Chapter 413 - Vaulting Kunpeng (2/2)
“I am in awe of the senior’s gaze.” Zhuo Fan made a deep bow, “I am indeed Nine Serenities Emperor’s successor but I never had the chance to meet him.”
“Ha-ha-ha, that would be close to impossible. I reckon he already went to the Underworld and became a ghost by now.” The man shook his head, “In the times of the ten Emperors, each had his unique skill. Heavenly Emperor’s eyes, Tyrant Emperor’s divine fist, while only Nine Serenities was a jack-of-all trades. He was a shame to the others, they all took him for a fake. But Nine Serenities sure was persistent, gathering the world’s secret arts and cultivation methods. And through all that knowledge, he became one of the strongest three Emperors.
“He compiled all of his knowledge in the Nine Serenities Secret Records, a treasure everyone is thirsting over. I just never thought Patriarch Blood Demon’s Blood Infant art would fall into his hands as well. Kid, holding that record is the same as turning you into the world’s most brilliant gem, a library of secrets. With all arts beneath the ten emperors in your hands, you have received the greatest blessing in your path to understand Dao.”
Zhuo Fan nodded, wiping his brow.
In just a few words, the guy had figured him out as the holder of the Nine Serenities Secret Records. Everyone in the Sacred Domain would go insane over it, ending with his untimely demise, of course.
As luck would have it, this guy thought of himself as better than even the Emperors, mocking their greed for some scribbles. He respected the Nine Serenities Secret Records, but wouldn’t steal it from the kid. This was Zhuo Fan’s luckiest break yet.
Not like he could stop him anyway.
Zhuo Fan mustered some courage, “Senior, from your tone I assume you’re familiar with the ten Emperors. I wonder…”
“You’ve been to the Lightning Canyon. What did you get?” The man asked coldly.
Licking his lips, Zhuo Fan gave a firm nod, “Senior, I have indeed been there. Senior’s azure flame was of much help in fighting Lightning Canyon’s purple lightning array. I just don’t know if the senior wants the Purple Lightning Gold Eye… or Divine Eye of the Void. “
Zhuo Fan’s right eye flashed in three gold halos.
The man’s mouth trembled, he smiled and scratched his head, “Ha-ha-ha, you did find it after all. My assistance hasn’t been for naught!”
[He wants Heavenly Emperor’s ultimate skill, Divine Eye of the Void!]
[All that’s left to figure out is if he is after the art or my eyes. He won’t be gouging them out, is he?]
The stout man laughed again in his imperial seat, jerking him out of his thoughts, “Kid, didn’t you want to know who I am? Feast your eyes!”
A raging fire exploded behind him, azure in color and in the shape of a huge bird with even bigger wings.
Zhuo Fan’s eyes widened, “The head of the five sacred beasts, Vaulting Kunpeng!”
He came to the same guess earlier on, but seeing was believing, shaking his tense heart.
The five sacred beasts were equal to the ten Emperors, but rulers of beasts.
Meeting Vaulting Kunpeng was like meeting an Emperor of old. Even if he was back to being the Demonic Emperor, an Emperor level expert, he’d still be nothing more than an ant. (StarReader: funny enough, the character for emperor in Demonic Emperor implies higher power and authority than the emperor in the ten Emperors.)
Now he knew why every beast cowered before the azure flame. How could they rebuke the mighty lord of the animal kingdom?
Even humans would shiver when facing such a mighty beast as the Vaulting Kunpeng.
He saw the Soaring Qilin in the Lightning Canyon, but it was already dead, leaving behind a mere leg. While Vaulting Kunpeng was in the flesh before his very eyes.
Merely the image behind him shone with such power and pressure that it took his breath away.
It was the aura of a sacred beast…
Gulping hard, Zhuo Fan was sweating buckets. Gu Santong had hunkered behind him from the start, eerily quiet for once.
Not even he dared showboating before the Vaulting Kunpeng.
Chuckling, Vaulting Kunpeng withdrew his power and walked down from his throne, watching Zhuo Fan in glee, “You truly are Nine Serenities’ successor. I wasn’t wrong to put my hopes on you. Now it’s time for the next step!”
[Next?]
Zhuo Fan jerked.
[Vaulting Kunpeng helped me for his own reasons like I thought. But what is he after…]