Immortal Martial Emperor

"I’m here to cause trouble for you now. Think you can fight back?"

The cold, arrogant voice was extremely grating, giving the illusion of clashing metal.

Hong Yu’s heart tightened. The man’s voice carried powerful fluctuations of aura, and a bloody scent assaulted his nostrils the moment he appeared.

It was a familiar feeling, one he had sensed from Qi Tian of the Blood Demon Palace.

’Someone from the Blood Demon Palace?’

Hong Yu grew vigilant and looked toward the newcomer.

It was a young man dressed in a black Martial Artist’s uniform embroidered with swirling blood-red clouds.

His features bore some resemblance to Qi Tian’s, with cold eyes and brows, and a high-bridged nose like a hawk’s beak. A sharp, blade-like glint flickered in his eyes, like the piercing gaze of a Falcon.

The energy fluctuations emanating from him were particularly astonishing.

Droplets of bloody light swirled around his body, seemingly able to invisibly influence the flow of air in the world.

This was the sign of having stepped into the Primordial Embryo Realm!

"That person is named Qi Feng. He’s ranked fourth on the Ice Kingdom’s current True Dragon List, has an Early-Stage Primordial Embryo Realm cultivation, and is a Second Heaven Realm True Dragon Demon Fiend." Tang Rui’s indifferent voice used a Secret Transmission to sound in Hong Yu’s mind.

Hong Yu was taken aback and glanced at him.

Tang Rui said flatly, "Don’t misunderstand. You injured my elder brother, so the feud between us isn’t settled. The only reason I’m telling you this is because I hate this guy too."

At the mention of Qi Feng, a trace of venomous resentment flashed through Tang Rui’s eyes before vanishing.

During the tournament, he’d had a chance to enter the top four. But it was precisely because Qi Feng had used a despicable trick behind his back that he lost by a single move and ended up in fifth place.

Naturally, he was extremely resentful of Qi Feng.

Hong Yu nodded and looked at Qi Feng, murmuring, ’It seems this Qi Feng is related to Qi Tian somehow. But I erased all traces after I killed Qi Tian. The Blood Demon Palace shouldn’t know I exist!’

As his understanding of the Ice Kingdom deepened, Hong Yu came to realize more and more how powerful the Blood Demon Palace was.

He estimated that the Blood Demon Palace alone had the strength to sweep through all the major Sects of the Southern Ten Nations.

However...

Both the Southern Ten Nations Alliance and the Ice Kingdom were under the jurisdiction of the Xiahuang Ancient Kingdom. Although the two sides fought and ostracized each other, life-and-death wars were rare.

Moreover, the Ice Kingdom was so far away from the Southern Ten Nations Alliance.

Even if they wanted to go to war, it wouldn’t be easy!

It was precisely because he understood the power of the Blood Demon Palace that Hong Yu was unwilling to expose his identity. If the Blood Demon Palace found out that Qi Tian had died at his hands, things would get ugly!

"Heh heh, boy, did you shrivel up the moment you saw your Grandpa Qi Feng? Weren’t you acting all high and mighty just now?" Qi Feng wore a sinister expression, looking at Hong Yu with a smirk that wasn’t a smirk.

His mood was not good at the moment.

He had just been in seclusion when he suddenly heard the news that his younger brother had been killed, which sent him into a towering rage.

Coupled with Liang Hunran’s order, he had rushed to the city gate to wait for his prey, hoping to use the bloodline connection between him and his brother to find the murderer.

But unexpectedly, he arrived only to find no trace of the killer.

Instead, he discovered his old rival Tang Rui had been defeated. He immediately threw out a taunt, also intending to vent some of his frustration on Hong Yu.

SWOOSH!

Qi Feng suddenly moved.

He moved without any warning.

One moment he was talking, the next he was launching a fierce attack. His moves were incredibly powerful, an Earth-Level Martial Skill materializing in his palm, without a shred of mercy.

"Blood Demon Thousand Shadows Fist!"

Qi Feng roared.

Shadowy fists flickered, bloody fist-images layering one on top of another, as tens of thousands of punches rained down simultaneously.

Each fist contained the supreme power of a Primordial Embryo Realm Powerhouse.

It was as if entire mountains were whistling through the air, crashing toward him.

Hong Yu’s expression sank slightly. Qi Feng’s speed was simply too fast. With a cold snort, he gathered flickering lightning in his hands and condensed a golden finger, tapping it forward. "Three-Fingered Annihilation of Living Beings!"

VMMM!

As the golden-light finger materialized, streams of black energy swirled around it.

With a whistle, the golden finger shot forward.

BANG BANG BANG BANG!

The collision erupted in a dazzling blast of energy, sometimes bright as fire, sometimes dark as the abyss, sometimes a translucent, brilliant gold...

"Oh? You can actually block my Blood Demon Thousand Shadows Fist? Tsk tsk, not bad, not bad. No wonder even Tang Rui lost to you. However..."

Qi Feng laughed heartily. He paused for a moment, then suddenly bent his right arm and drew it back. A layer of bloody light condensed on his arm, and with a SWOOSH, he smashed it toward Hong Yu. "That was just an appetizer. Now, I’ll let you see what a real Martial Skill looks like!"

"Blood Dragon Wave!"

As Qi Feng roared with laughter, ten blood-colored bubbles formed over the ten fingers of his hands.

He suddenly thrust his arms forward, aiming at Hong Yu.

"Go to hell!"

Qi Feng roared.

With a slight tremor, the ten bloody bubbles suddenly shot out—one wave, two waves, three waves...

Each wave consisted of ten bloody bubbles. Ten waves made a hundred in total, blotting out the sky as they rushed toward Hong Yu.

Each blood-colored bubble streaked through the air, leaving a long, bloody tail, like a writhing Blood Dragon. A surging wave of energy rolled forth, rushing at Hong Yu.

"Blood Dragon Wave? Damn it, that’s the move I lost to before." Tang Rui’s pupils constricted slightly.

In his duel against Qi Feng during the recently concluded tournament, he had been defeated by the bizarre Blood Dragon Wave.

For a moment, Tang Rui couldn’t help but frown slightly as he looked at Hong Yu, muttering, ’I wonder if you’ll be able to break this move.’

’What a bizarre attack. It looks chaotic and disorganized, but in reality, this Blood Dragon Wave is interconnected layer by layer. Each attack complements the others. Any single attack is linked to the other fluctuations...’

A cyan light flowed in Hong Yu’s left eye.

He was now able to use this "Peeping Essence" ability quite often.

Under the scan of his left eye, he saw that each of the blood-colored bubbles contained extremely violent energy. Moreover, they were all interdependent. As long as one was broken, the others would trigger a chain reaction, all exploding at once.

In other words...

Unless he could destroy all one hundred attacks simultaneously or dodge them without touching a single bubble.

Otherwise, there was no way to break this move!

"Heh heh, I’d like to see how you’re going to break my Blood Dragon Wave!" Qi Feng laughed wantonly.

Hong Yu frowned slightly.

Suddenly, his eyes glanced at the shields and long spears dropped on the ground by the three thousand City Guard Army soldiers he had defeated earlier. His eyes lit up. ’I’ve got it!’

PHEW!

Letting out a soft breath, a brilliant light thrummed within Hong Yu’s left eye.

In his mind, the Star River Spirit Bone emitted a resplendent glow. Streams of clear energy poured into his left eye, and the blue Xingchen began to revolve.

Spiritual Power as vast as an abyss and as deep as the sea rippled forth.

It surged out, enveloping the thousands of Ice Shields and Ice Spears.

VMMM! VMMM! VMMM!

All the Ice Shields and Ice Spears lying scattered on the ground levitated into mid-air under the control of his Spiritual Power. With a sweep of Hong Yu’s gaze, they shot toward the hundred-plus waves of the Blood Dragon Wave with a series of SWOOSHING sounds.

BANG BANG BANG BANG!

A series of roaring explosions erupted.

The void filled with a blanket of bloody light, like a blood-red setting sun hanging over the gates of the Frozen City. The terrifying fluctuations caused the expressions of every powerhouse in the entire Frozen City to change, all of them looking toward the city gates with astonishment and uncertainty.

Within the Royal Palace, a blue-haired young man in a golden robe narrowed his eyes. "Qi Feng’s Blood Dragon Wave? What on earth happened?"

As his voice fell, a giant wave of ice extended from beneath his feet, carrying him into the air as he flew toward the city gates.

Inside the Blood Demon Palace, the closed-eyed Liang Hunran’s eyes snapped open, a sharp glint flashing within. "Feng’er’s Blood Dragon Wave? Could it be he’s already found Tian’er’s murderer?"

With a flicker of his figure, a peculiar energy fluctuation pulsed, and Liang Hunran also flew toward the city gates.

「At the same time...」

Within the major factions of the Frozen City, such as the Tang Family and the Cheng Family, many powerhouses also sensed the disturbance and headed for the city gates.

The Xu Family had deep foundations. In a quiet and tranquil pavilion, a woman with a fiery and voluptuous figure, clad in fire-red leather armor, moved. With a head of blazing red hair and a valiant, heroic bearing, she flew to the top of the pavilion.

Gazing toward the city gate, Dai Mei frowned slightly. "Besides Qin Feng, there’s another, unfamiliar energy fluctuation?"

She stepped onto the void, rushing away like a Fire Phoenix, and disappeared from the Xu Family’s courtyard.

...

「Frozen City, at the city gates.」

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The terrifying explosion forcefully cleared a vacuum zone of over ten thousand square meters between Hong Yu and Qi Feng. The ground sank deep, an entire ten-meter-thick layer of earth having been shaved off.

Behind Hong Yu, a layer of golden light enveloped Xiaohua and the others. His aura was fluctuating; it was clearly extremely difficult to provide them Shelter from such a powerful explosive impact.

As for Qi Feng...

The huge city wall behind him had mostly shattered and collapsed, turning into a pile of ruins.

Qi Feng’s own state wasn’t much better!

His clothes were in tatters and he was covered in grime. His gaze toward Hong Yu held a trace of bewildered uncertainty.

He had never imagined that Hong Yu would use such a method to break his Blood Dragon Wave. ’A Control System Spirit Cultivator? Where in the world did this monster come from? His Martial Dao talent is at least at the Second Heaven, maybe even reaching the Third Transformation of Heaven Realm, and even his Spiritual Power is this terrifying?’

It wasn’t that Qi Feng had never seen a genius before.

The First Senior Brother of the Blood Demon Palace, the Crown Prince of the Royal Family, and that woman from the Xu Family were all top-tier geniuses.

But...

He asked himself, but he had never even heard of a True Dragon Genius like Hong Yu, who was both a Spirit Cultivator with extremely strong Spiritual Power talent and a Martial Artist with such terrifying Martial Dao talent!

PHEW!

Hong Yu let out a long sigh of relief.

He also hadn’t expected that the collision between the Blood Dragon Wave and his Spiritual Power-controlled objects would erupt with such shocking destructive force.

’I almost got Xiaohua and the others caught in that. Good thing I put up a defense in time!’

Looking at the unharmed Xiaohua and the others, Hong Yu’s heart relaxed, and a gentle expression appeared on his face. "Are you all okay?"

"Brother Hongyu, we’re okay!"

Xiaohua shook her head.

Hong Yu nodded slightly. Just as he was about to withdraw his defense, another, slightly younger boy jumped out, looking at Qi Feng angrily.

He shook his fist, his childish voice shouting at Qi Feng, "You bad guy, how dare you hit Brother Hongyu..." He then looked at Hong Yu. "Brother Hongyu, quickly call out that big brother who killed the blood-sucking Demon last time! Let that big brother kill these bad guys too!"

’Not good...’

Hong Yu’s expression changed.

"A blood-sucking Demon?"

Qi Feng was also stunned for a moment. Then, a look of realization dawned on his face. His eyes widened abruptly as he stared intently at Hong Yu...

"So you’re the one who murdered my brother?"