Chapter 430 (1/2)

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At a certain serene courtyard within Bloodsin City, a young man was silently listening to the report a deferential Emperor was giving him.

”Seventh young master, the Rat a.s.sa.s.sins had failed,” said the Emperor.

The young man was dressed blandly, yet that did not affect his heroic and handsome appearance. He had a sense of overbearingness about him, a trait that made it clear he was a young master of a powerful organization.

He looked to be about 26 years old, yet he was already a peak King. This was a talent far surpa.s.sing the disciples of the Seven Villains. If Xiang Shaoyun was here, he would know who this young man was. He was none other than the seventh son of Di Batian, Di Tong. Di Batian was the sworn brother of his father, Xiang Yangzhan. However, he was much older than Xiang Yangzhan and had fathered nine children.

There was a saying that when a dragon gave birth to nine children, each of the nine would be different. Some would be strong, and some would be weak. That was not the case for Di Batian. All nine of his sons were akin to dragons among men. Each of them was extremely talented, and Di Tong was ranked in the top three in terms of talent among his nine brothers.

Why had Di Tong appeared here? Obviously, he was also here to become the Yu Clan's son-in-law. Although his Di Clan had seized the leaders.h.i.+p of the Ziling Sect, they still did not have full control over some of the older members. On top of that, the enemies of the sect were constantly eying them, awaiting the perfect moment to strike.

The Di Clan desperately needed some help, and the Yu Clan would be the best choice. If he managed to become the son-in-law of the Yu Clan, the internal disobedience would instantly vanish and the enemies of the sect would need to think twice before making a move against them.

Di Tong had not expected that he would hear of Xiang Shaoyun soon after he arrived at Bloodsin City. Unfortunately, he had not come with a lot of people and was forced to hire the Rat a.s.sa.s.sins to kill him. Alas, his plan was foiled by Ugly Gambler.

Di Tong did not seem overly bothered. Instead, a smile formed on his face as he said, ”So after playing the fool for so many years, you are finally going to start your rise? Fine. Let me see if you have what it takes to retake what you have lost.”

Di Tong was a prideful person. Although he wished to see Xiang Shaoyun dead, since even the Rat a.s.sa.s.sins had failed, he would wait for an opportunity to arise before personally killing Xiang Shaoyun. After all, Xiang Shaoyun was someone who once addressed him as ”big brother”. How could a big brother not personally send his little brother off to the afterlife?

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After Xiang Shaoyun brought Jin Wo back to the Skeleton Gang, he placed all his focus on recuperation and meditating on the 10 battles he had just experienced. During his battle with the devil apeman, he had used the gift of instincts, a talent he had gotten from the Nether Soul Domain, to detect the trajectories and openings of the devil apeman's attacks.

After repeated attempts of doing the same to other opponents, his comprehension in the way of reading his opponent's energy flow had deepened as well. His cultivation level was not high enough, and increasing it in a short time frame wasn't possible. Thus, his only way to grow his strength was to focus on battle techniques.

That was why he wished to properly absorb all he had learned from the 10 battles so that the experience could transform into something he could rely on after entering the Devil Domain. Again and again, he replayed the battles in his mind, and his comprehension of the essence of move prediction increased bit by bit.

To accomplish a feat like move prediction, he needed to know the trajectory of his opponent's attack, which he could find out from his opponent's energy flow. Therefore, how to read energy flow was the essence of move prediction.

This would be something extremely difficult for an ordinary person to accomplish. But Xiang Shaoyun was different since he possessed the Nether Soul Domain, which gave him an incomparably exquisite detection ability far beyond an ordinary person's.

Because of that, he could detect the changes in his opponent's energy flow, figure out the attack's trajectory, and make a move before his opponent could complete the move. That way, he could disrupt his opponent's flow or even downright kill his opponent. This was how wondrous move prediction could be once he perfected it.