God Emperor - Chapter 170

Chapter 170
Chapter 170: You Wouldn't Mind
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

Though unshaven and rat-faced, Huo Gang was still a master of the Earth Realm . In the blink of an eye, he had darted right up to Zi Qian .

His claw-like hand rent the air as he swiped at Zi Qian's chest .

Zi Qian's expression changed as she immediately started to perform an uncanny sword technique . Eight sword shadows suddenly appeared before her and thrust towards Huo Gang from different directions .

Thanks to Zi Qian's triumphs in Chikong Secret Mansion, her cultivation had broken through into the Completion of the Black Realm . However, her unhealed wound lowered her usual speed and introduced flaws into her technique .

"Your sword technique is full of hollow moves . It's useless against true power!"

Huo Gang guffawed . Genuine Qi covered his fingers, giving his knuckles an illusory metallic luster .

"Boom!"

He smashed all the sword shadows to pieces with just a single swipe from his hand .

The metallic hand seized Zi Qian's waist . With a ripping sound, he tore off a large piece of her robe .

Her skin stretching from beneath her left breast to her waist was exposed . The three heretics from the rock cave who had just escaped the rock cave stared at her shapely, creamy skin with smoldering eyes .

Zi Qian covered her exposed skin with her hand .

Huo Gang held the piece of the severed white robe to his nostrils and sniffed . "How fragrant!" he said .

"Go to hell!"

"God Slayer -- The First Style!"

Zi Qian's sword stabbed towards Huo Gang's heart like a lightning bolt as she executed a sword technique from the lower class Spiritual level .

Huo Gang's mouth twisted into a cruel grin . He quickly dodged Zi Qian's attack then jabbed at her slender neck to seal the Meridians on her lips .

After that, he went on to strike seven other Meridians, sealing off Zi Qian's Genuine Qi flow .

Zi Qian was paralyzed, her sword frozen in place, unable to move even an inch .

"Pretty girl, I know you could end your life by simply biting down on the poison in your mouth . But how can you bite down with all your Meridians sealed? Ha-ha!" Huo Gang shook with excitement as his feverish eyes ran over her slender figure .

Zi Qian had run out of options . She should have given up her false hope and committed suicide from the very beginning .

There was nothing she could do but await the living hell she would endure once those three heretics laid hands on her .

As a former member of the Black Market, she was all too familiar with the ways of their heretics .

For some reason, the image of Zhang Ruochen came to her mind . "Why think about him now?" she thought, scolding herself . "Even if he was here, he couldn't beat these three heretics . "

As this thought went through her head, she heard a shrill scream .

"Boom!"

Huo Gang flew backward . His body slammed into the rock wall, slumped and went still . His eyes were frozen wide in death .

A thumb-sized stone had slammed into Huo Gang's chest, the sheer impact leaving a hole the size of a serving bowl in his chest .

Zi Qian, who lost all hope, suddenly turned her eyes towards the mouth of the rock cave .

"Tap! Tap!"

They heard the sound of footsteps slowly drawing closer .

It was none other than Zhang Ruochen, dressed in a white robe . He was a tall, handsome youth whose upright bearing embodied all the grace of the Royal Family .

He walked into the rock cave and moved directly towards Zi Qian upon noticing that her Meridians were sealed .

"You there, boy! Are you a student from the School of the Martial Market?" Chen Lidao asked coldly .

When Zhang Ruochen ignored him, Chen Lidao grew so angry that he attacked the boy with a palm strike .

Chen Lidao didn't dare take this enemy lightly . This boy had killed Huo Gang with a measly stone, which testified to his power . He channeled all his Genuine Qi into an overwhelming attack; with a loud thunderclap, he launched a lightning bolt from the center of his palm .



Zhang Ruochen halted mid-step . He backhanded Chen Lidao like someone swatting a mosquito, hurling him more than 10 meters away .

"Boom!"

Chen Lidao hit the stone wall and spat out a mouthful of blood . His body fell to the ground, limp as a piece of paper .

There was a human-sized crater left in the stone wall .

Chen Lidao lay limp on the ground, unable to muster the strength to rise . All his bones had been crushed by that slap . He would have already died were it not for his strong vitality as a warrior of the Earth Realm .

Tu Yun stared at the boy in white with great shock and started backing away . Throughout his years in the Martial World, he had encountered many strong warriors and built a reputation as a ruthless man . However, he had never met someone so young with such a terrifying martial cultivation .

Zi Qian was just as shocked as Tu Yun .

She never thought Zhang Ruochen would be powerful enough to send a master of the Earth Realm flying back with just a casual wave of his hand .

Tu Yun, though shocked, had already seen many strong warriors in his life, so Zhang Ruochen didn't terrify him that much .

He plucked the Fish Intestine Sword from Zi Qian's hand and held it to her throat . "You'd better leave the rock cave if you want her to live," he said, staring coldly at Zhang Ruochen .

"You're in no position to offer terms," Zhang Ruochen replied, staying right where he was . "Release her now and I'll spare your life . You still must return to the Purgatory of the Red River and atone for your crimes there as a prisoner, though . "

"Ha-ha! You must be kidding! How could I go back there after working so hard to escape?" Tu Yun said with a sneer .

Zhang Ruochen shook his head slightly . "Are you really going to turn down this chance to survive?" he asked .

Tu Yun moved the Fish Intestine Sword closer to Zi Qian's throat . "You think I won't kill her now if you don't let me leave?" he hissed between clenched teeth .

"I will not let you leave, and I doubt you'll be able to kill her either," Zhang Ruochen replied, casually strolling towards Tu Yun .

The distance between them grew shorter and shorter .

Tu Yun started losing his nerve as Zhang Ruochen approached . He moved to slit Zi Qian's throat and lash out at Zhang Ruochen .

Zhang Ruochen was just a teenager, after all; how powerful could he be?



He, on the other hand, was a warrior from the Mid Stage of the Earth Realm . Even if he could not beat Zhang Ruochen, he should at least be able to escape .

Just as Tu Yun made the decision to kill Zi Qian, he realized he couldn't move a single part of his body; it was as if he had been icing cold .

"How . . . How could . . . this . . . be . . . ?" Tu Yun could only make gargling noises as he struggled to open his mouth .

Zhang Ruochen had employed a Space Domain technique called Spatial Freezing .

Zhang Ruochen could solidify the air within his domain like water to freeze a Cultivator dead in their tracks .

If the enemy had a strong enough cultivation, they naturally could cut through the Space Domain and escape from the Spatial Freezing effect .

Since Tu Yun lacked that kind of power, he was completely defenseless against Zhang Ruochen's Space Domain .

Zhang Ruochen walked right up to Tu Yun . "You had your chance," he said, taking note of the terror on Tu Yun's face, "and you blew it . "

He placed his hand over Tu Yun's heart and channeled frost Genuine Qi into his chest cavity .

"CRACK!"

The frost Genuine Qi froze Tu Yun's heart, turning it into a mass of blood-red Ice Crystals .

His body convulsed as his muscles contracted . Eventually, he stopped breathing, his body going as rigid as an ice sculpture .

It was quite a graceful way to kill someone that did not even shed a single drop of blood .

Zhang Ruochen took the Fish Intestine Sword from Tu Yun's hand and tapped the bridge between Zi Qian's eyes . Powerful Genuine Qi poured into her Qi Lake .

This Genuine Qi circulated through the Meridians of her body .

All her sealed Meridians were unlocked .

Zi Qian's limp body fell into Zhang Ruochen's arms . "Thank you," she whispered feebly .

Soon after saying these words, Zi Qian passed out .



When she woke up, she was lying on a stone bed within the rock cave, her injuries already mostly healed .

The six dead bodies had been removed, leaving only the badly injured Chen Lidao; he was dazed and on the brink of death .

Zhang Ruochen sat cross-legged on the ground, seemingly in the middle of cultivation practice .

The moment Zi Qian woke up, Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes and looked at her . "Are your wounds healed?" he asked .

Zi Qian looked down at her brand new robe, a blush creeping across her motionless but beautiful face . "Did you change my clothes?" she asked, keeping her head lowered .

Zhang Ruochen, ever the unflappable one, gave her a simple nod . "That's my robe," he said . "It's a little big for you, but it will suffice . "

Zi Qian quickly stood and fastened the belt on her robe . "How shameless! Don't you have any sense of propriety towards a woman?" she shouted, biting her red lips as she glared at Zhang Ruochen .

"What does that have to do with anything?"

After a brief pause, Zhang Ruochen continued talking . "I've seen you naked before, so I thought you wouldn't mind this minor lapse in propriety . Your injuries were clearly severe and needed immediate healing . After tending to your wounds, I saw that your clothes were tattered, so I put a new robe on you . Now that you've recovered, my work here is done . "

After saying his peace, Zhang Ruochen turned and left the rock cave, leaving Zi Qian standing there in a daze .

"I . . . wouldn't mind?" Zi Qian repeated, acting as if she just heard the most intolerable remark of all time . She grabbed her Fish Intestine Sword from the side of the stone bed and chased after Zhang Ruochen .

When she walked past Chen Lidao, her eyes grew cold . Her Fish Intestine Sword flew out from her sleeve .

"SNICK!"

The sword flashed with light .

Chen Lidao died instantly as his head was severed from his neck .

Zi Qian left the rock cave, chased Zhang Ruochen down and stood in his path . "Zhang Ruochen!" she shouted, pointing her sword directly at him . "What did you mean when you said 'You wouldn't mind?' "

A puzzled look appeared in Zhang Ruochen's eyes . He thought a while before replying . "How unreasonable can you get?" he said . "Why would I want to ogle your body when your life needed saving? I saved you because you're my friend, Zi Qian; I swear to god, I'm not interested in you that way . "

If any other man had made that statement, Zi Qian would have already stabbed 100 bloody holes into his flesh .

But when she looked into Zhang Ruochen's clear, stark eyes, she knew he was telling her the truth . He had no other intentions beyond a desire to save her .Please download our sponsor's game to support us!