Chapter 173: Absurd
Even though he may look like he was sulking, Wang Hao was actually calm regarding what happened to him. In fact, he was quite delighted that he received the bracer treatnt.
Once he and his companions were teleported on the mountain, Wang Hao imdiately felt a powerful force trying to slow him down. This force ca from the peak, emanating out towards the base of the mountain.
If Wang Hao could compare this force to sothing, he can say that walking against this force was like walking against the flowing water. No matter what you do, you will get affected by it. And the nearer you are to the source, the stronger pressure you will feel.
But with Wang Hao’s ability to nullify energy-based attacks, he easily shrugged it off. He gave a discreet look to his followers and saw that they were affected by this pressure. Wang Hao could not use a powerful divine sense because of the cultivation restriction. Because of this, he had no idea what the other teams were doing.
The trial mountain that he was also had a forest on its slopes. The trees around them limited Wang Hao’s vision.
“.....” Wang Hao then decided to that stunt with him climbing the mountain quickly and attempting to seat on the throne. Wang Hao knew that the supervisors of this trial will surely be surprised seeing Wang Hao shrugging of the pressure. Now, Wang Hao waited for their response.
To his disappointnt, none of them made a move.
“You forced then.” Wang Hao then started his boulder-throwing exhibition. When he was about to attack Siwang Wangzi’s group, it was then that the supervisors dealt with Wang Hao, making him wear physical restraints.
This was the right move, since Wang Hao cannot manipulate matter.
Now that he was back with his teammates, Wang Hao managed to gather key pieces of information from that confrontation.
“When I ran up the mountain, the organizers showed no care. It seems like they do not care even if I even gain a throne through my unique thods. But when Siwang Wangzi’s life was in danger, they wasted no ti restraining .” Wang Hao had a solemn look on his face as he realized that Siwang Wangzi seed to have a great support from the event organizers.
“Tsk, of course that’s plausible, since Siwang Wangzi was a descendant of the Yama. Keeping him alive is a must.” Wang Hao clicked his teeth, knowing that killing Siwang Wangzi will be difficult here.
But Fang Lin has to kill him, for the sake of the safety of the Planet Thrae. It was his responsibility as Fang Lin’s master to at least help the planet out. Besides, Wang Hao sought refuge on this planet when he was weak.
This made him clearly fond of the planet. As such, those that can endanger the planet like Siwang Wangzi must be eliminated.
“If I do not get a place in this trial, Planet Thrae is screwed. To make sure that it will be safe, Siwang Wangzi has to die, whether I get a throne or not!”
30 minutes passed by, and everyone in the mountain grew accustod to the pressure. They were now moving faster, wanting to gain the higher vantage.
Those at the higher position can see the opposing teams. This will give those teams advantage for ambushes.
As for Wang Hao, since he almost reached the peak earlier, he had already morized the initial positions of each of the other 35 teams, especially Huo Huangdi and Siwang Wangzi. Wang Hao decided to avoid these two first, since it will be more beneficial to confront them later.
“Let’s go this way.” Wang Hao said to his followers as he walked forward. Just like his followers, Wang Hao also started to get accustod with the braces put on him.
He made his group walk in this direction for the interception of another team. Their team leader was at the 60th rank, and they had 7 choices left.
Wang Hao decided assaulting them, since he wanted to test out the fighting abilities of him and his followers. Besides, he wanted to show-off.
How could he not? He’s being watched by everyone now! This was his chance to gather his soon to be die-hard fans.
Electricity cackled on his fingertips as he thought to himself,
“If you are climbing a mountain with creepy dead beings, who are you gonna call? Soulbusters!”
......
Gabrielle, Bob and Krull managed to calm themselves after Wang Hao’s surprising act. Now that he was restrained, the trial can resu.
“Well after that awkward situation, we are right back on track!” Gabrielle bead as she pointed to the image on the screen.
“Right now, you can see that Huo Huangdi’s group successfully confronted SlitherEye’s group. Bob, who do you think will win if they fight?”
“Well... SlitherEye was a Divine Beast, the King Python. But compared to Huo Huangdi’s Blaze Stallion Godly Divine Beast Bloodline, you can already tell the difference.” Bob tried to make the match-up sound interesting, but it fell flat just from the sheer difference in bloodline alone.
“Well, the King Python Bloodline can grant SlitherEye so way to fight against Huo Huangdi right?” Gabrielle knew the audience will get bored from this match-up so she tried to find a way to make it interesting.
Bob lazily flicked its tentacles as it said,
“The King Python Bloodline grants SlitherEye the ability to transform into the King Python. At that form, SlitherEye will have increased durability and attacking power. And do not forget the signature finishing move of a python, the Constrction!”
“Constriction?” Honestly, this attack sounded la to Gabrielle. But she did not dare to point it out as she let Bob continue talking.
“It was said that once a King Python gets a coil on its opponent, as long as the opponent was at least half-realm stronger than it, the King Python can constrict it to death!”
Krull then rolled across the desk, as it started talking too.
“As for Huo Huangdi, his Blaze Stallion Bloodline grants him the power to wield any kinds of flas in the universe! No matter what kinds of flas Huo Huangdi encounters, he cannot be affected by it. You can say he is the Fla Sovereign!”
“Does that an he can control all the Universe Flas?” Gabrielle’s excited tone was palpable, even to the audience.
“Yes, that’s true.” Krull replied gravely. “But finding a Universe Fla was extrely hard. Though I am sure Huo Huangdi has at least one Universe Fla now.”
Gabrielle raised her eyebrows, clearly impressed by hearing this fact from Bob.
Gabrielle knew the rarity of Universe Flas, and the destructive power contained within them.
Universe Flas were flas that were born of the Universe itself. They have existed since the ti immorial.
All in all, there were 12 Universe Flas, each with unique na and abilities. They were not ranked, since subduing even just one of these flas requires extre luck and willpower. There is a high chance of dying from attempting to control even just one Universe Fla.
But even with this threat, many still searched for these flas, since even one can boost the power of a practitioner. It was also said that if all the Universe Flas were gathered, a powerful fla will be born, that will have the power comparable to that of a Universe Treasure!
Of course this was just a pipe dream to almost everyone.
But this was not the case for Huo Huangdi.
With his Blaze Stallion bloodline, he will not even be hurt by any of the Universe Flas. He can just grab one without it hurting him.
Even if Huo Huangdi manages to catch one, controlling it will not be that easy, since each of the Universe Flas were sentient. Aside from surviving a Universe Flas’ power, a practitioner must also gain the approval of the Universe Fla if he/she wanted to wield it.
In Huo Huangdi’s case, his only problem was to coax a Universe Fla to follow him. As for how those conversations go, nobody else knew.
It was because nobody knew how many Universe Flas Huo Huangdi has! It was already granted that he will have at least one Universe Fla, but never in his life that Huo Huangdi showed any of his flas. Those who have seen it have already died under Huo Huangdi’s hand. Their souls were exterminated, ensuring that nobody will know about Huo Huangdi’s flas.
Even here in the Underworld, he had not yet shown the might of his Universe Flas.
“It will be cool if he shows those flas today.” Gabrielle and Bob gave a rueful smile as they knew there were few things in this trial that can force him to use the Universe Flas.
But then their jaws dropped when they saw sothing dancing on Huo Huangdi’s right palm.
It was a golden colored fla.
When Gabrielle looked at this golden fla, her body shivered in fear, as if this fla was sothing that can wipe her out of existence.
“I cannot believe it! It’s the Soul Purging Fla!” Bob’s trembling voice could be heard behind Gabrielle. Gabrielle felt pity for SlitherEye as she knew the power of the Soul Purging Fla.
Just like what its na says, the Soul Purging Fla was a Universe Fla focused on souls. It had no effect on material objects, yet it can dissipate a soul with just the slightest of its touch.
As such, this Universe Fla was considered to be one of the greatest threat to the Underworld. Those with grudges to the Underworld sought for this fla desperately, since they knew this fla can bring the downfall of the Underworld.
But the Soul Purging Fla stayed elusive, with no expert ever finding it.
But with its rarity, who would have thought that this fla will actually be on the hands of Huo Huangdi!
Everyone in the Underworld cheered silently, realizing that one of the things that can destroy them was now under the control of one of their residents. They then started at their screens, hoping to see the effect of the Soul Purging Flas.
Gabrielle then heard SlitherEye hysterically shouting.
“That’s the Soul Purging Flas you are holding! How co you, who was also a soul cannot be affected by it!”
After hearing this query, Huo Huangdi coolly replied,
“It’s because I am the Fla Sovereign.” He flicked the Soul Purging Flas on his palm, and so embers of it flew towards SlitherEye’s group.
SlitherEye and his followers tried to dodge, but they were too late.
The embers which was as small as a grain of sand landed on the bodies of SlitherEye’s group. Everyone could only watch in horror as holes began to appear on the victim’s soul bodies.
The holes grew bigger, eating up more and more of SlitherEye’s body. He could only watch in despair as his body started disappearing as the holes got larger. What made it more scarier was that he felt no pain from the flas.
“Nooo!!!” That was the last word that SlitherEye could say as he and his followers disappeared entirely.
“.....”
Everyone now knew that they must not offend Huo Huangdi or else, it will be them who could be next.
Gabrielle was the one who broke the silence as she asked Bob,
“Well that was sothing. But why did Huo Huangdi decided to use that flas now? With his fighting prowess, I am sure he has no need to use that flas. But why did he use it?”
Bob tersely replied, “I think he was using it to probe soone.”
“He was probing soone with a Universe Fla?” Gabrielle felt sothing was amiss with that. Does that an Huo Huangdi was so wary of soone that he had to use a Universe Fla?
“That’s what I feel.” Bob said lackadaisically as he stared at the audience. “As for who that person was, I am sure it will be an exciting match-up once they et!”
“Exciting indeed.” Gabrielle was then about to discuss about Huo Huangdi’s potential additional flas when she saw Wang Hao doing sothing ridiculous again.
Right now, Wang Hao was fighting another group which was ranked 60. When they t earlier, the opponents chose flee, while Wang Hao chose fight. With Wang Hao being at the higher rank, his opponents had no choice but to face him.
Suddenly, sparks of lightning appeared in Wang Hao’s hand. Just like the Soul Purging Fla, Gabrielle felt instinctive fear from seeing that lightning.
“I cannot believe it! Wang Hao was wielding an Imperial Lightning!” This is the third ti that Bob was surprised today. He could hardly believe that Wang Hao was actually wielding one of the Imperial Lightnings!
Unlike the Universe Flas, Imperial Lightnings were created during a heavenly tribulation.
A heavenly tribulation can only happen when a heaven-defying cultivator or items appear. The heavenly tribulation will attempt to destroy these objects.
The Imperial Lightnings that will appear on a heavenly tribulation depends on the kind of person or object that the heavenly tribulation wants to eradicate.
All in all, there were 12 types of Imperial Lightning recorded in history. Attempting to wield one of them will be difficult. First, a heavenly tribulation must appear first. Only at that ti that an imperial lightning will appear.
Just like the Universe Flas, anyone who attempts to control an Imperial Lightning will most likely killed. But even with that threat, many still covet to obtain an Imperial Lightning.
Wielding one will grant a power boost to the practitioner. And just like the Universe Flas, it was said that combining all Imperial Lightnings will produce a lightning with a power comparable to that of a Universe Treasure!
“As for what type of Imperial Lightning that was, I am sure that it’s the Soul Exterminating Lightning!” Bob said while its tentacles flailed around agitatedly. “It only appears to eradicate heaven-defying souls. Just like the Soul Purging Flas, the Soul Exterminating Lightning deals the most damage to the soul!”
Krull could only shake its whole body as it said,
“With the Soul Exterminating Lightning in his hand, Wang Hao can easily crush his opponents now.” Krull then made its head stand upright as it mulled. “Hmm... So Wang Hao has a bloodline related to lightning, how interesting!”
“.......” Gabrielle gave Wang Hao a complicated look as she thought to herself,
“Please no more surprises from now on!”
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