Soul Emperor Martial God-Chapter 643: Stay?

In the Fortress Conference Hall.

The Divine Martial King, the Hall Master, various Commanders, and the Main Hall Master had not yet departed.

"Alright, all other matters have been resolved," the Divine Martial King’s gaze shifted back to Xiao Yi.

"Now, it’s your turn."

"My issue?" Xiao Yi was taken aback.

"Yes," the Divine Martial King said gravely, "the final battle has yet to take place."

"You and Purple Flame must ultimately determine the superior one."

As he spoke, the Divine Martial King turned to look at the Hall Master and said, "Hall Master, you mentioned yesterday that Yi Xiao has awakened."

"Next, once the two of them have healed their injuries, let’s begin the final battle."

The Hall Master’s expression turned peculiar and said, "I’m afraid, the final battle may no longer proceed."

"What? What’s gone wrong again?" the Divine Martial King asked with a frown.

The final battle was supposed to have taken place earlier.

But due to the conspiracy by the Golden Emperor and others, and the early arrival of the Beast Tide, it was temporarily delayed.

The Hall Master replied with a wry smile, "Yesterday, once Yi Xiao stabilized his condition, he left."

"He left?" the Divine Martial King was slightly surprised.

The Hall Master chuckled, "He has always been a person who dislikes turmoil; the Beast Tide is over."

"There is nothing here worth making him stay, so he left."

"What about that Inheritance Demon Beast Core from your Main Hall?" the Divine Martial King pressed on.

"Did he not want it?"

"Was it not agreed that if he won the last battle, he would be entitled to that core?"

The Hall Master laughed and said, "The core, he consumed it long ago."

"On the day of the fight with the Demon Emperor, the formidable strength he burst forth with must have come from refining the core, which greatly increased his Cultivation."

"Impossible," the Divine Martial King said sternly, "with the grade of that core, how could he possibly refine it in such a short time?"

The Hall Master shook his head, "He controls four of the world’s most formidable flames, each one astonishingly powerful."

"To refine it in a short time is not impossible."

Listening to their conversation, Xiao Yi secretly smirked to himself.

The Hall Master indeed hadn’t returned to the Main Hall.

But yesterday after he woke up, he had informed the Hall Master about refining that giant inner core.

The other Main Hall Masters down below shook their heads.

"To refine the Inheritance Core and just run off, managing to be Traceless and Shadowless, he truly is Purple Flame Yi Xiao."

"Vice Hall Master Yi Xiao has always been this way, what can we do about it?"

"Now that he’s fled without a trace, finding him will be difficult."

"As for this final battle, who knows when it will be dragged out to."

The Main Hall Masters shook their heads as they spoke, but none showed the slightest indication of blame, just a helpless smile.

"Nonsense," the Divine Martial King said with displeasure, "the final battle between the two successors of the Supreme Commanders cannot be hastily delayed."

"Issued my order, the 16 fortresses dispatch Martial Artists below the rank of Commander to go out and search."

"The Sixteen Flame Dragon Countries, with each Kingdom cooperating, must find him and bring him back within half a month."

Xiao Yi’s face showed shock at this.

All that effort just to find him?

"Let it be," the Hall Master interjected, "with that kid’s skills, if he doesn’t wish to appear, sending out even more people would be of no use against him."

"How can you even say that?" the Divine Martial King spoke dissatisfiedly, "You knew full well what kind of person Yi Xiao is, you should have kept a close watch on him yesterday."

"Then we wouldn’t be dealing with his departure today."

The Hall Master glared at the Divine Martial King and said, "Am I to forcibly detain Yi Xiao if he wants to leave?"

"Even if I wanted to stop him, could I?"

"With his current strength, capable of killing a Demon Emperor, how could I stop him?"

Saying this, the Hall Master glared at Xiao Yi and stated, "This young man here is the same."

The Hall Master looked back at the Divine Martial King discontentedly, "Do you think your successor is easy to handle?"

"Why don’t you ask him if he wishes to fight?"

"Do you believe if you push him too hard, this young man would also run away?"

"With a single sword strike, he severely wounded the Demon Emperor, could you stop him?"

"Hm?" the Divine Martial King was startled and turned his head to look at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi touched his nose awkwardly and sheepishly said, "I won’t run."

The Divine Martial King turned his head with relief, looked at the Hall Master, and said, "So, what should be done about the current matters?"

"The battle for the successor of the Supreme Commander can’t be dragged on like this, can it?"

The Hall Master waved his hand and said, "Let it drag on then. The twins are both Flame Martial Kingdom Martial Artists."

"They will have plenty of opportunities to compete in the future. Why rush it."

"A battle between them is inevitable, eventually."

"Moreover, why should we of the older generation worry about the battles of the younger ones?"

"Just like in our time, didn’t we also conduct our final battle in private?"

"This..." the Divine Martial King hesitated.

The Hall Master said in a deep voice, "Geniuses all have their pride."

"When they wish to battle, they will."

"All right then," the Divine Martial King sighed, nodding his head helplessly. His gaze turned to Xiao Yi and he asked, "What do you think?"

Xiao Yi was of course willing and quickly replied, "I will listen to the wishes of the Divine Martial King and the Hall Master."

"Good, very good," the Divine Martial King said with a satisfied smile.

"At least not like some people’s successors, acting recklessly."

The Hall Master waved his sleeve and couldn’t be bothered to retort.

...

The matters in the Council Hall thus concluded.

The Divine Martial King and the Hall Master seemed to have matters to discuss and left first.

Afterward, the various Commanders and Main Hall Masters also departed.

Xiao Yi followed the woman back to the residence of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect.

On the way, Xiao Yi asked with confusion, "Senior, the Abyss Beast Tide has already been resolved."

"The Demon Emperor was killed, millions of Abyss Demon Beasts died or were wounded, with only a handful of hundreds of thousands escaping back to the Endless Black Sea."

"The Abyss Demon Beasts that have plagued the East Sea Coast for countless years should no longer be a threat."

"That is to say, the abyss catastrophe has been completely ended."

"Is there still a need for the East Sea Fortress to exist? Or perhaps, the various powerhouses here can return to their own Kingdoms."

The woman shook her head and said, "It’s not as simple as you think."

"The fortress will continue to exist; the powerhouses will still be stationed here."

"Abyss Demon Beasts are remnants of the Ancient times."

"Back then, despite so many Earth-shaking Great Powers hunting them down, quite a few remnants escaped, leading to today’s disaster."

"Over countless years, who knows how many Abyss Demon Beasts have been born in the entire Endless Black Sea."

"What is certain is that the number of Abyss Demon Beasts is definitely not merely ten million."

"Moreover, the escaped hundreds of thousands of demon beasts, what they will become in a hundred years, or several hundred years, nobody knows."

"Additionally," the woman said with a stern tone, "the Endless Black Sea is vast and bottomless."

"At the deepest parts of the seafloor, even Martial Artists of my level dare not dive recklessly."

"Who knows if there still exists any beings of the Abyss Demon Emperor’s caliber."

"Of course, while the probability of this is not high, we still must be on guard."

"If the Abyss Demon Beasts enter the territory of the Sixteen Flame Dragon Countries on a large scale, it would be a disaster."

"I see," Xiao Yi nodded in realization.

The woman continued, "In the future, the Beast Tide will still come, but it won’t be too severe for a few hundred years."

"Furthermore, the East Sea Coast is in itself an excellent place for cultivation, with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy far more abundant than outside."

"Naturally, the stationed powerhouses would not leave."

Xiao Yi nodded.

For these powerhouses, even if they returned outside, they would be in seclusion all day long.

If that is the case, it would be better to seclude in the fortress.

"In a few days, the fortress will hold a celebration banquet," the woman said. "After that, the teams from various Kingdoms and Martial Arts Holy Lands will leave."

"The young generation of Heavenly Talents will stay here to train."

"Will you stay?"

"No, I’m returning to the Flame Martial Kingdom," Xiao Yi shook his head.

"Oh?" the woman was surprised.

Xiao Yi smiled and said, "I still have many things to do outside."

...

Third update.

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