Chapter 346: Freak! (1/2)

Looking at the First Prince who was smiling gently, Xue Wei's instincts told him that he was looking at a vicious snake. One that would act docile when you looked at it, but attack him in the darkness as soon as you gave him a chance.

Although Xue Wei understood the behavior of the First Prince, he did not take it to heart. While this First Prince was immensely skilled at scheming and court intrigues, Xue Wei had complete faith in himself when it came to survivingliving in the Ascended's Realm.

He also felt that the Emperor would keep him alive before they entered the other realm, and after then, his experience would play a significant role.

Xue Wei said nothing and just observed the First Prince and the Emperor sit down on their seats, and the servants were ordered to serve the dishes.

As they ate, the princes and geniuses of the Vermilion Bird Clan all observed Xue Wei and his companions, but most of their attention was on Xue Wei while they just assumed that his friends were his sidekicks; unable to stand out.

After finishing eating, the Emperor made all of them enter the training fields, where he let the geniuses and princes of his clan spar against each other.

Xue Wei observed their battles, and he was suddenly enlightened. Although they all had similar innate abilities, each person comprehended the ability differently from the others.

While these experts were fighting, Xue Wei found multiple mistakes and faults in their battles.

It was as if they were not going for efficiency, power, or speed. Instead, it seemed as if they were aiming for flourishing looks.

When they fought, it was as if they were dancing. It looked elegant and refined, but they were using far too many moves that were completely useless and could be made much more efficient if they wanted to kill their opponents.

”You seem slightly disappointed,” the Emperor said as he looked at Xue Wei by his side.

Although his voice was not high, a few close by heard it, and all of them perked their ears, trying to listen in on the subject that the Emperor and Xue Wei were discussing.

”I'm not disappointed,” Xue Wei answered while shaking his head, ”I feel that perhaps these princes and geniuses need some tempering. They are very obsessed with looking cool while fighting when that's actually not at all important. Killing your enemy as soon as possible is what matters, not how many flames you can control and how beautiful they are while battling.”

Hearing this, many of those who were listening descended into deep thought. They had never thought about it like this before.

For them, battling was not something where you had your life on the line; it was a display of skills.

They had grown up in a world where there was no one who could threaten their power, so they had never had to actually to fight for their lives. Now that they thought about it; it seemed that Xue Wei was correct.

The words of Xue Wei quickly spread from one person to another, and soon everyone had heard it.

While the majority felt that there was some reason behind what he said, there were a few who felt insulted by how Xue Wei had said they focused on flair.

”You there! New guy, I wish to challenge you to a duel!”

Suddenly a loud voice reverberated through the entire training field. A Seventh layered Heavenly Knight looked at Xue Wei with eyes that shone with battle intent.

Xue Wei glanced at the person. Although this person seemed as if he truly wished to battle him, Xue Wei could not help but shake his head. ”You are not my match,” he said gently.

It was not that Xue Wei was looking down upon him, but he had seen him fight before. He was not enough to even threaten Xue Wei.

”I wish to exchange pointers with you,” the genius did not back down. ”I wish to see what this efficiency you talk about is.”

Forbidden Rush!

Inner Might: Qi Sword Style!

Xue Wei moved like a lightning bolt and appeared behind the expert before he even realized anything. The Qi Sword was suddenly pressed against his neck, and a drop of blood fell.

”Did you see me move?” Xue Wei asked as he released the genius who was now deadly pale.

The genius shook his head and felt horrible. There was a decent distance between the two of them, but even so, he had moved so fast that he had seen nothing.

Although there was nothing outstanding about his movements, although there were no shining lights or beautiful displays, it was evident that if Xue Wei wanted to kill him, then he would have been dead already.

Everyone saw the actions. Many of those who were observing saw that Xue Wei shot forward like a bolt of lightning with a speed that in no way lost out to an Ordinary Saint, even an Earth Saint might not be as fast.

The weapon he used was also weird. It was made from energy, it was clearly not an innate ability, but Xue Wei could still use it?

Every one of the Vermilion Bird Clan knew that beasts could not learn human techniques, but for some reason, it seemed as if Xue Wei had just used human techniques.

No one thought of him being a mixed breed, as everyone knew that it was impossible to get a child between races.

But they could not help but marvel when they saw the simple attacks he was unleashing. What kind of beast could he possibly be?

Although they all knew that he was a Sovereign Beast and that there only were four races of this kind of beasts, they could not help but wonder what exactly he was. Was he a White Tiger? An Azure Dragon? A Black Turtle?

He was not a Vermilion Bird, they could sense that right away, and the skills he used were not skills they could handle, so that was obvious.