167: Chapter 167 The Battle of the Imperial City Begins 167: Chapter 167 The Battle of the Imperial City Begins Zhao Wuji was also sowhat surprised.
The Heartless Young Master Yao Fei’s intelligence system, which spread across the entire Broken Blade Empire and was known to be omniscient, actually failed to determine the identities of two individuals!
“These two are not from the Broken Blade Empire?!” Zhao Wuji exclaid, considering a possibility.
Only such an explanation would make sense.
The Heartless Young Master Yao Fei’s eyes flickered uncertainly.
“Young Master, what do you think?” the guard inquired.
“This has nothing to do with you anymore, withdraw,” Yao Fei waved his hand dismissively.
“Yes, Young Master!”
At this ti, in the third VIP room, the restaurant owner personally delivered a table full of dishes and wine.
After Huang Xiaolong and his companions opened the wine jar, tasted the dishes, and nodded their approval, the restaurant owner respectfully took his leave.
Huang Xiaolong and his companions raised their glasses, and the fragrance of wine filled the air.
According to the introduction by the restaurant owner, this wine was called Beauty Wine.
When one drank it, it was like tasting a beautiful woman, there was a certain flavor to it, and the feelings it evoked varied.
Huang Xiaolong tasted a sip and indeed found the wine to be exceptional.
It was significantly better than Fiery Fire Wine and Snow Moon Wine.
Though Fiery Fire Wine and Snow Moon Wine were not bad, they were much more monotonous.
More than two hours later, Huang Xiaolong and his party finally left the Unforgettable Restaurant.
Before leaving, Huang Xiaolong purchased a large amount of Beauty Wine and stored it in the Asura Ring.
Now, while there might not be many other things in Huang Xiaolong’s Asura Ring, there was certainly an abundance of wine.
If Ren Wokuang knew that Huang Xiaolong was using the Asura Ring to store wine, who knows what he would think.
After leaving the restaurant, Huang Xiaolong and party arrived at an inn called the Du Si, rented four manors, and settled down.
The battleground for the Imperial City battle ten days later was at the square outside the front gate of the Broken Blade Palace, and the Du Si Inn was not far from there.
As Huang Xiaolong and his group settled in, deep beneath the ground of the Broken Blade Imperial City’s palace, in a certain hall, a middle-aged man dressed in a dragon robe sat.
He was neither tall nor slim, and there was a rune between his brows that, upon close inspection, was a miniature Broken Blade!
“Your Majesty!” At this mont, an official dressed in the imperial palace attire entered the underground palace hall and respectfully knelt down.
Your Majesty!
This middle-aged man was none other than the Emperor of the Broken Blade Empire—Emperor Duanren!
In the entire Broken Blade Empire, the only one addressed as Your Majesty was Emperor Duanren.
“Rise,” Emperor Duanren commanded, his voice bland yet filled with supre authority.
“Thank you, Your Majesty!” the official robed elder said as he respectfully stood up.
“Your Majesty, Xie Puti, Yang Gang, Pang Yu, Cui Li, Dai Shanni, and Huang Xiaolong have all arrived at the Broken Blade Imperial City.”
These six individuals were the only talents who possessed Super Martial Souls among the more than a thousand participants from the various kingdoms this year.
Every session, the talents with Super Martial Souls would receive special attention from the Broken Blade Empire.
Emperor Duanren nodded, “Cheng Jian, who do you think will take first place this year among these six?”
The official robed elder Cheng Jian pondered for a mont and replied, “It should be Xie Puti.”
Emperor Duanren nodded, “You and I think alike.” His tone then shifted, “However, keep a closer eye on that Huang Xiaolong.
Tell Wu Ya as well.”
“Huang Xiaolong?!” Cheng Jian expressed his surprise.
According to his knowledge, among the six geniuses with Super Martial Souls participating in the competition this ti, only Huang Xiaolong had reached the Postnatal Tenth Stage Late Stage Peak; the other five were all above Innate First Rank.
Although Huang Xiaolong possessed a Twelfth Level Peak Martial Soul, due to his limited strength, it was still an unknown whether he could snatch one of the top ten spots.
The Great Emperor actually paid attention to this Huang Xiaolong?
At this mont, Emperor Duanren spoke, “Even though Huang Xiaolong has yet to break through to Innate, his strength is considerable.
He has defeated an elder from the Star Sky Academy, an expert of Innate First Rank.
It should not be a problem for Huang Xiaolong to be among the top ten, and what’s more, he’s only seventeen!”
“Yes, Your Majesty, your subject understands,” Cheng Jian replied respectfully.
“Hmm, you may withdraw,” instructed Emperor Duanren.
“Keep updated on the situation of the battle at the Imperial City at all tis.”
Cheng Jian respectfully acknowledged, bowed, and then withdrew.
After settling down at the Du Si Inn, Huang Xiaolong did not go out with Zhao Shu and the other two for a leisurely stroll.
Instead, he activated the God Capturing Ring and entered the Ancient Battlefield to cultivate.
Huang Xiaolong continued to attempt running the Asura Technique and Yijinjing simultaneously.
With each attempt, the flow of his Fighting Energy and Inner Strength beca smoother when the Asura Technique and Yijinjing were operated concurrently.
While trying to operate both the Asura Technique and Yijinjing at the sa ti, Huang Xiaolong began practicing the fifth move of the Asura Sword Technique, the Other Shore Flower.
Huang Xiaolong had already achieved Great Success with the fourth move of the Asura Sword Technique, the Fengdu Thunder.
Now, what he needed was simply to enhance his Fighting Energy, and as it increased, so would the power of his moves.
After keenly morizing the fifth move of the Asura Sword Technique, the sharp path of Qi Force, and the attack stance of the Other Shore Flower as depicted in the diagram, Huang Xiaolong stood amidst the Ancient Battlefield and unleashed the Shura Blade in a swift movent.
As the two Shura Blades were brandished, innurable cold glints whirled into being, forming two blooms.
The flowers were a deep purple, the sa shade as Huang Xiaolong’s Nine Netherworld Fighting Qi which currently flowed within him.
The two deep purple blooms spun continuously, blossoming bit by bit.
Yet despite the constant whirling and blooming, the flowers seed to halt three ters in front of Huang Xiaolong, failing to advance forward.
However, in the very next mont, those flowers abruptly vanished, and over a hundred ters in front of Huang Xiaolong, two large rocks suddenly turned to dust.
Huang Xiaolong halted his actions, then closed his eyes to recall the attack posture and the path the Qi Force had taken.
According to the diagram, the na given to the two flowers he had just manifested was the Other Shore Flower.
The Other Shore Flower—a bloom from the other shore, mysterious and unpredictable, within reach yet out of grasp, ensuring the enemy is unable to defend effectively.
When the Other Shore Flower disappears from the other shore, it often results in a fatal hit on the adversary!
Ten days passed.
Huang Xiaolong had almost mastered the simultaneous operation of the Asura Technique and Yijinjing, and the power of the Other Shore Flower move had also improved significantly.
When Huang Xiaolong attacked, the brighter and shorter-lived the bloom of the Other Shore Flower, the stronger its power would be.
In the midst of cultivating the Other Shore Flower, Huang Xiaolong occasionally practiced the previous four moves: Hell’s Wind, Shura’s Tears, Netherworld King’s Fury, and Fengdu Thunder, attempting to integrate the five moves.
Hell’s Wind and Shura’s Tears had already been successfully fused by Huang Xiaolong, and their power kept growing stronger.
In these ten days, Huang Xiaolong’s Combat Energy Cultivation had improved sowhat.
Each day, by consuming Fourth Grade High Stage Spirit Pills and the Fla Dragon Pearl, as well as absorbing the Spiritual Energy of the Ancient Battlefield, Huang Xiaolong’s strength was steadily rising.
After ten days, the battle at the Imperial City finally arrived!
As dawn approached, almost the entire Broken Blade Imperial City was boiling with excitent, every street teeming with crowds.
The annual battle at the Imperial City was a grand event for the Broken Blade Empire, and the citizens living in the Broken Blade Imperial City would invariably go to watch the battles.
When Huang Xiaolong left his room, Zhao Shu, Yu Ming, and Fei Hou were already waiting for him.
“Sect Leader!” Upon seeing Huang Xiaolong erge, the three quickly ca forward.
Huang Xiaolong nodded and took a deep breath, “Let’s go, we will now head over to the Imperial City Broken Blade Square.”
(To be continued.
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