Chapter 487: Volume 4 Prologue (2/2)
This was also the last day of registration for non-continental representatives. Like the people from various continents, they had to participate in a Qualifier Round to earn their participation right.
Among the crowd, Liu Xuande, Guan Yunchang, Zhang Yide, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Jian Meng, Jian Yong, and Huang Hansheng looked haggard. These eight men crossed the Blood Sea together, and they had run into so many strong sea monsters.
It took them half a year to reach here, and they were almost out of Qi.
After the gang got their permission to enter the Holy Land Continent, they collapsed on the beach.
Liu Xuande smacked his fist on the sand and lamented.
”If it wasn't for that stupid CAT, we wouldn't have wasted so much time!”
Huang Hansheng sat next to Liu Xuande. He also sighed, ”Who would have thought that we would have run into a hidden immortal monster. We should be glad that the CAT wasn't in the mood to fight. Otherwise, our corpses would have sunk into the bottom of the Blood Sea.”
”…”
Everybody heaved a sigh of relief as they thought of the giant cat-like monster with heinous octopus tentacles. They almost died when Liu Xuande provoked it, trying to tame it as his pet.
The fight was disastrous - Their followers turned into cat food and fish food. Only their group managed to escape in one piece.
”What now, brother?” Zhang Yide glanced at Liu Xuande, wondering what they should do next.
”We go home.”
”…”
Everybody's faces turned dark as they thought about the consequences of returning to their clan at their current state. Their elders and clan leaders would surely bombard them with questions of why they couldn't become Aves Continent's representatives in this upcoming tournament.
As everybody's mood was gloom, a handsome man in celestial robes walked toward them.
He looked down on Liu Xuande and smirked, ”How pathetic. I thought the Liu Clan's prestigious young master would be a bit more refined, but you look like a piece of wet trash.”
”WHO THE FUCK?!”
Liu Xuande looked up, planning to beat the man to a pulp.
But when he saw the handsome man's face, Liu Xuande's face sank.
”Long time no see, trash.”
The man stomped on Liu Xuande's chest and pressed him to the ground. He exuded the aura of a 9th-stage cultivator.
Huang Hansheng recognized this man. He knelt and cupped his fist.
”Greeting, Your Highness Liu.”
The others also either kowtowed or knelt to pay respect to the man.
”Greetings, Your Highness Liu Hanzhen!”
The Crown Prince, Liu Hanzhen, was a young man in his early 20s. His talent was well-known among the royalties and the Holy Court as the next candidate to become the Holy Land Tournament Champion.
He reached the 4th-stage at the age of three. He took five years to awaken his first Dao Pillar, four years to awaken his nascent soul, and five years to reach the pinnacle of the mortal realm.
He became the youngest 9th-stage cultivator at the age of 17!
It had been four years since he got stuck at the 9th-stage bottleneck. Because of his frustration, he always lashed it on his peers, especially the wastrels of various Great Clans.
And Liu Xuande happened to be Liu Hanzhen's bully target.
Liu Xuande panicked, ”I-Indeed. It has been a while.”
The prince squatted down and slapped Liu Xuande's face. Despite the light touch, the slap broke several of Liu Xuande's teeth.
”I haven't allowed you to talk. Shut your mouth.”
”…”
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Liu Hanzhen slapped Liu Xuande again, ”Why didn't you answer when I ordered you?”
”Y-Yes, Your Highness!”
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Liu Hanzhen slapped Liu Xuande for the third time, ”Didn't I order you to shut up?”
”…”
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”I just ordered you. Why didn't you reply to my order? Are you trying to rebel?”
”N-No way. I will never rebel against you-”
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”Shut up. Who asked you to talk?”
”…”
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The prince kept bullying Liu Xuande by slapping him until the guy lost all his teeth.
Moreover, each slap emitted a trace of Dao, which weakened Liu Xuande's nascent soul and his dantian. The latter felt like his cultivation base was degraded by a small realm because of Liu Hanzhen's Dao Power.
After slapping Liu Xuande a hundred times, Liu Xuande's cultivation base was degraded to the early 6th-stage. His nascent soul was damaged, and he would need several years to repair it.
The prince turned to other cultivators, who had fled from Aves Continent.
Liu Hanzhen glanced at Huang Hansheng as he was the eldest among the group.
”Elder Huang. Care to tell me what happened to Aves Continent? Why are all of you here? Even the people from the Jian Clan are here as well.”
Huang Hansheng's eyes gleamed as he looked up, ”It will be a long but interesting story.”
”I have time. Come on, tell me your stories.”
”Yes, Your Highness. It all started because of a certain individual…”
Huang Hansheng didn't hide anything. He began narrating the story and the encounters between him and Mao Miaomiao.
The prince looked at Huang Hansheng in disdain for a moment. But when the archer described Miaomiao's beautiful and talented wives, Liu Hanzhen's eyes shone in greed and lust.
He licked his lips and interrupted Huang Hansheng, ”Tell me more about Mao Miaomiao's wives.”