di Lin recalled the scenes of him following behind Xiang Shaoyun during their childhood. Slowly but surely, fear rose within him.

  And that trace of fear transformed into a fatal opening.

  Xiang Shaoyun made use of the slight opening and arrived before Di Lin in a flash. With his saber swinging toward Di Lin's neck, he said, "Die!"

  Sphhlt!

  The saber swept over, and a head flew up into the sky. A headless corpse collapsed onto the ground, dying the ground and Xiang Shaoyun's face red with blood. At the same moment, a ray of sunlight shone onto Xiang Shaoyun, making him look like a crimson god of murder, causing all who looked at him to feel fear. The people present stared at him, not daring to even breathe.

  After a good while, Situ Yan screeched, "Junior brother, junior brother! You bastard! I will avenge my junior brother!"

  Like she had gone mad, Situ Yan charged toward the ring. But before she could get far, a specter appeared before her. The specter struck and caused her to faint before quickly carrying her away. As for Di Lin's corpse, the academy would arrange for someone to collect it.

  "Xiang Shaoyun!" Di Tong roared with resentment, his eyes bloodshot.

  He wanted to charge forth and rip Xiang Shaoyun apart, but he still maintained a trace of rationality. He turned and left silently.

  He knew very well that if he did charge forth, he would die. Only by enduring the humiliation would he have a chance to take revenge. After Di Tong left, Xia Yunxi also left in silence. Apart from the slight trace of sorrow in her eyes, she did not show any other emotion.

  Meanwhile, chaos befell the Di Alliance. Their leader was dead, and they were now leaderless. The people they had offended in the past would probably start making moves against them. That was especially true for the Overlord Legion, who would probably not spare them.

  The Di Alliance members had to think of a way to break free of their current predicament, or their time in the academy would be difficult.

  This was the meaning of "winner takes all".

  Chapter 746: Sudden Change of Di Lin

  "A fine kill! A delightful kill! Di Lin has been relying on his identity as a previous generation elder's disciple to act cockily in the academy. I have long found him an eyesore."

  "The overlord title is not misplaced. After the battle, Xiang Shaoyun's status in the academy has finally stabilized. From now on, who would dare belittle him for cultivating nine powers?"

  "Sure, he looks strong now. But we still don't know about the future. However, Xiang Shaoyun seems to have comprehended the profundity of powers. His talent is truly scary."

  "Well done, Overlord. You're the strongest. Us brothers respect you the most!"

  ...

  Around the arena, praises rang out without stop. Winner takes all. That would never change. If Xiang Shaoyun was the one killed in this battle, the praises would go to Di Lin instead.

  After personally killing Di Lin, Xiang Shaoyun did not feel any joy. Rather, he had a heavy mood. He had grown up with Di Lin, and he had once viewed Di Lin as a brother. It was a feeling that couldn't be easily erased.

  Because of that, Di Lin's act of betrayal and snatching his lover, Xia Yunxi, caused him an insane amount of pain. Many times, he had imagined killing Di Lin. But now that he had turned it into reality, his heart ached, and his various emotions were in contradiction with each other.

  As he stepped off the arena, the Overlord Legion members surrounded him. They wanted a celebration, but when they saw Xiang Shaoyun's ghastly expression, they shut their mouths.

  "Overlord, are you fine?" asked Tang Longfei. He had the closest relationship with Xiang Shaoyun here.

  Waving his hand, Xiang Shaoyun replied, "I'm fine. Let's return."

  The others did not dare to say anything. They did as told and returned to 1 Dragon Villa with him. After returning to the villa, Xiang Shaoyun went into his cultivation room without saying anything. Everyone thought he had suffered severe injuries and did not dare to bother him.

  Tang Longfei was forced to send everyone away, telling them to wait for Xiang Shaoyun to leave his seclusion before deciding on any further actions. The Han Clan sisters also came to visit, but they were also sent away by Tang Longfei.

  ...

  Deep inside the elder's residential area, Di Lin's corpse had arrived before Situ Mingyu.

  Looking at the corpse, a slight trace of displeasure appeared in his eyes as he muttered, "Killed even after using the Emperor Eruption Pill? What an embarrassment."

  Despite his words, he still personally placed Di Lin's severed head back on the headless corpse. A bottle of spring water appeared in his hand as he poured the water onto the cut on the neck.

  The water had a miraculous effect. As it exuded a heavy aura, it shone with an almost holy radiance as it wrapped around the wound on Di Lin's neck. After an unknown amount of time, the head and the neck actually rejoined. Not even a scar was left. This was a sight that could shock anyone.

  What miraculous spring water was it that could even reattach a severed head without leaving as much as a scar behind? It was most likely a saint-grade, or even a god-grade, spring water.

  "Wake up!" Situ Mingyu shouted as something else appeared in his hand. He slapped it onto Di Lin's forehead, sending an indescribable force into Di Lin's head.

  After a while, something seemed to have happened within Di Lin's skull, and his eyes opened. It was quite an eerie sight.

  "W-Where is this?" Di Lin asked blankly.

  "Haha, my son. I'm your father. I’ve finally found you a perfect body. Although the body is somewhat damaged, you will be fine after a bit of recovery," said Situ Mingyu in excitement.

  "Y-You're my father? H-Have I really revived?" asked Di Lin with a confused look.

  "Of course. I have some soul spring water here. Take it. After nourishing your soul power and fully fusing with this body, you will return to being the energetic youth you once were," said Situ Mingyu with joy.

  The Di Lin before him was no longer the same person. Situ Mingyu had replaced his soul with his son's.

  Situ Mingyu once had a son named Situ Yaotian. He was incredibly talented, and similar to Di Lin, possessed an eight-star physique. The only difference was that he did not possess a unique elemental physique, so his original body was slightly worse than Di Lin's. Even so, that did not stop him from quickly becoming a young prodigy.

  Unfortunately, during his breakthrough into the Heaven Battling Realm, an accident occurred and claimed his life. His body was destroyed, and even his soul was near complete destruction. Fortunately for him, his father, Situ Mingyu, arrived in time and rescued his soul.

  Over the years, Situ Mingyu had been thinking of ways to revive his son. Ultimately, he had set his sights on Di Lin, who had joined the Dragon Phoenix Academy. Di Lin bore some resemblance to his son, and the two also had eight-star physiques with an affinity to the flame element. Thus, he decided to use Di Lin's body for his son's resurrection
.

  To give his son a better starting ground after his resurrection, Situ Mingyu planned to nurture Di Lin until he reached the Sovereign Realm. Unfortunately, Di Lin had failed in his match against Xiang Shaoyun and was even killed. Thus, Situ Mingyu was forced to bring forward the resurrection plan.

  Although the circumstances weren't as good as he had planned, he was still happy that his son was alive again. He was willing to do anything for this. However, things were not as simple as Situ Mingyu thought.

  Di Lin's soul had not completely dispersed yet. A remnant had still remained within his head, and after Situ Yaotian's soul had entered, the two souls had fought each other for control.

  Di Lin's soul had the home advantage. Although he had just suffered a major defeat, the remaining soul power was beyond Situ Yaotian. Thus, Situ Yaotian had his soul devoured instead.

  If Situ Mingyu knew the truth, he would probably spit blood in anger. The one speaking was, in fact, still the same Di Lin. However, he had inherited part of Situ Yaotian's memories, resulting in some changes to his soul. The changes had resulted in the appearance of a Di Lin that was scarier than before.

  Old bastard, so you had accepted me as a disciple and accelerated my cultivation due to the bad intentions you harbor? Fortunately, I have great luck, and my soul was able to remain in my head. Otherwise, I would never have found out about this old bastard's plan. Hah, looks like not even the heavens want to take me to the realm beyond. In the future, I will rule the world. Xiang Shaoyun, I will ensure you suffer a miserable death. And you, old bastard Situ, you dare harbor bad intentions against me? You deserve death as well! thought Di Lin.

  Chapter 747: After the Battle

  In 1 Dragon Villa's cultivation room, Xiang Shaoyun was not cultivating. Rather, he was readjusting his mental state. He did not regret killing Di Lin. Instead, he was recollecting all he had experienced over the past few years.

  After the betrayal, from being a down-and-out to personally killing Di Lin, he had finally settled a portion of the grudge between him and the Di Clan. However, he wasn't joyful. He started wondering if all he had done in the past was right.

  Why was he betrayed? Why had he transformed into a down-and-out youngster from a young master? Apart from Di Batian's revolt, was he himself without any blame?

  In truth, during his youth, many old-timers of the sect had advised him to not spend all his time fooling around. They advised him to spend time on cultivation, but he ignored them all and acted as he wished.

  Perhaps the elders had become dissatisfied with him since then, thinking that he was unworthy of inheriting the sect.

  Additionally, his father had been too lax on Di Batian, giving him too much freedom. Di Batian was given free rein on many sect affairs. It was the combination of many factors that had resulted in the eventual betrayal.

  If Xiang Shaoyun had worked hard back then, perhaps things would be entirely different this day. Unfortunately, time would not rewind. It did not matter what he thought now.

  Xiang Shaoyun stayed in the cultivation room for seven days and seven nights before finally finishing his introspection.

  He stood up, took in a deep inhale, and muttered, "Di Lin deserved death, and my willfulness back then was wrong as well. From now onward, I will treasure all I have and strive hard to protect all I possess. That is what I should do."

  After deciding on his future direction, he relaxed. The seed of hatred within him also diluted considerably. After all, he held the most hatred toward Di Lin and Xia Yunxi. Now that one of them had been removed, he felt much better.

  As for Xia Yunxi, she was most likely in great fear right now.

  After leaving the cultivation room, he found several Overlord Legion members waiting for him.

  "The overlord is out!" Ma Qihao shouted.

  "Overlord, are you fine?" Tang Longfei asked anxiously.

  Xiang Shaoyun smiled. "Sorry for making everyone worried. It's just some superficial wounds. I'm mostly healed."

  "It's good that you're fine." Everyone present heaved a breath of relief.

  At this time, Tang Longfei proposed, "Overlord, our morale is high. It is time to make a move on the Di Alliance. They are currently in a complete mess, anyway."

  Without a leader, some members were fighting to be the new leader, some left for other factions, and some accepted missions outside the academy so they could stay away for the time being. One could say that it wouldn't be long before the Di Alliance was no more.

  Xiang Shaoyun sank into thought and said, "Release news that the Overlord Legion is willing to take in ex-members of the Di Alliance. The grudge between me and Di Lin is personal and has nothing to do with others."

  Everyone blanked out when they heard that. Evidently, that was not a decision they had expected Xiang Shaoyun to make.

  After a while, Tang Longfei said resentfully, "Overlord, won't we be letting them off way too easily this way?"

  Previously, the Di Alliance had created trouble for the Overlord Legion repeatedly. Many Overlord Legion members had suffered losses in their hands. If Xiang Shaoyun wanted to make such a decision, he had to take into consideration the feelings of the existing members.

  On the other hand, Zhuge Zhantian voiced his support, "Deputy commander, I agree with the overlord. Whatever faction one is from, we are all fellow apprentices of the same academy. Factions are only formed to give the members a better life and a better prospect within the academy. Like us, the Di Alliance members were merely seeking the shade under a big tree. Since their big tree has fallen, we can't implicate all their members. If we can accept them, they will be deeply grateful and will follow the Overlord with great devotion."

  From Zhuge Zhantian's eloquence, it was evident he had thought of the same as well.

  "I agree," Shang Jifeng said.

  A few others voiced their support as well, and they praised Zhuge Zhantian's analysis.

  At this point, Tang Longfei had an embarrassed look as he said, "Sure. Since everyone agrees, let's do this! I'll personally work on recruiting Xia Qiuhua. He can be a sharp sword if used properly."

  "Deputy commander, you need to be careful when dealing with that kid. I heard he has reached fourth-stage Dragon Ascension Realm," reminded Shang Jifeng.

  "Haha, I'll recruit him while I can still beat him. Otherwise, I will be the one bullied in the future," said Tang Longfei with a chortle.

  He had befriended Xia Qiuhua through battle. They had battled no fewer than three times, and each time, there was no clear victor. Because of that, their rivalry had transformed into friendship.

  Before this, they each served a different master. But with the Di Alliance's collapse, Tang Longfei was confident he could now recruit Xia Qiuhua into the Overlord Legion. Xiang Shaoyun wasn't too bothered about that. He told Zhuge Zhantian to summon all the Overlord Legion members over.

  This time, he wanted to use his victory to further raise everyone's morale. That was his job as a leader. More importantly, he was going to hand out the remaining gleamstar water he had as well.

  Previously, he had obtained a small pond of gleamstar water. Although a portion had been used to transform the astral cosmos sea, he still had some remaining. Of course, he couldn't give it all for free, but he could trade it with the others.

  When the majority of the members arrived, 1 Dragon Villa was completely filled with people. If it wasn't for the fact that this villa was larger than the other villas, he wouldn't have been able to squeeze this many people inside.

  First, he gave an update on his current situation, telling everyone not to worry. He also encouraged everyone to work hard in cultivation and to put effort into interacting and trading with each other.

  His leadership quality was revealed for all to see. A strong cohesiveness started forming among the Overlord Legion members. After this assembly, the ranking of the Overlord Legion within the academy would most likely rise. Before long, they would be comparable to the major factions.

  Afte
r a day, Xiang Shaoyun finally dispersed the crowd and only kept Lady Shura behind in the villa. He had even sent away Tang Longfei, Zhuge Zhantian, and the others.

  "Lady Shura, let's sit down and have a chat," said Xiang Shaoyun gently.

  Instead of forcing himself to enter seclusion again, he took some time to relax. Lady Shura had always been his woman in name, but in truth, they had not done anything. Lady Shura sat down beside Xiang Shaoyun and took out some snacks and liquor. Evidently, she was preparing to have a drink with him.

  "Overlord, a toast for your victory," said Lady Shura with her glass raised.

  Chapter 748: Ruining a Good Affair

  Xiang Shaoyun was drunk. Completely drunk. With his current strength, it was almost impossible for him to get drunk unless he was intentionally allowing it. In fact, that was the case. He was greatly delighted at being able to personally kill a traitor.

  Of course, he also wanted to take this chance to conquer Lady Shura, the woman brimming with wild charm. Lady Shura wasn't as beautiful as Yu Caidie, but she had a unique temperament. Everything about her exuded a distinctive flavor that no men could resist.

  Xiang Shaoyun's plan was to finally complete the deed of a husband and wife with her that night, but at the crucial moment, it dawned on him that he was only venting on her. A trace of remorse appeared within him as he quickly stopped what he was planning to do.

  Lady Shura was his woman—someone he should cherish, not someone for him to vent his frustrations on. Ultimately, he fell asleep within her embrace. Looking at the dead-drunk Xiang Shaoyun, a rarely seen smile formed on Lady Shura's face as she said, "You're too tired. Take a good night's sleep. I'll be by your side."

  The sleep lasted three days and three nights, and it was the calmest sleep he had had over the past few years. In the past, he had always been a light sleeper, constantly wary of assassinations or traps.

  This time, sleeping at a warm and secure place, he felt incomparably comfortable and safe. When he woke up, he noticed that he had fallen asleep within Lady Shura's embrace. Lady Shura still maintained the same posture of gazing at his face, as if she wanted to see the look of him waking up clearly and etch it deep in her heart.