Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 578: Another Defeat at the Founding King Court

Chapter 578: Chapter 578: Another Defeat at the Founding King Court

"All flash and no substance!" someone coldly said.

The others nodded in agreement.

Indeed, the most important aspect of Martial Techniques is their practicality; being too flashy can absolutely affect their usefulness.

Boom!

As they spoke, two Royal Courts already slammed down, crashing onto the Star River.

However, to everyone’s shock, despite the stars in the Star River trembling, the river itself remained dazzling, showing no signs of dimming.

Damn it!

Everyone’s mouths were agape, unable to believe their eyes.

Two Kings had attacked and yet were blocked just like that.

Hiss!

Moments ago, they had been claiming that Shi Hao’s Techniques were all flash and no substance, but in the blink of an eye, they were proven wrong.

If being able to block an attack from two Kings isn’t considered practical, then what is?

"This is a Dharma appearance!" someone from the Founding King Court identified it after a moment, then suddenly exclaimed.

"What, this is actually a Dharma appearance?" the others blurted out.

How could there be such a Dharma appearance, resembling a magnificent ribbon!

Thinking back, Shi Hao’s Dharma appearances were always peculiar. He had become "famous" at the academy due to three unremarkable Dharma appearances—after all, who would visualize a Fireball, a Stone Sphere, and a rabbit?

Thus, adding one more ribbon-like Dharma appearance seemed not so strange.

But the issue was, this Dharma appearance’s power was too astonishing, capable of blocking the pounding of a Royal Court, as if it were a dream.

Shi Hao smiled slightly, "Your strength is comparable to Du Bei, yet you dare look down on him. Where does this courage come from?"

Wang Zhijian’s face turned as red as a pig’s liver.

Just now, he had displayed contempt for Du Bei, but now it was proven that their strengths were similar, and Du Bei had only recently entered the Founding King Court, while he was already a Second King.

So, if their strengths were equal, this was naturally like a slap in the face to him.

What’s more crucial was that Shi Hao was still only at the Self-Observation level!

Too embarrassing!

Wang Zhijian roared in anger, "You underestimate me too much!" He leaped into action, launching close combat against Shi Hao.

Shi Hao, unafraid, didn’t even use his domain, directly clashing with his opponent.

With his current strength, exchanging blows with a Second King was no longer a challenge.

—Had Wang Zhijian not been somewhat of a genius, Shi Hao could have even crushed a Second King!

After exchanging a few moves, Wang Zhijian revealed a cold smile, stretched out his hand, and suddenly, seven golden blades appeared out of thin air in the air, stabbing towards Shi Hao.

At the same time, Shi Hao also felt a wrenching pain inside his body!

Hmm?

Shi Hao discovered that countless microscopic metals in his body were moving towards his head, coalescing into a dagger.

This was naturally Wang Zhijian’s doings. Being of the Gold Attribute, after stepping into the Founding King Court, he could control any metallic substances in the natural world, no matter how minute, he could manipulate them.

This was another reason why the Founding King Court could completely overpower those at the Self-Observation level. For example, a Martial Artist with the Water Attribute could turn someone into a desiccated corpse, whereas a Martial Artist with the Gold Attribute could condense the trace metals inside a person’s body into blades and kill them from the inside out.

Shi Hao smiled slightly. With a surge of his enormous Soul Power, he suppressed the explosive reaction of the trace metals within his body, then unleashed a punch, shattering all seven of the incoming golden blades.

He immediately launched a counterattack, swinging out a punch, and the Purple Thunder Spear flickered.

The two exchanged blows back and forth, with roars and explosions, strength overflowing.

This courtyard had no Formation for protection; the walls collapsed like sheets of paper when the force hit them.

Those inside hurriedly scattered, with several Martial Artists from the Founding Court surrounding the area, dispersing the aftermath of the two’s combat.

As a result, the battle could no longer be concealed, and many students poured out to watch the excitement.

"Hey, isn’t that Shi Hao?"

"He actually dared to intrude into the Heaven’s Path Alliance by himself?"

"Awesome!"

"I think he’s just humiliating himself, what kind of place do you think the Heaven’s Path Alliance is? It’s the home of the gifted from the Supplementing Divine Temple! Although Shi Hao is a freak, can he possibly rival the Supplementing Divine Temple?"

"It’s odd, with such a commotion, why hasn’t any teacher come out to stop it?"

The crowd was abuzz with discussion, and what was most strange was the absence of the academy’s teachers stepping in to stop it.

Shi Hao was still in a fierce battle with Wang Zhijian, and the more they fought, the more casual he seemed.

The second king, just so-so.

Wang Zhijian roared with rage, utilizing one ultimate move after another, but even the defenses of the Galactic Dharma Form proved futile to break through—even if they were broken, the power was extremely limited, easily withstood by Shi Hao’s astonishing physique.

"I’m done playing with you," Shi Hao said with a smile.

"How arrogant of you!" Wang Zhijian was infuriated. Now that they were evenly matched, saying you’re done playing with me, does that mean you haven’t been using your full strength?

To him, this was a tremendous mockery.

"Heh." Shi Hao said nothing, only opening his domain.

Now, the nature of the battle completely changed.

Shi Hao seemed to anticipate every move, making Wang Zhijian’s attacks entirely ineffective, while his own weaknesses were infinitely magnified and relentlessly exploited by Shi Hao.

After just a few dozen moves, Wang Zhijian couldn’t hold on any longer, stumbling backwards with his head full of lumps.

This!

Wang Zhijian was defeated.

The crowd was left speechless. Shi Hao didn’t even utilize the Starcloud Dharma Form, so everyone could clearly see that Shi Hao had defeated Wang Zhijian head-on, without any tricks.

It was an overwhelming advantage in strength, leaving no room for argument.

Therefore, Wang Zhijian could only stand there grinding his teeth, unable to say a word to save face.

"Next!" Shi Hao said indifferently, with a completely nonchalant expression.

You just defeated the Second King!

Anyone else in his place would be ecstatic.

Such calm only served to enrage the members of the Heaven’s Path Alliance further, and now, under the watchful eyes of everyone, if they couldn’t suppress Shi Hao, how could they continue to dominate the academy as kings?

But precisely because they were under the watchful eyes of all, how could they afford to mobilize the high-level experts from the Supplementing Divine Temple?

This overpowering by realm was just too excessive, winning like this brought no glory to the victor.

"Number Seven, you’re up," someone from the inner courtyard came out, dressed in snow-white silk, untainted by a speck of dust, floating like an Immortal among men.

Logically, with the impact of the previous battle’s aftermath, even the inner courtyard should have collapsed, but in reality the opposite was true.

"Vice Alliance Hierarch Jiang!" The members of the Heaven’s Path Alliance immediately showed an expression of surprise.

Jiang Quan, the Vice Alliance Hierarch of the Heaven’s Path Alliance, the third strongest expert, was also a powerhouse from the Supplementing Divine Temple.

Unlike the North Silver Alliance, which only had Luo He from the Supplementing Divine Temple, the Heaven’s Path Alliance was teeming with talented individuals, cloud-high experts, boasting as many as three such geniuses from the Supplementing Divine Temple!

This was the strength of the South Wood Continent, should war break out, they could single-handedly crush the other three continents.

"Yes." A man in a tight-fitting outfit stood up.

His name was Zhu Hanming. Ranked seventh in strength in the Heaven’s Path Alliance’s Founding King Court, he was also known as Number Seven.

Compared to Wang Zhijian, he was far stronger.

The Sixth King!

Thus, as he stepped forward, his momentum charging towards Shi Hao, Shi Hao immediately felt the pressure.

Strong, very strong!

He could no longer afford to take it lightly, this was an opponent he had to confront with all his might.

"Arrogant brat, let me be the one to defeat you," Zhu Hanming walked towards Shi Hao slowly, growing more formidable with each step, gradually forming a terrifying suppression.