Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 384: Wu Guike’s Revenge

Chapter 384: Chapter 384: Wu Guike’s Revenge

After Shi Hao emerged from his seclusion, he learned that the registration for the Alchemy Dao competition had already begun.

He hastily went to register.

Since it was already the third day, the most exaggerated rush had passed; although there was still a line, it wasn’t very long—relative to the first two days, there were still about two hundred people ahead of Shi Hao in each of the seven lines.

"I heard that this time, the champion’s prize is the Cloud Flame Fire!"

"Yes, that’s a Spiritual Fire, once possessed by Master Jiang. Whoever owns it will not only acquire the fire but might also gain some of Master Jiang’s Alchemy experience from it."

"Such a precious item, how could they dare to offer it as a prize?"

"You just don’t understand, do you? You should know that the Spiritual Fire chooses its owner. If it doesn’t wish to follow you, your strength and alchemy level are of no use, no matter how high they are."

"So even if I won the championship and the Cloud Flame Fire didn’t want to follow me, wouldn’t it all have been a waste?"

"Hahaha, don’t even talk about you winning the championship! Do you know that this competition is less about rewarding the winner with the Cloud Flame Fire and more about choosing the Fire’s next owner? Thus, if you were to win the championship, it would definitely be the result of the Fire’s choice."

"Oh, I see! Psh, how do you know I can’t win the championship?"

"Hehe, the seven great Royal Families will be participating. Do you think you can beat them?"

"That’s not necessarily true. This time it’s not purely about the strength of one’s Alchemy Dao, but who can gain the acknowledgment of the Cloud Flame Fire!"

Listening to the conversations of the crowd, Shi Hao too came to understand that this time it wasn’t about who had the highest Alchemy level.

Needed to gain the acknowledgment of the Cloud Flame Fire?

He was brimming with confidence, as he already possessed a Spirit Fire Rune, which he believed should be quite attractive to the Cloud Flame Fire.

In fact, he didn’t necessarily need the Cloud Flame Fire.

Having a Spiritual Fire would make alchemy convenient; one could simply release the fire, especially after it recognizes its owner, allowing intimate communication and effortless control over the furnace temperature, which naturally greatly increased the success rate of producing elixirs.

However, by extracting the runes from the Spiritual Fire, Shi Hao could also simulate this Fire, though it would require the use of his own Soul Force.

Therefore, if it was just to enhance the power of "Fire Scorches the Heavens," he merely needed to extract the runes from the Cloud Flame Fire.

"Are people from the seven great Royal Families all participating this time?"

"Of course, who wouldn’t want to own a Spiritual Fire?"

"Who all are participating? They surely won’t make the Five-Star Masters compete too, right?"

"Not to that extent. It’s the top younger generation, like Qiao Junlin of the Qiao Family."

"Ohh, Qiao Junlin!"

Hearing this name, many people gasped.

Hmm, is this guy that impressive?

Shi Hao curled his lip, clearly unimpressed.

As he listened to people talk, it wasn’t only Qiao Junlin; Fu Yao’er’s name also came up. He hadn’t expected this naturally enchanting woman to also be a genius in Alchemy.

Furthermore, names like Song Yuxin and Wang Manyu were mentioned, but they belonged to the second tier, far from comparable to Qiao Junlin and Fu Yao’er.

"You, come with me!" After standing in line for a while, someone suddenly came over to Shi Hao and issued an order.

Shi Hao glanced at him: "Why?"

"Aren’t you here to register? I can take you, no need to wait in line." The man spoke haughtily.

He offers favors unasked, either a swindler or a thief.

Shi Hao’s lips slightly curved up: "Do I know you?"

"You worthy to know me?" The man was pretentious, "Had it not been for someone asking me to fetch you, would I have come specially to guide you?"

Hmm, who asked him to do so, Song Yuxin? Or Fu Yao’er?

In Seven Elixirs City, he really didn’t know many people.

"Sure," Shi Hao didn’t care either; with his current strength, as long as he didn’t face the Founding King Court, even if he faced a Self-Observation expert, he could easily escape the trap. He wanted to see what this was all about.

The man led the way in front, and Shi Hao followed, the two of them leaving together, causing envy among the others.

It’s nice to have connections, look at them, still miserably lining up here.

Before long, Shi Hao followed the man into a courtyard.

The gate of the courtyard immediately closed behind them.

"Hehehe!" A cold laugh echoed as Wu Guike walked out from the house. "Pretty boy, did you think I would let you go?"

Oh, it was him.

Shi Hao sighed, "You’ve gotten me into a situation where I have to go back and line up. This feud is getting big!"

Wu Guike couldn’t help but laugh, "You offended me and still think about registering? Pretty boy, you dared to touch my woman, I will let you know what it means to wish you were dead!"

Shi Hao shook his head, "Is wearing a green hat so enjoyable, chewing on it over and over again?"

You!

Wu Guike, enraged, waved his hand: "Get him!"

"Young Master Wu, what if we kill him?" Four people were in the courtyard, including the one who had led Shi Hao here. One of them asked Wu Guike.

"If he dies, he dies. Can’t I cover that?" Wu Guike snarled coldly.

"Good, your word is enough." All four of them now looked at Shi Hao with a cold smile on their lips.

Shi Hao then looked at Wu Guike, "You will definitely regret what you just said."

"Haha, how so? You think you can still threaten me?" Wu Guike scoffed, "The four guys I hired today, all of them are Peak-level from Nine Islands, and two can fight beyond their level. Four against one, it’s as easy as a father fighting his own son."

The four stood proudly, looking down on Shi Hao with disdain.

"Pretty boy, do you regret hitting me now? Do you regret daring to fancy my woman?" Wu Guike asked, somewhat through clenched teeth.

For him, the beating he took from Shi Hao a few days ago was an utter disgrace, so he had been holding his breath, just that he had been cultivating in seclusion in Li Mansion earlier and didn’t dare to burst in to demand people.

Today, he finally caught his opportunity.

Looking at Shi Hao, all his grievances burst forth, and he naturally wanted to thoroughly humiliate Shi Hao.

Shi Hao shook his head, "The person who should regret is you!"

Still stubborn?

Wu Guike could no longer restrain himself, waving his hand: "Go, go, go, just leave him breathing, I want to finish him off myself!"

"Alrighty!" The four rubbed their hands together and surrounded Shi Hao.

Shi Hao stood with his hands behind his back, nonchalant.

"Really knows how to act tough."

"But soon, you’ll be saying goodbye to life!"

"Hehe, what a waste of a pretty face!"

All four attacked Shi Hao at once.

Shi Hao extended his hand, fast as lightning, already pressing it on one man’s head, then pushed hard, *plop*, the man’s head was forcefully shoved into his chest cavity.

He reached out again, grabbing another man and slamming him into the third man.

*Plop*, the head of the man disappeared inside the third man’s buttocks.

In an instant, he dealt with three men.

Only then did the fourth man’s attack nearly land.