Chapter 19

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The power behind that roar was terrifying and far more powerful than Gao Xuan had been expecting.

He couldn’t save the rest of the students.

Yun Qingshang also suffered from the unavoidable impact. However, she had powerful abilities, and she also had the Crimson Heart.

Even though she rolled on the ground, haggard, she didn’t sustain any major injuries. The roar reverberated in her mind and made her body limp and powerless. She lay on the ground, unable to stand up.

Wang Hongen, who was wielding the Dragon Tooth Key, was very smug. He wasn’t affected by the roar.

However, his gaze swept toward Gao Xuan, who was standing steadily on his feet, and his expression turned ugly.

Even though he’d tried his best to overestimate Gao Xuan’s abilities, the strength Gao Xuan exhibited still shocked him.

Wang Hongen reacted quickly. He grabbed the students around him and tossed them into the deep crater in a hurry.

He moved rapidly and tossed six people down in an instant.

As long as he completed the blood sacrifice, he no longer had to fear Gao Xuan when the Heavenly Dragon appeared.

The students who’d been tossed into the crater as a blood sacrifice exploded into a pile of mush in the air above the deep crater.

Xu Yin and Wei Zhenzhen were dumbfounded. Had Wang Hongen gone insane?

At that moment, the magnificent roar rang out once again.

Gao Xuan activated the Six-Winged Heavenly Cicada one more time. However, this time, the protective barrier instantly shattered, and Xu Yin and Wei Zhenzhen immediately lost consciousness.

Gao Xuan didn’t have time to take care of them. He couldn’t let Wang Hongen continue what he was doing. He activated his God Slaying Sword.

The God Slaying Sword, which was red as blood, appeared from thin air and shimmered with an indestructible, piercing glow.

Wang Hongen felt that something was off. However, Gao Xuan’s strike was as fast as lightning.

Wang Hongen could make out the attack, but he couldn’t react in time.

The blood-colored current of light shimmered. The blood-colored tip of the sword had already penetrated Wang Hongen’s chest.

When Gao Xuan was wielding the God Slaying Sword, the burst of speed that he could muster in an instant was much faster than that of even a Level Seven expert.

Even experts like Xu Hui and Zhou Lang, much less Wang Hongen, had been unable to defend against his strike.

Gao Xuan killed Wang Hongen without hesitation when he realized that the situation had fallen out of his control.

No matter what happened later, it was right to deal with this scheming, merciless man first.

Wang Hongen looked at the blade that had pierced through his chest, his eyes filled with disbelief. “I’m a man destined to become an unparalleled fighter. How could I die like this…”

He reached out and grabbed Gao Xuan’s sleeves. “I’ve planned this for twenty years. How could I fail before succeeding. How? How…”

Wang Hongen was exceptionally indignant. He continuously questioned Gao Xuan as he grabbed onto his sleeve. However, his voice gradually became softer and softer, and his grip became weaker and weaker.

“Because in this new life, I’m the main character,” Gao Xuan whispered to Wang Hongen, who had died indignant. “This is the arrangement of the heavens. What do you have to be indignant about?

“I’ll benefit myself if I don’t take action, but benefit the world if I do. I’m definitely stronger than a traitor like you. To think that you’d dare to stare at me with such wide eyes. All right. You do you…”

With a flick of the blood-colored sword, Wang Hongen exploded into an orb of blood-colored light.

Gao Xuan swiped the Dragon Tooth Key in Wang Hongen’s left hand. He knew that this was the key to accessing the relic, but he didn’t know how to use it.

He wasn’t worried about it. It was fine if he couldn’t use it.

Gao Xuan asked Yun Qingshang, “How do you feel?”

Yun Qingshang barely managed to sit up. “My body’s a little limp, but there are no problems.”

“Wang Hongen is more merciless than even me. He killed and engaged in blood sacrifice without hesitation.” Gao Xuan was overcome with emotion.

Yun Qingshang didn’t even care about it. “Life and death are predestined.”

She wouldn’t have given it too much thought, even if she’d been the one who’d killed all the students, much less Wang Hongen.

Gao Xuan deliberated for a moment, then deduced, “Wang Hongen must’ve been trying to complete some sort of ritual by doing that.”

He had barely finished speaking when he sensed powerful energy rapidly rising from within the underground crater.

“It’s here.” Gao Xuan stood in front of Yun Qingshang. He’d be able to protect her if there was any danger.

However, the Six-Winged Heavenly Cicada didn’t issue any warning, so there shouldn’t be too much danger this time.

A gold-colored giant peeked out of the deep crater. It had a slender physique and was covered in golden scales. It also had two pairs of feathered wings behind its shoulder that looked sharp as daggers.

The eyes of this giant were fully gold. There was even a faint hint of golden electrical currents circulating within its eyes.

The giant looked ferocious, but its body was translucent, which made it look extremely ethereal.

Gao Xuan heaved a sigh of relief.

He recognized this type of giant. It was a Heavenly Dragonkin. Heavenly Dragonkins were an intelligent race that were Gold Grade fighters since birth. They possessed exceptionally powerful strength.

Fortunately, the giant in front of him was just a remnant illusion of the past or a projection. It wasn’t too intelligent, nor would it be extremely powerful.

The giant surveyed the surroundings with its gold eyes before its gaze finally landed on Gao Xuan.

More accurately, the giant’s gaze landed on the Dragon Tooth Key in Gao Xuan’s hand.

The giant let out a deep growl once again, and its body turned into an orb of golden light and landed directly on Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan didn’t try to dodge it and allowed the golden light to land on his body.

The golden light pulsed and shone on Gao Xuan’s body before rapidly gathering toward Gao Xuan’s eyes.

Yun Qingshang nervously looked on from the side. Fortunately, Gao Xuan’s expression was calm, and the condition of his body was normal.

A few minutes later, the golden light on Gao Xuan’s body gradually scattered.

Yun Qingshang was just about to ask Gao Xuan what was going on when she saw Gao Xuan suddenly open his eyes.

His eyes looked like they were made out of gold. It was the purest gold color. His pupils were an orb of gold.

If one was to look closely at his eyes, they would realize that the pure-gold eyes were as vast as a crimson galaxy. There was also an endless electrical current shimmering in their depths.

This pair of eyes was domineering, cold, and merciless, with the unparalleled authority to lord over everything.

Yun Qingshang instinctively wanted to grovel and bow when she met Gao Xuan’s eyes. This had nothing to do with their personal relationship but with the kind of respect and subservience for a higher level of being that was deeply ingrained within her genes.

Even though the gold-scaled giant that had appeared just now was extremely domineering, Gao Xuan, as he was now, was a hundred times more overbearing than that giant.

Gao Xuan only glanced at Yun Qingshang and two rays of gold light shot out from his eyes and landed on her body.

Yun Qingshang felt her body become hot. She seemed to have gained something, but she couldn’t explain what it was.

“I might become unconscious for a few days. You can tell them that Wang Hongen escaped for his crimes and has disappeared. You need not explain any more than that. Our goal is to enter Mingjing University. There can’t be any mistakes during this step of the plan.”

Gao Xuan knew that time was tight. He quickly explained, “I’ve separated the Heavenly Dragon Blood and placed it into your body. Don’t touch it for the time being. Wait for me to wake up before…”

Gao Xuan hadn’t finished talking before the electrical current in his pure-gold eyes shone brightly and he closed his eyes and lost consciousness.

Fortunately, Yun Qingshang quickly reacted. She caught Gao Xuan and saved his straight nose.

Yun Qingshang placed Gao Xuan on the ground and sat quietly beside him. She didn’t care about any of the other unconscious people.

Whether or not those people were alive wasn’t important to her anyway.

Xu Yin only woke up a few minutes later.

Xu Yin immediately touched Wei Zhenzhen when she woke up and heaved a sigh of relief when she realized that Wei Zhenzhen’s breathing was stable.

She swept her gaze around the palace and noticed that only Yun Qingshang was conscious. The rest of the people were lying on the ground, including Gao Xuan.

Xu Yin didn’t see Wang Hongen, which made her even more uneasy. She asked Yun Qingshang, “Qingshang, is Gao Xuan all right? Where’s Wang Hongen?”

“Gao Xuan activated his abilities and defeated Wang Hongen. Wang Hongen ran away. Gao Xuan also depleted his energy and became unconscious.”

Yun Qingshang told her what Gao Xuan had told her to say, and Xu Yin fully believed her.

Xu Yin struggled to stand up. She checked the rest of the students and was completely relieved to find that they’d only lost consciousness and that their lives weren’t in danger.

Six students had died this time and they’d all been killed by Wang Hongen. It was going to get very troublesome!

She had to contact the school as soon as possible and deal with the aftermath.