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168: Chapter 168 Can I Sit Here?

168: Chapter 168 Can I Sit Here?

“Yes, Sect Leader!” Zhao Shu and the other two responded respectfully.

Huang Xiaolong turned around and left the inn with Zhao Shu and the others, walking toward the main entrance of the Broken Blade Imperial Palace.

Upon stepping out onto the street, it was filled with a swarming crowd of people.

Almost everyone was moving in the same direction.

The main entrance of the Broken Blade Imperial Palace!

Broken Blade Square!

Huang Xiaolong and his group walked alongside the stream of people towards Broken Blade Square.

Half an hour later, Huang Xiaolong and his companions reached Broken Blade Square.

The square was immense; the Broken Blade Empire held its decennial military parade here, giving one an idea of the vastness of Broken Blade Square.

In front of the square loomed the tall city walls of the Broken Blade Imperial Palace, nearly as high as those of the Broken Blade Imperial City but with an added sense of majesty.

Heavy troops strictly guarded all around Broken Blade Square.

Huang Xiaolong and his group headed toward the ring area.

The ring area was large, consisting of ten rings and one main ring.

The ring area was also heavily guarded; spectators could not enter, only talents like Huang Xiaolong, representing various kingdoms, were allowed access.

By the time Huang Xiaolong and his group arrived, Broken Blade Square was already crowded with countless people.

However, the competing talents from various nations had a dedicated entrance.

Upon arrival, Huang Xiaolong said to Zhao Shu and the other two, “You three wait for me outside.”

“Yes, Young Master!” The three responded respectfully.

Huang Xiaolong followed the path to the front of the ring area and showed the entry cards he got from Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu; the guards let him enter.

After entering the ring area, Huang Xiaolong walked toward the resting area designated for the competing talents from various countries.

When he reached the rest area for talents from various countries, many had already arrived; Huang Xiaolong estimated there were around seven to eight hundred people.

Yet, as Huang Xiaolong approached, many talents from various nations were surprised and began to whisper among themselves.

“Is this kid also participating in the Imperial City Battle?

Can’t be, he looks just seventeen or eighteen years old!”

“To participate in the Imperial City Battle at seventeen or eighteen, this kid must be either overly confident in his abilities or a delusional fool!”

The talents from various countries looked at Huang Xiaolong with diverse expressions.

To participate in the Imperial City Battle, the condition was to be thirty years old or younger.

Typically, talents who come to participate have cultivated until nearly thirty years of age.

More strength equals more opportunity.

For someone like Huang Xiaolong, not even twenty and already participating in the Imperial City Battle, it was extremely rare, even unheard of.

Regardless of how high Huang Xiaolong’s talent was, the participating talents from various countries couldn’t believe a seventeen-year-old’s strength could amount to much.

Naturally, many looked at Huang Xiaolong with disdain.

However, amongst the crowd, there was a young man in his late twenties, dressed in white, who watched Huang Xiaolong approach with a solemn expression.

“Huang Xiaolong, it’s actually Huang Xiaolong!”

“This kid is also participating in the Imperial City Battle this year!

How could he do it so soon!”

The young man in white was surprised.

Two years ago in the Outer Kingdom, he had clearly witnessed Huang Xiaolong defeating Yang An.

Two years ago, Huang Xiaolong was just at the Ninth Rank, not even at the Tenth Rank!

He remembered clearly how shocking Huang Xiaolong’s displayed talent was at that time.

He thought to himself then, if Huang Xiaolong had ten years to cultivate, he would undoubtedly be the first in the Broken Blade Imperial City Battle ten years later!

But it hadn’t been ten years, only two, and Huang Xiaolong had already come to participate!

“Two years have passed, what rank is Huang Xiaolong now?

Tenth Rank?” the young man in white guessed secretly.

This young man in white was Zhou Jie, the genius disciple representing the Outer Kingdom this year.

“Tenth Rank coming to participate in the Imperial City Battle?” Zhou Jie frowned.

In his view, even if Huang Xiaolong’s strength had advanced rapidly in two years, it would only be at the just-breakthrough Tenth Rank.

At the Tenth Rank, one would be a strong candidate within the Kingdom Academy, but for those coming to participate in the Imperial City Battle, that rank meant being at the very bottom.

However, Huang Xiaolong had won first place in the Star Sky Academy’s grand competition, so his strength was definitely more than just Tenth Rank.

Zhou Jie thought further.

Huang Xiaolong, ignoring the discussions and stares of the other talents, found an empty spot, sat down, and quietly waited for the Imperial City Battle to begin.

After Huang Xiaolong’s arrival, more talents from various countries continued to arrive.

Just then, suddenly, a stir went through the crowd.

“Xie Puti!

Xie Puti has arrived!”

“I heard that Xie Puti possesses an Eleventh-level First-class Martial Soul, the Black Fire Phoenix!

And he reached the Innate Second Stage a year ago!”

“Innate Second Stage!

Black Fire Phoenix!

Xie Puti’s strength is too terrifying, he’s definitely going to take first place in this Imperial City Battle!

Many major powers in Broken Blade Imperial City have placed their bets on Xie Puti winning first place!”

Listening to the shocked discussions of the talents from various countries around him, Huang Xiaolong glanced over and saw a young man in a fiery red war robe approaching.

This young man was tall and seemed to be bursting with explosive power, his eyebrows were also fiery red, and as he moved, a faint fiery red glow surrounded him.

This is Xie Puti!

Exuding arrogance and dominance.

“Xie Puti?” Huang Xiaolong silently recited to himself.

It seemed that Xie Puti was the strongest participant in this year’s Imperial City battle.

A Super Martial Soul of the Eleventh level, Black Fire Phoenix?

Innate Second Stage!

Indeed, Xie Puti was a formidable opponent.

After arriving, Xie Puti walked over to an empty seat next to Huang Xiaolong and sat down five meters away from him.

Once Xie Puti sat down, a wave of hot air spread around him.

Some of the talented disciples from various countries who were sitting nearby exclaimed and stood up to retreat, avoiding him at a distance.

The hot air rushed towards Huang Xiaolong and when it reached one meter in front of him, it suddenly met an invisible resistance.

Huang Xiaolong sat there cross-legged and his expression remained unchanged.

“Hm?” Xie Puti exclaimed in surprise and looked over at Huang Xiaolong.

His eyes flickered with red light, clearly he had not anticipated that his Phoenix Fire Qi would be blocked, especially not by a youth who appeared to be seventeen or eighteen years old.

The image of the talented disciples who had the hope to compete for the top ten flashed through his mind, but none matched the young man with black hair in front of him.

“Interesting,” Xie Puti thought to himself.

The other talented disciples were also shocked to see Huang Xiaolong block Xie Puti’s Phoenix Fire Qi.

“What?

This kid actually blocked Xie Puti’s Phoenix Fire Qi!”

“Who is this kid?!”

However, some of the disciples who had just been unable to withstand Xie Puti’s Phoenix Fire Qi sneered.

“This kid just cultivated Cold Fighting Qi, which happens to counter Xie Puti’s Phoenix Fire Qi.

Moreover, Xie Puti was holding back.

Otherwise, could this kid have blocked it?”

“Definitely, it must be so!”

Listening to the scorn from these talented disciples, Huang Xiaolong’s face remained calm.

“It’s Yang Gang, Yang Gang is here!”

At this moment, the crowd stirred again.

“Yang Gang, Peak of Innate First Stage, his Martial Soul is a First-class Twelfth-level Taiyin Beast!”

A young man wearing a light green brocade robe approached them.

Yang Gang!

Huang Xiaolong looked up at him and remained calm.

Another owner of a Super Martial Soul, and a First-class Twelfth-level at that.

He hadn’t expected that this year’s Imperial City battle would see two talented disciples with Martial Souls of twelfth level or above appear consecutively.

Of course, including Huang Xiaolong, that made three!

Normally, the highest at the Imperial City battle would have been an Eleventh-level Martial Soul, and generally there would only be one or two people with a Super Martial Soul.

The surrounding talented disciples speculated that Yang Gang should be able to take second place this year.

After arriving, Yang Gang paused upon seeing Xie Puti, his eyes gleaming with a fighting spirit.

He walked over to Xie Puti, and all the talented disciples from various countries turned to look as Yang Gang moved towards him.

When Yang Gang reached Xie Puti, he spoke, “This year in the Imperial City battle, I will definitely take first place!

Xie Puti, I will defeat you!”

Xie Puti, upon hearing this, gave a light smile, “Defeat me?

First defeat him.” His eyes gestured towards Huang Xiaolong, who was five meters away.

Yang Gang turned his head to look at Huang Xiaolong, paused, and then glared at Xie Puti with annoyance, “What do you mean?” It seemed to him that Xie Puti comparing him to a youth who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen was a form of disdain, or even an insult!

Xie Puti did not respond.

Yang Gang’s expression darkened.

Staring at Huang Xiaolong, he said, “Kid, I hope you don’t face me in the arena.

If you do, I’ll have you carried out horizontally!”

He directed his anger towards Huang Xiaolong.

“Is that so?” Huang Xiaolong’s expression was cold.

Seeing Huang Xiaolong dare to talk back, Yang Gang’s eyes turned frosty, a cold light flashed in his eyes, but, since fighting was forbidden before the Imperial City battle began, he dared not break the rule.

Yang Gang gave Huang Xiaolong a cold look, then walked over and sat down in an empty seat.

“Hehe, that kid has offended Yang Gang.

If he meets Yang Gang on the stage, he’ll have a hard time just dying,” some of the talented disciples who had moved back due to Xie Puti’s Phoenix Fire Qi commented gleefully.

Not long after, the crowd stirred again.

However, this time the commotion was not caused by a man, but by a beautiful woman wearing a light green skirt, named Cui Li, who was twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, with a sweet smile and bright, sparkling eyes.

This Cui Li was also a talented disciple with a Super Martial Soul, an Eleventh-level ordinary Martial Soul, Thunder Devouring Beast.

Her appearance caused a stir no less than that of Xie Puti.

The majority of the talented disciples who had come to participate were male, which was the result of the opposite sex attraction.

“May I sit here?” Cui Li approached and pointed at the empty seat next to Huang Xiaolong.

Huang Xiaolong was taken aback and nodded, “Feel free.”

Cui Li flashed a sweet smile, “Thank you.” She then sat down next to Huang Xiaolong.

A tempting fragrance wafted into Huang Xiaolong’s nose.

At this moment, almost all the male talented disciples from various countries were staring at Huang Xiaolong.

Their eyes seemed to be spewing flames, the flames of jealousy.

(To be continued.

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