Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 346: Wood

Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Wood

Shi Hao, however, didn’t care at all.

In fact, he had not used most of his ultimate moves, such as the Sky-Flipping Seal, or the Purple Thunder Spear, so if it really came down to a fight to the death, he was ninety percent confident he could kill Luo Jian.

It didn’t matter. So what if a small-time troublemaker had run away? He could always kill him later; there was no rush.

"Where’s Xiao Hei?" he asked Lin Yuyue.

Lin Yuyue sighed. This blockhead, always concerned about his little brother. Why didn’t he ask how I was doing?

A living, breathing beauty stood right in front of you, and you simply ignored her?

"He left on his own," Lin Yuyue replied, nonetheless.

Shi Hao nodded, thinking that with Xiao Hei’s Sword Body strength, he should have no problem passing the examination.

That’s all you have to say?

Lin Yuyue felt a touch of frustration but then thought Shi Hao was an emotionally detached blockhead and let it go.

What she didn’t know was that at this moment, Shi Hao was thinking of Su Manman.

That girl might have left, but she had stirred ripples in the calm lake of his heart, causing him to think of her from time to time.

Remembering those moments of harmless sweetness when they were together, that natural feeling made him want to protect this simplicity, and it was only natural that he kept his distance from other women.

In his eyes, Lin Yuyue was a friend, nothing more.

Lin Yuyue chatted on without much focus, mentioning things like her grandfather Lin Fuming, who was still in seclusion and it was uncertain when he would emerge.

She meant to suggest, You’ve given me such a precious Cultivation Technique, so you must be fond of me, I understand that, and by saying this, I’m telling you that my heart is stealthily promised to you, and you could now advance the conversation.

But when Shi Hao gave the Cultivation Technique, he hadn’t thought of this at all. He first wanted to repay a favor, and second, by sending Lin Fuming to the Supplementing Divine Temple, certainly Luo Hun would suffer terribly. If not dead, he would be forced to flee the Purple Star Sect in disgrace, with his painstaking efforts of a hundred years destroyed in an instant.

So it was killing two birds with one stone.

"Hmm," Shi Hao responded nonchalantly.

Lin Yuyue was speechless. How could Shi Hao be so wooden?

Neither of them spoke, just waiting in line.

Every now and then, people would walk by, leaving with faces full of regret. They had not passed the assessment and thus did not qualify to participate in the Endless Trial. They had nothing to do but leave.

Finally, it was Shi Hao and Lin Yuyue’s turn.

"You first," Shi Hao courteously let Lin Yuyue go for the assessment first.

Lin Yuyue nodded and walked into a dimly lit house ahead.

After a while, a monk at the door said to Shi Hao, "Your turn."

Lin Yuyue hadn’t come back out, so evidently she had passed.

It wasn’t surprising. With the strength to block Tang Hai with a hairpin, Lin Yuyue was no ordinary talent. It would indeed be a surprise if she couldn’t pass the assessment.

Shi Hao entered the house, and the door immediately shut behind him.

"The first challenge: block my three moves."

A voice rang out in the darkness; then the light flared, and a man had already struck out with his palm.

Boom, the Dark Force transformed into a pitch-black hand, exuding an oppressive force.

Shi Hao punched, and bam, the black hand was instantly shattered.

"That’s a bit interesting," the man said with a laugh, striking out again from a distance.

Shi Hao dissolved it with another punch, effortlessly.

After the man made his third move, although his true strength far exceeded the power he showed, this was only to test Shi Hao, not a real battle, so naturally, he had to hold back.

So, Shi Hao easily neutralized the third strike as well.

"Good, I will make three more moves. This time, you can only dodge, not block; otherwise, it will count as a failure," said the man, still attacking with a palm strike, as Dark Force approached.

Facing such an attack, Shi Hao didn’t even need to use Cloud Piercing Step; he simply shifted his steps and dodged the strike.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The man made three strikes in succession, but all were effortlessly dodged by Shi Hao.

"This time, it’s your turn to attack. If you touch even a corner of my clothing within ten moves, you will have passed," the man said, unfurling his form with quick speed but still not using his maximum velocity.

Shi Hao smiled faintly. The man was of the Self-Observation level; even if he used all his movement technique in this limited space, Shi Hao was fully confident he could corner his opponent within ten moves.

He launched an attack, two punches roaring out, Dark Force surging, angles incredibly tricky, forcing the man to the center.

The man couldn’t retaliate, for to do so would mean being touched by Shi Hao, so he had to escape through the only gap available.

And by that time, Shi Hao was already waiting there for him, casually throwing a punch straight at his face.

The man certainly couldn’t let himself be hit in the face, so he had no choice but to extend his hand to block.

With that, Shi Hao had passed this level as well.

The man was astonished; he was responsible for overseeing this place and had seen stronger people than Shi Hao, but Shi Hao was the only one to corner him in the last level with just two punches.

What kind of astonishing perception did it take to corner someone with just two punches?

"You’ve passed my section, go on to the next level," the man said.

Shi Hao nodded and strode forward.

He reached the end of the room, where there was a door.

Shi Hao pushed open the door and entered, discovering an elderly man sitting behind a desk.

"Come here, to test your Spirit Root," the elder said.

Shi Hao’s brows furrowed; he didn’t want to test for a Spirit Root because, beneath the Reveal Root Powder, it manifested as chaos. What kind of Spirit Root was that?

This was something he knew was best kept to himself.

Fizz.

He stirred up the thunder, saying, "I have a Thunder Spirit Root."

The elder’s brows lifted slightly. Shi Hao actually refused him?

One should know that countless geniuses clamor for the Endless Trial, naturally doing whatever he instructed. Besides, testing for a Spirit Root Attribute wasn’t a big deal – how could one possibly keep it hidden?

This lad was being exceedingly cautious.

"You’ve passed this level," the elder nodded, taking out a paper. "This is a fragment of an ancient Cultivation Technique. Take a look. In a moment, I will test you on it."

Shi Hao picked up the paper, but internally, he scoffed. Despite the paper’s decrepit appearance, with "his" experience, he could tell at a glance that its history was not so ancient; it was merely made to look "old."

He glanced over the document. It was a Cultivation Technique full of abstruse content, very difficult to read, let alone to understand.

However, Shi Hao had the experience of the Heaven Building Ladder level; he quickly analyzed its intricacies.

"Alright, you translate it," the elder requested.

Shi Hao smiled and began to explain it in simple, easy-to-understand terms.

In truth, Cultivation Techniques were structured this way because it was the most accurate method to express them. No explanation could perfectly convey their meaning, otherwise they would have simply left the techniques in that form.

Therefore, explaining a Cultivation Technique was a skillful task, quite demanding of one’s abilities.

The elder was immediately moved.