Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 596: Defeating the Enemy with a Snap of the Fingers

Chapter 596: Chapter 596: Defeating the Enemy with a Snap of the Fingers

Boom!

His fist struck the blade, yet there was no scene of blood splattering as everyone imagined. Instead, flashes of fire erupted, energy transformed into a pulsating wave, radiating outward.

Shi Ze’s face immediately turned pale, his sword unexpectedly rebounding, his grip nearly splitting open, causing him to stagger backward involuntarily.

What!

He couldn’t believe that the full force of his strike had been blocked by Shi Hao with his bare hands.

How could this be possible?

He was already the top Self-Observation expert. Those stronger than him... could only be from the Founding King Court.

Could it be that Shi Hao had already stepped into the Founding King Court, merely masquerading as a Self-Observation expert?

No.

He immediately concluded that the opponent must still be at the Self-Observation realm, his aura qualitatively identical to his own.

It could only mean that Shi Hao was even more monstrously talented.

Are there really such people in the world?

Yes, like Shi Zhong, whom he couldn’t match in an equal-level battle; he wasn’t his opponent in the slightest.

He was the top Self-Observation expert, yet how could he be so fragile in an equal-level battle?

Of course, were it not so, how could he hold Shi Zhong in such high esteem with his talent?

But kings like Shi Zhong should be unique in the world.

Shi Ze took in a deep breath and immediately rallied himself.

Around him appeared various kinds of blades: short knives of no more than a foot long, conventional curved blades, and long swords reaching nearly a zhang, an ample collection of nine in total.

This was his Dharma appearance.

He loved blades and was extremely proficient with them; naturally, he had observed myriad blades around the world and incorporated them into his Dharma appearance.

However, becoming the top Self-Observation expert meant it wasn’t as simple as observing other spiritual artifacts; he had sublimated it into a concept.

The blade.

His Dharma appearance, his will, represented the blade way, not any specific blade.

Undoubtedly, his level was a whole lot higher.

"Slash!" he yelled, launching another attack at Shi Hao.

A simple and direct slash.

With a blade in hand, the nine blades of his Dharma appearance also slashed towards Shi Hao.

However, it seemed as if even heaven and earth were in sync with this slash. To the onlookers, it wasn’t Shi Ze who swung the blade but a god from the Divine Underworld cleaving open the cosmos with a slash.

"Truly a blade way genius!" exclaimed the bigwigs from the Heavenly Palace Academy in the stands, unabated in their praises.

It was a fact, no exaggeration.

"If I were to suppress my realm to Self-Observation, I couldn’t block this slash no matter what."

"Naturally, you were barely hanging on the official list when you were at Self-Observation, you’re far behind him just in terms of combat power at the same realm."

The bigwigs didn’t skimp on their praise for Shi Ze, seeing that whether it be Shi Hao or Shi Ze, both were crucial in resisting the Elemental Creatures in the future, each deserving to be nurtured. Who wins and who loses was not so important to them.

The blade came slashing down.

Shi Hao revealed a trace of desolation in his expression. Having reached the unity of the ten phases, he had no rivals left in the Self-Observation realm. Even if placed in the Founding King Court, without resorting to the burst from the White Hole, he estimated that none below the Fifth King could be his adversary.

Moreover, with the bursts from the White Hole, Cosmic Storm, Fire Scorches the Heavens, and Sky-Flipping Seal, not to mention the Sixth King, even the Seventh and Eighth Kings might be blasted away by him.

Thus, even though Shi Ze was exceptionally monstrous, Shi Hao could not muster much enthusiasm for the fight.

The opponent... was too weak.

He still flicked his fingers, but this time he unleashed a blade’s edge that made heaven and earth lose their color.

Bang!

The myriad blades of light shattered in unison, and Shi Ze was sent flying once again.

He fell heavily to the ground, but this time he didn’t get up as easily, a wound on his chest from which blood was gushing out.

What!

Everyone’s scalp tingled, and there was an indescribable shiver of fear.

It was too one-sided, like a father beating his son with ease.

Was Shi Ze too weak?

No, he was Self-Observation’s number one, recognized by the Heavenly Path Association’s rankings. And everyone saw with their own eyes that Shi Ze had reached the third realm in his swordsmanship, with the terrifying combat power of a Crimson Sun Body.

Yet even so, he was no match for a single finger from Shi Hao.

— No matter how much he improved his combat power, Shi Hao always resolved it with one finger.

It could only be said that Shi Hao was stronger, and his strength far exceeded the level of Self-Observation.

How could such a monster exist in this world?

"We concede," said Song Taining, conceding on behalf of Shi Ze.

Shi Ze gritted his teeth with a face full of unwillingness, but he did not object.

He truly was no match for Shi Hao.

"Don’t think that by beating me, you’ll have a chance to challenge the Young Emperor!" Still, he said, "You’re far too lacking compared to the Young Emperor. The Young Emperor didn’t need to make a move to defeat me; a single glance was enough to make me submit!"

Shi Hao just smiled faintly without saying a word.

One day, he would twist Shi Zhong’s head off and sacrifice it to his late mother!

For now, he was too far from Shi Zhong, and such talk was meaningless.

He turned and strode away.

Soon, everyone from Ling Tian Academy had left.

After suffering another crushing defeat, how could they have the face to stay?

However, everyone from Heavenly Palace Academy was excited. Defeating the unbeatable Ling Tian Academy thrice, Shi Hao truly increased their prestige, thrilling them immensely.

Martial Artists all admire the strong, and without a doubt, Shi Hao was such an existence.

His fame ascended another level, reaching the same as giants like Weng Nanqing, Luo He, and Bei Yan.

But at this moment, Ling Tian Academy sent people over again.

This time, however, it wasn’t to spar with Shi Hao but to extend a sincere invitation for him to join Ling Tian Academy.

Heavenly Palace Academy was not at all opposed to this idea, even encouraging him to go.

Why?

Because Heavenly Palace Academy was not a separate force; it merely served to eradicate Elemental Creatures. Whether it was Heavenly Palace Academy or Ling Tian Academy, they were both established by the powerful families of the Southern Fire Continent, so naturally, they didn’t care about gains or losses in honor.

Ling Tian Academy suppressed another Elemental Cave, and Elemental Creatures of the level like Great Sacrificial Heaven, Ascending to Saint Position, and even those of the Heaven Connecting Road, which Shi Hao had almost never seen, were not uncommon in this cave.

In fact, the two caves were connected; it was just that the cave was so vast that there were two entrances.

Now, the Elemental Creatures were concentrating their forces on attacking the other entrance to the cave, calling almost all their high-end combat power there. Otherwise, Shi Hao wouldn’t have been able to make so many trips back and forth, killing so many without any appearances from Elemental Creatures of the Great Sacrificial Heaven level to preside over the situation.

— There was simply no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides; so-called unspoken rules could be followed but could also be broken.

It wasn’t for a lack of desire but a lack of troops.

Similarly, Ling Tian Academy’s high-end combat power was no longer sufficient, which was why Shi Feng had been called to join the battle previously.

Shi Hao considered it for a while and did not immediately accept. He said he would spend some more time at Ling Tian Academy.

— How could he leave with the matter of Heaven’s Path Alliance still unresolved?

He was someone who always avenged his grievances, and he wasn’t just all talk.