When Yu Wang arrived all he could see was fire and dust. He could see Su Hu and Su Quanzhong are fighting another man.

The man that they are fighting is full with killing intention. Each and every strike he performed is designed to kill!

‘How ruthless’ Yu Wang said.

Then Quanzhong begin using his battle technique, and Yu Wang could feel the man spirit pressure and he gasped.

‘A Union with Nature cultivator. But his aura and sprit pressure is too disgusting. Too disgusting! Evil thoughts, evil deeds’ Yu Wang said.

Yu Wang was still at a distance and since the duo of father and son is busy dodging the attack they did not realize Yu Wang was near.

That man has no good intention. He is trying to kill and Yu Wang look at the surrounding. He quickly deduces that man is from the Prince.

It is not that hard considering Yu Wang heard that Su Hu has some altercation with the Prince.

Then Yu Wang quickly made his decision and Ice Princess appear on his hand.

‘BROTHER QUANZHONG, SENIOR SU HU, LET ME AID YOU!’ Yu Wang yelled and Yu Wang jump and enter the battle and quickly he use his sword to deflect the oncoming sword strike.

It must be said to enter a battle especially a battle as fierce as this is not easy, but Yu Wang was like the wind, dodging the strikes and effectively deflecting Chong Houhu sword strike.

Seeing this Chong Houhu is surprised. A young boy enters the battle yet he is able to deflect each of his word strike.

And he did it so gracefully, like a butterfly flying in the prairie.

‘Who are you!’ Chong Houhu asked but how could Yu Wang answer while dodging and deflecting the fierce attack of Chong Houhu.

Yu Wang is using his utmost concentration to make sure he deflected the opponent strikes accurately.

At the same time the two cores spinning with such great strength that it gives Yu Wang temporary boost of power.

Yu Wang knows that his body is a special than normal cultivators. And he knows that these two cores are trying to protect him but he also knows that it won’t last long.

To even hold out for this long is admirable. His spirit is shaken to the core, trembling and shivered in front of such spiritual power disparity.

On the other hand as each strikes is deflected anger and frustration is bubbling inside Chong Houhu heart.

How could he not even attack this boy in front of him! The boy is clearly 2 ranks lower than him in cultivation.

‘Recover your energy Seniors!’ Yu Wang yelled to Su Hu and Quanzhong when Yu Wang saw that they wanted to rashly enter the battle again.

Yu Wang wanted Su Hu to regain his strength before entering the battle again. They take a considerable distance from Yu Wang, knowing exactly what Yu Wang is thinking.

Even though Chong Houhu is two ranks higher than Yu Wang, Su Hu is only one rank below Chong Houhu.

Yu Wang is confident if two Profound Soul cultivator sand Pure Soul cultivator fighting one Union with Nature cultivator, they stand a chance.

Each time Chong Houhu wanted to attack Su Hu he would leap to Su Hu but he is quickly followed by Yu Wang.

Chong Houhu could not let his guard down.

Not to mention the sword technique of Yu Wang is highly profound and confusing. It adapts to every situations.

It stabs, it slices, it hacks in the most elegant way without at all losing its ferocity. Lightness and strength combined.

Quanzhong shares his pill with his father, downing pills like food.

Doing so will have adverse reaction but now they are at death door, who cares about some adverse reaction?

Better injured, than die, better survive to fight another day.

 As Yu Wang keeps deflecting, Chong Houhu began feeling that this boy must come from some great sect or some great cultivators clan.

If Chong Houhu wanted to attack right, Yu Wang deflects it to the left. If Chong Houhu wanted to attack left Yu Wang deflect it to the right.

It incensed Chong Houhu to no end. But this doesn’t mean that Houhu is overwhelmed.

It is just that Houhu is cautious towards the young boy.

It is clear whoever the boy teacher must be a great cultivator or might be some cultivation master in swords or swords saint.

But does this mean Yu Wang does not feel anything clashing with a Union with nature cultivator?

Of course not.

Chong Houhu is two ranks higher than him. His spirit is pressure trembling and shaking with great pressure bearing down on his body, his internal injury is numerous, his spirit is cracking and Chong Houhu keeps bombarding Yu Wang spirit with shaking attacks.

If not for his two cores he might not last long. The cores soften the spiritual attack, spinning even fiercer.

Each time the spirit attack is employed by Chong Houhu the cores will dull it a little.

After deflecting 15 strikes Su Hu who was recuperating for a while enter the battle with Quanzhong behind him supporting Yu Wang.

‘It is fine now Junior Yu, please step back and recover while we stall this dog’ Quanzhong said in anger and hatred towards Houhu as he tossed three pills to Yu Wang.

 And Yu Wang retreated back, and landed on the ground while the fiecr fight continues onto the roof.

He coughed up blood the moment he landed, drips of blood fall to the ground from his mouth.

‘Too powerful’ Yu Wang said. Even though his clothes is without a scratch how could his spirit not unharmed by such power?

External is fine, internal is shaking.

He did not immediately swallow the pills, knowing his spirit is now in chaos. It is trembling and bubbling up.

This is the price he pays for trying to fight someone of two ranks above him and using his spirit power to the utmost.

Eating it will make his spirit more chaotic and may even leads to internal injury.

‘He is strong’ Yu Wang said wiping the blood from his lips.

But after trading those 15 strikes and feeling the pressure it emitted, Yu Wang already knows the battle technique that Chong Houhu used.

This is Yu Wang advantage. His eyes discern every technique and luckily he once see this technique in one of the scrolls in his Second Teacher house.

‘RED BLOOD SWORD ART!’ Yu Wang yelled his voice is amplified using his spirit pressure, so that Su Quanzhong could hear.

The battle in the roorf wqas temporarily halted for a second as Su Hu and Su Quanzhong take a distance from Houhu.

Su Hu also hears it and he understand and Su Hu look at Chong Houhu with a disgusted expression.

Chong Houhu on the other hand is surprised and asks himself who is this young cultivator? First he meddles into his battle now he even accurately guesses his battle technique?

‘Evil! Evil! Such evil technique he practices. How many he has killed to solidify the energy to such extent?’ Yu Wang said.

It is clear Yu Wang hated this technique to his core, looking at Houhu with a disgusted expression.

Then Yu Wang summarized the essence of Red Blood Sword Art while saying it out loud, so that maybe it could help Su Hu.

Su Hu after all might know more that he does and maybe by summarizing the technique could give insight to Su Hu on his enemies..

‘The grip of darkness is powerful and elusive; like an ant in a dark night, it crawls under the stone, the art relies on spiritual attack, consuming cores of cultivators, strengthening the body, corrupting the soul. The Red sword art has three stages. The Red Blood. The Blue Blood. And the Black Blood. Mastering the Trinity, give rise to Blood Red aura, destroying lives, and inflicting misery.’ Yu Wang said and then he look at Houhu and sighed.

Then he said

‘From Senior spiritual pressure Senior have practiced this technique for about two years if I’m not mistaken. The body might be strong, but the soul becomes dark. Senior will not survive the Tribulation of Heaven. Repent and stop this. More killing, the more you will anger the Heaven.’

And hearing this Chong Houhu laugh with a loud laugh, almost like thunders striking besides Yu Wang ears.

Houhu look at the boy direction, hearing Yu Wang preaching him how could he remains silent?

At the same time Su Hu attacks again while Houhu just deflect the attacks with apparent ease.

The young boy piqued his interest so he push Su Hu back and then take some distance from the father and son combination attack while yelling to Yu Wang who was on the ground still recuperating.

‘Boy! Which sect are you from! Daring to lecture to me! Talking about Heaven? Hah, do you even know about Heaven?’

Yu Wang shakes his head.

‘Junior does not dare. Junior doesn’t know all of Heaven Way but the Way of Heaven is certainly not inflicting harm. The more evil deed senior do, The Tribulation will be harder.’

Chong Houhu snorted with derision.

‘We cultivators defies the Heaven, it is guaranteed that each of us will have great tribulation. Who could run from the Tribulations?’

Hearing this Yu Wang shakes his head.

‘If Heaven give us the power to practice cultivation why is it called against the Heaven. If it happens, it is because the Heaven gives permission. How shallow this kind of thinking. Senior Chong. Is there anyone can defy the Heaven? Fate and destiny in a mystery to us but not to Heaven. How arrogant are the cultivators who said they are going against Heaven. If the Heaven decides to fight who would win against it?’

Yu Wang said. Hearing this Chong Houhu miss a step when the combination of father and son attacks and his arms is slash by one of Su Hu strikes

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His soul was shaken hearing Yu Wang words. It was normal words yet it was like divine words speaking to him.

How many people has preached him the same thing but never before his soul feel such vibrations.

This boy is not ordinary he mused. Not ordinary means dangerous.

Yu Wang does not want this to end in bloodshed but even he understands that the man in front of him is evil.

Evil must be punished. This is true. No one would say this is wrong. The heroes under heaven will support such statements.

But the heroes under heaven are not Yu Wang. For him it is better if the evil doer could realize their fault and repent.

If this could happen confrontation will be avoided, lives will be saved and the world will gain another person who would dedicate their life for good.

Yu Wang does not seek to overcome obstacles by destroying them. One can always find a way around an obstacle, this is his believe.

When water encounters rock, it does not seek to obliterate the rock. Instead, it flows to the left or to the right, over or under the rock without any extra effort.

Confrontations and showdowns are simply unnecessary. If only other people shares Yu Wang ideals, the world might not have been so full of wars and killings.

When he feels his spirit is stabilized he downs the pills and his spirit energy returns almost immediately, and his core started spinning again.

Then he enters the battle. Houhu did not want to prolong this battle anymore. There is something peculiar about this boy he clearly feel this deep in his heart.

He unsheathes his Lightning Spears and rushed to Su Hu and Su Quanzhong.

‘ARGHHH’ He yelled, his shouts were like a roaring lions in the Plains.  Quanzhong also roars using his swords creating pillars of fire.

Yu Wang also enter the battle, his sword emitting the coldness of Ying, icicles form around his feet, land of snow, around him was all white like a blank canvas.

Thunders strikes the house creating craters and crackling with power, while fire burns anything within 10km radius of every direction.

A pillar of fire extending high almost like the height of mountains, contain only by the chillness of Ying of Ice Princess which has frozen everything behind Yu Wang back.

They traded strikes and slices, creating a spectacle of a great battle.

Slicing marks covered the forest. Strikes becomes the hitting of the war drums, reverberating across the area.

Su Hu did not retreat,. He couldn’t. Since his father did not retreat Su Quanzhong also did not retreat.

And since both of them did not retreat Yu Wang could not help but also stay and help them.

Lightning fills the skies, fire burns the air, and ice covered the grounds. It was the most bizarre scene anyone could have encountered.

The smell of bloods filled the air, splattering of blood filed the nearby walls. By now, Yu Wang is wounded on his left arm.

Blood rushing down from his wound, the imbalance of energy inside him forced him to cough black bloods.

Even with all of his knowledge in technique what good does it do him, if he could not receive it properly?

The speed is also terribly fast making Yu Wang to expend all of his concentration just to dodge and deflect the attacks of Houhu.

Each seconds his attacks become more faster and dangerous.

Quanzhong is bleeding on his chest after his body is injured by Houhu sprit energy. Yu Wang cores also began to spins more slowly.

Su Hu on the other hand is panting and his body is full with wounds and his chest has a deep gash.

Since he takes the brunt of Houhu attacks and protect both Yu Wang and Quanzhong Su Hu has received many injuries.

The house has already becomes ruins.

Fire and ice dominates the regions while Houhu uses his pure spirit energy to reign supreme.

They traded thousands of strikes and slowly all of them in the battles is exhausted and wounded.

It was during at this time Su Quanzhong lost his concentrations and Yu Wang was too far away from him and Su Hu also just trying to recover from the last attacks when Houhu eyes flashed with killing intent and dash like lightning and strikes his spear at Quanzhong chest.

‘ARGHHH’ Quanzhong yelled.

The flesh is penetrated and the blood gushed out from the hole. Quanzhong could not believe what just happens, his eyes wide with shock.

Yu Wang could only grit his teeth in regret.

Su Hu yelled

‘ARGHHH! HOUHU! YOU WILL DIE!’ But that is not enough for Houhu.

He then shove his hand inside Quanzhong heart and rip the heart from Quanzhong body and toss Quanzhong body to the ground.

In his hand is Quanzhong beating hearts. Then in front of Yu Wang and Su Hu, Houhu eat the hearts, like eating a chicken meat.

YU Wang shakes his head. Su Hu on the other hand does not fear death anymore. His heir, his talented son is dead.

He then looks at Yu Wang and he could not bear to let this young child also bear the same fate as his son.

He is certain now that he, Su Hu of the Su clan will not survive this extermination. But….he would not let other suffers for him.

Su Hu is a noble man, honest without a faulty and worries about his nation.

He is a heroic character, deserving of praise, his reprimand should be heard, yet the court is full with evil people, slandering him, whispering conspiracies and flattering the egoistic young prince.

It was his honesty and his concern about the nation that landed him this calamity. When corrupt officials rule the court, the honest officials become the victim.

Yu Wang is beside him, looking at Houhu with pity.

Most people would look at Houhu with hatred but there is only pity in Yu Wang eyes. Not anger. Not hatred. Not disgusted. Only pity.

This boy truly pitied Houhu.

Su Hu closes his eyes and open it back, this time his eyes shone with determination. If this is his fate, so be it. Why bring unrelated parties to his own demise?

He smiles at Yu Wang.

‘Senior Su Hu, what should we do now?’ Yu Wang asked, not sure what to do in front of such powerful cultivator.

This time Su Hu smiles.

‘Forgive me for this Junior Yu. But could I make a selfish request from you?’ This puzzles Yu Wang.

There are facing their death and this Senior wanted to ask help. He would not refuse, only fear that he is not capable. Yu Wang accepts his fate, with poise and calmness unbefitting of such age.

He would die today under the hand of Houhu. He accepts it. He embraces it, like water that always hit the rock.

The teaching of his First teacher echoes. Inscrutable are the Way of Heaven. You cannot force fate.

Yu Wang did not answer yes or no, but Su Hu continues his word.

‘If after this you manage to survive this, please find and protect my daughter Daji. This is truly a selfish request. Whether you accept or not, depends on you. I will not blame you if you did not search for her, but I would be smiling in the afterlife if you protect her. There is nothing I could give you but this small advantage.’

Then Su Hu tosses a tablet towards Yu Wang. Yu Wang reflexively receive it.

‘What is th-‘ Yu Wnag was about to say when the tablets glows in blue and a vortex appears sucking Yu Wang into the vortex.

‘Teleportation Tablet!’ Houhu yelled

Su Hu chose to save the new generation instead of his old life. He has only one of that tablets.

He was about to give it to Quanzhong but they were so occupied in fighting that Su Hu did not have the chance to give it to Quanzhong.

Now his son is dead, what use if he survive? At least he could delay Houhu from chasing Daji.

He has already left messages to Daji when he put Daji inside the secret room.

He smiles.  Either he dies or Houhu dies. Houhu just look at Su Hu like Su Hu is a crazy person.

‘Have you given up on your life, Hu Shixiong?’

‘No,Houhu Shidie’ and he smirked.

‘I bet on the future.’

‘On the future? On what future? You could not escape this. Even if the kid survives this day, it will not be long before I found out where he teleported to. He will not escape my grasp. You bet your own life for a life of a child and not even of your own blood? You are crazy.’

‘You will not understand Houhu!’ He yelled and with all of his spiritual pressure , forcing all of his meridian to open, his veins blowing up, his dantian in chaos, like a hurricane, using his life as the catalyst, refining energy, as he charge towards Houhu……smiling in content.

That day Su Hu, the patriarch of the Su clan perishes in his battle against Houhu. In the capital his clan all died mysteriously, some from poisons, some from assassinations. The Prince covers up his involvement brilliantly.

He left his son, Su Feng and his daughter, Su Daji which will make her own mark in the annals of history.

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