Cheat Cultivator's Ascension-Chapter 424: The Real Threat
Seeing the fellows who come from the same place as her, mostly men, starting to fall one by one, a lady coming from the outsider's group gazes towards the descending immortal-like young man and his company, her eyes flashing with intelligence as she already deduced something that, while others might think to be implausible, is something she thought has a fair chance of being the truth.
'Still, if it is really him, then there's no way those old guardians from these people's forces would just sit around and not teach him a lesson…' the only thing keeping her from completely believing this finding of hers being the fact that those Half-step Celestial Realm experts guarding the other geniuses are merely sitting at the audience era, not doing anything to protect or seek justice for the aggrieved young geniuses now kneeling on the ground.
Meanwhile, the perpetrator himself already rids his mind with the thoughts regarding these people for now, thinking that most of the people he targeted should've learned their lessons by now, and if there's anyone else who haven't learned yet, then there's always a chance for him to teach them a good lesson.
While he can no longer feel malicious gazes directed towards the ladies who come with him to this place, he couldn't help but feel an extremely pure, unabridged hatred directed towards him from the distance, and spreading his senses to find out the identity of this person openly expressing their negative opinion of him, the immortal-like young man saw a figure all too familiar with him.
Clad in a new set of clothes, one with a pure black base etched with a draconic figure going from the bottom hem all the way to the collar of his clothes, an intelligent-looking, charismatic young man stands with an unpleasant expression plastered on his face, baring his teeth with tightened jaw as if he's about to crush it on its own, his hand curled into a solid fist with droplets of blood already falling down from it.
Who else could it be but one of the most likely successors to the Imperial Court's throne, the cunning imperial prince that is Long Moxie, with his eyes filled with nothing but the desire to humiliate and teach the immortal-like young man a lesson once he gets his hands on him.
'Patience, I just need to bear with it for now, once the second trial starts, hehe, that will be when he will realize that he's courting death for opposing me, Long Moxie!' he thought to himself confidently as he felt the power surging all across his body, excitement making his mind all tipsy and high as his subordinates managed to acquire the Yang Reversal Pill he was previously searching for, and what better time to force this heinous pill into his target than once the second trial start, where a whole lot of talented and reputable cultivators from all across the continent watches.
On the other hand, the direct target of this hatred merely shrugs at the gaze of the imperial prince who is clearly targeting him, in fact, he is even looking forward to said prince attacking him as it would be a legitimate reason for him to fight back, possibly having the chance to deal a devastating blow to him mentally, or maybe even completely cripple him should the opportunity arises.
Of course, this immortal-like young man is more than capable of just straight out erasing Long Moxie from this world, but that would be something troublesome as that might cause the Imperial Court to seriously declare war with him and the force behind him, and while even his current backing, the Heavenly Secret Tower, is more than confident of the fact that they are now stronger than the Imperial Court, it is not by a large amount, and a true war between these two hegemons of the Eastern Continent will only result in a huge loss for the stronger power and total elimination for the weaker one, and the one who will benefit the most would be the second-grade forces who will just sit in the fence and fish in troubled waters during such war.
"Looks like he hates you quite a lot, Xiaotian~" looking at her supposed fiancé with eyes red from clear anger as he looks at her and the immortal-like young man walking side by side, the alluring beauty mentioned with a charming smile escaping from her face, a smile that she didn't reveal previously as her head is filled with the thoughts of escaping from the grasp of this imperial prince.
'Come to think of it, I escaped from an infamous playboy only to end up in the hands of another playboy, my luck is just that huh…' thinking of her situation should she end up on Long Moxie or even on Su Xiaotian's hand, Zi Yu'er couldn't help but smile wryly as on the surface, it is only a change of a boat, and the direction is still the same.
'Still, it's better to land on the hand of a hoarder who takes care of his treasure than one who doesn't even place them properly once he gets his hand on them…' recalling the harmonious, joy-filled atmosphere between the ladies yesterday and the day before that as they talked about all sorts of things mundane or not, the alluring beauty concluded herself, nodding at her decision to jump from one womanizer to another while still jokingly mocking herself from doing so.
While all these thoughts appear to take quite a lot of time, it all happens in this lady's mind within just a few moments, and in these few moments, the immortal-like young man who heard his words merely smiles as he replies to her.
"Never mind him, I've had my fair share of people looking at me like that, all of them doesn't receive a good ending…" with his eyes flashing with ruthlessness that only his previous identity as the Heaven Devouring Demon Emperor can show, Su Xiaotian replied with a manic smile on his face, said expression fading away near instantaneously as he doesn't want to make the ladies uncomfortable, the smile changing into his amiable one before he moves his body seeing familiar faces approaching them as well.
"Man, looks like you enjoyed your rest a lot, or rather, you enjoyed those ladies a lot, Tian, you don't even go out of your place to meet this old friend of yours" seeing Su Xiaotian's face from the distance, this amiable-looking young man's eyes glows in excitement as if he saw a brother he hadn't seen for a long time, his smile prompting the immortal-like young man to smile as well as he returns his greetings.
"Ling Feng, your mouth is still as crass as ever, haven't you ever thought that this might be the reason why you don't have a—" hearing the teasing of his sworn brother clearly directed not only to him but also the ladies beside him as well, the immortal-like young man retorted, prepared to mentally damage his sworn brother quite a bit, his words flowing all too naturally without consideration for the amiable-looking young man, only being interrupted as a shadow dashed from beside him and shoot right towards where Ling Feng is.
As the thunderous sound of something hard hitting another hard thing reverberates all across the place, even the other geniuses couldn't help but take a glance at what is happening, only for them to immediately retract their gazes the moment they saw the people involved in this surprising turn of event, one of them being the empress-like beauty who is too infamous for her explosive temper.
"Try saying something like that from that mouth of yours again brat, see if this old lady doesn't straighten you up even more than aunt and uncle did!" the empress-like beauty said with one of her feet still behind Ling Feng's head, the young man bowing in a ninety degree while holding the area his cousin just hit, the pain and twitching coming from the area sending stinging sensation all across his body his face contorting in the feeling of being hit by this older cousin of his for the first time in quite a long while.
"After not seeing me for quite a while, you think you can run your mouth like that huh~" something still changes from her old self though, as her voice is considerably gentler when compared to how she is when they are younger, only, while her words are gentler now, her attacks certainly are not, and they do seem like they are far more ferocious than before. freewebnoveℓ.com
"I am so sorry for that, Sister" he said without any clear hint of regret in his face, his sarcastic remarks about to land him another hit from the empress-like beauty had it not been for his good brother stopping her violent tendencies in time.
"Big Sis, spare Ling Feng some dignity, we're outside after all…" the immortal-like young man said, making the amiable-looking young man smile in relief, if not for the next words that came out of his sworn brother's mouth.
"Ladies beating up men would drag his reputation quite low, however, if it is me beating him, then it's just horsing around with friends" he said with a modest, near emotionless smile on his face that made Ling Feng realize that it is not his older cousin, but her lover who is the real threat here.
