Immortal Martial Emperor

"Something’s happened!"

The two of them looked at Hong Yu with grave expressions.

Hong Yu frowned. "What happened?"

Feng Xue Xin gave a wry smile. "It’s like this..."

As Feng Xue Xin explained, Hong Yu’s expression grew darker and darker. He began to understand the whole story.

It turned out that...

During the days he had been in seclusion, the pre-war hunt was drawing ever closer.

Because of this, prodigies from all over had begun to arrive one after another. Many of these powerhouses were using the last of their time to search for Treasures, Primordial Weapons, and even Martial Arts Secret Techniques at major auction houses and trading posts to increase their strength.

Jian Chen, Xu Wudi, Landy, and the others had taken the invitations Hong Yu gave them and gone to the Profound Cyan Pavilion’s auction.

At the auction, Xu Wudi saw a Spear Technique and tried to win it, intending to buy it for Hong Yu.

This Spear Technique was called *Piercing Void*.

It was a Martial Skill that surpassed the Celestial Level, with unparalleled power.

After paying a steep price, Xu Wudi finally won the bid for *Piercing Void*.

When the auction ended...

Xu Wudi and the others left the Profound Cyan Pavilion with *Piercing Void*, only to be ambushed on the road.

Their attackers turned out to be the same powerhouses who had competed with them for *Piercing Void* at the auction. Among them was an expert ranked eleventh among the Unparalleled True Dragons.

Thus, the outcome of the battle was obvious.

Xu Wudi and the others were all seriously injured.

Even *Piercing Void* was stolen from them.

If that had been all, it might have been tolerable. But after learning that Xu Wudi and the others were Hong Yu’s friends, they captured them and declared that Hong Yu must come in person to offer a formal apology and compensate them for their losses. Otherwise, he could just wait to collect their corpses.

Feng Xue Xin and the others also tried to find Xiahuang Shang.

Unfortunately, Xiahuang Shang had just been invited away by the Eldest Prince, apparently to discuss matters concerning the pre-war hunt with the Ten Great Unparalleled Prodigies.

Left with no other choice, Feng Xue Xin and the others came to find Hong Yu.

’I was in seclusion, and Brother Xiahuang went to a banquet, and then this happens? This is all a little too coincidental, isn’t it?’

Hong Yu wondered to himself, then asked, "Where are Wudi and the others?"

"They’re in a place called the ’Liger Garden’ in the eastern district of the Outer City. The Liger Garden is supposedly the residence for the powerhouses from the Sword God Kingdom. The one who attacked Wudi and the others was the Sword God Kingdom’s second True Dragon, Zhao Wuji!" Feng Xue Xin said.

Yeban said with a wry smile, "There’s something else. Try not to be too impulsive when you hear it."

"What is it?"

Hong Yu frowned, a sense of unease creeping into his heart.

Young Master Yeban hung his head. "Little Chenxi was taken too. And... I heard that one of the Unparalleled Geniuses has taken a liking to her. They say that Zhao Wuji is planning to give Little Chenxi to him."

"What?!"

Hong Yu’s entire body jolted.

An aura so powerful it made one’s heart tremble erupted from him.

A terrifying storm swirled out from his body, and rolling black clouds gathered above the vast Prince’s Mansion.

This was his momentum, condensed to its absolute limit, affecting the flow of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power.

This horrifying aura left Feng Xue Xin and Young Master Yeban stunned.

They exchanged a look. "D-Did this guy have another breakthrough?"

"Damn it, what a monster!"

Both of them felt a sharp sense of defeat.

"I don’t care who it is, and I don’t care if there’s some conspiracy behind this. Anyone who dares to harm Little Chenxi will regret ever being born into this world!"

Hong Yu took a deep breath.

His figure suddenly shot into the air, his Divine Demon Wings even more powerful than before his seclusion.

This was because Hong Yu had integrated numerous High Level materials into them.

He soared into the sky like a bolt of thunder.

Feng Xue Xin and Young Master Yeban exchanged a look and hurriedly chased after him.

...

「Imperial Capital, Outer City, Eastern District.」

A magnificent courtyard was named Liger Garden. At its entrance, a Desolate Beast was coiled on either side of the gate.

On the left was a Fifth Grade Desolate Beast, the Red Flame Tiger King, and on the right, a Fifth Grade Desolate Beast, the Glazed Lion King!

These two Desolate Beasts were both comparable to Primordial Embryo Realm Powerhouses. Immensely powerful, they guarded the entrance, and ordinary experts didn’t even dare to pass by the gate.

"ROAR!"

The two Desolate Beasts yawned, utterly bored.

The masters of the Liger Garden were the prodigies of the Sword God Kingdom, a power second only to the Four Great Dukedoms and immensely strong.

One of their two strongest True Dragons, Zhao Wuji, was ranked eleventh among the Unparalleled True Dragons.

As for their number one True Dragon, Zhao Wushuang, he was ranked among the top ten Unparalleled True Dragons. His strength was so great that some even claimed he had the power to contend for the title of Unparalleled Genius.

Because of this, basically no one dared to cause trouble at the Liger Garden.

"ROAR?"

The two Desolate Beasts’ expressions suddenly changed.

They simultaneously pushed themselves up, their fur trembling violently. Their eyes were filled with fear and suspicion as they stared into the void.

In the distance, there was a black dot.

It grew closer and larger!

It was a handsome young man with six wings on his back. He was flapping his Divine Demon Wings, sweeping toward them like a Demon God riding a towering wave of furious clouds.

"ROAR!"

The two Desolate Beasts roared in anger at the same time.

They both soared into the sky, attempting to block the furiously approaching youth.

However...

Facing two Primordial Embryo Realm Desolate Beasts, Hong Yu didn’t pause or hesitate for a second.

Palm Light condensed, and two sharp gusts of Palm Wind shot out like flashes of blades and swords.

"SPLAT! SPLAT!"

Two columns of blood gushed out like fountains.

The two Fifth Grade Desolate Beasts, both comparable to Primordial Embryo Realm Powerhouses, were split in two from head to tail by Hong Yu’s single palm strike. Blood and entrails rained down, dyeing a large patch of ground before the Liger Garden’s gate crimson.

A few intestines even hung from the plaque bearing the two words "Liger Garden," swinging back and forth.

"Who dares cause trouble at the Liger Garden?!"

An earth-shattering roar came from within the garden.

"WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!"

In succession, the auras of ten Primordial Embryo Realm Powerhouses rushed out from the garden.

These were all experts from the Sword God Kingdom. Each one glared with murderous intent, their Primordial Weapons gripped tightly, ready to rush forward and challenge Hong Yu at any moment.

Hong Yu hovered in the air and said coldly, "Is Zhao Wuji here? Tell him to get his ass out here!"

"Get his ass out here..."

"Out here..."

The sound waves rolled out, the roar soaring into the sky, and his aura was magnificent and overwhelming.

The thunderous echo vibrated through the void, reverberating throughout the entire eastern district.

In an instant, countless experts were alerted.

"Is that coming from the Liger Garden? What’s going on?"

"Zhao Wuji? Isn’t he the prodigy from the Sword God Kingdom, ranked eleventh among the Unparalleled True Dragons? Someone actually dares to pick a fight with him?"

"Now this is going to be a good show!"

Countless experts either flew over to witness it in person or spread their Spiritual Power to spy from the shadows.

In short, in a single moment, the entire eastern district’s attention was focused on the Liger Garden.

Feng Xue Xin and Young Master Yeban, who were desperately trying to catch up, looked at each other in dismay.

Both wore wry smiles. "This... This Hong Yu is just too badass, isn’t he?"

"That’s what you call domineering!"

"Let’s hurry and see how he teaches those bastards from the Liger Garden a lesson!"

At the same time!

Over ten experts in the Liger Garden stared at Hong Yu, their faces contorted with fury.

By now, the image of Hong Yu with six wings on his back had already spread far and wide. Almost any well-informed expert knew of this feature.

Therefore, the experts of the Liger Garden recognized him the moment they saw him.

They roared in fury, "How dare you, Hong Yu! This is the Liger Garden of the Sword God Kingdom! You actually dared to slaughter our two guardian Desolate Beasts? This is a provocation against the might of our Sword God Kingdom! Are you trying to die?"

Hong Yu’s cold eyes flickered. He said flatly, "Cut the crap. Get Zhao Wuji out here and release my friends!"

"Hmph, what arrogance."

"Zhao Wuji is a genius Sword Cultivator from our Sword God Kingdom and the eleventh-ranked Unparalleled True Dragon. Do you think you can see him just because you want to?"

"I’ve seen plenty of people who thought they could challenge Zhao Wuji, but every single one of them ended up dead and their dao extinguished."

"You dare provoke the Sword God Kingdom? You’re not far from death yourself!"

The experts from the Sword God Kingdom all sneered with contempt, certain that Hong Yu was a dead man.

Hong Yu couldn’t be bothered to waste words on them. "I’ll say it one more time: are you going to release my friends or not?"

"Hmph, your friends provoked the Sword God Kingdom. We were planning on giving you some face if you came to apologize. We would have just crippled their cultivation and let them go."

"But now, it seems you don’t want them to leave here alive."

"In a moment, we’ll capture you first, then cripple you along with your friends and sell you all as slaves."

"There are a few rather fine women among them. Quite tempting. They should fetch a good price if we sell them to a brothel!"

The men spoke without any restraint.

But they didn’t notice that beneath Hong Yu’s placid exterior, a bloody, cold light, like something from the Netherworld, was pulsing in his eyes.

"HUUUU..."

He let out a long breath.

Hong Yu slowly raised his eyes. His chilling gaze swept over them, causing the Sword God Kingdom experts, who had been chattering back and forth, to instinctively fall silent.

Hong Yu’s tone seemed calm. But his words were filled with a bone-chilling killing intent.

"In that case, there’s nothing more to say."

Hong Yu took a deep breath. "I gave you a chance. You were the ones who refused to cherish it."

He had already decided to kill.

’This whole incident is too coincidental from start to finish,’ Hong Yu thought. ’I have a feeling there’s a mastermind pulling the strings.’

Hong Yu hated trouble.

He preferred to nip it in the bud.

’Since the mastermind won’t show themselves and is just sending out these nobodies to test my limits, the best way to handle this is to crush these nobodies with overwhelming force. That will intimidate all the other powers and experts. It’ll make them think twice before trying anything stupid again. It’s a once-and-for-all solution! And if I’m lucky, it might even draw out the mastermind!’

At that thought, Hong Yu moved.

"Thousand Rain Thunder Light!"

His Divine Demon Wings beat, unleashing a black light. Suddenly, tens of thousands of black feathers shot through the air like a volley of arrows.

These black feathers descended like a sudden thunderstorm.

Powerful, swift, sharp, unstoppable...

"Damn it, block it!"

"No, we can’t block it...!"

The group of Sword God Kingdom experts frantically brandished their Primordial Weapons and channeled their Profound Skills in an attempt to block the attack.

But beneath the thunder of black feathers, they discovered all their efforts were in vain.

The moment their Primordial Gang and Mystical Power touched the black thunderstorm, they instantly turned to smoke, completely dissolved by the Divine Demon Wings.

"PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!"

Streaks of black light enveloped them, piercing through the body of one expert after another. Dripping with blood, they fell like a meteor shower, smashing into the ground and bursting into masses of gore and mangled flesh.

In a single clash, ten Primordial Embryo Realm Powerhouses were bloodily slaughtered by Hong Yu.

The thick stench of blood filled the entire Liger Garden.

In an instant, the place had become an Asura Purgatory.

Hong Yu hovered in the air, his face devoid of expression. His cold eyes looked into the depths of the Liger Garden, sensing an extremely powerful aura brewing within, clearly enraged to its peak.

Hong Yu gave a cold laugh, then charged into the Liger Garden with a great roar...

"Zhao Wuji, come out and die!"