Ice Empress smiled secretly behind her veil, 'So you can get mad as well, elder brother...'
Her smile quickly turned disappeared. Her amused eyes were nowhere to be found as they were replaced with a look of sorrow.
'...'
Small girl felt her mood change but ignored it after giving a short glance and continued watching the screen with her peers.
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Wang left behind the nameless old man's crumbled up body that was exuding a dangerous purple smoke out of its pores. All life around the body seemed to die with it as the plants withered away as soon as the smoke came remotely close to them.
A few seconds later, old man's body rotted away and turned to ashes.
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''This... what kind of terrifying art is this?'' Saintess of the Thousand Pure Plants Holy Land said with a shaken voice as her hand covered her quivering mouth. The art she cultivated allowed her to resonate with plant and command them, rather them controlling them. She felt as if her petite body could feel the pain and anguish of those small plants.
''Young Demon Emperor isn't surprising us. Look at the wicked arts he uses.'' random jealous young master number 1 scoffed.
''Stop badmouthing him at every opportunity. Despite his past, it's still a fact that he saved us all. Have some respect for his legacy at least.'' a member of the Golden Dragon race shouted. He knew he could never survive the battle if it continued any longer. He was grateful to both the Empresses and the Nameless Young Hero from the bottom of his heart.
''True, it doesn't matter what kind of art he uses. He is still a hero. There is no bad technique, just bad user-'' his elder supported him with a nod.
''Stop with that bullshit, are you telling me a technique that exists purely to destroy is a good technique?'' Saint of the Golden Virtue Palace asked as his voice carried a trace of his anger at their blatant favoritism.
''Just because he saved us doesn't mean he gets to be sin-free. I understand your feelings, but open your eyes properly before I force them open.'' his golden eyes shone brightly as he continued.
''We are getting off topic, I think I know what that art is.'' a small girl with dark skin and purple hair called out with a finger on her mouth as if she was thinking deeply about something.
''You are talking about the Ashen Royalty Technique, right? Forget about it, any decently strong poison technique can produce similar effects.'' an old guy with a long white beard said as he stroked his beard.
''But he just killed Soul Transformation Elder in a single hit! Not just 'any' decently strong poison art, this is THE Ashen Royalty Technique. I'm sure of it.'' Min Yue, the purple haired girl protested.
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''Next you will say, 'He must have the Thousand Poisons Pshyique.' or something. You just want to praise your hero as much as you can.'' old guy shook his hand as if telling her to stop wasting his time.
Min Yue bit her lips and kept her mouth shut as talking any further could give away her secrets. She knew he definitely had some kind of Poison Psychique and the Ashen Royalty Technique because she was the inheritor and the user of the same technique this generation.
She ignored him and looked at the screen in the sky with deep thoughts.
'So you are my progenitor...' she bowed her head in respect. Everything until now, including her being alive, was possible only thanks to the inheritance she got by luck. He was basically her savior, even if he didn't save her on purpose.
A dangerous glint passed through her eyes as she stared at the screen.
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Wang flew through the sky at unimaginable speeds as his determined eyes only looked forward.
He didn't even know why would the Heavenly Gold Palace do such a thing, but he was going there anyways.
''Only if I cultivated a better movement technique...'' he muttered to himself as he scowled in anger.
''Faster!''
His speed got even faster somehow and a few minutes later, he came to the place he was rushing into.
Wang stood above the Heavenly Gold Palace.
He was covered in sweat but his eyes didn't look tired even a little as he hovered above them with a dominating attitude.
''I will give you a single chance! Release my sister right now, or die!'' he shouted while using a sound transmission technique to make sure everyone heard of it.
A few seconds passed and tons of people started shouting to him.
''Who do you think you are!?''
''Come down and let this daddy smack you to death!''
''You should have chosen a hobby better than courting death!''
''So young, so dumb! Cut off your limbs and this grandfather might forgive you!''
Hearing the shouts below him, Wang's eyebrows twitched in annoyance and anger.
He raised his hand.
''Hah! Do you think a mere youngster like you could break our millennia old barrier that was left behind by our ancestors!?''
''Is he delusional or ignorant?''
''D-
Wang's hand fell and a crack sound came out. Their insults were cut as Wang destroyed the only thing that was separating them and him.
Silence took over the place.
That was a legendary array that was created by the collective efforts of their ancestors. If he could break it so easily, didn't it mean he was at least as strong as their ancestors?
''Fuck.'' someone muttered.
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[AN: I really don't like giving names to the random characters, that's why you keep seeing their titles instead of names. Because let's be honest, how many of the side character names do you remember from the cultivation novels you have read until now? Probably not many. I mean, I keep forgetting those 'nameless' unimportant characters, why would you? So I decided to just forget about it and save us all from the trouble.
BUT, if you think that bothers you or anything, just tell me. I will start putting names on more characters.
Thanks for reading.]
[Also, I was planning on revealing the Cultivation levels slowly through the story, because I absolutely hate random info dumps. Some guy suddenly talking about the cultivation levels for no reason even though it's supposed to be common knowledge really breaks the little bit of immersion the reader has. But, if it ever gets confusing, you can just ask me and I will reveal the cultivation levels. There are like 2 major realms not revealed yet anyways lol.]
OH! By the way, this novel has been at the top 10 power stone ranking (Monthly) ever since like 3 days after release, but it doesn't show up on the power rankings for some reason??? Maybe because I made inflated the word count to 15k with that 'worthless chapter' and webnovel saw through it. Idk, I don't read much on this website to be honest so there might be a rule that I'm nore aware of lol.
Anyways, thank you all for your support!