Chapter 123 - The Sword Sphere Transforms Into a Sword (1/2)

Chapter 123: The Sword Sphere Transforms Into a Sword

“Correct!” the well-built middle-aged man answered proudly with a cold, dispassionate expression. “I am the fourth elder of the imperial court of Yunyang, the commander of the imperial guard, Xiao Jiancheng!”

Xiao Jiancheng was not only the commander of the imperial guard of Yunyang, but also the fourth elder of the imperial court of Yunyang, one of the Great Consummation adepts of the imperial court of Yunyang, and moreover one of the strongest.

It could be said that in the country of Yunyang, anyone who was not hopelessly out of touch would know of Xiao Jiancheng, the accomplished Great Consummation adept of Yunyang country.

“Never heard of you.”

The youth spoke casually, causing Xiao Jiancheng’s expression to turn serious immediately. The arrogance Xiao Jiancheng displayed earlier was shattered to bits.

“But… I don’t like having someone standing above me.”

The youth spoke again, and suddenly he was toying with a small metal ball which seemed to have appeared from nowhere. He raised his arm gently, and a small metal sword that gleamed coldly flew out.

Swish!!

The small metal sword cut through the air with an ear-piercing whistle.

Pak!

The moment the whistling sound died away, the youth’s right hand, which he had not even had time to lower, opened as though to catch something, and the small metal sword which had returned transformed back into the small metal ball was caught in his hand.

In the same instant, the Petty Consummation flying demon Cloud Condor which had been circling in the air plunged to the ground under the shocked gaze of the four men led by Xiang Xiong

Crash!!

Accompanied by a deafening crash, the body of the Cloud Condor smashed heavily into the courtyard, and because the man on its back had given it a push before it hit the ground, its body was smashed out of shape.

Upon close inspection, a bloody hole could be clearly seen on the Cloud Condor’s head from which warm blood was still spurting.

Obviously, this was the fatal wound.

Crash!

At the same time, the man who plunged down with the Cloud Condor as it died had slapped its back decisively, reducing the speed of his fall and landing soundly before the four men of the Chu royal family.

The speed of his reaction was too fast for the eye to follow.

To the extent that the four men from the Chu royal family were questioning themselves whether they would have fallen together with the Cloud Condor and died, or at least suffered serious injury if they were in the same situation.

Immediately, the four men subconsciously glanced respectfully at the back of the well-built man.

However, very quickly, when they took a second look at the youth in white lounging at the stone table, they recalled the previous scene and came to their senses as their expressions changed.

Earlier, a sword had shot out as the youth had raised his arm casually and cleanly killed the Petty Consummation Cloud Condor.

It was only sometime after the entire event that the four men from the Chu royal family, and Xiao Jiancheng who had been on the Cloud Condor’s back, were able to regain their wits. They were so frightened that they broke into a cold sweat.

“You… what did you do?!”

Although Xiao Jiancheng had landed soundly without a scratch, he looked at the youth who was still casually sipping tea at the stone table with a grave expression.

Before setting off that day, he had already obtained confirmation directly from the Chu king Xiang Xiong that the youth before him was indeed born in a small inferior-level prefecture within the Western Ridge of the Chu King. Moreover, he had grown up in that small inferior-level prefecture. Because of this, he could conclude immediately: This youth had indeed probably had gained some treasure from a magnificent practitioner of the Primal Core stage.

That morning, he had arrived on the Petty Consummation demon Cloud Condor, supposing that he could easily kill those two golden-crowned eagles before capturing the youth and bringing him back to the imperial court of Yunyang.

But he never imagined in his wildest dreams that the youth would strike and kill the Cloud Condor immediately, and the speed of that sword was so great that neither the Cloud Condor nor himself could not react in time.

In any case, faced with Xiao Jiancheng’s solemn question, the youth had no intention of responding and sat there silently sipping his tea as though no one else was present as he toyed with the small metal ball in his hand.

Seeing this, Xiao Jiancheng’s expression darkened.

He, Xiao Jiancheng, had attained Great Consummation of the Qi-Gathering ten years ago, and even in the imperial court of Yunyang, his position was extremely high.

Now, a youth dared to show him disrespect?

If he had not been so fearful of the trick that the youth had just used, and which he knew he could not defend against, he would have struck long ago and captured the youth.

“Zhou Donghuang, do you think that you are invincible since you have some secret weapon?”

A moment later, seeing that the youth continued to ignore him, Xiao Jiancheng could no longer control himself and became thoroughly frustrated as he stared icy daggers at the youth.

Although the trick that the youth had just used had caused a sense of dread in him, he was still the only Great Consummation adept among all the Great Consummation adepts of the imperial court of Yunyang who specialized in defense, and he was known to have the strongest defense in the entire country of Yunyang.

Thinking back on it, if he was prepared and was on guard against the youth’s trick, he was confident that he could block it.

Earlier, the youth was able to get the better of him only because he had been unprepared.

After all, he was riding the Cloud Condor as it circled in the air, and had been guarding mainly against the two flying demon golden-crowned eagles. Who would have thought that the youth on the ground could pose a threat to him and the Cloud Condor in the air?

“I, Xiao Jiancheng, have perfected the highest levels of the imperial court of Yunyang’s second-grade technique ‘Crazy Bull Strength,’ and also the third-grade defensive techniques that I have integrated with Crazy Bull Strength into a defensive technique that is almost the quality of a first-grade defensive technique.”