King of Ten Thousand Years

SCRAPE!

A chunk of stone broke off the mottled surface of the wall.

The pink-clad woman’s jade-like foot slipped, finding no purchase, and she plummeted from near the top of the tower, dozens of meters in the air.

”No—”

The pink-clad woman’s face turned white as she cried out in terror.

At that moment, her heart filled with resentful disbelief.

The Body Technique the pink-clad woman cultivated specialized in scaling walls and running along rooftops, especially when barefoot and clinging to surfaces.

Although the tower was steep, its walls were relatively rough.

Under these circumstances, her leaping ascent up the wall should have been a sure thing, practically impossible to fail.

However, the mottled patch of wall she had just stepped on happened to crumble away.

What’s more, the pink-clad woman had been fuming with anger just moments before, causing her to be less cautious and make a slight mistake with her Body Technique.

These two coincidences combined, causing her to miss her footing and plunge into a dangerous situation.

”What’s going on!”

Below the tower, the geniuses from both the Azure Cloud Kingdom and Qiu Yue Kingdom heard the pink-clad woman’s scream and instinctively looked up.

There was no sign of Luo Tian having made a move.

The pink-clad woman had somehow ”lost her footing” and was falling from near the top of the tower.

”Luo Tian’s luck is really something else,” the Third Prince, Hong Peng, Senior Jin, and the others marveled to themselves.

When they saw the pink-clad woman leaping toward the top of the tower, they had practically signed Luo Tian’s death warrant in their minds.

They never expected that Luo Tian’s luck would be so explosive that the pink-clad woman would make a mistake and fall on her own.

「Atop the high tower.」

Luo Tian’s face was a mask of disbelief.

Only he understood that this was no so-called coincidence.

”CAW... Boy... don’t forget... your promise...”

The Crow’s stuttering voice drifted over.

Hm?

Luo Tian glanced over and was taken aback.

He saw that the Crow’s beak had grown by several inches. It was now long and sharp, resembling that of a crane.

Combined with its stuttering, clumsy speech, it looked rather ridiculous.

”Your Cursed Tongue... why did it get longer?”

Luo Tian struggled to hold back his laughter.

’So using the mysterious power of the ”Cursed Tongue” has side effects. No wonder it was so reluctant earlier.’

”SOB... My handsome face... my heroic and god-like image...”

The Crow had a mournful expression, its long, sharp beak opening and closing.

Luo Tian pretended not to hear. He took out a Bone Arrow and stared coldly at the falling pink-clad woman below.

”Go!”

The pink-clad woman let out a sharp cry, unafraid in the face of danger.

WHOOSH!

The silk ribbon in her hand danced, creating a colorful vortex of wind that slightly slowed her descent.

When she was about ten meters from the ground...

The colorful ribbon in the pink-clad woman’s hand transformed into a shimmering, dragon-like streamer of light, preparing to strike the ground.

By doing this, she could offset some of the impact force.

But at that moment, a Bone Arrow wreathed in an eerie blue-ice mist shot toward her, shrieking through the frigid wind.

WHOOSH-TSS!

”Despicable!”

A chill ran through the pink-clad woman’s heart as a powerful, murderous resentment welled up inside her.

Faced with this Bone Arrow, she had no way to dodge.

WHOOM!

The pink-clad woman could only swing her colorful ribbon to block the Bone Arrow from above.

After a deafening explosion...

The pink-clad woman fell straight down. The ground trembled on impact, leaving a crater as dust billowed everywhere.

This scene left the geniuses of both kingdoms stunned.

The dust and cold wind dissipated.

”Luo... Tian...”

A woman’s ice-cold voice, filled with bone-deep hatred, echoed from the crater, sending shivers down everyone’s spines.

Inside the crater,

The pink-clad woman’s dress was almost blasted to shreds, her hair was disheveled, and frost had condensed on her from the shoulders up.

One of her delicate white ankles was swollen and bruised, clearly injured by the force of the fall.

If that was all, it would have been one thing.

But the sole of her tender, jade-like foot was smeared with a dollop of bird droppings, so foul-smelling it almost made her gag.

’She really stepped in shit.’

Luo Tian’s expression was priceless as he marveled at the terrifying power of the Cursed Tongue.

The Crow’s previous words, ”You’ll trip the moment you leave, and you’ll step in shit when you walk,” had actually come true.

”Senior Sister Shangguan... are you alright?”

Two geniuses from the Qiu Yue Kingdom stopped their attacks and looked at the pink-clad woman’s bare foot, a wave of disgust washing over them.

The gaunt man healing in the rear stared wide-eyed.

’This is too bizarre!’

Suddenly, he recalled his own frustrating experience: Luo Tian had confiscated several of his Bone Arrows with his bare hands, his three attacks against the Crow had all been inexplicably substandard, and he had even ended up wounded by his own Bone Arrow.

Now, seeing what had happened to the pink-clad woman, the gaunt man shivered and came to a conclusion:

’That Crow is definitely an inauspicious creature! And its master must be some kind of evil figure...’

He made up his mind never to provoke this person and his bird ever again.

WHOOSH-TSS!

Another Bone Arrow shot out from the top of the tower, but this time it wasn’t aimed at the pink-clad woman.

”Ugh... Ah!”

A genius from the Qiu Yue Kingdom tried his best to dodge but was pierced through the shoulder by the Bone Arrow and sent flying backward.

This attack relieved the pressure on the Third Prince and his group.

Those two geniuses from the Qiu Yue Kingdom both had strength equivalent to the top three on the Human List.

Meanwhile, the Third Prince and Hong Peng were both heavily injured, and the others were all wounded to varying degrees.

”Retreat!”

The pink-clad woman gritted her teeth, her gaze, filled with chilling murderous intent, sweeping over Luo Tian at the top of the tower.

’I swear,’ she resolved inwardly, ’once I’ve recovered, I will kill this brat with my own hands!’

Because of Luo Tian, her ankle was injured, impeding her movement and drastically reducing her combat power.

The gaunt man’s arm had been injured by Luo Tian, rendering him unable to use his bow for long-range support.

Adding to that the Qiu Yue Kingdom genius Luo Tian had just wounded... the team she led was now basically a squad of wounded soldiers.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The pink-clad woman led the gaunt man and the other two in a swift retreat, their figures disappearing deep into the gardens.

PHEW!

The Third Prince and the others let out a long sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

The group ascended to the top of the tower.

”Luo Tian, we owe you our thanks for intervening this time! I, Li, will surely repay this debt of gratitude one day.”

The Third Prince, Li Yi, had a grateful expression on his face.

Senior Jin and the other two geniuses from the Azure Cloud Kingdom also expressed their thanks.

If it weren’t for Luo Tian, the Third Prince would have fallen into enemy hands, and the rest of them would have been killed.

Hong Peng wore a complicated expression. He had been defeated by Luo Tian at the Wu Mansion Grand Tournament and still felt some resentment and unwillingness to accept it.

Seeing him again today... Luo Tian had launched several Bone Arrows, displaying astonishing strength and power, and had even single-handedly saved everyone present.

Afterward, Luo Tian shared the inside information he had about the Qiu Yue Kingdom with the Third Prince.

”Such a vicious scheme from the Qiu Yue Kingdom! And to think the forces of the Chilong Dynasty are involved as well.”

The Third Prince, Li Yi, looked extremely grim.

The Qiu Yue Kingdom geniuses’ massacre within the Secret Garden had already alarmed the geniuses of the Azure Cloud Kingdom.

But none of them knew the conspiracy ran this deep.

After hearing Luo Tian’s account, everyone present felt an immense sense of crisis.

”My Seventh Imperial Brother has also fallen into enemy hands. This Prince must find a way to gather the other members of the Royal Family. Only by concentrating our strength can we stand against the powerful enemy from the Qiu Yue Kingdom.”

Li Yi’s eyes gleamed as he spoke with righteous conviction.

”We shall follow the Third Prince!”

Hong Peng and the other two geniuses pledged their loyalty.

With the Seventh Prince captured, the Third Prince had now become the de facto core figure of the Royal Family.

Li Yi expressed his desire to recruit Luo Tian, but was politely rejected.

「Atop the high tower.」

Luo Tian sat cross-legged, absorbing the residual power of the second stalk of Dragon Scale Grass.

The others, including Princess Yunxiu, were either recuperating from their injuries or regulating their breathing to cultivate.

「Half a day later.」

Several members of the Royal Family who were nearby rushed over and joined the Third Prince’s group.

The strength of the Third Prince’s team immediately increased.

”Junior Luo, should we travel with the Third Prince?”

Senior Jin asked via voice transmission.

”There are downsides to having a large group. I plan to act separately.”

Luo Tian stated his thoughts.

Although the Third Prince’s group was large, it would also be an easier target for the enemy kingdom.

Furthermore, if they came across any opportunities or treasures, the Royal Family’s side would certainly take the lion’s share.

At a certain moment, Luo Tian had almost finished absorbing the power of the Dragon Scale Grass within his body.

Now, with his physical strength alone, he could unleash power nearly on par with the Spirit Sea Realm.

Combined with his vast Guiyuan True Qi, his prowess in a direct confrontation was simply tyrannical.

”Third Prince, I shall take my leave.”

Luo Tian said as he stood up.

Li Yunxiu’s injuries had fully healed, so he had nothing left to worry about.

”Take care, Brother Luo. The doors of this Prince will always be open to you.”

Li Yi did not insist on him staying.

Surprisingly, both Senior Jin and Li Yunxiu decided to leave with Luo Tian.

This was especially true for Li Yunxiu, who was a member of the Royal Family herself.

”Third Prince, you should proceed with caution.”

Before leaving, Luo Tian glanced at the Third Prince and spoke with a hint of deeper meaning.

He had noticed that an aura of Calamity Qi was lingering around Li Yi.

But this time, Luo Tian didn’t spell it out.

For one, it would be easy to offend him.

And for another, he had a gut feeling that revealing the secrets of another’s fate would be detrimental to himself.

It was precisely for this reason that Luo Tian had agreed to let Li Yunxiu leave with him.

’What a pity that this Luo Tian cannot be made to serve me.’

Li Yi looked regretful, but he didn’t take Luo Tian’s words to heart.