Chapter 874: Sovereign Martial Emperors’ Descendants
Chapter 874: Sovereign Martial Emperors’ Descendants
Huangpu Feng’s expression looked very grave. He took down the names of everyone who came and divided the reinforcements into three groups: Xiao Chen and Feng Xingsheng’s, Bai Wuxue and Ximen Bao’s, and Hua Dao and Niu Deng’s.
After that, Huangpu Feng gave everyone a military merit medallion. As long as one killed someone of the Corpse Race forces, regardless of whether it was a Demonic Corpse or a Corpse Race cultivator, the aura left behind when their targets died would be imprinted on the military merit medallion.
When they returned and handed the medallion over to the person-in-charge for evaluation, it would be easy to calculate each one’s military merits.
Huangfu Feng looked at the reinforcements examining their military merit medallions and raring to go. He said coldly, “I advise you to keep your guard up. The people leading the Corpse Race are descendants of the Underworld Fire Sovereign and the White Bone Sovereign, Wei Hua and Long Fei. Before this, we lost two resource stars to these two people. Several Superior Grade Martial Sages have died at their hands.
“As of now, this Dragon Wood Star is left with only one final line of defense. If we lose this, the other side will be able to invade this island. At that time, we will lose the entire Dragon Wood Star.”
Hearing Wei Hua’s and Long Fei’s names, all the Martial Sages could not help but be stunned. Clearly, they had not expected their opponents to be these two people.
In the Corpse God Palace, aside from the Palace Master, there were four more Sovereign Martial Emperors. The descendants of these four Sovereign Martial Emperors had become very famous in this chaos. They were very strong and were peak geniuses second only to Di Wuque.
The crowd had expressions of disbelief. One of the Martial Sages exclaimed, “What’s going on? Why are these two people here and not at the Starry Heaven Silver Lake?”
This reaction was especially so for the extremely smug Bai Wuxue. He had a figurative pail of cold water splashed on him. Originally, he thought that after he left the Starry Heaven Silver Lake, he would stand out of the crowd and be unrivaled. He had not expected to meet with two intractable individuals.
However, after he thought about it for a while, he concluded that these two people did not even dare to go to the Starry Heaven Silver Lake. These two might not be as strong as they were famed to be. If I can kill them, the military merits would definitely be able to gain me an aristocrat rank and countless benefits from the Martial God Palace.
Huangpu Feng did not care what these people were thinking. He continued, “Your six teams should rush to the island where the third line of defense is. The other side’s morale is high, and they might be able to break through the line in one go.”
The crowd was set to follow the order and head for the third line of defense. However, at this moment, Bai Wuxue called out to Xiao Chen and said, “Do you dare to make a bet with me? The words of Lord Huangpu make some sense. Let’s make a bet again, bet on who will gain the most military merits.”
Xiao Chen had long since disdained such petty games. However, since the other party started it, he would not shrink back in fear.
He thought for a moment, and an idea popped into his head. He smiled and said, “We can compete if you want. However, it has to be more exciting. I am rather interested in the Martial Technique you obtained from the Snow Tribe. If you lose, hand it over.”
“Very well. If you lose, you have to let me trample on your face willingly. Then, after that, wherever I, Bai Wuxue, am, you have to disappear automatically.”
Bai Wuxue was extremely confident in his victory since he was no longer the Bai Wuxue of two years ago. He had to vent the frustration in his heart.
He had to trample on Xiao Chen the way Xiao Chen had trampled on him. Otherwise, he would never be free of this frustration.
Feng Xingsheng and the others were all somewhat astonished. Bai Wuxue really bet big on this. If Xiao Chen lost and got trampled on by him, Xiao Chen would not be able to continue mingling in society.
“Deal. I hope you honor your promise at that time.”
Xiao Chen did not show any fear. He waved his hand and led the younger-generation disciples of the Supreme Sky Sect away first.
“Senior Brother Xiao Chen, how did you do it? Even after you lifted your hand, you made Ximen Bao fall over.”
“That’s right! That’s right! How did you do it? Didn’t you already clearly let go?”
“Senior Brother Xiao Chen, Senior Brother Xiao Chen…”
On the way to the third line of defense, the group of Supreme Sky Sect disciples eagerly fired questions at Xiao Chen as they walked on the sea.
Xiao Chen’s earlier pat shocked these juniors. They had clearly patted each other at the same time. However, Ximen Bao, an outstanding young talent famous in the Tianwu Domain, ended up on one knee. Then after that, even though Xiao Chen had definitely let go, Ximen Bao fell over again, looking very funny to these juniors.
If these juniors could learn this move, it would be awesome. In the future, they would surely be famous.
Of the group, Jin Lin was the most excited after Xiao Chen defeated him. That final freakish glare, in particular, had frightened him because it was as if he had faced a celestial being. As a result, he no longer underestimated Xiao Chen.
Compared to the juniors who had never exchanged moves with Xiao Chen, Jin Lin even worshiped Xiao Chen. In the past days, he would occasionally seek advice from Xiao Chen on some difficulties he faced with Saber Techniques. He gained many benefits, which firmed up his opinion all the more.
Now that Jin Lin had seen Xiao Chen reduce Ximen Bao, who had been preparing to make Xiao Chen look bad before everyone, to a sorry state with one pat, he felt a pressing need to learn this move.
Xiao Chen smiled helplessly. These were just some minor tricks, techniques that are not worth mentioning. However, this group of juniors were so enthusiastic about it, it was scary.
“Oh, right. Senior Brother Xiao Chen, that Bai Wuxue is very different now. In the past two years, he has been undergoing experiential training in the Starry Heaven Silver Lake. He improved very fast. Since he was willing to wager with you, he must be confident.” Jin Lin could not help mentioning this when he thought about Bai Wuxue’s bet with Xiao Chen.
The Starry Heaven Silver Lake was one of the most mysterious places in the starry heavens of the Kunlun Realm. It was a silver river in the cosmos, made up entirely of Spiritual Energy. This place was vast and had many rare, mysterious materials and plants; it was a natural land of blessings.
Xiao Chen did not know much about the details. Rumor said that many mysterious items were still available there. The Martial God Palace, Corpse God Palace, Spirit Palace, Thousand Deity Church, and the Fiend Race Royal Court all sent the elites of their races there.
The geniuses of the recently resurfaced ancient races all rushed to the Starry Heaven Silver Lake as well. That place had already turned into the cruelest of battlefields. Every day, a famous genius would end up dying there.
For Bai Wuxue to survive in the Starry Heaven Silver Lake for two years, his strength had to have undergone a great change. However, Xiao Chen was still very confident about the bet. Even he himself did not know his true combat prowess.
How strong was Xiao Chen now? Once he properly comprehended his saber Dao, how strong would he become? He had no way of finding out.
In the end, Xiao Chen could not endure his juniors’ relentless questions, so he taught them the trick he used to make Ximen Bao submit.
The tall and burly Jin Lin learned the fastest, nearly picking it up on the first try. After he tested it out on another disciple and succeeded, he was incomparably happy.
There were also two other juniors who learned the trick very quickly. Xiao Chen quietly took note of them, remembering them in his heart. Although this was just a small trick, their rapid comprehension of it meant their talents were pretty good.
When they were still a long distance from the target island—Azure Monarch Island—Xiao Chen suddenly came to a stop. He looked into the distance and frowned slightly.
Xiao Chen’s Spiritual Sense was significantly stronger than the Mental Energy of the juniors behind him, so he managed to make out the situation on the target island in advance. Indeed, it was as Huangpu Feng said. The three islands that formed the third line of defense were under attack.
“Senior Brother, what’s up?” Jin Lin immediately asked when he realized something was wrong from Xiao Chen’s expression.
Xiao Chen withdrew his Spiritual Sense and ordered calmly, “Prepare yourselves. The battle is about to start.”
His command stunned the twenty juniors behind him at first. Then, they became excited, not appearing to be nervous at all. In their eyes, this was a great opportunity to gain military merits and make a name for themselves.
Xiao Chen shook his head inwardly but did not say anything about that. He just gave out some instructions. “Jin Lin, Xiao Xian, Liu Ke, the three of you will take the lead.”
These three were the juniors that had caught Xiao Chen’s eye. There were two men and one girl; Xiao Xian’s full name was Hu Xian`er. When they heard Xiao Chen’s instructions, they all excitedly led the group forward, charging over to Azure Monarch Island quickly.
Xiao Chen walked unhurriedly on the water. Although his strides did not look big, when he raised his leg, it seemed to pull the water forcibly. When he stepped down, he would leave a long mark on the water, as if a saber sliced through it.
He kept pace with his juniors, holding himself back, always remaining five kilometers behind them, no more and no less.
After a while, Azure Monarch Island appeared on the horizon. The sound of intense battle came from there as well. The waves surged, and murderous shouts resounded everywhere. When the cultivators guarding the island saw twenty Inferior Grade Martial Sages flying over, they all rejoiced.
Xiao Chen pushed off the water and remained in midair without making a move. He carefully observed the battle below.
Demonic Corpses made from the bodies of Astral Beasts climbed out of the water and fought with the human cultivators. The human cultivators fighting on the surface of the sea were at the very least Superior Grade Martial Monarchs. They outnumbered the Corpse Race cultivators.
The true Corpse Race forces were less than a hundred. However, they summoned large numbers of Demonic Corpses, giving them a numerical advantage over the humans.
Xiao Chen stared at a Corpse Race old man in black robes inlaid with gold. He was skinny and short. His eyes radiated sinister energy as he controlled three Underworld Fire Demonic Corpses, tying down one of the human Superior Grade Martial Sages.
Occasionally, this old man could even take time out to kill other human cultivators. Every time he struck, Death Qi spread throughout his body. He moved around without fear; nearly no one was a match for him.
This old man was actually a Superior Grade Martial Sage of the Corpse Race. Furthermore, his cultivation was deep. Xiao Chen looked at the buildings on the island. His Spiritual Sense detected a strong power on the island that had not been used yet.
He also picked up the auras of two Superior Grade Martial Sages there. Xiao Chen looked into the distance and muttered, “Are they defending something?”
This battle was originally a one-sided slaughter. When the twenty Inferior Grade Martial Sages of the Supreme Sky Sect entered the fray, their presence immediately boosted everyone’s morale—especially when Jin Lin, Xiao Xian, and Liu Ke worked together to hold back the skinny old man. The situation turned for the better.
Xiao Chen could not help but shake his head slightly. He said, “These three are quite ambitious. Instead of helping the human Superior Grade Martial Sages stop the Underworld Fire Demonic Corpses, they immediately went for someone’s head.”
There was an expression “A newly born cow does not fear the tiger.” This was a perfect description for this scene. Unless they suffered a little, they would not learn.
Indeed, not long after, Jin Lin fell for an opening that the skinny old man purposely revealed. In his eagerness, he became careless and suffered a palm strike to the chest.
The skinny old man did not hold back at all. Jin Lin immediately vomited a mouthful of black blood. Severely injured, he temporarily lost his combat prowess.
Now that the teamwork of the three was broken, the other two could not hold out for long. They got struck one after another.
The skinny old man clearly had extremely rich combat experience. He took down these three juniors with extraordinary combat prowess at minimal cost. He displayed an eerie smile. However, just as he was about to deal the final blow, someone suddenly jumped out to block him.