Chapter 46: Breakthrough!

  Shangguan Yu looked at the scene in front of him and was stunned. The Fourteenth Young Master was still maintaining his previous posture. The momentum from that instant earlier, Shangguan Yu could confirm that he hadn't misfelt it. So why wasn't there any difference between the current situation and earlier?

  Shangguan Yu gradually discovered that something was off. The bandits opposite him had all frozen in place, maintaining their previous actions without moving, which was also very strange.

  "I underestimated you, Blade Emperor is indeed... uh... ha..." The Fourteenth Master spoke up, but his words became increasingly indistinct towards the end. He wanted to say that the Blade Emperor was indeed formidable, but he found it very difficult to speak and his enunciation was unclear.

  The Fourteenth Master's mouth slowly tore open, and his entire face split into two halves. Officer Yu saw that the Fourteenth Master's body had been chopped in half, left and right. Fresh blood splattered everywhere, internal organs spilled out, and the two halves of his body fell to the ground on either side.

  "Ugh" Li Ruolan vomited directly, this scene was too bloody, she couldn't accept it either. Even Li Wei and Shangguan Jiansheng were pale-faced, looking like they weren't feeling well either.

  Shangguan Yu didn't pay attention to this, what he noticed was the bandits behind. Sure enough, with a series of loud noises, one by one the bandits fell to the ground, their bodies covered in wounds. Severed limbs and flesh, some bandits were even torn into many pieces, it's estimated that even if they tried to put them back together, they wouldn't be able to.

  Looking at Jun Wu Xie, who remained in her original posture, everyone's heart chilled. This move was really too terrifying, and although Upper Marshal Yu didn't see how the move was executed, he saw its result. At least the Fourteenth Young Master of the Imperial Extreme, was directly cleaved into two halves by that move, while a group of bandits were annihilated by it.

  "Big brother, how did you come up with that move? I didn't see it!" Qin Shou shouted excitedly, and even walked to Jun Bu Xian's side and patted his shoulder.

  "Hmm"

  You see, he spat out a mouthful of blood, put down the tyrant knife in his hand, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. It seems that the previous move injured him too. The power of that move was so strong that it also killed the enemy in front of him with one blow. This is exactly what hurts people a thousand times and damages oneself eight hundred times.

  "Uh...... Big brother, you're also injured?" Qin Shou looked at all of this, his brain also temporarily short-circuited.

  You don't see that facing Qin Shou, he smiled and took out a dan medicine, swallowing it into his abdomen. This time, in order to test the "Bao jue yi dao", he himself was also seriously injured. However, everything is worth it, because he finally understood this move. He checked his physical condition, even if he took the "Qing ling dan", it would take at least ten days or half a month to recover.

  "Brother, why not travel with us for this period of time?" Upper Official Yu invited Lower Officer Jun to join them, if it wasn't for Lower Officer Jun's timely rescue, they would have been in danger today. After glancing at the Wine Old Man behind him, Upper Official Yu directly shook his head, hoping that the Wine Old Man would take action, but that seemed unlikely to happen anytime soon.

  "It's nothing, I've just been slightly injured, but it's not serious. In this world, there hasn't been anyone born yet who can take my life!" Jun Wu Xie's words were still as domineering as ever, but the others had grown accustomed to them.

  You see, this person's overbearingness is indeed a bit overbearing, but the key point lies in his overbearingness, in that kind of self-righteousness. It's not just the usual kind of inhumanity, and looking at him, he doesn't seem like a bad person either.

  Shangguan Yu nodded his hands, "Alright then, Jun Xiong, let's part ways here." He also knew that once Jun Xiong made up his mind about something, it was hard to change his thoughts. Rather than trying to persuade him further, it was better to just go along with Jun Xiong's ideas.

  "Let's part ways here then. The green hills will remain unchanged, the clear waters will continue to flow, and I hope to meet you two young brothers again next time." Jun Bu Xian also cupped his hands in a farewell gesture before turning to leave. As he was about to depart, he took a deep look at Jiu Lao. Based on his intuition, he felt that this wine old man was not ordinary.

  "Alright, young ones, we need to set off again." The wine old man took a sip of his wine and walked to the front of the crowd. It's unknown what this wine old man's stomach is made of, as he never seems to eat anything, just drinking wine all day. Moreover, the wine old man's capacity for wine is indeed very large, and he has never been seen drunk.

  Six people also followed behind and went on the road, only Shangguan Jiancheng was more estranged from the other five. He walked at the back, looking at Shangguan Yu with venomous eyes. As long as he had the chance, he would definitely make Shangguan Yu die. Now that the other five people didn't pay attention to him, he blamed all of this on Shangguan Yu.

  After some thought, the letter in the ring once again invigorated Shangguan Jiancheng. Shangguan Xinghong told him that his older brother was incredibly talented and now possibly surpassed even himself. This truly made him admire his older brother greatly; after all, he was only twenty years old yet had already achieved such a high level of martial arts mastery. With his older brother's abilities, dealing with Shangguan Yu would be child's play.

  Shangguan Yu walked ahead, always feeling like someone was staring at him. He turned his head to look at Shangguan Jiancheng, only to see Shangguan Jiancheng quickly lower his head. He knew that Shangguan Jiancheng must be very resentful of him, and would love to tear him apart into a thousand pieces. However, in his opinion, the current Shangguan Jiancheng was not a threat to him at all. If Shangguan Jiancheng wanted to harm him again, he would absolutely not show mercy.

  Shangguan Yu, however, recalled the battles from today and began to fight against that person. His gains weren't significant. Within the three years in the Yuan Boundary, Emperor Yu had arranged various opponents for him, making his combat experience rich. However, this was his first real battle; the previous few times were too lacking in challenge.

  Later, Shangguan Yu and Qinshou as well as Li Ruolan fought against the Heavenly Will stage martial artist again. This time, all three of them had brought out their own fighting skills. Shangguan Yu, apart from not revealing his secret lightly, also brought out all his strength. Qinshou and Li Ruolan naturally didn't hold back either, using up all their strength.

  Each of them has their own gains, and after this battle, as long as they work hard to consolidate, their combat power will naturally increase a bit. Shangguan Yu also sensed the Yuanqi in his body, since he came out from the Yuan realm, he felt the inadequacy of his strength. Physical body and martial skills are indeed important, but boundaries are equally important. If he had the cultivation of Tianjiang boundary today, what could Wang Hong do?

  During this period, he also actively cultivated his yuanqi and found that it was growing very quickly. At this rate of progress, he would soon be able to break through to the Tianbing realm. This battle had also made his marksmanship more proficient, and in the future, he would definitely use Tianxia's. Fang Tianhua's halberd required not only extremely strong physical strength but also extremely high combat skills to wield.

  After bidding farewell to Jun Wu Xie, they seemed to have returned to their former selves. However, they often brought up Jun Wu Xie, the young successor of the tyrannical Duan Tian Cliff. What left the deepest impression on them was still Jun Wu Xie's move "Tyrant's Absolute Blade". This made them extremely curious, and so, Guan Yu looked at the mysterious wine old man and began to ask questions.

  "You're talking about that little guy, aren't you? As for 'Overlord's Single Slash', you can only look at it. Because this move is a secret technique recorded in the Emperor's Scripture passed down by the Great Emperor of One Sword. You'd better not think about it. Moreover, 'Overlord's Single Slash' is just an embryonic form, if it were really that move, I reckon that Fourteenth Young Master would have been annihilated directly."

  "The Great Emperor of One Sword?"

  "Hmm, dominating the heavens, earth and human realm, one sword to annihilate all eternal enemies! With this phrase, you can probably imagine a bit of the image of One Sword Emperor?"

  Shangguan Yu recited that sentence again, and the great emperors of the past were indeed formidable. Each one was a legend. He had already heard of three great emperors: Zhenwu Emperor, Wuxie Emperor, and now Yidao Emperor. Each one was a figure who dominated the world, each one was the master of their era.

  "You should know that in every era, there can only be one great emperor. Therefore, a great emperor must necessarily step on the corpses of others to move forward. Don't even think about it, if any of you can become a great emperor, that would truly be a ghostly phenomenon." Wine Old laughed and said, he didn't believe these few people could become great emperors. Unless they had an earth-shaking encounter in the future, becoming a great emperor was indeed more difficult than ascending to heaven.

  Shangguan Yu furrowed his brow, Jiu Lao said that each era can have at most one great emperor, while Di Yin said that each era must have at least one great emperor. Why did the two people's words differ so much? At least one great emperor and at most one great emperor, this gap is too big, right? Shangguan Yu shook his head, he didn't think much, naturally believing Di Yin unconditionally.

  Firstly, Emperor Yin is his father, so it's impossible to deceive him. It's not that Jiǔ Lǎo can't deceive him, but rather Emperor Yin is more trustworthy. Secondly, although Jiǔ Lǎo is profound and unfathomable, compared to Emperor Yin, he falls short by a great distance. Moreover, for the current him, these are not things worth considering; improving his martial arts cultivation is the key.

  That day, on a deserted mountain cliff, Shangguan Yu sat cross-legged on the ground. After going through so many days and that one battle with Wang Hong, he had already grasped the essence of it. He felt that today he could break through, so he said he wanted to go to the toilet and then ran out alone.

  If he breaks through in front of everyone, it would be terrible. When breaking through, it is very likely that others will discover that he has already broken through to the Tianbing realm. For now, his martial arts realm cannot be known by others, otherwise the consequences are unthinkable.

  After so many days of effort, the amount of yuanqi in his body was sufficient, and the renmai and dumai also relaxed. The yuanqi in his body moved happily and struck along the renmai and dumai.

  Boom

  Shangguan Yu's body let out a loud rumble, as if something had been broken, and he found himself in a strange and wonderful state.