Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 1554: Slaying the Immortal King

The old man in green no longer cared about Zhu Fenghai and hurriedly fled in disgrace.

Humiliation, utter humiliation.

A dignified Immortal King, chased away in defeat by a mere quasi-Immortal King, destined to be forever marked by shame.

But now, the old man in green only begged for his life.

However, can he achieve this?

Shi Hao caught up, Myriad Thunder True Gold swiftly slicing.

Under the threat of the Immortal King Artifact, the old man in green teetered on the brink of life and death, and Shi Hao’s instantaneous movement far surpassed his, meaning his death was only a matter of time.

Seeing this, Zhu Fenghai finally turned pale and quickly took out the Mother-Child Conches to seek help.

If an Immortal King were to die, it would be a major event even within the domain of the Immortal Venerable. Even if he wouldn’t face severe punishment, his actions would definitely be greatly restricted afterward, impossible to act so recklessly as now.

Shi Hao slashed repeatedly.

Puff, puff, puff, the old man in green found it increasingly difficult to fend off the attacks, his whole body bleeding profusely, yet Immortal Kings were indeed hard to kill. Even after being struck by the Immortal King Artifact so many times, he stubbornly pressed on.

This would be impossible for a Jade Immortal or even a quasi-Immortal King, as high-level Path Rules entering the body could instantly kill and sever the soul.

However, Immortal Kings can indeed effectively resist Immortal King Path Rules, making absolute death almost impossible unless Shi Hao’s combat power were elevated several more levels.

But Shi Hao was very patient, slashing blade after blade, causing the old man in green to continuously bleed, his injuries worsening.

Dozens of blades later, the old man in green was heavily injured, yet still held on stubbornly.

Because he still had hope.

— Reinforcements should arrive soon.

After a few more slashes, sure enough, a terrifying aura surged in from afar, swiftly approaching.

"What madman dares oppose the Flying Star lineage?" accompanied by a cold snort, a tall figure instantaneously arrived from afar.

An Immortal King!

"Feihong, save me!" the old man in green shouted excitedly upon seeing him.

The newcomer, the Feihong Immortal King, also belonged to the Flying Star lineage, but he was a Five Stars Immortal King.

This should be sufficient to crush Shi Hao.

Feihong Immortal King glanced over, revealing a look of surprise.

He originally thought the old man in green’s opponent would be a middle-grade Immortal King, but judging by Shi Hao’s emitted aura during his actions, he was clearly just a Jade Immortal, at most a quasi-Immortal King!

Since when could a quasi-Immortal King threaten a true Immortal King, or even a Two Stars Immortal King?

Feihong Immortal King couldn’t believe it, but the reality was right in front of him. Ignoring his shock, he quickly attacked, launching an assault on Shi Hao.

Only one chance for an attack!

Shi Hao slashed through, the old man in green desperately resisting, but just as the opponent thought he had narrowly escaped a catastrophe, Shi Hao unleashed the Heaven and Earth Wheel for another strike.

This time, the old man in green fell into despair.

A Nine Stars Immortal King’s attack, how terrifying could it be?

Boom!

With just one strike, the old man in green’s head was forcibly obliterated.

Dead.

Shi Hao lingered not a moment, immediately engaging in instantaneous movement, swoosh, appearing in the distance.

"Ah!" Feihong Immortal King roared in fury, frustrated that even after he had intervened, he couldn’t save the old man in green, this was a direct affront!

"You seek death!" he bellowed, chasing after Shi Hao.

In terms of the distance that can be covered in one instantaneous movement, evidently, a Five Stars Immortal King exceeds Shi Hao greatly, but when both sides are using instantaneous movement, the pursuer is at a disadvantage, having to first spot where the opponent appears before initiating instantaneous movement, thus making the chase quite troublesome.

Also, Shi Hao has an exceptionally short interval between his instantaneous movements, and when Feihong Immortal King determined Shi Hao’s location and instantaneously moved after, he would be astonished to find Shi Hao already at a distant spot.

So, after several instantaneous movements, Feihong Immortal King had to accept a reality.

He couldn’t catch up to Shi Hao; rather, he was continually left behind.

In no time, he completely lost track of Shi Hao.

He halted, clenching his fists, with a fury burning within him.

The Flying Star lineage had a member slain by someone!

If the attacker were a superior-grade Immortal King, or even a middle-grade Immortal King, the Flying Star Immortal Venerable might retaliate by slaying several heirs of the Extinguishing Thunder lineage.

— Who’d blame you for bullying the weaker?

But now, since the attacker was a quasi-Immortal King, things were different.

Would the Flying Star Immortal Venerable lower themselves to act?

Absolutely, Immortal Venerables inherently need not fear anyone, yet which Immortal Venerable doesn’t have numerous disciples and offspring, making it impossible to truly act uninhibited?

Of course, those who could make Immortal Venerables wary would only be other Immortal Venerables.

But the problem is, Shi Hao is a heir of an Immortal Venerable.

Thus, targeting Shi Hao won’t prompt an Immortal Venerable to act.

Could such minor conflicts alarm an Immortal Venerable?

Yet even as a Five Stars Immortal King, he couldn’t overcome Shi Hao; should they resort to deploying a Nine Stars Immortal King?

Truth be told, his actions against Shi Hao already counted as unfair aggression, if they were to send a Nine Stars Immortal King, the Extinguishing Thunder Immortal Venerable would certainly have a justifiable grievance with the Flying Star Immortal Venerable.

How could there be such a formidable quasi-Immortal King?

If such individuals were to mature into Immortal Kings, wouldn’t they be contenders for Immortal Venerable status in the future?

Yet the world permits only nine Immortal Venerables. A new Immortal Venerable rising means inevitably an old one falls or dies, but which Immortal Venerable would willingly accept that?

Hence, facing such prodigies, it’s likely the Immortal Venerables would also harbor caution? 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Thus, all he needed to do was report the matter, then let the Immortal Venerables decide whether to risk a fallout with the Extinguishing Thunder lineage to target Shi Hao.

Right, this matter had somewhat exceeded his control.

...

Shi Hao fled calmly, exiting the Forbidden Land.

He decided to first return to the Hongwu Immortal Domain to survey the situation. He had been away for a long time and wanted to see how everyone was doing.

After some time, Shi Hao returned to the Hongwu Immortal Domain.

Though a century had passed, Stone Country remained orderly, evidently, his presence as the ruler was seemingly redundant, his absence making no difference.

However, the martial arts level of the entire populace had ascended significantly.

Thanks to the resources provided by Shi Hao, Stone Country’s most talented individuals experienced explosive growth in cultivation.

After making his rounds, Shi Hao also left additional resources before heading toward the Summit of the Stars.

"Father-in-law." He met the Hongwu Immortal King, coming to uphold his agreement, delivering the Heaven and Earth Wheel to Hongwu Immortal King.

He was not far from becoming an Immortal King himself, and with his upgraded instantaneous movement, the Heaven and Earth Wheel barely aided him anymore.

Therefore, presenting the Heaven and Earth Wheel to Hongwu Immortal King at this time seemed unproblematic.

Of course, the Illusionary Sea Immortal King would certainly have opinions, thus it would be up to the two Immortal Kings to negotiate its use.

Hongwu Immortal King nodded: "And Yue Yi?"

Shi Hao moved Woo Yueyi from the Immortal Abode, but before he could speak, an astonishing aura radiated from Woo Yueyi’s body.

"Imm-, Immortal King!" Hongwu Immortal King exclaimed, then stared, mouth agape.