Sage Monarch - Chapter 134

Chapter 134: 134

“Stop right there!”

Yang Qi had relied on the skills he had mastered when gaining enlightenment of the dao of the quick strike . He struck a massive blow that shoved Lei Tao backward, and forced him to use his Grand Thunderclap Swordplay to defend himself . Then, he took that opportunity to snatch the bottle gourd of life force springwater .

Of course, he immediately threw the bottle into his Heart of the Sea thumb-ring .

After all, the thing was as heavy as a mountain, and could possibly have crushed him to death . Also, the powerful life force aura it emitted would have made it very simple to track him down . And it went without saying that he had no interest in sticking around to have a big fight with Lei Tao . If he had started a fight, and killed them, it could cause a catastrophe for him in the institute . And if he fought them but didn't kill them, it would have been much easier for them to deduce his identity .

After all, it would lead to profound irritation on their part if they didn’t accomplish the mission the Crown Prince had assigned them .

That bottle gourd full of life force springwater could provoke heaven-shaking, earth-toppling transformations in Yang Qi . In fact, he didn’t even need to open it to sense the powerful life force aura inside of it prodding at the particles within him, pushing them toward waking up .

This holy water was like the source of any and all life .

“Have a death wish?!” Lei Tao shouted, seemingly about to explode from frustration and anger at the sight of his life force springwater being stolen right in front of his own nose . Not only was it a big personal loss, it also meant that he couldn't accomplish the Crown Prince’s mission, which would lose him a lot of face in the Crown Prince Society .

This was fury . Uncontrollable rage .

In fact, nothing like this had ever happened to him before .

“Transformation of the Thunderclap . Bring a myriad of lightning bolts to life to slay all opponents!” Sword light erupted out, accompanied by the rumble of thunder . Ten thousand fiery lightning bolts smashed into the bloody sludge, followed by Lei Tao himself . From how much effort he was putting into this, it seemed he would chase Yang Qi to the ends of the earth if he had to .

Almost as soon as Yang Qi burrowed into the sludge, a powerful lightning bolt slammed into the ground behind him, blasting away the nefarious energy and rapidly spreading out to form an impassable barrier .

Bam!

His spear slammed into the sword light, and the resulting shock wave sent bloody sludge spraying high into the air .

Then, Yang Qi burst out into the open .

Lei Tao shot out behind him, sword energy swirling around him, which caused thunderous rumbling sounds to echo out .

Each beam of sword energy that he unleashed was like a thunderbolt that could crush any sort of weapon or armor that got in its path .

At first, Lei Tao just stared at Yang Qi in his platinum armor . At the same time, his two teammates spread out to form a triangular formation around Yang Qi .

“Hey there, friend,” Lei Tao said, glaring at him viciously . “We’re conclave students from the Demi-Immortal Institute . I'm Lei Tao, and these are my fellow students Qu Ling and Qin Hui . People call us Heaven, Earth, and Man, the Three Heroes . As a top expert yourself, you must have heard of us before . And you surely realize what will happen if you steal food from the tiger's mouth . Now, I’ll give you one chance to give that life force springwater back to me . If you do, we can forget that this little incident ever happened . ”

From the look in Lei Tao’s eyes, it seemed he was ready to unleash a full-power attack if Yang Qi so much as twitched .

Yang Qi had never heard of any of these people before, and had definitely never heard of “Heaven, Earth, and Man, the Three Heroes” . However, that was because he had only been a member of the institute for a short time . If Li He or his other friends were here, they would be trembling in astonishment .

They were fabled individuals among the students in the institute, and had been through countless adventures to reach their current level .

If they hadn’t, then they wouldn’t have earned their unique moniker .

“Elder Brother Lei, why waste words on this fool?” Qu Ling said . She clearly had the most violent temper of them all . In fact, it looked like she had already decided to launch an attack . “We have him surrounded . Let’s just use our Heaven, Earth, and Man combined attack . Kill him and reduce him to dust . At least then we’ll see why he thinks he qualifies to steal things from us . ” 

“Jabber all you want,” Yang Qi said, keeping his voice low and gravely so that they wouldn’t be able to identify him . “I'm not giving it back . You want a fight? Fine, let’s fight . Let’s see if Heaven, Earth, and Man, the so-called Three Heroes are worth leaving alive . ”

With that, he brandished his spear, its tip pointing skyward, and the length of the spear flickering with partially-translucent platinum fire .

Considering that these three had cornered him, it seemed that he would have no choice other than to fight .

However, thanks to his recent progress, he wasn’t the least bit afraid .

“A real ingrate, huh,” Lei Tao said . “Fine, don't blame me when you end up dead . ” With that he swung his sword out in front of him; as it turned out, he had been using the short dialogue as a way to buy time and build up some energy .

“Lightning Tramples all Creation!” Having built up enough energy, he unleashed a deadly attack . The swipe of his sword caused thunderclouds to fill the sky, and a fiery rain of lightning to descend . It was almost as if he were in control of all of the power of heaven and earth .

Unfortunately for him, Yang Qi was even stronger . As he sprang into motion, a sound like the trumpeting of megamammoths erupted out, and he stabbed forward with his spear . Countless spear projections appeared, accompanied by the energy of hell itself, all of which shot forward to meet the lightning sword strike .

The two weapons collided with a huge boom .

“Wrath of the Lightning God!” Lei Tao shouted, his voice thrumming with such power that it could render lesser beasts unconscious or even dead from the mere vibrations .

This sword stance was even more powerful than the last; lightning swirled around him, gathering atop his head in the form of a strange being with the head of a bird and the body of a human, surrounded by snake-like bolts of lightning . It was a god of lightning who held a drum cradled in one arm that it began to beat .  

Boom . Boom . Boom . Boom! Boom!! BOOM!!! 

With each bang of the drum, the lightning grew brighter and brighter, until everyone present felt their hearts beating to the same rhythm .

Sword light shot out furiously to surround Yang Qi, moving so quickly that it was completely impossible to dodge .

And yet, Yang Qi had no intention of dodging it . Instead, he would meet it head on with his spear .

As he stabbed out, the trumpeting of megamammoths could be heard, and a whole herd of them appeared behind him, causing the ground to tremble . This was the ultimate level of the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth that he was capable of unleashing, the power of eighty-one megamammoths, all combined together .

As for his Infernal Deity Spear, it was now able to project some of the God Legion Paradise, making it seem partially real and partially illusory .

There was now little suspense as to what would happen when the Infernal Deity Spear hit the Grand Thunderclap Sword .

CRASH! An overwhelmingly loud boom echoed out as the sword shattered into pieces, and the god of thunder behind it collapsed .

Lei Tao was clearly in the inferior position when dealing with power levels like this .

The Grand Thunderclap Swordplay was a royal-class energy art, and the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth was godly-class . How could the two even be compared to each other?

Lei Tao staggered backward, his face completely falling . However, as he fell back, Qu Ling and Qin Hui took action . Qu Ling attacked with a deadly Qimen Wheel . As soon as that wheel spun forth, tens of thousands of moons and suns appeared to surround Yang Qi . [1]

“Wind Forest Volcano!”

This was another deadly, top-rate energy art .

As for Qin Hui, he narrowed his eyes and pulled out a razor-sharp pike . “Driftflame Meteor!”

The two of them picked up exactly where Lei Tao had left off . Clearly, they didn't want to give Yang Qi any breathing room, and were dead set on defeating him .

They joined forces in a way that they hoped would wear out the enemy . After all, it didn’t matter if someone was even an Octonary or Nonary Lifeseizer, once they ran out of true energy, they would be in big trouble .

Unfortunately for them, they didn’t understand Yang Qi .

He just looked coldly at the incoming attacks and said, “Perfect . ” 

He stabbed his spear out again, unwavering and filled with power that far surpassed that of his two opponents .

“Power of Heaven and Earth!” he growled . As he did, it seemed as if all of the power of heaven and earth in the area were sucked into the spear, making it resplendent to the highest degree .

It was as if he were in control of all creation .

True energy rumbled as the power of the lands seemed prepared to overturn anything in its path . It was a level of power that would weigh on the soul, making it seem like Yang Qi was the sovereign lord of all heaven and earth .

This was the power of a godly-class energy art .

What was a god? All-knowing . All-capable . Omnipotent . Eternal . That was a god .

When a god cultivated an energy art, of course it would reflect the spirit of the gods .

When a god said the world should be bathed in light, then all creation would fill with brightness . When a god said that the world should be destroyed, it would descend into ruin . The world was created by gods, as were all the living beings that inhabited it, and thus, it only made sense that godly-class energy arts would be so spectacular .

Although Yang Qi hadn’t truly become like a sovereign lord of all heaven and earth, he was already starting to surpass mortal humans, and become something separate from the world around him .

RUMMMBLE!

His attack immediately formed a resonance with heaven and earth, causing the clouds to spin in the sky as the wheel of blades was defeated . Qu Ling’s face went pale, and she staggered backward a few steps before coughing up a mouthful of blood .

Yang Qi didn't follow through with the attack . Spinning, he faced Qin Hui’s Driftflame Meteor .

Yet again, his spear completely dominated the competition . Qin Hui was a famous conclave student, and yet he was completely vanquished by Yang Qi’s true energy . In fact, his eyes shone with terror . Even in his wildest dreams, he would never have imagined that someone could possibly be this strong, or have true energy like this .

“You three are too weak . Demi-Immortal Institute? Crown Prince Society? I think only your Crown Prince could possibly be qualified to fight me . Clearly, you don’t . ” Yang Qi’s spear vanished, and then he disappeared .

And his three opponents had no desire to give chase .

1 . This Qimen is a reference to Qimen Dunjia, a form of divination common throughout Chinese history and still practiced nowadays . Click here for more info .